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.

Monday, Monday

My tag this week is for the following Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp and Show  Show Your Layers
The Shabby Tea Room Week #25  Old Meets New
Really Reasonable Ribbons Challenge #6  Aloha
Pile it On Challenge#34 Farewell to Summer(Goodbye,Farewell)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge#47 Colors Orange,Blue, Brown 

Tim Holtz Distress Inks Pumice, Wild Honey, Broken China, applied with his Ink Applicator, his Sentiment (NEW to me) from Visual Artistry applied to (OLD) scrap paper from cutting out his Flourish sometime ago,
the "Soar" ticket (New) from T.H. Adage Tickets, Spellbinders Scalloped Circles, layered, crunched to make the Flower,
the Plane (New) from Imaginisce, and use of an (Old) Sparkle Pen on it.
The rest are Ribbon, Fibers, Curled Covered Wire, & Scraps from my Oddities Stash..(Old)

Will set the Tag aside and mail it off to my son when he leaves for his next plane trip, hopefully within the US and not for a very long stay.

From the sounds outside, my hubby is getting the big green equipment ready for Fall Harvest. The yard is full of Wagons, Tractors, the Combine, for Corn & Beans..this means grease, oil, dirty clothes...and a tired body tonight...but he loves every minute of being busy. Like a little kid in a toy shop..
For me it means thinking of ideas for packing "Yummy Lunches", being ready to be up Very Early and to "BE HERE" to haul him  "To & Fro"  one site to the other. Praying for his safety and Thanking God we have a Wonderful Crop this year.  We were on the EDGE of all the Bad Storms, so are Very Fortunate to have missed the Hail, Heavy Rains, and Hard Winds.

Life is Good

Olive, Red, Yellow--Vintage

My tag today is for the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show  Anything Tim Holtz Inspired
Just for Fun Rubber Stamps   Challenge #26   Colors: Red, Yellow, Olive
City Crafter Challenge Week #19    I See Stars
Flourishes   FTTC18 Lace
For Fun Challenge    Lace
Ink on My Fingers     Sunday Stampers Week 117  Flowers

I love TAGS and using the Unusual is what I strive for. Today I used a Mat Backing, Distressed with TH distressing tool on the edges, TH distress inks of Old Paper,& Tea Die, Spellbinders Sunflower Two Die from TH Grunge Paper, distress inks of Wild Honey & the Leaf, Peeled Paint , Sizzix TH Embossing Folder, Texture Fades (on the sanded red stars), TH Journaling Ticket, stamped with Sentiment from TH Visual Artistry & Memento Bamboo Leaves Ink, TH Word Stick(Metal "TIME"), Several Layers of Texture, Bottle Cap filled with a Real Cork Cut in Layers, a Sparkle Heart, Wire Swirl, Lace, Wooden Star and Fibers all from my Collection of Oddities.

Kinda Fallish...and a few GOOD CHALLENGES to put it all together.
All of the above Blogs, have some great Design Teams who have given many examples of inspiration. Take a peep at each and enjoy the fun.
 Enjoy the weekend, we are having a super nice day. We will be off to the Races as it is the final "Race Night" of the season. But Football has started and my heart is with "COLLEGE FOOTBALL"....LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT.   THE IOWA HAWKEYES & THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES  are reasons to PARTY..

Bright Colors

My card was made from Metallic Silver Background Paper(DCWV), Cosmo Cricket "DeLovely" Chipboard and Paper, Sentiment, Brad, Corded Bow, Silver Button & Buckle were from my precious stash.

Presented for the Following Challenges:

Moxie Fab World  with Tuesday Trigger of: 

Would love to be by this water......

Simple Treasures
looking for that one card design that jumps off the page ... uses bright red, sunny yellow, vintage green and aqua, black, silver and/or creme ... has a vintage and/or retro 1950's kitchen-inspired theme


My sofa sits just around the corner from this awesome old kitchen set. (hee, hee)

Here we have the Old Vintage & the New Sleek Style with these 2 Challenges and the  Colors are Light & Bright,
Also The Shabby Tea Room has Week #24 "Metal" and an inspiration

So I thought the Colors also fit and the Metal Buckle & Button help complete my card.
At Papertake Weekly the Challenge is 3-2-1 --I've 3 cushions, 2 metal pieces & 1 Fiber Bow
Hope you likee...I love anything Cosmo Cricket and all of these blogs have great inspiration week after week. The DT's work hard at great presentations for us. Some of these even have a little Candy if Mr. Linky is good to you....so peep around and have fun.

