A little Girl Power for you...

To bust through the holidays!

And, every girl needs a bit of bling!

I used My Hero stamp set from Joy's Life,

wonderful washi tape, dazzling jewel bling,

and flower sequins!

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas...enjoying, family, friends, and food!

Best Wishes for 2014 as well!

Sledding by with treats!

If  you are crafting and baking, be sure to use

Joy's Life Wintery Puns for your tags!

Any day is a good day for a treat!

Especially when friends and neighbors are going to ooh and ahhh

over the presentation...

even if the treats are simple Hershey Kisses!

I won't pass up a Kiss!

Christmas Cards!

If you are like me, you are running behind 

on your Christmas To-Do List.  

Here is a clean and sweet card to send out.  

And honestly, at the rate I'm going, my card list will receive 

snowy, winterland cards...in January!

I used Oh Christmas Puns from Joy's Life.

Do you have an elf in your life?

Or does your little one need to make a list of wishes for Santa?

Check out this fun tri fold Z card using

Wintery Puns.

Let's face it...

We all have wishes!

So, be sure to check out the Joy's Life store...

and add these punny stamp sets to your wish list!

Wintery Puns

Enjoy the season!!

Tree-mendous Sets

It's time to get into full swing and crank out those Christmas cards!

Joy's Life has some tree-mendously humorous sets to get you started.

This sentiments comes from "Oh Christmas Puns."

Breakfast time!!

In our home, birthdays mean breakfast in bed 

with a small tray present.

So, I thought I'd make a breakfast in bed card!

This set comes from Joy's Life: That Tastes Punny set.

Oh...another family tradition is the red plate tradition.

We have a special set of red plates. A single set.

So if it is your birthday, 

or you had a big accomplishment or award, 

you get to eat off the "red plate!"  

That should make the card  more understandable! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope your day is eggcellent too!

Give Thanks!

It's fall..and time to reflect and give thanks

to all our many blessings!

Take some time to send a note to a friend and let them know that

you are grateful for their friendship.

Be sure to use Joy's Life stamps!

This sweet sentiment comes from Joy's Life: It's All Fall Puns.

Remember to return to morrow  to check our what's being served up

this month by the Joy's Life Designers!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Decorating for Thanksgiving?

Are you taking down bats and witches and ready to celebrate a bountiful harvest?

An a-maize-ing centerpiece trio...

Using the punny sentiment from

Joy's Life: It's All Fall...

and fun cutting files from SVGcuts:  Pick a Pumpkin and Enchanted Autumn

Blinged Out Squash

Forget the rustic fall look...

This week, Joy's Life designers are blinging out their creations!

This Joy's Life Sentiment comes from "It's All Fall" stamp set.

To keep it simple, I embossed the edge of the patterned paper.  

This gives a little definition...and keeps my card CAS.

Thanks for visiting today...

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up!

Relax & Unwind

The weekend is upon us and it is

now time to RELAX & UNWIND!!!

How do you like this mummy made of Mama's Mesh?

The sentiment comes from Joy's Life: Halloween Puns.

 Be sure to wander back here

for our Fall Blog hop tomorrow!

Enjoy your weekend!

Dawn Mercedes of Sunnyside Up

Birthday Wishes!

Yesterday, I found out that it was my lunch friend and neighbor's birthday.

Only...it isn't as special as she might want it to be.

So...I made this bat card...using Joy's Life: Halloween Puns.

I love the colored bats and white sentiment against the black background.

I sprinkled some white embossing powder on the card base for some extra interest.

I know that some would stick when I embossed the "fangtastic" sentiment. 

So...I just "went with it" and added more splatter before embossing!

A crafty friend gave me a white sharpie marker....which I used for the fangs.

What a great new (to me) product! 

I can just imagine tons of uses for this opaque marker!

Thanks for check out out my card today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Brown Bag Your Sweets!

Halloween is right around the bend.

It's time to Boo! your neighbors and friends with

treats and surprise. 

Here is a sweet little treat bag you can 

make from a simple brown lunch bag.

Check out my tutorial HERE.

Be sure to check out Joy's Life: Halloween Puns

for all of your spooky (and not so spookky) Halloween cards

and projects!  

Thanks for stopping by today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Halloween Duo!

Time to get your Autumn Texture on!

Here, Burlap, Button, and Raffia get the sentiment, 

from Joy's Life It's All Fall Puns,

a bit of rustic interest.

Here is a cutie, cute, cute sentiment from Joy's Life: Halloween Puns.

Kraft, Mama's Mesh, embosshing...

Combined together, it warms up the card..

and your friend's heart! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up.

Scrap that Scene..

 You do know what is creeping 

upon us next month, don't you!

HALLOWEEN!!

Don't be afraid to scrap those goblins and ghosts!

This Halloween Puns set come from Joy's Life!

Be sure to scare me over on my blog: Sunnyside Up!

Nut'n Better!

And nut'n is better than the punny sentiments 

from Joy's Life!

This one comes from "It's All Fall Puns."

I hope your fall is going well!

Card/bookmark combo!

Hey...check out this fun sewing tool that I use on paper.

It will give you a perforated edge!

Autumn is quickly arriving!! 

Be sure to order your "It's all Fall Puns" set from Joy's Life.

How is this card also a bookmark?

Simple!  

Start off with a 11 x 5.5 inch paper.

Score at 4.25 inch. But PERFORATE at 8.5 inch.

Fold in.

Decorate!

I used a darling apple brad and 

embellished it with a rhinestone 

for the top of my book mark.

Inch your way to my blog sometime to see other fun 

craft tools I might be using!

One last wade in the creek

Summer is drawing to its end. 

But, there is still sometime to enjoy nature

and the wild life around and in the lovely waterways.

To celebrate, I chose to use this Quack Me Up sentiment from Joy's Life: Punny Animals.

There are 18 punny animal sentiments.

Bound to tickle your friend's funny bone!

I used Micro Glue Dots © to get the fine shapes glued down.

Pop Up Glue Dots © are good for the dimension on that duck's wing!

Thanks for dropping by!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Lunch Notes

I had so much fun creating a pile of lunch notes for my kids yesterday! Over the next month, schools are calling classes to order. I enjoy tucking notes and cards into my kids' lunches from time to time.

With the many sentiments from Joy's Life, you can make their day a little brighter!

I also thought it might be fun to use up my dwindling stash of stickers.  Yes, Stickers.  Gasp. I know...evil stickers! lol. But...I think you will really like how these turned out!

I picked these darling hoot owls from Colorbok over a year ago.

Perfect for school stuff...or to decorate the keyboard area of my laptop!

LOL

I made 3 of each...with slight variation...as I have 3 kids!

It was so fun to use paper from a memo pad to create this 

cheerful note! Simple adhere it together using Ultra Thin Glue Dots ®.

This one is extra special b/c I only had stickers enough for one card.

I guess I *DO* need to add to my sticker collection!

Every kid has a sweet tooth...right?

And, I don't think they will mind being called "Sugar"

 if there was a piece of candy tucked in with this note!

Inspire that student of yours...

All of these note cards measure 3.5 x 2.5 when finished.  Simply cut your paper: 5 x 3.5 inches...and fold in half!  Dig through your stash of stickers...add your favorite embellies.

Top it all off with sensational sentiments from Joy's Life.

Here I have used words from:

My Hero

Punny Animals

That Tastes Punny

Feel free to stop by my blog, Sunnyside Up, for more Joy's Life Creations!