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.