Digi Doodle Shop Challenge #110

Hi there,

This is the beginning of a new challenge over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog and the challenge this week is 'Get The Bunting Out'. 

How you interpret this is entirely up to you, but please make sure you stick to the theme, otherwise your entry won't be entered into the prize draw. 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 where you’ll be spoilt for choice, as there are so many great images to choose from. We will also have 2 runners up who will get a badge to wear on their blogs.

 I chose this perfect image for a gentleman I have in mind, it's called the Ship

colored with Copics, sentiment letters are from Creative Vision's "Stick Alphabet" set, designer paper from MME - Follow Your Heart - Be Amazing 6x6 pad, small twine from stash, bunting done with SU punch and eyelets from stash.

Things are slowly getting back to a normal routine and we have our air conditioning fixed..

wooo hoooo! love the AC (-:

hugs,

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop

hi there,
well its the last Tuesday of the month, so that means the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Designers are having their monthly hop...

 This month the designers participating are:

  Olga 
Selma 
Tesa
Clare 
Lisa
Marsha 
and ME!
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 June 1st. The winner will be posted here (and on the member's blogs who are able to post) by noon on Sat, June 2nd
The winner will receive a $25.00 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations!

 I've been away from crafting for over a week and so today I just wanted to COLOR! didn't have a card ready for this month's hop so pulled out this gorgeous big stamp  and just enjoyed coloring....with no AC ! it died last night....hoping DH can get it going tomorrow night - everywhere that has the part we need is closed because of holiday...

HCPC 3372 Dutch Iris Frame PreCut Set 

Colored with Copics BV0000, 11 13 ...V17...G24, 28...Y08

Card base is light blue with image matted onto purple and oval sentiment matted with same purple

lightly sponged with Memento Summer Sky

added ribbon from stash and yellow stickles

ok, off now to get ready to watch the Hatfield and McCoy's tonight....we just spent a week in Hatfield Country down in Logan WV....my romantic DH took me to Devil Anse Hatfield's cemetery on our first trip for me to meet my -laws back in 1983....yep, he's still soooooo very romantic  LOL (eyes rolling (-:)

hugs,

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Hey Hey Hey! 

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive projects using....Vintage Fashion!!!

 I'm particularly lovin this week's challenge because our sponsor is the Digi Doodle Shop.

 I'm proud to say that I am also on their Design Team. I was introduced to this digital image store through their sponsoring a challenge for Sugar Creek Hollow earlier this year - fell in love with their images....

The image I received  from the Digi Doodle Shop is called 1800's Vintage Dress 4. I took the liberty of writing "Jane Eyre" on the book...

 kept the embellishments low key to show this gorgeous dress!

Designer Paper from My Minds Eye - Follow Your Heart, cardstock used - turquoise, brown, coral, flourishs with EK punch, Fiskars corner punches, SU corner photo punch, paper piercing, viva pearl pen - ice white, stash lace...colored with Copics BG 000, 18, 21, 49...E00, 01, 04, 31...RV 23, 34, paper pieced image and raised it on dimensional adhesive dots

Hope you get to enter - the winner will receive a $10 gift certificate from the Digi Doodle Shop and the winner badge from Sugar Creek Hollow...

much going on with family and friends so not sure if I will get to craft...Have a wonderful Memorial Day remembering and thankful to those who gave their all so we could enjoy all the freedoms we have here in the good ole USA!

hugs,
Update sunday, so glad this auto posted! We got home around 6pm and MIL is doing very well! Thanks again for everyone's prayers!

Update

Thanks so much for everyone's prayers. Turns out it was a combination of diverticulitis , ulcers, and her blood thinning medication! They have it all worked out now (even her sugar which jumped up to 335, she only weighs 120 lbs, nurse said her blood was like syrup!) So now we are just getting her settled at home. Plan to leave here Sunday .... Thanks again Linda Ps I don't have pics of my cards for my DT's on my iPad, will post them all on Monday...sorry!

Family emergency

Everyone, I'm so sorry but won't be blogging or posting for a few days...my MIL has been taken to hospital. She has received blood transfusions and they are planning to do more. We don't know when the bleeding started. Her home health care nurse discovered this. Her blood pressure keeps dropping and this has prevented them from doing tests they want to perform. She is 90, will be 91 in July. I am most worried about my husband, he is her only living son and they are very close. He talks with her every day. Takes us about 6.5 hours to get there. There is no Internet at her house. Hoping there will be at the hospital but we are going to be way down in Logan County (Hatfield and McCoy country)....hoping the McDonald's there will have wifi (and there's only one of them!).... Appreciate prayers for her and traveling safety for us
Hugs

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow This week we want you to make a vintage, shabby chic or primitive project.....using Pearls and Flourishes!

