Meljen's Designs card & CUC new challenge

Our Craft Us Crazy challenge blog has a new challenge going on right now. This time we would love to see your Mother's Day or Flower creations. I went with the flowers on this card. One of our sponsors for this challenge is Meljen's Designs. They gave me this beautiful Victorian Birdcage image to play with. Isn't it just the sweetest little birdie singing it's little heart out. Pop on over there to see all of the cute cute cute images she has for you. She gives away a freebie every Monday on Meljen's Design Team & Challenge blog. The winner of this challenge will receive their choice of 4 digi images. How great is that!
I colored my image with my Copic markers & used Nitwits new Promises collection for my DP. The purples & blues in these collection are so beautiful & print up so nicely.

Card recipe:
Copics used:
birdie: R11, E53, B000, B00, B02,
outline: B0000 & B60
Cage: B60 & BV31
Leaves: G21, G24 & G40

NitWits DP: Promises
Prima large ivory flower
Recollections mulberry mini roses
Pearls are K&Co. Studio112
Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass (blue) & Milled Lavender
Nesties: Oval, Scalloped Oval & Curved Rectangles
Lavender ribbon & glitter from my stash

I'm entering this card in these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Challenge #56 Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges: White space
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: Springtime
Stamp Something: Somethings with wings
Totally Paper Crafts: Glitter

As always.......thanks so much for taking your time to visit my blog & for leaving your oh so sweet comments. It really makes my day a little brighter & happier!
Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Two CUC DT Stamp Fairy cards

Our Craft Us Crazy #6 challenge is still going on. You still have a wee bit of time to enter your "THINKING OF YOU w/SENTIMENT and/or ANIMALS" creations. We're so proud of our monthly sponsor for April. It's the FABulously cuuuuuute Stamp Fairy. They also have tons of freebies for you to play with & color to your heart's content. So please stop by & see their cute, cute, cute images.

This is the adorable Stamp Fairy Lenny Bear with flowers that they so generously gave me to play with. Doesn't he look so cute & huggable. I had so much fun with this card. It's full of girlie pinks & greens (my FAVorite color combo) & flowers & swirls. I tried to tone down the glitter (which is hard for me) since I had so much foo foo going on. LOL I colored him with my Copic markers.

I used my Nesties and my Magnolia Doohickey die cuts Swirl & Leaf and Romantic Lace. Recollections pink flowers are from Michael's (they had so many other pretty colors too....yellows, reds, blues, oranges, neutrals, etc.). My DP came from K&Company "Susan Winget's Spring Blossom" which can be found at JoAnn's Crafts. The little butterfly was cut using my Martha Stewart "monarch butterfly" punch.

This card is going to my daughter-in-law for her birthday. We share the same day (although she's much much younger.....LOL). And since I'm a twin I also share it with my twin brother. LOL

I'm entering this card in these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp: emboss (I've embossed the background yellow DP & the circle behind Lenny)
Creative Inspirations: pets / animals
Cute Card Thursday: No text
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #99 Flowers
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Glitter / Glitz
Prairie Fairy: #51 April showers bring May flowers
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge: Springtime

The FABulous Stamp Fairy also gave me this darling image to play with. Isn't she a cutie! Her name is Patsy April Showers 4 and you can pick her up for a play date at Stamp Fairy.


This is a birthday card to celebrate our Color Me Creative first birthday. Yay! Our challenge was to make a primary color card with our Copic markers & I thought Patsy would look so cute in a yellow raincoat. If you want to learn how to color with your Copic markers then you'll want to sign up for a class with Suzanne Dean. She is our FABulous teacher & she knows everything there is to know about coloring with your Copics. She has wonderful online classes where you can learn at your own pace while watching her great videos.

I colored Patsy with my Copic markers and used NitWit Collections Happy Born Day & Summer Splash for my DP (decorative papers). The ribbon, sunflower button, swirl & bling are all from my stash.

I'm entering this card in these challenges:
Paper Sundaes: Challenge #66 Sundae Bar - use at least 2 of these toppings: Sparkle, Pearls, Die Cuts & the Colour Yellow
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: #79 Children's cards

Thanks so much for looking & for leaving your sweet comments. This card is going to a very sweet young girl name Tera for her special birthday.

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Happy Easter!!!

