My Time Made Easy August Release - Day 2

Welcome to day 2 in the My Time Made Easy release lineup!  I'm stepping in as one of Lauren's "card girls" today.  I used the ultra cute "Lost My Tooth" set to create a card that I can give to a sweet kiddo when they lose their first tooth :]  How fantastic is the idea for a tooth fairy set?!  I LOVE the concept.  You don't have to be a parent of a tooth-losing-aged child to appreciate this set!  You can congratulate the little ones in your life who lose their teeth, or if you're in a job where you work with this age child, you can make cute little cards for them.  I remember my first grade teacher constantly pulling out our loose teeth and sending us home with them.  How cute would it be for a teacher like that to pre-make little cards or book marks to send home with the student's tooth?  I'm thinking of also making some little cards for my sister to give her young, dental patients when they come in for a visit :]

So....since I've been gone for the past two months, my printer ran out of ink and I have yet to replace it.  Thus, I was left to my stash of pre-printed paper for today's card.  Luckily I found some of my favorite!  I used a piece of Darling Dots...one of my go-to sets ;]  The layout is from one of Lauren's old sketches.  I stamped the cluster of stars twice, then the fairy, using VersaMagic and white embossing powder and added some seed beads. 

I stamped the label and part of the "My First Tooth" sentiment, then cut it out.  I adhered the squares and label using dimensionals to give a little added pop.  Isn't the sentiment on the inside cute?!  I love it...especially considering I'll be giving this card to someone I hold near and dear to mark a momentous occasion :] 

Just a few more days until the official release and you can scoop up these goodies for yourselves!  You don't want to miss out!  You also have to check out the awesome paper Sara made this month!  I WISH I had ink in my printer...

Okay, that's all I have for tonight.  Be sure to swing by Lauren, Tracey and Pam's blogs to check out their inspirational projects!  They're sure to please ♥

Hope to see you tomorrow night with a JUGS project...it's been too long :|  Have a fab Friday!

Color Throwdown Challenge #103

My 6.5 week class is over and I'm finally home!  I haven't even gone through all of my emails yet, and I didn't really announce that I was back, so this post is a surprise to my CTD girls!  The card I made is a surprise to LeAnne whose birthday is TODAY!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEANNE!!!!  Please swing by and leave her some birthday love ♥

I have to make this a quick post because I'm whipped.  I need SLEEP.  BUT, I will say that I don't miss Alabama at all.  That humidity is no joke!  I would walk...yes, walk...slowly...outside to get ready for physical training at 6:30, and while I was standing and waiting for everyone to show up and get started, I was dripping sweat.  YUCK.  I was a sweaty mess the entire 6.5 weeks.  I have zero desire to ever live there.  Now that I'm back home in Virginia, I have a new appreciation for the heat here.  Go figure.

On to my card.  I could not WAIT to get home and use these Killer Curves stamps!  I designed the label cut files, and Lauren designed the stamps that coordinate with them.  Pretty cool, ehh?  Lauren added the awesome silhouette flowers to the set also.  So many possibilities with this one!  Especially if you have a personal cutter and can cut the labels prior to stamping.  Gives a nice added pop.

I strayed a little from our CTD swatch.  I LOVE River Rock...so much that I used up all of my cardstock.  I also never invested in the ink (dumb, I know), so I have limited resources to swap colors.  I don't have my scrap paper labeled but I think I used Kiwi Kiss and possibly Certainly Celery...though I'm not sure.  I colored the floral image using the Kiwi Kiss stamp pad and a Real Red marker (another swap...I know).  Huffed and stamped. 

The rest is pretty obvious I think, so I'll spare you the explanation and take my butt to bed!  I missed being around, hope you all didn't completely give up on me!  Here's a final photo...closeup of the sentiment :]

If you play along with the CTD, please be sure to add a link to your project using InLinkz on the CTD blog.  Also, if you need to substitute colors like I did, feel free...just try to come close and avoid adding enough to create a rainbow!  Can't wait to see what you come up with :O)  Check out the rest of the team's projects for a healthy dose of inspiration today!

Bar

Broni

Danielle

Laura

LeAnne

Tammy

Makiko Jones ~ July Guest Designer

***LeAnne's ColorQ team is sponsoring a blog hop in honor of her birthday.  My card is for her so I'm joining in the fun! 



Have a super, colorful Wednesday! 

