A Few Fun Challenges

Oh what a few fun Challenges this has been.   Started with
Joans Gardens  Weekly Challenge #16     " Color - Brown and Tan, Embellishment - Buttons,
3 Layers (preferably Nesties),  Fall Flower"
If the Shoe Fits Scrap It   Fashionista Friday #48 "Flowers"
PaperPlay Challenge Week #38  "Coffee and Cream"
Welcome to Flourishes  Rustic Beauty

So here is what I did

The flower was made with Paper Studio Punch in 3 Sizes from DCWV "Textures & Finishes" cardstock and has a little glossy shine. Popped it upon the 3  New Spellbinders Nesties Classic Diamonds, attached a Velvet GG Ribbon Bow, and added the Buttons from my Treasured Button Box. They were shank buttons and I was able to cut the shank with the Scissors that cuts Everything.

All of these challenge blogs have some great inspiration, and we all need that now and then, so hop on over and check them out. 
Thanks for stopping by. We are having some really awesome Fall weather, and we so deserve it.
So many areas north of here were hit so hard with rain and flooding, we just had to have the sun come out and get our spirits lifted. 
Enjoy the week.

Happy Birthday Dad and Fall

  This was made for my Dad's Birthday. A long time farmer, this is his Season. After he retired his big garden took the place of working in the fields with Fall Harvest. But his heart was always with farming. Watching Farmers drive by with the Big Wagons of Grain (here it's Corn or Beans)

taking it to the local Co-op Elevator to store or sell. It was hard to move from the farm and into our little town, but another Chapter ended and on to the next.  Conversations are always about Yield, Weather and is this year better than the past year?  The new technology, has the older generation amazed and  unfamiliar with what is really happening out there. BIG, BIG, BIG.  Better? I don't really think so.

    Spellbinders Pumpkin, and Leaf dies were used, Cuttlebug EF's on the Pumpkin and Tag, Distressed Ink, some brown felt ribbon and a few fibers at the top. Inside the Pumpkin

has the Sentiment, Stampabilities "Happy Birthday", and Daily Bread's "Dad"

I know he'll enjoy it..at 88 anyone stopping by to spend some time and share a few memories is on the "GOOD PEOPLE" list.   Kinda sad though this year, he had problems taking care of all the garden products and decided it is time to plow it under...Tears and Work it is now turning to some beautiful thick grass and on to  another chapter of a "good life"  with less work.

I will enter this into the following Challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday   Challenge #78  "Seasons Change"

The Little Paper Shop 

Color Challanenge Left

 

Stamp Something     Fall Colors

Craftalicious Challenge #9   Harvest Festival or Autumn

Tuesday Taggers   It takes all Sorts--Anything Goes

We are having a beautiful fall day...color changes taking place, leaves rustling in the breeze and my visit with Dad to day...."there's a chill in the evening air, and getting dark much earlier" . 

Enjoy each minute...be thankful for what you have, and tell someone you love them each day.

Thanks for stopping by    

SYLVIA  (somewhere my Signature Doodle disappeared)....

Once Upon A Time

My card today is for the following Challenges:
Creatalicious Challenge #14   Colors, Pink, Brown, Green
Gingersnap Creations GC69  Ancient Ages

The card is pretty much from Scraps, The Old Castle in the background came from the Cover of a "Once Upon a Time" paper stack book. made the tag and photo corners, from the same, leaves are diecut from a Spellbinders die, added a flower and the Ancient yarn to the tag.
Would make a great card for a little girl with the inside done in a FairyTale theme.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.   

The Love of Purple Tones

My Tag today is for a Birthday coming up and Lavender and Old Lace are just this Young Lady's Style.

I made the flower with the Sizzix Flower and Leaf Dies, Used a Cuttlebug EF on the Distressed Cardboard Tag, some distress ink to hilight the dots and parts of the leaves and flower.  The Old Lace, 2 of the String Beads, A Metal Tag, Some Pearls and my Special Fibers all from my Obsessive Collection Chest.

Hope you like it...it was a Treasure to Make and the following Challenges have some great inspirations for you so hop on over and enjoy.

