Speedy the Cat's Challenge #70

Welcome Weekend!!
This week the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog challenges us to create using lace on our project!  A favorite embellishment!

used two different laces - and paper pieced my "PINK" black eyed Susan's...creative liberty!! LOL

hope you get to join us at Speedy the Cat's - remember the random winner wins a FREE SET! check out the beautiful creations over on the blog - hope we inspired you to "use lace"...

hugs,      
ps -when you see this Saturday... I am so glad I had this autoposted - still no internet at home...saying hi to everyone from work computer (I'm on a short break)....miss getting around to comment and missing seeing everyone's blogs....hope all stay safe with this hurricane rolling in...WOW - what a week! The Lord is sure shaking things up and wetting things down...so glad He has this all under control...
With all the tremors we've had ...our garage concrete floor finally succumbed and cracked...add its repair to the never-ending Honey Do list...that never gets done (-:


supplies:
MFP's "Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement"
cs - MFP's black, white
ink - SU Sage Shadow, Memento black
Copics - RV02, 19...FRV1, G24, YG63, C3
Embellishments: Cheery Lynn's "Fanciful Fluorish", stash lace and ribbon
Technique: piecing, piercing
Sketch from CPS 231 pt 1
card size 4.25 x 5.5

also entered in these challenges:
Card Makin Mamas - pink
Some Odd Girl - paper piecing
Crafts and Me - lace
Truly Scrumptious - mostly pink

Phri-days are Phindy's!!!!

hi there 

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is ...
"to create your OWN embellishments"
your embellishments must be handmade!!

well....alrighty then.... my first thought was SNOWFLAKES (-:
grabbed by trusty MS punches and ....voila!

used the cutie pie Phindy image called Warm Friends

so tickled to announce our 3 new Team Mates: Sharon Harding Marlena Paduzzi Catherine Ward
Hope you get a chance to visit their blogs and pop over and check out the rest of the Design Team!

hugs,

PS so glad I had my cards for this weekend autoposted...want to Thank you so much for all the well wishes from the earthquake - and right back at ya'... so glad none of us lost anything that was treasured - like our loved ones....so now... all my friends on the East Coast - stay safe in the hurricane headed our way!!! I'm stocked up on water and some essentials..figure we will lose power sometime over the weekend....I intend to stamp like crazy tomorrow night (-:  I'm still at work ..no internet at home, bummer!!! hope that will be fixed tomorrow

supplies:

cs: MFP's Aged Cranberry, white, black and Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses

ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk

Copics: N1, 4, 8...R08,46...YG17,41...B00

Embellishments: Large penquin hat has Sparkly Fluff - Sugar, MS punches, pearl pen - ice white

stamps: SU snowflake stamp (dont know the set) and sentiment from "Class Act"

Earthquake Survivor! WOW - that was something!

just want to thank everyone for their concern - we live very close to Mineral but everything is fine!! was a bumpy ride there for awhile but all ok. Just had a lot of cleanup with everything fallen off shelves, mantles, pantry, cabinets, bookcases, etc...but very minor considering what it could have been...

thankful to the Lord that no one was hurt or major damage incurred! i guess He has given me a good reason to get rid of some stuff and do some good ole  "cleaning out cleaning"...

my stamps want to tell everyone they are fine and waving to ya LOL

hugs,

Heartfelt Creations FIRST Alumni Design Team Hop!

Hello Hello Hello!

We are so excited -  this is the first Alumni Blog Hop by the past Design Team Members of Heartfelt Creations.   This is just for our fun and we sincerely hope you enjoy it!
We so loved our time on the team but alas "all good things must come to an end" ....BUT....in blogland it doesnt have to end LOL

You should have come from the awesome blog of Angelica Turner . Isn't she fabulous!!!

We will be bringing you our Alumni Design Team Hop once a month - the 4th Tuesday of each month. As the Alumni increase, our hop size will increase!!! Please let us know what you think ....

for my card, I used the adorable Heartfelt Creation image Baby Bluebirds This is one of my fav's....

I know - I went "blue" crazy!! so enjoyed getting out and working with so much of my Heartfelt Creation stash... I listed my supplies at the end of this post in case you wanted to know what all was used...

but really want you to enjoy our first blog hop...



