Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Hi there!

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow

This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive projects with the theme...

 Vintage Children!

We have a wonderful sponsor this week...

  TLC CREATIONS
They will be giving the winner a $10 gift certificate to their store! 

TLC generously provided our team each with an image for today - mine is called "Vintage Leap Frog"

Love it - do kids even play that any more ...kinda hard to leap frog with 
cellphone, computer or ipods     KWIM LOL

I envisioned this happening while in recess at school - kept them all in uniforms since that is what so many schools required back in the vintage days (no I wouldn't know!)...love the pups getting all excited too!

colored with Copics: E00,7, 9, 11, 31,33, 29, 74...W1, 4, 7, sponged edges with Ranger's Distress Rusty Hinge, image is matted on a bright blue but kept it very narrow, designer paper from THoltz with scraps from Graphics 45, white embossed my letters (letters I've had for years, they are mini peg stamps that were purchased from Michael's, lost paper with name a long time ago) onto black card stock and punched with Stampin Up punch - adhered with pop dots.

You know I tend to keep embellishments simple unless a challenge requires I load it up (-:

We're going to top 100 degrees today ....nothing for my stampin buddy Vicki  wavin to ya ! they deal with that in Arizona all the time...so i wont be going there anytime soon LOL

but for this ole gal - staying near my wonderful AC!

Praying for everyone dealing with the horrible fires and all the Florida flooding....the heat seems so minor.....

hugs

Fantastic Give Away from S.O.S.

Hi everyone, just saw where the Lily Pad is closing...

Deborah has turned this into a positive and decided to share her return to being able to participate in the blogging and challenges by offering up an awesome candy package.

 Here is excerpt from her blog Society of Stampaholics ...

"They say every cloud has a silver lining, so I look at the end of the Lily Pad as an opportunity to get reaquainted with my cardmaking community on a more personal level again and a chance to play more with my stamps and make some videos. (I had just gotten my snazzy little HD video camera two months before we launched LPC and it's been gathering dust ever since.) I also see this silver lining as extending to y'all. To celebrate the resurrection of my blog, I'm offering a rather nice little parcel of stamping swag! The prize package. Stamps and other crafty items with a retail value of over $200."

   

Let's welcome Deborah back to participating with us (will be fun seeing what stamps she has that she hasn't played with yet !)

 Deborah, thanks for offering us the chance to win this awesome package. Love your embracing a new direction with such a positive attitude - wonderful testimony to us all! 

 hugs

 

Outlawz Party extended through July 7th!!!

UPDATE: The The Outlawz party has been extended. You now have until 11:59 EST July 7th to join in on the fun. Best wishes in winning some of those prizes offered up by ALLLLL those sponsors!


 

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge #114

This is the beginning of a new challenge over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog 

and the challenge this week is .... to create using Pink and Purple!

 I have been wanting to color up this gorgeous image called Spring Gathering ...

such a sweet appealing image...

Colored with Copics BV01, 08, 11, G24, 28...E25, 29, 31, FRV1, Spellbinders Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large, Cardstock is Stampin Up's Pretty in Pink and Pale Plum, designer paper, flowers and ribbon from stash, Cherry Lynn die flourish using piece of scrap embossed cs, sentiment from Stampin Up's set "Warmest Regards" stamped with Vivid's Purple, Viva Pearl Pen - Lilac and sponging done with Memento's Angel Pink and Lulu Lavender

Remember, 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.


Whew! supposed to hit in the high nineties today....hope everyone stays cool!
I love my 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

Carla

Lisa

Selma

Marsha

Kerry

Linda aka ME (-: 

and i give you my card...not the greatest photo due to all the BLING!

 Using HCPC 3322 Daisy Patch Background and the HCPC 3318 Daisy Patch Flowers with matching diecut, I created this majorly BLING card for a sweetie pie friend...who already has it and I'm tickled to say she loved the bling! ( Which is the Gala Glitz Purple and Blue that can also be purchased from Heartfelt Creations!)

Stamped my flowers on vellum with Memento Black, adhered to stamped background using Memento Black onto dark blue cardstock that was matted onto light blue cardstock.  Stash ribbon and sentiment is from the HCPC 3354 Classic Message Set (a fav that I go to so often!)

Last touch is the fun part .... adding the bling! - adhered my vellum flowers using Art Glitter Clear Adhesive (also available from Heartfelt Creations) and then dobbed my glue where I wanted the Gala Glitz to stick!!!

Poured the Glitz all over my card ...waited a few minutes and then held card on its side and let all the loose glitz fall away into tray and then back into their jars.... the glue is perfect for this! all that bling is definitely stuck to the card!

