Retail Therapy !!

my favorite kind of therapy... I just love this store front window by Magnolia stamps.  It goes great with this shopping Tilda.  This week at Simply Magnolia the challenge was to use 2 Magnolia images.. These go together like peas and carrots.. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Magnolia-licious - Inspiration #17

Simply Magnolia - 2 Magnolia images

Papertake - Sketch #67

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays PTT #65 - Anything Goes + Kraft

7 Kids Challenge Blog #46 - Make It Cute

 

 

Its Been A Beach Of A Day.....

hey all.. well I must of had too much coffee today cuz I was able to complete two cards today.   usually my cards are drying at night then I take pics the next day.. but today was one of those days where everything fell into place.. and not on the ground like usual...  granted the cards are not super elaborate, but sometimes I like the image to shine thru.. I used a sketch from the Bugaboo Stella Sketch for the layout on this card. and the image is a Bugaboo Stamp.  I used glossy accents on her glasses to give that Ray-Ban aviator look... oh lordy I'm dating myself with that one... I used to wear those super reflective glasses before they were Retro !!

I'm entering this card into this challenge:

Stella Says Sketch 109 Challenge

Its Raining, Its Pouring...

well its been more like a sprinkle here.. not enough rain yet.. Hope we don't have another dry summer.. I made this card in hopes the rain gods will get the hint... :)  Since I was thinking of a teenager while I was creating this I decided to make the word art kinda funky... I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes + Kraft (the cardstock is kraft paper and printed over raindrops)
Pile It On - Sparkle & Shine (stickle raindrops, glossy accent raindrops, gemmies on umbrella)
Ribbon Carousel - RCC 50 Anything Goes

Sweet Baby Stamp

I just adore this lil' cutie, sound asleep on the moon... Its a Bugaboo Stamp and I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Catch The Bug Challenge - Sketch
and
CMC Copic Challenge - Yellows

I Won Bugaboo Stamp Stella Sketch !!

Hey everyone.. I'm super excited to tell you that I won the Bugaboo Stamps Stella Sketch challenge.  You can tell by how many cards I use their images on that I LOVE Bugaboo stamps.. The DT have the most amazing challenges, from sketch to theme.. Come and join in sometime and fall in love with these stamps too...

I'll get to proudly display this on my sidebar:

Happy Happy Spring

ahhh the glorious days of spring... birds, bees, flowers, pollen... :)
I LOVE to see the tulips and redbud trees start to wake up from a long winter.. (well I live in the deep south, so long is not exactly right..) but you get my drift... but my goodness the pollen is dealing everyone fits this spring.. we all came down with something for about a month.. just now slowly coming around..
when I saw this digi from Bugaboo, I just had to have it.. I love the offset look of it..  with all the allergy pills I was taking I felt like my head was gone sometimes too...
I used glaze on the raindrops and some bling for sparkle.  The ribbon and papers were from my stash.. I've been trying to be good and reuse, recycle my craft supplies.... its my CREDO for this year..
I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss Challenge # 127 - BLING
Simon Says - APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS
PartyTime Tuesdays PTT # 63  - WATER
Bunny Zoe's Challenge # 23 - RIBBON or TWINE
Divas By Design Challenge #30 - CHARMED I'M SURE
Papertake Weekly- APRIL SHOWERS

Stella Says Sketch

I decided to change it up today a little bit.. at my "Copic Corner" where i sit to color, I have all my Prisma pencils sitting in a holder staring at me while I work with my copics..  I still had my gamsol (mineral spirits) in a jar ready.  so instead I found my hand wandering to the pencils today.. Its been a while and it took me a bit to get the hang of it again.. but I forgot how much fun it is to watch the wax blend out once you touch the gamsol saturated stump to the color...

