IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE AUTUMN

Good morning bloggers. Another Saturday morning and time to get some crafting in. It is still hot here and I am looking forward to some 70 degree weather. But, fall is in the air in lots of places and I do love the colors of fall.  So today's card incorporates some of those colors.

The card stock for this card is from Recollections also. The Thankful for everything stamp is Inkadinkado. I used the Cuttlebug embossing folder (birds and swirls). The image is from Inktegrity, The pumpkin on the bottom is from K and Company. I colored the image with copics, E33, E27, YG61, YG67, YR02, YR15, YR14 and I used the stardust glitter pen from gelly roll. I used Tim Holtz distress ink on the card base (vintage photo). So that is it for this card, I will be back soon with something new.

Oldie But A Goodie Autumn

Party Time Tuesday Falling for Autumn

Crafty Sentiments Autumn Colors Challenge

Delightful Challenges Fall Down (use fall colors)

4 Crafty Chicks Fall

Simply Create Too Fall/Autumn

THANK YOU WITH MUSIC

 

Good morning, I am so happy to be here posting another one of my projects. I have to say that I really did miss not being around for the last few weeks. I have so many new projects that I have not posted yet and will be glad to get them out there.

 

A couple of months ago when my daughter started her masters in nursing program, she pledge with the nursing soriety. She asked me to make a card for a lady who teaches music and who had worked with her group to teach them the song of the soriety. This is the card that I came up with. She wanted it to be music related and I finally got to use some of the music related products that I have bought over the last couple of years.

 

The card stock is all Bazzill, the music paper is from the Paper Studio, the embossed musical sheet is from cuttlebug, the piano is from Magnolia a part of the New years set from a couple of years ago. It was colored with copics and I used C1, C3, C5.  The thank you stamp is from a set that by The paper Studio. music and the symbol is from a musical set of stamps and I forget who made it.

The embossing on the inside is also from cuttlebug, it is their thank you folder.  The thank you sentiment is from Inkadinkado, I think. I will check this out and come back and update. I really enjoyed making this card and my daughter loved it.

One of the new challenge blogs that I have started visiting is having a DT call, I think that I would like to try out for it, Fashionista Challenge Blog. This is going to be my entry.

Digital Tuesday Challenge Thankfulness

Tuesday Throwdown Thankful for You

Oldie but A Goodie Anything but Christmas

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Thanksgiving/Thank You

Divas by Design Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters Thankful

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge Thank You Projects

Crafts 4 Eternity Marvelous Music

One Stop Craft Monochrome tones

 

 

LOVE TO TRAVEL

Good morning, I just love the weekends. Time for some serious crafting. Trying to get ready for a craft show that is coming up in November. Not getting any work done this week and really trying not to stress about the situation. The craft show is being held for two days and I don't know if I am going to have enough for one day. Must get lots done over the next few weeks. But, enough about that. My personal photos have begun to pile up once again and I really need to get some scrapbooking done also. So, I have several pages that I have done from my trip to Vegas last year. Yes, that is right I have not gotten close to being finished with that book. I am so far behind. Anyway, this page is like the second page for my scrapbook.

I liked the paper and the Kenny K image is just ready to travel. She was colored with copics E11, E13, E21, E09, N2, N4, B21, B24, B12, B14. She was then cut out and popped up on the luggage. The other tags and words are from the paper line which is world travel by DCWV, The tickets and transfer tags are from the trip and the camera was stamped twice and popped up. We did have a wonderful time. Well, that is it for this page. So many more to get finished. I do have a few challenges that I would like to enter this into.

 

2 Sisters Challenge Things with wings (airplane)

Fussy N' Fancy Friday Challenge Trip Around the World

Charisma Cardz Challenge Things with Wings

Creative Craft Challenge Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge Around the World

Fab and Funky Things with Wings

Digital Tuesday Challenge Things with Wings

Brown Sugar Challenge Anything goes

 

 

 

 

 

CELEBRATE

Good morning. I do love the weekends. There is no work and only a few errands to take care of later. I need new tires for my car and that will be the first stop this morning. But, right now it is time to post a new card. I know I have not been making many cards lately and have focused more on mini albums and travel journals. But, cards are still a great love of mine. I have not posted many of the ones that I have made lately. Too many other things that I wanted to show off.
The card this morning is one that I made for a good friend of mine. She is not much into to bling and lots of flowers. But, she loves embossed papers. So here is her card.

I love how this center step card turned out. The embossing was done with the cuttlebug birthday embossing folder and the bubbles folder. The present stamp is I think Inkadinkado, I used my copics to color it and no I don't remember which ones. The paper is Bazzill and the birthday sentiment is from Inkadinkado also. The little tag was made with the Tim Holtz large ticket die and stamped with a portion of the times flies stamp from Inkadinkado. It was colored with copics, I had some glossy accents on certain sections of it like the clocks and the butterfly and when it was dry I went over it with wild honey distressing in from Tim Holtz. The gold paper that I embossed is actually a piece of very heavy Christmas wrapping paper. I love recycling. This paper is perfect for embossing. The balloons are from K and Company. That is it for my card and yes there a few challenges for this one.

