Valentine Candles

Welllll....I've been on vacation ALL week and finally got to spend a little time in my craft room on Friday!  I made some candles for Valentine's Day that I took to my Flea Market booth.  I hope someone takes a shine to 'em!  

This last one really isn't a Valentine candle, but I still like it!  

Thanks for looking in!

I'm entering these in the challenge at:

 Crafty Friends - anything goes

Hiding In My Craft Room - any holiday

Accidentally Tried a New Technique!

 So I was using the sweet freebie from the Freebie Progressive Challenge over at The Outlawz to make this easel card.  I thought I would stamp the sentiment on a red die cut I've had in my "leftover" stash for awhile and I used white chalk ink.  It really didn't show up so I re-inked my stamp with black and stamped it again.  I didn't see it at first, but then I realized I had made kind of a shadow stamp with the white!  You can just barely see it in this picture, it mostly shows up by the flourish at the bottom:

Here is my card:

 

The beautiful paper and the outside stamp are freebies from Cardmaking and Paper Crafts magazine.  The inside stamp is from Touche'.  I just LOVE freebies, don't you?

Thanks for stopping by!

Anything Goes This Week!

Hello!  Today starts a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and it's Anything Goes!  Our sponsor this week is
                                           

I've used some freebie stamps I received with my latest issue of Cardmaking and Paper Craft magazine to get started on my Christmas cards:

Lots of embossing powder this week!  The embossing folder I've used is also a freebie from the magazine I received a couple of months ago.

This is the stamp set I received.  There's lots more playing to be done with this set!

Sending Christmas Wishes

I had some time to play with the cute image I got from the Freebie Progressive challenge over at The Outlawz this month.  I have had it colored for a little while but just got my card made and posted to the challenge in the nick of time!  The cute image is from Di's Digis.

I've colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and added Buffalo Snow for dimensional snow and glitter on the little mouse's Santa hat.

I really did get this done in time for the November challenge, but every time I tried to upload my images, my computer would just wink at me at sit there!  Here it is a week later and finally SUCCESS!

Snowmen Tag

Hello!  I hope you had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!  There is always something to be thankful for!  Today I am thankful for a new, fun challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.  We are sponsored this week by the awesome  and our theme is "Make a Tag"

I used the cute "4 Snowmen Tag" from Bugaboo:

I found a tag diecut that I had left from a previous project, which is a Cricut cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More, a scrap of Christmas paper, a fun candy cane brad and some cute ribbon.  Oh, there's a paper doily in there, too.  I love using up scraps!  (Cause I have way too much of them crammed here and there!)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you over at Tuesday Throwdown!

Snowflakes Are Fragile Frame

Hello Everyone!  Today I have a frame to share with you that I made for our challenge at My Sheri Crafts.  Our theme this time around is "Winter - anything that makes you think of winter".  I always think of snow and I love snowmen, so this was a no brainer for me!

I found this sweet saying on the internet, author unknown, and loved it!  I know this is hard to read in the picture, it says "Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but look what they can do when they stick together."

The fonts are Elizabeth and Cricut Font.  I made my background paper with a rubber stamp and white embossing powder.  The snowman is a Cricut cut and this frame is a $1 find at a yard sale.

 

 I added some simple snowflakes, also Cricut cuts, from white glitter paper.

Of course I needed some snow, so I put in some "Buffalo Snow Flakes" at the bottom.  A few flakes are drifting around, though!

It's really hard to get a good picture of these frames because of the glare and reflection, but I love how this one turned out!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll pop over and join us!

I've entered this project here:

Aud Sentiments - anything goes with a sentiment
Classic Design Team Open Challenge - anything goes
Crafting From The Heart - anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude - anything goes
Creatalicious - anything goes with optional use a sentiment
Creative Moments - anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu - Pinks Team - anything with a bow
The ABC Challenge - "T" is for "Three" - (3 diecuts, 3 word in white vinyl, 3 techniques- embossing, diecuts, vinyl)

Baby Moon Shaker Card

It's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown !  Our sponsor this week is   

and our theme is "Add Pearls or Gems"!  Now who doesn't love that theme?!?!?!

I've used our sponsor's image "Baby Moon" to make a shaker card.

 The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and I added a paper doily with the center cut out to frame the hole.  I tied a triple bow  and added a few gems.  Inside I've used pink pearl mini beads.

