white on white

Hi all , the credit for this card goes to Barbara Anders, I don't remember her blog ...
It is going to my sister for her 61st bd.  Wow, I am starting to feel old, maybe because I am not that far behind her....

note card

thought I would try this square one more time!

Mojo Monday # 260

Hi all, it has been busy around here, getting ready for winter and it being so beautiful outside.    I just love this weather. who wants to be inside...well,  I almost have enough Christmas cards, this year I will be ready!!!

 

Christmas cards

Hi all, I also found this one on Pinterest and still cannot find the original post.

Sympathy

Hi all,   I found this on Pinterest and not sure who to give the credit to... this was repined and I cannot find it again, If I do I will add it to this post...
a neighbor of ours died this week, Carole loved pretty things and also loved blue...

My craft spot challenge # 69

good morning to all, and a chilly start to the day. Last night we had a  strong cold front come through. I thought we were in a tornado, it hit so hard and fast even took the power out for about 2 hours. Thank goodness for the generator, the guys were able to finish milking, I remember when we didn't have a generator.... those poor cows had to wait with a full bag until the power went back on, sometimes hours and then we had to finish no matter how late it was....
this is for my craft spot

This Week's Challenge:  Wild about you

(include a wild animal somewhere on your project) 

this little guy is to cute to be wild, and I also put it on a wobble,  will be going to one of the grandkids for Christmas.....

 

I found the owls!!! by David Bromstad

and then I had to wait for my computer to be fixed, this time the commercial was shorter that the first, but I did get the sight to download this very cute painting    go to

hgtv.com/enter

go to the bottom of the page where it says

Pick up the October issue of HGTV Magazine or click to get your copy of the winning painting! (34MB PDF)

click on the click

this is David Bromstad's winning painting    AWESOME!!!!!

thank you geek squad!!!

I never thought I was on the computer that much, until I was left without one for a couple of days.
I took it in today to best buy and it took the geek squad about 20 minutes and it was up and running again.
my mouse got stuck and would not move for anything, and all of the programs they had to go through,WOW
thank goodness they know what they are doing.....

BBTB2- things that fly in nature

Good morning to all,    over the weekend I saw a short glimpse of a painting on one of the home improvement channels, it was of owls going in these directions and I thought it would be a cute card, so I tried to study it in the one min. that I saw it and at the end the host said you could download if for free,,,, I totally missed where it could be downloaded but I think I got a good card out of it....I quick put it on my Design studio and made it this morning.... lucky for me  over at BBTB2 they are having a challenge with things flying in nature,
if anyone did see it and catch the place it could be downloaded, I would love to have it and see how close I got to theirs    thanks, Carol<><

Things that fly in nature

Bitten by the Bug 2 Monday.   So we invite you to partake of our winged creatures and then we ask that you play along.  Please remember your focus cut must be a Cricut cut.

I made the owls out of fall colors (Like they were on the painting I was studying) and pop dotted the upper left owl, and a little doodling. Owls are from stamping cut at 2 1/4 inches

box for note cards

Hello to all,
Cindy is the guest over at I spy sketches today, and  as I was looking through her blog I spotted her beautiful flocked Christmas box   you will find it here....

http://heartsdelightcards.blogspot.ca/2012/09/flocked-christmas-box-tutorial.html

her tutorial is easy to follow and well worth the try....
next time I would use a stronger paper, I had to reinforce the inside and cover with a card stock , it worked fine because it is not seen from the outside, I might also find a different way to tie down the cover, but for now and this one I am fine with it...also stop on over at ISSC. to see her lovely Christmas card...

http://www.ispysketches.blogspot.com/2012/09/issc33-with-cindy-elam.html

hexagon

good morning to all,   I used my Design studio to weld the black background together so that I would have a grid to place all the hexagon pieces,it is a great way to use up scraps...this is also the first time I used the chip board from my Art Philosophy kit, they work nice but they add a lot of weight to this small card.
hexagons are 1 1/8 inch

Action wobble challenge #27

Hi all, over at AWC it is all about goof ups,....

Now on to this week Challenge

Ever have one of those project you doing and it just 

doesn't come out right

Well here your chance top show them off... 

so these challenge is to make the best of your 

Goof up? your what happen ...and put aside cards....

YOU MUST use a Wobble on your CARD!

so the goof up on my card...there is a huge ink smudge  under the tulip, and I really was not happy about it and even forgot about it until this challenge.....

and I found that I have a hexagon shape in my Accent Essentials cartridge, so I used it for the grass,,, 

I have seen a lot of cards with that shape on them and will try it again soon.

stampin sisters in Christ challenge # 156

Good morning to all,  I found this challenge over at SSIC 

Create with BRIGHT COLORS only! 

(no black, brown, neutrals)

and since I normally have black layers in mine.  I was wondering what something I made would look like with out  black layers.... now I know !!!  sweet, even the paper is called Sparkly sweet   from K & company,

this is even too sweet for me....this is going to my niece for her bd next week...

the cone fit perfectly on a wobble, some doodling... not sure why it looks washed out....brighter in person.

 

I spy Sketches # 32

good morning to all, I have not made an ISS in some time and saw this one and thought snow flakes,
I used peach keen snow flakes for the background and heat embossed them, cut the window pane, upper left hand corner snowflake,snow day and bird with winter woodland on my cricut,
these will be going to my daughter who is a school councilor and my niece who is a teacher, come winter they look for those unexpected little breaks in the year.

