A Sweet Sketch Color Throwdown Thanksgiving

Hello Friends! Happy Thanksgiving! I haven't played along with a color challenge in a long time, although they always intrigue me .. and tonight, I absolutely could not resist this week's Color Throwdown... the colors are probably one of my most favorite combos .. Real Red, Taken with Teal, Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip. nice, right?  I just thought it went perfectly with this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge, which happens to be one of my favorite weekly challenges. Top it off with this adorable, brand-new stamp set from Paper Smooches and I am one happy crafter! Paper Smooches always inspire me to 'think outside the box' and that is why my little gnome has such a unique beard. This card just makes me smile, I hope it does you, too.

Card Details:

Stamps: Paper Smooches Forest Whimsey

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Taken with Teal, Baja Breeze,

 Echo Park spots & stripes dp, Cottonball white

Ink: Baja Breeze, Real Red, Momento Tuxedo Black, Taken with Teal

Tools/Accessories: Coordinating Ribbon

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today, I do hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday!

Katie's Life Celebration Blog Hop

Hello Friends ...Thank you for joining us in honoring our Katie. You should have arrived here from the sweet and talented, not to mention MY BFF, Cassie's blog if not, go ahead and hop back to the begining HERE.

As many of you know, our sweet friend, Katie Renz, just recently lost her battle with gastric cancer. It comforts me to know she is no longer suffering that terrible pain, and that she is once again healed and whole in the Kingdom of Heaven. I like to think of her leading God's Design Team.

Katie brought so much creativity to the blogging community, as well as SO MUCH MORE. Today, on this "Tuesday Tutorial", we would like to honor our Katie by CASEing her fabulous cards into birthday cards. Katie was so uber-talented, I tried my best to honor her by CASEing this card:

I have a LONG way to go before I am able to color as beautifully as Katie could, but I do hope I did her card justice. I was drawn to this card by the eyelets and twine. Katie always had a keen eye for special details.



I 'met' Katie thru Clear Dollar Stamps before I was invited to join the design team, we would comment and chat during the old weekly color challenge. Turns out she lived in my old home town! She, along with my BFF, Cassie, encouraged me to try out for the design team and continued to encourage me while we served on the cds design team together.

Katie was such an inspiring person, not only in her card making and crafting, but in her honesty and candor. She openly shared her journey with the cancer she battled, her ups and downs and her finding peace.

She will be grately missed and fondly remembered.

Thank you so much for stopping by and joining in Katie's Life Celebration blog hop. Your next stop is the talented Jerusha's blog. Again, thank you for joining us in remembering such a wonderful person.

If you would like to donate in of support OPERATION RENZ FAMILY,click HERE

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Card Details:

Stamps: CDS Summer Dahlia

Paper: CratePaper Farmhouse dp, Choice Snowwhite, coordinating cs

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Copics: R81, R83, Y17, YG03

Tools/Accessories: misc eyelets, MME pink & white twine

Clear Dollar Stamps NOVEMBER Blog Hop .." Thankful "

 Hello Friends! It is time once again for Clear Dollar Stamps' monthly BLOG HOP! I so look forward to these hops! You should have arrived here from the talented Sarah's blog. If not, go ahead and hop on back to Lori's blog, clearlyistamp, to start the hop!

Ahh, November ... thoughts of the holidays are upon us, Christmas decorations have been in the stores for awhile now ... I know it is easy for me to get overwhelmed and stressed this time of year, and so this month's hop theme, brought to us by our wonderful hostess, Linda, is a perfect one. Reminding me to be Thankful for all the blessings I have surrounding me instead of being stressed by the world that surrounds me.

"Thankful"

Everyone is probably thinking of Thanksgiving cards, but I decided to go another direction ... I used Clear Dollar Stamps' Windowbox Wishes stamp set. It is such a versatile set, perfect for all seasons.

Card Details:

Stamps: CDS Windowbox Wishes

Paper: Real Red, Aqua, Choice Buttercream, Crate Paper Farmhouse dp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Copics: R29, R46, BG10, YR04, YR07, Y17, YG03, G05

Tools/Accessories: Labels One Nestabilities, Ribbon tags trios nestabilities

Blog Hop Details:

There are prizes to be won just for hoping around and leaving comments! Every comment you leave for the DT increases your chances of winning!


