My First Blog Award !!!!

Good Morning Friends....
I just wanted to share some great news this morning .. I have been awarded THE IRRESISTBLY SWEET BLOG AWARD from a fellow blogger Docerela (Catarina Silva) How excited was I ... Thank You so much .. it is an honor. Check out Her blog here . she is full of craftiness and and has a fab baker blog as well.

There are a few rules to follow when receiving this award ... you must pay it forward ....and ..

1) Send a Thank You to the person who nominated you and include their link.

2) To accept this award answer 7 random facts about yourself.

3) Pass the award on to at least 8 other amazing blogger buddies.

The 7 Random facts about me are ....

1) I have 3 kids Stacey 29, Shannon 26 and Matthew 23, and one amazing little Grandson Matteo 2 1/2

2) I love Dachshunds .. I have 3 Duke, Duchess and Dolly. I also have a Chihuahua/Shitzu Gizmo .. UPDATE >> Dolly just had 4 pups ...so so cute!!

3) I love blogging and following amazing blogs mostly related to cards of course.

4) I love Love Love Vegas !!!!!

5) I have worked for the same bank for 31 years ... yikes

6) I will be the big 50 this September ... another YIKES !!!

7) I am NOT addicted to texting or my cell phone ..I rarely turn it on much to the dismay of my hubby...

My 8 Awards are going to go to the following ...(now to pick only 8 ..sigh) In no particular order...

1) MissAlaineous' Mosaics Amazing Coloring with copics

2) Crystal's crafty Creations WOW a great blog for creativity , challenges and blog hops...

3) Curt's World a fun blog of cards and photography!!

4) This Is My Story Polkadot and Teapot challenges ..Fun blog

5) Hanna's Hobbyblogg An amazing 15 year old young lady !!

6) Outlines With Kathy Great site for Outlines inspiration and challenges...

7) Kittie Kraft Amazing Talent and great tutorials...

8) Stampin' with Markies Mom Uber super beautiful cards and she has an online store as well..

Well these are my 8 choices and they were very hard to pick ... check them out and again .. a great big THANKS to Catarina fo the award .. I wear it proudly !!!!

HUGS

Outlines Monday Challenge 7 RED HOT !!!!! One Crazy Stamper July Challenge

Good Morning !!! Hope all my Canadian friends had an awesome Canada Day long weekend and all my American friends had an equally awesome Happy July 4th long weekend!!! The weather here in Strathmore actually co operated this weekend and it was beautiful. I spent alot of time out in the yard trying to make it pretty and a little time n the card room making this little card.

I am entering it in 2 challenges .. Outlines Monday Challenge #7 RED HOT ... and One Crazy Stampers July challenge. A recipe .. 1 image, 2 pattern papers and 3 embellishments.. all stamps are Outlines ... the patterned paper is both sides of a sheet from Simple Stories called 100 Days of Summer. the 3 embellies are rhinestones, buttons and some red twine from Jillibean Soup....

Have an awesome day !!!!!!!

Happy Canada Day/Calgary Stampede/Canada Day Blog Hop

Good Morning ... I made this card for the Totally Stampalicious color challenge .. Canadian Colors , Red and White. I used Cowgirl Dottie from Totally Stampalicious as well. I used her in honor of the Calgary Stampede which starts next week. I left her hat white as we have a tradition here to honor important guests to our city with a WHITE HAT CEREMONY , although I did sparkle it up a bit with some Star Dust Stickles ... What Cowgirl doesn't need a little glitter :)

I also entered Dottie in the Canada day Blog Hop Stop in and play .. lots of prizes to be won !!!!

Happy Canada Day and Happy Stampeding and Happy Blog Hopping!!!

You are fabulous !!!

This is a card I made with one of the four sets I won from Totally Stampalicious .. how fun was that !!!! The sentiment is from The Stamps of Life .

This is being entered in the Something Old Something New challenge over at the Totally Stampalicious blog .. the new is ... my new set called Daisy Scarlette. The felt flower is from KC and Company.

Friend

Just a little quickie card .. The dandelion is a stamp from Hot off the Press and the sentiment is from Studio G i Cling. The dp is basic grey 6 x 6 pad from Hello Luscious.

