PURPLE ALTERED BOX

Ok, I know that it has been a long time since I posted any of my projects. I have been creating and making some videos to post on YouTube here is my channel. Would love for you to stop by for a visit. This is a recent project that I have altered. It is a wooden box that I bought at Michaels. This is what it looked like when I got it.

 

 

This is the finished box. The lace was given to me by a friend and I sprayed it with  dylusions crushed grape spray. the flowers are from several different places, The Paper Studio, Recollections and Wild Orchid Crafts. I made the stick pin and  the bling is Recollections. I first painted by box with Martha Stewart pearl paint. But, that was a little lighter than I wanted. So, I then covered it with Viva Inka Gold metallic rub, violet. I love the richness of the colors. The trim around the bottom is from Tim Holtz and I sprayed it with dylusions crushed grape spray also. The metal corners were rubbed with the Inka gold also.

 

Underneath the Tim Holtz trim is some grey burlap from the Paper Studio and some glitter ribbon It is really prettier in person.

 

 

Well, that is it. I really like how this box turned out and it is a gift for my daughter. You can see the video for this here. Stop on by for a visit.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to do better about posting in the future.

 

Charisma Cardz Fancy Flourishes (flourish bling on top of box)

 

SHABBY CHIC BIRTHDAY CARD

I can't believe how long it has been since I posted a project. There has been so much going on in my life and being sick was a small part of that. Now, I am better but, my energy level is still not back to normal. I have missed blogging and will keep this post short. My project today is a card that I made for my boss' birthday. I used the Tim Holtz shabby chic pad from several years ago. I do love these papers. I also used a stamp from one of the Graphic 45 sets.

 

 

The flowers are from Wild orchid Crafts, the bling is recollections and I used a Spellbinders die set. The stamp is from The Paper Studio. I really love how this card turned out.

ABC Challenge Lots of Layers

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Make It Girly

Allsorts Challenge Favorites (Tim Holtz products/flowers/bling/Spellbinders)

 

SHABBY CHIC PENNANT

Wow, I can't believe that it has been a week and I have not done anything creative. I can only be glad that I have quite a few projects finished that I have never shown. The project that I am going to show tonight is a pennant that I made for a friend and she is going to add it to some others to make a banner for her craft room. She loves shabby chic and this is what I came up with.

The papers are Tim Holtz shabby chic pad, and I used 3 layers to make the pennant. The flowers are a variety, some Wild orchid crafts others are prima and still others are recollections. The flat back pearls are from Hobby Lobby.  The bling is recollections. The trim is Tim Holtz and I sprayed it with dylusions spray bubble gum pink. The stamped postcard is from Prima Paris set.

 

Top Tip Tuesday No Cards Please

Tammy's Scrapin' Corner Pink and Girly Sparkle

One Stop Craft anything Goes

Simply Create Too Anything Goes

Milk Coffee Challenge Shabby Chic/Vintage

ABC Challenge Not Just One

Charisma Cardz Challenge No Digis Allowed

 

 

 

 

SHABBY CHIC

Here is a project that I made for a friend and since I haven't posted in a while, I decided that I needed something pretty. I don't do Shabby Chic often even though I like the look of it. But, this is what she likes so here it is.

The papers are from a really old Tim Holtz pad (Shabby Chic),  The images are from a Hampton Arts one of a set of Graphic 45 designs. I stamped them on a Tim Holtz ticket and colored with copics  and then used glossy accents over them. I inked the edges with distress ink. The flowers are from my stash and are from Wild orchid crafts and the bling is from Recollections. I really like how this turned out and will be using the scraps to make another card for my bosses birthday.

