Crafting on the Prairie

A couple projects I'm creating for the Secret Valentine swap.

2012-01-01T19:03:00.000-07:00

Happy New Year!

Thought I'd stop by and post a few photos of my latest projects

I created this Journal using MME lost and found papers. I accented it with a Prima vine and some Wild Orchid roses.

The project I'm working on right now is a stacking photo cube again using the MME lost and found papers.

Hope to get more crafting time tomorrow.

Have a Happy Crafty Day.

Ok my come Back well not so much LOL!! :)

2011-12-29T15:11:00.000-07:00

I know I wanted to get back to my blog and keep it updated but that didn't work out so well! I hope this coming year I have better luck! I joined a Friends secret valentine swap so I hope to be able to post a few of the projects I will be making for my secret partner! I have lots of ideas I want to create I just hope I have enough time to complete them all!

But till then:

Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Dawn

I'm Back!

2011-10-24T13:22:00.000-06:00

I'm sure you can see it's been 4 months since my last blog post! WOWZA.. Time sure does go by faster than you think at times. I'm starting to get a little bit more crafting time and Loving It. I have created my first Christmas card of the Year. I followed my ever so Favorite sketch blog Midnight Madness and used one of my stamps Cowgirl Marci from La La Land crafts.

Thanks for stopping by Have a Happy Crafty Day!

~Dawn~

So thankful!

2011-06-26T23:57:00.000-06:00

I know it's been an incredible long time since I have posted any projects or work on my blog! I just want to through a shout out to ALL my online friends how much I appreciate them! I'm so grateful I've been able to meet so many amazing talented ladies via this technology called the internet. I hope I will be be able to get back into the craft passion I love but still trying to manage higher priorities! I love you all and thank you again for inspiration and support! Till Then----Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 101

2011-04-26T06:00:00.000-06:00

Welcome Friends and Thank You for visiting my blog!

Today I'd like to share with you a card following the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 101 and an image from Studio 313 Exclusive Creations.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC100 Gold Star Award goes to...
#18 Loretta Lock

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#20 Sue Drees
#22 Alex
#39 Jackie Scott

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC100 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
#38 Made by Mandy

Please contact Priscilla with your info to claim your Prizes!!! :)

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Our MMSC101 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

http://patstamps.com/

The Technique Junkie Newsletter was started in 2002 as a resource for Rubber Stamping Techniques. The Newsletter is published every-other month, featuring 15 or more stamping techniques in step-by-step format. Each technique has a corresponding pictorial online, and a full page of inspirational artwork by the talented Technique Junkie Newsletter Designers. To date, over 600 Techniques have been published, by far the largest and most extensive library of rubber stamping tutorials available.

Our newest CD has over 79 cutting and embossing machine tutorials with over 850 techniques. The prize would be an Emboss or Die CD (Value $17.95) and one year free on-line subscription to the Technique Junkie Newsletter.

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**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

Month End Prize is a $100 Gift Certificate Wow!!
Thank you Shawne

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Here is this week's Sketch and my Design Team Creation:

Using the Timepiece paper collection from Bo Bunny I created this card using the Studio 313 Exclusive Creations image called Hatching Eggs. This image would normally be perfect for an Easter card but I used it as a friendship card for an Egg-ceptional person.
With a heavy Heart I must sadly announce this will be my finally Design team card for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge Team. I have stepped down due to family obligations but I do still Hope to stop in from time to time and maybe create using Priscilla's fabulous sketches and showcase some wonderful sponsors.
Please stop by the Priscillastyles Blog and check out all the other Fabulous cards by the Midnight Madness Design Team.

Thank You for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday

2011-04-23T06:00:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to a Sensation Saturday with my Sugar Creek Hollow card share. I Hope Everyone is having a Blessed Holiday Weekend! I'm Enjoying time out of town with extended family.

This weeks Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge is a Circles!
The design team followed this sketch you are welcome to as well but not required.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 100

2011-04-19T06:00:00.015-06:00

Welcome back for another amazing sketch challenge with Midnight Madness!

Wow, can you believe we are on Sketch 100? What a milestone and I am so thrilled that we are still going strong. Next month is our 2 year sketch challenge anniversary and we have some very special things planned for you. Stay tuned for all those details and be sure to come celebrate with us!! Now on to this weeks sketch!! Please note that I am out of town and this post is being pre-scheduled. If any info is missing, It will be posted asap.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC99 Gold Star Award goes to...
#53 Wendy

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#7 Gro Tjeltveit
#21 Suzi
#32 Kimberly S.

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC99 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
45. Noreen M

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Our MMSC100 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

http://www.sugarcreekhollow.com/

Sugar Creek Hollow a Christian-Owned company featuring Vintage and Primitive Style Digi Stamps. When you purchase items from them, you are helping put food in hungry children's mouths. All of their proceeds are donated to charity. an exclusive online business located in the heart of Central Virginia, tight on the James River. They specialize in Vintage, Shabby, & Primitive Digi Stamps, digital watermarks, as well as carry a full selection of colors in their exclusive “Country Crinkle Ribbon”. Tracy is offering one lucky winner a $20 Gift Certificate to her store and four bundles of her fabulous Ribbon!! Thank you so much Tracy what a great prize.
Anyone would love a shopping spree in your fabulous store :)

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**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

Month End Prize is a $100 Gift Certificate Wow!!
Thank you Shawne

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Here is this week's Sketch and my Design Team Creation:

For this weeks card I have created a bright and cheery card using Bold colors and lots of texture. I used several paper manufactures that complimented the Vintage balloon from Sugar Creek Hollow. For the card base I used 7 gypsies Lille paper. I printed my image on kraft cardstock and layered a second image using some DCWV tradewinds designer paper. I accented with some ruffled black trim, a flower cut from brown lace, a handmade stickpin and some vintage themed ephemera. I stitched a few areas to give more texture and 3 buttons to finish the sketch.

The inside was kept fairly simple for lots of room for a Note to the card recipient.

Stop on by the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge Blog to check out all my Design team sisters in their amazing creations!

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sugar Creek Hollow monochromatic challenge card

2011-04-16T10:14:00.000-06:00

Welcome to my Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday card share. This weeks challenge is to create a Monochromatic card.

I choose to use the dogwood sketch image. I colored with Lindy's stamp gang mica powders and my aquabrush. I wanted to add some flowers to match so I created my own dogwood blossoms by using a Wild orchid crafts cherry blossom and cut out one of the petals and notching the petal tips. I love how they turned out. I accented with some Prima Bling, lace and seem binding.

Stop by the Sugar Creek Hollow Blog for some fabulous inspiration from all the Design team members.

Thanks for stopping By have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 99

2011-04-12T06:00:00.019-06:00

I had the pleasure to use an image called Sweet Dreams Set. from Aprils monthly sponsor Studio 313 .

This set comes in both JPG and PNG you choose.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC98 Gold Star Award goes to...
MMM #23 Amy W

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
MMR
#1 An
#22 Gro
#25 Sue Drees

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC99 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

https://doodlepantry.com/

I am simply thrilled and so thankful to be able to sponsor The Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge! Doodle Pantry has a wide variety of whimsical characters as well as realistic scenery, floral images, scriptures and a small selection of digitally pre-colored images. My digital doodles have a special place in my life, and I enjoy the opportunity to share them with everyone at affordable prices.

Laurie

list of prize total $34 retail worth:

1 pkg of Say it with Studs

1 pkg of Say it with pearls

1 pkg of mini pearls

1 pkg bright basic grey buttons

1 pkg neutrals basic grey buttons

1 pkg Stampin Up dimensionals

1 pkg mini glue dots

3 rolls of 15 yd each ribbons (colors: kiwi, caribbean, navy)

Wow..thank you for this amazing prize!!

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**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

Month End Prize is a $100 Gift Certificate Wow!!
Thank you Shawne

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Here is this week's Sketch and my Design Team Creation:

As you can see by the photo I rotated my card sketch 90* to the left.

I printed my image on watercolor paper as I normally do. This is my favorite media to use with all my images. I colored my image with colored pencils and blended with baby oil.
The background sky I created by covering my image with Eclipse art masking tape and chalked with a light blue. This was my first time using the product and just love it.
My designer paper choice for this card was the Webster's Pages Postcards from Paris collection.
I accented the background with some rough colored pencil highlights and distress inks.
I created the bottom clouds by altering the initial image in my photoshop program and adding the sentiment from the collection on one of the altered images.
A few 2mm white pearls and pink crystal accents worked perfect for the swirl ends.

Check out all my Design team-mates cards over at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge for some amazing inspiration. These ladies blow me away each week with their Gorgeous creations.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Vintage Easter

2011-04-09T09:34:00.000-06:00

Hello friends! Welcome back to my Sugar Creek Hollow Sensation Saturday Card Share.

I'm keeping this a very simple post as I'm fighting a nasty cold and need to get back to resting.

This weeks challenge is to create a Vintage Easter card or project.

I used the free image that was offered during the Sugar Creek Hollow blog hop.

I colored my image with my pencils and sprayed the entire image with heirloom gold perfect pearl mist.

I accented with a some vintage lace and a paper image from Tim Holtz paper collection. Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and flat back pearls.

Thanks For stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 98

2011-04-05T06:00:00.014-06:00

Hello my Super fabulous Blog Friends!

