Happy Saturday!

Happy Saturday everyone!! Oh my gosh, I cannot believe so much time has gone by since my last posting - it amazes me that we are almost in the month of April. I won't bore you with to many details! I did celebrate my birthday last week and had an awesome surprise when my daughter from Vegas showed up with no warning! Everyone knew but me. We met another daughter in southern Maryland for lunch and it was a joy to have both girls with me at the same time!:)

I just published the 13th Issue of Through The Craft Room Door Magazine! This issue is filled with 16 tutorials and loads of inspirational cards and projects. You can also win Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Labels Twenty Two by just creating a card or project using the sketch that is in the magazine! How easy is that? And!  there are over 110 free digital images from all the great sponsors we have had over the past two years - they are all there just waiting to be used by you! So come on and enjoy a great paper craft magazine and win prizes too! Oh yes, you can win a $15.00 gift certificate by just submitting an article, project or even photo's of your craft room to be publish!:) A sneak peek video is up above:)  Through The Craft Room Magazine.

I could write a book on the feelings I have about winter this year but it would be filled with griping and moaning to no end.  It has been one of the strangest winters ever! One day we are in the 70's and then bammmmm the next day it is snowing and down in the teens. What the heck? I just know I have seen enough snow to last me a lifetime and I love it when it snows but geeeshhh enough is enough!

Find out how you can make this  gorgeous card and how easy it was to create in the Spring Issue!  I made several of them with different sentiments so I can have a card quickly when the need arises. 

Have a great day and it won't be so long the next time! 

Challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge:  D for Diecuts
• Challenges and candies - Embossing
• Craft for the Craic - March - Something Green
• Craftitude - Anything Goes or Add a Brad/ Eyelet
• Crafty Catz  - Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge  - Anything Goes

• 4 Krafty Girlz -  Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts Texturize it
• Little Miss Muffet Challenges  - Anything Goes
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday  Anything Goes...  Add a butterfly

2013 Christmas Cards

Hello everyone! Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and if you don't celebrate Christmas - hoping you had a wonderful time sharing with friends and family.

I was unable to post daily as I wanted to do so here is a few of the 100 + Chirstmas cards I made for customers, family and friends - yes, I did make multi's of certain ones! Enjoy and if you have any questions about materials just leave a note in the comments.

 Happy New Year!!

A little bit of Christmas

Good morning everyone! Well, I completed a 100 card order and will be posting what I created every day. Hubby took them to work today and they called with another order!! The work is great, but I'm kind of tired of doing Christmas cards and there is still 3 weeks left!! I am in the mood to decorate and bake and after I finish this last order that is exactly what I am going to do:)

Today is a new challenge at Through The Craft Room Door Magazine Challenges and as always it is  "Anything Goes:  Come on over and join us and have a chance to win a years subscription to the magazine which is full of tutorials and tons of inspirations. The current issue theme is Holiday! Do you need a quick gift or inspiration for a Christmas Card - well look no more for all your ideas are right there! Plus, there are over 90 free digital images for you to enjoy.

My card today is created using Paper Shelter image and digital background.  Very easy card to do when you are in a pinch. I  printed it out twice, recolored Santa and his bag to give it more depth,  my printer didn't do such a good job of printing it out. The background paper is from Basic Grey and ribbon is Olfry. I cut the snowflakes out with Memory Box dies and my bow is created using the "Bow Easy". 

My card base is 10 x 5  red folded in half.

Dark green cut at 4 7/8 square. Design paper 4.3/4 sqaure.

Copic: Santa's Suit. R29, R46, R28, R24, R13\4

Santas bag: E50, E31, E23

I cut out Memory Box Die snowflakes and covered them with glue and glitter. 

Thank you for coming by!

