Did Ya Miss Me?

It was a real slow week for the creative juices here. I woke this morning, did a bunch of cleaning, and promised myself I would start stamping. Little did I know that the wind that has howled all night would do it even worse this morning! The result was no electricity for the last 4 hours. You don't know how much you miss it until everything you try to do, stops you dead in your tracks. Anyway, I am back up and running for now, and here is what I created by sunny window light.

My card is for the Just Us Girls Challenge #72. It is a color challenge and we are to use aqua, melon, and kraft. Boy are they pretty together! The card base is Kraft from Gina K. Designs. I had just bought a new paper pad from KaiserCraft, called Secret Bird Society, and it was perfect! I even scored the bird and the scallop edge from the extras that are included. The sentiment is from Clear Dollar Stamps. My ribbon is from an old stash bought from QVC. The roses are Prima's and the pearls are from Recollections. The pearl head pin is from the bridal dept. at Michaels, and I colored it with a Copic Marker.

I am so excited that I actually have another card ready for a post in the morning! Have a great Saturday evening!

Happy Monday!

I just wanted to share a quick card I created for the ribbon challenge over at Create With Bubbe. Today is the last day for the challenge and I can't let my buddy Olga get the best of me!

My card uses stamps I have had for years that came from The Stamping Studio. I just love these shamrocks and irish blessing. The shamrocks are so much fun to layer in different colors! I used soft sand and grass green, Pure Luxury card stock from GKD. My inks are Memento black, and SU! olive green and soft suede. The ribbon is from Michael's 1$ bin and I added a green Prima flower to my ribbon knot. I tend to go for theses stamps every St Patrick's Day. I just love their rustic look.

As some of you know, I had the pleasure of shopping for my DD's wedding gown this past weekend. Let me just say that it was one of the best experiences we have shared together! It only took 5 gowns until she found "The Gown"! I will never forget the look on her face when she stepped in front of the 3-way mirror. I knew the look because it was the same one I saw when she found the venue for the reception. Oh, to see your children happy, is a wonderful feeling!

Happy Valentine's Day my friends. Hope you get to spend it with the one you love!

Greetings!

I am running right down to the wire to get a post for the weekly Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge. It is #41 and we are to make a handmade flower. I wanted to use my new set again called Greet The Day With Gerber, so I decided on a CAS card. I just love the sentiments that are included in these gorgeous sets

My card base is Little Boy Blue, Pure Luxury card stock, layered with Granola from Basic grey. I used scraps of Soft Suede from SU! an Soft Sand PL from Gina K. Designs to frame my sentiment. I wrapped the panel with twine. For my flower, I punched two colors of solid from the Granola collection and secured the center with an antique button of flying birds.

Thanks for stopping by, and I am off to work! TGIF!

Greet The Day With Gerber

This is a set that I won during last months release hop at Mark's Finest Paper. It is called "Greet The Day With Gerber". When I found out that I won, I had my fingers crossed that it would be a really versatile set. Faith makes it so you win a set from the upcoming release, then you don't have a clue. Boy, did I luck out, this is a beauty! Once it arrived, I was unsure if it was okay to use it right away. Today is the first day that their new sets have been revealed, and Day one of the reveal hop. I figured it was safe to post my card.

I created my card with soft sand and melon mambo card stock, and a piece of K&Co. designer paper. I stamped my image with Stazon and colored with SU inks and a water brush onto a piece of watercolor paper. I distress, wet and rolled the edges. I glued it onto the melon mambo panel and used staples to secure the corners. I tied on a piece of plaid, organza ribbon, fashioned a bow, and added pink buttons threaded with embroidery floss. I created a box around my sentiment with a Zig marker.

I would like to submit this card for the ribbon challenge at Create With Bubbe. That runs until Feb 14th

It's bitter cold here today and the wind is just whipping! I can take it since there is the promise of warmer weather this weekend! Wedding gown shopping on Saturday with my DD. That ought to be fun, huh? It is also a milestone birthday for her. I don't think she likes that part!

