Life Looks Beautiful On You!

Good morning!

It is hard to believe we are on the last

Thursday of August

and for some school has started and others

it will be starting just after the long weekend.

Summer sure did fly by fast this year.

Our daughter is going into grade 11

this year. Here is hoping it is spectacular for everyone.

Today, we have a brand new challenge over at

Creative Knockouts.

Challenge #261 - Something To Say - include a sentiment on the front

Our wonderful sponsor this week is from

Crafty Sentiments Designs

Prize: 3 images

The image they let me highlight is called

Kai

Thank you so much for letting me showcase her.

I colored her using my copic markers,

Used a tag die

The oval dies are from Stampin' Up

along with the pearls, ribbon, paper and the sentiment.

Summer helped me pick out the paper for this card

and the sentiment. It was a great help and way 

to spend time together.

Kaitlyn helped me with some advice on 

the coloring below her eyes and the freckles.

It was a true collaboration with my girls. Thank you so much.

Please come and join us, we would love to see your creations.

Wishing you all an amazing day

and 

thank you for stopping by.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Monday morning!

Today, I am highlighting

two stamp sets from

The Project Bin

Deer Mom

and

Classic Man

DEER MOM

CLASSIC MAN

Their are a few people

in my life who have a love for hunting or just wildlife

but also adore their vintage vehicles.

Denise inspired me with both these wonderful

stamp sets.

The above card is a Twisted Gate Card.

It is my first time making one.

Honestly, it was a blast

and I had help from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.

I used paper from Stampin' Up

Dies from Gina Marie Designs and Stampin' Up

My coloring was done using Prisma Pencils.

I would like to enter my card into the following Challenges:

The Corressive Challenge Blog - Challenge #8 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog - #480-1 - From Boys to Men

Hiding In My Craft Room - #366 - Use Die Cuts

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - #151 - Anything Goes

Be sure to hop on over to The Project Bin 

to see more inspiration daily from my fellow DT teammates.

Thank you for joining me today.

Have a blessed week

and may it include some crafting during such a busy time.

Sweet Cocoa

Happy Thursday!

Today, is another very smokey day

with all of the forest fires from B.C. and Alberta

it is effecting our air quality.

Our thoughts are with everyone that is dealing

with these horrible fires.

We are praying for gentle rain for our B.C friends.

Another week has flown by

and so that means

we have a brand new challenge up at Creative Knockouts Challenge

Challenge #259 - Sparkle N Shine

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Sweet N Sassy Stamps.

Thank you so much for letting us highlight your wonderful images.

The image I used is Sweet Cocoa

Prize: $10 gift certificate for digis

The card above was colored using my Copic Markers

The dies circle dies are from Gina Marie

The word jolly, dazzling diamonds and all the paper is from Stampin' Up.

It is hard to tell because my paper in the picture is dark

There is Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, sparkly paper (hee hee)

It was hard to get the right colors of the papers

not sure if that had to do with all of the glitter and sparkle.

It was super fun breaking out this sparkly paper

and the dazzling diamonds that was used on the snowflakes

on the cup. I do love me some hot chocolate.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:

Back To Basic and Beyond Challenge - Challenge #9 - Use a Digital Image

Christmas at Sweet Stampin - August - Anything Goes Christmas

The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog - #349 - Punches & Dies (circles & jolly are dies)

Craftaholics R Us - Challenge #33 - Anything Goes

Please come and join us at Creative Knockouts this week

we would really love to see your inspiration for this challenge.

Have a fantastic day!

Hello Monday

Hello Monday!

August is almost half gone

but what a month so far. It has been soooooo very hot here,

thank goodness for rain and the cooling temperatures, we got yesterday.

I have been able to enjoy a visit from my sister/mom/dad,

had another Cranial Sacral treament, a movie/shopping/sleep over

with a friend, back to school shopping

and some time with most of my kids and grandson.

What can make a girl even happier?

Time to craft of course :)

Today, for The Project Bin

I am highlighting the stamp set

Born Yesterday

My card above is clean and simple,

with a diagional cut to highlight

the Happy Birthday Sentiment with pearls.

The paper is from Stampin' Up.

We would really love it if you would

come see the inspriation today and each day

to see what my fellow team mates have to inspire you.

Wishing you a very blessed and happy day

May it have a little time for you

and crafting.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

The Advantage...

Good morning! 

Today is Monday and you know what that means

it is time for another DT creation

for The Project Bin

Today, I am highlighting the stamp set

Many More

The card above is made using a sentiment 

from the above set. It is such an awesome attitude

about meeting more people as you get older to love.