Well, I'm the end of the hop...so remember....

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 29th. The winner will be posted here (and on the member's blogs who are able to post) by noon on Sat, June 30th

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

hope you enjoy our small hop

hugs,

 

Par-TAY at the Outllawz!

Hi there! Are you ready to party?

 The date we've all been waiting for is finally here! It's time for the 2,000 Member Party at The Outlawz site! It seems like just yesterday that we had our 1,000 member party! We are thrilled to have added another 1,000 members so soon! You all inspire us with your support and with your creative designs!

 To mark this milesone, we are having a huge celebration with lots of fun, games and challenges! And, as always, we have some awesome prizes from our amazingly generous sponsors!

 Be sure to visit The Outlawz site and check out all the exciting events lined up for the party! I am here to share my DT card for the Copic/Promarker Party Challenge .

 Our theme is "where in the world". 

 We want to see creations that represent where you live now or where you are from originally.

I'm from the USA in the good ole state of Virginia

image is from Saturated Canary

NOW, pop over to the Outlawz and check out ALLLL the challenges - there are so many! and check out ALLLLLL the wonderful sponsors! So rare to see THIS many sponsors....check it out, i listed some of them

Susana's Custom Art  $50

Oozaks   $50

Guylou's  $20

Mo's

Mayzy Arts

Three R Girls

Cutting Cafe

Delicious Doodles

PLUS 18 more sponsors!!!!

and each challenge group has an awesome tutorial for you!

CRAZY FUN! have a great time at the party!

hugs

 

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Woo hoo! Saturday is finally here! 

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

 I have a ton of circles on this one - stamp is from $1 bin at Michael's and is by Rubber Stampede

went for more of a shabby chic design this week,

made the rosettes with the THoltz rosette die, fancy trim is from Marks Finest Papers, designer paper is from Stampin Up, doily die from Cherry Lynn and Spellbinders used were Standard Circles Large, Blossom and Fleur de Lis Accents...stash buttons with ribbon added and pearls with Viva Pearl Pen...

Ok, cant wait to tell ya! this morning i am going with some stampin sistahs to the HUGE Great American Scrapbooking Convention in Chantilly, VA. That's about an hour and half from us. We started going a few years ago and now it's an annual event LOL....would be great to meet anyone around here that is going!

Will let you know how bad a beating my credit card takes.....if anyone there is selling the Silhouette Cameo - I'm bringing that baby home and saving the shipping charges BIG SMILE!

so tired of cutting out images...ready to be spoiled with this baby

(thankfully darlin hubby never reads my blog !!!!!)

Phri-days are Phindy's!

soooooo TGIF (love my weekends!) 

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create anything... using your choice of gingham or plaid or a combination of both!

 Have been wanting to color this adorable image from Phindy called Potted Primroses . I love it!

paper pieced her apron with stash gingham dp and colored her with

Copics W7, 9...E00,11,9,26...G24, R59, RV14, 19, 21

Spellbinders: Beaded Ovals and Petite Ovals small

sponged with Memento's Angel Pink, designer paper from Lost n Found- Blush pad and stash ribbon

you'll be seeing her again (-:

hope to see you in the challenge - you don't need to use a Phindy to play along!

hugs

Copic/Pro Marker Challenge at the Outlawz

Finally, Friday....

This week,  the Friday's Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenges you to create ... with the theme Picnic or BarBQue - something food related. 

 So once again I went to my digi collection from Isabella's Sketchbook and grabbed this fun image called Ant Picnic . I printed this image in Word so I could add my sentiment...

Copics used: E04, 07, 09, 17, 33, 40, 43, 47, 49, 55...R59, G05,07

Designer Paper from Stampin Up

Cardstock is Turquoise and Lime

stash ribbon

Sponged sky and grass with Memento Summer Sky, Pear Tart and Cottage Ivy

OK, NOW the Big News! the Outlawz is having a party and everyone's invited!

Are you ready to P-A-R-T-Y?

We are! You're invited to The Outlawz 2000 Member Party! This go-around, we're celebrating you!

Where in the World?

We want to know where you are from - your country, state, providence, street - or where your heart longs to be! Come play with us June 24 - June 30! We have some really awesome sponsors, challenges and games! You won't want to miss this party!

see ya there!

Designing DIVA's Oldie but Goodie Blog Hop

I owe my DIVA's a huge apology!

Blogger let me down....

I had two posts for Tuesday but just realized only one of them posted...

