Pink and Peach.

Good Evening,,,,,,,It's summer time in Florida,,,,,,,,and along with temps in the 90's and humidity rates to match, summer comes with thunder storms. And with thunder storms come power losses,,,,,,,

so I spent yesterday in a dark house, my husband was working,,,,,,,,no television,,,,no phone, no radio,,,,,making cards by candle light LOL. Thank GOODNESS for manual die cutting machines!!!!

It turned into a pretty pleasant evening,,,,,and I really enjoyed it. Who knows? I might turn all the lights off and make cards by candle light again some time LOL.

So Here's what I made :)

I wanted to be simple (candles don't give off much light, afterall LOL), yet do something different than my normal,,,,,,believe it or not, all four cards were made with one piece of paper,,,,,One side was a collage of different papers, and the other side had this gorgeous peach pattern on it,,,,,,

I made the roses using the Spellbinders spiral blossoms 1 by cutting out (of all things) coffee filters. I found that coffee filters both roll well, shape very easily AND can be sprayed with tinting spray and take the color very well.  I embossed the tops of two of the cards and just used minimal patterned paper for contrast (click on the pics for detail). Some lace, pearls on a string, and some ribbon and I'm very happy with them!

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

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas in July!!!!!  It's Tuesday, and time for our Party Time Tuesdays challenge! And this week, we at PTT are celebrating Christmas a bit early!  We want to see your Christmas cards and projects this week!


Our Amazing sponsors this week are,,,,,,,,,,

Martha Pineda, Digi Delights, The Digi Garden and Viva Decor!  So thanks to all our generous and amazing sponsors!

I had such FUN with this week's challenge, and I hope you do too! This is the time of year I start with my Christmas cards and projects because I am just WAY too busy in November! (I've started my holiday shopping as well!)  And I just LOVED this little project!

I cut the mitten shape twice out of red felt with spellbinders Nested Mittens using the largest mitten. I glued the mittens together with hot glue to create a pocket,,,,,,some lace, another felt snowflake (spellbinders 2010 snow flakes), some pearls,,,,,,,and a cinnamon stick wrapped with a bow stuck in the pocket really created a festive mood.  Then using some red and white baker's twine from Martha Pineda, I braided a hanger which I glued inside the mitten,,,,,,,,I colored the Digi Garden's adorable snowman and accessories image with copics and cut them out for the final finishing touch to this adorable ornament.  It will hang on my tree and smell SO GOOD with the cinnamon stick!

Here's a close up of the Digi Garden image!

I hope you join us this week for our Christmas in July Challenge over at PTT, and I hope we've inspired you to get your Christmas projects and cards started!  Happy Christmas in  July!

Sugar Creek Hollow!

Good Morning! It's Sugar Creek Hollow day, and we have such a fun challenge for you this week! The Olympics is coming up in London, and in honor of that, we want to see your vintage, shabby chic, or primitive SPORTS THEMED cards! So come on along with us and win that Gold!

Here's mine!!!!!

After printing my lovely, vintage "tennis couple" in black and white, I distressed the image and framed it with  Labels 18, which I embossed with my Tapestry embossing folder. The paper is Graphic 45 "A Proper Gentleman",,,,,I made the bow from sheer ribbon on my bow maker, a length of black velvet ribbon and a few primas, and she's finished!

Here's a close up!

don't they look cute?? It amazes me that women used to play tennis in LONG SKIRTS! I can't imagine!

I hope you enjoyed the card,,,,,,,thanks for looking, and don't forget to run right over to Sugar Creek Hollow and upload your sports themed card!

Christmas in July!!!!

Good Evening!!!  Believe it or not,,,,,,this is the time of year I start my holiday cards,,,,,Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah,,,,,,yep, I start them in July. I am wayyyyyyyyyy too busy in November and December to do them then LOL.  Well, in the course of making my holiday cards, I decided to make a little set for a dear friend of mine who loves my cards and is always so appreciative when I send her one. I know she will love and use them,,,,,,,and it was a warm up for me LOL, seeing as how I'm going to be making a hundred or more between now and December :)

So without further ado, the set I made for my friend,,,,,

Paper is Recollections Holiday Traditions from last year (nothing out yet this year LOL) and I used a variety of spellbinders to cut out the stamps, which I stamped on Kraft paper with versafine onyx black ink. So quick and easy to put together, yet they look lovely as a set.

Doreen, I love you hon,,,,,,,hope you enjoy them!

Have a lovely weekend! My Sugar Creek Hollow post is up Saturday!

Color Inspiration Challenge!!!!

Good Morning!!!! Today over at Party Time Tuesdays, we have a fabulous challenge for you! Another color inspiration challenge!!

Here's your color inspiration!

I love this week's color inspiration because normally,,,,,,yellow is just not my color! But this week's challenge got me out of my comfort zone and I am really THRILLED with the way my tag turned out! Yep, I did a tag rather than a card. Thought I'd shake things up a bit LOL.

And here's my tag!

This week's fabulous sponsors are Viva Decor, Martha Pineda (who supplied the gorgeous lace and white ribbon), the Stamping Boutique and the Digi Garden, who provided stamps for our Design Team to work with,,,,,,,,My adorable stamp was provided by the Digi Garden, and it's called "On a Wing and a Prayer",,,,,,,,how cute is that?

I colored him with prismacolors and baby oil (which is quickly becoming a favorite of mine) and layered him over scrap paper in shades of yellow and white,,,,,I threaded a narrow white ribbon through the lace and pulled it to ruffle it and then layered it across the bottom and added 2 butterfly bows in yellow and white, two prima flowers and a stick pin,,,,,,I just love how bright and cheerful it looks!!! It's going on a gift for a dear friend who's had a serious injury, and I am sure she'll love the darling image and bright cheery colors :)

Here's a close up of this really adorable image,,,,,

I hope you liked the tag,,,,,,,now run right over to Party Time Tuesdays and upload your yellow card! Maybe you'll win a prize!

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!!!!!

Party Time Tuesdays!!!

So, I am back :)  After being ill with a spider bite for weeks (I felt better after a week or so, but dragged for another week) and then having a nasty computer virus that infected all our computers (Via email, we are supposing), I am finally back with my Party Time Tuesdays card!!!!

This week we have an amazingly fun challenge for you!!! We want to see your die cuts and/or punches!!!!

Our phenomenal sponsors this week are The Digi Garden and the Paper Shelter for digi stamps!!!! Such cute digi stamps! And Viva Decor and Martha Pineda provided supplies! Here's the stamp I was given to work with! And thanks to all our generous sponsors for the products and digi stamps!

I colored the stamp with prismacolors and baby oil, and cut it out with circles large,,,,,,,I then matted it with eyelet circles,,,,,,,,I used a punch for the borders and spellbinders Foliage for the leaves,,a few buttons and a sun flower, some gorgeous lace from Martha Pineda and she's all done!!! My sentiment stamp was a 1.00 bin buy at Michaels, and it says Dream Big!

Here's a close up of this adorable stamp from The Paper Shelter!

So come on over to Party Time Tuesdays and load up your card or project with die cuts and punches! While you're there, check the inspiration from the Party Planners! You'll be glad you did!