Miss you

Well here we are again...Just another Saturday night!! Watching Baseball, basketball & Hockey on Stevie the TV with my husband. While he is flipping channels I decided to post this card I made today :) I am playing along with  The Happily Ever Crafter challenge again this time. For this challenge we are simply to make a card or project using the color Red, orange, and or yellow. I chose red & yellow. For my lay out I found this sketch over at the paper crafts blog....I think it may actually be from the go to sketches book.

This is my card:

Sooooo quick & easy!! Love those sometimes!! Both my paper are PTI, Stamp sets are PTI Mega messages & Beautiful blooms. Ink is SU. That's it!! so cute!! :)  Well I better get back to the ball games & my hubby!! see ya later!!!

Just Because Just Rite Stamps

Happy Holiday weekend fellow bloggers! We are enjoying beautiful weather in Arizona! hope where ever you are....you are too!!!! Today I had a little time to spend in my (newly organized) craft room :) I decided to play along with JRS sketch challenge today. This is the super fun, easy sketch:

AND this is my card:

Super fun & easy sketch!! All papers are PTI, Stamps: Round Just Rite Stamps, EK success punches, Spellbinders dies, cuttlebug folder. Ribbon & bling are old from my stash. That's it for this one! I hope to get to a few more challenges this weekend...loooooove long weekends!!!!! Thanks for visiting!!!

Happily ever Crafter challenge #6

Greetings fellow bloggers! I found the MOST challenging challenge!! Thanks to my BBGF Marge...Thanks Marge!!  :) The Challenge is from the blog Happily ever Crafter 

You will have to go check it out for yourself to get your challenge as they are not all the same ;) my challenge was to make a card using...a tree, some ric rac, purple paper and some stitching!!  see...cool & very challenging right! I am not exactly in love with my card but it was a blast trying to figure it out.

This is my silly little card:

I know, I know...from a design stand point I am sure their are a bazillion things wrong with it! The only ric rac I had that even sort of went with purple was this rasb. fiz I cut at Marge's house the other day using her new PTI Die. I really don't like stitching so I used this MS stitching rub-on....at least it matches LOL! Marge also gave me some of this scrap burlap that was out on my table (not yet put away) The Stamp is from stamps by Judith. The little brads have been in my stash for a long time. All paper & other stamps are PTI. That's it for this one! If you get the chance you should check it out...I think it runs till the end of the month.
Thanks for the visit! have a great day!!!

Red White & Blue Just us Girls

Happy Monday & a half day off for me!!! I decided to play along with the JUGS this week & make a card of red, white, Blue & craft. Feels good to be getting back in my craft room.

This is my card:

All Materials are Yankee Doodle Dandy from Piggy Tales except for the rbbon & that is from Michaels. The 4th of July is a rub on.  Oh...the tooth pick is from my kitchen hee hee!!! that's it!!! soooo quick & easy!! thanks for today's visit!!! Catch ya later!

happy birthday cake

I am adding this cake to TODAYS CREATIVE BLOG 

If you like anything Crafty you need to visit every day (like I do)

Well I have spent most of my day in the kitchen today & very little in the craft room. My daughter needed a cake for a bithday at work & asked for my help. Well .....I made the cake while she napped! Oh well I love to bake but I SHOULD NOT be eating stuff like that!!! :) SOOO I didn't mind at all. This is the most delicious cake! It is dark chocolate with peppermint butter cream frosting!!! YUMMO!!!! The recipe is from the book "The Cake Doctor"  Instead of frosting decorations I made these little paper ones to stick on.....so cute!!!!

This is a close up of the decorations

The paper is really really old from denami,  punches are giga flower by marvy & scallop circle from SU. Stamp set I used is from PTI. The "40" was chippboard from my stash that was glittered with MS glitter. The sticks are "candy" sticks from Michaels. The fronts & back of the flowers are the same. That's it for today!!! Now that I have the kitchen all cleaned up....my craft room is in serious need of my attention!!!! Thanks for todays visit!!!

Cute card Thursday....For someone special

Greeting from Sunny, Hot Arizona!!! Sorry so long since my last post. Sometimes life just does not allow me to get in the craft room. Today's card is for my BBGF (Best Blog girlfriend) Marge. I am entering it in the Cute card Thursday challenge #112. The challenge is to make a card for someone special. I made this card & gift bag set for her...she is a very special friend!! She helped me set up my blog & always lets me know of all the cool, fun stuff going on in blog land!! She knows everything about all the latest & greatest products & always willing to share her knowledge!!! We got to have lunch together today & craft a little....I got to play with all her new PTI stuff !!!! SOOOOOOO fun!!! Except now I am going to have to order a bunch of stuff of my own!!! She is such an ENABLER!!!!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY GOOD FRIEND!!! 

