Tulip Silhouette

Today I am feeling better....no migraine. YAY! Thankfully the challenges could be combined, the TLC - Silhouette, and CAS - sketch. I fell back on my favorite colors. Hope you don't mind.

Birthday Card for Tom

In the upper corner is the card I cased for the FS (whoistraci) today. This is for our best friend Tom, who is having a BIG birthday on the 22nd. We are all going out to dinner to celebrate, and I think this will make him laugh!

Today we'll be camped out in the den watching the Pats WIN!! Snacks, yelling, and family are on the agenda! Have a great day too!

Cat Valentine

This Valentine is for two challenges today: Inspiration 267, and Speedy the Cat's Friends. I have moved a lot of my STUFF around, and now it's much easier to get to my Embossing Powder and Versamark. I love seeing the powder melt! Anyway, I am still making Valentines, and have BFF's who LOVE cats, so this will go to them. In fact, they will be here for dinner tonight, as usual.

Have a great day. Thanks to those of you who looked at my blog for the MFP Blog Hop. I hope you enjoyed seeing my cards for the new sets.

MFP Blog Hop - Final day!

Welcome to the final day of the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop TOMORROW!!!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea. For your convenience, all 4 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, January 15, 2011, 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.

FRIDAY, January 14, 2011-Floral Tea

Here is my sample using this set:


Here is the rest of the Design Team - check out what they have done!

Emily-

Karen-

Patty-

Roxie-

Vicki-

Liz:

Claudine-

Dawn-

Joanne T-

Nicole -

Marilynn-

Peggysue-

Susan –

Connie –

Emily N.-

Neva

Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for joining us. The four sets are available and FABulous!!

Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea. For your convenience, all 4 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, January 15, 2011, 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.

Thursday, January 13, 2011-Sew What?

Here is my card made with the new set:



Here's the rest of the Design Team. Check out what they have done!
Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Emily

Karen

Patty

Roxie

Vicki

Liz

Claudine

Dawn M

Joanne T

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Neva

Mark’s Finest Papers

Be sure to join me again tomorrow for the final day of the MFP Blog Hop!

Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop on Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea. For your convenience, all 4 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, January 15, 2011, 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.

WEDNESDAY, January 12, 2011- Happy Pansies

Here is my sample of the new set:


Here is the Design Team. You can click on their names to see more samples:

Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne - That's me!

Peggysue

Susan

Connie

Claudine

Dawn

Joanne T

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Mark’s Finest Papers
Come back tomorrow for Day 3 of the MFP Blog Hop!

Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea. For your convenience, all 4 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, January 15, 2011, 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 is my card for today using the first new set:
TUESDAY January 11, 2011- In the Forest

Below are the members of the Design Team, where you can see more samples:


Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Peggysue

Susan

Connie

Emily

Karen

Patty

Roxie

Vicki

Liz

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Neva

Mark’s Finest Papers

Please join us tomorrow for Day 2!

TLC Mojo Challenge & CAS Too!

Tomorrow, there will be a Blog Hop here for four new sets from Mark's Finest Papers. This is a sneak peek of a set called "Floral Tea". I made this card for today's challenge at SCS. I'm back from PT, and off to make a card for the CAS.

Here's the card for the CAS, Snow, which I sincerely HATE to see! This card will go off to Mom this morning. We're battening down the hatches for a storm starting tomorrow night, and she will get this card before it starts. She doesn't like snow either!!

Valentine CASE

The FS today is UKGem (julie) who makes beautifully textured cards. I took one of her all-white cards and jazzed it up a bit with my favorite color.

This is a quickie today........off to lunch with DH and then a day of FOOTBALL! YAY!

Penguin Dude

This split negative card in my favorite colors is for the IC266 today. My inspiration was a penguin pencil topper. I think I was also inspired by the snow we are having today as I wait for grandson Jake to arrive. He's having a sleepover, including some crafting, a movie, and popcorn. Isn't life WONDERFUL!!

Tea Time Hearts

This is not what I visualized. Sometimes a card takes on a life of its own. Now that it's done and posted, I don't even like it. everything matches, but maybe it's too much.......PLMK what you think would make it better......or should I scrap it all together??

I woke up with a migraine about 3 AM, and my stomach is still upside down, even though I am good enough to stamp. I will be in the fiorinal with codeine fog all day. We are expecting snow later today, and I am VERY tuned into the weather. I should have been a meteorologist!! I'm going to spend the rest of the day resting. Hope your day is better than mine, but as my Grandma used to say, "This too shall pass!".

Dakota Verse

Here's a simple masculine card I made today for two challenges. For WT: twine. For StampinB's: something old (punch), and something BRAND NEW (stencil). I love the verse I found to go with this dream Weaver stencil. I got out my dusty light box, my stylus, and some sponging......done! Hope you like it. Off to PT in my new car. Seeya!

Creative Belli Challenge - SNOW!

Welcome to the first Belli Challenge of the New Year!! Our first theme is SNOW. The one requirement of the Belli Challenge is to use what is already in your stash. Mine was some snowflakes I cb'd and saved.

Be sure to join us by adding your card or project to Mr. Linky here, and be sure to check in with us in two weeks for another fun challenge!

Button, Button (and new car below!)

The color challenge today was right up my alley, and gave me another Valentine for my stash. I used a set that will be released next Tuesday from Mark's Finest Papers, called "Sew What?". The images are wonderful, and the sayings are fun!!

Thanks for looking. Have a great day, and take a look below at my new car!!

New Car

Here is my nice shiny brand spankin' new car. Just got it home, and so now I can spend the rest of the day figuring out where everything is, and how it works.

Valentine for Elaine, and a Sneak Peek!

Here's a Valentine for my friend Elaine, who has two cats, Josh and Bill. She loves cat cards, so I think she will really like this. It's for the CAS100 challenge at SCS today, and the technique is "kissing". It took more time to decide which images to use than it took to make!!

I am off shortly to pick up my new car. It's a Ford Escape SUV, 2011. It's metallic blue. I'll take a picture of it later, and post it here too, so you can see it. Have a great day.

Here's a second card......painting with Stickles.......using a sneak peek of a set that will be released next week by MFP, called Sew What? Isn't it fun???

Tea Time

Here's a sneak peek of a soon-to-be-released set from Mark's Finest Papers.

This set is called Floral Tea, and will be available next week on January 11th. It has beautiful cups, teapots, and wonderful sayings. Be sure to watch for it, and three more sets as well! I used it today for the FS challenge at SCS. Have a lovely day, and thanks for looking.

RED for next year!

I thought I should start off the New Year with some RED. The Inspiration Challenge for today had a RED and white pitcher that I thought was fun, and thus this card. Before I put away my Christmas themed images, this nutcracker from Mark's Finest Papers set "Christmas Postage Due" just called to me - the beginning of Christmas 2011's stash. Happy New Year to you all.

Clean = White!

Our challenge today at SCS is to make a card showing our New Year's Resolution. Here is mine, with a bit of explanation:

DH does all the laundry. He folds it, and puts my underwear away, and leaves the things to be hung up on my side of the bed. I only go upstairs to go to bed, so at night, I put the stack on the floor. In the morning when I take my shower, I choose from what's on the floor to wear for the day. IF I were to resolve, it would be to hang up my clothes and see a clean floor.

This card represents a clean floor. I figure clean equals white.

Remember, I'm retired. IFs don't go far any more!! Happy 2011 all!!

Valentine for Mom

The challenge this morning on SCS is to use silver. I love the elegance of white with it, and am starting to make valentines. I think my Mom will really like this. I used the butterfly from MFP's new set, Hearts Hearts Hearts. It didn't hurt that I had soome really cute butterfly beads and a heart charm in silver to add to the cord! Hope you like it.

I'm off for the day with DH......sort of a DATE day! LOL! Catch up with you later.

RED Hat for Joyce

This card will go out to a lady who is fighting a real battle. She is a member of the RED Hat Society, so of course those were my color choices. The cb embossing on the side is from the folder YOU, and has some wonderful words.

I posted this in two galleries at SCS today, the Teapot Tuesday and Sketch Challenges, as it fulfilled both.

We are missing our beautiful and sweet granddaughter, Erin. She went home last night, after spending a few days crafting, reading with her new Nook, baking, and bubbling in the hot tub. We love to have her, and hope she will join us again soon. She had to go home for practices for competitive Cheerleading. You should see her do a SPLIT! AMAZING!! To those of you who commented on her cards, may I thank you? She was delighted with your remarks.

