Spread the Love...

* Note!! This post will stay at the top until Nov.9th for the length of this bloghop. Please scroll down for newer post. Thank you everyone who joins in on the special blog and makes a card for this card drive*


Good Morning, everyone! Hope your week is off to a good start.

Thank you for joining us for a very special blog hop.

If you have came here from Boni Boutelle's blog then you are in the right place, if not please start at Katharine Frei.

This blog hop is for a young lady in New Hampshire who October 4th her and her mother went to bed unkowning what was going to happen that night. In a very small town 4 teenagers who were armed with knives broke into a home for no particular reason except that they wanted to cause harm. They did just that when they stabbed Jaime's mother to death and left her for dead. We are asking for your help to give this young lady some love. There will be a card drive over at Stamp Something...for Jamie. Here you can find out all the details you will need to make a card and win some prizes from some wonderful sponsers have donated some terrific prizes. This drive will run from now Nov.2nd through Nov.9th. You can read about all the details there.
We sure hope you can join in on sending this very special girl some love by way of cards or whatever way you feel you can.

Next you will want to visit Tracy from Starving Artistamps. I am sure she has a wonderful project for you to see.

Thank you for coming by today and enjoy your time as you hope to everyone's blog.

You Caught Me..

Hello everyone. How is everyone today? My husband has a short week at work this week, he gets off early tonight and then is off until Monday. Long weekend is always nice but it is bad on the paycheck. His work has been effected with this mandatory days and time off. At least it hasn't been too bad and is only once in awhile. The upside is that we get to spend more time together. It is going to be a busy weekend this weekend. On Saturday our son-in-law is in a parade (he is in the military) so we are going to try and get to that and then spend the rest of day with the family for a get together since it is also his birthday. I still need to make him a card but I am working on it still.

On to my card for today. I bought this cute image from Whimsy Stamps a little while back and just now finally getting it inked up. I just love images that I can use my copics with. On the water I used my white smooch to give it a little shimmer. The tag I stamped my sentiment on Poly Shrink and used a quarter inch hole punch for the opening then used my heat gun to shrink it. Over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps their challenge is to use a tag on your creation. I don't have any of their stamps yet but I have ordered some and waiting for them to get here.

Have a wonderful day,
Thanks for stopping by today,
Liz

Halloween Night....

I don't have anything crafty today but I would like to share our night with the Grandkids on Halloween. It was a fun night. It has been quite sometime since my husband hasn't had to work so we wanted to spend the night with the grandkids. It was a great night, so fun seeing all of the excitement and their costumes.

This first picture was of a yard in the neighorhood. It had some cute sayings on each of the tombstones. They were so funny.

Here are 3 of our grandkids. It was so hard to get all of them together because the boys don't really care to have their picture taken. But we were able to coax them to get this one. Look at those reflective arm bands they even glowed with just the flash of the camera.

This last picture is of our oldest granddaughter. She will always pose for a picture.

Hope you enjoyed looking at these pictures as much as I enjoyed sharing them.

Have a wonderful day and I hope to have something to share with you tomorrow.

Liz

A Butterfly...

Good Morning everyone. Happy Halloween!! Hope everyone has a wonderful time and all the little ones get some good treats. We will be going to my daughters and trick or treat with her two sons. We also have our oldest granddaughter for the weekend so she will be joining us. Looking forward to spending time with the family.
On to my card for today. It is for a sketch challenge over at Limelight. They have a guest designer for this week and her name is Lauren Meader. She is fantastic and does alot of great designs. I thought I would join in and plus I had a punch that I haven't used and wanted to give it a try. It is pretty simple but I am liking that these days.

Thanks for coming by for a visit and hope to see you again soon!!
Liz


Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Fancy Flourish, Butterfly Kisses
Paper: SU! Barely Banana, Taken with Teal, white
Ink: Barely Banana Taken with Teal,
Accessories: Glue pad, Sugar Coating glitter, Prima flowers, brad, Martha Stewart corner and border punch set

Special Whimsy Challenge

I don't have any crafty to show you today, but I would like to let know know about a special blog hop that I will joining in Monday. It is to help a young girl who could use some special love. We would love for all of you to join in and have chance for a prize. We want to sent this young lady as many cards as we can to show her our love and support. You will see a special badge or button on my sidebar to show where to send your cards. Please join in on this!! Hope to see you on Monday!!

A larger version......

of what I made a few days ago. If you missed that post you can find it here. On this bag the pattern calls for cloth handles instead of ribbon. I made the pockets with the same material as the outside instead of matching the lining. These are fun and easy to put together.

I just love the colors in this material. I am not sure how they are picking up on your computer but the colors are so bright. You just may see a paper project soon using these colors sometime soon!

It seems that we bypassed the fall weather and moving into winter. Today it was so gloomy that it looked like it might rain but it was just the strong winds stirring things up. It was just a drastic drop in temperatures day and night.

That is about it for me on this post.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit,
Liz

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #18

Good Morning!!

It seems I have been mostly Christmas cards. I can't seem to decide what I want to do this year for my cards. I haven't gotten few different stamps so it is even harder to decide.

This card is for Dawn McVey's Raspberry color challenge. I bought a new punch this weekend and wanted to try it out. It is from Martha Stewart. It was actually a set. She has a corner punch and border punch together. This set is called the double lace. I layered one on top of the other for I think and interesting look.

I stamped Text Style in Vintage Cream on Raspberry Fizz and then stamped the tree from Tree Trimming Trio in New Leaf. To me it gives you the idea of a shadow.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look,

Liz

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Tree Trimming Trio, Text StyleII

Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz

Ink: Dark Chocolate, New Leaf, Vintage Cream

Accessories: New Leaf sation ribbon, pearl brads, sticker brads, Martha Stewart corner and border punch set