one more for Joan's Challenge

quick hello,

had some time tonight to create one more card for the awesome challenge over at Joan's Gardens. Pop over and read the challenge - more details also on post below...

used Just Rite Stamps from their Plant a Little Love set,

scrap from stash of Tim Holtz's Idea-ology papers

stash brown wire ribbon (tried the scrunched look) with wire center,

cs is from SU (Pretty in Pink and Burgundy), colored with SU markers Sage Shadow and Certainly Celery, stickles and sponged outside circle border with SU Pretty in Pink ink.

have a wonderful day

enjoy the rain!!! we are getting early April showers (-:

Joan's Garden Challenge - dont want to miss it!!

Hi there - rain, rain and more rain! but it's all good and gave me the chance to create a card for the awesome challenge over at Joan's Gardens. Pop over and read the challenge - she has partnered with Just Rite Stamps and has incredible winning prize packages!

You just have to use only Just Rite Stamps and be a follower of Joan's = easy peasy!!

I used the Just Rite set "Plant a Little Love", SU design paper, Perfect Plum and Old Olive cs, stash Websters, sponged with SU Wild Wasabi, Copic V01, 06, 17, YG 63. Flowers are paper pieced.

Best of luck to everyone!  some people are going to be doing a huge Happy Dance when the winners are announced!!

"Thank You" Blog Hop for Heartfelt Creations



Hello, today several of us on the Heartfelt Creation Design Team have gotten together to do a blog hop just to thank  Heartfelt Creations!  We have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this fantastic team...which draws to a close for many of us at the end of March.
I have personally been challenged by this team on so many levels - to do larger cards (I'm an A2 card girl myself and now I love to do the big cards), to do things other than cards - a real challenge for me, and to think "outside the card"...all the different mediums these ladies use - wow wow wow!

Here is my card for Emma Lou and Linda - two fabulously talented ladies themselves!!

Hope you like it! Kept it simple....

I'm at the beginning of the hop so from here, you go to the fabulous Lisa!! . Her creations are stunning!

Enjoy your weekend, I have my two youngest grankids for the weekend!!!

used: HCPC 3363 R11Inspire Me Sentiments, HCPC 3305 Posy Patch Clusters,  Bluebirds, Copic YG63,67,B21,23, E57,R11

Phri-days are Phindy's!

EEEKS ...all i did last night was take a short break from the computer after going through the incredible blogs for Joans Garden blog hop...went in and sat in recliner and woke up at 5 am - didnt have my post for today ready and have to scoot out of here for work.....

the background paper is from my stash that I did using the Shaving Cream Technique...

Hope you like! and get some time to pop over to Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog and join us this week - Dont have to use only a Phindy image.....

ooops, almost forgot....  the challenge this week is ... "Oh Baby! Card with baby/small child image".....

ok, off to work...have a great day!   hope you get to join us
hugs,

ps I also did this with several challenges in mind but will have to link when I get home tonight...hope that's ok - i've got to get going for now...cannot believe I slept all night - not even a bathroom break LOL

Wednesdays are Heartfelt Creations!

hi there!

kinda of a long post - took a bunch of pics (-:

If you want All the details, pop over to the Heartfelt Creations Blog. This team will definitely provide inspiration - they all just amaze me every week!

My contributions ...

 showing pictures of all sides with the last one having the candle lit  i really liked this - made a second one for mantle

 

took pics of this hanging on front glass dooor,  a mirror and then on the patio door  - so grankids will remember there is a glass door there this summer LOL
There were a ton of stamps used for this - all details are over on the Heartfelt Creations Blog!

NEW COLLECTION TO BE REVEALED NEXT WEEK!
EEKS!  it is GORGEOUS...may be my fav...hard to say that but
it is really going to blow you away!!!


Working on new Bible Studies for the Ladies at the jail....have been asked to pray about doing a study with the homeless. Would appreciate your prayers in helping me to know what God wants me to do....
hugs n blessings,

CSS GKD Treasure Chest Blog Hop - Animal Theme

hi there,

Bringing you the Center Stage Spotlight's Treasure Chest Blog Hop - using an Animal Theme.

GKD has so many adorable animal sets that it was really hard to chose.

 The theme for the Treasure Chest hops will change every time and this time around it's the Animal Kingdom. We are paying tribute to the animal kingdom by creating cards and projects of animals from GKD.  Hope you'll be able to play along.

