Owlways and Forever!!

Good Saturday morning everyone.....what a great day!!! Mackenzie and I are going to my parents this morning to weed one of their flower gardens....Mackenzie would much rather stay in bed and sleep till noon but we have work to do!! Next time, she might think twice about asking to stay at grandmas...LOL!!! We worked on this card together last night...Mackenzie punched the flowers and added them to the card...I love having a helper in the craft room!!!!

I used my new My Cute Stamps set called Owlways Friends. The tree was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and the leaves were colored with Copics. The punched flowers were adhered with glue dots and brown pearls were added to the centers. The owls were colored with copics, cutout, and popped up with foam dots. The paper is from Echo Parks Country Drive and the seam binding is the finishing touch. 

Miss Caitlyn had a soccer game Thursday evening...the little 4 and 5 year olds are so much fun to watch!! Caitlyn is the smallest player on her team but she still gets out there and tries....this old grandma gets all excited when she kicks the ball...it doesn't go far but at least she makes a connection...LOL!!

She is practicing her footwork....

and here is the kick.....off it goes...whoohoo!!!!!!!!!!

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

Color Throwdown Challenge #185

Good morning everyone!!! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! My sweet friend Broni  is our hostess this week and she has picked some beautiful colors that just scream Spring....I just had to create some flowers!!!! 

I used a Papertrey Ink vine diecut with Kiwi Kiss...I didn't have any Lucky Limeade...and added some little punched flowers with a black pearl center. The Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set and the paper is from Simple Stories' Baby Steps. The little punched butterfly, sewing, and ribbon finish it off.

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD185 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!! 

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week! 

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor 
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs 
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy 
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity 
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey - Our fabulous March Guest Designer!!

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

Sweet Bee

Good morning everyone!!! I finally got into the craft room after my wild weekend....we had 3 soccer games and two trips to Austin so we were pooped yesterday!!!  With three Grands in soccer, we have been on the road quite a bit!! Anyway...I got some happy mail yesterday and just had to ink up my new goodies!!! This 

cute little bee is from Lil' Inkers Sweet Bee set...doesn't she have the cutest face!!!She was colored with Copics, cutout, and popped up on foam dots. The background paper is Echo Park's Country Road and the sewing, ribbon, grass diecut, and the fun little puffy felt flowers finish it off. 

I thought I would share a couple pics of Mackenzie....she plays forward and is such a fast runner, just like her daddy!! David played soccer in high school and has the bad knees to prove it....it's not a game for for the faint of heart, that's for sure!!!

They lost the game but really did a great job!!!

The Iris Club's annual Iris Show is in two weeks and my hybrids are blooming now...yikes!!! I won't have any to show at this rate!!! This one is called Gaze...

 

This is called Obiwan Kenobi...I won second place in the blended catagory last year with this beauty!!

We have two soccer games Thursday night so I will share more pics of the Grands on Friday...have a great day!!! 

Stampin Sisterhood's Mother's Day Hop

Hello everyone!! I'm  so glad you could join the Stampin' Sisterhood for our Mother's Day  HOP!! As always, we are SO excited to share with you! Rubbernecker Stamps has a wide variety of stamps for your Mother's Day projects!

The Stampin’ Sisterhood has put together some AWESOME creations....all are perfect for Mother's Day!!
I have a hop route (mine is posted below) for you to follow and you can find it at each stop along the way, so you will not get lost! OK, in true hop fashion, you will want to leave a little love everywhere you visit! We want you to have a chance to win a PRIZE!

***You could WIN……………….

an AWESOME stamp set

Of your CHOICE!

***The winner will be announced,

on the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog ,

FRIDAY 3/30

So you all have time to HOP!!

As a bonus  we will draw an EXTRA winner  for a STAMP SET of their choice, just for sharing our HOP on their Facebook page or Blog!!
After you have SHARED, just go back to the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog and let us know where you have SHARED our HOP!!

AWESOME, right? Well then, off you go, there's LOTS to see!! Hope you will join us in April, for our next hop!!  Until then, be sure to check out the daily posts on the STAMPIN’ SISTERHOOD blog!! There's lots of inspiration to be found! Thanks again for joining us today and ENJOY!!

