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October Scrapbooking Day Crop

Day:   October 25th
Time:  9 am - 6 pm
Please RSVP by October 23rd if you will be coming.
Location: Totowa, NJ
  
Come scrap the day away.    Just bring your photos, paper, adhesives, embellishments and projects and leave the rest of your scrapbook supplies at home.  

Bring a salty or sweet treat to share with everyone as your crop fee.

You have full access to my 100+ punches, Big Shot dies and framelits, 100+ stamp sets and 50+ ink pads.    You will also be able to use my overflowing scrap bins of colored card stock and designer paper.     Drinks and bagels will be provided.
      
Lunch is not included in the crop fee, we will be ordering take out for those that are interested.

My Favorite Things Sketch

How great is this week's My Favorite Things sketch.  It's funny as soon as I saw this sketch I wanted to use Smoky Slate and Wisteria Wonder as my base.   

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Flower Patch, Loving Thoughts
Ink:   Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz
Paper:   Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Smoky Slate Patterns Designer Series Paper, Wisteria Wonder Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls
Tools:   Circle Framelits

Freshly Made Sketches

So I found another great site for sketch challenges.  It is called Freshly Made Sketches.   As soon as I saw this sketch I was inspired I wanted to pull out my Project Life cards to make a card.   

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Hip Notes and stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:   Calypso Coral, Garden Green, Island Indigo
Paper:  Whisper White, Garden Green, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Designer Series Paper from a local craft store
Accessories:   Subtles Candy Dots, Calypso Coral Baker's Twine
Tools:   1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Triangle Punch, What's Up Punch, Project Life Corner Rounder

Yahoo! 2nd month in a row!!

After a crazy week, I am happy to say it is ending on a great note. I am so excited to say I won the Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Gallery challenge for the 2nd month in a row! I just saw on the site, that my you & me compute card was chosen! Yahoo!!!    The challenge was Talk Nerdy to Me.    

This challenge was just perfect for me the computer geek inside of me!   I loved making cards to submit for this month's gallery challenge.  

Click here to check out my winning entry on their site as well as two incredible design made by Linsey and Yana!

Thank you Paper Crafts!!!

My Favorite Tag!!

 

This week at Casing the Catty we are going to be going to the Holiday Mini for inspiration.     This week we are going to case some tags from the Holiday Mini.    I decided to case my favorite tag from the Holiday Mini an that would be on page 24.    I love this tag!   It sold me on the stamp set!! 

We will extending the challenge for 14 days instead of just a week. To join in the challenges as well as see weekly inspiration, please click here to visit the site.    Please note there is a time difference so if you do not see the challenge posted on Friday, check back a few hours later and it will be up.

Ingredients to make the gift tag:
Stamp Sets:   Festival of Trees
Ink:   Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Hello Honey
Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper, Snow Festival Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Very Vintage Buttons, Whisper White Baker's Twine
Tools:   Circle Framelits, Tree Punch, Star Punch, Crop-a-dile

 

Oh My Stars!

The Holiday Mini has these amazing star tools!!!    There is an embossing folder and great border punch!!!   Love them and had to have them!!!   They worked perfectly for this week's Inkredible color challenge:    Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon and Soft Sky.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Everyday Occasions Card Kit, Cycle Celebration
Ink:   Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss
Paper:   Whisper White, Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon, Lost Lagoon Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Dazzling Diamonds, Whisper White Brad
Tools:  Lucky Stars Textured Embossing Folder, Confetti Stars Punch

A day to remember

 This week Stampin' Royalty brings us a photo inspiration.    How beautiful are the rich colors in the florals and in the photo.   Just beautiful!    Here is my mini brag book I put together to put photos in.
The challenge will be open 3:00pm (PST) September 29th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Project Life Remember This, Mosaic Madness, Hardwood Background
Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand
Paper:   Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Hello Honey, Poppy Parade, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Pearls, Subtles Buttons, Brights Candy Dots
Tools:   Large Scallop Circle, Boho Blossom Punch, Blossoms Petal Builder Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Labels Collection Framelits, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Love this sketch

 I love this week's My Favorite Things sketch!!!  So many great elements to this sketch!!! How fabulous is it!!

