Just playing ......

I saw the cutest little mailbox up at Michael's one day while shopping so thought I should buy it  ! Of course when I got home , I wasn't sure exactly what I was going to do with it until I saw saw Jacque's mailbox that she posted HERE .  I have to admit , I just had to scarplift this ( with some of my own twists as I never follow directions completely ...... teehee  ! I just call it creative license and entend a thank you to Jacque for her amazing inspiration ! )

Here is my mailbox ......... not sure which member of my family may get it but I am sure somebody will claim it :-)

I am also going to add this to the OUTLAWZ challenge for Friday Copic / Promarker challenge " Favorite technique " as I used the masking technique to get Tilda in the window and she is colored with  Copics .

Well off to my room to play as DH is going to watch the Super Bowl and I am using THAT as an excuse to hide all afternoon ( besides , then I don't have to watch the snow coming down outside again ......... )

Have a great day , enjoy the game if you are watching and Happy creating !!!

Pretty Pressing Blog candy

Did you see this awesome blog candy that Claudia is offering on her site ?

Follow this LINK and join in the fun .......   http://rosaswelt.blogspot.com/

Jacque's Blue Sweet Stuff

 Jacque is offered another very generous piece of blog candy over on her blog found here . This is what she is offering ....... YUMMY BLUE STUFF !

And if you keep following her then you will find out she is super generous as she has a few more baskets that she will be giving away !  Plus , if you look through her blog you will find some of the most amazing cards and projects !

I LOVE Jacque !!! ( and thanks Jacque for being  so awesome ! )

My friend  ANONOMYS ( Hey Lisa , I know who you are ! LOL ) just pointed out I don't have a direct link ( well if you scroll down after clicking on the colored  " here " above it will take you there ) but here is the direct link ...... http://jacquesmagnolias.blogspot.com/2011/02/challenge-winner-and-sweet-stuff.html

Good luck !

Two Posts in one day ....... and a card !

 Well today just felt like it should be an inside day as the snow was coming down in big , wet flakes . I had nowhere pressing to go so just stayed home and caught up on some much needed housework . Those dustbunnies were starting to multiply and I figured I would have a mutiny on my hands if something didn't get done about them ! I also found a lot of time to sit in my room and do some coloring and put together a card . This one went together quickly thanks to these 2 challenges ! I used the sketch challenge  from Arlana over on Sweet Sketch Wednesday #87 found here .
This is the sketch I used

A combined it with the Color Challenge over on THE OUTLAWZ  found here

using Celadon ( green ) , Lavender and White ... include polka dots .......

here is my take this week on both challenges . I dug deep in my stash of patterned papers for these papers !

Copic markers , Magnolia's Tilda with Big Bow , Making Memories patterned Paper  ,Peggy's Pretties , SU cardstock , large brad , ribbon  and flowers all from stash .... and a Ellen Hutson paper doily with a Nesties diecut finish my card .

Come on over to these blogs and join in the fun !

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRUNKEN STAMPERS .... this card is for you !

A little on the fussy side !

 I took days to get this card done for some reason .......... so I thought I should enter it for a few challenges ! Usually I try to do each challenge separately but lately I have found how fun it is to combined challenges ... and they become just that - a challenge !

Here is my take on these challenge blogs . I chose to do an easle card

These are the challenges I chose to enter the card into

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + flowers  ( found here )

Magnolia Stamp  Lovers Glitter challenge ( found here

Totally Tilda Week 15 -  Tilda with lots of Hearts      ( found here)  ( the challenge was to use 3 different hearts , I used heart bling , heart ribbon slide and heart doily )

The Outlawz - Copic Challenge - Anything goes  ( found here ) .... LOTS of copic work on this card !

Thanks for looking and Happy creating ! Come join in the fun on these challenge blogs and help beat the winter blues !

Happy 1ST Birthday ................

