Gentle as a Butterfly

Hello everyone...hope you had a great holiday weekend and are ready for a short work week...whoohoo!!! I have to work today so this well be short and sweet.....you know how working one or two days a week wears me out...LOL!!! Anyway....

I made this card last night while watching the Bachelorette (I just love reality shows). The papers are from Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden and the stamps are from Rubbernecker's Butterflies are Free set were used to create this shabby vintage looking design. The chipboard frame was colored with a Creamy Caramel marker and Stickles was added to the edges. The butterfly was stamped on paper from the same collection, glittered up with Stickles, cutout, and adhered over the corrugated butterfly. Sewing, seam binding, pearls, and twine finish it off.

This is also for a few challenges:
1. Incy Wincy Designs - nature
2. Allsorts Challenge - things with wings
3. Fun With Shapes - everything must sparkle
4. Wags and Whiskers - stitches

Thanks for stopping by....have a great day!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

Hello everyone...hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend!!! Some of you may still be celebrating with a day off work and a BBQ....there is nothing like a little food with family and friends to make the day complete!!! We took our granddaughter home this afternoon and on the way back we rented a few movies and got take out from the Olive Garden....yummmmm!!!

Anyway....I couldn't let the Memorial Day weekend go by without making a patriotic card. Since we are a military family (retired), Memorial Day has special meaning. This is a fun little card that I will give my DH today....Papertrey Ink's Vintage Picnic set was stamped on the craft and the images were paper pieced with Creative Imaginations dp. The sparkly star and twine finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!!!!



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Feeling Yucky?

Hello everyone...hope you are having a wonderful Sunday morning!! My DGD Mackenzie stayed with us last night and we had a girl party till almost midnight....we sent Grandpa to bed around 10:00...LOL!! Mackenzie is 11 going on 16 so it won't be long till staying at Grandma's will be out of the question!! Anyway...we did make time for a little stamping. I made a get well card for my husband's cousin's 4 year old granddaughter named Kallie. She is in an ICU after having a mechanical heart placed to help her heart pump until she is matched for a heart transplant. Her parents, grandparents, and great grandparents are all having a difficult time so we are all sending cards to Kallie and lots of prayers to her and the family!!

I used the adorable Crafty Secrets Feeling Yucky set for all the images and sentiment and the papers are from My minds Eye Fine and Dandy collection. The images were all colored with copics and I used the Labels 14 for the sentiment.

I'm off to get ready for church...have a great day!!!

Pretty in Pink

First of all I want to let my blogging friends know that I can't leave comments on everyone's blogs.....if I have to sign into your blog ...it keeps returning me to the login page...that is sooo frustrating!!!!! Blogger is having lots of issues and I sure do wish they would get them fixed!!!!

Good Friday morning everyone....I am not looking forward to this morning....I have my yearly mammogram today...YIKES!!! I hate to be smashed to a pancake but am happy for the good report when it comes so I guess I shouldn't complain!! Anyway.......I got out my favorite Rubbernecker stamp last night. I just love this elegant chandelier stamp from Rubbernecker's Clowns and Crowns set 3SKU-528...it was stamped on patterned paper from Making Memories called Just Chillin. Rubbernecker's Haystack Panel #SKU-522 background was also stamped on the Just Chillin paper and the sentiment from RN's Wildflower Silhouettes set was mounted on the Nestabilities Fancy Tags diecut. The silk ribbon, button, and twine finish it off.

And, BTW, Rubbernecker Stamps is having a......

Saturday - Sunday - Monday
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Shoppers Reward Program is in effect during the Sale weekend so don't forget to give us your free choices. If you need help, the rules for the program are listed on the home page.
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Thanks for dropping in this morning...have a great weekend!!!

