Spoon Full of Sugar - SPLISH SPLASH!!

Is it hot where you are? Well it is here, and this weeks Spoon Full of Sugar challenge is perfect for me right now. Splish Splash! Cool off with some water in any way on your card. Well not real water. LOL But to use have a water theme... swimming, bathing whatever has to do with water. Me I got the song in my head... Splish Splash - I was takin' a bath. And that was it. I had to make a bathing card...
And one of my all time favorite bathing images is Leere Aldrich's Bathing Beauty - totally order the little pooch popping out of the end of the bath! But hey you won't find me bathing with any of my dogs... they are way to dirty! LOL

I colored with my Copics - and then OF COURSE had to use stickles for all those glorious bubbles!

The paper is Websters Pages, and I just love the mirror and pearls leaning in the corner with all those roses. I though it sort of went well with this luxurious bather. I cut the edge of the mirror to slip the image behind it. Then layered a Papertrey Ink Doily die behind her. The sentiment.. which is sadly hard to see in the photo is from Melody Ross - It says - " Live a Good Life" - and I think soaking in a tub is a good start for that!

Now for some other more fun water themed projects make sure to visit Spoon Full of Sugar and then join us for a great prize again this week ;0)

Thanks for all the wonderful Comments about the new puppies! Libbie is doing wonderful, she is such a great Mom. It is so funny when she leaves them. We do have to run outside from time to time you know to do our business.... she runs down the hall - out the door - down the steps - out into the yard... fast fast fast... and then back in as quick as possible. BARKING the entire time so her puppies can hear her. LOL It is just too cute.

Have a wonderful Day - HUGS and-

Spoon Full of Sugar - A Royal Theme

Hello - Today is Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge day, and since all the media is all Royal this week with upcoming wedding - our challenge is doing the same! To make a card with something Royal to it. A castle? A Royal family member? Or just even a royal word in you sentiment... me I went with the simple task of the word Princess in my sentiment. Just couldn't come up with anything else.. LOL

But I am happy with my card, and getting to play with Stampavie's Leere Aldrich Party Girl image. I love these images, and just don't use them often enough.
Colored her up with my Copics, highlighted with Shimmerz and Stickles. All the pattern papers are from DCWV Linen Closet collection, I just love the glitter to these papers! I sewed them down with a zig zag stitch. The mat behind my Party Girl is really glittery, and I used the new Martha Stewart Jumbo Double Arches corner punch and the cut down the sides.

The sentiment is also a Stampavie sentiment, Leere Aldrich.
Now I just had to try and show you the shimmerz and glitter ;0)

And look at these gorgeous flowers. I took three mulberry flowers, sprayed them with vanilla smooch, and that just wasn't enough... so while they were still a little wet, I dipped them in extra fin glitter! Can never have enough sparkle for a Party Girl image!

Hope you will visit A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge and see all the Royalty! :0)

Have a wonderful day! See you tomorrow for Me and My Space... I have totally re-done things! LOL
HUGS and -

Spoon Full of Sugar - TEXTURE with a Leere image!

Hello - Today is Spoon Full of Sugar day and today is all about Texture! Great Challenge to think about adding texture to our projects. Some I would use and never think about it being texture and then one item I had in my stash and never used before and LOVE the look and the "Texture" it gave to my card!

But for even more fun for my card I went and found a Stampavie Leere Aldrich image to use. I totally adore these images, they are just so fun and whimsical! And I do believe this is one of my favorites.

This image is called "Going Places" Don't you want to go too?

I colored with my Copics and then I paper pieced the paint for the car! LOL I used a DCWV Glitter paper, this car has some bling baby! And that glitter is a textured paper... wink wink... texture for the challenge :0)

For my card I went with that DCWV paper stack - and the gorgeous Mariposa paper stack and card stock stack. Love the colors! For another texture I pulled out some Web Ribbon I purchased from Bunny Zoes, ages ago! I put it away and then totally forgot about it. Totally love the look of it, and was so happy I ran across it before making my texture card.
I wanted to show you an up close of the texture on the DCWV pattern paper. It is really so beautiful and I love the look, and feel of it! Those butterflies are what inspired my embellishments for the card. I used my Papertrey Ink butterfly die, and cut out the orange card stock, then I cut them out again on acetate and stamped them with blue Stazon ink on the back side of the clear acetate with the Papertrey Ink Butterfly stamp. I glued the two pieces together in the centers and let them "flap" loose for the wings. I then added just a bit of Stickles between the layers for more sparkle. I love how they came out and what I really love is that while in an envelope they will go totally flat and mail easy - but once pulled out they pop up somewhat. I love all the flowers and large embellishments, but it does make it hard to send off with all the dimension. This has that, but is so easy to mail! My sentiment is also from Papertrey Ink.