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Rainbows and Butterflies

Secret Crafters Bright and Cheerful

Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity Brillant Birthday

Crafty Catz Challenge All that Glitters

Paper Pretties Birthday Card's

Divas by Design Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenge Let's not be Square
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge Birthday Girls
Crafts and Me Challenges Anything Goes

Just a reminder, I have blog candy that I really want to give away. It is some of the Tim Holtz products that I have more than I will ever use. So come on and join in the fun. You can get to the post from my sidebar. Thanks for stopping by. I do appreciate all of you.

MORE CHRISTMAS TAGS

Well, Christmas is right around the corner and there is just so much to get done. For the last few years I have not put up all of the decorations and  large tree. But, this year is going to be different. Even though I will probably be spending the holiday in Georgia with my sister and her family. I am still going to decorate the whole house this year with lights and everything. But, today I just wanted to share some more tags that I recently played around with.

The stamps are from Recollections and Penny Black is the sleigh. I used Tim Holtz distressed inks for the background. The stamps were stamped with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with Inkadinkado gold embossing powder. The leaves and berries were colored with copic markers R24, R29, G24 and then I added 4 red rhinestoens to the berries. The ribbon is from my stash. The large tag I got at Michaels. The paper was sprayed with shimmer mist for a little sparkle. although it does not seem to show up to well in my photo.

Digital Tuesday Challenge Christmas Time

Top Tip Tuesday Tags

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Anything goes

Oldie But a Goodie Let it snow (my sleigh is for the snow)

Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturday Embossing

2 Sisters Challenge Let it sparkle

Moving along with the Times Let it snow  (Christmas/sleigh = snow)

Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps Christmas Themed

Well, I guess I will finally call it a day. Hope that you have enjoyed your visit and that I will here from you again soon.

TILDA BIRTHDAY PARTY

Good morning everyone. Before I get to my post for today, I would like to ask that you say a prayer for the town of Tuscaloosa, AL. This is where I live and on Wednesday evening a mile wide tornado touched down and wiped out a part of our city and killed many people. I am ok and my area has no damage, but I have not been to work because the lights are still out in that area and although the company property has no damage there was damage at other companies surrounding ours. It has been a very sad and traumatic time for everyone. This weekend I plan to go out and try to help with the clean up or to help those who have lost everything that they own.

My card today is another birthday  card, this time for a 12 year old who is the granddaughter of a friend. The image was colored with copics E00, E11, E13, E23, E25, RV0000, RV11, RV21, RV63, spica blossom and pink glitter pens.

Other products used:

The Paper Studio
Momento Ink

Spellbinders Nestabilities

Magnolia (Tilda)

Bazzill

Inkadinkado stamp

Cuttlebug

Flowers, bling and buttons from stash

There are a few challenges for this card and they are as follows:

Just Magnolia Buttons, bow and bling (use one or more)

Moving Along With the Times Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Child Play (anything that reminds you of a child at play, what better place for children playing than a birthday party)

Creative Inspirations Spring Colors; pink, yellow, green

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Show us your layers

Cute Card Thursday Sketch or use someone elses sketch (my sketch is from  Just Magnolia last week)

Well, I have come to the end of this post, and once again, please pray for the families who have lost loved ones and their homes and property.Thanks so much.

Another Birthday Wish

Happy Saturday, I am here with my first post of the weekend and it will be a short one. It is 12 noon and although I have run most of my errands I still need to go to the health club.  Today is a big football day in my town. The University of Alabama A-Day game. The streets are conjested and will be the rest of the weekend. So I hope to get a lot of work done when I return home.

Don't forget, I still have blog candy and it will be up until the end of the month. The picture on the sidebar will take you to the post for the candy. It is good stuff. Take a chance you just might be a winner.

Now on to my card. Today it is a birthday card. I plan to send it to a member of one of my yahoo groups who is a part of the Birthday Club. But, since you all know me, you know it will be entered into several challenges. The first is Crafty Creations it is limited edition. 1 designer paper (Basic grey lemonade pad) I hope this counts; 1 image (by Elizabeth Bell) and 1 embellishment I made a flower of 3 layers and 1 flower brad. I hope this counts. I love the simplicity of this card. The next is at Sophisticats distressing. I love the look of the distressing around the edge of the image. Next is at Paper Take Weekly this one is called cutie pie. I think my little girl comes under that heading. And last but not least is at the Pixie Dust Studios  use green as your main color. I know I got this right on the dot. My image was colored with copics G21, G40, Y17, Y15, V01, V04, E31, C1 and C3. I used spica glitter pens on the belt, bracelet, flowers. I used Jim Holtz vintage photo distress ink on the edges of the image. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. Well, here is my card.

I hope that you like my card.  Your comments make me stronger. So, please leave a lot of comments.