DRUNKEN STAMPERS ! Seems hard to believe it was over a year ago when Peggy approached me to join the design team for a new challenge blog ! I was thrilled to be asked but I would only join under the stipulation that I would only being on their team for 3 months . We are avid campers and come green grass and no snow , we love nothing better then to take off in our RV for a weekend or weeks . The 3 months I was on the DT was a lot of fun and also one of self-discovery . I discovered that I could make any deadline and do any challenge as long as it was to be my interpretation ............. and DS is great for that ! However , I also made a HUGE discovery about myself ..... I am not one that likes to feel pressure when I create ... I " freeze like a deer in the headlights " ! So although I don't take part in every challenge on DS , I do love to see what the challenge is and what everybody is creating .


 Happy Birthday Drunken Stampers ( found here ) and I hope you all have a long run to fame and fortune :-) ...... but mostly HAPPY CREATING and thanks for all the inspiration your challenge blog brings !

COMBINDING CHALLENGES

Yesterday I finally sat in my room and finished a card I have been working on . I love to relax and hide in my room with my Magnolia stamps , Copics and papers !

I used this sketch from this challenge # 52 found here on PaperTake Weekly . I love this sketch

and this is the card I came up with using a new release Magnolia Tilda

I am also entering her here on Just Magnolia-Hangler Challenge Blog week 91- Going Dotty  ( Got to love the new Bo Bunny papers ! )

and I will enter it on the Copic - Promarker Challenge here on the OUTLAWZ which is anything goes this week .


i LOVE when I can combined challenges !

TFL and Happy Creating ! I plan on getting back into my room this afternoon as it is a cool -15 C outside again !

Just a couple of cards

 I did manage to get in my room this week and do some playing . I am trying to get challenges done for the OUTLAWZ blog but between nursing this cold ( still ) , trying to get my house clean ( again ) and getting groceries and out for coffee ( a MUST ! LOL ) by the evening I am exhausted and have just sat and vegged instead of playing .

Here are the cards I did manage to make this week though

Sketch challenge

                                 Red Birthday card challenge .... and this week's sketch challenge

Last week's simple card ......

Hope everybody has a great weekend . I plan on spending some time playing with my new Magnolia stamps that arrived yesterday !!! It was a good mail day !!!

Happy creating !!!

Just Magnolia- Hangler Week 90

 I finally felt well enough to go sit in my room and play for a bit . this cold that everybody seems to have is like the Energizer Bunny ...... it just goes and goes and goes !  Was sure relaxing to just sit and color one mini-Tilda and create a card from the end result .

The challenge on Just Magnolia this week was a great sketch by Donalda . I love these sketches from her ! The challenge can be found  here

Here is my card using a mini Tilda , Magnolia tag , Copics , Flowers and leaves from Magnolia and Wild Orchid and Stickles .MaryAnn D die cut was used to cut the doily and the paper doily is from Ellen Hutson .Lace is from my stash .

Thanks for looking and have a great week ! Happy creating !

Come join in ....

A new challenge blog is up and running . There are challenges every day for cards , scrapbooking and altered items .... your choice ! Some great challenges from CAS ( clean and simple ) to Copic and promarker challenges .... each day is assigned a challenge theme so come and join here to partake in some of the fun !

 I did manage to do the Color challenge for this week as it is using BROWN and PINK .... I was just working on this when the challenge was posted so added it to the mix !

Tilda is colored with Copics and has SMOOTCH Pearlized TOPCOAT on her dress and socks for a shiny , glittery appearance . The heart is cut with a Sizzix scalloped die and then trimmed in lace . The tulle is from American Crafters , the looped ribbon from Webster's Pages and the heart brads are from my stash . They have been colored with Copics and then coated in SMOOTCH as well !

And this one is for the CAS ( Clean and Simple ) challenge

So pop on over to Outlawz and come have some fun !

Happy creating !