Thanks 4 stopping by                                            

COPICS-COPICS-COPICS

A Crafty Little Place 
is having their much anticipated Copic pre-order sale. It is in full swing  and customers are loving the prices:

Copic Ciaos: $2.99 each
Copics Sketches: $4.25 each
Refills: $4.90 each
but by visiting their site and spreading the word, one randomly selected participant could  win an autographed Tim Holtz Embossing Folder set and a Pink T-Shirt from Spellbinders, see all the extras at the blog site.
 
Oh, this is their last Copic pre-order sale of the year. Complete details of the sale are available on their store website:  http://www.diecutsrus.com/ 
 
So head on over and check it out...who doesn't like Copics and who doesn't like a SALE?   
 

Flourishes---Back to Beautiful

My card was made using My Big Shot, Cuttlebugs Embossing Folders, Polka Dots, and Swiss Dots,  Spellbinders Fancy Tags & Ovals & Scalloped Ovals, Flower from Hero Arts Stamp, colored with Copics & Glitter Pen, with little pearl halfs and ribbon scrap from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by, if you want some inspiration hop over to the Welcome to Flourishes and see what the great DT has to get the MOJO going..A nice quiet Sunday here, soft breeze with lots of sunshine. Theme "Back to Beautiful"   

Have a great day                                    

Vintage Lady Tag

Challenges for my TAG:
Creatalicious Challenges #13  Vintage
Joans Gardens #11 Tag/Vintage
Simon Says Stamp and Show  Studio 490 Style
Wild Orchid #3  One for the Girls
City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #18  Isn't She Lovely
Moxie Fab World--Tuesday Trigger 

Paper Romance #12  Metal Embellishment
Alota Rubber Stamps Alota41   Fall Colors
Simon Says Stamps Challenge  Make a Gift
Just for Fun Rubber Stamps #25 Color Challenge Orange, Olive, Rust
Color Create #51 Ivory, Duck Egg Blue, another Color
MelJens Designs #21 Colors Brown, Teal, Orange

Wow...but my tag was fun to make

I used a Hero Arts Stamp with Memento Black Ink for the Image, Tim Holtz Paper, Distress Inks,  Peeled Paint, Tea Dye, Broken China,Old Paper & the Felt Dabber,  BigZ Die Elegant Flourishes, Distress Tool, Grunge Board for the Flower, cutout with Spellbinders Peony & my Big Shot, also Fancy Tags, Making Memories Metal Photo Corners, and Fibers from my assortment addiction, some copper wire, sparkle, a stick pin and even a feather.                                                                                                      

Thanks for stopping by, have to get going my husband is taking me somewhere special, as today is our wedding aniversary. Have a great weekend.                                                                                                     

Blog Candy/The Purple Zone

The Purple Zone    has an AWESOME  Blog Candy.

 Tim Holtz signed poster from Stampers Anonymous, Tim's book 'A Compendium of Curiosities', Sizzix Alterations Ticket Strip Die and 2 Distressables strips - could all be yours by stopping by the blog and meeting the deadline of Sept. 12th.

Hop over and Good Luck.

Terrific ..Challenges

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge #3 Vintage...Gotta Love It...

Simon Says Stamp and Show  Challenge  This weeks THEME is
THE Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 Style!

And you gotta love the DT creations using this theme. Totally Awesome. 

My creation was done with a lot of items I have had on hand. The base was from a Goodwill store, who must have aquired a LOT of framing & matting pieces as a donation, but I just had many uses for these so bought lots of different colors. Already shaped and ready to use for little or nothing.
Topped off with the Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Wild Honey, Pine Needles,
Peeled Paint, & Pumice Stone applied with the T.H. Ink Applicator.  A Hero Arts stamp "ArtPrints",  colored with Colored Pencils,the Sentiment  also a "garage sale" find, Inked upon the Spellbinders, "Fancy Tags", Some fibers from my other obsession, and the Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz Die
" Elegant Flourishes" using Grunge Board,(want to do some flowers from the Grunge Paper, but not around here for purchase)  a Lace Doilie, a Flower, Real dried Rose Leaves, Copper Wire, Metal Hearts & Fiskars Black Rain Dots.
This was a fun project, that just kinda fell together for me. Gotta love that.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week.  It is totally awesome weather here in the Midwest...no humidity, mid 70's and kinda looks like fall is just around the corner.

Couldn't Resist

Just had to do another TAG for the Simon Says Stamp and Show

for the FIRST CHALLENGE:
Things with Wings. The New Design Team has some awesome things they have created. Need I mention Tim Holtz to create some more excitement. Hop on over and see what it is all about, you won't be disappointed.

