Ice cream, ice cream, and more ice cream!!

Do you love ice cream?  We do at our house!!  Even in the middle of winter we will eat ice cream.

There is lots and lots of good ice cream out there, but I have to tell you that the very best ice cream in the entire world is Stewart's Death By Chocolate!!  Oh my!!!!!   Just take a look at the description...  dark chocolate ice cream with chocolate covered almonds, chocolate flakes, and chocolate truffles!!!  (Stewart's ice cream is so creamy and delicious!  If you are ever in the capital region of NY, you need to try some!!  You will thank me!)

Now that you're drooling, here are the details of my card... ;)
FTHS "Ice Cream Lineup" image is colored with my Spectrum Noir markers and cut out with Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles.   My DP is a scrap and embossed with Cuttlebug Spots and Dots.  My AC ribbon is tied with hemp twine and a button from my stash.

Challenges...
FTHS Free Stamp of the Month June - must use Ice Cream Lineup
Alphabet Challenge - H is for hand coloured image
Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards #111 (2nd entry) - use a die cut
Crafting With Friends #23 - anything goes
Polkadoodles #24 - use a die cut

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!  I'm off to find some ice cream!!! :)

Happy (embossed) Birthday

I've got a birthday card to share today.  This was fun to make!  It has all my favorites... embossing, dies, and inking!

**Be sure to stop over to Inspiration Destination for this week's challenge... the sponsor is Doodle Pantry!! :)  You could win and choose this fun image for your next b'day card. ;)

This image is Birthday Birdie Color Plus from Doodle Pantry.  It is cut out with Spellbinders Circles and Petite Scalloped Circles.  All of the DP is from my scrap box.  The main panel is embossed with Cuttlebug Birthday Wishes EF and inked with TH walnut stain distress ink.  The pink piece was punched with a MS border punch and wrapped with some hemp twine.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders Die D-Lites Sentiments 8 Etched Dies.   It's all pretty basic, but I was pleased with the end result. :)

Challenges...
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #111 - use a die cut
Die Cut Divas June - anything goes (must use die cut)
Sweet Stamps June - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Hi - TMS #356

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  

This was a fun image to color.  Though I have to say that I really dislike bugs!  In the fall, we have some kind of bug that is similar to a lady bug that they tell me has some good use on the farms around, but I just hate them in my house!!!  
Pardon the rant... now on to the details...
My paper was a scrap that I distressed.  The "hi" is a Stampendous clear stamp and cut out with Spellbinders Circles.  My image is BUGLBDAISY ladybug daisy (colored with Spectrum Noir markers) from Bugaboo... our sponsor this week!  Play along for a chance to win 7 images of your choice from Bugaboo Stamps!!

 

Here's our awesome sketch for the week...

  

Challenges...
Addicted to Stamps #128 - flowers
Whoopsi Daisy - bring on summer
{Cupcake Inspirations} Challenge #364 - photo inspiration (I was inspired by the flowers and colors)

 
 
Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenée
Jessi
Kris - off this week 
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

For unto you is born this day... - CCC #28

Good morning/afternoon to you!!  It's time for Christmas Card Challenges!   Here's my card...

My paper is all from my scrap pile. [I think that box could keep me busy creating for years!]   Some of my pieces are distressed and everything is inked with TH walnut stain.  My image and sentiment are FTHS Bethlehem.  They are cut using Spellbinders Standard Circles and Matting Basics. (I rounded one end in a circle punch.)  The finishing touches are some adhesive pearls, a metal brad, and some hemp twine.

This week, the challenge's inspiration is a word prompt: Religious.   But remember the only rule is that you make a Christmas/holiday card and this inspiration is optional.

Challenges... 
12 Months of Christmas #18 (June) - anything goes and/or optional theme-silver & gold (I did anything goes)
FTHS i {heart} sketches w/a twist #155 - sketch and/or twist-circle card (I just did the sketch)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Love to Craft - TMS #355

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!   My card was very fun to make because this image is adorable, we've got a great sketch, and I do love to craft!!