Here is my sympathy card and the ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   For All Things, Brighter Tomorrow
Ink:   Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Hello Honey
Paper:  Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper, Motley Monsters Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Whisper White Buttons and Brads, Linen Thread
Tools:  Circle Framelits, 3/4" Square Punch, Eyelet Border Punch

Hello my friend

I have to say I love Moxie Fab World.   Teri Anderson is so great.     She is constantly in the blog and paper crafting world checking out the latest trends.      She also has an amazing eye for finding inspiration every where!!!     This Fabulous Friday Challenge is Getting Fancy.     The Getting Fancy photo has so many great fall colors in it.    I just knew I wanted to take the challenge.       If you are wondering where the florals came from well crazy me cut them out one by one from the fabulous Flowerpot designer series paper!

So here is my card and the ingredients to make it:
Stamp Sets:   Six Sided Sampler
Ink:   Tangerine Tango
Paper:  Whisper White, Hello Honey, Flowerpot Designer Series Paper, Polaroid diecut from a local craft store
Accessories:  Really Rust Button, Linen Thread, Subtles Candy Dots
Tools:   Diecut from a local craft store

For All Things Scrapook Page

This week we are Casing the Catty and taking on the Artistic Expression section of the 2014 Stampin' Up! catalog.    That would be pages 154-175.  On page 157, I drew inspiration from the scrapbook page and decided to use the layout of the page for my fall scrapbook page featuring my amazing nieces and nephew.    Love these fall leaf pictures that were taken last year.    They were perfect for the layout.

To join in the challenges as well as see weekly inspiration, please click here to visit the site.    Please note there is a time difference so if you do not see the challenge posted on Friday, check back a few hours later and it will be up.

Ingredients to make the scrapbook page:
Stamp Sets:   For All Things, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Hello Honey
Paper:  Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla, Hello Honey, Baked Brown Sugar
Accessories:   Regal Buttons, Neutral Candy Dots
Tools:  Tasteful Trim Sizzex

Love Flower Patch

This week's Inkredible color challenge is:   Tangelo Twist, Pacific Point and Soft Sky.    So as I said before, the mind wants what the mind wants.   I saw Pacific Point but when I put the card together I did not take Pacific Point as my paper.   Nope I took Lost Lagoon.   What can I say the color combo with Lost Lagoon made me think of summer and I don't want it to be over.    So let's pretend that Lost Lagoon is actually Pacific Point!!  lol.  

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Flower Patch, On Your Birthday
Ink:   Tangelo Twist, Lost Lagoon
Paper:  Whisper White, Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon
Accessories:  Pearls

Different Twist on This Week's Sketch

This week Stampin' Royalty brings us a sketch challenge.  So I decided to do another take on this week's sketch.  I put the pennants on a gift package.   I found these great Mike & Ike candies.    How great is the vampire on these boxes.    It coordinated perfectly with the Merry Everything stamp set!   I drew out the colors from the box images for the tag for inspiration.

The challenge will be open 3:00pm (PST) September 22nd. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Merry Everything
Ink:   Rich Razzleberry, Real Red, Melon Mambo, Basic Black
Paper:   Whisper White,  Smoky Slate, Rich Razzleberry, Real Red and Melon Mambo Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Raven Lace Trim, Basic Black Twine, Satin Ribbon and Button
Tools:   Note Tag Punch, Crop-a-dile

Mr & Mrs

So here to the Mr & Mrs.    Here is another card I made for my cousin for her wedding day.    Here is a card made with my Label Love stamp set.  

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Label Love
Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar
Paper:   Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Lullaby Designer Series Paper, Baked Brown Sugar Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Whisper White Tafetta Ribbon and Button, Pearls, Baked Brown Ruffled Ribbon, Doily
Tools:  Apothecary Accents Framelits, Project Life Corner Rounder, Artisan Label Punch

Mr & Mrs

Recently my little cousin just got married.    I needed to make a few wedding cards.   As always I am the go to person for making cards in my family.    So when there is a family event.  I not only need to make one card I need to make more than one design for the occasion.