A Pocket Full of Posies  Challenge #7 "Lavender and Old Lace"
Cooking It Up With Katie  Challenge #30  "Sweet, Metal, Ribbon"
Paper Romance Challenge #17   "Homemade Flower"
Alphabet Challenge Blog  "Vintage"
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #122  "Anything Goes"
Theme Thursday "2 of Something"
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #43 "Homemade Flower"

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the weekend. Hope you have something fun planned.
Our only wish here is for Mr. Sunshine to return and the wind and rain to disappear.
Enough is Enough.

A Little Goolish

Fall Fun, apple cider,  rustling in the leaves, change of colors, garden gourds, cool night breeze  and Creepy, Spooky, Scary, Booish Halloween. My card today was made by using things that start with
"B" Black,  Bats, Black Cats, Buttons, Boo Fibers and Beautiful Paper.

Entering in the following Challenges:
Creative belli Blog Challenge "B" Elements   "Themed" Old and Forgotten Embellishments
Flutter By Wednesday Challenge 123  All Winged Things
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 48   Wild Thing
Twisted Thursday Challenge 75  Spooky
Paper Sundes Challenge 36   Fall or Halloween Colors

Thanks for stopping by, hope you found yourself a little excited to be a kid again.
Enjoy the weekend...more rain and wind here.  We are oh so ready for Mr. Sunshine.

The Many Wonders---Finding Challenges

I just made this Orange Flower last night trying to see if I could "Scrunch " it enough and make it look like so many the gals are making.. and I found a few Challenges I thought it might fit.

My Card Receipe:
Sizzix Flower Layers Die, and Leaf Die
Spellbinders, Borderabiliites Ric Rac Die for the Scallops,
Cuttlebug EF     D'vine Swirls
Distress Inks: Wild Honey, Vintage Photo
New Distress Stickles in Orange on the Flower
Tsukineko's finger applicators, Tim Holtz Distressing Tool
Some Varigated String from my Fibers Obession Chest

The Flower was fun, I used 2 of each size (4 different ones) Distressed, Scrunched, Misted, added Orange Stickles on edges, punched a brad in the middle. WhooLah!!! 

I will enter this into the following Challenges, as I found a couple more:

Wee Memories    Challenge #23 - S.O.S. theme (Scallops, Orange and String)! This week the challenge is to incorporate any 2 of the 3 designs, Scallops, Orange or String.
A Crafty Little Place Crafty Challenge #57 - COLOR!!!  Three colors to be exact:
BROWN / GREEN / ORANGE.
Welcome to Flourishes  Rustic Beauty   
Waltzingmouse Sketch  Challenge #15  Sketch
Paper Romance Challenge #17  Handmade Flowers
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge#43 Do It Yourself Flowers

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I really always appreciate any comments. I didn't realize my blog was so hard to read until someone mentioned it.  When I had so many computer problems last week I noticed the difference using Internet Explorer and Firefox  they give different fonts and sizes. I hope that headache is over, things seem to be working better, but sometimes I have no access to the CD Rom / DVD or my USB drives .  Did a good cleaning so maybe that will help..

Enjoy what is left of our week. Heavy Rain here all thru the night. Another Harvest Nightmare. 

Pure White, Pure Simple

Today I have entered this Card into the following Challenges:

Caardvarks  "Clean and Simple"
Incy Wincy Designs "All White Except the Image"
Gingersnap Creations GS72 Color Challenge--- "Neutrals Plus 1 Color"

Card Receipe:
Hero Arts Stamp 
Cuttlebug EF's  Swiss Dots and Polka Dots
Martha Stewart's Pop Up Daisy Punch, (used 2x cut out one popped it on top,)
A Button,  a Pearl, some Ribbon from my Stash.

Quick, Easy and Have a Friend it goes to.   Thanks for stopping by, may you enjoy a beautiful day. We have SUNSHINE...it's been gone a few days..so should go pick my squash. We have Buttercup and Spaghetti this year and I love both...