Today is Tuesday I guess that means I have another super amazing Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge to share with you! I had so much fun working with this Sketch and a Digi from the Stamp and Create Store.
Image is Wags 'N Whiskers Digital stamp Lacey.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC97 Gold Star Award goes to...
#17 Sharon Basel

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#15 Rose
#26 Nancy
#30 Titti
#32 Brenda K

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC97 Weekly Bonus Winner is...

Our March Monthly winner is....

32. Brenda K

Here are your random numbers:32

Timestamp: 2011-04-05 01:52:21 UTC

Our March Monthly winner is....
28. Rene

4-Here are your random numbers:28

Timestamp: 2011-04-05 01:55:23 UTC

Congratulations Ladies!

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*Our MMSC98 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

Stamp and Create and is offering a $25.00 gift certificate.

Stamp and Create is an on-line store carrying many popular brands of stamps, paper, and embellishments including: Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamps, High Hopes Stamps, Sweet Pea, CC Designs, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps, Whiff of Joy, Stampavie, Penny Black, The Greeting Farm, Basic Grey, 7 Gypsies, Shimmerz, Nestabilities (always 20% off!!), charms and more!! Lacey is always adding new items to the store…so check it out at www.stampandcreate.com
Thanks Lacey for your wonderful prize this week!!

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**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations
Hello! My name is Shawne, I am an Illustrator. I love art in many forms. There is always something new to learn and experiment with. Card making is perfect with many different mediums and that is how I got hooked! I just recently moved my image line, Studio 313 by Shawne to McMahon Five Designs and am really excited to be working with my friend Sue McMahon. I also have a line of stamps at Clear Dollar stamps, although I am no longer there. You can find out more about my past work and some more recent at my blog Paper Art From Studio 313.

Shawne

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Here is this week's Sketch and My Design Team Creation:

I used the New Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden papers and some Wild orchid Crafts Roses. This image and sketch was so fun to work with I didn't have to do much other than color and accent with some stickles and a vintage button with a few tiny pearls. The Gold leaves I just happen to spot in my stash and they worked perfect.

Check out the rest of my teams creations at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge they are Amazing!

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-04-02T08:56:00.001-06:00

Welcome back to another fabulous Saturday card share for Sugar Creek Hollow.

This weeks challenge is to follow a sketch. Sketches are so fun and it's always great to see everyones take on it. Here's the sketch and my card.

I used the new Pink Paislee Butterfly garden papers and some crinkle ribbon in a soft pink with accenting flat back pearls from Wild orchid crafts.
The image I used is Call Me Beautiful digital stamp.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 97

2011-03-29T06:00:00.049-06:00

Welcome back to another fabulous sketch with Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC96 Gold Star Award goes to...
#Gro Tjeltveit

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#11 Karen Wallace
#30 Brenda K

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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*Our MMSC97 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/The MMSC97 Weekly Bonus winner will win a
$20 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the "priscillastyles" Store
Stop by and check out all the new images!!

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**Our March Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.lindystampgang.com/

Click HERE to see this fantastic Month end Prize

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Here is this week's Sketch and MY Design Team Creation:

I chose to use the Victorian Rose Fan digi from "Priscillastyles" images.

I printed my image several times on some floral papers and paper pieced together. I accented with some fine lace and colored in some of the flowers with Lindy's stamp gang magical mica powders with my water brush. I stamped the rolled papers with my Prima notary stamp and embossed using Lindy's stamp gang two-toned embossing powder. The thank you banner was created in Photoshop.

I used wild orchid crafts roses and the Far East papers as my background. the dangle from the large trellis rose is a few random beads from my stash.

Head on over to the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge as the DT created some gorgeous cards this week.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day.

Sugar Creek Hollow with stitches

2011-03-26T06:00:00.004-06:00

Welcome back Friends for my card share with Sensation Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow. This is our final event for the 1 year celebration and our weekly challenge of stitching.

If you have not stopped over at the Sugar Creek Hollow blog you need to stop by. This week we have a special treat of "name that image".

This week we want your help in naming this image before it goes into the Sugar Creek Hollow store. Please leave a comment on the challenge blog with your suggestion. Tracy, the owner of Sugar Creek Hollow will choose the name she thinks best suits the image. If more than one person suggests the winning name, their names will go into a random draw. The person with the winning name will receive this stamp as their prize. You have until midnight EST on April 1st to leave your comment and the winner will be announced on April 2nd.

For my challenge card I used the Easter Wishes image.

Using the Bo Bunny Gabrielle papers I stitched my base in a double wonky stitch. Trying not to be very straight to give another creative element. I accented the image which I printed on design paper with some of my favorite wild orchid craft flowers and a handmade stitched crinkle ribbon flower with a vintage button. A little bit of liquid pearls on my image was all I needed. I also stitched on some loopy lace at the top of a sticker border strip that came with the paper collection.

The winner of my blog candy from last weeks post is......

Renee please contact me with your mailing address and I will mail out your surprise blog candy!

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 96

2011-03-22T06:00:00.018-06:00

Hello Blog Friends! Happy Tuesday! Welcome back to a New challenge week with Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge!

Check out that butterfly! How gorgeous! I could not have created my card without this incredible "Priscillastyles" digital image. Yes I just received my New released Bo Bunny Gabrielle papers but WOW! "Priscillastyles " digital butterfly was perfect!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC95 Gold Star Award goes to...
#25 Brenda K
Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#14 Laila
#15 Debbles Dabbles
#17 Julia

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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*Our MMSC96 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://www.pizzazzaplenty.blogspot.com/Pizzazz Aplenty began with only a bit of bling and some ribbon, but over the past few months, we've added so much more. . . from cardstock to cellophane bags, as well as a variety of embellishments for your cardmaking or scrapbooking projects. , , stick pins, brads, buttons, cords, twines, laces, lots of ribbon, and over 20 choices of colors in our flatback pearls and rhinestones. Our two newest additions to the inventory are The Best Glue Ever, and the Embellie Gellie - tools to make your crafting sooo much easier. Please stop by and take a look at our store: Pizzazz Aplenty
Remember, there's no such thing, as too much bling!
~Judy~

Here is the list of items:
1 package each of 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm White Flatback Pearls
1 package each of 2mm, 3mm, 4mm Dark Chocolate Flatback Pearls
1 package each of 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm Gold Flatback Rhinestones
1 package each of 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm Purple Flatback Rhinestones
1 package (10 yards) Black & White Baker's Twine
1 package (10 yards) Chocolate Toffee Metallic Dream String
1 roll (5 yards) 1/4" Sage Grosgrain Ribbon
1 package (25) Gold Dragonfly Brads
1 package (40) 5mm Bubble Pearls (rainbow colors)
1 package (20) 2" Dark Green Skeleton Leaves
1 package (1) Gel PickerThank you so much for your very generous prize Judy :)

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**Our March Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.lindystampgang.com/

Click HERE to see this fantastic Month end Prize

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Here is this week's Sketch and my Design Team Creation:

I did rotate the sketch 90* to the left. But wow what fun did I have! Not only did I have the pleasure to work with an amazing sketch I was able to use the new released paper line by Bo Bunny called Gabrielle. I had such fun complimenting this paper with "Priscillastyles" digital image Butterfly set! I printed my image on a thin sheet of transparency and embossed with Lindy's stamp gang Queen Sheba Silver embossing powder. I tried to fill in my image with a few colors of Lindy's stamp gang Starburst stains but lacked the knowledge to make it work for me. (that's a post in-itself) Once dried I added some Ranger liquid pearl and distress stickles to get my desired look.

I chose to accent my image with embellishments from the paper collection and Pizzazz Aplenty assorted embellishments. I used the 2mm clear rhinestone flat back bling to give my butterfly a flight trail, and the smaller butterflies the 2mm dark chocolate flat back pearls. ( oh am I in love with these pearls) I adorned with some Wild Orchid craft roses and a handmade stick-pin. Here is a look at the 3-D effect the card has.

I covered the design on the paper with diamond glaze to give it a defining effect and a little added "pop". I had so much fun working with this sketch, paper, embellishment and digital elements it will be hard to send off to a friend or loved one!

Be sure to check out All my Design team sisters creations at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge as they are so amazing! I'm so lucky to be with these girls I'm Honored!

Thanks for stopping by Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sugar Creek Hollow Blog Hop and Weekly Challenge

2011-03-19T06:00:00.010-06:00

Welcome Back to another fabulous Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow.

Todays SCH posts are Jam Packed full of great inspiration and a first hand look at the New images just released by Sugar Creek Hollow.

My image is one of the Flower of the Month series images. Wow these images are just fabulous.

Today, in addition to announcing the weekly challenge of ANYTHING GOES, we are having a blog hop at Sugar Creek Hollow as part of our first anniversary celebrations. All the designers have a giveaway for a winner chosen randomly from the people who leave comments on their blogs. There will be a grand prize winner chosen from the people who leave a comment on the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog.

The blog hop will run in conjunction with the challenge from 8:00 am EST on Saturday, March 19^th to 12 midnight EST on Friday, March 25^th. Comments left after the deadline will not be included in any of the draws. Winners will be announced on each blog and the challenge blog on March 26^th.

Tracy, the wonderful and generous owner of Sugar Creek Hollow has a freebie for you to pick up for one week only when you go to the challenge blog during the blog hop.

