Crafters of Faith Blog Group April Challenge

Good morning, so back to work...all good - very blessed to have the career that I have...but sure hate that the weekend is over (-:    Thanks for the well wishes on the yard sale to raise funds for transporting 36 kids to the Wilds Christian Camp this summer - we are setup, have gone through the tons of stuff donated and just have to wait for the actual sale this coming Saturday!

Today is the blogging group that I belong to ... the Crafters of Faith...monthly challenge for our group. This month the challenge is from Olga. She gave us these guidelines:

• must be 5 x 7...got it
• must have at least one die cut ....got it
• must include envelope ...got it
• Mother's Day theme....got it... (sort of - my card for my MIL is already done so this is going to a special friend)

used sentiment from Heartfelt Creations - HCPC 3354 Class Message PreCut Set, Designer Paper is from Stampin Up as well as cardstock. I save bits of punched cardstock so took this opportunity to randomly add them as a border to the mat. Mat are die cut with Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Labels 4 and Regular size Label 4. The flowers are die cuts from Spellbinders that were designed by Nina Brackett called Astor Flowers .  and brads are from stash. Pearls are done with Liquid Pearls - white.

now, check this out!!!  had no idea what to do for this huge envelope and wanted to watercolor...so pulled out the SU watercolor crayons but the NEAT part is...I stamped with the AsterFlower die! yep, it didn't hurt the ink pad, so I masked the stamp and stamped with the die onto the envelope...so now it matched my card! Even added stickles and liquid pearls to the envelope... and it can be mailed because its all flat on the envelope! not detailed coloring, went for water color look...

You can check out the rest of the group's take on Olga's challenge from my sidebar,

hugs

Winner of Alumni Heartfelt Creations Blog Hop

Congratulations to Cathy Lynn who was selected at random from Selma's blog.  You have won the $25 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations store! Please e-mail Emma Lou at emmalou@heartfeltcreations.us to claim your prize.  Put Blog Hop Winner in the subject line.
Congratulations again, Cathy-Lynn, and thanks to everyone who visited our blogs during the Heartfelt Creations Design Team Alumni Blog Hop!
 

Sugar Creek Hollow

woooo hoooo - officially the weekend!

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow . This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards....for Mother's Day...or for a special lady in your life!

This week our sponsor is NanaVic - who has generously offered the winner of this week's challenge a $10 gift voucher to Nana Vic's Digitals !

so sorry this is sooo blurry - cant seem to fix it...

We were given digital images to bring to life for you!...I was given the image Letter Writing

Went for a little more of a shabby chic style - paper pierced and faux stitching, Cherry Lynn doily die, Spellbinders Tear Drop Circles die (lightly sponged) buttons n flowers, scrap of ribbon and colored with Copics! My designer paper is from Prima - the Madeline collection on card base of SU Old Olive...

Sure looking forward to seeing what you create for Mother's Day..or for special lady in your life!

now off to this weekend fun...we are getting ready today for a big yard sale for which the proceeds are going to help pay for additional transportation needed to cart 36 kids to the Wilds Christian Camp in July. Hope we have gorgeous weather!

hugs,

The Outlawz Friday Copics/Pro Markers

TGIF!!!so glad you popped back over for second post - with two designs teams on Fridays - I try to switch their order of posting each week (-:

This week, the the Friday's Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenges you to create....ANYTHING GOES!

We have a new sponsor for this month  - Mayzy Arts ....you are going to love her images!!! THIS one is a FREEBIE over at the Outlawz!

I'm saving this until this October for my granddaughter's birthday - she will be 12 so I'm thinking she will love this!

Come on and join us over at the Outlawz
hugs,

Phri-days are Phindy's !

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create...a CAS project!

 i grabbed Phindy's the Vase

sponged with Memento Black around Spellbinder Label 18 die, doodled with white gel pen, added paper pieced image that was colored with Copics... 

 This is about as CAS as I get LOL

 sorry for short post but I had all my DT posts done and went to check at midnight and NOTHING posted PLUS all my posts were blank... I HATE THE NEW BLOGGER! FINALLY figured out how to get back the Old Blogger look...now I'm happy (-: just goes to show you CANT teach an old dog new tricks - not if that dog was happy with the old tricks LOLi just cant figure out why they were all blank - I viewed them in preview and blogger said they were scheduled..

oh well, have to crash - work day tomorrow thanks for listening to me vent

 hugs

... just realized I lost my signature...will deal with THAT tomorrow night!

