Victoria Case for SCACD-Everyday Gals...

Happy Wednesday!!! I just had to ink up another rubber stamp today....this time it's Ms. Chardonnay, one the the new releases from Victoria Case's collection for SCACD-Everyday Gals! I know some of you have already ordered all the new EB & VC stamps just released yesterday...you're going to have so much fun with them!!!


I used copics and a red prisma marker to match my paper! The DP, SEI, is glossy and embossed! I don't own a regular 'large' scallop punch so I just use my SU! slit punch, it works for me!! lol
My sketch was inspired by the sketch at Create 4 Fun, the color challenge over @ Papertake Weekly just happened to be blk/wht + one, which worked out perfectly, don't ya think? And because I used embossed paper, the ABC challenge-E for embossing!
This card was really inspired by the girls over on Victoria's PCP group, fun chatting....thanks ladies!!!

Hope you all are enjoying your day and you have a chance to be creative today! For some mojo boosts checkout the challenges at Digital Tuesday (use a digi & a heart) OR how about the fun recipe over at the Doodle Palace! Great ways to win some new digis!!!

Blessings!!

New Elisabeth Bell & Victoria Case Stamps!

Look I used rubbah today!!! I had a good reason!!! The New Mini Releases from Elisabeth Bell & Victoria Case for SCACD are available today!!!! 9 am EST! Victoria Case's Every Day Gals collection and Elisabeth Bell's Special Edition Ornament collection!
This EB image is called Surprise, isn't she pretty! The girl and gift box are one stamp, just thought I would show you the versatility of this image!


I used Copics and Prisma pencils, oh and a bit of Creative Inspiration paint (winter frost) for the tissue paper in the gift box. The gold embossed DP is K&co. Can you say shimmery!!
A new challenge blog to me-Scrap & Stamp wanted us to use distressing, which I've done along the edges and sponged!
So here's the list of challenges...
Stamp with Fun~the sketch
Cutie Stampers~Christmas theme.
Everybody Art chall~little gifts.
Created by Hand~play theme. (there is really great inspiration here!)
Scrap & Stamp~distressing.
A Spoonful of Sugar~Christmas card
Creative Card Crew~sparkle
Think Ink Tue (AI)~something that sparkles....not only is the paper twinkly and shimmery, so is the ribbon and the Inspiration paint-that almost seems like a mix between Shimmerz & Smooch!

Ok, Ladies, if you're reading this post....it means those wonderful new stamps are now available for purchase!!! WooHoo Check 'em out under the Victoria Case & Elisabeth Bell labels at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design!!!!!

Shy Bears sending you a Smile!

I am so excited to be showing you my first card made with one of the brand new digital Shy Bears from Squigglefly!!! This one is called Snail Mail Bear, isn't he adorable!


I used the colors from the current SNR Squigglefly color challenge, I thought they were perfect for this card! The sketch is from Carol's Sketch Fun, the blue panel started out as a square then turned to a circle...hope that's ok Carol!!
My design is pretty clean & simple, huh? I find it to be a little more 'mail/post-friendly'!
The challenges I played along with...
Squigglefly SNR color challenge~kraft, ruby red, bayou blue & white.
Carol's Sketch Fun~the sketch.
Crafty Angels~embossing.
CRAFT~no DP.
Ann's GCA~forrest animals.
Whimsy chall~eyelets.
PlayAlongMonday~friendship.
Secret Crafter Sat chall.~animals.
CCEE~use a digi
Res-Q-challenge~a perscription...check it out!
I think that's all of them! lol

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Today is also challenge day at Squigglefly! Kim certainly challenged her group today...pop over to the Squigglefly blog and check it out! They all stepped up and did a fantastic job!!!

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Can you believe this Saturday, October 3rd will be the very first challenge @ Saturday Spotlight Hidden Potential Challenge Blog!!!! Woo Hoo! Oh, and it's a good one!!! lol We, the DT, are soooo ready to show you some great ways to find the hidden potenial in your current stash!!!! Mark your calendars and come join us in making the most of what you have!!!!
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More exciting News!

Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.......

2 Rockin’ Artists and one release date!!!

Tomorrow, September 29th is the release of a Special Edition mini stamp set by the fabulous Elisabeth Bell and another wonderful mini stamp set by the wonderful Victoria Case!!! You won't want to miss these beautifully different & unique stamps!!!! Have you seen the sneak peeks and entered the Candy offer....still a few hours left!!!