Thanks for coming by.

Joan's Gardens Card Challenge #5

It's that time again! Joan has graced us with another fun recipe to follow for her card challenge. Make sure you go check out her pretty example, and all of the pretty cards added to the gallery.

The recipe is as follows:

1. Use Coral/pink and Green for your colors
2. A Birthday Sentiment
3. Vintage Paper
4. Handmade or Punch flower

I used Pure Luxury card stocks and a layer of vintage paper from K&Co by Brenda Walton. My pink layer is embossed with a Sizzix EF, and highlighted with pink grapefruit VersaMagic ink. I love that color and go to it often as it is between a pink and a coral, and goes so well with many papers. I added stitching, crochet lace, and a satin cording. My sentiment is on a Nestie oval and is one of my favorites to use for a birthday. A simple HB on the inside is all that is needed.

Okay, so what were the odds that I had coral tulle in my stash? I started playing with it to see if I could form a flower, and this is what I came up with. I punched a 1" circle from heavy cs and then used a hole punch in the center. I cut off a length of tulle and threaded it through a large eyed embroidery needle. at first I looped it tightly around the open circle. On my last row around, I left larger, puffy loops, securing everything with a pearl and metal brad from MM. I tucked in some felt leaves and secured it to the card with large Glue Dots.

Thanks for taking a look!

Poppy Valentine

First I would like to wish my dear stamping buddy, Olga, a very Happy Birthday! Here is hoping that this year brings health and happiness to you and those you love. Party hard!

I did not want the week to get away from me, and miss the Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge. This week, we are to create a Valentine. I decided to combine it with the Color Challenge over at Stamp TV, which is to use red, black, and white. I just love that color combo!

My card stocks are Pure Luxury, Onyx Black, Red Hot, and Pure White. My poppy image is from Nina Brackett's stamp set called Hugs and Prayers. The sentiment is just a little clear stamp from Studio G. I colored with Copics, added touches of Diamond Stickles, wrapped with red and white bakers twine, and tied a bow through a vintage Abalone shell button. I added a border of tiny heart punches to jazz up the bottom. It is hard to tell, but the bottom of the front panel is cut shorter to show another row of colors.

Have a wonderful day! I love when you stop by.

Happy Groundhog Day!

If this little guy sees his shadow, I just know they are fibbing! We are in the middle of an ice storm here in PA. The power has been blinking but still on. I bet if the sun came out right now, it would look like a world of diamonds. So, Happy Groundhog Day to you all, and we will just keep dreaming of beautiful Spring days!

Oh Happy Day!

I received this sweet award from by buddy, Olga over at Craftieodamae. If you have not put her on your list of places to visit, you just must! She has recently gotten back into scrapbooking and is a member of the Heartfelt Creations design team. Combine those two things and you sure get some powerful projects! The rules that go with this award, are to pass it on to 3-5 more blogging friends, so here goes!

Linda at Payne Holler Cards

Sue at A Consuming Passion

Kerrie M. at Kezzam

Special Note from the Originator:
The aim of this action is that we bring unknown, good blogs to light, so I would ask you not to blog fellow bloggers that already have 3,000 followers.
I chose 4 that I think deserve more followers than they have, because in my opinion they are very talented and make stunning cards...Please pop over and show them some love - honestly I promise you will NOT be disappointed.

Gleefully Yours

When I saw the current challenge #4 over at Joan's Gardens, I immediately thought of this dp from the Lime Ricky collection, from Basic Grey. That is how I built this card. I knew I needed a good sketch, and today just happened to be the day for a new sketch over at Stamp TV. How is that for luck?

My card base is created using the ever popular Pure Luxury card stock, from Gina K. Designs. The colors are Fresh Asparagus and Green Apple. Then there is my BG paper, including a sheet of there solid yellow with distressing. The stamp set I used, is from Nina Brackett, and is called Gleefully Yours. It is available from GKD. My trim is left over from my Rose Challenge to create a bookmark, and was sent to me by Connie Rose. My EF is from Sizzix.