Inside I've used two Cricut label cuts and a poem stamp from Stampendous and Congrats stamp from Stampabilities.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll hop on over to Tuesday Throwdown to check out all the gorgeous inspiration there, then join in the fun!

A Vintage Thanksgiving

Hello!  Today I have a vintage Thanksgiving card to share with you for our new challenge at My Sheri Crafts.  Sandy has challenged us to Create a card featuring a Pilgrim, Indian, Cornucopia, Pumpkin, Turkey, or Pie .

I found this cute vintage picture in my files from CWC..  It made up a super quick and easy card!

I added a little bit of glue on some of the leaves and the hatband, the used a pretty gold embossing powder.

The poem on the image is this:

A Pumpkin I bring you for Thanksgiving Day,

With wishes that plenty may e'er with you stay.

I added a strip of cloth trim  and a scrap of leaf paper and there you go!

Thanks for stopping by and I sure hope you will check out the DT's creations and join us this week!

Thankful Always

Hello!!!  It's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and our sponsor this week is

   

and our theme is "Thanksgiving"

I've used our sponsor's sentiment image "Thanksgiving Stamp 6".  

The turkey is a Cricut cut available with the Cricut Access subscription.  I've added some gold embossing powder to the sentiment and the turkey.  

Be sure to check out all the beautiful inspiration at Tuesday Throwdown and join us this week!  

This week at My Sheri Crafts Peach challenged us with the theme "Creepy Crawly - Make a Halloween project featuring creepy, crawly and/or flying critters!"  

I've used and image from Bugaboo called "Goth Girl".  

Just for fun, I colored her with my sparkle gel pens, except for her skin.  For that I used a LG2 Spectrum Noir marker.  The spider web and tag are Cricut cuts and I used the pen feature to write the sentiment on the tag and the inside. 

I love that font for a Halloween card!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll come on over and join us at My Sheri Crafts!

Be Happy

I've rejoined The Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge and this month Gerda Stein is sponsoring with a sweet tiger image.  Here's my card:

I got to use up some scraps for this one and found some super cute cork stickers that I've had in my stash and forgotten about!  I've used tiny buttons for the juggling balls, also from my ages old stash, and colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.

Western Birthday Card

Hello!  I have a new card to share and I love how it turned out.  I made it for this week's challenge at Tuesday Throwdown, but due to internet trouble I wasn't able to my sponsor image downloaded in time for the challenge post!  I'm telling you, I LOVE our new house, but I HATE our internet service here!  But I'm trying to hang in there because fiber optic is on the horizon.  Just 6 to 8 more months, they tell me.

Anyway, our sponsor is
                                                 
The challenge theme is "Festive Pumpkins".  I obviously didn't follow that theme, but I used a pre-colored image from our sponsor's Western Combos set and 3 of the digital papers that came with it.  I love this set and I believe I'll be using them quite a bit!

The border is a Martha Stewart border punch.  The metal star is cut from a metal garland.  The card it's wound on is blank, so I have no idea who the manufacturer is.

I used 2 stamps from Close to my Heart to finish it out. 

My apologies to Doodle Pantry for not getting a project included in the challenge this week!  

I've entered this card here:

Alphabet Challenge Blog - Q is for Quick & Easy

Fall Box Decor

Hello again!  It's time for a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts and I have such a fun project to share!  Sandy has challenged us with the theme "First Day of Fall - Make a Fall Card or Project".  

The other day I was at Hobby Lobby and found some super cute "Pumpkin" blocks that said "FALL" on them and I a-l-m-o-s-t bought them, but decided not to.  That very evening when I was catching up on email, I found My Scrap Chick had a cutting file to make the very same boxes with paper and right now it's on sale for $1(I paid $5)!  I was so happy!  I bought it right away and got started cutting!

I cut the file without resizing and it's perfect!  All I added was some inking and some raffia bows.








Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like what you found here!  Please come join us over at My Sheri Crafts!

I've entered this project here:

Crafting with an Attitude
Creatilicious Challenges - anything goes with optional twist "Let's Celebrate" - celebrating Fall
Eclectic Ellapu - purple team - Autumnal
The ABC Challenge - Q is for Quick (clean & simple)
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
Allsorts Challenge - Colors of Autumn
Crafty Friends - Autumn Colors
My Time To Craft - fancy folds (more than one fold)

Basket of Apples Birthday Card

Hello!  I'm glad you're here because it's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown!  We are sponsored this week by Robyn's Fetish and our theme is "Leaves".
I've used our sponsor's image "Basket of Apples" for my card:

I've colored it with Spectrum Noir markers, cut it out with a Spellbinders die and inked it up with Tim Holtz distress inks. The stamps are from Pink by Design's "Bountiful Blessings" stamp set.  The background paper is from The Paper Studio and the leaf brads are from Recollections.  

