Old Fashion Christmas: MLCCB #49

 Hello Crafty Friends :o)  Welcome to a new month and a new challenge.  Please visit our sisters blogs for more inspiration.

This post is for Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog, where it's Christmas all year. 

This image is from Power Poppy and was part of a Kit and Clowder coloring class for color pencils.  Just like anything in life, there is always room to learn new things, even if you have been doing it for years. White embossing powder was used on the outer edge of the paper.  

Here's the inside.

o   stamps: Power Poppy: Sweet and Sugary Snowglobe, SU:

o   paper: Bazzill, SU,

o   embellishments: Lace, Embossing Powder, Snowflake brad, string

House for a Mouse: MIUCB #64

 Hello Crafty Friends :o)  New month, new inspiration.  

This post is for Mix It Up Challenge Blog, this month Distressing is optional on your projects. 

I love coloring up cute images, but making them into projects can be difficult.  This image is from Di's Digi Stamps called Tree Mouse, colored in Prismacolored pencils.  Did some sewing to the paper and distressed the edges with ink.  

Here's the inside.

o   stamps: Di’s Digi: Tree Mouse

o   paper: Recollections, K&Company: Que Sera Sera, scraps

o   die-cuts: Craftin Desert Divas: Fancy Frames

o   embellishments: Bead Landing: cording, key charm, Tim Holtz: clipping sticker book

Spring Flowers: LTCCB#73

 Hello Crafty Friends.  

A little different post for my Love to Craft! Challenge Blog where anything crafty is allowed.

This is a flower bulb centerpiece.  I found a local flower farm near my home, Five Blossoms Farm and have done a couple workshops; the first one being a live wreath for Christmas workshop.  At this workshop, we learned how to force bulbs and take care of our centerpiece.   The bulbs can be planted in ground to enjoy for years to come.  

These flowers were available for our centerpieces.  Some were grown in the greenhouse and some from the flower field.  

These flowers in the bucket were from the field, which took volunteers to help plant the over 10k of bulbs one cold Saturday in December. 

Make sure you have a drainage hole on the bottom.  Add a little bit of moss on the bottom and fill with good potting soil.  Carefully lift the flowers from the soil with bulb and arrange in your container.  Fill with more soil. 

Top it off with some moss to make it pretty.  When the flowers are spent, cut off the flowers, but leave the green attached, this will make sure you have a bloom for next year.  The hyacinths smell amazing right now.

These flowers were from the field.  They pull up the bulbs when gathering the flowers, because they last longer  then if you were to cut then, like this arrangement in the glass.  It was interesting to learn about this farm and the amazing couple that run it.  

To Do List: LTSCB# 160

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy Spring ... at least it feels like Spring.  All the sisters blogs have new inspiration for the new month, so please check them out.

Here's my project for Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog where Anything Goes.

A very simple card and even using a freebie digi called Lightbulb from Dr Digi. I colored the image with my color pencils.  The sentiment is also from Dr Digi.

Here's the inside.

stamps: Dr Digi: Lightbulb and Saucy Sentiments

Little Things: LTCCB #72

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year !!  Hope we can start out your new year with lots of inspiration with all sister blogs going live today.  Don't forget to take a nap, if you stayed up hooting with the owls.  

This is for Love to Craft! Challenge Blog, Anything crafty goes.

I created this card from a bonus coloring project from Kit and Clowder. The image is from Alyce.  Even when we have been doing things for a long time, like coloring, it's always good to keep practicing.  Even taking a couple of classes to refresh, never know when you will learn something new.  

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking :o)

o   stamps: Kit and Clowder

o   paper: MFT:     Prima Marketing: My Darling

o   embellishments: Stampdenous: embossing, Recollections: sequins

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges: 

• Crafts Galore Encore:  #107 Anything Goes

Coffee; Because Adulting is Hard: LTSCB #159

Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year :o)   Maybe this year is a good year to try new things. 

Today there is lots of inspiration with all the sister blogs going live.  This is for Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog, Anything Goes.

This digi stamp is from Twistoon and was colored with Prismacolor pencils.  The stamp is called Tea Break, but looking on her website, I could not find this image.  It may have been when she was under Bloobel stamps. 

Here is the inside.

thanks for looking :o)

o   stamps: Twisted Toons: Tea Break, Sugar Pea Designs: Brew-tiful Sentiments

o   paper: Card Warehouse: kraft, Pion: Grandma’s School Book Red Clover

o   die-cuts: Sugar Pea Designs:

o   embellishments: Celebrate It: Lace

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges: 

• A Perfect Time to Craft: #1-2023 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore: #107 Anything Goes

Very Merry Simple Christmas: MLCCB #48

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year!!  Christmas is over, the new year is here. Time to start next year Christmas card stash is a must.  

This post is for Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog, Anything Christmas is welcomed.

I have always loved the images Krista draws. Probably why I have so many, but I always want more.  I'm sure one day, I will get them all colored up...maybe.  This image is called Merry Christmas and was colored with Prismacolor pencils. I like all things vintage, trying to give this card that feeling.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking :o)

o   stamps: Krista Smith: Merry Christmas   SU: Short & Sweet

o   paper: Recollections, Bazzill, the Paper Studio: Polka newsprint-grey

o   die-cuts: Craftin Desert Divas: fancy frames

o   embellishments: stampendous: embossing

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges: 

•    613 Avenue Create: #202301-AG w/Opt twist: Winter Theme
• A Perfect Time to Craft: #1-2023 Anything Goes
•   Once Upon A Time Challenge Blog: #6 The Snowy Day

Best Friends: MIUCB #63

Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year !!!

This post is for Mix It Up Challenge Blog  Anything Goes with optional challenge NO Stamping.

No stamping, no problem!! Just get those fun die-cuts out and create something cute. I will say, it's hard when you want to stamp a sentiment, somewhere or just anywhere. I used a die-cut set from Sugar Pea Designs, Coffee Cuties. I did some layering with the die cuts.  This was fun and cute to create :o)

Here is the inside.

thanks for looking :o)

o   paper: Recollections: Red, scraps

o   die-cuts: Sugar Pea Designs: Coffee Cuties, Tim Holtz: Celebrate, Love

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #46: Dragon Stocking

 Hello crafty friends :o)  Welcome to September and the smell of Fall.  All the sister blogs are live today, please visit them.

This post is for MLCCB, Anything Christmas goes

Couple months ago we did a Kit and Clowder coloring of a dragon building a snowman, I saw this image and had to have it too.  The artist is Lee Holland, image called Dragon Holding Stocking. The image is colored with my prismacolored pencils. Dragons are part of Christmas now, just as long as they don't blow fire and burn up the gifts.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

o   stamps:  Lee Holland: Dragon Holding Stocking

o   paper: Bazzill, Bo Bunny

o   embellishments: Stampendous: frontage embossing powder

Mix It Up! Challenge Blog #61: Butterfly Tag

Hello crafty friends :o)  Another new month, more fabulous new inspirations.  Please check out all the sister blogs.

This post is for MIUCB, Optioal Smooshing/Anything Goes

Sometimes I design things for other projects and decide I don't like them... on that project, so they get put to the side until I can figure out what to do with them.  After distressing a couple of cards, I didn't like them on another project, put made them front and center for this tag.  Stencil, scrap pieces of paper, paint, inks, and objects filled this tag .

A little sentiment for the back.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

o   stamps: MFT: Fairy-Tale Friendship

o   paper: scraps

o   embellishments: Fairy Tale: metal butterfly, Recollections: wooden key, 3 Girl Jam: ribbon,Tim Holtz: Stencil,  twine, scrap lace,