CHF35 Sketch Challenge

Kristine has challenged us to follow this sketch:

Here is the card I made using it:

The panel  has a digi stamp, called "Cowboy" from CHF, colored in various shades of brown with some blue.

I picked up the RED in one of the background papers for one strip, and punched some stars and added brads.

Please join us this week, using Kristine's sketch and CHF stamps, old or new.  You just might win some images!!!

 

Our 50th Anniversary!

Today is our 50th Anniversary!  Who knew the time would go by so fast!!

This is the "card" I made for my Hubby, an explosion box.  It's the first I've ever made, and I learned a lot doing it!

50 years ago, the night before going back to college, we eloped to NH, accompanied by my best friend and her fiancee.  We told NO ONE until graduation, and I guess nobody was really surprised, just that they expected to be invited to the wedding (which neither of us wanted!!)  All these years, three kids, seven grandkids later, we still enjoy each other.  We laugh every day, and are still glad to be together.

Here's to my husband........handsome, tall, funny, clever, smart, hard-working, and even though I am such HIGH-maintenance, he still loves me.  Who could ask for more?

CCEE1336 Birthday Card

Lois is our hostess for the month of September.  Since her birthday is the 3rd, and her daughter-in-law's is the 6th, she challenged us to make a birthday card.

Obviously, this card is not going to either of them.

Obviously, this is going to a guy.  Inside it says, "Whoopie, another birthday."

Please join us, adding your card
HERE.

Thomas Kinkade Week

For this challenge, I used the image from the Thomas Kinkade Series, TK-301-P, called Friendship Cottage.

Inked in Spanish Moss, I think this cottage shows up really well.  I used only monochromatic colors, and like how it came out.

You can see LOTS of TK stamps at Cornish Heritage Farms.  Check them out HERE, and come back next week for another CHF challenge.

CCEE1335 Cracked Glass on a Vintage Card

For Vicky's last challenge, this time she chose for us to make a vintage card, using the Cracked Glass technique.

As she said, we haven't done this in ages, so it was fun to revisit!!  My card uses a cream parchment bg, sepia ink, scads of layers of Versamark and clear embossing powder, and some lace and ribbons.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CHF34 Challenge - Use Some Green

This week I am the challenger at Cornish Heritage Farms, and the theme is Green. (Surprised it isn't RED?)

Here is the digital stamp of an alligator, with a bg of dots.  I ran the green through the Mesh folder to emboss, and painted the slimy guy in peeled paint and tumbled glass.  I finished it off with some punched, ribbon, and a button.

Please join us linking your card to our BLOG, and  you just might win some images of your own!

Road to Recovery

This morning I made a get well card for a friend's sister.  I called it "Road to Recovery", and hope Mary Ellen is on it!  She had back surgery just like my son Paul's (steel rods and a "cage").

This was for both challenges today at SCS, the theme of road trip, and stamping on designer paper.

I hope this brings a smile to Mary Ellen's face as she recuperates and becomes pain free!

CCEE1334 Be An Angel Day

Our hostess Vicky challenged us to make a card using an angel.  I went looking for angel clipart, and found this sweet little one!!

I used an embossing folder and a busy wide punch.  A white ribbon bow at the top almost hides the birdie on the umbrella, but he's still there.
 
Please feel free to join us.  Link your card HERE, and see what the rest of the team has done with their angels.

CHF Extra!

Here's a card I made using Cornish Heritage Farms set called "Ornamental Beauty".

I love the delicate images in this set.  Go check it out on the site HERE.

See you next week with a CHF challenge.

Honoring Past QFTD at Split Coast

 Today was a day to honor Queens of the past on SCS.  Since I am in full Halloween mode, that's what you get.

This first card is a case of peeps321 (Polly) who does humorous collages.  Obviously this is not a collage, but her card was done in shades of green, and I hope she thinks the saying I chose is funny.

I used crackle and canvas backgrounds, a skeleton from stampers Anonymous, and saying from Art Impressions.

This card is for my friend Karen Saalfield, who recently had a knee replacement (eeewww!).  She and I exchanged commiserations over our surgeries, and cards as well.

