Woah, Nellie!

Wow, did I play today! Holy wow! DH forgot and didn't tell me until last night that they needed some card sets for Women's Retreat. Thaaaankkss....Yeah. ANYwho, can't blame the guy. He is swamped with work, school, family and all...

So I managed to make not one, not two...but THREE card sets (4 each) as well as one card for a challenge. (thanks to Gammie for watchin Noah for awhile) Phew! I am carded out and that's saying a lot considering who is talking, right?

So, I will show you the note card sets first. Simple and sweet. Just the way I like my notecards.

Now, for the faboo card. This image was a RAK from Dahling Heather D. (get it? D is for "dahling"?) Its Fluffles from Penny Black. LOVE it! Yes, I do! I am not a traditional girl when it comes to Christmas. Too much red and green together make me wanna upchuck....sooo...what about PINK and green? Eh? Eh??

Oh! Forgot to mention that this card is also for The Cute Critters Club over on Cafe Mom. It was a sketch challenge that BEGGED to be played with! Hope you likes!

Also, today is a new challenge over on Doodle Street! Fantasic sketch and prizes! Also, having our blog hop on SAT and SUN! Hope you join in and get in on the freebies! Release is on Wed (Oct. 7)!

Two for Tuesday!

YAY! I got to play! Not as much as I want, but ::shrugs:: I will take what I can get! Having a great week with wonderful, fantastical, BEAUTIFUL weather! Lots of park time, and out-of-the-house time for us!

So, today I tackled two blog challenges. The first was Little Paper Shop. They have a new cute sketch up, so I took the opportunity to make another Christmas card. I am trying my best to have as many as I need by the end of October...not sure if I am going to make it. ;)

I used all rak'd stuffs for this challenge. The paper, the image, the cuttled paper...even the stickles. YAY! I love RAKS! Used my bics and my blue prisma marker to color this cutee. Silver stickles for the snow-flakes to add a bit of pizazz.

This second challenge was for Cupcake Craft Challenges. Their theme this week was, "cute as a bug" and it really spoke to me! HAD to do it!!

Using a Magnolia image from an image swap from awhile back. She is holding the cutest lady bug. LOVE it! Used some vellum and paper pierced it. The corners of the image are layered half flowers (felt) from American Craft. I like how they kinda added dimension. The papers are all from DCWV. (Heather T) I am in love with that stack! I HAVE to go and find it for ME! ;) And, of course....(Jen, if you are reading....) buttons. Magnolia says "buttons" to me.

So, there you have it! Be sure to check out the Doodle Street Blog tomorrow for our challenge winner as well as our new challenge! And this Saturday and Sunday we are having a blog hop, all are welcome! Freebies to be given away! Be sure to check us out!

A modge podge...

So this post is kinda loaded, kinda not. ::shrugs:: Lets get to it!

This first project was made for my mother for Christmas. She loves calendars. She has one in almost every room...well, she did when I was a kid, but not so much anymore. She still loves them, though. I have a ton of 8.5 x 11 chipboard/cardboard material so I trimmed it down to meed the size I wanted. My sweet friend Jenn gave me this pack of pre-made calendar pages and I knew it was destiny! I hope to make another one this week. The image is from House Mouse and I colored it with a mix of Copic, Prisma, and Bic markers. I used the chalk the my dear friend Heather T. gave me.

This next project is for Angie's sketch challenge. So glad she extended the due date! I had no crafty time last week! But last night and this morning I did! FINALLY!

The image is Zoe, from Doodle Street. She will be released SOON! Stay tuned! ;) The papers are Heidi Grace and the sent is Stampin Up. I colored her with Bic and Copic markers.

This last one is for Get Sketchy. YAY! I love their blog. Always makin me think outside the box! That's for sure! This image is also soon-to-be-released from Doodle Street. STAY TUNED! Her name is Suzie. There might be another Suzie to be released too! The papers are from Making Memories and the mats are distressed with a nail file and the papers actually were made to look distressed as well.

Hope you enjoyed this post/sneak peek! More to come!

Doodle Street!

Good morning all! This morning is our second challenge over on Doodle Street! Make sure that you check it out and also be sure to congratulate our new DT!

This week the fabulous Heather of Doodle Street and Fresh Brewed designs chose our challenge. We were to create a get well card. Can you believe I got my card in ON TIME this week? LOL


















I used my "You're So Tweet" set and paper pieced the bird. The papers were all from my scrap stash and the cardboard was from a package of something...can't remember, but I recycled it.

Have a happy Wednesday! Hope to be back later!

Rainy days and mondays...

Whew. What a blah, rainy, boring Monday. I HATE weather in TN sometimes.

