Ding Dong Fae - OSAAT #227

Hi my friends. Happy Sunday after Christmas.  I enjoyed spending time with one of my daughters and her family. We had the traditional Christmas dinner but my poor son-in-law is recovering from hernia surgery he had on Tuesday, so he was not allowed to eat any of the food we fixed including dessert.  That meant lots of leftovers and I brought enough home to have 3 more meals. It's been really good.  And now we get ready for New Year's! I'm not a party person but I'm looking forward to having another 4-day weekend. Lots to do around the house including organizing and cleaning up my stamp room. It's a wreck! I am still working on some holiday cards to send out, but they are turning out to be Seasons' Greetings and Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Sorry to my blogging friends that I didn't get them all done before the holidays.

On to what I think is my last Christmas card for this year. The theme over at One Stitch at a Time is Anything Goes with Stitching.

I thought that the paper was pretty busy and I wanted the image to stand out, so I didn't really add any embellishments to it.

Materials Used:

• Image - Pookie Designs - Fae 1
• Sentiment - Lili of the Valley
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up - Cherry Cobbler
• Ink - Stampin Up - Cherry Cobbler
• Designer Paper - My Mind's Eye - Merry Little Christmas
• Accessories - Spica Gold Gel Pen
• Copic Markers - B0000; E11, E21, E50; G20, G40, G43; R24, R27, R39, R89

I hope you will hop on over to One Stitch at a Time Challenge Blog and join in the fun. You could be the winner of the December Prize Package or picked as one of the Top 3.

December Prize Pack

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
A  Gem of a Challenge - Anything Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Chistmas - Anything Goes - Christmas
Di's Digi Designs - Any Winter Holiday
A Crafty Mess - Traditional Christmas colors
Craft for the Craic - Favorite Christmas Colors
Stamping with the Dragon - Christmas
The Outlawz - Friday Coloring - Christmas
Wags N Whiskers - Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - Christmas

Tinsel's Tangle - CK #69

Good morning and Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has an enjoyable day with friends and/or family. I am spending the day with my daughter in Texas and her family. My poor son-in-law had hernia surgery on Tuesday so he won't be enjoying all the yummy food. My daughter has promised to make him the dinner when he's able to eat it. She's so good.

So, our theme for Creative Knockouts this week is Anything Goes!  Easy peasy.  No twists.  Just whatever you want to make. Our sponsor is the fabulous Lacy Sunshine. Make sure to hop over there and check out all the fabulous images she has.

Materials Used:

• Image - Lacy Sunshine - Tinsel's Tangle
• Sentiment - Lacy Sunshine - Tinsel's Tangle
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Bashful Blue and Silver Metallic
• Designer Paper - Bo Bunny - Powder Mountain
• Accessories - Corner Die; ribbon from my stash; Martha Stewart Fir Branch Punch; Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts; Spica Silver Gel Pen
• Copic Markers - B0000, B000, B21, B23; BV00; E000, E21, E34, E50; N2; R85, Y11, Y21, YR23, YR24

So, that's it.  I hope you'll take some time from your busy holiday festivities to join us with the challenge this week.  Hop on over to the Creative Knockouts website and see what the rest of the design team has for your inspiration. There is also a Design Call listed so if you're interested check that out.

Snow Kitten

Hello my friends!  Christmas!  Only 3 days away.  I hope you're ready. I'm almost. I still have gifts to wrap but I'll save that until my usual Christmas Eve. I'll be heading over to my daughter's house on Christmas morning to celebrate with them. It will be interesting this year. We'll have kind of a double meal. My grand daughter is vegetarian so even though my daughter will be cooking turkey breast, there will only be 3 of us eating it. My son-in-law is having hernia surgery I think on Tuesday so he'll be only having a liquid diet. Why, you say? It's one of those insurance things. Had to schedule it before the end of the year. Prayers for his speedy recovery will be appreciated.