My TAG is from the American Tag Company, Distressed with Tim Holtz Distressing Tool, & Distress Ink Pumice Stone, Pine Neddles, Tea Dye, Embossed with Cuttlebug Floral Fancy, Paper from Ideaology Paper Stack by Tim Holtz, cut out with the Sizzix (Tim Holtz Alterations) Elegant Flourishes Die, & use of my BIG SHOT, some Ideaology Tissue Tape by Tim Holtz, a Paper Flower, I made with the Spellbinders Bloosom Two and Old Book Pages,  the yarn and fibers are from a Collection of Fibers I love to mess with. (Another Sickness!!!) An old Button and a Sticker Butterfly from Close to My Heart.  The Colorful Butterfly is a Very Old Card Tally, I got from a household auction of a  90 year old, Retired School Teacher's Collection of EVERYTHING. Things most of us have never seen, but the beauty and color of the "Good Ol' Days" never ceases to amaze me. I have MANY other treasures from there that I will no doubt share throughout my card making and may just do one with pictures from the sale on a blog day adventure here someday.

Thanks for stopping by, Simon Says always has some great inspirations and a huge variety of products, with Great Service.

Simple

Card is for the following Challenges:
Just for Fun Rubber Stamps  Color Challenge #23 Kraft, Red, White
Flourishes  Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC79  Sketch

Very Simple Card, Loved the Sketch by Flourishes and the Color Combo by Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.. Just papers, a Ribbon I made, and a Sentiment from Close to my Heart.
Thanks for stopping by, still have  3 grandkids and Dvd and popcorn are almost done.  That's why it was a Simple Card.  

A First Challenge Things with Wings

Simon Says Stamp and Show  has a FIRST CHALLENGE:
Things with Wings.  The New Design Team has some awesome things they have created.  Need I mention Tim Holtz to create some more excitement. Hop on over and see what it is all about, you won't be disappointed.

My TAG is from the American Tag Company, Distressed with Tim Holtz Distressing Tool, & Distress Ink Pumice Stone, Pine Neddles, Tea Dye,  Embossed with Cuttlebug Floral Fancy, Paper from Ideaology Paper Stack by Tim Holtz, cut out with the Sizzix (Tim Holtz Alterations) Elegant Flourishes Die, & use of my BIG SHOT, some Ideaology Tissue Tape by Tim Holtz, a Lace Flower, I made, & added an old button for the center, the yarn and fibers at top & the Blue strip is Expo Int'L denim blend border is from a Collection of Fibers I love to mess with. (Another Sickness!!!)  The Felt Heart with the Embrodiery'd Angel is a project I did last winter and just found a use for her here.
I may send it to a new granddaughter, for part of a collage in her new room.         Angels are Always Welcome.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you are having a great week. I have had 3 grandchildren here since Sunday, ages 7, 5, 2, need I say I have been busy.  Mostly answering questions and filling drink glasses, but the time is going fast and they will return home sometime this weekend, I guess.
Very fortunate to have a sister who lent me some Children's Movies, so while they watch them and eat popcorn I can create some fun projects.
Life if Good.

Simple One Layer, White

Good Morning...hoping for no humidity..so hot and quite stormy here in the Midwest. My card is for the following challenges:
Wild Orchid Challenge #3  "One for the Girls"  
Oh Alice Chapter 25 "White"
No Time to Stamp  Stamp Simply #151 - "One Layer Cards"

I used the Tickled Pink Stamp "Lil Loita-Lilith, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Polka Dots on the card and Script on the Broken Heart, Spellbinders Mega Scalloped Ovals, some White Stickles on the Dress and Rose, a ribbon and button from my stash. She reminds me of a young gal with a broken heart. We've all been there, done that?
The DT's on these Challenges have some great inspiration so hop on over and see what's there to make your day.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.

Monday, Monday

My card today is for a few Challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenges #103 -- Lace
A Pocket Full of Posie #4 -- Flower/Glitter

The Shabby Tea Room #22 -- Photo above/soft, neutral and shimmery colors in the photo      
Mark's Finest Papers#15 -- Make your own embellishments
Moxie Fab World -- Tuesday Trigger  -- She Sell Seashells

Hero Arts - Monthly, Keeping in Touch/Make your own embellishments
Altoa Rubber Stamps #40 -- Distress

For my card I used Spellbinders Dahlia to make the homemade Flower, cut from a gift bag of shimmery white with a sparkle,Renaissance Hearts, which I used Distressed Stickles, Fancy Tags,with Pitch Black  "Hello" Sentiment,  my papers were Distressed with Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and are from The Metallic Stack & The Luxury Stack by DCWV
 a Lace with Ribbon thru it, some black sparkle in the corners from my stash.
It was a fun card to make, sending it off to a dear friend I haven't seen for a while.
Thanks for stopping by, have a great week ahead.