New Adventure

A friend of mine has restarted her blog.  She is a SAHM like me, but has a family of 5 whereas mine is only 3.  She is embarking on a new endeavor.  She is trying to save money by stretching her food budget to save for a family vacation.  Why not take a look and follow her blog.  Amber's Blog  I am going to follow and see if I can do the same thing.  It's another project for me to blog about..like I don't have enough..lol  God bless ya'll.

Day 33

Hello peeps.  I'm back with another card for the 100 in 100 challenge over on Splitcoaststampers.  I am quickly collecting a big stash of cards.  I need to start sending them before I run out of room.   Thanks for stopping by today.  God bless you.

Stamp: Inkadinkadoo
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up Garden Green; Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip; TCP Brown; CTMH Sunflower; White
CS: Stampin' Up Whisper White; Dark Blue Recollections
Coloring Medium-chalk (background)
Extras- Sandpaper for beach
Adhesives: ATG; Pop dots

Day 32

Howdy everybody.  Hope you guys are enjoying your summer.  It's been so hot here I feel like I am melting some days.  I had a couple of challenges these past two weeks for Christmas cards.  So, I am posting one of them today.  Maybe looking at it will cool me off..lol

Yep, I was right.  Looking at this snow cooled me down.  I can just see myself sitting inside this cute little cottage in front of a warm fire, drinking some hot chocolate, but knowing if I got too hot, I could just step outside for a little cool air.  

Thanks for checking out my blog today.  Stay cool everybody.

Stamp: my stash

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

CS: Mint Green, White-Recollections

DP: DCWV

Images: Cricut images I received in a swap

Adhesives: ATG; Pop dots

Day 31

Hi everyone.  I am posting my 31st card.  I can't believe it.  I have been working very hard to clear out my stash but it doesn't seem to be going down very fast.  Is anyone else having this problem?

So today's card is from a challenge I did over on Outlawz.  They have a different challenge for every day of the week.  This one is called Dog Days of Summer.  I hope you like it and thanks so much for stopping by.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo Dogs; Trees from my stash

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up Old Olive; TCP Red and Brown

CS: my stash

Adhesive:  ATG and Pop Dots

October Blog Hop

Hi guys.  I just want to announce the October Blog Hop happening over at Queen Kat Designs starting October 1st.  I am going to be posting for 3 of the days.  I will have some blog candy on my blog for those who follow my blog and leave a comment.  It's going to be great!  I have already seen some previews of some of the projects that will be posted.  For more information check out QKD blog as time goes on.

Elf Portrait

Howdy folks.  I have another card using a stamp from Queen Kat Designs  This is another card using the Elf Portrait stamp by Trisha Shufelt.  She has some great stamps.  This one is a Christmas stamp for those who would like something out of the norm.

Stamps: Elf Portrait by Trisha Shufelt
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Coloring Medium: BIC Markers,
CS: GinaK Designs Wine with Everything; Recollections Olive Greet
DP: my stash
Ribbon: my stash
Rhinestones: Queen and Co

Day 30

Welcome back friends.  So glad you stopped in to take a gander at my work.  I am really liking these digi images.  I had no idea they would be so easy to work with.  This one is from Ann Fenton over on The Outlawz.  You guys should check it out.  They have a different challenge for every day with some great prizes, too.

Stamp: Digi by Ann Fenton
Ink: Printer
Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils; OMS; BIC Markers
CS: Stampin' Up Crumb Cake; Recollections Olive Green; Recollections Rust
DP: my stash
Adhesives: ATG

Day 29

Hello there..It's Day 29 and I have created a Christmas Card.   I had to make a card using "wood" for the theme.  I decided to make a Gingerbread Man card called, "The Perfect Man".  I found the quote for this card and had to use it.  I handwrote the sentiment quote and it says, "The Perfect Man.. He's quiet, he's sweet, and if he makes you mad, you can bite off his head."   I made this one a criss-cross card.  You can find the tutorial for this type of card on SCS under the resources tab.

CS: Recollections Olive Green, Christmas Red, and White
DP: my stash
Vellum: my stash
Embellishments: Wooden Gingerbread Men from AC Moore
Adhesives: ATG; Scotch Quik Dry Glue

Day 28

Welcome to my blog.  I hope ya'll are having a great day.  Thanks for taking time to stop by and check out my work.  I truly appreciate it.  If you like what you see, please leave a most welcome comment.  I love to see what ya'll think.

Today's card was completed for a challenge over on The Outlawz.   I had a creative spark to do something I hadn't ever done before.   I fussy cut around the top of the roses and then used my Cuttlebug to cut out the rest.   I also used a Sizzix leaf die and added them around the outside of the focal image.  I really enjoyed making this one and am pretty pleased with the way it turned out.

