Kitty Love

Hi All!

I hope you all have had a nice weekend. :-)

Do you know I just found this card in my drafts? As most of you know I like to work ahead on my DT projects, so its no surprise when I have six or seven drafts going on at once. Anyway, I was thinking, when on earth is that card due anyway? Its been sitting there for ages!

Lo and behold it wasn't made for any challenge, I just made it cos I wanted to and never posted it.

Well I say that's a good deal, especially since I have nothing else I can show you right now! Besides I'm rather partial to this card. Its my colors you see and you can't get a much sweeter image:-)

My Recipe:

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Prismacolors

Paper: DCWV

Ribbon: from stash

Pearls: a gift

hardware: ???

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations Paint - 1E - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Anything Goes

Gingerloft - 2W - (2nd week) BINGO* (sewing DP, and ribbon)

2 Sisters -Ribbon

Challenge Up Your Life -  Friendship

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - - friendship

Crafty Catz -  anything goes

Glitter Geeks -- snuggle up

Raise The Bar - sew what theme

Totally Papercrafts - stitch it

Thanks for visiting!

Hi Guys!

Just to let you know that Bunny Zoe is having a 10% off everything sale all day Sat November 5th.

Click on the picture to go to the store!

Berry Sweet

Hi!

This week we have an easy peasy never cheesy challenge for you all at Mo's Digital Pencil.

Be Thankful.

I decided to go crazy with the patchwork and can you believe, dumbo me did the patchwork on the whole base when most of it is covered up with subsequent layers? Duh! That was a lot of work for nothin! lol

Recipe:

Image: Mo Manning

Colros: Lyra Rembrant pencils

Paper: My Minds Eye: (Happy Go Lucky)

Ribbon and lace: Sew Sweet

Buttons: Sew Sweet

Sentiment: computer generated

Challenges:
Digital Tuesday - Cute & Cuddly
Sweet Stamps -So Thankful (whatever makes you thankful)
Tuesday Throwdown -  Thanks
Tuesday Trio - SKETCH* #90
(hope I didn't turn it around too much)

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations -  Stitching (faux or real) 
Paper Pretties - Use a Sentiment
Pollycraft - Anything Goes
Stamp with Fun - Buttons
Simon Says: Buttons!
The Spotted Chick: Always Anything Kraft
Forever Friends - Something old, Something new (old cardstock, new paper and digi)
Moving Along With The Times -  Food and Drink  (berries)
Paper Crafting Journey -Use a Digi
Paper Play - Button Up




Have a great weekend!

Tender Thoughts

Hi All!

Well yesterday I had the good news to learn that I won a free image from A Day For Daisies for their October card game. Yahoo! It came at just the right time as I needed to make a card for a sweet friend of mine who lost her son in law at 41 to cancer last week. I thought this image was perfect and I just printed the words underneath the image.

The layout is pretty CAS (for me) but I really wanted to showcase the image which says it all.

My Recipe:

Image: Tender Thoughts by ADFD

Paper: Cosmo Cricket (material girl)

Colors: Lyra Rembrant and Prismacolor Pencils

Ribbon, button , button twine and bakers twine: Sew Sweet

Banner die : Whimsy

Pearls: A gift

And a close up cos I think you need to see the beauty of this image. Its so sweet.

A few challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge - Stitches Real or Faux-1st Week

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes (+ a bit of bling if you like)

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - must include spooled item - Anything Goes

ColourQ - Color Challenge* (I chose lighter hues of these colors)

My Grafico - - Always anything goes

                               Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet -  Banners or Border Punches

Thanks for coming by!

Unity Stamp Candy Winner!!

Well today is the day!

Time for me to pick a winner from all the lovely entries, quite the task! You all had such good reasons for me to choose you that I wish I had about 60 sets to giveaway instead of just one.

Nevermind. There will be more candy soon and I hope you will come back and try again if you didn't win today.

The winner of this unity stamp set

 is: Christine!!

dolcreations said...

I would love to win these stamps they have such a country charm which I totally love! Love the little jar and the quilt!!!!

Christine, if you would email me your snail mail I will get your stamps out to you asap. For those of you who aren't familiar with Christine's work, you've just got to check out her blog. She does the most amazing recipe cards  and calendar pages  and I know these stamps are right up her style alley.

Christine, I hope you have a blast!! Can't wait to see you work your magic on them. :-)

Poppies

Hi Guys!

