Twinkle Toes Tots

I picked up a few of the Twinkle Toes Tots by The Greeting Farm from DCRUS this week and could not resist the urge to play a little. This would be a perfect Christmas card for a pre-teen.

The cardstock is "cranberry", the scalloped oval is a Nesties cut from "BasicGrey". The photo corners are Cuttlebug. The snowflakes are from a Martha Stewart punch. All coloring was done with Copic Markers, the snowflakes and flower have just a touch of glitter. Happy Saturday, Hugs

autograph book

My little buddy Jacob across the street is going to Disneyland for
Thanksgiving. This is his first visit, so had to do an autograph
book for him.

The overall size is 4 1/2" X 4 1/2, the inside pages are 4 1/4X4 1/4". The Mickey face was cut with Cricut "Mickey Font" and the stars were punch from cardstock backed foil from a sizzix paddle. "JB" are from a Spellbinders Font and "Autographs" was computer generated. They can attach the clamp so the book will stay closed and can either put it in his backpack or wear it around his neck. The pen (a non bleed sharpie) attaches to the binding which is by Bind It All 3/4" O rings. All coloring was done with the Copic Markers and Airbrush System. Happy Friday, Hugs, Sandi

Play Date Cafe Challenge #5

Our challenge colors were selected this week by our newest design sister Julie Campbell aka Jules, please stop by and check out her wonderful blog. Our colors are a wonderful turquoise, plum, grey and white. Please come play with us this week with these winning colors.

I chose to do one of my illuminaries. The snowman was cut with Cricut cartridge "Joys of the Season". The snowflakes are from a Martha Stewart Punch as well as the background for the word block, which is a stampin up punch. The illuminary is cut from Cricut cartridge "Tags, Bags,Boxes and More. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday. Hugs, Sandi

Merry Christmas

This is a simple, quick card. Over all measurements are 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I used the Martha Stewart embossed presents on cardstock backed foil and the Martha Stewart Present Boarder punch. Embossed the lower portion of red cardstock with Cuttlebug Folder "Swiss Dots" and added a bow. The Merry Christmas font is Accent Dot Writer. Hope everyone has a great Wednesday. Hugs.

BBTB-Walk In My Garden

Our BBTB challenge this week - Grass, from Cricut cartridge "Walk In My Garden" with a wonderful surprise of 2 fonts, these are from Scrapnfonts.com one is a dingbat "DB Mulberry Lane" and the other is a font "LD Outline Curl". And all together they are so darn cute.

This is a standard A-2 card (5 1/2"X 4 1/4"), the background paper is from Chatterbox Inc.,
"Scarlet Brooch", the photo corners are remnants from another Martha Stewart punch. Misc. ribbon and the bird is from Cricut cartridge "50 States". Coloring was done with Copic Markers and the Copic Airbrush System. Happy Monday, Sandi

Friday Morning Clutch-Enfys Cashmore

Good Morning, please grab a cup of coffee/tea and join us for the Friday Morning Clutch. A series of interviews with some of our favorite inspiration personalities. This is the last interview for this year. As we head into the wonderful season, life is busy, if not a whirlwind. So I will resume the first of the year. Thank you every one for stopping by, for saying hi to our featured artist and for just being you. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and the Best of the New Year to each of you.

And here we go, it is my pleasure to introduce Enfys also known as En. If there is a jet setter among us, it is Enfys, flying between her home in Hudson FL and across the ocean to her home in the West Midlands region of UK. She is wife, mother and loving grandmother. She is design team member many times over and has a respectable list of publications to her credit. Also one of my favorite tid-bits "she has little sense of direction", her lost stories are close to my heart because I could get lost in a closet. So without further ado: Here's En:


1. What time of the day is your time to create? Do you have any exercises that get you started?
Exercise? The only exercise I get is lifting my coffee mug to my lips! I probably create more in the evenings than earlier in the day. I am not a morning person.

2. From where or what do you take your inspiration?

I often see a stunning unusual colour combination in a fashion garment, that inspires me. I get a lot of inspiration from blogs, there is such a wealth of talent out there, and if I am having a dry spell, challenge blogs and sketches always get me kick-started again

3. Are you a neat creator or a messy one? What frustrates you most in the process?

Incredibly messy. Being messy I often search for ages for a completed die-cut/stamped image to finish a card. I know I put it on the table, but in the tornado like conditions it vanishes. I usually find it stuck to the seat of my pants when I go to bed......

4. What do you think is the most important thing in creating a card or project?

The idea............if the creative urge is there, everything flows

5. From 1 to 10 where do you rate color? What is your favorite color?

Definitely a 10. I love using unusual and clashing colours together. In crafting the colour I couldn't be without is black, it gives such a pop to any card, although funnily enough it's a colour I rarely wear.

6. If you could have an afternoon tea with any 5 people alive or not, who would you invite?

Right now, when I am in Florida, it would have to be my four little grandchildren, with the bonus that they are too young to come to tea themselves, so I would get to see my kids as well.

7. Who is your safety net?

My husband Mike, he is incredibly supportive of me, puts up with the endless hours I spend crafting, bringing me frequent cups of tea and coffee. He is proud of me as well, and that makes me feel so good

8. If you could go anywhere in the world to gather inspiration where would that place be? Real or imaginary?

I think it would have to be India - all those fabulous jewel colours and the hot sun...... I am lucky enough to have travelled pretty extensively over the years, and one of my favourite places is South Africa

9. What is your definition of comfort food?
A quick fix - I am the sort of person who eats to live not lives to eat. Having said that, my idea of heaven is a large iced carmel latte swirl with lashings of whipped cream.

10. If you could thank only one person in your life, who would that be?

It would have to be two people, I can't differentiate between them, my parents. I had a most lovely childhood, they guided my sister and myself very wisely, and although they died some years ago, I miss them still.

Play Date Cafe-Challenge #4

Well, this is my week to host the challenge and I eagerly invite all of you to play along, as these are some of my favorite colors. I chose blue/green, chocolate brown, tan and creame. There is a peace and tranquility to these colors, which I am sure is the reason the bedroom in the picture just calls out for a nap. Speaking of naps, there is no creature on earth that has so perfected the art of napping as the cat and/or the husband, which of, both have become the object of my affection in this card. I wanted to use whimsy and humor, so to share that, elegant colors don't always need elegant presentation to work. You may all take one lovely nap when your challenge is completed, LOL.

The cards overall size is 5 1/2"X5 1/2". The background papers are Bazzill,EKSuccess and Imaginisce. The cat and it's hat was cut with the Cricut cartridge "Every Day Paperdoll". The photo corners are from a Cuttlebug Die. My verse is on a Nesties Oval. All coloring was done with Copic Markers and the Copic Airbrush System. Have a great Wednesday. Hugs