Happy Birthday To A Wonderful Mother

Good Morning and Happy Friday! My mom's birthday is Sunday, here is the card that I made for her. Before I go into the details on the makings of the card, I want to thank everyone that has left a comment for the Cutting Cafe Give Away. Good Luck to all! Because I can't walk and chew gum at the same time, I am going to delay my blog candy for reaching 100 followers until after the drawing for the Give Away on November 15th. I have decided to do a Visa gift card and will make an announcement Monday November 16th. If you haven't signed up to be a follower, what are you waiting for?

Here is the recipe---

Card Size: A2

Cuttlebug: Vintage Die (corners)

Nestabilities: Circle/scallop

Punches: Martha Stewart 3 Butterfly, Martha Stewart Branch, EK Fern

Font: Computer generated-Batang, Vivaldi

Accessories: Ribbon, Flat Back Pearls, Foam Pop Dots

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Cutting Cafe Give Away!

Woo Hoo...It's that time again...Another Cutting Cafe Give Away! Up for grabs is The Bulbs For The Tree AND The Fancy Holiday Season Printable Stamp Sets. The Bulbs For The Tree Set features 16 fabulous images and The Fancy Holiday Season Set features 10 holiday greetings (the font is absolutely GORGOUS) and they can both be yours just in time for your holiday card making! All you have to do to be eligible to win these sets is leave a comment here on my blog for a drawing to be held November 15th. The winner will be chosen using random.org and announced that morning. To increase your chances of winning, be sure to check out the other Design Team Members blogs (listed on the sidebar to the right) to see if they are participating in the give away. Regina will be announcing the give away on the Cutting Cafe web site November 12th, along with all the Design Team Members creations...so be sure to check it out! Here is the recipe for this card---
Card Size: A2
Stamps/Image: Cutting Cafe-Bulbs For The Tree, Fancy Holiday Season
Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots, Textile
Nestabilities: Oval/Scallop
Accessories: Metallic Cord, Gold Flat Back Pearls, Opaque Paint Marker

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget, to be eligible for The Cutting Cafe Give Away, you must leave a comment on the posting before November 15th. Good Luck and have a fabulous day!

BLOG CANDY...Tell Me What You'd Rather Have!

Woo Hoo...I've now gone over 100 followers and that means Blog Candy! Before I make a decision as to what to offer, I like YOUR opinion. What would you rather have, a bunch of "stuff" OR would you rather have a gift card to either your favorite craft store OR a Visa gift card? I'll leave it open for a few days but want to do a posting soon, so please comment with your preference! This posting will stay on top for a few days until I get enough comments to make a decision. If you haven't already, sign up to be a follower so you will be eligible for the blog candy!

Thanksgiving Boo

Good Morning everyone! Here is another Thanksgiving card, this one is for my youngest granddaughter, Bella. No holiday would be complete without Go Kreate's Boo On His Bums! Just 2 more Thanksgiving cards to go, then I can go back to my Christmas cards!! This card features The Cutting Cafe Printable Stamps.

Here is the recipe---

Card Size: A2
Digital Stamps: Cutting Cafe Autumn Days
Image: Go Kreate-Boo on His Bums
Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots, Babyface Alphabet Die (tag)

Punches-EK Dotted Scallop Edge Punch
Nestabilities: Circle/scallop
Quick Kutz: Witch's Hat (For The Buckle On The Hat)
Accessories: Ribbon, Glitter, Craft Yarn, Foam Pop Dots

