card for my dearest sis!

I made this card for my favorite sister although she is really my sister in law! She is also one of the bestest friends I have ever had and she will never know how much she really means to me! I love you Barb!

Today is her birthday and I sure hope she got my card in time for her special day. I used my new Bildmalarna stamp. I also added a pretty crocheted flower a good friend made and sent to me a long time ago. Barb loves glitter and sparkle even more than I do so added lots of stickles. I pray her day was one of the best she has ever had! (it is for me as my brother is giving her a plane ticket to Idaho so she can spend a week here with me! I am so excited! She will be here the first week of December!)

The photo is not very good as it looks all washed out. I was in a hurry to get it mailed to her that I didn't check to see how the picture turned out.

Challenges I am entering:

Challenge up Your Life-color

Totally Paper Crafts- glitter

Hanna and Friends-glitter

Our Craft Lounge-colors

Paper Pretties- embellish it!

The Paper Shelter- anything goes

Thank you for stopping by. May God bless you all in a special way!

30th Birthday card

My friend in Montana wants a card for her daughter-in-law's 30th birthday. I hope she likes this okay. She wanted it done in purples with pinks and blues. I chose the little images from Bildmalarnas because I think they are so cute. I used me new cricut cartridge "Billionaire" for the name and numbers. Added lots of stickles and Blingz to finish it off.

Challenges I am entering:

Crafty Boots-wings

Heart Song Inspirations- ribbon

Pile It On- fancy folds

Bows and Berries- glitter

One Stop Craft Challenge- easel card

The Paper Shelter- one for the girls

Victorine Stamps- easel

Stampin' for the Weekend- what a cutie!

My Sheri Crafts- sewing

Thank you so much for stopping by and God Bless!

Another simple card

Here is another simple card for my Montana friend.. I chose to use "Daisy" from Sugar Nelly. It was one of the first stamps I bought once I started making cards but have never used her. To me she is so perfect for "thinking of you". I hope this will be acceptable for what she wants.

Challenges I am entering:

Crafty Catz-sketch

Fab n' Funky- I used ribbon, stamped image and flowers for BINGO

One Stop Craft Challenge- girly

My Sheri Crafts- sewing

Sweet Stamping- flowers

Stamping for the Weekend- pink

Colour Create- pink, brown, cream and white

Thank you so much for stopping by. God bless each of you!

a simple "Thinking of You" card

Here is a simple card I made for the lady in Montana. She said she would like a few simple, smaller cards to send to her friends. I have a hard time making the smaller ones as I want to add just too many embellies and there is not quite the room. Plus she did want them a little plainer. Well, plain it what she gets with this one. lol Anyway, I used a stamp that I have had colored for quite awhile but did nothing with. The borders are from a MS punch. The paper is from a "My Minds Eye" pad that I have had for a long time too but never used. I hope she likes what I have done with this one. Now two more plain to go and then a fun one again! lol

Challenges I am entering:

Sunday Sketch and Stamp- sketch

Alphabet challenge- Q for quick and easy....boy was it ever. lol

Frosted Designs- punch

Card Making Mamas- punches

Thank you so much for stopping by. God Bless!

Thinking of You for Uncle Lew

My cousin called the other day to let me know that my uncle (Mom's only brother) had fallen and broke his hip. I have not seen him in several years as his daughters moved him away from this area to be closer to them. He is 92 now and lives in an assisted living home. I wanted to just let him know I was thinking and praying for a speedy recovery for him. He always loved fishing so I thought this little guy might give him a smile and maybe remind him of "the good ole days". He is my mothers only brother so the only blood uncle I had. (Dad had all sisters.) Uncle Lew has always had a special place in my heart. I really miss taking my mom to visit and then listening to them relive their childhood memories and talk about their parents. My sister and I used to just sit and listen and enjoy learning so much about their young years and the parents gramma and grampa were.

I really hate the plastic that the embellishments come on when the flash seems to catch them better than anything else about a card! lol The fly in the lower left corner is one my little nephew made for me to use on cards and layouts several years ago. He was just learning fly tying.

Challenges I am entering:

Willow Sketchie- sketch

Challenge up Your Life- something for a man

Creative Stamp Friends- something for a man

Crafty Boots- anything goes

Sweet Stamping-anything but a birthday

Thank you for stopping by. God bless!

60th Anniversary card.

This is another custom order I have for that special lady in Montana. I was at a loss as to just what to make for a 6oth anniversary so sure hope she likes how the end product came out. I am pretty nervous on this one as it took me so long to come up with an idea and then try to execute this idea into reality, that I have no time to make another if this one is not ok. Oh the stress I put myself under instead of just playing and having fun! lol Anyway, I just made a simple step card but added "braces" to the bottom so it won't "step out" too far. lol I used the cricut to cut out the names and the 60. For "Love", I had to dig out the old sizzlet dies. A couple MS butterfly punches and some flowers finished it off. Well, actually lots and lots of stickles finished it off. lol I do hope the lady who ordered this and the couple who may receive it, are blessed by it.