Color Throwdown Challenge #94

Okay, so once again, I'm a day late and a dollar short.  BUT, I finished my card for the Color Throwdown challenge I'M hosting!  LOL  So, things aren't all bad :]  This week I chose a color palette based on an awesome comforter I found online.  Here's a snippet of the comforter:

And here's the pretty, signature CTD badge Ms. Kisa creates for us each week:

...and my sample, using the Saturday Sketch Challenge 152 (SSC152) sketch:

Chicken Girl Designs is sponsoring us this week and provided all of the digi images the team used :]  They are also offering a very generous prize package of 6 digital images - winner's choice!  So, you don't want to miss playing along this week!! 

Be sure to check out what the team came up with and also the ladies from i {heart} papers who played along (their links are listed on the CTD blog).

Bar

Broni

Danielle

LeAnne

Tammy

Laura Pryor ~ May Guest Designer

Okay...that's all for today (finally).  I won't be selecting the Featured Stamper next week, Ms. Tammy will be stepping in for me due to a 6.5 week military obligation I start on Monday :[  I most likely won't be blogging during the next month and a half either....BUT, I definitely will get back into the swing of crafting and blogging as soon as I finish!  I'm sure I'll go into withdrawls before I know it (I already am).  So...goodbye for now.  See you around again in late July.

~ Supplies ~
Stamps:  Chicken Girl Designs, Owl Graduate
Paper:  MTME, Get Graphic - Collection 2, Sensational Staples; Couture Cardstock, Sunflower and One Sheet Wonder; PTI, Spring Rain
Ink: Stampin' Up!, Tangerine Tango; Copics
Accessories:  MTME, Pretty Pieces Steno Note Cut File; Martha Stewart, Craft Seam Binding; Stampin' Up! Hodgepodge Hardware

Color Throwdown Challenge #93

I'm back...albeit about nine hours late :|  with my Color Throwdown card for today's challenge!  Danielle selected such a pretty palette, there were lots of possibilities:

I chose to work with the My Time Made Easy Sensational Stems set.  It has the CUTEST lady bug!  I should mention you can also use the "wings" as the outer tulip leaves on the flowers...they're a perfect fit :]  If you look closely you will also see that I used the MTME Puckered Up Patterns set (the two panels beneath the circle).  I used the Paper Pattern Pieces set to create my striped panel at the bottom.  Isn't it pretty?  I should have made that into patterned paper!!  My sentiment is from the MTME Just For You set :O)

The Melon Mambo cs is from SU!, the pink is PTI, and the blue and white are from Couture Cardstock.

My layout is courtesy of Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge (MTSC74). 

Okay, that's my quick, LATE post!  I won't be posting for nearly 6 1/2 weeks starting on June 1st...I'll be attending a very intense school.  BUT, I WILL be back at the end of July...hopefully with TONS of mojo to release in my craft room :O)

In the meantime, how about playing along with the CTD this week?  You don't have to use these exact colors, just come close :]  Be sure to link your project over at the CTD using InLinkz, and use keyword CTD93 in any online galleries. Don't forget to stop by the rest of the teams' blogs and give them some love for their inspirational projects :]

Bar

Broni

Danielle

LeAnne

Tammy

Laura Pryor ~ May Guest Designer

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great remainder of the week and a super weekend ♥

Color Throwdown Challenge #92

Hi all!  Today is the day we throwdown color over at CTD!  Bar is our hostess with the mostess and she chose an amazing palette!!  Check it out:

So many possibilities with this one, don't you think?!  I chose to use my Love Birds stamp set from WPlus9 Design since I've had it for months and haven't created a worthy project with it yet :]  That awesome patterned paper is my Get Graphic Collection 1 from MTME.  I scaled it to 5x7" before printing.  I love having patterns on hand that can go either way - girly, neutral, boyish, etc.  This is the perfect paper for that!  There are 13 standard colors in the two collections that coordinate beautifully with other color collections in the store. 

My layout is courtesy of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (SSSC68). 

Okay, I'm whipped!  It's past my bedtime so I'm going to direct you to the CTD to read the rules (right sidebar) and to check out the team's projects!  We sure hope you'll play along with us this week!  If you do, please upload your card using InLinkz on the CTD blog.

Bar
Broni
Danielle
LeAnne
Tammy
Laura Pryor ~ May Guest Designer

Color Throwdown Challenge #91

Hi all!  It's time for another awesome Color Throwdown challenge!!  Today, Broni is your hostess with a beautiful, vibrant color palette!  Check it out:

This palette seriously just spoke to me!  The coolest thing about it is that I have a few sheets of digital, Pretty Printables patterned paper with these colors!!  I chose to use my MTME Fun Flowers Pretty Printables paper in turquoise and my MTME Darling Dots paper in Fallen Leaf (which printed the exact same color as Kiwi Kiss--woohoo!!). 