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop

Good morning,

Well, it's the last Tuesday of the month so today is the beginning of the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team's monthly Blog Hop. This month the designers participating in our April hop are:

Olga

Carla 

Tesa

Selma 

Clare 
and ME !

I'm sharing with you one of the Easter cards I did ..love this combination of sets so have several ready for next year!

I cant figure out how to enlarge this pic with the new blogger....heck! I can hardly figure out this new blogger...gonna take this old dog a few days to learn this! where do I enter the tags for the post ???? never mind, figured that one out
This was done with:
HCPC 3364 Stained Glass Background PreCut Set - Stamped with Memento Black and sponged the colors
HCPC 3366 Wrought Iron Cross PreCut Set

Once completed - the entire front piece is clear embossed to give it the glass effect.

Hope you enjoy the hop! We love creating these projects for you each month!

One of our blogs will be randomly chosen and from all those that commented on that blog, the winner will be ... again, randomly chosen.
Blog Hop will remain open for comments on everyone's blog through midnight Friday night April 27th. The winner will be posted here (and on the member's blogs who are able to post) by noon on Saturday April 28th.

The winner will receive a $25.00 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations!

have a beautiful day,

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

hey hey hey - It's Sa-tur-dey...love weekends (-:

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow . This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards using...a fancy fold...

 Well, I decided it was time for me to try the "Tri Shutter Card"...seen so many of you do them and they were gorgeous...but seemed like a lot of work! and guess what! it WAS !!! 

took me almost an hour to get the inside to go right...and then figuring out the measurements for the little pieces..but I GOT IT !!! and its little measurements too LOL...(in my witch of wizard of oz voice)

so be prepared to see me doing a bunch because now I'm hooked...and it really is easy once you do the first one!

 so here is my first Tri Shutter card - sorry for my fingers in the pic but couldnt get it to stay closed enough to get a pic of the front...

designer papers from My Minds Eye and image was from Graphics Fairy ...

center sentiment from Penny Black and Happy Birthday is from GKD - Mountain Wilderness fr Theresa Momber, dry embossed and rest of embellishments = MS punches, prisma pearls, ribbon from stash and Memento Black and Rose Bud ink.

hope you like - looking forward to your vintage, shabby or primitive cards with different folds...need the inspiration!

 We will be choosing one random winner who will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. The Design Team will also select one project as Top Pick and the creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for our monthly Guest Designer spot.

hugs and have a beautiful weekend,

entering this in the new Oozaks Challenge  

Stamp TV's CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there,

 it's that time of the month again when the Center Stage Alumni bring you a Hop and you have the chance to win a huge, FABULOUS, FREE GRAB BAG FROM GKD! oh yeahhhhh

This month we were given this sketch from the super talented Melissa Cash ...whose blog you should have just come from...if you want to start the hop at the beginning, just pop over to STV! .

I used stamp sets from Melanie Muenchinger for both of my cards....

This first card was quick and easy and almost like "find Waldo" only it's "...find the butterflies"  LOL

Melanie's butterfly stamp in her stamp set A Beautiful Life matched the designer paper from DCWV - Mariposa so perfectly! 

The cardstock is GKD's Innocent Pink and Black (stash checkered dp), stickles, stash ribbon and Viva Pearl Pen - black. Used a short Popsicle stick for template for sentiment...worked pretty good !

This card took a lot longer but love it! Sure wish photo did it justice KWIM!

Changed the sketch just a tad - ran my ribbon along the bottom and used Spellbinder's  Labels One for image background instead of rectangle. Sentiment is done with Spellbinder's Classic Scalloped Ovals Large.

Used Melanie's sets, Holiday Basket and the sentiment and lady bug is from her A Year of Flowers.

Basket was done with Copics E09, 31, 37 and sponged with Memento's Desert Sand.

