Bicycle, Geisha, and a Fashion Lady

This is the card I made Saturday for the Inspiration challenge on Splitcoast. Stef chose an awesome store called Green Rainbow and I chose the fun bicycle belt buckle as my inspiration.. Since I was really behind on my challenges, I combined this with the QFTD06 challenge to honor Cathleen (ctorina) as Queen for the day. Every single card in her gallery is sooo fabulous and elegant....WOW!!! I decided to case her IC222 Thank You card because it's sooo gorgeous!!! I kept the same basic layout and one of the colors but changed the stamps, papers, and moved the image layers up a little because my Nesties layers were just a little bigger. This is also for da Mudder's Teapot Tuesday Challenge ...all the teapotters went to the Kentucky Derby!!! I am sooo late because my car broke down so I borrowed the bike and I'm only 10 miles away...I'm coming Mudder!!!!! Save me some goodies...think I'll need something just a little stronger than tea when I get there!!!!
Recipe:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink's Everyday Button Bits
Paper: White, Basic Grey's Wisteria
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Buttons, Floss, Gold Pearls, Nestabilities, Spellbinders Dies, Ribbon, Dimensionals

The F4A9 Challenge on Splitcoast was to take a virtual vacation. I went to Japan several years ago and really want to go again. I colored the Rubbernecker Geisha image with Tombow markers, cut it out and attached it with dimensionals. Scallops, silk ribbon, flowers, and black half pearls finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Woman With Fan in Circle
Paper: Real Red, Black, White, DCWV's Far East Mat Stack
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Tombow Markers, Clear ep, May Arts Silk Ribbon, Flowers, Half Pearls, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Scallop Punch

The Ways to Use it Challenge Thursday on Splitcoast was to mix up patterns....use some fun prints! I used three different papers from Basic Grey's Kioshi collection. The dress and hat on the Rubbernecker Fashion Lady were paper pieced and some of the shaded areas on the dress and hat were colored with copics and well as the skin and shoes. The solid piece at the bottom was run through the cuttlebug with a diamond patterned folder and the pearls, lace, twill, button and ribbon finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Fashion Lady
Paper: White, Black, Basic Grey's Kioshi
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Pearls, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Button, Lace, Twill, Copics

Thanks for visiting tonight....Have a great Sunday night!!!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #12

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Clearly Inspired Challenge on Lori McCroskey's blog..... today the challenge is to use ribbon.

Use Clear Dollar Stamps if you have them, if not, please play anyway....we would love to see your designs!!! A random winner will be chosen the following Thursday. Upload your cards to Mr. Linky on Lori's blog and if you upload to Splitcoast, use CIC12 in the keywords.

The butterfly from Clear Dollar Stamps Peace for the Journey set was stamped 3 times with Apricot Appeal on white cardstock, cutout, and layered with dimensionals. The antennas were drawn on and the sentiment from the same set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black. A Spellbinders die was used for the scalloped border and the Cotton Candy ribbon and lavender pearls added to the flower centers on the Basic Grey Kioshi paper finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Peace for the Journey

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Apricot Appeal
Paper: Apricot Appeal, CDS's Cotton Candy, Basic Grey's Kioshi
Accessories: Lavender Pearls, Cotton Candy Ribbon, Nestabilities, Spellbinders border die

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Our Creative Corner - butterflies
2. Magical Crafts and Fortnightly Challenges - something for the girls
3. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - get it all out. I used my lavender pearls that I've had for over a year!
4. La-La-Land Challenge - shabby chic
5. Nutshells Challenge - Spring themed card
6. Stamp Something - layer something (I layered my butterfly)
7. Pile it On - Spring
8. Creative Belli Challenge - die cuts
9. Stampavie and More - butterflies
10. Cute Card Thursday - touchy feely

Thanks for visiting today...be sure to check out Lori's blog, Clearly iStamp for the DT's samples and all the deets on the challenge!!!

