A Faerie For You!!

Happy Monday to you!!

I hope you are all doing well. I am suffering from the sinus junk that is kicking some serious tail all over the place. My hubby is getting over his and Brittany is trying. I just seem to keep suffering. Uuuuugggggghhhhhh!!!!

Anyway, I wanted to share a card with you today using the beautiful Sassafras from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. Susana has a fabulous store and if you haven't been over there you should put your slippers on and click on over!! Not only does she have a fabulous selection of products, she has a beautiful and unique selection of high quality rubber stamps. Her customer service is wonderful too!! Fast shipping!! That is very important to me because I can't wait to smell fresh rubber in my mailbox!!! Can you??

Here's my card (please excuse the finger in my picture):

Doesn't she make you smile?? I love this image! I used some beautiful Daisy Bucket paper (Love it) and colored Sassafras in with my Copics. I used my Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers folder to emboss my green cardstock and Martha Stewart photo corners and pearls on the corners. I used a sketch from Magnolia-licious. I used my nesties to cut out my image and the scalloped layer.

I chalked around her with blue chalk for emphasis. I used Shimmerz on her wings, socks and flowers in her hair although my camera refuses to show you.

I used my Martha Stewart Heart punch for the inside of my card and another strip of that fabby paper. I hope you enjoyed my card as much as I enjoyed making it. Thanks for coming by my blog. It means a lot to me that you took time to visit, so be sure to leave a comment so I know you were here.

Come back tomorrow. I'll have something wonderful for you to see!

Recipe:

Stamp: Sassafras

Paper: Daisy Bucket

Ink: Memento

Other: Copics, Shimmerz, Martha Stewart punch, photo corners and pearls, CB embossing
folder

Flutterby Wednesday is here again!!

Hi everyone!!

It's Flutterby Wednesday again and me and my flutterby sisters have some wonderful creations to share with you. Of course, we have to take care of business first! Our first order of business is to welcome our new flutterby stampers into our little family. Help me welcome the very talented Kristie and Jodi. Welcome ladies, your talent is amazing and we are so happy to have you on our team!! Be sure to stop by all of the Flutterby Wednesday blogs and leave some love. Our featured stamper this week is Michelle. Leave us some comments, we love to read them. Links are on my sidebar.

You know you can play along with us every week. All you have to do is make a card containing a butterfly and let us know you did! That's it! It's that simple. If you upload to a public gallery such as SCS or PCP, please use the tag FBW47 so we can find your beautiful creations even easier!





















Today I used a beautiful Elisabeth Bell Sugar Nellie stamp called Raflective. These stamps are so beautiful. I got my butterfly from another Sugar Nellie stamp. I colored her with my Copics and today I combined Flutterby Wednesday and Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday sketch challenge MTT12 for my card. Two challenges with one card!! Gotta love that!! I hope you enjoy it as much as i enjoyed making it.

I like the Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday sketch because it gives a simpler layout that let's your image take center stage.

I used beautiful Daisy Bucket patterned paper and some Lil' Davis flowers that I've had in my stash for a while. I stamped the sentiment onto green cardstock and popped it up with pop dots for dimension.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. I really appreciate you!! Please be sure to leave a comment so I know you were here!! Have a great day!

Recipe:
Paper: Daisy Bucket, Bazzill
Stamps: Sugar Nellie
Ink: Memento
Other: Copics, flowers by Lil' Davis, Nesties

A Fish Tale for Ian!

Happy Monday everyone!!

First I want to thank everyone for their kind comments about my situation yesterday. I didn't want to give too many details because of the TMI factor!! I should have given blog candy for the first person to leave a comment telling me what kind of testing I was supposed to have this morning!!! LOL I was supposed to have a colonoscopy this morning but it didn't work out!! You can read the previous post for all the details.

Today I have an adorable Ian from the Rock the Farm Set over at The Greeting Farm to share with you today. I was supposed to have this entered into the sketch contest but I didn't quite make it. But I love my card anyway so I wanted to go ahead and post it. I will probably give this to my hubby. He loves to fish and this will be perfect for him.