I am in love with this card. LOL I know. "If I do say so myself". :-D Sometimes a card comes out just how you envision it and this is one of them. 

I am using a new paper pack by October Afternoon. LOVE IT!

The digi is A Day For Daisies, one of Tammy's newer releases.

The ribbon, buttons, bakers twine  and button thread are all from Sew Sweet.

The metallic butterflies were a gift. :-)

So this week's party at Catered Crop is now on and we are being sponsored by Lawn Fawn! Be sure to check out the challenge blog for all the yummy details.

(my ingredients are in red)

• Stamps: girls, banners, farmer, crow
• Colors: pink/burgundy, green; jewel tone fall colors
• Theme: Christmas or Fall
• Inks:  Distress Ink, markers
• Papers:  stripes and polka dots, kraft
• Tools:  sewing machine, die cuts, circle punch
• Embellishments:  Fun Flock, seam binding, gemstones, glimmer mists, glitter, jingle bells, lace, , burlap, twine, buttons, and cord

I also used this sketch below by All that Scraps but neglected to read the fine print and didn't see that it was SIR as well as sketch. Bummer. Anyway, it also seems to be that Feline Playful got the date wrong as well cos the collection was closed . Double Bummer.

Other challenges: 
ADFD: Metallic
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations - Stitching (faux or real) 
Pollycraft -  Anything Goes
Stamp with Fun - Buttons
There She Goes - "Au Naturale" (use Jute, hemp, burlap, twine etc)
Come and Get It Challenges - Anything Goes

Hey, remember there's one day left to join my blog candy. Just click on the hershey's kiss on the sidebar to go to the page.
Have a wonderful day!

4Ever And Ever

Hi Guys!

How has your weekend been going? Its gone downright cold here and I'm not too happy about it. 

Nevermind. The sooner winter comes the sooner spring comes. Or something like that.

Today I am showcasing another cute stamp by Tina Wenke. Love these little mice but let me tell ya, that water was enough to scare anyone silly. I wielded my prismas and Lyras and did my level best. I'm not 100% happy with the water but I'm not going to lose sleep over it either. Especially not during the day.

By the way, in case you're wondering ,I haven't made up my mind if this image is supposed to be day or night. My daughter says that regardless of whether its day or night, shouldn't that moon/sun be bigger from a mouse's viewpoint? Man, don't you hate it when kids are right??

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye ,Crate Paper

Image: Tina Wenke

Sentiment: Scrapalicious

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Wooden leaf: Bunny Zoe's

Buttons and twine: Sew Sweet

Thanks for coming by for a look!!

Challenges:

Craft Your Days Away  - Autumn

Creations by Gill M -  Transport

Sweet Stampin -- Anything goes

Raise The Bar - sew what theme

Fairytale Wood

Hi!

So how are we feeling today? :-D

I'm feeling much happier :-). These are my colors,(unlike yesterday's card) coupled with a happy image and little buttony brad thingamajigs. What could make a better combination?

And once again, no pressure, this was a "for fun card" that I made cos I went on a bit of a shopping spree at A Day For Daisies last week. Ok, 4 images can hardly be classified as a spree but for some days and economies it is.

Recipe:

Papers:  K&Co

Image: A Day For Daisies

Pink Ribbon: from stash

Orange Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Flower: cannibalized silk flower

Button and twine: Sew Sweet

Flourish: Sizzex

Punch: Martha Stewart

Brads: Basic Grey

Colors: Prismacolors and paper piecing

Charisma Cardz - - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - include a digital element - Buttons & Twine
365 Cards - a daily challenge - Embellished Bow
Critter Sketch - Pattern Paper
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes


Thanks for coming by!

A Hare Raising Time

Good Morning All!

So don't look too closely at this card. I'm really unhappy with it. Usually when this happens I find that I've used purple somewhere and so I'm unsure whether its the card or the color that makes me gag. In this case  I think its both. I loved the image but when it came to a layout (that you could SEE, since my image is so big) it became a nightmare. I toyed with the idea of starting over again but time ran away from me.

Anyway! They can't all be wonderful or you'll start hating me. LOL

This week's challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil  is: "Any Celebration or Holiday".

I took the "any" quite literally and made a "happy everything" card. 

Hmmmm....that ribbon really is ghastly.Why did I do that?