Zoom Zoom... now zoom off to A Spoon Full of Sugar and see all the DT's texture this week. And then join us for a chance at a great prize!

I'll be back tomorrow for "Me and My Space" post... I have been a little thrift this week with some organization ;0)

HUGS and -

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Thank you!

Hello  - First an apology... I totally missed Dust it Off Sunday this past week!!! Between being gone all day Saturday to deliver Minnie to her new owners, and then getting things done for CHA - well, I am a bit scattered and behind!  Sorry - But I can say I have LOTS to show you once CHA starts :0)

Today though is Spoon Full of Sugar  and the challenge is  Thank you. We all need to have a few of those on hand for when needed, and me. I have been digging through my stamps and decided that my Stampavie's Leere Aldrich images needed some ink! I just adore these images, they are just so fun and so perfect for your friends!

And how fun to play paper dolls with them! LOL I love to paper piece dresses :0) I then colored with my Copics -

I used Sassafras Indie Girl pattern papers, love how fun these papers are and they were perfect for this Leere "Sisters" image.  I used the same patterns for the card that I used for their dresses, and zig zag stitch to hold everything down. I cut the image with My Nesties Label 4  Die. For some added fun bling.. I added a pearl flourish and pearl flowers.

Now I made the card as an easel card, I just loved the patterns and the colors so much I wanted it to be able to sit up and be enjoyed. - the bottom is done the same as the top with a Hampton Arts sentiment.

Make sure to visit A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge to see all the DT Thank you Cards, then join us for a chance as a GREAT prize!

Me... gotta run off quick this morning. Besides me working on everything to get ready for CHA - Hubby is re-doing my kitchen! Yep it is busy in our house, as usual! LOL

HUGS and have a wonderful Tuesday!

Leere Aldrich - The Graduate

Well it is that time of year... school is ending and the Graduates are celebrating and planning their next direction in life.

My niece Graduated this past week. Seriously... I can't believe it, it was just a couple of years ago a toddler in my living room being told not to pull the cats tail.. while learning to walk around the coffee table.  But now she is graduating High School and planning  her College career!

Well I had to come up with a graduation card and wanted it to pop! So I started with my New Sizzix Big Shot Pro 6x6 envelope die. I don't use it as an envelope though.. well sort of I do cuz I don't put the card in and envelope.. but I really make it the card and present all in one. A yellow card stock was used, and then I pulled out a bunch of Sentiments... all that work together for a Graduation Card for a teen. I stamped all over the card stock in all different directions to create my own pattern paper of sorts. I used my dark red Copic and colored in some of the shapes. A Black Dotted ribbon is run through the back of the card out to the front to use as a tie to keep the scalloped front closed.

As you untie and open you get this... an almost presentation of your inside image and pattern papers. I found a piece of graduation paper in my stash and matted it with a deep red card stock. then I also found a piece of paper that looks like notebook paper... like how that fits the theme :0)

I used my favorite Graduate stamp... I just love Stampavie's Leere Aldrich Graduation Girl image - too cute if you ask me - stylish Grad with a cute purse, puppy and boots! I colored with my Copics with a yellow coloring behind her - wanted a sort of glow about her.. a TA DA spot light I guess. I cut her and a mat with my long scallops Nesties.

I made a hidden pocket behind the "notebook" paper for her present.. :0)  I think she liked it.. he he.

Hope you liked it too! ;0)

HUGS and -

STAMPAVIE LEERE ALDRICH BLOG CANDY!!!

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ALL TEN IMAGES FROM THE STAMPAVIE LEERE ALDRICH COLLECTION!!

