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A few more Christmas Tins!

I made these 3 for a guy I work with.  He saw the first ones I made and asked if I would make some for him.  I hope he likes these!

Happy Birthday Eddie!

Here is the card I made for my stepsons birthday.  He is going to school to be a chef so I added the hat to the stamped image.  He really liked it!!

I found the sketch over at create4fun

Other challenges this qualifies for are:

A spoonful of sugar...anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday....layer upon layer

An altered Gift Card Holder

It took me awhile but I finally found another awesome sketch that I thought would be perfect for my daughter's Christmas Tin.  I found it over at Taylored Expressions and I just love it.  I will be using it again!!

Other challenges this qualifies for are:

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge # 127 "Let's Get Punchy"

Creative Card Crew..."Punches"

Our Daily Bread..."Choice of top 3 challenges."  I chose punches

Wee Memories..."Anything Goes"

Delightful Challenges..."Circles"

Simon Says Stamp..."Punch Em"

4 Crafty Chicks..."Roll with the Punches"

Paper Take Weekly..."Sparkly and Bright"

ABC Challenge Blog..."G is for Glitter"

Thanks everyone for looking and I hope you are having a fantastic week!

A little Christmas tin

Here is my entry for the BB's latest challenge. The challenge was Christmas and at least one snowflake. I am using these tins for money that my mom sends to the grandkids...rather than just hand them the cash. Hope they like these...they will make cute ornaments for the tree too!

This last one isn't for the challenge but I thought I would show you anyway.  Thanks for looking!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!!

This is just a reminder to all the ladies out there.  Please, please get those Mammograms and do your self exam each month.  Early detection is so important!!

A very special lady, Jacque, is celebrating the end of her "PINK" journey and is so generously offering this fantastic "PINK" stuff to one lucky winner.  Just leave a message on her blog post "Pink Sweet Stuff" for your chance to win.

Another Halloween Card!!

When Diana showed me the sketch from Wild Flower Patch I just knew I had to make a card from it.  I love it and it all went together so smoothly.  Usually it takes me hours to find just the right papers and embellishments and then it seems like hours more to put the whole thing together.  This time I had it done in a little over an hour.

Other challenges this card qualifies for are:

A Spoonfull of Sugar..."anything goes"

Charisma Cardsz..."anything goes"

Creative Bellli Blog..."anything that begins with the letter B"  I used brads and a bow

Creative Card Crew..."Autumn or Fall"

Incy Wincy Designs..."anything goes"

Totally Paper Crafts..."A kind of Magic"

Happy Halloween!!

I really don't go all out for Halloween like I did when my daughter was little. I decorate more for Fall now. Today would be a good day to get all the decorations out...it is only 59 degrees right now and really feels like fall!

I got this sketch from 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog.

Other challenges this card qualifies for are:

Craft Your Days Away...Autumn Doodles.

The Craft Den Anything Goes Challenge Blog...Cute


Delightful Sketches...Make it Sparkle

Aly's Sunday Challenge...Sparkle and Glitter

Crazy 4 Challenges...Bling

Stamps R Us...Halloween

Ginger Loft Challenge...Happy Haunting

A Spoonful Of Sugar...."Anything Goes"

A Biddy Buddies Challenge

A great group of ladies got together (via yahoo chat and phone) and decided to challenge each other. One of us (me) picked out a sketch, one picked designer paper, one picked a stamped image and two of us picked embellishments. We mailed these all off to each other and then got set to make a Thanksgiving themed card. I finished mine up yesterday...it has been a blast and I can't wait to do another challenge with these awesome ladies!!

This card qualifies for the following challenges:

Polly Craft Challenge #61
"Autumn Colors"

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge #121 "Fall into Autumn"

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge "Colouring Pencils Only"

Creative Belli Challenge #100
"Anything that Begins with the letter B"

My Time to Craft Challenge #106 "Jeweled"

Creative Card Crew Challenge "Autumn or Fall"

Incy Wincy Designs "Autumn Colours"

ABC Challenge "D is for Distressing"

Stamp Magic "Autumn Colors"

Another Christmas Card!!

This is taking me a whole lot longer than I planned. I had big ideas to "crank" out my cards this year but as you can see...this is only my 2nd...lol. I do like it though...just wish I could get them done a little faster.

I picked the sketch for this card from Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge.

Another challenge I am entering this card in is...

Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central...'Anything Goes" (I used Nestabilities)

Happy Birthday

The sketch for this card came from Flutterby Wednesday

I am also entering this in the following challenges:

Paper Play Challenges...Week 35 "In Stitches"

Moving Along with the Times...Challenge 62 "In Stitches"

Just Magnolia..."Crackled Glass Technique or Anything Goes"

A Crafty Little Place..."Anything Goes"

Cowgirl Up Designs..."Anything Goes"

Merry Christmas!

I decided it was time to start on Christmas Cards. Last year I only got a few made and so I had to resort to (gasp) boxed cards. I know...I am so ashamed. So here is my first card....lots and lots to go!

The sketch came from Sketch Saturday.

A few other challenges this qualifies for are:


Crazy Challenge...Christmas

Creative Inspirations...Christmas

Creative Cottage...Christmas

Stamping Vacation...Clear as Mud...Word Inspiration "CANDY" When I think of candy I think of Christmas candy that I had as a little girl. The ribbon kind...yummo!

Stamping Vacation....For Your Amusement..."Bear with me"

Thinking of you!

The sketch for this card comes from Sweet Stop Sketches

Other challenges this qualifies for are:

Dutch Dare...anything goes

Wild Orchid Challenge.....One for the girls.

Happy Birthday!

The sketch for this card came from Friday Sketchers I did turn the sketch on its side. This is a large stamp to work with but I think it turned out great.

Other challenges I am entering this card in are...

Create 4 Fun Challenge blog....use flowers on your card

Paper Take Weekly...Cutie Patootie. I just think this bear is the cutie patootiest!

Polly Craft....Birthday

Stamp Something...flowery

Little Miss Daisy

This Daisy stamp from Sugar Nellies has to be one of my most favorite stamps. A super good friend sent her to me and I just love her (the stamp and the friend...lol)

The sketch came from The Sugar Bowl where the theme this time was BLUE and of course we were to use a Sugar Nellie Stamp.

Other challenges Daisy is entering are:

Crafty Creations....Happy or Sweet I think Daisy is just the sweetest!

Creatalicious Challenges...Show some 3D. The butterfly on here is 3D...I bent up the wings on the top layer.

The Creative Cottage challenged us to use texture on our projects. I used glitter paper and stickles.

The Stamp Man...Anything goes.

The Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog....Girlie Girl

Crazy 4 Challenges....inspiration challenge. As soon as I saw this challenge I knew my card fit. The design on the wall looks so much like my designer paper!!

A card for Michelle

Michelle had an accident in June (read the entire story here) which has left her with the loss of her right eye and a long road of recovery ahead. In an effort to cheer her up and raise awareness for what happened to her, the ladies at A Spoonful of Sugar are holding a card drive in her honor so I thought I would send her a little bit of cheer. Thanks to the special ladies that made this digi for us to use...it is just too cute!

The sketch I used for this card came from Quirkey Crafts. I did turn the sketch on its side and switched the number of flowers to the opposite corners.

I am also entering the following challeges:

Totally Paper Crafts...1 X IMAGE, 1 X RIBBON, 2 X PAPERS, 3 X EMBELLISHMENTS

KL Stampin N Scrapping....ribbon. (there isn't a lot of ribbon but it is there!)

Lexi's Creations....Stitching (either real or faux)

Hugs for a special friend.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Simon Says Challenge Blog.....photo inspriation challenge

Stampavie and More...Sparkle
I added Glimmer Mist to the flowers, Stickles to the hearts and the rhinestones.

ABC Challenge...The letter Y....You and Me.

Stamp Something....One designer paper, one ribbon and one image

Wild Orchid Challenges...Say it with flowers

Happy Father's Day!

The sketch for this card comes from Friday Sketchers

Craftalicious Challenges.......Monotone

One Stop Craft Challenge.....One for the boys

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.....Keep it Simple

Polka Doodles......Fathers Day/Male Theme

Rosie D's Challenge Blog....Something Blue + option Fish

Cards for Men.....Father's Day card

Crafty Creations Challenges.....stitching (faux or real)

Creative Inspirations....One for the Boys

Cupcake Craft Challenges....One for the Boys

Incy Wincy Designs....One for the Guys

Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge....Something for a Male/Father's Day

My Time To Craft Challenge...Xtra Special (Someone Special or Special Occasion)

Heard you caught a bug!

The sketch for this came from Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps.