Both of my cards feature the beautiful Rose Silhouette stamp #537-01.....it was stamped on Basic Grey's Sweet Threads dp. The sentiment is also from Rubbernecker and the string of buttons, seam binding, and lace finish it off. 

My Minds Eye Lost and Found dp and Melissa Frances dp were used on this card...sewing and distressing were done around the edges and the sentiment was cut up and popped up with foam dots. Lace, seam binding, twine, and a flower finish it off. 

     **Hop Route**

• Charlene Driggs
• Charlene Merrick
• Ellen Taylor
• Jacquie Peifer
• Jen Charboneau
• Jennifer Cuthbertson
• Joan Ervin
• Judy Rozema
• Julia Aston
• Juliana Swanson
• Karen Hunsaker
• Kecia Waters
• Kittie Caracciolo
• Stampin' Sisterhood

Thanks for stopping by and joining all the fun!!!

Spring is Here!!

Good morning everyone!! I hope you are having a great day....I have nothing to do today except stamp!! Well, I could mop the kitchen floor, clean the bathrooms, run the sweeper, dust, but I really don't want to so off to the craft room I go...LOL!!!  I'm feeling a lot better...thanks for all the well wishes!! I went back to the doctor Monday and she decided I did have pneumonia so I got some antibiotics, an inhaler, and some cough syrup with codiene. The cough is still there but I have a little more get up and go...yeaaaa!!!

I made this card last night during Project Runway All Stars...I was disappointed that Austin didn't win...I sooo love all his gorgeous clothes!! Anyway... The sweet Whipper Snapper image was colored with Copics, the papers are from Echo Park's Walk in the Park and Country Drive, and I used the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #233.

Aren't these just the cutest little birds...I splurged on several new Whipper Snapper stamps..they are so much fun to color!!

I made this for a few other challenges, too:
1. Crafts and Me Challenge - springy colors
2. Celebrate the Occasion - welcome spring
3. Crazy Amigo Challenge - spring
4. Papertake Weekly -  bingo (buttons, flowers, diecuts)
5. Incy Wincy Challenge - things with wings

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

Color Throwdown Challenge #184

Good morning everyone!!! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! The fabulous Bar  is our hostess this week and she has picked some beautiful springy colors for us to create with!! 

My card features an adorable stamp from Whipper Snapper....it was colored with Copics, cutout with Nestabilities, and popped up with foam dots. The background paper is Basic Grey's Lily Kate and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics...the ribbon, button, and twine finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Crafty Bloggers Network - floral
2. Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Spring colors
3. The Crafter's Cafe - ribbon or lace
4. Let's Ink It Up - show us your flowers

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD184 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!! 

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week! 

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor 
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs 
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy 
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity 
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey - Our fabulous March Guest Designer!!

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

Crop It!!

Hello everyone...it's my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast!! How may times have you wanted to use a particular image but it just doesn't fit your design...well, we are not going to have that problem today because my challenge to you is to crop it!! That's right....go ahead and use the image you want...just crop it to fit!!

You can use Nestabilities, punches, or just trim with your paper cutter...as Tim Gunn says "make it work"!!

I used the sweet little bunny image from Rubbernecker...it was colored with Copics, cutout with Nestabilities, and popped up with foam dots. The papers are all scraps from my stash and the ribbon and buttons finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Dream Valley Challenge - Easter
2. The Paper Players - buttons


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

Sisterhood Sunday #15

Good morning everyone!! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Rubbernecker's Sisterhood Sundays!! Each week one of the challenge teams will host a challenge and this week we have an inspiration picture....let's all celebrate!!!

Mr. Rubbernecker is giving away a prize so check out all the deets and challenge rules on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog!

My card features the sweet little cupcake stamp and sentiment from Rubbernecker's Party Time set #439. The cupcakes were all colored with copics and glitter was added to the frosting. I used a tag die for the tag and the ribbon finishes it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. 2 Sisters Challenge - spots and dots
2. Squiggle Stamps - birthday bash
3. Cute Card Thursday - Happy Birthday
4. Dutch Dare Card Challenge - dots and stripes
5. Southern Girls Challenge - red, blue, and yellow

I so hope you will join us for the Sisterhood Sunday Challenge (remember we will have a challenge each Sunday!!) and linking it over at the Rubbernecker blog....while you are there check out what the other Stampin Sisters have created...you will fine lots of fabulous inspiration, I tell ya!!!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!

