Almost ready to fly!!

Hi all!

I appreciate so much everyone's visits to my blog and all your nice comments!!  I have not posted much this week as we have been getting ready for Scotland!!!!!!!!!  Plus I've been fighting a head cold or sinus infection or both!  We're praying it totally goes away before we get on a plane tomorrow evening!

We'll be gone for 10 days and then I'll be back at it!  ...once I recover from my jet lag!  :-)

Debbie

Embroidered baby blankets

I made two baby cards in January for for sisters-in-law that had babies a day apart.  I am just now making their blankets, I am ashamed to admit.  They were not difficult or very detailed, I just hadn't sat down at my machine.  Let's hope they hold to the philosophy 'better late than never'!!

They are receiving blanket size in a really soft fleece.

These designs are from Embroidery Library.  I also put each name and birth date along the edge.

Thanks for looking!!!

New home 'congrats' card

I'm getting this one done at last minute for Cricut Cardz Challenge this week!  I didn't think I was going to get it done, but our company for dinner had to cancel, so I played!

The 'recipe' asked for a house, a touch of lace, and a flourish.

Before I gave the card away, I added a little heart that I think makes it much better!!

What I used:

~ Bazzill cardstock

~ K&Company paper

~ house and shadow from BB cut at 4"

~ flourish from home accents

~ frame from heritage

~ paper lace I've had forever!

Mother's day card

Mother's Day is fast approaching!  My mother won't be with me for Mother's Day, but she will be here later this week... to watch my children while my husband, one daughter, and I (and 5 others from our church) go to Scotland!!!    So I will actually be early with her card this year!  

With spring on it's way... though it is VERY slow this year... Fantabulous Cricut's theme for this week is 'April Showers'.... a project with an umbrella or hat.

Over at BBTB2, they are looking for Mother's Day sayings- 'mother' or 'Mother's Day' or 'mom' etc.  They used Mother's Day 2010 which I don't have yet, though I really want it!!! 

~ K&company paper

~ EKSuccess ribbon

~ 'M' from Stone Script

~ 'other' from C101 welded

~ frame, hat, and label from Heritage

~ Perfect Paisley Cuttlebug folder

Nice birthday card for my sister

If you saw the 50th b'day card for my sister, you know why I say this one is nice.  But it's not for her... it's for my next sister whose birthday is only a week later.  She'll be 50 next year!  *evil grin*  

This will be submitted to...

Stamping 411 - follow the sketch

Birthday Sundaes - anything goes birthday (with birthday wording on front)

The color is not quite right in the pic... it is a little brighter than it looks.  

What i used:

~ Bazzill cardstock

~ Perfectly Paisley Cuttlebug folder

~ the Paper Studio flowers

~ Cat's Eye 'dune' ink

~ border punch

~ stamp, brads and ribbon from my stash

Thanks for looking!!

Cowboy LO's

Howdy Pardner!!  These LO's were for my son's friend who had his birthday on the weekend.   She gave me the pages and asked for some western LO's.

They are pretty simple.  It is much easier for me to do a LO around the pics, in fact, I NEVER make them first so this was real challenge.  She wanted some ready for pics and some where she could place them as she wished. 

All cuts are from Old West.  That is a great cart!!!!

I tried to give lots of options for journaling, too.

They were the Spago pgs from CM, so I didn't use a whole 12x12 pg for many of them.

The patterned paper is all from "All About Boys" stack.  See... I told you I needed more boy paper! :-)

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Cowboy birthday card

Wow!  A post that I am not submitting to a challenge!!  

This card is for a friend of my son.  But it is not from us... his mother asked me to make a card for them to give him.  I also made several LO's in a cowboy theme, but don't have the pics yet.  I'll try to post them soon.

What I used:

~ Kraft paper to make a 5x7 card

~ paper from DCWV All About Boys stack

~ cardstock from my stash

~ boot and words from Old West

Thanks for looking!!!

"50 is not old" birthday card

My oldest sister will turn 50 next week.  I wanted to be sure and mark the occasion in a 'special' way even from a distance.  :)  So this is the result...

I thought of doing the "no matter how old you get, I'll always be younger than you are" but that's been done before - I'm the youngest.  So I thought I'd start out nice and encouraging...

But here's the inside...

Good thing I'm several hundred miles away! :)

This card will be submitted to--
Fantabulous Cricut - spring
Tuesday Morning Sketches - the sketch
Birthday Sundaes - spring birthday


Thanks for stopping by!!!