Some Layers but the Challenge is Piecing and Color

What a Sunshine Filled Day... so much needed here in Iowa.

My Card Receipe today:
DCWV Cardstock "Textures & Finishes"
Spellbinders Lables 2 and Scalloped Rectangles
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Martha Stewart's Leaf Punch (Distress Ink Wild Honey) made the Yellow a little darker
Stampin Up Bird, which I cut out and Pieced the Wing with a brad
A Sparkle and a Green & Yellow Fiber String Bow from my Obession Chest

Entering in the Following Challenges:
Embellish  Magazine  Paper Piecing and
Color Challenge of Kraft, Yellow, Light Green, and Dark Green
Fresh Brewed Blog Challenge #16  Paper Piecing

Was a great challenge, the colors come together nicely. The Paper Piecing is New for me so it is something I will have to have more stamps for I guess.  I use a Lot of "Dies" for my cards and make a LOT of TAGS.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a great week ahead. Sure is flying by.

Color Challenge @ Just Rite

My card today is for the Color Challenge at Just Rite Friday Challenge #036 Color

Card Receipe is:

Sentiment from Just Rite's "Just a Note Set"

Martha Stewart Embossed Pop Up Daisy Punch

Spellbinders "Fancy Tags",  "Scalloped Circles", "Labels 8"

EK Success Corner Rounder

Cuttlebug EF "Polka Dots"

A Button and Black Sparkle from my Stash

Ivory Textured Cardstock from In Style

I cut 1 extra of the Daisy's and cut it away from the paper added a pop up dot and placed it over the 1st Embossed Daisy which stays attached to the paper and leaves the shadow of ivory.

I also cut 2 of the Fancy Tags to make the Black around the Sentiment, I thought I needed some Flair, with no Ribbon or Extra's to attach.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great week ahead. We really need the sun to come out here in Iowa..It has been dreary long enough.

Use of Only White Cardstock

 My card today is for the following Challenges:

Our Daily Bread  Challenge  Light and Bright  (Only White Cardstock)
All Sorts Week 70  Use at least 3 Punches
Gingersnaps Creations   GC70  Spicy Supply Challenge     Punches 
Practical Scrappers  Ribbon 
Wild Orchid Challenge  6  Ribbons & Bows
Ooh-La-La-Creations  Challenge 63  Sentiment

Card Receipe:
Sentiment: Our Daily Bread Designs  from "Dad"
Cuttlebug EF Polka Dots
Spellbinders Dies: Pendant Spades, Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles (2 Sizes Here)
Vivid Purple Stamp Ink, 
Purple Ribbon, Purple Sparkle & Pearls from my stash  


Thanks for stopping by, the Challenge Blogs here have some great Inspiration so hop on over.  This was a Quick and Easy card and I think it turned out quite nice.


Really cold and windy here today...would be a good day to make some cookies and warm up the house.   Enjoy the week.  

Fall Birthday a Comin...Some Orange, Green & Blue

I have a Family Members Birthday coming up and I thought this could be used to set on an easel or hung on a hook to add to the fall decor.  Uusally my tags are finished on both sides, one side to display and the reverse with the words for the occasion. My tag today was made by using a Mat Board distressed with TH distressing tool and distress inks, some old patterned beige fabric and patterned paper from My Minds Eye a top of that,  top with a Felt Homemade Flower,with an old button in the center, some scraps of trim with all the beads to the right, a  Sizzix Leaf Die cut from TH Grungepaper, Distressed with inks of Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo, a Spellbinders Long Classic Scalloped Rectangle, stamped with Sentiment (a garage sale find) Card Stock Pleated with Scor Pal , the little blue checkered bow is from a collection of Making Memories, a charm added to a green fiber, TH Journaling Ticket, several colored fibers at the top of tag.
The back was finished with Senitment from Stampabilities, and Patterned My Minds Eye Papers.

