Flowers and Bling!

It is sad that we need these type cards.  I never seem to have enough of them to send to friends or family.  I love this image from D2D or From The Heart.   This has to be short today as I have to get the house cleaned for company.    They will be here a week so need to get busy.

Entering in a few challenges:
Die Cutting Divas:  Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays:  Anything Goes
Through The Craftroom Door:  Anything Goes
Card Mania:  Summer Blooms
Created With Love:  Anything Goes

Happy Birthday for Riley!

I entered this card for Riley in one of the DTGD challenges on SCS.  There are a lot of challenges and doubt if I get them all done.    I also saw so many gorgeous cards looking through the different challenges.  Her Birthday isn't until middle of August but she was here and saw it and said I want that for my birthday card.  Can I have it?  So of course I said YES but not until your birthday.

Entering in a few challenges:

Artistic Illustrations:  Celebrations
C is for Challenge:  Fresh and Bright
Craft Desert Divas:  Birthdays
Crafty Cardmakers:  1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellies
Digi Sketch Challenge:  Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society:  Anything Goes
Stamp With Fun:  Celebrate
Tammy's Scrapin Corner:  Use a Digi

It's A Boy!

I've had some requests from church members for some baby cards so I have been busy making baby boy cards because that is what she needed.  Hoping she will like this one.  I will be taking it and a few more to Church with me tomorrow for her to choose from.  I will be working in the Church nursery tomorrow.  Hope we have several babies.  I thought this was perfect for Mo's challenge.

Entering in a few challenges:
Bronte and Bella's Challenge: Kraft or color on Kraft
Sister Act Card Challenge:  Anything Goes
Divas by Design:  Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter:  Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow:  Lots of Layers

Christmas In July!

It is Friday and that means it is time for another Outlawz Alcohol Markers Challenge.  It is the last Friday of the month so it means Anything Goes is the challenge with a twist to do a Christmas card if you want, but you don't have to.  This was a fun card to make.  The image is from one of my Outlawz Sisters Sandi.  I love poinsettias.  I cut the frame and papers out with my Cameo.  I colored the image with my Copic Markers.  The CS is Real Red and paper is from my stash.  Hope to see you joining us for some terrific prizes.

Entering in these challenges:
Crimbo Crackers:  Anything Goes Christmas
D.L. Art Challenge:  Christmas In July
Crafting by Designs;  Christmas In July
Crafting For All Seasons:  Christmas In July
Belli Challenges:  Christmas
Simply Challenged Challenges:  Christmas in July

Happy Birthday!

 I made this card from a SS card kit from Tracie.  Tracie thanks so much for this fun kit.  I am finally making myself use these kits.  They are all packed so beautifully that I hated to ruin them by using them.  I hope I am not the only one who does this.  Below is the sketch that I followed.  I colored this with my Copic Markers and everything except the ribbon and leaves came from the kit.

Entering in a few challenges:

Stamping Sensations:  Sketch
Barely Mine Challenges:  Anything Goes
Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes
Crafters Companion:  Die cuts
Crafting Musketeers:  Pearls and Ribbon
Ladybug Crafts Challenge:  Favorite Embellishment
Addicted to Stamps:  Lots of Layers
Crafting When we Can:  Floral

Giggles and Turqoise!

I wanted to use this darling image by Mo Manning.  I love her images, they are so fun to color.  I used some papers from My Minds Eye 6X6 papers from the My Girl pad.  My cardstock is SU Bermuda Bay.  She was colored with my Copic Markers.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pearls were from the My Girl embellishments.  The leaves were punched with my MS leaf punch.

Hope you are all having a great Monday.

Entering in these challenges:
Mo's challenge Blog:  use turquose
613 Avenue Challenge:  Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody:  Anything Goes
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes
CMC Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes
Paper Playtime;  Use of Paper
Hiding in My Craftroom:  Freestyle
That Craft Place:  It's A Girl Thing

Hiking We Will Go!

Sunday is the day for the  Corrosive Challenge Blog's new challenge which is to use a Fancy Fold on your card.  I love this Mayzy Art image and it went well with the camping 6X6 pad from Echo Park.  I love this image.  Mayzy is offering $15.00 in free images to our winner.    I colored her with my Copic Markers.
Looking forward to you joining us this fortnight.

Entering in these challenges:
CMC Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes
My Sherri Crafts Challenge:  Let's Tale A Trip
ATC's With Attitude:  More Than One Fold
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Oozak Challenge:  Anything Goes with Texture (felt roses)

Traveling!

It's time for another Outlawz Alcohol Marker Challenge over at the Outlawz.  It is a fun challenge this week.  We want to see your traveling cards.  This challenge almost stumped me but then I though of shopping in Paris.  My SIL has done this many times as she is from France and goes every year to visit her family.