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Ok, that should keep you busy for awhile! lol
I'll be back with a very special card just after midnight EST tonight!
Praying peace, joy and much love over you! Blessings!

Digital Shy Bears are Here!

Shy Bears have gone digital!!! They're in the store NOW!!! Squigglefly.com

Shy Bears coming to Squigglefly!!!!

You know the Shy Bears will be released by Squigglefly tomorrow, but
right now the little fellows are a bit shy, so they've been hiding out
on five of Squigglefly's design team members blogs. You need to helpus find them! Go visit the design team blogs and try to find all five bears. Then go to Holly's blog HERE and leave a comment telling her where they are and tomorrow random.org will pick a commenter. If that commenter has all five blogs correct they will get to choose their choice of tw of the new shy bear images making their digi debut tomorrow! Plus Holly is throwing in a goodie bag to boot!!!!

Here's the list of DT......off you go to search.....
Rhonda Zmikly
Kim Rhead
Debby Boltman
Stef Hughes
Shelly Skala
Amanda Teel
Janet Rossi
Heather Huggins
Jeanette Waters
Christy Dillman
Sue Morris
Joy Stagg
Maria Matter
Jodi Stanisch
Jenny Skaggs
Vicki Parson
Holly Young

Blessings!!!!!

Another Card for Paige...

Here's another sweet card for Paige, you can read her story on Erin's blog! Remember, you don't have to be a blogger or even a stamper....you or your children could write a poem, draw a picture or just about anything to lift a little girl's spirits! For my card I used this sweet little mouse from our very own lovely Lori Boyd! How cool is that!!!!

A few weeks ago she offered it as a freebie....thank you Lori!!!! I used K&co papers and prisma pencils, a MS punch and a bit of ribbon! I thought it turned out pretty and girly, I hope Paige likes it!
I enjoyed using this sweet little image and can't wait to see where the Lord is going to lead Lori with her designing!!!

Here are a few challenges I played along with...
Technostamper's Monday Lunchtime sketch challenge, I really like Mary Jo's sketches!!!
Think Ink Tuesday~1 image, 2 diff ribbon, 3 layers and scallops!
Pollycraft Mondaychall.~colors; black, white + one other.
Paperplay chall~spotty, ok only the bottom half of my card is spotty, hope that counts!
Secret Crafter Sat~animal antics!

I hope you have a chance to send Paige a card if you haven't yet! Spreading Joy is a great thing!
Blessings!!!!

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Doodle Palace is offering a yummy candy, Check it out HERE!

Squigglefly is at it again!!!! More fun, more new releases and more candy!!!! ShyBears are coming to Squigglefly!! I'm soooo excited to be part of this awesome digital design team!!!
Check it out HERE! The fun starts on Sunday!!!!

Susana's Custom Art & Card Design will be releasing some new Elisabeth Bell & Victoria Case exclusive SCACD stamps on Tuesday, Sept 29!!!!! And there is HUGE candy being offered right NOW.......click HERE to get in on it!!!!!
No, I'm not part of the team any longer....but I just {{heart}} those ladies so much!!!! And Susana's service is excellent!

Even more candy.....

Lora of Lora's Cards is having a 'just because' candy!! Lora, you're such a sweetheart! Check it out!!! Delish!

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A Beautiful Daffodil!

Happy Friday!!! I have a wonderful card to share with you today! Just look at that lovely daffodil, it was drawn by our very own Glitterbabe, Stef Hughes!!! I feel so honored to be using her lovely image....she's sharing it as a FREEbie!!! Thanks so much Stef, you are so generous!!!


It makes a lovely card, don't ya think? It's colored with prisma pencils and brushed with yellow Pearl-Ex. I found these fun purple & gray digi papers yesterday @ Cajoline-scrap and wanted to use them! I used the sketch from Sketch & Stash, I love this classic kind of sketch, it worked out perfectly!

These are some of the challenges I played along with this time...
Sketch & Stash~the sketch and Stef's lovely daffodil
Stamp Something~fav sketch.
Danni's Flutterby Wed~a flower and flutter.
Alphabet chall~Y for yellow!

I hope you're having a wonderful Friday!!! We're having an absolutely gorgeous day here in PA, beautiful temps, sunshine and a light breeze! Perfect!

We saw flocks of geese starting their journey south and the trees are just starting to change!! Enjoy some photos of our country view!




Blessings!!!

Sew Many Cards

Happy Thursday everyone!!! Here's another fun card! This is a Sewn Together image...isn't he sweet?!


