Feeling Fruity!

***UPDATE: THE STAMP SET IS CALLED "FRESH FRUIT" AND IT'S BY FISKARS!!!***
***WARNING: SUPER DUPER PHOTO HEAVY...ALL CUTE...ENJOY!!!***

Yep!  I am!  Why?  Well, I had a very good day...I've been trying not to spend too much money on stamping supplies, but when I went to JoAnn's for some supplies and their stamps were 40% off!!!! And I've been looking for a fun fruit set...guess what?!  Yep!  JoAnn's + Fruit Set = MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN!!!!

Here's what I found (for only $7)

I've already put it in a CD case...~

Yep!  And then I had a fabulous visit with a friend and my DH came home and we had some together time.  We haven't had a chance to talk a lot and so we had a good long chat. :)  But then I got to use some of my amazing new stamps to make 2 sets of darling one layer fruit cards--so fun and summery!!!

Here's the first set--Citrus Fruits!!!

Orange & details~

Lemon & details~

Lime & details~

Well, as you can see, I used rhinestones and glossy accents to jazz these up a bit.  And because I had so much fun masking, I did another set!!!

Here's the second set--Fun Fruits!!!

Berries & details~

Melons & details~

Pears & details~

Oh my gosh, SO FUN!!!  Now, I want to share a little tip with y'all.  KEEP YOUR MASKS.  I put my clear and cling sets into CD cases, and you can just add your masks to that and keep them for future use.

See~

Huzzah!!!!  LOVE this set--I think you may see a bunch more of it soon! ;)  I'll be giving these cards away to a special friend--the same friend that I had a lovely visit with this afternoon! :)  I think my favorite one is the watermelon one...which is ironic, because I abhor watermelon!!!

I'd like to enter these cards into these fabulous challenges~

CASology: Fruit

One Layer Wednesday: Summer

(I find fruit very summery--especially citrus!)

Crafty Sentiments: Food Theme

Thanks for stopping by--I hope you like my little cards!  They make me so happy and I adore them!  Happy stamping and see y'all soon! :)

Welcome to...

...Mynnette epically fails and tries to redeem herself night! ;)  Yes.  I mess up.  A LOT.  I occasionally (putting it lightly) HATE strongly dislike my creations.  And since I rarely share those, I felt like I should today.  Because it is a reminder to myself to DO BETTER.  (DISCLAIMER--you may think this card is ok/pretty/love it...but I DO NOT.  Thank you for your sympathy.  This is not a pity party.  I just want to share the fact that I do not always make beautiful cards like I would like to.)

Here is my epic fail~

Epic Fail details~

Was supposed to be for these fabulous challenges~

Dynamic Duos: Color Inspiration

One Layer Wednesday: Use lines

(I was trying to be inspired by Heather's

amazing layered borders...FAILED.)

CASology: Happy 

I will not be linking up this completely, utterly, epic fail to these fabulous challenges.  But please play along with them!  Like I said above, this is not a pity party.  Nor am I searching for comments like, "Oh, Mynnette!  I have NO CLUE what you're talking about--this is lovely!"  You'd be lying.  So please, just don't. ;)  On the other hand, Susan, Heather, or Cheryl, if you've popped by, I'd like to have your opinion on where I went wrong, please!!!  I've tried to redeem myself.  Please let me know if you think my attempt has done so!

Here is my chance at redemption~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

One Layer Wednesday: Lines

(LOVE using dry embossed lines on my one layer cards!)

CASology: Happy

(This is the ultimate happy quote)

Addicted to Stamps: CAS Creations

Less is More: One layer + 3s
(groups of 3 rhinestones, group of 3 flowers,
groups of 3 dry embossed lines)

Yes.  This is way more to my liking!  I'm sorry about the awful photos--my DH is working on a lighting solution for me since I HATE strongly dislike spending money on things we can do for ourselves.  Anyway, back to the card!  MUCH BETTER.  My favorite one layer embellishment--dry embossed lines--with a simple sentiment, simple image, a bit of bling, and a bit of glitter!  I felt much better after making this card.  I was really worried that my mojo was gone!!!  Oh, and I made a third card, but you'll have to come back later to see it as I'm entering it into some of the same challenges as mentioned above. ;)

Thanks for stopping by--I hope to see you again and I can't wait to see your fabulous creations out in the blog world!!! Happy stamping, friends! :)

OLW Take Four...

Yeah.  It's really just my first post for this week's One Layer Wednesday, but I am posting all four of my cards in one post.  Yes.  Four.  I wasn't happy with three of them.  I won't tell you which.  You'll probably be able to tell...and sorry for the poor photos...working on better lighting!  Any cheap solutions you can recommend?!

Here they are~

Oh, yeah!  This week's OLW challenge is to make birthday cards with lots of bling!  I hope you like some of them!!!  I also hope you come and play along with OLW--so much fun!  Happy stamping! :)

Another couple of cards...

Two more quick ones for you tonight.  Both very different in their styles, but similar in the bold and bright colors. :)

Here's the first one~

Details~

This is another card made with my brand spankin' new, from Great Britain, GORGEOUS Everything Eleanor set from Stampin' Up!  It's for the One Layer Wednesday Women Rule! challenge and the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Green Thumb challenge. :)  It's also for "Spread the L-O-V-E".  It's a birthday card for a friend who's celebration is tomorrow and that I haven't seen in awhile.  I'll be popping by tomorrow night with a treat for her! :)

Here's the second card~

Details~

This one was a bit harder to make.  It's only the second circular card I've made, so it was kinda slow going.  I used a Spellbinders Nestabilities die to create the circle card base and then added some Stampin' Up! patterned paper I forgot I had as well as a darling image from Stampin' Up! that I forgot I had and a sentiment from Kaiser craft.  Rhinestones and glitter and ribbon finished it off. :)  This one's for the Mojo Monday sketch, the Creative Belli Animals challenge, the Color Throwdown Color Inspiration challenge, and the Stamptacular Sunday Spring Bling! challenge. :)

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you can play along and that I've inspired you to craft and create today!  Happy stamping, friends!!! :)  PS: How do you like my attempt at photo placement today?  Is it working, or not so much?