Love Birds

Hello! This past week has been good. I saw the eye specialist but before that we met up with my mom, Gordon (a.k.a dad), Robin and Summer. We were lucky to have lunch together.  It has been a blast also listening to Rob and our daughter building a catapult for her science project, memory making moments.  

It is time for a brand new challenge over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.  We are on challenge #33 and as always it is anything goes. The sponsors image I used is from Ching-Chou Kuik and the image is called Love Birds,  It was a blast to color and don't be too shocked but I did manage to breakout the flowers. I am hoping that you like the image.  The image was colored using copic markers and I wish you could see it but I did use wink of Stella gold and clear. 

Sponsor #1

Ching-Chou Kuik

Prize ~ 1 Image

Sponsor #2

Michele R Designs

(Designer Paper Sets)
In The Garden

Prize ~ €10 Gift Certificate

My fellow DT have some awesome inspiration for you.  Please check it out and join us for our next two week challenge. Hope you like the creation I made for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

Enjoy The Journey

Hello, Hello! Shocking only a few more days left in the month of April. It has been a very exciting month weather wise can't wait to see what May will bring for us.  Mind boggling is the fact that Graduation ceremonies will be starting all over the place. Hard to believe that in a couple of weeks that is where I was last year. A parent bursting with pride that our oldest had graduated and wondering exactly where the time went.

I have a second post for you today and this one is for 4 Crafty Chicks where Lori is our very talented hostess.  For Challenge #296 she would like us to make a Graduation creation.  My card up above was made from a tutorial The Stamp Camp (sorry can't seem to get the link to copy).  Now there was things that I wanted to do to change it up but my mind was going all over the place. So when I sat down at my table to put my card together, I forgot to add the texture and the tassel was made way too big.  A learning curve, I guess you could say.  I have a few more of these to make and honestly the caps are super easy.  I broke out some new stamps from Forever in Time and Impression Obsession.  It really is a clean and simple card. For my next attempt I will try to fancy it up a bit and add more layers.

Please come and join us. Sadly this is our last week for our very talented Guest Designer.  Thank you Helen for all of your incredible creations and for being such a gem to work with.

We would love to see your creations over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Hope to see you soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Lil Sweetie Mia Fairy

Candlebook Bookworm Lil Sweetie Mia Fairy

Good Morning! It has been an interesting week but I have been glad to get into my craft room and get some cards made. 

The card above was so much fun to color and design. Reading is a passion of mine.  Honestly, one can never have too many books right.  My family would say yep after we moved but in fairness I got rid of 8 heavy boxes of books. Yikes right.  I still have tons.  If I could own a craft store and a book store together I would be in total heaven.

Creative Knockouts is onto a brand new challenge this week and the above is my latest DT creation. Ching- Chou Kuik is out sponsor this week and I would like to thank them for letting me use and color this adorable image. For Challenge #139 - Kelly would like us to use Lots of Layers. My fellow DT's have amazing creations to inspire you.  Please come over and join us this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cupcakes

Good Morning! It is that time of year where the sun is out more and well frankly it boosts my spirits. Are any of you that way? Seeing the sun, hearing the birds, frogs and seeing brown rabbits starting to hop around just makes me smile. It also brings gratitude for the gorgeous land I get too look at and appreciate each day.

Talking about appreciating...FOOD is something I appreciate.  Quite literally I guess, sometimes it feels like another hobbie...*giggle, giggle...snort*  This week it is my turn to be the hostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks. So for CHALLENGE #295 "F" is for FOOD!! I had so many idea's running around my head for this challenge but I had a stamp set given to me by a friend and it was full of cupcakes so I decided to put my new stamps to good use. They were just in time for this new challenge :)

Have some fun with this challenge and please share with us what this challenge inspires in you.  We would love to see you join us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week.  My fellow DT's have outstanding creations for you this week too.

May the sun bring you some sparkle.

Computer Ants

Hello, Hello, Hello! Happy Thrusday :) Can you believe that April is almost half over. It should be another beautiful day, with blue skies and sun.  Many birthdays this month today is our daughters 14th birthday, tomorrow is my father in laws and several more in the following days.

We are on Challenge #137 at Creative Knockouts and here is the fun part. We would like to see you MAKE A FUNNY CARD! Easy peazy right. 

Thank you so much to our sponsor this week.  I had so much fun coloring up this fun image. I tend to forget how much fun it is to make funny cards. Thanks Kelly for the fun challenge.

Prize: 3 items ($3.50 or less for EU residents) or $10 gift certificate for non EU residents

Please come and check out my fellow DT's they have wonderful inspiration for you. We would love to see you too at Creative Knockouts.

Have an amazing day!

Get Well

Good morning to ya! Today is a special day for me as our daughters birthday is today and she is turning 14. We are so very proud of her. We are sad to being missing it but we want to know that she is on our mind, in our hearts and we will celebrate with her when we get home.  Happy birthday our sweet girl.

Today is Thursday and well you know that means a brand new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks. Our beautiful and only Tina has a wonderful challenge for us this week.  I don't know about you but I never seem to have these type of cards on hand. For Challenge #294 Tina would like us to make a Get Well creation.

Mine is pretty clean and simple but I had a blast with the ink.

Please come and join us at 4 Crafty Chicks our guest DT and fellow chicks have wonderful inspirations to you.

Thank for coming by and seeing my new creation.

Scenic Card

Good, good day! welcome back to my blog. I am excited to share with you my latest DT creation for 4 Crafty Chicks.  We are now into April and we have a new Guest Designer this month.  Helen (Made By Helen) will be with us and has some very inspiring creations to share.

Our wonderfully talented hostess this week is our one and only Leanne from Banking On Crafts. For Challenge #293 she would like us to create something Scenic. 

The card above I made for my son Robin's 17th Birthday.  This style of cards is not one that I do often but I like it. I went to my go too tree stamp called Lovely As a Tree and the bear is also a stampin up stamp. A dauber was used to on the outside to try and create a night scene. Not sure if I did it or not.

Please come and join us at 4 Crafty Chicks for our latest challenge. Looking for more inspiration my fellow DT and GDT will not disappoint.

Have an amazing day!

Tender Thoughts

Hi everyone! Today is a blustery day with a mixture of sun and clouds.  It has been an awesome weekend with friends who came to see me in my new home. Lot's of laughter and fun was had.  Unfortunately in my excitement of them coming I completely forgot to set my post to publish.  So an apology to the sponsors for this challenge and my team mates.

My latest DT creation is for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (challenge #31 Anything Goes)and the digi image I used was from A Day For Daisies called Tender Thoughts.  Thank you for letting me use this adorable image. She is so much fun to color. Loving the texture on my new embossing folder. 

Sponsor #1

Prize: $12 Gift Certificate

Sponsor #2

Prize: 2 or 3 digi's if you use TSB OR GB

Come and join us for at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends for a challenge that allows you to show us what has inspired you. If you are looking for inspiration please be sure to check out my fellow DT creations they are simply awesome.