Waiting on a Letter

I have another card to show you using an image from Milk N Coffee, who so generously sponsored our  current Card Cupids challenge. The image is called Charlotte and Her Love Letter. I love the sweet little look on her face Milk N Coffee has several other images featuring this sweetie. 

We would love to have you join our "ANYTHING GOES" challenge! 

Have a great day!

Penny Black Christmas

Every year I say that I am going to start my Christmas cards early and every year after Thanksgiving, I am rushing to get some done. This year, I have actually started them and have quite a few of them completed. When I was in Indiana a couple of months ago, my favorite stamp store in the world, Papertrix,  was having a sale on Christmas stamps, so I grabbed a couple, who am I kidding, I grabbed a few, including this cutie from Penny Black. 

I attended a class this weekend and made an awesome hand bound book. I was surprised how nice my first attempt looks. Normally when I am learning something new, I never show the first one, but this book has already been shown off!

Have a great day!

Going Fishing

It is time for another Card Cupids Challenge! And this one is an easy one, it is "Anything Goes". We also have a new sponsor for this challenge, Milk N Coffee. I used the image Let's Go Fishing for my challenge card.  We were given several images to work with and they were all great, but this was one of my favorites. I love that sweet little face. I don't have a lot of images that are perfect for little boy cards, but this one is. The image is colored with Copics, papers are Cloud 9 Designs and the twine and buttons are from my stash. 

We would love for you to play along with the challenge and remember "ANYTHING GOES". A couple of people have asked about sending in cards for Card Cupids and here is the link to find out all the information on donating cards. And here is another link that lists the current card requests. I know these cards are very much appreciated by the recipients and thank you for taking the time to send in your cards.

Anyone have great weekend plans? I am excited because I am going to a class on making handmade books tomorrow. Making and altering books seems to be the theme of my summer. As soon as caning season winds up I will have something fun to look forward to.

Have a great weekend!

Back to School Riley Challenge

Back to school time! Even though I don't have kids to get ready for school, I love back to school time. I have always loved paper, pens, crayons and markers so I try and stock up at this time of year too. I remember how serious it was each year to find the perfect notebooks and folders, the coolest lunchbox and trying to find the all important, perfect outfit to wear on that first day. Schools here have already been in session for a couple of weeks, so I have already done my supply shopping. The challenge on the Riley and Company blog is "Riley Goes Back to School". I decided to use this Sophie image for my challenge card. The image was colored with Copics and the writing paper is some that I had bought at Target a while back. I loved that particular piece and bought several packs, just to get more of that one pattern! Card stock and brads are from my stash.

I have an unexpected day off of work today so I am organizing and cleaning. I keep finding my way to the craft table though.

Have a great day!

PholkartBlessings Color Challenge is Here!

Yippee!!! The first PholkartBlessings challenge is finally here! Our colors for this challenge are Pink and  Teal. I used Beach Girl on my card, I love her polka dot swim ring, you know me and polka dots.

Here is the inspiration photo for the challenge:

I don't know about you, but that makes me want to run to the beach. The challenge is simple, create any type of project--ATC, card, scrap layout, etc using the colors pink and teal and the inspiration photo above and then link it to the PholkartBlessings blog. The winner will receive 2 digi images of their choice from the PholkArt Blessings shop. The winner will be announced on AUGUST 29th.

(Here is a little secret--if you are the winner and you have used a PholkArt Blessings image in your creation, you will receive a coupon code for an extra image from the P*B Etsy Shop.)

I hope to see your design!

Something to Crow About

Good Monday morning! I have a card to show you today and it was one of those cards where I found that awesome Jillybean Soup paper and had to  have it. One side is the brown with the flowers and the other has the words to "Old MacDonald" printed on it. I decided that this cute little rooster from Deidre Mosher Designs would be perfect. 

I have been on a campaign to have chickens at home for the past few months. I live inside Davidson County and this spring Nashville passed an ordinance allowing backyard chicken coops. I can have four based on the size of our lot. I haven't quite convinced Kip that chickens in the backyard is a good thing yet. No roosters though, and I know I could never sell him on the idea of getting a rooster since he  really isn't an early morning person.