To be eligible for my giveaway you must leave me a comment. Don’t forget to leave a contact email in case you are the winner on my blog.

Hopefully you have arrived here from Darlene’s blog but if you are lost, here is the order of the blog hop. If you Stumbled upon the blog starting with me you can find the beginning here.

Cec

Dawn (you are here)

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge Blog

We look forward to hearing your comments and to seeing your creation entered into our challenge. Your next stop is Donna’s blog.

But before you go let me remind you SCH has the Anniversary blog candy open till March 31st. If you have not checked it out you can find your way over there by clicking the photo on the top of my sidebar or just click HERE.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 95

2011-03-15T06:00:00.047-06:00

Hello My Blog Friends! Wow what I week It's been. I think Spring has finally decided to peek out of the snow drifts here in Wyoming as everything is finally melting off and boy what a muddy mess it makes. I have been fighting a nasty bug with the kids this past week. The 3 girls have all been sick and the littles still running a slight fever Monday morning.
On to better Things! WooHoo today is Tuesday and the start of a new Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.

Check out that Digi! Who doesn't love Roses!

ALSO>>>>>>>>>

I just wanted to share with you a drawing contest going on over on CDAC.

This is a fun way to get those creative drawing juices flowing. They have two categories for this fun activity and there are two more weeks to enter. If you are a selling artists or a non-selling artist you can enter up to three digi creations.

The prizes are really fun too!!

Come check it out!!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC94 Gold Star Award goes to...
MMM #1 An

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#3 Brenda K
#9 Valerie Mitchell
#21 Wenche WTE

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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*Our MMSC95 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

www.deedeesdigis.com

Deedee's Digis offers an exclusive line of wholesome digital "stamps." Most of our sets include greetings, because we know how frustrating it can be to try to find just the "right" greeting after you've got your perfect image all colored up! We are a Christ-centered company, and you will find that many of our sets include KJV Scripture verses. We feel very blessed to be part of such a talented community of paper crafters!

Prize Details: Small Hexagon Organizer by Scrap Paper Scissors; 1 "Arch Lattice" border punch by Martha Stewart; 4 yards Boutique Fleur lace embellishments; 6 piece Boutique Fleur floral embellishments; 6 piece Boutique Fleur butterfly embellishments; 36 piece Glitter Adhesive Flourishes by Recollections; 3 packages Dimensional gem & swirl stickers by Recollections; 1 package stick-on half pearls by Recollections Plus A $10 Gift Voucher

Thank you so much Deedee..this is an great Weekly Prize!

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**Our March Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.lindystampgang.com/

Click HERE to see this fantastic Month end Prize

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Here is this week's Sketch and My Design Team Creation:

I carried the sketch to the final view of my card!

The image I chose for this card is the Long stemmed thoughts by Deedee's Digis.....

I accented with some handmade vines using floral tape and Wild Orchid Craft leaves and tiny rose-buds. The 2 largest white flowers are Prima with the diamond dust on them. I'm not sure about you but I get really impatient when all the Glitter or glass fragments fall off. Not really sure the look is worth it. I added some additional Wild orchid Craft small rose buds for accenting. I used prima say it in pearls and crystal swirls. The lace is from my stash and just seemed to fit perfect.

Ok Now off to see all the other Gorgeous cards by the Midnight Madness Design team. I can't wait to see what all you wonderful craft ladies Create.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday Handmade flowers challenge

2011-03-12T06:00:00.013-07:00

Welcome Back to another Fabulous Sensation Saturday with my Sugar Creek Hollow Card.

This week is a fun challenge as I like to make handmade flowers.

I created a tiny rosebud by recycling some packing paper I received in a package. I used a tiny 5 petal punch by making memories. After I punched my flowers I spritz with wheatfield glimmer mist and let the petals dry. Starting from the center I used small dots of Scotch quick dry and my tweezers to form a center and just curled up the petals and glued where I needed. Once the glue dried I spritz with some Lindy stamp gang spray in delphinium turquoise. The middle flower I did a running stitch along some lace and pulled tight to create a round pleated base. The top embellishments are a recollections petal and metal brad. The largest flower is a metal filigree adorned with a crystal flower center that I found in my stash.

The Sugar Creek Hollow Image I used was the Vintage balloon. I simply printed on my design paper of choice and cut out and pieced together. I accented with some laces and bling out of my stash.

The Top Right corner I rolled back the paper to create a curl and filled the space with an accenting piece of paper and a lace flower I simple cut out of a fabric piece.

Don't forget this month is Sugar Creek Hollow's 1st anniversary and you could still win some blog candy by following the directions HERE!

Thanks For stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

MMSC94

2011-03-08T06:00:00.054-07:00

Welcome back Blog Friends! Today is Tuesday so you know what that means a New week for Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC93 Gold Star Award goes to...

#5 Julie Warner

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#2 Debbles Dabbles
#38 Nana Vic
#40 Sandee
#43 Artesiana

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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*Our MMSC94 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://www.whimsiedoodles.com

Whimsie Doodles is so excited to be sponsoring the new challenge! In March of 2009 Melyssa Connolly, artist and owner, began turning her whimsical hand-drawn images into digital files for sale online. Whimsie Doodles' digital stamp line features images that range from cute little boys and girls, to punny stuff, and everything in-between. We enjoy sharing lots of samples on our company blog , were we also post weekly challenges and tutorials.

Special Discount Offer:

A special offer for MMSC Fans - use the discount code MM10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from today*.

Brand NEW Whimsie Doodles Baby Joy Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp Set - Retail Value of $20
Thank you so much Whimsie Doodles for your wonderful offer and prize.

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**Our March Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.lindystampgang.com/

Click HERE to see this fantastic Month end Prize

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Here is how I used this week's Sketch and my Design Team Creation:

The project is a 7x7 chipboard mini album page. I used Webster's pages Wonderfall collection papers. Lots of fussy cutting. I accented the papers and some of the flowers by painting some Lindy's stamp gang Tibetan Poppy Teal starburst stain .

The Image I chose was SwingLeah from Whimsie Doodles.

A few close-ups on the image and the photo pull-out tag with my youngest daughter's picture.

One of the Greatest joys of staying at home with my girls is it allows me time to do crafts but it's even better when my daughter creates with me. Here is a picture of Her card she made with the SwingLeah Image and the MMSC94 Sketch.

My daughter is 3 1/2 and she has gotten so good All I have to do is put a glue dot on the back and she puts it where she wants. She mimics most of what I do and catches on quick. I still have to put the image on straight for her but that's about it. She has her own drawer of goodies and picks out her own stuff.

Be sure to check out all the other fabulous Design team cards this week over at Priscilla's Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day.

Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday Sketch Challenge

2011-03-05T06:00:00.009-07:00

Welcome Back to another Sensation Saturday card share with Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we have a fun sketch challenge.

Also...... This week Sugar Creek Hollow has it's first guest designer joining the team.

Welcome Darlene and a link to her blog is HERE.

All Month Long Sugar Creek Hollow will be Celebrating it's 1st Anniversary. Tracy has put together a lovely package of blog candy that could be yours so just head to the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog and follow the instructions. The Winner will be chosen on March 31st.

My Card share for the week:

The image I used is one of the Insect tile images. It comes as a set with the Bee tile and a Butterfly tile. I printed the image twice once on my cardstock and once on transparency and cut the wings out to give dimension. I accented with lot of stickles and diamond glaze.
Keeping it simple as I have a Busy weekend with my Eldest Celebrating Her 15th Birthday.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty day!

catching up on 12x12 layouts!

2011-03-02T00:02:00.000-07:00

I've been trying to catch up on my personal 12x12 album layouts which is funny because that is how I started crafting and now that seems to be my back burner projects!

I created this layout using my son's 3rd grade Fall school picture using the Webster's pages WonderFall Collection.

I know I know I've already gotten flac from my son because I created his older sisters page 3 months ago. But in my defense creating personal layouts for 4 kids and also trying to learn and grow in new medias and craft I kinda get side-tracked. I do love my Design team creations but my true passion is looking at my greatest creation - - - -my children. My children are the most beautiful thing I will ever create and keeping up on their growth is immense. This year my goal is to go back to my roots and create for me or their future. I have met so many amazing crafter's on the web but in reality how many will stop by for a cup of coffee to look at my work????? I say this in the most kind way I can! I just need to take a step back and create for me and my memories!

Here are a few favorite elements of this layout:

I accented this Owl and books with several distress stickles and inks. This is a paper piece cut from the pattern paper of Webster's pages WonderFall collection.

The bike is a stamp from the TPC Studio Grandma's attic clear stamp collection. I accented with 2 Tim Holtz gears for my wheels and diamond glaze to give the bike more depth.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my art and.......

Have a Happy crafty Day!

Sugar Creek Hollow News

2011-03-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

March is a big month at Sugar Creek Hollow as we are celebrating our first anniversary. Throughout the month we have some special activities planned for you.

March 5^th - Tracy, our wonderful owner has put together a lovely package of blog candy that could be yours so just head to the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog on March 5^th and follow the instructions. The winner will be chosen on March 31^st.

March 12 - the first Guest Designer chosen from our Cards of the Week will join us.

March 19 - we are having a blog hop with prizes to be won on each designer’s blog as well as a grand prize on the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog.

March 26 - we are having a contest to name a new image.

More details on all the activities will follow but make sure you mark your calendar so you don’t miss out on any of the fun.