There will be one week to enter our Leere Aldrich blog candy give away.
Winner will be announced on May 1st in our brand new Stampavie Creations Newsletter

To qualify for the huge Blog Candy give away all you have to do is follow the link and sign up for our newsletter! On May 1st just before the newsletter goes out one random name will be drawn from the subscribers list to be our winner and be included in the newsletter! That is our only qualification, but if you would like to share our Candy news on your blog that will be very appreciated. :0) Thank you very much!

The newsletter will be full of fresh project ideas, tutorials, interviews, prize winners, competitions, and even recipes! You know you are going to want it! It is gonna be great!

If you would like to see some of the Leere Images - check out our projects our

DT members came up with:

Claudia

Diane

Jay Jay

Jessica

Heidi

And for my project....

I went just a bit Leere Aldrich crazy! I love it!

This project was totally inspired by and for my niece Talisyn! End of school year and she wanted to remember this school year and her friends with a book for them to write in - a sort of Autograph book for elementary girls :0) LOL I am sure she will add questions for them to answer and then drawings too - she is a real little artist!

I started out by getting a Bind-it-All he he just had to have the perfect reason to get one and this was it! Well that and they were on sale, I had a gift card in hand and well it was PINK! So I just HAD to buy it! I used two piece of scrap chipboard - and covered both sides with papers from DCWV Nana's Nursery Girls and sanded the edges to make them smooth. Cut white card stock to fit and then punched all my papers - wow like butter I might add!

I then stamped out nearly all of the Leere Aldrich images... and colored them with my Copics - I did this pretty quickly I think all of them were colored in less than 45 minutes! Cut them out roughly. Then used the Nestiblities Labels one and cut out a larger green print, then an smaller one out of white. My MM Slice was used to cut the "My Friends" out of scraps from the inside covers. I doodled just a bit - and the glued some of the Leere Aldrich images and the Label down.

This is the back... with one of my favorites from the collection!

This is one of the back inside cover corners -

And this is the front of the book inside - I doodled the edge - but I left the rest empty - you know how important it is to little girls to add their special titles and thoughts themselves!

The very last thing was the millions of miles of ribbon I cut and tied on the spring coil.. really wasn't that much, but I did want it to be really full and frilly!

I really had fun with this.. I sure hope Talisyn will love it too -

I do hope you are going to join in on our Blog Candy and sign up for the Stampavie Creations Newsletter! I am sure you are going to love the newsletter - and if you see your name as the winner you will be really happy you did!

HUGS and-

Today is the second Stampavie Challenge!!!!

It is time for the SECOND Stampavie Challenge!

Thanks to all of you who joined our first challenge. We are really happy about every entry. And we would love for number 2 to have even more! And this week we are doing a surprise box... yep and if I know Heidi.. this will be a really great surprise box full of goodies!

This time we have “A color challenge - Use Pink & Brown (& Green optional)” And I know how much we all love using pink and brown.. so this one isn't a hard one!

You will have time to join the fun until May 3rd (we are a two week challenge)

There are only a few rules to follow:

use a Stampavie image for your work

link your work (posting) directly to Mr. Linky under the current challenge to be entered for the prize

please link back to our challenge in your posting

My card for the challenge I pulled out one of the adorable Leere Aldrich images... the name of this one... "Sisters" hmmm wonder where I got the sentiment idea?

Started with a dark brown card stock base, my papers... well I am just so proud - I went through my scrap box!! So that also means I don't know the names, but all of them are pink, brown or green! I used a Martha Stewart border punch down the left side - and cut the green circle out with my EK Success circle cutter. I inked the edge of everything. And found a brown ribbon with a pink thread for a band across the middle - big pink button and a little piece of green satin ribbon. My sisters are colored with my Copics - and inked the edges. I then doodled the edges of the card with a white gel pen, and added some high lights to the image. For my Sister's sentiment - I cut out the letters with my Making Memories Slice -

I do hope you will find the time to join us at our challenge - we would be thrilled to see the number grow!! And I know you have a Stampavie image... Sarah Kay, Rachelle Anne Miller, Lelo Designs and Leere Aldrich - you can look HERE to see if yours is a Stampavie image.