Over at the Forever Friends Challenge Blog they wanted us to use our favorite stamp. I just love the High Hope Stamps. This little girl reminds me so much of myself...I was always catching bugs and putting them in jars...lol.

A new kitty!

The sketch for this card came from Sketch Saturday

It also qualifies for the very first challange at Craftalicious...Something "new" and this card is for a friend who recently welcomed a new kitty into her home.

A card for Mom

My Mom was in a serious accident last Thursday. Thankfully she wasn't hurt other than bumps and bruises (and burns from the airbags.) She was on her way to the cemetary to put flowers on the graves of my Dad and sister. Due to roads being closed she had to take an alternate route and was on an unfamiliar road when she didn't see the stop sign in time and hit a Chevy Tahoe and that vehicle ended up on its roof. Mom's car is totaled but we know it could have been so much worse. I made this card to let her know just how much I love her (we live 150 miles apart and I wasn't able to go see her this past weekend.)

I found the sketch for this at CPS Card Challenges
but I turned the sketch upside down.

A "THANK YOU" for our troups!

The sketch for this came from KL Stampin & Scrappin. The challenge was to use the sketch and flowers. I am really excited how this turned out. Now I need to find a place to send it to so one of our troups will know just how much they are appreciated.

The ladies over at Friends Having Fun posted a challenge today...Whatever inspires you about Memorial Day.

Color Challenge

The color challenge for this card came from Colour Create
Challange....Soft Green and Light Aqua.

The sketch for this came from Friday Sketchers

Jake's Graduation Card

The sketch for this card is from Taylored Expressions

I wasn't going to make a card...didn't figure a young man graduating from high school would really care, but...when it came down to it....I just couldn't buy one!

A card for Jayme

While being lost in blog land I came across this special request from Lisa and thought I would just love to make a card for Jayme!


Copied from Lisa's Blog: I am having a special event for my sister Jayme. She is in her early 50's and has terminal lung cancer. To make it worse, her sweet dachshund Molly passed away a couple weeks ago. Today we learned her cancer has spread to several other areas and her time is running out. I am asking for all my card making friends to send her a fun card...not really get well cards obviously, but something pretty or funny that will make her smile. She is a frog collector so frog cards would be awesome!

The sketch I used for this card came from Our Creative Corner.

My New Pixie Cottage Stamp

This stamp was much larger than I expected when I ordered it but I think I did ok with the sketch from Crafting Life's Pieces. She was so much fun to work with! Thanks for looking!

Rain rain....go away!

The sketch I used for this card is from Friday Sketchers
It also qualifies for the latest challenge over at the Sophisticat Challenge Blog The challenge there is for "Splish Splash"

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

Today is my husbands birthday and here is the card I made for him. I have pictures of when he was little where he is wearing bib overalls just like this. He loved his card! Thanks for looking!

Sketch and Stash Challenge Blog

After seeing the sketch on the Sketch and Stash Challenge Blog I just knew I had to use it to make a card. I love the way this turned out!!! I had never used the bear stamp before so that would be my new, never used or neglected stash item.
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"Giggle"

Here is a card I made for a good friend who is having a Birthday soon. Hope she likes it.

The great sketch came from Friday Sketchers....loved doing this one.

The color challenge is from If the Shoe Fits Scrap It. Chocolate and Teal

Just Magnolia's challenge this week is anything goes but it MUST include a Magnolia stamp. I just love this one!

Spoonful of Sugar challenged us to make a Birthday card.

Creative Card Crew also challenged us to a make a Birthday card.

Thanks once again for all the awesome challenges and for coming to peek at my card.

Happy Birthday "Just Magnolia"

Just Magnolia is having a Birthday and to celebrate they are having a blog hop. I had so much fun....following the hop and seeing all the DT and their fantastic creations! Nice work ladies. This is the card I made for the sketch challenge...thanks for stopping by to have a look!

I love this new Tilda stamp!

I am entering this card in the following challenges...

Just Magnolia Week 50 "Punch it out"
Craft Challenge Challange 45 "Buttons"
Colour Create "Lilac, Grey and White"
Paper Play "person stamp with gloss, shimmer or sparkle" I added stickles to her wings and used pearlescent chalks on her clothes.
Stampin for the Weekend Challenge 36 "Ribbons and Bows"

The awesome sketch I used for this card came from Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps. Please check out this great site!!!!