I started out by stamping Ian onto white cardstock and coloring him with my copics. I chalked a little around the edges of the Ian rectangle and the circle. Look at the little tiny googly eye on the fish!! Is this not adorable? (see next photo for better look). I cut him out and matted him onto blue paper and placed him onto the card front with pop dots. The paper on the card front is Chatterbox. I cut a cute little circle with my nesties and put my little "gone fishin" button on with a glue dot. This is the cutest button ever and perfect with my little fisherman!! I finished off with a cute strip of Bo-Bunny ribbon tied in a knot.

You know you should never leave the inside of your card naked!! LOL so I cut a piece of white card stock and stamped my sentiment from the Rock the Farm set. I also stamped just the little fishes from the Ian stamp and the two heart flowers in the corners (also from the set). I colored all of this in with my copics.

I really like how this card turned out. I think DH will love it as well. What do you think?? Please be sure to leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I love to read the comments and appreciate every single one of you that takes time to stop by my blog to check it out. I will continue to provide you with lots of inspiration (hopefully) and maybe a couple of simple tutorials in the coming future!! So be sure you check back often, to see what I'm up to.

Hugs to everyone and have a wonderful day!!

Miss Anya's in the House!!!

Hi Everyone

Sorry for the late post, I have a sick child and a migraine. Not a great combination. Lookie what I found in my mailbox!! Ok, it was a few days ago, but hey, life happens!! This is actually my Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday challenge card MTTSC10. I know it's Friday, but I still think that Madelynn will like it!! I hope you do too!

These little girls are so cute and fun to color!! You can find Miss Anya at The Greeting Farm. If they are out of stock, keep checking back. Marie is wonderful and she will have some in before you know it.

I used these cuties on my card this week in a chocolate/pink color combination. One of my personal favorites! Don't you just love this!! I think it turned out really well. I started out with some beautiful shimmery, Heidi Grace paper. I stamped the girls onto white cardstock and colored them in with my copics. I cut and mounted each one onto brown cardstock. I ceated the sentiment on my computer and put it inside a cute little oval bookplate. So cute!!

I just love this card!! What do you think?? Please leave me a comment. I love reading them.

Please come back to visit. Thanks for stopping by today. I really appreciate you!!

The Anya Sistahs Rock the Farm!

Hi Everyone!! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I made this card for the Club Anya sketch challenge. I love my new Rock the Farm set from The Greeting Farm. This Anya is so adorable and fun to color. She's perfect for any occasion. I like these stamps, can you tell?? LOL!

This card was so fun to make!! I used this adorable Reminisce farm animal paper that I've had in my stash. It was perfect for our little farm girls!! I decided to make Anya a sister. She"ll need help to do all those farm chores!! LOL I colored the images with my copics. I cut all my pieces and matted them. I popped them up with pop dots. It was really very simple to make.



Thank you for stopping by my blog. It really means a lot. Why don't you encourage a friend to come over and check out my blog as well. The more the merrier!! Be sure you leave a comment so I know you were here. I really enjoy reading them!! See you soon!

Recipe:
Stamps: Rock the Farm set by The Greeting Farm
Paper: Reminisce, Hobby Lobby
Other: flowe clip, ribbon, nesties, copics, colluzzle

Pure Glamour!!

Happy Monday Everyone!!

I guess we all survived the superbowl and all that blog hopping!! I feel like a big, blonde frog with tired legs!! Today's card has to be one of my favorite images of all time!! Pretty Head Lily is a digi stamp from The Greeting Farm. She is so glamourous and fun to color. I used my copics to color her in. Take a look:

Isn't she beautiful!! I used some pretty floral dp from Fancy Pants and great flowers from Imaginisce. My sentiment is a Great Impressions stamp. I cut her out with my nestabilities scalloped circle. I used a hole punch to punch holes in the scallops to look like lace. I popped her up with pop dots for added dimension. I added lots of bling and some more cute embellies to make her really shine. I kept my design simple so she could be center stage. I love this image and will be using her again soon!!

I hope you like her and will come back again tomorrow to see what else I've been up to!! I appreciate you stopping by my blog and I hope that I can inspire you in some way!! That's what makes it all worthwhile. Bye for now.

