Time Out: Forever is Composed as Nows

 

Hello there...we're quickly approaching Valentine's Day...and our inspiration photo for you over at Time Out is the perfect way to make sure you get your Valentine's Day cards completed!

I pulled out a die cut that I love...with so much gorgeous detail. This card will definitely be going to my hubby for the holiday.

Our sponsor for the challenge is the fabulous CAS-ual Fridays.  Be sure to check out their fabulous goodies.

We hope we can see you over at Time Out!  Nancy is our guest designer...Thank you Nancy - and please go check her and the rest of the designers out!

Time Out: You're My Person

I'm back for a reminder post for the current challenge over at Time Out!  Just in time for Valentine's Day we have this fun inspiration photo for you to play along with!  I loved that cake and I hard the perfect dies to be inspired by it for the challenge. This card is most definitely going to my hubby.

Our sponsor is Stamplorations - be sure to pop on over to take a look at Sherry's amazing collection of stamps!

And be sure to pop on over to Time Out to play along with us and gain the change to win some amazing goodies!  And be sure to pop on over to our guest designer Conil for gorgeous inspiration as well!

Be My Valentine

Don't you love this sweet little sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch?  I was looking through my valentine stamps I loved these sweet little floral hearts from Verve.  I immediately was inspired to play along.  A touch of twine, a stitched mat and a sentiment and this one was done quickly. I love a primarily white on white card.

Hope that you are all finished up with your valentines too!

How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You

Zero valentines had been made until yesterday...and there are quite a few people in my house who needed one from me!  So like usual I popped over to some of my favorite challenges to look for inspiration.  First up was a card for Pat....I love this sentiment from Verve. Perfect way to convey my love for him!

Keeping in short today....but I'll be back tomorrow with another one!  Thanks Just Us Girls for the inspiration.

You will forever be my always.

It's time for a Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!!

This week we are inviting you to join us for...

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Don't you love that inspiration photo!  I have made not a single valentine...and of course I needed one for my fabulous hubby!  I loved the pop of gold so I was inspired to use the gold striped paper. And the Verve sentiment is one of my absolute favorites. Oh so perfect for Pat!  I hope you are inspired to play along with us!

Now, it's your turn!  To enter the challenge, simply follow these instructions:

1.  Create a new Anything Goes paper project (card, scrapbook page, 3D item)...with the option of drawing inspiration from the challenge graphic.
2.  Post your project to your blog or public gallery that directly mentions and links to this challenge here at the Curtain Call. You must also copy and paste the inspiration graphic into your post.
3. Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of five other challenges.
4.  Complete the Inlinkz section below using the direct link to your project before the deadline on  February 10th at 8:00 AM CDT.
5. Prizes, when applicable, will be awarded to randomly selected challenge participants. The LEAD of each challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer for the next challenge.

The LEAD, Show Stoppers and Prize Winner will be chosen by the crew and announced on February 14th at 8:00 AM CDT.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Curtain Call!  That's a wrap!

Valentines...

It's been a little quiet over here on my blog with the exception of design team posts...and I apologize for not being around blog land commenting quite as much lately. We've been busy enjoying life...volunteering at a big fundraiser for show choir this past weekend and getting kids to and from where they need to be for various activities.  I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's so fun to watch them try new things and figure out what they love!

But...in the meantime...I did need a couple more Valentines for my guys.  Here are the last two I made on Friday.  First one is ultra CAS and went to my music lover, Ryan.  And the one below went to Collin. He's the one that likes to craft the most and I knew he'd appreciate all the stamping on this one.

Hope you all had a great Valentines too!

 

Time Out: Love You Lots

It's time for a quick reminder about the current challenge over at Time Out!  Our challenge this time is to be inspired by words and we have a fabulous quote for you:

Love is the flower you've got to let grow (John Lennon)

I was inspired by the love and flower theme using a Verve stamp set for this card.  I embossed the image in black and then used my Zig markers for a touch of coloring.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Clearly Besotted Stamps. They have a gift certificate!  Be sure to play along for a change to win!

Please pop on over to the Time Out blog and play along with us!