Supplies...
All Dressed Up "Love to Craft" image
Spectrum Noir markers (GB1, GB8, GB10, EB5, FS2, FS3, TB4, DR7, BG1, CR9, CT4)
Prima "En Francais" DP
Spellbinders Standard Circles
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A
the Paper Studio Scalloped Circles EF
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF
TH "faded jeans" distress ink

Our wonderful sponsor this week is All Dressed Up!  Wendy's images have got to be some of the cutest images available!!

Here's this week's awesome sketch by Melissa...

Challenges...
Spectrum Noir June - use a die cut (used Spellbinders Circles and Matting Basics)
               (must use Spectrum Noir markers - list above)
Our Crafty Corner #10 - anything goes
Craft Your Passion #315- anything goes
Crafting From the Heart #115 - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenée
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

A Christmas card and some news!

Happy Sunday to you!
I have an announcement to make!
Drum roll, please..............

I am now a member of the Design Team at Christmas Card Challenges!!  

Here's my first CCC DT card...

This week, we have an inspiration photo... jingle bells!!

{But remember that the only real requirement is that you make a Christmas card... the inspiration is optional.}

My image and sentiment are from Doodle Pantry's Jingle Ants.  The DP is Recollections Cozy Lodge and I distressed the edges with my Distrezz-it-all.   The red star paper is DCWV.  My panels are cut using CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles.  I printed my image 3 times and fussy cut the bells for some dimension.  I punched a hole at the end of the image ribbon and ran my grosgrain ribbon through. 

Challenges...
A Snowflake Promise #23 - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #232-233 - anything goes/family friendly
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #110 - bingo (I did diagonal "distress, pattern paper, ribbon")


Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please come over and play along with us at the Christmas Card Challenges!!

Note cards for my hubby - AIMPDC 18

Hello and Happy Wednesday!   Today is also June 1, so it's time for Doodle Pantry's Ants in My Pants Digital Challenge 18!!  It starts at noon EST today over at the DP BLOG.

I've got a few cards to show you.  They are all the same sketch and image, but different paper combinations...

These cards are for my husband to use.  He is a pastor, as you probably may have assumed.  ;)   I have a bunch of this image printed and waiting to be made, so after finding the pile of them again and deciding not to just move it, I made several for him.  The image is from DP's Assemble Together.

Here are a couple of others...

 

They are a pretty simple design and not embellished because they usually are mailed.  The embossing, inking, and distressing adds some interest without the bulk.  

Challenges...
{PIN}spirational Challenges #166 - anything goes
Die Cuttin' Divas #268 - anything goes with a die cut


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

To somebody special - TMS #354

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  

This is one of those a-bit-of-this-and-that cards.  The green embossed panel has been floating around my desk for probably over a year!  [It's embossed with Spellbinders "Flourish" Impressabilities and inked with TH peeled paint.]  The image [Butterfly Flower from Sami Stamps] has been sitting for a couple of months waiting to be used.  The green cardstock was in a box of scraps that I had intended to organize last summer.  (Still not organized... most of it just got thrown out because I have way too many scraps!!)  The sentiment is from M5D. 

This week, we have a new sponsor... we're glad to have Pink and Main sponsoring this week!!  **The prize is $15 store credit**  The winner will have fun checking out their really cute stuff!!!

Here's our sketch... :)

 

Challenges...
Simon Says Stamp Monday - Monochrome
Crafty Cardmakers #165 - Monochrome
Pile It On #109 - tic tac toe (down center - emboss, image, die cut)
Sweet Stampin' - embossing


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenée
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

More Father's Day - TMS #353

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  

I'm all messed up this week!  I went away and forgot to have my post ready to go before I left. :P  And I decided at the last minute to leave my laptop at home, so I couldn't even do it at all.  But I'm home now and here it is...

I made a "fancy fold"... (not sure what this is technically called)

My image is Doodle Pantry "Old Ship Color Plus."  It's cut out using Spellbinders Standard Circles and framed with Spellbinders Labels 22.  My DP is Prima "DIY Shop."  

Here' the sketch by Jessi...

  
 Melissa is sponsoring this week with a prize package of "girly, sassy, spunky, and sweet" in honor of her daughter who is graduating this month!  

