Spring Is In the Air!

Yes, Spring IS in the air! Especially today...the sun is shining and most of the snow has melted and even the mud has calmed down a bit! I took my car through the carwash today and it stayed clean all the way home...even on our gravel road! The neighbor children have been gleefully romping through the woods and the neighborhood. Its great to hear their happy voices again!

The children on my card are gleefully dancing together...I think it is because they, too, are so glad that Spring has arrived!

Ingredients

Spellbinders dies: Valiant Honor Card Creator

Digital image (children): FREE ViNTaGE DiGiTaL STaMPS

Ribbon: FSJ olive satin, and natural twine

Sentiment stamp: Clear Dollar Stamps 

Flower: StampingScrapping 

Cardstock: base- DCWV, green- Graphic 45, & my stash

Embellishments: Liquid Pearls "platinum", doily (my stash)

Challenges

http://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca - #148 Spring is in the Air

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #221 Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - March Anything Goes
http://imaginethatdigistamp.blogspot.com - March #2 Birthday
http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.ca - #136 Show me the Green
http://digitaldelightsbyloubylootips.blogspot.com - #7 Anything Goes
http://www.scrapyland-blog.com - #37 Anything Goes
http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com - March Anything Goes

Love that Snow!

I live in Michigan and we do get our fair share of snow here usually. A lot of people complain about it but every time we get a fresh coating of snow on the ground I think it is SO beautiful! I used to ski  when I was younger and you need good snow for that! My grandkids all love to play out in the snow...building snowmen, making trails, constructing forts, snowball fights! So just quit complaing, bundle up and get out there and enjoy it! Yes, I know it makes the roads slippery... slow down and be careful!

This card is made using 3 of my favorite digital images of the most adorable snowmen! They are from The Digi Garden called "Snowman #2, #3, #4 ( the pre-colored versions). And the snowflake paper on the bottom half is another digital image called "Winter Chill- Flakes, Blue" from Daydream Designs. The sentiment is computer-generated. Black twine is from Fun Stampers Journey. The die I used is Spellbinders "Fleur de Lis Squares"...2 layers.

Challenges I'd like to enter this in:

http://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca - Feb. "Spot & Stripes" (snowmen's scarves!)

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #220 Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - Feb. Anything Goes
http://imaginethatdigistamp.blogspot.com - Feb. "Show us your heart"
http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.ca - #135 Celebrate (snow!)
http://digitaldelightsbyloubylootips.blogspot.com - #7 Anything Goes
http://www.scrapyland-blog.com - #36 "Tie One On"

Ready for Valentine's Day!

Well I'm really not ready...this card is not for MY Valentine, just one of about a dozen I'm making to put in a friend's new shop. I made two of the same card at the same time...saves a lot of time!

The "couple" stamp is an old one from SweetStamps; the "I Love You" is one of theirs too.

Spellbinders dies used: Labels 29, Timeless Rectangles, Elegant Ovals, (and the long narrow one that I forgot to label!)

Solid card stock is from my stash, print cs is "Julianne" from K&Co.

Ink: FSJ "Black Licorice"

Markers: MEPXY, and Zig

Stickles "Star Dust"

I am entering this card in a few challenges:

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - January/Anything Goes

Wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #217 Anything Goes

http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com - January 2016 (w/bow)

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com - Something Old, Something New

Old = Couple stamp, New = white pearls

http://mojomonday.blogspot.com - Sketch #430 (up side down!)

http://www.cropstop.com/blog/ - #12 Anything Goes

Happy New Year ~ 2016

Today I am wishing all my on-line friends a very Happy New Year! May this new year be blessed in every way for you and those you love! 

The past half year has been extremely busy for me but I'm hoping to do a little schedule rearranging and set some new priorities so I can get back to a more "normal" life. I was a "coach"(sales rep) for the Fun Stampers Journey craft company last year but have drop out of that already. Was not a good fit for me...took a lot of time and only produced stress and busyness instead of money. They DO have a lot of very nice products which I will continue to use. But I like to create...NOT sell.

