DS4J Challenge #83

Hello friends.  Thanks for stopping by today.   2014 was supposed to be a great year.  Yeah, not so much.  Tim is still very sick.  I took him to the doctor on Thursday.  He was diagnosed with borderline pneumonia.  3 days later and 3 prescriptions later and he is worse.  I am calling the doctor tomorrow morning to see what our next step is.  Kierstynne has a horrible seal bark cough.  It's all in her chest.  I have to make her an appointment.  I feel ok.  I have a cough, but nothing like those two.  My FIL was admitted to the hospital today with pneumonia.  He got sick after Tim and went down hill really quick.  One of his lungs is completely full.  He has to have another chest x-ray in a week because they think he may have a touch of COPD from all his years of smoking. He quit in 1999 but I guess the damage is catching up with him.  So, for those of you who believe in the power of prayer, please lift our family up.  We need all the prayers we can get.  OK, my venting is done. Let's see what kind of eye candy we have today. :)

I used Marie Antoinette Misteri to create this card for the new DS4J Glitter and Sparkle challenge.  I love the way this one turned out.  I am just starting to make cards with the elements that hang off the side.  With my OCD, it's hard for me to do that. But, I'm trying.

Thank you again for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate it.  I hope y'all have a great day and God bless.

Recipe:
Stamp: DS4J
Sentiment: Fiskar's Girl's Night Out stamp set
Ink: Versamagic
Embossing: Stampendous Detail Gold Powder
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Sakura Glitter Clear Star pen
Cardstock: Recollections Pink and Gray
Paper: DCWV
Embellishments: Pearls--Queen and Co; Flower--handmade by me; Flourishes--my stash
Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, Embossing Buddy, Homemade Glimmer Mist, Hot Glue Gun, X-acto Corner Rounder

Challenges Entered:
Fab N Funky--#198 Celebrate
Sugar Creek Hollow--#77 Something New (Stampendous Embossing Folder, Fiskar's Stamp set)
Avenue 613--Block Party

Santa's Down Time

Good morning.  I've got my toes in the water, a** in the sand. Not a worry in the world, cold beer in my hand, life is good today.  Life is good today.  Gotta love Zac Brown.  Even though I'm not at the beach and I don't drink, Santa needs a break too.

This card really makes me want to be at the beach.  I love sound of the waves crashing on the sand, the smell of the salt water and watching all the people.  I think Santa enjoys it too from the look of things.  This image is Diane's Digital Designs and is printed on Neenah card stock.  I used colored pencils and chalk to make this image come to life.  I used an old sketch from my sketch book to design the card with a beach paper from my stash.  It's so old I don't even remember who designed it.  I cut a couple of the elements out of the DP and used them for embellishments.  The sentiment is from my stash and I think it's a Studio G.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I hope y'all enjoyed this brief glimpse into what Santa does in the off season. Have a great day and God bless.

Challenges:
V's Sweet Ideas--#13 Summer Fun
Fab n Funky--#179 Christmas in July
Chocolate Coffee Cards--#43 Life's a Beach

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs.

Shheeewww!!! It's hot here today.  88 degrees in May. This should not be happening.  We have three ceiling fans and two smaller fans going and it's still hot.  My husband is going to have to plug in the a/c tonight.

So, thanks for stopping by today.  I have a wedding card for y'all today.  My husband's cousin is getting married next month and I made this card for them, but it fits a couple of challenges too.  I used a Beccy Muir image for this card and paper pieced the wedding dress, veil and tux.

I had this fancy cream colored paper in my stash and I'm not sure what I was hoarding it for, but it worked perfectly for her dress and veil.  I used a SU Gray for the tux.  The vest is the same paper as the dress.  I used my Spectrum Noir to color in the couple.

I stamped the sentiment with Memento Espresso Truffle.  It's a set from Inkadinkado called Marriage.

I used SU Basic Black for the card base.  The DP is from Colorbok.  I added a sheer silver ribbon and some pearls from Queen and Co. to finish it off.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I have a couple more to post so stay tuned.  God bless.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly--If The Paper Fits--Paper Piecing
Fab N Funky--#171  Use Your Favorite Embellishment

Psalm 127:3

Hi there..:)  So glad to see ya.  Pull up a chair, grab your coffee and let's see what we have for today.

This beautiful little momma is from The Paper Shelter and is called Light of My Life.  I colored her with colored pencils and OMS.  I chose four different patterns of paper from The Paper Studio Love You collection that I got on sale after Valentine's Day for $1.99.  Don't ya just love a good bargain?  I matted each piece of DP onto a pink panel.  The image and sentiment are matted on Chocolate Chip card stock from SU.  The card base is from Colobok.  I made the flower using a Paper Studio Brad and Pink Box Pleated Ribbon.  It was very easy and I stole the idea from a YouTube video.  Adding three pink pearls from Queen and Co finished it off.

