Happy Saturday, hope all is well with you. It’s nice to be back in the groove at home again. Last night I had a nice dinner with my husband for his birthday. For a few short months we are the same age, then in January I become the older women.  Today I am looking forward to some time for card making. They’ve opened a Home Goods store close by and I would like to check it out , have a feeling something new will be coming home with me!

Thought I would ease into card making again and am starting with the Freshly Made Sketches weekly challenge created by Narelle. Here is the sketch:

My card features a piece of paper from the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack, Calypso Coral and Basic Black card stock. The larger butterfly, in Calypso Coral is actually heat embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder for a little sparkle. This will make the perfect birthday card with a Happy Birthday stamped inside. For a finishing touch I added some pearls down the center of the small butterfly.

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Happy Monday. Yesterday was not a good softball day, the team was one and done in the final day of the tournament. Made some good nacho’s to eat while watching the Steelers and Pirates since both were on Sunday night at 8pm. I had the baseball game on, fell asleep and missed the 9 run 7th inning. Oh well, maybe another day.

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, check out their blog.

For my card, I started with a Very Vanilla card base. Before attaching the Basic Black mat to the card base with Stampin Dimensionals, I added a piece of Calypso Coral card stock and a piece of printed paper from the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack. Next, I pierced three holes about 1/2″ apart and added a mini silver brad and then attached the mat. Focal image is from the Wetlands stamp set on Very Vanilla with a Basic Black mat. Banner is Calypso Coral and Happy Birthday from the Tin of Cards stamp set. To balance the brads, I added three silver foil circle backed with Stampin Dimensionals.

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So how’s your weekend been so far? I’m getting ready to go watch some softball, hopefully my husband’s team “Badd Newz” will have a good run and get to play in the finals for the Cranberry Cup, wish them luck. Thought I would share a special picture from the celebration yesterday, it’s my Aunt’s and Uncle on the Sutterlin side of the family (my dad) – in order left to right: Aunt Mary Ann, Aunt Helen, Uncle Bill (who looks more like my dad each time I see him), Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Lou Ann.

Now on to some crafting.  Today’s card is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

My card starts with a card base of Rich Razzleberry with a mat of the same color that has been run through the Big Shot using the Boho Chic Textured Impressions Embossing folder and adhered with Stampin Dimensionals. There are two pieces of the Bohemian Designer Series Paper matted on Bermuda Bay layered over a piece of Very Vanilla. The Very Vanilla was stamped with “& LOVE” a Sneak Peek from the Holly Jolly Greetings Stamp set in the up coming 2015 Holiday catalog, can you guess the 2nd Sneak Peek?  If you guessed the die cut “Peace” are correct, its from the new Christmas Greetings Thinlits, that coordinates with the Holly Jolly Greetings Stamp Set. They will be able to be purchased September 1st and even come in a bundle that can be purchased at a 15% savings! There are a few pearl jewels for a little bling, as all girls like bling.

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Happy Friday! It’s been a busy work week and the weekend is rather filled as well. We have the Cranberry Cup Softball Tournament Saturday and Sunday, a party Saturday night and some general errand running to do. One thing I’m looking forward to is sleeping out on the sun porch tonight, the temperature is going down to around 60 degrees and I just love sleeping with a cool breeze blowing as I lay under a fluffy cover!

By now you should all know that any stamp set, framelit or thinlit with butterflies is one of my favorites, so when I saw the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge this week was “Cardmakers Choice”, it wasn’t hard for me to know what I wanted to do. The hardest part was waiting for my Stampin Up Holiday pre-order to arrive (I treated myself to 2nd day shipping), so I could give a sneak peek of a new embossing folder “Woodland”, I knew it would look cool with the butterflies. Click on the sketch below to check out their blog.

To make the card I used the new “Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder”, which is available September 1st in the new 2015 Holiday Catalog, on a piece of Early Espresso card stock to create my card base. Using a sponge dauber and white craft ink I highlighted all the birch branches to make them pop and add some depth. The butterflies once die cut were coated in VersaMark, dipped in Iridescent Stampin Embossing Powder and heat set for a sparkly effect, they are adhered with dimensionals cut in tiny pieces. The sentiment is from Birthday Blossoms on Bermuda Bay, accented with rhinestone and back with dimensionals.

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This coming weekend is the annual Cranberry Cup Softball Tournament in our community to benefit deserving families. My husband has a team in the tournament and we’ll be seeing friends that just had a baby girl. I’ve used this weeks CYCI sketch as my inspiration for the card I will be pairing with a baby size Pittsburgh Steelers fleece blanket I made as a gift for the baby.

Don’t forget to check out the CanYouCaseIt blog my clicking on the sketch below. Elizabeth designed the sketch.

To make my card, I started with a card base of Blushing Bride card stock cut at 4 ¼” x 11″ and folded in the center for a top folding card. Next came a layer of Silver Glimmer paper (backed with Stampin Dimensionals), Blushing Bride and Whisper White that has been run through the Big Shot using the Decorative Dots Textured Embossing Folder (this layer is also backed with Stampin Dimensionals). There are little 1″ squares of animals from Zoo Babies on a mat of Blushing Bride, glued to the embossed layer. Sentiment is white heat embossed and accented with rhinestones (never to early for some bling!), this is also backed with Stampin Dimensionals.

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So how’s everything with you today? I’ve had a pretty busy day, it started with making French toast for breakfast, hanging in the pool for a few hours, making a bunch of cards and dinner. Hanging in the pool may not seem like busy work, but when I saw the weather forecast for next weekend (trust me, it’s not pool weather) I wanted to make sure I got a few hours in. While I was in the pool I saw a doe with her babies in the woods behind my house, there were to two baby deer and they even had white spots on them, hope to see them again soon.

Now on to the card for today, it’s for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, you can check out their blog by clicking here or the sketch.

I really enjoyed making this card, just love the color combination of Cucumber Crush, Daffodil Delight & Tangerine Tango. The card features the new “Metal Rimmed Pearls”, they come in three sizes, I used the largest and smallest. The little banners at the bottom left are Silver Glimmer paper that has been colored with sponge daubers using the Cucumber Crush & Tangerine Tango ink pads. Designer Series paper is from the new 2015-2017 In-Color 12″x1 12″ stack. Card feature three of the stamps from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set, sentiment is from Something to Say stamp set. The ribbon actually wraps all the way around the card (including the inside and is topped with a bow.

Thank you for stopping by today, hope you liked the card. For more detailed product information or to place an on-line order click on any of the images below. Have a great day, Craft On!