Challenges entered:

City Crafter Challenge Christmas Colours (Red Kraft & White)

Clear It Out , Must use stash item - Challenge: Anything Goes Stash Item:Anything Goes - ribbonCrafty Sentiment Designs   Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge  Santa Is Coming

High Hopes Stamps  Santa Claus Is Coming To Town- use metal (brad)

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge  Must be Christmas-  Christmas & A Hop(all month)

Ike's World  Christmas Is Coming

LEJ Designs: Festive Fun

Papertake Weekly  Christmas Creatures

Riley And Company Snowflakes

Sassy Cheryl's  Ribbon &/or Bows

Through The Craft Room Challenge

Hi everyone! Are you getting ready for the holidays?  We went to the mall last night and it was such a delight seeing all the stores decorated and everyone was in a pleasant mood and the sales people were really going out of their way to help you. I think they were just happy Black Friday and the weekend was over with! I refuse to go out of the house on Black Friday and esp. near any stores. You read such horror stories of how mean people really are with all the pushing and shoving - no thanks.  Did you venture out? Tell me your experience if you did - was it as crazy as they say?

Today is a new challenge over at Through The Craft Room Door Magazine Challenges and as always it is "anything goes"  I decided to join in this week with one of the best design teams ever! They really step it up and create the most beautiful creations and cards. Please join us and this weeks sponsor is Through The Craft Room Door Magazine and you have a chance of winning a years subscription!

I love this image from Mo's Digital Pencil called "Santa's Hat"  

Christmas Tree: Jolee's Boutique 

Copic Markers: Skin: E11, E00, E000 RV10 E04. 

PJ's: B16, B14, B12.

 Hat: R39, R29, R28, R24, R222. 

Gold Plate: YR23, Y15, Y11

Glitter: Silhouette white

I added some 3 dimension to the paper with Stampendous Shabby White Embossing powder - I love this Stampendous chunky embossing powders for you can make any plane card stock into beautiful 3 dimensions. You have to heat it first under the paper or you will end up blowing all the powder off. 

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to join the fun at TTCRD! 

Through The Craft Room Door is having a DT call until December 15. Since there are two design teams you would only be responsible for a creation every other week and one project for consideration to the magazine bi-monthly. It is a 3 month term and it is a friendly happy place to be with no drama issues! You would love being on the team so come on and apply.

Challenges entered: 

     Color me Creative Classrooms: Anything Goes

• Artistic Inspirations  - Winter Wonderland
• Crafting from the Heart -  Anything Goes
• Created With Love Challenges -  Christmas
• Imagination Crafts -  Merry Christmas
• Lexi's Creations -  Christmas
• Sparkle N Sprinkle -  Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking
• Stamp and Create -  Anything Goes
• Through the Purple Haze  - Christmas is coming
• Whoopsi Daisy - CHRISTMAS USING TRADITIONAL COLOR
• Oozak: Anything goes, Lets celebrate

Happy Columbus Day weekend!

Hello and happy Friday! I am not even sure if anyone will be visiting my blog - it's been 3 months since I have been here and I want to say I miss everyone. I miss the banter between the blogs and friendships I have formed over the years.  So much has happened since my last posting - it would take a book to catch you all up:)  So here are the highlights! We left here in July and went to Las Vegas to pick-up our grandsons, Tyler-15 and Travis-12 for a LONG road trip. We stopped in Yosemite National Park and  went hiking,  took the cable snow lift to the top of the mountain where there was still SNOW on the ground - the view was spectacular, we only wished we had more time to stay. We then headed up to San Francisco and visited with my niece and grand-nephew and showed the boys the sites including the Golden Bridge and I drove down the famous Lombard Street.  Our next stop was in Santa Cruz, California where we stayed one block from the boardwalk entrance to the amusement park which is right on the beach! The boys had a great time and it was nice they were old enough to go off and enjoy the rides while we walked the beach for two days. We kept on the Pacific Coastal Highway - US1. I can't even describe this gorgeous, beautiful stretch of highway.  There is a stretch of approx. 60 miles and heading south you have the mountains on your left and the ocean on the right. The road is one huge curve after curve and you cannot travel over 30 miles an hour and many spots you are doing 15 MPH. There are no towns, nor gas stations and you see an occasional road side restaurant. It took four hours to do 60 miles and the only thing I can say is ...if you have a chance to do it - Just DO IT for you will not be sorry!  Being from the east and only seeing California's cities before this - I felt like I was in another country:)

Anyhow! Through The Craft Room Magazine is doing good,  we sure would like to see you there:) This issue is full of great tutorials, articles and step-by-step card making.  Everything you ever wanted to know about Panpastels, learn how to quill easily, lots of Halloween bags and treats to make for the little ones -well, big ones too!