Paper Pieced Fairy Tot

Hello everyone....what a beautiful day we are having here in Central Texas!!! I didn't do any planting this morning but I did clean my dirty house!! I swear, doing housework is harder and more labor intensive that anything!!! Actually, the reason I cleaned is because we are going to have company over night...otherwise the dirt coulda waited another week or so...LOL!!! Anyway.... I made this card for the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast today.
The adorable Woodware images from the Fairy Tots set were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, colored with copics, cutout, and attached to the background dp . Paper Piecing was added to the little boy fairy using Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love dp. The sentiment is from Woodware's Salutations set. An EK Success border punch was used for the scallop, glitter was added to the wings, and lace and a button with twine finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Woodware's Fairy Tots and Salutations
Paper: White, Vanilla, Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown, Cosmo Cricket Earth Love
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Copics, Dimensionals, Ek Success Scallop Border Punch, Button, Twine, Lace, Oval Punch, Nestabilities, Glitter

Thanks for visiting and please come back soon!!!

Shabby Chic Baby Album

Good morning everyone....hope all is well in your little corner of the world!!! I have been working so much in my yard that I have been tooo pooped to stamp!! My DH helped me clean out the rock garden this morning and we planted some moss roses. Gotta go buy more plants tomorrow.....I may have to go back to work if I don't quit buying plants!!! Anyway....

While watching Dancing With the Stars tonight I finally finished the shabby chic album I started at CHA in January....it was a make and take but I can't remember the booth. The album base which measured 12 inches by 6 1/2 inches was cardboard that was stripped of the top layer to expose the corrugated under layer....it was sprayed with several different colors of glimmer mist and some metalic spray to give it a little shimmer. The Crafty Secrets Baby Memories Vintage Cuts image was distressed around the edges and attached over the frame with glue dots. The chipboard frame was colored with Ranger Distress Crackle Paint...... Frayed Burlap was the only color I had and it really matched the paper perfectly...Woot!!!

I added flowers, buttons, twine, lace, a blingy flourish, a grungeboard flourish colored with a copic, Tattered Angel Glimmer Chips (the birds), and ribbons. I just love it when I can use up scraps and stuff that has been lying around for ages!!

The edges of the background paper were distressed, also, and the lace was scrunched up using glue.

This closeup shows the shimmer from the Glimmer Mist....

I used the other images from the Vintage Baby Cuts on the inside papers. Now I just have to wait till someone I know has a baby!!! I may have to wait for a great grandchild....that could be a few years away, I hope!!!!!

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

Friday Morning Catch-Up!!

Good morning everyone....it seems that Spring has sprung here in Central Texas...this old girl has been outside digging in the dirt most of the week!!! I spent all the grocery money on plants so it's peanut butter sandwichs and Mac and cheese for the next week...LOL!!!

I made this card yesterday for the sketch challenge on Splitcoast. I also made this for Anne Ryan's Queen For the Day challenge to Honor Linda (Snail)...Congrats, Linda!!!!! I chose to case her Many Thanks card. I kept the same colors and silhouette/butterfly theme but changed the sketch and stamps to Rubbernecker's Weeds images and Rubbernecker's Butterfly Inchies. The images were all stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and the butterflies were colored with copics. The papers are from Basic Grey's Origins and the ribbon finishes it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Weeds, Rubbernecker Butterfly Inchies
Paper: Garden Green, Black, Basic Grey Origins
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Copics, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Scallop Punch

I made this card Tuesday for the color challenge on Splitcoast. The colors were Cameo Coral, Blush Blossom, and Ruby Red. The dessert option was Creamy caramel or Close to Cocoa. This is also for Sunday's Featured Stamper Challenge, the AWESOME Pat Smethers!! I cased her Virginia's Garden card....kept the same layout and theme but changed the colors, flowers, added buttons, used wood flourishes instead of die cuts, and changed the stamps to Rubbernecker's Weed image, Floral image, and sentiment. I also added a scalloped border along the side. I hope you are enjoying your week in the spotlight, gf...you are sooo deserving!!!
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Sentiment, Rubbernecker Weed image #497-16, Flower image #496-03
Paper: Cameo Coral, Blush Blossom, Ruby Red, Making Memories dp
Ink: Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Wood Flourish, Flowers, Buttons, Martha Stewart Cording, Martha Stewart Fence Punch, Martha Stewart Scalloped Border Punch, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch

The Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast last Saturday was to make a card to honor our home state. I just had to make a card with our beautiful Texas Bluebonnets!! They are blooming in abundance everywhere now....the countryside looks gorgeous!! I used one of Rubbernecker's new release Weed images...the stamp was colored with markers, stamped on the white cs, and then a white gel pen was used to add the white highlights. The prima, button, and twine finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Weed #497-01
Paper: White, The Paper Studio dp
Ink: Brilliant Blue and Old Olive Markers
Accessories: Nestabilities, Prima, Button, Twine

I got this adorable stamp from Auntie Amy's Stamps at CHA and finally had a chance to ink it up. The image was colored with copics and the dress and bow were paper pieced.
Recipe:
Stamps: Auntie Amy's
Paper: White, Black, SU dp
Ink: Memento Onyx Black
Accessories: Spellbinders Scalloped Border, Ribbon, Pearls, Nestabilities

Thanks for visiting today...hope your Friday is super special!!!