Have a Happy Crafty Day!

MMSC93

2011-03-01T06:00:00.027-07:00

Welcome back to another Tuesday card share at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. I had so much fun creating my card this week. I used the ballerina resting image from Priscillastyles. This image is Just Gorgeous and so fun to color!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC92 Gold Star Award goes to...

#17 Sarah T

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
# 6 Gro Tjeltviet
#33 Artesiana
#36 Julie Glasgow
#47 Sue Drees

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC92 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
9. mocca22
Our February Monthly winner is....
57. Rebekah

Please contact me with your info to claim your Bonus Prizes!!! :)

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*Our MMSC92 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://www.digistamps4joy.com

“Digistamps 4 Joy was born in July 2010. What began as a “brainwave” developed into a rather successful journey… Started by Mel M, and with the help of talented artists and fellow South Africans JenLee, Margy, Sam, Laura and Mel herself, Digistamps 4 Joy was soon reaching an international audience. Digistamps was a rather unheard of and new craft to many South Africans with most only having access to them if they had a credit card. Mel and Jen started brainstorming and soon came up with the idea of starting an online store entirely accessible to all South Africans. Mel having the experience in web and graphic design, and Jen being a wonderful illustrator work together as a team and produce most of the images many people around the world have come to know and love. Among the many images, you’re sure to find something you like… from fun and whimsical to cute and funny right through to serious and beautiful. Every month a new freebie is available on the website.”

Prize includes

12 x 6”x6” sheets patterned and plain paper

2 x midi stencils

4 x packs different pearls

2 x pkts assorted gems

2 x pts of 10 brads

2 x paper pieced embellishments

Thank you so much for your wonderful Prize Mel :)

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**Our March Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.lindystampgang.com/

Lindy's Stamp Gang is a home-based family business. Created by Lindy Plakinger in 1995 to have an outlet for all the fabulous cartoons running around in her mind. Lindy's Stamp Gang has grown to encompass so much more! In late 1998 she created the first sprays to color your stamping and scrapbooking world. These products have grown to encompass hundreds of colors, have inspired similar spray products and have become her signature with their deep rich color and generous shimmer! Sadly, Lindy is no longer with us, but Lindy's Stamp Gang will continue as was her hope and dream. Her husband and daughter took things over and hope to keep her creativity alive through her products.
Lindy lived every day to its fullest and we will always remember her smile, infectious laughter, spunk, sparkle and creativity! So enjoy her products that all contain a little of that laughter and sparkle!

Thank you so much for this AWESOME PRIZE Tracey

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Here is this week's Sketch and my Design Team Creation:

I used K&Co. Flora and Fauna papers as my base for my image. I colored my image with my watercolor pencils. I accented the image vines with some diamond glaze to give them more dimension but it's terribly hard to see in the picture. The lace and rhinestone trims where from my snippets drawer. The vine along the right and top left are pieces of a Prima blossom branch in pistachio. The Rose buds are from my favorite wild orchid crafts. Now don't forget to go check out all the other fabulous cards from the design team at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sensational Saturday

2011-02-26T11:29:00.000-07:00

I know every Saturday I have my Sensation Saturday Card share. This week I have taken the week off. I would love for you to stop by the blog and check out all the other designer's creations they are just Fabulous!

Sugar Creek Hollow challenge this week is to create an inside-out card.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

MMSC92

2011-02-22T06:00:00.005-07:00

Welcome back to another Fabulous Tuesday with Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge!

I've been under the weather these past 2 days but that has not stopped me from posting my inspiration for the MMSC92 Challenge!

I had the pleasure to work with one of Priscillastyle images! I just LOVE LOVE these sweet peas!

You can find the image Here at Priscilla's store with Tons of fabulous images!!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC91 Gold Star Award goes to...
#28 Anne H

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#16 Tiiti
#17 Connie M
#22 Tiggertastic

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

*Our MMSC92 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://robynsfetish.com/shop/

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is

owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

1 12 x 12 Tim Holtz Idea-ology paper pad “Vintage Shabby” pattern

1 Tim Holtz set of 96 “Adage” tickets

1 Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punch “Garden Trellis”

Then we are also including : 4 digital stamps of the winner’s choice from Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps And More

Thank you Robyn for your FABULOUS PRIZE this week.

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**Our February Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.paperpretties.net/store/
Check out the monthly grand prize HERE.

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Here is My Design Team Creation:

I rotated the sketch 90' to the left.

and a better look at the dimension of my sweet peas!

Thanks so much for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Buttons and Bows!

2011-02-19T00:30:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday Card share! Todays card is for a very Dear friend of mine. I can only Hope she received this card in yesterday's parcel post because if not......Surprise!

My friend Is a very devoted follower of mine and so pleasant to chat with. I love chatting on the phone because she lives a mirror image to my daily life. She understands what I go through and does most of the same. Trying to create while having energetic children at foot is a craft in itself. She sent me the most gracious Happy Mail. Included was papers from one of my Favorite manufactures (7 gypsies) AND>>>> some papers I never thought to design with.

As most know I don't have any large craft stores or even a local scrap store to shop at. Everything has to be ordered on-line. So it's fun to get items I may not have seen or even known about.

Using the K&CO. Designer pack by Brenda Walton (Fiona and Fauna I think) I created a Thank You card!

I chose the butterfly tile image by Sugar Creek Hollow as it was a perfect fit. The butterfly, Iris and music note was Just what I needed. I colored my image with watercolors and lightly misted with perfect pearl mist. I accented with Petaloo flowers topped with buttons and fibers with a rhinestone center. I used country crinkle ribbon from Sugar Creek Hollow as my bow in an amazing aqua color.

I hope you find this card inspirational and check out the Sugar Creek Hollow Store and Blog!

My design team sisters have some amazing images to share so please stop by Here!

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

A layout of my girls.

2011-02-16T06:00:00.001-07:00

I can't remember how long it's been since I completed a 12x12 layout. (a couple months at least.) I've been creating so many cards and altered projects I've kinda put my personal scrapbooking on the side.

This is a photo of my girls as they were all snuggling together watching a movie and I thought it was so cute.

The heart is a Die-cut from the collection. I used label four spellbinders die to cut and emboss my photo.

I used the Hollywood Vogue papers from Webster's pages. I accented with wild orchid craft roses and Prima bling. I know the bottom right corner looks a little light but that is where my journaling will go.

The top corner I gathered some lace trim and accented with more roses. It's hard to tell in the photos but all the flowers have been misted with Rangers perfect pearl mist.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Be Mine!

2011-02-15T06:00:00.003-07:00

Hello Happy Bloggers are you up for some Midnight Madness! I know Valentine's Day was yesterday but I never got a chance to share the valentine that I made for my husband. Living here in Wyoming one thing that is very common is the Coal Mining. Either you, your Spouse, or even any of your friends work in or sub-contract for the industry. My previous employment was a contractor for the mines. (thank goodness I upgraded to a SHAM.) My husband still works with-in the industry so what would be more fitting than this cute coal miner image from Bonibleaux designs.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC90 Gold Star Award goes to...
#55 Regan {charmedstamping}

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#9 An
#39 Ann C
#41 Gro Tjeltveit
#57 Rebekah

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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*Our MMSC91 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://dudetimedoodles.com/
Bonibleaux Designs carries all of your crazy "Dude" image needs. We bring you guy images and ideas for those hard to make cards for the "Dude" in your life. Guys aren't about flower and fluff. Guys are our heroes, our fighters, our beer chuggers and bug squashers.
Bonibleaux Designs bring you Manly Man images for your cards and gift ideas. We are all about the "Dudes" here.

Thank you so much Boni for this weeks fabulous prize!!

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**Our February Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.paperpretties.net/store/
Check out the monthly grand prize HERE.

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Here is My Team Creation:

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Background paper is My Minds Eye Academy papers. I paper pieced the miners outfit and coal cart with more designs from that collection. I added some inking and walnut satin distress stickles to dirty up my image. Bisque liquid pearls and gold stickles to accent his hard hat. I wanted to keep the card masculine but I still had to border my hand-drawn heart with white pleated ribbon. I also added some lace to ground things and sprayed it with snow-queen glimmer mist. The only flower I used was a single rose which replaces the original images lunch box. That's the best thing about digital images. They are so customizable.
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I hope you stop by the Other Midnight Madness Team Creations They are all Fabulous!

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day.

G45 Once Upon a Springtime Box.

2011-02-14T00:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today I'm spending the day with my two favorite mini me side-kicks. We are going out to lunch with a friend for a play-date then maybe stop for an ice-cream treat.

I want to share a Box I created on Friday evening/Saturday morning while watching a Ustream class by Laura with Following the paper trail.

My box is slightly different than the pattern that can be purchased but similar result.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day.

SCH Sensational Saturday!

2011-02-12T00:24:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to another fabulous Saturday with my Sugar Creek Hollow card share. This weeks challenge was to create a non-traditional Valentine card.

What's more non-traditional than using Halloween paper for a valentine. That's just what I did. I used the MY Mind's Eye Haunted papers and accented with the Fabulous Sugar Creek Hollow Butterfly digital image.

Be sure to stop by the Sugar Creek Hollow blog and check out all the inspiration from the design team.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

My Wish For You!