Have a great day!

Samantha has a new post on her blog today too.

Birthday Flower Cupcake

When I posted this card, I told you that this was an image I could see myself using over and over! I have already colored it with several different colors. Since yellow is my favorite color, this is one of my favorites that I have made with it so far. The image is from Michelle Perkett and is called Happy Birthday Flower Cupcake. The sentiment comes with it and for this card I used it as is and on the pink version, I cut out the cupcake and used the sentiment a little differently. I think is makes for a happy cheery card. The image was colored with Copics and the papers are Making Memories. 

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I am still playing around in my kitchen, canning everything that I can get my hands on! This past week has been filled with pickles. I think I will be serving pickles with every meal throughout the fall and winter. I have canned 54 pints of pickles (dill slices, kosher dill spears and whole pickles), dilly beans, pickled asparagus, 14 half-pints of corn salsa and got 10 pints of cream corn in the freezer. I was going to can the corn, but my pressure cooker will not work. It was used and I have had it for a long time and the lid seems to be a little warped so it isn't sealing tight enough so that the pressure can build up. The corn had to go in the freezer. I LOVE pickled asparagus but almost never buy it because it is so expensive. Kroger had asparagus on sale and I had a recipe and decided to give it a try. I can't wait to taste it. 

My spare bedroom now has canned goods on almost every surface! My parents are about the only people that use that room, and my dad is a gardener and canner too so he won't think it's too weird that he has to set his duffle bag on the floor instead of on the dresser. I think he will find the room pretty relaxing. Although, I will probably have to remove the cherry stuff and the peach stuff or check his bag as he leaves. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Another Card Cupids Card

I have another card to share for the current Card Cupids challenge. The Card Cupids are being sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs and the challenge is to use any shade of blue or make a birthday card for a child. The image I used is called Grace Summertime. I remember my nieces wearing little outfits like that when they were little and this image reminded me of my niece Zoie. She has always loved being in the water. 

I hope you will join our challenge!



And a big "THANKS" to Lorraine and Becky for the suggestions to help with the problem commenting on blogs. I updated my browser and no more problems! It was weird since it was only certain blogs that I couldn't comment on, the others has no issues at all.

Jenna's Birthday Card

Yesterday was Jenna's birthday--she is thirteen and a teenager now. I first met Jenna and her mom right before she turned four. She was this cute little shy girl and now she is growing into a beautiful, confident young lady. Time really does fly by quickly. One thing about Jenna that has not changed though, is that she is a girly girl and loves pink, glitter and sparkles. I knew this Michelle Perkett image wold be perfect for her birthday card. The image is called "Put on Your Party Dress". I colored the dress with Copics and then went over the flowers with a Sakura gel pen. I had to use the glitter pen, because every time Jenna comes over here to make cards, she uses the glitter pen. Her motto? "You can never have too much sparkle". So, while the dress looked great with just the glitter, I decided to add some tiny rhinestones to the center of the flowers. I used papers from Making Memories, rhinestones from Hobby Lobby and some ribbon from my stash.

Jenna liked her card and even commented that she wouldn't mind having a real dress like that. I think that is pretty high praise indeed. 

Thanks for dropping by today!

Card Cupids August Challenge

Wow, can you believer it is August already?? Since it has been so warm here, it seems like summer has been going on forever, but here, schools start today. I know some of my friends are pretty happy about this and others dread the coming school year. My youngest nephew will start kindergarden this year, I guess he really is a "big kid" now.

Since it is the first of the month, Card Cupids has a brand new challenge! This challenge is sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs and I am working with the image called "Fairy Sweet".  The challenge is to use any shade of blue, or make a kid's birthday card. I think this image is just so cute and would be great for any girl birthday card. I coloed the image with Copics, the paper is from DCWV and I  added some little red sequins that I had in my stash.

I hope you will join us for our Card Cupids Challenge!