To make sure you are on the Blog Hop right track - you should have come from the jaw dropping blog of Karen Knegten and if you want to start at the beginning - head over to STV and start from there.

 I chose sets by Theresa Momber.  I love all of her designs!

Used this week's GKD - Sketch Challenge layout for this first one 

Did some dry embossing using THoltz's Dot Matrix folder, cut out the trees (made the reverse tree using reverse blank stamp), nestie Fancy Tag...colored with Copics C1, C3...E31, 35...R39...Y06...YR09...G00, 07, 28...BG13, 18...

Base cardstock is GKD's All Spruced Up - the rest is stash designer paper...

the sky and grass are done with chalk

After I cut out Dino - added Glossy Accents and popped him up on dots!

and I even did the inside !

Inks used were SU's Not Quite Navy, Creamy Caramel and Summer Sun, Memento's Black and Rich Cocoa. Flamingo colored with Prismacolor markers PM8,53,61,208

If you would like either of these sets, here are links for Dino-Mite and Aloha.

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (March 1st), 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 the next stop is over to the wonderfully talented Lori McAree
Hope your enjoying the hop,
hugs

Phri-days are Phindy's - Sketch Challenge

I love how this one turned out! our challenge this week is to use the great sketch provided by Design Team Member, Anne-Marije

Used Phindy's image Puppy Pile

Used papers from Basic Grey's "Max & Whiskers", base cs is GKD's Chocolate, MS border and punch, dry embossed corner using THoltz folder "Dot Matrix" and stash ribbon. No name on the sentiment, sorry.
Used a ton of Copics: C1,3,4,7...Y21,28...G000,07,24...YG67...E31,33,35,55

Hope you like! and get some time to pop over to Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog and join us this week - Dont have to use only a Phindy image

I'm home now (had a wonderful time with family and grankids) and going to try and get ahead of some DT committments and enter some challenges! Have missed blog visiting - cant wait to see everyone (-:


Hugs and blessings,

a new "Wee Babie" from Phindy

a new adorable collection called "Wee Babies" by Phindy is being released. I have the honor of debuting this adorable little guy... Hunter!

You can see the new Wee Babies over at Phindy's Blog with a card designed by a fellow team member, new babies are revealed every several days.

 These really are so precious. They are not "fussy" images, very easy to color and work with...Enjoy!

sorry, but my little piece of paper that I stick in my cards with the design instructions and supplies is gone...guess I lost it before I went away and was cleaning and rearranging my craft room...

I'm home and can't find anything LOL - love my nice clean craft room but it's all in boxes stashed all over the house that I have to go through now ... Can I just stay in here and ignore the rest of the mess!!!

hugs

Wednesdays are Heartfelt Creations

hello,
Set this post last week...I'm still on vacation...

Here are my contributions to the team - only did two ...was trying to get things done at work, home, pack, etc to get away

Both images are from the Heartfelt Creations set HCPC 3369 Outside My Window PreCut Set
(the sentiment is from the set HCPC 33363 Inspire Me PreCut Set).
Coloring is done with pencils and OMS (odorless mineral spirits), tree path is with prismacolor markers and got to use flower soft on the bottom card!
glossy accents on both

tried to get the glitter to show in picture that's in the trees - didnt work very well...specific details are over on the Heartfelt Creations Blog.

hope you like - next stop is over to Heartfelt Creations Blog.
have a blessed day

Phri-days are Phindys!

hello hello hello !!!       this week's challenge - Monochromatic
hmmmm,,,,so I pulled out all the B Copics I have from B00-18 and went to coloring (-:

had a really hard time getting this picture - the flower is actually the same color as the baby's outfit and the background is all white with only a very light shading - they are both colored with different Copic combos but you can hardly tell....bummer!! The colors are deeper - oh well, I have a new desk light and I think its throwing off the color...double bummer!

Hope you get a chance to pop over to Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog and check out the rest of the Team! They have taken monochromatic to a whole new level - they are sooooo talented!!