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

Gobble Til You Wobble

Good Morning Everyone! Thanks for stopping by! I'd love to hear from you, so please take a moment to say hello! Yesterday as I was making ANOTHER Christmas card, I suddenly realized that I don't have all of my Thanksgiving cards done yet. I received an email from Lillie last night, and she remarked how I had all of my Christmas cards done by Halloween...LOL. Well the truth of the matter is, I'd rather be doing Christmas cards but better get cracking on the Thanksgiving cards since they will have to be mailed in about 2 weeks. This one is for my 3 year old grandson. I used the turkey from the Pilgrim clip art that I used last week. For those of you that may be new to my blog, or missed the posting last week, I had done a card using free colored clip art that I found on line. Isn't it great when you can put a card together with freebies? The image comes in the form of colored clip art, much like the decoupage images that are so popular. When I seen the image I saved it to a word document but didn't save the web site (I can't believe I did that) so I'm not able to give you the link to the web site BUT if you would like a copy of the image just leave me a comment here on my blog with your email address and I will gladly send it to you. Here is the card and the recipe---


Card Size: A2
Stamps/Image: Free Colored Clip Art
Cuttlebug: Argyle Embossing Folder
Nestabilities: Oval/Scallop
Punches: EK Corner Punch
Font: Computer Generated-Doodle Print, Cocktail
Accessories: Gold Flat Back Pearls, Foam Pop Dots (lots and lots of pop dots!)

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy your day!

Blog Awards

Hello Again...I have been such a bad blogger! I have been so busy the last week or so that I haven't had a chance to catch up on the blog awards that have been so graciously given to me. This 1st one was given to me by Kaye, Sandy and Wanda. These ladies are so talented and truly an inspiration. Please check out their blogs by clicking on their names to see for yourself why I've listed them on my favorite blog list! This is the 1st chance I've had to respond to them. I'm going to cheat alittle bit, since it's the same award, I'm going to combine it into one. The rules are this: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word---

1. Where is your cell phone? craftroom

2. Your hair? brown

3. Your mother? short

4. Your father? passed

5. Your favorite food? hamburgers

6. Your dream last night? no

7. Your favorite drink? mocha

8. Your dream/goal? hummmm

9. What room are you in? craftroom

10. Your hobby? cardmaking

11. Your fear? claustrophobia

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? NC

13. Where were you last night? here

14. Something that you aren't? organized

15. Muffins? cranberry

16. Wish list item? Pazzle

17. Where did you grow up? Ohio

18. Last thing you did? dinner

19. What are you wearing? tshirt

20. Your TV? SVU

21. Your Pets? dogs

22. Friends? many

23. Your life? rewarding

24. Your mood? happy

25. Missing Someone? brother

26. vehicle? Prius

27. Something your not wearing? shoes

28. Your favorite store? Macy's

29. Your favorite color? PINK

30. When was the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? dunno

32. Your best friend? husband

33. One place that I go to over and over? Gatlinberg

34. Facebook? No

35. Favorite place to eat? DelFriscos

Whew...that was tough...Now, I'm to pass it along to 5 others---

1.JulieH

2.Linda

3.Eunice

4.Silli

5.Lillie

If you get a chance, check out these ladies blogs, you'll be glad you did. Tell them Kelly sent you!

I received this 2nd award from Olga last week while I cleaning my craftroom and didn't have a chance thank her properly. Thank you Olga for thinking of me! Take a moment to check out her blog, she is awesome! And here is the 5 people I'm going to pass it to---

1.Dee Dee

2.Carole

3.Charlene

4.Kris

5.Fran

All in all it was pretty hard to pick 10 blogs to pass them along to, there are SO many talented people out there in the craftworld, I love them all!

Happy Holly Days

Good Morning Everyone and Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend and a Happy Halloween! I'm having a tough time getting used to the time change. I'm a morning person, but really 3AM is even too early for me! Today's card is quick and easy but the picture is kind of washed out. The metallic background layer looks silver but it is really gold. Now, without further ado---

Card Size: A2
Spellbinders: Holly & Ornament
Punches: EK Arrow Border
Font: Computer Generated-Pristina
Accessories: Ribbon, Gold Flat Back Pearls, Craft Yarn Button, Foam Pop Dots

That's it for today, thanks for stopping by! I'm a bit pressed for time this morning, so to all those that I usually leave comments, I'll stop by your blog this evening. Have a great day!