Tilda is Thinking Of You

Well time sure goes fast when you are having fun. It is now 10:36 pm and I really should be getting ready for bed. It will be 5 am before I know it. But, I could not go to sleep until I posted one more card. Boy, I really do have it bad. What am I going to do? Did you notice that my blog has changed colors again. It doesn't know what to do either. Can you believe that it has been almost 6 months since I started making cards and blogging? I can't believe it and I'm the one doing it. I am still trying to come up with a way to celebrate this occasion. I will let you know when I come up with something. How do you like the new color?

Well, I had better let you know a little about my new card before it gets any later. You know there had to be at least one challenge involved. The first is Just Magnolia it is a sketch:

The second challenge is from The Pixie Cottage the challenge is to use circles. I think my paper covers that. I am going to have to get some Pixie Cottage images. They are really cute I don't know why I never use any. The next challenge is Stamp Something the challenge is to Doodle something... I think that my papers with the circles could be considered doodles. I make circles and color them in when I doodle.

My card is made with Bazzill (I love this stuff) as the card base and Basic Grey is all of my DP it is from the Lime Rickey pack 12x12. The buttons are from Hobby Lobby. The flowers, bling  and ribbons are from my stash. The sentiment is from one of the clear stamp sets from Inkadinkado. The image is Tilda and you know the best place for Magnolia stamps is Magnolia-licious Online Store. Diana has some of the best customer service in the states. My image was colored with copics. I can't believe that I did not write them down. Well here is my card.

Missing You

Here it is Tuesday afternoon and I am home posting a new card. No, I did not lose my job. I woke up this morning feeling more lousy than I have in a very long time and decided that I needed a sick day. I have been sleeping on the couch until about 45 minutes ago. After getting up and eating a little something I had enough strength to finish up a card that I had already started. My image is a Tilda and you already know the best place to by your Magnolia stamps is Magnolia-licious Online Store, Diana is always ready to give the best customer service in the states.

My card could probably be used for many occasions but I decided to use it to tell someone that I missed them. I also am using this card in a few challenges:

First up is Stamp Something, Something cream and green

Second is the Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge, Buttons and Flowers

Third is Sketch Saturday

And last but not least is Secret Crafter Saturday, Anything goes This was my first time visiting them, but I will be returning again soon.

Now a little about my card. The card base is Bazzill "Glass Slipper" which has a shiny texture to it. The cream and green card stock is also Bazzill. The DP is from the My Minds Eye Home Collection. The ovals were cut on my Cricut. The flowers are Prima frosting flowers. The brads are from my stash. The buttons are from the Paper Studio. The leaves were punched with a Martha Stewart punch. And I used my Spellbinders fancy tags to stamp my sentiment which is from Inkadinkado. I used my Copics to color Tilda who is leaning on her elbows thinking how much she misses my friend.

Skin: E00, E11, E31 (I am trying some new colors)

Hair: E13, E15

Top: E40, E41, YG95

Crystal Stickles was used on the wings

I hope that you like my card as much as I do. Now I think I need to go back and lay down some more.

Tellen's Challenge Silver and Blue

Now it is time to get down to business. I love a challenge and this will be the first one of the year over at Tellen's Place. The challenge is to use silver and blue, plus she offered 2 free images which are drawn by her son. He is very talented. I love their images.

My image was colored with Copics:
Skin... E31 and E33
Hair... E09, E25, E21 and E33
dress....BVo4, B24, B21 plus the ribbon on the dress and hat and shoes were colored with Spica glitter pen, baby blue
The area surrounding her was done with C1

The ribbon is some that I recently bought at Kmart from the Christmas clearance for $1.99 and there are 5 different ribbons in the package. I will be going back tomorrow to get more. The ribbon is by Martha Stewart. The bling is from my stash. The papers are also from my stash. The sentiment was stamped from a set that I bought at Michaels several weeks ago, they had clearanced them out from $9.99 to 4.99 so I got 2 sets for the price of one. It is my Inkadinkado.

I hope you like my card and would appreciate hearing from you.

It's all about love

Happy Thanksgiving everyone... I am thankful that my family is healthy and happy, and most thankful that I have 4 days in which to practice my craft. Did I tell you that it has become addictive?

The card that I have today is to congratulate one of my co-workers who became engaged over the weekend. And it will be entered in a sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday Sketch #114. The sketch was not a lot of layering but was a clean and simple look. I loved it and it was perfect for this card. I hope you like it.

I started with a stamp of a dozen red roses (we always think of love) from Inkadinkado. I used momento tuxedo black to stamp with. I colored the roses with my Copic markers; R39, R27, Y21 and G21. After coloring with Copic I went over selected parts of the roses with my Spica glitter pens. I love these things. On the stems and the ribbon I also used the Spica. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby, bought at 50% off, the red roses in the corner were from a very good friend who gave me a load of goodies that would make you scream with excitment. I did. The bling is all from my stash. I do love the bling. I think when you look at this card you will think of love. The shape around the dozen roses was cut with my Cuttlebug and my newest Nesstibilities, I do love Spellbinders and can't wait to get my next set.

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.