I Keep On Falling

I found another card that intimidates me! Accidents!

How do you express you care without being too cute or too insensitive?

This is for my friend Sarah, who was in a car accident not too long ago.  

Although she did not have to go to the hospital, her car is totaled 

and she is still in a tremendous amount of pain.  The images I had were a

little too cutsey for the look I was going for.  I was trying to

find something that would be perfect for her.  Her last home

was decorated in lots of reds and Toile, so I thought the paper

was perfect.  Then I saw this image I had downloaded

awhile ago from TLC and thought that they complimented

 one another nicely.  I just did not want her to think I was

minimizing her accident or the pain that she is in.

I put Diamond Glaze on the shoes and

paper pieced the dress

 The inside of card

 Top Inside

 Bottom Inside

This is sketch #4 for the Feb. Verve Sketches

This was Andrea's awesome sketch!

Supplies That I Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Designer Paper: K&Co.- Classic K (Red Paper)

Toile Paper: The Paper Studio

Ribbon: From A Ghiradelli Chocolate Box (Yup already eaten!)

Pearls: Recollections

Digi: TLC (Child Headstand- Vintage) Freebie

Pencils: Prismacolors

Brads- (inside Card) Making Memories

Ribbon And Buttons: From My Stash

Die Cuts: Spellbinders- Ovals and Curved Rectangles

Flowers: From wedding Section at Michael's (Confetti)

Challenges I would like to enter this card in:

I Did It Creations: Punches or Dies- (Dies)

The Res-Q- Challenge: Boxes- (Square card)

Sugar Creek Hollow: Inside Out

Little Claire's Designs: Anything Goes

Guylou's Inimitability: Anything Goes
Woodware USA: Anything Goes
Paper Playtime: Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss:  Black & White & Another Color

Prairie Fairy Fridays: Inspired By A Song- Falling By Alicia Keys

Fussy & Fancy Friday: Paper Piecing

Totally Paper Crafts: Paper Piecing

Digi Doodle Shops Best: Spots/ Dots

Fresh Brewed:  Ribbons & Bows

Top Tip Tuesday: Bling It On
Craft Your Passion: Girly Girl
Stamps R Us: For the Girls
Kaboodle Doodle: Recipe 123

An Award!

Thank You Yenni! You are the sweetest!

To accept this award I have to do a few things:

A.Please link back to the one who gave you this award and say thanks 

I'll say it again, Thank You Yenni!

B. Write 3 sweet moments happened in your life 

#1 I found this kitten that I was all set to bring home, but was waiting

 for my husband to come get me.  When he arrived he said "Is this the

cat you want?" I replied "Yes, this is the one!"  He then said "No!"

I was crushed and walked so fast he could not catch up to me.

Then when we got to the car, there sat a kitten that he had looked

for all day to surprise me!!! Awwww!!  He was quickly forgiven! 

#2 On Our 15th Wedding Anniversary we gave each other 

15 gifts.  Most of them small gifts.  He had mine all wrapped

and pretty with little bows on them! (He even wrapped them himself)

#3 I mentioned on someone's blog ( I won't mention Yenni's name... lol!)

that I loved her lace, and she sent me a wonderful package of gorgeous lace!

Thank You Yenni, You truly are the sweetest! You definitely deserve this award!

C.Pass this sweet award to the 3 sweetest bloggers you know 

All of my followers are the sweetest, but these are 3 of my sweet followers.

1) Faye: For leaving sweet comments and this award would look perfect on your blog!

Your love of chocolate also make you perfect!

2) Heidi: For also leaving the sweetest comments!  You are a faithful follower! 
3) E.T for also being the sweetest!  You say very sweet things, and I love your 
work! I have also received great freebies from your blog! Thank You!

Thinking Of You

I made this card for a friend that lost her dog of 15 years

around the same time I lost my Cody Cat.  I understand

her pain and wanted her to know I have been thinking

about her.  Even though it been a couple of months,

when they have been a part of your life that long, it still hurts.  

I also made this card for the 

Verve Sketches for the month of February.