Have a glorious Easter with your family & friends as we celebrate our Savior's empty tomb. Hallelujah!!!
Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

CUC DT Praying Teddie Bear card

It's that time again! Craft Us Crazy challenge #6 is here & this time we would love to see your "Thinking of You with Sentiment and/or Animals" creations. To me what says "Thinking of You" more than telling someone that you're praying for them.

We want to thank all of you who have entered our Craft Us Crazy challenges. Our last challenge had over 260 entries.....and what beautiful creations we have seen. We now have over 270 followers! That's simply amazing for a brand new challenge blog. Thank you so much for your support! We couldn't do it without each & every one of you!

Robyn's Fetish is the sponsor of our "Thinking of You" challenge & they very generously donated this cute, cute, cute little bear praying next to the bed. How precious is that!

Such a sweet & tender hearted little bear! It's called "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep". Sooooo precious! This sweet graphic had such a vintage feel to it that I decided to paper piece the quilt on the bed.......just like a 'real' quilt.....only without the sewing & no pricked fingers! In fact when my oldest son was little (over 30 years ago) I made him a quilt out of these very same colors. The paper piecing was a little ambitious for me but I managed to get it done without too much hair pulling. LOL I used NitWits DP for the quilt as well as all of the background. The rest was colored with my Copics.

This sweet sentiment was a freebie from Create with TLC. Paulette has such a wide range of lovely graphics & sentiments perfect for every occasion. She has also very generously given away more than 2,000 graphics & sentiments on her Create with TLC blog.

Remember that our monthly sponsor is Stamp Fairy. They have a FANtastic 50% sale going on right now so hurry on over there to pick up some of their darling designs. I don't know when the sale ends but I'm hoping I can take some of those cutie patooties home with me before it does.....LOL (money is really really really tight right now.....squeak, squeak, squeak). ***Note: sale is over.....boohoo
I followed this great sketch #150 from Sketch Saturday for my card design.....but I flipped it over.
I'm also entering these challenges:
Paper Sundaes Challenge #64 Childhood Memories
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Vintage
Bling It On: Digi stamp & bling
Truly Scrumptious: Challenge 55 Vintage
Crafts and Me Challenges: Ribbon
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: For a child
Crafty Creations Challenges: #114 Paper Piecing
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #26 Anything Goes

This is the rest of my card recipe:
NitWits DP:
Grins & Giggles collection & Too: Quilt & Bears jammies
Keep You in Stitches: Everything else

Copics used:
Bear: E34, E35, E53, R20
Shading on paper piecing: W3
Shading outline of whole image: W00
Shading on shadow "lines" at bottom: W1

Bow made with my amazing Bow Easy
Distress Inks "Walnut Stain"
Buttons, pearls, ribbon, tiny flower bling & antique lace are all from my stash

Thank you so much for visiting me & for leaving your sweet comments. Each one truly makes my day a little brighter.

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Craft Us Crazy DT card

Our Craft Us Crazy new challenge is here.....YAY!!! This time we would like to see your Spring or Easter creations. We are so very grateful for the wonderful response we've received at our new Craft Us Crazy challenge blog. Thank you all so very much! We couldn't do it without you.

This darling little duckie image was so sweetly provided to me by the lovely Peggy at Peggy Loves Vintage. This is part of the Vintage Greeting Card Cut Outs "Easter #2" set. I just love her images.......'course I'm a vintage girl at heart! The Prize package is 5 different Cut Outs from Peggy's store......a $17.50 value. Now that's FABulous! Her images print out beautifully & all of the coloring is already done for you.



Peggy says........My husband and I have shared 36 years together and we have 2 sons and a daughter and 2 glorious grandkids ages 3 and 6.

I started collecting vintage cards quite by accident. I was helping with my aunts estate sale and ran across her collection. The cards were so wonderful that I fell in love with them and have been collecting them ever since.

I love to get a new vintage scrapbook and read all about the lives and times of the individual. Some of their stories are truly inspiring.

Be sure and visit my blog where you'll find some great inspiration, tips, tricks and some free vintage images for you to use.

I'm really excited about being an sponsor for Craft Us Crazy and sharing these beautiful vintage images with you. I hope that you come to love them as much as I do.

Our Craft Us Crazy monthly sponsor for April is Stamp Fairy with their oh so adorable images. They are offering a generous $12 gift certificate to their wonderful store. Watch for my next card using their adorable Patsy April Showers that they so generously gave to me. How sweet is that! She is just toooo cute!