Finally a new card to look at!

Between being gone for our 10th anniversary and me being sick with a horrible sinus infection I haven't had much time or desire for card making. I sat down yesterday afternoon and was determined to get an Easter card done for my mom (she seems to get most of my cards...lol.) Everything was going great until I needed the perfect embellishments. I searched and hunted and looked at all the things I have....only to come up empty handed. An hour past my bedtime I remembered that I had a Sizzlets Die that made buttons. I was so excited...but knowing I had to get up at 4 AM I had to put them off until today. Well...I think the wait was worth it...I love how this turned out.


Just Magnolia provided the great sketch I used.

Totally Paper Crafts challenge #9 Use Pink and Green

Charisma Cardz challenge #12 Spring

Colour Create Challenge #41 Choice of pastels with the option of Spring or Easter

Paper Play Challenges Easter

Stamp Challenge Doodle

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Easter or Spring with glimmer

Crafty Angels Challenge Week 28 Easter

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #36 Sewing

The Pink Elephant Pastels

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I thought I would make a card for St. Patrick's Day to send to my mom. She loves getting cards in the mail and I think this will surprise her! I usually try to wear green on the 17th but don't do much more to celebrate. (my days of "green beer" are long gone! lol) Do any of you celebrate?

Just Magnolia Week 46 provided the great sketch I used for this card.
Raise The Bar Challenge #8 Go Green....St. Patrick's Day card
Totally Paper Crafts Challenge #7 Things with Wings...Butterflies
Charisma Cardz Challenge #10 Beautiful Butterflies.....Butterflies
Fussy and Fancy Challenge #6 Green.....used green for St. Patrick's Day
Stampavie and more Challenge #85 Orange....use orange on your card
Clearly i Stamp Challenge #9 Think Green
Flutter By Wednesday Challenge # 100 Use butterflies, fairies or angels
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #103 Celebrations (I don't celebrate St. Pattys Day but I know a lot of people who do!)
PaperPlay Challenges Week 10 Seeing Double...I used the same patterned paper twice
Secret Crafter Saturday challenge #74....Anything goes
Paper Cutz Challenge #32....Anything goes


Thanks again for all the wonderful challenges...I am having so much fun!

Happy Birthday

This is my first attempt at a gate card. I think it turned out ok. Took me long enough...in fact...the sketch challenge that I was following ran out before I finished the card...lol.

It does qualify for this weeks challenge over at Papertake Weekly. We are to use buttons, brads, bows or bling. I used brads, added a bow and for a little bling I added stickles to her wings!

Dutch Dare Card Challenge #72 "open the gate" was to make a gate card.

Creative Card Crew is having a birthday celebration!!!! The challenge is "celebration" and I think a birthday is a great reason to celebrate!

Stamp Something has a challenge going to make something girly....girly colors, girly image, girly theme...etc.

One Stop Craft Challenge "Sew Simple"

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays has an "open challenge" this week.

Pollycraft Monday Challenge asked us to use "Distressing" on our projects this week. I inked around the stamped images and also the designer paper.

The Quixotic Challenge "Leave It Out" called for using leaves on our project. I added leaves around the flower.

Crafty Calendar Challenge #6 "Flower Power" Use flowers on your project

A huge THANK YOU goes out to all the challengers! Another great bunch of challenges this week!

Thank You!

I found the awesome sketch for this card over at The Pixie Cottage
The challenge this week at Cute Card Thursday was to use "ribbon."
A "thank you card" was the challenge this week at Creative Inspirations
Paper Sundaes challenged us to "Distress" our cards this week. I just recently found their site and I do so love the stamps they have there. Please go check them out!
"Embossing" was the challenge this week over at Sophisticat Challenges
I think this card also qualifies for this weeks challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges. 3 different textures...the embossing, the ribbon and the textured cardstock would be my 3.
Another challenge this qualifies for is over at Crafty Creations..."Cut it Out and Pop it Up" I cut out the Tilda image and popped her with pop dots.
Over at Lexi's Creations the challenge is "Anything Goes" so I am sure this card qualifies for that as well...lol

Thanks once again to all the awesome ladies that come up with these challenges.

Happy Birthday Sarah!

My daughters birthday is tomorrow the 19th. I can't believe she is going to be 24. Where does the time go? Here is the card I made just for her! (the cardstock is actually pink...not the salmon color it looks in the photo)

This card qualifies for a few challenges that I found.

