Create with TLC: NEW set - Look Cute

Greetings!

I hope that you are warm and safe as we kick off another week.  I can't believe how fast January is winding down.  I am popping in to share with you 1 of 2 creations that I made using a new set from Create with TLC called "Look Cute."  It is hard to look cute in 5 below weather, but I manage some how. lol

Look Cute set Preview

 Here's my creation...

Often Imitated

I kept this card pretty simple.  I used a black and white theme, because those are such classic and forgiving colors.  I was watching My Fair Lady when I created this card, so that had a huge influence on it I'm sure.  I used a 5 1/2 x 51/2 white cardstock base, layered on half a sheet of dp and a strip of black cardstock that I punched using MS lace punch.  I cut the image and sentiment out using my Cameo.  I didn't add one ounce of ink to this card.  I was going to color her chair, but then changed my mind.  I love that saying, "often imitated, but never duplicated."  Yep, God made me and said, "one is definitely enough. " lol

You can pick up this set and so many others by visiting Create with TLC store.  Also, you can get freebies everyday by being a follower of the blog.  Be sure to leave love, because not only does it make the world go around, but it also shows how thankful you are for Paulette's generosity!

One more thing...this coming Sunday, February 2nd, take a break from the Super Bowl and come hop with the DTs over at Create with TLC.  We each will have some awesome freebies to give away and tons of inspiration.  You don't want to miss out!

Thanks for looking and commenting.

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

I'm back....with Candy!!!

 Greetings!

I am back from vacation and boy what a vacation it turned out to be.  Let's see...I had to extend my stay because my mom became ill, found out my doctor made national news (and not for a good reason) and I became ill.  It never fails, I have yet to take a "true" vacation. *smile*

Despite all those things, God still has a way to put a smile on my face and the image I used on the card I made did it for me.  This cutie is called "Girly Girl Candy" (yep Candy as in me!) by Mo Manning.  I feel like a rockstar to know that Mo thought about me when she created her. 
 


Sweet Life

I wanted to do something fun with her and decided to design this fun "candy" card using my Cameo. I came up with the color combo after I saw the dp and then added yellow to give it a pop.  I colored her using my Copic markers and added gel to her ribbon and bow.  I also added Stickles to her socks.  The awesome wordart "You make life sweet" came from none other than Paulette at Create with TLC.  She really does make life sweet with all the goodies she so generously gives away. *smile*

I purchased some other adorable images from Mo and can't wait to color them up and get back in the swing of things. 

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Challenge(s):

Now get to creating...

 

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Celebrate Today

Greetings!

Happy last day of winter!!  The wind is blowing and snow is falling here so winter isn't leaving without a good fight. :-)

In my creation for today, I wanted to share with you a little bit of spring and to remind you to celebrate each day despite the weather.

Here's my creation...



Celebrate Today

I started my card out with a 6x6 Scalloped white card base and layered on blue and yellow cardstock.  I then matted designer paper to white and blue cardstock.  The flower image is a freebie from Beccy's Place, which she generously gave away on her blog a while ago.  She also has a digital store that you can check out which has a lot of cool images for sale as well.

I finished the card up with some flourishes and Stickles in the center of the flower.  I used Copics to lightly color the flower and added bling in the corners to make it sparkle.  The sentiment is from another generous soul...Paulette over at Create with TLC. 

Thanks for looking!

Now get to creating...

 

 

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Birdie Brown's Retro phone and Tammy's Scrapin Corner "Anything Goes" Challenge #16

Greetings!

Happy Monday! It's that time of the week for another challenge over at Tammy's Scrapin Corner. This week's theme is Anything Goes and we have two awesome sponsors this week... Scrapper's Delights and MarkerPop (formerly ICopic). I am multi-tasking with this post, because I have chosen to use the image from Birdie Brown's June Challenge "Retro phone," so that I may enter in that challenge as well.

Here's my creation...

BB Retro Phone

I started created my card using Kraft cardstock, SU cardstock and some dp from MME Miss Caroline "Dilly Dally" 6x6 paperpack.  This has quickly become one of my FAV paperpacks and coming from a woman who has over 50 6x6 paperpacks is saying a lot. lol  Anyways, I then added some oober cool Chevron diecuts from the very generous and super kind Bird.  I asked if she would make these and she did and I knew they woul dwork well with Birdie Brown's Retro phone.   I colored my phone up using Copics R35, R37, BG11, BG13, BG15.  The perfect sentiment is from Paulette over at Create with TLC.  To tie everything together (lol), I added twine at the bottom.