Well, I gabbed up a storm and so I best get moving! Today's card is in the magazine with all the details. Yep, it is a Mo Manning digi  and colored with Copic Markers. 

Thank you for stopping by today:) Hugz

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Yikes we are in July already - I sure wish the winters would go by as fast as our summers do.  It seems like only yesterday was Memorial Day:( Well, we are enjoying the few warm sunny days that we have had with no rain:(  I would be very happy to have just a few days in a row with nothing buy sunshine on my face. One of my most favorite things to do is swimming and in the SUN! In door pools are okay, but I much rather be outside with fresh air and sunshine. How about you? Do you like to swim or what is your favorite thing to do in the summer months. My friends in South Africa are currently having their winter months - the ideal world be to live between the two continents and have summer all year long!!

Today is the beginning of a brand new challenge at http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.com Challenge and the  theme is "Markers" it doesn't matter what kind of markers you use to color with. Come on and join the fun and have the chance to win a $20.00 gift certificate to the 7 Kids College Fund store.

Ok, Rhea Wiegand told me to get out of my comfort box and so I did on this card! Ok, just a little -  so it's still a Sarah Kay image and if you follow my blog - you will know I LOVE Sarah K...just look at my previous post:)  I on all the sidedistressed the edges of all the papers and sponged Tea Dye Distress ink over them and the lace. Sprinkled it with Stampendous Shabby White and Aged Bronze Embossing Enamels and heat set it from the bottom, so the powder would stay in place. I sure wish you could see it in person for it is really much prettier then it shows in the photo.

Zoe Gazing At Butterfly - Artist Sarah Kay

Shabby White Enamel Embossing Powder by Stampendous

Aged Bronze Embossing Enamel  by Stampendous

Nestabilities Labels 11 by Spellbinders

Copics: Hat and Shirt: G24, G21, G21, Pink: R85, R83, R81 Pants: B95, B93, B91 Skin: E11, E00, E000

Lyric Brads

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink to stamp stamp

X-Press It Blending Card - paper used to stamp image on

X-Press double sided tape

Prisma Butterfly Brad

Prisma Flower

Cherish 6x6 Paper Pad from Authentique

Happy Birthday USA!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today is another fun day challenge at 7 Kids College Fund Challenge and the theme is Red, White and Blue! I love this combination - not only because it is the USA colors, I love them because they are bright and cheerful  colors together - don't ya think? This super cute image is Engineer by Mo Manning. I chose this image because it reminded me so much of my dad. He worked for The Union Switch and Signal for over 50 years and no one could be more patriotic then my father. So there you have it!  I airbrushed the background with copic markers and I see I need a lot more practice with it. Oh well, it was fun to do and that is all that counts! Don't forget to stop by the challenge and possible be a winner of a $20.00 gift certificate to the store! Everything you ever need for your paper crafting and more can be found at 7 Kids College Fund. 

Engineer by Mo Manning

Tuxido Black Momento Ink to stamp image

Stamped onto white - X-Press It Blending Card 

Colored with Copic Markers

Nestability Die Grand Circle

Nestability Grand Scallop

X-press 1/4 inch two way tape

Pop It Up By Ranger

My love of Sarah Kay

Hey Everyone!! Today I am sharing one of my  favorite stamp artist and that is Sarah Kay! Her images just bring back so many good memories for me and I love coloring them. This sweetie is: "Country Girl" - I can imagine sitting there dreaming of things I would love yet to accomplish. I think my dream is to travel more and see all the beautiful places. My mother and father who have RV for 20 plus years say "you don't need to leave the US, it's all here!" so that is my dream to travel more in the US! Well, and a few other places!