The next hop is over to the incredible blog of Anita Chapman-Hovey ...prepared to be amazed!!

hugs and blessings everyone!

supplies:
HCD 711 Decorative Dutch Iris
HCPC 3354 Classic Message PreCut Set
HCPC 3318 Daisy Patch Flowers
HCD 703 Daisy Patch Diecut
Baby Bluebirds
HCPC 3323 Lg Elegant Word Background
Cardstock: SU's Not Quite Navy and stash dp
Ink: SU's Bashful Blue and Not Quite Navy, Memento Black
Copics: B04,16,23,26...E18, G21, YG63
Embellishments:  Cuttlebug folder, stash blue/white ribbon, SU Circle punch, Pearl Pen - ice white and crystal clear

Speedy the Cat's Challenge #69

hi there - wow the summer is almost gone! and gooooood bye HEAT!

This week the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog challenges us to create "using dry or heat embossing"...

I chose to dry emboss using the large Cuttlebug Folder Plus "Brocade Window"...to frame the cute chickadee from MFP's set Ferns and Chickadee

also did the inside...will just write our message over the bird nests - good thing its a large card... have a lot to say to our friends we are sending this card to...love the ferns in this set also - great for backgrounds!!

I hope everyone enjoys this weeks challenge! We all look forward to seeing your wonderful creations and commenting on your beautiful cards. You have until 3pm on Friday August 26th to post your card. Remember, if you use any of Mark's Finest Paper stamps your name is entered into the drawing twice!!! The random winner receives a FREE STAMP SET!!!

have a fun filled weekend and hope you get to enter our challenge...

 looking forward to visiting you (-:

supplies:

MFP's "Ferns & Chickadee"

Cuttlebug Plus "Brocade Window"

cs: MFP's white, Not Quite Navy, stash dp

ink: Memento Black and Desert Sand, Faber Castell Gelato - Pink, Ranger's Distress Tumbled Glass

copics:  C3, 4...E47, 55...W1, G00, G0000, YG 63

embellishments: handmade flowers with pink brads, Smooch - Kiwi

card size 5 x 7

Phri-days are Phindy's !!

hi there 

I couldnt believe the challenge for this week....at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is " to create celebrating something new - job, school, home, baby...etc"

well this was tooooo perfect for me...

My assistant is hoping to be offered a promotion and I am really praying this will happen for her....have a card already for her!!! and the image kinda looks like me  LOL

isnt this neat! the picture is of a corner of a building we manage together - hoping it will be all hers!

this image is one of the new collection "Plump 'Uns" from Phindy called Gal On the Go  

hope you get time to check out the rest of the DT this week - I'm really excited to hear who our new team mates will be.....remember the DT call ended on August 15th!!!

hugs,

supplies:

sentiments are from MFP's set "Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement"

papaer - SU's Dusty Durango, Handsome Hunter and stash dp

ink - Vivid's black

Copics - E00, 31, R27, N4, B41, 95

Christmas Vintage

Hi there,

Well, I'm working on vintage and what better way to "flex my muscles" than entering in a vintage challenge. Made this one for the challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow which is "vintage Christmas"...

OK, DT for Sugar Creek and everyone else- please let me know what you think, what I can improve, not do, etc.... used cutout images from the gorgeous Graphic 45 Design Paper "Christmas Past" collection

have yet to find a small ticket template so made my own using the SU corner punch

Ok, ready for the reviews (-:   really want to do vintage well

hugs,

supplies:

cs - MFP's Aged Cranberry, Black
ink - Memento black, Ranger's Aged Mahogany

sentiment - from SU (dont know name of set)

embellishments - trim from MFP, stash ribbon, ornament from $1 bin at Dollar Store, pearl pen - black

Nina B's new Facebook Page and a giveaway to celebrate!

Hi there, FUN NEWS - so many of us know Nina and love her creations and illustrations. She has started a new Facebook Page and has a sweet little contest celebrating it...

Here is what Nina has posted:

"Welcome to all the newbies and thank you for coming. To help spread the word, let's have a little giveaway. Please share this page with your friends and tell them you sent them. I will pick a random winner and you and your friend will get some yummy stamps from Layers of Color Art Stamps, The Craft's Meow or The Angel Company that I designed. Contest will go on until Saturday and I will announce the winner shortly after that!"

Sooooo. head over to Nina B Designs page, and tell her I sent you - let's see if we can't win something together (-:

hugs

Speedy the Cat's Challenge #68

Hi there,

This week the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog challenges us to create

"using distressed edges" (and this week you can trust me -i double checked!)

so since I'm working on "vintage"...here's what I came up with

using the fabulous MFP set Butterflies Dianthus and Flourishes

i actually like this one (-:

stamped the flowers onto vellum and colored them in on the back...

hope you get to play over at the challenge - remember random drawn winner wins  a FREE stamp set!

have a beautiful weekend,

hugs

supplies:

MFP stamp sets - Butterflies... and sentiment is from the Gerber Daisies set

cs:  MFP Aged Cranberry, white, stash dp and vellum

ink:  Ranger's Vintage Photo and Memento Black

copics - G99, YG63, RV14, 34

embellishments - liquid pearls (white), pearl pen (clear), stash pink gingham ribbon, white gel pen, cuttlebug embossing

distressing techniques - sponging, tearing and fauz stitches

card size is 5.5 x 5.5

Stamp TV's CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there,

 Here we are again with another Alumni Blog Hop from Stamp TV - who doesnt adore GKD stamps!! I look at my stamp bookcase and see that I definitely love 'em....wish you could deduct stamps from your taxes !!!