He's colored with copics and paper pieced with some scraps of digi paper and embossed DP from Colorbok! Doodle stitched with SU marker and white gel pen!

I've been wanting to play along in the Sewn Together Tuesday challenge for some time, so when I saw this sweetie FREEbie they were offering, I just had to take the time!
Here are the challenges...
Sewn Together chall~use image.
Makeesha Byl's chall~the sketch.
La-La Weekly Wed chall~paperpiecing.
Crafty Angels~die cuts/punches (squares & circles)
Diva Coffee Break Design~colors.
Simon Says~stitching.
Created by Hand~texture.
Res-Q-challenge~a unique recipe!

That's it! Hope you're having a fun day! Be Blessed!

Merry Christmas from The Doodle Palace

Well, I did it, I made a Christmas card! I had to........just look at this cute little image! lol The Doodle Palace New Releases are coming out today!!! Actually, they have new releases every Wednesday....always something new at the Palace!!!

This is one of the brand spanking new images, Santa & Rudolph. I used copics & prisma markers, SU cs colors-olive and ruby red along with K&co DP. And lots of glitter!!!
The sketch is from Tuesday Morning Sketches...I really liked this one! All the bling is for the Paper Cutz challenge and since I used my MS scallop punch, I'll play along with the Pile It On challenge this week!

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The new Doodle Palace challenge went up last night. It's a sketch and color combo. The winner will receive FREE digis and a GUEST Design Team spot...how exciting is that!!!
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On the homefront******************
Can you believe I'm still cleaning out?? I'm probably going to regret throwing everything out later! lol My hubby is even getting into the clean out mode. He took everything out of the deep freeze and reorganized it! I'm now thawing out 'mystery meat' in the frig! So we truly are wondering 'what's for dinner?' lol We did find some concord grapes, so the kids will be making grape butter later today! yum!

Arrrgh, Pirates at The Cutting Cafe!

Here's a fun one! Ahoy Matey! printable stamps are at The Cutting Cafe! I enlarged the treasure map for my background, printed it on cream fibery paper, tore it and sponged it....Ooo, doesn't it look authentic?!!! lol

You landlovers would call that distressing! I bling-ed up the booty with some chunky glitter! Too fun!
I had fun with some of these challenges too! The Cupcake Craft challenge was distressing, we established that one! The ladies at Creative Twist wanted us to pick a classic movie for our theme. Well, I had to pick one of our all time favorites....Muppet's Treasure Island! lol Let's move on, the Alphabet Challenge letter was an 'X'....do you see my X, it marks the spot!! Scrapbooking Stampede wanted us to show a technique which I think the distressing qualifies and the Banana Split Sunday gals gave up a recipe to follow...perfect for us map loving crafters!
Like I said, I had some fun with this one! lol Checkout all the pirate stamps available at The Cutting Cafe! Regina even included stamps for birthday invitations!!!

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Tomorrow is Doodle Palace's weekly New Release day....some fun Christmas images!
The new challenge is up too......and don't forget to snag the FREEbie on the sidebar!!

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Oh have you heard...
Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.......

2 Rockin’ Artists and one release date!!!

Coming on September 29th the release of a Special Edition mini stamp set by the fabulous Elisabeth Bell and another wonderful mini stamp set by the wonderful Victoria Case!!! You won't want to miss these beautifully different & unique stamps!!!!

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Thanks for stopping by and making me smile! Blessings!

Digital Tuesday Challenge day

Happy, happy Tuesday!!! It's Digital Tuesday Challenge day and our lovely hostess this week is Michelle! She chose a perfect challenge for this first day of Autumn...Falling Leaves!

And I had this perfect image from Fred She Said....Emma in the Leaves! She's colored with prisma pencils, copics and prisma markers. The leaves are covered with autumn colored glitter, wish ya could see it! I used the Crafts 4 Eternity sketch but it showed offset panels behind the main panel....My card size was too small for that, so with a bit of 'out of the box' thinking I chose to use the tree stamp instead! The embossed swirls are to imitate the feel of wind, blowing all those magically colored leaves! I didn't have a sentiment for this one......any ideas?????

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this week @ Digital Tuesday, I love visiting everyone and seeing your lovely creations!

