Hey Santa Baby...

I don't make too many cards for my husband, but this image just seemed like the perfect one for his Christmas Card.  :)   This is a great Simply Betty Stamps image for the new Freebie Progressive Challenge at The Outlawz!  Come on and join the fun!

She's colored with Spectrum Noir pens and the papers are all scraps from a Paper Studio Christmas paper pad I bought a couple of years ago.  The outside sentiment is cut from red vinyl with the Cricut Font and placed on a tag cut from Tags, Bags and More. the inside I typed on my computer. I added a few gems from my stash (alias "The package is gone, so I don't know whose they are!")

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you a Happy New Year!!!

I've also joined these challenges:

A Random Fan - anything goes
Bitten By The Bug 2 - anything Christmas
A Crafty Mess - anything goes/traditional Christmas colors

Simple Christmas

Hello all!  Are you ready for another Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz!  I hope so 'cause here we go!

 This month we are sponsored by :  http://www.etsy.com/shop/annesdigitalart
                                                       

And our challenge this week is our usual "Anything Goes, with a Twist and the Twist is.......Anything Goes!!!"  That's right, it is TOTALLY anything goes!

The image is mounted on a Spellbinder's die and all the papers are scraps from my stash!  The poinsettia is one I had cut a couple of months ago and had left over.  I believe it's a Sillouhette cut.

Come on over and join us at The Outlawz, where you can find a challenge group for every day of the week!

Baby It's Cold!

Baby it IS cold outside!  I'm so thankful for a nice, wam house!    

But it's time for a new challenge at Twisted Thursday  at The Outlawz!

 This month we are sponsored by :  http://www.etsy.com/shop/annesdigitalart
                                           

And our challenge this week is our usual "Anything Goes, with a Twist and the Twist is First Day of Winter!"

Winter = cold in my mind, hence my card:

I love this red, embossed foil paper!  I bought a bag of "paper scraps" from The Paper Studio several years ago and I've used some of this red just about every Christmas.  The poinsettia cut is from the "Cricut Seasonal Cartridge "Christmas".  I typed the sentiment on my computer and cut it out with a Spellbinders die.

The first sentiment is  Stampin' Up stamp, the second is a Stampabilites stamp.

I appreciate you stopping by today and I hope you'll join us at The Outlawz!

I haven't been joining in other challenges much lately, so I'm joining up this time at these challenges:

A Random Fan - anything goes
Catch The bug Stella Says Sketch #221
Die Cuttin' Divas - Christmas Carol inspired - my song isn't really a Christmas carol, but you only hear it at Christmastime!  Hope that counts!
Jo's Scrap Shack - Happy Holidays
CCC Digi Creations - Digi + gems or ribbons

In The Pink at Christmas!

Welcome to my blog today, I'm glad you're here!  We have a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown today.  We are sponsored by 

and our theme is "Anything Goes Christmas"

I've used CraftyGirl's "Stocking with Doodles" for my card:

I used my Glitter Gel Pens again for this one to add a little sparkle.

I printed two of them and popped it up.  The 'Merry Christmas' is a Cricut cut.  I added a second shadow cut to it.

This is a super easy theme, so we ought to be seeing a lot of you there!  Have fun!


I've entered this card here:

Jo's Scrap Shack - Happy Holidays
Open Minded Crafting Fun - Unusual Christmas (unusual colors)

Let It Snow Card

Hello all!  Are you ready for another Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz!  I hope so 'cause here we go!

 This month we are sponsored by :  http://www.etsy.com/shop/annesdigitalart


And our challenge this week is our usual "Anything Goes, with a Twist and the Twist is Fun in the Snow!"

I've used this sweet digi from Anne's Digital Art for my card:

I've kind of had fun this year adding some non-traditional colors to some of my cards and lots of sparkle!  

This sentiment stamp is from Just Rite Stampers and I used some purple wire to make my jump ring.  A purple gem on the bow, then some little gems for "snowflakes" and there you have it.

