A few more Birdhouses!

Well it's day 2 of Spring break with the kids home. The house is still standing and I did get some crafting done. That's good odds in my Book! Now if I could only ask mother nature to cooperate it would be fantastic. We are having High winds here today and it's knocked out the Power 3 times now. I'm trying to sneak in this post before it goes out again.

I completed 3 more little birdhouse Easter treat holders. These will be for my niece's and nephew.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look and I hope you have a Happy Crafty Week.

It's a Great Sunday!

Today has been a wonderful day! It's beautiful weather outside which means My kids are out playing and I get to play with my papers inside! Thursday night during Marion's (A piece of Craft) Prima Ustream she put together these adorable birdhouses! I fell in love with the whole idea and Marion's turned out beautiful! I found a birdhouse template on the internet and this is what I came up with! These were so fun to make I intend to make Them as my Easter treat holders for my nieces and nephew, as well as a few friends children.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look! I hope your having a wonderful weekend.

Tomorrow is a new week and Spring break for my kids! Yippee!

Have a Happy Crafty time!

Spring Swiss Pixies Kit candy

Kellie Winnell hit 1,000,000 visits to her blog so in Celebration she would like to offer the Spring Swiss Pixies Stamp kit as Candy! I think the collection is Sooo cute and would Love to have it. I think it's Fabulous that Kellie reach such an amazing number of blog hits. I hope some day I will get there as well. Maybe not as fast as Kellie but Someday. On a positive note the hit counter only goes higher, so It has to happen just like Old age.

Thanks for stopping by and good Luck! Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sundays With Crissy DT Try Out!

One of my favorite Digital artists Crissy Armstrong is creating a Brand New Challenge Blog! Sundays With Crissy a bi-weekly challenge blog starting April 11th. I know there will be several amazing crafters who will be applying for a coveted DT spot but I can't win if I don't Play! The image I chose is called Lion Hugs you can find this image at Squigglefly.

I followed the Sketch challenge from Friday Sketchers. I used MME papers with Prima pearls and flowers.

I colored the image with my trusty old colored pencils. I love how this card makes me feel the strength of the lion but the softness of the lamb. I created a matching envelope using Priscillastyles envelope design.

Thank You Crissy for the opportunity to join in your new adventure!

Thank you to my blog friends for stopping by to take a look at my projects!

Have a Happy Crafty Day!

A few more challenges:

Your Next Stamp : distressing

Creative Card Crew : Going Dotty

Stamp Something : distresssing

Squigglefly Challenge 41 and Announcment of new Image Line!

Happy Monday! It's a new week and a new challenge over at the Squigglefly Challenge Blog. This week the Lovely Kim has set the Challenge make a card using buttons! Anyone can play just link your card using Mr. Linky for your chance to win a free image.

This is what I can up with for the Challenge. I used the image Cookie and squirrel by new squigglefly artist Diane Carubia.

Squigglefly has a Wonderful Announcement! They will be launching a new line of Images called Inside-Outs on March 27th.

These sets contain everything you need to make a card from, well, the inside out! Typically, they will contain two images and two sentiments, one of each to be used on the inside of the card, and one of each to be used on the outside of the card. It's everything you need to make a complete creation in one easy package!

To promote this new line, They're offering each of you a chance at a free Inside-Outs!™ pack. What's cooler than getting your hands on one of these awesome new sets for free? All you have to do to be eligible is create something - anything - using a Squigglefly image and make a new post about it on your blog or website. Just send them the link to your post at squigglefly@squigglefly.com, and you get a free Inside-Outs!™ set emailed to you when they're released on March 27th!

A few more Challenges:

Pile it On: furry friends

SophistiCat Challenge: recipe

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge : scene it!

Sketch Saturday : sketch

Cute Card Thursday : Anniversaries

Incy Wincy Designs : Spring

Caardvarks : Lacy Days
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge : Spring
Simon Says Challenge : Greens

SSHP : Birthday - birthstone color

Thanks for taking the time to read my post and Have a Happy Crafty Week!

Name that Bunny Contest!

Holly Young with Hog Wild About Stamping is having a contest on her blog to name that bunny image.

The image is a Squigglefly digital image drawn by Chrissy Armstrong.

To enter your submitted name just leave a comment HERE 

You have until Sunday night and the winner will be announced Monday, March 22nd!

 In addition to the prize Holly has offered,

Crissy Armstrong has agreed to pick the winning name AND give the winner the Bunny With Tulip image free.

Today is another special "mini" release from Squigglefly! They have a new artist joining them; Diane Carubia and today's release will feature her images. You may have already seen a few sneak peeks from the Design Team! Today is also Digi Day at the Squigglefly group on Card Universe at 7 pm central. I'm not sure what we'll have going on, but I do know that there will be laughter and a prize or two, so I hope you will join in the Fun!

Thanks for taking the time to read my post and Have a Happy Crafty Day!

More crafty goodness.

This week has been so tough with this darn cold bug. I was able to finish my tags for a tag swap hosted by Arlene at Butterfly Kisses. I also created a Thank You card for hosting the swap. For the card I used a digital image from Squigglefly called Flower Set by artist Lynne Stansbery. 

It fit perfect for the Squigglefly challenge this week which is Let it Shine.

I printed the image three times and cut out the blooms to add some layered appeal. I inked and glimmer misted the cut-out images.

 I hand made the lace Roses and accented with 7gypsie leaves.

Now for the Tag. I made 9 in total 8 for the swap and 1 to keep.

Thanks for stopping to take a look and have a Happy Crafty weekend!

A few more challenges for my card:

ScrapFit - blog-hop elements

Fussy and Fancy - green

Incy Wincy Designs - green

Bee Crafty - spring

Crafty Catz - Spring

Flutter By Wednesday - green with butterfly, fairy or angel

Oh my it's been a while!

Hello Everyone! I'm so sorry it's been so long since my last post. With all my internet issues and the little girls and I being sick I just simple have dropped the ball. I've had little to no time for crafting. When I have found the time or energy to craft I've made a few Thank you Tags and I've been working on my Tags for Arlene's swap. I've started a desktop mini album for my girlfriend Kim. It will be a calendar mini to sit on her desk at work. I've also been working on some 12x12 layouts for my sister-in-law. Here are a few photos:

Thanks for stopping by. I will try to stay on top of my posts and not get so far behind again. I will post a photo of my Tag swap once I finish putting the final touches on them.

Before I go Prima is having another giveaway so check it out.

 Have a Happy crafty day!

Squigglefly Monday Challenge!

It's the start of another week which means a new challenge at Squigglefly blog. This week Our lovely Kim challenged us to make a scene. I choose one of the new released images called Duck Dance by artist Cheryl Alger. So go check out all the new images at Squigglefly and play along! There's a prize offered each week.

The scene I tried to create was the ducks dancing under the spotlight.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by to take a look! Have a great week and Happy Crafting!

Sorry for the lack of my cards and posts. With the weather changes my migraines have been hitting me hard. I wish Spring would hurry up and get here and stay

Qualifing Challenges:

sketch saturday - sketch

SSHP21 - friendship

Thoughtful Thursday - Brighten and warm

Ohh-la-la - Anything goes

SophistiCat Challenge - flourishes and bling

Dawn