Just in the time that I posted this card, a visitor had decided to follow my blog (Thanks Emma!). That makes 99 now, as soon as I reach 100, I will be offering some blog candy. How does a Visa gift card sound? Details will follow, but make sure you are a follower to be eligible!

Tink You Fairy Much

Good Morning Everyone...Whew...I'm finished cleaning and reorganizing my craft room. What a chore! I should be able to come out to play on Monday...LOL! Today's card was made earlier this week for our good friends Bob and Kathi. I wanted to give it enough time for them to receive before posting. They had us to their home last Saturday evening for dinner. A home cooked meal is always a real treat for me since I do so little of it myself. Bob made his famous pasta that was absolutely delicious and Kathi had made THE best apple pie I have EVER tasted.
Here is the card along with the description. I'm going to a new format that I hope will save room and time. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to leave a comment along with your email address and I will get back with you!


















Card Size: A2
MCPT: Prismacolor/OMS
Stamps/Image: Disney Clip Art
Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots
Nestabilities: Circle/scallop, Oval/Scallop
Sizzix: Scribbles Swirls
Punches: Martha Stewart 3 Butterfly
Font: Computer generated-LD Luv
Accessories: ribbon, glitter, silver flat back pearls

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your weekend!

Good Morning Everyone!

Good Morning Everyone! No card to post today. I started a card yesterday but was unable to complete it for all the mess. I am not an organized crafter to begin with and am know to change my mind several times throughout a project so I'm going to take a few days off to clean up this mess that I call a craft room! When making a card is a source of frustration because you can't find anything, it's time to clean up! Enjoy the rest of your week and hopefully I'll be back in a few days.

Tigger Halloween/Have A Boo-Tiful Day

Good Morning Everyone! Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Here are the last of my Halloween cards. I made these a while back but didn't post them because the special people that they were made for take a sneak peek at my blog every now and again and I wanted them to have a chance to receive the cards before seeing them here. They are both easel cards and now that they have been posted, I will be making this type of card more often.

This first one was made for our good friends Bob and Kathi who are Disney enthusiasts and when I seen this clip art image of Tigger, I thought it would be perfect for their Halloween card. Click here to get this or one of the other 6 free Disney Halloween clip art images.

















Tigger was colored with Prisma pencils and OMS then layered on circle/scallop Nestibilities that orange flat back pearls have been added to the scallops then pop dotted to the background. The background layer was embossed with the Cuttlebug spider web embossing folder that glitter was added to the embossment. The band was cut with the Martha Stewart crooked fence punch that a ribbon knot was added. Their names were computer generated using Waltograph font then cut with a circle Nestibilty and placed on a tag made with Cuttlebug Babyface die then tied to the ribbon knot with craft yarn. The Boo is a Michael's dollar bin stamp that was stamped twice. The letters were cut then pop dotted on the image that was cut and pop dotted on the background. The spiders were cut with Cuttlebug Halloween 3 x 3 Halloween die and googly eyes added. The inside or bottom of the card was stamped using a spider web image from Inkadinkadoo stamp set and the sentiment was computer generated using Waltograph font. A Mickey ear plastic embellishment was added as the stop for the easel.

The second card was made for my good friend Gigi and her husband Eduardo. When I seen Lillie's card "Boo Did I Scare You" I knew I was going to have to copy her idea for the ghost.

The ghost image was cut with Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge several times and glued together to make it more substantial, added googly eyes and doodle dots then pop dotted on a circle/scallop Nestibility. The Boo was cut with Cuttlebug 3 x 3 Halloween die and added to the circle along with black flat back pearls to the scallops. The moon was cut with a circle Nestibility then stamped with the witch image from Inkadinkadoo. The bat and spider were cut with Cuttlebug 3 x 3 Halloween die. Googly eyes and embroidery thread were added to the spider and flat back gems were added to the bat. a ribbon knot was added to the vertical band. The inside or the bottom was stamped with a Inkadinkadoo witch image. The sentiment is from the Cutting Cafe Halloween This and That Printable set. Brads were added for the easel stop.