Stamp:  Digi from Sandi Huggett
Ink: Printer
Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils; OMS
CS: Colorbok Light Blue; Colorbok Sand; GP 110# White; Recollections Olive Green
DP: my stash
Ribbon: Light Blue Satin-my stash
Adhesives: ATG; Pop dots

Day 27

Hello everyone.  I can't believe I have almost completed 1/3rd of the 100 Day challenge.  Crazy, right?  My stash is still pretty big, but my scrap bin is shrinking.  I am itching to order some new stuff, but I am holding tight to the reigns.  I have a $125 bank already, so I figure by the end of the 100 days I will have enough built up to have a really good haul.  That will be a big post..lol

So, my card for today is a challenge for SCS CAS.  I also used wooden embellishments which qualifies for another challenge.  I thought this little princess card turned out pretty darn cute.

Thanks for stopping by today.  God bless you.

Stamp: Inkadinkadoo Humorous Birthday (Sentiment)

CS: Recollections Chocolate Brown; Recollections Lime Green

DP: K&Co

Embellishments: Wooden Shapes-AC Moore; Swirl Clip

Adhesives: ATG; Scotch Quick Dry Glue

Day 26

This cute card is a digi.  Aren't they cute??  I love turtles, so when I found this one, I knew I had to have it.    I am running out of ink in my printer because I am printing off so many digis.  I have even found free coloring pages online that work fabulous for digi stamps.  I will be posting some of those later on.

I hope you guys are enjoying my posts.  I am having a ball making these cards.  Thanks for stopping by and God bless you.

Stamp:  Free Digi

Ink: Printer

Coloring Medium:  Colored Pencils; OMS

CS:  Recollections Chocolate Brown; Recollections Olive Green

DP: My stash

Ribbon: Michael's

Dew Drop: My stash

Adhesive: ATG

Day 25

Hi there.  Thanks for stopping by.  I posted in Day 24 that I remade this card because I wasn't totally happy with the first one.  I changed everything about it except the sketch.  I was much happier with this one.  I used a stamp set from Fiskars for this one.  I really like the new Fiskars cling foam stamps.  They are very nice to work with.  I have seen quite a few out and I am sure they will have more coming.

I hope you enjoy this card.  Thanks again for stopping by.. God bless you.

Stamp: Fresh Fruit by Fiskars

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Coloring Medium: Sakura Glitter Pens; BIC Markers

CS: GinaK Asparagus; GP 110# White

DP: DCWV The Gilded Orchard

Adhesives: ATG; Pop dots

Day 24

Welcome back to my blog for Day 24 of the 100 Day Challenge.  I am having a great time with this.  It is forcing me to think outside the box and use what I already have.  That seems easy, but sometimes it's really not.  I get an idea of what I want the card to look like and then have to search for what I need.  It's so much easier just to go buy it.  But, I'm refraining.  I didn't even stop at the Hobby Lobby while I was on vacation because I wanted to stay on the challenge.  I still need to order adhesive, but everything thing else is off limits.

This card was made for a challenge over on the Outlawz.  I really wasn't sure I liked the way it turned out so I made another one to submit for the challenge.  I will post that one for Day 25.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful day.  God bless you.

Stamp:  GinaK Designs Spring Mix

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

CS: Stampin' Up Whisper White; Dark Blue-my stash

DP: my stash

Flowers: Jolies

Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

Day 23

Howdy there.  I'm back with a card I call Gnomebody Like You.  I fell in love with this stamp set as soon as I laid eyes on it.  It's so cute and whimsical.  I colored in the images and then fussy cut out the gnome, turtle, fence & mushrooms, and popdotted them on top.  I hope you like it.  I know the little girl who received it for her birthday did.

Thanks for stopping by today.  God bless you!

Stamp:  Garden Gnome by Recollections; ABCs from Studio G

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up  Summer Sun

Coloring Medium:  BIC markers; Colored Pencils; OMS; Sakura Glitter Pens

CS: Stampin' Up Basic Black

DP: DCWV The Gilded Orchard

Adhesives: ATG; Pop dots

Day 22

Howdy!  I remade this card in a different color.  The original is posted on Day 19 and I liked it so much that I changed the colors and made another one.  I love this truck stamp from GinaK.  I'm a sucker for antique cars.  I hope you guys like this one. 

Thanks for stopping by and God bless you.

Stamp: GinaK Designs The Journey
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up Grass Gree; DI Vintage Photo
Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils; OMS
CS:  My stash
DP:  American Flag  DCWV
Stickers: my stash
Adhesive: ATG