Recipe:

Paper: Fancy Pants Designs, Bazzill

Ink: Memento, Copics

Stamps: Digi Stamp - Pretty Head Lily, The Greeting Farm- Sentiment, Great Impressions

Other: Flowers, Imaginisce, brads, Making Memories, gems, Martha Stewart, stash, hole punch, nesties

Poor Little Sophie!!

Happy Thursday everybody!! Today I'm sharing my Sophie Moose card with you. Everytime I stand on the scales I have the same look on my face . But I'm trying to fix the problem so that is a start!! Hanna Stamps are the cutest stamps with Riley and Sophie Moose, and the Hanna line. They are certainly a must have for your "collection".

The colors on this card are all my favorites. All of the patterned paper is from Die Cuts with a View and is so sparkly and cute, I just want to eat it up!! I colored my Sophie with my copics and kind of "smooshed" the color around a little bit so that it would look like fur. I also added Glossy Accents to the the part of the scale that has the numbers on it. This makes it look like glass. Very cool dimension!!! I cut Sophie and her mat with my nesties and ran the pink one through my Cuttlebug flower folder for pretty embossing. I popped her up on pop dots for dimension. The sentiment is from Penny Black and is just the cutest. I stamped it, cut it out, rounded the corners, matted it and popped it up on pop dots as well. I finished off my card with pink dew drops.

In this picture you can see a little of the shine from the Glossy Accents, so cute! Ok, this is my story and I'm sticking to it!! Think FLUFFY and picture a smaller fluff!!! This was a very fun card to make and I hope you like it too. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back again soon to see what I'm up to, because you never know!!

Recipe:

Paper: DCWV, Bazzill

Stamp: Sophie by Hanna Stamps, sentiment is by Penny Black

Dies: Nestabilities by Spellbinder scalloped ovals

Other: Copics, dew drops, Memento ink, Glossy Accents

Another Flutterby Wednesday

Hello everyone, it's Wednesday and we all know that means ; it's Flutterby Wednesday!!

I'm here with my creation for the week but you can play along too. All you have to do is make a card that has a butterfly on it and if you upload it to a gallery at SCS or PCP be sure to use the keyword: FBW41. Don't forget, Danni has blog candy that she will be giving out at the end of the month. Check out the details at Danni's blog. Be sure to check out the fabulous creations the other members of our team have posted by clicking on their links on my sidebar.

My card for the week ended up having a lot of green and purple on it kind of like last week. I think I must be in a purple/green kind of mood or something!! I also managed to use the Mojo Monday Sketch #70. So I actually finished a challenge on time this week!!! Yea !! My card this week has Making Memories paper that I dug out of my scrap stash. My stamps are Great Impressions. I used my Copics a little bit and used my Quickie Glue Pen to apply the Making Memories glitter to my flowers. On the flourish itself, I used the pen and Prisma glitter by Hero Arts. I cut my scalloped pieces with my nestabilities dies. The one little pop of color is on the tiny ladybug at the bottom of the flourish! He's so cute! I used pop dots to pop the sentiment up off the card. It's really hard to capture the glitter in the pictures, but trust me it is very glittery and pretty.

This picture shows a little of the sparkle, but it just doesn't do it justice. I photographed it under light, took it outside in the snow for natural light and everything. It just didn't want to sparkle for you. I love plenty of sparkle and the green/purple color combination. I hope you enjoy it too.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you were here! Come back again tomorrow and see what I'm up to.

Recipe:

Stamps: Great Impressions

Paper: Making Memories, Bazzill cardstock

Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities

Other: Copics, Making Memories glitter, Prisma glitter

Another Lily the Fairy

Hi all! Hope everyone is okay. I wanted to share my second Lily the Fairy card with you. This image is so much fun to use and color! I love Pink Cat Studio stamps and I'm not ashamed to admit it!1 LOL! I love all stamps!! hehe!! I should probably see someone about this obsession - ok I won't. I'll just keep making stuff and sharing it with you!!