A new blogger award!!

Wow!  Donna, Sherrie, Lisa and Kate sent me an award!  I am honored that you would do that!  THANK YOU very much to each of you!

Check out their blogs:

http://donnasdreamworks.blogspot.com/
http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/
http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/
http://cardsonthefly.blogspot.com/

There are rules after receiving this reward and they are:

1. Thank the person who sent it to you
2. Tell us 7 things about yourself
3. Send this on to 15 bloggers  

Here are 7 things about me:

1. Only 12 days until I leave for Scotland!!!!!
2. I love chocolate!
3. I homeschool my 4 children
4. I drink too much diet Coke
5. I really enjoy doing card/LO challenges
6. My daily goal is to serve the Lord
7. Did I mention that I love chocolate??!!??

Here are the blogs that I want to pass this award to:

1. http://designbydonna.blogspot.com/
2. http://craftydolphin.blogspot.com/ 
3. http://houseofcards-jc.blogspot.com/ 
4. http://inkadoodlecreations.blogspot.com/ 
5. http://kwilliamskreations.blogspot.com/ 
6. http://raqcreations.blogspot.com/ 
7. http://ninascardart.blogspot.com/ 
8. http://outofmyhead-debra.blogspot.com/ 
9. http://scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/ 
10. http://scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/ 
11. http://anne-madebyanne.blogspot.com/ 
12. http://wishiwasscrappin.blogspot.com/ 
13. http://myscraphappyhome.blogspot.com/ 
14. http://memascrapbooking.blogspot.com/ 
15. http://cutbyconnie.blogspot.com/ 

Go check them all out!  All very talented crafters!!

Christmas card - Stamping 411 & jingle belles

My Christmas card stash for this year is growing!!  This one is made according to the sketch this week at Stamping 411 and made with holiday foliage for jingle belles. 

I do need to find the correct setting on my new camera so red ribbon looks red and not orange!

~ A2 size card

~ DCWV Holiday Stack paper

~ extra holly leaves cut out and pop dotted

~ the Paper Studio heart flourish border punch - acquired on my recent 1st trip to Hobby Lobby

~ grosgrain ribbon

~ bit of bling

~ Glossy Accents on the holly leaves (didn't show in pic)

~ 'Merry Christmas' stamp by ??? - this was in the first set of stamps I ever purchased a couple of years ago when I started to make cards

Now it's time for bed!  Thanks for stopping by!!

New challenge blog to check out...

Today, I found out about a new challenge blog that is just getting started... 

Whimsical Wednesdays will have its first challenge on April 6, but they currently have some prizes up for following and spreading the word about them.  They are also having a blog hop on April 1.  Looks like fun, so go check it out...

http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/

Spring b'day card

Cricut Cardz challenge this week is to make a card for spring using pink, green, and white.  A friend has birthday soon so I thought I'd make her a spring-y birthday card.

 used: Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug embossing folder

'happy' from Old West 

'BIRTDHAY' from Alphalicious

grass and flowers from Plantin Schoolbook

hemp cord, brads from my stash

white gel pen doodling

Thanks for looking!!!!

Puppy birthday card for a boy

I really need to go back to Hobby Lobby... I don't have boy paper!!  Oh well!  I did the best I could with what I have.   ;-) 


This is for my kids to give to a little friend who will soon have his 4th birthday.  Since I HAD to  make a card, I figured I might as well make it for some challenges... 5!!!


Fantabulous Cricut - birthday card
BBTB2 -dachshund from Paisley cart (or any doggie... which I had to do)
Tuesday Morning Sketches - K.I.D.S. (Keep It Delightfully Simple with a kid theme)
Birthday Sundaes - anything goes birthday with birthday words/greeting on front
                           (this is their 1st challenge... go check it out!)
Cuttlebug Spot - buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ 4 x 9 card
~ DCWV paper for background
~ Basic Grey for dog
~ dog from EPD cut at 3 1/2" and shadowed
~ 'happy birthday' from Doodletype cut at 2 1/2" and shadowed
~ buttons


Thanks for looking!!  If you like challenges, check out all these good ones!  (Then you'll end up  like me... making cards when I should be marking my kids tests!!!)

Another pink & brown thank you card

I did a pink and brown ty card yesterday for a challenge and went right back to the same papers today for 3 more challenges.  I am so happy with these cards that I may make a few more for a set to box up and give as a gift.  

