Pocket Card...

Well Good Afternoon everyone I hope your
week is turning out wonderfully!
Today I would like to share a pocket card
with a bookmark:
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The Basic Grey Olivia Collection 

is the designer papers I used

and the 2 Spellbinders sets are

Labels 14 and Blossom Tags and Accents.

I used Phoebe Ketto on the bookmark,
she is my new favorite if I had to pick one.
I found these cute clear tags
under the rubble and they are from
Close To My Heart.
The cardboard is from a cracker box,
I ran it through the Argyle embossing folder
and inked up the edges to give
off a shabby chic appeal.
The grey rickrack is from an old sewing box
my mom gave me from back in the 70's.
I have only a foot left...
Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
Crafty Boots  Wings
Birthday Sundaes  Birthday + Buttons
Paper Crafting Journey  Die Cuts Or Punches
Corrosive Challenges  Punches or Dies
Paper Sundaes  Anything Goes
The Cheerful Stamp Pad  Use Something Transparent
Pollycraft  Tags and or Bookmarks
There's Magic In The Air  At least 3 punches or Die Cuts
Die Cuttin Divas  Shabby Chic or Vintage
Going Grey  It's A Girl Thing
Part Time Tuesdays  Anything Goes
Aud Sentiment Challenge  Birthday

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CAS Card

Time is what I have very little of now-a-days,

but I find it almost unbearable to not post

on this blog so how do I cope?

A CAS card!

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Do you recognize the sentiment?

I stole it for my last blog posting 

about my Isabelle.

What I really like about this card is 

the corner adornments made up

of the butterfly wings as well as

the single pearl.

What I am not sure about is the

flourish, perhaps I should have

forgone it but all in all it pleases me.

Thank you for stopping by and have a

 wonderful day!

Challenges:
Crafty Boots  Wings
OLLCB  Punches and Dies
 Allsorts  Keep It Simple
Mark's Finest  Things With Wings
Alphabet Challenge  Q is for Quick ans Simple
Southern Girls  Anything Goes
Stampin B's  2 Or More Spellbinders
Truly Scrumptious  Clean and Simple
For Your Inspiration    This Breathtaking Photo  WOW!!!

She Goes where she pleases and pleases where she goes...

that's how I feel about my daughter Isabelle.

She makes me so proud! 

I created a layout using some photos 

captured last fall.  We were going

out to see a production of

Fiddler on the Roof 

so I made up her hair

and she is so beautiful!

I used sketch 55 from Sketchabilities:

Here is my layout:

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See I told you she's beautiful!

After a few tips from my readers I was able

to use my butterflies with slightly greater ease...

Cereal boxes are my new must upscale

because the thickness is perfect for the shadowed

butterflies and the texture really 

shows when running through

a folder.

The bottom layer of the butterfly was gray

 so I inked it white

 then rubbed in some color 

and add some pearlized ink.

Do you recognize the stamp sets?

They are Close To My Heart's

Playful Flourishes (single word sentiments)

Blooming Flourishes and

Butterfly Wings.

The rest of the embellishes were 

pretty old items

just waiting to find a home. 

I stamped the word dream onto a button

that I used black cord to attach to the layout

leaving it lose to mimic 

the flourishes. 

Well That's about it have a wonderful Saturday!

Challenges:
 Raise The Bar  Things With Wings
Sketches in Thyme  Open use any sketch
Flutterby Wednesday  Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp  Die and or Punches
Anything Goes Challenge  Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenge  Buttons And Bling
Sweet Stamps Challenge  No Cards
CES  Recycle

Suggestions anyone?

So here is my deal for over a month 

I have been waiting for the new

Spellbinders Blossom Tags and Accents

and the Wonderful Wings...

They are a ##%$#^%#

to use!

The solid butterflies are no problem 

but the intricately cut ones are really wedged

into the die that they tear or warp 

during removal!

If any one has any suggestions that would be 

Fabulous.