Hope you have a wonderful Monday - it is beautiful here! The rain this past weekend did wonders already!

HUGS and-

What is Black, White and Red all over?

Don't know why but this weeks Magnolia Vs. Stampavie challenge had me remembering all of those silly jokes we use to tell as kids... actually it is just a Color Challenge this week, but for some reason... just made me silly...

Well as you can tell the colors for this weeks challenge is Black White and Red. Love this combo, just really don't use it very often. For my card I decided it was the perfect time for a Congrats to a Graduate.

I started with the the Stampavie Leere Aldrich image Graduation Girl isn't she just so smart looking! And I love that she has her little poodle under her arm! As per the challenge I used my Copics and dressed her all in black and Red. To high light her I used Sakura Glaze pens... really pops on the black dress. I cut with my Nestibilities oval, matted with a larger red oval and doodled the edges with the glaze pen.

The base of the card is Bazzil Black card stock, with DCWV pattern paper, white card stock punched with a Martha Steward Double Dot Scallop punch backed with red card stock. It is all stitched down with the glaze pen. I then added a layer of gingham black and white ribbon, and a white Prima flower, and red Micheals bridal flower. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is punched with a Stampin Up Word Window punch.

I love Color challenges - you really need to check out the Magnolia Vs. Stampavie Challenge Site and check out the other DT's great cards and then give this color challenge a try for yourself!

Hope you have a great Sunday! Can you believe April is so close! Wow....

HUGS and -

Counting our Blessings -

Yesterday has got to be one of the scariest days I have had in many years. There was a grass fire in our area - and the winds were blowing 20-30mph. Towards our house. A very good friends property was hit pretty good, and I really believe God put his hand over her house, because the flames went all the way around it as close as just a few feet. For nearly 5 hours we gathered animals, livestock and sprayed water. The Firemen, who by the way in our area are all Volunteers and deserve so much, worked until late in the night making sure nothing sparked back up. It got really close to our property, too close. We kept going back and forth from helping with the fire, back to our property to check and see how close it was to us. Thank God it was stopped on the field just in front of our fence line. The winds were coming right at us. At last we heard, many many acres were burned, 5 houses, numerous barns and sheds, and some livestock lost. It was amazing to see everyone, neighbors from the entire area walking horses from danger, loading dogs and cats of people they barely knew into their cars and fighting fire for people they had just nodded at forever. I am sure this morning there will be many out taking count of their blessings that no one was hurt or worse. I know I am -

Funny I was in the process of loading my card to the Magnolia vs. Stampavie challenge when I smelled the smoke. And for some reason on one of my trips to check the house... I made sure it loaded and that it went through - funny the things we do when our brain isn't working... my card was important at the time. Ha...

Well it did make it in time - the challenge this week is Lace and Pearls -

For the base I used a cream colored Bazzil card stock - it is one of those bling card stock so it has a shine to it. The pattern papers.. how gorgeous are they? They are new to me, I got a new K&Company stack by Brenda Walton - these papers are so pretty. They remind me of my Grandma...

I sewed down each layer with a zig zag stitch, then very slowly sewed down the lace with a straight stitch. The lace is a really gorgeous color in person - was lucky enough to buy a few different colors of this more expensive lace at a 50% sale at JoAnn's a while back.

Of course my image is colored with my Copics, and then the bubbles are stickled. I just love this Stampavie Leere Alrich image... she is just too much fun to color - and you have to love all them bubbles with the puppy popping out!

For my "Pearls" I used vintage Pearl Buttons from my Grandma's button box. These are really pretty - I tied them with a sheer ribbon.

The sentiment is from RubberStamp Tapestry - and seemed to fit a lady relaxing in a tub with her pooch - I used my Fiskar's Squeeze Punch to cut it out and inked the edges. Here you can also see the stitching, and the lace a bit.

The other DT really did a wonderful job this week, each card is just lovely! Make sure to stop by and check them out and see what prize is up for grabs this week.

And don't forget I started my Blog candy...

Me right now we are going to feed the donkeys check to make sure no one has any problems from the smoke - then meet up with our neighbors for breakfast.......... and count our blessings -

HUGS and-

Vroom Vroom...

This week at the Magnolia Vs. Stampavie Challenge there is an awesome sketch. Of course I had to turn mine.

















I started by coloring on of the FABULOUS Stampavie Leere Aldrich images. This is "Going Places"... and I just love the convertible! It reminds me of the MGA Hubby had when we dated and married.








Colored with my Copics, and high lighted with white gel pen, I then I took the close up photo with an odd angle so you could also see the dimensional glaze I added... a really shiny wax job on this car!








The pattern papers are all My Minds Eye Laundry Line collection. Again hard to see in the photo, but they all have a glitter to them. Love these papers. I matted everything with BoBunny scraps of brown dotted paper, and for some fun I used a Martha Stewart Border punch on the side of the image mat. The base is a dark brown card stock. The edges of everything is inked. I love the ribbon.. and am getting really low on it! American Crafts I believe - Sorry my bow is so sad looking, it just wouldn't stay up and pretty. The sketch shows a pin on the corner of the image, and by luck I found a heart pin by Heidi Grace to use on mine. I was stumped for a time on what to use for a sentiment. You see because I turned my card on its side and my image was so large, I didn't have much room for a sentiment. I decided to do something vertical - and found these wonderful Paper Studio letter dots - the match pretty well I think. I doodled the edges of the image, and then for a finishing touch... I used silver adhesive dots for hubcaps on the car!








You really must go and see the rest of the DT cards - it amazes me how different so many cards can look all made with the same sketch as a starting place. Wonderful! Hope you will join in this week too!

I had a lot of comments asking me when Macie is due... my fat pregnant donkey. She still has about another two months - imagine carrying that around that much longer!

HUGS and-

Doodle Doo Tuesday -

Tuesday and that means a Spoon Full of Sugar! And this week is a Doodling Challenge... YEA!

"Our Challenge this week is - Doodle Doo
We would love to see some doodling on your cards. This could be hand drawn or if you have scrolls and swirl stamps you can also use these."

Well I love to doodle on my cards - even if it is just some gel pen stitching!

I started with a new pad of K&Company papers, this line is called "Que SeraSera" and you may need your shades for this line! Wow bright but also very pretty. I will admit I purchased it for one sole reason... there was a page in the set that has a donkey on it! I know weird to buy a whole stack of paper just cuz it has a donkey, but there are some really gorgeous papers in there. Hubby flipped through and found a few really pretty with large fish... he would roll his eyes and tell me what they are in "real life" but hey large fish and you know what I mean. So I have this really vibrant, bright paper - and I decided I needed a fun bright image - I haven't inked up this brand new Stampavie Leere Aldrich image called "Party Girl" and a party girl seemed to be just what I needed for this paper. Hey she could be a Marti Gras party girl, or here in Texas a formal Fiesta party! I colored her with my copics and then gave her some bling with Stickles, a party dress needs to be sparkly don't you think.

My card has lots of bright colored card stock to match the pattern papers. A dark purple, orange are used for the base and the mats. Bright Yellow Michael's Bridal flowers to really pop. I had to add stickles to the flowers as well. The sentiment is also from Stampavie Leere Aldrich and is part of "Sentiments B" collection.

Now for the doodling. I may have gone just a bit over board. I went wild... with the white gel pen, and then my purple and orange Copic Multi-liners. Well it is bright and fun right?

I hope you will click on over and see the other DT cards, they really did doodle some cute cards. And do take part as there is a great prize this week the cute PCS Kiki Kitty stamp set which has been kindly donated by Bryony owner of Silly Monkey Crafts. Silly Monkey Crafts have a fabulous range of Pink Cat Studio stamps in stock including the new Lily and Billy Sweethearts.

And you just must see this weeks Guest DT... We have Heather from Hopefully Heather's stuff ! Pop over and visit heathers blog here.... her work is truly gorgeous!

Me... I am gonna go and get some breakfast and try and catch up on some blogging... missed a couple of days - so lots to read and see! Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday and make sure to get inky!

HUGS and-

I am starting to get ink withdrawal!

Oh my I haven't made a card since the middle of last week!!!! Between the work on my utility room, the new puppy and a lingering cough... I just haven't been able to sit and work. If I don't tonight, I just may shut down and go on strike!

