Live, Love, Laugh, Create Challenge

Happy Friday!! Yea, this week is at an end and so is the month of July. I don't know about you but I am glad this month is over and hopefully move on to a better month.

I made this for an inspiration challenge over at Lorie Ames site Live, Love, Laugh, Create. She found a cute little purse while on a getaway weekend with her husband. It is adorable and what a great inspiration piece. Go over to her site and check it out. You have until Saturday night to enter. Thank you Lorie for such a great challenge and inspiration.

I used my Large Octogon Nestabilites to make this card. The Dk Chocolate folds up to the inside so you can write a little something. I am going to have to learn to take pictures of that too! I used the largest octogon to make the white border and the Dk Chocolate is the next size down and folded so it would open. I used the third size down to make another white on the inside. The flowers I bought at a scrapbook store in Big Bear they are the color of daffodils so I thought the orange brads would look great for the centers and really make them pop out against the dk Chocolate. I used my rectangle marvy punch for the sentiment and used SU! Warmest Wishes.

I really like how this turned out and will probably make more of them. It was so quick and easy and would be great for a quick note card.

Thank you again, Lorie. This was fun and hope to do more challenges like this.
Have a great and and a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,
Liz

Aready 2!!

Hi everyone!! Can you believe that this week is almost over and it will be August already. Time is really flying by way too fast.

Our granddaughter just had her second birthday last Sunday. I have been bad and just now getting thes posted.

I had this card in my for awhile and thought it would be perfect for her birthday. I did the rolling marble technique for the background paper. That was fun and help get a little frustration out. LOL!! The sentiment I used a spectrum ink pad to get the different colors to match the marble effect. I used PTI Alphabet set in random places for a different look.

The paper is also PTI Ocean Tides and White & Berry Sorbet. I put little H's on the balloons since it is her inital and the covered them with Ranger glossy effects.

Last month was her older sister's birthday and I made her an apron because she likes to bake. When I visited them back in April to see the new grandson we did some baking together. That was alot of fun. I heard that Haley wore her sisters apron whenever she didn't have it on, I knew she needed to have her own so I made her this one. I just love all the butterflies on it.

This is a stool/stepstool my husband built for her. Haley seems to be using her older sisters things, so we thought it was about time she had her own as well. I painted it and used a Gina K "Take Flight" Butterfly image and stamped it. It is hard to see in the pictures. I used the spectrum pad again and I love the softness of it.

That is about it for today. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!! Liz

Where has the time gone?

Happy Wednesday!!

Today is my husbands' and my 30+ anniversary!! The years have seemed to fly by. I still can't believe that is has been this many years. Time as just flown by. That was one of the inspirations to make this card with the pocket watch.

This is the card I made for my husband. I folded the top part of the card over so part of the inside of the card shows. I should have taken another view so you could see it better. He works nights so I wanted to have it done so he can see if first thing he gets home.

I am going to make this short.
Hope you have a wonderful day!!
Liz

Supplies-
Paper: SU!! Confetti White, PTI Dk Chocolate, Kraft, PP
Stamps: PTI Out of the Box and sentiments, Pocketwatch stamp bought at Michael's
Ink: PTI Dk Chocolate, Duo Tea Dye
Accessories: PTI Summer Sunrise ribbon, SU!! Hardware, distress tool

Sunset Beach

Hello everyone!! Hope this week will be better than last. Sorry for the lack of posting. My couch and I became very acquainted last week. It was just not a fun week. By the end of the week I was feeling a whole lot better. But we also got some news about my MIL that is not too incouraging but we are praying and hoping things will turn out fine. As she says it she is leaving things to God and whatever happens is meant to be.

On Saturday we went to Sunset Beach. My husband and daughter have been wanting to go for a few weeks now. With our weather being in the 100+ for the last 16 days and more on the way, it was a terrific idea and we all had a lot of fun. This first picture of our oldest granddaughter I just love. She is standing in the water with a slight breeze blowing through her hair and just looking out at the ocean. You can's see him but there was a wind surfer out there and I think she was watching him.

