Lotsa Flowers for Three!

Well this was messy, but fun!  I combined three challenges this morning.  It's dark and raining, so I have plenty of time to clean up.

The MIX challenge was to smudge and smear......calls for gelatos, right?  After adding the pistachio gelato to my paper, I painted with white acrylic before stamping Tapestry flowers around to frame my sentiment panel (Free4All - more than 4 flowers).

Our QFTD, Phyllis, had a simple card with a circle in the center which I cased.

We will be getting days of rain from the first tropical storm of the season (Andrea), which comes just in time for all the Hosta that has been transplanted from the front walk to around the trees.

Have a great day, and a fabulous weekend!

CCEE1323 Direct to Paper

Our hostess for the month of June is Brenda O'Rear (Benzi).  She challenged us to use the direct to paper technique.

I stamped my ink directly from the pad (Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads) to the white background, then inked stamps to place on the squares made by the pads.

I hope you will want to join us, this week and every week for FUN!  Please link your card HERE , and be sure to check out the whole team's entries.

CHF28 Father's Day

Happy Father's Day !!!

Our hostess for the Cornish Heritage Farms challenge today is Steph, who asked us to make a Father's Day card.  Here is a digi from CHF that shows Dad fishing on a beautiful day.  Every Dad should get to do what he wants on his "special" day!


Please join us, posting your card HERE, and check out the rest of the design team!

Origami!

 This morning the challenge (one of three) at SCS was to make a card using origami.  It was suggested that something flat would be best.

I went looking around the web, and found these simple directions for this cute bear.

The card I made with him is below.  If you click on the directions you can see them full sized.

This afternoon, Julia (artystamper) is picking me up to go to the Stamp Show in Springfield.  We worked this show last year for Dave Miller, the owner of Rubbernecker Stamps.  We had a really good time, and when he asked us to join him again, of course we said yes!  It's a lot of work, but we had fun too.  It was sort of like a Big Girls Slumber Party, as Julia and I have become good friends.

We hope  you will be able to get out to the Show, and hope you will come and see us at the Rubbernecker Booth, where we will be demo-ing new stuff!!

CCEE1322 It's A Picnic

For our last May Challenge, Shirley chose the theme "It's A Picnic".  What could be more picnic-y than ants and watermelon???

I was happy to use my three favorite colors, RED, Black, and White.

I hope you will want to join us in making a card to go with our challenge.  Please link up your card HERE
and be sure to check out the design team's cards as well.   Come back and see us again next week.

Blue, Blue, Blue!

 

This is really funny.

For the past three days, my cards have been blue.

I didn't plan it that way, but that's how it turned out.  Not a speck of RED.  Never even thought of it!

Each of these cards was for a challenge at Split Coast Stampers.......
Feathers, Colors (two blues and 
green), and the Sketch.

I think in all fairness, my cards for the rest of the   

week should be RED, don't you think???

I hope you enjoy these cards, in spite of their color.  

The rain continues, and we are so sick of it.  I guess the rest of the week is supposed to be fabulous, and that just figures.  Julia Aston (artystamper) and I are going to be demonstrators again for Rubbernecker stamps in Springfield MA Saturday and Sunday.  If you are close enough, we would love to have you stop by and say hello!!

See you tomorrow for the CCEE challenge!

CHF Extra!

This week I have a CHF card for you.  This image and sentiment come from a Rubber stamp sheet at Cornish Heritage Farms, called "Haute Couture".

I stamped the "girls" and words with fired brick RED on a beautiful pink designer paper.  The matching paper is the stripe.

All I added for embellishment was the prima flower and pearl.  I hope you like it!

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.