Milk Coffee Challenge Shabby Chic
Crafty Catz Anything Goes
Simply Create Too Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge Blog G for Glitter and Gems
Our Creative Corner Anything Goes (monthly)
One Stop Craft  Challenge Add some Glitter
Cupcake Crafts Challenges Lots of Layers
Love to Create Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

 

FOCUS ON THE SENTIMENT AT TUESDAY THROWDOWN # 143

Good morning, it is Tuesday and that means it is time for another challenge at Tuesday Throwdown. This week the challenge is "Focus on the Sentiment", that means that the sentiment has to be out in the front. Please read the rules on the challenge blog and follow them. Our sponsor this week is My Creative Classroom.

 

The sentiment that I have used is from Tim Holtz, and it is one that I had to have.

 

All of the paper on this card is from the scrap file, I DP is My Minds Eye, the cardstock is Recollections, the flower is the last from an old prima set. The butterflies are Recollections. I inked the edges of the spellbinders die cuts with Tim Holtz distress ink, faded jeans. So, that is it for my project, very simple but, I really like it. Please join us this week at Tuesday Throwdown it is going to be lots of fun.

 

Tammy's Scrapin corner Spring has Sprung

 (I think my flower and butterflies and color say spring)

One Stop Craft Pastels

Totally Gorjuss Spring Shades

Cute Card Thursday Butterfly Kisses

Creative Belli Blog Pastels

 

 







FRUITS / VEGETABLES AT BROWN SUGAR # 30

Good morning crafters, today is Friday and it is time for another challenge at Brown Sugar Challenge Blog. This week the challenge is Fruit/Vegetable. Makes you think of a nice big salad doesn't. The sponosr this week is QKR Stampede. I stopped by the store to take a look and they are fabulous. You really do need to check it out. The Brown Sugar Divas Team B have been very busy this week getting ready for this challenge and I think you are going to have some fun. So, get out your fruit/vegetable images and join us. Please remember that you must follow the challenge exactly or you entry will be disqualified. Now lets get on with it.

 

I have berries, and black berries at that.  I colored them with my copics BV17, V01, V09, V15, YG06, YG03, G09. I needed to add a few cards to my stash so I made this a thinking of you card. The bling is from my stash. I used the Tim Holtz baroque die (large) to cut the die cut. I embossed the background with a cuttl bug folder that I bought on clearance and forgot to write down the name before I through away the packaging. I thought that this came out kind of cute. I edged the die cut with my gold leaf pen.

350 BLOG CANDY

 

 

Good morning, well Christmas is just a little over a week away and I will be spending it with my children and granddaughters who will be getting in on the 23rd and then we are heading to Georgia to spend that time with my sisters and their families. So guess what, I am really in a CELEBRATION mood. And because of that I will ending the blog candy that is going on and adding an extra prize into the mix. I have a total of 314 followers and that is fine. So here is what I am going to do. The prize as it stands is a Tim Holtz package, I will be adding a set of binder rings, and couple of more items to that and you will have to wait and see what that is. But, I will be giving away another prize which will include a 6x6 paper pad and some items to alter and embellisments and the winner will just have to wait and see what else. Like I said I am happy and want to celebrate being with my family. So, what do you need to do to win? First, you still have to be a follower and then go to the original blog candy post which is HERE, leave a comment and I will have the drawing on December 31, 2012 and you will have your prizes for the NEW Year. So, please join me for some fun and celebrating. So, now I need to go and get an oil change and tires rotated and do some creating. I have 3 Christmas parties next week and I have not finished my cards for those or wrapped any gifts. I have to get busy. Have a great weekend and don't forget to join in the fun.

 

GDT @ TAMMY'S SCRAPIN CORNER

That is right, my title says it all. I was chosen to be the Guest Designer at Tammy's Scrapin Corner, I found this blog a few months ago and have really enjoyed playing in the challenges over there. So, I was really pleased to be chosen to to be the Guest Designer for the week. This weeks challenge is Anything Goes.

