Black, White, Plus One Card

Thanks for coming back to see what I have for y'all.  I made this card for the Mojo Monday challenge, but unfortunately, I fell asleep watching Peter Pan last night and didn't get it posted in time.  I was pretty bummed, but at least I got some sleep.

I used an image from Sandi Huggett to make this card.  I used my colored pencils to add a pop of color to the image.

I pulled out my scrap bin and picked out these four black and white patterned papers to use.  They are all from DCWV.  I made the card base from GP White card stock and it's 5.5" square.  I matted the two DPs with a panel of Black card stock from Recollections. To make the focal image, I die cut it with Nestabilities Classic Circles Large and added three dark red pearls. For the background, I cut each DP in half diagonally and then added them to the card.  Adding the black and white pearls from Queen and CO finished off the card.

Thanks so much for stoppin' in today.  I pray y'all have a wonderful day.  God bless.

Challenge:
One Crazy Stamper--Black, White Plus 1
V's Sweet Ideas--#10 Anything Goes

Spring Has Sprung Card

Good morning, Friends.  What a beautiful Monday this is turning out to be.  Even though it's a little chilly this morning, it's beautiful.

I want to showcase  a new release and it's available HERE in the store.

This is Happy Mushrooms by Coriander Shea. She creates such wonderfully whimsy images.

These cute little critters are hiding under the 'shrooms and peeking out at us.  I think they are looking to see if Spring is finally here.  I used BIC markers and Glitter pens to color in this image.  I used my Nestablities dies to cut out the images and the mats.  The DP is from DCWV All Girl stack.  I punched out the flowers with my EK Success small and mini 5 petal punches.  Adding some pearls for the flower centers finished the flowers.  I printed off the sentiment from my word processing program and used pop dots to add it to the card. 

If you haven't checked out the store yet, hop on over and see what's going on.  Vikki has moved into the digi realm and has them for sale in the store.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I appreciate it.  God bless y'all.

Bugaboo Card

Welcome to my blog.  I hope you are having a great Monday so far.  The card I have for you today uses items from my stash to complete this one as well as a Gus image from Bugagoo.  Isn't he just a riot?

I pulled DPs from my stash bin to make this card.  The image I colored with BIC markers just to give a pop of color.  I added some Glossy Accents to Gus' glasses but Kierstynne decided to look at it before it was dry and the Glossy Accents ran down Gus' face.  I tried to get it off, but it wouldn't come off.  Oh well, it just looks like he's crying now..  I left this one pretty plain and figured I could use it for a masculine card.  

Thanks for stopping in today.  Enjoy your Monday.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:

Best Friends Card

Good Morning, friends.  It's early Monday morning and I am up so I thought I would go ahead and post. Kierstynne's first day of PSSA testing is today and I am not looking forward to it.  She doesn't do well with tests.  She tends to freeze up because she has this whole perfectionism thing going on.  I have explained to her that these PSSA don't count against her and aren't part of her grade, but that doesn't matter..it's still a test and she could get a wrong answer.  8 years old and stressing out already..poor girl.  If  you get a second today, please say a quick prayer for her that she will be calm and do well today.  Thanks.

I have a card for y'all this morning that uses one of Sherry Baldy's Besties.  These images are so dang cute!

I used colored pencils to give this image it's color.  I made this one an easel card so that I could add lots of elements.  I made the flowers using a Lala Land Crafts rose die and an EK Success 5 petal flower punch.  I inserted pearls into the centers of the flowers to finish them.  The pearls and gems are from Queen and Co and Prima.  I made the card base from Pink HOTP card stock and added a DP from American Crafts.  I matted the image on Old Olive SU card stock.  I did add a bit of Sakura Clear Star Glitter pen to the image for highlights.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today.  Come back because I have more for y'all today.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Just Us Girls--#185 Color Challenge (Saffron-girls hair, Celery in dress, Pink in flowers and dress, Rose in flowers and dress)
Robyn's Fetish--#156 Make Your Own Flowers
Lady Anne's Monthly Challenge--Anything Goes

Kierstynne's First Twirling Recital

Good Morning.  Saturday night, Kierstynne had her first twirling recital.  She has been working very hard this past season to get ready.  I was so proud of her. She didn't drop her baton once.  She was amazing.  The pictures are of Kierstynne and her cousin, Trinity, at the recital.