Joan's recipe is as follows:

Use green and yellow.

Use a trim.

Use embossing.

Frame your focal image.

Hope you like how this came out! Have a creative day!

January Rose Challenge

Our challenge this month was set by the lovely Betty Rose. She asked us to use a childhood photo on a card. My photo is my Christening photo, and I chose this because my Godmother passed recently and I had her on my mind.

My card just happened. It is a 6x6 card but I am thinking I will turn it into a small scrapbook page. I inserted my photo into a pretty digital frame from Raspberry Roads and just started building from there. I used an assortment of Prima's and Making Memories flowers and added pearls, gems, and Dew Drops. There are also MS punches of branches and butterflies. I also added a bow of pink gingham and a pearl head pin.

Make sure to check out all of the other lovely Rose's in our bouquet. I had a fun time creating this, and thanks again for the idea, Betty! Have a wonderful Sunday!

EDIT: I just checked out that file I used as a base, and the prefix on the name is OSS, so may not be Raspberry Roads. Sorry about that.

Tired Of Snow!

Yesterday it snowed all day but only managed to wet the pavement. Today, they are calling for a coating. They are not committing to what is coming on Tuesday, and that is a bit scary. Everyone I talk to is in a blue funk. My poor DD in upper NJ has nowhere else to pile snow. She sent me a photo and I started laughing... she started crying! There is a hint that Tuesday will bring her 2 more feet. I sent this to a few friends already but I though I would share it here. The poor thing!

Anyhow, when I sat down and started coloring some digi images, I found this birdhouse in my stash. It has no name listed, so if anyone knows who the illustrator is, please let me know. It had me thinking Spring, and we can all use a little thought of that! I blew up the image until it was approx. 5 inches, colored it with pencils, oms, and Copics. I took a sheet of Pure Luxury card stock in red, folded it in half, and placed the roof line along the seam, moving it in slightly. After the image was adhered, I cut out the shape leaving a 1/8 inch edge. I added glitter, Glossy Accents, Prima's and Gems. I would have liked to have added some ribbon, but I was not sure where. I will use this for one of my RAK birthday cards this month. I thought it came out cheerful.

Thanks again to everyone who designed or visited the Valerie's Gift Hop! It was so nice to see Colleen's excitement!

A Special Little Hop!

Right before the holidays, a special stamping, scrapping, blogging friend, named Colleen Dickinson (her blog is The Creative Paper Room), contacted me to tell me she had something special to share. She had entered a contest at Whimsy Stamps to name one of their up coming release images. The image of a little girl, had reminded Colleen of her DD, Valerie, who had lost her life in a car accident about 10 years ago. Whimsy contacted Colleen, stating that she had not been the winner, however they were releasing another stamp of the same little girl, and would love to name that stamp Valerie's Gift, in memory of her daughter.

With Christmas so close, and everyone so busy, I had to temporarily sit on the idea for this hop. After mentioning it to a few friends, everyone seems to want to join in! Thus, the Valerie's Gift Blog Hop was created. I hope that if you stumble upon this little RAK, you will hop along, and leave some comments for the sweet stampers who have joined in to honor Colleen's, Valerie.

My card was created from mostly scraps from my bin. Seems that we have all been on a mission to use up some of our stash! The sentiment is from SU!. Coloring was done with Copics, stitching is with my new machine which I have not mastered, pearls, swirls, and a sugared flower are my accents. This sweet little image called Valerie's Gift, is the star of the show!

I believe we have 14 blogs for you to visit! Isn't it amazing how awesome people are when it comes to doing something nice for another? We meet so many wonderful people with this fun hobby! A special thanks to Olga, for helping me put this together. Colleen, I know you saw hints on blogs about something special happening, surprise, it was all for you! So without further ado, let's hop over to Patti J.'s blog, Cherish Each Precious Day, to see what she has created for us!

Thanks for stopping by!