Multiple Cards

Hello Bloggers. I am so behind on my blog so I have 2 cards to share with you today. 

The first is a card I made using an image from Guylou's Inimitability. 

 

   Other challenges I am entering this card into:
Lollipop Crafts: No Sentiments allowed

The Second card is CYP Challenge # 80 is sponsored by karens doodles. 

Here in the US, 

and in honor of all those affected our challenge this week is....

Double Up with PINK.

 
Other challenges I am entering this card into:
PollyCraft Monday Challenge: Girls, Girls, Girls

Thank you for stopping by and Have a wonderful day.

CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge

Good Evening Everyone. I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Tonight I wouls like to share a card I made using a digital stamp from Sew Many Cards called Bailey in Witch Hat. I am entering this card into the CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenges over at Crafters Digital Art Center. I am super happy with the way this card turned out as it is the first Easel card I have ever made. Thanks Jenn for the instructions. 

Other Challenges I am entering my card into:
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything goes with a punch
Crafty Cardmakers: Anything goes
The Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges : Punches / Dies
Crafty Calendar Challenge : Spooky
The paper Shelter: Halloween
Totally Paper Crafts: Animals
Allsorts Challenge Blog: A Bear

A new crafting friend.

Happy Tuesday Everyone. I just had to drop in to share with you my new Crafting Friend. 

The other day I was watching tv with my son and this commercial comes on with this adorable little creature. I was commenting to my son that I just had to have one. So I get on line with my dear friend Jamie and we are looking these little guys up trying to figure out how to get my hands on one and let me tell you, outside of purchasing one online they are rather difficult to find them in the few select stores they carry them in. Yesterday, my DH came home with one and I wanted to share her with you. Here is my new shnook.  Isnt she adorable??

Nutcrafters Challenge #2 "Think Pink"

Good Morning Bloggers. This is my second post for today and I am back with a card for Nutcrafters Challenge #2.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and they have a wonderful "Think Pink" Challenge and an adorable Free Digi for you. This weeks Fabulous prize is a £10 gift voucher to their store.

Here is my card for this challenge. 

CardStock: Pink

Pattern paper: Digital awareness kit by Summertime Designs

Digital Image: Nutcrafters

Rose: Recollections

Gems: K&Company

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a Great Day.

Other Challenges I am entering this card in:
CES Challenge Blog: Totally Gorjuss / Pretty Girls
The Crazy Challenge: Think Pink
Crafty Cardmakers: Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything goes

CYP Challenge # 78

Good Morning Bloggers. I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend.

I have had bronchitis for a little over a week and I am so ready to get rid of it.

This week Craft Your Passion Challenges is sponsored by 3 wonderful Sponsors. 

Delicious Doodles

Prize : 4 Images from her store

Digital Delights

Prize :

The Robins Nest

Prize :  TWO  $25 gift certificates to their store

This weeks challenge is anything goes BUT YOU MUST USE RIBBON some where on your project. I hope to see you all there. 

 My DT Project for the week is a JUMBO tag. I just loved how it turned out. 

Card Stock : Dark purple, Yellow

Pattern paper: K&Company : Halloween

Digital Image : Audra The Witch By Digital Delights

Pumpkins and Witch Broom: Jolee

Ghost, Haunted House : Paper Dolls Cricut Cart
Moon: Spellbinders circle die

Ribbon: From my stash

Stickles: yellow

Other Challenges I am entering this Tag into:
Hooked on craft challenges: Anything but a card
Catch the Bug Challenge: Anything goes
Crafty Calender Challenge: Spooky

Little Miss Muffet Challenges: Animals and Monsters
The Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges: Punches/Dies
 Anyone For Anya: Halloween inspired project
Forever Night Challenges: Anything goes

FANTASTIC FRIDAY

Good Morning Bloggers. Today is my grandmothers birthday. I am sad to be so far away from her but she loved the card that I made for her using the adorable Nutcrafters free digi stamp last week. Well what a wonderful surprise I had this morning when I found out that I was the winner of that challenge. If you havent seen any of their stamps hop on over to their store. Also be sure to stop by their blog for this weeks freebie and a wonderful new challenge.  Hope you all have a fantastic day. 

Nutcrafters Autumn challenge

Good Morning Bloggers. I have been MIA for quite awhile due to computer issues. Luckily I was able to computer jack my DH today. My card I am sharing with you I am entering in a Autumn Challenge over at Nutcrafters.  The image used is a free digi of theirs but you can use any of their adorable images.  I used some autumn themed paper I had in my stash and used my leaf punch for the leaves around the image and used Tim Holtz Distress ink on them. 