The challenges are:

Stampin' Sister in Christ - something hidden (based on Matt. 6:6)

Celebrate the Occasion - thank you card with a tag

Mojo Monday - follow sketch

What I used:

~ Basic Grey patterned paper

~ Bazzill pink cardstock

~ 'Linen' textured cardstock from J's

~ Stampabilities 'thank you' stamp

~ Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder

~ brown ink and chalk

~ ivory grosgrain ribbon

~Fastenater staple

Thanks for looking!!!!

Leibster blog award!!

Thank you so much to Donna for this Leibster Award!!!  Check out her blog...Donna's Dreamworks

This blog award is for blogs with less than 300 followers and is to be passed along to 3-5 blogs.  

It is certainly true that the number of followers does not indicate the amount of talent of the blogger because I have found some wonderfully talented crafters with not a lot of followers.  So here are a few great blogs that I have recently found for you to check out as I pass this award along...

Cynthia -- http://inkadoodlecreations.blogspot.com/

Megan -- http://craftydolphin.blogspot.com/

Donna -- http://designbydonna.blogspot.com/

Nina -- http://ninascardart.blogspot.com/

the Happy Scrapper -- http://myscraphappyhome.blogspot.com/

Thank you, ladies, for inspiring me!!

Pink and brown Thank You card

Today was a great day!!  It is our second daughter's 13th birthday.  After school, we went out to go to a glow putt-putt, but found it closed.  So we stopped at the new Hobby Lobby!  My first time EVER in that store.  LOVE IT!!!  Spent too much!!  Then we went out to dinner, home for French Silk Pie, then when the kids went to bed, I made a card for this week's Stamping 411 challenge. 

The color is funny on the next pic but it shows the bow after I fixed it...

 What I used:

~ Basic Grey paper

~ Bazzill cardstock

~ Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug folder

~ digi stamp

~ ribbon and flowers from my stash

Here's a t-shirt I made for Robin using freezer paper for the 'stencil' and fabric paint.  It's really hot pink, though it looks red.

Thanks for looking!!!!

Keeping Christmas all year long

I am having fun making a Christmas card each week for the jingle belles challenge.  This week we had to follow a sketch. 

All the paper, letter brads, ribbon and Christmas stamp are from my stash.  The embossed gift was a bonus folder that came with my Cuttlebug and I chalked it a little.

Merry CHRISTmas early!!!  :-)

Flowery "Thanks"

This 'thanks' from the Stamped cart is so cute!  It is not as delicate as some other thank you cuts, so I especially like it for cards. 

This week at the Circut Cardz Challenge, they have a 'recipe' - a thank you card with a Cricut cut border using the colors blue, yellow and white.  

Here's my take on it...

What I used:

~ patterned paper and ribbon from Basic Grey

~ blue and yellow cardstock from my stash

~ "Thanks" from Stamped cut at 3 1/2" and shadowed, cut in white and just the flower used

~ flowers from Stamped welded for the blue border, single flowers cut in yellow 

         and stems removed

~ glitter glue for the flower center

Thanks for looking!!!

Card for my hubby's use - and 3 challenges :D

Green and gold, something I treasure, and a sketch all came together in this card that my husband will use.  

Stampin' Sisters in Christ ~ something I treasure... I greatly treasure our church and it's pastor, who is my husband!

Fantabulous Cricut - square card using green and gold

Cards for men - follow the sketch (they are having a DT call this week, too, if you are interested)

I used cardstock and brads from my stash, 

digi stamps by Laurie Wilson of Doodle Pantry, 

photo corner shadow at about 3" from Jasmine, 

and watercolor pencils

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Mojo 'merry Christmas'

Wow!  I was slow this week and almost missed jingle belles for this week.  I did all my prep for that and Mojo Monday then realized I only had an hour left!  So I scrambled and now I can post this card on MTC's forum for the 52 Challenges... do a project in under 30 minutes.  I did it!

Challenges:

Mojo Monday 182 - follow the sketch

jingle belles - kraft, white and pale blue palette

MTC 52 Challenges - under 30 minutes

~ Bazzill blue and white cardstock

~ Kraft cardstock

~ snowflake and shadow in MTC

~ Swiss dots and distressed stripes Cuttlebug folders

~ grosgrain ribbon from J's

~ stamp from ??? 

Thanks for looking!!!!