Entering this in a few challenges:
Crafting by Designs:  Anything Goes
Crafts & Me:  Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge:  Anything Goes

Have a sweet Day!

I made this card with a Sassy Cheryl image.  I love her cute images and they are so much fun to color and make into a card.  I used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and think it was perfect for this image.  I used SU Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi and papers from American Crafts pad and it was colored with Copic Markers.

Entering a few challenges:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday:  Sketch above
The Crafters Cafe Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes
Yumi and Fumi Challenges:  Celebration
613 Avenue Creations:  Anything Goes
Challenges for Everybody:  Anything Goes
The Craft Place:  Ribbons or lace

Wild West!

It's Friday and that means it is time for another fun Outlaws Alcohol Markers Challenge.  This time the sponsor is Bombshell Stamps and the theme is Wild West or Rodeo.  I used one of Mo's cute images and it was a cutie.  I also used some Nitwit papers.  I love the cowhide paper. Hope your temps are cooler than ours, with heat index we were 108 today.

I am entering in a few challenges:
Crafts & Me:  Anything Goes
7 kids College Fund:  Anything Goes w/twist of Alcohol Markers
The Stamping Chef:  Red, White & Blue
Paper Make Up Stamps:  Anything Goes
Love to Scrap:  Anything Goes

For Denise!

This is a birthday card for my oldest daughter.  I used a KennyK image and MIC image to make the card.  I love the paper I used on the inside and it is from Graphic 45 French Country  6X6 Pad.  I hope she likes it.  I have a stamping friend that merged these images and made a beautiful card and that is where I got the idea.  Thanks Dawn.  You can see her card here.

I am entering in a few challenges:
Crafting Desert Divas:  Summer
Craft Dee Bowz: Anything Goes with a handmade Bow
Created With Love:  Red & Yellow
Digi Makeover Challenge #96:  Anything Goes
Get Inky Challenge:  Summer Sun Fun
Love to Scrap:  Anything Goes
Marker Pop Challenge:  Anything Goes
My Craft Creations:  Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenge:  All About Summer
The Crafters Cafe:  Anything Goes
The Crafting Cafe:  Summer's Here
Oozak:  Anything Goes with a Girlie Theme

July Mystery Image

Tracie sent us this darling image which was free from Dearie Dolls.  It was a good choice for July.  I colored her with my Copic markers and used SU pool party papers.  The dp was from my stash.  Tracie also sent us the sunglasses which were cardboard so I covered my in stickles.  I am sure I will use it for a birthday card but left it blank in case I needed it for another occasion.

Have a wonderful Monday.

Entering in a few challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge:  Anything Goes
Paper Crafters Craft:  Think Pink
Challenges 4 Everybody;  Anything Goes
Great Impressions:  Anything Goes
That Craft Place:  Ribbon or Lace
Ribbon Girls:  Add a bow

Corrosive Challenge #178

So sorry about the background.  I was trying a better background and it is not working so well so changing back to my original one after the next few cards.  Our Corrosive Challenge #178 is Shape Up   and we are sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps.  She gave us our choice of images to use.  It is hard to choose  because she has so many fun and cute stamps.  I hope you join us this fortnight.

Entering in a few challenges:
Clearly I Stamp:  Summer time
Crafty Catz:  Its Childs Play
Creative Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes

Outlawz Alcohol Markers: BBQ

Hope everyone had a fabulous 4th of July.   I love watching the big fireworks displays on TV and IRL. We could see our little town's from our home and we watched New Youk and Washington D.C. on TV.
Today is the Outalwz Alcohol Markers Challenge and it is BBQ or Picnic.  I've used a Mo's image and colored it with Copic Markers.  It was a fun image to color.

I am entering in a few challenges:
Bronte & Bella's challenge:   F is for  (Fabulous) or Fun
Crafty Ribbons Challenge:  Something for the boy (Masculine)
Cute Card Thursday:  Stars & Stripes
Dream It Up:  Summertime, Smores
Addicted to Stamps  Color with Markers, pencils etc.
Crafting by Designs:  Your Country's colors
Creative Belli Blog:  Stars
Stampin Royalty:  Anything Goes

Thinking of You!

I followed this sketch for my sympathy card.  I've been working on sympathy cards to add to my stash so I would have them when needed.  I loved this sketch so thought it would be great for these roses.

Wishing all of you a safe and Happy 4th of July.

Entering in a few challenges:
Sketch Saturday:  above sketch
Barely Mine Challenges:  Anything Goes
The Crafters Cafe:  Anything Goes
Inky Chicks Challenge; Anything Goes
Through The Craftroom Door:  Anything Goes
ABC Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations:  Anything Goes
C is for Challenge:   Flowers
Imaginations Challenge:  Anything Goes
Love to Create:  Condolance or Suppirt
Love to Scrap:  Anything Goes