Here are the challenges I played with for this card...
DIGITAL TUESDAY~theme falling leaves and use a digi image!
Crafts 4 Eternity~the sketch along with orange & brown colors.
Ooh La La~shades of autumn.
Stamp with Fun~autumn.
Creative Belli~fall/halloween.
Stamp Something~fav. colors (sponsored by Doodle Palace, win some digis!)
Stampin'Sisters in Christ~fall colors.
The Digi Shack~fall colors.
Cupcake Inspiration chall~delicious autumn decorated cupcakes...yum!!

So much fun! I hope the sun is shining where you are! This first day of Autumn is quite dreary here, but I do see some trees starting to change colors! The beauty of nature.....nothing compares!!! Blessings!

Hey Pumpkin Bear!

ETA: FREEbie Available over at the Doodle Palace blog!

Oh, isn't this beary cute?! Even though my lovely daughter is a teen, I still call her pumpkin bear at times! lol Well, I had me a little break and this is what I made....

I used one of the recent fall releases from Doodle Palace, pumpkin bear! He's colored with copics and prismas. I layered SU! cocoa and olive with Basic Grey junebug DP. My little tag holder is a simple orange paperclip with an olive ribbon and CG circle punched sentiment. Two cocoa eyelets hold the embossed olive strip in place. I thought it turned out kinda cute! Love working with fall colors!!!

Here's some challenges I played along with...
Doodle Palace~orange & green.
Tree House Stamps~rounded corners.
One Stop Craft~teddy bears.
Basic Grey~embossing.
Play Along Monday~a recipe.
Color Chef~colors.
Lili of the Valley~colors.
Twisted Thursday~sketch and halloween embellishment. sorry ladies, no halloween emb. so I just went with the orange paperclip! :)

That was fun, now I'm off to do another 27 Fling Boogie! lol Any questions, ask FlyLady! Blessings!!!

Life Is Good

Happy, happy Monday!!! We're having a beautiful day here in PA, for the last day of summer! The temps are cooler, football season has started, yep, I'm a happy pup and life is good! So I made a card...

...I love cheese, so this could easily be me! lol
Today is the wonderful Squigglefly challenge day! Rhonda chose a sketch for us to follow and you should see all the variations the super talented DT came up with! I hope you'll grab your Squigglefly images and play along!
This image is called The Big Cheese! There is embossing on the top two gray panels, though a bit hard to see in the photo. The sentiment is CG and my image is colored with markers! Another clean & simple card, which fits my life perfectly right now!!!

I'm still fall cleaning...and I'm ready to just throw out everything, how does one accumulate sooo much stuff! There's household stuff, kid stuff, homeschooling stuff, and now our business stuff, geeshzzz! God gave me a heart to love people not stuff......so I will continue to declutter and clean until the only things I need to maintain are my relationships! lol
Have a super delicious day! Blessings!!!

Chins up Steeler fans...we never stay down long! And Yay, NY Giants, we did pretty good in that new Cowboy stadium!!!!

Fred She Said New Releases!

Have you seen these awesome new releases from Fred She Said??? Aren't they beautiful? I love working with Tracey's flowers!











I'll be back later with details!
Blessings!

The Digi Shack Bat....

or did you say Cat??? Ok, one of my favorite reasons for making cards is....you can have a card for every occasion! Like...congratulations on your new cat! Or add a little humor to the situation....



...isn't it fun to use stamps in a non-conventional way! We don't really celebrate halloween, but I have all these super adorable images! So, being inspired by the awesomely talented Vicki from Stamped Smiles, I found some hidden potential in my Digi Shack Batty stamp! lol

I found this kitty cat digi paper somewhere online for free (I'll try to find it again to give credit)! The eggplant colored SU paper is embossed with CB distressed stripes. The zigzag stitching is faux, used a Hot off the Presses clear stamp....the brads are faux too.

Here are some fun challenges I played with...
Crafty Cardmakers~sketch
SCS CC235 Black, Olive, Eggplant.
Stamping B's~humor.
Creative Belli~fall/halloween.
La-La-Weekly Wed chll~3 embellies=ribbon, brads, stitching.
My Grafico~1image,2 papers,3 embellies/fall.
Papertake Weekly~faux anything.
The Digi Shack~fall colors...I hope these count Toni, I did use a DS image!!!!! lol


Reminders....
SNR Card Universe Digi Day is being sponsored by Squigglefly tonight 8pm EST, Holly & Stef have some great plans for us...you know with those two we're certainly going to have fun!!!

Also, I'm so excited to welcome the new ladies to our Spotlight Diva team, woohoo....check it out over at SPOTLIGHT SATURDAY with HIDDEN POTENTIAL!!!! And there's still time to get in on the HUGE candy!!!!


