Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger & CAS(E) this Sketch {Miss You} with TAWS

A couple of week's ago, I ordered these die cut Polaroid frames from the Paper Issues online store. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them but when I saw the awesome sketch over at Case this Sketch and the Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab, I immediately had a plan!!!  

I was inspired by the Trigger Tuesday because of...

1. The bright colours-LOVE THEM!

2. The target (which is the theme of my card) being in a Polaroid frame, I am targeting in on the person I am missing.

3. And the arrow on my card, is going in the opposite direction of the plane...hence, the "miss you" theme, which was inspired by the jumbled up look to the dart board look. 

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: TAWS-Priceless Joy, Paper Smooches-Sentiment Sampler

Inks: Black (Memento)

Papers: MME Boy Crazy, Baja Breeze (SU), Black, White (Flourishes)

Extras: Studio Calico Die Cut Frames, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU! Cupcake Punch (for the clouds)

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Merry Monday #63 {Jingle All the Way}

Welcome to another week at Merry Monday! Each week I share a sketch and my wonderful design team put together Christmas cards to get you into the festive Christmas card making spirit!! All of us like to work ahead on our Christmas cards and so a team was born! We hope you will use the sketch and link up a Christmas card this week!!

This week I pulled out one of my favourite Stampendous Christmas stamps! I love cats and thought it would be fun to play along with the ABC Christmas Challenge to use "Jingle Bells" on your card!! I thought this image would be purrfect!

I kept my card pretty clean and simple but added a burlap circle to the bottom, it is a pre-made embellishment from Little Yellow Bicycle. My designer paper is from Simple Stories.

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Stampendous

Inks: Copics

Papers: Crumb Cake, White, Simple Stories

Extras: Little Yellow Bicycle, Pearls

Welcome to our Guest Designer this week Tenia Nelson!! She won our challenge a couple of weeks ago! Would you like to be a Guest Designer? Be sure to play along, as our weekly winner is our next Guest Designer!

Allisa Chilton	Bonnie Klass	LeAnne Pugliese
Margaret Moody	Narelle Farrugia	Nina Forsyth
Sherry Eckblad	Sue Joyce	Vicki Burdick
Wendy Aungst	Tenia Nelson Guest Designer	Marisa Ritzen Featured Designer

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Merry Monday Winners

Thank you to everyone who joined in the Christmas card making fun last week!!! I know it can be challenging to make Christmas cards all year round but I was so happy last year to have my cards signed, sealed and delivered on time!!! Your cards this past week were outstanding but I kept coming back to one card in particular! 

Our TOP PICK for the week is HAZEL! 

I just loved the navy and silver colours she used and the deer images were wonderful!! Congratulations Hazel on being our Top Pick this week!

We hope you will join us as our Guest Designer for Monday, May 27th. Please email Sherry at seckblad@aol.com. Be sure to put "Merry Monday Guest Designer" in the subject line.  

And our Honourable Mentions were voted on as well, if you received a vote from a design team member, your card and link is below. Congratulations! We hope you will display your badge with pride! If you are viewing this in Google Reader, you may have to visit the blog to see the actual cards that are linked below.

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Paper Smooches, Paper Players & Ribbon Carousel {CAS Man Celebration}

I loved the sketch at Paper Smooches and wanted to create a clean and simple "Celebration" card. I am also linking up to the fun The Ribbon Carousel (Celebration) challenge. I also wanted to link up to the Paper Players "CAS Masculine Card".

 

I love the pennants in the My Guy set and paper pieced them for the card, I thought they could represent the little flags on the sketch. My baker's twine is for the polka dots below the main panel on the sketch.

Supplies Used

Stamps: Paper Smooches -Sentiment Sampler & My Guy

Inks: Black

Papers: Boy Crazy (My Mind's Eye), White

Extras: Baker's Twine

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Paper Issues {Die Cutting Challenge}, Moxie Fab & CAS-ual Fridays

Today over at Paper Issues, we have our new CURRENT ISSUE to get you inspired!!! 

Come and play along with our DIE CUTTING Challenge!!! 

Get out your dies and your die cutting machine and link up!! FUN!

I was also inspired by Moxie Fab World to play along with "The Card Set Challenge" and I created a set of Thank You cards for my sister's bridesmaids. My sister's wedding colours are neutrals mixed with a wine colour. She is getting married at a gorgeous winery this summer, we went there last weekend, it had beautiful scenery and flowers. (The wine was yummy too). So I created three special cards for her for each girl. The sentiment comes from Penny Black, I have had it forever and I love it.

I also liked the stamp on designer paper challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays which really got me thinking about making these cards, as I had this designer paper in my stash and I thought it would be a nice wedding background to these cards. I also used some vellum for under the flower...it is difficult to see in the photo but it does add to the elegance of the cards. I really hope she likes them!

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Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge Reminder!

There is still time to join us this week at Merry Monday! Come and play along with the lastest sketch and link up before Sunday at Noon (PST). 

To play along, CLICK HERE.

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Seize the Birthday #17 {For You}-Sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps

This week at Seize the Birthday, it is my turn to create a sketch and I went with an old standby that I love to use. It is an easy sketch but feel free to change up the rectangle element and make the sketch your own!

I have fallen in love with Bugaboo Stamps...seriously! Wow, they are fun to colour and I loved the sweetness to the images. I paired this adorable Elephant called Edward Elephant Flower with some pretty paper by Simple Stories I just purchased from Paper Issues.

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps-Edward Elephant 

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copics

Papers: Simple Stories DSP, Kraft, White, Black

Extras: Black Grosgrain, Buttons

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

The Ribbon Carousel (Celebration)

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CAS {Thanks a Bunch} for FMS, SRM Stickers, CASology, Simon Says Stamp {Flower Power}

I used SRM Stickers for the very first time! There is no inking on this card at all and the sentiment is a sticker from the Thank You word set from SRM Stickers called Sticker Sentiments {Thank You}. I didn't even know about SRM stickers until my new pal Amy T used them and then I was intrigued. While shopping at my local scrapbook on Friday, I found some! I couldn't believe it!!! So I bought them and finally used them!

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: None

Inks: None

Papers: SU! Cardstock-Red, Yellow, Turquoise and Green

Extras: SRM Stickers

My card is inspired by the following challenges:
CASology-Bloom
Freshly Made Sketches-Sketch
Color Throwdown-Colours-Red, Yellow, Green and Turquoise
Simon Says Stamp-Flower Power

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There She Goes, MUSE and The Paper Players {Smile, live in the moment}

Yeah!! Stamping tonight and I played along with the Paper Players, There She Goes and MUSE. I wanted to create something clean and simple and I LOVED the colours at the Paper Players. Plus the challenge at There She Goes is Moving On which I can relate to. Myself and other teachers will be "moving on" to new schools and classrooms at the end of June and I know how stressful that can be...so I thought, "living in the moment" was probably a good way to approach moving...it can be pretty overwhelming.

       

Here is the MUSE inspiration card by Therese Calvird, I love it!!

Oh my goodness, it is adorable!! Love those sweet "ellies"!!! So I went to work and had to break into my newest stamps from There She Goes. I love the "Oh Snap" set by Torico. I have a confession to make, the washi tape went on to my card to cover my inky thumbprint, I was so upset when I got my inky mess on this CAS card! But Washi tape saved the day! Thank goodness!!

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Oh Snap (There She Goes)

Inks: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple 

Papers: White, Kraft

Extras: Bella BLVD Washi, Baker's Twine, Embossing Folder (Stripes SU!) and Big Shot, Corner Rounder

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