 Now you should have come from Kay's Blog who is just toooooo fabulous - love her style...if you missed her...pop back and check her out!!!

 If you missed starting at the beginning, head over to STV and jump in on the hop from there... This challenge we have another wonderful sketch from our very talented Melissa Cash - I will use this one often!!!

SURPRISE! we have a twist that Melissa didnt know about it....she always gives us such great sketches so we are having a "surprise" birthday celebration for Melissa and created our projects wishing Melissa a Happy Birthday! here you go....

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (August 16th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs ... who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

now, keep hopppin right over to Lori's Blog and be amazed!!! she is just SO talented...she can do it all...vintage, CAS, coloring...well ...you know!!

hugs to everyone, and enjoy the hop - hope you are inspired to stamp!

also entered in the following challenges:

 Flutter By Wednesdays - butterflys

Card Making Mamas - birthday

supplies:
GKD Stamp sets "Life is Good" and sentiment is from "Purr-fectly Delightful" both by Theresa Momber
cs - GKD's Green Apple, SU's Not Quite Navy, vellum and stash dp
ink - Vivid's Ultramarine and black, Memento's Danube Blue, Tangelo, Summer Sky and Ranger's Peeled Paint
Copics - B99, N4
Spellbinders Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large

Phri-days are Phindy's - this week "vintage"

Hello Hello Hello !

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is "vintage"....how fun since I am really trying to "express myself" in vintage style...always drooling over the gorgeous vintage that so many of you create

this week I used Phindy's wonderful image called A Place to Pause .

vintage really is a talent....mine tends to look like "stuff tossed on a card"...but I'll keep practicing (-:

Copics E13, 17, 25...B95, G63, 99...Y15, C1

Smooch moonlight and illuminator

red pen and white pen

Ranger's Faded Jeans ink

cardstock: GKD Cranberry, stash blue and stash vintage dp

Spellbinder's Scalloped Edged Frame 

embellishments: ticket from THoltz, stash lace, seam binding and buttons

card size: 5.5 x 5.5

Enjoy the gorgeous talent of the DT - now those ladies DO vintage!

hugs,

MFP's August release blog hop - Today is "Fun on the Farm"

Hello! Welcome to the August 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop! This week's new releases are:  Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Butterflies and Wisteria, Forest Gifts, Fun on the Farm .

For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set:  Fun On The Farm? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

 For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Fun On The Farm. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

 Emily Nancyruth Neva  Faith Claudine Dawn Marilynn Patricia Chrissy Karen Pam Joanne Kittie Markie Mark’s Finest Papers

uhhhhh, can you tell I'm crazy for these little critters  LOL

enjoy the hop (-:

hugs,

also entering the SCS Color Challenge CC335 - to use Kraft, Red, Yellow (and green if wanted)

MFP's new August release blog hop - Today is "Forest Gifts"

Hello! Welcome to the August 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop! This week's new releases are:  Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Butterflies and Wisteria, Forest Gifts, Fun on the Farm .

For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers. So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set:Forest Gifts? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Forest Gifts. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

 Emily Nancyruth Neva  Faith Claudine Dawn Marilynn Patricia Chrissy Karen Pam Joanne Kittie Markie Mark’s Finest Papers

makes me smile...used some of my new Cheery Lynn dies on this one too!

enjoy the hop and best of luck to each of you in the drawing (-:

hugs,

MFP New Releases Blog Hop - Today is "Butterflies and Wisteria"

Hello! Welcome to the August 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This week's new releases are:Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Butterflies and Wisteria, Forest Gifts, Fun on the Farm.

For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers. So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Butterflies and Wisteria? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)
For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Butterflies and Wisteria. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

 Lois Vicky Dawn Anne Peggysue Connie Linda Karen Patty Roxie Vicki Liz Geri Lynn Mark’s Finest Papers

isnt this such an elegant set - hope you are enjoying the incredible creations by the DT!

best of luck to each of you in winning the FREE set

hugs,

MFP's August new releases blog hop! Today "Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement"

Hello! Welcome to the August 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This week's new releases are:

Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Butterflies and Wisteria, Forest Gifts, and Fun on the Farm .

