Someone Special at Just Magnolias!

Friday!! and Just Magnolia! Today we have the challenge to make a card for someone special! Well that opens up for just about any kind of card doesn't it?

My card I decided giving a whole bunch of flowers would be something for someone special! I just love this Tilda and her roses! I colored with my Copics, then cut out with my Nesties and then placed a smaller oval over the top of Tilda and sprayed a band around the oval with my Copics and Air Compressor. Not to sure if this ended up like I planned, but well... it is different!

For my card I started with a light pink card stock, matted with a white card stock, then I used some new papers that a special friend sent me. They are called Tilda Papers... not connected to Magnolia I don't think... but oh my they are so yummy and wonderful! Two sided heavy and beautiful patterns! I picked two of the pretty patterns, especially the roses pattern to match my "Tilda" - I then created two borders with the eyelet lace Martha Stewart punch, and sewed everything down. 

 

My sentiment I just LOVE... it is from Stampavie and Rachelle Anne Miller! YES there are now Sentiments! Two wonderful collection perfect for all occasions! Then I added one mulberry rose that I darkened just a bit with a copic to match my Tilda paper.

I hope you will pop over and see all the special cards at JUST MAGNOLIAS! Then join us and make a Special Card for someone in your life! Great prize this week fromSimon Says Stamp and this month Heidi has made the prize extra special! REALLY go and see! :0)

Well gotta get to work..... my craft room is done, bedroom is done... all is pretty - and now today Hubby is going to tear up our bathroom!! AAHHH!!   New flooring, new pedestal sink - new beaded board and wall paper. OH it too will be gorgeous - once done! LOL

Have a wonderful Friday - and weekend! I'll be back tomorrow with Donkey/Libbie/Goat day!

HUGS and-

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge! Christmas for Someone Special!

Making Christmas Cards for Someone special - that is the challenge for this week at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge! I really was having a hard time trying to figure out what I was going to do. I didn't have any really Christmas images "yet" from Mo - Then I remembered Siku and Shiya... and thought hmmm they might make a cute Christmas card. I think they are really cute, rubbing noses and all - OH and this image is now available as a stamp from Stampavie! (Mo had 10 images that are now available... check them out here)

I colored them up with my copics, then used Stickles Lace for the snow, and Stickles Diamond for their fur - really has some bling to this one!

For the rest of the card I used a light blue card stock as the base and the mats. Then I used the Polar collection paper, that I cannot find a maker on to save myself!! Driving me nuts not knowing the maker... LOL If you know shout out and please let me know :0)

I rounded the corners of everything and sewed down all the pieces with a pretty shimmering ice blue thread. A sheer ribbon with a bow for a band across the bottom and then the sentiment is computer generated. I thought "Christmas Kisses" was perfect for a card for someone special -  I had a lot of fun doing this one!

Now you should join us and work up a special card too... Visit the challenge blog HERE to see all the other DT's wonderful cards -

Me.. gotta run this morning, I am suppose to take MIL shopping and run some errands, then I want to get home early before it gets much colder and the weather turns nasty..... I am hoping for time for Micheal's in there... gotta see if any more new punches have come in.. LOL

HUGS - Stay Warm and

Christmas Cuties from Alota!

Now how ADORABLE are these? This is only three of the Christmas Cuties.. there are TEN total with matching inches! Yes Alota Rubber stamps has a new collection and they are called "Christmas Cuties" I just love them, they are too fun and cute for words!

I colored these three with my copics and then went back added lots of bling with red and gold stickles! Then they are each cut out with my Fiskar's fingertip craft knife. The background is also an Alota Rubber Stamp.. "Stage"  perfect to go with so many stamps as a background! It too is colored with my Copics and then cut out.

For my card base I found a pretty green card stock, then used scraps from a Christmas collection that I cannot find the name at all - I think it is called Polar Ice... but I don't remember or find the maker. Do you know?

I then added more lace borders from Martha Stewart. I think this eyelet lace punch is one of new favorites! You probably could figure that out with how much I use it.. LOL

This card is perfect for the new challenge up on Paper Craft Planet Alota Group! The challenge is to Decorate for Christmas - anything to decorate your home or a card to decorate your mantle maybe? All you have to do is to use an Alota image and follow the challenge then upload it to PCP with the tag code  ALOTA24  then pop onto the group and let us know! Then you could win the wonderful prize! And you are gonna want it.. Helene is always so generous with the prizes!

Hope you are having a wonderful week... already Wednesday WOW... and it is a cold week here... I know how cold can Texas be? But for me it is cold... LOL and it has been raining which I think makes it feel even colder. They are actually talking sleet and snow here on Friday!!! IN TEXAS! It won't stick here... but still brrrrrrr. LOL

Have a great day - HUGS and-

A Non Traditional Christmas at Spoon Full of Sugar!

Tuesday's = A Spoon Full of Sugar! and today we are asked to make a Christmas card with NON traditional colors. Now my card really doesn't look to non traditional here, but in person it does. The colors are a dark pink and light green in person - but in my photo... darn... oh well I hope you like it anyway!

My card base is a dark pink - almost salmon colored card stock with a bling shine to it. I then used a pretty light green with pink Christmas trees pattern paper, I think it is from Basic Grey? I think. The next layer is a scrap of My Minds Eye Dreamy paper, matches the pink card stock pretty well I thought. I doodle stitched the pieces down - then punched out a Martha Stewart Extra Large double border punch out of white for the bottom. My image is from Alota Rubber Stamps I have always loved this window scene stamp from Alota... It is called Winter Window and I think it makes a really nice Christmas card image.

