Peace Out

I love this new beetle bug car stamp!  Too cute.  I made these cards today. I stamped "Peace Out" on the license plate.  

Card Break

Between doctor visits, political rallies and homeschooling, I fit in a bit of crafting!  I made these cards for a friend whose children are receiving First Holy Communion and Confirmation this year:

Super Bowl Card

Nothing better than crafting while watching football!  Glad the Giants won. I'm not a Pats fan at all!  I made this card as I watched. Flowers go with the Super Bowl, right?

Merry Christmas!

It's that time of year, where we send out Christmas cards to friends and family.  I try to make them all.  Here's another one I decided to sew last night:

I have no idea why I decided to sew cards.  :o) One observation:  sometimes I don't stamp straight! Oh well, it is still fun to send handmade Christmas cards, right?  I made a few of the cards below, too.  I embossed over stamped images. 

Unity Stamp Challenge

I broke out the sewing machine to make this card for the Unity Stamp Challenge. 

Another Pink Christmas Card

Cards for a Cure

These are cards I made over the last few weeks.  All Unity Stamps. These will be Christmas gifts, eventually!  I like to put them in packages and give them out as gifts.  (I don't shop at Christmas-- gave it up years ago) If  people receive the cards, look up the blog and read about Shwachman-Diamond and Mito, it is a bonus! 

1 Cross + 3 Nails = 4 given

I don't like all of the cards I make... I love the stamp set, but I'm not sure about the card. I figure I should go ahead and share those cards I feel are dismal failures, too. This is the first week in a long time that we have not had to go to ANY doctor's appointments.  I thought we might, but we were able to avoid going. Yeah us! Sean has finally recovered from football and made it to play racquetball at the Y for the first time since we joined. He has always been too tired to come along.  No one stayed up or woke up with pain last night, so life is good.

I just posted my Sugar-free Vanilla Creme Brulee recipe in Pattie's Kitchen. Check it out.  I can't tell the difference and I am a sugar snob.

So, now for the card I don't think is all tat great. You win some, lose some.

See what I mean..... not my best work ever.

Mito Awareness Card

I'm in love with this $6 set from Ippity!  It is called All things are possible.  When I saw it, I knew I had to have it to make Mito Awareness cards.  See the entire set below or at the hyperlink above. 5 stamps for $6 is an awesome deal.  I also made another 4 X 4 Mito Awareness card for the Unity Opportunity Challenge with this set. Isn't it cute?

The entire set:

Unity November KOM Sketch Challenge

Here is what I came up with for the Unity November KOM Sketch Challenge

Here is the template we needed to follow for this challenge:

Unity Opportunity Mini Challenge

I made this card for the Unity Opportunity Challenge

The challenge is to make a mini.   a mini card (4x4 or smaller) - a mini layout (6x6 or smaller) - a mini book - etc.

Get Buggy with Unity

I used the cracked glass technique to make this All things Unity card Challenge- Getting Bug'gy with It:

Unity Challenge Simple Cat

Another 4X4 card I made... very simple. I was going to add other things, but decided that simple is sometimes best!

Unity Challenge- Butterfly

Here is another 4X4 card I made for the Unity challenge

Look on the Bright Side

Unity Stamp Challenge

Here is a card I designed for the Unity Stamp Challenge. They wanted a fall themed card, but I don't really have any Unity Stamps with a fall theme, so I just went with this and used fall colors! 

CPS Card Sketch Challenge

Here is another one I entered today..... The CPS Sketch Challenge .This really is addicting.  With only one appointment scheduled this week (unless the brewing toe infection gets worse) -- I can craft my heart out. Teacher work day!  Just kidding... homeschool moms never get a "teacher work day" - I made this card while fielding questions and getting kids back on task:

This is the sketch template we had to use to make our submission:

Happy Halloween, y'all!

The House that Stamps Built Challenge

Yes, I am on quite a roll here with these challenges. Surprisingly, the boys are doing their school work QUIETLY and I'm sitting here next to them crafting. Isn't life grand? This is the card I made for The House that Stamps Built What if Wednesday sketch challenge I included the sketch design we used in the challenge. I may never win any of these challenges, but it sure has been fun creating cards!

Here is the template we used for the challenge:

The Sweet Shop Sketch Challenge

Here's what I came up with for The October 29, 2011 Sweet Shop Sketch Challenge SSS132
 

Here is the sketch we were asked to use for this challenge:

Creative Sketches Holiday Sketch Challenge

Here is a card that I created for the Creative Sketches Holiday Sketch Challenge
I think it turned out really cute!