Spring fling challenge

Wow I have spent most of the day in the craft room!! My husband is off playing golf so I get a crafty day! I Spent most of it making Mothers Day cards...I won't post those until next weekend :) I did take a bit of a break to make a quick & simple card for Paper Trey Inc's spring fling challenge. All the designers have a color challenge up & I chose to go with this one:
I just love the purple color....wish my card was a pretty as the photo! Well anyway this is my card:

Just a quick & easy one!! everything about this card uses Paper Trey products except the ribbon & that is from Michael's. Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend & finishing up those Mothers Day cards & projects!! That is exactly what I am going to do right now!!!! Thanks for the visit!!!

Gwen

Saturday sketch on Friday??

Greetings!! And happy Friday...almost Saturday!
I decided to participate in Lauren Meader's Saturday Sketch....Actually it's from last Saturday!! this is the sketch I chose:
This is my take on the sketch:


Oh my gosh! do any of you have any of this yummy paper yet from PTI!! LOVE IT!!! Soooo beautiful!! Such lovely colors!! All paper & stamps are from PTI.... the cute little fence is made with my current fave Martha Stewart punch, The buttons are from SU. I am so loving the color green lately! Maybe it's all the talk lately of Earth day....& isn't this little tree just perfect!
Well that's it for this post! Tomorrow is another day!! Make it a good one!!!
Thanks for the visit & I always enjoy the comments!!
~~~GWEN~~~

Lauren Meaders first template Challenge

Happy Administrative assistants day!!! And Earth day!!!
I work with 2 sweet gals at my dental office & wanted to create some sort of "appreciation" gift for them for today & lucky for me I have several of Lauren Meaders templates AND she is having a template challenge right now to create something with a template inspired by a bath product & this is what I came up with....personally...I think they turned out just darling!!! (if I do say so myself) ;)

I used the same template for both projects....once you make one you can just crank them out...lickity split!! Wanted the clear card stock to have a little texture so I ran it though my cuttle bug!! LOVE IT!!! for this one I used the script embossing folder...just seemed to go with the mellowness of the warm sugared vanella colors. Here is a bit of a close up of it so maybe you can actually see it.
If you can't see it...take my word for it....looks really cool OR give it a go yourself. For the next one I gave it texture with the swiss dots embossing folder...thought it looked like little dew drops to go perfectly with the "dancing waters" bath product.....I was thinking....wish cuttlebug would come up with a raindrop embossing folder!!!!! THAT would be cool!!! oooohhhhh think of the possibilities!

All of the paper I used is from Papertrey inc. Everything else is from my stash! some of it new from the CK convention.....ooooohhhhhh sooooo much product so little time!!! well gota run & delive my goodies!!!!! have a fantastic, crafty day!!!!!!

Thanks for the visit!!

Gwen

CPS Sketch

Greetings from Gilbert Arizona!!!!!

We had an absolute blast at the CKC....great classes, fun shopping & fantastic friends!!!! Our weather is crazy right now!!! how about yours???? Thursday the high was in the low 60"s & now today we are nearly 100!!!!! I am NOT turning the air on yet!!!! LOL!!!! Anyway.....Thought I would give the CPS sketch a try today...(it has been a long time).This is the sketch:




This is my Card:

Just a quick one today as I have been having fun all weekend & I am not ready for the work week!!! So off I go to finish the laundry & clean up a bit!!! thank's for today's visit!!!

Gwen

Vacation & a side job

Wow!!! long time no post!!! Took a little vacation (much needed) with the whole family!! we rented a motor home & went to Country Thunder for 4 days! Had a BLAST!!! I could write a whole 2 page post on just what we did & who we saw...But I will not bore you with all that.

Then when we got home I had to get right to work as I promised a girl I work with that I would make all of her daughters graduation announcements! YIKES!!!! what was I thinking???? I have only done something like that once before & that was for my parents.......So this is what I ended up with: She had 2 different pictures...such a pretty girl huh!!! so I made half like this and..... And the other half like this. Tried to keep it pretty simple & easy to recreate. Then I had to figure out how to box them up & this is what I came up with for that: Luckily....she loved it all!!!!! So now I can cross that off my list & it is to the next. This weekend is the CKC scrap booking convention!! Woot Woot....Sooooooooooooo excited!!! Signed up for a few classes & hope to learn some cool new stuff & of course do a bit of shopping!!!

Well better go clean my craft room (make room for some new CKC stuff)!!!!! :)

Thanks for today's visit!!