Birds and Balloons

Good morning everyone....yeaaaaaa it's Thursday and almost the weekend!! I don't have much planned ....stamp a little, weed a little, maybe go to a movie, and bake a cake. I have a recipe for an Italian Cream Cake that I have wanted to make for a while now...doesn't it sound yummy (buttermilk, roasted pecans, coconut, cream cheese frosting...ooooh my!!)
Anyway....I did a little stamping last night using some beautiful paper called It's the Little Things by Fancy Pants. The birdcage and bird stamp from Waltzingmouse's Asian Garden set were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black into the dp...Stampin up!'s flower dies were used for the flower and a Sizzix die was used for the leaves. Sewing around the edges, twine, and a button finish it off.

Recipe: Stamps: Waltzingmouse's Asian Garden, Paper: Pure Luxury Kraft, Black, Sage Shadow, Fancy Pants dp

Ink: Versamark Onyx Black, Accessories: Twine, Sewing Machine, Button, Sizzix Leaf Die, Stampin Up! Flower Dies

I made this card with the same Fancy Pants papers and Verve's Up, Up, and Away set. I won this set a few weeks ago in a Mojo Monday challenge...Whoohoo!!! The balloons were all paper pieced with the Fancy Pants dp and popped up with foam dots. The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and the button and twine are the finishing details.

Recipe: Stamps: Verve Up Up and Away, Paper: Vanilla, Pure Luxury Kraft, Fancy Pants It's the Little Things

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Accessories: Button, Twine

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!

Creative belli Challenge #118

Welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!! The challenge this two weeks is to make a card or project with things from your..TOOL SHED - bring out those forgotten tools (button maker, cropadile, eyelet setter, tag maker, etc...) I used a crimper for the tree and a cloud die that I haven't used is quite a while.
Be sure to use something old and forgotten from your stash, too...the Belli Challenge is all about using your old stuff and forgotten treasures!!!

My card features the adorable Perky Plants set from Paper Smooches....the flowers and bee were paper pieced with Stella Rose Paper from My Minds Eye and the sentiment was stamped on the cloud diecut from Taylored Expressions. The tree was cutout of a piece of Stella Rose dp and crimped with a crimper..... sewing was done around the background edges. The grass was cutout with MFT's Fresh Cut Grass Die-namics and the Baker's Twine and button finish it off.

This is for a few other challenges:
1. A Spoon Full of Sugar - things with wings
2. Creative Card Crew - anything goes
3. The Moxie Fab Workd Trigger Tuesday - I used the fun colors from the Pyrex bowls
4. Craft Us Crazy - favorite embellishment (buttons)
5. Some Odd Girl - create a scene


Be sure to stop by the other Belli Girls blogs to see what they made for you today....you will find lots of awesome inspiration!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast , PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC118 in the keywords section.

Ceal Pritchett Anne Harmon Jessica Stockmeyer Shelly Schmidt Maria Matter Darsie Bruno Mary Marsh Karen Wallace Beth Norman Joy Hadden Robin Parker

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

TLC 326 Sentiment Underneath

Hello everyone!! It's my turn to host the Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast today and my challenge is called Sentiment Underneath.
It's pretty simple...just attach an image panel on the front of your card with a brad at the top only. Then stamp the sentiment under the image panel on the cardstock, patterned paper, or another panel. You can make a card or just use one piece of cardstock for your card since the sentiment is under the front panel...you really don't need an inside to the card.
You can write you message on the back or make the front movable panel large enough for the sentiment and a message.

This is a great way to conserve cardstock, use up all your scraps, and make a thinner card for mailing!!

The chandelier image from Rubbernecker's Clowns and Crowns set was embossed on Night of Navy cardstock with white ep and cutout with the Fleur De Lis Square Nestabilities. It was attached to the background panel with one brad only. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker's Butterflies are Free set. The RN Wild Garden Border was stamped with Night of Navy onto the SU dp and the seam binding, button, and twine finish it off.

Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker Clowns and Crowns #SKU 528, Wild Garden Corner #SKU-539-04, Butterflies are Free #SKU-538, Paper: White, Night of Navy, Stampin Up! dp, Ink: Night of Navy, Versamark
Accessories: Brad, White Embossing Powder, Fleur De Lis Nestabilities, Seam Binding, Twine, Button

Thanks for visiting...be sure to stop by Splitcoast and join us in the TLC challenge...I would love to see what you create!!!

North Texas Shoebox Swap

Hello everyone...I got back from Denton, Texas around 10:00 last night and took these pictures of the cards we made at the swap. Sorry the light wasn't great....hope you can see them ok!! We had so much fun and everyone had such a wonderful time!! The girls are already planning a swap in the fall for Christmas cards...Whoohoo...put me on the list!!!

This is the card and name badge I made for the swap...I used Rubbernecker's Paris 1908 #SKU:527 set...this is my favorite RN set from the new release!! I stamped a collage on the background using Memento Rich Cocoa and Memento Desert Sand. The couple image was stamped with Rich Cocoa and sponged with Ranger Vintage Photo. The lace, twine, and button finish it off.

Thanks for visiting...have a great Sunday!!!

With a Song

Good morning everyone....hope all is well on this wonderful Friday morning!!! I am leaving later today to go to the North Texas Shoebox Swap so I am up early packing and finishing up my card packets. I also have to water plants, go see my parents, go to the store......yikes!!! Where is my Fairy Godmother when I need her!! Anyway....I wanted to show you the card I made for the Ways to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast yesterday.

The challenge was to use something musical on our card. I used musical paper behind the birdcage, punched musical notes, and a sentiment that talks about a song. Rubbernecker's new Wild Garden Silhouette #539-04 was stamped on the Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden dp as was the sentiment from RN's Fall Trilogy#480 set. Musical paper from 7 Gypsies Journey collection lines the KaiserCraft wood birdcage and I punched out some musical notes to float around like little butterflies. The seam binding, button, and twine finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker's Wild Garden Silhouette, Fall Trilogy
Paper: Soft Sky, Prism Tawny Dark, Pink Paislee dp, 7 Gypsies dp
Ink: Ranger Vintage Photo, Baja Breeze color wash on the wood bird
Accessories: KaiserCraft Wood Bird and Birdcage, Seam Binding, Button, Twine, Musical Note Punch

Thanks for stopping by...I hope you have a great weekend!!!

Butterfly Kisses

Hello everyone....hope you have had a great week so far!!! My DD Holly (hbrown) and I are going to the North Texas Shoebox Swap this weekend and we have both been busy making our card packets. It's a lot of work to get ready for a swap but we have sooo much fun!! We had to create 30 card packets and 2 made up cards...when it's over we all will have 30 different cards to take home...tooo cool!!! Anyway...
I made this card last Monday for Splitcoast's TLC challenge. Holly's (Toy) challenge was to make faux buttons. I made my button from the butterfly stamp in the Friend of Mine set by The Craft's Meow. The silhouette image from The Craft's Meow's Butterfly Kisses set was stamped on Stella Rose dp, cutout, and attached over the other Stella Rose layers. Pearls, ribbon, lace, twine and stick pins finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Anything Goes Challenge - bingo-pins, punches, pearls
2. Creative Card Crew - cute and girly
3. Cupcake Craft Challenge - use something you will find in the garden
4. Southern Girls Challenge- let's hear it for the girls

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Rubbernecker New Release Blog Hop

Today is Rubbernecker Stamps RELEASE DAY!! Thank you for joining us... we are so glad you could be a part of the fun!! Since we had SO much fun last time, how about ANOTHER game? Our release day FUN this round, will be a WORD SEARCH!! All you have to do is travel to EACH of the FABULOUS design team blogs, like usual, and leave them some LOVE!! However, while you are there, you will pick up a WORD at EACH stop!! At the end of your journey you will you will then leave your ANSWERS on the RUBBERNECKER BLOG! ONE lucky entry will receive a PRIZE……………………………….

