It’s Monday!!! Time for a NEW challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad……Use Some Flowers.

Challenge #83 at the Cheerful Stamp Pad is to use some flowers, how easy is this challenge? The sponsor for challenge #83 is Bugaboo Stamps check them out, they have super cute and lots more. I used a bugaboo digi stamp called girl with flowers, kinda appropriate don’tcha think. lol. coloured with my spectrum noir and copics (for the skin) Attached it to my favourite colours.”purple”.

The image is one of the images I picked when I won a challenge at Catch The Bug, I thought it would be a great Mom’s day card. I am not sure of the names of the light mauve, but the darker on is Elegant Eggplant. I put the light mauve layer through the big shot in the argyle folder by cuttlebug, added ribbon from the dollar store and the flowers were off a stem of flowers from a yard sale.

Here is the inside of the card

Challenges I am entering this in are:

Catch the Bug challenge…..March recipe challenge, use 4 layers a flower and a ribbon.

Thanks for visiting me today and come back again real soon.

Shopping Our Stash wants you to use Your Oldest Tree

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Stamp that is,  I’m sure it’s been a long, long time since that first tree stamp has seen ink, just think how happy it will be when you give it some LOVE. I know mine has not seen ink in a long time, it was the very first tree stamp I bought and it is a Christmas stamp.  I also dug deep in my papers and found some really heavy stardream cardstock, I haven’t any idea how long I’ve had it but it’s so pretty I didn’t want to cut it. (sad isn’t it) Because of the cardstock the card was very hard to photograph.

The stamp I used is Scribbled Tree from Hero Arts 2000 and the Merry Christmas is also Hero Arts 1999 bought at the same time at The Butterfly Moon the first year I started stamping. I stamped with Versamark watermark ink and embossed in pewter embossing powder from Stampin’up, the gray ribbon is also from SU and never been opened.

I finished the inside with a sentiment from Stampabilities. If you remember I’m not a CAS stamper but I’m very pleased with this one.
Now it’s your turn to dig that oldest tree stamp and dazzle us with your projects. Check out the rules of the challenge at Shopping Our Stash and while you are there have a look at all the different old tree stamps the design team has used. Awesome.
Thanks for checking in at my blog today and come back again soon.

It’s a GREEN challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday

We were hoping by having a GREEN challenge it would bring us some Spring Greens but unfortunately it’s still white out there. The theme at Clear it Out Tuesday is Green and the stash item is green embellishments. The sponsor is Stitchy Bear Outlet and there are three sponsors from the store. My image is from Hope Jacare, it’s kind of a funky owl and I have decided it might be a good masculine card so kept it pretty simple.

I coloured the image with my spectrum noir and bic markers layered it on close to cocoa. The patterned paper is from a DCWV stack that name eludes me but it’s made with quite a good percentage of recycled material. The green strip I ran through the big shot in  the clouds folder, then added the fibres for visual interest.

Here is the inside I added the green and a strip of the patterned paper that was left from the front.

challenges I am entering this in....Hiding in My Craft Room Lets go digital.


Thanks for looking today and find that “green” in your scrap bucket that is left over from St. Paddy’s day and add it to the Clear it Out Tuesday Challenge blog,

Just a reminder the challenge ends Monday March 31st at 8 p.m.

Modes of Transportation Challenge continues ~~~~~~~

My goodness another week has spun by, spring has arrived on the calendar but unfortunately we are still getting snow in SWO.  Challenge #82, at The Cheerful Stamp Pad  Modes of Transportation is starting it’s second week, the sponsor is Lunagirl Vintage Images. For the second week I chose to make another Artist Trading Card, I love the little pieces of art. I used up a lot of scraps as well while making it.

I layered the image on a piece of red shiny paper and then added it to a piece of glitter cardstock that an extra piece from an earlier ATC swap. then put is on red base, added he rhinestones and voila’ I was finished. I think it went together pretty nice.
We hope you will join us for the Modes of Transportation challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad the image doesn’t have to be vintage to enter just any image that has something to do with transportation.
Thanks for taking time to see what I’ve been doing on the weekend you are welcome to visit me anytime.