Other challenges I'm entering this card into:

Stampalot: Its a frame up Challenge
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges:  This Challenge is in celebration of Canada's Thanksgiving

Kenny K Blog Hop

My Atc

Welcome to Atc Sisterhoods Kenny K Inspired Blog Hop! 

We would like to give a great big THANK YOU to our blog hop sponsor Kenny K!

Who has inspired us to create with our inner diva's

Blog Hop Starts Aug 15th at 8 am and will last until Wednesday 10pm.

Follow the rules below to play along!

Blog Hop rules:

* Become a fan of Atc Sisterhood

* Check out the wonderful design team finished projects and leave a comment on each of their blogs.

*  Create your Diva Inspired Atc Card and link up with mr linky at the end of the hop! 

"your free to use any image if you don't have a Kenny K stamp"

Simple Enough Right!!

Kenny K will be giving 3 Digi's to the winner ! 

Here are the atc's our sisterhood has created for inspiration. 

Diva Atc's Hop

Start---  Atc Sisterhood

Design Team

Jamie " Jamies Crazy Crafty Life"

ME -->"Shannins Creative Corner"

Next-->Christina " A Paper Life" 

Jenn " Scrap Happens"

Bridget "Chili loves Crafts"

Melissa " Everyday Expressions with Earthspirit"

END ---  Atc Sisterhood Link You Atc Creation

Craft Your Passion DT Challenge #69

Good morning everyone. This is the week that I am officially a new DT member of Craft Your Passion Challenge blog. I am super excited. This weeks Challenge is anything goes. They are sponsored by Doodle pantry and JLJ Designs. So head on over and check out what the other talented DT members came up with and join us. 

I was asked to create something from JLJ Designs.  I recently just received a new local phone book with one of those ad magnets on the front of it and decided to alter it. It certainly looks alot better on my fridge now.

So here is what I came up with.

I altered this magnet with the following. 

Pattern paper: JLJ Design Halloween digital paper pack

Cardstock: Black cardstock that i dry embossed and added a shimmer mist to.

Embossing folder: Cuddlebug

Image : Digital image "Funky Witch" by Sarah Paris

Markers: Copic

Flowers: Prima flowers

Misc: Ribbon was from my stash along with the pumpkin charm. The glimmer mist was something that I made myself. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day. Please feel free to leave a comment as I love hearing from you all.

Samantha's Birthday Blog Hop

 Welcome to Samantha's Birthday Blog Hop.

If you have just hopped on the tour, please go to the first stop on the hop at Samantha's Cricut Creations

If you have arrived from Kims Blog then you are in the right place. Thanks for hopping by! 

For this hop we were asked to create a birthday card.

For this card I used:

Stamps: Hero Arts

Pattern Paper: Sorry I dont remember the name of this company. 

Card stock:  Yellow, green, and pink

Ribbon: From my stash

Flowers: Prima

Cupcake brad: By Doodlebug

Now hop on over to Jenny's Blog who will be joining us on Sunday Only and see what birthday goodies she has for you today.




Thanks for hopping by!

Wicked Wednesday challenge 2

Good morning Bloggers. I am back with my project for Forever night Challenges wicked Wednesday. This was really a challenge for me as the theme was Emo and I have never created anything with this style. I am not happy with the way it turned out. Probably due to the lack of embellishments for this theme.

Steampunk ATC Swap

Good morning again Bloggers. I am back for my 3rd post today. Are you all sick of me yet? lol. I recently signed up for a steampunk swap over at ATC Sisterhood on Cafemom. Boy did I bite off more than I can chew. I have seen so many talented people on blogspot make some beautiful steampunk creations and make it look so easy. Well I have been racking my brain trying over and over again to come up with something but everything I worked on just didn't seem to turn out good. Well now we are down to it so I had to do something. I am not completely happy with how these turned out and I apologize in advance to those in the group swapping with me that these are not my best work.

For this ATC I used the following:

Image By:  Jasmine Becket-Griffith

Paper: Brown Cardstock

Embossing folder: By Tim Holtz

Distress ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Misc: Gold Rub n Buff

Quote was found on the net. It says "Time is what prevents everything from happening at once."

Sending Melissa a Huge Thank You

Good morning Bloggers. This is my second post for monday and long over due. My net has been giving me issues when it comes to blogspot and I have not been able to post anything. A few days ago, my mail man brought me a wonderful surprise from Melissa over at Everyday Expressions With Earthspirit . Ladies if you havent checked out here work, head on over to her blog.

