Last Card of 2012!!!

Here is my final card for 2012 & it is also the final card for the Christmas card challenge that Nancy gave me for December.  Yay!!!   Nothing like coming down to the wire!!!

I'll be back tomorrow with her January challenge.  I'm not sure if I'll have a card or not.  I HAVE to clean up my mess from the past few days!!!

Stamps: A Year of Flowers GKD
C/S: black, white
DP: The Paper Studio
black satin ribbon, copics, pearls, circle nestabilities

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

Christmas Card Club-- December

It was Meredith's turn to send out the kit & she sent some super cute images from The Cat's Pajamas.  I had a bit of a blonde moment when I made these... I made the 2nd card first.  I found that piece of dp in my scrap box & was determined to get a card made with it THAT day!   I colored in my image & laid it with the dp for a few days.  I pulled out another image from the kit & it hit me... all of the dp in the kit was bright colors, no red at all!!!!!  So, the first card uses items from the kit & the 2nd one, just the image!!!  I used some of the pink rhinestones that Meredith sent to bling up the presents on the first card.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas
C/s: Cocoa Brown, white, red
DP: Recollections & Retired dp from SU
Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, stickles, copics, rhinestones

Now, hop over to see what the other gals came up with:
Kelli
Meredith-- our hostess
Lee
Lydia
Peggysue

I'll be back later to post my final card for the Dec. challenge.

Misti

CC#18 Reindeer

My last one for tonight.  I'm planning on finishing up tomorrow.   I love this stamp, it's an Elzybell stamp & I don't remember what the name of it is, I'd go look it up, but the company went out of business a few years ago.

Stamps: Reindeer Elzybell
C/S: white, red
Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, red chevron stripe ribbon, copics

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!
Misti

QFTD145, CC#17 Christmas Cardinal

This week's Queen for the Day challenge was to go back through & see who was the Queen for the Day closest to our birthday.  JenMarie was the Queen who was closest to my birthday, so I chose a card of hers to CASE.

Stamps: Cardinal Christmas
C/S: white, black
DP: The Paper Studio
copics, black satin ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!
Misti

FS308 Uh Oh! CC#16

When I looked to see who this week's Featured Stamper was on SCS, I was so excited to see it was Cook22.  She is a fellow gallery moderator, so I made this card in her honor!!!

Stamps: Light Wrap House Mouse
C/S: Green Grass, white
DP: Echo Park
New Leaf ribbon, copics

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

James Bear CC#15

Here is another VSN challenge card.  I looked back & it's almost been a year since I made a card with this stamp!  YIKES!!! Definitely time to show him some love!  Still working hard to try to meet my goal for Dec.  It's gonna be close, but I will give it a whirl.  Nancy already has given the challenge for January & I've accepted.  *grin*

Stamps: James Bear in the Snow Lili of the Valley
C/S: Kraft, white, Christmas Pine
DP: The Paper Studio
green ribbon, Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, copics, wooden snowflake, liquid applique, stickles

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!
Misti

Poinsettia CC#14

Another vsn challenge card.  I'm amazed at how many times I've used this set since I bought it.  I never get tired of using this poinsettia.

Stamps: A Year of Flowers GKD
C/S: cherry red, black, white
DP: The Paper Studio
circle nestabilities, copics, stickles, border scallop punch, black satin ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

More Thank You's CC#12, CC#13

I used the same layout on both of these with different stamps & papers.  Still trying to get to my goal before the month ends!

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

CAS Thank You CC#11

I'm still trying to get to 21 before the month is over. It's gonna be close!!!  *wink* Nancy already has a challenge ready for us for January.  This piece of dp has been in my scrap box for awhile & I wanted to get it used up before the New Year starts.  I didn't want to see it in my box anymore!!

Stamps: Naturally Merry Flourishes
C/s: red, white
DP: scrap box
EF: Plaid Sizzix
Copics

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

Christmas Day, 2012

Happy Birthday, Jesus!!!!

Our Christmas didn't end up quite like we had planned.  We went to my parents house on Sunday & had planned to be with them until this afternoon.  We kept hearing the weather reports about the weather getting worse.  So, we headed home last night.    We woke up this morning & it didn't look too bad, but we heard about all kinds of accidents in the state, a lot of them in the path we drove home last night.  Then the snow started & the wind. We have snow & wind chills of -8*F!!!!!    We will just stay snuggled up at home & enjoy the warmth from inside the house!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Misti

Riley Christmas CC#9

Here's a card I made for Lee's vsn challenge, "Plaid & Cocoa."  

