Live 2 Ride

See, I told you I wouldn't take another year off.  My sister kept hounding me so I made another card.  I must admit, I enjoy it.  I don't know why I don't do it more often.  This card is for my brother-in-law Bill.  He gets overlooked all the time so I thought I would make him feel special.  His wife, my sister, is a freak for motorcycles.  Bill doesn't ride one because they aren't safe but I thought my sister would get a kick out of this.  I hope Bill likes it.

Here are the challenges I have entered:

Dream Valley #34 - For that special guy

One Stitch At A Time #117 - The man in your life

Pile it On #24 - Let's get outdoors

The Pink Elephant #52 - Masculine

Simon Says - Anything goes

Cards for Men #12 - Father's Day

Platypus Creek #8 - For the boys

Celebrate the Occasion #66 - Father's Day

Crafty Sentiments - Father's Day

Crafting for all Seasons #29 - For a man

See you soon

Birthday Card for My Sister

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Hello.  I know I haven't posted in ages and ages.  All I can say is that life got in the way.  But I am back now and hopefully I won't take a year off between posts again.  This cute little card is for my sister's birthday.  She is very important to me.  It makes her happy when I craft so this is for her.  She absolutely loves fairies so I thought this image would be perfect for her.  I hope she liked it as it has already been mailed out.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Challenges Entered:

Robyn's Fetish #109 - Birthday cards with sentiment on the front

Crafty Cardmakers #69 - Distress it

Ruby's Rainbow #29 - Things with wings

Allsorts #156 - Happy Birthday to someone special

Ooh La La #106- Make it girly

Ladybug Crafts Ink #61 - Things with wings

GREEN, GREEN, GREEN

I am going green with Sassy Studio Designs.  I am new to digital images and let me just tell you that I love them.  I picked out this cute little sassy mermaid from SSD.  I also got a couple of Sassy freebies.  I still don't know how to download and paypal and all that so I made my sister...let me correct myself...I made my amazingly wonderful sister do it for me.  Computers confuse me.   Did I mention I now owe her $3?  I thought rubber stamping was cool but digis take cool to a whole new level.

Anyway, the challenge was to use green as the main color.  I colored her with my generic watercolor markers.  I think I did good for a beginner.  I really hate the eyeshadow.  I asked my sister (who is on the Design Team) if she puts eyeshadow on hers and she said yes.  So I tried and I really don't like the way her eyes came out.  I think from now on I will leave the eyeshadow off.

I used more liberated (ok stolen) cardstock that I got from Ohio to make the card.  The ribbon and the gems were all mine.  I also used a Marvy punch for around the mermaid.  Not too shabby for a newbie.  All my sentiment stamps are just cheap ones I got from clearance bins.  I am not sure where this one came from. 

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Hope to see you again soon.

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Time for a Teddy

Things have been so sad lately.  I needed some comfort and what is more comforting than a Teddy Bear?  I stamped this cute little guy and colored him with generic water color markers from Pat Catan's.  I shop there every time I go to Ohio.  My sister lives right behind one.  You really can't beat the prices there.  I punched out the mat with my new Marvy punches.  I used a bit of grosgrain ribbon and a beautiful metal leaf charm.  The paper was from the stash I stole from my sister's studio.  She will never miss it!!!!

I am entering this in the 2 Sisters Teddy Bear Picnic challenge.  I am still just trying for one challenge a week.  Hopefully I will get savvy enough to enter more that one challenge with the same card in the near future.  But for now, one is enough.

Hanging with Billy-Wayne





This beautiful flower is dedicated to the most amazing woman in the world...my mother.  She passed away this week and it was the hardest thing I have ever been through.  My boyfriend and I traveled to Ohio to see her one last time.  My heart was broken.  My sister is an avid crafter and she took me to Pat Catan's which is a very affordable craft store in Ohio.  I found this image for only $1.  My sister crafts to relax so we all decided to do a little.

I ran the background through the texture boutique to emboss it with these great flowers.  The cardstock is all generic, at least I think it is.  My sister has these big racks full of paper and I may have taken a ton of it home with me.  Woops!  I colored the image with Copics which was my first attempt at using them.  Not too bad for someone who only crafts because my sister makes me.

Now comes the fun part.  I have been dating Billy-Wayne for a while now.  He decided he was going to craft with me and here is what he did:

Great job Billy-Wayne!!!!!!

I am entering this in only one challenge...2 Sisters Challenge which is embossing this week.  My sister is on the DT and I thought she would like that.  She is hurting too but I know my mother is in a better place.

We all love you mom!

Thinking of You.....

Hi everyone.  I know I have been missing in action but I am back.  This card is for the 2 Sisters Challenge #20.  Please stop by their blog and join in.  It is for a very worthy cause.   The details are on their site so please check it out.  Sorry for the bad picture.  I am still using my phone.  I can't seem to figure out how to work my scanner and my daughter was just toooooooo busy to help me out this time.  I promise to learn how to do it by myself this year!

For the card, I just used all the scraps I had around my craft desk and just whip them together.  I didn't want to miss out on this one so I was pressed for time.  My sister loves my background paper as she has pajamas just like it!

Again, please visit the site and join in if you can.  These cards will go to hospital patients.  My mother spent 8 months straight in the hospital and she would have loved to receive cards like the ones being created.  Thanks so much.

The Burtonesque Dolls Sketch Challenge

This week I am turning things over to my lovely daughter Liz.  She created this card for The Burtonesque Dolls sketch challenge.  The sketch is on their blog.  This is her very first attempt at entering a challenge and I think she did a SUPER job!!!  Here is her entry:

Liz has been crafting all her life.  She is almost 19 and is in college.  I am just so very proud of her.  Her aunt and I both have craft blogs and she wanted in on the fun!!!  Good luck Liz!!!