The sketch I used came from Sketch and Stash Challenge 29. This is the very first time I have used this stamp.

At Magnolia Down Under their challenge this week was Buttons, flowers and bows...and of course...use a Magnolia stamp. I just love my Magnolia stamps!

At Paper Sundaes the challenge was " A Glittery Spring" I added stickles to her wings and the design on the paper is glittery. I am really looking forward to spring!

Another "Spring" challenge was found over at A Spoonful Of Sugar.

The Cuttlebug Challenge this week was to use stitching. I am just starting to use it on my cards so this was a perfect challenge for me. I like the look!

The Crafty Creations challenge was also to use stitching. I have a feeling that stitching will be added to all my cards from now on!

Stitching was also the challenge this week over at SophistiCat.

Thanks once again to all the ladies that come up with these awesome challenges each week!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here is the Valentine card I made for my hubby. We went out for supper last night and shopping at Hobby Lobby...what a great way to spend time together! (Ok....we went to Bass Pro too....for him!)

At Cute Card Thursday their challenge this week was "In the name of Love"

Make "Love" themed creations.

This card also qualifies for this weeks challenge over at Daring Cardmakers.

Have a heart. Use a heart shape on your card.

Another challenge I am entering this card in is over at Dutch Dare Card Challenges where their challenge was to make a Valentine card.

The choice of colors for this card was a challenge over at the Colour Create Challenge Blogspot Be sure and pop over there to see what they are doing to celebrate their first Birthday!

At Lily of the Valley this week, their challenge was to make a Valentine.

Simon Says Stamp also had a "LOVE" themed challenge this week.

This awesome sketch came from the Friday Sketchers Blog Challenge. Thanks for another great sketch to work with.

To all of those with such fantastic blogs....thanks so much for all of the challenges...they really get me in the creative mood!

This weeks challenges...

I am loving my new Tilda stamps and I am having lots of fun making cards and showing her off!

Over at Paper Play Challenges their challenge this week was to use Pink, White and Green. What a great color combination!

At Alphabet and also at Doodle Palace their challenges for this week was to use "new." I bought one of the ribbons just last night so you can't get much more new than that!

The fantastic sketch for this card came from Lili of the Valley. Thank you so much....this was an awesome sketch to work with!

Over at Dutch Dare was a challenge for Summer in Winter. Using the pastel colors, the butterfly and the flowers remind me so much of summer and believe me...I am so ready for warmer temps and a lot of sunshine!

The flowers also qualify for the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday.

The challenge this week at Flutter By Wednesday was to use a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel. I wasn't sure if Tilda was supposed to be an Angel or a Fairy but either way....she has wings. I also added the butterfly to the tag.

This card does qualify for another challenge over at Lucy's Cards We were to use glitter on our cards so I added some to Tilda's wings and to the scalloped circle behind her.

Thanks so much to all the great ladies that challenge us each week and also inspire us with all of their awesome creations!

S2G Twisted Thursday Challenge

The creative ladies over at S2G Challenges (http://s2gpapercraftingcontest.blogspot.com/ have a great blog hop going on. Here is my card for their Twisted Thursday Challenge "Share Your Indulgence." It is all about what we do to indulge or pamper ourselves. This is the first paper rose I have ever made and I think it turned out pretty ok...lol. I don't pamper myself much but I am hoping my hubby pampers me this Valentine's Day with a few roses! I love getting flowers as I am sure a lot of others do too! Thanks for the challenge and for the blog hop...both were a lot of fun to do!
This card also is for the challenge over on the My Time To Craft Challenge blog. "Elegant Rose" calls for using some sort of rose image or embellishment.

Sure has been a busy week! I can't beleive the weekend is half over already...lol. I was searching blogs tonight and came across another awesome site that is giving away some sweet blog candy. Head on over to http://particraft.blogspot.com/ and check it out!

True over at http://truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ is giving away some fantastic blog candy. While your there....check out her amazing work! Awesome, awesome, AWESOME!!!

Mojo Monday Week 120

Another sketch from www.mojomonday.blogspot.com

I had fun making this card. Really got my mojo going. I like how it turned out...even thouugh it seemed to take me forever to get it all figured out! Thanks for looking!

My very first post to my new blog!

My special friend Diana challenged me to make a card. We used the sketch from Mojo Monday http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/. This is what I came up with.