Challenges I am entering:

Order of the Opus Gluei- roses or rosettes

Sparkles Forum- punches

Little Claires- wedding / anniversary

One Stop Craft Challenge- anything but square

Totally Gorjuss-As you like it

Scrappy Frogs- bling

Paper Creations Ink- flowers

Sarah Hurley- bling and sparkle

The Paper Shelter- dies

Jellypark Friends-get punchy

Hooked on Crafts-wings

KB Cute-butterflies

Thank each and everyone for stopping by. May God always bless you!

My nephew's birthday is next week and I wanted to make him a special card. When I was going thru all my stamps and saw this little fellow I wanted to use it for him.

Both stamps are from Penny Black. The pp came from a pack that someone gave me several years ago. The button paws are many years old as I think they were from when my girls were little and I made different hair clips for them........talk about digging deep into stash! lol

Challenges I am entering:

2 Sisters- sketch

Raise the Bar- dog days of summer (must have a doggy)

Bunny Zoe's- easel card

Cards for Men- anything goes

Paper Playtime-anything goes

The Pink Elephant-stitching

Here Come the Boys-critters

Sparkles Forum-one for the boys

Stamptacular Sundays-multi-folds

Thanks so much for stopping by and even more if you leave a comment! God Bless!

another Birthday card

This is another case of my mind deceiving my hands....convincing them that this will work out and be wonderful. lol When I bought this stamp, I wanted to make a card for a dear friend, but now not too sure I will send it to her. She raises cows as pets.....having them all named and everything. lol In my mind I thought the bright pink and black would be just perfect for this image after I got it colored. Seems I would learn not to listen to what I tell myself because things never turn out how I plan them. lol Anyway, here it is in all it's gaudiness. lol

challenges I dare to enter are:

Fairy Fun Fridays- sketch

Craft Your Days Away- Birthday

Anything Goes- Birthday

Card Making Mamas-Birthday

The Crafty Pad- cute and girly (not too sure about the cute part tho! lol)

One Stitch at a Time-anything goes

Frosted Designs Fabulous Fridays- animals

Jellypark-favorite embellishments.....love stickles and also sewing

Pattie's Creations-animals or insects

Sew Many Cards-3 or more brads- used them for the center of the flowers

Sweet Stampin- down on the farm

Designed 2 Delight- pink and black

Thank you all so much for stopping by. God bless you always!

Happy Birthday Jodi!

My eldest daughter turns 34 this month! I cannot believe how fast the time has flown. I remember so well the first time I saw her how excited I was to have my little girl! Her brother was just two years and she was his baby from the start! Oh the memories of so many years and yet it seems like yesterday. I cannot believe how old my kids are making me! lol Anyway, this is the card I made for her. I showed it to her daughters and they really liked it so am hoping she will too.

Happy Birthday wonderful daughter! I love you!

As you can see I use the darling stamp from CC Designs. I thought the "sweets" paper from Nana's Kitchen was so cute I just had to use it. By the time I got the card done, you couldn't see all that much. lol I used one of my new Nestabilities for the doily circle. I think I will enjoy the new nesties I have purchased if I can just remember to use them. When I found the sketch I wanted to use, I pictured this card looking so much cuter than the finished product but then again, my mind lies to me about how wonderful things are going to turn out! lol As usual, I had to finish it all up with lots and lots of stickles.

Challenges I am entering:

Sketch N Stash- sketch

Cupcake Craft- sewing

Card Making Mamas- Birthday

Fussy and Fancy Friday- use a lot -stickles, sewing and roses

Stamping for the Weekend- spots or dots

Wags 'n Wiskers- sparkle

Tuesday Throwdown-Birthday

Anything Goes-Happy Birthday/ Celebrations

A Spoonful of Sugar-Birthday

Craft Your Days Away- Birthday

Thank you so much for stopping by. Hugs and God bless!

Brithday Wishes and Butterfly Kisses

Today is my youngest grand daughter's birthday! I can't believe how fast time has flown since this sweet little girl joined out lives 10 years ago. She loves butterflies so I wanted to use several on her card. Pink is not her favorite color but I just had to make something pink after doing so many boy cards for my grandsons. Hope she doesn't mind too much. lol

Happy Birthday to you, dear sweet Hannah! You know how much Gramma loves you! I hope your day is as wonderful as you are!

Challenges I am entering:

A Gem of a Challenge- sketch

Papertake Weekly- anything goes

Lollipop Crafts- celebrations

Stamps R Us- Birthday

Party Time Tuesday- birthday and a fun hop!