Flowers were sponged with Memento's Angel Pink and Rose Bud, leaves were done with Copics YG63,67

Sentiment stamped with Memento Black and ladybug colored with Copic R27

Designer Paper is from Prima - the Madeline Collection

Base cardstock is SU's Bayou Blue, stash scrunched seam binding, glossy accents used for dew drops and on leaves... and Viva Pearl Pen - white

Roses were paper pieced and added with pop dots....WHEW! done (-:

NOW, pop over to my wonderful talented team-sistah Kay Simmons to see the gorgeousness she has ready!

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (April 24th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!

Sincerely hope you enjoy the hop

hugs,

PS also entering the second card in the challenges at:
  Crafty Friends Challenge - use two diecuts
Oozak - Anything Goes

Phri-days are Phindy's!

Hi there, so glad you're back for my second post on Fridays....

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create...using stitches (real or faux) and squares! 

 ok... haven't done real sewing on my cards in so long (but HAD to have the mini sewing machine two years ago LOL)  anyway, dusted it off and did some sewing... then I went and covered it up except for the outline sewing...got so engrossed in adding embellishments that I wasn't even thinking about my sewing!! There is sewing along the lace and on the red panel behind her...totally forgot about the actual challenge !! But I've been so busy at work that it felt great getting lost in creating my card KWIM !!

 Used this the little cutie from Phindy called Cherry Chat

Colored her on the scruffy side because she was playing as hard as I was concentrating on this card...and she just ran in to give her friend a call   LOL

Used My Minds Eye dp, GKD Red Hot and Asparagus cardstock, colored with Copics, made my flowers using MS punches, stash lace trim and button w twine, hand cut the arrow and added pearl plus pearls to my flowers...

the frame was cut with Cricut mini

(thought it was something different to try!)

Hope you get to play, remember we will choose one random winner who will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store. The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but are entered twice when you do ...

hugs, hope to see you again tomorrow

Copic/Pro Marker Challenge at the Outlawz

SO GLAD IT's FRIDAY!!!

This week the Copic/ProMarker Outlawz Design Team are challenging you to create...

MAGIC !!!

now that's different and a great challenge - I didn't have a single stamp that got my "mojo magic" going BUT did have this adorable digi from Phindy's Place called Smooch . 

Stash designer paper on SU's Not Quite Navy. MS punch, SU Star punch

Colored with Copics and added stickles

just had fun coloring (-:

Want to learn new ways to use your markers? Come on and join us over at the Outlawz ...these ladies are wonderful inspiration to a "color-ers (is that a word ??lol) heart "!

and the prizes to be won are awesome!

hope you get a chance to play

hugs

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Day!

Hi there, weekend is almost here!

 This week the challenge over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog is to create

...using the theme April Showers! 

 Well I couldn't resist this adorable pig! It's called Sweet Smell and he is definitely enjoying those flowers...

 ohhh he's so cute!

colored with Copics and sponged in the sky... hand written sentiment

Hope you have time to enter our challenge at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog ! To join our challenges you don’t have to use a Digi Doodle Shop image, but if you do use one, your entry will count twice. You are also allowed to enter our challenge as many times as you like, as long as you enter with a new card/craft.
The winner of this challenge will win a $10 gift certificate from Digi Doodle Shop and a winner badge. We will also have 2 runners up who will get a badge to wear on their blogs.

I know there are so many challenge blogs out there to chose from but hope to see you there...

hugs

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Hello, 

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow . This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards using...your punches and/ or die cuts...

I broke out one of the first packs of Spellbinders that I purchased when they first came out...

Classic Squares

what a dumb purchase! I CAN handle cutting square cardstock  LOL ...purchase made at a craft show and I'm blaming peer pressure buyin...ROFLOL ... i think it was a buy 2 and get third free...STILL ...what a dumb choice to pick squares (at least for me) had I only known that in no time there would be a TON of gorgeous dies to chose from!
 now wondering if my peers use theirs....hmmmmmmm

well, here you go - properly matted with my square Spellbinders

This was made with image from our wonderful sponsor this week... Sassy Cheryl's...she has so many adorable images! (sentiment from Studio G)
This week's winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to shop at Sassy Cheryl's.

