Lawn Weddings & Lace...

I thought this would be the perfect card to create with a piece of left-over lace from a wedding dress. Gold glittered die cut Lawn Fawn Cole's ABC letters, and an ampersand created by tracing a chipboard one from my stash, adhered to a piece of lightweight black ribbon. Playing along with Lawn Fawn CHA Catalog Challenge and Less is More Metallic Element Challenge, Really Reasonable Ribbon Bingo (White, Text & Glitter) Challenge, and Ribbon Carousel Anything Goes Challenge.

In the Mood for Joy...

The first thing I noticed when I saw the current WPlus9 Monday Mood Board, was the wide red and white ribbon. When I saw this weeks CASology Ribbon Cue Card and this versatile Freshly Made Sketch, this is the card that had to be made LOL! Featuring some gorgeous red, silver and white wired ribbon from Spotlight, and this much loved WPlus9 Joy die-cut, and sparkly silver paper from American Crafts, backed with cardstock for extra stability. The wire in the ribbon makes it extra easy to attach to the card - just fold and stick! Playing along with The Ribbon Carousel Anything Goes Challenge (and hop on over if you want a Ribbon Carousel before they close their doors too).

Can't wait to catch up with my crafty friends tomorrow!!!

     
This made me smile...

There She Goes all Moxie Fab...

The first thing I thought of when I saw this weeks Tuesday Trigger Cross My Heart Challenge was this home-made looking grid paper from MME, perfect for sitting on this teal blue base.  I thought I'd create a heart card inspired by this card, but as I don't have any heart embossing folders, I thought I'd substitute these fab polka dots instead.  I punched out a folk heart and used it as a template to hand cut my heart aperture.  The sentiment is a combination of Paper Smooches Alphadot, and There She Goes Day & Night, perfect for playing along with this weeks TSG Inspiration Challenge.

I just realised when reading this that a lot of "thought" goes into my creating! LOL!

 

Playing along with Simon Says Stamp Have a Heart, Just Add Ink Just Add a Hearts and Ribbon Carousel Challenges too!

You Light Up My Life...

Wishing you all have a fabulous and safe Christmas / Holiday Season!  

I decided with my new job that I would step down from The Alley Way Stamps Design Team after completing my first term with them, ironically because my card making skills were taking too much time - but now with fab 10 Minute Craft Dash my cards seem to be getting made a lot quicker!  So for now this is my last official TAWS DT card - it has been a blast :) sending out a huge THANK YOU to Alison and the team!

Sweltering here in 38 degree heat, what could be more appropriate than a snowman card LOL!  Inspired by this months Trendy Twine Holly Berry Tag Challenge and Ribbon Carousel Holiday Spirit Challenge, together with this weeks Little Red Wagon Christmas Tag Challenge.

I created this tag card using The Alley Way Stamps Jolly Holiday snowman and Christmas lights - I stamped the lights onto American Crafts shimmer cardstock, cut the cardstock out roughly in a rectangle around each light, then folded the rectangle in half along the base of the light and cut around the folded cardstock so you end up with a mirror image of the light - this allows you to fold the light over the Holly Berry Trendy Twine and adhere the front and back piece together to secure the light around the twine.  The snowmans arms are die cut from a Memory Box branch and trimmed to size.  The sentiment is from The Alley Way Stamps Fa-la-la.

 

BE Inspired Holiday Sparkles...

It's Friday which means it's time to join in the fun at The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired!

1) You MUST use an image from The Alley Way Stamps (you can find freebies here!)
2) You must mention this challenge and link to it in your blog post.
3) The challenge linky closes on Jan 3rd at Noon, TAWS time (Mtn)!!!

I used The Alley Way Stamps Holiday Sparkles set, FREE if you order over $40 in December.  I love the nordic look of these stamps when embossed in white on a strong background colour. I love the sparkly paper snow and snowflake too!

Perfect for this weeks FAB Retro Sketch and this months Holiday Spirit Challenge at The Ribbon Carousel, and CAS Snowflakes Challenge at The Paper Players.

ThankFall...