Ok, that's it for now, I'll be back later to show you some cards from the garden!!! Blessings!

Squigglefly Blog Hop today!

Welcome to the Squigglefly Blog Hop!!!! Over the last two days there have been some sneak peeks of the NEW Squigglefly images from our brand NEW artist Crissy Armstrong...we are soooo excited to have her as part of the Squigglefly family!!! So today's hop is in her honor! Yay Crissy! I used this fun image-three cat pile! I actually considered paper piecing these sweet kittens in fun patterns...wouldn't that be zany?!

I settled on realistic kitty colors this time though so I could use these happy colors of green, black, white and gray! They are this weeks color challenge on the SNR Squigglefly group page from Stef! The sketch is from Card Patterns and is being sponsored this week by The Cutting Cafe! I forced myself to use some buttons! LOL I'm trying! Hey, don't forget tomorrow, Sat the 19th the SNR Squigglefly group will have another Digi Day...with prizes !

Ok, back to the hop... remember to leave comments along the way........we will randomly pick a winner for a huge prize!!!!
Here is the blog hop order...so you're next stop is MANDEE!

Squigglefly Blog will be the starting point

Bumblebee Creations
Rhonda Zmikly's blog

Christy's Zaney Creations
Christy Dillman's blog

Corrosive Creations
Janet's blog

Crazy For Daisies
Joy Stagg's Blog

Debby's Stuff
Debby Boltman's blog

From My Stamp Room
Kim Rhead's Blog

Inky Wishes by Jenny
Jenny Skaggs's blog

Joyful Stamper
Maria Matter's blog YOU ARE HERE!

Mandee's Dandee's
Amanda Teel's blog

My Creative Expressions
Jodi Stanisch's Blog

Glitterbabe Greetings
Stef's blog

Hopefully Heather's Stuff
Heather Huggins Blog

Jaspere's Little Corner
Shelly's Blog

h20 Creations
Jeanette's Blog

Stamped Smiles
Vicki Parson's blog

Hogwild About Stamping

Holly Young's blog

Crissy's Art n' Heart
Crissy Armstrong's blog


Have fun hopping and thanks for stopping by! Praying peace, joy and much love over you...Blessings!

Squigglefly sneak peek!

Have you seen some of the new Squigglefly images by our brand new artist Crissy Armstrong? This one is called Bubble Fish...


...it has been so dreary here, I can't get a good pix. I was going to show you this yesterday but couldn't find the sun!!!! I used colors from the Color Throwdown challenge and the sketch from the Res-Q-Challenge ladies....they're bacccckkkk! yay! I glitzed and glittered my fishy and the DP is embossed with sparkles too! The bubbles are glazed with Crystal Effects and the yellow strip is embossed with the circley CB folder! Rosie & Dee's challenge this week was a bit of a recipe as was Simon Says...checkout their challenge blogs if you would like to play along!!

The sentiment is CG...Time for Bubbles....inside...to be interpreted by the recipient! hehe

The big Squigglefly Blog Hop will start tomorrow at 6 am EST! So I'll meet you back here then!
Blessings!

Digi Stamp Boutique-Olive

Hello! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday! I'm still fall cleaning, though it' not all 'bad'...I did find my autumn decorations and that makes me very happy! We even have our very first pumpkin...it grew from a huge vine stretching out from the compost pile!!!
Today, I have a card to show you from my stamping frenzy the other day....

...this is Olive from the Digi Stamp Boutique! They have the cutest stamps and very affordable. I purchased a few some time ago after Donna B. 'twisted' my arm!!! lol Actually, she makes the most wonderful cards and I just had to have these sweet little kitties she was using!!!
Over on one of my sweet DT sister's blog, Heather, I saw a new challenge...Scrapbooking Stampede! Thanks Heather! When I checked it out, it was this sketch and a color challenge! Well, I just happened to have DP paper perfect for the challenge...and this card was born! I added the scallops for Penny's Challenge and Creative Inspirations wanted to see animals this week, so I was happy to oblige!

I'll be back later with a new Squigglefly creation.......the sneak peeks start today!
It's all so exciting...new images, a new SF artist, a blog hop on Friday and a Digi Day on the SNR group page Saturday night! Of course there will be PRIZES all around!!!!!

Ok, back to cleaning!
Blessings!!