Check out Sugar Creek Hollow's Design Team - just goes to show you can make
CUTE into vintage (-:

I had a hard time but the rest of the team nailed it!

hugs,

Also, pop over and check out the Design Team call for Sugar Creek Hollow! If you love vintage, we would love to hear from you.....

Copic/Pro Marker Challenge at the Outlawz

TGIF!!! 

This week, the the Friday's Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenges you to create....with balloons!

We have a new sponsor for this month  - Mayzy Arts ....you are going to love her images!!!

This one is called Bibi Balloons . She is $2.00 AND you get a free digi when you purchase her...pop over and check them out - prepared to be DEEEEEE-Lighted!!! 

I will be using her images again very soon (-:

Colored with Copics

SU Cardstock  - Tempting Turquoise and Elegant Eggplant

My Mind's Eye DP - Follow Your Heart

Sentiment from GKD's "Mountain Wilderness" by Theresa Momber

and

Spellbinders Twisted Metal Tags & Accents, Viva's white peal pen

Have a gorgeous weekend!

Take plenty of allergy meds - my allergies are kicking me hard !!

hugs,

Entering this in the new Oozaks Challenge 

Phriday's are Phindy's post is below

Phri-days are Phindy's!

hi there, 

FIRST let me announce the winner of my candy for Phindy's 100 Challenge Blog Hop...

winner is Sandy whose blog is Simply Sandy

congrats Sandy - i will email you for your mailing address

Now for this week's challenge at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create...

"anything food or drink related"...

I chose Phindy's sweet image Special Day with her little cute cupcake. This image is from Phindy's Wee Babies Collection

Not the best photo, sorry! she isnt as lightly colored as it seems...

Hope you get to play, remember we will choose one random winner who will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store. The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but are entered twice when you do ...

Have a beautiful weekend,

hugs

Phri-days are Phindy's! 100th Challenge Blog Hop!!!

WOOO HOOOOO!  It's here!!!...can't believe we've reached the 100 mark!

Want to thank EVERYONE who participates in our weekly Phindy challenges - we have really grown and it's because of our faithful followers who love the adorable images from Phindy's Place as much as we do (-:

For this challenge, since Easter is this weekend and my youngest grankids will be here (BIG SMILE), made this one for them - Easter egg hunts are big around our house... after church...we come home - stuff ourselves with the ham dinner - and then enjoy sitting on the deck while the 3 and 5 year old wear themselves out hiding and finding eggs LOL

 This image is Phindy's Easter Joy

NOW....taaaa daaaaa    The Blog Hop! and

My Surprise Blog Candy celebrating our 100th Challenge

Phindy's Place Design Team

Anne Ray (DT Leader 

Cec Wintonyk (DT Coordinator)

Ann English

Catherine Ward

Kathy Curry

Linda Payne  - you are here LOL

 Marlena Peduzzi

Hop Rules - gotta have 'em ya know....I mean this is our 100th celebration and we want everyone to participate and have fun and WIN!!! (wish everyone could win, but you KWIM!)

The challenge is ANYTHING GOES WITH A PHINDY IMAGE.

• The blog hop will run in conjunction with the Phindy Place challenge, which will end on Friday, April 13^th at 9:30 am GMT.
• One random winner from the comments left on just my blog will receive my candy..but keep hopping....I hear there are others giving away candy as well...
• There is ALSO blog candy at the challenge blog. This is separate from our individual blogs and requires that you participate in the Phindy Place challenge with a Phindy image only!
• One random winner selected from the challenge entries will receive that blog candy and participants are also asked to comment on the challenge blog and on each designer's blog. It's a short Blog Hop so that shouldn't take too much time

WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED:

• The Phindy’s Place candy winner will be selected and posted on Friday, April 13^th.
• We will also have our normal prizes and the winners will be posted on Monday, April 16^th as usual.
• Winner of my candy will also be posted on Friday, April 13th

The key thing is that the main candy over on the Challenge Blog is not available to people who just comment, you have to submit an entry to be eligible for the candy. BUT it's ANYTHING GOES with your Phindy's....WHEW! so there you go!

