You guessed it...MORE Catching up!

First off - Check out my give away!!!  Winner will be chosen on the 30th! Check it out HERE.
Okay - now that you're back from entering the giveaway... here's what I've done - Yes, I've been busy.   :)
Day 102: Repetition is Key - Repeat an image and word at least 3 times.

Recipe: Studio G, Basic Grey Cup of Tea,  The Paper Studio, Lasting Impressions

Day 104: Life's a Party - Include the word "party"
Also counts for the OWH sketch this week - which is: 

Recipe: Scenic Route Surprise, Lasting Impressions, SRM

Day105: This Sketch -

Recipe: DCWV's Flower Shower Stack

Day 106: Fun With Fabric - stamp something onto fabric.

Recipe: Simply Said by Stampin' Up

Day 107: Use an argyle pattern for a fabric piece on the card.  And YES I am completely aware of my inability to keep things I hand cut proportioned to the card design. :) Oh well - it still works, right???

Recipe: I think this paper is from a DCWV pack... I've had this and some other matching ones forever!

Day 108: Sing-a-long - Listen to the song Rainbow Connection, then make a card that does NOT include a rainbow on it.  A part that stuck out to me was "Who said that every wish would be heard and answered, when wished on the morning star?"  So I did a starry back ground with the Make A Wish phrase.

Recipe: Paper Company - Silver Stars. 

Day 109: Bold Stripes - but keep it to only 4 colors.

Recipe: DCWV's Nana's Kids Stack, SRM Stickers, Image is from an OWH Image Swap - Thanks Andrea!

Day 110: Create a non-traditional wedding card; include the word "LOVE"

Recipe: House Mouse Together Under Moon, The Paper Company - Stary Blue, SRM Sticker

Day 112: This Sketch:

Recipe: Making Memories, Scenic Route Sonoma, Hero Arts, DCWV's Spring Cardstock matstack.

Day 113: Ad Inspired -

Recipe: SRM Sticker, SEI Juliette.

GIVE AWAY TIME!

Who doesn't love a give away?  In celebration of my hubby's home-coming in a few days (YAY!) I want to do a give away! And CSN is so wonderful to offer the prize - a $40 gift certificate!!! (Remember them? They're the wonderful company that provided the colored pencils for me to review here.)
What can you get from CSN you ask?
How about some new colored pencils - just for you! (You can stop sharing them with your toddler, like I was doing!)

Or maybe your craft space is like mine and could use some organization? How about this hanging file folder holder?  Wouldn't this be perfect for all the different craft papers - Lots of space to organize by size, pattern, or color!

Or even just spoil yourself and get some cute new shoes - like these:

Also, the more participants, the more prizes will be added! At 40 comments I'll add a goodie package to the prizes.  At 60 I'll add another; etc.
You have a couple ways to enter:
1 - Post a comment about what you'd get from CSN with the prize certificate.
2 - Become a follower, the post a new comment.
3 - Tell your friends! Post on your blog about this (either in a blog post, or in your sidebar), then post another comment with a link to it.
On August 30th I will pick the winner use Random.org to pick the winner!  Be sure to check back here to see if it's you!!!
*This is available to international participants - however there may be international shipping charges for the winner when they redeem the gift certificate.*

Here it is - A LOT of catching up in this one!

Day 136 - Imagine: Chalkboard - I wasn't sure what to do with this one, until I found a tutorial on a technique called Chalkboard.  Basically - you stamp an image in white on a dark background, then sponge or dab (I used Q-tips) chalk or pastels onto the wet ink.  Then wipe the excess chalk off and Viola!  I also, embossed the card with clear powder and the Woodgrain stamp to give it a little bit of texture. 

Recipe - Upsy Daisy Stamp Set by Stampin' up.  Woodgrain stamp by Stampin' Up. 
Day 101 - Use 10 'inchies'.

 Recipe - Stamps are from Inkadinkado
Day 100 - 3 items all lined up.

 Recipe - Pearls are from Basic Grey, the Patterned Paper is from DCWV's Green Stack, the Stamp Set is from TPC Studio - Woodland Whimsy.
Day 94 - Combine 3 challenges: one from March, April, and May.  I included challenges 13, 56, and 76.

 Recipe - Stamps are from Ippity's Fishy Philosophy, Colorbok gems, Ribbon from Stampin' Up
Day 95 - "So You" - I really didn't know what to do with this one. I don't know what really is "So You" for me.  So I just decided to use some of my favorite card things - embossing, a favorite stamp, and my favorite color: green.