You may notice I scaled the patterns on both sheets.  It was pretty simple.  I printed the first pattern as a 5x7" "photo" on an 8.5x11" sheet.  I turned it around and printed the other pattern scaled to 5x7".  So, I ended up with both patterns on one piece of paper.  Cool, eh?  You can do the same, you just have to navigate your photo editing program to determine what settings to use.  There are so many programs out there, I couldn't possibly list them all here - sorry :[

The sentiment reads, "You make me a better person".  It's from Lauren Meader's MTME Sensational Sentiments set.  Isn't the font, fun?!  I love it!!  I cut the butterflies with my Cricut Expression using the MTME Flutters and Flowers cut file.  I scaled the butterflies by 0.10" starting with the largest (0.85") butterfly.  The red, layered butterflies are 0.2" smaller than their larger, white base :]

My layout is courtesy of Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge (MTSC72).  Isn't it the cutest?!  I couldn't resist.

Okay, that's all I have for you today, but the CTD ladies have plenty of additional eye candy using this pretty palette, so be sure to swing by their blogs to check out the goodies :O)

Bar

Broni

Danielle

LeAnne

Tammy

Laura Pryor ~ May Guest Designer

We would love for you to play along as well!  Rules are simple, just add a direct link to your project using InLinkz over at the CTD blog and use keyword CTD91 in any online galleries.  Remember you don't have to use the exact colors listed, just come as close as possible and avoid turning your palette into a rainbow :]

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you are having a wonderful week!! 

Birthday Blog Hop!!

Today the My Time Made Easy girls decided to surprise Lauren and Stephanie with a birthday blog hop!  I'm SOOOO late joining in, and I'll explain below, but I had to get this posted TODAY :]

Lauren's birthday is tomorrow and she loves purple, so I came up with this card for her:

The top and bottom panels were stamped with her new set, Puckered Up Patterns - doesn't that pattern look like a pickett fence?!  AND you can easily line up the stamp to repeat the pattern!  LOVE this one...you'll even see it in the background of one of my new Pretty Printables sheets from the Sugar and Spice collection.  The paper flower was literally made with the following:  12 heart shapes, 6 daisies (3 medium, 3 small), and 2 snowflakes (SCAL offers these for FREE).  The leaves are from the Cricut Storybook cartridge...I liked the open look of them so I gave them a try :]    Isn't it perty?!  The sentiment is from Lauren's new Just For You set!  My layout is from the JUGS31 sketch this weekend :]  ♥♥ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAUREN ♥♥

Stephanie's birthday is Wednesday.  She has such a clean, pretty style...and always incorporates BEAUTIFUL stitching on her projects.  I didn't add stitching to her card, but I did pull together some gorgeous colors and images for her :]  Here's my card for Stephanie:

I LOVE Lauren's new Sensational Stems GO-TO set!!  I can think of hundreds of ideas for this one :]  I also used a sentiment for the versatile, Just For You set.  Sweet, huh?  I used one of my new Pretty Printables sheets from the $1.50 Basic Blooms set!!  Talk about affordable! :o}  I used the Sweet Sunday (SSSC67) sketch for my layout on this card.  ♥♥ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPHANIE ♥♥

So, yes, I'm almost an entire day late and definitely a dollar short, but hopefully we generate tons of love for our birthday girls!!  Please swing by both Lauren and Stephanie's blogs and wish them a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Don't forget to hop over to the rest of the team's blogs and check out their gorgeous cards as well :]

Katie Shawger Cotton

Tracey Cuccia

Geny Cassady

Dawn Easton

Pam Imholz

Silke Ledlow

Mona Pendleton

Thanks for stopping by (and not giving up on me :)  I'm definitely pulling things together at my new place and getting organized, so I hope to be more dedicated to my stamping and paper-making. 

