We Create Blog Hop--Sale-a-Brate 2015!

Sorry I've been MIA for a month.  Life is just crazy and I'm trying to keep up.  Anyway, I just found out this week that I am officially a permanent employee at Crate & Barrel and I'm thrilled!  I'm trying to time manage better, but still the "extras" (like blogging) are falling on the back burner at this time. Creating is my passion and I need to make more time for creativity. Right now, I'm cramming when I need to make something and while I usually don't like time constraints, my creative juices seem to flow better when I'm working last minute...Yikes!!  This was what happened for this project.  I really can't take much credit for this card, I totally CASE'd it from the talented Patty Bennett.  I got up early Saturday morning and quickly put this card together and took some photos before I had to be at work at 9:30am!  Is it just me or is this the cutest DSP!! I love the colors and the patterns of the Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper!  I may have to get another package of it (paper hoarder--yep, that's me!!) Both the Best Day Ever stamp set and the DSP are from the Sale-a-bration catalog and are only available until the end of March, so don't wait too long!

Well, that's it for today.  I will try really hard to share something for Sale-a-bration once a week--there's so much to see and I figure that if I commit to something for a short amount of time, I don't feel so overwhelmed!  See you soon!

Julie

Blog Hop--Case that Pin

It's a new month which means a new blog hop!  This month we got to pick a pin from Pinterest and CASE it.  CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything.  The pin I chose was from Amy O'Neil.  In case you didn't know, I LOVE Gorgeous Grunge, so her card just called to me when I saw it.  And it didn't hurt that Amy is so freakin' talented! Seriously, the girl has mad skills!!! Thanks for the Pinspiration, Amy!! I used a different color palette than Amy did, but the layout of the card is basically the same.

I used my Regals designer buttons instead of the vintage clear buttons Amy used.  I love the way the buttons coordinate with the colors I used on the card even though they don't exactly match. I finished it off with a tag with "friend" from Fabulous Phrases stamped and embossed with silver embossing powder, the Chevron embossing folder, and some Baker's Twine.

Hippity hop over to visit the rest of the bloggers.  Show them some love by leaving a short comment--it's nice to know that people appreciate our work!

September is here, cooler weather is just around the corner! I'm thrilled!

Julie