This Sweet Madness: 2024

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Merry and Bright Mug

Happy Friday! I had such lofty goals for this year's Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, but alas, life got in the way and all I got made was this and possibly one other card if I can finish it in the next hour. We'll see. Bright side, I have lots of IDEAS to write down for next year's hop! :) If I can find my notes then....

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting! Laters!!

Friday, November 1, 2024

ANYTHING GOES New Challenge with Morgan's Art World!!

Happy Tuesday everyone! It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new challenge at Morgan's Art World! This month I'm working with Winter 5 and as always our challenges are

ANYTHING GOES!!

Isn't she so sweet and fun?? I just love her outfit and the snowy scene.

Just a few challenges:

DLArt Linky Party

Classic Design Challenge - #10 Anything Goes

Love To Craft Challenge - #83 Anything Goes 1/8

Love To Scrap Challenge - #170 Anything Goes 1/8

Mix It Up - #74 Anything Goes 1/8

Be sure to visit the challenge blog and see what everyone else has created! Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet, Give Me Something Good To Eat!!

I started this card last year and never finished it. Found the pieces the other day and put it all together. I love these dies from Tim Holtz. Happy Halloween, everyone!!

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!

Friday, October 25, 2024

You're The Coolest!!

Happy Friday! I had such great goals to make cards this week and I really made......nothing. But I got this finished at the last minute! Yay me!!

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting! Laters!!

Friday, October 4, 2024

HALLOWEEN New Challenge with Simply Create Too!!!

Happy Friday! It's time for a new challenge at Simply Create Too and our theme this month is Halloween (or Halloween Colors)!!! I really love Halloween and I wanted to do something different for this challenge, so I made a set of cards. I opted for a semi clean and simple look for these cards.

Just a few challenges:

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created! Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

ANYTHING GOES New Challenge with Morgan's Art World!!

Happy Tuesday everyone! It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new challenge at Morgan's Art World! This month I'm working with Halloween 4 and as always our challenges are

ANYTHING GOES!!

I love the sort of gothic look of this girl and her outfit. Is it just me or does she kinda have Britney Spears vibes??

Just a few challenges:

DLArt Linky Party

Love To Craft Challenge - #82 Anything Goes 8/8

Love To Scrap Challenge - #169 Anything Goes 8/8

Mix It Up - #73 Anything Goes 8/8

Be sure to visit the challenge blog and see what everyone else has created! Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!

Monday, September 30, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Thirty - Beau-TEA-ful Birthday!!!

I can't believe I got here! The last few weeks have been ultra ultra challenging.

A whole bunch of challenges:

Thanks so much for accompanying me on my crazy stamping journey! Onto 2025 😂😂😂. Laters!!

Sunday, September 29, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Nine - Happy National Coffee Day!!

HAPPY NATIONAL COFFEE DAY! As I sit here, sucking on a coffee hard candy, I'm thinking about how for someone who doesn't actually drink coffee, it has a big place in my life!

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated crafting. Laters!!

Friday, September 27, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Seven - Halloween Cupcakes

Happy Friday! I cannot believe this month is almost over, it always goes by so fast!! And while it seems like it's a ton of work--and it is--and I probably do get overworked and stressed beyond the telling of it, I'm always sad to see it end.

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!!

Thursday, September 19, 2024

BOO Pumpkin Shaker - Kat Scrappiness Creative Influencer Post

Happy Tuesday everyone! I want to share another Creative Influencer project with Kat Scrappiness! Today it's all about Halloween!

This Pumpkin Shaker die set is so versatile because it can work for fall OR Halloween. Stay tuned to see what I mean!

Products Used:

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy shopping at Kat Scrappiness! Laters!!

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

FALL FRIENDS IG CARD HOP Week Two - Autumn Leaves and Mushrooms, Please!

Welcome to our Fall Friends Card Hop, hosted by @createwithkas. We're sharing 11 weeks of fall inspired projects with weekly themes, You can craft along with us and use the hashtag #fallfriendscardhop2024🍁. Our theme this week is Autumn Leaves and Mushrooms, Please!!

My card is actually pretty simple and self-explanatory. I took the easy way out and used a mushroom and leaf printed paper, adding my own stamped and die cut leaves, pumpkins and the sentiment, which I really love.

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping!! Laters!!

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Seventeen - Peace and Love Are All You Need

Happy Thursday! I'm taking a break from replenishing my supplies to share this card that I actually made out of found pieces from piles in my craft room.

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping! Laters!!

Sunday, September 15, 2024

ANYTHING GOES New Challenge with The Creative Crafters!!

