LMCB - the birds and the bees

wow... i have had a crafty weekend plus i was able to visit with family and friends - love those times!!

anyhow Lasting memories has a another great challenge out this week..

"The birds and the Bees"

here is my LO....

they are pics of our bird Pearl that Sarah received one year for Easter... I loved that bird but she died early

and some close ups....

Products used:

 MME - miss Caroline dilly dally best stickers

MME- abbey road stomp big attitude paper 

MME- 29 street market peaceful life words

Thickers- lullaby 

(my baby girl when she was little)

and challenges that also inspired me to compete this page:

incy wincy designs - things with wings

creatalicious challenge - pets

papertake weekly - buttons and bows 

art impressions - twine

CYDI- lovin our pets

simply create too - abc

designs by lisa somerville - things with wings

Life paper scrapbook - colours

PIO - thinking of you

Good morning everyone 

Pile it on has another great challenge this week
"thinking of your/Just because"

here is my inspiration..

and some close ups

I hope you get the chance to play... you might be the winner of$10 worth of images from Stitchy Bear Digi outlet  and of course here are the challenges that i found inspiration from:

an inky situation - atg

polka doodles - let it fly

the scrapbooking queen - digi

papertake weekly - buttons and bows

crafty ribbon - CAS plus ribbon

the squirrel and the fox - use something spooled

crafting by design - atg

brown sugar - atg

creative fingers - atg

3 girl jam challenge - atg with ribbon

sister act - atg

incy wincy designs - things with wings

addicted to stamps and more - cas

mojo monday - sketch

bundle of joy with cricut

Hey everyone...

My cousin will soon be having her first baby and today is her shower.  I am super excited to see her with her baby bump!!  

Here is the card I made for today...

I used my cricut Creative Memories -Storks delivery

       

and my your next stamps  Welcome baby

and some close ups...

Challenges that I received inspiration from:

anything goes challenge blog - atg

milk coffee challenge - embossing

the crafters cafe challenge - atg

through the craftroom door - atg

your next stamp - sketch with photo inspiration 

my first DT post for a die for a sketch challenge

Hey everyone!!

So pumped I have been picked to be on A Die for a sketch Challenge blog!!

here is my first sketch with the team

We are sponsored this month by Birdie Brown and Stamp art design by Kathryne
and now... my card inspired by the sketch..

Image -Birdie Brown "look up"

Dies - Memory box "Prima blooms" & Spellbinders "Lacey Oval"

Paper - found in my stash

Markers - Copic 

Ink - CTMH sky and Juniper 

Embellishments - Viva Pearl Pen

and here are some close ups for you

Other challenges that inspired me:

artistic inspirations - pastel colours
victorine stamps - friendship
the rubber buggy - summer flowers
stamping sensations - summer colours
sister act card challenge - atg
polkadoodles - summer fun
digitally sweet - sunshine and summer time
hiding in my craft room - freestyle
totally paper crafts - make your own flowers

GTD - Love to Scrap

hey everyone this is my second GDT post for Love to scrap

this time there was a sketch to work with... I love sketches!!!  makes my life so much easier!!

Here is the sketch

and my card

and some close ups..

challenges that also inspired me..

simply challenged - red/white/blue 

polly craft challenge - stars and striped

digi haven - red/white and blue

catered crop - button up

the craft place - ribbon

craft your passion - patchwork background

melonheadz friends - embossing 

top tip tuesday - circles

pals paper arts - colour

LMCB - Country Charm

Hey everyone.. Lasting memories has another great challenge for you this week

Country Charm

now we are asking for you to use a charm... my charm is actually a cameo that i received on a gift 

love it and didn't' want to throw it out... i think it goes perfect on this LO of my childhood cottages

supplies used :

Paper - pink paislee "dragonflies"

Close to my heart inks- olive, goldrush, autumn terracotta, barn red, ruby

Close to my heart stamps - love doily, keepsake alphabet

other challenges that inspired me:

the craft place - ribbon or lace

the crafters challenge -atg

just us gilrs - mixed media

the friday mashup - nature

simon says - pin

cute card - good luck charm

songbird challenge - ribbon

crafty ribbons - atg w/ribbon

Christmas in July

Hey everyone...

