Butterfly Wonder

Hi Everyone! Today is a new challenge at Card Crafter's Circle, and it's construction time! This time round I've chosen a simple easel card (I've never done it before now.) and used a very sweet little girl image from Digi Darla's called Butterfly Wonder!

I've coloured her up with my pencil crayons and her little butterfly to.  Then I used some lovely papers by Recollections, some crocheted flowers with brads, and some punched butterflies that I coloured dots on to match.  Plus of course the fun 'grass' I created with my EK Success border punch and the stems for the flowers were from a studio G flower stamp.
Thank you so much for coming to see my card! Have a wonderful day and do pop over to see the fabulous inspiration from the others at Card Crafter's Circle!

Clear Digi Stamps May Release

Hi Friends, today I'd like to share with you some of the new releases at Clear Digi Stamps this month. Being showcased at the Clearly iStamp blog.  I have chosen to use the set Rubber Boots (pre-coloured image and sentiment) and the green digi paper with the set.  I added a crocheted flower with brad and some rhinestone butterflies.

I've also chosen to create with this great Construction set! I chose the outline version of the truck and sentiment. I coloured it with my pencil crayons and then added liquid pearls to the headlights and crystal lacquer to the windows.  I used a metallic pencil for the silver (chrome) and it has a bit of sparkle to it in the light.

My youngest son loved this card so much that I had to promise to make one for him (different sentiment of course. LOL).....he just adored that truck!

Thanks so much for dropping by to see me and the wonderful new releases from Clear Digi Stamps.  Do pop over to the Clearly iStamp blog to see the rest of these fabulous new sets!

A Woman I'm Thankful For

I believe we all have a woman in our lives that has made an impact on who we are today!  As a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, I look up to other older women in the faith and the lessons that they share.  I have a friend named Rose-Marie that I love hearing from (we live a long ways apart) and she always is encouraging and real with me.  She's such a blessing!
Titus 2:3 "The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;"
Each day is a day to learn and to put into practice those things learned from God's Word.  
Today begins a wonderful new challenge at Scribbles Designs.  It is to make a card for Mother's or a special woman in your life.  
I have used one of Sandy's beautiful flower images (Flower 2) and I actually coloured it with water based markers.  Then I used some distress in in broken china to ink the empty space.  The background is a fun embossing technique: you ink the folder and then emboss and the raised area is white, this I inked with another colour.  The sentiment is from Studio G and then I added a few ribbon layers.  
We'd love to see your creations for the special ladies in your life! Do pop over to the Scribbles Designs Blog and see the wonderful inspiration that the design team has created for you and then check out the details of the challenge! Oh, and if you'd like to get an image from Sandy's store to play along (this is optional, but we love to see them) you can pick one up HERE at the Scribbles Store.  
Have a wonderful day and don't forget to make time to tell these ladies that you love them!

I'd like to share this card with Word Art Wednesday.

Tweetest Friend

Hello All! I'm here to show you a new birthday card that I've made using the wonderful new set called Birthday Chicks at the From the Heart Stamps Store.  Plus I've used the wonderful new sketch from Delightful Inspiration {from the heart} for the weekly challenge....do go check it out!

I coloured these wonderful chicks up with my pencil crayons and fussy cut them out.  I used papers from Recollections and some vellum from my stash.  It's hard to see in the picture, but the vellum is cut in a semi-circle with a scalloped edge to match the opposite panel.  The sentiment is from this sweet set to!
Thanks so  much for coming by to see me! Have a beautiful day and do pop over to see about the challenge.....lots of fun!

Learning New Techniques

Hello Everyone, I just want to share with you some of the fantastic cards that I made last week at a card class I was blessed to attend. 

This one was a lot of steps.  The birds are actually foil that we transferred with a stencilling tool, then we glittered the branches and then glittered the rest.  It was all on this sticky paper that I cannot remember the name of.  Very fun! I came home with tons of sparkles -all- over me! hehehe

 Then we did this card and theres a ton more to it than meets the eye!  These are all stickers that have been coloured (they were silver to start with).  We pealed the silhouettes out and put them on acetate and cut them out.  The we used a special tape to get the rest of the stickers and transferred them to the card base.  the acetate was heated to to make it lift off a bit and a glue dot holds them in place!  Something I never knew you could do with stickers! Fun!

Then on to this one! We actually painted the background with glitter ink misters and then embossed the vase and used a stencil to cut it out.  The pussy willows are pasted and the vase is inked and pasted in clear.  It was really interesting!

 Then, I must say this next one was one that I always wanted to try! A cascading card! Totally worth it!  Love the wonderful die cuts and flowers we used to decorate with and we all left with instructions so I hope to make another one!

Thank you so much for peeking at my pics! It's always fun to go to a class and learn new things!
Have a wonderful day!

Time for Tea!

Do any of you enjoy tea parties? I do, and I love the femininity of it.  I'm not a hugely girly girl, but I do love flowers and pretty things....like tea cups and saucers!  My mother gave me some beautiful cups and saucers, one for each of us girls (my daughters and I) and they have a cherished place in our kitchen!  Some of my favourite memories growing up was having a cup of tea with my parents.  I so cherish them and the wonderful memories that I have with them!
Today's challenge at Card Crafter's Circle is Pink and Yellow and so I've combined some lovely papers from Teresa Collins, a doily, some lace and pearled flowers.  The wonderful tea cup image called Tea Time Stacked Tea Cups and is from our fabulous sponsor Floppy Latte Designs.

Do you love pink and yellow? We'd love to see your creations! Just pop over to the Card Crafter's Circle for some wonderful inspiration and to join us!

Cupcakes and a Mouse!

I must say that I have a soft spot for sweet treats, and I love giving them to others as gifts to!  Today I've made a card using the new sketch over at Delightful Inspiration {from the heart} and use the cupcake lineup image and sentiment from From the Heart Stamps.  YUM! I used some bright papers from Recollections and my stash and some bits of ribbon and some rhinestones.  Nice and simple to tuck in with some frosted goodness! LOL
This is a wonderful sketch, and we'd love to see what you do with it! Hop over to Delightful Inspiration {from the heart} for all the details!

But wait, there're more!!! There is also a new freebie challenge going on at Delightful Inspiration {from the heart}.  Here's a card I made using this sweetie!

You can find this sweet mouse at the From the Heart Stamps Store HERE and play along for a freebie next month......the wonderful freebies will keep coming as long as you're joining us!
I used some lovely blue check paper from the Dollar Store and some burlap from some potatoes I bought from a local farmer. (they were yummy!) with a couple staples and a bow form one of the strands of burlap.  Oh, and the sentiment is from Tina Wenke....a clear stamp I have.
We'd love to have you join us........just pop over HERE!