K. Just had to get that off my chest. On to WAY cooler things! This week only, ALL doodle street images are buy 2 get 1 free! That's right! Today through Friday at midnight! Get em while they are hot!

Some instructions for those of you wanting to order: Put the two images or sets that you plan to buy in your cart and buy and pay. Message me and let me know which image you want for free and I will get it to you. There IS a sale option on shop handmade, but not a freebie option that I can tell. If I am wrong, fill me in! lol!

The fastest and easiest way that I know to print these images will be to open up a new Word document, choose insert, then picture, then from file, and then to resize hold down your shift key and then left click and drag the corner of your picture. Then you can copy and paste as many as you want to print.

Now, onto business. I managed, somehow, to do 3 challenges today, much to my snot nosed, toddler tornado's chagrin. Though, we did snuggle and read, he did have a great nap, and he has played very well, so I think, that all in all, the day went well.

This first card is for Mojo Monday. I LOVE the sketch, but I obviously fell short of the mark with this card...lets just say, the idea was GREAT in my head, LOL...LOVE the image, LOVE the paper, hate the card...but eh, it goes that way sometimes.

The image is from Doodle Street and can be purchased here. The papers were from my scrap stash. Umm...yeah. That pretty much sums this one up.

This next card is for Caardvarks. They are having a big challenge. 7 sketches in 7 days...I think. Anyway, I missed the first day, but this is a GREAT sketch! I was so inspired that I had to play! This is my first Caardvark experience!

This card was made with a Sarah Kay image that I got in a swap. The papers are from DCWV and were snatched from Heather T.'s stash of great paper stacks. This paper is GENIUS! The card basically made itself! The sentiment is from TAC. The felt flower was from American Craft.

This last card was made for Cupcake! I love their challenges and have missed getting to them the last couple of weeks! This week the challenge was "distressing". One of my FAVORITE things! I have missed it! I inked and roughed up the edges of the image, then for the 2 mat layers I used my nail file and scrubbed and distressed until I liked the look. The paper backgroub paper came distressed so it just begged to be used!

This one...was another card that made itself. The paper was all from scrap in my box. The image is a Happy Hopper that my friend Jenny stamped for me when she was here last week. I tried to do it justice and color it with some detail.

Hope this post at least made you smile! Enjoy! Hope to be visiting some other blogs soon! Don't forget to check out the Doodle Street sketch challenge, going on until the end of this week! Also, our DT call is still going on for those interested!

Finally!

I was FINALLY able to get to a comp and printer that worked together today and finish printing out my Doodle Street images. YAY! I am so excited about this venture! I hope you all enjoy these images as much as I enjoyed creating them. Its all still a work in progress, but I have confidence that as time marches on things will take off! Its all about word of mouth!

So over at Doodle Street Blog we are having a sketch challenge. Check it out! We are also having a DT Call. Check that out too! You get 2 freebies just for trying out! Spread the word, even if you are too busy for a DT at the moment!

So here is my card for the sketch...like, 2 days behind schedule. Wait, isn't this partly my blog? Why am I the late one? LOL I hope you enjoy! The image is "tulip" and she can be bought here. All of our images are uber cheap and its great cause you never have to worry about ink stains, or wear and tear or even reconditioning the rubber cause they are all digi! Woot! (not to say that I have something against rubber, cause I LOVE me some stamps, lol).

Next week all of my images will be, buy two , get one free! Come on over and make your list now!

Enjoy! And hey, its almost TGIF!!

Do the monster mash

Hey there, fellow crafters! Have you heard? Have you seen? Have you JUMPED IN?? Doodle Street had our release today! Hop on over and check it out! Freebies, and the winner of this week's challenge gets 2 free images! One from Fresh Brewed Designs, and one from Doodle Street! Come on over!

On to the card that I was able to make this afternoon:

This was for the LPS challenge. Their theme was Halloween and I could not think of anything more fun that Frankie from Doodle Street to make this card with. I found this purple paper and KNEW it was all just going to fall together and it did! I AM, however, bummed, because the comp that hooks to our printer pooped out for the last time yesterday and I was not able to print out the sentiment that goes with him. =0( Guess I will have to add that later. ::shrugs:: oh, well!

Have a great rest of the week!

Soo, who wants to know what's up my sleeve?

;) Most of you already know, but for those who don't....the beautiful and talented Heather D. and I have decided to go into business together. We both have a line of digital stamps, as well as a challenge blog! They go live on Tue, the 15th!