So Sorry! I was the kick off blog for the hop...grrrrrr

Anyway, my oldie is from the Stamp Set from Stampin Up circa 2004  LOL

Noble Deer

now off to visit the other hoppers:

1. Linda Payne - you're here! 

2. Cindy Grigiski Cindy

3. Gina Lindsay Gina 

4. Cindy Pec Cindy 

5. Angie Williams Angie 

6. Barb Wibel Barb

I'm off to work!

in Memory of Lisa Lynne - Design Team member for Heartfelt Creations

All of us who knew Lisa Lynne were so saddened by her passing...this is a Memory Chain Blog Hop dedicated to Lisa...

Additional stamping friends from Splitcoast will also be participating and I believe you will find them listed over on Kerry's blog...The current Design Team starts the hop over on the Heartfelt Creations blog. The  following are the alumni Design Team Members for Heartfelt Creations.

  Heartfelt Creations blog

Kerry Urbatch

Lisa Somerville

Lisa Nazario-Gregory 

Glenda Brooks

Olga Jewell

Sue Walsh 

Emilia van den Heuvel

Carol Hurlock 

Marsha Sanderlin

 Sarah Miller 

Giovana Smith

Emily Neihaus

Linda - ME!

Lisa Lynne's blog

I chose to honor Lisa by  using one of her cards for inspiration. I love this card by Lisa

and here is my card that is going to her family

our thoughts and prayers are with her family, thanks go out to Kerry for organizing this for us

and

thank you for sharing this time with us

Please feel free to extend your condolences on Lisa's blog listed above

We never know what a day will bring - I am very thankful that our Lord is never caught by surprise

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY for Saturday!!!

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow 

This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive projects using...

lots of embellishments - the more the better!

 hmmmm, I do embellishments but lean " more to less" ...not more more more!!! LOL

 so using an image from the Graphics Fairy...here is my "more more more" card (-:

hope you like it!

embellishments: stash lace, designer paper, ruffled ribbon, scrunched seam binding, gold/white mesh, pearl brad, eyelets and added accents with gold pen....added my fav little sentiment  "for you" which is from a 2007 SU set (but I don't know which one), although I keep that little stamp out and you see me use it often

that way I can use the inside for whatever occasion I need...

I was so rushed this past week with work that i didn't have any crafting time  :-(

soooooo drank tons of coffee last night and I am auto posting this at 4am to post at 8am because I've been up all night trying to get ahead on Design Team cards....

so as you read this on Saturday, I am asleep LOL .... hope to sleep until noon!

what are the odds of that happening ....but I can hope !

have a beautiful weekend and looking forward to seeing YOUR embellishments in the challenge - I really need the inspiration..

Hugs,

 

PS would appreciate prayers for Monday night Bible Study at the jail, have some really tough situations and they so desperately need the Lord !

Phri-days are Phindy's!

Me again,

 This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create anything... with theme Beach Babies!

 Couldn't be easier right - love the beach and have so many images...but for this challenge chose a fav image from Phindy called Summer Bare ...when you check out the challenge you will see she is a fav of the Design Team too!

colored with Prisma pencils, sponged sky with Memento Summer Sky, and embellishments from K & Co.

looking forward to seeing your Beach Babies over in the challenge! 

hugs

Copic/Pro Marker Challenge at the Outlawz

This week,  the Friday's Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenges you to create ... using your favorite color combo! i have a lot, but really do love black and white with a pop of color! 

 so grabbing a favorite image from Isabella's Sketchbook called Country Girl

sweet, quick and adorable! Copics C1, 2 and W5, 7, 9, E00, 02, B04 and R20 and RV21

(You will see her again because I colored two more LOL)

Have a beautiful weekend - second post for Friday coming next

hugs,

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge #112

hi there

 This is the beginning of a new challenge over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge Blog and the challenge this week is .... to create with this sketch!

I already made my granddaughter's K-5 graduation card, so now I need one for my 3 yr old grandson who will be moving up to the 4-5 yrs olds....ohhhhh they grow up so quickly! 

Grabbed the adorable Digi Doodle Shop image  Happy Grajie-ation 

 and what 3 yr old doesn't love a blue gorilla (-:

base card is SU's Not Quite Navy, dp from stash box, sentiment from SU, and colored with Copics...

remember, 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.

ok - off to work I go!
have a beautiful day

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 projects using ...your designer paper created by YOU!

 now how fun! and I loved it! used my Distress Inks AND Markers (did i tell ya that I WON THE ENTIRE SET of markers at the Outlawz Baltimore Retreat!....wooo hoooo...happy dance!) My background mat was done by swiping the pads directly onto the watercolor paper and then waterbrushing to blend...then using mini diamond stamp from Hampton Art I stamped down the side.

