Wings

Hi All!

Well I'm back and lo and behold I am using white paper!! I know, shock of shocks and horror of horrors!

Well its good to shake things up a bit and I thought that this image lent itself to brightness which sometimes only white can achieve. Anyway, I survived it. lol

I'm quite into making these "quilted scenes" right now. I just free-cut my hills and sewed them down. Nothing complicated. But I do like the effect. :)

Recipe:

Image: A Day For Daisies

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyra

Paper: Jillibean Soup "Apple Cheddar", Crate Paper "Farmhouse, and Coordinations Cardstock "Autumn".

Card Candy

Bakers Twine: Lemondrop

Well thats it from little ol me today, I'll see you around Blogland!

A Day For Daisies

Hi Guys!

Well I just found a couple of cards that were nearly lost/deleted. I had forgotten about them and somehow they ended up in my "recycle bin" which would have been 'never to be seen again' for at least one of them as I had already sent it to someone so couldn't retake the picture. But all's well that ends well and here they are.

These were cards I created 'just for fun' from my older stash of papers. They're quite "wintery" so I thought Id better publish them before Spring comes. However, Spring isn't feeling too imminent at the moment so I'm probably safe. lol

Recipe:

Image: ADFD

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Papers: from stash

Dies: Spellbinders, Sizzex

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug

Punch: Martha Stewart

Buttons: from stash

 And another card along the same color scheme/ ingredients....

This one is quite an unusual image, you might need to look closely to notice that there are mice in her hair. :)

It struck the artsy side of me and I had to color it.

Think of them as "Cinderella's friends" and you might not get the eeby jeebies :)

Thats it for today!

Have a great day everyone :)

So Romantic

Hi Everyone!

So this week's challenge with the Kraft Journal is : So Romantic.

As some of you may know, I'm not really the romantic type of cardmaker so I did the best I could under the circumstances. lol 

I love this image by ADFD, kind of art nouveau  romantic. I colored her with my usual prismas and lyras on kraft. It's a bit of a quirky color combination, I'll admit it, but it felt right at the time and made sense.Now? Well, I'm trying not to think too hard on it.  It is puzzling. lol. 

Recipe: 

Image: ADFD

Lunchbag Kraft: Kraft OUtlet

Colors: Lyras and Prismacolors

Papers: DCWV

Punch: Martha Stewart

Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Card Candy: Joanna Sheen

Thanks for visiting and I hope you get some crafting time in this week!
Hugs All

Every Princess Has To Kiss a Few Frogs

Good morning!

I saw this image at ADFD and just loved the whimsy of it. So much fun!

I decided it would make a fabulous "tongue in cheek" engagement card.

Isn't that frog the cutest?

Recipe:

Image: ADFD "Promises Promises"

Lace, ribbon: Sew Sweet

Buckle: Spellbinder's die

Punch: Martha Stewart

Corner: Wild Orchid Crafts

And below, a stamp that has nothing to do with frogs or princesses but one that I thought was really adorable anyway.

Recipe:

Image: ADFD 

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Paper: MME Happier

Buttons: Home Sew

That's it for today!

I'll be back tomorrow with a new Mo challenge for you!

Have a great day :)

Thanks

Hi Guys!

 You know, Thank You cards are like Sympathy cards. You never know when you'll need one and chances are when you need one you won't have one. Today's project I had to produce at fairly short notice but thankfully I had the image already colored and could grab my handy 6x6 paper packs, already color coordinated for me. :)

Recipe:

Image: ADFD

Colors: Lyras and Prismas

Dies: Spellbinders

Twine: Honeydew

Paper: MME Stella & Rose  Gertie & Hazel packs

Thanks for visiting and Happy Crafting!

Just Too Cute

Hi!

So have you missed me? :)

I decided to call today's post for ADFD's "Spotlight Wendesday"' "Just Too Cute" cos these young boy images are just too stinkin adorable! The kitty one is my favorite.

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Recipe:

Image: "Boy Kitty" by ADFD

Colors: Prismacolor pencils

Paper: Crate Paper "Neighborhood Collection"

Buttons, twine and button thread: Sew Sweet

Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Punch: Fiskars

Now onto the next card!

Recipe:

IMage: ADFD" Sleepy Boy"

Colors: Prismacolors

Paper: DCWV

Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Twine: The Twinery

Buttons: Home Sew

I hope you enjoyed having a peek at my post today.

Come back and visit again! :)

Because I Care

Hi Everyone!

So for today's Spotlight Wednesday at A Day For Daisies I am spotlighting two of Tammy's gorgeous Mother images. The first is a stamp called "Two Girls with Mom".

I went pretty clean and simple with it. Just thought it mirrored the serenity pictured here.

Recipe:

Image: ADFD

Colors: Prismas and lyras

Paper: Kraft colored cardstock (Kraft Outlet) and MME Stella &Rose Gertie papers

Twine: Sew Sweet

And the second project I used Tammy's image "Little One" for a gift tag to go on a present for a pregnant friend of mine.

Are you curious to know what was in the present?

I'm no genius at wrapping presents btw...lol

My daughter and I took turns crocheting rows on this granny square afghan, so its a gift from both of us to their new baby boy.

(I kinda cheated with the color scheme. I looked through their gift registry ...)

So I hope Ive inspired you with a little something today!

Happy Crafting!

Flower Picking

Hi Guys!

Isn't this just as sweet as it can be? 

Love this image and the papers are just so YUMMY!