We are excited to bring some fresh, new designs and challenges your way! Hope to see you there!

http://doodlestreetdesigns.blogspot.com/

My shop: http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Doodlestreet

And Heather's "Fresh Brewed" shop! : http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Joemama

Check out these links! We are also on FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Doodle-Street/132012078940#/pages/Doodle-Street/132012078940 We will be updating our FB when something new happens, as well as posting links to the challenges and sneak peaks at upcoming releases as well as the occasional freebie! So make sure you become our fan so that you don't miss out!

I did manage to make a card yesterday and am hoping to get one or two done today as well! I also am getting to play with my friend Jennifer from Alabama today! YAY!

Anyway, this card is for Get Sketchy. This sketch was harder than it seemed. SO many layers! Wow, it took me awhile to get this card just the way I wanted it, but once I did I fell in love!

This image is from The Angel Company. The flowers are from Prima. And, of course, the paper is from Making Memories. I colored her with my Copic and my Bic markers and stickled the flowers with stardust stickles. I hope you enjoy!

Ah, mojo...How I have missed thee...

So, I really wanted to try out for the ICS DT challenge, but I was terrified of the sketch...its...SO different than my comfort zone...and as most of you know, I like staying in my comfort zone. If there is one thing that I have learned in my journey in paperfcrafting, it is this....get outside of your comfort zone and you are going to soar higher than you thought you ever could...so, I took a deep breath...closed my eyes....and jumped in. It----was----awesome!

HA! OKay, seriously. I had a blast and this card just jumped together, no joke. So, here goes!

This card was made from scrap/RAK paper that I have been hoarding. Must...find...more....I used Tim Holtz tea colored distressing ink to...you guessed it! Distress the paper! The pearl skittes were a prize or a RAK. My brain is getting fuzzy on some things. The sentiment is from Stampin Up!

This next card was actually made on...Tuesday? Monday? Monday. Yes. FOR Mojo Monday. How sad that I am just now posting it? ::sigh:: Mommy has gone back to work ultra part time and is learning to balance needs and wants. Need: Time with Noah....Want...time on blog...So, here I am, Friday night, almost 9 pm, finally posting. It will get better. Next week are just two partial days, so not too bad, right? RIGHT? lol!

I do apologize for the lack of quality in this photo. It would seem that both of my sets of batteries lacked the charge to get a decent shot, so here you go!

The image is from Paper Make Up Stamps. The paper is from DCWV, stolen from Heather (toothy) when she least expected it. The skittles were RAKd. Probably from Heather.

What a day!

Heather Towe and I got together yesterday and got our craft on. This time, KIDDO FREE! It was awesome! Heather set a goal for us to make 5 cards each. She made that goal, but I only was able to make 4. I got a little flustered as time grew short, lol!

So here we go! This first card is for Get Sketchy. I LOVE this sketch and this card came very easily for me.

This card is made almost entirely from things that I "borrowed" from Heather. The paper is DCWV and the owls...I believe are from stamping bella.

This next card is for Friday Sketchers..but I might make another one...I am not lovin it, lol. I think its the colors I used to color her as well as the buttons...::shrugs::

This next card was for Stampers Anonymous over on Cafe Mom.

The image is "Grattytude" and the papers are from DCWV (ALSO Heather's...) I was excited to use the cuttlebug and nesties. I sure miss it when we aren't together, lol! I am hoping very hard for one for Christmas! ;) The ribbon is from American Craft.

Star Light, Star Bright...

This week's LPS challenge inspired me IMMEDIATELY but it was just one of those weeks...so, here I am on TR, finally submitting! Phew!

Anyway, here she is! Ain't she a beaut? I really do like this one. Something subtly sweet about it.

Details. Hmmm....The diecuts were all done with my Cricut. George and Basic Shapes as well as my Home Accents...(is that the right name? hmmm...) The paper is all scrap. Yes, indeedie! Actually, it was scrap/RAK paper. The Gorjuss Girl was colored with my skin white copic, and my Bic Markers. Stardust stickles aplenty on this one! The skittles were also a prize/RAK.

I hope you enjoy this post! Mwa!!

In love with Ketto

Still...the love affair continues as I use the last of this image. ::sigh:: I need to invest in her. Should have bought her instead of the one that I did, but I love the one I bought too. Oh, life's dilemas, lol!

This card is for ICS. The sketch was great and I got right to work on it today! The paper and ribbon are all scrap ( I am being so good. Can I PuhWEEESE buy some new paper???). The skittles were a RAK from a sweet friend. I used my copic skin white to color my ketto, as well as my bics and my prima gray to outline with. I used my cotton candy stickles on the hearts. Love them stickles! I also doodled on the top and bottom, which is something I hardly ever do, but I was just feelin it. The card was begging for some kind of doodles.

Hope to be back with more later! Thanks for stopping in!!