For Being You!

Today I have a card to share with you that I've made at the Cindy Coutt's Season of Love card class.  It's a thank you card and I'll be sharing this over at Sentimental Sundays thank you challenge.    I've missed playing in their challenges and I'm glad I've been able to this time!
For my card, I've created a background with a Hero Arts stamp.  Then I added a great ribbon from Stampin' Up and this flower from Heidi Grace which I coloured the inside with my yellow prisma pencil crayon.  Then I added my sentiment from Whimsy Stamps and two small flowers from my collection.  When I was done this I did a bit with the inside.  The inside sentiment is from Tina Wenke and the flower and bottom flourish is from Heidi Grace.  I added a touch of yellow to all the flower centers.

Thank you so much for dropping by! I love to share with you my creations! Have a wonderful day!

A Strong Hold

Today I have a card that I'd like to share with you, I created for my cousin who I just found out has been diagnosed with breast cancer.  My heart greatly goes out to her as our grandmother and her mother (my Aunt) died of the same cancer.  It is my prayer that she'll hold onto Christ Jesus the Lord and for he has the strength to hold her fast!  Whatever the future holds for her.
I have used a collection of papers from K & Company and word art by Karen from Paper Craft Memories. 
I created this card also for the following challenges.
Word Art Wednesday- scripture/encouragement
Stampin' Sisters In Christ- Use only a sentiment/no images
Sentimental Sundays- Banners/Pennants and a bonus sketch(which I turned sideways)

Blooms with Love and Blessings

Today is a dear friends birthday today!  Happy Birthday Anne-Marie! (She's from Little Apple Falls) Hope your day is blooming with love and blessings!
For today I have a card that I'd like to share with you that I've made for the Sentimental Sunday's -cute and girly challenge.  I've chosen this wonderful new image just released over at Designed 2 Delight and isn't she just super cute! The sentiment is also from this months wonderful release as well.  They can be found HERE! I've coloured her up with my prismas and layered her with some wonderful papers by ATD Momenta.  The edges of the image and sentiment are just inked a tad around the edges and I've added some lovely yellow pearls to the image frame and the center of the flowers.  The ribbon is Stampin' Up.
I'm also linking my card up with  Love to Create Challenges- Anything Goes

Thank you so much for dropping by!

Thinking of You

Hello everyone! I have been thinking of all of you, my wonderful followers and how much I appreciate all of the wonderful comments and thought you share with me! It is really a blessing.  So just a note that you don't go un-noticed this is for you!

My husband at a garage sale last weekend found these incredible pre-made card bases from My Mind's Eye and surprised me with them!  So I plucked one out of the package and used it as my base.  I love My Mind's Eye papers and this is the first time I've had any of their product.  So, not to detract too much from this lovely pattern I chose to layer some wonderful flower dies (that included these lovely leaves) that I cut out by hand from Fred She Said Designs.  I did ink the edges just a bit with some blue Windflower ink and then added a pearl to the centers.  Then I stamped the sentiment from Heidi Grace with green Windflower, inked the edges with both green and blue and matted it to some green cardstock from my stash.  Then it still looked empty so I added some butterflies that I punched out of the remaining flowers from the sheet with my EK Success punch.  After adding the rhinestones to the butterflies I felt it was complete! The card base has a nice shine to it and you can see that in the pic under the sentiment.  I thought it gave the flowers and butterflies a bit of an airy feeeling!
Here are a couple more shots I took.

I will be sharing this card with:
Sentimental Sundays:  Whimsical + a sentiment
Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Build up your card -I chose to layer my flowers
Just keep on Creating: Anything Goes
Thank you for dropping by, God Bless!

What is Love?

Time for some Love! My children are all sick today so I'll try to be brief.  I just wanted to share this with you.  I used an image from Digi My World, which is pre-coloured.  I tied a button onto the heart with some embroidery thread and attached it to some cardstock from Stampin' Up.  I popped it up over some more ribbon that I actually tied inside the card (sorry I forgot to take a pic of that!) which is crossed over some lovely paper from K&Company.  It was a simple card, but I hope it warms someones heart!
I'm entering this card in Little Miss Muffet's challenge- Valentines/Love; Sentimental Sundays-Feel the Love; and Shelly's Images challenge- All Tied Up.
Thanks for stopping by to have a peek! Hugs.

Feel My Hug!

