Fun Frilled Challenge, Clean and Simple Card for Mother's Day

Here's a card I made for Mother's Day for the Fun Frilled Blog challenge, this card is simple and quick and you could easily replace the "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment with something else. Hope you enjoy and be sure to keep an eye out on my blog this week, lots of fun stuff going on!

Recipe:

• Stamp: CTMH Happy Mothers Day
• Paper: Sandylion Roses Foil, SU Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo
• Punch: Martha Stewart, Nestabilities Circle and Scalloped Circle
• Other: Flower (silk from a bush), Organza Ribbon, Rhinestone, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Textiles

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge, Sketch, Happy Bird Day!

I know it's been quiet here on my blog just lately, but that means I've been feverishly working on some new things I can't quite "release" yet (did you read between the lines? New images from Dustin Pike!), not too mention my job has gotten a little hectic AND we've been visiting with out-of-town relatives...so we're a touch on the hectic side...ANYWAY...
TODAY the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge is a sketch (see photo below), and this is my version of it. I used my new stamp set from All That Scraps (I won earlier last month), Tweeties from CC Designs and paired my little bird up with paper from MME. I colored him in with my Copics and added some stickles to his balloon. In the corner I added the little candles I got from my stash (they came from Hobby Lobby's scrapbooking buttons section). Hope you like and thanks for looking...photos and recipe below!

Recipe:

• Stamps: Tweeties from CC Designs
• Paper: MME
• Embossing: Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Rectangular
• Punch: Fiskars Threading Water
• Other: Organza Ribbon, Candle Buttons by Hobby Lobby, Paper Clip by the Paper Studio

It's Freebie Wednesday at Dustin Pikes...

...OK, so I KNOW I'm a day late (and USUALLY a dollar short!) I worked until 8:30 last night AND THEN went grocery shopping, I digress, BUT Dustin Pike has his Wednesday Free-BEE up (I'm giving you a "little" hint as to what it could BEE...hmmm????) I'm only giving you ONE guess...LOL...ANYWAY, while you are over there he's have some "stimulus specials" on his images...he has a package that is 10 images for $10 and boy are they EVER CUTE! (I'm in love with the Frog and I've got a card in mind for it!) and they hint at Father's Day ...which will be here before you know it...so drop in, look around, grab a free image or two... and..I'll be back...(I'm thinking Arnold Schwartzenager just dropped by...I'll be back...LOL). Ciao for now!

Digital Tuesday Challenge: Teacher Apprecation Week

Well it's Teacher Apprecation Week this week and the challenge at Digital Tuesday Challenge is to create a card or project to Thank A Teacher!
Since I know many are tight on funds, but love to give from the heart and want to give something useful, I decided a bookmark would be the ideal thing to give a teacher! I love this corner bookmark, it's super simple to make and I found a tutorial on how to make it here.
I used one of the newest images from Digital Stamp Oasis, A Day in School (isn't Susie Squirrel so adorable? I just love her!). I printed this image out 2X making one 3X larger than the first. I colored my larger image first (the apple) and cut it out and then stickled to give it extra "oomph", I then colored the image in it's entirety and used my circle Nestabilities to cut it out. I wanted to keep my embellishments to a minimum as I didn't want them to mar up any pages in a book.
Be sure to join us this week at Digital Tuesday Challenge, our prize this week are the winners choice of images from Digital Stamp Oasis.
I hope you enjoy, it was a simple project that you and your children can do together to thank their teacher(s) this week. Thanks for looking, a few photos below, as well as the recipe.

Recipe:

• Stamp: Digital Stamp Oasis A Day in School
• Paper: DP by My Minds Eye, Cardstock by SU
• Dies: Nestabilitie Circle and Scallop Circle
• Other: Copics, Ribbon

What a FUN FRILLED Day!

Ok, so first I make the DT for Dustin Pike (and HELLO to all my NEW fellow DT members...I'll get around to posting on your blogs...I promise!), and as if THAT wasn't enough, I wander over to the Fun Frilled Blog to see who won the $300 Just Rite Prize...why lil ol' me!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooo excited, all those stamps...mmmmmm.........yummy! So guess what you'll be seeing in the near future...LOL....

and hey...be sure to drop by Fun Frilled, they've got GREAT prizes and they have a monthly drawing...and for each weeks entry is yet ANOTHER chance to win...they've got FUN FUN FUN challenges, so be sure to drop by and give it a whirl...fun challenge blog, great prizes...what do you have to lose? I'LL certainly be entering again! LOL...

Lots of "stuff" to share!!!!

First I just "read" the news that I made the DT for Dustin Pike! This is very exciting! I absolutely adore his images! So you'll be seeing lots more Dustin Pike stuff from me very soon!

Second, please be sure you stop by and play with us at the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog. All you need to do is follow the challenge with a digital image somewhere on your card, there are tons of freebies around! We've got great digital prizes for those that participate, and who couldn't use more stamps?

Third, we have returned from yet "another" horse show, this one was a bit smaller than we are used to, but the clients seemed to have a good time and did well in the showpen, everyone came home with something good. While we were there, a photographer had a booth set up for pet pictures...so I went grabbed my hounds of "h.e.double hockey sticks" and headed up... she wanted to put them in a bathtub she had found in Texas and was anxious to use it...so first up were the heelers...now if you've ever, EVER dealt with animals and photography it can be a "grueling" process...I've done plenty of pictures with horses (win pics) and trying to get the animals to sit still and "smile" can be harrowing at best...then start multiplying that by the # of animals in the picture and well...you get the jest of it...LOL...so first up were my red heelers Hank (left) and Ruby (right) and once I got them settled in the tub...you are looking at a 2 minute photo shoot...star models they were...HOWEVER the Jack Russell (JR...how original for a name I know...I DIDN'T name him, that's what he came with) proved to be 4 DIFFERENT photo shoots and a 1/2 hour later, why one SMALL dog took sooo much longer than 2 Larger dogs is beyond me...but the photographer was oh.so.patient and I think our photos turned out oh.so.cute. (in fact the photographer used the Heelers photo for her display table...mmm, proud fur-mommy moment). So I thought I'd share, I don't have any 2 legged children, so I'll share my 4-legged ones!


Thanks for joining me today! Be sure to stop by tomorrow, I'll have a cute little gift type project up for the Digital Tuesday Challenge!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #5: Mother's Day

This weeks Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #5 is Mother's Day! This week our image was provided for us by Sketching Stamper Digi-Stamps (if you like anime...they have some great ones...totally adorable!) I decided this week to do a simple card, nothing with much fuss and something I can recreate about 9X (yes you read that right 9X...why 9X? That's how many mother's day cards I need to make between dh and I), so I needed something that would go super fast!

I have been ITCHING to use my Kraft cardstock that I ordered, so I thought this would be a great time to use it! I layered it with some glittered DCWV (sweet shoppe) paper and put my image on top, which was colored with Copics and then Stickled (not showing up well in the photo). Like I said, this was a super simple card, but I hope you enjoy! Why not join us this week and make a Mother's Day card, you know you're going to anyway, why not get in on the fun and possibly win a prize?! Thanks for dropping by today and be sure to visit the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge blog to see what other Mother's Day cards can spark your creativity!
Recipe:

• Stamp: Tulip Bowl by Sketching Stamper Digi-Stamps
• Paper: SU Kraft, DCWV Sweet Shoppe
• Other: MS Lace Punch Border, Nestabilities Scallop Rectangle, American Crafts Ribbon, Foofala Button, Twine, Sewing Machine, White Thread.