The inside "I'm thankful for you" is from the same Pink By Design set and the Happy Birthday is from Close to My Heart.




Well thanks for stopping by and I sure hope to see you over at Tuesday Throwdown!  Have a great, crafty week!

I've entered this card here:
Crafty Card Makers - birthday
Deep Ocean Challenge - favorite season (I love Fall!)Aud Sentiments - anything with a sentiment

Super Quick and Easy Christmas Card!

Welcome to my blog today!  It's time for a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts and Sue has challenged us to create something for Christmas with at least 3 embellishments.  I've made this super cute and easy card with the Cricut "Christmas Cards" cartridge.

It was so easy to make and I was able to use all scraps for it.  My embellishments are 3 rhinestones, 1 ribbon and bordering with a silver gel pen.  This was so fun I think I'm going to try some more with other papers!

Thanks for stopping by and now please head over to My Sheri Crafts and check out all the other great projects and join us!

"I Call on The Lord" Easel Card

Hello!  Today I have a sweet easel card to share with you for our new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.  We are sponsored by

 

and our theme is "Easel Cards".  I've used our sponsor's image "Blanket Flower"

 I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers, then inked up the edges and mounted it on a Spellbinder's oval.  The card base is Cricut's "Folk Art Tulip Card" and I welded a square over all the fancy cuts to get a plain base.  The papers are from Die Cuts With a View "Pocket Full of Posies" 6x6 pad.  The bow is my first hand-tied triple bow!

The inside sentiment I made with the Write then Cut feature.

 This scripture sentiment is from Just Rite's "Cast All Your Cares" stamp set.

I love how this one turned out and it's going to a good friend who is going through a rough patch right now.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope to see you over at Tuesday Throwdown!

I've entered this card at Crafty Card Makers

Birthday Bicycle

Hello!  It's Saturday!  WooHoo!!!  I hope you have plans for a great weekend.  Part of what makes this weekend great is a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts!  This week Glenda has challenged us with the theme of "Travel -  Make a card/project with a mode of travel..car, truck, plane, etc"  Not a travel theme, a MODE of travel.  I used this great bicycle cut from Cricut and did a little inking:

I just have to say, I LOVE how this one turned out!!!  The mat and tag are also Cricut cuts.  The "Birthday Girl" stamp is from K Andrews "Take the Cake" set.  The awesome papers are from K&CO.

  I handmade the double bow from some old sheer ribbon in my stash and used a little bit of gold wire to attach the tag. 

With the scrap left from my sheet, I made a liner for a pre-made envelope.  

I hope you like it and I so appreciate you stopping by!  Please hop over to My Sheri Crafts and check out all the other great makes from the team, then join us!

Have a great day!

I've entered this card here:

Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog - anything goes
Country View Challenges - travel 
Creative Craft Cottage - spots and/or stripes
Crafting With An Attitude
Crafty Cardmakers - layers

Easy As ABC, 123!

Hello!  Today brings another new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown!  This week we are sponsored by:

And our theme is "School Spirit!"

I've used our sponsor's image "Blackboard and Owl" to make a birthday card:

The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut.  The background paper is from The Paper Studio's "Barnwood Pretty" pad.

 I made the image into it's own layered flap to hide this stamp, which is from Close To My Heart.

Inside, I wrote by hand.  I don't like that nearly as well, but it's what I could get done this morning!  :)  I may go back and print that on the printer, but mine apparently has passed away.  :(  

Thanks for stopping by!  Please let me know you were here and then check out all the other great inspiration at Tuesday Throwdown!

I've entered this card here:

Aud Sentiments - anything goes with a sentiment

Crafting With An Attitude

Creatilicious Challenges - anything goes with option of anniversary

Creative Moments - anything goes with optional twist

Digi Chooseday - anything goes

Open-Minded Crafting - Back to school/Reading

The ABC Challenge - O is for Open

Crafting From the Heart - Anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers - lots of layers