Echinacea in Watercolor

Happy, happy Tuesday!!!
Welcome to another Digital Tuesday Challenge! This week our lovely hostess is Martha and she's asked us to make a Clean & Simple Fall card! We are sponsored by the fabulous Kathryn of KLM Designs! They have a variety of images to choose from, but I just adore their flower line. So I chose this Echinacea image....

...apparently I'm into watercoloring now and doodling! I didn't do faux stitching on this one, just the 'ole dot/dash doodle! lol Very clean and simple, huh?

I'm still enthralled in fall cleaning, so this is a rather short and sweet post!

The Challenges...
Digital Tuesday Chall~Clean & Simple fall card, use a digi image!
Twisted Thursday~sketch, orange & purple.
Color Dare~colors.
A Spoonful of Sugar~fall card.

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this week!!! Have a glorious day! Blessings!!!

New Fall Releases coming to the Palace!

I told you, I'd be back!!! Exhausted! Fall cleaning is for the birds! Actually, the birds don't fall clean....they leave it and move to a new house! Hmmmm!
Well, here is a little sneak peek for the new releases coming this Wednesday to Doodle Palace!!! This sweet little scarecrow is from the Fall Set...


...I just had to paper piece those overalls when I saw this digi paper over at Gina K.'s StampTV!! Isn't it perfect?! I embossed the brown strip behind the image with the pumpkin vine folder then covered it up, duh? lol

The challenges...
Doodle Palace Tue chall~ A Digital Image, One Piece of Designer Paper and A Ribbon.
Charisma Cardz~patchwork.
OCC~fall card
Treehouse Stamps~fall card
The Sweet Shop~sketch.
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Now off to visit you! Blessings!!!

Pumpkins & Witches, Oh My!

Happy Monday everyone! Hope your week is off to a good start! Here's a little card I made the other day...

The image was a freebie from Sassy Studio Designs the other month. And since they're getting ready for their new fall release soon, I thought I would use it for the recent color challenge. She's colored with prisma pencils and copics for skin and hair!
My card is made using the pumpkin shaped card template from The Cutting Cafe!! Topped it off with my fav olive organza ribbon! Too fun!

The challenges...
Sassy Studio designs~colors
Whimsy Challenge~fall colors
Stamp Something~fav. embellishment
Alphabet chall.~ the letter W
That's it for today, I'm off to do more decluttering/fall cleaning! Will be around tonight to visit!!

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Stampy News...

Squigglefly will be having a BLOG HOP this friday, Sept 18, with MEGA CANDY!!!! Can't wait until Friday???? Sneak peeks of some new images will start Wed on some DT blogs!!! The images will be available to purchase on Saturday....oh, they are soooo wonderful! I'm having so much fun! nuff said!

Doodle Palace will be releasing new images this Wednesday....getting ready for fall and coming seasons! I'll have a sneak peek to share later today!!!!

Regina has a new special going on over at The Cutting Cafe with her new 'Kitchen' release!

And remember, if you've used a digital image this week of a teen, child or baby, you still have a few hours to enter it in The Digital Tuesday challenge for an awesome prize!!!

Have a super day! Blessings!!!

Digital Ink Co- Poppy

ETA: New photo...the sun came out!


Happy Saturday!!!! We are surrounded by mud today...rain, rain go away! I so wish I had better lighting for photos!! The Digital Ink Co. is had their very first challenge this week and even gave us this lovely poppy to play with...how cool is that?!


I totally had fun making this card and watercoloring the poppy! I used K&co and SU! papers, faux stitching, my MS punch, and my CM cutting system to do the 'outta of the box' technique. The tangerine strip is CB'd and sponged, sentiment from SU! so many sayings. I really like these colors together!

I had to use this multi layer sketch I saw over at Create 4 Fun and the color challenge from Lili of the Valley. Crafty Creations wanted us to use embossing while Lots To Do encouraged us to watercolor. Yes, you can watercolor digis! I added the stitching, which I think really finishes a card nicely, for the wonderful Whimsy Challenge and Created by Hand challenge. The Ooh La La theme this past week was floral fantasy and Die Cut Dreams was orange and brown. There are just so many fun challenges out there to encourage our crafting, I can help but play along!!!

Don't forget Regina is having a Cupcake Sale over at The Cutting Cafe....click on my cupcake card at the top of my sidebar!!!!!

Well, off to do all those things we do on the weekend! Have a fabulous Saturday! Blessings!!!