Stamp Fairy officially launched in 2010. Gerda, artist and owner, creates cute and whimsical digital images for the young and old, inspired by her life, love and 4 cute cats. You will find adorable teddies bears, young boys and girls, fuzzy little bunnies and whimsical critters.

Stamp Fairy has up to 40 new releases per month along with a free image every Friday, a weekly challenge on Mondays and Guest Designers each month on their challenge blog.

Please visit the store and browse StampFairy’s wonderful images to inspire YOUR creativity.

My card recipe is as follows:
No Copics (gasp! LOL)
Ribbon bow tied with my FABulous Bow Easy
Nestie: Curved Rectangles (I seem to use this one a lot)
Glitter & glue pen (my Stardust Stickles ran out.....boohoo)
DP: "Best Of Brenda Walton" pad
Jewels & buttons from my stash
Free Sentiment from the web. I think it's from Just Playing with Paper but I can't find the site (sorry) If you know, please let me know. I love to give credit where credit is due.

Challenges I'm entering:

Bling It On: #2 Digi & Bling
Charisma Cardz Challenges: #13 Bling & Sparkles

The Ribbon Girl Blog: Colour Challenge #6 Green & Yellow
Really Reasonable Ribbon: #21 Use Dies & Ribbon
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Lets glitter & glitz it

Thanks so much for visiting me & don't forget to join in our challenges! They're new every other week.

Your sweet comments mean the world to me. You are all so very special & dear to my heart.
Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

CMC Sketch card

Our Color Me Creative Challenge Group just celebrated our very first birthday. YAY!!! Our group is lead by the amazingly talented Suzanne Dean. Boy did that year go by fast! We had so much fun playing games & getting to know each other better. Thankfully I was able to win a couple of the games & BIG THANKS to Suzanne & 7Kids College Fund I'm getting a new paper cutter by Tonic Studios. Hope Hope Hope it comes today!!! My rotary cutter all of a sudden started cutting crooked.....OH NO.....so this prize came at just the right time. PTL. Anywho.......we were asked to make a card using the sketch below.


I wanted to do something a little different on this corner so I made a little fan to hide behind the little flowers.

Isn't this Tilda just precious. I love her huge bow. You can find her at Diana's Magnolia-licious store. Her name is Tilda with Big Ribbon from the new "You are so special" collection. She seems to be out of stock right now but I'm sure Diana will be getting her in soon. She's colored with my Copic markers. If you want to know how to color with these amazing markers, just sign up for one of Suzanne's Copics online classes. She is a wealth of information & such a good teacher.
Card recipe:
Copics used: E0000, E000, R11, E41, E31, E35, E37, B0000, B000, B00
DP: "Country Cottage" from TAC
Stardust Stickles
Bling: my stash
Flowers: Prima
Nesties: Circle & Scalloped Circles
"Wish" ticket: Tim Holtz
Butterfly & flower: My stash

These are the challenges I'm entering:
Paper Sundaes: #61 Embossing
Cupcake Craft Challenges: #134 Monochromatic
A Spoon Full of Sugar: #14 Ribbon, Pearls/Rhinestones & Flowers
Crafts and Me Challenges: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Girlie
The Pixie Cottage: #62 Sparkle

Thanks so much for looking & for leaving your sweet comments.
Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Sweet Baby Girl card

Isn't this just the sweetest baby girl image. I love her cute little pursed lips. She's a digi image from Mo Manning called BabyGirl. Mo also has a cute little cooking girl available for $1. All proceeds will go to help Japan. You can see all of the details on her blog in the March 15th post.

I made this card for the Color Me Creative Copic challenge group lead by the uber talented Suzanne Dean. If you have Copic markers & want to learn how to use them.......then sign up for a class. Suzanne is an amazing & patient teacher. This is also an amazing group of caring individuals. You will make friendships for a lifetime. Anywho.......For the challenge we were asked to use these colors......pink, green & white or cream.......perfect colors for a baby card. Also my absolute FAVorite color combo. I of course colored this little darling with my Copic markers.

You can find this sweet, sweet "Love at first Sight" Word Art at Create with TLC. It's part of the "Birth Day" set. Paulette has a wide range of sentiments & Word Art for every occasion imaginable. She also has over 2,000 free graphics & sentiments on her Create with TLC blog. If you're not a follower.......you're really missing out!