 Recipe - Medallion Stamp from Stampin' Up, Brad from Making Memories
Day 81 - Create a Picnic scene - MMMmm Watermelon!

Recipe - Green paper is from DCWV, red paper is from Close To My Heart, Ant stickers are from Stickopotamus, Watermelon cut out is from my mom's scrapbook stash from years ago.
Day 85 - Flora & Fauna from different sources.

 Recipe - Paper is from DCWV's Green Stack, Squirrel and sentiment are from TPC Studio.
Day 91 -

 Recipe - Patterned paper is from DCWV's Latte stack, 'Smile' embellishment is from Making Memories
Day 90 - Recipe: 5x5 card, 3 stamps, string/fiber/twine, 2 patterned papers, & 4 blossoms

 Recipe - A Beautiful Thing stamp set - paper in the flower is stamped with 2 stamps, patterned paper is Scenic Route's Lynden/Dahlia Street
Day 93 - Include a clown or circus theme.

 Recipe - Stampin' Up Set, Joann Craft Essentials, Scenic Route's Surprise paper
Day 83 - 4 Wheels

Recipe - Train & phrase is from Imaginisce Vinyl from the Let's Roll Collection
Day 80 - Friendship card - no sentiment on front.

Recipe - Patterned paper from Polar Expressions by Imaginisce, Penguin stamp from Stampendous
Day 82 - Substitute a number for a word.

 Recipe - Patterned paper Scenic Route Surprise, SRM Stickers, EK Success Flat black Alpha

CTD 104, Critter Sketch 25, 365 Day 99

I used the Critter Challenge sketch #25 -

And the Color Throwdown 104 -

To help inspire me for the 365 Card Day 99 challenge - create a paper charm:

Recipe: Lasting Impressions for card base, DCWV's Flower Shower stack, SRM Sticker.  The punched shape was a blog candy I won - one of the best candies I've gotten since I don't have the Big Shot or any of those accessories and am too lazy to pull out my Cricut for small pieces like that. :)

What's Cooking?

The challenge for day 143 was to include something related to cooking.  With all this fun summer activity - I was hoping to create a scene of some sort with a dutch oven over a fire, or at a camping scene.  Not because I enjoy dutch ovens (actually...I think they're too much work) but mostly because when I think of camping I'm reminded of girl's camp I use to attend every year - and of course that included a meal or two from a dutch oven. :)
This also counts for Basic Grey's 25th challenge of including stitching (the patterned paper conveniently had stitching on it. :D)
Anyway - here's what I came up with instead.

Recipe: Recipe: Basic Grey Pearls, Basic Grey Cup of Tea Stamp, SRM sticker, Studio 18 Sticker, DCWV's Flower Shower stack sdf

EEK!

Yikes! Has it really been over 2 weeks since I posted anything? I promise to make it up with a very full "Catchin' Up" post tomorrow! 

Plus, some excitement is coming this month (aside from my hubby coming home!! YAY!).  Stay tuned!

More catching up!

Like I've said before - I am SO far behind on the 365 Card challenges....so be ready for more posts like this!
Day 76 - Criss Cross something on your card - I did super simple for this - used a criss crossed patterned paper.

Recipe: Image is from an Operation Write Home's Image swap - Thanks Julie Craig! Patterned paper is from DCWV's Flower Shower stack.
Day 79 - Use only these colors: pale blue, dark blue, red, grey and white

Recipe: Patterned paper is from DCWV's Stack 6, Ribbon is from Stampin' Up, Stamp is from Ippity
Day 87 - Use something from nature on your card.

Recipe: Ribbon is from Stampin' Up, Sentiment is from Curvy Verses by Stampin' Up.
Day 88 - Use 3 different insects on a card.

Recipe: Stamps from Bugs & Kisses Stampin' Up set. 
Day 96 - Use only these colors: Pink, Green, Yellow, Orange and Purple.  I got this idea from a recent card done by Kristina Werner on her blog. She is so creative and I gain a lot of ideas and techniques from her.

 Recipe: "Thank You" sentiment from SRM Stamps, Patterened paper from DCWV's Flower Shower Stack, Gem brad is from Making Memories, Woodgrain stamp is from Stampin' Up.
Day 123 -

Recipe: Card base is from Lasting Impressions. Sentiment is from Stampin' Up. Image is a digi from Polly Craft Designs.
And finally - Day 135 was a White Space challenge with this sketch:

Here's my creation: 

Recipe: Patterned paper and Quote tag is from Cloud 9 Designs Cinnamin Sticks.