Yesterday was my daughter's Sweet Sixteen birthday!!  It's so hard to believe she's 16!  My sweet little baby girl ♥  Her birthday wish was to invite all of her friends to TGI Fridays for dinner, followed by a sleepover at our new house. SO, back to why I'm almost a day late.  I spent all week finishing up the paper for the release (which I was WAY behind on this month) and then all day yesterday organizing my family room that had turned into my storage area downstairs.  This is where the girls were planning to sleep, so I HAD to get it done.  She invited twenty girls to dinner and the sleepover - UGH!  LOL  Seriously, though, it went well and we had fun!  Tia said it was perfect, so I did something right :]  In short, that's what put me behind this week...and how I missed the deadline to post the blog hop cards :[ 

Okay, I'm off to do some post-party clean up :]  Hope your weekend went well and was completely relaxing!  Have a great week ahead ♥

Color Throwdown Challenge #90

Hi everyone!  Sorry I've been MIA, but I have been a little overwhelmed with unpacking and putting furniture together and organizing...and trying to keep up with designing paper, my real career (Air Force) and being a mom-taxi.  Soooo, just to catch everyone up...I took a month break from JUGS because I want to be able to fully dedicate myself to not only the challenges and the team, but also to the loyal participants!  I know I haven't been dedicated for a while now, and I'm simply not okay with that.  I co-founded JUGS on the premise that we would consistently play along with the challenges and comment, and keep it fun and exciting.  If I can't follow my own guidelines, I need to get it together until I CAN.  You know what I mean?  So, I will be back, but not for a few more weeks.

I will, however, be playing along with the Color Throwdown challenges!!  I couldn't give up everything and it's easier (IMO) to keep up with weekly color challenges.  So...let's get on with it.  This week, Tammy is our hostess and she selected a FAB color palette:

I have to agree with Bar...she's said before, she loves it when the palette includes a green because we can easily make a flower our focal point.  Yep...flowers are right up my alley, so naturally, I went with it.  Today I'm sneaking a peek of Lauren Meader's Sensational Stems set and one of my digi papers being released at My Time Made Easy on 1 May.  LOVE LOVE LOVE her new Sensational Stems set!  I foresee this one bieng my go-to set for some time... 

This card is actually a birthday card, but I didn't see a good way to add the sentiment to the front of my card since I was following Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge (MTSC71) for my layout and it didn't really fit nicely in a circle tag.

I used Couture Cardstock Bow Bells paper THINKING that one of our colors was Purely Pomegranate (not Razzleberry).  Bow Bells is pretty close to Pomegranate...just a little more red than purple...but nowhere NEAR the color of Rich Razzleberry!  So, just ignore the incorrect colore palette I used, or adjust your monitor settings :]  LOL  My ribbon is actually Martha Stewart Craft Seam Binding.  I LOVE that stuff!  I added some yellow stickles to the centers of my flowers, used our very first MTME cut file called Flutters and Flowers to cut my butterflies, and I stitched them together using craft thread.

That's about all there is to this one!  Hope the photo looks a little better than normal since I used natural lighting.  Mine always turns out a little yellow and looks hideous compared to the rest of the team :[  I did buy a photo light tent (finally) though.  Simply because I hate how my photo stands out in a bad way every week over at the CTD.  A photographer I'm not...so any help I can get (like a tent) is welcome!!  LOL

Okay, keep our simple rules in mind if you play along.  Please stick as close as possible to our palette...though you don't have to use these exact colors.  Just come close and avoid those rainbows :]  Use keyword CTD90 in any online galleries and post your project to InLinkz on the CTD blog.  More detailed guidelines are listed in the right sidebar over at the CTD.

Be sure to swing by our fabulously talented teams' blogs to soak up some more inspiration! 

Bar

Broni

Danielle

LeAnne

Tammy

Teresa Kline ~ Our April Guest Designer

Also, swing by Lauren's blog to check out the sneak peeks for the May release!  You don't want to miss this one!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Rest assured I'm getting things together in the new house and hope to be back to normal SOON!  Have a great week! 

Color Throwdown Challenge #89

Oh my, it's about that time to throwdown some color again!  Forewarning:  this post is going to be short and sweet...I'm BEAT and headed to la-la land as soon as I publish this :]


This week, LeAnne chose a challenging, yet beautiful combination:

Her inspiration was Basic Grey's Wisteria paper...which I don't own :[  So, I stuck with a CAS white-based card...and cheated a little by adding the vibrant May Arts ribbon!  I'm fairly certain I can't go without ribbon on a project...  Here's my sample:

I used all My Time Made Easy products other than the paper (SU and Couture Cardstock) and the May Arts ribbon.    Okay, seriously, that's all I have other than the standard mumbo jumbo...


Remember, you don't have to use these exact colors to play along, just come as close as you can without creating a rainbow of excess colors :]  Post a direct link to your project using InLinkz over at the CTD, and use keyword CTD89 in any online galleries.  Don't forget to swing by our CTD team members' blogs along with our April Guest Designer, Teresa Kline!