Well, on to my card. My life has been kind of topsy turvy since Thanksgiving and my brother-in-law's funeral. Kind of threw me off kilter with what I was supposed to accomplish. I did make this card some time ago for Creative Knockouts Design Team only I completely forgot to not only put it on the DT blog, but never put it on my own blog.  :(  :(  I have NEVER forgotten to post a card before. As I said, my life has been pretty crazy for the last month. Anyway, I've been forgiven for not getting it posted, but I did want to show it off after all my hard work.

Materials Used:

• Image - Inky Impressions - Snow Kitten
• Sentiment - Stampin Up - Glad Tidings
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Ruby Red; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - My Minds' Eye - Mistletoe Magic
• Accessories - Nestabilities Classic Circle Die; Stampin Up - Large Paper Doily Die; Corner Die; Petaloo - Poinsetia & leaves; ribbon from my stash; Liquid Pearls - Opal and Yellow
• Copic Markers - B0000; C0, C2, C3, C5, C9; R01, R22, R24, R27, R81; YG11, YG61, YG63

Wishing you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a very Happy New Year!  I still have to get my Christmas cards in the mail. Next year I'm starting in January to get them made!

I'm submitting this card for the following challenges:
Come and Get It Challenge - Merry Christmas
Jellypark Challenges - Ribbons and/or Bows
Lacy Sunshine - Holiday Joy
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
Die Cut Diva's - Snow & Christmas/Holidays
Dies R Us - Anything Goes
Doodle Pantry Digital - Any Digi Goes
Ladybug Crafts - Cold/Winter
Kit & Clowder - Animals
A Crafty Mess - Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas Colors
A Creative Need - Snow
Fussy and Fancy - Snowflakes
QKR Stampede - Lots of Layers

Be Merry - Pixy Two - CCC #77

Hi my friends and Happy Tuesday.  It is with mixed emotions that I let everyone know that this will be my last post for Creative Card Crew as I will be stepping down as part of the Design Team starting with the New Year. It's been great fun and I've enjoyed every minute and every challenge. Unfortunately, personal things sometimes get in the way and with a full time job already, I could no longer honor the commitment I made when I joined the group. I wish them all the best and look forward to being a participant in the challenges some times rather than on the design team. That all being said, here is my last card.  Our challenge this time is so easy - Anything Goes. Also to give the Design Team a break this challenge will go for three weeks but there will be no commenting from the Design Team during that time. I know they all look forward to gearing up once again with the start of the New Year.

Materials Used:

• Image - A Day for Daisies - Christmas Pixy Two
• Sentiment - My Favorite Things -
• Ink - Stampin Up - Ruby Red
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Ruby Red and Kiwi Kiss; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper -
• Accessories - Stampin Up small and medium oval punches; Flower - Petaloo Dahlias;  Memory Box Die - Kensington Christmas Tree; Red bling from my stash; Liquid Pearls White Opal; Inkssentials - Glossy Accents
• Copic Markers - B0000, B000, B21, B34, B41; E000, E00, E11; E25, E27, E35; R22, R24, R27, R39; YG03, YG11, YG61

We have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge:

Dies R Us

Prize: $10 Gift Voucher

A Day for Daisies

Prize $12 Gift Voucher

 

Hop on over to their websites and check out all the fabulous things they have and then get on over to Creative Card Crew and see what the rest of the Design Team has created to inspire you. I hope you'll plan to join in the fun and play along with us. You could be one of the prize winners or picked as one of the Top 3.  Good luck!

HO! HO! -- NO! - OSAAT #226

Good morning and happy Sunday!  Ooops!  I'm just a little bit late getting my post up for this fortnight's One Stitch at a Time challenge. I was so busy yesterday afternoon and evening finally getting my Christmas decorations up.  I only have a small tree (I'll share with you later) and it was hard to decide what to put on it and where it would go. I decided that I need a larger tree and hope that the boys will leave it alone. They already decided that they wanted to play with Baby Jesus from the Nativity.

You know I'm a cat person and I love Grumpy Cat. I was able to incorporate one of his sayings into my card. Our theme is Anything Goes with Glitter!