Now that means that I have no card today for A Spoon Full of Sugar. I feel so down and sad. I hope to get it done later today and will get it posted tomorrow. Please do visit the other more organized DT members cards at the challenge - A great Theme this week - BABY!


Well I will go ahead and post another one of my Leere Aldrich cards that I made a while back.
This image is called "Sisters" - now if only me and my sister looked that cute! Sorry sis... but true huh?


The image is colored with Copics, and high lighted with white gel pen, and spica glitter pens. The edges are doodled, including the sentiment.. yes I have shown that sentiment quite a bit. Told you I love it! It is part of the Sentiment B collection by Leere Aldrich. I wanted this card to have a luxurious feel, so my ribbon is velour... mmmm velour. And I was really lucky to have found some Prima Flowers in the same color.... I was thinking I may have to spray white ones with my Copic Air system, but these were just too perfect. Now it is hard to tell from the photo, but the mini brads are the exact same color as the green in the pattern paper. To give some depth to the papers I inked the edges of everything with a dark brown ink before putting it all together. I am just loving these images! And there are more to ink and color still!


Thanks so much for visiting and I do hope to get back to normal, or as normal as I get. I really wonder how sane it was to re-do the our utility room at the exact same time as getting a puppy. A puppy no bigger than a small bunny! But we seem to have lived through it, and now I can start cleaning up. The puppy, Libbie, definitely has held up our work.. we just can't stop playing with her! Too cute! My "utility room" is all over the house and is now able to be put into the new home we have built! It is so nice to have a real room - with my washer and dryer in place, shelves for storage (something this house has had no room for!), all clean and with new walls and new floor!


Hope you have a fun Tuesday planned... me MIL errands, home to start cleaning, and then me and my ink and images have a date!

HUGS and-

I am so excited... looky here!

Ok, I have been published... well once - but now this is super exciting! Stampavie asked me a couple of months ago to create a few cards for an advertisement that they were planning for Paper Crafts Magazine!!! (This ad is in the current issue that is now out on the shelves March/April) The ad is for the new Leere Aldrich images, which I absolutely adore... so that made it really fun - What do you think of the ad? Cute huh?








The cards were super fun to make -



The first one is called "Going Places". Do you love the convertible, who can resist a red convertible!

Colored with my Copics and then used silver adhesive dots as the hub caps. The papers are all Basic Grey I think - maybe My Minds Eye.. heck it has been almost two months. I used a pink card stock as the base, with a dark brown card stock as a mat. I sewed with a zig zag stitch. I cut one of the flourishes out of one of the pattern papers out and then matted with the dark brown.

The sentiment is also from Leere Aldrich, matted on green then brown. With a Green Satin ribbon.

I love the stitching on the card - I think it adds so much texture, and detail you just can't get with paper and ink... shock horror oh my can't believe I said that! But I do love the stitching. Now all I have to do is figure out how I can get one of those convertibles myself! Wonder if it can pull a donkey trailer?


The second card is just so girlie... I used DCWV with my Copics, including the back ground - Baby Girl Nana Nursery Glitter papers, lots of them! All on a hot pink card stock base. I actually did the sewing on them individually before I put the card together - would have been just to thick to sew as one. I colored the fun image "Bathing Beauty"
looks like velvet in person, I cut with my Spellbinders Nestibilities circle, then the dotted pattern paper with a scallop circle, sewed the edge really slow to keep it as a circle. LOL. Sewing in a circle is a challenge for me! There are three ribbons stacked that both seemed to match so well. I punched two flowers with a EK Success retro flower centered with large yellow brads, I high lighted with white gel pen. The sentiment again is also from Leere Aldrich - perfect for the image, part of the Sentiment B collection.


There are so many fun images to color with Leere Aldrich... I can't wait to make my next card!
Run over to Stampavie and see for yourself how fun they all are!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend, we have had lots of Puppy time, Libbie is just too cute, and my I really have had to be careful, she is so tiny! You should see her trying to chase Bonnie across the backyard! Bonnie takes 6 or 7 steps to Libbies oh I don't know 200!

Well better get breakfast, do my Wii so I can do some blog surfing! I missed a lot this weekend so I want to catch up -

HUGS and-