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...
Jenée
Jessi
Kris
Lee - this will be her last week with us :(
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Wednesday to you!  I've got a Christmas card to show you today...

My card is a Kraft base.  My blue and grey cardstock are both pieces from my scrap box.  I used the wavy blade in my cutter on the edge.  My white panel is embossed using CB Swiss Dots.  My image is Elegant Ornaments from Imagine That...digis by Kris.   It is cut using Spellbinders Standard Circles and Petite Scalloped Circles. The bow is Offray grosgrain ribbon.

Challenges...
Tuesday Throwdown #294 - embossing
Fab 'n' Funky #305 - no designer paper
Scrapy Land #42 - lots of layers + must use brand of dies sold at Scrapy Land (Spellbinders)
A Snowflake Promise #22 - anything goes
Holly Jolly Christmas #72 - lots of layers
12 Months of Christmas #17 - anything goes Christmas/December w/ optional theme non-traditional colors
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - colour challenge

 Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Hello

My card tonight is a simple and fun "hello."  A simple and fun piggy "hello"! :)  I love having simple note cards in my stash!

My image is "Hamlet Pigwit in the Planter" from From the Heart Stamps colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  The DP is American Crafts Basics.  The edges are inked with TH walnut stain.  The image and polka dot panel are cut with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles.  The banner die is Sweet 'n Sassy.

Challenges...
Our Crafty Corner May - anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers #164 - stitching (my die made my stitching)
FTHS Free Stamp of the Month May - must use "Hamlet Pigwit in the Planter"
i {heart} sketches w/ a twist #152 - sketch and/or twist enlarge image and crop (I used both)

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Handy father's day -- TMS #352

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  

It's not a "requirement" for fatherhood that a man be handy with tools, but both my father and my husband are very handy with tools, so this "little handyman" is a great image for me to use on a Father's Day card...

My DP is all scraps.  The banner is DCWV corrugated DP.  My image is Handy Harry from Digital Delights and is colored with Spectrum Noir markers then fussy cut.  (He's a little dark... I printed the color image in black and white by mistake and just colored him rather than printing again.)  The square behind him is cut out with Spellbinders Celebra'tions Squares.  My sentiment is a Recollections rubber stamp.

Here's our sketch for this week...

We've got a new sponsor this week -- Crafty Sentiments!!   We're so happy to have them sponsoring!!  The prize is 3 digital stamps of the winner's choice. :)

Challenges...
Crafting From the Heart #112 - anything goes
Craft Your Passion #312 - anything goes
613 Avenue Create #176 - anything goes
Digital Delights Delightful Monthly Challenge #9  - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenée
Jessi
Kris
Lee
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

A warm & fuzzy for you

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the challenge over at Love To Scrap, so head on over there and check it out and play along!

My image is Doodle Pantry's Cuddly Bear Color Plus.  My DP is Studio Calico Story Time.  It is embossed with CB Love Language.  The image is cut out using Spellbinders Standard Circles and framed with Spellbinders Heart Circles.  The sentiment is cut out using A2 Matting Basics A.

Challenges...
Crafting With Friends #20 - anything goes
Alphabet Challenge - F for Furry Friends
The Ribbon Girls - May "use any image" (must use ribbon)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Merry Christmas - TMS #351

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  I've got a Christmas card for you today.   I tried a new (to me) technique for this... on the edge die cutting.  

To do this, when you place your die on the paper, part of the die is off the cutting plate so that it doesn't cut through.  Not sure if that makes sense, but you can find tutorials on YouTube.  
My die is CC Designs Winter Wonderland.  **See? I'm already wishing for next winter's snow!! LOL**  I used CB Swiss Dots to emboss.  The DP is Recollections "Winter Frost," and my sentiment is from My Craft Spot "Joy To the World" stamped with Versafine.  


Here's our great sketch from Patti...

She is also sponsoring this week with this great prize package...

  

Challenges...
Addicted to Stamps #126 - only sentiment, no image
Christmas Card Challenge #23 - Christmas card (I didn't do optional colors)
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas #280 - vintage or anything goes Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - I for Ink (I used Versafine Onyx Black to stamp my sentiment)


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...


