The Queen Bee

The challenge this week at Dutch Dare is Distressing.

The situation is not distressing, the challenge is distressing!

So if life is stressful de-stress by di-stressing your paper!

It is a bit fun taking it out on the poor paper!

(Sorry, I fear this could be a silly post!)

That can be with inks or distressing the paper.  I chose to distress

the paper.  Very easy.  Give it a try and join us this week!

OK, I was told by a close friend (I won't mention Dorcas' name!!) 

that some things are better left unsaid.

Well, I have this need to tell everything! Silly or not! So here it goes.

This card is an anniversary card for my mother in law and her husband.

I have to disclose her name for this to make any sense.  Her name is Deborah

or Debbie and their last name is King.  Because Debbie, means "bee"

she loves bees and has been known to say "My name is Deb-bee bzzz bzzz"

I think this is the part of the story I am supposed to leave out! LOL!

So for a few years now, I have found items that have a bee in it, as well as

a crown, which fits well with the name king, and they both are happy.

I don't normally put two fancy embellishments next to each other,

but for the circumstance it worked out.

 Close-up of crown and bee (Could be a fly, but we are going to say

a bee or this whole story does not make sense!)

 Different view to show the distressing

 Inside

 Inside-Top

 Inside-Bottom

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Misc.

Designer Paper: K&Co.

3D Embellishments: K& Co.

Crown Stickers: Jolee's Boutique

Pearls: Recollections and Paper Studio

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Ovals And Scalloped Ovals

Sentiments: Mine From Computer

Ribbon: No Name- From AC Moore's $1 bin

Challenges I Would Like To Enter This Card In:

The Paper Variety: 123 1 bow- 2  3D Embellishments & 3 Designer Papers

Paper Pretties: Bring On The Bling

House Of Gilli: Ribbons & Pearls

Incy Wincy: Sparkle And Shine

Cooking It Up With Katie: Sparkle Shine & Shimmer

My Time To Craft: Mum's The Word (Card for Mother In Law)

Creative Inspirations: Mum (Mother In Law)

Creative Craft Friends: Spring

Kaboodle Doodles: Spring Has Sprung

Totally Gorjuss: Spring Has Sprung

Stamps R Us: Spring

Creative Cowgirls: Spring

Miami Doodles: Spring

Stampin' With The Dragon: Spring

Wags 'n Whiskers: Spring

Sew Many Challenges: Spring Fling

Little Claire's Design: Pink & Green

Wee Memories: Anything Goes

Paper Cutz: 3 Patterned Papers

Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Ribbons and Bows

Catered Crop: Mini Print, Green, Pearls, Ribbon, Die Cuts, Spring, Ovals, & Scallops

CES: Die Cut Crazy

For The Birds!

 This is an anniversary Card for 

my parent's. They are not the mushy

gushy type, so I was going for a little

more elegant than cutesy.  I love the 

glitter in the paper and on the bird cage.

 Inside

Inside-Top

 I love this paper too! The butterflies are velvet.

Inside- Bottom

Supplies Used:

Cardstock & Metallic Paper: Misc.

Designer Paper- (Velvet Butterflies) Anna Griffin & (Sparkles and Book Pages) ? Possibly Recollections

Birds, Cage & Lace Bow: Jolee's Boutique

Pearls: Recollections

Sentiments: Mine From Computer

Lace: From Joann's Fabric

Ribbon: Basic Basic

Challenges I would Like To Enter This In:

Mojo Monday: Sketch

My Sheri: Monochromatic

Cupcake Craft: Monochromatic

Ladybug Crafts: Monochrome

Creative Cowgirls: Monochromatic

The Shabby Tea Room: Tic Tac Toe- Gems, Glitter & Ribbon

Phindy's Place: All About Animals

Card Makin Mamas: Animals

Southern Girls: Add An Animal

Daring Cardmakers: The Book Club- Words On Paper & "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" - Maya Angelou

Digi Doodle Shop: Ribbons & Bows

DYSU: Shine On- Glitter and Pearls

The Pixie Cottage: Sparkle 

Pixie Dust Studio:  Movies- "One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest"

Crafty Ann's: Inspired By An Elvis Song- "I Want To Be Free"

Fresh Brewed: 2 Or More Embellies- Ribbon, Pearls, Birdcage

Scrapbook Sisters: Anything Goes

Creative Craft: Lace

Sentimental Sundays: Let's Get Sentimental

Moving Along With The Times: Precious Metals (Cage and Metallic Paper) 

Dutch Dare's Celebration Blog Hop!

It's a Blog Hop at Dutch Dare this week!

It is the Dutch Dare 105th Celebration Challenge!

The theme you need to follow is celebration.

It can be anything that you want to celebrate!

Come join Us in the fun and you will have 

the chance to win some fabulous prizes! 

