Feels Like A Long Time....

.....since I just played around in my craft room for fun. The past month or so has been crazy busy (in a good way!) in my life and I've spent very little time creating. I've kept up with my DT responsibilities at Colour Me...! but that's about it. No other challenges or anything else.

In mid-October, my brother got married and my niece got baptized and we spent a few days down in NC - 

My friend and I went to a taping of The Chew. Its not a show I normally watch but still fun to go see how it all gets done behind the scenes. Kris Jenner was one of the guests promoting her new cookbook. 

All the craziness of Halloween followed.... 

Then the following morning we surprised the girls with their first visit to all the wonders of Florida - Universal Studios and Disney World. They had NO IDEA it was coming! 

We are BIG Harry Potter fans in my house so the Wizarding World of Harry Potter was our favorite. The details they incorporated into creating this world were AMAZING! I could just sit in the Leaky Cauldron all day drinking butterbeer. 

Whew, exhausting right! Thank goodness my card stash is fully stocked that I was still able to send out some birthday and thank you cards! I've been keeping up with everyone's blog and creations but haven't had time to comment but hope to get back to that soon. I do appreciate the comments you have left here....makes my heart sing!

So we are back for a week now and I had a chance to play along with the fun at CASology. Cue card is FESTIVE and the DT also played along with Tracey's 25 Days of Tags this week so I made a holiday tag as well.

I used PTI Holiday Cheer trees in some non-traditional holiday colors. Well red and green are traditional but Hibiscus Burst (pink) and Hawaiian Shores are not typical. I offset two die cut tags so the Hawaiian Shores is showing and highlighting the ornaments in the tree. 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a fabulous weekend! 

Colour Me....Striking! #46

Happy Wednesday!  Its time for a new Colour Me.....Striking! challenge  and this week we are using the fun combination of navy and orange. You are welcome to create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla.

I created a fun wine bottle tag using these colors paired up with kraft. I cut the Notched Star banner in Enchanted Evening and have Orange Zest peeking through the stars and placed that piece on a Wine Bottle Tag cut out of Kraft. 

Before I adhered the top piece I stamped random dotted stars on the Kraft for added interest. Its topped off with a double ended banner in Orange Zest.

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our lovely featured designer for November...! 
Anita

Looking forward to what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit. Have a great week! 

Colour Me....Monochromatic! #45

Happy Wednesday friends!  Today is the today for a new Colour Me.....Monochromatic! challenge  and this week we are highlighting RED!  You are welcome to create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla.

I kept this week's card clean and simple by die cutting a heart out of a white panel and put a monochromatic red patterned paper (Pink Paislee) behind the heart. Sentiment from Clearly Besotted. 

I used the Lil Inkers stitched border around the card front so that it frames the smaller white piece with the heart.

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And well as our new featured designer for November!
Anita

Looking forward to what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit. 

Have a fabulous week! 

Colour Me....Creative! #44

Happy Wednesday everyone! Its time for a new Colour Me.....Creative! challenge and this week the design team members get to work with one of two color schemes. I'm using the first color scheme which uses grey, green, and deep purple.  As always, you are welcome to create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla. 

I decided to highlight the deep purple so I used it for my card base. I die cut a frame (no idea what the name of this shape is!) in white card stock and stamped the blooms from PTI Reason to Smile in Royal Velvet and added the leaves in New Leaf. I dry embossed a frame around the die cut one and added a banner sentiment across with grey card stock scrap. 

I added a few of those rainstone embellishments I just got. So pretty in real life - glass like but also looks like a drop of water. 

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our lovely featured designer for October...!
Jen Mitchell

Looking forward to what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit. Have a great week! 

Colour Me....Playful! #43

Happy Wednesday!  Wednesday means its time for a new Colour Me.....Playful! challenge  and this week we are using the fun combination of Black, Blackberry, Eggplant, and Cantaloupe. You are welcome to create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla.

I created card that highlighted the popular cascade look that I'm seeing everywhere. Papertrey has a Pinterest Board dedicated to it. Take a look. 

I stamped one of the flowers from Friendly Flowers in the challenge colors in a cluster at the top and then as if they are falling from the top of the card. I also used generation stamping technique in the cluster. Sentiment is embedded in the falling blooms and I added a few rhinestones for a sparkly touch. 

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our lovely featured designer for October...! 
Jen Mitchell

Looking forward to what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit. Have a great week! 

Colour Me....Subtle! #42

Happy Wednesday everyone! Its time for a new Colour Me.....Subtle! challenge and this week we are using the soft color combination of Island Indigo, Soft Sky, and Crisp Cantaloupe.  You are welcome to create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla. 

For my clean and simple card, I layered two Life is Beautiful die cut butterflies in aqua mist with tropical teal on top and adhered them slightly offset so you can see the antennas. 

I layered the butterflies on a scalloped panel of melon berry dotted paper. Sentiment is from Everyday Photo Finishers die and stamps. I'd forgotten all about the Photo Finishers sets so it was nice to bring them out again! 

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our lovely featured designer for October...! 
Jen Mitchell

Looking forward to what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit. Have a great week! 

Two for Thursday

Hi friends. Quick share of two cards today.

First card is inspired by this week's Runway Inspired challenge. I love the colors and how she's photographed but of course I could never pull off wearing anything like that!

My card features a panel of flowers from Oopsie Daisy along with a Wet Paint sentiment. The polka dotted card base is from AMuse. 

Black enamel dots top off the centers. 

Second card is for the CASology inkers cue card SPLATTER. 

 I stamped the sentiment from Reverse Confetti in the bottom corner in black and stamped random colored paint splatters around the word color.

Gotta run. Worked all day at my kids' school today and am exhausted! Hope you are having a good week. Thanks for taking a peek!

Colour Me.....Striking! #41

Happy Wednesday everyone! Its time for a new Colour Me.....Striking! challenge and this week we are using the bold colors Cherry Cobbler and Hello Honey. You are welcome to create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla. 

Since these colors are so strong and bold, I kept my card simple. I stamped a gathering of vase silhouettes in the corner and added one flower stemming from the middle one and added a simple sentiment. I used the stitched panel dies to create a border around the matted panels. 

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our lovely featured designer for October...! 
Jen Mitchell

Looking forward to what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit. Have a great week!