The DP (decorative paper) is from NitWits. It's from Mary's beautiful "Affection" collection. I find that I use these digi background papers for just about every card I make now. Her selection is awesome & her artwork is AMAZING & it prints out beautifully on my inexpensive Georgia Pacific cardstock from Walmart. Plus storage is no problem. LOL

Copics used for this card are:
E0000 & E000 (skin), R00 (cheeks & nose), R11 (lips), E41 & E50 (hair), RV000 & RV11 (dress)

The ribbon is a gift from my friend Nora. Thanks, hon! Isn't it just the perfect addition to this card. The stick pin is from my LSS (local scrapbook store). Flowers are from an old collection of die cuts that I forgot I had. LOL I used Nesties (circle & lacey circle) to frame the little darling. Bling & sheep are from Michael's. The pretty pink button is from Walmart's ever decreasing fabric section. And lastly.......my very FAVorite Stardust Stickles to add some more bling......cuz a girl can never have too much bling. LOL

I think that about covers it all. LOL This card is for the daughter of a friend who is expecting a baby girl any day now. Hope she likes it.

I'm entering my card in these challenges:
Stamp Something: Something Sweet (& this baby girl is the sweetest)
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Trio Tastic (3 of something)
Wild Orchid Challenge: Dieing to punch it out
Creative Card Crew: Show us some green
Charisma Cardz Challenges: To 'Die' for (use a diecut)
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Anything Goes
Totally Paper Crafts: #58 Add buttons
Bling It On: Charm
DYSU Challenge Blog: #11 Add a Bow

As always.........thanks so much for dropping by. I sooooo appreciate your sweet & encouraging comments. They always brighten my day!
Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Craft Us Crazy DT card

Hi Everyone! It's time for another Craft Us Crazy challenge. We've had such a wonderful response to our new Challenge blog. Thank you all so much for joining us. This time we would like you to show us your Cupcakes and/or Celebration themed projects. Our sponsor for this challenge is Limited Runs Digi's.


They so generously gave me this cute cupcake image to work with.
Doesn't it look good enough to eat? LOL (I love cupcakes.....yummy!) I colored it with my wonderful Copics and of course just had to add some bling bling cuz.......well.......I just love bling. LOL I cut out the candle's flame & popped it up to add some dimension. (btw.....fortunately my finger is much better so I'm back to crafting again. YAY!!! I still have to wear a Bandaid which is a pain in the patootie but I'm thankful that's it's healing nicely.)

Don't forget to visit our monthly sponsor Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. They have TONS of digis for every occasion.
The sentiment I used on this card is from Create with TLC. Paulette has tons of cute sentiments in her store. She also has over 2,000 free vintage graphics & sentiments at her Create with TLC blog. This card already went to my BFF/hubby Frank for his birthday last week. Luv my honey bunnie. Manly cards are always such a huge challenge for me. I wanted to add lots of girlie embellies & froo froos stuff but I don't think he would have gone for that. LOL
My card recipe:
Copics:
DP: NitWits
Bling & Ribbon: My stash
Nestie: Curved Rectangles
Stardust Stickles (love that stuff)

I'm entering my card in these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp: Happy Birthday
Prairie Fairy Fridays: #48 It's my party
Tip Tip Tuesday: #25 Birthday
ABC Challenge: Happy Birthday

As always...........thanks so much for visiting me & I sooooo appreciate all of your sweet comments.
Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

New Craft Us Crazy challenge starts today

I'm sorry that I don't have a card for you today. I severely injured my right ring finger a week ago & have been unable to craft......or do much of anything else. It's much better now & I hope to be crafting soon.

**Note: Thank you so much to those who left sweet comments about my injured finger. It's getting better day by day.

The Craft Us Crazy challenge blog is hosting our next challenge which starts today. Our theme is NATURE. I hope to be sharing my card with you soon. Right now it's just in my mind. LOL

Our sponsor for this challenge is Coco Dingo.

You can purchase Corinne's digital images at CocoDingo.

Our monthly sponsor is Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps.

You can find Stitchy's digital images at Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope to see you soon with my card.
Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

Welcome to the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop. Yippee Skippee!!! I'm so excited to be joining in the blog hop. This is my very first time participating. What a great way to get a head start on my Christmas cards. I hope you'll be inspired by all of the creativity you'll find as you hop along with us.