Hello, My Friend

I am in The Stamps of Life Club. This is part of the set from the June stamp set called kids2love. it is a relly cute set with both a boy and girl stick figure and even a little dog. I paper pieced her dress and added some little flowers at the bottom. You can find this set here . The dp is from simple stories. i made some little flowers from a MS flower punch and the corners are a SU punch. I added some rhinestones and some stickles as well.

Hope you like it ....

Best Wishes....

This was a way fun card to make .... I used the Centre Step Card Technique off Splitcoast Stampers. The cs is SU Pear Pizzazz and Pretty in Pink. The stamp is from Stampingbella called Izzie with a cherry on top. Now the flower was so fun to make ... I cut out 5 scalloped circles .. misted them with water and scrunched them up .. pierced a hole through all the layers and added a brad to hold them together. then just shaped while they were wet to how I wanted them to look and let air dry. I then added a bit of stickles to the edges to give it a bit of sparkle. Give it a try .. very easy and so pretty....

Enjoy and have a most amazing day !!!!

Enjoy Life's Moments.....

Good Morning Friends,

Hope everyone is having an amazing start to their day !! Here are a couple masculine cards I made a couple weeks ago .. It was my Hubby's 52nd Birthday and this is what I came up with.. When I showed a lady at work she wanted one for her Hubby as well so I whipped up 2 ... I so rarely make a masculine card ...

I used a little stamp set from Bo Bunny called Timepiece. The blue card is made with SU Brocade Blue and the brown card is Archival Sepia .. I did a little distressing on both just to give it a little aged look... used some jute and a button .. and Voila !!!!

Hope you like ....

IC286 Live Laugh Love / Outlines Challenge 2

Good Morning ...
This morning I was popping around on SCS .. and decided to play the Saturday Inspiration Challenge 286 ... They went to a site called Plates and Napkins .. WOW .. what a lot of choices and inspiration on this site .. it took awhile to pick just one ... so I went with Black and White .. still one of my faves ... This is what I choose as inspiration .

I used a stamp from Outlines Rubber Stamp Company .. still one of my favorite stamp companies ... the stamp is called Izzy Background. Then I blinged it up a little with some rhinestones. The sentiment stamp is from Kaisercraft.

I am also entering this card in the Outlines Challenge 2 .. to use black and white.
Hope you like ...
and
have an amazing weekend !!!!

Celebrate with ... Ice Cream !!!!

I made this card just for a quick fun something to do .... I used my set for May from The Stamps Of Life called scream4icecream ... inside it says ... you .. need some ice cream !!! The paper is some old stash of Basic Grey .... called cupcake. I put a little bit o stickles on the chocolate ice cream to give it a bit of sparkle ...mmmmm Yummmmmmo !!!!
Hope you like .. now go grab yourself an ice cream cone ....

Simply The BEST !!

Good Morning Friends.....

This little card was made for a challenge over at ONE CRAZY STAMPER .. Boys and Men .. I used an old set from H & M Stamps called ATV .. (no longer available) .. I have such a limited amount of masculine stamps ...mmmmm think that calls for a bit of shopping .. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.
it was a faily simple card to put together .. the CS is actually a pale green but is not really showing up that way ??????

Hope you like it ...

Have a most AWESOME DAY !!!!!

Hippy Chick .. Diamond Fold

Good Morning .. Today I was playing with different folds .. this is a diamond fold card. I used this tutorial from SCS. I used a stamp from Hanna Stamps (no longer available) . I paper priced her top and used copics to color her. I love her .. she is so GROOVY !!!
Hope you like her...

Have a MOST AWESOME DAY !!!

I WON !!!!

Well how exciting is this !!!! I finally won some blog candy !!! I played along in the blog hop for Totally Stampalicious 's May release and I won 1st prize. I am so excited. These stamps are so cute and funny from Bugaboo Stamps ... which can be purchased at Totally Stampalicious. I will be very busy once they arrive !!

Have a most awesome day !!!

Totally Stampalicious ,SC333, PDCC83

Good Day my friends...

Today I made this card for 3 challenges.. SC333 and Black White and WOW over at Totally Stampalicious . .. and PDCC83 We were to use black and white and one other color for the Totally Stampalicious challenge and Black white and GREEN at The Play Date Cafe challenge PDCC88. I went with SU's Garden green for my WOW .... The Dp is from Creative Imaginations and I used a stamp from Bugaboo Stamps which can be purchased at Totally Stampalicious as well. I used a little bit of stickles on her hat and the tablecloth just to give her a bit of bling....

