Sugar Creek Hollow Saturday!!!!!

I am really excited today!!!!!!! We have a fantastic challenge for you over at Sugar Creek Hollow! Something about any lover of vintage or shabby chic LOVVVVVVVES!

PEARLS AND SWIRLS!!!!!! We want to see pearls and flourishes on your vintage, shabby chic or primitive card!!!!! Other than that,,,,,,,the sky is the limit!

We also have a fantastic guest designer joining us at SCH this week, so be sure to come on over and welcome her,,,,,,,,,and then run right over to her blog to see her gorgeous work!

Welcome to Amelia Breytenbach! Amelia, it's so nice to have you with us this week!



And here's my card!

I am absolutely IN LOVE with this paper! It's Prima Meadow Lark,,,,,,,,and when I first got it, I was a bit disappointed,,,,,,,,but once I started layering with this gorgeous vintage rose image,,,,,,,OH MY, the paper jumps right off the card! So pretty!

I got this lovely image at a new (for me) vintage freebies site,,,,,,,,,,and I think I spent 4 hours yesterday going through every page she had to find some incredibly gorgeous images! So make sure you stop by and see what she has! The blog is called Bumble Button!

Here's the image, close up,,,,,,,

This is a relatively simple card, because I really wanted this gorgeous image and the paper to shine,,,,

I cut the image out with Spellbinders Ovals Large, inked the edges and centered it over layered Meadow Lark paper,,,,,,it's really too stunning. some ruffled ribbon, yellow sheer ribbon, Prima "Say it in pearls and crystals"  flourish and some extra pearls, and she's finished!

So easy, yet SO elegant!

I hope you loved the card, and thanks so much for looking! Your comments mean the world to me!

I hope you enjoy this week's amazing challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow, and we look forward to seeing your entry!

PARTY TIME TUESDAY!!!!!

Good Morning,,,,,,,it's Tuesday and time for another fabulous PTT  challenge this week!!!!!!

PURPLES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our fabulous sponsors this week are Kenny K, DTs ARts, and Crafty Ribbon!!!!!

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors for their generosity!!!! I was given this DTs ARts image to use,,,,,,,I thought the fairy was so sweet, that I had to make a card for a special little girl who loves fairies and birds!

so here's my card!

And to finish it off, here's the inside! I created the little rhyme myself, and printed it out on the computer, special for the recipient!

I colored the image with copics in various shades of purple, added a bow and some twine, and some foliage from Spellbinders Foliage dies,,,,,,,all from various purple shades of K and Co paper scraps.





I hope you liked the card, thanks for looking, and we hope you come join us at PTT this week for our color challenge!!!!!!!

Sugar Creek Hollow!!!!

Good Morning! It's Saturday and over at Sugar Creek Hollow, we have a fun fun FUN challenge for you this week!

We want to see your TAGS!  They should be vintage, shabby chic, or Primative in style,,,,,,and they can be a tag alone,,,or a tag on a card, whichever is your preference!

A Day for Daisies is our Fab sponsor this week!!!!

They were so generous to allow each of us to pick an image,,,,,,,,and when I saw this image, I fell in love and knew IMMEDIATELY what I would do!

I wanted the vintage story book look for my card,,,,,,,,so I colored the image in copics, cut it out, and then distressed and inked the edges.  I then embossed with clear ink and clear embossing powder three times, and then folded and cracked the embossing powder.

Here's a close up of that!

I cut my card base from Grand Labels 23, and covered it with DCWV Once Upon a Time paper. I used spellbinders nested crowns, nested hearts, and Banner Basics 1 for the banner at the top. I edged the card base and the image with gold embossing powder. It ABSOLUTELY SPARKLES.

For my little tag, I computer printed a sentiment (not mine, I don't know who thought it up, but I've seen it before), inked it and distressed it, and then rolled the top and bottom to imitate a royal scroll, and then hung it by a gold cord on a gold metal button.

Here's a close up of my tag.

I added a key cut from spellbinders Heritage dies, a few gems, some prima flowers and she's finished!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for looking! Run right over to Sugar Creek Hollow and upload your card or tag!!!!

PARTY TIME TUESDAYS # 67!

GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!! It's Tuesday and we have a lovely challenge for you all this week at Party Time Tuesdays!

We want to see your Mother's Day Cards! If you haven't made yours yet, you'd best get cracking,,,,,it's coming up fast!

We are being sponsored this week by the Fab Elisabeth Bell,,,,,,her images are SO CUTE! And for 4 of our 5 challenges this week, it's MORE FROM

Fantastic Ribbon! So thank you so much to both our lovely sponsors!

I had this adorable image from Elisabeth Bell, and here is my card!

I colored the image with copcs, and then cut it out with spellbinders Labels 18, using the die as a stencil to add just a bit of shadowing around the image. I matted that onto Picot Edge circles and again onto Lacy Squares.

Papers are K and co and Echo park scraps,,,,,,,I tied a double butterfly bow of orange, topped it with a scrap of teal netting and a clear button onto which I glued some Echo Park paper,,,,,

My sentiment is Just Rite and I used my Happy Everything tag kit to cut it o ut!

I hope you enjoyed,,,,,,,,thanks for looking,,,,,,,and I wish you a lovely Mother's Day!!!!! Run right over to Party Time Tuesdays and upload your Mother's Day card!

Donna Salazar Giant Give Away!!!!!!

WOW, look at all those goodies!!!! you have to have Face Book to sign up for the drawing,,,,,,,,

but here's the link to Donna's blog for the deets on how to win this amazing prize!


GOOD LUCK!!

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!

PARTY TIME TUESDAYS!!!!! #66!

Good Morning! It's Tuesday!!!!!!!! And it's time to PAR-TAY!!!!!!!

The theme this week at PTT is TWO OR MORE RIBBONS! and who doesn't like ribbon?????? Seriously, there's something wrong if you don't like ribbon LOL!

So come on over to PTT and upload your 2 or more ribbon card, and you might win a prize!!!!

This week's fab sponsors are Digi Stamp Characters, Sassy Studio Designs, Stitchy Bear and

Fantastic Ribbons will be our month long sponsor this month, and will be handing out some AMAZING prizes! So come on over!!!!!

I was assigned this adorable image by Stitchy Bear! And here's my card!

I colored the image with copics and cut it out with Ovals Large,,,,,I matted that on Moroccan Motifs and then again on Picot Edge Circles. the paper lace is an amazing die made for HeartFelt Creations by Spellbinders called Decorative Lace Border, and it's totally YUMMY. Love it~!

I made a double bow with dark blue ribbon and a single bow with lighter blue, tails up with one color and tails down with another,,,,,,,,,It's a large, lucious, yummy bow! The paper is a ltitle 6x6 pack I picked up in the 1.50 bin at Michaels,,,,,,,,totally pretty!

Here's a closeer look at this adorable Stitchy Bear Stamp!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for stopping by!!!!!! Run on over to Party Time Tuesdays, and while you're there, say congrats to our new Design Team members and see what all the DT has for inspiration!