Winners of the Rubbernecker Blog Hop

The winners have been chosen from our Rubbernecker Blog Hop this week.
Our two, randomly drawn winners from comments left on all the Red Hot Momma's blogs are: "Sue D", and "craftymom205"

"All are absolutely beautiful! A tutorial would be wonderful.Posted by: Sue D April 13, 2010 at 09:55 PM " (as posted on Kittie's blog)AND"craftymom205 said...Great cards. I especially like the first one.April 13, 2010 11:20 AM " (as posted on Tammy's blog)

So - Craftymom205 and Sue D, please go to Bevs blog for instructions to claim your prize! You will need to decide which stamp set you wish to receive from the list od new releases...have fun shopping!!!

Creative Belli Challenge #89

Good morning everyone and welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!!! The challenge this 2 weeks is to use Die Cuts. You can use Nestabilities, Cricut, or any other die cut...what ever your little heart desires!!!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is our Sponsor for this challenge! Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps recently went to all Digital Images and they have a special blog that features FABULOUS artwork on their website. Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps comes out with NEW digis every week! Be sure to check them out!!! This week, Korin has generously offered the winner of this challenge a $10 Gift Certificate. We will choose the winner with Random.org and announce them on the next Belli Challenge.

All the SnS digi images were colored with copics, cutout, and attached with dimensionals. Since my Deckled Nestie cut off the C in the sentiment, I added a big C sticker for Chocolate....sometimes ya just gotta improvise!!! Ribbon, silver cording, and a fun little cupcake brad finish it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Images

Paper: White, Baby Pink Medium, Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown, My Favorite Paper Pack - Chocolate Kiss
Accessories: Doodlebug Brad, Ribbon, Silver Cording, C Sticker, Copics, Nestabilities

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Tuesday Taggers - Cakes and/or Balloons

2. Roses on Paper Combined Challenge Blog - layers

3. Sundays With Chrissy - Make it a combo - I have a combo of challenges and a combo of Chocolate!!!

4. Pollycraft Monday Challenges - Anything goes

5. The Diedrich Dare - pink and brown

6. Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - Metal (my brad is metal)

7. The Crazy Challenge - Don't call me flat - use dimension

8. Hope Stamps Eternal - cupcake inspiration

Be sure to visit the Creative Belli Design Team Member's blogs to read more details about their designs. You will find lots of awesome ideas!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast or PCP, be sure to add CBC89 in the keywords section

Chris Dickinson
Ceal Pritchett
Holly Brown
Anne Harmon
Debbie Daniels
Robin Kirkpatrick
Steph Zerbe
Liz Williams
Joy Hadden
Maria Matter
Darsie Bruno

Melisa Waldorf

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!!!

Rubbernecker Fashion, Florals, and Weeds Blog Hop!!!

Hello everyone and welcome to the Rubbernecker Blog Hop to celebrate the release of all the new stamps: Florals, Weeds, Fashion Ladies, Vines, and a new background stamp!!! We are really excited about these new stamps...something for everyone's taste and style!!!
I used Floral #496-03 on my first card...the image was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and embossed with clear ep. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker's Floral Silhouettes set #467.
Paper: Black, So Saffron, Vanilla, Basic Grey's Origins dp
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Clear ep, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Pearls, May Arts Silk Ribbon, Nestabilities

The Floral image #496-11 was colored with several different inks using the edge of the ink pad to create the plaid look. I first pounced the edge of the ink pads in one direction and then turned the stamp and worked from the other side....hint: don't completely cover the image with any one color so you don't muddy the colors together. The background was sponged using Pink Pirouette and the buttons, ribbon, and ball fringe finish it off.

Stamps: Rubbernecker Floral #496-11

Paper: White, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Grey's Lemonade

Ink: Real Red, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: So Saffton Marker, Buttons, Twine, Floss, Nestabilities, White Ball Fringe
Cuttlebug and Dotted Swiss Folder

Here is the list of Red Hot Mommas who are participating in the hop today.