I went straight to Graphics Fairy and retrieved this beautiful image as well as the background...

Sentiment from SU (dont know name of set), Seam binding from the Funkie Junkie Boutique , distressed the cake lace doily with Ranger's Antique Linen and Crushed Olive, flourishes from Spellbinders Twisted Metal Tags & Accents, Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White and Salmon.

now some shout outs and hope you pop over to see their wonderful projects...we want to welcome

 Heather Hudson to the team!

and

we have a Guest Designer, Amelia Breytenbach!  

Do hope you get to join us, excited to see the elegance created with pearls and flourishes!

hugs,

The Outlawz Friday Copics/Pro Markers challenge

Hi there!

This week, the the Friday's Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenges you to create ....using the theme/images ... of a rodeo, western or horses!

And perfect timing since so many of us are at "The Outlawz Rodeo Event" in Baltimore! My oldest daughter is with me and we are looking forward to this whole weekend!

I grabbed a favorite image from Serendipity Stamps called Mustang 

Background was water colored with mixture of SU's Saffron and Apricot.

Horse was colored with only the neutrals in the Copic W family and highlighted with White and tiny brush...matted onto dark brown cardstock with brads in corners, matted onto "wood" stash designer paper onto same dark brown card base and added piece of tied ribbon.

Now you MUST pop over and check out this team's wild West this week.....just awesome! hope you get time to join us .....heeeeeeyaaaaaaa (-:

hugs,

 

Phri-days are Phindy's!

TGIF! and I'm off work today!!!! woooo hoooooo! headed to Baltimore for a crafting retreat sponsored by 

the Outlawz (and my oldest daughter is with me!!)

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

with theme "Summer"... 

 Well we sure skipped Spring so straight into summer we go! We've had sooo much rain here that I had to grab one of Phindy's newest images called Spring Shower 

loved paper piecing her raincoat and umbrella to match (a girl's got to match!!) using scraps of designer paper, background designer paper is from Prima - Madeline Collection, Sentiment is from the Cottage Stamper stamped with Memento's Lady Bug, card-base is dark brown.  Colored with Copics C2,  B000, YR 02, 20, and E00, E11, accented with red glitter gel pen on boots and hat. Glossy accents for rain...

Remember you don't have to use a Phindy image to enter - but you're entered twice if you do! Hope to see you in the challenge (-:

hugs,

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge #108

Hi there,

This is the beginning of a new challenge over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog and the challenge this week is ...anything WORK RELATED !
 One of the things I love about the Digi Doodle Shop images is their ability to "take me back in time"...this image called Canned Peaches is just one of those images.
Oh my...havent canned peaches in years and years...and as a kid - used to love picking peaches from my Pa-Paw's peach trees and then "trying" to help my Ma-Maw....who would usually offer up a nice sweet peach to get us out of the kitchen. It was such a teeny tiny kitchen and you can imagine how much we were probably in the way. Her kitchen counter wasnt any wider than about 2 feet. She would use it which was next to the small stove and then also the side of the sink that hung on the wall and the tiny kitchen table (which I still have and keep in my laundry room. It has the porcelain enamel table top) to skin and pit and can her peaches... but didn't we love it when fresh peach cobbler or peach pie was served...oh what sweet memories! 
can peaches sure don't beat Canned Peaches !!!

Colored with Pencils and OMG (odorless mineral spirits)
sentiment is from Studio K ($1 stamp from Michaels)
Cardstock is SU's Not Quite Navy and retired SU designer paper and stash gingham ribbon
distressed with Ranger's Burlap ink

Hope you get to join us....
remember the random big winner will receive the winner's badge and a $10 gift certificate to shop at the Digi Doodle Shop AND there are also 2 runners up who will get a badge to wear on their blogs. You don't have to use a Digi Doodle Shop image, but are entered twice if you do!


