Peacock

I combined three challenges this morning in the making of this card.  I wish you could see how pretty the colors are, but taking pictures on a rainy dark day is a challenge all by itself.

The peacock is a copy from peachytattoo.com.  Isn't it gorgeous?  I colored it with water color pencils, wet washed it, then cut it out.  When it was dry, I clear embossed it.  It's popped up - on three embossed panels that are sponged in turquoise, and stamped with a feather in three blue shades of ink.  The dp is from Miss Elizabeth.

I finished the card with ribbon and pearls. I really like it.  Thanks for looking and visiting me.  Have a great weekend.

CCEE1321 Let's Go Fishing!

Our Hostess, Shirley, challenged us to make a card called "Let's Go Fishing".

I used some fabulous dp with embossed fish as a bg for the digi of creel, rod, and rainbow trout.  I added a strip of fishing lures, but left off an outside sentiment. 

We have some avid fishermen in the family.  This will go to one of them.

Please join us, linking HERE.

CHF27 Pink and Green

Michele is our hostess for the new Cornish Heritage Farms challenge......use pink and green.

I love this Asian bird digital stamp.  I guess you can see the colors of pencil I used.  I only added some punched flowers and leaves, liquid pearls, and a punched strip.  easy Peasy!

Please join us, entering your card HERE, to win some wonderful CHF images!!

Come and see me again next time.

RED!

Here is my card for the Inspiration challenge at SCS today.  I chose a RED hand painted pot with a white bird and ferns to get my brain working this morning.

I know you haven't seen a lot of RED from me lately.  I seem to go in fits and starts.

DH is in Springfield officiating at a Track Meet this weekend, so my mom and I are left to our own devices.  LOOK OUT!!

I am anxious to go to Springfield myself......my friend Julia (artystamper) and I will demonstrate Rubbernecker Rubber Stamps for the owner at the Stamp Show the 1st and 2nd of June.  What fun!! Come and see us if you can!!! 

CCEE1320 What Does It Mean?

 Our Hostess, Shirley, challenged us to "Let it all hang out or over".  There was a bit of discussion between members of the team as to what exactly that meant.  I have to tell you truthfully, this is not the first card I have made for this challenge.  When I found this image, I just had to discard the other one I had made.

I think you can see for yourself how I thought this little "old" lady really fit what Shirley had in mind.  Enough said.

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and join us again next week.

Thomas Kinkade Week

Today I'm posting this card made with CHF's TK109 - Cobblestone Bridge.  Cornish Heritage Farms has a whole group of images from this wonderful painter.  Check them out HERE.  Come and join me next Tuesday for a challenge from CHF!

To The Prom

Here is my beautiful Granddaughter, Erin, and her boyfriend Bill dressed for his Junior Prom.  The pictures are hot off the press from my DD.  I couldn't resist sharing them with you.

Oh, to be 16 again! NOT!  Erin was 16 on Monday of this week.  Enjoy!!!

CCEE1319 Scraps

Our Hostess for May (Shirley) challenged us to make a CAS card with scraps.

My butterfly background is the negative I saved (a scrap!) from a die cut.  I filled in the empty space with scraps of RED, and I'm sure it's no surprise to you that I have plenty of those!

Please feel free to join us, and link your card HERE.

CHF26 Let's Get Digital!

Our hostess from CHF today is Frances.  She challenged us to use digital images. 

I recently found this cute leprechaun on the CHF site, and I think he looks so cute peeking over the fence.  There are clouds in the bg, and grass at the bottom of the scoring, with a St. Paddy's Day sentiment.  It's never too early to be ready for next year!!

Please join us, linking a digi CHF image on your card HERE, and come back for another challenge in two weeks.  Enter - you just might be the winner of some great stuff!

Erin's 16th birthday!

My beautiful granddaughter, Erin, is sixteen today!!  When she was born we had two grandsons, and although grandsons are fabulous, we saw this awesome baby girl, and went crazy!!

Here are some pictures of her that were taken over the weekend.  She danced on Sunday, and the boyfriend went to encourage her to do well.  I guess it worked!!

Here's our girl in her new dress with her trophies!


She won one first and three seconds out of four dances! WOW!



 Below:

Here she is with her boyfriend, Bill.  I guess now they call it a "relationship" (but what do I know???)

Isn't he cute? He's a grade ahead of her, a Junior, and they will be going to the Junior Prom on Saturday.  We met Bill last week at Erin's party for her Confirmation (he sat with me in church), and he is just the sweetest guy.

Here is Erin with her mama, our daughter Amy.  Can you tell how proud of Erin she is???  These dance competitions have given Erin a lot of confidence, and they get to spend some time together, just the girls.  Sometimes Erin's two brothers and Dad attend, but the boys get antsy with all the waiting around!

And here at last is the birthday girl, at home, celebrating with her cake. Happy Birthday Erin!!! MWAH!

CCEE1318 Make it Shimmer

Our Hostess for the month of May is SHIRLEY (Shirt!).  She has challenged us to make a card that shimmers.

My Swallowtail (SU) stamp was versamarked and heated with Judykins Egyptian Sparkle Embossing Powder, and IRL, it sparkles and shimmers like crazy!

Please feel free to join us, and be sure to link your card to our blog HERE so we can enjoy it too.  See you next Thursday!

CHF Extra!

Here are some fun chicks.....a digi stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms.

They are colored with pencils, and I think they are so cute!  I can send dthis to any of my girlfriends, with the sentiment "Hi Chick!" on the inside.

Thanks for taking a look!

CCEE1317 In The Kitchen

Kathy Bradley, for her last theme as hostess for April, chose In The Kitchen.

The challenge was:  make a card using food, appliances, a whole kitchen scene, utensils - anything that can be found in the kitchen.

Of course I used RED.  This cute pastry chef image reminds me so much of my darling granddaughter, Erin, who turns 16 next week.  She is the pastry baker in the family, and everything she makes is so yummy!  This will go to her with a check in it.

Be sure to join us, linking your card to our blog HERE.  Check out the rest of the members of the team while you are there.  See you next week!

CHF25 - Spring!

Our hostess this week is Cindy, who chose the theme - SPRING!

I made this card with a digi from Cornish Heritage Farms called "Floppy Bunny", and the sentiment came from the digi section of CHF too.

I sponged a doily in pink, painted my bunny, which I cut out and popped, and did the same with the words.

Please join us.  You just might win some fabulous images!  Be sure to link your card HERE.

Sunday

Here's the card I made this morning in honor of Miss Ro (Robin) who is our Featured Stamper on SCS.  I changed her seahorse to a flower, and used my Fired Brick ink.

This is short and sweet......off to son Paul's for the double header Red Sox game, snacks, dinner, and cards.

Hope you are enjoying Spring wherever you are.  It's finally here!

Saturday Morning Inspiration

Our Inspiration Challenge today comes from a site called "My Deco". I chose this beautiful wallpaper for my background, and added three contrasting Memory Box Poppies in soft colors. I finished it off with a white bow. I hope you like it!
 
We had a wonderful week with two of our grands........Jake (13), and John (12) are cousins, and they enjoy all the same things.  John will eat anything, Jake is picky, but we survived mealtimes!!

They have the upstairs bedroom to themselves (32 feet long!!), and really love it for playing, reading, and watching movies.  The time flew by, and we loved havaing them, but when the house was ours again last night, we all breathed easier. 

Parenting is definitely for the YOUNG......and we sure are NOT!! Have a wonderful weekend, my friends.

CCEE1316 Color Challenge!

Our hostess, Kathy Bradley, chose a color challenge for us this week....pink, white, and gray.

I'm either late for this Easter, or early for next year. 

Please join us, linking your card to our blog HERE, and come back and play again next week.

CHF Extra!

Here's a card I made for a friend's birthday. 

The image is a digi stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms.  The sentiment is also from there, and is a rubber stamp from a big set of sentiments.

  I hope you like it!

CCEE1315 A Fun Recipe!



Our hostess, Kathy Bradley, gave us a recipe to follow for this week's challenge at CCEE.

(in addition to your card base),

use 2 designer papers, 1 circle, 1 square,

and whatever else your heart desires!

My card uses two dp's from Michael's, and black behind each part.  I think this is a great card for any guy!  I hope you like it.

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and come back again next Thursday!