I'm back!!  and with a Christmas card... my goal is to get all my cards done before December - one can dream right!!  speaking of dreaming... this little guy is dreaming of Christmas - it is an older stamp of Stamping Betty - i love her stamps.  This was my first set and I won them from her must have been over a year ago but that was how I became hooked!  she is such a great artist!!

Anyhooo... back to the card...

I used liquid applique from ctmh to get the puff on his hat and the santa stamp is from CTMH

the background was misted and I used a piece of velum that I have had for eons!!

and some close ups.. 

 ohhh can't forget about my stickles

close up shot of the hat 

in the below pic you can see the flurry of embossing! 

and my full card again!

Of course it wouldn't be me with out my challenges!  seriously you all inspire me so much!

Simply Challenged - SBS and red/white/blue

Christmas cards all year round - Santa

always playing with paper - atg Christmas

jingle belles - card stock only

simply create too - christmas in july

craftyhazelnuts christmas - for a child

the paper players - christmas in july

whoopsi daisy - christmas in july

abc challenge - christmas in july

sweet stamps - vellum

crafty sentiments - christmas in july

papercraftying journey - christmas in july

inky impressions -christmas

Close to my heart gift

hey everyone... 

so i try to make a gift or small token for all my staff on their birthday but i have been slacking lately. 

So i have to start to catch up ... 

here is a small present that i will be giving one of my staff.  It is bath salts with a tag and embellishment that I made using CTMH artiste cartridge and Buzz and Bubble paper pack

 and some close ups 

 and some pics with the tag out

Challenges that also inspired me to create this...

rose blossom garden - key K

really reasonable ribbon - abc w/ ribbon

dutch dare card challenge - no square

art impression stamps - floral frenzy 

3 girl jam challenge - shape card with ribbon

catch the bug challenge - atg

no matter which - atg

one stitch at a time - more than one fold

the corrosive challenge - shape up

challenges 4 everyone - atg

love to create - ribbon and bling

paper playtime - tag

you touch so many lives

hey eveyone...
I can't believe that i didn't post this earlier...
seriously not sure where my brain is at... must be the heat.
It is actually nice out today - yeah... lets hope it doesn't get hot later
Any how.. I made this gift box for my last ctmh class..  seriouly what would i do with out my cricut and CTMH love them both so much!!!

and some close ups...

above you can see the misting and a close up of the dots.
I made the dots by flipping over some of my CTMH stamps and they made complete circles on the other side.  

and challenges that inspired me...
krafty girls - mint
the crafters cafe - atg
sister act - atg
designs by lisa somerville - create your own background
one stop craft challenge - atg
all sorts challenge - fav... my cricut
polkadoodles - make your own background
hanna and friends - birthday
fun with shapes and more - butterflies
my heart pieces - my fav.thing cricut!

LMCB - Precious Family moment

Good morning eveyone...

Lasting memories has another great challene this weeek

"Precious Family Moments"

for me... so many special memories happend when I was at the cottage either as a young child or when I was older visiting with my daugher.

this week I did a two page Lo using all CTMH products.

(Ps... it is very hard to get a good pic of two pages - if you have any tips please let me know)

here is my Lo



and some close up shots

I used the Claire paper pack and at least five different stamp sets.

- under the sea

- cricut artiste stamp set

- frame flair

and two others - one that is retired and one i have forgotten the name

I hope that this inspries you to take out some pictures of your family moments and scrap your heart out

challenges that inspired me to complete this page

tammy's scrapping corner - summer time fun

throught the craftroom door - atg

our creative corner- captured memories

incy wincy designs - summer lovin

 scrapmuch - sketchy friday