Win a Cricut Cake Machine -

Wanna win a Cricut Cake Machine?  Check out Cuttlebug Challenges  I also have a link on the side of my blog.  There are quite a few prizes to be won - some great cartridges ....There is a little demo video and the cool part is she says  hey just buy a cake from the bakery and bring it home and decorate it!  What a great idea! 

Good Luck to everyone who enters ~ hope you win something!

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Super Sketchy Sunday Day 35....

Great sketch going on today over at 365 Cards You know me, I usually say they are so hard - todays sketch was not quite the challenge that last Sunday was ! 
Here is the sketch that Pam posted:

I stuck to the sketch the best that I could. I used bazzill bling for the base and just did some faux stitching on the card - the pattern paper I think is cosmo cricket - the shoe and tag are cricut cuts - the shoe, tag and background is core color coredinations I embossed some of it and used one side for tag the other for the shoe - I finished this off with some smooch and some pearls.
Thanks so much for stopping by ~ Hope you had a wonderful Easter!

...another

Here is another page I created.  The elements and paper are from Studio Gypsy from her great set called Quirky - I haven't had the chance to play around with it until now ~ I think this works!  The photo was taken by Classic White Photography, Lynn will be the photographer at our kids wedding!
Do you like digital scrapbooking? 
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Learning to Digital Scrapbook

Surprise!  It's not a card ~ it is another digi scrapbook page.  I've been taking a self paced class at Jessica Sprague called Up and Running.  I wanted to learn the basics of Photo Shop Elements just to help me crop my pictures for scrapbooking - well one thing led to another!  I'm learning and it's also really fun.  I haven't printed off any pages yet which is still something I'm not sure I would like.  I love paper and really like to see the texture and look of it - but then the other part I don't get about traditional scrapbooking is you stick all that texture into a page protector and flatten it down anyway...so what is the point?....
Hmmm...I guess the real point is to preserve the memories in whatever way, shape or form you can!
Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

Sunday Sketch Challenge @ 365 Cards

365 Cards has a sketch challenge each Sunday.  Here is the sketch:

It is always inspirational to look at a sketch and see what you can come up with ~ sometimes, well most of the time Pams sketch is quite the challenge!  A sketch can be handy to have around, especially if you need a card and are stumped as to what to do.  That was the case for me today - I needed to make an Easter/Spring card for my mom ~ I had an image from Paper Popsicles but just wasn't sure how to pull it all together. Using the sketch as my guide, adding in some Basic Grey seedling paper, and some bazzill card stock, here is my take on the sketch.  This card is 6 x 6. 

Thanks for stopping by ~ enjoy your Sunday!

Day 27 @ 365 Cards...I'm Touched...

Ok here are the deets of this challenge - check it out for yourself at 365 cards. It was a tough one..
This is what Pam asked for:
On this card, you need to have at least 8 elements (not counting the cardstock or any background paper) and here's the challenge - all those elements must overlap with at least 2 other elements.

Well I started this card on Monday for Mondays challenge at 365 but didn't get a chance to finish it. Saturday is almost over, but I made it work for todays challenge.
The card was made from an image I downloaded.  I colored this with Prismas (& mineral spirits) and I also used some Copic markers.  Background paper is Basic Grey - lime rickey. Flowers were colored with copics, brads were added and the stamp is from Hero Arts, it is a new set I just purchased called 'thoughtful'

So has anyone seen Alice in Wonderland yet?...
Thanks so much for stopping by~ Have a Happy Day!

New Images @ Simple Doodles...It's So Ducky!!!!

Trish @ Simple Doodles is posting a new challenge soon (I think it will be on March 26th) and she will also be releasing some new images. 

Both of these cards were made using the cute little duck!
For this card I used basic grey sugar rush along with some plain card stock - some of the pieces were embossed with swiss dots. This was all layered together and topped off with some ribbon.  The image was printed off on white and coloured with copics - then I ran his back half through the swiss dots folder, then get this - I put some brown ink on my finger to give the dots some colour and the brown ink coloured the dots and left little clear circles around the dots, I thought it looked cool - this image is fun and can be used in many ways - the inside of this card reads "lucky duck"

This next card was really fun to do too - I ended up using the same image - printing it twice - one I flipped and turned into a little baby ducky. The card base is Bazzill card stock, so is the white trim.  The yellow and purple are both Making Memories - for this card I didn't do anything to the digi stamps other than resize and print - how simple is that...oh at the same time I created a sentiment and printed just once!  I layered the two images and stuck them down and pop dotted the little duck. I used threading water punch and added some rain dots.

Be sure to drop by Simple Doodles and check out the challenge.

Don't you just love Spring!?

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My Blog Award .....

My very first blog award! This was given to me from Trish at Simple Doodles. She creates wonderful digital images and is a great inspiration!

I need to send this off to 10 blogs that inspire me, gee how on earth would someone pick!  Some of the people Trish awarded this to are some of my favorites, I'm sending it to them anyway - have a look at these blogs and see if they make your heart smile!

