Winner! Winner! Winner! We Have A Winner!

First I want to thank all the people that became followers and linked to my candy! I truly enjoyed reading about all of your favorite vacations. All of the descriptive details made me smile!

I made the hubby wake up early today so he could help me fold all the little slips of paper with your precious names. Unfortunately, some of you did not follow all of the steps. Soooooo, without further delay, we have a winner! DH's big paw pulled out..............

BECKY!!!!!!!

Her comment on August 10th, at 9:42 am, is the winner! Becky, please email me at ma54k@comcast.net, to claim your candy! Thanks again for playing.

I am a Guest Designer!

Sorry I have been missing, but I just had to spend some time working on goodies for the release party over at Gina K. Designs. Melanie Muenchinger, one of the amazing designers over there, has asked me to guest design for her new set this month. It is called Wild At Heart. What a absolute honor! So, now you know my secret!

You will be seeing this set used every which way, and I hope you like what you see! My first card was done using 3 Distress Ink colors. They are Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, and Walnut. The card stock is Gina K. Designs, Pure Luxury Lemon Drop and Green Apple. I added some tiny metal and mesh butterflies as accent.

Card #2 was an experiment, but I was liking how it came out! I used Kraft Pure Luxury card stock, and went with a one layer look. I stamped my main image directly on the card front with Walnut Distress Ink, and then colored the open areas of the image with colored pencils. My third card, I stamped the image with Colorbox Blue Iris, Chalk Ink. I then cut out pieces and half popped the wildflowers for dimension. I ran a strip of Navy Pure Luxury through my Cuttlebug, using the Big Dots EF. My blue ticking paper is an unknown. I added accents of red to make the card pop. A red gingham bow, red mini brads, and some red Copic to the centers with a coat of Crystal Effects, did the trick.

You can see the complete set over on my side bar, and if you might be interested, here is a link to it at Gina K. Designs. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed your visit.

OCLDT Challenge # 27

I am so excited to share another sketch with you for the Our Craft Lounge Design Team Challenge. I am still plugging along with the few sets I have, trying to make them fit the challenges. This one was quite different and rather fun!

I started with a plain white base and built my card with a focus on the "Bubbles" stamp set from OCL. I searched for coordinating papers to create my strips. A few of the elements I had to sneak from other places to pull it all together. Lots of cutting and popping, with the addition of Diamond Stickles. Copics were used to color all of the images.

Why is it that whenever my DH takes a vacation day, it is rainy. It is suppose to rain until Friday. Again the yard work gets put on hold. Grrrrrr! Also, I may not be doing challenges for a few days, as I am working on some top secret stuff. Don't send the mounted police out after me, LOL! Hmmm, what is it you ask? Please stay tuned!

Joan's Gardens Vintage Tag Challenge

Just a quick little post before I head to work. I must have gotten side tracked and never checked Joan's Gardens challenge this week! Eek! She has asked us to create a tag using chipboard, cork, or whatever we have about.

I used a combo of items for this. The base is a Manila tag covered in Cosmo Cricket paper that has been distressed with TH Old Paper Distress ink. The sentiment and chipboard edge are also from them. I created this grungy flower from some K&Co paper and fastened it with a brass brad. I tucked a wee bit of organza ribbon under it for another texture, and finished everything off with an antique button.

I hope you like it , and now it is time for me to exit, stage left.

JUGS Challenge #47

Don't you just love these bright colors? This was the wonderful choice of the DT at Just Us Girls. I knew when I saw this challenge, I just had to join in the fun!

I used an A2 card base and scrap of lime, checked paper that was trying to hide from me. My circles and scallop trim are SU! items. I used the large, hot pink, polka dot Prima as my focal point. After adding some felt leaves, I remembered these crocheted flowers I had won, and added a gem brad to the center of the open work one to make it work. The sentiment is from an old DOTS set. Throw on a few gems and some lime organza ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and there you have my entry. I hope you likee!

It's time for another cup of strong coffee! Care to join me?

OTWC Challenge #21

Look at all the bright, beautiful colors that are in the inspiration photo for the newest challenge at Off The Wall Craftiness! You just can not help but smile! This is Kim's 21st challenge already.

I kept my card on the simple side this week, but I am really pleased with how it came out. I found a scrap of striped paper in my stash that fit the color scheme and added some pink stitched ribbon, to set it off. Then I strategical place dots of glue on a bright flowered transparency from K&Co. I placed gems of different colors in the centers of the flowers for sparkle. I found a chipboard oval and presto I had a card for a new baby girl. The inside sports another strip of the strip paper and a simple congratulations. It always feels so good when you can use some of those forgotten goodies that have been neglected!