I hope you like this little card.  I appreciate y'all stoppin' in.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday--#78
ABC Challenge--#26 Mother's Day
Simply Create Too--#36  All About Babies
Fab N Funky--#169  Lots of Pink
Perfect Sentiments Challenge--#77 Make it Feminine

Adorable Card

Hi y'all.  Thanks for stopping in.  I decided to do something a little different with this post.  I took pictures of the elements of this card before it was put together so y'all could see what I used..

Here are the flowers before they were made.  I used a Lala Crafts Small Rose die and my EK Success small 5 petal flower punch to create them from pink and green card stock and DCWV DP.

 Here is the image from Kenny K that I chose to use and the mat for it.  The card stock is from Colorbok  and I used XCut dies. I used BIC markers to color in the image.

 These are the squares I die cut with Nestabilities.  The DP is from DCWV and the Old Olive card stock is SU.

 I used Fancy Tags Nestabilities to cut these, one in Old Olive (SU) and one in GP White. I trimmed down the white one so that only the embossed center was used.

 I cut a panel of DCWV pink and green striped DP.  I ran it through the D'vine Swirls EF.

 This is the card base.  It looks a little elongated but it's just the picture.  It's an A2 size base from DCWV and it's glittered.

 Ok.  Y'all ready?  Here's the finished card....

To finish up the card, I stamped the word "Adorable" in Versa Fine Black ink and added some pink pearls from Queen and Co to the corners and green pearls to the center of the flowers.

I hope y'all like this one.  I know I do.  I think it's one of my most favorite Kenny K images I have done so far.  Have a wonderful Saturday and God bless y'all.

Challenges:

Kenny K's Krafty Krew--#139  Punches and Dies

ABC Challenges--#24 1-2-3

Fab N Funky--#167  1-2-3

Crafts4Eternity--#120  April Showers bring May Flowers

Hello

Happy Saturday friends.  I just got home from a wonderful pancake breakfast sponsored by our local chapter of CMA (Christian Motorcycle Association).  My FIL is a member and my husband and I will be members soon.  It was all you could eat pancakes, sausage, eggs and the best home fries I have ever eaten.  Thanks CMA..

So, on the card for today.  I used the Kenny K image, All That. I decided on a color scheme of pink, green and brown.

I made this into an easel card but did it a little different.  I trimmed 1/2" off of each side of the front. When you lay it down, you can see the DP on the inside just a bit.  I didn't get a picture of it closed because the centers of the flowers were still wet.

This is my first card for the new DT that I was selected for..The Outlawz Paper Ala Mode challenge.  Thanks so much Colleen for choosing me to be on your wonderful DT.   Our challenges post every Saturday on The Outlawz and our challenge for this week is an Anything Goes Challenge.

To begin, I printed off the image on Neenah white card stock and colored her with Spectrum Noir and Chromatix Pens.  I trimmed down the image and matted it onto  Old Olive (SU), Pink (HOTP) and Chocolate Chip (SU) mats.  All of the DP, flowers, and ribbon came from my stash so I'm not sure who the designers are.  I had this cute wooden tag in my stash from my friend, Jan, so I decided to stamp the word HELLO in Stazon Jet Black ink and add it to the card.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today.  Have a wonderful Saturday and God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Kenny K's Krafty Krew--#138  Make an Easel Card
Fab N Funky--#166 Spring Colors
Stampin' For the Weekend--Friendship
Simply Create Too--#35 Use Your Stash
One Stop Craft Challenge--#224 Pastels

Hello

I'm so glad you took the time to come see me today.  I truly appreciate it.  

I have another cute birdie card for y'all.  This image is from Broken Box Stock.  I used my BIC Markers to color this image after printing it off on Neenah card stock.

I made my card base from light blue card stock from Colorbok.  It's a typical A2 card this time.   I cut a piece of colorful blue and orange DP from DCWV for the back ground.  I matted my image on a piece of turquoise card stock from Recollections.  The sentiment is from TCP Secret Garden Collage that I got at Tuesday Morning for $.97.  I love that store.  I stamped it with Bahama Blue from Memento.  I trimmed it down and matted it on the same turquoise as the image.  For the flowers, I used two EK Success punches, Mini 5 petal and Small 5 petal.  I used the turquoise card stock and the back ground paper to make them.  I added a yellow gem from Queen and Co to the centers.

Thanks again for stopping by.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Broken Box Stock--Think Spring
Sketch Saturday--#252
Fab N Funky--#165 April Showers

Under Arrest

Good Saturday Morning Friends.  I hope y'all are on the way to enjoying the weekend.  I have to go grocery shopping today so I wanted to get these posted before I left.