Saturday Morning Inspiration

Good morning everyone.....I am on a roll with using up scraps and left over stuff!! It really feels good to clear out a few things....make room for some new stuff...Whoohoo!!!
 I popped in to Splitcoast  last night to check out the Inspiration Challenge...my little Texas buddy Anne Harada was the hostess and she picked the most awesome internet store to find our inspiration!! I found my inspiration from the Henkeltesche bag. The butterflies from Rubbernecker's Butterflies are Free set were stamped with Not Quite Navy, sponged with the same ink, and popped up with foam dots. The sentiment is from the same set and the background was stamped with RN's Dandelion Garden Border on the designer paper...sewing, distressing, a ribbon rose, seam binding, and lace finish it off.
Recipe: 
Stamps: Rubbernecker
Paper: Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip,  7 Gypsies dp
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Ribbon Rose, Twine, Seam Binding, Lace, Sewing Machine


Thanks for visiting on this wonderful Spring Saturday....have a great day!!!!

Just Cause

Good morning everyone....it's so nice to be back among the living!!!! I have been sick for a week and just yesterday finally felt like creating!! My fever is gone but the cough hangs on and on and on...what a pain!! I hope you are all healthy and enjoying all the mild spring weather....it's so nice to go outside without a coat!! Our grass is green and the iris and daffodils are all blooming....we even have a few bluebonnets!! I thought the drought would prevent them from blooming but they are pretty hardy. Anyway.......

I had a bunch of stuff sitting on my counter so I started organizing...then I thought...hummm...this would look good with that and Ooooh, I forgot I had that!! Sooo, this is what came together...no stamping...just stuff!!
The kraft heart was run through the crimper and sponged with some Vintage Cream ink. The Girls Paperie designer paper was sewn and distressed and the pearl trail was added to the little corrugated cardboard  butterfly. Lace, a button, stick pin, flower, ribbon, twine, and the wood letters finish it off.

This is for a few challenges:
1. Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - lace
2. Craft-Room Challenge - vintage/shabby
3. Crafty Sentiments Designs - things with wings
4. Bunny Zoe's Crafts - shabby chic/vintage

Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful Friday!!!!

Color Throwdown #183

Good morning everyone!!! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! The wonderfully talented Wanda  is our hostess this week and she has picked some beautiful colors for us to create with!! 

My card features the beautiful Simone...a KK Originals Stamp #SKU:33-08 KK from Rubbernecker Stamps and the Mojo Monday Sketch # 232. Her face was colored with copics and she was paper pieced with Stella Rose designer papers from My Minds Eye..... the same papers were used in the background. The embossed layer of kraft card stock was distressed with vanilla pigment ink and a resin flower from Prima was added to the flowers on the hat. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker's Fashion Icons set #455 and the scallop die is from My Favorite Things. .
Recipe:
Stamps: KK Originals Simone and Rubbernecker's Fashion Icons set #455
Paper: Kradt, Certainly Celery (for the leaves on the hat) My Minds Eye Stella Rose dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Papertrey Ink's Vintage Cream
Accessories: Ribbon, Resin Flower, Scallop die, Embossing Folder,


This is also for Stamp and Create's Challenge to do paper piecing and the Corrosive Challenge to use paper piecing. 

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD183 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!! 

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week! 

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor 
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs 
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy 
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity 
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey - Our fabulous March Guest Designer!!

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

Sweet Little Bunny

Good morning everyone...hope you have been well!!! I have been sick with a cough, fever, and stomach upset so this will be short and sweet this morning. I made this card at the first of the week for a friend who is having a birthday close to Easter....the image is from Penny Black...it was colored with copics and the papers are from My Minds Eye Lost and Found.  The lattice trim was made with a new punch from EK Success and the seam binding, flower, twine, and pearl flourish finish it off.

Thanks for visiting on this wet and cool Saturday morning!!

Color Throwdown #182

Good morning everyone!!! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! The fabulous Tammy  is our hostess this week and she has picked some warm, rich colors for us to create with!!

I found inspiration for the sewing theme from the sweet little pin cushion in Tammy's inspiration photo and my new Red Lead Paperworks stamps. They were stamped on Pumpkin Pie and Hawaiian Shores card stock and I used My Minds Eye Stella Rose dp in the background. Sewing, distressing, twine, buttons, and a wood dress form from Kaiser Craft finishes it off. 