That's it for today. Enjoy your day and I hope to see you tomorrow!

Boo...Did I Scare You

Happy Friday! I hope everyone is ready for the weekend! A super quick and easy card today using The Cutting Cafe Printable Stamps.
I used The Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge to cut the ghosts. I cut each ghost twice then glue them together to make it more substantial, added googly eyes and pop dotted them on the background layer. The sentiment is from The Cutting Cafe Halloween This and That Set and was printed then cut with Spellbinder tag that an eyelet was added then tied it to the ribbon knot.
That's it for today. Have a great weekend, hope to see you again on Monday!

O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree

Hey There....Me AGAIN! I just couldn't leave my craft room without posting one more card. Regina over at The Cutting Cafe has a new Printable Stamp Set called Christmas All Around and they are SO cute! You really need to check them out...they are AWESOME! I am really going to have fun with these! My husband says "Thanks, Regina...Now I'll NEVER get her out of the craft room"...LOL! Anyway, I was telling my new Blogger friend Sili from Germany (check out her blog...she is fabulous) that I took 4 years of German in school, I don't remember much BUT I do remember "O Tannenbaum" so I thought this was the perfect stamp for my first card with the new set.

















I re colored the O Christmas Tree circle and printed it twice. The first one I cut with a circle Nestibility, the second one, I cut the tree and pop dotted to the 1st layer then layered it on circle/scallop Nestibility that I pierced the inner circle with a paper piercer. The star at the top of the tree was colored with a gold gel pen and added the tiny stars cut from the Cuttlebug Snowflake die to the tree and dotted the center with red gel pen. I added gold flat back pearls around the sentiment. The band was stamped with a Hero Arts stamp then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I added a ribbon bow and called it a day! Now how easy is that?

I promised my husband this would be it for the day, we're off to pick up the girls to make a day of it with them before they leave. See you next time!

Thinking Of You

Good Morning Everyone! Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are having a good week. Today's card is very plain and really quick and easy and perfect for dropping someone a little note to let them know you are thinking of them. And best of all...it is PINK!
The image is a Michael's dollar bin stamp that has been colored with Prisma Pencils and OMS then glittered and layered with circle/scallop Nestibilities. The background has been embossed with Cuttleug Textile embossing folder with score lines and the edge scalloped using Stampin Up scallop edge punch which flat back pearls and a ribbon knot has been added. Words are computer generated using Calibri font on the bold setting.
That's it for today. Thanks for taking the time to stop by today, please leave a comment so I know you were here. Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow!

Simple Pleasures

Good Morning All! Well we are half way to the weekend...which will be sad or me, my son and daughter in law will be back from their cruise and picking the girls up on Saturday :(
I noticed that I had a lot of traffic on my blog yesterday and many you were able to pick up the free images. Isn't it great when you can put a card together with freebies? The image on today's card is also a freebie, it comes in the form of colored clip art, much like the decoupage images that are so popular. When I seen the image I saved it to a word document but didn't save the web site (I can't believe I did that) so I'm not able to give you the link to the web site BUT if you would like a copy of the image just leave me a comment here on my blog with your email address and I will gladly send it to you. I saved a total of 6 images which include a Mr/Mrs Turkey Pilgrims and a Harvest Wheelbarrel filled with Autumn fruits and veggies. I think the images are adorable and remind me of the Thanksgiving commercials for Publix, a regional grocery store we have here in Florida. Then I thought of my daughter in law and how she loved the Pilgrim salt and pepper shakers they offered years ago. When we sold our second home in North Carolina, I asked if there was anything she wanted from the house and all she wanted were those salt and pepper shaker so this will be her Thanksgiving card.











