Butterfly Day!

Hello Friends! Today I have a card to share with you for the Winged Things challenge at the Card Crafter's Circle this week!  I have used this sweet image by MilkCoffee called Charlotte and butterfly.
The papers are from Dear Lizzy and I've added some ribbon and lace with a metal clip and metal corner.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tiffany in the Daffodils

Hello! Today starts another wonderful challenge at Card Crafter's Circle! This time is Yellow and Green.  Yellow and green make me think of spring and daffodils.  Now in the stores they are bringing out the forced bulbs and making me think of growing things again.  Although I still have about 3 more months till spring is here in the Yukon.
Anyhoo, back to my card.   I have used the delighful Tiffany in victorian gown by our sponsor Milk Coffee.   They are offering 3 images to the winner and one image for each of the top 3!!!

For my card, I've added a row of daffodil bunches I found at The Bird's Cards -free. and then used this wonderful sentiment by Hannelie at Desert Diva found free HERE!  With a bit of lace and ribbon with a couple rhinestones, it make me want to go for a walk among some flowers!  Oh, and a closer look at this lovely lady. Come join us at the Card Crafter's Circle for some fun! Have a great day!

Have You Said......

How important it is to tell others thank you......often!  Whenever I find myself feeling down I try to count my blessings.  When I do so, I find myself compelled to thank others for how they touch my life in wonderful ways!  The other day my young daughter came up to me and for no reason at all gave me a hug.  How special it is to know her love in such a simple gesture!
I have created this card for the new challenge over at Card Crafter's Circle. This week its about Giving Thanks.  If you're celebrating Thanksgiving or just wanting to let someone know you're thankful for them, we'd love to see your creations!

My card I've used an image by our wonderful sponsor Milk Coffee called Flower for Mom.  I've coloured it up with my pencil crayons and inked the edges with yellow and old paper distress ink.  The papers are from Sweet Afternoon collection by Teresa Collins (I've inked the edges just a bit). The sentiment is from Studio g and the rhinestones are Forever in Time.
Do pop over to the Card Crafter's Circle to see the design team's creations!
With all this said, I want to thank each of you who stop by to see my blog!  Regardless of whether you leave comments (although I love hearing from you!) it's wonderful to know you take the time to see what I've been doing! I pray you'll have a wonderful day!

Fabulous Fabric!

Hello! I  have a card to share with you today that is for our challenge at Card Crafter's Circle this week. It's about using fabric on your creation.  I have never sewed on my cards and thought that it was high time I tried it.  So......I actually liked it and I love the extra element it adds to the card.
I have used an image from our wonderful sponsor Milk Coffee called Lisabeth with sunflower.

I have coloured her up with pencil crayons and attached her to the fabric with tape and glue.  I put her in a bit of a frame with the buttons and bow.
My girls and I have tons of little bits of fabric from different projects so I think I'll be trying this again!
So, now it's your turn, you don't have to sew your fabric, just add it to your creation whatever way you'd like!
Check out the teams creations for you at Card Crafter's Circle!  We'd love to see what you come up with!

Want to Swing?

I just love to swing! Do you?  I just saw this wonderful image and knew she had to be up in the air!  Today there is a new wonderful challenge over at Card Crafter's Circle and it's all about construction.  I've never really created these kinda cards so here's my effort!   It was so much fun that perhaps I'll be doing more of these construction cards.  There's so much inspiration at the Card Crafter's Blog.....it's enough to spur anyone on!
This week we are being sponsored by the incredible Milk Coffee Designs.  The randomly drawn challenge winner will receive their choice of 3 Milk Coffee images! Then....get this....The wonderful designers at Milk Coffee, will also provide one image to each of our chosen Top 3!  Don't you want to play?

                                       
Well for my card I've used Lisabeth at the swing by Milk Coffee.  I've coloured her with my prismas, fussy cut out the image and hung her with some fine lace ribbon.  To create her airy scene I made a window with my Creative Memories oval cutting tool and then added some fun cloud paper to the background.  I figured that the base would look best as grass so I brought out my EK Success border punch and used it to create some lovely softness.  I thought it needed more dimension so i added an extra fold in there to hold the grass apart.  Then I added a touch of dark inking around the edge of the blue sky and some lovely felt daisies from my stash.  I saw this wonderful sentiment in my TLC folder and thought that it would be perfect for this scene.  I cut out the sentiment with my CM oval cutting tool as well.
Would you like to see more angles?  Here you go.

And another.

Thank you so much for dropping by to see me and perhaps I'll see you at the Card Crafter's Circle!

The Golden Touch

Hello, do you have the golden touch when it comes to gardening? I don't! I do love gardening, but it never turns out like I dream of.  Over at the Card Crafter's Circle this week it's Pot of Gold- to use Gold in your creation.  I have used this wonderful girl and watering can called Lola from Milk Coffee since I have a love for collecting watering cans. This pic looks a bit bright, to see it clearer just click on the pic and then you can see it better!
I have used a couple new things on my card today. Well new techniques I've not used before.  One is the background I created myself using a new stamp from a set by Heidi Grace that I received as a blog candy from my friend Karen.  Then I also used another stamp from that same set to create the corners.  I first stamped them with pigment ink and then used some gold embossing powder and heat gun to give it that shiny gold finish.  I must say that it was fun to play with these new things!
For the card, I layered them all together with another strip of DP from Stampin' Up and added a blue bow from Offray.  For a final touch I added a beautiful circle sentiment that I found at Hanniele's Desert Diva Blog. (it's free!, and there are lots to choose from )
This week's sponsor at Card Crafter's Circle is Milk Coffee and We'd love to see your creations with Gold! The prize this week up for grabs is 3 digis for the winner and 1 for each of the top three! How generous! Lots of chances to win some wonderful images!