My project this week is a tag that I made for my scrapbook group. We will be going on our annual retreat in a couple of weeks and I like to commemorate the event. I used a resist technique, I used a text background stamp from Stampabilites and stamped with versamark and then used clear utee to emboss it. Then I went over the whole thing with Tim Holtz distress ink Wild honey. I used the Tim Holtz sewing room die cut and then painted the dress form with a bronze acrylic paint, the tulle and ribbon is from Hobby lobby. the bling is from my stash. I typed the information about the retreat on my computer and the fun in the sun stamp is out of the $1 bin at Michaels. I used glazed pens to color in the fun in the sun stamp. I love the raised effect. It is like it was embossed. I colored the sea horse charm with copic marker #77. The ribbon is from my stash. The tag is 4 1/8 x 8 1/2. I bought them from Ellen Huston online. I really like the size of them. The flowers are Recollections and have been sitting on my shelf since last year. I bought about 8 jars of them when they were clearanced out and I really love them. The corner punches were made with the Corner chompers from We R Memory Keepers I love these because you get to different cuts on each one. This one has art deco and ticket cuts.

 This really looks better in person than it does it the photo. But, I do love how it turned out. I will be using mind as the cover page of my beach travel journal for this year. That resist technique is fabulous and I will be using it more. The type of stamp used will determine the results that you get. and the way that you ink the project will also make the looks different. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to go over to Tammy's Scrapin Corner and join in the fun.

Moving along with The Times Tag It

4 Crafty Chicks Tag You're It

My Mums Craft Shop Tickets

Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes

LadyBug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Flowers & Embossing

Die Cutting Divas Fall Colors

 

Well, the end of another post. Do come again.

 

 

THINK PINK

As most of you know October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and since I have friends who have had breast cancer it is something that I try to get behind and support in any way that I can. I donate to research and I have done walks to help raise money that way. Breast cancer is a very serious issue in most of our lives. So, this week Brown Sugar Challenge blog is to make an ATC incorporated pink and breast cancer awareness. Since I am in the middle of a million and 1 projects, I was only able to make one.

The image is from (I think) Laurette, I don't have a blog link and I have had the image for a a year or so. It was a freebie. So if anyone has the link, please let me know. I colored the image with copics Rv00, R83, R85 and used a clear glitter pen to go over the design in the bra and the letters of my sentiment. The bling is from my stash and is from K and Company. The paper is Tim Holtz vintage pack. It is a couple of years old and comes in blue, pink and tan/cream. Love this paper.

2 Sisters Challenge Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Breast Cancer Awareness ATC

Crafty Sentiments Designs Anything Goes

Divas By Design Anything Goes

 

 

Well, I have come to the end of another post. I will be back tomorrow with another post.

 

 

SOMETHING OTHER THAN A CARD

 

I have lots of projects that need to be shown. So today I am showing a charm that I made for a friends birthday during the time of our charm swaps. I love the colors of the beads on this one and the sentiment is Tim Holtz. I used a spellbinders label for the tag along with several Tim Holtz charms. The purse and hat charms came from Walmarts jewelry section. I colored the tag with distress inks.

 

 

So, this is going to be a really short post. But, I have so much more coming.

 

Fab n' Funky Colors of Autumn

4 Crafty Chicks Metal and blog hop

PaperPlay Challenge Autumn Tags

Crafts 4 Eternity Color Challenge
Jackson's Digital Expressions Anything but a Card

 

 

CELEBRATE WITH A MINI ALBUM

Good morning all, I can't believe that it has been 2 weeks since my last post. I have been having a very busy time and not much computer time. I was out of town for a while visiting with family and friends that I had not seen for a while. I helped my cousin to celebrate her 65th birthday and that was loads of fun. The way that we celebrated was to have an outdoor party/cookout. The tempertures were in the high 90s. And we had a crowd there for the celebration. There were tents setup up in the back yard with lots of food and drinks. While celebrating it rained on us. And I could not beleive that not one person left the party because of the rain. We just hung out under the tents until it stopped. After the rain a beautiful rainbow came out and I actually got a wonderful photo of it. The project that I am showing today is the mini album that I made for her birthday. She loved it. Once I get the photos printed and in the book I will give it back to her.