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD182 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!! 

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Craft-room Challenge - shabby/vintage

2. Critter Sketch Challenge - buttons

3. Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - something old (designer paper) and something new (stamps)

4. One Stop Craft Challenge - buttons

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week! 

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor 
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs 
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy 
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity 
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey - Our fabulous March Guest Designer!!

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

Sisterhood Sundays #13

Good morning everyone!! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Rubbernecker's Sisterhood Sundays!! Each week one of the challenge teams will host a challenge and this week we have a sketch...don't ya just love round card designs!!!??!!!!

Mr. Rubbernecker is giving away a prize so check out all the deets and challenge rules on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog!

My card features the sweet little Rubbernecker Stork in Clouds #SKU:89-04...it was colored with copics, cutout with a square Nestabilities and used the out of the box technique for the cloud and part of the bundle. The RN sentiment #SKU:88-17 was cut up and adhered with foam dots. The papers are from K&Co.'s Itsy Bitsy Boy and the blue twill and the pearls finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Stork in Clouds and It's a Boy sentiment
Paper: White, Prism Vibrant Cobalt, K&Co. Itsy Bitsy Boy dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Nestabilities, Twill, Pearls

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Allsorts Challenge - Spread Your Wings
2. CAS-ual Fridays - baby card
3. Guylou's Inimitability Challenge - things with wings

I so hope you will join us for the Sisterhood Sunday Challenge (remember we will have a challenge each Sunday!!) and linking it over at the Rubbernecker blog....while you are there check out what the other Stampin Sisters have created...you will fine lots of fabulous inspiration, I tell ya!!!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!

Lots of Blue

Good morning everyone...hope you are all well and safe!! My heart goes out to all those who's lives have been turned upside down by the tornados and high winds...what a nightmare for so many people!! Hopefully, the storms are over and everyone can begin to pick up the pieces of their lives. My BIL's family, his 5 children and their families live in Western Kentucky and they escaped by about 20 miles....thank goodness!!!  Anyway....

I had a chance to play in a few Splitcoast Stamper's challenges this week...this card is for the Free 4 All challenge to make a blue card with flowers. My card features a Hero Arts stamp called Large Blossom. It was inked with Concord Crush onto blue cardstock...the background was stamped with the Rubbernecker French Script background stamp and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set. Ribbon, button, and twine finish it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker, PTI, Hero Arts

Papers: Concord Crush, Prism Baby Blue Medium

Ink: Concord Crush

Accessories: Ribbon, Button, Twine, Nestabilities

This card was made to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Was to Use it Challenge...we were challenges to use denim. I had an old pair of jeans in the rag bin that still had the little inside pocket intact...I knew I was saving that for something...LOL!! The flower was made with denim, too, and the sentiment on the tag is from The Cat's Meow's Sent With Love set.

Recipe:

Stamps: The Cat's Meow

Paper: Prism Frosted Yellow and Twilight Dark, White, Three Bugs in a Rug dp

Ink" Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Denim, Yellow Flower, Button, Twine, Ribbon, Slit Punch, Nestabilities, Doily, Sewing Machine

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

Just for the Men!

Good morning everyone....we have had several guy birthdays in the last few weeks so I thought I would share a couple of the cards I made. I had to make a birthday card for a male cousin and the Splitcoast Color Challenge colors of Garden Green, River Rock, and Lucky Limeade were perfect!! Papertrey Ink's Chevron Stripes set was used along with PTI's Birthday Basics set for the sentiment. The colors were brayered on the stamps for a blended gratuated effect.

This is also for the House of Gilli Challenge to use green,  Lexi's Creations Challenge to use monochromatic colors, and the Everybody Art Challenge to use monochromatic colors.

This is the birthday card I made for my DGS Cody who turned 9 and loves baseball!! This is pretty simple...Cosmo Cricket Lil'Man chipboard stickers are used along some Baker's Twine and baseball paper from Hobby Lobby. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics and Cody's name is spelled out with stickers from The Girls Paperie.

This is also for a few challenges:
1. Creative Craft Challengec - boys will be boys
2. Cupcake Craft Challenge - boys and their toys
3. Dream Valley Challenge - just for men

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