If a cow laughs hard....

This adorable image is available from Miss Rach for $1.  It just makes me smile coming from Wisconsin, the Dairy State to see a cow with milk.  This hilarious sentiment is available from a great set at TLC.  Remember that there is another Freebie and challenge coming up for this coming week at Miss Rach's blog.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock;  Bazzil:  Recollection

Stamp;  Miss Rach (see above for direct link)

Sentiment;  TLC, Create (see above for direct link)

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Flowers:  Prima

Bling:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Sweet Sketch 2 - Sketch 68

Crafty Creations - Ch. 298 It takes two (flowers, bling)

CRAFT - Ch.329 Add some bling

Papertake - Animal Magic

Quirky Crafts - Ch. 19 Animal Magic

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 262 For a child

Incy Wincy - No rubber stamps

CHNC Patterned Paper - September

Happy Harvest

Here is my card for the week 1 of the Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge.  I am caught up for a few hours until the new sketch for this week is posted.  For this card I used my Verve stamp set and went with a fall theme.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock;  Bazzil

Stamp:  Verve - Happy Fall

Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa

Spellbinder:  Small circle; Pennant

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Flowers:  Recollection

Challenges

Viva la Verve - September Wk 1

Verve - September Inspiration

Dream Valley - ch. 115 Autumn Colors

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Ch. 103 Make it Bright and colorful

Fore your birthday

It just so happens that the man I have been dating for the past 17 months will be having his birthday on Saturday.  He loves to golf, and it really helps him to relax.  It is "his thing" and so I don't give him grief about it since we all know what "my thing" is.  He was just saying he only has about eight weeks left for the year of golf.  For this card, I used an image from QKR and my sentiment from a wonderful birthday set at TLC.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye - Stella Rose

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  QKR - Golfing Bear

Sentiment:  TLC, Create (see above for direct link)

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Ribbon:  May Arts

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Sketch 378

Eureka - Ch. 158 Fall Sports

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 88 Embossing

Papertake - Animal Magic

Incy Wincy - No rubber stamps

A Gem of Challenge - Ch. 153 Boys, Boys, Boys

Birthday Girl

On Sunday it will be my lovely daughter's 23rd birthday!  I'm so glad that she is getting older, and I'm not!!!  She is coming home for the weekend and I'm so glad to spend some time with her.  This is what I made her a monochromatic card using an image from Little Miss Muffet and a sentiment from TLC.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Little Miss Muffet - Polka Dot Pals Heidi

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Birthday Girl

Spellbinders:  Small and large Petite Ovals, small and large circles

Braid:  Hobby Lobby

Flower:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch 318

Little Miss Muffet - Ch. 120 Anything Goes

SLS - Ch. 13 Monochrome

Crafty Ribbons - Ch. 126 Birthday

Incy Wincy - No rubber stamps

Catch the Bug - Teen Scene

Happy Fall

I have been doing some cleaning which is long over due and I found my Glimmer Mists.  I have quite a few of them so I have been using them again.  I also pulled out some of my die cuts besides my Spellbinders. It's like a Christmas present under the tree when you find some things under a pile, hehe.  I'm trying to find ways to organize things so that I can have better access and things won't be everywhere.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Verve - Happy Fall
Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa
Glimmer Mist
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Spellbinder:  Small and large circles
Die Cuts:  QuicKutz
Jute:  May Arts
Button:  My Favorite Things

Challenges
Viva la Verve - September Wk 2
Dream Valley - Ch. 115 Autumn colors
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Ch. 103 Make it bright and colorful
Crafty Creations - Ch. 298 It takes two
That's Crafty - Lovely Leaves
Sisterhood of Crafters - Photo Inspiration

Old Goat

FREEBIE and a NEW CHALLENGE

Miss Rach has this adorable image as a freebie on her site which qualifies as an image for the Apple Harvest Challenge.  The sentiment is from QKR.  I made this card as an easel card.  I plan for this to be a birthday card for my uncle who has a birthday later this month.

Patterned Paper:  Crate

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollection

Stamp:  Miss Rach - (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  QKR (see above for direct link)

Apple:  Jolee

Ribbon:  American Crafts

Spellbinder:  Label Eight

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Button:  My Favorite Things

Divine Twine

Pearls:  Recollection

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

QKR - Ch. 156 Midnite snack

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 390 Numbers (in patterned paper)

4 Crafty Chicks - Ch. 263 Birthday

Crafty Ribbons - Ch. 126 Happy Birthday

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 154 Something that starts with G (goat, grey, green apple)

Quirky Crafts - Ch. 19 Quirky Animal Magic

Brown Sugar - Ch. 163 Make an easel card

Come and Get It - More than one fold

Baltimore train

I have been trying to use some of my stamps (which I have a lot of) and some ink.  My best friend had her birthday last week, and I plan to give her a pack of cards since she loves that as a gift.  Her husband worked for the railroad, so I thought a train card would be a good one.  I found a stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms and put it to use.  I embossed a background and found some buttons.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:  Distress - Old Paper & Walnut Stain
       Color Block - Charcoal chalk
Buttons:  Stash
Metal:  Tim Holtz
Ribbon:  Offray
Tag:  7 Gypsies
Jute:  May Arts
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges
Mojo - Sketch 415
Cornish Heritage Farms - CHF 77 Make it Masculine
Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 88 Embossing
Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 153 Boys, Boys
Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 23 Button it up