One of a Kind

Friday, Friday, Friday - can't believe it!  Time flies oh so quickly!

Of course, that means the Friday Mashup comes up quickly every week too!  Yay!

Today's mashup is a masculine card with stitching.  I was going to attach the stamps with little stitches, but decided to add a running stitch of Baker's Twine instead, leaving the ends to hang freely.

Hope you have some crafting plans for the weekend.

Thanks for dropping in for a visit.

Joan

May Happiness be your Destination

Worked on the Freshly Made Sketches and Hand Stamped Sentiment challenges this afternoon.

I've used the World Map stamp and split it in three sections.  After stamping the sentiment onto the ribbon I thought that something else was needed - so added a few stamps as embellishments.

Getting ready to have dinner and head to choir for the first time in 3 weeks.

Hope all is going well for you today.

Thanks for dropping in.

Joan

It's a sketch challenge today at Sunday Stamps - a fabulous sketch brought to you by Monica.  I went outside of the parameters a bit with all the bits and pieces....but that's what I love about sketch challenges.  

My distressing of the central section was a bit of an accident.  I had the stamped section matted on a piece of Crumb Cake....when I lay it on the card it was a bit too big, so I began to gently tear it apart......I ended up leaving the wee bit of trim at the top and I tore the edges a bit more.  The two punched stamps got crumpled up before I popped them up on the card.

If you're looking for more inspiration check out the Design Team member's creations on Sunday Stamps.   Here are some things to keep in mind when joining our challenge...

1. Please provide a link back to us in your post

2. Please link directly to your blog post for the challenge

3.  Feel free to use any brand of product

4. The deadline is Saturday, December 8th at 12amEST

5. Have FUN!!! 

Today may be a bit of a slow day - I'm hoping.  Allison and I spent yesterday making  dozens and dozens of chocolates with 15 other people.  It was a great day - and well worth it - but tiring.  

This photo is only from the beginning of the day.  

I hope you succeed in all your Christmas preparations - thanks for taking time to visit here.

Joan

Cupcake Birthday

Sorry this is a late posting for Sunday Stamps.  We are back after a brief break and this week we are featuring a sketch created by Hayley.  Remember our challenge blog alternates each week between sketches and colours - fun, fun, fun!  I love Hayley's sketch with the three little pieces featured in the corner.

I rarely use busy busy DSP for a background, but it just seemed to work this time - I love these little cupcakes, they're so much fun.  I stamped and fussy cut the cupcakes in the corner. 

This is an awesome sketch, and you should see the different interpretations by the Design Team!  They're great.  When you have finished your own creation, please be sure to link it back to the Sunday Stamps Challenge blog so that we can take a look.

I thought I would share a couple of the projects I've completed recently with MDS2 (My Digital Studio 2).  I'm doing a digital/virtual class with Heather Summers - MDS wiz!!!!  Totally excited about learning the new features of this program.  If you're at all interested in seeing what our program offers, you can download it from my website store and play with it for FREE for 30 days!  How awesome is that!

So - I'm off to get a Newsletter finished, and then do some more scrapbooking!  I'm going to have to head into school early this week to start putting my classroom back together - but I'm giving myself one more day of crafting.

Hope your have a marvelous monday - Thanks for stopping by.

Joan