Oakley

Good Morning everyone!! Hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday.

I made this for the Whiff Of Joy sketch challenge. It is alway good to have a certain sketch in mind when you start a project. Well, for me it is.

My mind is working too well lately. I have been thinking about my MIL since her procedure is tomorrow. She lives in a different state and sometimes we don't always get the information very soon. I am hoping that we hear as quickly as possible about this one. I know the test will take a little time to get the results back so we may not hear anything for a few days.

Thinking of her pretty much brought the idea for this card. As you remember last week I sent her a card letting her know that we are always thinking of her. This card is similar to that idea. It does say thinking of you today. I will probably send this one off to her also.

I have also been busy trying to get some sewing projects done. With the heat that is going on it is easier to stay in the house and work on thinks. I just don't seem to be concentrating very well.

I have a granddaughter's birthday coming up at the end of the month and need to get done what I have planned to make her. She will be two but has an older sister that she follows after. I am going to make her an apron like I did her older sister.


Hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:
Stamps- Oakley w/ wooden sign
Paper- SU! Brilliant Blue, PTI Select White, Soft Stone, Bitty Dots Basics, other from stash
Ink- Momento Tuxedo Black, SU! Brilliant Blue
Accessories- brads, copics, ticket punch, scallop border punch

Thank you...

Hello. Hope everyones weekend as been a good one so far. It is starting to really warm up around here.

I needed a thank you card and I saw a bedding set with something similar to this design and thought it would make a great background paper. When I stamped it I didn't want to take away from it so I decided not cover it with anything and leave it as the focal point of the card. It is strange how you can have one idea in your head and then when you go to make it, it turns out different. But I am pleased with how it turned out.

I was talking to my husband about watermarks and he started looking at programs on the computer and found one that we had so I could have one without going and buying a whole new program just yet. He is better at those things than I am. Here I had this program all along and didn't even know it because I don't check out things like I should to see what I actually do have. I am not very good when it comes to electronics and get frustrated real easy when things don't work out like I would like.


Everything used was PTI except for the black lace I had in my sewing stash and the sticker gems for a little bling. The colors I used were Hibiscus Burst and True Black. The stamps sets I used were Faux Ribbon and Damask Designs.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a wonderful day.

Happy Birthday!

Hello everyone! Hope you weekend is off to a great start.

I wanted to post earlier than this but my computer hasn't really been cooperating lately. I just hope it doesn't go on the blink anytime soon.

I have been working on this card for a few days now. I just haven't been able to get it the way I want. Maybe I am being a little to particular. I think now that it is done that I am satisfied with how it came out.

I wanted to make it a window card right from the start. I liked the cupcake idea. I used liquid applique to make it puffy like icing. It is hard to tell in the picture. I stamped the cupcake bottom on pattern paper.

I made this birthday card for a challenge over at Whimsy Stamps.

Supplies:

Stamps- PTI Cupcake Collection, Fancy Floourishes, Simple Little Things

Ink- PTI Dark Chocolate, Momento Tuxedo Black

Paper- PTI Hibiscus Burst, Bitty Star Basic, and DCWV Nana's Nursery

Accessories- liquid applique, Dimensional stickers (flower), classic rectangle nestablities, pop-dots for the cupcake, PTI Raspberry Fizz Saddle ribbon.

Red, White and Blue, OCC Challenge

Hello, and Happy Thursday to everyone!!

I am finally getting back into the craft room and starting to make some progress. I have a few projects that not paper related that I need to work on also.

I decided to make this card and do two different challenges in one. Since it gave me the color combo and the layout all I had to do is decide what I wanted to use.

I pulled out a stamp from CC Designs that I haven't used in awhile. I embossed it. don't think you can tell in the picture.

I also bought a small bowdabra (I think around Christmas) planning on making a bunch of bows and never did. I was looking through some of my drawers and found it so I wanted to give it a try. Since this was my first one I think I need a little practice. I am going to try it again soon.

I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers and the color combo from OCC Challenge. I am going to have double up on challenges more often.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!

Supplies:

Stamps- CC Designs-Sweet Sophistications

Paper- PTI White, Bitty Star Basics, Bitty Dot Basics

Ink- Glue Pad

Accessories- Zing,wave embossing powder, Glue Pad, Polka Dot Ribbon, mini white flower, lace from stash, red roses from Making Memories

Sugar Bowl Challenge

I wanted to get back into the swing of things and start with a challenge. This is for Sugar Bowl. I just love this image and at the moment she is the only Sugar Nellie stamp that I have. She is so fun to color.

I literally got most of my supplies out of my scrap bin. I need to start using them up. I did use my deckled rectangle spellbinders to cut little Daisy out. The sun is cut with a spellbinders floral mini die cuts and used my copic system to air brush it and glittered it up.

As I was making this card and wondering what sentiment I was going to put on it my mother-in-law called. As I was talking to her I knew that I would make this for her and the sentiment seem to fit because she has decided to have a procedure done that is very risky for her.

Since I got most of my supplies from my scrap bin I can't remember all the details of what I used. Daisy is colored with copics and I airbrushed some clouds using a scalloped edge and masked it where I wanted the clouds and just kept moving it until I thought there was enough. If you have any questions just let me know.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good evening.

I am back...well sort of

I don't have anything crafty for you today but I thought I would share a couple of pictures from our little trip.

These double rainbows greeted us when we got into Utah. We hit some rain off and on. I thought that the double rainbow was a good sign that we were going to have a successful trip. We enjoyed the visit and of course got to see a couple of the grandkids (one we just saw for the first time).





We have not been able to light off our own fireworks for many years so it was a nice little extra to be able to light off our own this year. This is Grandpa and our grandson with sparklers. It was so much fun to see his reaction to all of the fireworks. The neighbors and all lit off fireworks, so we had our own little show.

When we got in it was in the middle of the night so our grandson was sleeping when we got in but to see his face and excitement in the morning when he saw us there was all worth the long drive. He seemed to be tongue tied at first but ran into my arms and then we he saw Grandpa, tells the tale that he missed us.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Little Ethan

It is Wednesday, Happy hump day to everyone!

This will probably be my last post for a few days. Since I am leaving a little later today to visit our son and his family. Have a great 4th of July weekend and I will be back the beginning of next week.

Over at Pink Cat Studios, they are selling these adorable digital images. They are to help the family of this little Ethan Weiman of at the age of 4 lost his life to cancer. Please go and check it out and with the purchase of one or all of the stamps the proceeds will go to the Make A Wish Foundation. Who has helped many people. They gave Ethan his own horse (which he was a cowboy at heart) and when that one passed away they gave him another one. You would be helping a very worthy case. He has a sister and there is a digital stamp of a little cowgirl also. They are so adorabe and so fun to color.

I had so much fun making this card and it seemed to come together so easily. I used a piece of thin cork (purchased at Michael's) wrapped a piece of ribbon from my stashe woven through a hodgepodge buckle from SU! The paper is from a pack that I bought from Joann's. I colored the little cowboy with my copics (which I need a lot of practice at :). The was cut out of Gold Shimmer fro Papertrey using a fiskers star punch and a smaller star for the middle was a Marvy star punch (green) with a Dark Chocolate Vintage Button with Papertrey button twine.

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by and taking a look!