One Crazy Stamper

  I came across this awesome site awhile back while checking prices for Copic markers .... because a gal can NEVER ave too many copics ! LOL ! I was amazed at the price of Lora's Copics !!! Well it seems that One Crazy Stamper also has a challenge blog and this month the challenge is a LOVE card . The challenge is found here.......... so I just had to get on the card ( even if it did sit on my desk for a week because I am down with a cold and feel miserable  ) . So here it is .... I can't remember where I got this image but it was from a friend . The paper is BG ( which one I have no idea as I have many ! ) , the pleated ribbon is from Webster's Pages , lace was a RAK and of course the image is colored with Copics .The rhinestones came from the wedding department at Michael's and the punch is a Martha Stewart edge punch .

Pop on over to Lora's online store found here

http://www.onecrazystamper.com/

as you will be blown away by the price of her Copics and her great stamp selection . She even has a stamp club .... Buy 10 get one free with collected coupons ( explained on her home page ) and she has preorders right now for Magnolia stamps and the new COPIC colors ( yes 12 new have to have colors :-)

Have a great day , avoid the snow and the cold ( we have had almost 2' since the 4th of January and -20 c temperatures ! ) but most of all

Happy Creating !

oh so Blue ..............

Magnolia Stamp Lover's has a challenge running this week called " BLUES " ! This little Tilda stamp just called out for the color blue . The challenge is listed here .

I used a lot of Sakura Glaze pen on my image to give her umbrella and boots a wet look . I purposely took the second photo under a light so you could see the shine !

I am also using this card for Sketch Saturday as I used Jilli's sketch to make the card . Here is the sketch

Join in the fun this week for  Week #136 Challenge on Sketch Saturday here

 Come join the fun on all the challenge blogs , get some create juices flowing and have a wonderful CREATIVE week !

HAPPY NEW YEAR .... let's start with some challenges !

 I spent a very quiet New Year's Eve as my husband was away visiting his Mother whom had some health issues before Christmas . It is the first time in 39 years that we have actually spent New Year's Eve apart ! Odd to say the least ! My few days of just the dogs and I found me playing in my room getting a few things done and cleaned up .

 There is a change over on the challenge BLOG for JUST MAGNOLIA as it is now the Just Magnolia and Hangler / Stangler Challenge Blog ! If you haven't seen the Hangler stamps then you are in for a real treat as they are so adorable ! Hard to get in Canada but I lucked into a few images from friends ( thanks girls ) and just finshed this card which I am submitting here for the ANYTHING GOES challenge on the site . Hope you enjoy her !

And over on PAPERTAKE WEEKLY their challenge this week is BE THANKFUL . You can read all about the challenge here  . Here is my take on their challenge

Both cards will also work for Challenge # 145 on Cute Card Thursday found here entitled THANK YOU

AND FOR PHINDY'S PLACE CHALLENGE # 36 Give Thanks  found here

 Come join the fun on these challenge blogs and Happy Creating in 2011 !!!


All images have been colored with Copic markers !

Merry KISSMAS Everybody !

Merry Kissmas and Merry Christmas to each and everyone ! May your hearth be warm , your food be plentiful and your blessings many !

From our house to yours ! Joy to the season and count your blessings !

And the countdown begins .................

 It is hard to believe that the jolly man in the red suit comes in so few sleeps  ! I think I can say I am ready craft wise , the gifts are wrapped and the tree is up ! I have to get out and buy some groceries yet but it is still too soon for the fresh stuff so I will postpone that for a few more days . Unfortunately this Christmas may be a little stressful as well as a lot of fun . DH is not well again and has spent more time at home in bed then at work . He is frustrated as am I but we just take it one day at a time . Chrones and Colitis are not a fun disease at any time but when you are stressed it is even worse . We have a few things happening that are causing the stress right now ...... and none are in our control .