This is the first sketch.  I did them out of order because 

I had a serious mental block with this one.  It is a great

sketch, but I could not get it to work.   So I tried

 another idea, and could not get it to work either, so I went 

back to this and wola! It worked.! I think it was the pressure

of having to finish it.  I seem to work well under pressure!

The medallion is a Martha Stewart tag with a punch out

of the paper.  This paper pack is cool because it

came with lots of matching paper, stickers, tags, letters, 

& chipboard! It will be awesome to scrapbook with. 

 The inside of card

 Inside- Top

What the heart has once owned

and had, it shall never lose.

 Inside-bottom

Verve Sketch

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Designer Paper: We R Memory Keepers

Punches: Martha Stewart Double Loops

Medallion: Martha Stewart Tags

Lace Ribbon: Offray

Orange Ribbon: Ribbon Boutique

Pearls: Recollections and Paper Studio

Stamps: Thinking of You- Inkadinkadoo  Sympathy- Stampin' Up

Ink: Distress Ink: Aged Mahogany

Inside:

Stickers & Tags: K&Co.

Jewels: Recollections

Challenges I would like to enter this in:

Verve Sketch:

Off the Wall Craftiness: Color Inspiration

Pals Paper Arts: Scallops

Digi Doodle Shop: Spots & Dots

Crafty Emma: Spots & Stripes

Do You Stack Up: Anything Goes 

Paper Romance: Anything Goes

Paper Play: Get Sentimental

Creative Craft World: Use A Square

Fresh Brewed: Ribbons And Bows

Paper Pretties: Glitter (In the Paper)

Scrapbook Sisters: Lace & Pearls

Bearly Mine: Ribbon & Pearls

Top Tip Tuesday: Bling It On

Incy Wincy: Punches

Aly's Sunday Challenge: Get Well or Give Support

Catered Crop: Recipe: Patterned Paper, Colors, Distress Inks, Pearls, Ribbon, Punch, Squares

Oh No Not Another Boy Card!

There are some cards that I need to make and I immediately

get intimidated! Sympathy cards and masculine cards

are two of them! At least this is only one of those two!

I only fell mostly apart instead of all the way!

After I slapped myself silly (That was not a long trip lol)

I pulled it together and it actually came together quite

nicely!  This is for a friend of ours that had 

open heart surgery a couple of weeks ago.

As you already know receive a lot of inspiration from

Andrea Ewen! I love her work and often like to try some

of her awesome techniques.  I figured I may be annoying her

by always copying her, so a few weeks ago 

 I started practicing some medallions using some of my 

other punches.  And I thought I was coming up with

 something different. She recently used this one, so it may seem as if I am

copying her yet again! Sorry Andrea, I was trying to go 

a little different! I do love your work!

 Inside Of Card

 Inside- Top

 Inside Bottom

This is for the Verve Challenge #2

for February at Splitcoast

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Designer Paper: g.c.d  studios- Loverly Collection

Buttons: From Stash- Flower Center: Prima

Die Cuts: Circles and Labels 3

Punch: Martha Stewart French Scroll

Metal Frame & Brads: Making Memories

Stamps: Feel Better Soon and Medallion- Inkadinkadoo

Digi Sentments: Whimsey: Get Well Sentiments

Ink: Distress Inks-Peeled Paint & Stampin' Up- Baroque Burgundy

Misc. Twine & Fiber From Stash

Challenges I Would Like To Enter This In:

Verve: Sketch For February

Incy Wincy: Punches

Digital Tuesday: Punches And Something Digital- Sentiments on the Inside

Craft Your Passion: Male Card

Crafty Catz: For The Boys

Wags 'N' Whiskers: Punches

Sassy Studio: Punches

House Of Gilli: Recipe- Some Form Of Sparkle (Flower Center) 3 Patterned Papers At Least 2 Punches or Diecuts

Crazy 4 Challenges: Dies

Ally's Sunday Challenge: Get Well

Catch The Bug: Get Well

Card Cupids: Buttons &/ Or Ribbons

Catered Crop: Recipe- Patterned Paper, Colors, Distress Inks, Punches, Die Cuts, Ribbon

I Did It Creations: Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shop: Anything Goes

Sugar Creek Hollow: Buttons & Bows

Pink Gem: Buttons, Beads (In Flower Center) Brads, and Bows

Shannon's Sentiment: Sentiments No Image

Totally Papercrafts: Digis (On Inside)

Simon Says Stamp: Make Your Own Embellishment

Sparkle Glitter And Shine!

