Puppy Hugs

Why do weekends go so fast?

Tonight's card is for a special little girl who had all her birthday party attendees brings dog food for the creatures in the rescue with which I volunteer.  Now that is a special kid and special kids deserve special thank yous!  This one is for Katherine.

The Great Dane and child, as well as the bone and sentiments are all MFT stamps.  The round dies are Nesties, the others are MFT.  DP is Wags n' Whiskers from Basic Grey and cs is DCWV.  I colored the images with Copics and fussy cut the big bone. This is the sketch for the Wednesday challenge at MFT {MFTWSC117}.

I am also entering the following challenges:

That Craft Place - animals

Creative Moments - animals

QKR Stampede - animal antics

Simply Create Too - animals

Thank you for stopping by!

kathy b

A Double Decker--Happy Easter Morning!

Happy Easter Morning,
I'm hoping the Easter Bunny is good to everyone today.  My girls no longer believe in the Easter Bunny...but they still like their Easter baskets and an Easter Egg Hunt so I'm still working on that tonight. :)

I have yet another Easter card to share...actually two.  Once again I've completed these tonight, in the light of flourescence so the cards never look quite as nice as they would in daylight.  :(  We were invited to Easter dinner by family friends'.  These are two ladies (sisters) in their 80's...but you wouldn't know it.  They're vibrant like 60 year olds!  And they love to cook and have people over.  I figured along with a little chocolate, the cards might put a smile on their faces.

The first card, which I'm entering into the One Stop Craft CHallenge 222 (Easter) has an all star cast of dies from numerous companies: Martha Stewarts edging, Papertrey (the mound), Memory Box (Starburst), and Spellbinders (Center).  The cross is by Stampin Up and sentiment is by Flourishes.  The cross is actually embossed in purple sparkle (hard to tell).   Although the mound of earth looks a little garish in the photo, it actually doesn't look like that in person...It's actually a sparkly paper by American Crafts (POW Glitter Paper).  LOVE this paper.  I've included a closeup so you can see the sparkle.  I wanted this to appear like Easter morning, with the sun rising very bright, the ground still dark.

  The card below also uses the same SU stamp.  The doily is from Cheery lynn, and the Square behind is Spellbinders.  I can't take design credit for this card as I CASE'd it from Pinterest (Your Memories With Ally Blog).  Although this card was technically "easy" it still took quite a while to make.  Kathy and I were talking about that...even easy cards take us a long time to create (at least an hour if not longer!).  I wonder if that is anyone else's experience?

Thanks for stopping by today...and enjoy a wonderful Easter with your loved ones.  Kathy will be back full time this week as my classes are starting all over again.  Just 1.5 more months, but then I will have about 2 weeks of visitors....Oh boy I can't wait til summer.

Ruff Day?

I am so lucky!

Even though Margaret moved to CO summer of 2011, we have stayed friends.   Today, I found a card from one of her posts in my mailbox!

I am the proud recipient of Easter Wishes, her post from last Saturday.

It is so beautiful, more so in person than in 2D on the blog.  

Well, she needs to be watching her mailbox, too, because I mailed her and the girls a packet on Wednesday and she should get it tomorrow!

Don't ya just love surprises like this???!!!

Okay, on to the card for tonight.

This was a fun card to color and make.  I used the template from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  The doghouse and fire hydrant are from Craft Lounge (sad to say, they are out of business) and the pup/sentiment is from Inky Antics.  I used an MFT opoen scallop die for the doghouse and nesties for the small scallops and the 3 circles.  The images are colored with Copics.  DP is ancient stash from Wal-Mart, I think, and cs is DCWV.  I added some brown Swarovskis for some sparkle.

I am also entering the following challenges:

QKR Stampede - Animal Antics

Simply Create Too - Animals

Stemplesonne - Fur & Tail

CCEE Stampers - Oldie but Goodie - All stamps have been in my stash years - 1st inking for doghouse and hydrant!  Little pup has been inked a lot.

So glad you stopped by!

kathy b

Friends to the End

I am back today with my end of the "Face-Off" challenge with Margaret.