Come on over to The Outlawz Twisted Thursday, check out the other great projects there and enter for a chance at some great prizes  Be sure to enter your project in the inlinkz also!

Do YOU Believe in the Magic of Christmas???

Hello all!  Christmas is coming!!!  I love this time of year!  But......I'm SO not ready!  HA!  But I am ready for another Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz!

This month we are sponsored by :  http://www.etsy.com/shop/annesdigitalart


And our challenge this week is our usual "Anything Goes, with a Twist and the Twist is Christmas Magic!"

I've used this sweet digi from Anne's Digital Art for my card:

I've used Spectrum Noir markers to color the image and added a couple of tag layers from Spellbinder, then cut up a Recollections gem set to "sparkle it up"!

Come on over to The Outlawz Twisted Thursday, check out the other great projects there and enter for a chance at some great prizes  Be sure to enter your project in the inlinkz also!

Bling It On!

Good morning!  I hope you are staying warm 'cause it's cold around here!  I hope this isn't an indication that our whole winter is going to be early, cold and icy.   Well, I guess if it is, I should be able to hide in my craft room a lot!  :)  

It's Team A's turn to host the new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.  We are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish and our theme is "Bling It On"!  Seriously, who doesn't love bling???

I've used RF "Gilded Christmas Dove"

I colored the image with Glitter Gel pens and mounted it on a card base made with two different cuts from Cricut's Lacy Labels cartridge.  This shot shows the sparkle of the gel pens on the image.  It almost looks like plastic in real life.

The gems are from The Paper Studio.  They are corner pieces, but I opened them up wider to fit the card shape better.

This stamp is from Stampabilities.

Come on over and "Bling It On" with us!

This card entered here:

Creative Craft Cottage Challenges- anything Christmas
Christmas Cards all Year Round - no squares or rectangles
The ABC Challenge - Y is or Yuletide
Love to Create - Get in shape
Love to Scrap - Shape Shift

Sparkles At Christmas

Woops!  I just discovere this post was still in Draft mode!  Sorry it's so late!

It's Twisted Thursday time!!!  We are sponsored this week by Stitchie Bear stamps and our theme is "Aything Goes with the Optional Twist of Winter Sparkles at Christmas Time"

Here's my card:

I colored the image with sparkle gel pens, I really like the look!

Your turn!  Head over to The Outlawz Twisted Thursday, check out the other great projects there and enter for a chance at some great prizes  Be sure to enter your project in the inlinkz also!

"Oh Christmas Tree" @ My Sheri!

Today we have a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts and we are hosted by Sue.  She chose the theme "Oh Christmas Tree - make a card for Christmas which must include a tree on it."  I had stamped this tree image several weeks ago and accented it with white glitter glue, then left it laying on my worktable just waiting for a good use.  And this challenge was perfect!  

The card base is embossed with a new folder that came with my latest issue of Card Maker magazine.  I cut out the center and glued holographic paper behind it, then popped up the trees on top of that.   A little star and ribbon from my stash and the front is done!

Inside is a sweet stamp from Stampabilities.

I hope you'll head over to My Sheri Crafts, check out the great inspiration there and then join us!  Thanks for stopping by!

My Favorite Colors at Christmas

It's Twisted Thursday time!!!  We are sponsored this week by Stitchie Bear stamps and our theme is "Aything Goes with the Optional Twist of Your Favorite Color at Christmas time"  I LOVE royal blue with white & silver.

I used Stitchie Bear's image "Catch Me" to make my card:

This is a pretty CAS card, but I really like how it turned out.  I've colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and all the papers are scraps!  The silver swirls are glittered brads from Recollections.   The stamp is a Just Rite stamp.  Inside I used a simple "Merry Christmas" stamp.

I hope you'll head over to The Outlawz Twisted Thursday, check out the other great projects there and enter for a chance at some great prizes!  

Thanks for stopping by!!!