Time Out: A Lifetime of Love

It's time for another challenge at Time Out!  Our challenge this time is to be inspired by words and we have a fabulous quote for you:

Love is the flower you've got to let grow (John Lennon)

I was inspired by the love and flower theme.  I embossed flowers on vellum and then used a touch of distress ink on the vellum to add a little more color.  I'm loving the thread and sequins together trend (can you tell?!)  This is one of my favorite Verve sentiments so this card will be going to Pat for Valentine's Day.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Clearly Besotted Stamps. They have a gift certificate!  Be sure to play along for a change to win!

Please pop on over to the Time Out blog and play along with us!

Curtain Call: Love is Sweet

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!  Check out this gorgeous inspiration photo below.  So many fun elements to be inspired by. I almost pulled out the felt to make my card, but instead used some of of my Reverse Confetti goodie and a Uniko floral stamp set to pick up the adorable florals on the sweet little sachets. I need to make one or two valentines for the boys and then I'll be all set!

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Please welcome our newest Guest Designer,
Tricia Traxler, Simply Stamping

Betty Wright

Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison

Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler
Lynn Mangan
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut

Melody Rupple
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson

Silke Ledlow 
Stacey Schafer
Tara Godfrey

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Love and Thinking of You

Happy Wednesday my friends. I'm heading home this evening from a productive week visiting my companies Dallas location. I'll be happy to see all my guys at home tonight.  Here's hoping for uneventful travel!  

But...I do have two cards to share that I made over the weekend. Not for any particular challenge. These actually started as cards for the PaperTrey Ink blog hop but went a completely different direction.  I had die cut a punch of the shapes and started a rainbow of colors for the love you card. Then I had left overs and decided to make a floral card in my favorite floral colors of orange and yellow. Isn't it fun when you set out to make one card and then make something completely different?  I love the creative process!

Now & Forever

I've been thinking, thinking, thinking about this adorable MUSE card from Michele this week.  I love black, red and white together.  I had some new dies arrive on Saturday from Frantic Stamper so I of course had to put them to use. You can see that I followed the color scheme and layout pretty closely from Michele's inspiration card below. Added a few gems and the sentiment and Pat's Valentine is ready to be written out and sealed :).

Hope you had a great weekend.  Ryan and Collin had the start of their show choir season on Saturday.     Hard to believe I have one just starting and one finishing.  I love, love, love this picture that my friend took off them from their holiday show.   It should be another exciting year.  Collin is my shy one, but he is loving it.  Proclaiming, "my second performance was so much better than  my first.  I know the moves."  He's adorable up there!  Here is is hamming it up with a couple of his friends before they performed.

 

Happy Valentine's Day

Popping in with my last Valentine for this year...this one is for Ryan's girlfriend.  I played along with the CAS(e) this Sketch.  I had fun flashing my Verve stamps for today's card and going with what has become a go to for me lately (string and sequins).  

In other news, Pat is making good progress on our basement. The stone has been added to wall where the TV will go underneath. He's staining the trim to go around it out in the basement now.  It's all starting to come together well!

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Life is good.  The boys are all blooming with activities that they love.  I thought I'd share a few pictures from the weekend. Ryan and Jonathon both had show choir.  Jonathon's group performed really well and took third for the middle school groups. Ryan's group took 1st place with best band, vocals and choreography. It was a really exciting weekend for both of them.  Pat and Marcel participated in Marcel's pinewood derby race. He won one heat and a certificate for most interesting card, but lost the second heat.  This is the 14th and last year for Pat to help build cars for pinewood derby. Hard to believe he's done it every year for 14 straight!  No pictures of Collin, but he scored his first two baskets ever in his basketball game. He is very proud and it is so adorable.

I got home from show choir and was itching to create today. So...a quick Valentine's card inspired by Maile.  I love how she always cuts out a portion of the panel of her cards and she certainly is the master of enamel dots.  I think you can see how I was inspired. I didn't have any PTI Valentine sentiments, so I used one from Hero Arts.  This card will be for Jonathon's girlfriend, Kyleigh :).