This month's prize is definately worth joining in on the hop..We are changing up the prizes a little bit .. ONE lucky winners will recieve a $25 gift certificate to the Clear Dollar Stamps digi store!

 **Winner will be randomly chosen from comments received on two DT member blogs. Winners will be announced on the CDS blog Wednesday, November 23 **

Ok, your next stop on the hop is the inspiring Lisa's blog. Thank you so much for joining in the fun of this month's hop! Did you leave lots of love for everyone? Remember, the more you comment, the more chances you have to WIN!
Good Luck and Happy Hopping!! !

Clearly Inspired Challenge #40 *** Flowers ***

Wow, I know I say it every time, but seriously? Time is speeding by! Which, I guess is good. With the time speeding thing noted, I find myself at the third Friday of the month, which means it is time, once again, for the Clearly Inspired Challenge!! YAY! This time, our amazing hostess, Cassie, has challenged us to use FLOWERS on our projects.

I chose a Christmas flower, CDS Poinsettia Joy. I paper pieced the different layers of petals and leaves to give it an interestiing look.

Card Details:

Stamps: CDS Poinsettia Joy

Paper: Old Olive, Echo Park Seasons Greetings dp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Tools/Accessories: dimensionals, misc pearls

Here are the details on the Clearly Inspired Challenge:


-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge and please no back posting


-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month. The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month. For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for stamps or digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3. (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

Ok, lets see what you all come up with!! Get to work! :o)

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #126 **Nice List Santa**



Hello Friends! Man, it feels like forever since I have been able to craft just for fun! Things have been, well,  to say the least ... upside down here at the Bryant house this last month. For now, at least, things seem to be getting back to 'normal'. 

I have missed my paper... I have an addiction to dp, I admit it. And I have had withdrawls to the point where I would go into the craft room to simply visit my dp.

Anyway ... I made this card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday #126. Also, at Paper Smooches, Kim is looking for Christmas cards, so that is why I was inspired to ink up my Paper Smooches' Santa Paws set. I (heart) Paper Smooches' images! Also, although this card may not be so "CAS" I will throw it in the mix at CAS-ual Fridays where they are asking for a design element to go 'over the edge'. I did it creations is calling for Christmas, The Crafty Pad is calling for Paper Piecing ( I paper pieced Santa's suit), and The Ribbon Girl is also calling for Christmas cards.

Card Details:

Stamps: PS Santa Paws

Paper: Ruby Red, Echo Park Seasons Greetings dp,

Cottonball White

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze

Tools/Accessories: PS Doohickies jazzies, misc ribbon,

SU little felt flurries, sponge dauber

Copics: E00, E02, C1, C3, BG10 

Clearly Inspired Challenge #39 *** Color Challenge ***

Time really does fly ... it is November already!! eek! By the check of the calender, it is time again for Clear Dollar Stamps' Clearly Inspired Challenge, where there are prizes to be won! Who doesnt LOVE a prize!

This time, our lovely hostess, Cassie, has brought us a color challenge. If you dont have these exact colors, use something close. If you want these exact colors, go do some shopping at Clear Dollar Stamps!

Here is my card using these fabulous colors in CDS papers and CDS hybrid inks.

Card Details:

Stamps: CDS Christmas Deer

Paper: CDS Red Velvet Cake, CDS Spring Leaf, Whisper White,

CDS Gold, Echo Park Seasons Greetings dp

Ink: CDS Red Velvet Cake, CDS Spring Leaf

Tools/Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Modern Label Punch,

CDS gold ribbon, Corner Rounder

Here are the details on the Clearly Inspired Challenge:

-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

 -Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

 -Only one entry per person per challenge and please no back posting


-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month. The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month. For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for stamps or digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3. (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

Ok, lets see what you come up with! Happy Crafting Everyone!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #38 *** PINK ***

Hello Friends! The time is here again for another Clearly Inspired Challenge! This time, the challenge is PINK ! As you can see, I took the challenge quite literaly. hahaha

Wow! This year has been flying by! Things have been wild here the last couple weeks. To sum it up, we became a licensed foster/adopt home, and on the very same day, received our first foster child, a 9 month old little boy. Talk about turning everything Upside Down! Like for example, I would have bet the farm that I had already scheduled this post so it would be ON TIME for yesterday. But ... maybe its baby brain. haha...  