Stamps: Riley
C/S: Warm Cocoa, Cherry Red, white
DP: Basic Grey
Embossing folder: Snowflakes
circle nestabilities, copics, brown satin ribbon, red grosgrain ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

Snuggle Penguins CC#8

I made this for Alison's vsn challenge.  And used it as my brother & sil's anniversary card.

Stamps: Christmas Cuddles Wild Rose Studio
C/S: cherry red, black, white
DP: Very Merry Christmas Echo Park
copics, stickles, black pearls, black satin ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

Simple Holly CC#7

I made this for the Free 4 All Challenge on SCS yesterday, to make a simple thank you note.  I won this set from Flourishes just from playing in their Timeless Tuesday Challenges.  I LOVE the detail in Flourishes images.  I can see this set being used a lot!

Stamps: Naturally Merry Flourishes
C/s: cherry red, white
Embossing Folder: Sizzix Holly Swirls
copics, ribbon, glossy accents

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

Christmas Gift Enclosure Cards CC#6

I made these CAS Christmas cards to include with the gifts for my niece & nephew.   I was going to use green for the c/s on the bottom one for my nephew, but colored it first & then tried to match c/s.  I didn't have a green that was that color of Christmas green.    Another one down for my Christmas card challenge!

Stamps: Holiday Blessings The Greeting Farm
C/s: Cherry red, white
copics, ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

Evergreens & Pinecones VSN

I made this for the Evergreens & Pinecones VSN challenge.  It's also card #4 in my Christmas card challenge.  I'm waaaaaay behind!!!!

Stamps:  Northwoods Cardinal
C/S: cherry red, white,
DP: Basic Grey
copics, Sizzix Retro Circles Embossing folder

 A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

VSN Cool Colors

I made this for the vsn challenge to use cool colors on your project.  I was inspired by Tammie E. on SCS with her recent Whipper Snapper cards.  I decided to pull out some of mine & get some ink on them again.

Stamps: Warm Penguin Whipper Snapper
C/S: white, Spring Rain
DP: from the scrap box
circle nestabilities, copics, Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, Snowflake bling

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

Happy Birthday, Devin!

Happy Birthday, Devin!!!  Archery is still your passion & you don't show signs of changing to anything else.  4 1st place wins in your category & Archer of the Year for you.  What better way to spend your evening that at League!

Love ya!!!

Happy Birthday, Dylan!!!

Happy Birthday, Dylan!!!   We attended an awards banquet Saturday night, where he walked away with 4 1st place awards & Archer of the Year in his category!   A stop in at Grandma & Grandpa's for a quick trip... Grandma made an archery target cake... spent some time shooting guns with Grandpa...  Declared "THE" best birthday ever!!!!

Love ya!!!!!

21 Christmas Card #3

I haven't forgotten about this 21 card challenge, but I've been working on some other cards.  I was doing some re-arranging in my craft area & found this image & part of this card.  I mass produced a card a couple of years ago & for some reason I didn't use this one.  I decided to color the image & add stickles & then finish this card.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper
C/S: white, red
red brads, red plaid ribbon, stickles, copics

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'...until next time!

Misti

Christmas Card Club

It was Lee's month to send out the kit for the Christmas Card Club.  I chose the mistletoe image from Melanie's newest Stately Flowers set.  Mistletoe is Oklahoma's state flower.  

Visit the other gals blogs to see what they created:

Kelli
Lee-- Hostess this month
Lydia
Meredith
Peggysue

Stamps: Mistletoe Stately Flowers GKD
C/s: white, Fresh Asparagus
copics, red brads, glossy accents, red plaid ribbon, circle nestablities

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

TMS#174 Sympathy

This week I need 2 sympathy cards.  Those are hard for me to make ahead of time, so that leaves me trying to get something put together right away.  I used the sketch from this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches

Stamps: Calla Lillies Flourishes
C/S: white, black
copics, circle nestabilities, black grosgrain ribbon, black pearls

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

Our Tuesday Excitment

This was our excitement last night about 11, on our way home from archery league.  We had a buck that jumped over the concrete barrier & crashed right into us.  Thankfully, no one was hurt & the vehicle was driveable! The boys were a little disappointed that we couldn't go back & pick up the deer!!!

Hopefully, the rest of my day is really boring!!  LOL!!