Recipe:

Image: ADFD

Colors: Lyras and Prismas

Paper: MME Happier, Coordinations cardstock

Dies: Spellbinders

Buttons: Sew Sweet and Home Sew

Button Twine: Sew Sweet

Punch: Martha Stewart

I hope you all have a great day today!

Baking With Mum

Well I have some awesome news! 

This month, along with GDing for A Day For Daisies,  I have the awesome privilege of joining the crew at the Kraft Journal for the month of January ! Isn't that sweet of them to let me crash their party?

 Yay! This is going to be so much fun! Kraft paper and ADFD images, what a perfect mix!

So this week's challenge at the Kraft Journal is :

Your Favorite Colors

Since these are my "comfort crafting colors" I take them to be my favorite. :-)

My image is from A Day For Daisies and the papers are part of a gorgeous pack by October Afternoon, called "Modern Homemaker". I found it at Hobby Lobby but I'm sure you can buy it online, too. They're just perfect for this country kitchen style page.

The twine can be found here at the Kraft Outlet and the ribbon is from Sew Sweet.

And oh! This pie is to die for! Ok, that would rather defeat the purpose but you know what I mean. :)

Trust me, you'll love it!

I generally make my own crust (see recipe below) but I've also bought  Gluten Free pie shells before, made with rice flour (when my sister is pogging with me) and its come out just fine.

Recipe:

Image: ADFD

3 Ring Book: Kraft Outlet

Lunchbag Kraft paper: Kraft Outlet

Brown Kraft cardstock: Kraft Outlet

Brown and Red Bakers Twine: Kraft OUtlet

Red Check Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Thanks for coming by!

Sunflowers

Just when you'd thought you'd seen the last of me (at least til Thursday) I'm baaaaack!

And I'm afraid you'll be seeing a lot more of me this month. I have the privilege of guest designing for ADFD and as such I will be showing you two projects every Wednesday for the whole month of January. How fun is that! Well, at least for me it is, you all have to see more of my projects cluttering up your blogger dashboard. lol

OK, so I decided to name this post "Sunflowers" because well, my two cards feature sunflowers but are presented quite differently.

Firstly, Ive got "Light Of My Life", a stamp that Tammy created based on a real photograph.

 Isn't it superb?

I am using paper by Cosmo Cricket and bakers twine by the Kraft Outlet.

Here's a close up of the digi:

And below we have "Sunflower Girl" based on a photo I sent Tammy of myself. ROFL.

 OK, maybe not.

Here I am using papers by DCWV, a ribbon by Sew Sweet and decorative corner by Wild Orchid Crafts.

The coloring for both cards was done with Lyras and Primacolor pencils on Kraft.

Now I was in a bit of a quandry here with regards to what the fine lady was leaning on. I thought at first it was a silken draped table. My friend Stacey suggested a stump. For the heck of it I made it into a stump since she's such an outdoorsy type of person with all kinds of flowers wrapped around her and stuff.

She's better be careful ;I think crows like sunflower seeds. Has she never watched "The Birds"? lol

And a close up:

OK, I think that's it from little ol me today!

I'll be back tomorrow. I know, I know, but I did warn you ahead of time!

Hugs All

In The Kitchen

So I finally bit the bullet.

 I've been wanting to make a recipe book for the looooongest time but kept chickening out. As you know I like to color rather large images so I was puzzled how I was going to stick a "Dorcas" image on the usual index card/recipe card. Until.........I found this chipboard book at the Kraft Outlet. Problem solved. Each page is 5x7 inches or there about so presto! I did have to go down a bit in size for my images but they're still pretty workable.

By the way, now that I've started this project you're all going to have to bear with me as I post page after page for the next several months. I have the perfect occasion, a friend is getting married in the Spring. So I have the occasion plus the deadline. What more could I need?

I know! The perfect images! And soooooo without further ado, enter perfect image number one, page one!

Since I didn't want to cramp my images too much I had to print my recipes in really small print. lol

Hey! This book is only to look at, not use!!

But just cos you asked I will blow up the recipe so you can see that it is real. :)

It is helpful that I write my recipes in criptic speech otherwise they  wouldn't fit!

Card Recipe:

Image: ADFD

Paper: Mainly K&co.

colors: Lyras and paper piecing

Punch: Martha Stewart

Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Lock and key bradz: Kraft Outlet

So today I would like to play along with:

ADFD: Anything Goes

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge -- Try Something new (a recipe book)

Cute Card Thursday -Anything Goes

Cooking It Up With Katie -  anything goes

Anything Goes Challenge - Cutting Corners, decoratove

Remember to join in my "no strings attached" blog candy here

Thanks so much for coming by!!

Flowers for You

Hi Guys!

Today I have a "for fun" card. No occasion, no DT project, just pure creative play. :-D

I saw the color challenge this past week at A Day For Daisies and was initially going to skip it, the colors seemed a bit overwelming, being so many of them, but then when I stopped and thought about it, they're colors I use a lot of anyway so what was I thinking?

Is she a cutie or is she a cutie??

I totally adore this image.

My Recipe:

Image: ADFD

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Papers: My Minds Eye

Button and button twine: Sew Sweet

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Challenges:

A Day For Daisies: Color Challenge

Charisma Cardz - - Spots

Crafty Purple Frog - For Someone Special

Paper Crafting Journey -  Anything Goes

Willow Sketchie Challenge -- Anything Goes

My Grafico - Anything Goes
I am also using this project as part of the
SPS DT Call

Happy Crafting!