PARTY TIME TUESDAYS CHALLENGE 60!

It's TUESDAY again!!!!!! And this week over at Party Time Tuesdays we have a picture/color challenge for you!

Isn't that a fabulous color challenge?: And that beach looks amazing! Time to plan another cruise for myself LOL!

We are still being sponsored by the fabulous Robins Nest  and Spesch stamps, and this week we are  being joined by Digi Stamps 4 Joy and Digital Delights!

The very wonderful Robins Nest sent us some gorgeous papers and dew drops to work with, and so I made my card using those!

I used this adorable animal print paper by Robins Nest, which gave me the idea for my sentiment "Wild Thing".  My image is Beach Babe Granny by Digi 4 Joy,,,,,,isn't it adorable???

I wanted to reflect the beach theme, and so I put a strip of blue paper at the bottom,,,,,,,,and a big orange sun at the top with the rays of the sun made with my dew drops from Robin's Nest.

Here's the inside of my card,,,,,

I hope you enjoyed the card,,,,,,and thanks to all our wonderful sponsors over at Party Time Tuesdays this week,,,,,,and our monthly sponsors for the month of March! We are so enjoying their products!

Run right over to the Party Time Tuesdays blog (link at the top) and enter your color/picture inspired card or project and you might win a prize!!!!! And while you're there, check out the inspiration from our Design Team! They surely have some great inspiration this week!

Happy Sunday!

So Valentines day is coming up QUICKLY! And I've been working on some Valentines Day cards in addition to my DT work. I've been meaning to blog since FRIDAY, but my computer is on the fritz, I've been using my husband's lappy, and I can't make his computer recognize my card reader. GAAH! (Not to mention, all my favorite challenges AND images are STORED in my computer!)

So, I finally figured this out on the FAMILY computer,,,,,my next goal is to find some of my fav challenges and work on those! LOL, I am so computer illiterate!

So today, I have a Valentines day card made with some old stand by paper,,,,,,yes, that would be MME Lost and Found! Love that stuff! The first thing I did was to punch the edge of my card with a MS punch (I wish she put the name of her punch ON the punch!)  No clue where this sentiment stamp came from, I think it was a dollar bin find at Joanns last year.  I've framed the sentiment with Nesties Postage stamps, Floral doily motifs, and standard squares large, the larger roses are spellbinders spiral blossoms 1. It's brand new, and I LOVE it. It took a bit of time and some staring at Amazing Paper Grace and Becca's roses before I figured out how to best roll them so that I could shape the outer edges, but I finally have roses that I love! Thanks, Becca!

The smaller roses are MFT mini rolled roses,,,,,they're so cute and great for tiny spots!  I tied a triple bow on my peg bow maker (Thanks again, Becca!), a few pearls, some lace and a heart charm, and she's done.

Here's a close up of the roses!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed! And while I'm at it, I'm going to enter this into Sassy Cheryl's show me thursday challenge! I've missed her :(

Pretty In Pink!

Hi everyone! Today I have a quick and simple card that gives (I think) a pretty big bang for your buck!

the image was free, and it's absolutely stunning,,,,,,,all precolored, I didn't even have to break a sweat to make this card!

5.5x5.5, and I used the Preppy Princess stack fromo DCWV for the various papers on this layered card. No coloring, no inking,,,,,,,,,,,easy peasy! some paper, dimensionals, a few pearls and bling and a classic oval nesty and the card is done.

But unmistakably, the shining star of this card is this gorgeous FREE rose wreath! Simply STUNNING. It was given away so generously by Nettie Baker at http://www.thequiltshow.com/bb3/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=4777. I believe it's intended for printing on fabric for quilts, but when she gave it away over at sb.com, she (rightly) thought that card makers would love it!

So generous! So go on over to the Quilt Show and get your free rose wreath!

Thanks for looking! Oh and btw, that pink ribbon is made from the same ribbon that I'm giving away! Hope you enjoyed the card :)

Good Afternoon, Everyone!!!!! I have two cards to share today,,,,,,,,yes, using more of my WONDERFUL copics! (and I got more today too!)

Many of you may not know that I have a Deaf grandson,,,,,,,he's been deaf since he was about a year old,,,,,

He gets a lot of help from a very powerful hearing aid in one ear (the other is just too far gone to help with a hearing aid),,,,,,,,,but he still has difficulty discriminating sounds that are similar,,,,,,,D and B for example.

So of course, learning to read is very difficult when you can not hear the SOUNDS that the letters make,,,,,,,

So, his teachers and his mother do anything they can to get him to read ANYTHING at all! Practice, practice, PRACTICE!

I came across some wonderful coloring pages on the web by the very talented children's book illustrator, Elizabeth O Dulemba. She very graciously allows card makers to use her images for PERSONAL USE ONLY (do NOT sell the images or cards made with the images) provided that credit is given and a link to her site is included with any web postings. Very generous! Thank you so much, Elizabeth! They are wonderfully, whimsical images that are perfect for making cards for the children in your life.

You can find her coloring pages at WWW.Dulemba.Com. Spread the word so that more people will know about Elizabeth's beautiful books! A book is one of the best gifts we can give ANY child!!!!!

So, anywho, I came across these beautiful images and knew immediately that I would make two cards,,,,,,one for each of my grandchildren,,,,,,,and include money or a gift card to a book store so that they could buy a book.

Michael and Angeliegh, I hope you enjoy your books,,,,,,,Grandma loves you!!!!!!!