Squigglefly-Flower Mice

Happy Friday lovelies! Today I share with you a sweet little Squigglefly image; Flower Mice. Our dear sweet Stef over at the SNR Squigglefly group throws us a color challenge every Sat, which means a new one will be up by tomorrow or later today!!! This past week was peach/green and gray. Now gray is not a color I reach for or even have in my stash, so I really had to think on this one...thanks Stef!!! :) Well, here's what I came up with....



This is such a sweet little image, how could I go wrong. With a few little extras like the charm and stitching I think it turned out kinda cute. The top of the little layered flower on the side was punched from tissue paper, yea, I had grander illusions of what I was going to do with that tissue paper but this is what came of it in the end! lol At least I remembered to add glitter....that's for you Stef!

Here are the challenges...
Secret Crafter Sat~hearts & flowers.
Lots to Do~tissue paper.
Sat. Workout(closed)~doodling.
Crafts 4 Eternity~sketch & use mice
SNR Squigglefly Color Chall~colors.
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Fun Squigglefly news came the other day so stay tuned for that!!!!

Oh and I also want to mention The Cutting Cafe is having a cupcake sale this weekend! Doesn't that sound delish.....click on the cupcake card at the top of my sidebar for all the yummy info! Regina is always so generous....so don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity!!!!

In other news, Tracey at Fred, She Said has announced her second term design team! She's also working on some pretty awesome 'stuff'!!! And there are 2 spots open on the team for some special ladies....check it out and see if you are just what she is looking for!!!

And don't forget the Candy and blinkie at the fabulously new challenge blog....
...started by our beloved Vicki from Stamped Smiles! Check it out!!!

ok, that should be enough links to keep you busy for now! I might even be back with more! lol
Know you are loved and valued here, have a super sparkly day! Blessings!!!!

It's Fire Pup!

Have you seen the new releases from the Doodle Palace??? This is Fire Pup, isn't he cute?! This Fire Pup image and sentiment are just a few in a set of six created to honor our firefighter heros! They also released some new halloween images!
I made this card for my BIL, he's a volunteer fireman and celebrates his birthday right around 9-11! Hopefully, he'll recieve this with a sense of humor! hehe

I colored with prisma markers and shined up the water with dazzling diamonds. I couldn't find striped paper in the colors I needed, so I made my own! Simply cut equal strips of cardstock, run some adhesive across your base and start lining up the strips! How fun is that!

I can't wait to play with another one of these little spotted fellows in the set....if you don't know a firefighter personally, you could always make a thank you card for your local fire company. Why not drop it off with a basket of muffins or cookies! That would surely bring a smile to some faces, wouldn't it?

Here are some challenges that helped create this card...
TGIF~funny animals.
Polka Doodles~spots & stripes.
The Pink Elephant~the colors.
Pile It On~birthday.
All Sorts~male card.
Paperplay~no DP.
Banana Split Sunday~stripes/dots.
Monday Lunchtime sketch~the sketch.
Too fun!

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Well, I totally missed 'spring' cleaning in April, so I'm trying to get a head start on fall cleaning. Definitely not one of my fav things to do! I do like to be organized though, it's essential in a big family! So, I'm thinking of doing this the FLYLADY way....does anyone else use that technique. I stuck to it a little better when the kids were little, survival and all. So I did the 27 fling boogie and just about filled a trash bag! lol I also set my timer and spent 15 mins cleaning off our bedroom sofa....piles of clothes- to mend, to give away, to throw away, to distribute....baby steps, right?!!!

I hope you're having a sparkly day! Blessings!

A Lani-scape and some awards!

Happy, happy Wednesday everyone! I wanted to show you a wintery card today, I'm sooo not ready to make Christmas cards yet but at least I'm in the winter season...

This is winter Lani from The Digi Shack, isn't she just lovely?? Toni asked us to make a 'Lani' scape...a Lani image in a scene. So, I made a snowbunny Lani. lol She's colored with copics/prismas and glamed up with glitter and dazzling diamonds! Too Fun!
The snowbanks were cut using the creative memories cutting system, distressed and sponged with bashful blue. The snowflakes are white craft embossed! I wasn't sure what occasion I'll use it for yet, so no sentiment!!!

The sketch from Stamps and Smiles was perfect for my scene as was the theme at My Time to Craft~polka dot party! Of course my party is a snow party! hehe The La-La Weekly Wednesday challenge was to add distressing and the Wednesday Stampers have an open theme this week, so everyone can play along with that one!!