This is my entry:

I am just in love with these Cosmo Cricket papers!! I know Marge is too & that's why I chose to use them today. The birthday mesage is PTI, The flowers I made using my Marvy punch & buttons colored with Copics. The Ribbon is stampin up & the lace is something from my stash.

This is a closer look at the card:

Well that's all for today, Thanks for the visit!! Hope to get back to my regular posting!!!

Card Patterns #62

Well here we are...Sunday again AND May!!! where is the time going?? Needed a card for my sister & today I used Card patterns sketch #62 for my inspiration. I haven't done a round card for a really long time. I was determined to make this card with no flowers or bows.....Seems EVERY card on EVERY blog has a flower of some kind on it! Now don't get me wrong, I love flowers!! I just really felt the need to be different today ;) this is the sketch:

This is my card:

No flowers. No Bows....just a lot of bling!!! The cute little stamp is from American art stamps. some of it paper pieced & some of it colored with copics. All the paper is PTI, the bling of all sizes is all just from my stash. Really pretty easy! I love my MS circle cutter. That is it for this weekend :( now I must go get ready for the busy week ahead. Thanks for todays visit!!!

Cardvarks monocromatic Mothers day

Wow It has been such a loooong time!!! I just realized today that next Sunday is Mothers Day!!! YIKES!!!! I better get busy with the cards! I used Cardvarks monocromatic challenge for this ones inspiration. Kept it really really simple as time is NOT on my side today!!!

I used SU very vanilla paper as the base & then used it again, run through the cuttlebug for the front of my card. I glitterd all the high spots of the embossing. I used cream bias tape for the bow...this stuff is sooooo cheap at the Scrapbook store! Just pennies a yard. Used SU 1 3/4 circle punch with a JRS on Very vanilla again with a glittered Rose for my focal point. MS punch for the scallopd edge.

That's it for this one....very easy, very quick!!  Feels good to back in the craft room again :) Now one to the next....have a good one!!!

VACATION!

I have been on vacation with my friends & family to Country Thunder! 5 days of fun & Country music....had a blast!!!! Now I am cleaning camper & house to get ready for work tomorrow. I will hopefully be back to the blog again this weekend. Until then I will leave you with a picture of my new hat & boots I got.

Have a good week!!!!

Compsoe a card challenge #8

Happy Saturday all my blogger friends!  I am giving Becky's compose a card challenge a try again this week :) It is getting a little easier, but still a challenge for me. This is the deets for this weeks challenge:

This is what I came up with:

I went for the black & white polka dot dress....Like the dress I gathered/pleated the top of my card & added some shear netting to the bottom. I colored a piece of white ribbon green to match the green bow on the dress added a clear button with polka dot paper to show through. Added a little tag & that's that!! I even took my photo outside llike the photo of the little girl.

All paper is PTI as well as the greeting, ribbon & netting from Michaels, Clear buttons are from Taylored Expressions.

That's it for this one....better get to my weekend chores! Thanks for the visit today!!

Can flowers be blue?

Happy Easter all my fellow bloggers!! We are having the most beautiful day here in Arizona :) I have been wanting to play along with Becky's Compose a card  challenge. This challenge has challenged me beyond frustration!!! LOL!!! I have been working on it for 2 days! These are the deets to the chalenge:

seems pretty simple..right??? HA!

this is what I ended up with.

Not ecactly sure of all the rules....hope it's ok to use punches & other things?? My papers today are PTI & cosmo cricket. Buttons are all PTI, flowers are made with various punches, mostly Marvy I think. My flower stem is actually made of black felt....something I picked up at CKC a while back. The flag is also black felt. The sentiment is  PTI. OBVIOUSLY I need some serious practice with the old sewing machine! LOL!!

All & all, I have decided this one has been a good learning experience!!! Can't wait for the next!! :)

Now I better get outside & enjoy some of this weather!!

Thanks for todays visit!!!

Happy Birthday Dad...and a fab 5 winner!

wow a mid-week post for me! I needed to make a card for my dads birthday.  For me....that is a huge challenge in itself!!!! I needed some help so I chose this weeks 2 Sketches 4 you  sketch as my inspiration.
                                                                  This is the sketch:

This is my card:

Very simple I know but works it for a guy card :)  I REALLY wanted to put a bow on it though :) The papers are PTI, The stamp set is TT from a card class we took a couple of years ago at CKC....forgot about it but really like it!!! I gave the tiny little birds just a spot of color with prisma color pencils...supposed to resemble a Robin??? The sentiment is PTI. The embossing folder is from SIZIX. The punches are both SU. That's it!!! Hope he likes it!!!  Now better go finish the inside & get it in the mail!! See ya later in the week!!

