Circus, Circus- Like it or hate it?

I find it so hard to be objective about my own work.  I just can't look at it as a whole most of the time, I simply focus in on one thing that I either like or hate.  Honestly, I don't know what to think about this card.  I was trying to use some different techniques, but not sure if I was successful.  I was also trying to tap into the current trend of using circus paraphenalia in card making.  What do you think?  Good, bad?  You can be honest, I won't get mad. :)  

I do quite like this little bear on the bike, part of the Tagtastic Hostess set in the 2011-2012 SU! catalog.

Spice it up!

Hello!  Hope you had a good weekend.  I was a little sick myself, but still got to enjoy some of this lovely September sun, on the mend now anyhow.  While it is fall, thankfully we still have some sun in Seattle... seeing as it didn't show up until August.  I know I shouldn't complain because so many people have had a scorcher of a summer early on, lets just say glad to have some late sun and even happier that is seems to be sticking around  into September.

With fall comes fall colors.  I have to say I LOVE this new DSP in the SU! holiday mini catalog.  It is called Spice Cake.  I have to tell you, it is definitly spicing up my life!  I have two cards to show you today, both with this paper. 

First is this card with the owls.  I used all SU! products with the exception of the owl's which are Hero Arts, the tag (sorry can't remember what line this is) and the greeting (I think this is Stampendous). I had fun paper piecing the owls with the DSP.  I also love a few other things about this card, the corner punch from Martha Stewart and the Square Lattice embossing folder from SU!  This card was fun to make.

Next is my  little fox card.  Now you want to talk about spicing things up?!  In addition to using the Spice Cake DSP, I stamped on felt!  Yep, that's right, check out those felt clouds, aren't they fun!  The stamps on this card are Denami Designs (cloud), Lawn Fawn (Fox and log), and SU! sentiment.

Thanks for stopping, hope you enjoyed this post.  If you need to spice up your day, I've listed a couple of ways to do that here. :)

just flirting around

What do you think of the Flirtatious Specialty DSP?  I love it!  The bright colors mixed with the softer hues really make me happy.  I also love the specialty pages that look like a bunch of doilies.  They are perfect for using whole, but my preference is to cut them apart and use them in pieces like I've done on this card  This card is perfect for a little girl (a little princess) birthday.  In fact, a co-worker of mine snagged it up as soon as she saw it with plans to give to her niece. :)

I am glad I have this card to show you because the last couple of days I have been in a card making funk.  Not sure why, but can't seem to shake it at the moment.  What do you do when you are in a creative funk?  Anything that will help me get back in the game would be much appreciated. Meanwhile, I'll just keep trying, eventually it will come back I am sure.

Thanks for stopping and have a great day! :)

Odds & Ends

One more to show you today.  I won a few things on Moxie Fab World and they send me some cute DP from Cosmo Cricket.  Here is the first fun card I've made with some of it. 

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing!

Which one do you pick?  I pick daring adventure!  In fact, I that is what I was thinking when I made this card, because the colors and layout were a little outside my comfort zone.  I took some old holiday DP and added it with some others and come up with this fun color combo.  I like the soft colors with the gray, it is kinda fun and different and I think the green pearls really make it pop.  Another part of this "daring adventure" was the layout, more or less taken from this weeks Mojo Monday challenge.  I often feel like my card layouts are all the same, so I like it when something different comes along.  All supplies are SU!.  This quote, by Helen Keller, is from one of my new fave sets in the new catty called...Daring Adventure (who'd have thought?!)  I actually bought this set for the quote because I liked it so much, but I do like the other stamps too. :)

So what do you have planned for your next daring adventure?

You can't have a rainbow without a little rain

Bright colors make me so happy!  I guess they just remind me of sun and summer and all things good.  This card is chocked full of them too!  Again I am using a Lawn Fawn stamp as the main image and the sentiment comes from Pink Cat Studio.  I really wanted to use a different sentiment that said, "You can't have a RAINBOW without a little RAIN."  But I don't have that in stamp form and no printer at home, so couldn't make it on the computer.  I used this one instead and although the raindrops and umbrella contradict it, I think it has a pretty sunny feel, especially with the bitg sun shape as the  backdrop.

This card is based on a sketch from Papercrafts Magazine.  They are having a sketch challenge over at Moxie Fab World right now, featuring this sketch and others.  I was so intimidated when I first saw this sketch, but then it just came to me.and I feel pretty happy about it.  Like I said, just the colors perk me up.

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

Enjoying Lawn Fawn

Have you checked out Lawn Fawn stamps?  They have some super cute stuff!  I've been having fun with a few sets I bought.  They don't have them in my neck of the woods though, but I found some when I was visiting one of my besties in MN.

Speaking of woods, we took Sophie on her first camping trip in July and she loved it.  Here is a page I made of her and Grandma while camping.  Oh and how cute they matched! I loved using my new Petite Pendant Punch from SU! for the banner since they are so fun, and I used a Hero Arts alphabet for the letters.

This next one is just a silly card I made with the LF porcupine stamp.  The have a sentiment in that set that says "I pine for you!"- I changed it and put "I PORCU-pine for you!" on th inside. :)

Thanks for stopping!