I think that the best things to have when I'm not feeling well are hugs! My inspiration this card is "get well/feel better" from the For Fun challenge- which I missed, but wanted to acknowledge them for their part! Then the Sentimental Sundays's challenge Die Cuts.  Since I didn't have any dies, I went out and found this lovely oval scalloped one.  So excited - my first die set!!!
I used the die to cut out my sweet image by Sliekje- get well girl and the sentiment from TLC.  I layered the image on some blue cardstock that I had leftover from making my base, and then I inked the edges of the sentiment.  I placed this on some embossed paper and framed it with a lovely blue ric rac!(the sentiment is popped up) Then the corners looked empty so I added some bright pink buttons to compliment her bouquet with some yellow embroidery thread tied on.  For a final touch I used a crystal laquer to bring out the vase.  Unfortunately it didn't bring it out in the picture.  I hope this will bring a hug and a smile to whomever get it!
Thanks so much for dropping by!

For the Love of Birdhouses!

Hello Everyone! I have one gigantic post for you today! I just love all the birdhouses that Sandy over at Scribbles by Sandy has been creating!  I couldn't decide what image to use, so I just used them all and made a mini set out of them!  If you haven't discovered Sandy's wonderful site, and her lovely images, go HERE!
Ok, are you ready, it's a bit of a read, but I pray you won't be sorry! Then if you'd like, I'd love to hear which one you liked best!

For this one, I love blue as you can see and I thought that the tulips should stand on their own so I coloured them pink.  I am entering this card in For Fun challenges- just for fun.

I just love the little birdie on this one! I framed it in black to highlight the image frame!  I am entering this card in Stampin' Sister's in Christ's challenge - Use something new.  For this I have used a new clear sentiment stamp and the new digi stamp.

I love yellow roses (they mean friendship)and thought this image needed a yellow touch to it! This card I'm entering in Stamp and Create challenges - Anything Goes (monthly). This is a new challenge blog to me and looks fun!

 I printed out a second copy of this image and thought I'd give it a more delicate look.  I am entering this card in Sweet Stampin's challenge - glitter, bling, shine, sparkle.  I love the pearls on this and every girl who goes out with pearls shines in the spotlight.

I tried to give this one a bold look.  I think the two birds are hopefully having a "nice" chat atop the roof! I'm entering this card in Paper Creations Ink challenge - love and romance.  These birds have a wonderful place to share with each other.

I love the rose garden this little birdie looks to be guarding!  I am entering this card in Designed 2 Delight's challenge - Create a card with a heart.  I love the tiny hearts on this birdhouse so I thought it would fit! I am also entering this card in Penny's Paper-Craft challenge - To use birds.

I really liked this image to so I printed off a second of it as well.  This one making a bit more bold to highlight the black in it's border! I am entering this card in Annabelle Stamps challenge - Anything goes.

For me, this one is all about the ribbon and the sweet bows! I love buttons to so this one gets some.  I am entering this card in Sentimental Sunday's challenge - Ribbon + a sentiment.
Well, did you make it to the bottom?  Hope you enjoyed the cards I have to share with you today.  Remember leave me a comment of what one you liked best.  Thanks so much for dropping by! Hugs!

Blue Snow

Hi, I'm back again today with another post.  This one is inspired by Sentimental Sunday's challenge -Snow, Blue &/or Glitter and Stampin' Sister's in Christ's challenge- Thinking of You.  I just love this image by MelJen's Designs and thought he'd look good in blue! Not to mention that blue is my favorite colour. I coloured him and layered him on some blue cardstock.  Under this big sweetheart I put some velum with let is snow printed on it.  I used the dark blue ribbon and frayed the edges to look like scarfs.  I added some snowflakes from Hero Arts and added a rhinestone to the centers.  The sentiment is from Inkadinkado and to finish the card off I added some sparkles with my silver ink pad.  All in all, I thought this was super fun! Here are a couple more fun shots of this card.

Thanks for dropping by! Hugs.

Another Year Has Begun

Hello everyone, another year has begun and I'm very excited to see where it takes me.  I hope you all will join me in my online adventure this year!

For my first card for this year, I have a birthday card.  I love Sliekje's images and chose these adorable kittens bearing gifts.  I used some lovely papers from Stampin' Up and layered them with some white cardstock from Autumn Leaf.  I loved this sentiment from the Paper Garden and have added a couple of sweet heart stamps from Fiskars.  The Ribbon is tied and the button is tied on with some embroidery thread, which I tied off in a bow.  To finish it off I added three lovely pearls.
I am entering this card in Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes challenge.  They are having a wonderful New Year's Day Blog Hop over there and I recommend you check it out! It's fantastic!
I'm also entering this in One Crazy Stamper's Red, White and another colour challenge.