Materials Used:

• Image - Stitchy Stamps - Bah Humbug
• Sentiment - Computer generated
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Cherry Cobbler; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Authentique - Joyous collection
• Accessories - Recollections - Flourish; Ribbon from my stash; Nestabilities Classic Circle and Scallop Circle; 1 and 1 1/4" circle punches; Liquid Pearls; Frosted Lace Stickles
• Copic Markers- E23, E25, E27; E50, E51, E53; N2, N4, N6; R20, R32, R35, R37; R39, R59

I hope you'll come over and join in the Holiday fun at One Stitch at a Time and check out what the rest of the Design Team has created.  Our wonderful sponsor is Stitchy Stamps.

For this weeks fantastic challenge its

Anything Goes with a Glitter

The Sponsor for this weeks challenge is StitchyBear Digi Outlet with the December 5 image prize pack.

 

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:

Come and Get It - Merry Christmas

Glitter n Sparkle - Glittery and Sparkley

Jellypark Challenge - Ribbons and Bows

Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Holiday Joy

Pile It on - Anything Goes - Christmas (Come and Get It)

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes with a Sentiment

Scrapbook Blessings - Anything Goes Happy Holidays

That Craft Place - Christmas

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes with Ribbon

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Christmas

Di's Digi Designs - Christmas

A Crafty Mess - Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas Colors

Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards - Christmas

Crafty Catz - Last Minute Christmas

Jo's Scrap Shack - Happy Holidays

Pattie's Creations - Christmas Cards

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Dragons Lair Design - Christmas Time

Silver & White - Crafting by Designs

Good morning!  I hope you are all doing well.  A few weeks ago I posted one of my cards on the Crafting by Designs website.  I was surprised and delighted to find out that it was Spotlighted on their website and I was asked if I'd like to be a Guest Designer!  Well, of course I would!  So excited.  I was given the choice of a theme to use and I chose Silver and White. Here's my card.  Would you believe - no Copic Markers on this one.

Materials Used:

• Image - Angel by Elizabeth Bell
• Sentiment - Whiff of Joy - Christmas Banners
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Whisper White and Metallic Silver
• Designer Paper - Basic Gray - 25th and Pine
• Ink - Stampin Up - Going Gray
• Accessories - Wild Orchid Crafts - metal corner and white flowers; silver flower from my stash; Doily Die cut; Martha Stewart Fir Branch punch; silver ribbon from my stash; Oriental Trading - nativity charm; Stampin Up silver metallic thread and small label die; Versamark pad and Stampin up silver embossing powder

Make sure you hop on over to the Crafting by Designs challenge page and see what else is going on. You could be asked to be a GD too.  Also check out their Facebook page and follow along. Thanks for stopping by.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas
Cuttin and Stampin - Christmas
Die Cuttin Divas - Non-Traditional Christmas
Just Inspirational Challenge - Anything With Wings
Loves Rubberstamps - Winter or Christmas
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Craft-Dee BowZ - Christmas with a Bow
Get Creative Challenges - Christmas
Love to Create - Non Traditional Christmas Colors
My Creative Moments - Anything Christmas or Winter
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Ooh-la-la Creations - Christmas
Stamp and Create - Christmas
The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - Anything Goes

Kingfisher

Hi friends and happy Sunday! We are done with Thanksgiving and now on to Christmas. Have you gotten your shopping done yet. I stayed up way late the other night doing all mine on Amazon. Lucky me, all my kids have Amazon Wish Lists so it was pretty easy to just go see what everyone had on their lists and pick out things. Of course, I then had to e-mail what I had gotten one person to all the others so we didn't get the same things. I think most of them are already on their way to me. Next up - wrapping and shipping!

A couple weeks ago I made this card. It was an image and digital paper pack from Stitchy Stamps - Creator - Coosty Creations. I offered to show case it in a card. With all that was going on in our family the last few weeks I wasn't able to get it on my blog although the card was finished. In fact, I took it to my brother-in-law when he was in the hospital just a couple days before he passed away. Since he's kind of a country boy, I thought he would enjoy this image.

