My Sweet Mother-in-law

I often hear jokes about mothers in law,,,,,,,most of them are funny,,,,,,but usually represent mothers in law who are less than desirable LOL. I am happy to report that I have been married to my mother in law's son for 29 years,,,and I've never had occasion to regret having her for a mother in law!  She's a wonderful woman, and extremely generous.

She was especially so this month and did something very nice for my husband and I,,,,,,,,and so, of course, I had to make a thank you card,,,,,,

Here it is!

Card Recipe:
Papers: Fancy Pants
Stamps: vintage digi image from my stash/Justrite Just the Right Words Set
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black
Dies: Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles, Eyelet Pendants/MFT mini rolled roses/Memory Box Lorelai Outline leaf, elegant scrollwork, iron gate
Pearls, ribbon, corner piece: my stash

I hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for looking,,,,,,,,,,,

Party Time Tuesdays!!!!!!

Good Morning!!!!! It's Tuesday, and it's time for our new challenge over at Party Time Tuesdays!

We have another color challenge for you this week!! Here's your color inspiration photo!

And here's my card!!!!!!!

Our fab sponsors this week are My Favorite Things, Sassy Pants, and Fancy Pants, who provided the wonderful papers for us to make our cards with this week!!!!!  My darling image was provided so generously by Sassy Studios,,,,,,,,and she's been colored with copics.

I've used Romantic Rectangles and Memory box elegant scrollwork for dies,,,,,,,

I hope you enjoyed the card, and my apologies for posting this late,,I've had SEVERE blogger problems all week, and haven't been able to post anything at ALL for days now!

Have a great week, and thanks for looking!!!!!!!

Sugar Creek Hollow!!!

Due to blogger problems,,,,,,my post is VERY late. My apologies!!!!

This week over at Sugar Creek Hollow, we have a fun challenge for you!!!!! Our theme this week is PRETTY IN PINK!!!!! we want to see your vintage or shabby chic PINK cards!!!!

How much more fun could it be???? Who doesn't love PINK????

Here's mine!

and a close up of this darling image, so perfect for a friend!!

Stamps are Justrite, and I've used Labels 18 and romantic rectangles here!!!! A bit of lace and a sweet bow, a couple pearls and she's finished!

I hope you enjoyed the LATE card,,,,,,and I hope you join us at Sugar Creek Hollow for a fun challenge!

Bonjour!!!

Good Afternoon!!!!  I've always been fascinated with anything French,,,,,,I took 8 years of it in school, and I've been a travel agent and had the opportunity to go many times,,and I am totally in love with Paris!! And I was lucky enough to win the grand prize at Simon Says Stamp this past week and win 50.00 worth of goodies! I scored some Paris themed Just Rite stamps and SEVERAL Memory Box dies,,,,,,love them!

Today the mail came and I just had so much fun playing with stamps and dies!!!!  I knew I wanted to do another entry for the Justrite Friday Challenge, "Charm Me" so off I went to play with my new Justrite stamps, Au Revoir.

Here's what I came up with!

I created a little collage with several of the stamps in the set and added a pop of color with some red ink,,,,,,,,the dies I used for this card are spellbinders postage stamps and Romantic rectangles, and Memory box Lorelai Outline Leaf, Elegant Scrollwork, and Wrought Iron Gate.  I added a heart charm to a sheer black bow, and finished off with two stick pins and a sparkly button.

Here's a close up of the stamps and the bow cluster, including the heart charm,,,,,,

The inks I used to stamp with are ColorBox Cranberry, and Versafine Onyx Black and Vintage Sepia.

Thanks for  looking, and I hope you enjoyed the card!!!!

Sugar Creek Hollow!

It's Saturday! And that means it's time for a new challenge over at Sugar Creek HOllow!  This week, we want to see your vintage TRAVEL cards and projects!

I used this opportunity to get another Christmas card finished, since I had this darling Hot Air Balloon image in my computer.

Papers are scraps,,,,,,I cut out the hot air balloon with Romantic Rectangles and accented with a red velvet ribbon, a green jingle bell and a gold holly leaf,,I also stamped the image with an itty bitty unity stamp,,,,,,easy peasy and simple as pie!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for looking!  Run right over to SCH and upload your vintage or shabby chic travel card or project!