I colored a night scene with my Copics, then used Stickles Lace for the snow, and gold Stickles for the top of the star - Really sparkles in person! The sentiment is also from Alota Rubber Stamps and is a wonderful "Merry Christmas" for your cards - really different and pretty! Don't you just love all the swirls in it -


Ok... so maybe it doesn't look to NON traditional - pink and green is becoming more traditional probably. But oh well, I tried. LOL  Now pop over to A Spoon Full of Sugar and see the wonderful DT cards in all sorts of colors!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!
HUGS and -

Stampavie Challenge - with bows!

Hello and Happy Monday! Today is the Stampavie Challenge over at the DT blog! Today's challenge is to use bows on your card and our DT Kittie has provided a few wonderful bow tying tutorials for you! HERE

I just love Kittie's bows! And she has shared her secrets.. and they are so much easier than I thought!

My image - OH MY I AM LOVING THESE NEW PENNY JOHNSON  BEARS!! Wonderful fun images from Stampavie - This is Bear and Bird... cute huh? Colored with my Copics and then doodled stitching with my Uniball white gel pen.

For my card I started with a white card stock base, and then went with the Dreamy collection from My Minds Eye - Really fun colors and I love all the patterns. I used one of the more solid red patterns to mat the image, and used the Martha Stewart corner border punches called "Rings" Love these sets of punches, I have become addicted to them! My sentiment is from Hero Arts - and punched out with a Stampin Up punch.

My bow is a wide white satin ribbon - I need to practice with my bows, but I don't think it is too bad.. LOL

I finished off my card with lots more doodle stitching. I hope you like it! And I really hope you will visit the Stampavie DT and see the other cards - and join us in playing with bows! Another wonderful "secret" prize this week. You really do want to win one of these... trust me! wink wink....


Well today is suppose to be some really nasty cold wet weather today - I am thinking a great day to stay in and work in my new room! Need to find a good movie and catch up on some work.  Have a great day!

Hugs and -

My FINISHED Craft Room :0)

I am so excited! I showed a few photos a week or so ago.. but now I can show off the FINISHED Craft Room!  I love it! It is off of my bedroom - we use to have four windows on one side of our bedroom - we took them out  - three became openings into the room and one became a doorway that you step down into my room.

This is the view coming into the room -

While looking to the left - you see one of my favorite pieces - Hubby painted this cabinet a few years back as a anniversary gift. It use to be our computer cabinet. Now it is storage and a place for Hubby to work on his fly tying. I love it and how well it went into the room. You also see the "pet" corner... Gato the Cat's Window bed... cat scratcher, and Libbie's bed :0) Everyone has a place in this craft room!

I wanted to point on one of my new things I just love!! I found these tiered baskets recently at an antique store. It is really an old one - has a few little issues.. but nothing I can't make work. It is now holds all... scratch that... some of my flowers - and best yet.. I only paid $10.00 for it! Love it!

If you turn to the left you see the stamp wall I showed last time... the new 6 drawer cabinet Hubby got me and you can better see my storage closet - much needed. On the door of the closet I have my some of my punches - this is a new system for me.. not sure if I am liking this or not but we will see - to the right of the door is the paper cabinet I showed last time.

And this is my desk!! I am so happy! This is a desk my father made years ago - he was a graphic designer, and he made this drafting table to work on and the small rolling cabinet next to it. He used it forever - Funny thing is that as a kid I remember this desk being HUGE.. and now it just doesn't seem that big.. LOL But Hubby has cleaned up for me, and added a glass top to it, and it is perfect and makes me really happy to be using it! I just wish my Dad knew how much I loved it and that I am using it...

the top of my desk is full... :0)   I like to have my most used items close! Sewing machine, Copics, punches, the list goes on and on... But I still have lots of creative space - this is something I have never had before - my little desk before was not very big and I had a lot on it - so I had a 8 x 8 working space... good things my cards usually are 6x6...LOL  Now I can work on anything!

Above my desk is shelves Hubby put up for me.. one for some of my 3-d projects I have made recently - and the top one one of my favorite shorebirds his father carved. (Hubby and his Dad were both bird carvers for years.. their stuff really is amazing.  If only Hubby didn't have so many house - barn - fence - donkey - goat - dog projects he might do more of it! LOL)

I forgot to take a photo of our computer desk.. it sits just to the right of my craft desk on the other side of the doorway. Not missing to much, it is just a desk with a computer on it -

I found it not easy to photo the room... I may try and do some better ones as I get things more organized on the shelves and such, but at least now you can see how wonderful it turned out. I am so proud of it and really hate to mess it up... I use to never clean up after myself well.. now as soon as I use something it goes right back into place - hope I keep that up! Thanks for all the patience and waiting for me to get my act together while finishing it -

Have a wonderful Sunday... me I am in my craft room :0)

HUGS and-

Thanksgiving Donkey Day

Hello - today's Donkey Day I thought I would show some of the photographs I took on Thanksgiving of the family feeding the donkeys... and goats :0)

 Here my Sister is with her  kids - trying to convince Tagen that the donkeys
wouldn't eat him - they just want the carrots. He wasn't too sure when
he saw how far they can stretch their lips!  :0)

After time he was a little better, but he still let the girls do most of the feeding - I love Bella here... common quit talking about feeding the carrot and GIVE IT TO ME!

Then the three big donkeys realized that we had carrots ... so they had to come and get their share, which is usually more than their share. Ted E. Bear is so gentle with the kids -

He loves to pose as much as Kaylynn does!

I thought this one was cute, Hubby's brother and my Sisters daughters off to themselves feeding the youth pen.

And I had to show this!! Sorry the quality isn't very good... Hubby took it with his phone, Frankie (the new goat) just loves to get up on top of the house to see as far as he can! He cracks me up! 

Thanks for visiting on Donkey/Goat day - pop back tomorrow as I am going to show off my FINISHED craft room!!!!

HUGS and-