Here Kitty Kitty

It's been decided our cat is schizophrenic & I surmise this is quite normal for young cats...Speaking of cats (or Dogs) Paper Cutz Challenges #41 would love to see your creations using either cats or dogs and after that the rest is up to you! Here is my card using a Pixie Dust Studio digi called Purrfect Princess:

Don't you just love her? I tried something new with this card as I layered 3 buttons inside each other and bound the with string I suppose gluing would have been easier! Today is the beginning of my sons summer vacation, he will of course get up extra early now rather than the forcing out of bed for the last 9 months! Kids! We will have an entire week together before his older sibling start their vacation I hope to savor the week! Enough about me let's talk about you I finally was able to go down my ever growing list and visit most of you and I must say you are all such an inspiration to me! I hope you can stop by Paper Cutz for this weeks challenge! 
By the way this card will be entered into the following challenges as well:
Cupcake Craft  Buttons
Pile it On  Cute and Cuddly
My Time To Craft  Too Cute
The Crazy Challenge  Cute & Cuddly
PaperTake Weekly  Shiny Sparkle and Special
Spoon Full of Sugar  3 DP & 3 Buttons mine are nested
ABC Challenge  Unused Stash (most of our stash is LOL!)

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge!

Second posting today scroll down for Pink Elephant Scrap Challenge

One of my favorite things to say to my kids is "Cut it out!", of course at the Pixie Dust Challenges we aren't scolding you, we are cheering you on to get out your scissors and cut out you image either in full or in part. I chose to use the new May Pixie of the month available at the shop. She is just too fun, all of Kathy's images are so great to work with, they make me happy! I wanted to create something other than a card so I created this basket using one of Lauren Meader's timeless templates Pack A Picnic.

 I jumped out of my comfort zone and pulled out this grape paper from my never to be used pile, never say never! Now I want you to know I have been working with the new release digi's and they are so great, I wish I could show you today but soon...Now be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the Paper Pixies have to share:

Kathy - Illustrator ,Cat ,Caz ,Jacquie ,Jana ,Joyce ,Karen ,Lana 

Lisa , Lisa F ,Margie-  ,Marsha Shelly Suzi &Tammy

Remember to "Cut It Out"! Beth aka BR-T

The Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge...

  I am honored to let you know I was selected to a part of The Pink Elephant scrap team! What a thrill to say the least!

This week we have a challenge to use Pink, now I don't know about you but pink is a tough one for me but I gathered myself and just sort of let go. We have the most beautiful pink daisies in our garden right now so I had my daughter sit amongst them to acquire this photo.

Now I want you to know I didn't digitally alter the flowers though I tried forever... in the end I use a marker. I found the DAI*SY sentiment at Create with TLC, Paulette graciously has free digital sentiments almost daily so you should stop by!  Well I hope you have a fantastic day, I'll be back shortly with another posting! Beth

Item of the week....

Torendi is offering the fabulous OPP Tape- Happy Friends  for 1/2 off this week, starting Wednesday

 If you have ever been on the fence about this now is the perfect time!

My Husband is the bestest ever!!!

Lookie what he let me get for Mother's Day even though we aren't supposed to be spending:

 

Am I the luckiest or what? Thanks honey bunches!!!!

Unscripted Saturday # 54 and several more...

Good Morning to you all and I'd just like to say BRRRR!  It got down to about 37 last night I slightly worried about what was left of my Iris. That is what were remaining from the mega hail storm a week earlier and my peppers and tomatoes. But for now, all is well! Sorry for the bibble babble I know you came here for our super Saturday Unscripted Sketches so here is # 54 created by SarahKaye:

 

Here is my card I created for one of Bill's co-workers & friend to give his mother for Mothers Day.  I am really enjoying paper piecing as of late so I did a lot of it:

If the Shoe Fits  Mom
Polka Doodles  Summer Blossoms
Stamp Simply  Mothers Day
Clearly IStamp  Flowers
Stampin Bee's  Botanical Card
Easy Craft Project  Spring
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Celebration of Moms


I hope you can play along with  Unscripted Sketches however please bear with us as this weeks new posting is not up so use the sketch above and you can check back later to upload.
Well that's all for this morning, I'm off to get my hands dirty in the soil so now Inky and Dirty Fingers Rule! Beth

Flower Stamps  Close To My Heart called Simple Beauty 
Sentiment Create with TLC
Designer Paper  Basic Grey  Sultry 
Ribbon  American Crafts from Torendi
White Gelly Roll Pen   Sakura

Happy Birthday to You ...

You belong in a zoo ... Paper Cutz has a terrifically fun card challenge this week!  Create a child's birthday card using an animal found in the zoo using a hand stamped, digi, or Cricut  image in any colors you so choose. Now I knew right away which image I was going to use.  Last week I was lucky enough to win the grand opening prize at The Studio 13 Hotspot  challenge sight which was 3 digis of my choice and All New Releases for the next 3 months how awesome is that! They are having another fantastic prize and you still have a week to enter so go check them out!  Ok back to the image this was already digitally colored   so I just printed  Feathered &  Fabulous  Lou Lou and she was ready to go! Who knew how totally awesome digitally colored images are? I do now! Here is my card:

See I told you she is fabulous! I wanted as many people to see Shawne's fantastic  image so I tried to search out as many challenges as possible starting with her challenge sight:
Studio 313 Hotspot Challenge  Use something clear, I used dewdrops
A Spoon Full of Sugar  Animals
Lexi's Creations   Animals
Crafty Ann's   Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges   Wings & Flowers
Simon Says  Birthday
PaperPlay  Digi Stamp with Bling

Well I hope you take the time to play along with Paper Cutz this week and then toss something clear into the mix for your chance to win $25.00 store Credit at Studio 313!  Have a great Friday with smiles all around! Beth

Summer Time & The Livin's Easy...