Really looking forward to having you celebrate this milestone with us!!!

hugs,

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Hello,

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow . This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards using a FLORAL theme....

oh my goodness - I wanted to just bury myself in floral vintage BUT no time....one little word "JOB"....still waiting on the cash fairy around here LOL

so using a gorgeous image from Graphics Fairy

(love this rose)  my card for this week

also entering this over at Crafty Friends Challenge - Vintage and Frilly-Funkie Challenge - Vintage

Both are new to Blogland and really wanting to support them!

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EASTER EVERYONE!

hugs,

The Outlawz Friday Copics/Pro Markers challenge

hey hey hey!

This week, the the Friday's Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenges you to create ...something inspired by nature....

now I did have a beautiful card with wonderful red and pink roses all ready for this challenge - took me 3 evenings to finish it ! it was going to my MIL for Easter...  but then...my sweet DH decided to pay me a visit in my craft room WHY OH WHY OH WHY!!!.....yep! disaster....as he so nicely admired the card for his Mom and was inching his way out of my room (tons of stuff on the floor and he's a big guy trying to get out of my mess...as I'm literally holding my breath) he backed into the door to my room - hitting his elbow really hard  - causing him to DROP his glass of tea...which landed where ???? yep, hit the corner of my desk and the rest....as we say...is...   hiss-store-ree!!  yep, lost that card and TWO others.....he was so upset - i was so trying not to be furious - after all he was trying to be encouraging.....oh well, it's over and moving on.....thanks for letting me vent  KWIM....I am thinking he wont venture in here again for a LOOONNG time (-:

so now back to the business of blogging....for this week's card - I chose this cutie pie from Sassy Cheryl's

called Dig in Nature - and unfortunately I believe it is now retired. Went to link it up for you but its no longer available....sorry bout that!

but pop over and check out her newer adorable little guy images..

hope to see you at the Outlawz! awesome prizes!!!

going to enter this one over at Sassy Cheryl's challenge blog this week - Challenge is pastels and it's not often you see a guy image that qualifies as "pastel"...

have a beautiful weekend

hugs

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Day!

hi there,

I'm been patiently waiting (hahahaha yea right!) for today!  Have been so excited for today to finally be here...this is my first post as part of this talented Design Team! woooo hoooo....I first became acquainted with Digi Doodles when they sponsored a challenge over on Sugar Creek Hollow....it was love at first sight!

This week the challenge over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog is to create "using new stash"....how perfect for my first post! The image itself is new stash !  I love the cute cute images they have but am really in love with their vintage images...and since learning vintage is my goal ...I am going to love this journey with them!

I chose this image Prayer by Light  because it reminds me of two pictures my MIL has hanging in her living room - on one side is the woman praying and the other is the older gentleman praying - I'm betting a lot of you know the set I'm talking about...anyway...I love this image...

I hope this is how my kids, grankids, family and friends will remember me...as a woman of prayer!

new stash (besides image) is designer paper from Prima called Madeline....love it! It's the floral background paper.

Hope you have time to enter our challenge at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog ! I know there are so many challenge blogs out there to chose from. The winner of this challenge will receive a $10 gift certificate to shop at the  Digi Doodle Shop Store as well as badges to proudly display on your blog!

hugs,

also entering this in Crafty Friends Challenge - Vintage and Frilly-Funkie Challenge - Vintage

supplies:
cardstock is SU's Not Quite Navy and Cameo Coral
ink is Memento's Cantaloupe, London Fog and Ranger's Distress Rusty Hinge
Copics: C0,2,4...E00,02,11,13, 33, 53...B000,B00, B01, B02, 05...N2,3,4...Y02, 26, 28
Ribbon from stash
Dry embossed with CB Folder - Victorian (i think)

Mix It Up Monday - STV12MON11 - "Get Well"

hi there,

This week I was so glad to be asked to host Stamp TV's Mix It Up Monday Challenge.

For those of you who know Karen Knegten, you know that she just recently underwent brain surgery and is thankfully recovering - Praise the Lord! 

This week the challenge is dedicated to Karen and the theme is "Get Well"...

 I cased this gorgeous card of Karen's

and here is mine....

Hope you can join us at STV - details of this week's challenge are HERE  

I am sending this card on to Karen. If you would like to do the same, her address is:

Karen Knegten

c/o St.Lukes Medical Center

2900 West Oklahoma Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53215

We just never know what a day will bring....

hugs