Melissa, I just wanted to say thank you so much for the wonderful RAK and prize. I love it!! It was super thoughtful of you and wanted to also say thank you for all your encouragement and support.

Christmas in July

Good morning bloggers. Its Monday again which means there is a new challenge  over at Craft your passion challenges. The Challenge this week is Christmas in July and the DT did an amazing job as always. The sponsor this week is Digis by Phooka.  So make sure you stop by and participate in this weeks challenge. Below are my cards. Kind of plain but enjoyed making them. Have a wonderful week.

THANK YOU JENN!!!

Well I got a wonderful surprise in the mail today from my dear friend Jenn over at Scrap Happens ~ Embellish It and boy did I get spoiled. I just wanted to say thank you so very much Jenn for all the wonderful scrapping goodies. You are such a wonderful woman and an amazing friend. Sending you big hugs!!!

Forever night challenge MDAM #1

Good morning bloggers. I have recently joined up as a DT member to a new dark art challenge blog Forever Night Challenges.  It is the first challenge and am super excited with the way my tag turned out for it. I hope you all like it.

 How this tag was made:

Paper: White cardstock that I colored using Tim Holtz distress ink fired brick.
Pattern paper: DCWV Rock Star paper pack
Image By: Jasmine Becket-Griffith

Tombstone: Cut with my Cricut (Paper dolls)

Flowers: Handmade by me.

Bow: White tulle that I inked up with Distress ink. ( talk about making a mess of your hands)

Make sure you pop on over there and check out the other wonderful DT projects and join in on the challenge.

Thank you all for visiting. Have a wonderful day.

Dads Birthday Card

Well I am back again for my 3rd post of the day. My fathers birthday is the 15th of this month and I have been going nuts trying to figure out how I was going to make his birthday card. I am not really happy with the way this card turned out but probably because it looks rather plain to me. I dont know. The cards that I have made in the past for him I think turned out so much better. But I guess it is the thought that counts right?? Well here it is....

Cardstock- I used some cardstock I had on hand that looks like card board color

Paper- Tim Holtz Crowded Attic pack

Tickets and clock face- I found online awhile back doing a google search

Gears are Tim Holtz

The strip of paper on the bottom I embossed with a Tim Holtz texture plate, distressed it with vintage photo distress ink and then used a sanding block to rough up the top a bit. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. 

New challenge blog and DT call alert!

Good morning Bloggers. There is a new challenge blog in the works and they are looking for a few good DT.  Below is the information.

Welcome Challenge

To Kick off our new challenge blog for the alternative paper crafter.

We present you with a double challenge.

First part of the challenge

We will make is simple for all those paper crafter's out there.

 Our challenges should always take you to a the dark side of crafting.

This challenge we are leaving it up to you with...

ANYTHING GOES

You are not limited to just cards, atcs and paper crafts are welcome!

Second part of the challenge.

We would like to have 25 Followers!

So the challenge will stay up until we reach 25 Followers!

So tell your craft friends where to find us!

Black and White ATC Swap

Good morning ladies. I am so sleepy this morning and am waiting for my DH to bring home sugar from the store so I can have my morning cup of coffee. Its amazing how our taste buds change tho. I used to hate coffee and now I cant seem to function without it. lol.

So over at cafemom one of my groups that I belong to is doing a black and white swap. I didnt think I would be able to put anything together using just these 2 colors and a tiny accent color, but with the support of some wonderful women, they talked me into it. I am so glad that they did as I love how these turned out. Hope you all like them as well. Have a fantastic day all.

Cardstock- Black

Stamps- Hero arts, and Studio G

Bling- from my stash

Fab Blog Candy From Really Talented Ladies

Hello to all my friends and followers. I am making a post of this as well as the links on the side so my followers can be alerted of some fab blog candy as I do not post daily . If you are interested you should really check them out. Also make sure you look at their other post. These ladies are very talented and Create some beautiful things.

First up is Tanya from Obsessed & Crazy Momma   
 Congrats Tanya for having 25,000 hits and over 200 followers.

And

This Blog Candy will end July 29th Midnight and winners will be announced July 30th.



 Next is Kate from Down Right Crafty
Congrats Kate on having over 200 followers. 



Tracey from Tracey's Country Crafts is giving away birthday candy.
Happy Birthday Tracey!!



Carlyann from Sweet 'n' Crafty is also giving away birthday candy.
Happy Birthday Carlyann!!!