Until next time,
Misti

IC364 Penguin Joy

I made this card for the Inspiration Challenge on SCS this week.  I'm such a sucker for cute penguins!!!  LOL!

Stamp: Penguin Joy Gina K. Designs
C/S: white, black, red
DP: Jovial Paper Pad Basic Grey
copics, Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, red brads

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

FMS 62 and F4A144 Glitter

The Free 4 All challenge on SCS was to use glitter.  You are kidding me, right????  I used some glitter dp on my card, actually, I used some of Lee's glitter dp.  I thought I might not get glitter all over me & everything else, it didn't quite work that way.  I didn't end up with *as much* glitter everywhere.  It's also for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge #62.

Stamps: Peppermint Delight House Mouse
C/S: white, red
DP: white glitter paper, red polka dot from the scrap box
copics, circle nestabilities, white satin ribbon, red pearls

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

FTTC196 Timeless Tuesday

This week's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge is to make a project using something that makes you happy.  Flowers make me happy!!!  Love, love them!!!

Stamps: Zinnias Flourishes
C/S: white, black
DP: from the scrap box
Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, black satin ribbon, black pearls,copics

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

TSG #182

This sketch is for the There She Goes Sketch Challenge #182.   

Stamps: What's Up Buttercup, Forever  There She Goes
C/S: white, black
DP: from the scrap box
Quatrefoil embossing folder, black satin ribbon, copics, red pearls

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

STVLIVECHAT13 Let It Snow

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!  I made this for the Stamptv challenge... 10 layers!!!!   I did the bare minimum with a "little" bit of bling & added stickles to the snowman.

Stamps: Merry Little Christmas Stamptv Kit
C/S: Bazzill blue, red, white
DP: Echo Park Winter Park
Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, stickles, snowflake brad

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!
Misti

Inspired by Cat

Cat, from the Gina K. DT has inspired this card.  She has used kraft cardstock one several of her recent cards.  I have kraft, but I don't reach for it very often.  After seeing her beautiful cards using kraft, I decided to pull it out & make a card.

Stamps: Winter Wings, Fruitful Harvest
C/S: Chocolate Brown, kraft, white, Sweet Corn
Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder, copics, twine

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until the next time!

Misti

21 Christmas Card Challenge #2

I made this for my VSN mini challenge on SCS, based on an inspiration challenge.

Stamps: Christmas Characters Inkadinkado
C/S: Aqua Mist, white
DP: GKD
circle nestabilities, copics, white grosgrain ribbon, Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

21 Christmas Card Challenge

Can you believe it's November?  In an effort to have a less crazy holiday season, I'm working on a challenge. .. to create 21 different cards I can use to send out.  I'll have to make duplicates of some of them, but not only do I hope to use some of my holiday stamps that have been tucked away, but also have less cards to work on in December.  I don't promise that all 21 will be consecutive, but I will try.  Gotta get these completed!  I'm still using dp from my scrap box too!

Stamps: Cozy Friends Sweet N Sassy Stamps
C/S: White, Red
DP: Retired SU!
Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder, circle nestabilities, copics, stripe ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!
Misti

HYCCT1213 Hope is the Thing

I made this for bfinly's HYCCT1213 Hope is the Thing challenge using Emily Dickinson's poem: Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.

I also made one to send to a family friend who loves cardinals.  This will be the Christmas card I send to her.  (Mom, are you reading this???!  ;)  )  I got to thinking about how long we've known them & they were in a church my parents pastored in 1977.   I remember their den & all of the Tupperware stuff they had, because she was a Tupperware lady.  She was in our home recently & she told me that she keeps every single card that my Mom & I send her... YIKES!!!  I better start keeping track so I don't send her a duplicate!

Stamps: Cardinal Christmas SU!
C/S: white, red
copics, oval nestabilities, red organdy ribbon, border scallop punch


A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!
Misti

HYCCT Peaceful Pink

I made this one for Jennifer's HYCCT challenge "Peaceful Pink".   I'm still using up scraps from my dp box... from the seemingly never ending scrap box!

Stamps: With Gratitude Flourishes
C/S: white, black, Bubblegum Pink
DP; from the scrap box
black grosgrain ribbon, black pearls, copics, Cuttlebug folder Swiss Dots

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

HYCCT1201A Show Me

I'm so behind in the HYCCT challenges. This is Lydia's challenge to "Show Me What You're Made Of". To show a style that is You!!! I LOVE this challenge because I can use my comfort colors & there is NO pink!!!!!!! Black & yellow, cuttlebug background, a little dp, a little bling.... It's so Me!! *grin*

FTTC189 Think Pink

I'm squeaking in this just under the time limit wire!  Eeeks!!!  This week's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge is to create a card using pink.  I'm still working on my scrap box & it doesn't seem like I'm making much progress.  But, anyway, I pulled out a scrap of pink & created my card around it.