You never know, I might be back again! Thanks for taking a look. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge #17

This week, over a the Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge blog, DT member Geri, has challenged us to make a harvest card. Well I don't have any Mark's Finest stamps to fill the bill, so I used something new that has not seen ink yet. I purchased half of the new August, Unity store kit, called "Harvest of Memories. I fell in like with the patterned leaves.

Besides the leaves, the frame and sentiment were from the same kit. The squirrel, is from a set called Whimsical Autumn, from Gina K. Designs.

The papers are ones that were in my scrap bin, but I know they are K&Co from last season. I used some fall colored fiber to tie a floppy bow down the side. My orange leaves have a touch of Champagne Stickles. Dewdrops were used as accents. All of the images were stamped in walnut Distress Ink, and colored with Copics #'s 0, E00, Y38, YR24.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend and I shall be back soon!

OTWC Challenge #20

There are just not enough hours in the day to get to all the challenges I love doing. Kim Wilson, over at Off The Wall Craftiness, is one such place I draw inspiration from. I don't get to play there every week, but I at least check out her inspiration photo. Look at this beauty!

Here is my card, and I always complain about purples. I just can't get the colors right in my photos. This came out looking more wine. Sorry, Kim. My image is from TLC Creations and I colored it with Copic markers. My card stocks are Pure Luxury, from Gina K. Designs. Sponging is done in Baja Breeze from SU! I added an organza ribbon and blue gems as my accents. I did a second image of the raspberries and cut and popped the berries, and then applied a thick coat of Glossy Accents.

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you soon. Time to run to work for a bit. Oh BTW, Kim is also selling the new Ippity Stamps by Unity! Check them out here!

Lookie What I Found!

Yummy goodies are up for grabs at Lori's blog called Playing With Paper! I see some amazing goodies in this pile! Go check it out..... run.... scoot!

Two to Share

I have two creations to share that I feel fit a couple of great challenges. My first is the Sir Stampalot Challenge for August, called "Bring On The Bling". I created this round card for a sketch challenge at StampTV this week and didn't want to waste all this sparkly beauty. They get some amazing submissions over there.

My base is Ivory Pure Luxury card stock with DP form K&Co. I used two stamp sets from Gina K. Designs to decorate my small circle and do my inside sentiment. I added ivory Prima's with bling centers and pearl accents. The inside says "It's All Good". The shape of the card was cut with a Spellbinders Peony die, and then sponged with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.

My second card is for the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #6, to use ribbon and make it Aloha theme. I am a member of their monthly club and I just love the selections of ribbon we receive, so I thought it was only right to support their challenges. For Aloha, I used Theresa Momber's set called Aloha, from Gina K. Designs. The papers used are from MAMBI. It is colored in Copic Markers and sponged in Baja Breeze form SU! Bubble gum pink grosgrain was added in two strips and a button embellishment added.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Moxie Fab World Signs Of Peace Challenge

Everything old is new again...... that's what they say. I grew up in the burn you're bra, day-glo, love bead, moccasin era. That's when taking a trip didn't mean going to Grandma's. However, it was a time of kinder people. Thus, the peace sign was in fashion.

Moxie Fab World has challenged us to make a creation with a peace sign. Here is what I came up with, using odds and ends from my stash. Flower Power was another one of those great expressions so I needed to include it too. I just happened to have a die cut sticker from Sticko. Then I found the tie dyed trim and I was really feeling the colors.

I would also like to enter this card for Speedy the Cat's Friend's Challenge #15- Think Flowers.

As a follow up, My bedroom walls were bright orange with day-glo posters and a black light. Ahhhhh! I don't know how I slept!

Our Craft Lounge DT Sketch Challenge #26

Although I do not have very many stamp sets from Our Craft Lounge, I have been trying to keep up with their sketches this month. This time I pulled out my Running Sick set, and tried to use some of the smaller stamps for the circles. I figure that cold and flu season is right around the corner, and you just never have too many of this type card!

The papers I used are an assortment range from scrap, to MAMBI, to SEI. Martha Stewart was my punch of choice to add the edging details through the middle. My sentiment is stamped metal, and I am so proud that I used another thing from my stash. I also used a rub-on border across the bottom for extra detail. In stead of a bow, I went with a crocheted flower that I layer with a Prima and blue brad. I used Copic markers to color, and sponged with Memento ink.

It's a rainy day in PA., but that just makes for a good time to play catch up. I was a real slacker this week!