I made my card last night while watching my taped versions of Project Runway.  What better show to watch while "designing" clothes for a girl, huh?!

My card features a LaLa Land image of Marci.  I colored her with Copics except for the orange part of her dress.  I just didn't have a Copic color that didn't class with the paper.  The blues were too bright or too blue.  The oranges were just too orange.  Not that I didn't have a big choice, because I do own about 125 Copics.  So I went to my pencil/paint drawer and found my Aquarelles.  I used my water paintbrush, dabbing the end of the crayon to pick up color.  I'm not very experienced with this form, but I think I will try it more often!  DP is Kaiserkraft Devonshire Collection and cs is DCWV.  The diecut is from Memory Box and I used various sized Swarovski crystals for accent.  The sentiment, stamped with Versafine Sepia, is from PTI and diecut flags are Sizzix.

My sketch comes from this week's Paper Players #138.  I am also entering the following challenges:

Forever Friends - One for the Girls

Crafty Cardmakers - Friendship

Thanks for stopping by!  Let us know what you think of our FACE-OFF!!!

kathy b

Face-off time!

Hi Everyone,
Today is Wednesday (barely) and it's time for Kathy and I to make a card based on a sketch.  The Sketch we chose is from the Paper Players Challenge #138 -A sketch from Anne Marie.

I lied yesterday.  I thought I had posted my last Easter card until I realized I needed to make one more for my Godmother.  So here, I promise, this is the last Easter card.  Unfortunately the colors look strange (Fluorescent bulbs) as I finished it at night and need to mail the card in the morning.

This is the last image/sentiment from the Flourishes set I've been posting from.  The papers are from Simple Stories--I've really enjoyed this set.  The die cuts are from MFT and Memory Box.  The rectangle and scallop are Spellbinders.  The edging is Martha Stewart.  I did stickle up the lamb (closeup enclosed) and added some small pearls on the edging.  I hope you enjoyed today's creation...I am looking forward to seeing Kathy's!  ~ Margaret

One Last Easter Card

Hi--I'm back again with, yes you guessed it, another Easter card.  My last one for the week.  Once again, I've utilized this Flourishes stamp set to its ultimate (I think there is only one image I have not yet used!)  I've been in the mood for detailed work lately with coloring, cutting, etc.

I also used a new pad of paper I recently picked up.  The paper is Simple Stories. And Spellbinders dies.  I also posted a closeup...don't you just love how the light captures some of the glitter sparkle?  I love my glitter and bling. :)  I also used the some gloss on the egg and flower soft on the chick.  The little orange dots around the chick are actually Liquid pearly, not real pearls!

I will be entering this card into the Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge: Challenge 45-Easter

Thanks for stopping by today.  Tomorrow you will be getting a double header from me and Kathy and as "face off"! Yeah!  Margaret

Easter and Glitter and Cards, Oh My!

Hi Everyone,
Margaret here.  Spring break has begun and I got a chance to make two cards.  Though I'll be sharing only one with you tonight and another tomorrow.  Kathy is also catching up on card making so we all will be set.  Wednesday will be our FaceOff.  Can't wait!

So I am still not finished with all my Easter card making--I have never been this "on the ball".  I think I'm going to shock people when they get their cards later this week. :)  So today's card is actually based on a scrapbook sketch I found in my Pinterest pins.  I was so inpsired by Kathy's recent card using many different die cuts, and our recent conversation about using stuff we have that haven't used that this card is completely representative of that.  I recently purchased this adorable Flourishes Easter set and I have to say, this stamp set has been put to work like no other.  This image and sentiment is from this recent Easter Set and I had a blast coloring it and stickling it up.  I used a boatload of die cuts too: MFT, Cheery Lynn and Spellbinders.  I added some Swarovski cyrstals and liquid pearls.  Closeups are attached since the card itself doesn't do it justice. :)

Am entering this card into the following two challenges:

Craftin Desert Diva's Easter Eggstravaganza

All things that glitter CWLC34

Thanks for stopping by...will be back tomorrow with yet ANOTHER Easter card...  Margaret :)