My Paper Obsession

Sunday, February 3, 2013

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It's SUPER(bowl) SUNDAY!!! I know many of you are football fans and will be watching the Superbowl this afternoon, but if football is NOT your thing, why not do some crafting instead???

We've got a fabulous sketch from Karen at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge this week - I see two of my favorite things...a banner flag and a fairly CAS layout:

For my card, I dug through my stamp box and found one of my most recent Cat's Pajamas purchases that hadn't yet seen the light of an ink pad...sacrilege, I know. ;) This floppy-eared bunny is one of my favorites - and him in a rocket in "Soar"???? SUPER adorable! The sentiment is from another TCP set, "What a Blast." A little bit of paper-piecing and this little guy's off to the moon:

Isn't that bunny too cute? I can't believe he's been sitting in my box uninked for so long... I even finished the inside and put a "Happy Birthday" sentiment in there. (No picture...OOPS!)

All of the fabulous Sweet Sunday Stampers have inspiration for you, so please stop by and say hello to:

Dana White

Dawn Easton

Jackie Pedro

Karen Giron

Karen Motz

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Sarah-Jane Kalé

Tracy Clemente

Vicki Burdick

That's it for me - enjoy your day and we'll see you again later in the week for a brand new 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge!

Friday, February 1, 2013

BE Inspired #21 at TAWS

Hey there Crafty Peeps! It's time for a brand new Be Inspired challenge over at The Alley Way Stamps blog. With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, we've got this fun little photo to get your creative juices flowing...

For my card, I went with the colors (red, white and vanilla) and the Valentine's theme. The sentiment is from my new favorite TAWS set, "All About YOU:"

The sketch is from Clean & Simple Stamping:

Let's see what you've got! I hope you can join us for this fun challenge! See you Sunday with a new Sweet Sunday Sketch!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

TAWS Blog Hop & 4CCC-127 {Crazy Egg}

Welcome back, crafty peeps! If you are blog-hopping with TAWS...WELCOME!!! What a busy week this has been - a brand new TAWS release, finals at school for the kids and it's already the end of January!!! Today is the fifth Thursday in January and over at the 4 Crafty Chicks' it's our Crazy Egg challenge and we've got a recipe this week: 1 pattern paper, 2 colors and 3 buttons.

I kind of took liberties with the "color" part of the recipe...yes, there are 3 shades of pink but they're all pink, right? This week's Colour Q was perfect and the sketch from RetroSketches was so much fun:

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!! YEP!! So if you want that person to be you.. all you have to do is comment on the hop!
Here are ways you can win.. You can pick and choose which ones you want to do.. but the more you comment, the more chances you have to win..

1-Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog

2-Comment on the DT girls blogs (below)

3-Post about it on facebook or your blog

4-Like us on Facebook
(leave a seperate comment for each that you do)

You have until tonight, January 31, 2013 by 10:30 PM TAWS time to leave comments.

Here are the DT Blogs to visit

Thanks again for stopping by - if you haven't visited the rest of the girls already, please do. If you have, then you are almost done and off to Stacey's you go!! Have fun!

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

TAWS Sneak Peek {Day Two}

Hello everyone! Are you ready for another FANTASTIC release from The Alley Way Stamps? Well, today is Day Two and we're sneak-peeking an AMAZING sentiment set called "All About YOU." I LOVE this set - you know me and sentiments...a match made in heaven!

For my card, I used the lovely inspiration photo from Marisa and the gals at the Just Us Girls Challenge for the colors and the sketch is from CAS(E) This Sketch:

Don't you just {heart} this font? All of the sentiments are perfect for so many occasions...definitely a MUST HAVE set. :)

Thanks for stopping by today - see you on Thursday for a new 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge and the TAWS Blog Hop where you could win the entire new release!! WOOHOO!! See you then!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

4CCC-126 {Buttons} & {CQC173} & {CTS11}

It's Thursday and you know what that means -- it's time for another 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge and this week Lori is our hostess with the mostest. She has given us an easy-peasy supply challenge - BUTTONS!

I've got a WHACK-LOAD (that's a lot...:) so this challenge was pretty simple for me. I found a CAS sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch and combined it with this week's Colour Q combo...et voila!!!

The sentiment is from one of The Alley Way Stamps' new sets, Lighter Than Air. See? A simple challenge which means you should all be able to play along! We can't wait to see what you create and if you need more inspiration, please stop by the 4 Crafty Chicks' blog to see what the other girls came up with. Toodles - enjoy the rest of your week!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Fun With TAWS, JUGS and RetroSketches!

Hey crafty peeps! I've got a quick, CAS card to share with you all today. I just love this new release from The Alley Way Stamps and this sentiment is from one of the new sets, "The Gang." I used the color combo from the Just Us Girls challenge and the sketch is from RetroSketches - LOVE them both! A few die cuts, a button with twine, and some simple zig-zag stitching, and this card was done in less than half an hour. :)

Thanks for popping in today - enjoy your week!

Sunday, January 20, 2013

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Have two weeks passed already? Is it really time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge? OY VEY! I'm not sure where the first twenty days of this month have gone but I do know they went too quickly. I have been super busy with DT stuff and trying to get back into the swing of *school* again. And when I say school, I don't mean for my kids. Until the end of April, I will be taking a Human Anatomy course via distance learning. Yes, I feel old and extremely out of the loop but the content so far has been very interesting.

OK, so you're here for the sketch - not to hear my crazy-talk. ;) The sketch for the next two weeks has been designed by our very own, Vicki - {love} the three horizontal panels and the big banner down the middle:

It's been a LONG time since I have played along with the Colour Q girls and actually be ON TIME to submit - this week's combo is a fun one inspired by my favorite genre of clothing...exercise wear!!!

I combined a bunch of patterned papers and used one of my favorite Verve dies to make this little non-traditional Valentine:

Are you ready to see what the rest of the girls did with this sketch? All of the fabulous Sweet Sunday Stampers have inspiration for you, so please stop by and say hello to: