Silver Bell in RED and green

For our FS, Cheryl, I made my first card in a week. hard to do, and painful, but I was going crazy just reading!!

I had saved a card of Cheryl's to case, and here she is FS! How cool is that??

My hand is really tired, so that's it. Tomorrow will be better.

on the mend

i was able to post a card for the ic256 today, one that also works for speedy's friends challenge - a holiday card. i'm giving you a sneak peek of a set that will be available next month from mfp called bells on bobtail. it's very hard to type with one hand, so suffice it to say the deets are on scs in my gallery.

here's what i look like now. on the mend. dh took this picture to show how colorful i am. the swelling is starting to go down, but i am really sore. i see my surgeon on thursday afternoon, so i won't know anything until then.

i'd like to thank you all for your get well wishes. see you soon.

Belli Challenge - Flower Soft

The Creative Belli Challenge today asks us to use Flower Soft or flock. The whole idea behind this challenge is that we use whatever we have on hand, not go out and buy something new. Using up our stash is VERY important.........then we can BUY NEW STUFF! Isn't that a great idea???

The image here is from MFP's "A Walk In The Woods". I had a little Flower Soft that was sent by a friend. I have never used it before, but I really like the look! I hope you do too.

Please join us in the challenge, and link your card to our blog HERE. Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT has done!

See you in two weeks with another fun challenge!

Ornament Card

For two challenges, the CAS (gingham) and the TLC (to make an ornament). The photo shows what the ornament looks like by itself, and the card shown in the upper corner shows how it will go into an envelope.

I sort of flew by the seat of my pants on this. I folded and cut first, then stitched up the side, down the slope, raised the foot of the machine and folded it together, and continued across the bottom, closing up the two thicknesses to form the pocket.

After I had this done, I decided to emboss with the hearts, and had to place the EF inside the card. Another time, I would do this first. Live and learn!

Tomorrow AM I am having hand surgery, so I probably won't be posting for a few days. Have a great week, and hugs to you all!

Frogs for Stefanie

First, I would like to thank my friend Vicky Gould for teaching me how to include a picture within a picture!! TFS!

This card is a get well for my cousin Stefanie who had knee surgery.

I cased the inset card from Lynette (LynniePoo), our Featured Stamper today. I kept the theme, but changed the image, flies, and sentiment (MFP - Our Side of the Pond), added googlie eyes and stickles. I hope you like it.

RED Forest

How could I resist using RED today for the IC255???

The posters on the site were wonderful, but when I saw the RED sky and snow in the woods with these hind-and-seek rabbits, I went straight to work.

Grandson Jake is arriving shortly for a sleepover, so I'll be busy. Have a great day!!

Corset's your birthday!

Keeping in mind that PINK is a shade of RED (LOL!), this is a birthday card for my friend and neighbor of 32 years.

We always try to give each other cute cards, and I think she will like this.

Since I am having hand surgery next week, and going on vaction Nov.7-14, I'm trying to get ahead with my card responsibilities. I hope to be in my addiction room all day today! I hope you are too. Have a good one!

2nd post - StampinB's Challenge

The Stampin'B's Challegne today is to make a Halloween card with NO orange or black!! I used white, green and brown to make this card.

It also covers the WT293 challenge as well, using fabric. This ribbon has no characteristics of ribbon...it's more fabric. It's loosely woven, and wide enough to qualify! I hope you like it!!

I thought I was done with Halloween , but I guess not. I usually send Mom lots of cards for the Holidays, so this will go to her. Thanks for looking!

Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge #38

Welcome to another Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge. This series of photos of Autumn was to be our inspiration for today.

Although the candy apples, clothed in their caramel wrappers looked more than good enough to eat, since I'm on a diet (again!), I decided that was too much temptation for me!!

The apples were also very appealing, as were the Fall flowers and berries.




Instead I chose the burlap bags of apples. I really liked the small image of the apple, and since I had some wonderful dp that looked like burlap, that was the direction I went.

You know I love RED, so of course a RED gingham bow just screamed out to me!!! The words and image are from Mark's Finest Papers in a set called Apples and Camellia.

Please join us, and link your card here. Be sure to check out the other DT members entries on the blog or on my sidebar.

