Hey, everyone!  Happy to pop in on a beautiful Fall day in Indiana...although the temps have been more like Winter here;)  I wanted to quickly share a couple cards for Festive Friday.  The first card was for the previous 'Whimsical' challenge...had no time to post it then...

There's an example (I didn't say a good one;) of making do with what you have...cause I don't have a lot of 'whimsy' in my stash;)  Always fun to get creative and have to think outside my little box!

The next one was more my style to create...

The current challenge at Festive Friday is to include a wreath element in your design.  I pulled out that new Fresh Cut Florals set (WPlus9) again.  (I think you can count on seeing this one lots from me!!!)  I used a little trio of leaves from that set to create my wreath, and used the bird and nest from Birds and Blooms (PTI) to embellish it.  The berries are the flower center from Fresh Cut Florals, and the string holding the star is from PTI's Merry Little Christmas...

...as well as the sentiment.  You can see I've kept it simple and let my little dressed out wreath be the star of the show!  Here's another star that's been keeping me busy lately...my first born baby boy...

He heads off to semi-state in that marching band uniform tomorrow, hoping to advance to the final state competition the following weekend.  Like it or not, you can bet I'll be keeping you posted!

Hope you all enjoy your weekend!  And I hope to have a little more crafting/blogging time when band season is over...before the holidays hit!  In the mean time, I guess I'll just ask that you forgive me for my absence here and at your blogs.

Thanks so much for stopping in!

~geri~

Hello everyone!  Here with new FUSION challenge inspiration!  Finally...a chance to play with the colors of Fall...(and I had to scramble to do THAT!!!)...

Not that this is necessarily a Fall color challenge...I was just READY, with so little time for Fall crafting these days.  I put my Fresh Cut Florals to work!  (WPlus9) Finally got a set and knew I could still use them in Fall creations with the sweet berries that were included...

This set did NOT dissappoint!  I LOVED playing with it!  Settled on that simple little number up there to fuse the sketch and photo inspiration.  I've got to run...so little time for computer these days...but I hope you'll visit the rest of the team and the FUSION blog for all the details of the challenge!  (Heading off to band regionals tomorrow!!!  YIKES...getting nervous!!!)

Amy

Kelly

Lyndal

Lynn

Stacey

Thanks so much for stopping in today!!!

~geri~

Happy Friday, crafters!!!  I'm sharing a card over at Precious Remembrance using the Holiday Wishes set...

My final post with that set...can't wait to see what Dyane has coming!
And it's time for a new Festive Friday challenge for a project with a whimsical theme, but for some reason, I can't seem to grab that graphic.  You'll have to head to the blog to check it out, along with more inspiration from the other gals.  Here's mine...

I've used some older paper and die cut stickers. Although I didn't use it on this card, one of the coordinating papers has sweet little reindeer almost identical to the one I've created here with my Cricut.  Those little reindeer and the other whimsical images served as my inspiration today!

You're getting off easy today...I'm so tired I'm having trouble willing my fingers to type, and keeping my head up and eyes open...so I'm off!  I appreciate your visit and wish you a wonderful weekend!

~geri~

Hey, Everyone!!!  Time for new FUSION inspiration...

I chose to go with the photo inspiration for this brand new challenge...I used the colors of pink and gray...a little darker...a little paler of each...and went with a birthday theme...

That's just a little layered punched flower. The petite leaves are from a WPlus9 set, and the sentiment and tiny pink flower are both from PTI sets.  You can see I used an impression plate (PTI) to add some pretty texture to the card face...

...which is slightly smaller than normal.  The card is 4" wide rather than 4 1/4", and just taking that 1/4" off the sides went a long way, with the elements/stamping used, in making it appear taller and slimmer...just not quite so chunky looking.  I felt it added to the elegant feel of the card.  I LIKE this one, gals...hope you do, too!  The ladies below all have additional inspiration for you you won't want to miss!

Amy

Kelly

Lyndal

Lynn

Stacey

Head to the FUSION blog for the rest of the challenge details!

Thanks so much for dropping in today!!!

~geri~