A Prayer for You,,,,,,

Good Morning!!!!! It's time for Sugar Creek Hollow again!!!!! And this week we have a marvelous challenge for you! We want to see your Sympathy cards! Everyone needs them,,,,,,,no one likes them, but we need them. So let's see those shabby chic, vintage or primitive sympathy cards!

Our amazing sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish!!! They have supplied some gorgeous digi stamps for the DT to feature on our cards,,,,,,,,,so on to the card!

Isn't that digi just gorgeous???? It will be perfect for a Christian friend who's lost a close aunt.  I colored the stamp with prismacolors and baby oil and cut it out with Romantic Rectangles,,,,,,,,a bit of lace, a doily, some bling and pearls,,,,,,,,and a pretty butterfly bow and she's ready for my friend.

Here's a close up of this beautiful stamp!

I hope you enjoyed the card,,,,,so run right over to Sugar Creek Hollow and upload your sympathy card for a chance at a fantastic prize!!!!!

Sugar Creek Hollow!!!

Good Morning! It's Saturday again, and time for another fabulous Sugar Creek Hollow challenge!

This week, we want to see your vintage fashion cards and projects!!!!! Find a free image, use a stamp or a digi stamp, but whatever you do, MAKE IT VINTAGE and make it fashion!!!!

For our fantastic sponsor this week, we have the AMAZING,,,,,,,,,,digi doodle shop!

I was given this GORGEOUS image of this elegant lady!

As you can see, I colored this image with copics and cut it out with Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles,,,,,The paper is Prima, and I added a prima die cut (cut from the same prima paper), some prima flowers, a fluffy bow made from gorgeous netting,,,,,,,and a fluffy white feather!

Here's a close up of this gorgeous image!

Run right over to the Sugar Creek Hollow site and see what the other DT members have for inspiration! And while you're at it, upload your vintage fashion themed card or project!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed the card!

Sugar Creek Hollow!!!!!!!!!

Good Morning!!!!!!!! It's Saturday and time for a new Sugar Creek Hollow challenge!!!!!

And this week, our challenge is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


Black and White!!!!!

We want to see your black and white vintage, shabby chic and Primitive style cards in ONLY black and white. The image may be colored, but otherwise,,,,,,,,,we want ONLY black and white!!!

Here's my card!

I got this lovely image FREE from Free Vintage Digi Stamps and couldn't resist it! Pamela has the NICEST digi stamps, and they are ALL FREE! Pop on over there and see what you can find!

I colored this stunning image with the barest of copic color hints,,,,,I used R20 for the fan, lace and feathers, BG10 for the back ground and just a touch of YG 63 for the dress and hat, and E00 for skin tones.

My card base was cut from Romantic Rectangles,,,,,,,and I also used Romantic Rectangles for several of the card elements,,,,,,,I embossed the smallest with my Tim Holtz post card embossing folder and then stamped it with a little post mark stamp that I bought at Joann's. The patterned paper is more MME Lost and Found scraps!

A few pearls, and she's finished,,,,,,,,,,easy peasy and tons of fun! She measures about 5 inches X 3.25 inches, and is perfect for a little note card!

We have some more exciting news over at Sugar Creek Hollow this week!!!! Today, we are welcoming Liz and Yvonne to our Design Team!!!!! We are so excited to have them!! Congratulations, Ladies! I can't wait to see what beautiful things you create!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for looking! Now run right over to SCH and upload your black and white card! You might win a wonderful prize from Sugar Creek Hollow!

PTT 65!!

Good Morning!!!!!!! It's Tuesday, one of my favorite days of the week, because I get to see all your gorgeous projects! Today, over at Party Time Tuesdays we have our ANYTHING GOES challenge. BUT we have a small twist this week,,,,,,,,,,,the challenge THIS week is ANYTHING GOES WITH KRAFT paper!

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, our month long sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps, and our weekly sponsors Kraft Outlet, who provided us with some lovely kraft paper, and other goodies to make our cards with, and Crafty Sentiments, whom we have had the pleasure of having yet again at Party Time Tuesdays! Thank you so much to all our generous sponsors!

This week, the Party Planners are honoring one of our own, Party Planner Jen Skull with a card. I hope she enjoys the card I made for her!

And here it is!