A Little Reindeer Tag

Good morning!  I hope you are staying warm 'cause it's cold around here!  I hope this isn't an indication that our whole winter is going to be early, cold and icy.   Well, I guess if it is, I should be able to hide in my craft room a lot!  :)  

This week's Tuesday Throwdown challenge theme is to create a tag  and we are sponsored by

Here is my simple little tag using a cute Reindeer from My Grafico

This is a super simple theme so come on over and join us!  Thanks for stopping by!

A Thankful, Raggedy Pair

It's Twisted Thursday time!!!  We are sponsored this week by Stitchie Bear stamps and our theme is "Aything Goes with the Optional Twist of Be Thankful"

I used Stitchie Bear's image "The Raggedys" to make my card:

Aren't they cute?!  I've colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and distressed the edges with Tim Holz distress inks.  The flower border is a Cricut cut from Paper Lace.  The sentiment is a Studio G stamp.  That background paper is some I picked up on the clearance rack at Hobby Lobby about 3 years ago in a miscellaneous pack of paper.  Most of the pack was this print and I haven't found very many plaes to use it, but this was a great fit!

Inside is a Stampabilities stamp.

Your turn!  Head over to The Outlawz Twisted Thursday, check out the other great projects there and enter for a chance at some great prizes  Be sure to enter your project in the inlinkz also!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I've entered this card here:

Creative Time - inspiration photo

Cute Card Thursday - red & green
Crafter's Cafe - friendship
Crafting By Designs-thankful
Double Click Creations - thankful

An Outhouse Christmas!

HI!  I'm so excited to be Guest Designer at Love To Create Challenges this week!!!   This week's challenge is Anything Goes and is sponsored by Rick St. Dennis. I was gifted with this ADORABLE image called Outhouse Noel, so I made a fun Christmas card:

I loved these burlap flowers I found at Hobby Lobby.  Apparently they are the store's brand, as I couldn't find any company name on them.  I used some "board" paper, also from HL and cut a chunk of burlap for accent.

Inside, I added a couple of scraps of the burlap to make it look like it goes all the way across.

The sentiment I just typed on my computer.

Isn't that a fun one?!?  I really enjoyed this digi!   "THANK YOU" to the team at Love to Create for the honor of having me as GDT this week and also Thank You to Rick St. Dennis for the image!

 I've entered this card here:

Milk Coffee Challenge - hand colored image
Creative Moments - celebrations
Pile It On - Special Occasions

Owl as Turkey Thanksgiving Card

Hi!  I hope you all are prepared for the COLD weather that we are expecting this week.  Sounds like a good time to stay in the craft room to me!

It's time for a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts today!  Sandy is hosting the challenge this week and she chose a theme of "It's Turkey Time!" - add a Turkey to your card/project."  I recently purchased this cute little Silhouette cut of "Owl Dressed As a Turkey" with this challenge in mind.  I think he's adorable!

I was a little disappointed though, that I couldn't get my machine to cut him out after printing.  I kept getting the message "Registration Failed".  I thought that meant it couldn't read the registration marks because the black ink was getting low, so I put in a new cartridge and the ink was nice and dark, but it still failed.  Any ideas from anyone????  So, I cut him out by hand.  Then I used a black marker around the edge.  I found this scrap of paper in my stash. I don't even know where it came from but I thought it was perfect for him!  I added an oval in a brown, marbled paper (another scrap) to help separate the ginghams a little bit, then popped him up with foam dots.  A little bit of orange burlap braided ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon with 3 brown flower brads and there you go!

 I stamped a pretty "Happy Thanksgiving" inside, inked the edges, distressed the front a little with brown and he's ready for the holiday!

Please go over to My Sheri Crafts and check out all the great projects there, then join us!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you at MSC!