1. Amy ~ love her blog & playful cards!

2. Rose ~ the best paper piecer I "know"!

3. Gloria ~ wonderful vintage style!

4. Pam ~ host of 365 Cards...need I say more!

5. Tesa...when I grow up I want to make cards just like her...they are always the most amazing cards!

6.Photo Express ~ this is my LSS - great store!

7. Kevin & Amanda ~ love the variety in what Amanda shares!

8. Robyn ~ My Pink Stamper, I've learned so much from her!

9. Okie ~ big variety and great inspiration!

10. Lisa @ Studio Gypsy - first digi kit I ever purchased & I love her style!

Really and truly ....how do you pick just 10!!!

Rules:

1. Comment on this blog.

2. Cut and paste the award and use it on your blog.

3. Nominate 10 blogs that encourage or inspire you.

4. Link them to your page.

5.Comment on their blogs so they know they have received the award.

6. Link back to the person who gave you this award so they know you received it.

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Simple Doodles & 365 Cards

Here are two cards created using images from Simple Doodles.  They have quite a few free images you can download for free and see how you like using digi images (hint...they don't take up any space!) .  The challenge is to have some green on your card ~
The first card is a birthday card "for an old friend" ~ I used the dino image, printed him on some cosmo cricket paper - added brads and some sparkles to his spots - simple card, Bazzil for the base, cuttlebug stripes on the green and dots on the black - layered them - pop dotted the dino and this card is done!

Challenge at 365 Cards for Day 12 is to use 20 circles on your card from two different sources - one card 2 challenges!

The second card is a beautiful bouquet of 4 leaf clovers ~ Good Luck is a stamped image ~ the bouquet is from simple doodles, coloured with copic, a tiny bit of stickles and layered up with more bazzil and basic grey sugar rush, all the pieces had the edges inked to add some pop to the layers!

Well I hope this inspires you to play along in the challenges over at Simple Doodles and at 365 Cards ~  Hope to see you there.
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Simple Doodles....Chocolate Bunnies...yum!

***you can now have this image for free at Simple Doodles***
This cute little bunny needs you to luv him!  It will be available next week over at Simple Doodles.  I printed him on some pink paper and added some copic coloring for some shading, colored his feet, eyes and of course his big bunny heart! The grass I cut on the cricut using plantin schoolbook...and of course as we get closer to Easter, ever bunny takes cover!!!
Simple Doodles will have some new digis soon and some new challenges - hop on over and check 'em out!

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Day 6 ~ Stamping with more than one ink color.....

Well this is the first card that I've been able to do for the new year that started March 1st at 365 Cards!  They have added some new members to their DT and today is one of the new members Heidi Stock. Seems like I only have time on the weekends and not much time at that!  So the challenge today is to use more than one ink colour on your stamp at the same time - no colouring allowed - no copics, pencils or whatever your usual go to colouring tool may be!  So this was really a challenge for me - I'm not much of a stamper and am always so envious of what people have created with stamps!

So here is my card - It is an inchie times 2 ~ I used kraft stock as the base and for the stamped image - the stamp is from SU (no recollection of what the set is sorry) I used ColorBox Fluid Chalk ink in Dark Peony and Dark Brown for the image.  I used the script embossing folder for the dark brown layer - put it together and added some organza ribbon to finish it off.

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a wonderful weekend!

Super Sketchy Olympic Sunday!!!!Way to go Canada!!!

Today is day 365 at 365 Cards; that means that Pam and her fabbie DT have been creating a card a day for the last year! THANK YOU PAM!  What an accomplishment! Two ladies have somehow managed to create a card each day ~ I dunno how but hats off to Rose & Linda (they'll have to share gold).  Tomorrow will start the first day of year 2 @ 365 Cards - I encourage you to play along whenever you can ~ you will be amazed at what you will learn and inspired by fellow cardmakers who join in!
Today ends year one @ 365 and today is the end of the
Vancouver 2010 Olympics! 
I have used todays sketch to make a card that has an Olympic theme - it will likely go into my scrapbook, along with a ticket stub and some pictures from around town - what a memorable time!
The card stock is all pretty much Bazzil and the idea for the Inukshuk came from Karen at PE, my local LSS - using the coffee cup quick cutz die. You can chek out PE from the link at the side of my blog.

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Team Canada...YOU ROCK!!

Simple Doodles Cards ~ Digi Images: Fun & Easy to use

Here are two cards using paper piecing.  I used images from Simple Doodles - the little bird with the heart - Tweetheart - is so adorable...I don't have the greatest cutting skills and managed to cut her little feet off not once but twice!...3rd time is a charm and here she is popped off the card feet and all! The saying is also from Simple Doodles - I used paper from my stash for this card - the base is bazzil cardstock, I also embossed a strip of pink using swiss dots.

I really like my second paper piecing card - I used the cake without the candles.  The base is bazzil cardstock, next layer embossed with swiss dots, top layer is scored and embossed with happy birthday folder For the cake again I used paper from my stash - I coloured the cake plate and hearts with silver smooch, added some pearls to the cake plate and finished it off with a silver ribbon!  Simple Doodles has a fun challenge going on right now - it's all about paper piecing ~ they have quite a few free digital images however you can use what ever digitial image you have....give it a try, do something different and have fun!