Before I go, I just want to say THANK YOU to all of you for leaving wonderful comments on my posts! I just love getting your feedback and it's warms my heart to know you took the time to share with me your thoughts!

Sentimental Sundays is Throwing a Party!

Hello Everyone! As you can see, Sentimental Sundays is having a party on January 1st and you are all invited! They will be having a blog hop and prizes and we will all get to meet their new designers! Yeah! Plus if you help share the word for their party, you'll be in the running for another wonderful prize! Come on over and join in the fun!  Here!

For You

For this post, I have a gift tag that I've done for Sentimental Sundays Challenge -Masculine gifttags plus a sentiment.  I am totally enjoying Sliekje's images so here is another one. I coloured him with prismas and then cut a little hole on each side of the ropes so I could thread some ribbon through.  I secured the ribbon with some great screw brads from Forever in Time.  I then matted it all on some misc cardstock that I popped up from the rest of the tag.  For the base background I used a piece that I found in my scrap pile.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches, I inked the edges the same as I did around the image, and it's tied to the tag with some satin green ribbon.  For a final touch I added a little metal star clip to the bottom edge of the image.
Thanks for dropping by and have a great day!
PS Do go check out Sliekje's blog.  Her images and posts are wonderul! Here

Thankful Butterfly

Today I have a card for the Digi My World Challenge - Giving Thanks.  I chose their adorable butterfly digi since I love it and am thankful for the colour they bring to our yard all summer long.  The wonderful sentiment is from Dee's Designs (a freebie - Here).  She has a wonderful blog do go have a peek around and see all she's been creating.  The moment I saw this patterned paper on TLC's blog (it's free) I knew it was meant for this sweet butterfly! I coloured the image with prismacolours (softening the outside lines) and then used Color Box ink (blue) to give the background a bit of a blue sky feel.  I found this wonderful huge button in my collection and paired it with some fun ribbon from Mulicraft Imports.  With the paper having little stitches on it I added some stitched light purple embroidery thread to the corners of the image and then sewed the button and ribbon onto the card with it as well.  With just a bit of distressing around the edges, this card was an enjoyable one to create! Hope you like it.
I'm also entering this card in Sentimental Sundays Challenge - Thanksgiving/Thank You + a sentiment; and Designed 2 Delight's challenge - A thank you or thankful gift for a hostess or anyone.

Love is in the Air

Love is in the air, and my cousin is getting married.  It worked out perfectly to join in the challenge over at Sentimental Sundays - Wedding/ Anniversary plus a sentiment.  I found this lovely heart stamp in my stash and thought it would look perfect with only colouring the flowers and a few of the leaves.   I tried to keep it simple yet with a bit of grace.
I'm also entering this card in Stampin' Sisters in Christ - to use a stamp that is one of your first or you haven't used in a long time.
Supplies:
Stamps: Unknown heart wreath stamp; handwritten sentiment
Ink: Ink it Up- cranberry; Tim Holtz Distress Ink- old paper; prismacolor pencil crayons
Papers:  Stampin' Up cardstock; Black Ink- decorative papers
Accessories:  Pearls- Chrystal Stickers; Pop up glue dots- Fiscars

Folded Dorthy

Hello, I'd like to share my first folded card with you today.  I've never gone away from the traditional before so this was really fun for me!  I was challenged by Sentimetal Sundays to make a card with folds in it.  This is what I've come up with.

I just love how my folded Dorthy card came together.  I coloured the sweet Dorthy image by Stretch N' Bubbles with coloured pencils and baby oil.  Then matted her on two colours of cardstock.  I used some lovely papers from ATD, fun ribbon from Multicraft Imports, and three glittered flowers from Forever in Time's Floral Embellishments.  I cut the card out so that the fold opens to the side instead of the middle so it would showcase the lovely ribbon tie on the inside of the one fold.  For the sentiment ( From TLC), I decided to make it the focal point of the inside instead of leaving room to write.  I glued the sentiment on some pink cardstock, inked the edges a bit with my pink Color Box ink pad, then distressed the cardstock edges.  I left the whole left inside space for personal notes.  Once everything was in place on the card, I attatched my "Dorthy" to the card with some Fiskars pop up glue dots so she fit nicely over the ribbon.   
( Someone asked me how I distressed and to tell you the truth it's so easy.  A wonderful crafty designer I know showed me how to just scratch the edge of the paper with my finger nail.  Well, I started to get a cramp right away - yes pathetic I know- so I reached for the first straight edge I could find.  My scissors- so I just scrap away at the edge of the paper with my scissors until I like the look of it. )
I am entering this card in Sentimental Sundays - Fancy Folds challenge