Hope you like ...
Have a MOST AWESOME DAY !!!!

DT Wednesday @ SP and Company

Good Day Friends.... Today is an exciting day as it is our first day with the new DT Team for DT Wednesday at SP and Company !!!

I have chosen to make a masculine card today ... I used a set called Mix'n Match Occasions from Sp and Company .. WOW !!! What a versatile set this is .. There are so many options in this one set. The car is from Viva Las Vegastamps.

I used SU Early Expresso cardstock and the dp is Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934. I also used my nesties to make the little circles to put my very cool screwdriver brads thru .. The Cuttlebug folder is Moroccan Screen .. I thought it matched the screwdriver heads pefectly ... :)

Hope you enjoyed your visit and seeing how versatile these stamps are by visiting all the DT members..

Have a most awesome day !!!!!!

Just a little Cutie

Good Morning .. Here is a little card I made using the largest scalloped square nestablilitie die as a card base. the size of the card is 3 3/4 by 3 3/4's .. The stamps are from CTMH Childhood Portrait. I stamped the tree in the background in Memento London Fog ink and the main image in black. Just a cute little card to make someones day ...

Hope you have an awesome one ...

SPCC #100 WAHOO!!!!!

I stamped the flower from Because I care from SU with Rich Razzelberry and Old Olive for the leaves .. the sentiment is also stamped with RR .. The sentiment is from the set MIX' n Match: Occasions .. available st Scrapmasters Paradise. I love this set .. the words are mostly separate .. you can mix and match any sentiment .. and the best part is you can lay them out any way that suits your project!! Very cool set ..

Come play for our 100th Color Challenge

Color Combo #99 SPCC

This card was made for the color challenge over at Scrapmasters Paradise challenge # 99 .. I hear Challenge #100 is gonna be a biggie .. come check it out .. #100 Starts tomorrow.

The stamp set used for this card is called Rain Boots ... perfect for paper piecing ... You can make them match anything you choose to make and they stamp so crisp and clear .. amazing quality stamps.

Thanks for stopping by .........

DT Blog Hop Finale

Well Friends ... Mothers day is over .. time to start thinking about Fathers day ... So today for the finale .. I chose the digi's from SP and Company .. Little Birdie #1 and Little Birdie #2 .. I also took one of the many Mustaches and the Top Hat from Hey Mister just to gussy up one of the birds.
I put a prima flower in her hair with a little rhinestone to make her pretty ... The sentiment is also from Hey Mister.

I hope you enjoyed your time blog hopping with SP and Company .. we sure enjoyed playing and appreciated each and every comment you left ...

Please do not forget to come back to Samantha's Blog tomorrow to find out who the winners are.

Thanks for the fun blog hop and hopefully see you again next month for more chances to win !!!

Welcome to day 3 of Sp and Company's fabulous Blog Hop !! If you are coming from Amie's blog .. you are doing fine .. if you haven't just pop back to Samantha's blog and follow along from there.
Today it is my turn to show you one of the digi's available in Sam's Store over at SP and Company.
I have chosen to go with "Pretty Lady" Is she just not so RETRO !! I have matched her up with some dp from Basic Grey called "nookandcranny" I thought it fit her perfectly. I have also chosen to do some word bubbles .. comic book style. I knew exactly what she was thinking .. LOL ... She just cannot decide which stamps to purchase at the online store.

So pop on over and maybe you can help her to choose something.


Supplies used:
Basic Grey Nook and Cranny DP
Stampin up Garden Green and Blushing Bride
Spellbinders Floral Doily Accents , Labels Ten, Small Ovals
Green half pearls
Copics, Spica clear ...

Now don't forget to become a follower and leave a comment to have a chance to win a stamp set of the Winners choice or some digi's.

Your next stop is STEPHANIE !!!

And GOOD LUCK to all .......... Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the grande finale .. all the DT members will have something else to show you and then the winners will be revealed on Wednesday May 11/11.
Have fun .. and don't forget to check Samantha's Blog on Wednesday .. May 11/11 to see if you have won ....

Thanks for Playing with us at SP and Company