Sarah Kay: Country Girl

I thought I would show just how much I love Sarah Kay and how nostalgic the images can be and perhaps you will love her too! These are just a few of the cards I have made using SK images.

Spring Is Back

Can you tell this is one of my favorite stamps!!

 Zoe Gazing At The Butterfly

Eloise and Mimi Saying Hello

Can I Tell you A Secret

Rose's Garden

Bernadette Admiring The Spring Flowers. 

DON'T FORGET TO GO THE THE 7 KIDS COLLEGE FUND CHALLENGE BLOG TO SEE THIS AWESOME CHALLENGE "JUST WRONG" OH MY, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF AND CHECK OUT THE SUBMISSIONS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BLOG!! YOU WILL GASP, LAUGH AND SAY "THIS IS JUST WRONG!"

Bearly-Mine Challenge - Anything goes

Craft Room Challenge - Here comes Summer
Deep Ocean Challenge- For a girl
Creative Card Crew: Die cuts
Party Time Tuesdays - Fancy Folds, anything goes
Lady Anne's Challenge- ATG

Just Plain Wrong Challenge

Hey everyone you have to check out 7 Kids College Fund Challenge this time!!  This is the  most fun challenge of the year!!! And the most rewarding! Not only will there be lots of prizes, there will be lots of laughs! The purpose of this challenge is to get a bit out of your usual cardmaking groove and be funny, weird, unexpected and unusual. We are looking for strange coloring, funny and edgy sentiments, goofy cards or things that will make people laugh or say "That is JUST WRONG!" Have fun with this challenge. And, this time around all winners will get prizes!!!

Cardmakers will compete in the following categories for TOP 3 and each category winner will receive a $20 gift certificate:

1) Best zombie or strange creature
2) Card that gave us the biggest laugh
3) The card that made us say "That is JUST WRONG" the loudest!

Come on and join us for fun and laughs!! 

Did you ever hear the song by Joe Nichols "Tequila Makers Her Clothes Fall Off? My Hubby says this was me in my younger days...I never came home with a table cloth on though!! I didn't lose everything:) But a few contacts, earrings, sweaters, coats and one time even a pair of shoes:) 

Here is the lyrics:

"Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off"

She said, "I'm going out with my girlfriends
For margaritas at the Holiday Inn"
Oh have mercy my only thought
Was tequila makes her clothes fall off

I told her put an extra layer on
I know what happens when she drinks Patron
Her closet's missing half the things she bought
Yeah, tequila makes her clothes fall off

She'll start by kicking out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink

Them panty hose ain't gonna last too long
If the DJ puts Bon Jovi on
She might come home in a table cloth
Yeah, tequila makes her clothes fall off

She can handle any champagne brunch
A bridal shower with Bacardi punch
Jello shooters full of Smirnoff
But tequila makes her clothes fall off

She'll start by kicking out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink

She don't mean nothing, she's just havin' fun
Tomorrow she'll say, "Oh what have I done?"
Her friends will joke about the stuff she lost
Yeah, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh tequila makes her clothes fall off

 Clotheline Cow by Art Impressions

1/4 X-Press It Tape

X-Press It Blending Card

Copic Sketch Markers

Memento Ink

Scor Pal

Have fun with this one!! Come on and play but check out my awesome DT sistahs creations! 

Embellishments Sara K

Happy Thursday everyone!! Today is another kick off day for 7 Kids College Fund Challenges! 

Are you ready to play along with us?  Our challenge is...

Embellishments!!!!

We are kicking off another fun filled Embellishments Challenge!  We sure hope you play along, because you can win a $20 gift certificate to the 7 Kids College Fund store.  There are a few simple rules so be sure to visit the challenge blog to check them out.  

Bernadette Admiring the Spring Flowers by Sarah K

Copic Sketch Markers

X-press It Blending Card

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink for stamping Images

X-press Tape 1/4 inch

Pop It By Ranger

Dandelion Blog Hop

Happy Saturday everyone!!! It's time for another fantastic blog hop with 7 Kids College Fund Design Team and we are show casing these adorable stamps by Dandelion. Not only is this a fantastic blog hop for inspiration but look what Dandelion is graciously giving away just for you to hop along!

And not only that!! 7 Kids College Fund Store is giving a 10% discount on all Dandelion products! As you can see in the photo above - these adorable stamps are so versatile to use. Wishing you well, Hello, Smile they are all so stinking cute!  The Discount code is: DD10

For my card I used "A Happy Hello"  It is so nice and sweet to receive a card  in the mail for no reason at all except to say "Hello"   Whenever I get a one - I get the warm fuzzy feeling inside, knowing someone cares enough to just send a simple card, to let me know they are thinking about me. Let someone you know, that you are thinking about them!:) 

Dandelion Designs "Happy Hello"
Copic Sketch Markers
X-press It Blending Card
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink for stamping Images
X-press Tape 1/4 inch
Pop It By Ranger
Top Design Paper - Come find out how to make your own background paper in the next issue of
 Through The Craft Room Door Magazine
Bottom Design Paper by: Dove Craft - Garden Party

Karen G
Grandma Bonnie
Rosie Bridges
Shannon White
                      Colleen Holmes -you are here
Kim O'Connell
Rhea Weigand

Have fun finishing the hop! Your next stop is Kim O'Connell who always has fantastic inspiration!

Challenges:

•  One Stop Craft -  Anything Goes
• Our Creative Corner - - Anything Goes
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge -  Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz -– 3 of something 2 of anything and 1 of what ever you want 
• Inspire Me Fridays– Hosted on New Blog -  - Anything Goes
• Polka Doodles - Spring Colours / Pastels
• Simply Create Too -  Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - Always Anything Goes
• Wags 'n Whiskers -  Anything Goes
• Crafting Musketeers - Anything Goes

Happy Birthday - Gone Fishing

Happy Thursday everyone! I wanted to share with you a  sweet Happy Birthday Card I made for my grandson:) His middle name is Fisher - why? Because his father is a fishaholic! No lie:) His name is Andrew Fisher and he LOVES fishing just like his dad!

I created my card with "Gone Fishing" by Sarah K - one of my all time stamp artists. Her creations are nostalgia, adorable and fun to color.

Supplies

Copis Markers: Hat and pants: E55, E53, E51, E50 and E31.

 Skin: E11, E00, E000, E21.Shirt: B16, B14, B12. 

I sponged the grass with Pistachio and Olive Grove Memento Ink.

After cutting out a template for the clouds using my whacky scissors ( I forget what they are called but we all have a few!) Anyhow, colored by using my Copic Airbrush with B91. 

Trees were colored with G29, G28, G24, C7. 

Sentiment was computer generated. 

DID YOU KNOW WE WERE HAVING A BLOG HOP ON SATURDAY, MAY 18 on the 7 Kids Store Blog!! Come on and join us for a fun time with adorable stamps by Dandelion! 

You don't want to miss it for there will be fabulous prizes and lots of inspirations by the DT! 

Big Shoes - Mo Manning Stamp

Happy Thursday everyone!! I am bringing back an oldie, but one I love and is still available at 7 Kids College Fund  store. I was commissioned to create 26 Father and Mother's Day cards. I sent a card I created before with  Big Shoes by Mo Manning by Stamping Bella  and she wanted 5 more in different colors! Here are two different ones. I love this image for she can be used for almost any occasion and so fun to work with!

I used Secret Garden by Graphic 45 paper pack! If you have not seen this paper pack yet...trust me you want to - it is one of my most favorite paper pads to date! 

I used  "Paris Girl" by Carta Bella! Very girly paper pad with  lots of different shades of pink with black! Ah who doesn't like pink and black together? 

Colored with Copic Markers

X-Press It Blending Card

X-press tape 1/4 inchPop It Up

***Check out the sells at  7 KIDS College Fund right now!! Up to 80% off on selected merchandise! You can't afford not to look!! ***