**A $25 RUBBERNECKER STAMPS GIFT CERTIFICATE**

MY WORD IS

" EMBOSS"

You will have until THURSDAY to enter!! You can find the HOP ROUTE below! Thanks again for joining Rubbernecker Stamps for their NEW RELEASE DAY!!! Hope you enjoy the HOP!!

My first card features the wonderful Tree set #559. I used the tree image for a branch...coloring the stamp with Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip markers and stamped it onto the white cardstock. The sentiment is from the same set. The Rubbernecker bird house #49-12 was paper pieced with Memory Box Brioche dp and the Rubbernecker birds #49-020304 were colored with copics and adhered with foam dots. Sewing was done around all the edges and the seam binding and button with twine finished it off.

Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker Tree set #559, RN Birds, RN Birdhouse, Paper: White, Chocolate Chip, Memory Box Brioche dp, Ink: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Accessories: Seam Binding, Button, Twine, Sewing Machine My second card features the chandelier from the Clowns and Crowns set #528 that was released a couple of weeks ago and the sentiment from the Tree set #559. The sentiment was stamped above the chandelier and a line was drawn between the two so it looked like they were connected. Pearls, seam binding and a brad are the finishing touches.

Recipe: Stamps: Rubberneker Clowns and Crowns set and Tree set, Paper: Vanila, Prism Papaya Puree Light, Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Spellbinders Scallop die, Seam binding, Brad, Nestabilities, Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder

Here is the blog hop line up:
Bev Gerard
Charlene Merrick
Frances Gumprecht
Jen Charboneau
Joan Ervin
Julia Aston
Juliana Swanson
Karen Hunsaker
Kittie Caracciolo
Cathy Bomgardner-MutnikRubbernecker Blog
Rubbernecker Blog

Thanks for stopping by today...have fun on the hop!!!

Rubbernecker Stamps Preview Day Two

Welcome to Rubbernecker Stamps PREVIEW Day Two!
Rubbernecker will be releasing NEW STAMPS on Tuesday 5/17/11.　
You will want to visit EVERY one of the TALENTED design team participants, for on ONE of their blogs is a chance to win a $15 Rubbernecker Stamps gift certificate!　
　 You can find the complete list of today’s participants on the RUBBENECKER BLOG! Hope to see you on RELEASE day; we have a FUN game planned for everyone!! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy all of the creations, and GOOD LUCK!!

My card today features the Silhouette Corner stamp #539. It was stamped using Ranger Vintage Photo onto the Bo Bunny Gabrielle dp and sewing was done around the edges. The sentiment from Rubbernecker's Tree set #559 was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, cutout with an oval Nestabilities, sponged with Vintage Photo, and mounted on a Nestabilities Fancy Tags Two diecut. The Martha Stewart Punch was used for the butterflies and the seam binding and brad finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today...remember tomorrow is Rubbernecker's Release Day...come join us for some fun, prizes, and lots of inspiration!!!

Rubbernecker Preview Day One

Welcome to Rubbernecker Stamps PREVIEW days!!

Today is DAY ONE!! Rubbernecker will be releasing NEW STAMPS on Tuesday 5/17/11.　

You will want to visit EVERY one of the TALENTED design team participants, for on ONE of their blogs is a chance to win a $15 Rubbernecker Stamps gift certificate!　

　 You can find the complete list of today’s participants on the RUBBENECKER BLOG! Hope to see you on RELEASE day; we have a FUN game planned for everyone!! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy all of the creations, and GOOD LUCK!!

My card today features the Dandelion stamp #540. It was stamped three times on Kraft cardstock with Versamark and embossed with white ep. Two of the images were cut in various sizes and stacked with foan dots over the uncut image. Black twine was wrapped around the top layer and tied with a button. I left room at the top for a sentiment.

Recipe: Dandelion #540

Paper: Kraft, Black, Vanilla

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: White ep, Black Twine, Button

Thanks for visiting...have a great Sunday!!