~~~Gwen~~~

Another color Challenge

This is color challenge #2 by Dawn Mcvey.....this one....really hard for me so kept it really simple! I am so into the bright spring colors right now & this is so far away from that. So here is the card:

The colors are Celery, turquoise, brown & white. My stamped image is from Inkadinkado. Oh...this is my latest craze...I have been putting this little brown fence on everything!!!! This weekend I have made 4 projects with that on it! It is made with the Martha Stewart punch & my nesties. Ribbon is from Michael's & the glittered birds are made with Martha Stewart glitter. Well guess that is it for now! I have many, many things on my to do list today!!! Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

March Blog Hop!!

Well....here we go again... Paper Trey Blog hop time :) This Months challenge is to create your own background paper & then create a card/project with it. It was really fun creating the paper.....but I must admit...I had a hard time just cutting it up!! Did you???? I don't exactly love my card this time but really wanted to play along so going to post it anyway. For my background paper I used Raspberry fizz paper from PTI & night of navy ink from SU. I used the circle set & the around & about sentiments sets for my background stamps.

So this is the paper before I "cut it all up"

Then this is the finished card! I realize the papers do not seam like the same color but it is just the lighting....my background paper would not fit into my little photo taking box!!

Well, that's it!!! hope this all works out with the time change & all....this is going to have to be "pre-posted" to go on at 3:30 Arizona time (when I am at work) Then have to somehow get to the PTI site (still at work) shhhhhhhhhhhh...don't tell!!!! ;) and post my link. So I can get to hopping as soon as I get home! I can not wait to see what everyone has created!!!! See ya! thanks for hopping by!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New Color Challenge

OK my fellow paper crafters!!! there is a new color challenger in town!!! So exciting! you can see the challenge here.

It is hosted but the fabulous Dawn Mcvey. These are the beautiful colors....aren't they yummy!!!!!!!

Here is my card:

I must say this color challenge was a bit out of the box for me....as usually I am a 2 maybe 3 color gal. But I am happy the way this turned out! I will definitely use this combo again :) Thanks Dawn! The paper I Used is a combination of Paper trey & Stampin Up. The ribbon is also Paper Trey. The cute little cup cake is Hero Arts & the bling is from the clearance table at Michael's.
Thank You for today's visit!!! Hope some of you have the time to try the challenge :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Presents for me!!

Greetings from sunny warm Arizona!!! As most of you know...I work at a dental office. Sometimes we have to refer our patients out to other offices for things we don't do, like orthodontics (braces) and then they usually send us treats as a thank you. Well this time instead of cookies & candies Dr. Tipton's Orthodontic office brought me some paper crafting supplies!!! What a surprise! This is a picture of what I got!

So awesome!!! So I used some of the beautiful paper to create this thank you card for them!

I love this dental Bella! she is just perfect for all my "dental" cards. I am not sure where the paper is from but the ribbon is from Michaels & the "you make me smile is from G rated stamps. I paper pieced her top & the rest is colored with prisma color markers.

Hope you are all doing well & spring has finally arrived! Thanks for todays visit!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Finally a post!

Oh my gosh!!!! I can not believe how long it has been since my last post!!! My "paying" job has just sucked up all my time & mojo!!!!! **sigh**

Oh well, at least I have a job...right! I was supposed to be cleaning my craft room today & would you believe...just started crafting...tee hee hee!!

This is a quick thank you card I came up with. The pink CS is from SU. The black is new from PTI. Which I used the ever popular Swiss dots cuttle bug folder on. Both punches I used are Martha Stewart. And the ribbon is from Michaels. That's it!! quick & easy! But now alas I have to get back to cleaning my craft room. Hope I can stay on task this time...NOT!!! :)

Hope you are all having a beautiful weekend!! It is about 80 here today....thanks for the visit!!! ~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~~

PTI Blog HOP

It's blog hop time again!!! This time it was to make a card celebrating spring! As I type this it is 6:00 pm in Arizona & I am hopping outside on my patio!! it was over 80 degrees here today! I had to be inside working all day so need to enjoy at least some of the fantastic weather!!! (just had to share that) Anyhooooo....this is my card.
I used PTI & SU paper, all stamped images are from PTI, Ink is also PTI & SU. The ribbon & bling are from Michael's crafts.

