Vacation Bible School thank you

This week is Vacation Bible School for us! What an exciting time for all the kids. I am volunteering all week long and one of the organizers asked me to make thank you cards for the private organizations who provided snacks throughout the week for the volunteers. Of course I said YES! I went with the theme of VBS which is Kingdom of the Son it has all the animals from the Wild About You set by Stampin' Up! so I thought perfect! I used Taylored Expressions sketch challenge #75 this last friday it was a perfect sketch for my card. I personalized each card by stamping the initials of the private org's name on the front. Animal Crackers Jack Stripe by Making Memories is the scrapbook paper I used on the cards. The ribbon comes from Taylored Expressions online store.

Hey Sweetie

I'm the General Treasurer for our enlisted spouses club on base and I've been asked to make the members birthday, congrats, and new baby cards. Since it's been almost a week since I've really stamped I figured I'd get my mojo flowing by completing two challenges in 1 card to get me movin! I saw Taylor's TECC53 sketch challenge which I really like and also liked the Our Creative Corner Crazy For Heart's challenge.
Last Friday I placed my first order with I Heart Papers and can you believe my order was here on Wednesday?!! I didn't realize I ordered so much My Mind's Eye paper but man they have a great selection. For my card I used paper from My Minds Eye called Irresistible Sweet Blossoms. I used Regal Rose as the card base and layered it with Bravo Burgundy. I used the Swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder. The stamp set is from Hey There Cupcake. I found some cute heart jewels that I completely forgot I had by Queen & Co. On the outer edges of some of the cardstock I distressed using one of my keys on my keychain. Well I'm off to post my challenge cards on the respective blogs. Can't wait to check everyone's cards out they did for the challenges as well. I'll be sharing the cards I make today for the club and sharing throughout the rest of the week and weekend.

TECC49

Today we ended up doing nothing! It was a lazy day at home to prepare to get back into the swing of our routines starting tomorrow. I love routine. I think the kids are so ready to be back in school. I know I am! I was able to crank out a few cards today. I love when I can just do a card here and there throughout the day. I chose to do Taylored Expression cupcake challenge #49. Luckily I already had a piece of chipboard from Stampin' Up! inked up with real red craft ink. I couldn't figure out what to do with it so I put it back in my stash to use later. And what do you know her challenge was a perfect time to use it. So I quickly grabbed it and put it together with some black and white cardstock to make a Valentine themed card. It's a 4X4 card base on Basic Black. Then whisper white, and the inked up chipboard on top. I cut some small thin strips of Basic Black cardstock to get the squares. This will be going in my pile of Valentine cards for me to mail out. Or who knows maybe it will end up being one of my son's teachers card.

Sweet Birthday Wishes, TECC31

Good morning! I woke up this morning to the noise of rain just pounding down outside. I LOVE it when it rains. I had no clue it was to rain on Labor Day here in Germany. Oh well, it will be a perfect day to do odd and end things around the house. I especially love the mornings when the kids sleep in and I can check email and get on online in peace and quiet. That's why I'm trying to get my card posted for Taylored Expressions cupcake challenge #31. I finished my card yesterday but ran out of time to post it. Yesterday while checking my myspace account I thought hmmm....why not use the color scheme from my myspace page to use for her challenge. My page is set to private but you can find the myspace page from Pyzam here. The colors in the page are Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Basic Black, Apricot Appeal and Whisper White. I used just a bit of the Apricot Appeal to throw some of that color in there somewhere. I inked up my Birthday Cupcake stamp set by Inkadinkadoo. I purchased it at Joanns.com during 4th of July when it was on sale and shipping was free! What a deal right? I stamped the heart from the set as a background on the Pink Passion and then I went over the hearts with my new Black Diamond stickles I bought at the Spangdahlem AB crafts store. My sweet husband drove me an hour and 15 minutes away just so I could go to the craft store. They have a large selection of stuff on hand. He made my day Saturday! Instead of using a sentiment in the oval circle I used my large sentiment from the Birthday Cupcake set on the main image panel. My mom lives in Kansas and she goes to Topeka pretty often. She was there recently and happened upon a new scrapbook store. She does not stamp or not scrapbook at all but she's always thinking of me so she went in to see what she could find. Well she found this ADORABLE cupcake punch by EK Success. Actually the owner had made several cards using the punch and my mom could not find the punch so she ordered one. When it came in my mom went to get it and sent it to me! She knows I love cupcakes. I paper pieced the cupacke. I used some black eyelet designer paper for the liner, and I cut out the pink passion cupcake top. I also punched and pieced a piece of apricot appeal for the candle portion. I added some rhinestones because all cards need bling somewhere! Finished it off with some black and white polka dot organdy ribbon! Uh-oh I hear people moving about upstairs. In a few minutes I'll have to start breakfast so I'm off to start my day!

Supplies: Birthday Cupcake set by Inkadinkadoo, Black Diamond stickles, Black & White polka dot organdy ribbon, Scallop oval punches, Cupcake punch by EK Success, Basic Black ink, Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Basic Black, Apricot Appeal, and Whisper White cardstock, Rhinestones, Pink Passion Stampin' Up! stampin write marker