I am entering this card into the:

Stella Says Sketch Challenge 108

 

Nurse Tilda to The Rescue

 I just love this Nurse Tilda.. I think she is the cutest.. but then again.. I LOVE all the Tilda's..  I decided to go a little bolder with this cards color scheme.. Just needed a little break from soft pastels...I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Simply Magnolia Challenge - Sketch Time

Just Magnolia Week 151 - Anything Goes

Pile It On Support

I have always loved this little guy hanging around with the lingerie... He is a Penny Black and is called "Uplifting Occasion"

I had the perfect opportunity to use him as my DD needed a thank you card and also this week at
Pile It On the challenge was "All About The S"... and I'm using items from My "Stash" and the Support for my "S"...

I continue to work on my animal fur... why does this continue to be so hard for me??...  I might need to take a class just on fur...
well, till then its off to Practice, Practice, Practice... hugs all..

The Big 30 !!

The big 30 !! well, not for me its not.. not for awhile.. but I'm not saying how long... :)
This card was created for the following challenges:

Polka Doodle week 14 - Big Birthdays

Catch The Bug  - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss #126 - Sketch

Cute Card Thursday #211 - Candy - I used the colors of my Daughters Easter jelly beans for inspiration when choosing the colors for this card.

Totally Va Va Voom !!

I am entering this card into the MAWTT challenge #143 - Va Va Voom.

Simply Happy Birthday

I am entering this card into the PDCC (Play Date Cafe Challenge) # 126.

                                                  Simon Says Challenge - Favorite Tool- Nestabilities

                                                 Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes 

                                                Divas By Design Challenge #29 - Anything Goes 

                                               Wishcraft: Waste Not Wednesday week14 - used stash and
                                                 paper edge punch..

Check out their gorgeous colors this week.

Spring-Y Flowers

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I am entering this card into Challenge PTT #62 - Flowers
  used Wild Orchid and handmade flowers..

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #125 - Swirly Whirly

and

Ribbon Carousel RCC47 - Spring Is In The Air
  using Ribbon

Happy Birthday Tiddly Inks

Tiddly Inks is having a birthday celebration....
I've made this card using a freebie on the stamp site.
I just think he is adorable...

I am entering this card into the Tiddly Inks Challenge #83 - Birthday Bash

Find Them Eggs !!

hey there... just wanted to post this card I made with the funny Bugaboo stamp called Gus Tidbits - Hiding Eggs.
I just love this stamp.. It looks like some of my relatives....

I am entering this into the Bugaboo Catch The Bug Challenge - Spring

Its A Play Date !!!

Challenge PDCC 125 at The Play Date Cafe was a color challenge.. These are always so hard for me to work on.. so its a good excuse for me to practice.. I'm pretty happy with the way the card turned out.. Its for my BIL so I know he doesn't like a lot of bling...

Entered into The Play Date Cafe PDCC 125 - color challenge

Thank You

Hey there.. I needed a thank you for my DD and decided to use the CC design Geisha. I decided to make a stand up easel frame. She was so much fun to color... Since my DD has to have faces on her stamped images, I've added a little mouth...

I am entering this into the

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge - Sketch

MAWTT Challenge #142 - Cute & Cuddly

OK Its Official.. I LOVE LOVE Saturated Canary Stamps...

ooo I'm gonna be in sooo much trouble when honey sees the bank account.. Its just not possible to decide which one is the cutest.. I LOVE all of Saturated Canary's stamps... This week Challenge #14 was "Thinking Of You".. I saw Wildflower Fairy and thought of my sister who is a LOVER of all things Fairy... She has moved waaaay across the US and I miss her terribly.. I knew when I saw the image that I wanted her sitting in a field of flowers... I had a lot of fun, but boy was it hard to glue those tiny, tiny, crystals.... Hope you like it and hope it brings a smile to my sister....
I am entering this into:
Saturated Canary Challenge #14 - Thinking Of You

CMC Copic Challenge 40 - Spring Pretties

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #125 - Swirly Whirly

Bugaboo Catch The Bug Challenge - Springtime