Taylored Expressions Sketch 106

Friday again! :) you know what that means....another fun sketch from Taylored Expressions.

Here is this weeks sketch:

                                                                         This is my card:

                                 All materials except the bottle caps are from Taylored Expressions. All of the CS, DP and ribbon are from a "Key ingredients" kit I got last summer from TE. The Image & sentiment I got at CHA from the TE booth! The little cupcakes in the bottle caps were punched out of the matching DP.  clored with copics. That's it!! I think I may send this to one of my sisters for her BD. Well that is it for me today...I have to work tomorrow (Saturday) Boo Hoo!! Have a good one & Thanks for the visit!

PTI Blog hop

Greetings from Arizona! It's blog hop time again. It has been a very long time since I have been able to participate. It's hard for us working (outside the home) gals! Not even really sure what time time the whole thing  starts, with the time change & all. We don't change time her (ever) so always a challenge to figure out what time it is in the rest of the world!! This time we are to make a card or project using buttons.

This is my card:

All materials are PTI except a couple of Martha Stewart Punches.

Thanks for the visit!

CPS sketch

I have a clean & simple Easter card for you this morning. This one was inspireded  by this weeks CPS sketch.

 This is the sketch:

This is my card:

I kept it real simple cause I just LOVE this Jillibean paper!!!! Sentiment is from Inkadinkado, and the {} are from PTI.  The white ribbon (which I also love) is from Michaels & the Rhinestones are from my stash.

We are enjoying a beautiful spring rain today, and only in the low 60's. hope spring is in the air where ever you are!! Thanks for todays visit!!!! 

Cardvarks lace challenge

Well here I am back again :) Spending the most beautiful, peaceful afternoon in my craft room. The flowers & my Crab tree are blooming right outside my  open window.  Don't you just love spring! I happen to see that Just rite stampers is this weeks sponsor for the weekly Cardvarks challenge. This week all you have to do is make a card with lace. How easy is that....If you have some lace. I found out I really didn't have much. I purchased this paper a while back for no other reason then I really liked it!! So I decided to make this little card with them. 

 Here is my card:

The paper is Graphic 45...this shows both sides of the DP. The lace is something old from my stash. The ribbon was tan but I colored it with Copics. Learned that in class yesterday. I love that it matches perfectly!!

The sentiment is from Just Rite Stamps. I punched it out with the SU 1 3/4" punch. Then punched out one of the cherrie baskets & stuck it in the center of a smashed bottle cap. I also colored the circle sentement white paper to match the DP a little better. That's it!!!!! Now I better get some work done around here...well maybe not! We'll see!!! thanks for the visit!

OCC Think Easter

It is the most beautiful Sunday morning here in Arizona! Went for a bike ride and enjoyed the fresh air & sunshine. Then into the craft room for a quick card. This one is a very quick little Easter card for the OCC Think Easter Challenge. Better get a few of these done as Easter will be here & gone before you know it!!

Here is my funny little card:

The pink paper is Pazzle, the yellow is PTI & the DP is Jillibean-soup, Ribbon is PTI. The staped image is JRS, colored with Copics. The feathers I have had forever & just never used. also used the SU scallop punch. I think that's about it for this one. Hope I get a bit more time  in the craft room today. I have several April birthday  cards to do as well as several Easter cards.  Hey.... let me know if you come across any other fun challenges to help me along!! Have a good one!

Taylored Expressions Sketch 105

Happy Saturday!! Just a quick post for this morning. I played around with Taylored Expressions Friday sketch yesterday and finally came up with a little something.

This is this weeks sketch:

And this is my Card:

I love the bright colors of the American Crafts papers! The only stamping is the sentement by PTI, The flower is handmade by ME! You see...I have all this velum (I hate it & never use it) So my Friend Ilean taught me how to make these beautiful velum flowers....you can make them in any color, Just color first with Copics. After all the layers are punched & attached with a brad just spray with Glimmer Mist (I used pearl) and the layers will curl & seperate & puff up into a flower!! The trick is to LEAVE IT ALONE & let it do it's thing! Well I am off to a Copic class today, hope I can learn a thing or two!!

Thanks for todays visit! Have a good one!!

Gwen