Gotta Love Trees

Good morning everyone....I hope you are having a great Saturday!! Two of my grandkiddos stayed with me last night...they stayed up late last night so I will have a little peace and quiet for a while this morning...I'll be surprised if they get up before 10:00!!
Thursday's Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoast was to use trees. It took a couple of days to get this uploaded since Blogger has been wonkey for the last 2 days!! I stamped Rubbernecker's Flourish Tree with Old Olive on vanilla cardstock and added the aqua butterflies. The seam binding was looped around the Nestabilities Fleur De Lis Square and the bow, button, and twine finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Flourish Tree
Paper: Vanilla, Old Olive
Ink: Old Olive
Accessories: Seam Binding, Button, Twine, Nestabilities Fleur De Lis Square, Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder

I just had to make another tree card...this one using Bo Bunny dp, Nestabilities foliage die, Webster's Pages Bloomers, sentiment from Rubbernecker's Scruffs, Scraps, and Stains set, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, pearls, sewing, twine, and lace....whew...that's a lotta stuff...LOL!!! Distressing on the image layer and the leaves was done with Ranger Vintage Photo and the tree was stamped with Baja Breeze.

Thanks for stopping by today...I will come see you later today when the Grands go home. Have a great Saturday!!!!

Hooray...We Got Rain!!!

Good morning everyone...this is such a wonderful day...we finally got rain!!!! While the rest of the US is experiencing floods and tornados, Central Texas is going through the worst drought on record...what a crazy world we are living in!!! Hopefully, the rain will help grow a little grass in our pasture for the horses and donkeys...they are getting a little tired of hay and grain!!! The little chicks are growing so fast....I hope to get some pictures this weekend!! (For a city girl, I'm sounding pretty country...LOL!!) Anyway....
I made this card last night using the Mojo Monday #190 challenge sketch and the Color Throwdown #141 colors: So Saffron, Rose Red, and Aqua.
I used the beautiful Friend of Mine set from the Craft's Meow....the sentiment and butterfly were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black onto the Stella Rose dp by My Minds Eye...the butterfly was cutout and mounted onto the corrugated butterfly...copper wire was use for the antennas. Lace, twine, seam binding, button, pearls, and a little sewing were added for a shabby, vintage look.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Fab n Funky - buttons and bows
2. Stars and Stamps - things with wings
3. Ribbon Carousel - Shabby Chic-ness

Thanks for dropping by today...I hope you have a great Thursday!!

Creative Belli Challenge #117

Welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!! The challenge this two weeks is to make a card or project with things that start with the letter "S" (spots, stripes, swirls, stars, shells, sandpaper, stickers)...I used a silhouette, sewing, scallops and stripes in the bacground.

The Flourish Silhouette Stamp from Rubbernecker was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black onto the Basic Grey paper, cutout with the Nestabilities Labels 10, and matted on a black layer. The scalloped layer was cutout wth a Spellbinders die, the striped paper is from Fancy Pants dp called It's the Little Things, and the sewing, pearls, pearl flourishes, and silk ribbon finish it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker Flourish #SKU 530_15, Paper" Vanilla, Balck, Basic Grey's dp, Fancy Pants dp, Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Accessories: Silk Ribbon, Pearls, Pearl Flourish, Nestabilities Lables 10, Spellbinders Scallop die, Sewing Machine

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Ladybugs Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog - black, white, and one other color
2. Ribbon Carousel - shabby chic-ness
3. Tuesday Throwdown - use diecuts

Be sure to stop by the other Belli Girls blogs to see what they made for you today....you will find lots of awesome inspiration!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast , PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC117 in the keywords section.