If you get lost along the way or forget where you're headed (LOL.....this happens to me on a daily basis.....LOL) you can go back to the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop & pick up where you left off. You will find a list of all the participants there. We're all linked together so you can visit from one to another until you're right back where you started. LOL
For my Christmas card I used my cute little Magnolia 'Longing Tilda' stamp. I just love her. She is soooo versatile. I also inked up my Magnolia 'Tin Boxes' stamp. You can cut these tins apart (after stamping of course) & use them in so many different ways. These were colored with my Copics. I also used my Magnolia Doohickey diecuts: 'Swirl' (it comes with a 'leaf' as well), Vintage Tag and Romantic Lace Border. You can find all of these wonderful Magnolia products at Diana's Magnolia-licious store. The diecuts cut like 'buttah'.....such a dream to use. Just look at all the swirlies I used on this card.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Your next stop on the Blog Hop is TANYA.

Card recipe:
Magnolia stamps: Longing Tilda & Tin Boxes
Magnolia Doohickey diecuts: Swirls & Leaf, Vintage Tag & Romantic Lace Border

Copics used:
Tilda: E000, E00, E21, R20, E30, E34, E35
Tilda's dress & hair bow: R20, R22, R24
Tall Tin: E30, E33, E50
Chocolate Tin: E30, E34, E35 (Lid: E30, E33)
Hearts inside Tin: R20, R22, R24, R29
Lace on Tin: R11 & R20

Nesties: Circle & Lacey Circle
DP: NitWits
Word Art: Create with TLC
Merry Christmas: computer generated (PC Cursive)
Bling & heart bling: Stash
Ribbon & Pin: LSS
Recollections Mulberry Paper flowers & Wild Orchid flowers layered after taking them apart...lol
Star Dust Stickles (my absolute FAV)
Distress Ink: Walnut Stain

Challenges I'm entering:
The Ribbon Girl Blog: Colour Challenge #4 cream, pink & brown
Top Tip Tuesday: Bling It On
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Add some Coffee & Cream to your creation
The Pixie Cottage: Something Cute (Tilda is as cute as can be) ** YAY ~ I won Top3!!!
Stamp Something: A flower or two or more somewhere on your card!

Thanks so much for visiting me & as always.......I sooooo appreciate your sweet comments. This card will be going to my dear friend Toni.

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Hoooooo.....Cozy Winter Owl DT card

It's time for our second challenge at the Craft Us Crazy challenge blog. We had such a huge response to our very first challenge. Thank you so much to all who entered. For this challenge we want you to show us your Winter creations.
Our sponsor for this challenge is the FABulous Meljen's Designs.


Meljen's Designs so generously gave me this adorable Cozy Winter Owl graphic to play with. Isn't he a cute little guy!

This card reminded me of those of you who have been struggling through these cold & snowy winter months so I thought I'd use Create with TLC's cute saying "Happy Freezin Season" (now don't throw any frozen ice at me......only soft snowballs.....LOL). You can find this cute saying & so much more at the Create with TLC's store & please visit Paulette's amazing Create with TLC blog. She is so very generous with her graphics & sentiments.



I'm entering these challenges:
Friday Sketchers: Sketch 141 (I flipped it on it's side) Well shoot........I guess I just missed the deadline on this one. Oh well........I enjoyed using this sketch anyway.

Paper Sundae's challenge #56 Pick your sundae toppings: choose 2 of the following: flowers, lace, distressing or pink (I used flowers, lace & distressing but no pink for this little guy unless you count his flushed cheeks...LOL)

Papertake Weekly: Putting on the Glitz
Crafty Creations Challenges: Thank You (this is a thank you card but I can't tell who it's going to yet....shhh.....it's a secret....LOL)
Digital Tuesday Challenge: Use a Die Cut

Card recipe:
Copics: B0000, B000, B00, B02, BG0000, E31, E41, E50, R11, R20
Nesties: Circles, Ovals & Large Labels
Prima 'Fabric Fancy' flowers
Snowflake buttons, bling & lace from my stash
Twig from Michael's
CB folder "D'vine Swirl"
Patterned DP: NitWits
White frostie DP: Recollections "precious Metals" paper pack from Michael's
Snowflake bling Jolee's Boutique
Glittery Snow: Doodlebug Design's "sugar coating glitter"

Thanks so much for visiting me & as always.......I sooooo appreciate your sweet comments. This card will be traveling to my brother in Maryland.
Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~