I twisted this card a bit and used the sentiment on the OUTSIDE and the main image on the INSIDE,,,,,

Isn't that library card holder just the cutest thing??? It was supplied by our sponsor this week, Kraft Outlet. I colored the Bugaboo image with copics, cut it out with circles large and popped it up on the library card holder with pop dots, adding a sheer bow.

I decided to make the library card into a little mini book for Jen! So I cut it with Romantic Rectangles for the cover of the mini, and then cut the other kraft and cream papers given to us by Kraft outlet for the inner  pages, which I filled with upbeat and inspirational quotes! It slips right inside the library card holder inside the card for mailing.

Here is the mini, fanned so you can see how I put it together,,,,,,,,

I do hope you enjoyed this little card, and thanks for looking,,,,,,,,run right over to PTT and upload your Anything Goes with Kraft paper project! Just one note, however, it's pretty impossible for the Party Planners to comment on the number of entries we receive during our Anything Goes challenge every month,,,so as much as we love them (and we do love them!), it's just impossible,,,,,,,,,,we hope you understand! Please know we love looking at them!!!!!!!!!

PTT 64!!!!!!!!!

Good morning everyone!!!!!!!  It's TUESDAY!!!!!!! Time for Party Time Tuesdays challenge of the week! And this week, we have a GORGEOUS color combo for you to inspire you!!!!

Such gorgggggggggeous colors!!!!!!! Light pink, dark pink, black/brown!!!!

And of course, we have our sponsors joining us!!!! Our month long sponsor who has been so generous to provide us with stamps is Bugaboo Stamps! We also have Digital Delights joining us with stamps as well,,,,,,,,and Cheery Lynn will provide a prize! How amazing are they? Thank you so much sponsors!

So without further ado, here is my darling card made with Bugaboo stamps! Isn't she just DARLING??

I am just LOVING this card,,,I have no idea who I am going to give it to, so I left it without a sentiment at this time, but I can always add one later.

She is so precious!

I colored her with copics, and cut her out with Circles large, then matted her with picot edge circles. Behind that, I cut a green piece of paper from my scrap pile with Romantic Rectangles, sprayed a white heart doily pink, a few flowers, a lace bow and a couple pearls, and such a sweet card for next to no effort!

Here's a close up of this darling stamp from Bugaboo,,,,,,

I do hope you enjoyed the card, thanks for looking, and run right over to PTT and load up your color isnpiration project! You might just win a fantastic prize from one of our sponsors!

Simple fold box,,,,,,

Good afternoon!!!!! I had a sleepless night last night,,,,,who knows why, but it happens to me quite frequently,,,,,

at 4:45 I gave up and got up to do some crafting,,,,,,

I threw together this simple little fold box, and fancied it up a bit with romantic rectangles and some roses!

such an easy little box for a gift, jewelry or something small,,even a gift card would fit in here!

Here's another view! the little bling key is Prima,,,,,,,,a bit of lace a charm and some ribbon to close the box and she's finished! Easy peasy and pretty enough to use for a gift!

I'll be entering this into the Shabby Tea Room challenge, which HAPPILY just happens to be "home made flowers"! YAY!

Hope you enjoyed the box, and thanks for looking!!!!!!!!

Thank you, Thank you!

This is my second post of the day! If you're looking for my PTT post, scroll down one post!

So we had a TON of birthdays in March in our family,,,,,,,three out of the four people living in this house right now, have birthdays in March,,,,,,2 of us on the 9th, and one of us this next Friday, the 23rd.

Birthdays mean presents, and presents mean thank you cards to our relatives who were kind enough to send gifts and money presents! My MIL and mother gave me $$$$$ and so I was able to buy several sets of nesties and my FIRST grand nestie (Labels 23) which I am DYING to get,,,,,,it's taking forever to get here LOL

Anywho, I made up some thank you cards, and I thought I'd just post them all here in one post :)

I had a ton of fun playing with my new spellbinders Romantic Rectangles, and another of my favs Parisian motifs. I also used some of the very first tools I ever bought, some flower punches, that have been sitting neglected in my cupboard to make some of the flowers. I am REALLY happy the way they turned out, after shaping with a ball stylus and glittering!

Here's a close up!

The butterflies are MS, and the leaves are all Spellbinders foliage.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you're having a wonderful week!