Here is my wedding card made with the Perfect Couple stamp set.
Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Perfect Couple
Ink:   Basic Black, Real Red
Paper:   Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, Basic Black, Lost Lagoon Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Pearls

CTC Thanks

This week we are Casing the Catty and taking on the Thanks section of the 2014 Stampin' Up! catalog.    That would be pages 144-153.  On page 153, I drew inspiration from the fall card and decided to use the layout of the card and use the new For All Things stamp set that is available in the Holiday Mini.

To join in the challenges as well as see weekly inspiration, please click here to visit the site.    Please note there is a time difference so if you do not see the challenge posted on Friday, check back a few hours later and it will be up.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:   For All Things, A to Z
Ink:   Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Baked Brown Sugar
Paper:   Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Neutral Candy Dots and Button, Burlap Ribbon, Natural Chevron Ribbon, Linen Thread

#yougothis

This week's Inkredible color challenge is:   Cherry Cobbler, Hello Honey, Night of Navy.   I knew as soon as I saw these colors together that they would make a great masculine card.    So I pulled out my go to masculine stamp set, Simply Sports and here is the card I came up with for the challenge.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Simply Sports, Geometrical, @SoSocial, Sporting
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Hello Honey, Night of Navy, Versamark
Paper:   Whisper White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler,
Accessories:   Regal Candy Dots, Whisper White Embossing Powder
Tools:   Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Circle Thinlits

Stampin' Royalty Color Challenge

This week's Stampin' Royalty color challenge is:  Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive.   I decided to pull out the For All Thing stamp set for the challenge.    I have to say I like the final result.   

The challenge will be open 3:00pm (PST) September 15th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   For All Things, Brighter Tomorrow, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink:  Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive
Paper:   Very Vanilla, Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Gold Sequins
Tools:  Project Life Corner Rounder

It's all about the shoes

I have to say the Tee-Hee-Hee stamp set is one of my favorites from the Holiday Mini.    The best part of the stamp set is all the amazing sentiments.    How great is Whether you're a good witch or a bad witch it's all about the shoes!!

Here are the ingredients to make my card:
Stamp Sets:   Tee-Hee-He
Ink:  Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Raven Lace Trim, Basic Black Satin Ribbon and Button
Tools:   1 3/8" Circle Punch

Espresso My Thanks

I don't know how I missed this Retro Sketch and didn't participate in that week's challenge.   So better late than never.   Here is my fall coffee card.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Perfect Blend. Espress Yourself
Ink:   Early Espresso
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Color Me Autumn Designer Series
Accessories:  Neutral Buttons and Candy Dots, Linen Thread
Tools:   Spiral Binder Punch

Yahoo!!!

Very exciting my Spooky Creepy Crawly card got a shout out by the amazing Teri Anderson on Moxie Fab World today!  

I love the Moxie Fab World, Friday's Teri posts all of her Fun Friday Finds!   My card made it on the week's list.

Thank you Teri!   You made my day and my week!     There is still time to play  Fabulous Friday: Graphic Garland Challenge, so click on the link and join the fun! 

Bring on the Boos!

This week we are Casing the Catty and taking on the Card Giving section of the 2014 Stampin' Up! catalog.    That would be pages 102-143.  On page 135, I drew inspiration from the drink card and decided to use the Making Spirits Brights stamp set from the Holiday Mini!   Love this sentiment  Bring on the Boos!!!

To join in the challenges as well as see weekly inspiration, please click here to visit the site.    Please note there is a time difference so if you do not see the challenge posted on Friday, check back a few hours later and it will be up.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Making Spirits Bright
Ink:   Tangelo Twist, Basic Black
Paper:   Whisper White, Peach Parfait, Basic Black, Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Neutral Candy Dots, Basic Black Baker's Twine and Button

Primary Colors = Back to School

Primary colors must mean back to school is back in session.    This week's Inkredible color challenge is:   Hello Honey, Pacific Point, Lost Lagoon and Real Red.    The minute I saw these colors, I instantly thought of back to school.    So here is my back to school card perfect for what must be the first week of school for so many kids out there!!

