Cut, Color and Create...

.....what does all that equal -- lots of crafty time and lots of new card to share!   Woohoo!   After all those weeks of feeling so poorly dealing with Fibro, I had one of my best weekends in ages, and it was a blast to not only feel good, but to also have lots of time to create!!

     My first creative venture started yesterday when I headed off to my LSS, "Absolutely Everything" for a super cute card class where we made these adorable cards, all featuring aome very sweet Lawn Fawn products.   Not only are they adorable, but we had a lot of fun putting hem together, and had a great little group yesterday --- another thing I so LOVE about going to the store to take these workshops!   Great day out and a lot of laughs while we create!!

   And while I was there, I had the treat of seeing some of the many new card class projects that Kate and the girls are putting together for us!   I can tell you already that I'll be spending lots of extra time at the store and these classes look great!   Check them out HERE on the AE Facebook page!  Kate, the owner, has been putting together some great new videos and has been sharing them on the FB page.  She is so creative, as are so many of the AE group and I know I'm so lucky to have a store like AE!

   Today, while my Hubby continue to tear apart our family room, (he's removing the old carpet/pad as we are having new floors put in on Wednesday).   In the meantime, between my craft room move, (Still not done), my house is in total disarray and the only thing I can do to survive is "hide in my craft room!   I'm terrible when it comes to any remodeling and have been through it soooo many times now -- I love the end result, but the mess it creates during the "process", is super stressful and a bit overwhelming me!   Probably because I am typically very neat and tidy and seeing both the upstairs and downstairs in this "mess" is truly a challenge!    Happily, once that room is done, we will be "carpet" free on the first floor, something that is a must do, when you have three dogs!  Two of which came in as "Puppies"!!

  But, in trying to battle this mess, I find that card-making is the perfect escape for me and always has been.  It's also great therapy for Fibromyalgia and why this hobby is now such a passion in my life.   And today, I was very happy with how my cards were all working out - Yippee!   I have two that are Design projects for a2z Scrapbooking, but I can tell you that both cards feature this really pretty Hero Arts stamp -- "Love from the Garden", which you can find here at the a2z Store.  I have loved this stamp from the first time I saw it and love that it can be used in so many ways.   You can color it, stamp it, emboss it and use it year round for a variety of cards.  I also think it's a great addition to this "Flower Garden" clear stamp set, which I also own and love.  Oh, speaking of Hero Arts, we are also very excited to have most of the newest release, already in stock now at the a2z Store!   You can also used my DT Promo Code ( LISAH15 ) on the brand new release too -- Just enter it at Checkout to save 15% off of any order of $25 and up (excluding shipping)!!  Stay tuned for those new cards coming up shortly, and don't forget there is still time to play in the October Challenge!

  In addition to those cards, I was delighted to finally get my card done (just in the nick of time), for the current challenge at the MUSE Cardmaking blog.

 I have had ideas on what to create all week and then realize that today was the my last day to come up with something a cute as this MUSE card that I'm sharing as this week's inspiration!

Therese's Muse Card

(Adorable as can be)

My Card

  I loved the design of Therese's card and those adorable little animals, and I took that inspiration along with a few of my favorite little Christmas supplies to create this sweet card.  My image is from Lili of the Valley and I just love their fabulous pre-colored "Art Pads".  The images are simply adorable and I love that they are come all colored, (some come in black and white too), making it very easy to put together a card, when you don't always have a lot of time to do your own coloring.  They are also very affordable and ship free, another bonus!  Love them and I have a few of the sets and will be using more in the next few weeks.   I created my little "rolling hills", with the my Mama Elephant "Creative Cut" dies, a set I have been using a lot lately and another set, that is very popular!   The papers I used are from this sweet set by Lawn Fawn, and my sentiment is a favorite from the new Winter Wonders Set by Hero Arts!  

    I will also be entering the card into the current Holiday Challenge over at "Hero Arts" under the category of "Anything Goes".

   It's also being entered over at "Addicted to Stamps" latest challenge, which is also "Anything Goes"!

  I have one more card to share and this one was created using a cute little "Stampin' Up" stamp that I am "Recycling" again after finding it during my craft room move.  I have found so many things that I either forget that I had, or they were buried so deep in my craft closet that I could not even get to them.   It's like shopping for new things only I don't have to spend any money and I can combine them with some of my new goodies to make some really fun new cards!  I have to admit that  I will be very excited to finish this task and be much better organized.  I'm also thrilled that I was "able" to let go of a LOT of things that I just was not using and now that actually has given me even more space and made finding my things SO much easier!   

     This stamp is one that makes a card very easy and fun, because the image and the sentiment are combined for you!   All I had to do with stamp it out, color it up, which I did with my Copic Markers and a a clear Wink of Stella Marker!   I then trimmed it down and layered it onto a white and red Polka dotted frame and added that on to of this cute stitched banner, which is another die set that I'm loving lately and it's also from Lawn Fawn!  I created my red card base using my favorite layering paper, which are from Hero Arts!    I finished off this one with some sheer white polka dotted ribbon, which like my stamp is another thing I found in my Stampin' Up!  '

    Being that I am using "Oldie but Goodie" products, I thought this card would fit perfectly in to the current "Recycle It" Challenge being hosted over at "A Blog Named Hero".  I love that I have come across so many of my older projects during this move and it's been like finding new treasures! 

  

   

  I will be back in my craft room tomorrow working on more Christmas Cards and more challenge cards!  In the meantime, I hope you all had a weekend as nice as mine has been and hope it included lots of fun and crafting time!