A Random Aside...

I am taking a break from my regularly scheduled programming to share some blogs I've started following...  These are fashion blogs, so if you are here for a paper crafting post, you can skip right over this one.  First, I found this girl on Pinterest.  Her name is Whitney, and she has a blog called Along the Lines of Style, and she's a teacher trying to dress cute on a budget!!  Just my kind of girl!!

Plus, my finding her led to find all kinds of other women like her who are REAL women, not models, who have style challenges they admit to AND some of them try to do it on the cheap!  Like Tamara at Ordinary Fashionista and Fran at Franish.

I have the same habit with clothes that I do with paper.  I have a tendency to "save" the stuff I really love for a special occasion, which means I hardly EVER wear my very favorite items!  That has to change.  Also, there are limitations to living in Bozeman and those are called LACK OF PLACES TO SHOP and WEATHER!  Even Old Navy closed here.  Sheesh.  8 months of winter = heels are just not that practical.  Anyway, I was pretty stoked to find these ladies that I will now be following.

CAS-ual Fridays #107

This week's challenge was to create a CAS project that incorporated an arrow.  I am on a kick to get my favorite ever kit from American Crafts used up.  I know.  It's totally opposite of what I usually do; aren't you proud?  The tree stamp is from Papertrey Ink.  Now I have one YES ONE piece of paper left from this kit, so I'm off to have some fun with it!!!

CAS-ual Fridays #106: Over the Edge

I made this card for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge, which is to create a CAS card with a design element that goes over the edge.  I like really open challenges like this, so I got out my very favorite ever leaf die (seriously I use this die probably more than all my others combined!)  I love white and kraft together, then added a couple of elements from my new Bloomin' Marvelous set from Stampin' Up.  

Once Upon a...Sketch June Challenge

This month's challenge at Once Upon a...Sketch is to showcase your guilty pleasure.  Don't you just love that?  I loved looking through all the design team's guilty pleasures.  I actually felt a bit guilty doing it...like I was snooping or something!!!  

One of my many guilty pleasures is owning way too many crafting goodies.  I LOVE getting new stuff for crafting.  This picture is from Christmas this year, when I of course, got more!  This one is actually my Stampin' Up paper piercer, which I love!

Mojo Monday #298

Here is this week's sketch from Mojo Monday.  I love the little banners peeking out the side!

Here's my take on the sketch.  I used washi tape to make the banners and had to let my wild side out to get this one finished.  :)

Color Throwdown #247

I just found this fun challenge blog called Color Throwdown that uses Stampin' Up ink colors for their challenges.  How fun!  This week's challenge was to use real red, white, crumb cake, and night of navy (which I didn't have, so I substituted faded jeans.) 

I used my Stampin' Up paper piercer (which I am always thrilled to use!) to make the hearts.  Super fun!

CAS-ual Fridays #105

This week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge was to incorporate a travel theme into your project.  I used a Tim Holtz cityscape with some Stampin' Up postcard stamps to make this card.  

The sentiment on the inside is "wish big."

Hope You Perk Up Soon

Another card that I actually got done at craft night.  This one was inspired by last week's Shabby Tea Room challenge to use banners on your card with a tea theme, except I think this would actually qualify as coffee?  Aww, who cares right?  Super fun!

Be Mine

 I actually got a couple of cards made at our group's scrap night.  I mean you know how it goes, right?  Talk for the first 45 minutes, snack for the next 15, then finally get down to business about the time I should be leaving to go home.  I had brought my February kit from My Creative Scrapbook, so thus the  Valentines card.  I guess this one will have to stay in my card stash for quite a few months before it gets some love.

  This card is based on this sketch from Retro Sketches.

Shabby Tea Room #170

This week at The Shabby Tea Room, the challenge is to use pink, blue, white and flowers on a shabby project.  That's pretty much the best mix ever!  This one was fun to make after a day of being outside and enjoying the beautiful Montana day with my hubby!

Finally!

I absolutely love this collection from American Crafts.  All kinds of minty and pinky goodness!  This is a layout I FINALLY got put together after a couple weeks of working on it bit by bit.  It's been a busy few weeks, but now summer break is officially here, so lots more scrapping to come!!!