I printed the image several times and cut the 1st layer with a circle Nestibility, the second layer was the head and the body, the third layer was just the body, then pop dotted the layers to give a 3D effect and glittered the leaves. I put it on the background layer that was embossed with Cuttlebug Autumn embossing folder that was inked and added a few brads. The leaves were cut and inked with Martha Stewart Maple leaf punch and added a few sprigs of greenery that was cut with Martha Stewart branch punch along with an acorn that was cut with Cricut Doodlecharm cartridge and added an eyelet and tied t to the ribbon on the side band along with a bow. The sentiment is from the Cutting Cafe Autumn Day Printable Stamp Set that was re sized and re colored.















That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

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Please note, I have received many request for the Pilgrim clip art images this morning but I cannot stress it enough, I need your email address, otherwise I don't know where to send it too
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It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Good Morning Everyone...Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are having a good day. Just a real quick card today but before I go into details I want to let you know that Verve Stamps has a Digi Freebie but only until 10/23. After I did the mittens for today's card, I went looking for a sentiment to add to the card and I came across the free download, so I will use the mittens from the freebie at another time. You can get the free download here.

















I printed the mittens from a free coloring page found here on pink card stock then cut them out and added glitter gel pen accents, added an eyelet and flat back pearls. I attached them to a circle/scallop Nesestibility with craft yarn that was embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder and pierced the inner layer with a paper piercer. The background layer was embossed with Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder then glittered the embossed area. The sentiment is the free digi stamp from Verve Stamps that was re colored. I added the snowflakes that were cut with Cuttlebug Snowflake die and added flat back pearls.
That' it for today, again thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy your visit. Have you a great day.

Where's The Fire...

Good Morning Everyone. I hope you had a great weekend. For me, we had a wonderful surprise, well it wasn't a real surprise, because we knew they were coming but my oldest son and his family were here from Tennessee Saturday. He and his wife are going on a cruise so the girls will be staying with my ex-husband while they are gone. We had dinner with them on Saturday along with my youngest son's family. It was really nice to get everyone together. We hope to be able to do something with the girls this week. Last week we were setting record high tempetures, this week we will be setting records lows...go figure! It goes from 95 last week to the high 40's this week so we probably won't be doing much outside.
Today's card is just a quickie gift card holder for my husband's son's birthday. The image is a freebie from Dustin Pike that was colored with Prisma pencils and OMS then layered onto a rectangle/scallop Nestibility. The background was embossed with Cuttlebug Spots and Dots embossing folder. The sentiment is computer generated using Boopee font and cut with a rectangle/scallop Nestibility. I added a ribbon knot and some balloons that were cut with Cuttlebug Birthday die set that craft yarn was attached to.










That's all I have today, I hope to be back tomorrow but with our grandaughters here, I won't have much time for crafting or blogging. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day...Stay warm!

Thank You...Thank You...Thank You...

Happy Friday! Today's card is a thank you card for my son and daughter in law. It is made with The Cutting Cafe Printable Stamps. If you haven't been to The Cutting Cafe in a few days, you are in for a real treat. Regina has just released a HUGE Christmas set with 49 images called All About Christmas. If you haven't done your Christmas cards yet, you should check it out, they are AWESOME!

















The image is from The Cutting Cafe Social Butterfly Set that was resized and re colored then cut with an oval/scallop Nestibility. I added a couple of silver flat back pearls and some metallic cord. The circle sentiment is The Cutting Cafe Thank You, Thank You...I Can't Say It Enough word circle that was re sized and re colored then cut with circle Nestibilities. The flowers were cut with the medium and small Marvy Daisy punch, a Michael's dollar bin punch and added flat back silver pearls. The leaves are EK Mountain Fern Punch. The background layer was scored at 1/2 inch intervals with Scor Pal and added a bow made with Bow Easy and butterflies that were punched with Martha Stewart 3 butterfly punch with silver pearls were added.
That's it for today, thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend and I will see you Monday!