Materials Used:

• Image - Coosty Creations - Kingfisher
• Sentiment - Hero Arts - Thinking of You
• Ink - Stamipin Up Island Indigo
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Island Indigo
• Designer paper - Coosty Creations
• Accessories - Stampin Up - Dots
• Copic Markers - BG0000, BG01, BG10, BG15; E02, E23, E25, E27; E40, E41 E43; Y13, Y19, Y38; YG11, YG61, YG63

Venetian Beauty - CCC #76

Good morning my friends. I'm still trying to recover from all the activity over the Thanksgiving weekend. I hope everyone was able to enjoy time with your friends and family. Yikes, now it's on to preparing for Christmas!  In the meantime, I have this card for the Creative Card Crew challenge this fortnight. Our theme is Birthday with Sentiment.

And a close up of the image with all the Lavendar stickles.

Materials Used:

• Image - Delicious Doodles - Venetian Beauty
• Sentiment - Hero Arts - Thinking of You
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up - Blushing Bride
• Ink - Stampin Up - Blushing Bride
• Designer Paper - Prima - Princess collection
• Accessories - Ribbon from my stash; My Moments - small ink flower; Wild Orchid Crafts - other flowers; Nestabilities - scallop rectangle die; corner rounder; Lavender Stickles
• Copic Markers - B0000; BV00, BV11, BV13; E41, E43, E44; E50, E51, E53; N1; R81, R83, and R85

Our wonderful sponsors this fortnight are:

Marianne Designs

Prize: Surprise!

Delicious Doodles

Prize - 4 Digis.

I'm sorry to say that Delicious Doodles is closing their store at the end of the year. I love her designs and will miss being able to get new ones.  You need to hop over there and get them while you can. Come on over to CCC and check out what the rest of the Design Team has for your inspiration and join in.  You could be a winner.

I am submitting this for the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Bling it On

Wishing You Joy - OSAAT #225

Good morning.  Sorry I'm a little late getting my post up this morning. Yesterday was brother-in-law's funeral and we were back at my sister's house until late. My daughter and her family had to fly back to California, but my cousin and brother & his wife are still here. It was a lovely service and they had an honor guard and 21-gun salute at the graveside in honor of his service in the Navy. He was very proud of that.

My card today expresses my feelings - I do wish you all Joy during this holiday season. Our theme for this fortnight is to use lace on your card. Here's mine --

Materials Used:

• Image - Sentimental Susan - Taylor Angel
• Sentiment - Just Rite - Noel Christmas Ornaments
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up, Real Red and Garden Green
• Designer Paper - Authentique - Joyous
• Accessories - Liquid Pearls Ivory; Diamond Stickles; Lace from Michaels; Petaloo - large red flowers; Wild Orchid Crafts - other flowers; Martha Stewart - Fir Branch punch and lace edge punch; Circle punches; Nestabilities Label die
• Copic Markers - B0000, C0; E00, E211, 321, E32, E35, E49, E57; G12; N5, N7; R24, R27, R29

 Our sponsor for this challenge is Stitchy Bear and you could be the winner of this November Prize Packet.

Hop on over to the One Stitch at a Time Challenge Blog, check out the rest of the design team, and link up your fabulous creations.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
Christmas Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Fairtytale Stampers - Bling, Bling, Glitter
Sentimental Sundays - Lots of Layers
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - All About Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge -  All About Santa
Kit & Clowder - Christmas
Kraftyhands Challenge - Christmas
The Outlawz- Friday Paper a la Mode - Anything Goes
A Crafty Mess - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Completely Christmas - Something begins with S (Stickles)
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Creative Corner - Winter Wonderland
Digitally Sweet Challenge - anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Dies and Punches

Exotic Enchantment - CK #65

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you are all enjoying yourselves on this lovely day. I have so much to be grateful for, but most importantly for my very life and His abundant Grace. I will be gathering with my sister and our family members later today, but we will be missing one of the family. My sister's husband passed through to the other side of the veil early Monday morning.  He had been sick in the hospital for only a week and we thought that he was improving, but then took a turn for the worse and they had to put him on continuous dialysis knowing that he might not make it. Then I got that dreaded phone call at 12:20 am. Monday telling me that he was gone. We will have the viewing on Friday evening and the service/burial on Saturday, but meantime we are celebrating all that we are thankful for and for all the years that Frank was part of the family. He was a very kind, decent, generous man who went around quietly doing good for others.  He will be missed by many.