CHF24 Travel

Today is Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge 24.  I am the hostess, and have chosen the theme "Travel".

You can see here I've decided to take a trip to the Eiffel Tower in Paris......would you care to go with me????  I WILL need someone to carry all my bags!! LOL!

Please join us using CHF images, and you just might win some CHF stamps!  Link your card HERE, and join us again in two weeks!

Hambo Hoedown

I just adore these Silly Birds With Hats from Hambo Stamps.

the Hambo Hoedown is taking place at their blog, and here is my entry.  the challenge was to use orange, yellow and aqua.  I ink this makes a fun and bright card for just about any occasion!

Butterfly Garland

The Inspiration Challenge today at SCS goes to Patina.  It's a store that has funky and fun objects for the home.

On the right is the butterfly garland that inspired my card for this morning - all punches in the three colors.  Sure makes me think of Spring (if it ever comes).

Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

CCEE1314 Wings



Welcome back to the CCEE Challenge!  This month our hostess is Kathy Bradley, and her first theme is.....things with wings (real or imaginary).  I chose to use the butterfly from SU's retired set, Winged Things.  Perfect, right?  I had to add some RED, of course, and plenty of hologram Stickles.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.  See you again next Thursday!

Thomas Kinkade Week

Here's a sample of another image availaable at Cornish Heritage Farms.  This Thomas Kinkade image is called  "The Light of Peace" (TK110).  Check out all the other stamps available HERE, and come join the CHF challenge next week.

Peach and Lace

Here is the card I made for our challenge today at SCS.  The website (in Chinese) had such beautiful Victorian things!  I chose for inspiration a beautiful lace and peach bag.

The image is from Hampton Arts, colored with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo and Spun Sugar colors.  I added a rust flourish, lace and ribbon from MFP, and a sprig of little peach flowers.  Hope you like it.

Happy Easter tomorrow.  We are off to DD's to join the rest of the family.  I hope you are spending the day with family and friends too.

CCEE1313 Oldies But Goodies

For the last theme of the month our March hostess, Charlene, has asked us to use "An Oldie But Goodie" ( an old stamp that we haven't used in a looooooong time).  Here's what I made:



Of course this card went out for St. Patrick's Day on the 17th, but I saved it for you to see here.

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and check in with me again next week for a new hostess.

How About Some RED???

It's been a while since I posted some RED, so I thought I would treat myself.  This card was made for the sketch challenge at SCS.  It made me smile.......how  about you???

Spring Colors! (CHF Challenge below)

My two cards for SCS today use the same colors, but couldn't be more different.  Take a look:

This one is for the color challenge, turquoise, mustard, daffodil.

 

 

 

This one is for the MMTPT Challenge, Tickle a Teapotter.

Please take a gander at my CHF Challenge in pretty greens below before you leave.  Thanks!

CHF23 Pattern Paper

Our hostess at Cornish Heritage Farms this week is Steph.  She has challenged us to create our own patterned paper with CHF stamps.

I used Ornamental Beauty (LL6018) in Spanish Moss, and Haute Couture (5006) in Celery.

The filigree die cut is on top of the cream bg, and the flower is layered with a big pearl on top.  I punched out some flowers in cream, and shaped them with a stylus, then added stickles.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.  You just might win some images from us!  Come back again next week.

Hooray!

My computer guru (whom I LOVE) was just here.  I couldn't get into my blog to post or  do anything else.  How very frustrating!!!!  Now this is the proof it is working. YAY!!!!!!!!!!

So.....I thought I would add the card I made today for SCS.  Here it is:

I kinda like how it turned out.  Hope you do too.  Fussy cutting is still tough with my cast, but I go into a splint on Thursday, so card making will be easier!  Bye for now!!

CCEE1312 Pretty Color Challenge

This week, Charlene challenged us to make a card using Pink Pirouette, Rose RED, River Rock, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla.  Here's what I did with these beautiful colors:



Please join us in making a Pretty Color card, linking it HERE .  Come back next Thursday for another challenge.



CHF Sheep

Cornish Heritage Farms has the cutest images.....this one is a digi (1628 Sheep Digi), and is so easy to copy and size to whatever you please!

I used a wonderful bg from CHF as well.