Julia Aston
Tammy Hershberger

Joan Ervin - you are here!

Kittie Caracciolo

Cathleen Torina

Fran Gumprecht
Karen Hunsaker
Juliana Swanson

Bev Gerard

Two winners will be chosen randomly from all participating Red Hot Mommas' blog projects featured during the hop.

Winners may choose any ONE of the following complete collections: Weeds, Florals, Fashions, or Vines

New Release Florals
New Release Weeds

New Release Background
New Release Vines

New Release Fashion Ladies

Readers are welcome to comment once on each of the Red Hot Mommas posts.
Comments are welcome from the beginning of the blog hop (5 a.m. EST, Tuesday) through Noon on Thursday.
Winners will be announced on each RHM's blog by 6 p.m. EST Thursday evening.

Thanks for visiting today.....have fun on the hop and I hope you win!!!!

Gina K's April Illustrator's Challenge

Hello everyone...hope all is well with you on this beautiful, sunny, Saturday afternoon!!! The April Illustrator's Blog Hop Challenge on Gina K's blog is to be inspired by our favorite children's book. Cinderella, by far, is my favorite!! I just love a happy ending!!! I read Cinderella to my daughter and to all my granddaughters....the story is so sweet and gives all little girls hope of a prince charming coming into their lives!! Go to Gina K's blog for all the details on how you can play, too!

I used Melanie Muenchinger's A Beautiful Life frame image...stamped it onto Webster's Pages dp with Memento Rich Cocoa. The tulip images were stamped three times onto white cs and colored with copics. They were then cutout and layered with dimensionals. The sentiment from the same set was stamped on a scrap piece of the same dp, cutout with a Nesties die and sponged around the edges with Rich Cocoa.

The butterfly, also from the same set, was colored with copics, cutout, and attached with a glue dot. Pearls and distressing finish it off for a Shabby Chic look.

Thanks for visiting today...be sure to check out all the Illustrator's blogs starting with Gina K's for lots of wonderful inspiration!!!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #11

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Clearly Inspired Challenge on Lori McCroskey's blog..... today the challenge is a color challenge. Clear Dollar Stamps just recently started releasing their own line of papers with ribbons to match. Katie selected three of these colors for the challenge: Bee Pollen (bright yellow) Cherry Go Round (red) Lime Juice (bright green). Please use the colors you have and join in the fun!!

Use Clear Dollar Stamps if you have them, if not, please play anyway....we would love to see your designs!!! A random winner will be chosen the following Thursday. Upload your cards to Mr. Linky on Lori's blog and if you upload to Splitcoast, use CIC11 in the keywords.

The flowers are from Clear Dollar Stamps Bold Bouquet set...three flowers were stamped with Summer Sun ink on white cs and three were stamped with Real Red ink onto the Cherry Go Round cardstock. They were all cutout and layered with dimensionals. The bee from Clear Dollar Stamps Circle Chit Chat was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black onto Bee Pollen cardstock and embossed with clear ep. The wings were paper pieced and the body was punched out and attached with a dimensional. The sentiment is from CDS's Birthday Celebration set. The leaves were punched out of the Lime Juice cardstock with a Martha Stewart Leaf Punch and the background layers were cutout with large scalloped Nestibilities. Bee Pollen ribbon, button with gingham ribbon and the yellow brad finish it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Birthday Celebration, Circle Chit Chat, Bold Bouquet

Paper: Bee Pollen, Cherry Go Round, Lime Juice, White

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Summer Sun, Real Red

Accessories: Clear ep, Brad, Button, Gingham Ribbon, Bee Pollen Ribbon, Nestabilities

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Pals Paper Arts - flowers

2. Allsorts Challenge - no designer paper (yikes!!)

3. ABC Challenge - R is for red

4. Cooking it up with Katie Challenge - 1. use something old (brad) 2. use something new (new Nesties) 3. use something sweet (my sweet little bee)

5. Crafty Creations - paper piecing (the bees wings)

6. For Fun Challenge - April showers bring May flowers

7. Pollycraft Challenge - anything goes

8. Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Spring theme

9. One Stitch at a Time - anything goes

Be sure to check out Lori's blog, Clearly iStamp for the DT's samples and all the deets on the challenge!!!