Sorry, I don't want to get all sad and mopey, because that's not what any life is about. We celebrate life whether here or in the hereafter. That's exactly how Frank would have wanted it. So on to my card for this week's Creative Knockouts challenge. Our theme is All That Glitters, so don't forget to add some sparkley stuff to your card this week.

Materials Used:

• Image - The Paper Shelter - Exotic Enchantment
• Sentiment - 
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stamping Up, Cool Carribean
• Designer Paper - Stampin up - All is Calm
• Accessories - Flower (my stash); Ribbon (my stash); Doily Die; Nestabilities Blossom Die; Bling (my stash); Stickles - Baby Blue; Stampin Up - small label punch; 
• Copic Markers - BG0000; BG10, BG11; E11, E21, E50; R81; Y00, Y21, Y28

Our fabulous sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter. They have some fabulous items in the store. You must go check it out. Then stop over at Creative Knockouts and see what the rest of the Design Team has to show you.  Can't wait to see what you do.

I'm submitting this card for the following challenges:
A Creative Romance - Something Old (Flower)
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Digitally Sweet - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
The Outlawz Friday Coloring - Anything Goes - Christmas Twist
The Stamping Boutique - Sparkle
Winter Wonderland - Dies and Punches

Scarecrow and Friends - CCC #75

Hi my friends and Happy Tuesday!  Enjoying the cold weather????  Brrr. . . .  I distinctly remember the weatherman saying that we weren't going to have an Arctic Vortex this winter.  Ha!  He lied.  :)  Home from Southern California and it wasn't much warmer there.

It's time to get on with the business at hand - This fortnight our theme for Creative Card Crew is Stripes!  Use any form of stripes on your card.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.  Here's my card.

Materials Used:

• Image - QKR Stampede - Scarecrow and Friends
• Sentiment - Stampin Up -
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Wild Wasabi and Crushed Curry; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Stampin Up
• Accessories - Corner Die; Twine
• Copic Markers - B0000; B37M B41, B45; E13, E15 E18; E23, E25, E27; E40, E41; E70, E71; YG11, YG03; Y15, Y18, Y19, Y28, and Y32

We have two fabulous sponsors -

Dies R Us

Prize: $10 Gift Voucher

QKR Stampede

Prize: 5 Digi Images

Hop on over to the Creative Card Crew challenge blog and see what the rest of the Design Team has created for you and then get inky and join us.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.

I am submitting this for the following challenges:
Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes/Stash (Twine)
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - 2 or More Papers
Cuttin and Stampin Challenges - Thanksgiving
Die Cuttin Divas - Thanksgiving with a Die Cut
Inky Chicks - Down on the Farm
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Use a Digi
Craft Your Passion - Pumpkins or Turkeys 
Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes
Melonheadz Friends - Add a Sentiment
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes
CAS on Sunday - Ribbon or Twine
Great Impressions - Thankful Thoughts
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - I'm Thankful for - 
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Cut it Up - Let's Talk Turkey
Simply Create Too - Thanksgiving/Thank You
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Friday Outlawz Challenge  - Anything Goes
PDE Linky Party - Pilgrims, Indians,Turkeys, or Scarecrows

Strawhat - OSAAT #224

Hi my friends.  I hope everyone is doing well.  I'm still in southern California visiting with my daughter and family.  I've seen the play twice and enjoyed it more last night since I wasn't as tired as I was on Wednesday night after an early wake up and a long day of traveling. We'll be going again tonight, but unfortunately my son-in-law won't be here with us.  His grandmother (90 yo) suffered a stroke on Wednesday so he flew home to be with his family at her bedside.  Prayers for them will be appreciated.  She has requested nothing to keep her alive so it's only a matter of time until she passes.  She is ready to go, but will be greatly missed by all of the family.