So the past couple weeks I have actually been able to create some special cards in my craft room. I also recently rearranged my craft room...gave myself a bigger work table!

Here is a birthday card I made for my son-in-law. My husband saw it and said he hoped it was for HIS birthday in 2 weeks...so I started another one in different colors.

Here is a  partial list of products I used on this one:

Stamps- "Pine Trees" by D.O.T.S., "Pine" by Stampin' Up, "Greet & Shout" by FSJ

Inks- Huckleberry Fusion, Blue Lagoon, Coffee Bean...

all by Fun Stampers Journey

Die- "Classy Deer" by SweetStamps 

Embellishment-Stickles "Icicle"

All cardstock and glitter paper is from my stash.

Challenges:

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #216 Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - December, Anything Goes

http://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca - #146 Colour Palette

Happy Birthday, Sara!

My dear DIL's birthday was Nov. 3...the same date as her due date for her first baby! Well, now she is overdue! She and my son, Jeff, are so anxious to meet this little one. They purposely did not find out the sex so we'll all be surprised! So if she's not in the hospital tomorrow we are going shopping to find her a birthday present. 

I used both the sketch and the color theme from the Creative Blooms challenge blog!

AND lots of Fun Stampers Journey products (listed below).

FSJ Products used:

Papers- Whip cream, Festive Patterns

Dies- Summer Bloom Minis, Doily

Stamps- Birthday Sketch (sentiment)

Inks- Green Olive, Huckleberry Fusion

Sequins- Blue Skies

Other Products used:

Dies- Spellbinders "Cherry Blossoms" (leaf)

Ink- TH Distress "tea dye"

Challenges:

http://creativebloomsjourney.blogspot.com - Colors and Sketch Challenge #10

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #208 Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - November Challenge

Thanks for the nice sketch, Kerry! It was fun and easy to work with!

And thanks everyone for stopping by today!

Birthday Greetings!

My granddaughter Pearl is turning 17 next week, so here is the card I made for her.

I used the sketch from the Creative Blooms Journey blog challenge for the month of October.

For this card I used almost exclusively Fun Stampers Journey products: dies, papers, inks, and stamps (6 different stamp sets!).

Any questions on what I used or how...just leave me a comment and I'll get back with you!

Challenges:

http://creativebloomsjourney.blogspot.com - Oct. Sketch #9

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #206 Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - Oct. Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! Bless you!

Birthday Sketch

A not-so-quick card this afternoon using the sketch from Creative Blooms Journey.  It looked so simple! But all those tiny squares had to match and be placed just so.... Yikes! Took hours instead of minutes! But I like the end result. I used two background stamps (Paper Floral & Playful Leaves) and the colors from the color crush on the FSJ Facebook page. (I used color crush A). The  colors are Pretty Pansy, Cranberry Bliss, Pumpkin Bread, and Sweet Pear. There's Journey Glaze in there too!

I'm entering this card in the challenges at:

CreativeBloomsJourney.blogspot.com - Sketch #8

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #202 Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - September Anything Goes

I'm Back!

I can't believe I haven't posted on my blog here since mid July! The end of the summer was VERY busy! We took a wonderful trip to the UP in Michigan then went camping for 2 weeks. Then it was time to jump back into the Fall activities: BSF and Sunday School preparations (I'm superintendent!).

Tomorrow is Sunday School kick-off and I think I finally have everything ready (I hope!)

A dear friend and fellow cardmaker lost her husband to cancer about two weeks ago, so I wanted to make a really nice card for her. I hope she likes it. It was made with a combination of different crafty products...I won't post a list, but if you want to know, just leave a comment.
The flower centers are tiny glass beads!
Challenges:
www.sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - September Anything Goes
www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #202 Anything Goes