My first card for today features a Kenny K image.  She's a hottie too.

I started by printing out my image on Neenah card stock and coloring it with Chromatix pens by American Craft.  I used Copics and ShinHan Art markers for her skin.  I hand drew the wooden floor that she is sitting on and then cut out the part that was above the floor. I made the card base from Crumb Cake (SU) card stock and it measures 5" square.  I cut a piece of American Crafts DP for the background.  Looks kinda like wall paper right?  I used a few pop dots and put behind the upper part of this sheriff.  I printed out the sentiment from my word processor and matted it on a piece of Crumb Cake.  I added some red gems from Queen and Co. to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great weekend.  God bless.

Challenges:
Kenny K's Krafty Krew--#134 Birthday
Robyn's Fetish--#150 Birthday
Avenue 613--Anything Goes with Optional Sketch
Can You Digi It--#31 Male Birthday
Shopping Our Stash--#93 Sassy Snarky
Fab n' Funky--#162 Add a Sentiment
Crafty Catz Weekly--#174  Funny

My Lucky Charm

Welcome to my blog today.  Thanks so much for stopping in.  I am so sorry for the short posts yesterday.  I am feeling much better today.  I have six cards tonight and I am going to blog each one, not just give supplies.  Thanks for bearing with me through my illness and such short posts yesterday.  I truly appreciate it.

My first card features a paper piecing bear who is just way too cute!!

Didn't I tell ya.  He's so cute.  He is a Cloud 9 Design. I printed him out on Neenah Super Smooth White card stock and fussy cut out all the elements.  I added some Stickles to the shamrock before I added his hands and attached it to the card.  The only thing I changed about the way the image came was that I cut the sentiment.  It wouldn't fit on my card, so I improvised.  I also added some Glitter gel pen to the word Lucky.  The antennae and the hearts are also glittered.

I made the card base from Mint Green from Gina K Designs.  It measures 5" square.  I added a panel of Basic Black from SU and then my DP from American Crafts.    I added a couple of black flourishes for accent.

I hope you like this cute little guy.  Thanks again for stopping in tonight/today.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Fab n Funky--#161 Cute and Cuddly
All That Scraps--Paper Piecing
The Crafter's Cafe--#14 Green/St. Patrick's

Welcome Baby Girl

Hello there.  Today I have a baby card for y'all.  I used an image from Digi Darla to create this card.

I really like the way this one turned out.  I began by printing off the digi onto GP White and coloring it with colored pencils.  I then cut it out using my Cutterbees.  The card is 5.5"x5.5" and the base is made from a soft pink from Recollections.  I layered two different DPs from American Traditional Design with the same pink in between the layers.  I die cut a scalloped circle and a white circle which I ran through the Swiss Dot EF.  I adhered the circles to the middle of the card and used pop dots to add the giraffe.  The yellow side pieces are from Recollections and I rounded the inner most corners.  I added a sentiment that I printed out from my word processor and some pearls from Queen and Co. to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping in today.  Have a wonderful Saturday.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Can U Digi It--#30 Little Ones
Paper Take Weekly--#76 Sketch Challenge
Fab n Funky--#160  Pastel Colors
Crafts 4 Eternity--#113 Tic Tac Toe  Layers, Yellow, Dots
Through the Craftroom Door--Anything Goes

Eccl. 3:1

Moving right along this morning, I am posting a card that is a little different for me.  Even though I love the Shabby Chic look, I don't make them alot.  I love adding elements to my cards, but sometimes I think they look too cluttered.  This card turned out perfectly.

The image is called Shabby Chic Birdhouse and is from Beccy Muir. I printed it off on Cryogen White card stock and  I used my new Chromatix pens to add color to the image.  I also highlighted some of the flowers and leaves with a white gel pen.  I never thought of doing that until I happened to see a card made by Jenn Leeflang. I have been following her work since I first saw it on The Outlawz.  She is one talented lady.  Thanks for the tip Jen.  I made this one 6x6 card using a white card base from Colorbok.  I used Mint Green, Olive and Pink card stocks from Recollections as mats.   The DP is a freebie from Cardmakers Magazine.  All of the flowers are from my stash and I get them at AC Moore.  I added some white pearls from Queen and Co. and the sentiment is from Doodle Pantry.

Thanks for stoppin' in this morning.  I hope you like this card.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Perfect Sentiments--Floral Fantasia
Fab N Funky --#159 Flower Power
Sentimental Sundays--#143 Flowers, Flowers and Flowers
Sweet Stampin'--Mother's Day or a Special Lady