Jenée
Jessi
Kris
Lee
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

With this ring...

Wedding season is upon us!  This card was made for a very special couple who just "tied the knot" today!  ♥

I made it an easel card...

Here's the front when closed...

My image is True Love from From the Heart Stamps.  It is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and cut out using Spellbinders Standard Circles.  The DP is Prima Something Blue.  It is embossed with CB Love Language and Darice Lace border.   The sentiments are clear sentiments from Stampendous.  "to have and to hold..." was cut using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A.  A scrap of ribbon and some adhesive pearls finished it off. 

Challenges...
Fab 'n Funky #303 - 3 or more layers
The Paper Shelter  #247 - love is in the air
Scrapy Land #41 - anything goes (must use brand sold at Scrapy Land - I used Spellbinders)
Word Art Wednesday #228-229 - anything goes/family friendly
Addicted to Stamps and More #192 - make your mark (I used Spectrum Noir markers)
Alphabet Challenge - E for Embossing Folders
i {heart} sketches w/ a twist #150 - sketch and/or twist (I used sketch)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Happy Father's Day

Before you think I'm crazy, let me assure you that I realize that tomorrow is Mother's Day, and that Father's Day isn't until next month! I'm just starting early for a change! :)


My dad is a car guy so I love to make cards with the awesome car sets at Doodle Pantry!!  This one is Classic Corvette.  The image and sentiment are cut out with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A and B.  My DP is American Crafts "DIY Shop." 

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge with it's theme of "for dad or a special male (from the kids)" so you might want to go check that out.


Challenges...
Crafting With Friends #20 - anything goes
Creative Knockouts #140 - tic-tac-toe (I went diagonal from top left -- stamp, sentiment, ribbon)


I want to wish a very Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Hey Friend - TMS #350

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Today is our 350th sketch!!  That's awesome!!

My image is Driving Mizz Dolly from Digital Delights.  My DP and brads are We R Memory Keepers Sunsplashed.  The sentiment is a clear sentiment from M5D.  

This week's sponsor is Digital Delights by Louby Loo!

Here's our great sketch by Melissa...

Challenges...
Crafting From the Heart #110 - anything goes
Our Crafty Corner #9 - anything goes
Craft Your Passion #310 - anything goes 


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenée
Jessi
Kris
Lee
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Celebrate!

Here's my second card and post for the day with a fun birthday card that could be for either a guy or girl...

My image is Doodle Pantry's Carousel Horse 6 that is cut out with Spellbinders Celebrations Squares and framed with Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Squares.  I tied a piece of Offray ribbon and the white circles are Doodlebug Designs white Sprinkles.


Doodle Pantry is sponsoring 613 Avenue Create's challenge this week, so be sure to visit them and play along!

Challenges...
Tuesday Throwdown #291 - anything goes
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #108 - circles and squares
CropStop Linky Party #15 - anything goes (must use products from company sold at CropStop-I used Scotch ATG, and Scotch foam mounting tape)
Seize the Birthday - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Feel better - AIMPDC 17

Can it really already be the 1st of May???  Wow!  I must be getting old because time seems to be flying by!

Isn't this birdie cute??!?  I hope time flies for the recipient of this card and that this birdie cheers him up as he heals!  This is for a young boy in our church who broke his leg.  Poor little guy!  His break required surgery and a pin.  :(  

I used the color image from Boo-boo Birdie & Ants.  He was cut out with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B then I ran my Cutter Bee Bug around the edges to make a pierced border.  The sentiment is cut out using Spellbinders Ribbon Banners.  My ribbon is AC.  The chipboard button is DCWV.  The plaid paper is a scrap that I distressed on my Distrezz It All.  [I love that little machine!!!]

Because today is May 1, Doodle Pantry's Ants In My Pantry Digital Challenge 17 starts today at noon, so visit the blog to enter!!   Our theme is always "Anything Digital Goes"!


Challenges...
Brown Sugar #196 - for the boys
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
Crafting With Friends #19 - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!!