Preppy Card Challenge #5 - 10 cards in 10 weeks

Okay I am halfway to the end of my personal 10 cards in 10 weeks challenge. These cards are inspired by my friend Elle. Click HERE to see why we are doing this challenge.

Inspiration Photo from Preppy Elle (visit her completely Preppy Blog HERE):


Preppy Inspired card #5:



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Preppy Card Challenge #4

I am late on this week's card for two reasons.... 1. I was traveling last week. 2. The pictures I took of this card before I left... super sucked. I re-took the pictures when I got back and they are not much better. I am starting to blame my camera.

Ok please visit Elle's "Completely Preppy" blog. She is doing a clothing challenge where she wears a different outfit to work for 50 work days. She is about half way through. How cute is she??


Every week she is picking something from the world of fashion to inspire a card. I have to make 10 cards in 10 weeks. At the end of 10 weeks she is moving away =(

Click to see Card 1, Card 2 and Card 3

So last week she gave me the inspiration for card #4 and card #5. However I have only completed card #4. I will post card #5 very soon and be all caught up for next week. Okay enough lamenting....

Inspiration piece from Elle (I want this to be my bedroom!):


My Card:


Be sure to check out our Etsy shop (Elle is my partner in the Etsy shop. She mostly inspires me or yells are me).

Treasury Tuesday - Plush Emotions

Kind of a bummer this week. I donated 3 sock creatures to a silent auction at my son's school. Click HERE to see the set I donated. They didn't get one bid... I finally bid so they wouldn't be left there. So in the end I bought back my own sock creatures! At least I am a loyal customer of mine! =)

I have been thinking that maybe my sock creatures need better facial expressions, or eyelids. So my treasury this week is called:

"Full Range of Emotions with Softies".

These shops have the cutest plush and these are the best facial expressions around! If you aren't familiar with the Etsy Treasury, click HERE to take a look. You should visit these shops because this only scratches the surface of the great looking plush in these shops! Click the shop names below.

So thank you to these artists for the additional inspiration I need to get my sock creatures looking more "emotional".

1. Mad Monster - Cronopia6
2. Mischievous Monkey - Amigurumi Princess
3. Dweezil - Misfit Menagerie
4. Kitty Cat - Gush 4 Plush
5. Happy Bunny - Gush 4 Plush
6. Mr. Fox - Strawberries and cream
7. Ornery Felt Toad - Woodland Wool
8. LOL - Mint Conspiracy
9. Shiver Friend - Ohma Felt
10. Sad Little Mouse - Elly Charlotte
11. Jellyfish - Curster
12. Monster Man - Tight Ship
13. Pink Monkey - Cute Designs
14. Owl - Sassy Pack Rat Studios
14. Queen of Hearts - Plushroom Soup
15. Canoodle - Canoo

Thanks for stopping by! Please visit my shop Wanted Creatures.

Etsy Inspired Challenge #88 and 15 Subscribers!

First... a huge Thank You to all the new subscribers to my blog. I am enjoying posting and getting to know such nice people. I am having such a great sense of community. So thanks again!

Ok... now onto this weeks Etsy Inspired Challenge. The inspiration shop this week is called Made by Michelle Bursegaard. What an extremely talented designer! You need to check out her shop.

I have been planning to make a "will you be my bridesmaid" card for my Etsy shop for a while now. But I have been a little stuck. Well Michelle's shop had just the inspiration I needed. Check out these great photo's and paintings of vintage and handmade Barbi dresses.


I couldn't think of a better inspiration for my "will you be my Bridesmaid" cards!


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EBTKS Challenge - Sketches Inspire

While browsing through blog land, I came across the Everything But the Kitchen Sink Challenge. There inspiration this week was this fabulous sketch. I just had to try it out, I love the clean lines and simplicity of it. Be sure to check out the blog for some other great cards inspired by this sketch.



Okay..... anti-climactic drum roll.....

I am very appreciative to blogs that post these challenges. I have felt so creatively drained that past few months and I feel like I have gotten a second wind. Thanks so much!

I will be posting this card in my Etsy Shop MD Cards and Gifts later this week! Yeah I am making progress!

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Etsy Inspired Challenge #88 - Challenges are fun!

This is my 4th time to participate in the Etsy inpired challenge. I have been inspired so much since I started and I am going to start entering more challenges soon! What a great way to get out of a creative rut! I am even thinking of starting a challenge about sock creatures to help fill my Wanted Creatures Etsy shop.

The shop this week is called Creation Designs, they sell cute vintage items. My inspiration piece was a cute Siamese cat statue. It was so cute that it already sold!

I absolutley love Siamese cats, well cats in general. Here is my beautiful girl! (remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder)



Now, all that is out of the way.... Here are my cards. I made a set of 4 coordinating mini cards.

Sorry, these aren't the best pictures ever! Thanks for taking a look. These cards will be listed in my Etsy Shop MD Cards and gifts (but I will try to take some more pictures).

Etsy Treasury Tuesday

Some of the things I collect include dice and game pieces. I especially like vintage and antique game pieces. Something about them just makes me happy. When I got an Etsy Treasury yesterday I decided to do one about my love of old board games and all that goes with them! Most of the shops this time are vintage shops. In addition to having great handmade items on Etsy, there are fantastic vintage shops.

So I present to you my Treasury "Sorry! I'm Board".....


Visit these wonderful shops by clicking on the shop name. Each has many more vintage and handmade items for your viewing pleasure.

1. Sorry! Game pieces - INeed That
2. Dog Vs. Hat - John Tebeau
3. Vintage Parcheesi - Vintage Works
4. Vintage Dominoes - Vintage Eye
5. Monopoly Notebooks - Beach Chicken
6. Clue Weapons Photo - JENNJADE
7. Vintage Scrabble Tiles - Donna J's Vintage
8. Vintage Bingo Cards - Emmy Lucy
9. Games People Play Art - Red Letter Words
10. Vintage Roman Chess Set - Trillity
11. Vintage Trivial Pursuit - Meer Kate
12. Vintage Sorry! Journal - Another Work in Progress

Please visit my Etsy shops Wanted Creatures and MD Cards & Gifts