Now, onto my card. I colored my Lily the Fairy with my copics and cut her out with my Coluzzle. I know, it's been forever since I used that!! I cut Lily out, then I cut the striped paper into a frame and attached it to the Lily circle. I popped her up on pop dots and used Shimmerz on her wings, wand and flowers to make her extra pretty! I used flowers by Hero Arts and jeweled brads from my stash. The patterned paper is Imaginisce and the cardstock is Bazzill. I used pink tulle to tie a pretty knot through the flower eyelets on top.

This is a closeup showing those beautiful Shimmerz paints. If you haven't tried these, you should treat yourself. They are absolutely beautiful and so easy to use. Look how much shine they put on the flowers!! IRL they are really pretty!

This is the inside of my card. I stamped Pink Cat images on the inside. I used a Memory Box stamp for the sentiment. I love how this card turned out. This is the second of my Lily cards that I entered into the contest. There were some stunning cards in the contest.

I didn't take a picture of the popped up image but it is popped up. I thought three pictures were enough! I hope you enjoy my card and my blog. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you were here. Come back soon and see what else I've been up to. Thanks for stopping by. See you soon!!

Recipe:

Image: Lily the Fairy - Pink Car Studio

Patterned Paper: Imaginisce, Cardstock: Bazzill

Flowers: Hero Arts

Stamp: Memory Box

Other: Coluzzle, Shimmerz paints, Copics, Making Memories eyelets, tulle, pop dots

It's Anya!!

Hi everyone. I can't believe it. I actually finished a challenge before it was over (close but not over)!! I created this little cutie patootie for Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday MTTSC5. Now if I can figure out how to link it to the right place I'll be a happy camper!!LOL!

I just love how this card turned out! Simple but so cute and sweet. I used an Anya digi stamp from The Greeting Farm. I love the instant gratification of digi stamps. Don't get me wrong, I love any kind of stamps!! Here she is dressed up like Alice in Wonderland! How cute is that??

I used my copics to color her in. I used patterned paper from Chatterbox and the sentiment is from an October Afternoon set. I used dew drops from The Robin's Nest in each corner (don't you just love those things),

I decorated the inside of the card with the same paper that I used on the front of the card and a piece of white cardstock.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you were here. Come back and see what else I've been up to!

Recipe:

The Greeting Farm - Anya as Dorothy - Digi Stamp
Patterned Paper: Chatterbox
Cardstock: Bazzill
Stamp (sentiment): October Afternoon
Other: Dew Drops by The Robin's Nest

Lily the Fairy

Happy Thursday to you!! Depending on where you live, it's a cold Thursday!! I wanted to share my Lily the Fairy card. I just love this image from Pink Cat Studio!! She is perfect for lots of occasions. My daughter is in love with this little fairy!

For my card I used some beautiful Cloud Nine glittered paper-perfect for a fairy! I colored her with my copics and cut her out with my nesties Label One set. My sentiment was cut from the scalloped round circle nestie. I embossed the blue and purple layers with my Cuttlebug. One is the swiss dots folder and the other is the birds and swirls folder. The flowers are Imaginisce.

And here's a closeup of this little cutie!! IRL her face is not orange, I promise!!

I hope you like her. Thanks for stopping by today to take a look. Please come back and check out my little corner of the crafting world tomorrow!

Recipe:

Pink Cat Studio Image

Copics

Paper: Cloud 9, Bazzill

Stamp: Hero Arts (sentiment)

Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities

Embossing: Cuttlebug

Other: brads (K & Co), flowers (Imaginisce), Memento Ink

Bye for now, Cathy.

My Happy Butterfly

Hi everyone. Today is Wednesday and that means that it is Flutterby Wednesday! My card today has a very happy butterfly on it! I decided to make a round card for a change. My daughter wanted me to use this stamp so I inked it up and colored it in with my copics. I used Making Memories paper and really made this cute little guy bling. I love Prisma glitter by Hero Arts. It really shines. It's hard to capture the glittery shine with the camera, but trust me, it is very sparkly. It is also very hard to see the dimension in the photo. I used big pop dots to pop up my butterfly and sentiment. I decided to use tulle at the top of my card instead of ribbon, just to change it up a bit (plus it's pretty)! I used my Scor-Pal to score the top of the card so it would open nicely.