Ingredients to make the card: 
Stamp Sets:  Tart & Tangy, @SoSocial
Ink:   Real Red, Old Olive
Paper:   Whisper White, Hello Honey, Pacific Point, Lost Lagoon and Real Red
Accessories:  Bright Candy Dots
Tools:  Spiral Punch, Timeless Type Sizzlets

Black and White with a Pop of Color

I love when everything comes together.    This week Stampin' Royalty challenge is:   Black and White with a Pop of Color.    In my blogging travels I saw this week's great challenge on Moxie Fab World.    It is their Fabulous Friday Challenge:  Graphic Garland.    It was a great inspiration for this week's Stamping Royalty challenge.      Check out the Fabulous Friday Challenge photo below, how great are those pops of color.

The challenge will be open 3:00pm (PST) September 8th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Border Banter, Tee-Hee-Hee
Ink:   Basic Black
Paper:   Whisper White, Basic Black, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, Bermuda Bay, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories:  Basic Black Baker's Twine, Neutral Candy Dots
Tools:   Circle Thinlits, Project Life Corner Rounder

The Holiday Mini Catalog Has Arrived

The Stampin' Up! 2014 Stampin' Up Holiday Mini has arrived.   51 pages of yummy holiday goodies!    There is everything you need to create beautiful cards, scrapbook pages and projects for the upcoming Holiday season.    My absolute favorites are the Making Spirits Bright stamp set with all it wonderful drink sentiments for every upcoming occasion and the Tee Hee Hee stamp set.   Every sentiment you need to send off a witchy card!!

There is a great new Project Life kit that will make scrapbooking the upcoming holiday season fun and so easy!!

My favorite product is the punch board where you can make your own gift boxes!!

The holiday mini will be able until January 5th.

Click here to see projects made with the Holiday Mini on my Pinterest board dedicated to the jam packed mini!

Click here to start shopping the holiday mini!

Click here to download the Holiday Mini to your desktop.

8 Days Left For Paper Pumpkin Half Off

If you haven't tried Paper Pumpkin, now is a great time to sign up--get 50% off your first two months.     It's a surprise kit every month for only $19.95 so it is like Christmas morning every month!   Who would want that!     You can cancel anytime there is no contracts.     Email me if you have any Paper Pumpkin questions!

Offer Dates: July 16, 2014--September 10, 2014
Offer Details: Use the code HALFOFF2 to join Paper Pumpkin before September 10, 2014, and get 50% off the first two months! After that, keep the creativity coming for only $19.95 + tax per month (shipping included).

Click here to sign up and try Paper Pumpkin!

September Day Crop

Day:   September 27th
Time:  9 am - 6 pm
Please RSVP by September 25th if you will be coming.
Location: Totowa, NJ
  
Come scrap the day away.    Just bring your photos, paper, adhesives, embellishments and projects and leave the rest of your scrapbook supplies at home.  

Bring a salty or sweet treat to share with everyone as your crop fee.

You have full access to my 100+ punches, Big Shot dies and framelits, 100+ stamp sets and 50+ ink pads.    You will also be able to use my overflowing scrap bins of colored card stock and designer paper.     Drinks and bagels will be provided.
      
Lunch is not included in the crop fee, we will be ordering take out for those that are interested.

Foxy Foxes Challenge

Moxie Fab World is having a Foxy Foxes Challenge.    One of my scrapbooking buddies gave me some Project Life cards and as soon as I saw these adorable foxes I knew I had to create something with them.    Love these guys!!

Ingredients to make the card: 
Paper:  Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Project Life and Designer Series Paper from a local craft store
Accessories:   Basic Black Baker's Twine, Soft Subtles Candy Dots

Back to School

It's back to school time.   Here is a card to start the school year.   I made it with subway art that I found out on Pinterest.    I love subway art.

Ingredients to make the card:
Paper:  Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper, Mossy Meadow Patterns Designer Series Paper, Index Card
Accessories:  Natural Buttons, Natural Trim, Regal Candy Dots
Tools: Sprial Binder Punch, Project Life Corner Rounder