I'm a bad blogger! :-(

I'm sorry it has been so long since I posted anything! I have been just as bad about posting cards to my gallery at SCS.

I have been busy getting ready for Christmas and have neglected my blog. I promise! I will take pictures soon and start posting again. I'd like to take some tonight, but I don't know that I will have time. I have a lot to do to get ready for the weekend.

We are going to be away from tomorrow morning until Sunday afternoon. We will be in Orlando tomorrow for the Performance Racing Industry show. We will be staying overnight in Orlando and then heading over to Clearwater on Saturday morning. My company's Christmas Party is going to be held at the Sand Pearl Resort on Saturday night. And then we will be coming back home Sunday morning sometime. Phew! A busy weekend!

In Color Swap Cards

This is my card for the In Color swap at SCS. This card was originally only going to be the folded Top Note die cut. But as I was putting away my copy of the card, I laid it on top of another card.

Oh my goodness! I couldn't believe the difference and how good it looked! So, I cut the back panels, layered them together, then attached the folded Top Notes die cut card.

Recipe:

CS: Kiwi Kiss, Red Riding Hood, Pink Pirouette, Bella Rosa DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel (to color the skirt)

Stamp: Winter Post, unkown sentiment

Accessories: White snowflake brad, iridescent rhinestone, Top Note die

Eastern Blooms Birthday

Today's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoaststampers was pink bedding from JC Penny. This card is my submission for the challenge.

This card sure is pink! As I was creating it, all I could think was that it was "too pink," and how could I tone it down? The Certainly Celery green didn't help much, so I decided to add a layer of Chocolate Chip. The base is also Chocolate Chip.

My granddaughter's fifth birthday is coming up soon, so this will be her card.

Recipe:

CS: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Certainly Celery

Ink: Cholocate Chip, various chalk inks

Stamps: SU! Eastern Bloom, sentiment is from a Gina K set

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch (for the leaves), Boho Blossom Punch, brads, , Fiskars texture plate

3x3 Snowman Swap Card

This is one of 6 3x3 notecards for a swap on Splitcoaststampers. I haven't sent these in yet but I will soon because they are due in mid-November!

It's a quick and simple card. The snowman was stamped on white card stock and cut out (2-1/2" x 2-1/2"). I used the ticket corner punch on the corners. The layer underneath (2-3/4" x 2-3/4") is SU! Brushed Silver. The cardstock is last year's In Color, Soft Sky. The accessories are a silver snowflake brad and light blue organza ribbon.

My Stair Step Card

Please see the post below for the link to yesterday's Technique Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. The cards in the gallery are stunning!

Recipe:

CS: Handsome Hunter, unkown DSP

Stamps: SU! Snow Swirled, Gina K's Christmas Blessings

Ink: Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Stazon Black, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Mellow Moss, YoYo Yellow

Accessories: pink bling, clear glitter gel pen, gold brads

Today's SCS Technique Challenge

Oh my! You just HAVE to go check out today's technique challenge and the gallery at Splitcoast! The gallery of chock full of breathtaking cards! I can't wait until I have time to play with this technique, but it won't be until tomorrow at the earliest. Once I get my card finished, I will post it here.

Have a great "Rest of the Day!"

One card for my stash for coworkers

I give birthday cards to my coworkers, most of whom are men. I have such a difficult time with masculine cards, though. This is one that I made this past weekend and I really like it. I will most likely be duplicating it for upcoming family member birthdays.

Recipe:

CS: Always Artichoke, Choc Chip, DSP

Stamp: Clearly Wordsworth

Ink: Close to Cocoa

Saturday SCS Inspiration Challenge

Saturday's challenge at SCS is always an Inspiration Challenge. I chose to use the green room posted; I call this card Kiwi Kiss Room.

As I finished each step, the card just didn't look finished so I'd add another element. At first, it was only going to be the white background image layered on black & attached to the Kiwi Kiss base.

Well, that was way too plain! So I thought about adding the brads but then decided to add the prima instead. With just the flower, it was still too plain, so I decided to add the brads.

It was getting better, but it wasn't finished yet. That's when I decided to add the white layer under the black. Nope, not done yet, something was still missing. I laid the white strip across the BG image & decided to layer it with black. It called out for a layer of Kiwi Kiss -- Eureka! All it needed now was the Happy Birthday sentiment. Done!

Recipe:

Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, BB, WW
Ink: BB

Stamps: I have had them for a while and I don't remember the companies.

Accessories: SU! scallop punch, brads, primas

Featured Stamper and Carolyn King's blog

Today's Featured Stamper at SCS is E3stamper and she has a fabulous gallery! It was hard to decide on one card, but this is the one I chose.

I changed the colors,the image, and embellisments but kept the layout pretty much the same. This was a very fast card to make because the image was received in an image swap and the sentiment, white flowers, and Bashful Blue teztured CS were received in a Wish RAK. So, no stamping for me on this card!

I am sending this card to the Alzheimers Care Center that is listed on Carolyn King's blog. Alzheimers is a terrible disease and the caregivers often go unthanked. If you know someone who is a caregiver, please won't you send them a card? Or, if you are blessed and don't know a caregiver, please send a card to the Center that Cammie listed.

Recipe: Image: Received in a swap CS: Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue textured, WW Ink: Black Stazon Accessories: SU! rubons

Please Help Heal Devin

My co-worker's 2 YO son nearly drowned last summer. He spent several weeks in ICU at Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando, FL before being sent home.

My co-worker, Jeremy, found out about a family in Tampa, FL who has a hyperbaric chamber that they allow people to use for free! It's their ministry and a wonderful one at that! Devin spent a month in Tampa getting treatments and he showed great improvment! Unfortunately, he was unable to stay longer and now Devin is back home. Jeremy is trying to raise enough money to buy a hyperbaric chamber for Devin and he intends to have the same ministry as the family in Tampa - allowing other folks to use the machine for free! Jeremy has a heart full of love for all his children; you can see it in his face and hear it in his voice when he talks about them.

www.helphealdevin.com is the website where you can read about Devin and the hyperbaric chamber that Jeremy wants to buy. He is asking that 25,000 people donate $1 each; there is a paypal button on the site.

Please, won't you help Devin and other people who would benefit from this?