Here are the details on the Clearly Inspired Challenge:

-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge and please no back posting
 -Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month. The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month. For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for stamps or digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3. (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

 Card Details:

.Stamps: CDS Birthday Blessings Oval &  CDS Birthday Party

Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Choice SnowWhite

Ink: Melon Mambo, Momento Tuxedo Black

Copics: RV13, RV14, E47, R27, Y17, YR07

Tools/Accessories: CDS Elegant accents oval die,

 Oval Nestabilities,

Labels 19 Nestabilities,

Melon Mambo ribbon, Dimensionals

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I really appreciate your visit and your comments! 

Clear Dollar Stamps OCTOBER Blog Hop .." Happy Fall Y'All "

Hello Friends! It is time again for Clear Dollar Stamps' monthly Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from the talented Kathy's blog, if not, go ahead and hop back to Lori's blog, ClearlyiStamp to start the hop!                                 

Can you believe it is already October? Finally the weather has become nice and tolerable here in my corner of the country, which makes this month's theme a perfect one. Linda has challenged us to put our own creative spin on:

Happy Fall Y'All

I decided to use just the leaves from the July release Clear Dollar set, Squirrel Chatter. Going more toward a simple design is sometimes hard for me, but this time, I think it worked out nicely.

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Card Details:

Stamps: Squirrel Chatter

Paper: October Afternoon Campfire dp,
Dusty Durango, Neenah Solar White

Ink: Momento Rich Cocoa, Dusty Durango

Tools/Accessories: D'vine Swirls embossing folder,
 Chestnut chalk ink, CDS Designer Dies,
Buttercup liquid pearls, dimensionals

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Blog Hop Details:

There are prizes to be won just for hoping around and leaving comments! Every comment you leave for the DT increases your chances of winning!
This month's prize is definately worth joining in on the hop..We are changing up the prizes a little bit .. ONE lucky winners will recieve a $25 gift certificate to the Clear Dollar Stamps digi store!

**Winner will be randomly chosen from comments received on two DT member blogs. Winners will be announced on the CDS blog Thursday, October 20 **

Ok! Your next stop is the inspiring Jan's blog! Thank you so much for joining in on this month's hop! Did you leave lots of love for everyone? Remember the more comments, the more chances you have to be a winner! Good Luck!!

Clear Dollar Stamps October NEW RELEASE Product Parade Day 4

Hello! Welcome to the 4th and final day of Clear Dollar Stamps' Product Parade. Sadly, I do not have any samples to share with you today, but the rest of the Design Team definately does! The DT links are all on my sidebar.

Look for the following stamps:

Sew Grateful
Burst Your Balloon
Tag Phrases
Zephaniah
Birthday Prayer
Salvation Sentiments
     And the most exciting of all:
Customer Collections

Visit Lori's blog to see what stamps YOU the Customer have designed!

Clear Dollar Stamps October NEW RELEASE Product Parade Day 3

Hello! So glad you could join us on day 3 of Clear Dollar Stamps' Product Parade! Today I have one card to share with you, and one additional item to tell you about.

Build-a-Quilt
This is a set of 15 for only $9.99. It has tons of possibilities and potential!

Isnt this just a fabulous idea! There are few things more comforting than a quilt. So this stamp set is perfect to send a friend a comforting note of encouragement. 

Card Details:

Stamps: Build-A-Quilt

Paper: American Crafts- happy go lucky dp

Ink: momento tuxedo black

Tools/Accessories: Labels 14 Nestabilities, corner rounder

Build-a-Quilt die set

Yes! Lori has a die set to perfectly coordinate with the Build-a-Quilt stamps! Check Lori's blog for more details!

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Well, that is all I have to share with you today! Please do visit my fellow DT members' blogs (links on my sidebar) for more ideas and inspiration! And, remember, you can shop for all the fabulous new stamps NOW! No more waiting to shop! Just click HERE to go directly to the Clear Dollar Stamps' store! Happy Shopping!