Happy middle-of-the-month! It's the fifteenth and that means it's time for a new challenge at Creative Crafters! As always our challenge is Anything Goes!!! We had one whole day of fall weather and now we're back to humid. Ugh! So I made a fall card cause I love sweater weather and we get so little of it. Mostly we go from 90s to puffer coats lol. This image from last month's KOM from Unity Stamps is just amazing.

Just a few challenges:

DLArt Linky Party
Classic Design Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
The Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes 1/3
Love Those Pretty Papers - Anything with Patterned Paper Goes 1/3
Crafty Catz Weekly - #678 Anything Goes 1/5
Inspiration Station - Prompt #65 Photo Inspiration - Fall Farm 2/8 - I was so inspired by all the colors of the fall leaves and trees!!
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes 2/3
Crafts Galore - #127 Anything Goes 2/3
Creative Fingers - #284 Anything Goes 2/3
Scrapping4FunChallenge - #239 Anything Goes 3/4
Polkadoodles - #36 Anything Goes 3/4
Paper Funday - #69 Anything Goes 3/6
Allsorts - #798 Anything Goes 3/3
Word Art Wednesday - #665 Anything Goes 4/5

Be sure to visit the blog, play along with us and check out the other DT's projects as well! Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting! Laters!!

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Eleven - Take Two (technically Three) - Happy Birthday, Nessie!!!

Three posts today! There's a lot going on.

My fellow Twihards will know that today is Renesmee Cullen's birthday. Per the books, she's eighteen! Crazy. I hope Jacob's keeping his creeper distance cause.....yecch! Anyways, I always make a card for Nessie's birthday, and this year I made a card slightly Twilight inspired, but that could absolutely be a card that someone might give to Nessie.

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping! Laters!!

FALL FRIENDS IG CARD HOP Week One - Latte Love

Welcome to Week One of the Fall Friends Card Hop, hosted by @createwithkas. We're sharing 11 weeks of fall projects with weekly themes and if you would like to join us, please DM Kelly @createwithkas. This week's theme is A Latte Fall Fun!!

Even though I don't drink lattes, I love all things coffee! I had to make two cards because I couldn't decide what to make. I used my brand new Pumpkin Spice Vibes stamp and die set from Simon Says Stamp and I've got a feeling I'm going to be using this a lot!

I love them both, I don't think I could pick a favorite!!

Sketch for this card - Hand Stamped Sentiments #446

Sketch for this card - Sweet Sketch Wednesday #286

Just a few challenges:

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STAMPtember - Day Eleven - Celebrate America

Hi everyone. Today's a somber day for everyone, I know it is for me. This day kind of haunts me, and I feel like it always serves as a reminder of how different our country was back then. No one tried to politicize the terrorist attacks, we all came together, we supported our country as a whole, it was so different than we are now.

I always make a card for today, usually a thank you card, which this would work for, to honor those who were lost, and those who risked their lives to help.

Just a few challenges

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping! Laters!!

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

STASHBUSTERS IG HOP Week 19 - Use A Crafty Item In More Than One Way

Welcome to the Stashbusters 2024 Paper Crafting Hop! Stashbusters 2024 is hosted by Armen @armenscraftroom. Every other Tuesday, the Stashbusters post 1-6 creative, paper-based projects to share. Our goal is to use the items and supplies we already own to create between 27-162 projects each over the course of 2024.

Today's hop theme is "Use one item multiple ways to create interactive friendship cards".

I did two out of three! I couldn't really nail the "interactive" part of the challenge with my time constraints, but I definitely made cards for girlfriends using the same stamp in three different ways.

Sometimes I like to split the posts up for the cards, but I didn't feel like doing that today for some reason. All three cards use the same Simon Says Stamp stamp set in a different way.

This one I stamped on patterned papers and cut all the pumpkins and gourds out by hand. I love fussy cutting.

A couple challenges for this one:

DLArt Linky Party
Inspiration Station - Prompt #65 Photo Inspiration - Fall Farm - 1/8 - I loved all the colors of the fall foliage in the photo and felt like the farm would have a pumpkin patch!

The copper and gold didn't photograph that well, but I stamped this one with the Lisa Horton metallic inks. Honestly the jury is still out on these. I've had these dry really well, like on this card, and not at all on other projects, which makes them just like every other brand of metallic ink pad I've ever had. 😢

She's my favorite. So festive with her PSL, ready for a day of errands, and maybe a little fun in there, too.

Just a few challenges for this card:

Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping! Laters!!

Monday, September 9, 2024

JUST FOR GIGGLES IG CARD HOP - September - Clean and Simple

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Just For Giggles IG Hop, hosted by @craftyengineer and @itsawonderful_craft_life.