Well, I hope that you will join us for the challenge this week. Also, below you will find a posting for some yummy blogcandy from me that expires June 30th, so you don't want to miss out!

Thanks for looking and commenting.

Challenge(s):
Birdie Brown - Retro phone digi provided
Gingerloft - Red, White and Blue
Great Impressions - Diecuts or Punches


Now get to creating...

Remember: There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

CANDY'S GOT CANDY!!

Greetings!

UPDATE:  You can now get the M&M badge. Also, I am told (thanks Sassy) that Mr. Linky is acting like a Diva so make sure you comment, because I will be pulling the names from there as well. 

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday...Happy Birthday!
(Steve Wonder version- lol)
 I hope that you are having a FAB day, because I am!!  Today I turn the big 40 and I am so excited, because the alternative just isn't acceptable. lol  I have a weekend packed full of FUN.  God has given me the gift of life and some added presents of  blue skies and lots of warm weather.  I thought this would be an excellent time to give-a-way some blog candy, because I would love if you parteeeeeee with me!! 

Here's how it will work...

1.  You must be a follower of my blog!  (Fair enough, right?)
2.  Link up your name using the Linky tool below.
3.   Leave me a comment on this post sharing your wisdom about turning 40 or one thing you would like to do before turning 40 (if not 40 yet).  I love to learn!
4. Tell your friends!  (Don't keep all this yumminess to yourself!)

Here's a nifty little badge that you may choose to display...

Me if I was an M&M (just arms in legs chocolate too) - lol

Easy peasy!  Just complete these four things and your name will be entered in the drawing to win one of the 4 - $10 gift certificates to four of my favorite online shopping places.  It was hard to pick four, but I have a theme going. lol

My FOUR favorite online shopping places (this time around)...

 

Create with TLC - great place to shop for Wordart!

 

Whimsy Stamps - wide variety of stamps, digis and dies!

Oozak - where I buy my Copics and so much more!

 

Scrapper's Delights - fun digis and excellent scrapbooking kits!

As I stated, it was hard to narrowe it down to four; because I am a shopaholic and I truly love all the stores I come across.  I will offer more candy down the road and will rotate my favs!  However, I must say that Create with TLC will always make the list, because Paulette's brilliant mind comes up with the perfect wordart to match whatever I am doing at the time.  I have created my own wordart for some of my creations, but if I have brain fog...Paulette comes through. 

Okay, enough gibber from me.  I hope that you will join me for this FAB 40 parteeee!!  I will announce the lucky 4 winners on July 1st!  This blog candy expires on June 30th so plenty of time to get your yummy on.

Don't forget to follow my blog, link up below and leave me a bit-o-honey of wisdom in the comments about turning 40 or what you would like to do before turning 40!

ADFD New Release ~ Freebie Bundle

Greetings!

Wow, it is finally Friday!  This is a bittersweet Friday for me.  Today my term on the ADFD Design Team comes to an end.  I am so grateful to Tammy for allowing me to play with her awesome images.  Also, a big THANKS to Arielle for being our fearless leader!  I will miss working with the talented ladies on the DT, but will forever be inspired by their creations and Tammy's work.  THANK YOU all!!

Also, today is my momma's 70th birthday!!  She doesn't look her age and I only hope that I inherit her beautiful, flawless skin (not a wrinkle) when I am her age.  Today is going to be crazy for me as we prepare for her dinner celebration tomorrow night.  Hopefully I will be able to come back and post her gift and card.

Okay, back to the business at hand.  Here's my creation using the oober adorable "Beauty" mermaid from the Freebie Bundle collection.  I made a shape card using an awesome svg (scalable vector graphics) file created by Bird.  If you have never visited Bird's blog, you should.  She has tons of freebies and her creations are so inspiring.  She makes several svgs, which are cutting files that you can use with virtually any cutting machine.  It is because of these files that I use my Cricut at all.

Well, here's my creation...

My sentiment comes from Paulette over at Create with TLC.  It was so appropriate to accompany this image.  If you haven't visited Paulette's blog, then what planet have to been hiding out on?  She also has tons of awesome freebies and the creations that are created using her images are so inspiring.  You will truly gain a wealth of knowlege stopping by her blog. 