Remember, you can play along too! If you make a butterfly card and upload it to a gallery at SCS or PCP be sure to use the keyword: FBW40. Don't forget, Danni has blog candy with no fat or extra calories!! Check out the details at Danni's blog. Be sure to check out the fabulous creations the other members of our team have posted by clicking on their links on my sidebar.

Finally, here it is! I hope you like it!






Thanks for stopping by my blog and be sure to come back soon and see what I am up to next.

See you soon, Cathy.

My Recipe:

Paper: Making Memories, Bazzill
Stamps: Stampendous, A Muse Artstamps
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities ribbon tags
Other: Copics, Coluzzle, Quickie Glue Pen, Prisma glitter by Hero Arts, brads, Martha Stewart gems, tulle, Memento ink , pop dots

Sophia's Friend

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today is my first day as a featured stamper for Flutterby Wednesdays and I couldn't be more excited. Be sure to check out all the details at Danni's blog. You can play along by creating a card with a butterfly on it. Danni is going to have BLOG CANDY at the end of the month, so be sure to participate and check our blogs each week for more great designs and more details.

Remember, if you upload to a gallery on SCS or PCP use the Keyword: FBW39.

Now onto my card for the week. I chose this adorable Paper Pretties image of Sophia with a butterfly that Danni sent me. Sophia is so sweet, cute and so much fun to color. I colored her with copics. I used Making Memories designer paper from the Noteworthy line. This paper is so soft and pretty and was available in my stash. Gotta love that! I hope you enjoy.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy my card and my blog. Be sure to leave me some love if you like it!! Remember, I'm new to the blogging world so please be gentle. I am loving blogging and sharing my creations and you will be seeing more as the days go on and my studio gets cleaned up and organized. Thanks again for stopping by.

Cathy

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Pretties, Great Impressions

Patterned Paper: Making Memories

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Georgia Pacific

Ink: Memento, Tuxedo Black, Angel Pink

Other: Copics, Spellbinders Nestabilities, ribbon-May Arts

Love my snowman!

Hi everyone,

I hope your new year is going well so far. My sweet daughter shared her upper respiratory infection with me and I am miserable on so many levels. Anyway, I won't bore you with that. I made this card using my Pink Cat Studio Lily and Tweet stamp set. I absolutely adore these stamps!! All of the PCS stamp sets are so cute! You'll be seeing more from this set and my other sets as soon as I feel alive again (lol). The PCS stamps have such a warm, sweet, friendly feel to them and offer great versatility for any occasion. I just love them (can't you tell). If you haven't already, check them out. You can click on the link above or on the cute kitty on my sidebar to see these wonderful stamps.

I colored my image with my copics. I've been practicing with these markers and hopefully I'm getting better, if not, be gentle. I think it turned out pretty well. My dew drops and pink marker look a little loud in the photos, but IRL they match really well. I used my Martha Stewart snowflake and lace doily edge punch on my card.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to watch for the Flutterby Wednesday Designs starting this week.

Supplies:
Stamps: Pink Car Studio- Lily & Tweet Set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Chatterbox Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Other: Copics, Dew Drops by The Robin's Next, Martha Stewart Punches

I don't know why my text suddenly wants to be centered, but I'm too tired to figure it out now (lol).Off to the Dr. I go.

Sweet Pigtails

Happy Tuesday everyone. Look at this sweet little girl!! She is a digi download from Squigglefly.com. It was so easy to download her, resize and print onto cardstock. I love, love, love her. I paper pieced her dress, purse and shoes (yes I cut out the little tops of her shoes). It was so worth it-how cute. I colored the rest of her with my copics. This My Mind's Eye paper is adorable, I will using a lot of it, I'm sure. I cut out the oval with my nesties and popped her up on pop dots along with the sentiment. I wanted to actually sew on my card, but I was too tired so I "hand sewed" with my pen.

Here's a closeup of this cutie:

I hope you like her as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by.



Supplies:

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Cardstock: Bazzill

Image: Squigglefly

Sentiment stamp: A Muse Artstamps

Other: Spellbinder Scalloped Nesties, Copics, pop dots, Zig Millenium pen, Memento Ink (sentiment)