Auction for Charity

Happy Sunday, friends.  I hope your day is off to a great start.  It turned cold again here in NEPA and I am sitting here in front of the heater as I write this post.

I have decided to try and do an auction.  With all the tragedy and destruction this last week, I feel that I need to do something.  I'm not sure how this is going to turn out, but hopefully I will be able to raise some money to send to one of the families impacted by the Boston bombing and one family in Texas.

Here's my plan...I am going to post some of the cards I have made here on this post.  If you would like to bid on it, leave a comment letting me know which card and how much you are bidding.  The highest bidder wins.  I will leave the auction open until the end of the month.  The winner will be announced on May 1st.  You can send me the money (check, cash, money order) and I will mail you the card.  Kierstynne is going to make one too...I will have hers posted as soon as she is finished. 

I hope this works.  God willing we will raise quite a bit.

Here's the first card..

Card #2

Card # 3

Card #4

Card #5

Card #6

Card #7

Card #8

Card #9

Card #10

Please let your friends know about this auction.  They do not have to become followers of my blog, although that would be great, in order to bid.  Let's band together and raise some money to support two families.

God bless y'all.

Hey Guys.  Just wanted to let you know about Nikki's sale this weekend only.  Check it out.

No matter where we live, or

what this last week has brought us,

we have all been worried about

each other, and ourselves.

We deserve a break.

Love you guys!

xox

New DT

Hello friends.  I have some news for y'all.  I was selected to be part of Melonheadz Design Team.  I have been participating in the challenges that Nikki has on her blog for a while and have won a few too.  I won a challenge on another blog and my prize was digis from Melonheadz.  To my surprise, when Audrey sent my prize email, there was a note in it asking me to be part of their DT.  Can you imagine how I felt?  I was so excited.  I was picked to be part of their team and didn't have to apply or go through a process.  That made me feel very very special.  

Stay tuned for our bi-weekly challenges at Melonheadz and for my DT examples.  I think I am going to have to slow down on other challenges since I how have responsibilities to 5 DTs.  Busy, busy, busy..

Have a wonderful night.  God bless y'all.

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

Prayers for America Card

Good Morning.  Wow, I just happened to glance down and see that it's 4 am.  Holy smokes.  Well, let's get these cards posted.  

As I was looking through my challenge list for this week, I realized that one of them was Red, White, and Blue.  In light of what has gone on in Boston and Texas this past week, I decided to make a card as a tribute to those who lost their lives and were injured.

Sorry the pic is a little dark, but hopefully you can see all the elements.  This little guy is marching his way across the USA to bring support to those in Boston and Texas.  I used my colored pencils to bring him to life.  After coloring him, I used my Fiskars Oval shape cutter to die cut him.  The card base is Recollections Red and I used it for the mats on the DP also.  All the DP is from DCWV.  I used the shape cutter to cut out the sentiment oval and mat, also.  I hand wrote the sentiment and inked the image and sentiment with DI Vintage Photo.  Adding some red gems from Queen and Co. finished off this prayerful card.  

Thank you for joining me tonight/this morning.  I hope y'all enjoy your Saturday and God bless America!

Challenges:
Dustin Pike--Anything Goes
The Sweetest Thing--#182 Sketch Challenge
Creative Craft Challenges 2--#8 Red, White and Blue

Just Buzzin' By Card

Thanks for coming back for my third card for today.  I so appreciate  all the support y'all give to me.  

I have a file of unknown digis that I made when I first started collecting free digis from online.  I didn't know enough then to rename the digi with the artist's name so I have no idea where they came from.  I finally got smart though and started filing them by artist.  This is one of those unknown digis.

I colored this one with Chromatix pens from American Crafts.  I added some glitter pens to the heart and the bees.  I used a Fiskars oval template to cut out this little beehive.  I made a card base from SU Old Olive card stock and added a piece of DP from my stash bin.  I cut a scalloped border from a piece of yellow card stock from Recollections.  The flourishes are from my stash and I used an EK Success mini 5 petal flower punch to make the flowers.  I added small green gems from Queen and Co. to make the flower centers.  I used a Zig black pen to write the sentiment.