Karen was our Queen #29, and her card had two birdies punched out of newsprint.  I changed the theme to Halloween of course, and used ghosts and a punched pumpkin on my Clean And Simple card.

Thanks for joining me here.  Have a great day!

CCEE1333 Brick Wall

Our hostess Vicky Challenged us to make a BRICK WALL.  There is a tutorial at SCS HERE showing how to do it.

This is actually my second attempt.  The first went right into the trash.  I asked my mother how she liked it, and she just wrinkled her nose.

I wish I had left the mouth alone on the little Magnolia.  She was much better without it, but ah, well.

Please join us this week, and every week, linking your card HERE.  Be sure to check out the whole design teams efforts!

CHF33 Challenge - Use a Bird

Our hostess Steph challenged us to use a bird this week.  I chose this digital image from Cornish Heritage Farms.

I colored the image with markers, used two nestie shapes, and an embossing folder on the bg.

Please join us, and check out the DT's creations.  Enter your card HERE and you might win some images!  Join us again next weeek!

CCEE1332 Make Your Own Embellishments

Our Hostess Vicky challenged us to :

Make our own embellishments
   (buttons, flowers, brads, etc.)
   AND - use at least 2 designer papers
        and an embossing folder.

I made my own buttons, something I seldom do, but I love them!!

Please join us, linking your card HERE.  See you next week.

Thomas Kinkade Lighthouse

This TK lighthouse was brayered with Kaleidacolor ink in shades of blue.  I think the central portion with the very light blue looks like fog or haze int he morning!!

You can find a collection of Thomas Kinkade images at Cornish Heritage Farms Stamps.

CCEE1331 Guy Birthday

Our hostess for the month of August is Vicky Gould.  Since it's her son-in-law's birthday, she challenged us to make a masculine birthday card, using brown, tan and green.

It occurred to me after I made a spinner that it could be a little dangerous have a car spin around, but since it's an old car, and there are no occupants, it would be a wild ride!!

Please join us, and link HERE!  See you next Thursday.

CHF32 Sketch Challenge

Kristine challenged us to use this sketch:

And here is the card I made using it:

I used a digi image and saying from Cornish Heritage Farms, some pink paper, and some green.  The grass is done with a punch, the clouds are die cuts, and I added some sponging, flowers, and googly eyes.

Please join us, using your CHF stamps or digi images, linking  your card HERE.  You just might win some new stuff from CHF!  See  you next time.

CCEE1330 Color Blocking

 For Sabrina's last challenge, she has chose COLOR BLOCKING - with paper as well as stamps.

I sure hope this qualifies.  The bg is indeed color blocked, and each of the panels is stamped differently, so I'm going with it.

I found this fun digi stamp on the internet, and really couldn't wait to use it.  All the images are colored, and some are cut out and paper pieced.  I like it!

Please join us in the fun, linking your card HERE so we can enjoy it too.  Come back to find out who our hostess is for August.

CHF Elvis the King

                                            

This week I decided to post the card I almost gave my DH for Father's Day.  I made two, and went with the other. 

This is an old image from CHF I just had to ink up!

Next week we have a sketch challenge from Kristine.  I hope  you will join us.

Faux Metal Fun

I had such a good time (and made such a mess!) with this metal foil tape technique.

It was the challenge at SCS last Monday, and I just didn't get around to looking at it until yesterday.  I happened to ask DH if he had any of this tape, and he had two rolls!

Now that I know how to do this, I'll try it again.  I need practice.

CCEE1329 Sing A Song

Sabrina challenged us this week to make a card inspired by a song.  I chose "I'm In Love With You, Honey", a song from the 1930's.  Here are the words:

    I'm in love with you, Honey,
    Say you love me too, Honey,
    No one else will do, Honey,
    Seems funny but it's true.

    Loved you from the start, Honey,
    Bless your little HEART, Honey,
    Every day would be so sunny
    Honey, with you.

I just loved this image from Melonheadz!

Join us, and link your card HERE.