This month we hope to make you laugh but we also challenged ourselves to make "Clean and Simple" cards.

If you've been here before, you know how hard CAS cards are for me. I tried, I really did.

This sentiment really speaks to me now, way more than when I bought it and I've had it for years.

If we made you giggle, chuckle or smile, please leave us a comment so we can know. Now sit back and enjoy the hop!

Next up is @reclaimingmycrafts

Just a few challenges:

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Saturday, September 7, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Seven - Merry Christmas Truck

Happy Saturday. I've not had any caffeine and I'm not awake yet, so please forgive any typos.

Just a few challenges:

DLArt Linky Party
Crafters Cafe - #311 Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge - #8 Anything Goes
Unicorn Challenge - #102 Circles
My Time To Craft - #542 Add Some Texture 1/3 (dry embossing!)
Cheerful Sketches - Sketch 1/3
Can You Handle the Pressure - Anything with an Embossing Folder Goes 1/3
As You Like It - Layers 1/3 (I prefer layered cards, the more the merrier!)
Christmas Bingo Challenge - #9 BINGO Card - I Column (die cut, gold, stamped image) 1/8
Merry Little Christmas Card Challenge - #58 Anything Christmas Goes 1/8
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - STAMP It! 3/5
Word Art Wednesday - #664 Anything Goes 4/5
Ally's Angels - #84 Anything Goes 5/8

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Friday, September 6, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Six - Read A Book Day

I love to read. Like, really, really love to read. I don't give myself as much time to read as I wish that I did, but, yeah. I love to read.

In one of my favorite movies, You've Got Mail, Kathleen talks about how reading books as a child changes your life so drastically, and I believe that this is true. And there are times when I feel myself in two worlds, just like Rory Gilmore, and one is a world of books.

It's been very important to me from the beginning to get my nieces into books and they both love to read. Everyone should find something they love, and then read about it.

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy reading AND stamping! Laters!!

FALL OR AUTUMN New Challenge with Simply Create Too!

Happy Friday! It's time for a new challenge at Simply Create Too and our theme this month is Fall or Autumn!!! Pumpkins and gourds and leaves, oh my! I absolutely love this time of year. Anything fall themed will do. Come play with us!

Just a few challenges:

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created! Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Four - Big Splash!!

So, where did summer go? It's nauseatingly hot and then it's cold. WTAF. I might be adding something to this card and updating the new photo. I'm serious.

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping! Laters!!

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

STAMPtember - Day Three - Witches Stick Together

I feel like maybe this sentiment doesn't quite go with the card now that it's finished, but I just decided to go on with my original intentions and see how it turned out.

I'm just not sure I'm happy with the card. And that was NOT the intended cat but I messed up the one I had stamped, hence the pumpkin peeking out behind the witch. Witches can have pumpkins in trees, right? 😆

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy Halloween stamping and crafting! Laters!!

Monday, September 2, 2024

INSPIRED BY A BOOK New Challenge with Get Creative Challenges!

Hi everyone! It's a new challenge at Get Creative Challenges and our theme is Inspired By A Book!!! This can come from the title, the book jacket, the plot or subject matter, a character, anything! I love to read and Read A Book Day is actually later this week, so I thought this theme would be fitting.

I was inspired by the jacket for the book It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover. I absolutely love this book as well as the first in the series, It Ends With Us. I loved the IEWU movie, too. Perfect casting.

Just a few challenges:

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created. Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!!

Sunday, September 1, 2024

STAMPtember Kick Off - Marbled Birthday

HAPPY STAMPTEMBER!! It's that time again, when I drive myself crazy trying to do ALL the things and using stamps on every. single. one. I hopefully planned better this year, we'll see how it goes.

Don't you just love the colors in this? I think purple and turquoise or teal always complement each other so well.

A lot of challenges for this card:

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping! Laters!!

ANYTHING GOES New Challenge with Morgan's Art World!!

Happy Sunday everyone! And Happy STAMPtember!! It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new challenge at Morgan's Art World! This month I'm working with one of the beautiful fairies from Fairy Line Set 2 and as always our challenges are

ANYTHING GOES!!

This fairy was soooo fun to color. Purples and teals really are my favorite color combination to use.