Enjoy your Sunday ~ Thanks for stopping by!
GO CANADA GO!!!

Day 357 Sketch

Following Vicky's sketch at 365 cards for this challenge.  I am trying to use peel-offs placed on water colour paper - the entire black image is a peel off - then using gelly roll pens, water and a paint brush creating the colour in the white space - I own copic markers but I tell you I can't quite grasp the placement of shadows - I certainly need more practice....The base of this card is bazill card stock, some metallic paper and the pink is this really cool velvet paper that my lss had, this colour is called bubble gum. So here is the sketch and here is my card - .....thanks for stopping by!

28 Year Anniversary - Day 356

Another sketch at 365 Cards and keeping in true 365 fashion - it is another GREAT sketch....don't know how they come up with something day after day but the do! 

I've used todays sketch for an anniversary card for my DH...28 years - I can hardly believe it!  Lucky me ~ I found the perfect (make that as close to perfect as they come) soul mate! I used Basic Grey sugar rush - gummy bears for the patterned paper - some diamond glaze to accent "you" and some ribbon  - I was trying to steer away from it being so girly and hope that the orange colour does the trick!

Going to check out some more Olympic festivities tomorrow - enjoy your weekend & thanks for stopping by!

DAY 355 - Amys Sketch

Sketch week at 365 Cards every day is a new DT sketch - today is Thursday and the first night I've had a chance to play along.  The sketches have all been great so I plan to try making some cards later..too many Olympic festivities happening....Go Canada Go!   AND by the way 365 Cards will end up with day 365 on the closing day of the Olympics - Feb 28th; I don't think Pam planned it that way but hey it's kind of cool!  Back to the card - here is the sketch we need to follow - belongs to Amy - she has an awesome blog  - check it out!

And here is my card - I don't know what the card base it - the white is bazil card stock that has been embossed with swiss dots. The bird is a peel off fun product to use.  I coloured the bird with Sakura gelly roll pens, paint brush and water and added some black floss between the circles and criss crossed on the white.  ....Spring is in the air....Have a great Friday - Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Valentines Day.....

Here is a card for two challenges, Day 350 at 365 Cards - Create at least 3 stacks of different items on your card.  The other challenge is Simple Doodles - Add some background.

The bear on my card is a freebie from Simple Doodles - isn't it cute?!  I printed it off on some craft card stock.  I learned a new colouring technique which I used to colour in the heart - maybe this has been around for a while but it is new to me and I plan to use it again. Sakura Gelly Roll pens are water based so using a gelly roll pen and a small paint brush put a dab of ink on to your image and "drag" the ink around with a small wet paint brush. Day 350 challenge required stacks...so I stacked my paper - it is from my stash (I think it is Dream Street Papers) and I have a few layers, a little stack of brads and a BIG stack of chipboard hearts!
Some of the hearts I covered in matching paper and inked the edges....hmmm wonder who will get this card tomorrow!  

Thanks for stopping by!  GO CANADA GO....

Day 342...That's Familiar

Well I had lots of fun making this card! This card is for a challenge at

365 Cards ~ Day 342...
The challenge was to use a stamp on the front and then use part of the image on the inside.  I used this great digi stamp from Dawn Moore at Lost in Paper Scraps The image is called Cake Girl and it was a free image on Dawns site. I used copic markers to colour her, I used a clear glitter pen for some sparkle around her eyes and a big sparkley white smile.  I used diamond glaze on top of the cake. The background pattern paper is from Pebbles Lil'Miss Collection - the paper is really cute.  Onto the inside I cut the cake only - pop dotted it off of the embossed cake plate - added embossed happy birthday from cuttlebug folders and a bit more paper.  She is ready to be popped in the mail on Monday morning to bring someone special birthday greetings!
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Day 343 Hmmm Interacting Images....Interesting!!!

So today is all about "Interacting Images" .... @ 365 Cards the challenge is to take two different images and get them to work together.

I have this cute little Diva stamp from Stamping Bella and I've matched it up with the Ooh La La stamp from Imaginisce - My card base is kraft card stock and then I have a layer from Making Memories (heart something or other), the image is stamped on the flip side of the patterned paper and framed with some red bazzil card stock - I added some clear spica glitter to her shoes and a couple of red pearls to finish the card.
I hope you are having a great weekend ~ thanks for stopping by!

Corry & Donna ...checking out the blog??

Went to a wonderful scrapbook class this evening with two of my friends Corry & Donna ~ had a fun conversation on the way home, I'm still laughing...and well since we were driving, lets call it a road trip and I won't repeat any of it!
I don't have anything to post, finished up the book we made tonight, put in the tabs and added some finishing touches - I will post it at the end of the month since I don't want to spoil any surprises.....

So Donna & Corry - see....I didn't come home and make a card or work much on anything ~ I tried, I stared at my desk and admired my paper.....but that was all I did! 
Check back on Sunday.....have a fabbie weekend ~ Thanks for stopping by!