10 Minute Craft Dash...

I am so excited to be here with several talented ladies, to help Paulina and Ginny kick off their new challenge, 10 minute craft dash!  I love the concept of this challenge because this is my kind of card making! Clean and SIMPLE right?  :)  I love a good quick card and this challenge is perfect for that!  

Here is my quick and simple card that took 9 minutes and 30 seconds...

I added several stamped die cuts, a sentiment and some Linen IP in the background.  I think the reason it took me longer than 5 minutes is because I couldn't get the fruit laid out just right!  :)  

So head on over to Paulina's blog to check out all the details of this new challenge!  I think its going to be a fun one so I hope you can play along!  AND?  There are prizes! Go check it out!  

Thanks for coming by today!  Stay tuned for a fun week of Verve coming your way!  Have a great day!

White Out!

We are having a group challenge today over at Clear and Simple!  It's all about white!

Labor Day will be quickly approaching, and you fashionistas know what that means...no wearing white after Labor Day. This month's group challenge is to embrace white space, white embossing, white glitter, white ribbon...you name it and to create a white on white project.

And off-white, ecru, winter white or the like do not make the cut! :)  

Here is my white white creation...

I used Shapes: Squares to create these little frames.  I added one in covered with glitter for a little extra detail!  I would love to see your White Out creations!  If you make something, link it up in the comments!

Check out all the other White Out creations here...

Lori Tecler
Jaclyn Miller
 Kim Duran
Tracy Schultz
Dana Grothaus
Jennifer Rzasa
Elena Roussakis 
Laura Bassen

Suzanne Dahlberg (guest)

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Have a great day!

Clear and Simple Party Hop

**Scroll down for my Retro Sketches post!**

It's Party Hop time over at Clear and Simple!  Today the DT has lots to show you! 

 My party theme?  A girls weekend!



I have an invite made using Party Elements: Celebration and Summer Fun.  I just colored and cut out these images, used Shapes: Circle dies for the background and adhered them with foam tape. 

Inside you can see the invitation...

For the party favor, I made little bottle tags...

And coordinated them with the invitation.  I am loving the striped background.  I used a background stamp from Designer Lines to get this look.  I added a banner from Favor Flags Dies and the "girts weekend" sentiment from Simply Stated 2.

I don't know about you, but now I'm ready to get the girls together and take a road trip!  The beach sounds good!

Ok, like I said...lots to check out!  I bet there are several great parties waiting for us!  Here are the links to go see...

Lori Tecler
Jaclyn Miller
 Kim Duran
Tracy Schultz
Dana Grothaus
Jennifer Rzasa
Stephany Zerbe
Elena Roussakis 
Amber Kemp-Gerstel
Denise January
Laura Bassen
Suzanne Dahlberg (guest)

Thanks for coming by today!  Have a great Saturday!

Retro Sketch #24

Hey there!  It's time for another Retro Sketch!  I am excited to see my original card become a sketch.  You can see it HERE.  Here is my re-do...

And here is the sketch...

You can see, as always, I changed it up a little by adding in a square element and a little more clean lines, with a little white on white for the corner elements. I can't wait to see what the other girls have for us.  Check out the Retro Sketch blog and then link up your own creation!  I hope you get the chance to play along!  

Have a great Saturday! 

How 'bout some square cards?

This week's CAS-ual Fridays is all about square cards.  Why don't I make square cards more often?  They really are fun.  So I have to apologize for my blurry pic right off here.  I messed with some settings in my PSE storage and lost a TON of pics.  So I figured I would go back and get the original our of my camera...gone too.  So then I thought, why don't I go back and take a pic of the card again...mailed the card yesterday!  SO, I went back to our CAS-ual Yahoo group and borrowed my picture back.  So, like I said...its fuzzy!  

Anyway, our sponsor this week is Stampotique and I was just tickled pink when I saw this adorable little tree image!  And a fun little sentiment to match!  You can check out there store HERE.

Stop by the CAS-ual Fridays blog to see all the other square creations!  TGIF right?!  Have a great day!