This is the cover of the book, the papers used are from Hobby Lobby and the pads are called Simple elegance with foil. I have both the 4.5x6.5 and the 12x12 pads. When I decided to use this paper I already had the small pad and went to Hobby Lobby to get the 12x12 one and they had it clearanced out and it was the very last one that they had. How lucky for me. I used 7 large envelopes for the pages, they are also from Hobby Lobby, they are the A9 size (5.75x8.75). They have not always carried this size. The bling is from Michaels, I stamped the (it's your birthday sentiment with versamark and embossed it with gold embossing powder from Tim Holtz). It was cut out using a Spellbinders label die.  I used the Tim Holtz ornate plate, stamp the word celebrate cut it out to fit inside the plate used glossy accents to glue it in and then filled the opening with glossy accents to make a little window. I really love how that turned out. I used the Tim Holtz metal corners on both the front and the back corners. Now a little about the flowers. The gold flower is from Recollection. The center black flower is Prima. The two on the end I made those. I punced out 2 layers for each, sprayed them with black glimmer mist let them dry, went over them with some some Tim Holtz acrylic paint. once that dried I took some some of those little berry like things off of some picks that I had laying around painted them black and hot glued them to the center of the flowers.  I then sprayed once again with black glimmer mist, let them dry and then spray with gold glimmer mist. I have never before spent so much time making flowers. But, I really love how they came out. I bound my book using my CINCH.

Every other page has a double pocket, which will have several tags for photos and journally. The end of each envelope had the ends cut off and now hold a very large tag. I love that all of the papers coordinate so well.

I still have to add the photos and decorate the other pages, but I decided to embellish after the photos were added. I used the scalloped crop-i-dile for the corners on the small tag. And I used the Tim Holtz brackets on  the edge die for the large tag.

Well, I hope that you have enjoyed taking a look at my newest mini album. I must say that I truly enjoy making them and I have made one for most of my immediate girly family members.  I find that when I make them, I just hate to hold on to them so I give them away to be used. I think that is where most of my joy comes in at. That others seem to love them as much as I do.

Secret Crafter Gold, Silver or Bronze

Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude Add Texture-Anything Goes

Simply Create Too Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Tag You're It

Divas By Design For a Female

The Sisterhood of Crafters Tag You're It

Fab N' Funky Use pearls or Rhinestones

Creative Craft Challenge Just a Sentiment

PaperTake Weekly Anything Goes

Love to Create Punches and Dies

Craft Your Passion Challenge Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrapin Corner Show us Your Bling

Well, truly this post is finally come to an end.  I hope that you have enjoyed your visit. Sorry it has turned out to be such a long post. But, that is what happens when I stay away to long. Just a little reminder that I do have blog candy for anyone who wants to join in. You can get to it from the photo on the side bar.

ATC (MINI PIECES OF ART)

Good morning, I am here to early on Sunday morning and wish that I was still sleeping. I had a great time with my friends yesterday at our bi-monthly crop. As usual we had good food and lots of fun. I got quite a bit done on my daughters Las Vegas album and hope to finish it soon. But, today I am just going to show some ATC's that I made for a swap a couple of weeks ago. The swap was over at the Stamping Ground for the "Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday" 3rd anniversary celebration. If you don't know what it is, you should really check it out this Wednesday. It is loads of fun and a chance to visit some other blogs and see what others are working on.

The base is made from paper that was left from an envelope mini album that I made a few months ago. The paper is from Recollection, the Femme Fatal pad. The strips were adhere on an angle and then a thin coat of glitter glue was added. Once that dried I popped up the sentiment and the word artist was copied from a set of embellishments that I bought at Joann's for $1. I scanned them, enlarged the word artist, cut it out and put a layer of glossy accents on. I love the effect that I got. You can see the glittery shine from the Tulip diamond glitter. I used the Krylon 18kt gold leafing pen to go around the edges of the cards.  Well, that is it. I hope you enjoyed your visit. The sentiment is Tim Holtz.