That's all I have time for as now I get to start hopping!!! can't wait to see all the fun creations!!

Thank's for hopping by!!!!

~~~Gwen~~~~

Black ink only

Today's quick card & post is a challenge from Sharon Johnson to make any kind if a card...but the only ink you can use is black. This is easy as long as you don't stamp an image you feel does not need coloring. If you go to her blog you can also get the link & keyword for SCS & see all the other beautiful cards.

The green paper is from SU & the pink & black is from PTI...I love this color combo! so bright & cheerful. The ribbon is from CKC last year. the thank you much circle is PTI & the large circle is from SU. The flower in the center is also SU.

That is all I have time for today as tomorrow is my DD's BD & we are going shopping! & then out for BD tonight. The weather is soooooo nice here today!! about 80 and a little overcast!!

hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

coloring with glitter

I can not believe this weekend is almost over already!!! I do have to work tomorrow even though it is a holiday. I'm sure many of you have the day off!!

This card I made with Taylored expressions Friday cupcake sketch. For the Bella & her cupcake I colored the whole thing with my little glue pen & then glittered every bit of it. Anything glitter is always so hard to photograph...but I promise you!! it is really pretty in real life :) I love her little black party dress. All other paper is SU, and the Happy Birthday is Inkadinkado. The little diamond bling is from Michael's & all the glitter is from Martha Stewart.

Thanks for the visit!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PTI contest

I'm sure many of you have been playing along with all the fun & games over at PTI!!! This is the first chance I am getting to actually participate. This challenge was to create a card with one of the color combos created by Design team member Dawn Mcvey. I chose this color combo from day 6. I used the new sympathy set add on for loss of a pet. Her combo looks much better as I used a green from SU....& now that I look at hers guess I should have added a touch of white..oh well this is it!! better get it posted & get back to my valentine ;)

Thanks for today's visit!!!~~~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~

Bright Birthday

well this sure is a bright one!!! I made it for one of the gals at work for her Birthday! I love these colors together.

The black & the pink are from PTI as well as the pink dot center...(from the back page of the paper pack) The happy Birthday center is also PTI. The lime green paper is old from Michaels.

Another really quick one! quick & easy....that seems to be all I have time for lately!!!

AND....That's all I have time for today! It's back to work for me!!! So make it a good one!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~Gwen~~~~~~~~~~~

Happy Anniversary

Happy 51st Anniversary Mom & Dad!!!

I made this card for my parents anniversary. I love this DP but with such a large embossed image I really didn't think I could use it on a card...but I gave it a try....and I love the way it turned out!!!!! The inside is all pretty too! the stamp is an old one from the dollar bin at Michael's & the paper is from a big stack book by Me & my big ideas. The bling I got at my local SB store. Very quick & easy card!!!!!

Thanks for today's visit!!! See ya on the weekend!!!!

~~~~~Gwen~~~~~

baby shower card

Well the baby shower was a huge success!!! I had to admit something to myself yesterday..I am NOT a good baker!!! Just because I took a few cake decorating classes does not mean I can actually BAKE a decent cake or cupcakes!!! The first batch of cupcakes I made ended up in the trash :( So had to start over with a second batch that turned out good enough to use at least!!! so that put me far far behind in getting a card done! So I quickly went though a bunch 0f old sketches I had & this is what I came up with....very quick & easy!!! Sorry I can not remember who's sketch it is to give credit but it was really an easy one for me!
Today I am working on a few last valentine cards so I can get them in the mail!! It is really cold & rainy here today so it's a perfect craft day!!!

Thanks for todays visit! Happy crafting!!!
~~~~~Gwen~~~~~

Diaper cake

Happy Saturday!!! just a quick post today as I am busy getting ready for a baby shower this afternoon...and as usual I have waited 'till the last minute to get things done! So far this AM I made this diaper cake!!! love the way it turned out!!!! Except wish I could have found a blue or white stuffed animal for the top...can't believe I couldn't!!! It is made of rolled diapers & stickers, SB paper & ribbon. So fun! so easy!!! If you google diaper cakes there are lots of tutorials on how to make them. Well better run...still have a card, glass charms & 24 cupcakes to make & decorate all before this afternoon!!! Iam on the lookout for a good card sketch so I can get a quick card done!!!! have a good one!!!!

~~Gwen~~