2011-02-08T06:00:00.003-07:00

Hello Blog Friends and Happy Tuesday to you! Hope you all had a blast watching the Super Bowl on Sunday! Way to Go Pack! I had the game on but My attention was focused on the Scrap-bowl Hosted by Kathryn at Life on the {Scrap}beach. I always have so much Fun at her Ustream shows.

Today my project is a Gift Tag I made for a Dear Friend!

Here is a Close-up of the Wishing Well Digital image I used from this weeks bonus Sponsor Glitterbabe's Digi's.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC89 Gold Star Award goes to...
#26 An

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#21 Sarah Nelson
#27 Karin van Eijk
#64 Artesania

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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*Our MMSC90 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://www.gbdigis.com/

GLITTERBABE’S ART is a digital stamp store specializing in a variety of images. my heart leans towards florals so you will find a wide range to choose from. All my images are done in jpg format only and all my images come with a colored image. Having that colored image is great when you need to create something in a hurry or just need that color guide. I strive for quality product and work hard to give my very best. I have tons of fun with it and I hope you do too!

Thank you so much Stef..you prize is wonderful!

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**Our February Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.paperpretties.net/store/
Check out the monthly grand prize HERE.

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Here is my Creation this week:

This is a Gift Tag I will attach to my Easel Box.

(That's another Post coming soon)
For the base I used a regular #8 shipping tag and covered in Life Stories paper by My Minds Eye.
I colored my image with water-color pencils and accented with diamond glaze to give it more depth and layer. I matted on some scrap papers cut with the spellbinder labels set. The stars in upper right are from LYB rub-ons. Prima say it in pearls. Flowers from wild orchid craft and some hand made beading accents.

Easel Box Preview.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

So Lovely!

2011-02-05T01:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome Back to another Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow. Today we have a Fabulous Sketch to share with you. I rotated the image for my card!

The Image I chose is a New released image called ladies frock together. You can find the digital image HERE. This is such a Cute image and I had a lot of fun paper piecing the dress.

I accented the top with victorian velvet distress stickles and some more along the dress lines.

I wanted my dress to have dimension and poof so I used my Scotch quick dry liquid glue to adhear my designer papers only at the waist line and then added pop dots along the bottom of the dress. I carefully went along the dress edge and glued as far down as I could without tearing the paper.

I accented with a few Prima say it in pearls. A hand stitched lace lolli-pop flower with a crochet flower was just the soft touch I wanted at the top. The bottom flower accent is using Wild orchid Craft petals, rose and buds. Another hand stitched lace flower softens just enough.

This card is already posted and on it's way to it's new Home. I hope my friend enjoys this card as it was a dream to make. This card is one of those Rare times (for me anyway) where I was finished in less than 2 hours. Everything just fell into place and not once did I have to second guess an element. Most of the time was Stitching and waiting for glue and stickles to dry.

Now head on over to the Sugar Creek Hollow Blog and check out some other Fabulous inspiration.

Thanks for stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 89

2011-02-01T06:00:00.002-07:00

Hope everyone is having a Fabulous Tuesday. I'm doing my Best just to stay warm. The temperatures here have been sooooooo COLD! Monday School was canceled due to the Snow and temperatures being too cold for the children to go outside and wait for the buses let alone the schools getting the buses even to start. 40 Below Zero with Wind-chill is COLD!!!!!!!!!!! yes no typo -40 during the night and about -15 during the day.

On a Brighter note my card share is an adorable little baby boy card using one of Paper Pretties digital images. This image is called Bath Time Cooper.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC88 Gold Star Award goes to...

#32 Beate

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#16 Brenda K
#41 Wenche WTE
#47 Artesania

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC88 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
#35 Jenn Borjeson

Our January Monthy End Winner is....
#18 Melanie
Please contact Priscilla with your info to claim your Bonus Prizes!!! :)

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*Our MMSC89 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....
My name is Janet and i am a Stampin' Up Demo. I have just recently joined Stampin' Up again after a few years off. Stampin' Up products are high quality and long lasting. I love their paper, embellishments and ink pads.

www.janetrossi.stampinup.net

Be sure to stop by Janet's SU site and check out all the new products.

Thank you for your wonderful prize Janet :)

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**Our February Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.paperpretties.net/store/

The prize will be the following: Stamp sets: Summer Fun, Game On, One of Those Days, Wade E. Bug, Coffee Cool, Simply Special, What's Up Pussy Cat and Snuggle Bunny (this set is not in the picture). I will also include 4 spools of American Arts ribbon and 5 digi images of their choice.

Wow what a great prize..thank you Heather.

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Here is this week's Sketch and My Creation:

I rotated the sketch for my card.

The card base is using DCWV Nana's Nursery papers with accenting papers from K&Co. Classic K collection. Some pleated lace ruffle gives the bottom a nice soft feel. I colored my image using my pencils and blended them out. I covered all the bubbles and water with Diamond glaze to give a nice dimension and realistic feel. Some Country Crinkle ribbon and various gems and dew drops finish off the card.

Don't forget to check out the other Midnight Madness Design Teams Cards!

Thanks for Stopping By Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sensational Saturday featured birdhouse

2011-01-29T06:00:00.001-07:00

Welcome back to another Fabulous Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow!

This weeks challenge is to create a Vintage valentine. The design team all used the same Valentine birdhouse image. Instead of creating a card this week I created one of my wall hangings that can be given as a valentine that will last for longer than a day! As our Love for our Family and Friends is a year round love so why not give a gift the can be enjoyed as such!

Thanks for stopping by Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 88

2011-01-25T01:32:00.002-07:00

Welcome back to another Fabulous Tuesday with the Midnight Madness Sketch challenge!

Hope Everyone is having a great week and enjoying Lots of crafty Time!

This week is a Fabulous and Fun sketch!

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

Our MMSC87 Gold Star Award goes to...
#59 Grace N

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#21 Karin van Eijk
#53 Julie Glasgow
#54 Nancy Brown

Our MMSC87 Weekly Bonus Winner is...

14. Brigitte

Our MMSC88 weekly Bonus sponsor is

Our January Monthly sponsor is

http://www.lindystampgang.com/

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My card inspired by the sketch is a simple Note card for my friend!

I chose to use K & Co Life stories design papers. My image is from the Crafty Secrets Cherub stamp set. To give his wings some shimmer I created a paint with some Magical Mica powder and water.
I accented with a prima branch that I sprayed with Ling Stamp Gang Moonshadow mist.

Thanks for stopping By Hope you Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-01-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

Are you having a Good start to your weekend? It's about to get even better.

Today's challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow is:

Black & White plus a splash of 1 other color.

I created a Get Well Easel card for a friend. The paper I used is from DCWV the Black Currant stack it worked perfect for this challenge.

Not too many embellishments were needed. A few Wild orchid craft roses and some white lace glimmer misted to match my pretty papers.

Both images are from the New Valentine digital stamps from Sugar Creek Hollow.

To frame my Get well image I cut a lacy square spellbinder cut and simple removed one of the sections and glued back together to create a lacy rectangle.

Stop on Over at The Sugar Creek Hollow Blog and see all the wonderful design teams projects and Join in the fun.

Thanks for stopping by Have a Happy Crafty Day!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 87

2011-01-18T06:00:00.007-07:00

Welcome back for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 87

I hope everyone had fun playing along with last weeks sketch it was so much fun. I loved seeing all the personal touches and unique takea on the sketch.
This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)
Congratulations to last weeks picks.

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Our MMSC86 Gold Star Award goes to...

#45 Linda-aka-Oz
(WooHoo OZ) you so deserve this!!!
Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#23 Nancy Brown
#24 Brenda K
#36 Sharon Basel

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly!

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*Our MMSC weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/

(redeemable for any images in the "dabbling with digis" line)

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**Our January Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.lindystampgang.com/
Click HERE to see the Fantastic Prizes.

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This week I included into the sketch the CDAC Heart Class. It was a perfect match for the sketch. I used a Lovely Priscillastyles image ~~~ Which is this weeks bonus sponsor. If your the Lucky Gold Star you could choose this image and many other great digital stamps.
The image is called Flying birds. It comes in a set of 6 Digital images.

The Design paper is from Bo Bunny Crazy Love collection. Accents are Prima say in in pearls, Wild orchid craft roses, and Lace from my stash. The sentiment is a sticker from the echo park be mine collection. I colored my image my favorite way- Pencil and oil. I added a few postal letters for carrying by cutting out of the K & Co. Life's journey stamp collage paper. The base of my heart pocket was core'dinations chocolate box paper embossed with a flower sizzix plate and stamp with the Prima notary stamp.

Thanks for stopping by Have a Happy Crafty Day!

This card also follows these fellow challenges:
PIO#3 - anything goes
Shelly's Images/TTT challenge - use lace
Pixie cottage - favorite coloring method
Glitterbabe's Challenge - anything goes
Secret Crafter - with Love
Delicious Doodles Challenge - use 3 colors , (pink, brown, white)
Stampavie - Glitter
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Love is in the air
Wags 'n Whiskers - with love

I'm so Happy Monday is over and today is Tuesday! (long story)

Sensational Saturday

2011-01-15T06:00:00.008-07:00

Welcome back for another Sensation Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow!

This weeks Challenge was a FUN challenge. The challenge is to use Fabric on your card or project. This is my card I was inspired by this challenge.

I started with my base cardstock and sewed a mat in beige fabric. I'm not sure what type of material this is all I know Is it's left over material from when I created chair cushions for my dining room. I chose to keep the raw frayed edge on the material edge which added nice texture to the left of my card. The Dark brown photo mat is a faux leather I had on hand from various projects. I decided to use the Valentine vintage Post card image from the new valentine release from Sugar creek Hollow. This image has so much potential I love it. I accented with some white lace sprayed with Lindy's stamp gang starburst spray, Prima flowers and Tim Holtz rose trimmings. Some crinkle ribbon from Sugar Creek Hollow Shoppe was the perfect touch at the top to complete my card.

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this card also follows these challenges:

The sketch for Simon say Challenge.

Paper crafting journey: use a digital

CDAC Heart class

2011-01-13T18:04:00.000-07:00

While on the CDAC site I saw this Free Heart pocket class. This is What I was inspired to create.

I used the Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue paper collection. The Magnolia Girl Is an image I received in a swap so I have no idea what name or from when. I used a combination of Wild Orchid Roses and Prima.

Card Without the Thanks Tag!

The stamping on the tag is from several Crafty Secret sets. (Flourishes, Cherubs,birdies)

I sprayed with some glimmer mist and starburst sprays.

View of the Inside:

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This card follows these challenges:

PIO #2 ~ It's all about the cute children

Crafty Sentiments ~ Thank you

Dutch Dare ~ All stitched up ( I faux stitched my lacy circle)

Love tree image.

2011-01-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday was the Monthly on-line crop for Life on the {scrap}beach. One of the crop challenge Prizes was a Custom Wall hanging made by me. So This is what I came up with Yesterday.

My main image is the Heart Tree Digital stamp from Priscillastyles.

I also use another New release from Sugar Creek Hollow this birdhouse is so adorable and I simply layered to give a 3-d look.

In the photo below you can see all the dimension. I just love the Prima branches and so excited to see what they release this CHA show. The Wild Orchid Roses are my favorite so of course I had to load them on this project as well. The Blue Rose with Diamond dust is from Prima.

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Midnight Madness (MMSC86)

2011-01-11T01:14:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to another Fabulous week with Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.

I Hope you all had Fun playing along last week in the First Sketch challenge for 2011.
We had so many lovely entrants!
This week we have another Fabulous Sketch:
Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the blog side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

Congratulations to last weeks Winners!!!!!!!!

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Our MMSC85 Gold Star Award goes to...
#46 Jackie Scott
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Our MMSC85 Remarkables Awards go to...
#2 Karin van Eijk
#12 Anne Stargroves
#36 Kathryn

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*Our MMSC86 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

https://doodlepantry.com/

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Nikki Sivils Victoria's street 6x6 paper pad
basic grey buttons Green at heart
Basic grey buttons Max & friends
say it with Pearls pink swirls
50 wild rose paper flowers from Wild Orchid crafts
5 spools (new) ribbon in varying colors shown
$10 gift coupon to DoodlePantry.com

Thank you so much for your wonderful prize Laurie.
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Click HERE to see the Fantastic Prizes.

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Here is my take on this weeks Sketch :

I used the New Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime paper collection. This paper collection has such great Spring colors and designs. My main image is using a piece from the frame die-cut sheet. There are so many cute fairies and I seem to be on a Fairy phase as several of my previous cards and projects are just that. I loaded my card up with my new product by our Monthly Sponsor Lindy's stamp Gang. For the Martha Stewart stamped butterfly I used magical powders and my water pen to give it additional color and shimmer. I sprayed some white lace trim with a combination of Moon shadow mist in Treasure Island aqua and Starburst spray in Delphinium turquoise. The crinkle ribbon woven through is some I purchased from the Sugar Creek Hollow Shoppe. (I love this ribbon) I edged all my papers with the Tibetan Poppy teal Starburst stain as you will see best in the photo below. All these products have great shimmer but it's so hard to photograph.

To give my fairy wings Extra Pizazz I colored with my paint brush using the Dalphinium turquoise starburst spray. Additional accenting with my white gel pen gives it even more character.

I was even able to use some of the Spray on my White Wild Orchid Craft flowers so they matched perfectly.

Thanks for stopping by Have a Happy Crafty Day and I look forward to you joining us at the
Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge!

This card fits for the following Challenges:
Craft your passion: Let's tie one on
Cupcake Craft Challenges: Something New
Pollycraft Challenges: New things
Flutter By Wednesday: Open

The First Sensational Saturday for 2011

2011-01-08T08:00:00.029-07:00

WooHoo It's Saturday! I'm so excited to share the first 2011 card for Sugar Creek Hollow's Sensational Saturday.

This weeks challenge was a creative sketch

This week instead of a card I have a Wall Hanging. A few months ago I had created a wall hanging for myself using the Eastern Bluebird image from Sugar Creek Hollow. My Mother has been visiting for the last week and just loved this wall art hanging I had made. She wanted to steal mine so I told her I would make one of her very own so she didn't have to sneak any of my Home-Decor items into her bag when she left. I'm thinking she got the better end of the deal. I just Love how everything turned out.

Did you know? - - - The proceeds of sales from the Sugar Creek Hollow Shoppe go to provide food, clothing and shelter for those who are less fortunate. If you don't have any images from the Shoppe yet, check it out and when you buy something to use on your creations you can say that you have helped out too.

Here's an angled view so you can see the dimension of the art piece.

My image is colored using pencils and blended with baby oil.

Items I used on this project :

Sugar Creek Hollow Eastern Bluebird Digital Image

7 gypsies conservatory paper collection

Prima Vine Summer Carnation lemon

Tim Holtz Adage ticket

Simplicity trim natural cluny lace

fused white pearl beading trim.

American Craft cardstock

Everyone is invited to enter a card using this weeks sketch and you are not required to use an image from Sugar Creek Hollow but if you do you will get two entries into the random prize draw. The winner of that draw will receive a digi of their choice from the Sugar Creek Hollow Shoppe and a badge to display on their blog. Once we reach a minimum of 10 entries, the Design Team will select a Card of the Week and the creator of that card will receive a special badge to display on their blog. Every month there will be a Guest Designer chosen from the Cards of the Week and that person will be invited to join the Design Team in a challenge. There are lots of reasons to enter so we can't wait to see your fabulous creations.

This post is getting incredibly long. If your still with me one of my personal goals this year is to share some of the joys I have as a Mother and crafting while I raise my young children. My 3 year old daughter LOVES to craft with Mommy and many times creates right beside me. This is her project she created using the same image. I might be bias but She is a natural and will most definitely be better than me soon enough. Many times she gets my flops or oopsies but she loves it and I always try to help her Finish her project.

This is what she made for Grandma.

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A New Beginning!

2011-01-07T21:29:00.001-07:00

Todays card share is for a DT call for the Prairie Fairy Designs. No-body Is leaving there team but they are just looking to add a few new princesses. They have provided a free image to use for the DT call. I adored this image so I had to Create a card with it. For more information you can check out there blog HERE!

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This card also Follows these challenges:
Simon Says - New beginnings
Creative Card Crew - New Beginnings
Paper Sundaes - Something New
One Stop Craft - New Beginnings
Pile it on - Brand spanking New

Memory Rose

2011-01-05T19:31:00.000-07:00

My mother has been visiting for the last week and I'm so sad she has to head back home to Minnesota tomorrow. Just before she came out to visit one of her close friends mother passed away so I made a Sympathy card for her to give her friend when she gets back home.

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The New Year is Finally Here!

2011-01-04T00:00:00.001-07:00

Lets go ahead and start the New year with a bang! Today I have a SUPER SPECIAL card to share. Todays card is my very first Midnight Madness Design Team Card. Yup that's right. I'm Honored to be apart of such a Fun and talented group of ladies. I had a Wonderful Holiday Break and ready to hit the ground running!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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*Our MMSC weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

http://www.craftbrulee.co.uk/

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**Our January Monthly sponsor is....

http://www.lindystampgang.com/

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Here is this weeks Sketch and My Design Team Creation:

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I chose to flip the sketch 180*. The papers I chose are from DCWV and the image is called Lost in thought from Faerie song stamps. I colored my image with my pencils and blended with oil. I accented with roses and leaves from wild orchid craft and some lace/ribbon out of my stash. I did add clear glitter stickles to her wings but it's so hard to see in the picture.

A view of the inside. Again using DCWV papers and a Rub-on sentiment from little yellow bicycle.

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Twinkle Twinkle little Star!

2010-12-22T15:53:00.000-07:00

Todays card share is a really fun card that could be used for many occasions. I received this image in an image swap and just loved it. It's called Luna Star from Faerie Song Stamps. I think I might have to get me some of these because they are just darling whimsical images.

I colored the image using my colored pencils, and nibs dipped in baby oil.

The teal base paper is G45 Once upon a springtime. The multi-color strip paper is DCWV Nana's Nursery. I pulled out some of my translucent mulberry paper for a subtle triangle as per the sketch. The sentiment is a sticker from the stash as well as the tiny stars. I put lots of stickles to give the card that extra twinkle but it's hard to see in the photo.

This card follows these Challenges:

Simon says Stamp Challenge : Anything goes

7 Kids College Fund Challenge: Anything goes

Allsorts Challenge: Anything goes

Sketch Saturday Challenge: Sketch

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Happy Holidays!