Sketchy Thursdays and Scrap Fit Combo

The weekend came and went with great speed

  unlike this layout, talk about labor intensive!

Sketchy Thursdays has the most amazing sketch:

Can you say WOWIE ZOWIE?

They are in cahoots this week with 

Scrap Fit who has added the twist

of F is for "Friendship".

So I  racked my brains out trying to decide 

which of my Bam Pop papers would really

give this layout life. I decided "Rad"

would fit the bill. Next came the matter

of who would go on this layout, why

my kids and a handful of their cousins.

My kids get along so well with their cousins that

when they were younger they assumed 

anyone who they played well with

were automatically "cousins"!

OK...enough with the monologue,

here is my layout:

Does the "Rad" paper 

 pop or what?!?

I was able to pull out a couple item from

the land of the lost;

the metal "cousin" tag and the silver metal

circle which was embossed 

to create some texture.

Well that's about it,

 if you have any questions,

 please feel to ask!

Have a great day!

Challenges:
Little Red Wagon  Twine
4 Crafty Chicks  Embossing
DYSU  Silver
Crafty Emma  Use at least 4 different embellishments  twine cousin plate, brads and  metal circle
Craft Your Passion  Friendship

THANK YOU!

Oh Fussy And Fancy you made my day!

There continuing challenge is "Back To School".

Fall into Flashback Friday!

Flashback Friday wants to see you first fall themed card

I guess this fits the bill:

I believe I used the soot technique for this,

 in a nutshell you stamp and ink  onto glossy

paper then you hold over a candle flame

 for the blackening then you take clean stamps 

and remove the soot in the pattern of the stamp.
Don't forget to spray a sealant or the
remaining soot will smudge and get everywhere!

I remember I didn't own glossy card stock

 just photo paper and the heat of the flame

 caused cracking so I salvaged what I could

and used the brads and hemp to cover the seams

from all the cuts I was forced to make.

Wow that was over 4 years ago...

She Colors My World...

  Hello there, I hope your day is oh-so-wonderful!

I think I am coming down with a cold...waaaaah!

I hate feeling under the weather, usually I can turn it around 

but this caught me by surprise.

I decided not to let it dampen my spirits, 

instead I pulled out bright happy papers to create

a layout of my daughter.

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So there she is...she really does color my world.
Have a great Day!

Challenges:

My Time To Craft  Kaleidoscope of Color
Magical Mondays  Anything Goes
Easy Craft Project  Yellow

Thank you For Fun Challenges!

I won at

Wow it's been a good week! 

This week at For Fun Challenges

they want to see the colors
red, brown and yellow.

I can smell fall...

So what have you been reading?

Good Morning! 

Today I have a bookmark to share

for the Stampotique Challenge but I am a day late!

Their new challenge is black and white

with a hint of color but I suppose the red

is a bit too brazen...

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This is the first time I inked up Relaxin by Stampotique, and I love her!
The repeated wording in the background is
"black and white and read all over".
After I water colored my paper, I stamped the image
then masked it off
and ran it through the printer.
Finally I stamped some books
randomly with white ink.
It's like a faux resist technique and way easier to achieve!
And the best news 4 more white eyelets used up!!!

So what are you reading right now?
I am reading A time Travelers Wife which is interesting but the
jumping around is taking up too much of my reading stamina. My
backup is The Rangers Apprentice Series Book 3 Icebound Land.
My daughter is reading them as well, she's on book one but will
blaze through them in no time.

Thanks For Stopping Bye!

Challenges:

Jugs  Text Me
Crafty Catz  Ribbon
Two Sisters  Black and White plus one
Incy Wincy  Bookmark
Use It Tuesday Uninked Stamp
Everybody art Challenge  Flowers
Fabn'funky  Bingo  Flowers, Ribbon, Stamped Image
I brake For Challenges  Backgrounds

I was Top 3!

Thank You Tuesday Throwdown! 

This weeks challenge is Pearls.

Thurston is Awesome!

