***TOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!****

Yes

that's 

a 

HUGE

toot.

You

can

read

the 

announcement

HERE.

I

am

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO

excited

!!!!!!!!!!!!

{thanks for letting me share!!}

~xoxoxo~

rae

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger & CP 43

hellloooooo gorgeous!!!

Who wouldn't want this stocking from Pottery Barn,

or anything else from Pottery Barn for that matter.

This image serves as the Tuesday Trigger this week

in the Moxie Fab World.

Delicious inspiration, no? I just wish that my favorite ticking stripe

fabric stash was ticking stripe paper!

I followed Card Patterns sketch #43 to make my card

And here she is:

'Holiday Greetings' card

{click photo to enlarge}

supplies- Cardstock: (brown) Hobby Lobby; (kraft) DMD Patterned paper: Imaginisce Accents: (my favorite glitter, antique silver) Martha Stewart; (vintage button) Clear stamp: (Signature Christmas set) Papertrey Ink Fibers: (cream ribbon) Hobby Lobby; (white hemp cord) Tools: (Labels 1 dies) Spellbinders; (Cuttlebug) Provo Craft; (ginormous snowflake punch) EK Success  finished size: 4" x 6"

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Happy December!

xoxox

~rae

caardvarks challenge & CPS sketch

the fabulous ladies over at 

Caardvarks

have a 'micro color challenge' going on

hurry on over if you want to participate, 

the deadline is tonight!

Here is the color palette we were challenged to use:

I based my card on CPS Sketch #144

And here is the end result:

'Merry & Bright' card

supplies - cardstock: Wausau patterned paper: My Mind's Eye Clear Stamp: Papertrey Ink Pigment Ink: Tsukineko Ribbon: Hobby Lobby Rhinestones: Hobby Lobby Flower: Prima Chalk ink: Clearsnap Tool: (1/2" circle punch, corner rounder punch) EK Success

'Twas a fun challenge, thanks Caardvarks!!

Feeling crafty today, there are a few pub calls that I want to work on,
but I should beback tomorrow with another challenge card,
and sooooon I get to share someVERY exciting news :),
so stick around!!

wishing you a crafty kind of day!

~xoxox~

rae

the elf has been busy ;)

'the elf' (aka 'moi')

has been a cardmaking crazy woman

during every spare moment I find!

Just uploaded some of these brand spankin' new cards

to my little shoppe

Rae's Card Boutique

wanna see?

A few masculine/teen cards...

A few boy/girl cards...

And a whole bunch of Christmas cards!! ....

 

 

The boutique is open, 24/7, for your convenience ;)

Thanks for stopping by!!

(((hugs)))

~rae

my mom rocks!

Today is her birthday...

Happy Birthday MOM!!!!!!!!

{the birthday card that I made for her}

...

And I am very lucky to have her here with me/us

for her birthday & Thanksgiving

{thanks Dad for driving down here!}

...

I used to live about a mile away from Mom;

five years ago the one mile became 600 miles,

which put the kabosh on our fun jaunts

to Michael's and JoAnn Fabrics.

However, nothing stopped us yesterday from

hitting my local Michael's

and my Mom's HUGE scrappy find.....

I was shopping in another part of the store

when Mom came rushing up saying,

"Could you use these? You may want to

come and take a look at what I found."

OH. MY. GOODNESS.

A basket of Making Memories Vintage Findings

80% OFF!!!!

wooooohooooooo!!!!!!

The BEST scrappy find I've had in a long, long time...

and that is one of the many reasons why

MY MOM ROCKS!!!!

...

Happy Birthday MOM :)

CPS #142

hello hello!

I was inspired by yet another fabulous

CPS card sketch this week...

CPS #142

And here are my card(s)...

yep, couldn't resist making more than one!!

Gobble, gobble, gobble...

getting into the Thanksgiving spirit...

'November' card

{click photo to enlarge}

supplies: cardstock (black) Hobby Lobby; patterned paper: (from Amber Road collection) Pink Paislee; Accents: (silk flower) Michael's; (black vintage button) craft supply Fibers: (black rickrack) Wright's; (hemp cord) 

'give thanks' card

supplies - Cardstock: (black) Hobby Lobby Patterned paper: (from Vintage Moon collection) Pink Paislee; (yellow dot) Pebbles, Inc. Accents: (black brad) Michael's Rub-ons: ('give thanks', pumpkin) Melissa Frances Fiber: (twine) Tools: (Labels 1 Nestabilities dies) Spellbinders; (Cuttlebug) Provo Craft

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Soooo....... what are your plans this Thanksgiving?

Party at your house?

Heading to the in-laws?

What's your 'signature' dish?

We are hosting Thanksgiving here at the Barthel household.

My in-laws will be traveling up from Marco Island, Florida,

and my parents will be traveling down from McHenry, Illinois.

yAy!!

Now, we just need my husband to return from Ft. Benning

{he left today}

in time for turkey dinner!!

I'd love to hear your Turkey Day plans...

do tell!

(((x's & o's)))

rae

Inspired

Today I was inspired by a Webster's Pages 6" x 6" paper pad...

which includes gorgeous papers from two collections:

Home for the Holidays

and

Winter's Wings

It was a relaxing, inspiring, productive card making day...

love it when that happens!

'Christmas Blessings' card

'All roads lead home' card

'Happy Holidays' card

'Believe' card

'Tis the Season' card

'We wish you a Merry Christmas' card

And this notecard set:

Additional products used: Signature Greetings Papertrey Ink stamp set; Versafine Onyx Black and Vintage Sepia pigment inks; Clearsnap chalk inks; Martha Stewart border punch; Fiskars border punch; Prima flowers; silk flowers; ribbon from Hobby Lobby, Michael's, Offray; twine; hemp cord; Prima rhinestones; vintage buttons and rickrack; Cosmo Cricket chipboard snowflake; Martha Stewart coarse glitter; EK Success corner rounder punch; misc. rhienstones and brads

Thanks for stopping by!!

(((hugs)))

rae