Tammy Hershberger

Broni Holcombe

LeAnne Pugliese

Danielle Kennedy

Barbara Anders

Teresa Kline ~ April Guest Designer

 
 Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you can play along with us this week ;]

Just Us Girls Challenge #29

Hi all!  I'm back for another Just Us Girls challenge :]  Today sweet, Maria is hosting a color challenge.  She chose this springy palette of pastels:

Today is extra special because we are surprising Lisa for her birthday!!  Her special day is actually on Monday, but we wanted to celebrate JUGS style a couple days early.  SOOOO...the twist for our color challenge is to create a birthday card in honor of Lisa!  Here's mine:

As you can see, I took the liberty of adjusting the hues a little on my card ;]  I've been so busy moving that I haven't even used my new paper from last month yet!  SO, I was determined to use it on this card even though my printer is sitting in my family room on a cardboard box and all of my supplies are still boxed in my craft room.  Working full time and driving my daughter to and from gymnastics every day doesn't lend a lot of spare time for organizing.  Hopefully I can put a serious dent in it this weekend.  Anywho, I changed up the lavender to more of a pomegranate hue and used two variations of pink and green.  I left the yellow off since it was optional.  My layout is from Mercy's Tuesday Sketch (MTSC69):

Okay, back to Ms. Lisa...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, girly!  Hope you have a super weekend celebrating in preparation for an even bigger celebration on Monday!  Enjoy your special day my sweet friend ♥

That's all I have for you tonight, but be sure to swing by the other team members' blogs to gather some inspiration and finish up with Lisa and wish her a Happy Birthday ♥ 

Alicia

Dana

Maria

Mona

Pam

Sue Lelli ~ Our April Guest Designer

&

~ LISA KIND ~

♥ Our birthday girl ♥

If you play along, remember to post a direct link to your project using InLinkz over at JUGS and use keyword JUGS29 in any online galleries. 

Stamps:  MTME, Just For You
Paper:  MTME, Fresh Flowers and Fresh Fabric Collection 1; Couture Cardstock, One Sheet Wonder; SU! Whisper White
Ink:  SU! Purely Pomegranate
Accessories:  May Arts, Ribbon; Primas; Recollections, Pearl Rhinestones; Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots EF

Color Throwdown Challenge #88

Whew!  What a month this has been.  Especially the past two weeks.  If I didn't clue you in before, I'm finishing up the process of moving from one house to another.  Since the new house is less than a mile away, I'm moving most of our stuff myself with my SUV.  I gotta say, getting the "stuff" here wasn't a terribly difficult task...it's the task of finding a place to put everything and the time to organize it that is mind boggling!  If you've been keeping up, you'll know that I pretty much missed the past two weeks of challenges with both JUGS and the CTD!  UGH UGH UGH!!!  My craft room is in complete disarray, BUT, I just couldn't miss another week!  SO, I dug through my boxes, bags and piles, and found the essential items I needed to create a card for today's Color Throwdown challenge.  Thankfully, I found everything easily despite the fact that I could barely move around my craft room.  Aww, heck.  Here's a shot of what my room looks like today:

Just to give you an idea of what I'm dealing with!  LOL  I'll post an updated picture once I get it organized.  It's a LOT smaller than my old craft room, but I think I can work it out perfectly with the huge closet in there.  Cross your fingers for me ;]

Okay, okay...onto the CTD challenge I'm hosting this week!!  I selected my palette from a gorgeous Cosmo Cricket pack of patterned paper called "Everafter".

Fresh, right?  I love it!!  I've had the pack for a while and it's truly my go-to pack when I don't use my own digi paper.  Which worked out perfectly tonight since I don't have my printer or my Cricut set up yet.  I mention the Cricut simply because of the flower on my card:

LOVE how this bloom turned out ♥ Being that my Cricut is taking a break this week, I didn't use one of my MTME floral cut files.  Instead I used two heart punches, two daisy punches, and a snowflake punch.  Yes, a snowflake.  I cut 6 hearts in each size out of the patterned paper, three daisies in each size out of So Saffron cs, and two medium snowflakes.

I curled the edges of the hearts using my bone folder and colored the base and edge of each petal with a Prawn colored Copic.  I then used a glue dot on each spoke of the snowflake to adhere individual petals, then layered the two blooms.  I punched three daisies in each size, and pinched them together in the centers after adhering the layers with glue dots to create my stamen.  The rest seems pretty easy to figure out ;]

The layout is from the JUGS27 sketch challenge I hosted a week ago but couldn't play along with! 