Then on my watercolor paper for the main image, I stamped the sentiment in clear versamark and clear embossed. Then sponged over the sentiment and stamped the same mini diamond stamp over the sentiment area using the distress ink pad - wiped away ink and then the clear embossed image comes through. 

 On the flower (stamp from Rubber Stampede - Cherry Blossom), colored with the markers directly onto the stamp, lightly misted the stamp and then stamped onto the paper. That gives a wonderful watercolor effect and then lightly used markers to highlight. Sponged around the edges with more of the Distress pads.

 THEN had fun adding the embellishments.... didn't list my colors because not thinking I put them away before I realized I hadn't written them down...pretty sure it was Ranger's Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, Pine Needles and Walnut (or Burlap?) but really its up to you use whatever color palette you want to use (-:

i love my designer paper ( its an addiction!!!) but it is really fun to create your own background too!

Now looking forward to seeing what you create! love the ideas we get from all the entries (-:

now off to babysit the grand kids (BIG SMILE HERE)

hugs

       

Phri-days are Phindy's! AND Copic/ProMarker Outlawz Challenges

TGIF! Two posts this morning... I'm combining today because I used Phindy images for both challenges (-: 

FIRST - This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create...for Father's Day

This "Dad" kicked back is going to one of my SIL's ....he has taken on the task of mowing OUR yard as well as his own ...and with all the rain we've been getting - this is using up his Saturday's (but we SOOOO appreciate it !)

Image is called Dad's Day  

Sponged the sky with Memento Summer Sky and colored with Prisma Pencils! trying to use some of the layering techniques we learned at the Outlawz Baltimore Retreat... 

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

 My 5 yr old granddaughter graduates from K-5 next week, so this is for her! I have to finish the inside and that's where my Congratulations sentiment will go...She colors with me and loves this image because of the flowers on the dress (plus she thinks it's her LOL)...


 
Image is called Flower Frock
Used MME - Lost & Found dp, Sentiment from Hero Arts, colored with Copics!

Hope to see you over at these challenges (-:

It's Friday and I am SOOOOO glad - yesterday took me 4 hours to GET to Rockville, MD and then 4.5 hrs to get HOME!  ughhhhhhhh supposed to go back up there today but thankfully its not mandatory - if traffic is that bad again, I will pass LOL
Have a great day!

Winner of Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop

WINNER of MAY BLOG HOP Chosen from Lisa's blog 

 the winner is Pattyb   

Patty, please email EmmaLou@heartfeltcreations.us with subject line "winner of May Alumni Hop"...

 Congrats and thanks to all who played! Next hop is June 26th!

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

So glad Saturday is here!

 Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. 

 This week we want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive projects using....

 FATHERS DAY THEME!

My card is going to my Dad. He is a man who
"never met a body of water that couldn't be fished" 

 It's from Isabella's Sketchbook and called DAD

kept it simple...He also isn't much on the embellishment stuff  LOL

Hope you get to check out the rest of the Design Team - their projects are truly gorgeous vintage!
and hope you get to share YOUR Father's Day project !

hugs,

 

Looking for Heartfelt Creations Blog Hop - click HERE

Copic/Pro Marker Challenge at the Outlawz

hi there, 

This week, the the Friday's Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenges you to create ... using a SUMMER theme! 

 We have an awesome sponsor who generously contributed to the DT some of her images - pop over and checkout Saturated Canary - owner/designer Krista Smith 

This is her adorable image "Snow White"...which I intend to use in a "snow white" theme but couldn't wait to ink her up.... so using it for this week's Outlawz "Summer" challenge...

She is bringing the most delicious apples to the picnic LOL !!

Gotta get, no time to write much -  the embossing folder is from Stampin Up! and I really like it...

Busy week trying to catch up at work and get back into my DT comittments - right now I'm crammin it all in as much as possible...will be around commenting soon - miss everyone so much!!!

I have to go to Rockville Md tomorrow (a long commute and on a Friday!!) and I need some sleep.. KWIM ...come on Saturday (-:

hugs

 

Phri-days are Phindy's!

hi there! 

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create anything... and Pile It On!

....I dont know how I got the challenge messed up (think I might be a little crazy with all thats been going on ...but I thought the challenge was "party")...so used my  "party" card and "piled on" ...ribbon and pearls!! LOL 

isn't she adorable

gotta get, it's midnight and I'm trying to post my two DT's for Friday...

truly truly miss everyone!

hugs