Stamps: Sweet Nature Flourishes
C/S: black, white
DP: scrap box
Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder, copics, grosgrain ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!
Misti

Christmas Card Club September

This month (Sept... I'm a day late!), Lydia was the hostess of our Christmas card club.  I didn't get to do her kit justice At. All!!!!!   I had high hopes for getting a jump start on my Christmas cards & being ahead for once... I'm going to have to get a move on, quickly if I'm going to be able to say that they were made ahead of time.  Our kit included the following supplies (all by Stampin' Up!) including:
Images from Winterful Wonderland
Candlelight Designer paper
Snow Festival Tags
Noel Notes laser cut note and scalloped liner
Champagne Glimmer Paper
1/8" Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon, and
Designer Brushed Bronze buttons.

Check out the other members of the Christmas Card Club to see what they created:

Kelli
Lee
Lydia-- this month's hostess
Meredith
Peggysue

We have a new internet, so maybe... knock on wood... I'll be back on a regular basis again!

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!
Misti

FLLCSEPTRW1 Dear Santa

The noontime release week challenge was to create a card for a kid.  My boys love the looks of gingerbread men, but they don't like the taste of them.  I pulled out the kraft to use with it.

Stamps: Sweets of the Season Flourishes
C/s: Kraft, red, white
DP: Retired SU! from my scrap box
circle nestabilities, copics, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, scallop border punch

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

FLLC186 Pinterest Christmas

This week's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge was to find a picture from Pinterest to use as inspiration.  I found the top photo from marthastewart.com  on pinterest.  I liked the red chair & wanted to use it.  I still haven't decided on a card to mass produce, but this one might be in the running.

Stamps: Meet Me Under the Mistletoe Flourishes

C/S: white, cranberry tart (gkd)

DP: Basic Grey

Sizzix Circles Retro Embossing Folder, circles nestabilities, green grosgrain ribbon, copics

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

FLLCSEPT12 Any Way Sketch

This month's September release challenge at Flourishes is Any Which Way Sketch Challenge.  It's cooled down a little here & my roses are in full bloom again.  It's pretty to see the bushes loaded again.

Stamps: Sweet Nature Flourishes
C/S: cream, black, red
DP: from the scrap box
Copics, black pearls, black grosgrain ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

FTTC185 Mini Card

This week's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge was to create a mini card.   Even though our temps are still 100*+, I know that the holidays will be here before we know it & I'm gonna need some cards.  This challenge was perfect!  I can mass produce these & they are flat, so they will mail out easily enough.

Stamps:  Sweets of the Season, Flourishes
C/S: white, red
Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, circle nestabilities, copics, red grosgrain ribbon, red gingham ribbon

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

From the Scrap Box

This post is a stamper's equivalent of "cleaning out the fridge".  After participating in a "No Spend August" challenge & seeing how much "stuff" I still have that hasn't been used, I set some goals for September.  I want to use some of my scraps & some of my "what do I do with this" ribbon.   I'm not ready to bring out my fall colors yet, since we are still over 100*,  but I did find the scrap of green in my box & the apple image.   I decided I could do an apple today.

On a personal note, it's a Snoopy Dance kinda day here... one of my boys had a "minor" change made with his archery 6 weeks ago.  It wasn't a good change & it affected his scores in a HUGE way.  After lots of extra practice & extra meeting times with a coach, we have finally figured out what the problem was & are back to going forward again!!!!!

Stamps: Sun Ripened 2
C/S: white, red
DP: SU! Garden Green
oval nestabilities, copics, twine, brads, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti

RAC12 August

A group of us, decided to put together a monthly club where the hostess would send the same supplies to each person & we would be able to see how creative everyone was with the kit.

I got 2 cards made with the supplies that Peggysue sent.  I have enough leftovers to make several other cards...  now I just need to get it done, so I'll be patting myself on the back come December!!!  LOL!!!  Check out the other participants:

Kelli
Lee
Lydia 
Meredith
August hostess, Peggy Sue

A card a day keeps the mojo flowin'... until next time!

Misti