Happy Hump Day to you all! We have another great challenge at Inky Impressions Challenges this week with the theme of Summertime. I am really excited to see what you all come up with because Summer means so many different things to different people. To me it means being hot and out in the sun a lot! Here is my card to prove my point:

I love Flower Lili , flowers are another great thing about summer because I am an avid flower gardener. My daughter has this mini craft sewing machine so I have been tinkering around with it as of late...I really need practice! I would like to enter my card into a few other challenges:
PolyCraft  Here Comes The Sun
Crafty Catz  Spots
Lily Of The Valley  Here Comes The Sun
Incy Wincy Designs  Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday  Make your Own, in my case the funky sun was hand crafted and the background paper created.

Well I'd like to thank you for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the Inkette's Creations:

 Crystal

Chris

Jackie

Cheryl

Domi

Angela

 Pam

Have a great day!

May's kit is awesome!!!

 Do you like to "Color by Number?"

It's Torendi's May Kit of the Month! After Jenn took the photos of the kit and saw all the colors against the numbered Jillibean Soup patterned paper he name came to her.

So here is "Color by Number"!

Are you ready to see?

Yippie today is the Day On The Prairie is available at the Pixie Dust  Studio Shop! Here are the newest releases:

 I am so excited to reveal  my cards to you,  the first card uses the image Wink Pretends . I think this image is so great so do my kiddos, stirring the pot of imagination is such an amazing experience for the young and hopefully old!

The second card combines Tweet Tree and Prairie Pixie:

I love these fairies they are so spirited and the whimsical tree is a perfect addition to this card. Kathy you are the best!  This card I have created for a few challenges as well:
First are foremost Pixie Dust Studio Challenge has a photo inspiration
Penny's Challenges  Shaped card besides square
Easy Craft Projects  Orange
Paper Sundaes  Red, Yellow & Green
Charisma Cards  Girlie Creations
Stampavie and More  Distressing
Quixotic  Distressing
 And Finally  La La Land  Altered Embellishment I used a glitter Pen on my dew drops (see Picture)

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Now go grab your freebie from Kathy at Pixie Dust Studio and some great digis at the shop! Beth

A late night sneak peek

I wanted to give you a sneak peek of another Pixie Dust Studio creation:

Also if you stop by the studio tomorrow you can pick up Glub the Fish as a fun freebie!

 

I can't wait til tomorrow to reveal my cards!  I hope you have sweet dreams On The Prairie!  Beth

Inky Impressions Card

3rd posting scroll down for Pixie Dust Sneak Peeks and Unscripted Sketches


Good Evening I'd like to say goodnight with one more card to enter in several challenges. My card uses one of Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps Nicki's Birdie, she is too precious!

The Challenges I would like to submit to are:
All Sorts  Animals
Secret Saturday Crafter  Friendship
Kaboodle Blog  Embossing
Cuttlebug Spot  Favorite Flowers Flowers (that are layered with embellishments)
Pile It On  Make It Sweet

Well that wraps it up for today however I now plan to visit my blog list, talk to you soon! Beth aka BR-T

A Pixie came down and scattered her dust on me!!!

***second posting today scroll down for Unscripted Sketches

Oh I have super duper news today I am a Paper Pixie for Pixie Dust Studio! Finally I can tell you, I have been holding black...too hard! What's even harder is not sharing with you the creation I made for you in their entirety because I want you to see these new  On the Prairy digis because they are so fabulous! When Kathy sent them to me I was floored to say the least. Today I have a sneak peek for you:

Wouldn't you love to see more? Well there are plenty more peeks just for you and here is a listing of the design team:

Kathy - Illustrator

  Cat

Caz

Jacquie

Jana

Joyce

Karen

Lana - Challenge Coordinator

Lisa F

Lisa

Margie- DT Coordinator

Marsha

Shelly

Suzi

Tammy

Well that's it for now and have a fantastic day of scrapping or whatever your inclined to do! Smiles all around, Beth aka BR-T

Unscripted Sketches & National Scrap Booking Day!!!

How awesome to have a holiday surrounding the world of recording life's moments! This week we have a great sketch at Unscripted Sketches you can choose to create a layout or a card remember it is "Unscripted"!

I pretty excited about my layout, I bought this awesome paper pack from My Mind's Eye called Summer Song and I can't get enough of it! Here is my beautiful daughter 4 years ago...behind I know!

I hope you can stop by to see the rest of the design teams creation because they are  as wonderful as ever. I can't wait to see what you come up with by putting you in US!

Paper Cutz Friday!!!

*****Second posting today scroll down for Studio 313 Grand Opening Challenge

So the week is winding down yeah right more like full speed ahead! This is life in a nutshell, we have these precious babies and the next thing we know is they are graduating! Eeek!!! Graduation indeed, this is the Paper Cutz theme for the week and while I don't own any cap & gown imagery, I own this awesome Yippie Fhiona. Does she celebrate in style or what!

I'd like to include the following challenges for my card:
Wild Flower Patch Challenges  Pink & Orange
Your Next Stamp  Going Dotty
A Spoon Full of Sugar  3d or dimensionality
Charisma Cards  Girlie
Paper Take Weekly  Something Different ( I rarely stamp on patterned paper without paper piecing it)

Well that's it for now please stop by and see the rest of the DT Inspiration and better yet play along!  Have a fabby Friday! Beth aka BR-T