Sneak peek - LUFP

I have a little sneak peek of a card I made for Link Up For Pink!

I hope you'll stop by the blog and check it out.

Ladies - Don't forget your mammograms!!! Take care of your girls!

Whimsical Designs "Pastels" Challenge

It's Wednesday and we're back with a new challenge over at Whimsical Designs!

This week the challenge is "Pastels" and we have a photo for you to use as inspiration.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Beccy's Place and you have a chance to win 3 digi's of your choice from her store!!!!

For my project I created a card using a cut file from Silhouette Studio for this woven basket card. I used papers from We R Memory Keepers and Three Bugs In A Rug. My sentiment is from Stephanie's Whimsical Fun Vol 1 which you can purchase here. I added a little Easter grass for fun :).

Supplies used: card stock - white; patterned papers - Wild Flowers, Thicket and Sweet Spot from Cotton Tail by We R Memory Keepers and Chicks Rock from Little Chick by Three Bugs In A Rug; Silhouette Studio cut file; stamp - Whimsical Fun Vol 1; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; Easter grass; twine - Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

Now head on over to Whimsical Designs and see all the beautiful "pastel" creations the design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Hope to see your project linked up with us!!!!

Hello Friend / CTO #105

Hello Friends and happy Tuesday!

We had a lot of wonderful entries in our Easter challenge last week over at Celebrate The Occasion!!! Thanks to all who entered.

This week for our challenge we have a sketch for you:

For my card I used paper and  stickers from Echo Park. 

Supplies used:  card stock - white, vanilla; patterned paper - Betty Bird from Little Girl by Echo Park; stickers from Springtime by Echo Park; twine - my stash; rhinestones - Little Yellow Bicycle; stamp - Recollections; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; Pop Dots

Please stop by the blog and see what the design team has created for inspiration and leave them a little love too!!! Hope to see your take on our sketch!!!

Blog Hop Winners :)

 Good Morning and hope you have a relaxing Sunday planned!

I have a couple blog hop winners I'd like to announce!!

For the St. Patrick's Day blog hop random.org picked #7


silvia said... 7
LOVE the banner!!!!! Cute shamrock treats!!

And for the SOUS/Whimsical Designs blog hop random.org picked #18


JenL said... 18
Awesome layout! I love the flowers with button centers, so cute!

Congratulations ladies!!!! If you'll email me your address, I will get your packages mailed out to you!!

Link Up For Pink Challenge #11

It's the third Thursday of the month, which means it is time for a new challenge over at Link Up For Pink! I hope you'll join us in spreading awareness and reminding your girlfriends and family to get their Mammograms.

The theme for the challenge is breast cancer awareness,  inspirational, healthy reminders, "celebrate more birthdays", you're in  my thoughts, encouragement, etc.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Fresh Brewed Designs and the prize is three digital images and a bonus prize!!!



For my card I used one of Heathers digital images called Chick With Bunny Ears which you can purchase here. I printed it on card stock and cut it into a tag which I then paper pierced all around the edges. I also printed the chick on a scrap of yellow patterned paper I had, fussy cut it and glued it onto my chick on the tag. I added some grass and flowers too! The sentiment was done on my computer.

Supplies used:  card stock - white, green; patterned paper form Peep by We R Memory Keepers; digital image - Fresh Brewed Designs; Copic markers; paper piercing template and tool - Bazzill; Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge; flowers, button and twine - my stash; Pop Dots

Whimsical Wednesday "Buttons and Bows" Challenge

Another wonderful Wednesday is upon us and time for another wonderful challenge over at Whimsical Designs!

This week the challenge is "Buttons and Bows" Create a card or project and include a button and a bow.

Our sponsor this week is Miss Kate Cuttables and you can win a $20.00 gift certificate!!!

For my project I decided to make a card and use a bunch of my scrap ribbon up by creating a flower out of ribbon with a button in the center. This makes for a cute and fun card and is a good way to use up some of the scraps we all have.

For the sentiment I used one of Stephanies stamps from her stamp set Whimsical Fun Vol 1 which you can purchase here. This stamp set has become one of my "go to" stamp sets, it has fabulous sentiments for many occasions!!!!

Supplies used: card stock - white, lavender; embossing folder - Sizzix; ribbon and button - my stash; twine - Liz's Paperloft Boutique; stamp - Whimsical Fun Vol. 1 by Whimsical designs; ink - Lovely Lilac by Stampin' Up; Silhouette Studio cut file for the label; Pop Dots.

Now I hope you'll stop on over at Whimsical Designs to see the fabulous projects by the design team and to join in on the fun!!

Some Bunny Loves You / CTO #104

Happy Tuesday all!!

It's time for a new challenge over at Celebrate The Occasion. We are only two weeks away from Easter, I know, I can hardly believe it myself. So to get in the mood our theme this week is Happy Easter.

Our sponsor this month is Bugaboo Stamps!!!! So please link up your Easter project so you'll have a chance to get your name in the hat for this months prize!