Oh I want a beautiful fresh, ripe peach now some kinda bad....
hugs,
 

New online magazine "Through the Craft Room Door"

H there....enabler alert!  (-:

This is a 75 page online magazine for $18.00!!! and that pays for a whole year's subscription plus you can download previous online publications.....and 
if you subscribe now you will also get SIX free digi's (3 of which are from Mayzy Arts, and 2 from Anne Fenton and 1 from Sandy Huggett)....actually its not "new" but does have a new owner and publisher, Colleen Holmes.  Colleen also started the wonderful challenge site, the Outlawz.
I reallly think you would enjoy her first publication as the new owner of Through the Craft Room Door" magazine . If you join, please "friend" me ...I just joined myself (-:

(just go to tab for subscribe/renew and once paid, you will get email invite to join the Subscribers Only Group to access the magazine and freebies ...ok - headed back to keep reading!)

hugs,

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow . 

This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards...and create a tag or tag card.

 Our sponsor this week is A Day For Daisies.

 I've created my card with a tag pocket using this wonderful image called    Classic Fashion

Used Graphics 45 designer paper, handmade the pocket envelope out of stash of Graphics 45, black organza? (not sure what you call it), button, Viva Pearl Pen - Carmine, GKD cardstock black and Cranberry Tart, Spellbinders Fancy Tags for tag, corner punch from SU, silver stickles and colored with Copics

Hope you get to join us, the winner this week will receive a $12 gift certiicate from A Day for Daisies! And the winner's badge!
Gotta run, have ALLL my family here and lovin it, this afternoon we are going to our church's Mother/Daughter Banquet and the guys will be fishing (-:  It's supposed to be a beautiful weather day but if not, it's still a beautiful day to me!
Looking forward to finally getting around to visit everyone tomorrow night when it goes back to just me and DH here (-:
hugs
 

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 photo inspiration from our wonderful Brenda Turner

 ...if you want to start the hop at the beginning, just pop over to STV! .
If you are following the hop, you should have come from the talented blog of Kay Simmons !
I wanted to go with the quilt in this inspiration and the colors....really wish I had some of those pitchers and or vases,,, used the GKD set - "Nana's Needlework" by Nina Brackett and the sentiment is from the GKD set - "Mountain Wilderness" by Theresa Momber.

Colored with Copics, base cardstock is GKD's Moonlit Fog and designer paper from My Minds Eye.

now off to the awesome blog of Miesje Flach   

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (May 15th), 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!

Enjoy the hop - not so many of us this month...quick hopping

hugs

and have a beautiful and blessed MOTHER'S DAY!

Copic/Pro Marker Challenge at the Outlawz

TGIF!!!

 so glad you popped back over for second post - with two designs teams on Fridays - I appreciate you returning....actually there are THREE for today - another one tonight at 10pm...

This week, the the Friday's Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenges you to create ...with a gardening theme! We have a new sponsor for the month of May. This month, the Copic/Promarker challenge is being sponsored by:

Can You Digi It

One random winner will win a $15 gift certificate for the Can You Digi It on-line store.  They have lots of cute digis by some very talented artists, including our very own DT member, Dawn (LilyPink Designs)!  They also have lots of other supplies for your crafting needs. 

*Please make sure you follow the theme and the rules to be eligible for the prizes.*

Please join us in welcoming Holly as our Guest Designer for May. Holly's work is beautiful and we're thrilled to have her joining us this month!  You can visit Holly's blog here.

I used the Can You Digit It image called Script Flowers  

Colored with Copics to coordinate with My Minds Eye dp - Dilly Dally!
sentiment from Penny Black


Have a wonderful weekend and a blessed Mother's Day!
hugs

Phri-days are Phindy's!

hi there!

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

 Well, now there is never a time that's too early to get started....some of you already have most of your cards done..not naming any names (Patti)...just sayin (-:

 I grabbed one of my very favorite images of Phindy's called Tasty Flakes ....I have made so many cards with her and a lot have been posted on my blog!

Kept it simple, crafting time has been very little this week - I am so behind on commenting and visiting....just barely getting the Design Team cards done....

It's Wednesday night at almost midnight and I'm off to do the second auto post for Friday.

taking off work for two days to enjoy my family - oldest daughter and family is coming up from North Carolina and I'm joining them tomorrow to visit Monticello at Charlottesville and lunch at Mitchie Tavern...weather is supposed to clear up from the rain... 

see ya in the next post

hugs

 

Hi everyone,
Just wanting to let everyone know that I'm so sorry that I haven't been around to visit...just not enough hours in a day to get done all I want (-:
We did raise $1,070. at the yard sale to help send kids to camp this summer...Praise the Lord AND He held back the rain !!