With Thanksgiving coming upon us soon, it is a time to reflect on all the blessings that have been bestowed upon us by a loving Heavenly Father and to give thanks for all that we have.  Our theme this week for One Stitch at a Time is Anything Goes With Thanks.  Here is my card.

 Materials Used:

• Image - Stitchy Stamps - Strawhat
• Sentiment -Stampin Up
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Really Rust; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Digital Paper from Panda Bear Designs
• Ink - Stampin Up - Really Rust
• Accessories - Cricut Cartridge - Elegant Edges; 1" circle punch; bling and ribbon from my stash
• Copic markers - E09, E25, E27, E29, E31, E33, E44, E47, E49; E50, E51, E53; R46; Y08, Y18, Y19, Y32, Y35;YG67, YR12, YR14

Our wonderful sponsor this week is our own Stitchy Bear Designs and you could be the winner of the November prize pack -

 Can't wait to see what you create.  Hop on over to the OSAAT challenge blog and check out the rest of the design team creations.

Thanksgiving with Stella - CK #63

Hi friends!  Happy Thursday. I'm coming to you from sunny California!  It's a little warmer here than it is back home in H Town. Came here to see my grand daughter in her Senior High School play - The Government Inspector  Great spoof!  The kids all did a fantastic job. We will be going back to see it again and maybe again!  Her dad is out of town right now, so we'll see it Saturday night when he gets back home.

It's time for another challenge from Creative Knockouts. Our theme this week is Banners.  Use a banner on your card.  Here's mine.

Materials Used:

• Image -  Bugaboo - Stella Thanksgiving
• Sentiment - Bugaboo - Stella Thanksgiving
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Crushed Curry
• Designer Paper - Stampin Up 
• Accessories - Spellbinders - leaf die; Stampin Up Oval punch, Scallop Oval punches; Ribbon - Stampin Up
• Copic Markers - B0000, B01; C1, C3, C5; E03, E04, E17; E23, E25, E27, E29; E40, E41; E50, E51, E53; R00; Y06, Y13, Y18, YG11, YG61, YG63

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Bugaboo . They have some great images.  Check them out.  Then come on over and play with us this week. 

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:
Delightful Challenges - Any Holiday
DL Art - Anything Goes
MilkCoffee Challenge - Hand Color Image
Sassy Studio Designs - Colors of Fall
Fresh Brewed Designs - Fall Colors
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Cuttin' and Stampin' - Thanksgiving
Die Cuttin Divas - Let's Talk Turkey
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes - Add a Ribbon
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
{Pin}spirational Challenge - Inspirational Image
Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Love to Create -Anything Goes
Melonheadz friends - Add a sentiment
My Craft Creations -  Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - Anything Goes

Reindeer Lights - CCC #74

Hi friends and happy Tuesday!  It's starting to get a little chilly down here in H Town.  Time to get the warmer clothes out of the trunk and ready for it.  Not going to turn the furnace on yet though.  I've got a couple of space heaters to take the chill off for now.

It is time though for our next challenge over at Creative Card Crew!  Our theme this time is Christmas Joy!  Time to get started on getting those Christmas cards done.  Here's mine.

Materials Used:

• Image - Imagine That - Christmas Lights Reindeer
• Sentiment - Stampin Up - Deer Friends (retired)
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Real Red
• Designer Paper - Authentique - Joyous collection
• Ink - Stampin Up - Glorious Green
• Accessories - Flower and ribbon from my stash; 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches; Nestabilities Die; Stampin Up silver metallic thread; Oriental Traders - tree charm
• Copic Markers - B14, B34; C0, C10; E02, E23, E25, E27; E04, E99; E40, E41, E42; R27, R37; Y04, Y18; YG05, YG25; YR04, YR07; white gel pen

We have two wonderful sponsors this time:

Marianne Designs

Prize - Surprise!

 

Imagine That!