For my card this week I decided to go with minimal embellishments and see what I could do. For the front of the card, the title and the row of bunnies are both a Silhouette Studio cut file. I also used a border punch on one strip of paper and the other was precut with a scallop.

The Pop-Up inside is also a Silhouette Studio cut file. I did add a few pearls on the flowers and a bow on the bunny.

Supplies used: card stock - white; patterned papers Sweet Spot and Thicket from Cotton Tails by We R Memory Keepers, Chick's Rock from Little Chick by Three Bugs In A Rug; Silhouette Studio cut files; border punch - Martha Stewart; pearls - BoBunny; ribbon - my stash.

Cowboy Happy Birthday

This is my second post for today.

A little masculine birthday card for Seize The Birthday!

While I'm not a cowgirl, I thought it would be fun to do a Cowboy themed birthday card. I found this great profile of a cowboy at the Silhouette Studio store and cut it out with my Cameo. Then I went to my paper and pulled out this old line from Cosmo Cricket called Wanted (still love this line), and went to work. I flipped the sketch so it would better suit my silhouette.

Supplies used: card stock - kraft, brown; patterned paper from wanted by Cosmo Cricket; stamp - Cake Wishes by Unity; ink - Rich Cocoa by Memento; Silhouette Studio cut file; hemp cord - Crafters Square; Pop Dots.

You're My Anchor

Well, happy Monday and hope everyone had a fun St. patrick's Day!

I had a super day with friends and family. My grandchildren had a blast on the hunt for gold that I set for them. I had them running all over the house to find the next clue until they finally arrived at their treasure. Good times were had!

I have a card to share today that I created for Freshly Made Sketches!

I inked up a cool new stamp I received from Unity. Then I had this brilliant idea that I would cut small slits and run my twine following the rope on the image. Well... didn't realize how difficult that was going to be, along with how time consuming. But, it does look ok.

A close up so you can see the twine:

Supplies used: card stock - vanilla, blue; patterned paper by Websters Pages; stamp - Anchored by Unity; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; button, twine - my stash.

Sneak Peek - LUFP

I have a little sneak peek of a card I made for Link Up For Pink!

I hope you'll stop by the blog and check it out.

Ladies - Don't forget your mammograms!!! Take care of your girls!

St. Paddy's Day Bog Hop

Well Top o' The Mornin' to You!!!!

Hope you have a fun and festive St. Patrick's Day!!!

Welcome to the St. Patrick's Day blog hop. If you've arrived here from Kim's blog Puppies and Paper Crafts you are right on track. If not, you'll want to start at the beginning at Ashley's blog The Blog Hop Princess so you don't miss any of the fantastic projects. Plus there are prizes along the way!!!

I have a couple of projects I'd like to share with you!

The first is a banner I made for my fireplace. I saw one on Pinterest and had to make my own version.

I started with a picture of a Vintage map of Ireland:

I printed seven 5X7" copies of it and then cut the bottoms so that they would look like banners.

I cut 7 shamrocks from green paper and 42 hearts from green paper. I scored all the hearts down the middle and then glued them together in two's. I glued the shamrocks onto the maps and then glued 3 sets of hearts onto each shamrock so that they would be 3 dimensional.

Then it was just a matter of hole punching the banners at each corner of the tops and running green grosgrain ribbon through the holes.

Voila, turned my fireplace from drab to festive!!

The second project is some little Hershey Kisses Shamrocks I made for the kids in my neighborhood.

I found the tutorial on how to create these at Qbees Quest.

Her tutorial is very easy to follow and all you need is two colors of green card stock, some twine or ribbon for a bow and your Hershey's Kisses.

Now for a little blog candy, you can have a chance to win if you are a follower of my blog and leave me a comment on this post.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Wishing you a rainbow

For sunlight after showers—

Miles and miles of Irish smiles

For golden happy hours—

Shamrocks at your doorway

For luck and laughter too,

And a host of friends that never ends

Each day your whole life through!

Now you are off to Mary's blog The Tool Shed to see what fun St. Paddy's day creation she has for you!!!!

Programmed For Fun

I'm popping in today with a little card for Casology!

For my card I dusted off my Cricut and pulled out my Robotz cartridge. For the planet I used a Silhouette Studio cut file and my Cameo. Finished it off with a couple of rub ons and a stamp from Boob Tubes by Paper Smooches.

Supplies used: card stock - white, black 2 shades of blue mustard yellow; Robotz Cricut cartridge; Silhouette Studio cut file; rub ons - Under My Bed by October Afternoon and Cogsmo by Cosmo Cricket; stamp - Boob Tubes by Paper Smooches.

Block Party

Happy Thursday everyone!!!!

I'm popping in today with a little card I made for Cas-ual Fridays!

I thought it would be fun to do a little play on words for my card. I cut the building blocks out with my Cameo using a Silhouette Studio cut file and printed the sentiment using my Print Shop program on my computer.