Ceal Pritchett Anne Harmon Jessica Stockmeyer Shelly Schmidt Maria Matter Darsie Bruno Mary Marsh Karen Wallace Beth Norman Joy Hadden Robin Parker

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

TLC324 Colored Embossing

Hello everyone...it's my turn to host Splitcoast's Technique Lover's Challenge this week and my challenge comes to us thanks to Trish (TrishG). She made this gorgeous card with her technique called Colored Embossing!! It's pretty simple...all you have to do is use markers to color the inside of an embossing folder (the indented part)...when you run it through a Cuttlebug or other embossing machine the raised part is colored....how cool is that!!!

I used a small 2x2 folder and used Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive markers to color the indented part of the folder. Trish spritzed her's with water but I wanted to see what it looked like without the water. I did find that you will need to use a Q Tip or sponge to wipe off the ink that gets outside of the sunken part on the folder or it will ruin the design. I found that out after ruining a few practice rounds!!
The rosette was made from Basic Grey's Sugar Rush dp and the Tim Holtz rosette die. The flower and leaves were stamped on the same paper with Waltzingmouse's Sewing Box - Hugs set and layered with foam dots. Baker's twine and Candy Dots finish it off.


Thanks for visiting ...now, gather up those embossing folders and come join us in this weeks TLC challenge!!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Hello everyone...hope you are all having a wonderful Mother's Day!!! Did you get breakfast in bed, a card, flowers....maybe it's dinner out today or a celebration with the kids. However you celebrate, I hope it's the best Mother's Day EVAH!!!
We went out to eat yesterday for my birthday so I think dinner out is kinda pushing it today...LOL!!! I will take my Mom to church this morning and have dinner at Mom and Dads...then it's home to stamp...Whoohoo!!!
Anyway...I stayed up late last night to finish this card for the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. I got the Tim Holtz Rosette die and have been going rosette crazy!!! The sentiment is from WM's Asian Garden set and the paper is My Minds Eye Stella Rose...I LOOOVE that paper!!!
Recipe: Stamps: Waltzingmouse Asian garden, Paper: Vanilla, Really Rust, Stella Rose dp from My Minds Eye, Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Accessories: Tim Holts Rosette Die, Martha stewart Leaf Punch, Bittons, Twine, Seam Binding, Sewing Machine.


Thanks for stopping by...have a super fabulous day!!!!

I'm Feelin Shabby!

Hello everyone....hope you have had a good week!! I can't believe I don't have a single thing written down on my calendar for today so you know what that means....stamping all day.....Whoohoo!!! I will have to do a little weeding but I can get that done in an hour....I am going to a swap on the 24th so I will have a chance today to work on my card packets. Swaps are a lot of work but I so enjoy seeing all my North Texas Stamping friends!! Anyway....Yesterday I was in a CAS mood but today I'm feelin pretty shabby!! I really love to layer on the goodies...LOL!!
I made todays card using this weeks Color Throwdown #140 colors; Expresso, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride, and Kraft. I'm using the Mojo Monday Sketch #189 and the Flutter By Wednesday Challenge which is anything goes as long as there is a butterfly....mine is a corrugated cardboard.

The bird image from Verve's Swan Song set was stamped on vanilla cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa and sponging was done while the image was still in the Nestie. Sewing was done around the background panels, a Spellbinders die was used for the scallop, and the Nestabilities Foliage die was used for the leaves. The leaves were cutout of Kraft c/s and they were sponged with Baja Breeze. Pearls and twine were added to the Jellibean Corrugated Butterfly. The sentimet from Verve's Anniversary Birds set was stamped on the My Minds Eye Stella Rose dp and framed with a chipboard frame colored with a brown copic. Paper flowers, twine, and seam binding finish it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Verve Swan Song and Anniversary Birds, Paper: Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown, Blushing Bride, Vanilla, My Minds Eye Stella Rose dp, Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Baja Breeze on the leaves, Accessories: Spellbinders Scallop Die, Nestabilities Foliage Die, Maya Road Chipboard Frame, Brown Copic, Round Nestabilities, Jellibean Corrugated Butterfly, Twine, Pearls, Prima Paper Flowers, Seam Binding, Sewing Machine

Thanks for visiting today...Happy Stamping!!