Sunday Christmas Card Challenges #31

Hello!  It's time for another Christmas Card Challenge.  I had an idea for a really cool card (well, in my opinion) but time got away from me and I didn't get it done.  Let's just say that going on a cleaning frenzy just before out-of-state company arrives is not a good thing.  But, the cleaning is done, the company arrived safely and I came up with this alternative to what I had planned.

Hope you all had a safe and fun July 4th.  God bless America!

Stamp Set:  White Christmas; Inks:  Basic Black, Real Red; Card Stock:  Basic Black, Smoky Slate; Accessories & Tools:  Lucky Stars Embossing Folder, Silver Sequins, SNAIL Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals, Stampin' Trimmer, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine

For all the challenge details, visit Christmas Card Challenges.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

The Friday Mashup! Challenge #208

Happy Mother's Day!  See that pretty flower in my photo?  It is from the beautiful flowers Mike, Jody, Zachary and Nicholas sent me for Mother's Day.  It is absolutely gorgeous!  But that's not the only one that was in the bouquet.  This is the one I rescued as it was drooping over and had a bent stem but I knew it would revive if I put it in its own little vase.  The full bouquet is lovely and I'll show you a picture of it once all of the blooms are open.  It has several more lilies like the one below and some purple flowers that are just opening up and aren't quite ready to reveal their true identities.

Along with the flowers, came a small box of chocolates.  It worked perfect for this week's Friday Mashup Challenge.  We were to create a that was recycled or upclycled or create a project for Mother's Day or put them together and mash it up!  I decided to upcycle the candy box and make a boxed set of 3 x 3 cards.  The cards are made from Crisp Cantaloupe card stock layered with the same little dotted patterned paper as the bottom layer of the flowers.  Since there are no chocolates in the box, I thought the sentiment from the Lovely Amazing You stamp set was most fitting.

Stamp Sets:  Lovely Amazing You, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Ink:  Early Espresso; Card Stock:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack; Accessories & Tools:  Pansy Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Tangelo Twist Thick Baker's Twine, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Glue Dots, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Trimmer.  All Stampin' Up!® product unless otherwise noted.

Here is how the way the box and the flowers looked on day one.

For all the challenge details and to play along, visit The Friday Mashup!

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

It's A Holiday Bazaar!

This is where you can find me today!  Stop in and say hello!

 It's a great place to do some of that holiday shopping!

Picture

Today find's me out of town and away from my computer so I'm simply going to share another of the wonderful pictures I find at www.morguefile.com.  I have used photos from there on several occasions. 

Fall pumpkins make great tasting pies!  For the last two years at Thanksgiving, my daughter-in-law, Jody, has made pumpkin pies from scratch using real pumpkin.  They have been some of the best tasting pies I've ever eaten.  Hopefully, she make some more this year along with her scrumptious cranberry salad.

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A Day of Recovery

A two-day craft show just takes all the energy out of me.  Then, I woke up at two this morning and couldn't get back to sleep.  Add my little two-year old go getter to the mix and I've just not been creative at all today.  Sigh...  I have so much to do to get ready for a full month of more craft shows.  Maybe I'll be all put back together tomorrow.