The last time my daughter and I took her two boys to the ocean neither one wanted to go near the water. Since this trip is cousin and grandpa were there, he decided to go venture to the water. Once he decided to get his feet wet he loved it. He loved trying to out run the waves coming in. He did get out of the water for a little but when we were ready to leave he wanted to go back in again. I am sure we will be going back again sometime soon. Since out SIL is in the military who knows when they can get trandferred.

I wanted to take a picture of our daughter and her husband with the ocean behind them. This is them with the newest grandbaby on the way. Number 9. Where does all the time go?

Have a wonderful day!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Liz

Christmas In July?

Happy Friday!! This sure has been a fast week but I think I am glad this one is over.

Whimsy Stamps is having a challenge with a Christmas theme. Head over there and give it a try. It seemed strange to a Christmas card when the weather is so hot outside. I just tried to think cold and snow but it is a little difficult when you are burning up. The only Whimsy stamp I have so far is this Lion. I really like him and wanted to do something with him. I didn't want to use the usual Christmas colors so I went with the blue. I am pleased with the way he turned out. I do have a couple of snowflake punches that I wanted to use but wouldn't you know it, I couldn't find them with my punches. I guess I am going to have to really go through my room but they are probably right under my nose and just can't see them.

I hope you have a wonderful day and a great weekend!!

Supplies:
Stamps- Whimsy Lion, PTI Holiday Tag Collection, Made of Snow
Paper- Select white, PP from stash
Ink- Momento Tuxedo Black, PTI Spring Rain
Accessories- Koh-i-noor Pencils, ribbon from stash, Martha Stewart Snowflake border punch, Ultrafine Prisma Glitter, Deckled Rectangles Nestablilities, scallop scissors

Enchanted Lily

Good morning everyone!! This has been a fast week. I seem to be playing catch up a lot this week.

I think I will on to this card. I wanted to do a Friday Sketchers challenge and wasn't sure what I would do. I went through my stamps and saw this image and thought it would be a good one for this sketch. Wasn't sure what colors to us so I started going through my PP and crocheted flowers and came up with this combination. I love how it turned out. It seems bright and cheery to me. I hope you like it also.

The weather is so hot around here and seems the news is saying that another heat wave is suppose come through this weekend. It makes it so hard to concentrate but I try to get in my craft room anyway to see what I can come up with. My husband just mentioned the other day that he would like to take a trip to the beach. He said he has been wanting to ever since I took our daughter and her boys. So maybe soon we can get a trip in since it is cooler there than the desert. Eventhough we are in the High Desert it still gets hot!! Nothing like the deserts like Palm Springs but hot enough.

Well, back to my card. I colored her with Koh-i-noor pencils this time. I do like my copics but do need to use other products, right?

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great day!

Supplies:
Stamps- Pink Cat Studio Enchanted Lily
Paper-PTI Select White, DCWV Nana;s Nursery
Ink- Momento Tuxedo Black, PTI Aqua Mist
Accessories- Koh-i-noor pencils, Fiskars corner punch, Jumbo RickRack, Nestabilites Labels 4, Heidi Grace Rub-ons, brads, Golden Wheat Shimmers for wings, Crocheted flower I made

Thank you note cards

Good Wednesday to everyone! Can you believe that it is the middle of the week already.

I have been wanting to do a card for a while now that I could mass produce. I knew they should be simple so they would go fast. I did these two different ways as you can see.
The first one I just embossed the flower with a color and left it at that. The second one I embossed the flower in white and then sponged a color around it. They were both fast and easy. I am sure I will make more like these.

We heard from my SIL to let us know about my MIL. She came through the procedure okay and they are keeping her for a few hours to keep an eye on her. They won't know the results for a few days. So it will be sitting on pins and needles until then.

I am really going to make this short today.

Supplies:
Stamps- PTI Friends 'Til the End, SU! Warmest Regards.
Ink- VersaMark, True Black,Plum Pudding
Paper-PTI Select White
Accessories- PTI Lemon Tart Ribbon and Button, Scarlet Jewel Ribbon and Button, Stampendous Red Dragon Embossing Powder, Filigree white embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!