Inspired by this fortnights BE Inspired at The Alley Way Stamps, this gorgeous turkey was created by paper piecing the turkey body and leaves from It's Fall About You, with the sentiment created from Jibber Jabber and Alphabet Soup.  I love how his beak perfectly fitted into one of the leaf patterns from the MME paper.  I'm joining in this months challenges at Trendy Twine with Thankful Orange Truffle and Ribbon Carousel Fall Spirit.  

For the Moxie Fab World Paper Crafting Tips & Tricks Stitching Challenge here's a little tip - remember to do a little dot at the start and end of each faux stitch dash to make it look more like the real thing.  

Inspired by this weeks Unscripted Sketch and playing along with Simon Says Stamp Thanksgiving / Thank You too!

Don't forget you can join in TAWS BE Inspired til November 22nd

BE Inspired The Alley Way...

Can you tell I was SERIOUSLY inspired by the chocolate and strawberry dessert in this fortnights BE Inspired Challenge at The Alley Way Stamps!!!  This gorgeous slice of strawberry cheescake with chocolate biscuit base was created using AdoraBOWL and Hey Cupcake sets, using papers from Crate Paper Pretty Party and American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, and Posy Trendy Twine.

I used this FAB sketch from Retro Sketches, and joined in the fun at The Ribbon Carousel Button & Twine, and Catered Crop Knot Now Challenges too!

Why don't you BE Inspired at The Alley Way Stamps and WIN some FAB stamps!!!
You have until October 11th to join in the fun!

Freshly Made Colour Throwdown with Ribbon...

Love this teal and coral colour combo at Colour Throwdown this week, combined with this versatile Freshly Made Sketch and The Ribbon Carousel's Paper Piecing Challenge. Gorgeous flamingo stamp from The Alley Ways Tropic Topic with sentiment combined from Tropic Topic, Alphabet Soup and Chatterbox. Papers are a combination of MME, Authentique, Basic Grey, Kaisercraft and Bella, with grosgrain ribbon and Kaisercraft black pearl eye.

Hope you have a fabulous day :)

Getting Lucky...

Inside the card

"You know you're getting old when...getting lucky means finding your car in the parking lot"  Hope hubby gets lucky this weekend - otherwise we won't be able to go away for the long-weekend LOL!

Inspired by this weeks CAS-ual Fridays Sweet Spot Challenge, this gorgeous bright Colour Q palette, a fantastically versatile Freshly Made Sketch and Ribbon Carousel's Birthday Bash.  I love this cute bubble car stamp from The Alley Way Priceless Joy, and humourous sentiment by Skipping Stones Design.  Papers are Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival Collection - I even managed to line up the spots with the hub caps - and the road is Ribbon Carousel Twill.

Hope you are having a FABULOUS weekend!

Three Chairs for You!

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Original

Loved the chair in this weeks Pinterest Inspiration from Ribbon Carousel - kind of reminded me of Goldilocks house, so I made a "Three Chairs for You!" card today.  Originally based on this gorgeous sketch from Freshly Made, too fresh to make that deadline, but with all that gingham I might just squeak in for the Moxie Fabulous Gingham Challenge!  Papers are from MME Miss Caroline, Echo Park Sweet Day and Basic Grey Shine On... with the cute baby chair stamp from Stampin' Up, and some gorgeous Divine Twine stitched around My Favourite Things doily oval.

Hope you have a delightful day, and don't forget to vote for Gallery Idol!

PS. Did a happy dance when the postie arrived with my Ribbon Carousel goodies - re-did my button bow using October Afternoon 9-5 button and Ribbon Carousel twill :)

Don't Follow Your Dreams...

Inspired by the gorgeous colours from this months Jay Gee's Nook Challenge, this weeks My Favorite Things sketch and Fancy Flowers at Ribbon Carousel.  Papers are a mix of Kaisercraft Fine & Dandy and October Afternoon Sidewalk. I matched the stamp from My Favorite Things Vertical Sentiments, with the die cut from Vertical Sentiments 2.  The flowers are fussy cut from Kaisercraft Fine & Dandy, finished with stitching (amazingly lol!) and a Divine Twine bow.

For those of you who may not receive Ali Edwards weekly creative inspiration emails, this weeks struck a chord with me, it was about making sure you not only have dreams, but ensuring that you take the time to turn your dreams into actions.

Enjoy chasing your dreams today!