diva inspiration challenge

i am having a horrendous time with my computer, camera and memory sticks. only by the grace of God was i able to post today. who knows what will happen saturday. maria has a cute norman rockwell print for the inspiration picture today on udi and it's perfect for this upcoming halloween weekend.

i made a 'punch' card today. my pumpkin, ghost and bat are all made out of the large oval punch and the moon is the large circle punch. i don't have the bat punch so i had to make my own. i drew my bat onto the large oval and then cut it out and also used the small oval punch for the bottom of him. the ghost eyes are made with 1/8" punch and i used the spider web embossing folder for the card itself.

have a good day. :)

diva sketch challenge

Black and vanilla and a smidge of concord crush. i did this card for a swap and the only color is the spotlight where i used the crush and celery. you may click on the image to see it up close.

while i'm up here in michigan enjoying our cool autumn weather adriana is down in florida with the warmth and sunshine so skip on over to see what
adriana has created today for you.

diva inspiration challenge

thursday means inspiration challenge over on udi. what inspires you on any given day? while i love pirates, i wasn't inspired to create something pirate-ish so i went with the colors i saw: bashful blue, white and espresso. then i threw in a little navy for shits and giggles. just very quick and simple.

enjoy your day.

diva sketch challenge

good morning. yesterday was my 16th anniversary with my wonderful husband, chip. what a lucky person i was the day i met him. :)

saturday is here again so it's time for another sketch challenge on udi. click on the 'udi' to go and see the sketch.

here is my card for today. quick, simple and low key. just some 'lovely as a tree' stamped a few times and finished off with the pinecone accent.

skip on over to see what adriana has made for you. did you know that this week and last week adriana was in columbia, south america? did you think she took all her stampin' stuff with her? haha. really, she preposted. she rocks.

enjoy your weekend. :)

diva sketch challenge

ok, is it me or does the picture look blurry. i think i'm losing it. anyway, the card looks great in real life. i inked the spider web emboss pad so that the web would stand out. i colored my ribbon with the concord crush marker and then used my heat gun on it to get the curled look. i made an itsy bitsy spider and popped him and the 'spooky' with dimensionals.

hope ya like it. :)

skip on over and see what adriana has made for you this week.

diva inspiration challenge

maria's picture on udi for the inspiration challenge is just beautiful. hot air balloons are one of my favorite things. if you've never been up in one i highly recommend it. it is such a rush. the quiet beauty of floating above the earth and looking down to see God's creation.

i was fortunate to go up several times while i was in college. i worked an annual rally and i was an observer. an observer has to make sure that the pilot follows the rules for each of the tasks when competing. the first time the pilot asked me to go up i thought i was in heaven. that was a long long time ago. :)

enjoy your day.

my card is lookin' a bit pale this morning. guess i need to learn more about the settings on my camera. i took it in natural light too. hmmm.

our sketch on udi is very basic and simple. i really couldn't go too wrong with it today.

i had a scrap of dsp for the background, embossed the mini medallion and added a little butterfly to the tag that hangs from the ribbon. the medallion is also popped up with a dimensional. easy peasy.

adriana is next on your skip through the sketches. have a great first weekend of october! :)