Pumpkin Spice Hop and Challenge

    Happy March and welcome to the Pumpkin Spice blog hop.  You should have arrived here from sweet Carissa's blog.  If not, please start at lovely Cheryl's blog!

The challenge, should you accept it:

Green + 4 of something

  My alpha stickers and adhesive crochet leaf are green, and my "four of something" are four different papers from different Echo Park collections.  Both my red crinkle ribbon and crochet flower are from retired Pumpkin Spice kits.

  I like to make quirky St. Patrick's Day cards so that I could use them for other occasions too.  I really like to use the sentiment "lucky in love."

Supplies:

papers: Echo Park For the Record "Lace Stripes", "Vintage Linen", "Apron Strings"; Echo Park This and That "Quilt"

alpha stickers:  Echo Park Country Drive "Alpha Stickers"

Cricut cartridge:  Elegant Edges p.29 cut @ 4"

Now it's YOUR turn!  

Create something with Green + 4 of something

for a chance to win great product from

the Shop Pumpkin Spice store.

Link your project here.

Your next stop on the hop:  Lezlye!

Lucky 2 Have U

  "Lucky to have you" is my favorite sentiment to use for St. Patrick's Day cards because they can also be used for an anniversary card.  I planned my entire card around this typewriter that I fussy cut from Jillibean Soup "Sweet and Sour" paper.  All of the other papers and stickers are from Echo Park "For the Record."  I was drawn to the 2 and U typewriter-style stickers.

  I purchased everything to create this card from the Shop Pumpkin Spice store:

Supplies:  Jillibean Soup "Sweet and Sour" (typewriter); Echo Park For the Record "Fabric Store", "Newsprint", "Alpha Stickers", and "Element Stickers"

  Here are some previous cards that

 I have made using Echo Park "For the Record":

and I have another new "For the Record"
card that I will post this Saturday!

  I hope you shop at Pumpkin Spice for all of your paper-crafting supplies :)

Happy Thursday!

Happy St.Patrick's Day!

February is nearing the end and St. Patrick's Day is on the way!

I had fun perusing my stamp sets and papers to create a

spring card with a flower.

For my sentiment I chose the 

Joy's Life "Holiday Occasions" stamp set:

A festive font, don't you agree?

The Joy's Life design team has created

spring cards with a flower

for your inspiration this week.  

Please click here to see what my

design team sisters created!

Other supplies:

Echo Park For the Record "Apron Strings", "Lace Stripes", "Advertisement", and "Element Stickers."

Happy Tuesday!

Xs and Os for Jillibean Soup

  This week's challenge on the Pumpkin Spice blog is "Xs and Os."  I immediately thought of these papers that came in one of my Artful Delight kits from February 2012; I thought it only appropriate to also use them for the February challenge at Artful Delight.  The corrugated butterfly is also Jillibean Soup from my stash.  The twine and brad are from retired Shop Pumpkin Spice kits.

Supplies:
paper:  Jillibean Soup "Sweet and Sour"; Bazzill card stock
corrugated butterfly:  Jillibean Soup
brad
twine
punch:  5/8" circle (for "X O X O")

I hope you will link up with me for the "Xs and Os" challenge and/or the Artful Delight challenge.

Happy Saturday!

BasicGrey Clippings at Shop Pumpkin Spice

  I created this fun little card from BasicGrey "Clippings" 6x6 papers, snippets, and adhesive chipboard pieces.  The "LOVE" typewriter stickers are by Rusty Pickle.  And I added a few staples.  

  I showed this card to my husband and he said, "You No Love me?"  Oh dear!  Perhaps I should have chosen the number of years we have been together or the number of years we have been married for the red "No." snippet :)

  Do you have a creative faux pas you care to share?  Hopefully I gave you a giggle with mine today!

You can find BasicGrey "Clippings" at the Shop Pumpkin Spice store.  Don't forget to link up your love-themed cards, LOs, and projects on the Shop Pumpkin Spice blog.  (Link up love projects here by 9pm PST Friday, February 22nd.)

Happy Thursday!

Happy Birthday, Joy!

  This week the Joy's Life design team is celebrating 

the birthday of our leader, Joy!  

We are creating birthday cards this week.  

Please check out the inspiration here every day this week.

  My circular sentiment is from "All Around Sentiments":

I stamped my sentiment in white pigment ink

and embossed with white embossing powder.

I cut paper strips in various widths and 

glued them diagonally on white card stock.

My papers are all from Echo Park

"So Happy Together" 6x6 pad.

The butterfly framelits die, pearls, 

white gel pen, ink pad, embossing powder,

and foam dimensionals are all by Stampin' Up!

Happy Birthday, Joy!

Sketch and Love and good news!

  I have some BasicGrey "Hopscotch" chipboard pieces and die cuts strewn about my workspace leftover from my "Hugs & Kisses" card I posted on Tuesday.  I have a tendancy to put the extra pieces in a snack-size Ziploc baggie and forget that I own them, so I left them out in hopes that I will use them.

  I also recently perused my 6x6 pads and found a never used BasicGrey "What's Up" paper pad.  I chose a few "What's Up" papers to coordinate with seven bits and pieces on my desk and this Cardabilities sketch:

  My good news:  I found out earlier this week that I made the Cardabilities design team for March 15th-June 30th 2013!  You could have knocked me over with a feather.  If you are a follower, you may know how much I enjoy sketch challenges AND that it was my heart's desire to be on a sketch challenge blog design team.

  I have followed Cardabilities since April 2010!  The challenge for this particular sketch (#69) is open until February 27th.  Link up here.

  I will also enter this card in the "Love" challenge on the Shop Pumpkin Spice blog.  That challenge ends February 22nd @ midnight EST.  Link your love-themed projects here.

Happy Saturday!