Okay, I suppose that sums everything up.  I'm about to pass out on my couch, so I'm going to close.  Please be sure to swing by the CTD lady's blogs to check out their inspiring, GORGEOUS projects! 

Tammy Hershberger

Broni Holcombe

LeAnne Pugliese

Danielle Kennedy

Barbara Anders

Teresa Kline ~ April Guest Designer

 
Hope you're having a great week! It's half over ;]

Just Us Girls Challenge #26

Okay, so I'm a day late and a dollar short and I never finished last week's challenge, BUT, I finally finished the template challenge so I'm moving forward instead of looking back (like sweet Lisa recommended).

This has to be quick because I have a TON of stuff to get done and I’ve already lost most of my day.  I’ll try to come back later with additional photos.  So sorry :[

If you came here via the JUGS blog, you know Lauren Meader is sponsoring us this week and gave the girls the soon to be released (1 Apr 10), Slip Cover template to use :]  This thing is soooo easy to whip together, it’s a MUST HAVE for your template collection, seriously!  I didn’t use one smidge of adhesive on the bottom portion…and it stays together beautifully without it! 

I stamped the flourish in Wild Wasabi and added red and blue buttons from my stash to resemble berries :]  Notice the different button stitches I used…cute ehh?  LOL  I stitched them right to the cs also…no chance in them falling off later.  I hand-stitched the border and added my sentiment from All A Flutter Sentiments, and a butterfly from the Flutters and Flowers collection.  The paper is my MTME digi paper from Darling Dots and Ga Ga for Gingham, and the ribbon is from May Arts.

I filled this with berry seed packets and a pair of gloves.  I’m sending it to a sweet young lady in my life…whose mother just might be checking my blog, so I’m keeping her name a secret :]

Okay, that’s all for now.  Hopefully I can add those other pictures later.  Be sure to check out the other JUGS creations.  Links are in my left sidebar!  Don’t forget to swing by our March Featured Designer’s blog also…the oh so talented, Stephanie Kraft.  If you play along, you’ll be in the running to win a free template from Lauren! Please link your creation using InLinkz over at JUGS and also use keyword JUGS26 in any online galleries :O)

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  I’ll be back next week hosting the sketch challenge.

Color Throwdown Challenge #85

Okay, so I totally owe you my JUGS card from Saturday, I know :]  AND, I did finish it…tonight.  The problem is that I HATE the end result.  Nothing about it that appeals to me at all…so I have to ditch it or fix it before I can share and be proud of my project.  I know I’ve been behind lately in everything papercraft related, from my projects to commenting on the challenge blog entries…but I just can’t seem to get caught up, much less ahead with everything that’s happening in my life right now.  Without going into too much detail,  I’m moving on 1 April.  While I’m anxious to start fresh in a new home, it’s stressful to move. There is a TON of stuff to take care of…but my career and my active teenager keep me plenty busy without the added stress of moving. I trust everything will fall into place when all is said and done, but getting there can be a rocky road.

Soo…all that to share my day late, and dollar short Color Throwdown card!  Ms. Cathy is our hostess this week, and coincidentally this is her last challenge (indefinitely…you can read more about that on the CTD blog).  Her color combo truly challenged me this week!  I have something against putting two greens together for some reason, even though I always seem to manage once I get it together :)  Which is exactly what happened this week.

Here’s my project:

I love how it turned out.  It' looks kind of shabby chic, but there’s no distressing of any kind…isn’t that a prerequisite of that style?  LOL  I used the MOJO Monday sketch (like some of our other girls) but had it all laid out before I saw what the team did, so I went with it :)  Kind of a simple card that looks more involved due to the faux stitching, the elegant frame and the pretty ribbon treatment.  I debossed the main, cream layer and then pierced the border.  The butterfly and frame are cut files from My Time Made Easy.

Thanks for hanging in there and not ditching me due to lack of posts recently :|  Hopefully I’ll get into a better routine when I move!

Please swing by the CTD girls’ blogs to check out their fabulous projects and wish Cathy all the best.  She has been with the CTD since it was created.  We will definitely miss her :[

• Bar
• Broni
• Cathy
• Danielle
• LeAnne
• Tammy
• Pam Speidel ~ Our March Guest Designer

Have a wonderful Thursday and Friday!