Today's Challenge at Dutch Dare Card Challenge is:

Sparkle, Glitter, & Bling 

This is my first challenge on the design team!

I am quite excited.  Come join us so we can leave you some love!

I was not intending on doing hearts for this card at all.

I had a completely different theme in mind, but I could

not get it to work at all. Then I saw this heart on 

Create With TLC and the rest is history!

It comes in two shades of pink!  Very fun to bling up!

It is not a Valentines card, I actually made it for my 

Aunt.  It has been 2 months since my Grandmother

died, (Her Mother) So I thought it would be a good

time to send a card to know I am thinking about her.

There is sparkle and pearls on the image as well as the card

 Took a picture without flash to show the yummy sparkle!

I printed two digis and layered them using pop dots.

I cut out the heart on the top layer (In the center) 

and stamped my sentiment on the bottom layer.

The card was punched with MS Double Arches

 This is the inside.  Bottom

Top

I loved this color Inspiration so much, this 

is my 2nd card for Off The Wall Craftiness This Week.

Photo Inspiration for: Happileigh Scrappin'

Supplies Used: 

White Cardstock (Probably came in a scrapbook album)

Embossing Folder: Kassie's Brocade, Cuttlebug

Bow With Pearl: Offray

Pearls and Gems: Large Pearls- Paper Studio The Rest- Recollections

Digi- Freebie at TLC Creations

Thinking Of You Sentiment: Inkadinkadoo- Ink: Stampin' Up Rose Red

Inside Sentiments: With Caring Thoughts: Hero Arts-  Sympathy: Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin' Up: Pink Passion

Punches: Martha Stewart- Double Arches

The Medallion was punched with Martha Stewart's Layered Arches

Glitter: Stickles

Because of the heart this card qualifies for a gazillion challenges even though this is 

not a Valentine's card.

Off The Wall Craftiness-  Hearts, Vintage And Color Inspiration

Get Funky: Hearts

Oldie But A Goodie: Hearts

Cupcake Craft: At Least One Heart

Crafty Cardmakers: Hearts

The Crafty Pad: Hearts

2 Sisters: Hearts

Bee Crafty: Hearts

Crazy 4 Challenges: Hearts

The Stamp Man: Hearts

Truly Scrumptious: Swirls and Pearls- Swirls are in embossing)

Papertake Weekly: Putting On the Glitz

Stamp Fairy: White With A Touch Of Color

Happily Scrappin': Photo Inspiration- Color

Woodware USA: Embossing

Allsorts: Sentiment

Our Creative Corner: Cut It Out

My Grafico: Anything Goes

Slightly Vintage

This week there have been some very pretty color

challenges.  Very soft, vintage, girly, right up my alley.

I missed most of them, but will still be able to

enter in The Playdate Cafe and Off The Wall Craftiness Challenges

Looks like I missed the Playdate, got my days mixed up.

I'm a little bummed, I wanted to enter their challenge all

week and thought I had time. Oh well.  You can see

where my color scheme came from anyway.

I loved both of these Color Inspirations.

I am also trying my hand at the Verve sketches this

month.  This is week 3. I will be posting them out of

order. As I am still working on week 1

Now for the details of the card

I have made this pendant before and love it!  

Got the idea From Andrea Ewen

I love her work, and she does beautiful Pendants & medallions.

