LMCB - #116 NAKED

Hey everyone....

wow.. blogger has been giving me some major issues lately - this post was suppose to go up for inspiration on the lasting memories challenge blog - which i do hope you all join us for!  The challenge is Naked!!!  yep... no pictures - any hoo... the LO was suppose to go up on Sunday - blogger issues - couldn't post any pictures .. then last night after work i figured it out again but now there is a problem with the LO... see if you can see it below - I can't believe that I did this!!  argghh!!  Let me know if you can see the error 

here is a close up of the LO - I used left over MME products and paper

So of course I had to fix it - here is the correct 

Let me know if you can find the error!

so other than the Lasting memories challenge that I wanted to share the other challenges that inspired me:

forever friends- atg

your next stamp - thank you

paper playtime - atg

my minds eye - gratitude

shopping our stash - odds and ends

the crafter cafe - thank you

creative belli blog - thankful

fresh brewed blog -so thankful

digi designs - give thanks

craft us crazy - thankful

raise the bar - grateful

card crafter circle - thanks

simply create - give thanks

milk coffee challenge - give thanks

my craft spot - showing gratitude 

Baby Card

Hey everyone... 

I hope you have had a great weekend - today my step sister had her baby shower and of course I had to make a card for her...

the cute little stamp is from my most recent purchase from Your next stamp 

the cut is from Creative Memories - Stork's delivery

I used two different cuttle bug embossing folders

i just love the rick rack ribbons

and I used my first adhesive springs

I was inspired by the following challenges to create this card:

the squirrel and the fox- atg

moving alongwith the times- going dotty

little miss muffet- fabric

stampin for the weekend- texture 

polka doodles- die cut

link up tuesday - pink cricut

Action wobble challenge 

Forever friends- atg 

Your next stamp - sketch

LMCB - #115 Stamp those layouts

Hey everyone... 

Lasting memories has another great challenge for you!!!

Stamping on your LO!  Easy Peezie... I love stamps - I guess it helps that I am a Close to my heart consultant.  Their stamps make it so easy to stamp on LO's - the clear acrylic stamps allow you to see exactly where you are placing the stamp!  Here is my inspiration for you:

 the little pockets are from CTMH "Rugged Dude" as well as the stars are from "Stitched together"

 that I embossed

 I love the final look of everything 

I was also inspired to create this LO because of the following challenges:

child's play- my little pony

cydi - favorite animal

your next stamp- atg

scraptastic challenge blog- grid

seriously creative challenges - wood

moving along with the times- stars

cute card tuesday- starry night

red carpet- famous movie pets (black stallion)

bella blvd- Saturday sketch

Rugged Dude - can be bought here

Stitched together can be bought here

antique copper designer brads - can be bought here

PIO - colour challenge

Hello everyone...  hope that you are all having a great weekend.  

the weather here has been up and down so I have been experiencing some migraines - arghhh hate them. 

anyhooo... Pile it on has another great challenge again this week.  I would love it if you joined us for a colour challenge:  Orange, Yellow and Brown 

We are sponsored this week by Whimsy stamps who will be donating $5 gc to the winner of the challenge. 

here is some inspiration for you... and don't forget to check out what the other designers did!

I love the cute little image from Pink Cat Studio 

coloured him with my copics

the sentiment and stitching stamp is from CTMH 

added some depth with my viva pens on the teeth belly and scales

I was inspired to of course pile it on with the following challenges:

forever friends - atg

shopping our stash - best deal (stamps)

dream valley - atg

tuesday alchemy - atg

pattie's creation - birthday

paper pretties - buttons

craft your passion- cas

clearly iStamp - cas

stampin with the dragon - so cute

craft challenge - use fabric

little miss muffet - textiles

delicious doodles - fabric

card crafter circle - textures

the stamping boutique - food

jelly park challenges - i'm hungry

kaboodle doodles - plaid

just some lines - reduce, reuse, recycle

stampin for the weekend - all stitched up

anything goes - stitching

chocolate, coffee & cards - sketch

Believe

Hey everyone...

As you all know I love challenges!  It helps me look for new ways to try out my supplies.

Here is a spotlight card... cool isn't it!

Of course I used my CTMH stamps 

and CTMH papers 

a bit of bling

here is the card straight on...

cool yes!!

So the challenges that inspired me this time around -

moving along with the times - in the spotlight

forever friends - atg

little red wagon - colouring

365 cards - thrift

sweet stampin - atg

Simply create - use your stash... everything about it 

southern girls - christmas 

stamp and create - lace 

a gem of a challenge - ribbon and lace

pretty patterns - sketch - i know... it never turns out completely the same

LMCB - Remembrance Day

Good morning everyone...  

Lasting memories has another great challenge for you all this week- the challenge is in honour of Remembrance Day - "To remember someone special"    My special person is my Aunt Marjie who just last month passed away of lung cancer.  Her daughter turned nineteen the day after her death.  My aunt was always very special to me even though she wasn't a blood aunt - she was one of my mom's closest friends and she took me in after my mom passed away.  I was eighteen when that happened thus making it hit even closer to home with her daughter   

Anyhow.... I don't  want to depress anyone... this is a happy memory of her.  One of our traditions is to get together every Christmas eve to celebrate.  These pictures were taken last year.  She was one very special lady to me and she will always be remembered.