Thanks again for stopping in.  I don't know if I will get to make any more cards tonight because I will be gone most of the evening.  But, you never know..

Have a wonderful Friday and God bless y'all.

Challenge:

Catch the Bug--A Bug's Life

Strong Card

Welcome back.  I appreciate y'all coming back to see my second card for today.  This one uses a technique called Ombre.  I haven't done this one before so it was knew to me.  I like the way it turned out though.

I used Colorbox Cat's Eye chalk inks for the background.  I started with the lightest blue and ended with the darkest. I took the ink pads and swiped across the card stock to create the flow of color. I pulled a couple of flourish stamps from my stash and inked them with Memento Espresso Truffle ink and stamped them randomly.  I trimmed down the card stock  to fit the A2 dark blue card base made from Gina K card stock.  Before adhering the back ground to the card, I tied a piece of sheer navy ribbon around the bottom.  The sentiment is from A Piece of Heart and is matted on a piece of turquoise card stock and a piece of gray card stock both from Recollections.

That's it.  Very CAS.  I like the look of the Ombre technique and think I will try it in different colors.

I appreciate you guys stopping in again.  I have one more, so please feel free to check that one out too.  God bless y'all.

Kisses From Angels Card

Happy Friday peeps!  It's finally the weekend and mine is full.  Tonight I have to take Kierstynne to her last practice before her Twirling Recital tomorrow.  She's really taken to twirling like a duck to water.  She loves it and she's good.  I can't wait to see the recital.

I was able to get three cards done last night, so stay tuned for two more cards.  

This first one uses an image from Beansie Doodles.  You can find her on Etsy and her images are very cute.

I chose pink, black and brown for my color scheme.  That beautiful background paper is Authentique.  It's from the first paper pad I have ever gotten from them.  I love it.  The pink and polka dot papers are from My Mind's Eye.  I made the card base from black card stock from The Paper Studio.  

I used my colored pencils to color the image.  I hand cut the image out into an oval and it's a little crooked, but it works.  The sentiment is from A Piece of Heart.  I inked both in Distressed Ink Black Soot.  I had to add the flower because I made a mistake when I cut out the oval and needed to cover it up.  But, mistakes are just creative adjustments, right?  I added three black pearls from Queen and Co. to the top to finish off the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  Come back for the next two.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
V's Sweet Ideas--#10 Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers Network--Anything Goes
Pink Gem--Sketch Challenge

Scripture Birthday Card

Well, looks like I have one more for y'all this afternoon.  I used an image from Anji's Antics to make this card and two different sentiments...one from Verses and one from Doodle Pantry.

I used my colored pencils to give life to this beautiful lady in her spiffy hat.  I made a 6" card base from Light Blue Colorbok card stock.  I pulled a piece of K and Co DP from my stash bin to make the corner piece and the banners.  The mats for image and sentiment are a blue metallic from DCWV.   Adding some gems finished off the card.

Thanks for stopping in.  Y'all have a blessed night.

Challenges:
Avenue 613--#15 Sketch
Twist of Faith--#33 Birthdays
Paper Take Weekly--One Designer Paper
2 Sisters--#139  Hats

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Welcome.  So happy to see y'all again.  I hope you enjoy your visit.

This card features Scripture Word Art from Dee's Bugaboo Boutique.  

I began by printing out the sentiment on GP card stock.  I trimmed it down and matted it on a marbled blue card stock that used to be a pocket in a bill paying folder.  I made a 5" square card base from Yellow card stock from Recollections.  I trimmed down a blue cloud DP from Colorbok as the background.  I cut a strip of flower paper and used a Fiskars scalloped border punch on it.  I cut a thin strip of the same yellow card stock for the "ribbon" trim.  I used the same flower DP for the panel and matted it on the yellow card stock.  Adding the little daisy flower finished off the card.

Thank you so much for visiting me today.  Come back soon! God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Friday Sketch--#41
One Stop Craft--#224 Pastels
Sweet Stampin'--Pastels
The Cutie Pie Challenge--#42 CAS
Tuesday Throwdown--#143 Focus on the Sentiment
TTCRD-- April 16-22  Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges--#123 Use a Sentiment