Wild Week

Hello everyone!!! I have been absent from blogland for a few days....we have had such a wild week!!! First I want to share with you a card I made with my new Rubbernecker Rubbah!!! I LOVE silhouettes and the Rubbernecker store is packed full of some new Floral and Weed silhouette images along with a new background stamp called Victorian Damask and a whole bunch of Fashion Lady images. The card above features one of the new Floral images and the Victorian Damask background. I made this card last Saturday for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast. Stef picked a wonderful Millinery store with the most fantastic hats!!! I chose the beautiful veiled hat with the red bow from the Autumn/Winter 09/10 collection for my inspiration. Both the flower image and the background were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and embossed with clear ep. The silk May Arts ribbon and red jewels finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Victorian Damask Panel and Rubbernecker Floral #496-06
Paper: Vanilla, Black, Real Red
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Clear EP, Rhinestones, May Arts Ribbon, Nestabilities, Spellbinders Scalloped Border, Dimensionals

Now I want to share with you all the fun things we did this weekend!! My Sweet little Mother had her 90th birthday party Saturday afternoon at our church.

This is a picture of my parents and my little sister, Kathy, who came from Iowa with her husband, Scott, and her two boys, Michael and Jeff, to help us celebrate!

My dear parents, Betty and Duane, have been married for 65 years!!! Aren't they a beautiful couple!!!

The oldest in our family and the youngest....Grandma Great and her Great Grand Jacob who is almost 5 months old.

Grandma and her grandsons, back row: Jeff (my sister's son), Steve (my son), Brian (my son), Michael (my sister's son), and David (my son) is in front. Jeff just graduated from Iowa State and accepted a job on the day of the party...Whoohoo!!! My sister is thrilled!!!

This is a picture of all the great grands (and my grandchildren)....back row: CJ 14, Autumn 11, Mackenzie 10, Matthew 8, Ryan 9, Cole 6, Jacob 5 months

front: Cody 7, Gabe 3, and Caitlyn 2

We also had an Easter egg hunt at the church Saturday afternoon. Cody, Mackenzie, Autumn, and Cole all had a great time!!!

The boys were all over the place....it didn't take long to fill the Easter Baskets!!

Cody was looking for a sticker inside the egg...the sticker was good for a prize but he didn't have any luck. Oh well, he got lots of goodies anyway!!

We all went over to Steve's on Sunday for a BBQ and another Easter egg hunt....that old Easter Bunny was mighty pooped by Sunday night!!!!

Anyway...thanks for visiting and putting up with this old grandma's pictures!!! I hope you had a great Easter weekend, too!!!

Creative Belli Challenge #88

Good morning everyone and welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!!! The challenge this 2 weeks is to use color spray! You can use Glimmer Mist or a home made mix...what ever you little heart desires!! Ceal posted a recipe on the Belli blog...check it out!
The sponsor this week is Stamping Boutique and they were sooo kind to provide the DT with such beautiful digi images to play with. Be sure to check out their store...they have such beautiful digi images!!

This sweet little Circus Carousel Horse was colored with copics and sprayed with a mix of Perfect Pearls, water, and Blush Blossom Reinker. I wish my photo was better..it's shimmery and sparkly in real life! The saddle was paper pieced with the background dp and I added silver pearls to some of the dots in the background and across the top. A Spellbinders scalloped border and May Arts Ribbon finish it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Digi Image from Stamping Boutique

Paper: White, Prism Frosted Kiwi, Mellon Mambo, Basic Grey's Green at Heart

Ink: Blush Blossom

Accessories: Silver Pearls, Perfect Pearls, Nestabilities, Spellbinders Border die, May Arts Ribbon, Copics

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. My Grafico - paper piecing (I paper pieced the saddle)

2. Pollycraft Challenge - sparkly things (the spray mist gave the image a sparkle)

3. Pile it On - animal-riffic

4. Totally Papercrafts Challenge - pink and green

5. Stamp With Us - color challenge

Be sure to visit the Creative Belli Design Team Member's blogs to read more details about their designs. You will find lots of awesome ideas!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast or PCP, be sure to add CBC88 in the keywords section

Jenny Gropp

Chris Dickinson

Ceal Pritchett

Holly Brown

Anne Harmon

Debbie Daniels

Fern Riley

Robin Kirkpatrick

Steph Zerbe

Liz Williams

Joy Hadden

Maria Matter

Darsie Bruno
Melisa Waldorf

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!!!