Bettina is also giving away Blog candy to show some love to her friends and followers



I would like to send a BIG thank you to these ladies for a chance to win such wonderful things and for all the inspiration they post.

Good luck everyone and have a wonderful day.

Cute lil Blog award

How sweet is Sally. She just gave me this adorable little blog award. For those of you who havent seen her work, you should really check it out on her blog. Her work is amazing. Sending you a big Thank you hun. I hope you are having a wonderful day.

tags...tags... and more tags

Good morning Bloggers. I have been having so much fun making these tags and experimenting with making my own back ground paper. I wish I had some more supplies to experiment with. But maybe someday. The first one I made is a Halloween tag. I am not too happy with the final outcome of it but it isn't bad. The second is a Victorian tag I made for my grandmother who has been in and out of the hospital the last month. After having major surgery, and is now on oxygen, She was just informed that she has a tumor in her throat. So hopefully this will cheer her up.

House of Night ATC

Good evening Bloggers. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I cant believe that tomorrow is already the 4th of July. Boy had this year flown by.
One of the groups that I belong to did a real fun atc challenge. We had to create an atc inspired by our favorite book. Well I do alot of reading and I do not have a favorite book but a favorite series. It is the House of Night Series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. So Here is my submission for this challenge.

I figured that saying as it was a favorite book challenge that I should create a small mini book to embellish this card with. The pages actually have itty bitty fine print of a paragraph from one of the books. I was super happy with the way that this card turned out. I hope you all enjoy it as well. Have a safe and Happy 4th of July.

1st attempt at a vintage tag

 Hello ladies. I have been searching YouTube for some inspiration and I have ran across a few really talented ladies that I really enjoy watching. One is RachO113. She did a beautiful tutorial on a vintage tag and so I thought I would give it a try. I probably shouldn't tell you that I made this from her tutorial as she may see it and think "OMG what was she thinking in making this". LOL. Well Her things are soooo much more beautiful than mine, but with a little work and a little luck that I might be able to get some supplies I hope to some day be able to make mine as beautiful as hers.  Here is her link if you are interested in seeing her tutorial.   glimmer vintage tag tutorial .

Well here is my attempt at a vintage tag.. I don't have hardly any supplies since moving across country and alot of things have been going on in my life but I tried to make due with what I had. The paper I created using different inks and a embossing folder. I then distressed the edges and used gold Rub N Buff lightly over the embossed area of the paper and around the edges. I glued a small white feather behind the image and I dyed the only lace I had in matching colors however the picture didn't pick that up too well. I then used some odds and ends flowers I had from my stash to embellish the corner and finished it off with a small amount of fibers someone had sent me in a RAK a few years ago. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Have a wonderful day.

More ATCs

Hello Ladies. I spent most of last week making ATCs for our group over at cafemom.com. They were so much fun and I just love the images by jasmine becket-griffith and Amy brown.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE  fairies. Hope you enjoy what I came up with.

Paperless ATC Challenge

Hello bloggers. I m back again with a ATC I created for a challenge over at cafemom in ATC Sisterhood. The Challenge was to make a paperless ATC. Boy was this a challenge for me. I racked my brain for a few days trying to figure out a way to do this and what type of materials I wanted to use. My atc was made by melting Clear UTEE and a bit of Black embossing powder on my stove. ( I don't have a melting pot :( so I had to use the stove.) After the Mixture was melted I poured it out onto a sheet of wax paper to let it cool. After the mixture was cooled I used a ruler and a utility knife to cut out the dimensions of the card. I then peeled off the wax paper and heated up the top layer using my embossing gun to melt any imperfections in the card and to smooth out some lumps.  Took me a few times to get it right but was happy with the outcome. I then decorated the card with Buttons and confetti. I hope you like it.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day. :)

Give a Hoot Challenge

Good morning Bloggers. Its been awhile since my last post and I really need to get my rear in gear. Alot has been going on the last few months and I am hoping that I can at least get to 1 creation a week if not more. In the next couple of days I will have my craft room back which will make crafting alot easier.

Here is the Hooters card I made for the DT over at Happy Craftin Critters.

Stamped image : "Owls graduate from school" by Pink cat studios

Card stock: Chocolate brown

Pattern paper: TPC Studio "Rustic Garden Stripe" and TPC Studio "Rustic Garden Mini Dots"

Markers: Copic Ciao

Other materials used: Pearl Ex, Paper Doily, Leaf bling, round bling, and Prima Roses and flowers.

Thank you all for stopping by my blog. Have a wonderful day :)