1 week countdown...

Can you believe that Christmas is in 1 week?

I have a couple more cards to send out and then I'm calling it good...I'll catch up with the other peeps on Valentines Day..LOL

I gotta admit that I'm pretty Christmas'd out in terms of cards but you may still see some this week...grrrr...the wind is totally blowing outside and I'm literally frantically trying to type up this blog post {another live posting} before the power goes out...

My first card is a bright and fun number:

I was determined to use one of my gazillion cuttlebug folders {thanks for the inspiration Sherry!}...I managed to achieve my goal:)

I used a couple different Skipping Stones Sets: 

Grunge 

Timeless Textures 

Funny Coffee vol #1

Did you see that Skipping Stones Design is sponsoring: 

OTWC#38

Ooohhh...love the colors, don't you?!!!

I used:

Stampin' Up Pink Passion Cardstock

Stampin' Up Green Galore Cardstock

Memento Lady Bug ink

I was sooo very inspired by Card Patterns #95:

I seriously just whipped up my card this morning...working against a coffee date dealio this morning too...I wanted to get my card and my post up before I leave for caffeine!

Here's a card I put together last night:

I like how it turned out...I did try to keep it as clean and crisp as I could...I was dying to cover up the base panel with another pattern from the Cosmo Cricket Material Girl line but decided not too.  See that fun ruffle?  I've had that 7Gypsies tape for-ever....I did some pleating action and zig zagged it down to the gingham panel.  I was stitching while talking to Darin on the phone...haha..multi-tasking at its best!

The sentiment is ala SRM..and woot woot...using my PTI dies again...trying to use what I have....which I have a ton:)

♥LOVE♥ FTL121:

I'll have to come back later with some CRAK's and my Awards....