With the exception of the circle shapes, everything on the card was cut out using SVGs from Bird's blog.  I colored this cutie up using Copic markers and then added some Glass Gel over the bubbles to make them pop. (lol)

You can pick these precious images up from the ADFD store (along with the entire set). While you are there color one of them up and enter your creation in our "Glitter" challenge for a chance to win a $12 store credit. You can also check us out on FB, CDAC, PCP, and the Crafter's Cafe.

Mo's Kimono for DP2 "Furry Friends" Challenge

Greetings!

Happy first Monday in October!  I guess it is officially time to get started on those Christmas cards.  Yikes!  Well, they will have to wait a little while longer, because I'm just not ready. lol  Before I show you my creation using Mo's Kimono, I want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to Cheryl Joshua of My Card Haven for the wonderful goodies she sent me this past weekend.  I have used some of the papers for my creation.  Cheryl was assisting in raising funds for Lyndall and I purchased digis to help out.  You probably have seen other blogs that were doing the same.  Well, I am glad that I could help out in some small way.

Okay, I don't know if you guys do this or how often, but I decided to take inventory of my "Mo" digis.  I did this for two reasons.  The first reason is because I won the DP2 challenge last week and didn't want to get a duplicate image.  Second reason for this was because I kept seeing cards that I made a long time ago using certain images, but couldn't recall where the images went. lol  I managed to get some of my "Mo" images in a folder and am still on a quest to locate the others.  Well, this quest led me to the Kimono image I used in this creation.  I hadn't seen her for a while and thought she would fit this challenge perfectly.  The paper became my inspiration for the entire card, which rarely happens to me.  I can't thank Cheryl enough for sending me this beautiful package.

Recipe:

Image:  Mo's Kimono

Sentiment:  Create with TLC

DP:  Gift from Cheryl (and inspiration for the card)

Cardstock:  SU
Ink:  Copics

Diecut:  Spellbinder's Circle and Circle Eyelet

Accessories: SU Ribbon



Well, thank you for stopping bye.  I hope your Monday is peaceful and filled overflowing with happiness!!

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Happy Cardmaking Day!!

Greetings!

I hope that you are somewhere making a whole bunch of cards (possibly getting those Christmas cards out of the way).  Well, Paulette over on Create with TLC is having a hop today and I decided to join in.  I created this card using one of Paulette's awesome wordart along with an image from Scrapper's Delight.  Janice over at Scrapper's Delight has the most adorable, pratical and sophiscated images.  You can go wrong with these two ladies!

                                                                  I may have posted this one before.



Recipe:

Image:  Scrapper's Delight

Sentiment:  Create with TLC

Ink:  Copics

DP:  SU

Diecut:  Spellbinders Wavy Rectangle

Punch:  SU flower and tag

Make sure you hop over to Paulette's blog and check out the line up.  You may want to join in on this Conga line and show us what you are making.

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Is it Friday yet?

Greetings!

I know it is Sunday, but Friday gives me something to look forward to. lol  This is just a quick card I whipped up because I thought that the image and wordart were meant for each other.  We really should cherish everyday as it comes, because none of them are promised to us.  Sooo...go out and enjoy today with the one(s) you love. :-)

Recipe:

Image:  "Scaredy Cat" Dustin Pike

Sentiment:  Create with TLC

DP:  SU

Cardstock:  SU

Ink:  Copics

Spellbinders:  Circle and Label

Accessories:  Glaze pen

 Now get to creating...

Remember: There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Mo's DP2 Challenge - Black/White w/ a touch of color

Greetings!

I am back to post once again today.  I put together this card for Mo's DP2 challenge which required that you use black and white with a touch of color, one of my favorite themes to work with.  I decided to use Mo's Lemonade girl and a perfect and humorous sentiment from Paulette over at Create with TLC.  Check it out...

My Recipe:

Image:  Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Sentiment:  Create with TLC

Copic Markers - W00,1,3,5,7

Cardstock - Stamp'in Up

Designer Paper - Stamp'in Up

Thanks for looking!

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in card making, only opportunities for creativity!

ADFD's Sweet Summer Blog Hop-1+2+3

Greetings!

If you landed here via the oober talented Arielle's blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, just click on sherryann's link below and start from the beginning, because you don't want to miss out on the sweets.

Ooohhh-weee we have been having some awesome weather here in Michigan.  I truly hope it last longer. 