Woodware USA-anything goes

Dutch Dare- kids

Amber's- sparkle and shine

Crafts and Me-anything goes

Little Darlings-girly

Celebrate the Occasion- kids birthday

Thank you so much for stopping by. God bless!

last birthday card for custom order

Here is the last of the birthday cards my new friend from Montana. I used my new little clown stamp and added lots of stickles. I dug out the old quickutz dies for the greenery and an old sizzix die for the tag. Used scraps from my parents anni card.
Sure hopes she likes all three!

Challenges:

ICP- sketch.........chose you own and I used #79

Aud Sentiments- at least two words

One Stitch at a Time- anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations- colors from picture.......loved this challenge

Paper Creator's Crafts- Special occasions

Art Impressions- something from you stash

Thank you so much for stopping by. God Bless!

My parents anniversary card

My parents celebrated 48 years together on the 6th. I made them this card and used the new Lily of the Valley image because her holding his hand really touched me. It just reminded me of the gentle love these two people have for each other. I hope some day my children will look at Jon and I with the same awe I have for my parents. I used some paper from a kit that I had forgot I even had. I also use the larger roses that I have always shied away from thinking they were too large for cards. The little heart charm was one of the first charms I bought way back when. Of course I had to use stickles on the flowers as well on the 48th. It looks a lot better in person than in these pictures.

Challenges I am entering

Creatalicious- sketch

Art Impressions- something from stash

Charisma Cards-flowers

OLLCB- flowers

Sentimental Sundays-anything goes

Ellphantastic- Celebrations

Thank you so much for stopping by. God bless!

Another little Birthday card

Here is another little birthday card I made for my friend to approve (or not..... lol) before purchasing. I just love the little "My Favorite Things" stamps. Two of my bestest scrapping buddies also made cards off this sketch. Thanks girls for playing with me! I colored her with copics, pearl chalks and colored pencils. As you can see, I had to add stickles too!

Challenges I am entering:

A Gem of a Challegne- sketch

Crafty Catz-colors of summer.....I think pinks and greens are very summery

4 Crafty Chicks- sewing

AiFactory- favorite embellishments- love stickles and also flowers and sewing.

Just for Fun- anything goes

Pals Paper Arts- favorite technique.... love sewing and coloring with pearl chalks

Crafts and Me- Birthday

My Mum's Craft Shop- something old- my stamp and something new- papers

The Paper Shelter- anything goes

Oldie but a Goodie- anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by. God Bless!

Birthday card for my grandson

My eldest grandchild will be 14 on Tuesday. I am so not sure of what kind of card to make a young man at that age. I chose to use this Edwin as he seems like a young teen type. Wasn't sure just how to decorate it so finally decided on stars. lol I sure hope my grandson likes it okay.

Challenges I am entering:

Sketch N Stash- sketch

Cards For Men- stars

Crafty Cardmakers-spots and stripes

Creative Stamp Friends- dots

HLSC-stars and stripes

Birthday Sundaes- stars and stripes birthday

Creative Inspirations-sewing

Here Come the Boys- spots and stripes

Birthday Sundays- stars and stripes

Stamptacular Sunday-stars and stripes

Thank you so much for stopping by and may God bless you!

A little Birthday greeting

My new friend in Montana that bought my first card ever, has ordered a few more for Birthdays. So I am throwing some together for her to choose from. Here is the first one. I used this little cutie from Whipper Snapper. What better way to spend a warm summer day than taking your kitty for a stroll! lol I love their stamps. I first found the sketch I wanted to use and then got busy. I am loving the stamp set I bought last month of tickets. As you can see I added stickles to the flowers and the ticket and even to the background paper on the front. Gotta love the bling! lol Since easel cards are her favorite, I made this one as an easel.

Thanks for stopping bye and God bless you always!

Challenges I am entering:

Hanna and Friends- sketch

Stamp and Create-summer

Ruby's Rainbow-flowers

Crafty Creations-let it shine....anything sparkly

Mark's Finest Papers- sparkle

Creative Belli- the letter "G" girl, glitter

Stamping for the Weekend- your favorite things.......cute stamps, glitter, sewing and card making and entering challenges lol

Another "Friend" card

I have really enjoyed my evenings this week since hubby is visiting his mother in California and am actually getting some craft time in. Yesterday, an old friend stopped by on her way thru Idaho from Arizona. We met for lunch and just visited for a couple hours. It was so good to see her again. It amazes me how God can bring someone into your life and even tho you do not get to see each other or do not really correspond much, the love you share as friends remains forever. I do not think her and I have even emailed each other for almost a year.....never talk on the phone.....well do not really communicate at all until we can meet up. And once we meet up, it is like we were still neighbors..... like so many years ago. I do thank the Lord for the awesome friends he has given me.