 For this LO I was playing around with papers and ink.  You will see some iridescent flowers that I embossed with the CTMH Card Word Puzzle flower. Then used some red ink to rub over it... not quiet sure how I feel about it... I am thinking now that I should have done some more stamps and embossing on it then it would be better -  

 Added some ribbon and gold pen to the flower stamps to make embellishments 

I used CTMH pemberley paper packet and cut out some of the hexagons 

Well I hope that you are taking some time to do some crafting this week.  Ohhh and my blog candy... totally forgot  - Soooo the winner of my blog candy is Karen!!!!  I was so happy to see that I had my blog badge on your blog - I am sure Sonia the designer is quiet happy as well - I think I have your addy already but I will let you know if you need to send it to me again 

Hope to see you all join us for this challenge

I was also inspired to create this LO because of the following challenges:

paper crafting journey - atg

crafty catz challenge- atg

fairy tale challenge- embossing

addicted to stamps and more - flowers

craft your passion- hexagons

card crafts- we remember

delicious doodles- remembering 

crafty sentiments- poppies

critter sketch- remembrance

scrapping everyday miracles- family ties

practical scrappers- two or more stamps

pretty little studio - sketch 

another CAS fall card

hey everyone...

hope you are having a great weekend - the santa claus parade is happening today but no snow...i want snow... but wait until i have my snow tires on.  Last year we had no snow - really weird for here

 Well here is a fall card until the winter arrives  - it kind of reminded me of an envelope 

 I used Swirl Cuttle bug folder

 bo bunny paper and an unknown stamp... geez i think it was my first stamp set that i ever bought at Micheal's ... love it

Challenges that inspired me to create this card:

forever friends- atg

one stop craft challenge- atg

fairy tale challenge - embossing

love to create- shades of autumn

the stamping boutique- fall

tuesday throwdown- autumn leaves

simply challenged- fall colours

by lori designs - autumn fun

dude time doodles- fall colours

dilly beans - anything for the guys

dysu challenge- trees and leaves

annabelle stamps - sketch

warmest wishes

Hey everyone....

I have been supper busy making cards... feeling very inspired by all the challenges out there.  I know that most offer prizes but that isn't  really what i am interested in... I am looking for honest feed back and maybe some badges that people think my stuff is good.  

Anyhoo... here is a card I made this am -  

I joined a swap group a year ago on scrapbook.com and still have some of the embellishments

the little mouse is from Debbie Westbrook

the background stars are from  Sally McCracken

I used old CTMH paper  and the perfect fit holidaysstamp 

 space here

the colours that i picked for ink - all CTMH Chocolate and outdoor denim 

Like always I was inspired by challenges (fellow blogers) here are the challenges:

catch the bug challegne blog- things with tails

forever friends- atg

papertake- atg

through the craftroom- atg

southern girls- Christmas

CAS-usal fridays- so torn

brown sugar challenge- bingo (Bling, glitter, ribbon)

Holly Jolly Christmas - 3,2,1 (3 embellishments, 2 pattern paper, 1 image)

hiding in my craft room- scraps

my mum's craft room- sentiments

lawnscaping- dust them off 

by the cute and girly- twinkle star

delightful challegnes- snowflakes

sweet sketch- sketch

snow much fun

Oh my goodness... you must all be getting sick of seeing this stamp

BUT ... I saved my favorite to the last!!!

Love the pale colours and the ribbon... my last card (well for the time being) using Flakey Friends from CTMH

 of course i used my cricut art philosophy to cut out the ball shape for the snow man

and to make the background i inked on my friskars embossing pad and then ran it through my cuttlebug 

 and my liquid applique  for the snow 

See told you it was the best!!

I was inspired to complete this card because of the following challenges:

forever friends - atg

hiding in my craft room- my pick (pink/blue/purple)

the crafty pad- atg

kaboodle doodles- atg

crafty creations- no flowers

my paper crafting - atg use your stash... very old paper

the ink elephant- fav colouring (ink pads)

stampin with the dragon- no red or green

totally gorjuss- pastel Christmas

craft us crazy- color me inspired

divas by design- lets get cute

the stamp man- emboss it 

CCEE stampers- portion of embossing folder

penny's paper crafting- layers

really reasonable ribbons- winter holiday

paper play- snowflakes

clean & simple- sketch

snow flakes from heaven

hey everyone...

other new card made with Flakey Friends stamp from Close to My Heart

Sorry I am not so chatty with the card... blogger is giving me attitude again and i lose my pictures so i want to post before they disappear again!!

 I also use CTMH liquid glass to accent the snow and flakes 

I was inspired to create this card because of the following challenges:

fat pages - sentiment

one stitch at a time - atg

the crafty pad challenge - atg

christmas cards all year round- folds

whoopsi daisy challenge- christmas cards

i brake for challenges- holidays

the cutie pie challenge- distress  your card

really reasonable ribbons - winter holidays

for fun challenges- buurrr its hot in here

graphicat sketch - sketch