OK, stop looking at it! *slap*

My recipe:

Paper: from stash

Image: Mo Manning

Ribbon: from stash

Buttons:from stash (Yup, I'm really diggin out the barrel here)

Ticket: Whimsy Stamps

Colors: Prismas

OK! So that's my offering today :-)
I'm sure I'll be back real soon with a post to cover this one up! Until then, happy crafting!

Get Well Soon

Hi Guys!

Another "for fun" card today. Love these. :-)

Over the weekend I worked up this card and just hoped it would fit Sassy Cheryl's challenge this week and lo and behold it does!

Check out Sassy Cheryl's photo inspiration this week:

Does this fit or does this fit? How cool!

I swear I knew nothing.

Recipe:

Image: Sassy Cheryl's "cup of cocoa"

Colors: Paper Piecing and Lyra Rembrant pencils

Paper" K&Co paper

Ribbon: from stash

Charm: The Charm Barn

 Buttons: Home Sew

Dies: Nestabilities

Twine: The Twinery

I would like to play along with:

Sassy Cheryl: Photo Inspiration
Critter Sketch - Pattern Paper
Die Cut Dreams - So Charming (least one metal charm)
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Paper Playtime -  Sentiments PLUS Buttons and Bows 
The Squirrel & the Fox - One for the Girls 

Just For You

Hi Guys!

Well I hope you're not sick of me yet. I know I've had several posts this last week and

 here's another one! :-)

I hope everyone's weekend went well. Its cool and sunny here, about 60-65 degrees. I just fed my ducks who are happily playing in the pond while my daughter kayaks. We haven't lost any ducks in a good month or so. Quite an accomplishment. But the turtles are lazy in the fall, that's why....

So what do you think of this Nellie Snellen cutie? I like the cat. myself. Looks like he's saying "Me! Me! OOOh, pick me!" :-)

Speaking of  "picking me" , you all have just a week or so left to join in my blog candy if you haven't already done so. I'll be drawing the winner Nov 1st. :-)

Recipe:

Paper: Crate paper

Image: Nellie Snellen

Dies: Nestabilities

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Ticket Sentiments: Whimsy Stamps

Distress ink

Brads: Basic Grey

Red Button: gift

Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Challenges:
Cuddly Buddly -  - a card for your best friend
Inspire Me Fridays - always anything goes
Stampin With The Dragon - – Buttons & Bows
Totally Papercrafts - layer upon layer
Wags 'n Whiskers - - fall colours
Forever Friends -  must include an animal -


Thanks for coming by for a snoop!

Down In The Dumps

Hi All!

Well today I have the privilege of a guest spot on Sketch Saturday representing their sponsor for the week: Mo Manning.

I decided to use this little beauty which you may remember as being the subject of my "Lyras vs. Prismacolor" post. This is the lyra girl. :-)

Recipe:

Sketch: Sketch Saturday

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Lyra Rembrant Pencils

Papers: My Minds Eye (Life Of The Party)

Buttons, twine: Sew Sweet

Ribbon: Crafty Ribbons

Tiny Buttons: Home Sew

I hope you all enjoy a wonderful weekend!
Challenges:
Southern Girls -  Stripes and Polka Dots
Clear It Out! -- Trims 1st Week
Top Tip Tuesday -  Layer It
Sweet Stamps -  Lots of Layers

A Day For Daisies

Well I thought today was a good day for daisies. :-)

I was blog hopping earlier this week and saw all of Tammy's new releases at A Day For Daisies and couldn't resist. It's not often that I make a card 'just for fun' and it was time.

I just loooooove sweet images like this.

The challenge this week at ADFD is "doodling", so I tried my hand at that, just making a squiggle frame instead of my usual stitching. (But I had to sew the inside panel cos my card would be naked without it. )

My recipe:

Image: ADFD

Colors: Prismacolors (where applicable)

Punches: Martha Stewart

Dies: Nestabilities and Creatables (tag)

Banner dies: Whimsy

Ribbon: from stash

And the inside which I kept pretty simple

Challenges:

ADFD: Doodling

4 Crafty Chicks - Marker it Up (don't know if doodles count)

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - - Lace (I used paper)

Crafty Ribbons - Ribbon and Lace

Crafts and Me -Blue, Green, Pink

Forever Friends - must include animal 

Karens Doodles - Animal Antics

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show... - Stripes

Thanks so much for coming by!