Well, as you read this I am headed to North Carolina for a visit with my oldest daughter and her family for the long weekend - so glad to be getting away...
actually she and I are taking an overnight road trip for part of the weekend to the Outer Banks to hunt out a beach cottage we can afford for a week sometime this summer - thought we should go see whats there rather than trust realtor pictures.  We love the beach and havent been there in years and years - so hope we find something!!
Not taking the laptop or any stampin stuff and DEFINITELY leaving work behind...

so see you next week - have a wonderful weekend
hugs

Designing Divas OBG Blog Hop

double post today - it's the third Wednesday of the month so it's time for the Designing Diva's
Oldies but Goodies Blog Hop - we just use something at least 6 months old!!

this stamp is old but the really old items on this card are the items used to make it. The designer papers - the green is from Stampin Up years ago...i do mean years LOL and the scraps are from Basic Grey- plus the chalks used were the ones I purchased from SU when I first started over 10 yrs ago!! they last forever...along with the SU water color crayons on the mice - now they REALLY last forever!!!

paper pieced their scarves and the cupcake holder

now you should have come from my wonderful blogging buddy
Brenda Turner - wasnt her blog awesome, she is so talented....now I'm so thrilled that the next stop is over to the super talented blog of Peggy Marsh who can color the most adorable images!!!

Enjoy the hop and hope you feel inspired - it's all for fun!

Wednesdays are Heartfelt Creations

hi there, ok...today I'm not going to say what I say every Wednesday - that you should treat yourself to the gorgeous creations over at the Heartfelt Creations Blog. i'm really not going to say it...really (:

so ....my first card is done using the:
HCPC 2262 Grandiflora Rose 2 PreCut Set
Nestabilities Blossom
HCPC 3317 Open Petals PreCut Set
HCD 704 Perfect Petals DieCuts

Layered each piece and trimmed some petals as desired. Curled some petals by just wrapping around a pencil. Using dimensional dots adhered to card.
Stamped two sizes of petals onto scrap Basic Grey green and cut with matching die.
Adhered to card under rose.
Added mini pearls colored with R37 and the final touch was applying Glossy Accents to the rose and petals.

next one is done with the beautiful stained glass background which I gold embossed and chalked the colors and then mounted the cross over the oval window die

and my last is my quick n easy card! i used the pocket stamp because i like the way it framed the cross

the details are over on the Heartfelt Creations Blog... but

HEY! I'm not repeating myself and saying pop over and check out eye candy (-:

LOL

hugs,

have a beautiful blessed day - This is the day that the Lord hath made ...!

Joan's Garden Challenge

hi there,
beautiful weekend here - and so enjoyed it

this week combined two favorite challenges Joans Garden challenge to:
• Use designer paper for your background
• Use no other stamping except for a sentiment and frame (such as a JustRite Stamp)
• Use all the embellishments you would like to use
• Use some kind of dimension on the card (such as a flower

and this week's color challenge at STV:

 I think they were tough (-:

Had some dp from Tim Holtz that I thought worked...

used GKD's "Lovely Labels" by Nina Brackett and the sentiment from "Aloha" by Theresa Momber

hmmmm, I've been doing so much coloring for the Heartfelt Creations blog that to make a card where i've only stamped..feels strange (-:   but nice to have a card done in under a half hour rather than the 4 hours it sometimes takes me...

have a blessed day - I'm out of here really early in the morning
hugs,

GKD CSS Alumni Blog hop

hi there,

hope you're enjoying our inspiration blog hop. If you get side tracked you can always start from STV.

you should have arrived here from JOY's Fabulous Blog

you've seen our inspiration photo , but just in case....here is what we are designing from...

I immediately saw a very clean card...and using Nina's "Lovely Shelf" combined with Theresa's "Hope Grows"...created this card

this is done with GKD cs Bubble Gum pink, and Chocolate, sponged edges with Memento Angel Pink and Cocoa...used gold glitter pen on leaves...

then continued to think about the inspiration photo and came up with this next card....went with this week's STV Sketch Challenge and a little geometric lamp from scraps

this one is done with Basic Grey "Infuse" designer paper, matted onto GKD Chocolate and white base.

Sentiment is from GKD's "Winter Foliage" combined again with Theresa's "Hope Grows".

You can purchase these sets and cardstock and inks from Gina K Designs Online Store.

well that's it for me - hope you are inspired !! now the next stop is over to Lori's Incredible Blog

Enjoy the hop and looking forward to seeing your creations from the inspiration photo over in the STV Gallery...

have a wonderful weekend  and thanks so much for stopping by!!