Have a great day!

two for the Color Challenge

Here are the cards Erin and I made for the Color Challenge today on SCS.

Mine is the cupcake, hers is the shirt. I think they both came out great!!

We will miss our sweet granddaughter. She goes home tonight when Daddy picks her up. We'll be glad to have her back ANYTIME!!

Monday Challenges with My Erin!

Here is Erin's card for the CAS.                         And here  is mine.  Hers is better!

Here is my bookmark for the TLC

And here is Erin's.  We've had fun this morning!

In addition to making cards, me have mad a Blitz Bavarian Torte.  Erin loves to cook and we love to eat.  Makes for a fabulous combination.  We'll have it for dessert Tonight!!

Casing our FS, LeisaJane

Here is the card I made to honor our Featured stamper, LeisaJane, on SCS.  If you check in at my gallery, you can fiind the details.

Christmas went by so fast.  Amazing.........the preparations take forever, and then, WHOOSH! it's gone.  We had a wonderful day, the kids had a blast, the food and drinks went in a hurry, and dessert was made by my DGD Erin (a pink champagne/raspberry cake!! YUM!)  I took some awful pictures, but expect to have a couple of decent ones from my kids.  Here's a pic of my DH and me, and Mom,with the grands.  Don't  you just LOVE the kitchen light fixture in the center???

F4A44 Home for the Holidays!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, this is POSITIVELY my LAST Christmas card. Wendy...enough is enough!!

See you all on Sunday, stuffed and happy!!!

Festive New Year's

Since I had a very busy day yesterday, I am uploading a card for both challenges, SC and WT.

I need to make just a few New Year's cards, so with Mom, here is our joint venture.

Yesterday I went to PT, then to the car dealership a few towns away, and bought a new car. Went with DH to his office, the bank (of course), out to lunch, and then to the Registry. When I went to get the car, they told me my license had expired last May! DUH! So I had a FAB time at the Registry, and then went to collect my broken car at the repair shop, which meant I had to go by all the malls. Gridlock! By the time I got home, that was enough for me. Mom arrived, and we sat in the kitchen with some wine to unwind as it snowed, and that was the best part of the day!!!

Hope you like OUR card. Mom says Hello and HUGS to you all, and thanks you again for all your wonderful birthday cards for her 88th!

P.S. Mom just said we should have used RED and black hats..........DUH again1  Now she tells me! LOL!

Creative Belli Challenge #107

The Belli Challenge this week is to make a Christmas card. Easy Peasy.

Remember, the whole idea of the Belli is to use what's in your stash, not something new. Well, this image of the lightbulb has been languishing in a box of assorted Christmas stamps forevah!!

I made this for my PT guy, John. He has a tie that has these lightbulbs on it, and a squiggly green line down the center. I guess you would say the tie inspired this card. He will laugh at it!!

Have a wonderful holiday. See you in the New Year!!

A YAY and a few Boo's!!

First the YAY!  Today's color challenge is my favorite combination......RED, black and white.  No problem there.  Now for the bad news :

It's snowing.  RATS!  I forgot how much I really hate the stuff.  I will have to go out in it today to get my car, which is at the repair shop.

Now the REALLY BAD NEWS :  My 10 year old van, which I really love, needs $3000.00 worth of work.  Guess how much it's worth?? YUP. $3000.00. Figures, right?  So now I have to get a new car.  Merry Christmas to me.  I would rather put a sharp stick in my eye than have to go car shopping!  Boy, do I hate that.  The salesman always asks what you want, and all I want is a car that starts and stops when I want it to.  I don't care what color, or what snazzy features, just a darn car.  I'll keep you posted as to how long I'll be in a snit over this.  Hope your day is better than mine!!

Here's an APRON for two challenges

The two challenges today at SCS are the CAS (an apron for inspiration), and the TLC (sewing/stitching - real or faux).  I thought this was acceptable as a CAS as there are no lifted layers.  When I went to use my machine, there was already green thread in it.  How cool is that???  Hope you like this.  Have a fab day!