Digital Tuesday Anything Goes

Creative Belli Blog Sentiment Only

TAG SWAP

Happy Sunday morning, I am here with a really short post with a couple of tags that I made for the Valentine swap at Scappy Style Swaps, we are just a group of friends who wanted to swap and not have to make huge quantities of items. This swap we make 2 and get 2. So simple. There had to be at least 1 heart on your tag.

I used Tim Holtz adirondak alchol ink with gold fixative and inked my tags front and back, once they were dry I ran then through the cuttlebug heart embossing folder and I really liked the look that I got with the gold and red. I did not want them to be to busy and I added a few roses and leaves. The leaves were cut from some gold wrapping paper that I collected last year from our Christmas party. It is a little heavier than most wrapping papers, but is perfect for adding to cards and other projects.  A few beads and charm on the ribbon. I used a $1 stamp from Michaels for the sentiment. On the back I decided to have a tag within a tag. I used the Tim Holtz large ticket die and stamped the images from Cling stamps of vinatage divas. Colored with copics (don't remember the colors, it has been a couple of months since I made them. Added glossy accents over the image and once it was dry I used distressed inks to color the background. On the back of the mini tag  I stamped "Delight in the Little things", another $1 stamp from Michaels. The pockets were made from some small bags I bought out of the party section at Michales. The ribbon is from my stash. Well, that is it for this project.  Let me know what you think.

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog One or More Hearts

Stampin' For the Weekend Embossing

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge Embossing

Crafts 4 Eternity Clean & Simple

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge Valentine/Show us some love
Moving Along with The Times Blooming Marvelous (flowers)
Oldie But a Goodie Have a Heart
Wags N' Whiskers Stamps Valentines/Love card
Well, I have come to the end. Hope that you have enjoyed your visit and will come back again soon.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MY DAUGHTER

Happy New Year everyone. Christmas is over and now it is time for the new. Another year to grow in my creativity and try new things. Time to set new goals and revisit those that I didn't quite complete from last year. My motto for the year is to never give up. To keep trying even when the task seems impossible.
"Life is a journey, not a destination" I bought a stamp that says that and it has become my favorite saying. So to everyone out in blog land. Let's get moving.

In December, my daughter graduated from college (this time with her Bachelors degree) she is already an RN and will be starting her masters program in February. I am very proud of her and all that she has accomplished. She is a wonderful mother and daughter. She has worked full time as a nurse while fulfilling her educational goals. So to help her celebrate her accomplishments I made her the following card.

My main image was the Kenny K image, I love the steampunk designs and thought that my daughter would get a kick out of it. The ribbon and graduation stamps are from my stash. I colored my Kenny K image with copics E00, E11, E13, E18, E08, W1, W3, W5. I used distressed inks to do the backgrounds on all of the tags. All of the bling is from my stash.

I also, used some $1 stamps from joanns and michaels. Along with a couple of Tim Holtz Stamps and chains and findings and charms.

This card was made using a Manila folder and the directions can be found at Splitcoast Stampers it is called an accordian file folder. I loved making this project. It is the second time that I have made it and I will be making more of them in  the future. They can bee used for lots of diffierent thinks. I have seen them made to hold christmas card list and shopping list and it was decorated with Christmas designs. A lot of the card stock is from Bazzill. This was such a fun project. I hope she likes it. I added a couple of more stamped images to the pockets and I wrote a special note for the last tag.

Kenny K Krafting Girlz Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes 

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Your Choice-anything goes

One Stitch at a Time Challenge Use a Digi

Digi Doodle Shops Best Anything Goes

Cooking it up with Katie Anything Goes (you can enter 3 times only)

Well, that is it for today and I hope that you have enjoyed your visit.

BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY POCKET CARD

Good afternoon fellow bloggers, I am back with another card today. This one is for the Card Making Group over at Stampin' Dymonz Scrap Shack it is called a pocket card and I made it for a baby's 1st birthday. The pocket card was easy to make and turned out better than I expected. The image used is Magnolia Tilda these stamps can be bought at the Magnolia-licious Online Store. It has been a while since I visited with Diana, but I am sure that the service has not changed.

The image was colored with copics E11, E13, E15, E25, E53, R81, R83, spica pink, Tim Holtz vitange shabby paper, Bazzill, Tilda (Magnolia Stamps)

Challenge2 Sisters Fancy Folds

Crazy 4 Challenge Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs Fancy Folds

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Fall / or Fancy Folds

Well, that is it for now. Don't forget that I have blog candy and would love for you to celebrate with me. 2 years of blogging journey.

DEMETRIUS' CHOPPER

Good evening everyone, it seems so long since I posted any thing even though it has been a little over a week. It just never seems like there is enough time in the day for everything that needs to be done. I have been creating up a storm over the last few weeks since I returned from vacation. I have been working of Christmas cards and numerous other projects. One of them is this birthday card that I made for my sister to give to her husband. Beleive me when I tell you that after seeing this image at  Kenny K's Krafty Girlz I had to have it for my brother-in-law. It reminded me so much of him. He is a lover of motor cycles and he is bald  and he is also a wild man. That seems to cover Chico here.

My sister received the card in the mail yesterday and she loved it. The image was colored with copics E11, E13, E15, E02, E04, E41, C1, C3, C5, BV11, BV12, W3, W5, W7, R00, SPICA SILVER GLITTER PEN, glossy accents on the chrome of the bike.  I embossed the black paper with the Tim Holtz  Retro circles embossing folder. You can not really see it in this photo but, it is there. I used several of the Tim Holtz sprockets. I have fallen in love with the Tim HOltz products and whenever I get a chance to do some shopping I pick up a couple of items. On the inside I embossed with the Happy Birthday embossing folder from Cuttlebug, and the sentiment is . The DP papers are from last years Recollections halloween pack. I needed a purple that was not to girly.  Well, that is it for this card and I hope that you have enjoyed your visit. There are a few challenges to follow.

Top Tip Tuesday Birthday Time

One Stitch at a Time Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss It's a man Thing

Digi Doodles Shop Best Circles

2 Sisters Challenge Black and white and one other color (purple)

Truly Scrumptious Decorate the inside of Card

LET' GO FOR A RIDE

Happy Friday everyone. I am soooo glad that this work week has come to an end. I feel like I have worked way more than forty hours. Don't get me wrong, I really do love my job. It has so much variety and challenges. But, when my personal life gets as busy at it has been. I start wishing for some time to relax, like now. I have been off work since 1 pm. I had a few errands to run  and then came home and made a late lunch. Now that I have eaten, I can get my card posted. This morning was a rush, I hit the snooze on the alarm way to many times and then I was rushing to get to work by 7 am. This is so unlike me.

But, on to the reason that I am here. This being Friday, it is time for another challenge over at Tellen's Place and this week we want to see a card for the MALE of our species. I don't have to make many cards for the males around me. My son is so easy to please and he is the only one in my immediate family that I send cards to. I have a daughter and 4 granddaughters and they all are girly and loves lots of ribbons and bows and bling. So when I have to change my pace and not use the bling bling, I have a hard time. And it takes me twice as long to get a project finished. But, I finally did finish and here it is.

In stead of making a card that I won't necessarily use, I decided to put this in an art journal. I have made so many cards in the last year and given so many away. But, I still have enough to get me through the year. So unless I get a request for something special or specific, I will be putting my designs in this journal. The image is Edward and he loves his skateboard. I thought he needed a neighborhood to ride around in. Edward is colored with copics E11, E13, B00, B01, B02, B02, B06, E40, E41, W3 on the skateboard and then I went over it with a silver gel pen. the movement lines was made with a white gel pen and the silver. The sentiment was done on my computer. The paper is a piece that I had left over from another project and I think I got it at Hobby Lobby. It had different designs on both sides. I liked the houses and the trees and that was why I bought it. I am going to have to try and find a couple of more sheets someplace. The dark blue paper was embossed with the Tim Holtz checkerboard embossing folder. That is it for the card details and yest there will be some challenges.