The Inside-

It is hard to tell, but I chalked the doily with a

light pink and lightly inked the circle with Pink Passion

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Paper Studio and Bazzill

Designer Paper: K&Co. and Marcella by Kay

Frame and Envelope: Marcella by Kay- Wedding

Pearls: Recollections

Flower Center: Offray

Ribbon: Ribbon Boutique & Robert Stanley Collection

Thank You Stamps: Stampin' Up

Ink: Pink Passion- Stampin' Up

Thank You Rub On: Duplicate Rub-Ons

Doily: Wilton

Die Cut: Spellbinders Shapeabilities- Renaissance Hearts

Challenges I would like to enter this card in:

Viva La Verve: Sketch Challenge

Off The Wall Craftiness: Vintage- Color 

Crafty Creations: Thank You

Fab'n'Funky Challenge: Make Your Own Embellishment

Craft Your Passion: Use Pink

Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central: Pink & 1 Product From Store- Renaissance Hearts

Bearly Mine: Ribbons and Pearls

Aly's Sunday Challenge: Bling It Up

I Did It Creations: Bling It Up

Forgotten Scraps: Flowers- They are in Designer paper

WOYWW

Last week when I posted what was on my desk for WOYWW, everyone has

been so sweet in saying my desk was neat and tidy.

I spruced it up some last week before the photo. So this week

I decided not to tidy up.  This is is the middle of two projects.

I have to admit it got much worse though as the day went on.
 Just didn't get a picture of the worst of it! How very sneaky of me! LOL! 

Maybe I'll get brave and show you how messy it can become!

I also did not share last week, that I make full use of the bed

since this is our guest room.  Thank goodness we don't have

guests all the time!  I would actually have to keep the bed clean!

Like I said, it got much worse, so I HAD to clean up.

I have more projects to do, and I can't find anything and I

I waste a lot of time looking for things. Plus I get very overwhelmed.
 Maybe I will get a chance to post my projects.  I never posted
 last weeks card and I have made two more!

 Ready to make a new mess!

100 Followers!

I wanted to share a picture of blog candy, but since I don't have any
yet, thought I would share a picture
of real candy. It is almost as good as blog candy. Who we kidding,this
is me talking, this stuff is stinkin' good!

I made 100 followers today! It is so exciting! 

Just to let you know I have been wanting to do a blog candy.
It may take me a little while to make it happen.
  Soooo, soon I will have a blog candy for my 1st hundred followers only! 

You all are awesome and I appreciate all the love you give.  

My new followers will not be left out either, I will have two separate candies.  One for my 1st 100 followers and one for my next 100 followers! When you dangle some candy, the next 100 comes fast! 

 I don't know when it will be, so I will surprise you.
The real candy will not be included in the 
blog candy! I am generous, but lets not use 
crazy talk! Beside it would never make it 
to the mailbox!

WOYWW And Awards

Dorcas inspired me today to show WOYWW.

I realized I have not joined in on the fun in quite a while

either. And since I actually had something I was working on

 today, I figured why not?! Maybe I will post the finished

product tomorrow. ...or maybe not.  It all according to 

how busy the day is. 

After much deliberation on which paper I shall

use and then there is the layout, I had the 

hardest time choosing ribbon and embellies!

I also received a couple of awards in the last week or so.  

I would like to say 

Thank You for both of them!

The first is from Heidi. She is so sweet and very talented.

Check out her beautiful creations! Thank You Heidi!

I am supposed to pick 3-5 of my fav blogs.

That is a hard one because there are so many

awesome ones out there. So I give it to the first 5

followers that want it! You all deserve it.

The only rule is that it cannot go to someone

with more than 3,000 followers.  

The next one is from Yenni who is also the sweetest and 

extremely talented. Her work is beautiful, check her

creations out!  Thank You Yenni! You are the best!

I am supposed to tell you eight things about myself

Wow that could be quite boring!!

1) Love to craft

2) Takes me FOREVER to pick out my paper!

3) I am addicted to chocolate! Shocker huh?

4) I think I am quite funny- Just ask me!

5) I am an organized pack rat! Mostly in my craft room!

6) I am very shy... until you get to know me, then you can't shut me up!

7) I tend to share way too much in my blogs. I feel you should know the WHOLE story!

8)I am addicted to chocolate. Did I say that already? Well it deserves to be mentioned twice!

Again, because all of my followers are great and do such awesome work this one's for you!