Supplies used: card stock - white, red, blue, green, yellow; fonts - Block and CK Windsong

Whimsical Wednesday "Happy St. Paddy's Day" challenge

Well, do you have your green ready to wear so you'll be "pinch proof" on St. Paddy's Day?
I have my house all decorated. We always have a fun St. Patrick's dinner at my house, complete with a hunt for the gold with my grandchildren.

This week over at Whimsical Designs our challenge theme is "Happy St. Paddy's Day", create a card or project and include something to do with St. Patricks Day: ie-green, four leaf cover, leprechaun.

Our sponsor for this week is Miriams Crafting Supplies and you can win 10 sets of pearls!!!

For my St. Patricks Day project I made Pots of Gold as favors to put on my table for my friends and family. 

They were created using a Silhouette Studio cut file. I tied green and gold shamrock charms around the pots with twine and added a label too. The label was stamped with one of Stephanies sentiment stamps from her set Whimsical Fun Vol 1 which you can purchase here. I filled them with green M & M's and chocolate filled gold coins.

Supplies used: card stock - black, shiny gold, green, vanilla; twine - my stash; stamp - Whimsical Fun Vol 1 by Whimsical Designs; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; Silhouette Studio cut file; glascine bags - Michaels; candy.

Now I hope you'll head on over to Whimsical Designs to see the other fabulous St. Paddy's day projects the design team has created!!!!!!

You're Tweet

This is my second post for today.

I wanted to get in on the fun over at Case This Sketch!

I created my card using a cute little bird rub on by American Crafts, a fun speech bubble wood veneer and a Silhouette Studio cut file for the grass.

Supplies used: card stock - white, green; rub on - American Crafts; wood veneer - Studio Calico; alphabet rub ons - Simply Sweet in Limeade by Doodlebug; Silhouette Studio cut file; twine - my stash.

You Blow Me Away

It was a gorgeous day here on Monday, took the grandkids to the park and they had a fun time!!!! I felt spring in the air :) and I'm ready!!!

I'd like to share a card I created for The Play Date Cafe, the suggested colors are Hollyhock, Spring Bud and Azure.

For my card I used stamps from bubblegum4me by The Stamps Of Life. Cute and fun stamp set!!

Supplies used: card stock - white, pink, blue, green, silver; patterned paper - Delight in Hello Sunshine by American Crafts; stamps - bubblegum4me by The Stamps of Life; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; border punch - Fiskars; rhinestones - Kaiser Craft

Sneak Peek - LUFP

I have a little sneak peek of a card I made for Link Up For Pink!

I hope you'll stop by the blog and check it out.

Ladies - Don't forget your mammograms!!! Take care of your girls!

Sunflower Happy Birthday

Well we are off to a new week!!! Hope yours is a happy one!!!

I was able to get a little time in my craft room this weekend. I'd like to share one of the cards I was able to finish. This is a birthday card for the challenge over at Seize The Birthday!

For my card I inked up a pretty stamp by Unity called Face The Sunshine. I paper pieced her dress and colored the rest of the image with my Copics. 

Supplies Used: card stock - white, green; patterned paper - baby girl baby's breath by Doodlebug; stamps - Face The Sunshine by Unity, sentiment sampler by Paper Smooches; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; Copic markers; corner punch - Martha Stewart; flower - my stash; sewing machine; Pop Dots.

Easter Eggs

It's finally the weekend and I am so happy!!!! Love the extra time in my craft room!!!!!

I' like to share a little Easter card I created for Freshly Made Sketches.

Supplies used: card stock - white, yellow; patterned papers from Peep by We R Memory Keepers; stamp from Peep by We R Memory Keepers; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; Copic markers; oval scallop, square and square scallop punches by Stampin' Up; rub on alphabet - Simply Sweet in Bubblegum by Doodlebug; ribbon - my stash.

You're My Lucky Charm

Just a quick little post to share a card I made for the challenge over at Mojo Monday this week!

I created a St. Patrick's Day card using some papers by Reminisce, a Silhouette Studio cut file for the shamrock and a little sentiment stamp I got in the $1 bin at JoAnn's.

Supplies used: card stock - white, vanilla, 2 shades of green; patterned paper - Celtic Stripe by Reminisce; stamp - Studio G; ink - Gable Green and Green Galore by Stampin' Up; Silhouette Studio cut file; twine, charm - my stash; label punch - EK Success; garment pin - Making Memories; paper piecing tool and template - Bazzill; Pop Dots.

Hoppy Easter

The theme this week at Casology is bunny!!!

I thought I would play along.  I used a circle punch for the bunnies face, a Silhouette Studio cut file for the ears, and I freehand cut the nose. 

Supplies used: card stock - white, grey, pink; Silhouette Studio cut file; twine - Liz's Paper Loft Boutique; alphabet stickers - Colorbok; Pop Dots.