Anyway, Just thinking about friends and how much each one means to me, I made this card for a very special lady in my life. I hope she likes it when she receives it. I used one of my newest Mag stamps. I love the color combination of pink and green so went with it. lol You can see I added lots of bling! I sprayed the flowers with Glimmer mist and added stickles to the leaves. I did use a paper doily to follow the sketch but it seems to be lost in the midst of all the flowers. This is the first time I have used my old but never been used MS butterfly punches. Thank you so much for stopping by.

Challenges I am entering:

Stamp With Fun- sketch

Sweet Stampin'- something stamped and something with wings

Stampavie and More- butterflies

Deep Ocean-flowers

CES - sparkly flowers

Simply Create- come fly with us- something with wings

Crafts 4 Eternity- "R" embellishments.....roses and ribbon

Cute Stampers- flowers

One Stitch at a Time- wings

Ribbon Carousel- colored image and ribbon

Whoopsi Daisy- pile on the flowers

Hooked on Crafts- anything goes

God bless you all!

Digital Delights Guest designer card

I was so excited to be invited to be a guest designer for Digital Delights . They let me choose which stamp I would like to use and I fell in love with this darling froggy. My oldest dd loves and collects frogs and her dh's birthday is coming up so I thought this would make a good card for him. The pp I used is from the "Guy " stack from DCWV. I love the papers in this pad! I used my new Cricut cartridge "Nate's ABCs" for the numbers as well as for the green parts of the cat tails. (the brown was just hand cut). I thank the ladies at Digital Delights for this oportunity!

Challenges I am entering:

Southern Girls- anything goes

2 Sisters- for a guy

Creative Stamp Friends- Birthday

My Time To Craft- more than one image

Digital Tuesday- favorite ice cream colors- chocolate mint

Everybody Art-anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown-masculine

Paper Sundaes- easel or twisted card

Wags 'n Whiskers- one for the boys

Craft Your Passion- paper piecing

Thank you so much for stopping by.

God bless.

Friend card

I can't believe what a roll I am on the last couple days! lol I needed to step away from all the guy cards and make at least one girly one. Then it will be on to more boy cards that I have to get done. I love my new Bildmalarna stamp and had to use her right away. I have never used the pearl swirl stickers before so that was a bit stressing for me. I pictured this card covered in flowers before I started with it. Of course my mind always lies to me about what the finished product will look like. lol Anyway, it is what it is and now I am off to another grandson ballgame. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Challenges:

Bildmalarna- must use a Bildmalarna stamp on it

CLP- sketch

Bearly Mine- anything goes

Shelly's Images- anything goes

Paper cupcakes-There's Magic in the Air - choose two off the list.......I chose pearls and ribbon

Simon Says- distressed edges

The Poodles Parlour-anything goes

Crafty Sentiments-sparkle

Paper Sundaes-girly girl

Everybody Art- distressing

God bless each and everyone!

Thinking of you card for my brother

My brother is having surgery tomorrow and I wanted to let him know he is in my thoughts and prayers so I hurriedly threw this card together with the scraps from my Father's Day card. I used another of my new wilderness stamps because my brother loves wildlife and watches the deer everyday on his property. The true colors are kind of faded with the flash....especially on the one deer. I hope this will bring him a bit of cheer when he gets home from the hospital.

Challenges I am entering:

Willow Sketchie-sketch

Crazy 4 Challenges- masculine

Secret Crafter Saturday- male

Papertake Weekly- anything goes

Fab'n'Funky- male

The Paper Variety- special guy

Crafts and Me- use a stamped image

Sassy Studio Designs- stitching

Frosted Designs- sewing

Thank you so much for stopping by. God bless!

Father's Day card for my Pop

Well, it is that time of year when we get the perfect chance to let our dads know just how much they mean to us. I chose the deer stamp as my pop loves hunting and wildlife and all the other junk that goes with being a guy. lol Although is does not show in these pictures, I inked the background behind the deer so there is a sky with clouds and then shrub like coloring on the bottom. I chose to make a step card just because it has been awhile since I have made one and also because I think he will enjoy setting it up for awhile.I chose the verse because I do believe one of the things I am most thankful to God for is the capacity to love. I am also most thankful to pop because even tho he did not "father" me, he loved me and raised me as his own. I hope he has one awesome Father's Day because if there ever was a dad that deserved the best, it is my pop!

Challenges I am entering are:

Paper Play- Father's Day/ Male

Tuesday Throwdown- Animal

Cupcake Craft- things with tails

One Stop Craft Challenge- Father's Day

My Time To Craft- wildlife

Ladybug Crafts Ink- all about males

Sisterhood of Crafters- celebrating Dad

Craft Us Crazy- Father's day or masculine

Delightful - Father's day

Fussy and Fancy- man or boy

Creative Inspirations- Father's Day

C.R.A.F.T.-Father's Day

Alphabet Challenge- F is for Father

Thank you so much for stopping bye. God bless each of you!