The Project Bin has unique and amazing sentiments be sure

to stop by and check them out!

I used Gina Marie x-stitch dies, rectangle stitch die and

Stampin' Up punch. The paper is by Stampin' Up.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty  Friends - Challenge #87 - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Challenge #7 - July Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Challenge #150 - July Anything Goes

Each day The Project Bin has inspiration for you by the Design Team

hop on over and check it out, you won't be disappointed.

Thank you so much for stopping by today

Baseball Bear

Hello, Hello and welcome to my blog!

How did we get to the first Thursday in August already?

Kind of feeling like July only took about 5 minutes.

We have had the pleasure of camping with our grandson, our son 

and his girlfriend this week. The only thing missing was our

other two kids.

Here is to hoping our camping will become a family tradition with

Emery every summer.

Today, is Thursday and you know what that means...

a brand new challenge over at Creative Knockouts

Challenge #257 - For The Kids

Our sponsor for this week is 

All Dressed Up

Prize: 2 images

Thank you so much for being our sponsor

and for letting us highlight your images.

My image is called Baseball Bear

Isn't he just adorable.

I colored him up using my prisma pencils

which I am still working on my blending but they are so much fun to use.

The dies are from Gina Marie Designs x-stitch

and the embossing folder is from Tayored Expressions (will double check this one for you).

We would love to see your creations

for our brand new challenge.

It is so much hopping on over to your blogs.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Have a very blessed and happy day

"Thank You"

Happy last Monday of July.

Where has this gorgeous summer month gone?

It has been a busy time of year but we are

enjoying being out in nature.

This time going out camping we will have our grandson, son, his girlfriend

and our daughter. We are hoping our oldest one

will make it out for a day or two.

Today, I am sharing a card that was made

using a stamp from the stamp set

Many More

by

The Project Bin

First, was to decide on my sentiment

which honestly was hard because

their are so many good ones from The Project Bin

Second, I decided on my pattern paper, which is from

Little Darling Papers. I just adore the patterns

and color combinations. It is one of my favorites.

Browns, pinks, green and white and then a card sketch by Liz Chidester.

The dies were easy as I wanted ovals

and I really like my double stitched ones from Gina Marie Designs.

Both the white and brown ovals are double stitched

and I added the pearls between the stitches on the brown.

Stampin' Up marker was used to color the cute image (certainly celery, pink pirouette) 

A scallop punch from Stampin' Up was used for create a border

on the bottom triangle.

The fish tale banners were hand cut.

The last thing I decided to do on this card was paper pierce around

the pink card stock.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafting With Dragonflies - Challenge #109- Spots and Stripes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - July "Totally Girly"

Please come and check out the shop for The Project Bin

and 

the amazing Blog they have full of inspiration each day!

Thank you for joining me today.

Have a blessed day.

Sleep, Rest, Recover

Happy Monday!

We had a great week/weekend, camping with family, facetiming

with other family members was also a huge treat.

It is always wonderful to get back to nature 

and enjoy the beautiful peacefulness, even with storms

passing by, to just sit and be, too feel grounded.

While walking by the water, I was thinking

about what stamp set should be highlighted today for The Project Bin.

All that kept coming to mind was the stamp that said

"Sleep, Rest and Recover"

It is from our brand new set

Many More

This sentiment is a great one to share for so many other illnesses

or just a reminder to put yourself first.

The card above was made using First Edition 6x6 pattern paper

Whisper White and Early Espresso paper

Brown memento ink and pearls.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges.

The Corrisive Challenge - Challenge #7 July - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - #150 - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Challenge #59 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for joining me today,

we would love it if you hopped on over to 

The Project Bin Blog

where each day their is tons of inspiration for you.

Have a blessed day!

Peace and Quiet

Happy Thursday everyone. Thank you for coming to my blog today.

I have a brand new card to share with you.

It is created for Creative Knockouts

Challenge #255 - Tag Time - include a tag somewhere on your card

Our sponsor for this week is A Day For Daisies

and they graciously have let me

highlight this image called

Peace and Quiet

Prize: $12 Voucher

The Tag with the image on is from My Favourite Things

The rectangle and oval dies are from Gina Marie Designs

The triangle and pokey circle die, I do not know where they come from as they,

were given to me without the covers.

I colored my image using Copic Markers

I went through all of my left over shapes, trying to use

up some of my old stash. It was so much fun figuring out what

colors and shapes to use. Hope you enjoy it.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - #301 - Anything Goes

Craftaholics R Us - Challenge #29 - Anything Goes

Creates and Makes Challenge - #22 - Anything Goes

Die Cuttin Divas - #378 - Lots of Layers

Be sure to check out Creative Knockouts for more inspiration

and 

please share your inspiration with us.

