Kraft Outlet Challenge #38

Have been a bit under the

weather, but felt better this afternoon. So I spent some time in my craft room making this card for the challenge over at Kraft Outlet.

My gate fold card is made with the 

My Mind's Eye Mischievous Collection along with Lunch Bag Kraft Cardstock as the base and orange cardstock for the base mats.

Also used: Spellbinder's Floral 

Doily Motifs and Labels Seventeen, Die-namics Leafy Flourish Die, Walnut Stain Distress Ink, Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, Teresa Collins Haunted Hallow Rhinestones. I Am Roses brown rose.

The black adhesive-backed 

letters are from my stash.

Have a pleasant evening

and thanks for stopping today!

Fall Tea Bag Holder Card

My dd mother-in-law's

birthday is today and I wanted to make a special card for her. Nancy's is just the sweetest lady and a tremendous blessing. When I saw Tracy's tutorial on making a tea bag holder card, I knew that this was what I wanted to give her. I decided to make it with a fall theme.

I used the Brown Kraft Cover 

Weight Cardstock from Kraft Outlet for the card base teamed with the Imaginisce Happy Harvest Collection DP. Also used some cardstock scraps from my stash.

Following Tracy's excellent

instructions... my completed project.

Room for three tea bags.

I made a pocket with this pumpkin image 

and tucked my sentiment tag inside. I wrote a message to her on the back of a Kraft Outlet Grungy Tag and stamped the front with Distress Inks using TPC Studio's Autumn Harvest Set. Tied on a Prima Vintage Trinket and a Tim Holtz Muse Token.

I'm entering this card in:

Kraft Outlet/The Kraft Journal - Challenge #37 "Welcome Fall"

Kraft Outlet Challenge #37

If you go to the Kraft Journal,

you'll see that the challenge for this week is "Welcome Fall". Now I ask you, "Who doesn't love fall"? After all, it is the best time of the year, right?

I made this card with a base of

Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock from Kraft Outlet. I love the heavy weight of this paper and the warm tones of the brown. It combined perfectly with product from my Country Farm Stand Kit and Graphic 45's Le Cirque "Bohemian Floral" paper. I used the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and Vintage Photo Distress Ink on the edges.

 The florals are: I Am Roses and 

Recollections. I punched a few oak leaves using my Martha Stewart punch and a scrap of the Brown Kraft CWC. I painted the curly roses and the gardenia with Folk Art's Metallic Champagne acrylic paint for a little shine.

From my kit: Girls' Paperie Tinsel & 

Twig Chipboard Alphabets, Tim Holtz Fanciful Buttons, Webster's Pages Spring Market "Gardener's Seeds" and "Market Menu", Pink Paislee's Old School "Curriculum".

From my stash: Darice Natural Hemp Cord in black.

The dies were cut with Spellbinder's

Lacey Circles and Large Circles. I cut two of these images from the WP Spring Market DP. The pumpkin was stamped with a Sweet 'N Sassy stamp and black Archival Ink onto a scrap of ivory cardstock. It's colored with Distress Inks... Peeled Paint for the stem. I had to mix Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo and Antique Linen to get this effect (have to get more colors!). I used 3-D Foam Dots and Tim Holtz Memo Pins to apply them to the card. 

Hope you like it and you'll

join me in Welcoming Fall and this fun challenge.

Thanks for stopping! Have a wonderful day!

Kraft Outlet Challenge #36

I made this fall card for the 

"Use a Sketch" Challenge over at Kraft Outlet using my favorite of their Kraft cardstocks... Lunch Bag Kraft.

I teamed it up with the beautiful

Imaginisce Happy Harvest Collection, which has won my heart! Some of these double sided papers have a glossy finish... as you can see by the glare from my poor photographic skills (sorry).

I did lots of distressing with my

Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and Vintage Photo Ink.

The florals are all from I Am

Roses, paper leaves are by Martha Stewart punches and Sizzix Branch w/Leaves Die.

The bling is from Recollctions.

I used this sketch from

Card Positioning Systems. 

Hope you'll join us over at Kraft Outlet's Challenge #36... you still have time to get your project made and posted.