I will enter this into the following Challenges:
Fresh Brewed Blog Challenge #15 :   D-Distressing A-Autumn R-Ribbon E-Embellishments
Joans Gardens Challenge #15 : Color - Orange, Green and Blue
Embellishment - Printed Ribbon and something hanging
3 different prints - can include ribbon print
Distress with ink
Creative Inspiration Challenge #78 :  Tag It
Alphabet Challenge  "U" Unused Stash  (old fabric, trim, button)
Creative Belli Challenge # 100 : OLD AND FORGOTTEN Brads, Buttons, Bows, Blues, Brass....if it starts with a B,  (button, little blue patterend bow, blue mat board, little brass charm)
Artful Inkables Think INK #29 : Color Combo  Blue and Orange
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #101 :  Anything Goes
ABC Challenge "D" for Distressing
Our Vintage Affair   Challenge #6   Vintage Tag 

All of these have some really great inspirations to offer so hop on over and get your creative juices moving a bit...
The Iowa weather has really cooled off..in the 50's...so it's sweatshirt weather and time to get out the varieties of hot chocolate or apple cider brewing.  Lets hope the week ahead blesses us with more than what we went thru last week.  Just for sanity sake....
2 Days away from my husband combining his bean fields,  a wind and heavy hail storm came and destroyed one field and left much of nothing in the others.  We are finding out more and more neighbors fields around us were also hit hard.  Many  also lost trees and had building damage.

Farming is a Gamble, day to day, survival depends on mother nature.  There are Farm Programs to help but with any Government Program a lot of waiting, paperwork and down to the end there will be some little gletch that won't quailify this ONE certain stiuplation...so you pull up your boot straps and go on..because you love the land and what you do.
  When the Grain Prices go up, so does the next years rent,  seed sales, equipment, and the BIG gas and chemical gouge.  When the Grain Prices go down, NONE of these revert back to lowering prices. We keep our faith, and are thankful for what we have, "someone else always has it worse". 

Now that that is off my chest, I'm off to bigger and better things....lunch and a little crafting, trying out a few stichery projects and maybe going for a drive in the country, with a stop for some homemade pizza later.  Enjoy your week ahead and thanks for stopping by.

A Sunday Card

A Sympathy Card is in Order. 

My black and white cardstock was Embossed with Cuttlebugs Argyle. The Copper Metallic is DCWV, Spellbinders Cross Collection, Scalloped and Plain Circles.

For the inside I used the Hero Arts Sentiment with the Spellbinders Wonky Squares and some copper trim from Hobby Lobby.
I will enter it into the following Challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers  Clean and Simple Challange #29
Little Paper Shop  Clean and Simple
Paper Romance Clean and Simple
Pixie Dust Studio In Between the Newsprint- Black, White, 1 Other Color
Fun for Challenges Black, White, 1 Other Color
The Play Date Cafe #46 Color Splash, Black, White, 1 of these Colors, Copper, Gold, Pink    Use the Inspiration Photo

There is some great inspirations from all of these Design Teams, so take some time, enjoy the view.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

The Everything Tag & I'm Celebrating..and Distressing

My "TAG" today was made for many Challenges. I started with a piece of white cardboard, distressed it with tearing layers off and using the Ranger Distress Inks, Peeled Paint, Barn Door,and Tea Dye. I made the"Grunge Flowers" with Tim Holtz's Grunge Paper, cut out with  Sizzex Nested Flowers and a #3 Sixxlits, they were the size I needed here, distressed with the Barn Door Red, some Antique Linen.

The Leaves were made with the Spellbinders Assorted Leaves Die from Colored Paper, even some old sheet music paper and distressed.The bottom leave was distressed with Pine Needle.  I used the TH Distree Applicator, his Memo Pin at the Top with 2 wooden beads. The Adage Ticket "Play" from TH idea-ology book.
The "Note" Stamp was a garage sale find, Memento Brown and the Spellbinders Label Die. The Fibers, Stick Pins, Pearls, "Clear Button and Bead" are from my little Treasure Chest of Oddities.  I also used a Paper Piercer on the Edges.
The Old Sheet Music is really "OLD"..in an auction box I purchased sometime ago.