My quick solution for organizing my spellbinders

2010-12-21T21:19:00.000-07:00

If you are not aware I have a very small area for which I'm to store my growing craft supplies. I previously stored my spellbinders loosely on my shelf. But I now keep them in this little book I made so I'm never worried if I'm missing one or going to lose one. I learned how to create this book from Yoliebean during the YYP Home for the Holidays Crop. Recording Here!

This is only a temporary fix till I built on this summer and have a True Craft Cave.

The black backing is the cheap magnetic printer sheets found at Walmart business section.

I just cut to size and ATG'd to the packaging.

In the below picture you can see I still have room to expand my collection.

This is just one of the many projects I have completed this past month and never found the time to blog about it. It seems I'm always on the computer but never seem to get anything done. Does anyone else feel that way. Now I have to tackle the ever growing Blog reader posts. That's another thing I seem to have hard keeping up with this busy time of year.

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Happy Holidays!

It's Turtle Time!

2010-12-20T21:28:00.000-07:00

Every year we have a tradition in our family to make Homemade turtles using my husbands grandmother's recipe. This year we decided to give a few away to our close friends. Well in that decision I felt I had to make a homemade box to hold them. So I sat down at my craft table and started to create a custom box. I'm sure it would have been easy to search on-line and find a template but they are so easy once you understand the base principals. This is what I came up with. . . . .

The two pieces seperate.......

Yummy turtles inside.......

A better look at the wild orchid craft flower cluster on the cover......

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Happy Holidays!

Joy to the World

2010-12-18T06:00:00.013-07:00

This will be the final Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday for 2010. Wow the year has just flown by. I chose to use the Joy to the World digital. I colored with several glimmer mists and accented with Wild orchid flowers. The lace and pearls are from my stash. The Background DP is MME Home and a map piece out of my stash.

Stop by the Sugar Creek Hollow blog to check out some fabulous cards from the Design team.

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Wishing all my Friends a Happy Holiday!

Some Sweet Candy

2010-12-14T17:57:00.000-07:00

I wish I had a project to share but things have been busy for me and I haven't had time to finish what I've been working on. I do have some really Fabulous Blog Candy to share.

Would you like to Win This!

Check out Lin's blog HERE for your chance!

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Special Sensational Saturday!

2010-12-11T06:00:00.007-07:00

Hello and Welcome to my Card share for Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow! Today's a Special Sensational Saturday as It's my Birthday! The challenge for this week was a Color Challenge. With my 2 favorite colors none the less! RED and White!

For my Card I chose to use the Primitive Sheep digital image layered on red cardstock. I accented with some glittered polka-dot paper. The heart is colored with my SU marker and Red glitter stickles to match the paper. Top corner roses are Wild Orchid Craft and the Martha Stewart branch punch. Bottom accent is some spellbinder snowflakes colored in Tim Holtz barn door and fired brick distress ink then clear embossed. They are simply held together with a felt covered brad. I stitched some crochet lace into a flower and added a decorative beaded pin. I layered on top of some wild orchid leaves colored with Santa Baby and Red Velvet Glimmer mist. The Sentiment was stamped onto some grosgrain ribbon layered over white lace. Super Easy to make but Super Fabulous outcome!

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I'm gonna go Have a Happy Large piece of Cake!

Friday Fun!

2010-12-10T11:54:00.000-07:00

Today I just want to quickly share a few more bottles I decorated. The were very easy to make as all I did was wrap with my ribbon and paper of choice and added a Heartwarming Vintage Cut. I'm leaving out of Town in a few hours so I better go and start packing.

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Just some Fun Cards!

2010-12-08T22:50:00.000-07:00

Happy Thursday! Getting time to craft this week has been tough. I didn't make anything Super spectacular but I did sit down on Tues. Night and create two really quick and easy cards. I'm just now getting a chance to put the post up. For my images I used some of the Heartwarming vintage cuts from Crafty secrets. The only hard part was trying to pick which image I wanted to use. They are all so great! Now that the Christmas Traditions Kits have shipped I hope I can get back to more FUN stuff. I seen a great mini designed around cards I want to give a try. Maybe Today would be a good day to start.

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Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow

2010-12-04T06:00:00.002-07:00

Welcome back to another Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday. This week the challenge was a Sketch! I just adore sketches because when things get busy like this week has been it's the perfect starting point. I chose to use the baby Jesus image this week once again. When you have an image this beautiful it's hard not to use it time and time again. The pictures I took really do not do this card justice.

For the front of the card I chose to print the Scruffy Manger Digi on MME Life Stories paper and cut the center out as my looking-glass for the image inside. I paper pieced some pattern papers for the manger base to give it more depth. The corner accents were some very old K&Co die-cuts I had in my stash. I loaded this card up with some Wild Orchid Craft pearls to accent the ribbon threaded lace. The Adore oval was a leather sticker I had in my stash. After looking at the picture I should have inked the edges with a black ink to tie it in better with the card.

Inside of card: I still want to add more to it just not sure what yet! I ran out of time for crafting for the day and wanted to post my card.

Hope you enjoyed looking at my card. Please stop by the Sugar Creek Hollow Blog and check out the other DT cards for this weeks challenge there is such amazing talent to be seen.

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I Have Water!

2010-11-30T16:27:00.000-07:00

Today we had our new water pump installed so I have water again! WooHoo! I think it's odd that I'm actually excited to be able to do laundry had home again and use the dishwasher.

On the even better News:

My friend DeAnna is giving away a Big Shot on her Youtube channel to celebrate 100 subscribers.

You can visit her YouTube channel HERE or visit her blog and check out her creative ideas HERE.

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MMSC81

2010-11-27T16:15:00.000-07:00

I may not have running water but I still have my craft corner to cheer me up. It's been a long day of traveling back and forth to the neighbors to get water and wash clothes. I'm still trying to finish up all the Christmas cards I will need for this year. The Midnight madness sketch was a perfect place to start. I chose to create my card more toward the simple side. I used one of my favorite squigglefly shy-bear images and G45 Christmas past papers. I even broke out the sewing machine for some stitched edges. Just enough Fun to scratch my craft itch. The photo is not doing the card justice as you can't see the diamond sparkle on her wings and the Gold stickled Halo.

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Clever little Candy Box.

2010-11-27T06:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to another Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow. This weeks challenge is to create a card using the technique HERE for faux barn board. I normally stick fairly close to the challenges but this week I couldn't. I didn't have the acrylic paint or brown re-inker to complete the technique So with the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday I wanted to complete my project while I had the free time early in the week. I created a Box that could be used as a Candy Dish holder. I found the idea from HERE. I created my box out of a full 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of cardstock, I just adjusted the measurements. So instead of using the technique to create faux barn board I created a box that looks like a barn. =)

I chose to use the amazingly beautiful baby Jesus image once again this week.

My Family and I are still without water. We believe the pump has failed. We will need to replace this next week. We are lucky to have friends and neighbors that allow us to shower and re-fill our water jugs. The amount of laundry I will have to catch up on when we finally get water back is beyond frightful.

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What are you Thankful for?

2010-11-23T22:19:00.000-07:00

I'm Thankful for my Family and Friends!

I'm Thankful for having healthy children!

I'm Thankful I can laugh at life's monkey wrenches rather than Cry!

I'm thankful for Modern Day conveniences. ~~~~ Why such an Odd thing to be thankful for. Well it's not that Odd if you take into consideration of how my week is going. The past 2 days my family and I have had to survive without running water. (Still without as I type this post.) The temperatures here in Wyoming have dropped below Zero the past few nights and barely above during the day. We live in the country and have a private well. We are just hoping the well house pipes are froze because replacing the pump is a nightmare and expensive. I would rather not live that possibility. So Yes I'm Thankful for modern Day conveniences such as running water. As humiliating as it is ~~~ it takes A LOT of melted snow to flush a toilet. Good thing we have a foot outside.

Finally I'm Thankful for all my internet communities to share my passions and daily happenings!

Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday to those that celebrate and a Happy Crafty Day to all that took the time to read this!

Beautiful Baby Jesus Image

2010-11-20T06:00:00.015-07:00

Welcome Back for another card share with Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturdays. Today my card is using the New Incredibly Beautiful Baby Jesus Image. When I first saw this image my jaw hit the floor, the detail is amazing.

(click the image to enlarge)

I printed my image on watercolor paper- coloring the straw background with antique linen and scattered straw distress inks. I used colored pencil to add slight shading to the baby and blanket. I then rubbed the penciled areas to soften the lines and give more of a chalk look. I chose to use some basic grey capella and text pattern papers. I initially sprayed a doily with suede Glimmer mist and realized it was to dark for the result I was hoping for. I opted for the white doily distressed with vintage photo on the edges and some border punched cardstock. The scroll I simple cut out and edged with vintage photo ink. I added some branches to give the appearance of the image laying in a manger. (After I photographed the card I removed the branch awkwardly hanging down to the left of the scroll. It's fun looking at your pics and seeing the card in a different perspective.) After adding a few of my favorite Wild Orchid Roses and skeleton leaves I felt it needed something else. I tried several options but settled on some prima pearls and faux dots. I intend to use this image several times this Season for family Holiday cards.

So hurry on over to the Sugar Creek Hollow shoppe and get this image because it will be a show stopper for your Family Holiday Cards.

Don't forget to stop by the Blog and check out what the other designers have created.