Fusion: Love Always

Welcome back to another Fusion Challenge. This card had me looked through my stash of antique buttons from my nana, but I didn't have any heart shaped buttons!  So instead I went for the metallic blue look. I've had this metallic blue paper for about 8 years and it was the perfect time to die cut it with a PaperSmooches frame die and finish it off with the a Valentine sentiment.  I wanted to added a touch of bling and kept staring at the card to add it, but in the end let it go!  I'd love to see how you're inspired...please come play along.

PROCEDURES:
1. Play with just the sketch challenge.
2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge.
3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.
4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post.
5. Please read the other considerations on the Our Rules Page before playing along.

Winners: Will be chosen by all of our teammates in two weeks! We each will choose one favourite! The winners will be announced at 4am (PST) in two weeks!! Please check the linky for the days left to play with us!

Time Out Reminder: Love

It's the time of year where love is in the air, so it's the perfect time to play along with us at Time Out!  Our challenge is a theme of:  Valentine's Day with the optional twist of hearts.

We have Stamplorations as a our sponsor with a $10 gift certificate for a random winner.  I'm using all kinds of trendy elements on this card (even if I'm a bit late to the trends!):  gold, vellum, thread and sequins.  This was all inspired by the My Mind's Eye heart paper.

Valentyna is our guest designer for this challenge. You will absolutely love her gorgeous CAS style.  Be sure to pop over to her blog!

We love seeing how you are inspired by the challenge at Time Out.  Be sure to pop on over and check out the design team's creations and play along with us.

Uniko Studio Guest Designer: Always & Forever

I'm back with a reminder card for the Uniko Studio Challenge! I'm pleased to have been invited as a guest designer over at Uniko Studio. The theme of the current challenge is: Love and Friendship. 

For my card, I used the Always & Forever stamp set.   I went ultra CAS by stamping the heart three times and adding the sentiment. I love all the white space!

Please come play along with us at Uniko; the challenge ends on January 30th and you have the opportunity to win a gift certificate to Uniko.  You don't have to have Uniko stamps to play along!

Time Out: Love You

It's the time of year where love is in the air, so it's the perfect time to play along with us at Time Out!  Our challenge is a theme of:  Valentine's Day with the optional twist of hearts.

We have Stamplorations as a our sponsor with a $10 gift certificate for a random winner.  We'd love for you to play along.  I went very literal with the challenge theme an optional twist using traditional colors as well.

Valentyna is our guest designer for this challenge. You will absolutely love her gorgeous CAS style.  Be sure to pop over to her blog!

We love seeing how you are inspired by the challenge at Time Out.  Be sure to pop on over and check out the design team's creations and play along with us.

Uniko Challenge Guest Designer: Love You

I'm pleased to have been invited as a guest designer over at Uniko Studio. The team has a two week challenge going on and the theme is: Love and Friendship. 

For my card, I used the Always & Forever stamp set.  I stamped the heart in gold and then embossed it on water color paper. For the water color effect, I inked up an acrylic block and then sprayed water on it and smushed it onto the cardstock.  Love the bright pink paired with the gold. 

Please come play along with us at Uniko; the challenge ends on January 30th and you have the opportunity to win a gift certificate to Uniko.  You don't have to have Uniko stamps to play along!

Love You Always

Happy Monday friends.  As I type of this post, we're experiencing another snow storm.  I can't believe March is here, but I'm quite ready to fast forward to May where we could hope for flip flop weather to be here to stay for a bit.

We had a fabulous weekend with basketball and show choir and a super fun visit with our friends, Sara and Andrew and their girls.  I'll be back tomorrow with pictures from their visit/weekend activities.

We were all up late on Saturday night with show choir, so the house was extremely quiet until after lunch.  I spent a couple hours in the morning getting some work done, took a nap and then went to Jonathon's basketball.  I came back and spent quite a bit of time crafting.  I got a jump start on my challenge cards for next week (yes I'm very type A...and have to have them done before I feel like I can create for the sake of creating!) and then created five more cards.  Oh la la...I love when I have that much crafty time.

So here's one of my cards from my crafty time!  I have played in the MUSE challenge in a really long time, but when I saw the inspiration my Verve stamps were pulled out quickly to make this card.  I was inspired by Lisa's trio of hearts and the little heart coming off the sentiment.  I'm sure I'll give this to Pat just because some time soon.

I hope your week is off to a great start!