I will enter this into the following Challenges:
Joans Gardens Weekly Challenge #14 
Color - Red, Brown and Green
Embellishment - Pearls and Trim - preferably lace
Lil Loita Boutique Challenge #14  Sheet Music
No Time to Stamp Stamp Simply #155  Falling Leaves
The Shabby Tea Room Week #26  "TAG" you're it
Wild Orchid Challenge  Challenge #5    Pearls & Pins
Ink on My Fingers/Sunday Stamper Week #119  "All Kinds of Everything"
Stamptacular Sunday Challegne #75   Distress It
Die Cut Dreams Challenge #64  Pearls & Pins
All Sorts Challenge Week #69  The Colors of Autumn
ABC Challenge Blog  "D"  Distress
Studio L3  Week #13  "Grunge" Flowers
Reasonable Ribbon  Flowers
Flourishes Timeles Tuesday FTTC83  Use a Ticket
Paper Cutz Challenge #58  Tag
Pile it On #35  Layers
Incy Wincy Designs #58 Celebrate
Artful Inkables Think Ink  #28  Distressed Out
Creatalicious Challenge Bizzy Bees #13 Vintage
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Vintage
Stampin' for the Weekend Shabby or Vintage
Welcome to Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful  Rustic
Our Vintage Affair Challenge #6  Vintage Tag
Lots to Do Distressed Tag

Whew!!! Lots of Great and Interesting Challenges, it's part of the fun.  Thanks for stopping by my blogspot, running late, seems my "E" drive won't let me show the picture so will have to do some repairs and load the picture later and just save this for now...why do these things happen?
My Iowa Football teams are playing and I am missing the action...
Have a great weekend....  got it to work....

Studio 3 Solutions

Look at this!!!! Wow, who wouldn't love a storage unit like this, hurry and stop over to Wee Memories    for all the deets...Good Luck

Happy Birthday Wishes

Cuttlebug Challenges  Be Inspired #100 It's 2 Years so a   Happy Birthday Card (with Cuttlebugs' Candles)
Practical Scrappers  Use White/Color Core Cardstock, sanded, embossed, and labeled it Birthday!!!!

I used Cuttlebugs "Birthday Wishes" Embossing Folder which gave me the Candles, popping out after I sanded them, also Cuttlebugs "Swiss Dots" sanded on the Purple, (both papers would be the White Color CoreStock) a Martha Stewart Border Punch, Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangle, with Vivid Purple Ink,on the Sentiment I purchased at a garage sale. The Bow, made with my Bow Easy, and a few things from the Treasure Chest...the color combo was for a Challenge that Expired and I missed it..oh well..I always love to have cards on hand in an array of color.  
Wishing Cuttlebug many more great years...
Thanks for stopping by and hope you can accomplish a lot before the weekend is here again.

Sweetness Once Again

Somehow I always love to work with the Little Magnolia Stamps.But I put this one away for some of my newer ones and Today I Welcomed her back and have used my Copics to Color Tilda, Popped her upon the Spellbinders Scalloped Cirlce & Plain, Embossed with Cuttlebugs Swiss Dots, Martha Stewarts 2 Border Punches, and Cuttlebugs Polka Dots, the Lace, Bows, Pearls, & tiny Flowers are all from a Treasure Chest of Oddities.

I have entered this sweet little treasure in the following challenges:
Creative Belli Blog  Challenge 99   Old Stamps
Simon Says Pearls & Lace
Totally Tilda Challenge #4  Lilac & Lace
Just Magnolia Week #71  Anything Goes
All That Scraps  Lace & One of their Stamps

Back to a normal work week in the morning here in the USA, we just had a much deserved holiday.  And what a fantastic 3 days weather wise..but fall is just around the corner..our nights are REALLY COOL..love it..windows open and no air running up that increasing electric bill.
Thanks for stopping by, and best wishes for a great week.