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~Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow US crafters!~

kindness

2010-11-19T12:21:00.001-07:00

This week the challenge for Squigglefly was to create a card simply using a digital sentiment. I've been trying to use up some of my 6x6 papers from swaps so I'm not sure what company it is but I liked it. I added some plain white Prima blooms and Wild Orchid Roses to accent. That's about all this sentiment needed as it Stands alone perfect.

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Season's Greeting's

2010-11-17T16:27:00.000-07:00

Hope your having a Fabulous Wednesday. Todays card share is another Christmas card.

It all started with the hanging sign die from Tim Holtz. I wanted to make it look like an old lamp post. I snipped here and there then glued the edges where it looked good. I colored with chalk ink and then added crackle accents. If you squint one eye tilt your head to the left it kinda looks like a lamp post. LOL! The image is from Sugar Creek Hollow and some Country crinkle ribbon was a great compliment to lace out of my stash.

This card follows the MMSC#80.

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A 5 minute mint box.

2010-11-15T14:10:00.000-07:00

My lovely Sister in law asked me if I could decorate the place cards and mint boxes for the Family Thanksgiving dinner. I happily agreed. It's a Win Win for me as She likes to do the cooking while I can do the small detail things and still feel as I'm helping. This little box will house an after dinner Chocolate and mints. I kept it fairly simple. I'm not sure if I want to just add tiny tags to this and use as the place card as well or make separate pieces. I'll see how the week progresses. I'm starting to feel better and more in a crafty mood.

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Sensational Saturday card share

2010-11-13T06:00:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear craft friends. It's another Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow. Today's challenge was a true challenge for me. I love it when that happens but wow this week I really had to pull all my fibers and gather all my glues to pull this one together. This weeks challenge was a color challenge using light blue, kraft, chocolate, and light pink.

The card I was inspired to create:

My first hurdle was selecting a design paper. I settled on Basic Grey's eskimo kisses and cappella papers as my background paper. I felt the page with the cute houses was a great compliment to the Sugar Creek Hollow Digital Sentiment . My second hurdle was to add a few accents and I chose a few white Wild Orchid Craft roses, leaves and Prima white petals which I glimmer misted. I created a stick pin with the pink,chocolate and blue beads added some Prima pearl bling and I felt the card was complete.

Now, Here are some ideas from the rest of the team using these four colors. You can also enter your card in our challenge. If you don't own any of the SCH images there are freebies available at the SCH shop. I hope you enjoy viewing the inspiration the team has made for you. I look forward to seeing your creations.

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Is it just me????

2010-11-10T21:15:00.000-07:00

Ok I hope it's not just me but the last 2 weeks have been really tough on me. I have not felt my normal self and just exhausted. I've not been creating at my normal pace. Some days I don't even pick up my scissors. :::::crys:::::

My guess it's 1 of 2 things. The weather is drastically changing to the Cold winter with short day-light hours. I'm thinking this maybe the problem but not sure because some of my best work is done late at night. (?) the second could be that I'm working with Kathryn from Life's a Scrap beach and the 2010 Ultimate mini album kit class in a box. I've spent countless hours on the phone and internet dealing with this and that. (?)

Bottom line I see things have to adjust soon. The album is almost ready to be shipped and I will eventually adjust to the time and weather change.

Happy Warm thoughts! That's my attitude!

Today I want to share a card I made using a La La Craft stamp I received from winning their new release blog candy. I've always adored these stamps but never took that leap to buy any. (hangs my head) It's not that I didn't want to but the budget only stretches so far and I found some New tools that I had to Have. (spellbinders)

Anyway here is my sweet Winter Marci Card!

I used a few of the other items I received in the candy and a few items from my stash!

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I hope my Mojo or Energy pick up soon because I Love to create!

Meowy Christmas!

2010-11-06T06:00:00.000-06:00

Welcome back for another Sensational Saturday Card with Sugar Creek Hollow. This week was a Fun challenge. We were given a sketch to follow. Oh How I love sketches. I flipped my sketch so the elements balanced better with my image. The Other Design Team members created fabulous Cards so please check them out.

So now that I've shared a little inspiration why don't you stop on by and Play along in this weeks sketch. Don't have any Sugar Creek Hollow digi's that's OK there are Freebies available at the Store for you to use.

Thanks For stopping By Have a Happy Craft Day!

Circa 1934 papers!

2010-11-04T18:57:00.000-06:00

I've finally cut into my Circa 1934 Cosmo Cricut papers! It's so hard because I only have the one set but I know I will get more. I created this simple card using some of the paper pack I received.

I know I haven't posted much the past week or two and I'm sorry. I've been busy playing with the little girls more as the weather is so nice out. It's not too hot nor too cold. Fall is my favorite season and is probably the season I get the most fresh air.

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A final Halloween Card

2010-10-30T06:00:00.002-06:00

Hello Friends! Today is once again time for another Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge. I must apologize for only 1 post this week. I feel much better now and hope to get back to my Happy Hobby of playing with my papers and craft tools next week.

My card share today is for the Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday Challenge. This weeks challenge is use lace or make your own Faux lace on your project. I did try to make my own background with using lace as my mask but it didn't turn out as I hoped. So I in turn used that lace and stitched them into ruffled lace flowers. I also used some scallop crochet lace along my card edge. I used the Fall Bingo card digital and the Halloween Tag images both available at the SCH store. I wish I knew the paper brands but I pulled out of my 6x6 card stash. Majority of that is from swaps so I just use it as it matches my designs.

Please check out the other design team cards as there are so many wonderful creations.

a closer look at the lace flowers.

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A quick layout

2010-10-29T00:50:00.000-06:00

This is a layout I created using the Ella blue papers :::::SIGH:::::::: I love these papers! Just a personal layout to remember my children's beautiful smile in summer of 2009 they grow so fast.

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A Christmas Cardinal

2010-10-23T06:00:00.001-06:00

Wow I can't believe how fast this month has flown by. Next weekend we will be celebrating the Halloween Festivities I'm so excited and so are my kiddos. Today's card share is for Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow and the design team was challenged to use either the Christmas Cardinal or the Primitive Sheep. Both Images are Fabulous. I'm not doing so well getting a head start on my Christmas cards this year. I'm Hoping after this next weekend I will feel more Jolly to create in that theme. Don't forget to check out the cards my design team sisters made over at Sugar Creek Hollow Such Beautiful Creations.

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Treat box turned into a Tag Holder

2010-10-20T22:35:00.000-06:00

I took the same boxes I made previous post and altered the dimensions slightly to make a thinner box. Instead of being 2" thick I made it 1".

I intend to use this box to hold stamped image tags that I received in the past few months swaps Hosted by Stephanie Miller at With a Grin. Thanks for the fun swaps Stephanie.

I just love the G45 Steampunk papers and finding it so hard to use as I'm notorious for hoarding my favorite papers for fear of not having it when I need it. Stop giggling because if your reading this you suffer from a similar condition. :)

OK I know I'm a little behind on some craft tools but I just got Spellbinder dies. Yes after all this time I finally have invested. But Loving what I can do with them. My lollipop flower is the first of many to come now that I can make in a few minutes verses hand cutting all the circles.

I have a Great fear I will want them all now that I know what I can do with them.

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A few treats for my Friends!

2010-10-18T20:23:00.000-06:00

I made 2 Treat boxes today to place scrap goodies in and give to some friends. I used the tutorial shown by Julie with Cosmo Cricket.

I had so much fun making this tombstone. I started with black cardstock. Tore my shape and inked the edges with starlite silver Brilliance ink. Stamped my letters using stampin' up Alphabet Antique Upper using the same starlite ink. Stamped the web and embossed in clear. The spider was stamped with the perfect medium and brushed with perfect copper then stamped again in Versamark and embossed in clear. The entire tombstone was then sprayed in Graphite Glimmer mist. I then accented my images and edges with my white and silver gel pens. Added a few red rhinestones for my hourglass on the spider and Viola!

Both these qualify for the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog challenge: anything but a card.

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A Quick Card

2010-10-17T15:24:00.000-06:00

Don't you just love papers that have images that are easy to cut out and use as your card focus point. G45 Steampunk Debutante has a whole bunch of them. This card I made in about 5 minutes I'd guess. From in-between tending to the kids and getting items for tonights dinner prepped while surfing the net It was done. I followed the sketch challenge from MMSC#75. This is my favorite blog to visit if I need a card Sketch. The Design team has fabulous inspiration and it's just a great blog.

Hope everyone is having a Fabulous Sunday !

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Sugar Creek Hollow Color Challenge

2010-10-16T06:00:00.000-06:00

Hope your having a Fabulous Saturday. The challenge this week on Sugar Creek Hollow blog is to create a card or altered project using the colors dark brown, tan, and a bluish green. The design team has some amazing cards to share this week so make sure you check them out.

I recently received some Ella Blue Papers from my best friend Kim and couldn't have been more excited to use them. I layered several of the paper designs that matched my color pallet. I colored my digital image with weathered wood distress ink and accented the snowflake edges with clear glitter glue to give more depth. The scattered snowflakes around the image are just what I could find in my stash. The larger lace trim is from wild orchid crafts and the tiny piece at the bottom was a remnant on my work space that reminded me of icicles so it was perfect. A few white faux stitches and Prima bling and I Loved how it all came together.

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