Today kicks off our blog hop over at ADFD and it is sweeeeeetttttt!  lol  You have a week to hop (July 8-14), and the DTs have put together some yummy sweets to inspire you.   

The rules are that you MUST leave a comment at each designer's blog. The grand prize for the hop commenting is the July Club release.  This release is my favorite of all of them so far and if you've seen Tammy's work then you know this is truly saying something.  Tammy is providing 2 freebies for the participants to play along with for their 3 projects. The winner of that gets a $12 gift certificate for the shop. So here's the hop order...

sherryann

Vera

Arielle

Candy (me)Janna

JenLee

Lisa

Audrey 

Audrey is our guest designer for July and we are thrilled to have her so show her some extra LOVE!!  Here are my three creations using the yummy cupcake set.  These beatiful yummy cupcakes were a lot of fun to play with and I decided to make a card w/envelope, refurbished bottle, and a tent card that I love to put a ziplock bag of goodies inside to give-a-way.  The sentiment for the cards wer courtesy of Paulette at Create with TLC.  :-D

Thanks for hopping along with us and I hope you are inspired.  If you like what you see, then follow me.  I would love to have you as an e-buddy.  Thanks again for joining us for the hop and tell your friends and leave some love for my fellow dters. :-D

Now get to hopping...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in card making; only opportunities for creativity!

ADFD New Releases-Caterpillar Hugs

Greetings!

Happy 1st of July!!  Woohoo, I have a totally packed weekend.  I have a SUPER large family (17 of us) and on Monday we are getting together with all the kiddies for a cookout.  I am in charge of grilling so it should be F.U.N. (frantically unpredictable nonesense).  lol

Today I want to share with you the oober cute adorable new release from Tammy at ADFD.  These images are so darn cute and I chose to work with the caterpillar hug.  I have to tell you that I am an unofficial certified hugger.  I have been told by little children and adults that I have the best hugs ever.  I think the children like my hugs because it is like hugging an oversized stuff animal (I'm all soft and cushy). lol  I imagine that the adults feel the same way.  I'm not some freaky person that goes around forcing hugs on people...actually I am terribly shy.  However, I have discovered over the years that a hug can really make a HUGE difference in a person's life.  I thank God that he's blessed me with this gift.  Just call me the Hug Whisperer. lol  Okay, enough...here's the new release and my creation. 

The sentiment is from Paulette over at Create w/TLC.  She is like a mind reader when it comes to creating the perfect sentiment to go with an image.

Aren't they adorable?  There are a lot more in this set.  Just go over to the store and pick up anyone (or all) of these adorable cuties.  While you are there sign up for the club and get a ton of yummy goodies, plus some exclusive freebies.  Once you are done with all that, then go over to the challenge blog and enter your creation for even more freebies!!

Now get to creating....(and have a safe and fun 4th of July)

 

Remember:  There are no mistakes in card making, only opportunities for creativity!

Create w/ TLC DT Call

Greetings!

I want to share with you another creation I made using Paulette's awesome "Alpha is for" wordart.  My sister teaches 1st grade (might have mentioned that before) and usually once a school year I will takeover her class and do a card class with them.  This year, due to scheduling problems, we weren't able to to do that, but I had already had these cards in my head to make with the little ankle-biters.  *gigl* 

You can head over to Paulette's blog and check out these and so many other goodies she has available.  Also, while you are there check out her DT call.  I have had the pleasure of being one of her DTs for the past 3 months, which was truly a honor.  I love Paulette's work and respect her as a person.  I would start boo-hooing right now, but I know I can still visit her. :-D  *gigl* 

ENTRY DEADLINE IS 6-27-11

Here are a few details:

3 months term starting July 1st and ending September 30th.

make at least 4 projects each month and post to your blog and each project to 2 gallerys or blog challenges

What you will get:
You will receive at least two sets a month of my choice...and one set of your choice.

I will post your name and blog link to my sidebar as a Design Team Member

What you have to do to apply:
1. Please make a new card with one of the freebie stamps and post it to your blog or online gallery if you don't have a blog, along with a link to this Design Team call. (You may enter your card to any other challenges you'd like).
2. Send me an email and include the link to your blog/gallery showing the card. Please include any links to online galleries (if you have any).
3. Tell me why you would like to be a part of the team.


If you think you fit the criteria, then you should apply!

Now get to creating...

 

Remember:  There are no mistakes in card making, only opportunities for creativity!