Freshly Made Sketches: Thank You So Much!

Jo's Scrap Shack Birthday Blog Hop Found Here

Sharing a thank you card for a teacher appreciation gift.  I am working to develop CAS card-making skills and find that Freshly Made Sketches are a big help!

Dies used on this project include the Tilth Floral by Memory Box, a banner from MFT Blueprints 12, and Little Inker Stitched Rectangles.  The tiny sentiment is from a Heidi Swapp set I was thrilled to find at Tuesday Morning.

Linking to:

Freshly Made Sketches 286

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Hint of Pink)

Word Art Wednesday

Crop Stop
Crafty Catz

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Mojo Monday: Fabulous

Jo's Birthday Blog Hop found here.

I envisioned using these pretty red papers with glittery silver mats, but the silver was too much.  Switched to black and wondered if red polka dots and black scallops said, "Minnie Mouse".

At any rate, I love the sentiment from the Verve collection called Love's Flower.  The scalloped squares are MFT dies.

Linking to Mojo Monday
Word Art Wednesday
Four Crafty Chicks (add a bow)


Thanks for looking!
Christine

Jo's Scrap Shack Birthday Blog Hop

"Welcome to Jo's Scrap Shack's 5th blogaversary birthday celebration hop!" In honor of celebrating 5 wonderful years, Jo has an amazing two day blog hop lined up with 18 talented designers, several sponsors,  some of which; are among the top companies in the industry and lots of blog candy! So share this news with your crafty friends, grab your favorite beverage and hop along with us! If you want to start at the beginning of the hop, go visit Jo's Scrap Shack. But you should have come from the very talented Janis's blog and if you did, you are right on track with the hop.

​Start: Jo's Scrap Shack 

​Angie- Angie's Craft Fusion

Sherrie- Sherrie Scraps with Passion

Kellie- A Little Bit of Kellie

Janis- Pause, Dream, Enjoy

Christine- With a Grateful Heart

Monica- Bernstine Creations

Alpna- Feelings

Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

End: Heather- Wire Wrapture

Happy Birthday to "Jo's Scrap Shack" and thanks Jo for the opportunity to design and learn.  Wishing you many more happy years!

Your next stop is Monica's lovely blog.

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It's the Little Things....Coffee

What a fun sketch!  I went a little crazy with scraps from a favorite Heidi Swapp paper pad  and substituted aqua zebra stripes for the more conventional ones suggested in the sketch.  Then all those other little scraps seemed to pair up with some Verve dies to add some more details to the clean sketch.

The sentiment in the top corner is TLC digital stamp offered as a free download here.  The coffee cup is from Verve's Coffee set and the Verve dies used are Heart Quartet, Partly Cloudy, and the Coffee word die.

Linking to
Coffee Loving Card Makers
ATG with TLC 10
Jo's Scrap Shack



So thankful for your visit, for good coffee, and a little time to stamp.
Blessings,
Christine

Mojo Monday/Inspired by all the Little Things---Many Blessings

The sweet blue and yellow color scheme from the Inspired By photo was still on my mind when searching for papers to layer with this Monday's Mojo Sketch.  The papers are part of the "Park Bench" collection by Fancy Pants, and I love using them.  So glad I took the extra time to mat the layers in the sketch, because it really dressed up the card.  Here are the other "ingredients".

The sentiment comes from Verve's Autumn Blessings, and the dies include MFT Stitched Scalloped Squares, MFT Stitched Flowers, and Reverse Confetti's Tall Tags Trio.  None of these dies stay in the storage bin for long.

Linking to:
Mojo Monday 495
Inspired by All the Little Things 54
Crop Stop
ATG Create with TLC 10

Thanks for dropping by,
Christine

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Inspired by All the Little Things: Happy Birthday

This card came together quickly, and I am really happy to be sharing with a birthday girl very soon!  I chose the colors and the floral embellishment based on the inspiration photo----well, actually, they were part of a thank-you gift enclosed with a Verve Stamps order, so all I did was realize they were the perfect response to the pretty photo.  The sentiment is from Verve's Poppy Birthday, and the floral die set from MFT can be seen here.

Linking to:
Inspired by All the Little Things Challenge 54
Word Art Wednesday
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Jo's Scrap Shack

Thanks for visiting,
Christine
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Bugaboo Turtle

This week's free Bugaboo digital stamp is the cutest turtle!  I've  already made a turtle birthday card to give to a friend on Monday, but I couldn't resist making a second one with this darling digi as a "just because".........  As an extra bonus, one of her favorite colors, peach, is included in this sweet digital paper set.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a fabulous Sunday,
Christine

Linking to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge
Bizzy Bec's
Word Art Wednesday
Jo's Scrap Shack