See you in November!!

Snow Guy

This cute little snowman is part of a new release by MFP, and the set is called "Snowman Country". I just love him, and I always add a little half smile to his face and some blush to his cheeks. I also added a little holly leaf and berry to his hat today.

This card will go into my Christmas card stash, which is growing day by day. It's specifically for the Sketch Challenge 303 at SCS. I think this is a real all-purpose one, that I will use again and again.

Have a great day. I'm only going out once today, to mail my Halloween cards. Oh....and dinner last night was wonderful, and no weight gain for me!! WOW!

Wreath and Dove

Today was not a day for stamping and ink. I used my punch and Bosscut with my CB to make this for the CC. The dessert option was argyle, which I made with an eggplant and red marker.

I really love this dove, and this is the first time I have colored it to make it look more realistic.

The only stamping is the sentiment, PEACE, which comes from MFP's new set, Seasonal Poinsettias.

Off this afternoon for errands with DH, then we're joining DS/DDIL David and Sarah for dinner at a fancy new Northern Italian restaurant in an old factory!! There goes the diet again!! LOL!

Two challenges for Monday

Both challenges at SCS today were great. For the CAS, there was a fab sketch by Karen (I'm still loving the giraffe you sent me!), which is actually in white. You'd think that on a sunny day I could get a nice photo, but NO!!

The image is from Tweet Blessings, the words from seasonal Poinsettias, both MFP.

And speaking of MFP, the glitter/shimmer card for the TLC uses three MFP sets: Regal and Proud, A Walk in the Woods, and Time To Chill. I also used some fabulous lace from MFP, and had to fudge the challenge as I have never owned any pearl-ex. Hope you like it with glitter and glue pad instead.

Have a great day. I'm off to the hand specialist this morning. Will report back later.

RED Christmas cookie

For both the IC today and for Speedy's Friends Challenge, to use real or faux stitching.

This card uses a small poinsettia from the MFP set, Seasonal Poinsettias, which is brand new. There are SIX new sets that have just been shown and are available to buy right now!! They are ALL wonderful!

Have a great day. we are off to Mom's. See you tomorrow!!

MFP BLOG HOP DAY 4 - Final Day!

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!
And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!
We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country
For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Here are my cards for today from "Snowman Country":

Here's the rest of the DT:

Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/
Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/
Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/
Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/
Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/
Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/
Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/
Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/
Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/
Nicole - http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/
Marilynn- http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/
Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/
Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/
Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/
Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/
Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/

Thanks for joining us in the Blog Hop!

MFP BLOG HOP DAY 3

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!
And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!
We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country
For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Here are my sample cards for today, for Thankful For You:

Here's the rest of the DT:

Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/
Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/
Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/
Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com/
Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/
Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/
Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/
Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/
Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/
Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/
Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/
Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/
Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/
Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/
Nicole - http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/
Marilynn- http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/
Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/

See you tomorrow!

MFP BLOG HOP DAY 2

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!
And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!
We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country
For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Here are the cards I made as samples of the new sets, to show you part of the images:

A Walk in the Woods

Greetings of the Season

You can visit the rest of the DT here:

Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/
Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/
Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/

Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com/
Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/ - that's me!
Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/
Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/
Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/
Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/
Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/
Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/
Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/
Nicole - http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/
Marilynn- http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/
Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/

See you tomorrow!

Creative Belli Challenge #102

Welcome to another Belli Challenge, using what you already have in your stash!! This week, we are to use pumpkins, or something Fall related. There is an optional sketch as well.

I decided to use a pumpkin on a Halloween card. I love this little ghost from Sizzix, and stamped a pumpkin from a Studio G set on orange paper. I punched holes, and added green wire to have the ghost hold the pumpkin. I finished it off with a MS punch at the top. I hope you like it.

Please join us, and link your card here. While you're on the BLOG, please check the other DT members's entries, and be sure to join us again in two weeks.

MFP BLOG HOP DAY 1

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!
And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!
We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country
For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Here are the cards I made as samples to show you some of the images in the new sets: The first is called Seasonal Poinsettias

and this one is from the set A Time to Chill:

Please go to the DT's blogs to see what they have done!

Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com
Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com
Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com
Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com
Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com - That's me!
Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com
Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com
Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com
Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com
Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com
Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com
Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com
Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com
Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com
Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com
Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com

Sneak peek - A Walk in the Woods

Today's sneak peek from MFP is called A Walk in the Woods. It's one of the six sets to be available on Tuesday of this coming week.

This is for two challenges, Speedy's Friends (stripes) and the IC at SCS today.

I chose a RED (of course!) linen placemat from the John Lewis Dept. Store in London. The deets are in my gallery which you can easily get to by going to my sidebar.

Have a great LONG weekend. Mom is here, and we'll be seeing some kids and grands. Yay!

Thankful For You

The WT today is to use tissue paper. I haven't done that in a long time. I followed Beate's tutorial, as I had forgotten what to do!!

Here is another sneak peek of a new set from MFP that will be released next Tuesday, called Thankful For You. A fab set for this time of year!!

Busy day today.....and surely not on my diet!! Lunch out for Chinese with long-time friends, then dinner, just me and my DS. DH has a meeting in Boston, so it will just be David and me. I haven't seen him without his family in forevah, so this will be wonderful!! Have a great day!

Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge #37

Welcome to another Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge. This week our inspiration is to come from this picture of a set of wonderfully packaged soaps.

The box is lovely all by itself, and the various designs on each of the soaps is so different!! Lots of choices here, right???

I chose the box itself as the color of the background. I really liked the purple color of the soap packaging in the middle, and believe it or not, that's the color of this card. Photos just don't show true color at times! I used a dp that was suggested by the crests, and used the stamp image that had a crown.

I hope you like it, and that you will join us in this challenge. You may link your card here
and while there, please check the other Diva entries (or you can go to my sidebar). See you again in two weeks!

Sneak Peek #2!

This card for the SC301 at SCS is a sneak peek of a new release from Mark's Finest Papers. This, and five other sets, will debut next Tuesday!!

I adore this set. The snowman is adorable, I love the tree, the sentiment..........but wait! There's more! More images and more sentiments in Snowman Country!! You will just love it!

I used the out of the box, and also paper tearing, technique, sponges, markers, and my favorite RED on this Christmas card. Chalk up one more for my stash!!

Raining all night and day (again!), and terribly dreary. Hope your day has sunshine in it!!

Thankful For You

Today I am using a brand new set that will be released a week from today by Mark's Finest Papers. The set, one of SIX new ones, is called Thankful For You. It has wonderful Fall/Thanksgiving images and sentiments!!

I made this card for two challenges, the CC291, and MMTPT114.

I can hear you thinking, what does this have to do with computers and the teaparty............well,

Farmer Gates is in the process of cutting down all the cornstallks to sell as Fall decorations. There is only one left standing in the field. Underneath it, there is a whole MOUSE family. Do you get it now????

Have a great day. Dark and rainy, but at least it's NOT SNOW!

Elegant Forest

The challenge site this morning on SCS is a Turkish wallpaper company called Studio Nommo. I chose a picture of beautiful and graceful trees in a soft shade of green for inspiring this card. The image is from "Stinky Situation" by MFP.

I left off a sentiment on purpose. I felt the image would be compromised.

Busy day today, so I'm off after posting here. Tom and Cheryl will join us for dinner and card games, and I also have DGS Jake for the weekend. He's 11 years old, so he doesn't need much care, and loves to play cards with us.

Enjoy the weekend. It's lovely here with full sun!

Holey Chickadee! and Charmed

The challenge today on SCS is HOLES. I used my nesties to make a hole in the front of the cs after cbing with Swiss Dots. Then I made a plain frame, and decorated it to show off this wonderful birdie!

The image is from Mark's Finest Papers, and the set is called Ferns & Chickadee. I sponged the bg in caribbean, and painted the bird and branch in sahara and caramel.

I know this card is a little bit out of season, but I just got so tired of making Autumn and Halloween card, with their orangey colors.














The first card was so much fun that I did another.

This one uses the sets Our Side of the Pond and Speedy the Cat's Friends from MFP. I just got a new CB frame, so I used that, and added a MS punched crown.

That's it for today. Enough, don't you think??


Have a great day. We are feeling the effects of Hurrican Nicole today - BIG winds!