Have an amazing day and happy crafting!

It's Always Summer Somewhere

Hello! Welcome to my blog.

Today, I have a brand new card for you highlighting

one of The Project Bins stamp sets.

We are giving a shout out too

Word Art Wednesday Challenges

as The Project Bin

is a sponsor for this next challenge.

It runs for two weeks and you can

use one of a free word art scripture

on your project but is not required.

I tried a new card called

Split panel card. 

The stamp set I used is

Summer Fun

It was so much fun but I think to make

it more stable I will do a wider up and down panel.

I adore how the flip flops turned out with the pattern paper.

The flip flops are stamped and fussy cut out.

I love the birds at this time of year, so broke out

this die to add to my summer card.

Just love this sentiment, it is so true

you can always find warm weather somewhere.

We would love it if you would

join in at Word Art Wednesday

with your inspiration and for a chance to win

from The Project Bin

Thank you so much for joining me today

Have a blessed day!

My Favorite Place is....

Good, good morning! Welcome to my blog.

Today, is my day to share my card design with you

using The Project Bin stamp set.

The stamp set I am highlighting today is

In My Heart

I used the stamp 

"My favorite place is inside your hug"

and "xoxo"

Both dies were also used it is a fabulous set.

The browns, vanilla and white colors for the paper and the pattern paper

jumped out at me as they were left over on my desk

from several other projects.

My layout was taken from this card sketch I found on Pinterest

from Dawn Stamping Thoughts

Please hop on over to The Project Bin

to see more inspiration each day of the week.

Then head to their shop to check out all of their

unique and amazing stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by

I really appreciate it.

Welcome, Baby

Happy Monday morning!

It was an amazing weekend

spent with family at a family reunion on my dad's side.

It was so awesome to see so many cute babies, cousins,

aunts and uncles. The location was somewhere

that I have not been too for many years, so walking down

memory lane was a lot of fun too.

The stamp set, I am sharing with you today

is from The Project Bin

called Many More (it is brand new)

Denise has created another phenomenal set.

It has baby, get well, thank you, Happy birthday...etc.

So after seeing so many little ones on the weekend

I just knew that the stamp to be used was the rocking horse.

It was colored with Prisma pencils

The back ground paper, was made using a Stampin Up

stencil with pink pirouette, certainly celery and bashful blue inks.

Break out the glitter enamel dots and woola

a card was born.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS- Challenge #140 - Code word: Baby

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #211 - Anything Goes/ twist create your own Designer paper.

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - #137 - Use those inks anyway you want (made my back ground paper with a stencil)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for sharing this card with me.

Have a truly blessed day!

Sunflowers in Boots

Happy Creative Knockouts Thursday

Kelly has a brand new challenge for you

and another wonderful sponsor is with us this week.

Thank you AMB illustrations for supplying our images

to use this week and for the 3 images for the winner.

Challenge #253 - Birthday Wishes

AMB illustrations

 Sunflower in Boots

Prize: 3 Images

My image above was colored using copic markers. It has been a while

since they have been pulled out and boy have I missed them.

I added some texture by turning my embossing folder 

around, completely an accident but it seems to have worked.

A sentiment, a few butterflies with pearls and the card

was complete. 

It is clean and simple design this week.

Be sure to come and join us for our challenge

share what you have created so I can come and see it;

 also check out the blog for more inspiration.

Wishing you an amazing day

Thank you so much for stopping by

*You Can Make Me Laugh*

Good morning! Happy Belated Canada Day everyone!

We have had a wonderful weekend with

some surprise visits from family, it sure did

brighten each day. Thank you for including

us into your days this long weekend.

Happy 4th of July to our neighbors and friends

south of us! May you enjoy a wonderful day.

Monday, is my day at The Project Bin

to share some inspiration with you.

Denise created this amazing stamp set called

#bff

as you can see their are so many wonderful

sentiments in this set about friendships.

It was so easy to come up with this design.

Recipe:

Stamp Set: #bff

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Pattern paper (unknown)

Accessories: Sizzix (Tim Holtz) branch die, Your Next Stamp enamel dots,

Stampin' Up Stitch dies

Sketch:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge #206 - Anything Goes + a Sentiment

Creative Fingers Challenge #149- Anything Goes

Just Us Girls - #447 - Wild Card Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by

I really appreciate all comments.

Have a blessed day!