 Prize - $10 Gift Voucher

Now it's your turn. Hop on over to the Creative Card Challenge blog and see what the rest of the Design Team has prepared for your inspiration.  Get started on those Christmas cards and get your entries in. You could be one of the lucky winners or named as one of the Top 3.  Good luck.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
City Crafter Challenge - Use a deer
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Animals
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Christmas
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
ppinkydolls challenge - Anything Goes or Bling
The Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Add a Sentiment
Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes with a Sentiment

Snowflake Butterfly - OSAAT #223

Good morning my friends.  Did you remember to turn your clocks back so you get an extra hour to sleep?  I did, but then I woke up early so totally negated that extra hour.  Good thing though because I forgot to do my blog post last night.  I had a busy day with attending a baby shower and then errands around town and lots of household chores.

This fortnight we are making projects with the theme of Anything Goes With Distressing.   So lets see some of that distressing on those projects - doesn't have to be a card.  Here is my Design Team creation. I used Distress Ink on the edges of my papers and also tore around the edge of the dotted pattern paper.

He looks so happy to welcome that first beautiful snowfall of the year.  I hear some of you may have already been so blessed.

Materials Used:

• Image - Digi Blessings - Snowflake Butterfly
• Sentiment - Digi Blessings - Snowflake Butterfly
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler
• Designer Paper - My Mind's Eye - Merry Little Christmas
• Accessories - Snowflake - Petaloo Holiday Dazzlers; Wild Orchid Crafts - Corner filigree, lace and flowers; Martha Stewart Fir Branch Punch; ribbon from my stash; Nestabilities - classic circle die and lacy circle die; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Weathered Wood; Ivory Liquid Pearls

 Our sponsor for this fortnight is Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet and the prize is the November Prize Pack

Now it's your turn. Hop on over to the One Stitch at a Time Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration.  Then get inky and join in the fun.  Hope to see you there!

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girls - Christmas
Animal Friends - It's Cold
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut Christmas Extra - Christmas
Craftyhazelnut Pattern Paper - Pattern Paper
Cute as a Button - Christmas/Winter
Die Cut Divas' - Any Holiday Spirit
Doodle Pantry Digital Image - Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft  - Anything Goes

BLOG CANDY WINNER!

Hi my friends!  First, I want to thank all of you who visited my blog to wish me a Happy Birthday!  It was a great birthday week.  I celebrated every day going out to lunch or dinner and still had a couple lunches left over for this week too.  I do love to eat.  Good think I like to work out too!  ;) 

On the the business at hand - here is the prize again in case you have forgotten what it looked like.

   This consists of: 

1. October Afternoon 8 x 8 Paper Pad - Witch Hazel
2. October AFternoon Witch Hazel embellishments
3. Roll of Halloween ribbon
4. We R Memory Keepers spider web brads
5. Studio G Happy Halloween clear stamps 
6. Jolee's Boutique - spiders and webs stickers

 Lots of fun stuff to play with.

On to picking the winner.  I went through all the comments and made a list as they were entered on my blog of each person who said Happy Birthday and gave each one a number.  Then I used my Random Generator to pick a number.  The number that was picked was No. 12.

I thought I could post the list here, but it won't let me attach it.  :(    I'll just have to announce it without showing the list. 

The winner of the Birthday Blog Candy for 2014 is BECCA CRUGER!
Congratulations Becca!  I need you to e-mail me your snail mail address so I can get your prize off to you.  Thanks again to everyone for the birthday wishes.  I also appreciate those who became new followers.  I need to come by your blogs and return the favor.  This was fun, and I look forward to having another blog candy giveaway sometime. 

A Little Wicked Honey - CK #61

Happy Halloween Eve or as we always celebrated when I was a kid - "Mischief Night"!  What fun that used to be.  I don't know if kids still roam the streets causing Havoc anymore on Halloween Eve!  Oh wait!  They do that all year round nowadays don't they??  ;)  Sad, but true.  Back in the "good old days" it was all just in fun - soaping car windows, teepeeing people's houses, throwing candy corn on their porches, etc. We never did anything that was vandalism that would do damage to someone's property, just had some fun.  I also grew up in a small town where everyone knew everyone else's business.  It was hard to get away with anything.