It’s Saturday!!! Time for challenge #4 at SSoS~~~~~

Challenge #4 keeping with the alphabet theme is “F” for Fancy Fold. Take a look at The Sisterhood of the Snarky Stamper’s Blog to find more about the Fancy Fold theme, there are some ideas for different folds and where to find them. I haven’t tried a lot of the fancy folds, I’ve tackled a triangle card, a spring card, gatefold with a twist and a center step card but this Double Fold card intrigued me, I found it on Sweet as a Gumdrop blog HERE, it looks extremely difficult but it isn’t.

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This card isn’t the easiest to take a picture of but the next will give you a better idea.

I used a Fluffles image, hoping it gave me the feeling of Spring, oh how I want to have Spring. Alas more snow is on it’s way so the weatherman says. I used some retired dsp from Stampin’up, a sentiment from a studio G clear set. The butterfly is a Cheery Lynn designs die, and the flower was stacked and from my stash.

Here is it closed, although I needed to hold it closed to take the picture, but it gives you a better look at the butterfly and flower.
Thanks for stopping by today,  I hope you will take up the challenge to make a “Fancy Fold Card” for the Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers.

Shopping Our Stash #143….Buttons and Bows

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Wow that week went fast, how did you  do with the Sentiments only challenge, I thought it was fun. At Shopping Our Stash we hope to  provide challenges that are fun and you can make a small dent in the stash you have happening. This challenge you get to dig into the button box and the ribbon bin, and put them on your project don’t forget to enter in the challenge you will find HERE. While you are there check out the great inspiration the rest of the design team has done.

The image I used is from Lacy Sunshine and her name is Bitty Boo, isn’t she just the sweetest. Since she has buttons an bows on her I was all set before I added more, She was coloured with Spectrum Noir and Copic markers. I cut the image with spellbinders oval and I traced around the outside of them die and hand cut it, which of course wasn’t perfect so I did a bit of distressing, I then layered it on a spellbinders fancy oval cut.

A close up of the buttons and distressing. (shudder)

Semi finished inside.
Thanks for stopping by today and get your craft on and join the Buttons and Bows challenge at Shopping Our Stash  Singing the song Buttons and Bows is not necessary, although that’s what I’m doing right now. .

It’s Tuesday~~~Would You Like Some “S’MORES?

Clear it Out Tuesday”s challenge is all about FOOD, we want to see a food related project and the stash item is to use PUNCHES. You know you have been using all those great dies you have been buying recently and all those cute punches have been neglected so we want you to get out your punches and use them on your project. Check out the rules HERE and while you are at the blog check out what the design team has made for inspiration

Please note the time of the challenges ending has changed to 8 p.m,.This one will end Monday March 31st at 8. p.m. We don't want you to be disappointed.

Lacy Sunshine is the sponsor for this challenge, have you been to their store lately, wowsers there are some super cute digis. there are lots of new digis and lots of older ones just brought back to the store, AWESOME!! For my card I used Eleanor and Pickles making s’mores. I just love the little girl with the big, big glasses.

I coloured the image with my spectrum noir and copics, I used three punches for my stash item. the leaves it’s a small ek punch, The flowers were punched with a Su punch I used a scrap of patterned paper from another project. The butterflies are an EK punch and I found a scrap of pearlized paper in the scrap box, they are shimmery.The patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket 8 X 8 pack I picked up-at the farmer’s/flea market. To add a little more interest I added Dazzles thin line border stickers to both the front and the inside of the card.

Close u of the butterflies.

Flowers and leaves

Close up of the image, I used Opal white liquid pearl on the marshmallows.

Here is the mostly finished inside, I used the cut out from the frame on the front of the card for the inside. it shows how cute the camping paper is.

Challenges I am entering this in:
Anything Goes at Lacy sunshine Challenge Blog.
Now I have bored you with so many pictures, I will just say Thanks for dropping by today and don’t forget to check out the challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday.