7 Kids Challenge/ Hexagons

Happy Thursday!! Egads this week went by so fast. I am going to keep my posting short today - my house looks like a tornado hit it and I so need to clean it. It took a lot for me to finally get the magazine done and posted, but got it done! The subscribers have been really raving over the tutorials that are in the mag this time. There is one on how to make your own faux metal and it is fantastic by Jo Ham!! You can take a die cut and make it look just  like metal - want to know how??? Come join us:)  We also have 41 free digi's for our members to download and 3 are from MayzyArts and next issue we will have Meljen Digi Design to be our featured Digi Artist joining us. So come on!!  http://craftrmdoor.ning.com

So, are you ready for this weeks challenge at 7 Kids College Fun Challenge? ( boy that is a mouthful!) This week is to use Hexagons somewhere on your prodject and one lucky random winner will  win a $20.00 gift certificate to use at 7 Kids College Fund Store. 

 I have  this adorable SkippyDee and Bella,  by Ellisabeth bell, for one lucky winner who visited me during the hop last week. 

Congratulations to Denise Goeldner!! Denise please send me your home address  sweater32@aol.com.

This adorable image below is Li'l Montana by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps. I lover her images and have quite  a collection.

Colleen

Li'l Montana by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps

Copics: Hair: E55, E53, E51. E50 Fowers in her hair: BG57, BG45, BG10, Pants: E77,E74 E31, E50

Oranage shirt: YR65,YRr61, YR 02

Authentic Paper Pad Carefree Collection

Sowong Double Sided Tape

Pop Up Glue Dots

Memento Summer Sky Blue -  used to sponged the sky

Memento New Sprout used to stamp and sponge grass

Spellbinders Hexagons

White Lace Ribbon by Melissa Frances

Have a great day!

Challenges

Forever Friends -  Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamp blog hop

Happy Saturday everyone!! Today is the Whimsy Stamps blog hop brought to you by the 7 Kids College Fund design team!   We are featuring Elisabeth Bell by Whimy's stamps, who is one of my all time favorite stamp artist! Can you see me smiling!?! And,  lookie what you have a chance of winning if you leave a comment on all the design teams blogs.

And, one lucky winner will be winning Skippydee & Bella if you follow my blog and leave a comment! I can't wait to color her up - I got one for me too:)

I am featuring Li'l Sweet Tweeter and I just love this image for you could use her for so many different type of greeting cards. I will be adding "A little birdie told me" sentiment to my card and it will go to a sweet little girl I know for her birthday!!

Supplies

• Li'l Sweet Tweeter
• X-press-It Blending card to color image
• Copic Markers
• Light Pink Sprig by Melissa Frances
• Fairy Floss Mini Paper Blooms
• Silver Heart Tokens by Blue Moon

Your next hop is to Hazel and wait until you see what she has created for you- you don't want to miss it. If you landed on my blog first you will want to start at the beinning @  7 Kids Store Blog

• Carisa Zglobicki
• Colleen Holmes  here
• Hazel Brown
• Karen Gauthier
• Kim O'Connell
• Lizzi Graf
• Sharm Nidyanandan

Challenges

• Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps -  Something Old Something New
• One Stop Craft -  Sparkle and Bling
• Sugar Creek Hollow  -  Lots of Layers
• Creative Corner-pink and brown
• Crafty Catz -  Lets have Sparkle  
• Daring Cardmakers -  Just Because
• Fairy Tale - Embossing
• Paper Crafting Journey -  For a Girl
• Sassy Studio Designs -Use a Charm
• The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
• The Cutie Pie- 3 different textures
• Inky Chicks - Bingo ( die-cuts,bow,pearls)
• My Mum's Craft: Anything goes
• Natalie and Amy - Your fave things (pink&pearls)

Blog Hop, Whimsy Stamps

Happy Thursday everyone! This is Colleen popping in to tell you to put 7  Kids Store Blog on your calendars for Saturday, Janurary 26 @ 9AM. The 7 Kids Design team is having a Whimsy Stamp blog hop and you don't want to miss it! Who doesn't love Whiimsy stamps and esp. the Elisabeth Bell collection. The first rubber stamp I bought was an Elisabeth Bell image and over the past year, my collection has grown to about 60 of her stamps. What is there not to love? They are fun, whimsical and so much fun to create with! Trust me you do not want to miss this hop!  One lucky person will win a nice bag of goodies  from the store and guess what two of the items are... give up? Well, it's a Whimsy Stamp blog hop right? You got it - Whimsy Stamps!.  So remember, this Saturday at 9 AM, the blog hop will start on the stores blog - here!  I can't wait for you to see what my awesome design sistah's have created - one word - AWESOME!

Sneak Peek!

See you Saturday!!

Spring Is Back - I wish

Happy Wednesday everyone!! It's challenge time again at 7 Kids College Fund Challenge and it is an easy peasy challenge!  "Use something new and pair it with something old from your stash.  Check out 7 Kids store for a whole lot of new products and stamps and more on the way. Pssssss Tab went to CHA and came back with a TON of new products and your going to want them!!

Today I used one of my favorite stamps from Sara K called "Spring Is Back" and I so want to see spring!! Are you tired of the cold, rain, ice and snow?  So I had a blast coloring her for she is all about spring!  So come play with us!! A random winner will win a $20.00 gift certificate to the store! Perfect time to win a GC with all the new CHA products coming to 7 Kids College Fund Store!

Supples

Image: Spring Is Back by Sara K - one of my all time favorite artist
X-press Bright White Blending Card by Copic -  love this paper for coloring with Copics
X-Press It 1/4 inch High Tact double sided tape
Pop It Shapes to add a 3 D look to your project
Nestabbilities Small Classic Ovals
Spellbinder Fleur De Lis Motifs
Orange At You Spica Glitter Pen from Copic
Lavender At You Spica Glitter Pen from Copic
Copic Markers: Skin: E11, E00, E000 Coral: R05, R02, R00, Pants: E43, E41, E51, Hair: E35, YR20
Authentique 6 x 6 Paper Pad: Collection: Carefree - stash
Petaloo flowers and leaves - stash

Challenge:
All That Scrap Wednesday Challenge - anything goes
Cards by Lady Anne / Stamp Challenge - anything goes
Crafting By Design - use alcohol markers
Crafts and Me - Something new
Divas by Design -girly
Stamp n Doodle -  anything goes

Happy Tuesday!

Hello there! Hope you are warm and snugly where ever you may be. It's cold and rainy here in Northern Maryland. I rather have snow then cold rain that goes right through ya. Today was a good day, I spent most of it coloring and making one huge mess in this craft room. Tomorrow I won't be so happy with myself but for now it's good:)

I was honored, being asked, to be a Guess Designer on Oozak.com. design team!  Rusty, the owner of Oozak, is one super nice person and has supported everything I have ever done online. He is a monthly sponsor on The Outlawz Challenges and Through The Craft Room Door Challenges which BTW he is sponsoring this week! So of course I had to jump at the chance when Melanie asked me to be GDT!

My current new love of stamps  are La-La Land and  Oozak has  many of them in stock for you! I chose Mod Marci for my card.  My father loved music and he could pick up almost any instrument and play it by ear.  Did you ever here anyone play the spoons? That's right, two kitchen stainless steel spoons back to back and my dad would jam with the best of them. Here is what playing spoons looks like: You Tube- spoons. Any how, right before Christmas, my father started playing with his guitar and that is how I came to making "Mod Marci" Isn't she adorable!?!

So come on and join us at Oozak's Challenge Blog; The Theme is Pink and bling!

This month's prize will be a COPIC CLASS from Suzanne Dean's Color Me Creative.

Challenges

• Bunny Zoe's Crafts -  Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations -  Anything Goes
• Card Makin' Mamas – Anything goes 
• Card Mania -  Girly
• Cards by Lady Anne / Monday Anything Goes Challenge

May 7, 1923 - December 31, 2012

Hi everyone! Hope you enjoyed the holidays and wishing you a very blessed new year.

I have been MIA for the past few weeks, and even though I don't have anything to post, I wanted to tell you why. On Christmas my mother told me my father was ill in bed and had the chills. I only spoke to him for a few short moments and he kept telling me how cold he was. On Dec. 27 he was diagnosed with pneumonia and admitted to the hospital. December 29 they told him he was in renal failure, he was 89 years old and refused dialysis. He was discharged from the hospital to home on December 30, the same days my brothers and I arrived at my parents home.  He died December 31 at 7:25 AM.

I am still in a state of shock and cannot believe this has happened.

If you are a subscriber to TTCRD Magazine - please know I am putting it together - just a little bit slowly this time around.

Hugz