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Well, we are all buzzing at Squigglefly today awaiting the big announcement! How exciting!!!
Yet another reason to stay tuned!
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And now some sweet awards...
I've been blessed with so many lovely people in my life since coming to blogland, thank you for your friendships!!!

Alanna of Alanna's Spot in the World Thank you Alanna!

Tracy of Queenies Thank you Tracy!!!

Both these lovely ladies are so kind and encouraging, with wonderful blogs, please stop by and check them out!!!!

I hope you all have a fabulous day! Blessings!!!

Digital Tuesday for Miss Bitty

Yay, It's time for another Digital Tuesday Challenge and the hostess this week is..........ME!!! I would like you to USE a Teen/Child/Baby digital image on your project this week!! We have a new sponsor for this challenge, Cut It Out Papercrafts....check them out, their images are sooo adorable!!!

I just had to use one of my very favorite images from Fred, She Said, Miss Bitty! This set comes with so many lovely images of Miss Bitty as a girl, fairy and 'bug' and all with different dresses to choose from!!! I chose the girl with plain dress so I could paper piece her with this beautiful Driggs digi paper! I used copics on her hair and skin! The swirls are sizzix and the olive layer is embossed with CB's with love border folder.

So print out some digi kids and play along with us so we can all visit your blogs and oogle your creations! lol
I originally took this outside photo not realizing the shadow, but the kids wanted to know why there was a stake in her heart! lol Through the eyes of a child......


Ok, here are the challenges...
Friday Sketchers~the sketch. hi Aud {waving}
If the Shoe fits...Scrap it!~orange, red, yellow.
Charisma Cardz~swirls, curls.
Stamp Something~fav stamp......this is my fav paper too!
Bee Crafty~use digi image and digi paper.
Digital Tuesday Challenge~use teen/child/baby digital image.

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Bee Crafty downloads is celebrating 6 months of business! woot! woot! Congratulations MB!
And she has candy...alot of candy!!! Pop over to her blog and check it out!!!! Crafts by Bee
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Enjoy your Tuesday! Blessings!

Squigglefly Challenge #18

HAPPY LABOR DAY, USA!!!!

Good Monday Morning! Welcome the start of the new week with a fun challenge from Squigglefly! Today our lovely hostess Rhonda has challenged us to use the colors red & green and add some stars! Now, at first that sounds like a recipe to make a Christmas card but I wanted to show you a 'different' way to go...


Remember, you can use any shades of red and green....so I went with burgandy and olive! The circle sentiment is one of the newer Squigglefly 'text' images....this set contains three images for only .99 cents!!!! How cool is that?! So grab your Squigglefly images and play along....there are always free images available on the store site and don't forget the .99 cent bin....so much to choose from!

Did you see this over on the Squigglefly blog...

Surprise Countdown...

I hope everyone is getting ready for some awesome surprises coming soon! DT - get ready - you'll be getting some amazing news on September 9th!

Everyone else - clear your calendars! September 19th is going to be HUGE! Check back here on September 16th for some sneak peeks and teasers!

Well, that sounds exciting doesn't it! No one knows what's going to happen! (well obviously someone knows) but the DT haven't even been informed yet!!! I can't wait!!! So stay tuned!

I hope you have a terrific Monday!!! Abundant Blessings!

Perfect Card for Today

I thought this would be a perfect card for a relaxing Sunday!
The weather has been gorgeous all week long and continues today!

This is one of the brand spanking new images Toni released last night at The Digi Shack SNR party! I made this card for the speed challenge....however, I missed the deadline! I was searching thru cyberspace for the perfect digi paper and found way too much to look at! lol Obviously, I get sidetracked too easily!!!

Can you believe this gorgeous Adirondak chair was only a $1....isn't that totally cool?!! AND, last night Toni also made a BIG announcement....that all her images will now only be a $1 except, of course, the sets and Lanis! Way to go Toni!!!! Click HERE to read about it!!!

I finally decided on was this dotted gold/cream DP at Crisdam Designs called fall fun! I thought it coordinated nicely with my burnt orange textured cs! The sentiment is CG and layered on a dark burgandy cs, the raffia and leaf brad are from my stash. KJ has these colors for the Color Chef challenge this week! yay! They work well for a fall card!

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Well, yesterday was a day for us to cut and store some firewood for the coming season...can you believe we'll be cranking up the woodstoves in a few weeks!! Usually we start burning season around the end of Sept...just at night to take the chill off! But who knows this year, it has been such a peculiar summer!!!
Praying Peace, Joy and much Love over you! Blessings!