Now back to yesterday and our

big 45th anniversary celebration. Among other festivities, we went apple picking with a couple of our children and two of the grandchildren. Actually, there are three grandchildren there... our daughter will go to have her baby Monday, if not sooner!

The Penmaker, our son, Seth and me...

such a happy day!

Thank you for the visit... love you guys!

Kraft Outlet Challenge #35

It's "Something Grand"

at Kraft Outlet. This week the challenge is to come up with a "Grand" theme (in honor of Grandparent's Day). The Design Team have given some "Grand" inspiration and Guest Designer Debbie Carriere's blog is certainly worth viewing... "Grand" work there!

My entry is all about the

Penmaker's ancestry... His Grandpa, his Dad and little Penmaker...

For a small card, I used a 

lot of papers... white and Lunch Bag Kraft cardstock, Black Magic Core'dinations cardstock, plus several papers from the Lost & Found Two Blush 6x6 Designer Paper Pad. All the edges were distressed with the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

If you look in the field in the

photo, you'll see grandpa's horse Maude. He plowed his fields to plant his crops with that horse.

Here I used a Grungy Tag

from the Designers Special Prim Tag Assortment and a Bo Bunny Timepiece Trinket.

I finished the inside with

the Lunch Bag Kraft cardstock and some of the scraps of the Blush DP.

Hope you've enjoyed this trip

back in time and a visit with my husband's family. It's a blessing to share them with you.

Have a "Grand" day!

Top Three Challenge Winner And A Bo Bunny Gabrielle Mini Album

Thank you Kraft Outlet for

choosing my card as one of the Top Three of the "Celebrations" Challenge. Love your challenges and your Kraft papers!

My first born, daughter Carrie, had a 

birthday last week and I'd like to share some photos of a gift that I created for her using the Bo Bunny Gabrielle chipboard album.

I love making these albums,

but can't figure out have to photograph them to show the detail. I'll work on that...

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Kraft Outlet Challenge #34

Challenge #34 at Kraft Outlet

is using a "Celebrations" theme in honor of Labor Day. So I'm celebrating with...

I used my favorite Lunch Bag Kraft 

Cardstock from Kraft Outlet teamed up with white cardstock and scraps from my stash. The image and cardstock were cut with Spellbinders Labels Seventeen. The Distress Ink is Vintage Photo.

I received an order from

I Am Roses today, so I added several of my new roses, blossoms and leaves. The flowers were sprayed with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist.

The bling is from Prima

and the sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp. I'm entering this card in the Celebrations Challenge. Why not join me?

Have a fabulous Friday!

Kraft Outlet Challenge #33

Make It Monday at 

Kraft Outlet is "Movies, Songs or Books" Challenge #33. My entry is...

a movie themed birthday card

featuring Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue - "Foo On Film" DP and my favorite Lunch Bag Kraft Cardstock.

Big news at Kraft Outlet

and The Kraft Journal... they are giving away this fantastic Inspiration Play Pack valued at over $35.00.

Just go here and check out

the details. They'll select a winner from all the entries on Monday September 5th and make the announcement on September 6th. Now hurry on over, enter and spread the word about Kraft Outlet and The Kraft Journal....

and have a grand day!

You For Two Challenges

When I started to make a card

for the Kraft Outlet Anything Goes Challenge, I realized that my colors were just perfect for the Challenge at CR84FN36 also.

This is my card...

I used my favorite Kraft cardstock

along with Girls Paperie Kitch "Rose Bouquet" backside and Sassafrass Sweetly Smitten "Dainty Sketch" backside.

I made this floral bouquet with a base

of a skeleton leaf and a Sizzix Branch w/Leaves diecut in Kraft cardstock, assorted roses, yellow crinkled seam binding and a Metal Edge Grungy Tag stamped with my sentiment "You".

Added two tied vintage buttons, a Sassafras

Journal Tag and a Tim Holtz Salvage Sticker.

Please join me in entering these two challenges this week.

Feature Me Friday

Thank you to the kind folks

at The Kraft Journal for showcasing the card that I had entered in their "Walk in My Garden" Challenge last week. It's such an honor!  

You'll want to check out their 

fabulous shop, Kraft Outlet... especially the amazing Kraft Cardstock. I love the texture of these papers, and who doesn't love the look of a project made with Kraft paper. 

Thanks for stopping by today!