 So while DH sleeps and watches his TV while he is awake , I have managed to make a few more cards .... and do some baking ( something I seem to only do at Christmas now ! ) . I had a project I had hoped to get done for DH for Christmas but with him home , it isn't going to get done as he has a habit of walking in my room and piering over my shoulder to see what I am doing !!!!  Maybe I will make it a New Year's gift for him as he HAS to fly down and see his Mother as she isn't well and it is something he HAS to do . we will not be spending New Year's together but it is important that he goes down .

  Here are a few of the last minute cards I have made ........

  I hope everybody has a wonderful pre-Christmas week and find time to RELAX and enjoy the season and those around you !

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Really Reasonable Ribbon Rambling is having some awesome Blog Candy here ...... Drawing is tomorrow December 21st so hop on over and join in the fun ! I am just drooling at all the awesome ribbon and lace on this site !!!!!

See you there !!

 And don't forget to check out a few more Blog Candy drawings on December 24th !!! They can all be found on my sidebar !

good luck !

Prairie Fairy has moved back to BLOGGER :-)

 Prairy Fairy is offering some awesome blog candy so hope on over and join in the fun .... and see some very cute images too ! Click on the picture of the her blog candy in the sidebar ..... and be surprized wen you get there as she is offering more then one drawing for " candy "  ....

 Have fun and see you there !

some blog candy !

Martina is offering some BLOG Candy ... her first ! Woo Hoo ! WTG Martina !!!! Go visit her blog and leave her some lovin' ..........

here !

I am off to enter as well so GOOD LUCK ladies !

Another card ........ DONE !

Well I have just a few more cards to get done before I can say I am done making cards for this season ( but I have so many new images I want to play with ! LOL )

 i found the challenge for making my card over here at Magnolia Stamp Lover's Challenge blog and it is called " here an ornament , There an ornament " so being I have the PERFECT Tilda and the PERFECT paper to play along , here is what I came up with !

Thanks for looking , Happy creating and remember to relax as the Christmas season is upon us and can be so very busy !!!

JUST HAVING FUN

  I am need of getting a couple cards done so I can get them in the mail . So as I started this card I realised I can use it for Just Magnolia Monthly Challenge week 84 _ Anything Goes with Sparkle

This card definitely has sparkle ! It doesn't show well in the photo but trust me ... it does ! LOL ! I had fun crating this one !

And this is another card I just for the fun of it ......

I used a Sizzix gift card die to make the gift card holder ! I think I will be getting plenty of use out this die !the Bo Bunny paper is so beautiful as well ! Think it is called Winter Frost ( but don't quote me on that ! LOL )

Have a great week everybody and happy creating !

Another awesome sketch challenge !

 I LOVE the sketches from Arlana that are on Sweet Sketch Wednesday . This week's challenge sketch was FUN to do ! Thanks Arlana !

For the challenge this week # 78 I chose another Magnolia image ..... I LOVE Tilda !!! I also went through some of my older paper and found this Christmas paper from Cosmo Cricket . My trusty Copics were used , some beautiful lace from Wild Orchid Crafts  and some embellishments from my stash ....

Thanks for looking ! Now pop over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday and join in the fun !

Another WIN !!!

  What a surprise to find out my card won on SKETCH SATURDAY   Challenge #130 . I won a nice voucher for some digi stamps from

for this card .......

It has been a crrazy week here with DH being down to the count again so this really brightened my week ! Thanks Eulanda for emailing me and telling me ! Teehee ! I had been to Sketch Saturday blog but didn't scroll down far enough to see who the winner from the previous challenge was .... just the new challenge !

Happy creating everybody and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas !

JUST MAGNOLIA # 83 - Sketch week

  This week over on Just Magnolia   the challenge was to use this sketch

I flipped the sketch and here is my take !

Tilda is actually very " pearly " as I used SMOOCH pearling ink on her .... She really does shimmer ...... STICKLES Icicles are on the snowflakes and " icicle " strip . Red bells are tied on the gold thread .

Thanks for looking and happy creating !