Didn't even craft this weekend - had a little bit of time and did get around to comment on Design Team entries...hoping to use my lunch break at work to visit all my blog sistahs...miss ya

hugs,

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow . This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards... in Black White..

.if any color then only on image!

wish I knew where I got this image - it is in black n white and I added some soft color with Copics

I am enjoying trying to improve on CAS cards...

hope you like!

This week we at Sugar Creek Hollow are welcoming TWO new members..

Liz Droege         http://lizzidroege.typepad.com/

Yvonne Whaley  http://meggysway.blogspot.co.uk/

They are going to WOW you with vintage-ness LOL ... Welcome aboard ladies


Well, today is the BIG yard I've been working on ...and its supposed to rain! Can you believe it!!!
we are all just going to have to wait and see what the weather is like this early am...

hugs,

STV's "Get Well" Blog Hop for Karen

Welcome to a special blog hop we are calling, Karing for Karen!! 

 A hop for a very special friend of ours, Karen Knegten. If you have been around the stamping community for any length of time at all, you might have run into Karen. She is always participating in challenges, offering us wonderful inspiration with her awesome talent! About a month ago, Karen had to have surgery for two brain aneurysms. She is still in the hospital and we are having this blog to inspire more of you out there to send in some cards to Karen AND to her family that is caring for her too!

 So hope you feel inspired with our little hop for you today. Below you will find all of the links to all of the girls participating...these are from the CSS Alumni group and the Design Team from Gina K Designs. 

Enjoy and hope you're  inspired to send a card or two! 

Here is the address for sending your cards:

Karen Knegten c/o R.S.V.P. Rental Services 

350 W. Northwest Highway 

Barrington IL 60010

Carolyn King
Tina Gilliland
Giovana Smith
Lee Murphy
Theresa Momber
Deb Felts
Vicki Dutcher
Cathy Tidwell
Melissa Shultz
Tera Fujan
Cheri Weston
Joy Hadden
Linda Payne   (you are here)
Sue VanDeVusse
Jennie Harper
Betty Neville
Geri Utterback
Brenda Turner
Miesje Flach

Hey Karen! THIS IS FOR YOU! We sure do miss you and are praying for you daily (-:

used GKD's Hope is Faith

faithfully keeping you in prayer,

Copic/Pro Marker Challenge at the Outlawz

TGIF!!!

so glad you popped back over for second post - with two designs teams on Fridays - I appreciate you returning....actually there are THREE for today - oh my! one more to go...

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

.... for Mothers Day!

I've already made my card for my MIL so this one is for my granddaughter to give her mom. 

 The image is from Elizabeth Dulemba and is completely free

  HERE

colored with Copics, used GKD's cardstock "Corn" and SU's "Not Quite Navy",
 border punch from MS and prima flowers

Hope you join us at the Outlawz - their prizes are AWESOME! just sayin (-: .....
and you can use ANY image you want....just remember the theme!
Hugs,

Phri-days are Phindy's!

hi there!

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

VINTAGE!

Have to love it! right up my vintage alley (-:

Had this awesome vintage designer paper in my stash box that goes so perfectly with Phindy's image

 Catch Anything

kept it very simple!

We are having another HUGE rainstorm, keep waiting for power to go off and trying to get this post done and then have another one for Friday also....gotta get...

hugs

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge #106 - Anything Goes

Hi there,

This is the beginning of a new challenge over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog and the challenge this week is ANYTHING GOES !

For my card this week, I chose the image Let's Do Lunch! "....love these little piggies (-:

the sentiment is from Penny Black. Base Cardstock is SU's Not Quite Navy, Designer Paper is from MME - Fiddlesticks, colored with Copics and stash burlap and ribbon!

hope you are inspired to join us!

remember the random big winner will receive the winner's badge and a $10 gift certificate to shop at the Digi Doodle Shop AND there are also 2 runners up who will get a badge to wear on their blogs. You don't have to use a Digi Doodle Shop image, but are entered twice if you do!

 hope it doesn't rain anymore - we already cant keep up with how fast the grass is growing...not complaining - this is one of my favorite seasons (-: .....minus the pollen this year!

hugs,

 
entering this one in Geri's Mix it Up Monday Challenge over on STV - use squares