For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.
So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)
For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs.

That winner will win Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

 Lois Vicky Dawn Anne Peggysue Connie Linda - you are here Karen Patty Roxie Vicki Liz Geri Lynn Mark’s Finest Papers

Love this set so made 3 cards, each one at a different skill level...

the sparkle from the gold fibers in the lace (from MFP) and the Ranger's Distressed Stickles in the flower centers doesnt show well - bling is tough for me to photo....

black n white - used yellow Gelato on the flower for a touch of color

a fav layout - always makes such a pretty card...

well I hope something you see here has inspired you (-:

enjoy the hop and best of luck in winning the free set and hope to see you again tomorrow for Day 2 and a chance to win yet another free stamp set!

hugs

PS  card details will be over on Speedy TV after hop ends

Speedy the Cat's Challenge #67

Hi there,

This week the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog challenges us to create
a standard size card! Wellllll now really...does it get any easier LOL
UPDATE: nope doesnt get any easier than that BUT that's not the challenge!!! what a dunder head I am...the challenge was "to create anything BUT a standard size card...
now dont I feel totally ridiculous!! LOL
dont think I've gotten a challenge wrong before ... blaming it on turning 60 (-:

I chose the gorgeous MFP Natures Postage Stamp Set

I can't give a whole lot of details because I forgot that I am spending "Friday night camp out with my grankids" and my writeup is at home ....I'm not! LOL

posting this from work before I leave so it will be here for challenge Saturday morning....

so sometime Saturday evening I will get back here and post the details!!!

as promised - here are the details for this card....which was NOT the challenge :(

On the black panel, after dry embossing I colored with Faber Castell's Gelato pink (given to me by Jennie Harper ..and now I'm hooked on yet another product....this hobby is never ending supplies !!) the butterfly on the postage stamp was clear embossed...not paper pieced...did the embossing directly on the image after I colored it.

cardstock - from MFP

ink - Ranger's Vintage Photo (sponged edges) and Vivid Black

Spellbinder - Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles Lg

Cuttlebug - Victorian folder

Pearls - created with Pearl Pen (lilac)

Copics- Y06, G85, RV02, 34

stash seam binding

now you can see why I couldnt remember these details - hey!!! I didnt even have the challenge right!

never live this one down (-%

hope you get to play - remember the random winner receives a FREE stamp set

Phri-day's are Phindy's

WOOO HOOO!

Today is the Phabulous Phindy Phriday when "anything goes" as long as you use a Phindy's Place image for this challenge! There are some great images in the shop, if you are looking for a freebie you will always find a few on the Phindy's Place PCP Group. The first Friday in the month will be Anything Goes for at least the next three months, so you know you can plan ahead and create a fab card or project to play along but only using a Phindy!.
You can win two prizes, one winner will be chosen at random from the entries and will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store and one entry will win Pick of the Week which will also have a $5 gift certificate prize. Don't forget that once a month we will choose an overall winner from the weekly winners and they will be offered a Guest position on the DT - and of course a free image from Phindy's Place to use for that week's challenge!

Now here's my card for this week - it's Phindy's image called Dad's Day ...I had this neat sticker that was a perfect sentiment for this kickbacked lovin life guy (-:

Copics: E02,07, 17, 47...B00, 41, 45...N4, C1 ...G07, 21, 82

paper pierced photo corners

ok - hope you get to pop over to the challenge blog and enjoy the DT's wonderful creations

AND that you have a Phindy and enter this week's challenge...

see ya later, hugs

ps.. sorry that these pics look so blurry....still waiting on the photo fairy (-:

entered in the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy -anything goes
Just Hanna Stamps - dots or stripes (I have dots on dp)
Pixie Dust Studio - anything goes

STV Free For All Friday Challenge

Hi there,
Managed to squeeze in a quick CAS card for Carolina's challenge over at STV - here's the challenge:

Carolina's challenge is called Lazy Summer Days. Here are the details:

1.Create a CAS (Clean and Simple) card.
2.The theme should be "Summer".
3.You can stamp your image but don't color it in. This means you can't use any coloring tools - no Copics, no markers, no color pencils, no crayons, no chalks, etc. This is where the "Lazy" comes in!

so here's mine - flowers are summer, right!! I used GKD's "Picture it" set

I love everyone else's CAS cards...hate my own...oh well!!!

thank goodness the winner for this challenge is picked at random (-:

it is fun to have a card done in under 20 minutes!!

have a beautiful day

supplies:

cs - GKD white and cranberry

ink - SU Purely Pomegranate and Ranger's Aged Mahogany

stash ribbon