Just a few challenges:

DLArt Linky Party

Classic Design Challenge - #8 Anything Goes

Crafters Cafe - #311 Bright Colors

Try It On Tuesday - Make It Feminine

Penny's Paper Crafting Challenge - #579 Anything Goes 1/3

As You Like It - Favorite Coloring Medium 1/3 (Spectrum Noir markers!! They're easier and more affordable than Copics)

Dream Valley - #321 Anything Goes 1/3

A Gem of a Challenge - #17 Anything Goes 1/4

Word Art Wednesday - #663 Anything Goes 1/5

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 1/5

Mix It Up - #73 Anything Goes 1/8

Pattie's Creations - #221 Anything Goes 2/3

Crafty Gals Corner - #258 Anything Goes 2/3

Digi Tuesday - #33 Anything Goes 3/4

Creative Fingers - #283 Anything Goes 5/6

Paper Funday - #68 Anything Goes 5/6

Creatalicious - #280 Anything Goes 3/3

Be sure to visit the challenge blog and see what everyone else has created! Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Warm Caffeinated Wishes

Happy Sunday! I’m always so last minute with these projects. I need more hours in the day.

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting. Laters!!

Friday, August 23, 2024

I'm A Creative Influencer for Kat Scrappiness!!

Hi everyone!! I'm so excited today to share that I'm now a Creative Influencer with Kat Scrappiness! I've been obsessed with Kat's shop since I discovered it a few years ago, she's got amazing dies, shaker bits, paper pads and more.

She recently released a whole Magical themed collection, and you know how much I love allllll things Disney so of course I'm obsessed with it!

Check out all the little Minnie and Mickey shaker bits 😍

This paper pad has such a luxe look and feel to it, it's almost glossy. I know I'm going to go through a ton of them because I am obsessed with it!

Products Used:

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy shopping at Kat Scrappiness! Laters!!

Sunday, August 18, 2024

SHARING SUMMER IG CARD HOP Week Four - Sun, Sand and Sea Mixed Media

Welcome to the Sharing Summer Card Hop Challenge 4! Hosted by @thatcraftygolden, we're thrilled to unveil this month's theme: Sun, Sand and Sea Mixed Media.

I've been trying to get myself back into watercoloring and mixed media and all that. It's been awhile since I just let loose and a lot of my supplies (like my sand paste 😡😢) are olllllld. But I had a small amount of handmade watercolors from Etsy, so I used those and sea salt to create this background.

Just a few challenges:

If this theme has sparked your creativity, we invite you to dive into the summer fun! Share your creations using #sharingsummer24 and be sure to tag @thatcraftygolden so we can admire your work!

Thanks so much for looking and happy summer crafting! Laters!!

Saturday, August 17, 2024

CREATE IT 3 WAYS IG CARD HOP August - Congratulations

Hi everyone! I’m participating in an Instagram hop today called Create It 3 Ways! Hosted by the lovely @amritapettus, this fun hop will take place the third Saturday of every month! Super fun. The theme for June is Congratulations! I wanted to use a congratulations die, but I figured this Diamond Press congrats die was close enough. I decided to double down and also use the same paper pad and ephemera and stickers, from the Bo Bunny Brighton (hello, Bridgerton!) line.

I am SO NOT a stickers person but they kinda work, don't they?

I really love how this one turned out.

Just a few challenges for this card:

Love Those Pretty Papers - Anything with Patterned Paper Goes 1/3

Pretty sure this is my favorite of the three. Something about the vintage paper and the pearls and the butterflies, I just love it.

A few challenges for this one:

Mirtillamente - #34 Anything Goes 4/5

Last one. IDK the paper is so busy but I feel like it's missing something?

And a few challenges for this one:

Make My Monday - #232 Something Metallic 1/3

Be sure to visit the rest of the hop!! Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping! Laters!!

Friday, August 16, 2024

BLOOMing with Inspiration

I'm a reader, I don't think this is a secret. In 2022, I found myself accidentally obsessed with Colleen Hoover's books. I'd read a few over the years, but I really got obsessed with them then. I discovered It Ends With Us a mere few months before It Starts With Us was published. I, of course, loved both books and was obsessively waiting for the movie to open.

I saw it last Saturday, and it didn't disappoint. I'm hoping to see it again while it's still in theatres. I find that whenever I see a book-to-film adaptation, I have to see it more than once to really absorb it. The first time I watch it, I'm so worried about what they cut and what they will or won't change. I really felt that the movie did the subject matter justice. Justin Baldoni did an amazing job and he should be very proud of himself. I won't touch too much on anything here, but I would encourage everyone to read this fabulous book.

The protagonist's name is Lily Bloom, and she's a florist, so it inspired me to make this card. I didn't think I was going to make something for this movie, but I haven't been able to get it out of my head. So here it is.

The sentiment makes sense to the book readers, and probably if you've just seen the film, as well. I layered vellum stickers to create the flower background and I am NOT a sticker person, but I have to say that all in all I LOVE how it turned out!!!

Just a few challenges:

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!

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