The Color Purple

What a beautiful day!!  I have entered my card in the following Challenges:

Mark's Finest Papers Use 5 of Something

Joan's Gardens Challenge Weekly #13
Color - Deep rich purple
Embellishment - a Spellbinders Pendant - or a punch making a design
Cut out flower that you color
Punched Border
 
Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 117
....a Colour Combo  PURPLE ...CREAM.....BROWN
 

 
I love Purple so this was a fun card for me to make. I used the Penny Black Stamp from the "Flower Gallery" set, colored with Atyou Spica pen set, my Big Shot for the Spellbinders
Pendants set "Lotus" which also gave me the scalloped border, Petite Scalloped Circles Small & the Small Oval  for my garage sale Sentiment.. I added the "5" Sparkles to the bottom and a Bow made with the Bow Easy..(love that thing)...

I love to have on hand a few cards to quick send to friends, especially the elderly ones who still "love to get mail".  Sometimes I think it sad so much is done on Facebook and in Emails and the little personal creative touch is GONE.. (but so is the saving of this card and that card all through the years).. ohhhhh..I have sooooooooooo many stashed away..its usually a "Snowy Day" project to glance through and remember all the fun people I've had in my life.

Thanks for stopping by.
Enjoy what is left of the holiday weekend..we are off to a "Farm Field Plow Day" ....its a fall atmosphere, with big kettles of  stew, lots of homemade goodies and lots of neighbors throughtout  our county, just enjoying fall weather, and friendship.  So glad I moved back home!!!!

Special Greetings

My card today is for the following Challenges:

A BELATED BIRTHDAY BASH AT Flourishes Birthday Card

DeNami Design Color Challenge #4 White, Black, Magenta

There She Goes Clear Stamps  1. One (1) piece of patterned paper, my pink 2. Two (2) solid cardstock colors,Black & White  and 3. Three Embellishments Flower, Pearls, Sparkle

Oh Alice Sparkle 

Simon Says Stamp and Show Layers 

My card is a Criss Cross, made with the help of my Scor Pal,for the inside pullup tag, I used the Big Shot with the Spellbinders Labels 10,  1/2 of the Fancy Tag die on top, with a Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing folders D'Vine Swirls,and Swiss Dots.  I used the Fleur DE Lis Die on the opening, EK Success Wave Flourish Punch, the Paper Studio Flower Punch (3 sizes), Bow Easy for the Bow and Pearls & Sparkle from my stash.
Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the weekend and hop on over to all of the above blogs as they have some great inspiration and the Design Teams have done a great job.

Pearls, Pink, Lace, & Girlie

My card today is for the following CHALLENGES:
Simon Says Challenge Pearls & Lace
Lil Lolita Boutique Challenge #13 Girlie Girl
Cuttlebug Challenges #99 Pink Stamper
Alphabet Challenge  S is for Scallops
Really Reasonable Ribbons Flowers, + Ribbon/Lace/Trim
All That Scraps Lace & One of their Stamps

For my card I used the Lil Loita "WILLOW" isn't she adorable, colored with Atyou Spica, stamped on a Spellbinders Mega Oval, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder "Swiss Dots", Martha Stewarts Scalloped Lace Punch,both used on my papers, some lace topped with pleated sparkle ribbon, bow, pearls,& flowers.
It's a Girlie, Girl Card for sure. 
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great weekend.

Saturday Surprise Candy

All the Things I Love  has Magnolia Candy as the Saturday Surprise it is the "Japanese Tilda"    Hop on over and see the beautiful things Bev does here.

Colors Light & Bright

One of those nights, woke up thinking of these colors & my Cosmo Cricket Papers and just couldn't get back to sleep.
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger  Light & Bright, Inspiration Photo:

I was excited to use my new Spellbinders Wonky Squares, Embossed the card with Cuttlebug's Polka Dots, Cut the Cosmo Cricket Papers, added their Flowers & a Simple Bow and back to bed I went. Whew..sometimes you just don't get to sit and look at the beautiful view as in this picture.

So this morning, I'm off to other things.Taking advantage of a little shopping trip for some new Fall Papers,(while my husband went to a farm sale),but will have to take down my flags and shut the windows seems the Wicked Wind has came to visit.
 Beginining of College Football!!! One competitive joy in my life & one of our Iowa teams (ISU) won last night...hope it's a good season.  Have a great weekend.Thanks for stopping by.