I'm Baaaccckkkk !

After a month-long hiatus, I'm back in the saddle again! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Me and the dogs traveled to St. Louis and spent two weeks there with my parents. I had a great time. I schlepped all of my scrapbooking stuff with me because I was determined to get some work done. Unfortunately, I managed to leave behind ALL of my inks! ARGH!

I was able to, however, make some place cards for the Christmas dinner we had. They added a nice touch to the table!

I will be posting the Tuesdays with Morley projects in the next couple of days. I also hope to get back into the challenges.

Love You Much!

Hopefully, I'm getting back into the swing of things. Between Thanksgiving and work, it seems like I haven't had a lot of time to do what I love most!

Here's my take on Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge.

I really love the colors - especially the purples and blues. They remind me of a cool winter day.

Recipe
Stamp Set - Love You Much Stamp Set
Cardstock - Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Bordering Blue, Whisper White
Inks - Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Bordering Blue, Mellow Moss
Accessories - French Blue Ribbon (retired)

Tuesday's with Morley - December Cards

Here are the cards we'll be doing at our club meeting next week. I couldn't get my creative juices flowing for these, so I borrowed heavily from Split Coast Stampers. However, I think they turned out really cute!

I CASEd this card from Split Coast, but I changed the sentiment. I actually did the card using Sage Shadow paper but then realized that Mellow Moss was a better choice. I changed it out after I had taken the picture, and I was too lazy to take another one!

Recipe
Stamp Sets - Christmas Classics, Heard from the Heart
Cardstock - Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
Inks - Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy
Accesories - 1-3/8" Square Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Bravo Burgundy Ribbon

I also CASEd this card from Split Coast, but didn't use any ribbon.

Recipe
Stamp Sets - To You and Yours
Cardstock - Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ski Slope DS
Ink - Chocolate Chip
Accessories - 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

Tuesday's with Morley - December Scrapbook

Here's the layout we will be doing at this month's club meeting.

I REALLY like this layout! It was alot of fun to put together. But beware - those little jewels on the ornaments can be a real pain to work with.

Recipe:

Stamp Sets - Christmas Classics

Cardstock - Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Real Red, Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Ski Slope DS, Holiday Treasures DS

Inks - Real Red, Old Olive, Baja Breeze

Accessories - 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon, Silver Elastic Cord, Jewels (non-SU!)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

Wow! I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. I've been quite busy with work and getting ready for the holidays. I attended Lindsey & Leah's scrapbook retreat a couple of weeks ago. This is one of the layouts that I completed - I love it!











The song lyrics around the edge of the layout took a while to complete - but I think it's a cute addition to the page. I probably spent more time trying to remember the lyrics than I did the actual stamping of them !!

Tuesday's with Morley - November Cards

We'll be doing Thanksgiving cards this month. For one of the cards, we'll do a new technique - watercoloring.



















I CASEd this card from Split Coast Stampers. I thought it was super cute!

Recipe
Stamp Sets - Season of Friendship, Give Thanks
Card Stock - Sage Shadow, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Autumn Vine DS
Inks - Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Really Rust, More Mustard
Accessories - Mustard Ribbon
















Recipe
Stamp Sets - Thoroughly Thankful
Card Stock - Tangerine Tango, More Mustard, Haiku DS
Inks - Tangerine Tango, More Mustard, Ruby Red, Old Olive
Accessories - Tangerine Tango Ribbon, Aqua Painters

Tuesday's With Morley - November Scrapbook

We'll be doing a Thanksgiving layout for this month. Of course, I don't have any Thanksgiving pictures so I improvised - but you get the idea!





















I got the inspiration for the layout from the June 2008 edition of Stampin' Success magazine.





















Recipe:
Stamp Sets - Autumn Harvest, Taffy Alphabet
Carstock - Really Rust, Sage Shadow, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Autumn Vine DS, Whisper White
Inks - Really Rust, Sage Shadow, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
Accessories - Chocolate Chip Ribbon, On Board Simon Upper