I was lucky enough to win Thurston The Vampire
over a Amy's Blog who just so happens
to be the designer of this stamp.
I found this great sketch over at
Sketch Saturdays:

My card:
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inside of card

I love making Halloween creations,
they can be spooky or cute, even both.
Thanks For Stopping Bye!

Challenges:

Totally Stampalicious  Anything Goes
Crafting When We Can  Open
I Did It Creations  Anything Goes
Challenge Up Your Life  Paper Piecing
CES Challenges  Magical or Spooky
Floweret  tricky or Halloween
Paper Pal Arts  Halloween
All That Scraps  Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon  Die Cuts
My Paper Shelter  Embossing
Truly Scrumptious  Decorate Inside of Card
Paper Sundaes  Finish Inside of Card

I was featured!

The Paper Variety is having multiple Challenges this week

with amazing prizes go check it out!

Say Cheese!

Happy Monday!
I have a layout to share of my daughter
the day I gave her my old camera, she was elated!
I used this weeks Sketchy Thursday sketch:

After some slight modifications here is what I came up with
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Don't you just love that Polaroid Camera Stamp?
It's from a company called Bam Pop, they have loads
 of great stamps and papers.
Feeling there was too much white I
stamped the camera around the edge of the paper
 using the masking technique.
Thanks For Stopping Bye!

Challenges:

The Paper Variety  Use Stamps On Projects

Paper Play  2 or More Stamped Images

Addicted To Stamps  Anything But A Card

Thank you Scrap It Girl!

I won last weeks challenge of adding some sort of material!

This weeks challenge is to include fruit on a 2 page layout. 

They have a great prize up for grabs, click here to check it out!

A way To Recycle

I came across a new Scrap Challenge sight called

Scrap It Girl. This weeks challenge is to use some

sort of fabric an your layout whether it be

canvas, burlap or material.

I just got done pulling out my sons jeans 

with holes in the knees and got an idea...

I cut out a back pocket! I lovin this layout as well as that 

cute smile.

Stickers and chipboard are but a few items

 I have plenty of but rarely use, today was a day 

I saw fit to bring them out of the shadows.

Challenges:

Cheerful Stamp Pad recycle something unusual

Sketchy Thursdays

Happy Wednesday to you all!

I am totally elated to say I have a Layout to share

using this weeks sketch from Sketchy Thursdays.

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I love how Isaac's tongue is sticking out 

with all his concentration!

Challenges:

Tuesdays Throwdown  3 Pattern Papers, 2 Buttons 1 Ribbon

Ladybug Crafts  Anything Goes

For Fun Challenges  Kids at Play

My Mums Craft Shop  Layers

Drama Queen Birthday

Good Evening!

 I have a card I just finished up featuring Drama Queen digi From Tiddly Inks.

After being colored up for a year

it was time to put her to use!



For Inspiration I used this weeks Fussy and Fancy Sketch
which I flipped:

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Detail of Skeleton Scroll embossing

inside of card

The sentiment for this card it's a very old and long since retired
Close To My Heart set called Card Sentiments.
There are oodles of challenges out there
wanting to see homemade flowers so I pulled out
my Spellbinders Peony Die and a coordinating brad
to create these flowers.
Today it felt like fall because I was actually cold this
 morning when I woke up...happiness!
With the feeling of fall comes fall colors for this card.
My last comment is I finished off the inside of the card I rarely do this.
Well that's about it, there is chaos in the air trying
yo get my kiddos off to bed.
Goodnight all

Challenges:

Card Makin' Mammas  Digi Image or papers

Stamp Something  Use A Digi

Craft Your Days Away  Make A Flower

Our Creative Corner  Stamp onto pattern paper

Secret Crafter  Autumn Colors

Craft Your Passion  Add Flowers

LawnScaping  Embossing

Digi Stamps 4 Joy  Hand made flowers

FabnFunky  Embossing

Craft Us Crazy  Autumn Colors and or favorite embellishment