Owl Birthday

Today's Featured Stamper, maryrose, has a wonderful gallery.  I cased a card of hers keeping the layout and yellow, but changing the rest of the colors and images.  I added a little branch and leaves with a marker and punch.  Wear your crown and enjoy the honors heaped upon you this week, Mary!
We're going to be in front of the TV for the rest of the day, watching some football. Cross your fingers for the Patriots tonight!!

Combining Challenges

The inspiration for today was to use one of the fun jackets of Don Cherry. I chose to combine this challenge with the StampinB's.....a baby or toddler card, and Speedy the Cat's Friends. The sunflower is a CAS card done with a paintbrush, two ribbons
and a Charm from MFP.  The image of the baby was colored with markers, and I couldn't resist making the trailing blanket plaid as well.  Thanks for looking.

Roses for Mary

The challenge at SCS today was to take a break from Christmas cards, and make one for a birthday. My GF Mary has a birthday next month, and this will go to her.

I seldom make 5 1/2" square cards, but I really wanted a lot of white so the roses would show up, and I like how it turned out.

Have a great day, and hugs to you all!

Glittering Asian Flowers

Here is the card I made for the WT challenge today.....glitter.  I have a lot of the stuff, but seldom use it.  I can't keep it contained!! I prefer glitter glue......I can tell where I put it!!  The image is from SU's Just My Style, and colored with markers.  I hadn't used RED in quite a while, so here it is. I hope you like it.

Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge #42

Aren't these Christmas coasters wonderful? Lori chose a fabulous inspiration challenge for us this week!

Since I can't imagine doing any more Christmas items (enough already!), I went with the shape and overall design of the coasters. Unfortunately, I looked at them upside down, so that's the direction my card goes! Mea Culpa!! I used a variation on the colors, brown and cameo, and used Baroque Motifs for the swirl, flowers and sentiment. I hope you like it.

Please join us, and be sure to look at the rest of the DT's entries today by going to their names on my sidebar.

A Sad Day

Faith Hofrichter, the owner of Mark's Finest Papers, and Markie's Mom on SCS, lost her mother to cancer this morning. This card, using the sketch challenge will go in the mail to her today. If you go to my sidebar and click on my SCS gallery, you can pm me for her address if you would like to send her and her family a note.

How fortunate those of us are who have our mothers to love and enjoy. This is indeed a reminder to hug ALL our loved ones while we can!!

Peace to you all this lovely season.

2nd post - For the Tea Party

I made a second card today, for the Teapot Tuesday challenge. This card will go to a 15 1/2 year old girl with cancer, who is facing intensive chemo for the next YEAR!! I hope this will give her a little smile.

If you would like to send her a card too, the info is HERE. Thanks.

Thistle - one of my go-to's

When I can't decide what image to use for a card, this thistle by Expressions in Ink is pretty much my go-to stamp. I love to color it with markers, and it seems every color combination works. This time it's for the CC, gray, blue, purple. I hope you like it.

I had fun with the ribbon and pin, and couldn't resist some flowers with dewdrop centers. Have a great day.

Peaceful woods

This square card is for two challenges, the CAS and TLC. the set is from Mark's Finest Papers, and is called "A Walk in the Woods".

I'm off to PT, the bank, Target, you know how it is.....

Have a great day, and hugs to you all.

Casing Lisa, our Featured Stamper!

Lisa has the most wonderful gallery, and makes such lovely comments ...... no wonder she is Featured stamper today on SCS.

I cased a RED card of hers, and can you believe it?? I changed it to yellow!!This is a new image from Mark's Finest Papers. The set is called "Take A Peek", and I just love this raccoon face!




I cased a second card of Lisa's and kept the same colors, but changed the theme and images. this one is also MFP, called "Hello Sunshine".

We had ice last night, and cars are really creeping along. We are off to DS's for snacks, dinner and the Patriots game, but by then the temp will have risen enough to make it safe. Cross your fingers for the Pats to win, and have a great day.

Sit Back, Enjoy!

Happy Saturday!! The sun is shining, and it's supposed to be 48 degrees here today! Woohoo!

This card is for three challenges this morning......the IC, Speedy's Friends, and StampinB's.

This image is a new release from Mark's Finest Papers, and the set is called "Hello Sunshine". Four new sets were unveiled this week, and they are all da bomb!!

Have a great day! Hugs to you all.