If you have come from seeing the 

awesome work at Dorcas Blog 

than you have come from the

right place.  If you have not and want to join

our hop, please start at the beginning at the

Dutch Dare Challenge Blog.

This is the list in case you

get off track.

Kelly

Celine

Anette

Pattie

Ang

Dorcas

                       Stacey (You are Here)

Kelly S
Monica
Tamara

Dutch Dare

My card is celebrating a friend's anniversary!

My Digi is from one of our many

fabby sponsor's this week,

Di's Digi Downloads

 Pearls on bow and balloon

 Hope You get carried away... 

On Your Anniversary  (On Inside)

 The inside of Card

 The paper is stacked and fanned out.

Looks a bit better in person.

Inside- Top

 Bottom Inside

Now hop on over to Kelly's Blog and see what

wonderful creation she has made for you this week!

Don't forget to end up at Dutch Dare and of 

course make a celebration themed project!

Supplies Used:

Misc. Cardstock

Designer Paper: K&Co.

Image: Di's Digi Downloads

Colored With: Prismacolor Pencils And Goo Gone

Die Cuts: Spellbinders- Small Labels (On Outside) 

Labels Four And Fancy Tags (On Inside)

Buttons: Bag o Buttons

Flowers, Pearls & Gems: Recollections

Sentiments: "Hope You Get Carried Away" & "On Your Anniversary" From Computer- Happy Anniversary on tag is a Fiskar's Stamp

Ink: Stampin' Up: Pink Passion

Ribbon: Basic Basic

Lace: From Joann's Fabric

Challenges I Would Like To Enter This In:

The Shabby Tea Room: Tic Tac Toe- (Gems, Flowers, Diecuts)

The Paper Variety: Tic Tac Toe: 2+flowers, Spring Colors, Scallops- (In Lace)

Amber's Craft's & Stuff: Use A Diecut

For Fun: Flowers & A Sentiment

Crafts & Me: Anything Goes

Cooking It Up With Katie: Animals With Colorful Buttons (Buttons on Inside)

Digital Tuesday: Button Up (Buttons On Inside)

My Partners In Crime: 3 or More Buttons- (On Inside)

Totally Papercrafts: Buttons- (On Inside)

Totally Gorjuss: Buttons- (On Inside)

The Creative Cottage: Spring

Scrap Creations: Spring

Creative Stamp Friends: Spring

Happileigh Scrappin': Spring

Stamps R Us: Spring

Aly's Sunday Challenge: Spring

Wags n' Whiskers: Spring

Stampin' With The Dragon: Spring

Fresh Brewed: 2 Or More Embellies- Flowers, Pearls, Buttons On Inside

A Spoonful Of Sugar: Ribbons, Pearls & Flowers

Digi Doodle Shop: Ribbon & Bows

Creative Craft: Lace

House Of Gilli: Pastels and Bling

Delightful Sketches: Pastels and Ribbon

CES: Inspired By A Song- Up Where We Belong by: Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

Fairy Tale Challenge: Green & Pink

Do You Stack Up: Sparkle- Bling & Glitter In The Paper

Pixie Dust Studio: Inspired By A Movie- UP

A Purple Frenzy

I needed to make a sympathy card and was going to go a different route, when I saw this color inspiration from The Playdate Cafe!  It looked so pretty I had to try it! It was much harder than I thought to make these colors work.  I had a whole different thing

going on in the front and hated it. Almost chucked the whole thing.  Then took it apart and came up with this.

These Martha Stewart Die Cuts are so handy.  Saves the day every time! You'll be seeing a lot of them I

used them in several of my recent cards. (Not yet posted) I have been very busy.  I am making a gajillion cards, then will be busy making 4 scrapbooks for my nieces and nephew.  So no cards for a while! :(

 I made enough to post every so often just in case you'll miss me.  

Another Sympathy card for a friend.  You will be seeing a few of these too.  Several deaths recently!

 Inside Of Card

 Inside Top

 Inside Bottom

What was I on when these pictures were taken? 

None of them are straight! Can't do 

retakes already gave the card away! Oops!

Supplies Used:

Misc. Cardstock

Designer Paper: K&Co.

Ribbon: Offray

Pearls and Jewels: (Crystals) Recollections

Lace: From Stash

Die Cuts: On Outside- Martha Stewart

Die Cuts: On Inside- Oval and Scalloped Ovals & Labels 8 by Spellbinders

Sentiments: Deepest Sympathy & Thoughts And Prayers- (Color) Mine

Sentiments: Oval Black- Sympathy- TLC Freebie Found From Free Digital Stamps

Challenges I Would Like To Enter This In:

The Playdate Cafe': Color 

Digi Doodle Shop: Anything Goes

Sugar Creek Hollow: Anything Goes

DYSU: Add A Bow

Sassy Studio Designs: Make Your Own Embellishment- Butterfly

Creative Belli: Letter C- Embellishments- Crystals- (Jewels)

Tuesday Throwdown: Lace

Catered Crop: Pearls, Ribbon, Die Cuts, Sewing, Oval, Scallops (Inside)

Ginger Loft: Die Cuts

Charisma Cardz: Die Cuts

Sentimental Sundays: Let's Go Sentimental

CES: Inspired By Song- Purple Rain By Prince

These Boots Are Made For Walking!