 
I should have put a lighter back ground in the upper left hand corner, so you could tell it was a cricut cut snowflake with a gem ,,,,oh well!

Mojo Monday # 258

good morning to all,  a quick thank you card this morning using MJM sketch....
I like to switch things up a little, I have been using banners to much and switched these to swirls, and the round to a square stamp,, pop dotted the center and the one tab,little gems instead of flowers, hope you can still see the MJM sketch...

snow bunny

wanted to try dry embossing with heat embossing, but it was not turning out for me so I just added a bit of white ink to the raised edges. made this cute little bunny and I had the bird and snowflakes on my pile ...

anniversary cards

Hi all,   just 2 quick anniversary cards to share, one for my daughter and other for my sister...

3 more with Elegant Edges

good morning to all, we are getting some much needed rain here in Central WI  not expecting much, but we will take what the Good Lord will give us.

EE pg 54  with the train from B is for boy

 EE pg 52   pig from country life

 EE pg 65 bird from Art Philosophy

well this will be it with this type of card for awhile, time to move.
I hope that you enjoyed looking at these as much as I had making them.

more with Elegant Edges

Hi all, I am having so much fun make these cards and I have not seen anything like them on other blogs.
but then I just might not get around much,
I was happy to see that I still had this little girl from Kate's ABC on my DS and I also put the card to open at the top. one is a white base and the other a cream color
EE  pg. 49 

                    EE pg. 37  with watering can from Kate's ABC

look what Elegant Edges can make (4 cards)

good morning to all,  while looking through my Elegant Edges hand book, I wondered what the "book"  key would make, so I brought one up on my design studio to give it a try....WOW!  I really love the way these turned out... all are 5 inches in height and will fit nicely into a 5 1/2 inch square envelope.
the snowman was the 2nd card I made, I wanted to catch your eye so you might come and see the other 3...
I wanted to see  what the little swirl would look like in the snow, I added the negative  for a wind blowing effect.
 EE pg 25 in hand book and I put him on a wobble and cuttlebug for the snow

                                     EE pg. 29, SYI for the tree

                                   EE pg. 47  AE snowflake

 EE pg 22 Indie Art for the butterfly, this was the first one I made, going to my  s-i-l for her bd

I could not believe how fast and easy these all went together, all made yesterday and on my Design Studio
each  card has 3 layers of EE 1/8 to 1/4 inch smaller than the first, the snowman white layer I tore for the snow on the ground look.

Christmas

 Hi all, I made these Christmas Socks awhile ago and found a sketch to use them with...the paper players.
it is no longer an open challenge but I really like the sketch

 

 

Black cut at 2 5/8 x 1 7/8
print @ 2 1/2 x 1 3/4

Contest time at Mojo Monday # 257

good morning to all, Wow, where did the summer go?   Today is Britt's first full day as a Jr in HS... (yesterday was a quick hello for the upper classes and then they were on their way, the freshman had a full day)
this card had me stumped with all the layers on it. I switched a few things around to my liking and think it turned out well...I put snow flakes from doodle charms instead of a banner, and a star replaced the sentiment banner. Joy is from close to my heart(it came with my Art Philosophy cartridge)

 Verve stamp in the center of card

Happy BD Olivia

Good morning to all, this is for my nephews daughter who is turning 5 next week, I even put Minnie on a Wobble
stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge     Create a Birthday Card!

note cards

Hi all, I had this one on my DS for some time now and decided to make them.....
I added pop dots to lift the top layer

gift card/money holder

Hello to all,  I made 4 holders for Church. that will be enough because they are boring to make.
anyway, I call them gift card/money holders, because I do not like giving gift cards, I find cash is easiest, I don't have to worry if it is the right spot someone shops, or if the place will still be in business. That almost happened to me, last year about this time, Britt and I were at an ihop in town and I mentioned to her this would be a great place to give gift cards for Christmas, one week later they were closed.
These will be given to The Plum Shoppe sale at Church.
i found the pattern at stamptv
 http://stamptv.ning.com/video/gift-card-holder-part-1-1
super easy to make, use up a lot of scraps and looks pretty,
thanks Gina K
I used velcro instead of a ribbon, and I only had enough scrap paper to finish the front of one of the black holders,,,,, and it looks fine

note cards

Hi all some of these will be going to Church...Wow, I sure hope that they sell, I have been asked by people
Why don't I sell these,,, my answer to them is that    It would no longer be fun, it would be work and the pressure would be on, much easier to give them away...

more note cards

Hi all,   these will be going to Church....I was at a local stamp store this weekend and she suggested selling them in single packs instead of the pack of    4 like   I wanted to,,,, she made a good point that people can pick the one(s) they want, also more willing to pay $4 to $5 for one, over $10 to $15 for more...she also sold me some great cellophane bags that they will fit into nicely.
 I found this great card over at stampTV
http://stamptv.ning.com/video/laced-sympathy-card
I also picked up the boarded stamp at the local stamp store, to make sure I liked this technique,
I had the bird and flower with my other stamps
I have to say that I am very happy the way these turned out. A BIG thanks to Gina K.

card base  4 1/4 x 5 1/2
white 3 7/8 x 5 1/8
black 3 3/4 x 5