I've entered this card here:

Open Minded Crafting Fun - Fowl of any kind

Moccasin Christmas Card

It's Thursday and that means a new challenge at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday!  We are sponsored this week by

STITCHY BEAR

http://www.stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

Challenges in our Twisted Thursday group are always Anything Goes with an Optional twist!  This week the twist is "Add a Button".

I used their image "Merry Moccasin" to make this card:

The paper is from The Paper Studio, one of their Christmas pads and I embossed it (you have to look pretty close to see it!) with a free embossing folder that came with my last issue of "Card Maker" magazine!  The image had two feathers in it, so instead of coloring them, I glued real feathers over them!  The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers

I popped the image up, to add some dimension, along with the texture from the feathers and 3 metal buttons from my Mom's button box.

I'd love to have you join our Twisted Thursday group at The Outlawz! You do have to become a member to join in the challenges, but it's free and you get welcomed by the designers!  There are new challenges every day of the week and lots of great sponsors and prizes.  Come join in the fun!


I've entered this card here:

My Craft Spot - use metal
Delightful Challenges - use patterned paper

"Bringing Home the Tree" round card

It's Team A's turn to post at Tuesday Throwdown!    We are sponsored by the amazing "Robyn's Fetish" and our theme is "Shaped Cards"!  A SUPER fun theme!!!

I used RF image "Bringing Home the Tree" for my scalloped circle card:

This circle is a Cricut Cut from "Elegant Edges".  I made two of the base images and welded them.

The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers, glittered and a little red ribbon from my stash!
So come on over and join in the fun with your Shaped Card!!!

This card entered at:

Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Fantabulous Cricut - anything goes
A Random Fan - red, white & green
Creative Card Crew - Christmas Joy

Baby Congrats Easel Card

It's Thursday and that means a new challenge at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday!  We are sponsored this week by

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeeHIllustrations 

Challenges in our Twisted Thursday group are always Anything Goes with an Optional twist!  This week the twist is "Make an Easel Card".

Lee generously gave us this digi to used and I made a card for my niece:

I wanted the teddy bear to look fuzzy, so I used the "dot"technique with Spectrum Noir markers.

The scalloped oval is a cut from the Cricut Easter 2010 cartridge, then the other ovals were cut with  the Creative Memories system.  The airplane and banner are from the "New Arrival" cartridge and the sentiment stamp is from Pink By Design.  I love that stamp because it's a pretty script and small enough for these little cuts.  

Do you ever find that you've bought something you were just sure you would use a lot, so you bought several colors of it?  Well, several years ago those little safety pins in white, pink, blue, green and yellow......this is the first time I've used any of them!   Oh well.....I've got 'em if I need 'em!

Anyway, come on over to The Outlawz and see all the great inspiration from the other Designers and join us for a chance at some great prizes!  

It's A Teddy Bear Halloween

It's Halloween time over at My Sheri Crafts and Peach is hosting our challenge this week with the theme "Black Magic - Create a Halloween Project".  Well, my project doesn't really remind me of "Black Magic", but it is for Halloween!  I got the Teddy Bear Parade cartridge a while back and finally got to use it!

I used a little scrap oval from the cut to put on his nose because I figured he would have painted his nose orange for this costume. :-)  "Boo" is cut from the Disney Pixar cartridge and I added a piece of black ribbon from my stash to finish it off. 

Have a safe and fun Halloween!

Christmas Lantern card

Hello All! 

This week's challenge at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday is Anything Goes with the Optional twist of Anything Goes!  We are sponsored by

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeeHIllustrations 

 I have a quick Christmas card to share.  This sweet digi is a freebie from Beccy's Place and I've used it several times.

I colored the ribbon on a second image, cut it out  and popped it up for some added dimension.

 This shot shows the shimmer of this great paper from My Minds Eye.  

Supply List:

My Minds Eye shimmer paper                Beccy's Place -digi            Celebrate It Ribbon
IRock gems                                           Just Rite-sentiment             Spectrum Noir markers
Spellbinders - diecut

I hope to see you at The Outlawz!