Please check out the site HERE for some really fun images, including Thomas Kinkade.  See you here next week for a challenge.

CCEE1311 Pencils Only, Please!

Our hostess for March, Charlene Merrick, challenged us to make a card using ONLY colored pencils.....NO markers, crayons, or reinkers.  I don't know about you, but colored pencils are always at the bottom of my list!  I guess that's what makes this a challenge, Right???  Here's what I did:



I love this little Rubbernecker image and sentiment.  I did use Sepia ink on the sentiment, but only on the sentiment!

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and come back next week for another of Charlene's themes.

CHF22 Men Only

This week our hostess, Frances, challenged us to make a card for MEN ONLY - for the men in our lives.

This dog (All Ears Dog 582 D) is a digi stamp from Cornish Heritage farms.  The sentiment is computer generated, and the pawprints are markered.

I added spots to the dog, and some pink to his ears.  It's for a great friend who is turning 70.  Inside it says, "Happy Birthday, You Old Dog!"

Please join us at the CHF Blog.  See you in a week.

here it is............

here's my new cast.......and as a background, the t-shirt i received as a surprise from my friend jojot aka joanne grzelak in ct.

do you think she knows me - and that i will stamp no matter what my condition?

i've been stamping for most of the days since my surgery for arthritis in my thumb (arthroplasty), and since this is my 2nd time, it's easier - not less painful, but it's my left hand which doesn't do much anyway.

thanks to all of you for talking me into the red cast again, and for your get well wishes.  hugs.

CCEE1310 The Eyes Have It!

Our Hostess for the month of March is Charlene Merrick.  Her first challenge for us is to use EYELETS!

I haven't used an eyelet in ages, so I guess this was a good challenge for me.  Here's what I did with four gold ones......

I think this little bee is just the cutest thing.  I hope you can see that his wings are glittered.  I'm glad that I saved the little hole-puncher and eyelet setter I've had for ages, 'cause a punch just wouldn't fit!

Please join us, and link your card HERE.  Check out what the DT has done, and come backk next week!

Thomas Kinkade Week

The images by Thomas Kinkade are amazing.  Here is his stamp called "Cobblestone Bridge".

Please join us at our CHF blog HERE using your TK stamps, and join us next week for another CHF challenge.

a one-hander

this is my fourth day after surgery to remove a bone from my hand.  i've been going crazy with boredom ...worse than pain....so i did the challenge at scs today.

i used my punch and cb...easy peasy.

i get my stitches out on wednesday, then my cast.  after checking with most of you, the consensus was another red one.  three weeks later i'll start with pt.

hugs to you all.  have a great weekend.

CHF and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog Hop Final Day! (CCEE Below)

For the Final day of our combined Cornish Heritage Farms and Faber-Castell Blog Hop, I used one of my favorite images (Giraffe), and gold metallic Gelatos.

The giraffe was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed in black.  The gold gelato was rubbed over the image, then around the edge of the panel.  Finally, it was backed with some matching paper, I added a ribbon, and a small CHF sentiment.

Here's another card using gelatos........can you tell I had fun with them????

I hope  you have enjoyed seeing what can be done with the new products from F-C, and will look at what CHF has to offer as well.  We invite you, as always, to use CHF images, and link HERE.  There are wonderful stamps to be given away!!  See you soon.

CCEE1309 Fairies

For the last challenge of the month, Frances asked us to create a card for National Tooth Fairy Day, which is today.

Since all my gands have finished losiing their teeth, I went in another direction.  I used this cute inchie and a fun sentiment.  It will go in my stash, waiting for the appropriate occasion.

Please join us this week, and be sure your card features a fairy of some kind.  You can link it HERE where we can enjoy it too.  See you next week!

CHF and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome back to the combined Cornish Heritage Farms and Faber-Castell Blog Hop.  Today I have used Gelatos and markers directly on my stamp image.

I spritzed my stamp with water, and applied to water color paper.  It went through the cuttlebug with a nestie, is backed with some fun paper, and a ribbon finishes it off.

Don't forget to check out Faber-Castell, and all their wonderful products!

Please join us with your CHF images (I used Large Daisies), and link your card HERE.  Come and see what the team has to offer tomorrow for our last day.