Pear Tree Designs Blue

Fab N' Funky Challenges Delight in your digis

Crafty Creations Challenges Heat it up
Totally Gorjuss Hot, hot, Hot

Stampin for the weekend Getting Warmed up
Southern Girls Challenge Dry Embossing
Alphabet Challenge Blog M is for Men

PaperPlay Challenges Layer it Up
Moving Along With the Times Spring
Raise the Bar Purple, Yellow, Blue
Do You Stack Up? Patterned Paper
The Sisterhood of Crafters Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to hear from you really soon.

SHABBY VINTAGE

Wow, Tuesday already. And here I am with another post. This time I went vintage. I used a paper pad from Tim Holtz that I bought at Michaels from their clearance baskets. It is the Tim Holtz idea-ology Vintage Shabby. The papers come in 3 colors pink, blue and a taupy beige. There are designs on both sides of the paper. There are 12x12 papers, there are papers that can be cut for 6x6, there are papers that can be cut for ATC's and 2x2, and borders. This pad is just so awesome. I really do love it. The best thing about it is, that I only paid $4 for it. My image is a vintage dress that I found last year and have had only one occasion to use it. The sentiment comes from a Hero arts stamp set that I bought at Archivers on my last visit. I used my Spellbinders nestibilities in my cuttlebug. And embossed it with the Tim Holtz retro circles. The flowers are from my stash and I colored them with my copics E50 and E53. The brads are from Anna Griffin flora collection, I have had them for months and never used them. I did not even realize that they were brads until I opened the package. I just thought that they were different.  But, they were so perfect for this project. The pearls are a part of the fabulous package that I won last month from Midnight madness.  Brown pearls can you believe that?

I really like how this turned out. I plan to use it as part of a 2 page spread for my scrapbook. I participated in a fashion show a couple of months ago and I finally got my photos processed. So this weekend when my friends and I get together for a day of scrapbooking. I plan to get lots of pages done. this just gives me a head start.

There are are few challenges and then I must end this post. I can barely keep my eyes opened. And there are still a few things that I need to take care of before going to bed.

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Make it vintage

Sketch Saturday

I flipped it a bit.

Ginger Snaps Haute Couture

Raise the Bar Let's See those Curves

Craft your Passion 2 of Anything

Crafty Cardmaker Dry Embossing

Top Tip Tuesday Image/sentiment

Anything Goes Challenge Blog Emboss It

ABC DT Challenge Sew Special

Digital Tuesday Never used Stash (my brads)

Well, I guess that is all for this post. I hope that you like this little project and I would love to hear from you. Thanks for stopping by.

Don't forget that there is still time to get in on the blog candy. There will now be two drawings instead of one and it is open until November 19, 2010.

WHAT'S BREWING

Do you ever have one of those mornings where you just have to have just one more cup of coffee? Well, I do. This is one of them. I have been having a very slow start this morning. I am supposed to be meeting my friend at the park so we can walk. Well, I just went out to my car to get my shoes and guess what. it is kind of cold. It makes me want to just get back in the bed and pull the covers up over my head. Oh well, I am up now and I might as well post this card. You guessed it. It is my cup of latte (coffee).

It is very simple and clean. I used one of my new embossing folders from Tim Holtz. The stamp was bought at Hobby Lobby in the clearance isle and I typed the sentiment on my computer. Colored both with copics E51, E50, E54, E31, E33. The chocolate paper is from The Paper Studio (one of my favorite browns). Yes, there are a couple of challenges.

The Order of the Opus Gluei A Cuppa
Stamp Something Something Pink