I wanted to present one last Halloween card for this year.  Over at Creative Knockouts I had a choice between a wedding image and Wicked Honey and chose to do Halloween again.  Our theme this week is Patchwork Pretties, so use patchwork design on your card.  Here's mine -

Materials Used:

• Image - Sassy Studio Designs - Wicked Honey
• Sentiment - Authentique - Beware Sticker; Bo Bunny - Oct 31 sticker
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Basis Black and Wild Wasabi
• Designer Paper - from my stash
• Accesories - Halloween Cricut Cartridge; Recollections - blink flourish; ribbon from my stash; Nestabilities - Radiant Rectangles Die.
• Copic Markers - E23, E27, E29; E50, E51, E53; N4, N6, N8; R20, R32, R46; YG11, YG21, YG23; YR01, YR02, YR21

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs.  There are some fabulous images in her store, so drop on by an check them out. 

Don't forget to hop on over to the Creative Knockout Challenge blog and check out the rest of the Design Team creations.  I hope you'll play along with us this week.  The winner or one of the Top 3 could be you!

I will have a post later to announce the winner of my Birthday Blog Candy.   I will have one of my GF's at work draw a name from all the entries.  Looked to me like a lot of you were interested and I appreciate all the Happy Birthday wishes.  It was a Great week.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
DLART Thankful Thursday - Halloween
MilkCoffee Challenge - Halloween
Sassy Studio Designs - Halloween
Crafting By Designs - It's Halloween
Creative Moments - Halloween
Digistamps4Joy - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions - Halloween
Nutcrafters - Halloween
Paper Pretties - Polka Dots
Scrapper's Delights - Anything Goes/Halloween

Kitty Kat Boo - CCC #73 - Bow + Blog Candy

Hi friends and Happy Tuesday!  I hear from my Northern friends that they are having cold weather and even snow.  Here in H Town we're still in the 80's, but the weather person says that's going to change soon.  One thing I miss about not living in the North is the changing color of the leaves.  They look so pretty all orange, yellow, and gold.  And the kids are all getting ready to go out Trick or Treating on Halloween!  That was always a fun time in my little home town.  Not like it is these days.  I thought I'd celebrate the spirit of Halloween with my card this week for Creative Card Crew. Our theme this fortnight is Bows!  See, super easy. 

Materials Used:

• Image - Lacy Sunshine - Kitty Kat Boo
• Sentiment - Cut from a piece of designer paper
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up, Basic Black
• Designer Paper - Graphic 45 - Happy Haunting
• Accessories - Cricut Halloween Die Cut; Martha Stewart - Fir Branch Punch; Spider and ribbon from my stash; Recollections – Flowers
• Copic Markers - E19; E40, E41, E42; R01, R23; N4, N5, N7; V01, V06, V15; YG61, YG63, YG67; YR000, YR00, YR02, YR07; YR14, YR18

 We have two great sponsors this fortnight --

Dies R Us

Prize: $10 Gift Voucher

Lacy Sunshine

Prize: 3 Images

 So, now it's your turn.  Hop on over to the Creative Card Crew challenge blog and bring a bow along with you however you want to make it.  This time you could be one of our winners.  Hope to see you there!

So, now that is taken care of, we're on to a fun part of this post.  Not only is it Tuesday, but it's also my BIRTHDAY!  That's right!  And to celebrate instead of receiving gifts, I want to give a gift to one of my followers.  All you have to do is leave a comment with a Happy Birthday wish and you will be eligible to win this prize.  You'll have until October 30 to enter.  Have fun!

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/Halloween
Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Layer It
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Halloween
Imagination Crafts - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - Seeing Dots
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Ppinkydolls - Anything Goes or Halloween
Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes - Option Use Orange
The Paper Girls - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle - Use Orange
Lacy Sunshine - Halloween
Sentimental Sunday - Too Cute to Spook
The Corrosive Challenge - Halloween