It is sketch time this week at Dutch Dare! 

This sketch was designed by my bestest buddy Dorcas

(You can reclaim your title girlfriend!)

Please hop on over and join us in the fun!

We would love to see your take on the sketch!

I had the hardest time with this card, but am very happy with the 

end results!  I had  a vision in my head and it was not 

coming out like I had planned.  A friend of mine

gave me a whole bunch of her shoes, due to the fact

that she had twins and her feet grew and she could no longer

use them.  It was awesome!  My husband brought them

home one night and lined them up nice and pretty

for me so when I woke up SURPRISE!!  It was a happy day!

I got the sleep out of my eyes quickly that morning!

Anyway, I had this image in my head of the card I wanted to make.

 I had a gazillion wonderful shoe images

 downloaded, but could not make them work! I had these

wonderful leather looking papers and thought I would paper piece.

Wasted some very pretty paper! Then I tried embossing, not

working.  Then I tried just cutting the digis and tracing it on the paper.

It started to come together.  Worked great for the boot.  The shoes

were lacking something.  Then I remembered I have the

 Forever Young Cricut Cartridge that has shoes! That 

could have saved me oodles of time, paper and just hassle!

After I had remembered that, It started to come together

and  it pretty much came out like the vision in my head.

Love when that happens!

 Shoes Make My Feet Happy

 Cut out a Digi From Steady On and Traced it

on this crocodile skin paper

(Not Real no throwing red paint!!) LOL

 Inside

 Inside- Top

Inside Bottom

Another Yummy Boot, Just different paper

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill Green Polka Dot Embossed Paper: Creative Imaginations

Different Textured Papers: Hot Off The Press

Boot Digi: Freebie From Steady On Found it on Free Digital Stamps

Shoes: Forever Young Cricut Cartridge

Sentiment: Computer

Ribbon, Twine And Metal Round Thingys: From Stash 

Die Cuts: Curved Rectangles and Labels Three By Spellbinders

Challenges I Would Like To Enter This Card In:

The ABC Challenge: Q Is For Quotes

Freshly Brewed: Spots And Dots

Anything Goes: Diecuts- Labels 3 On The Inside Of Card And Forever Young Cartridge (Shoes)

The Rubber Cafe: Favorite Spellbinder- Label 3 On the Inside Of Card

The Crazy Challenge: Brads Or Eyelets- Eyelets In Round Thingys

Papertake Weekly: 3 Of Something: 3 Squares Of Shoes

Sentimental Sundays: Green And Sentiment

Creative Card Crew: Green

Catered Crop: Spring Colors (Green)-Tying Bows, Circles

Dream Valley: New Beginnings- (New Shoes)

Color Create: Colors- Green, Cream, Brown, Black

Amber's Craft and Stuff: Anything Goes

Scrap Creations: Anything Goes

Aly's Sunday Challenge: Anything Goes

Jitterbuggin: Green and Use Cricut- (Forever Young)

A Rosy Day!

I have been wanting to do the last two sketches for

Mojo Monday and have not had the time.  So it

finally worked and I am quite happy with the results.

It was one of those cards that came together quite easily.

Finally! The last few have taken me forever, so it

is nice to have an easy one.  This is an anniversary card

 for a good friend of mine.

This beautiful lace is from Yenni 

 who is the sweetest and the bestest!

It is beautiful Thank You Yenni!

 Have had this little medallion from K&Co. forever and could never

 find the right project for it.  I am happy to finally get to use it.

 Inside of Card

 Top Inside

 Bottom Inside

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Designer Paper And Embellishments: K&Co.

Pearls: Paper Studio & Recollections

Ribbon: No Name

Sentiments: Happy Anniversary-Computer- Special Day- Not Sure- Sorry

Tag- Martha Stewart

Challenges I would like to enter this in:

Mojo Monday: Sketch

Tuesday Throwdown: Lace

Creative Craft: Lace

Totally Gorjuss: Pearls & Lace

Paper Playtime: 1 of 3 Challenges- Pink & Glitter. (Glitter is in the Medallion

Woodware USA: Spring

Karen's Doodles: Spring

Aly's Sunday Challenge: Anything Goes

My Grafico: Anything Goes

Scrap Creations: Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time: Glitter & Gems

Digi Doodle Shop: Pearls

Stampin' B's: Bling

House Of Gilli: Pastel Colors With Bling

Flourishes: Butterflies

Delightful Challenges: Butterflies

Papercrafting Journey: Things With Wings