Oh So Tweet Twins!

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is enjoying the summer so far. I can not believe that we are already more than half way through July already. Pretty soon I will be thinking of starting back to school, summer always goes by so fast.

Being Tuesday it is time for another fun challenge over at
                                         Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.
This week we are challenging you to make a card or project for a new baby or in my case babies! I created this card using both the girl and boy image from Doodle Pantry because I loved both and couldn't decide!
They are also our wonderful sponsor this week Doodle Pantry.

These adorable bird images are just some of the super cute and fun images that they have so be sure to fly over and check them out.

These are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

AiFactory Challenge-Spots and Stripes
Simon Says Stamps Challenge-Anything Goes
Copic Creations Challenge #54-Pastel Colors
Allsorts Challenge Week 112-Free and Easy
The Craft Garden July Challenge-Use a bird on your project
Creative Card Crew Challenge-Animal Antics
Everybody Art Challenge #151-Dots
I Did It Creations Challenge #64-Animals
Pixie Cottage Challenge #78-Wrap It in Ribbon
Divas By Design Challenge #6-Pastels
Moving Along With the Times Challenge #107-Favorite Things, ribbon, shades of blue, pink, green and yellow, polka dots and my cloud maker
Paper Cutz Challenge #100-Things you find in the sky
Paperplay Challenge Week 28-Things with Wings
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Getting Cute
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #120-Animal Antics
Doodle Pantry Challenge #14-Use a Doodle Pantry Digital Image
Do It With Digis Challenge #14-Spots or Stripes or Both
The Poodles Parlour Challenge-Birds Eye View
Stamps & Fun = Creativity Challenge #56-Digistamp
Little Claire's Monthly Challenge #11-Things with Wings
KB Cute Monday Challenge #22-Use a Digital Stmp

These are all fabulous challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

From My Garden

Happy Tuesday!!! It is time for another challenge over at
                         Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

This week we have a recipe for you to follow, use at least 2 different DPs and and 2 different embellishments. these are to of my favorite things to use on cards. I love DP and now that I have found digital DP (I love the Bearly Mine Designs digital DP) I am printing it often! I was always a paper hoarder always afraid I would use it up and then need it for another card. With digital paper I am in heaven because I will never run out of my favorites!
I never make a card without some embellishments on it so you will always see at least 2 on my card, ribbon and flowers are my favorites. How about you, what are your favorites?
I hope you want to come play with us this week because we have a wonderful sponsor
                                            The Paper Shelter
They are giving one lucky player a CG to their store. How great is that! The ladies this week all created an inspiration piece with a Paper Shelter image to inspire you to play. A big thank you for giving us a wonderful image to play with.

Here are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

The Paper Shelter Challenge #21-Lots of Dots
Pink Ink Sketch Challenge #1- Fabulous Sketch
Bearly Mine Designs Challenge #14-Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Week 111-Free and Easy
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #24-Summertime
Crazy 4 Challenges #95-Summer Theme
Cupcake Craft Challenge #150-Favorite past Cupcake Challenge, #36 Summer
Dutch Dare Card Challenge #120-Summer fun
One Stop Craft Challenge #139-Summer Time
CES Challenge #44-A Recipe, 1 image, 2 ribbon, lace or twine and 3 dp's (papers)
Charisma Cardz Challenge #27-All About Flowers
Cute Card Thursday Challenge-Lace
Digital Tuesday Challenge #119-Spellbound, use one or more dies
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge-Summer fun
I Did It Creations Challenge #63-Floral
Stamp R Us Challenge-Through The Garden Gate
Scrappy Frogs Challenge-Summer Flowers
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #97-"What works for you", Copics
Come and Get It Challenge-Color challenge, light blue, light pink, light green
Paper Playtime Challenge #50-Summer
The Crafty Pad Designs Challenge #129-Lots of Texture
The Crazy Challenge #75-Summertime
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #88- Summertime
Deep Ocean Challenge #3-Cards

These are all fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by to see what they have created to inspire us to play along with them!

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Summer Friends

Happy Summer! I hope everyone is enjoying the summer like I am so far. The weather here in New England has been beautiful so far. We are just having our first days of 90 something degrees here this week. It definitely puts me in a happy mood.

I decided that I would make this card using this adorable image from LOTV. I have had it colored for a while but didn't feel creative enough to make something with it. There were butterflies out in my garden last week and it made me think of the image so I created this fun card. I am giving it to a little boy from school when I write to him to see how he is enjoying his summer. I made it open from the side because he was always asking me why my cards open the wrong way (Hallmark has him brainwashed).

Here are some challenges that fit my card

Aud Sentiments Challenge #32-At least 2 word sentiment
Bearly Mine Challenges #14-Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #24-Summertime
By The Cute and Girly July Challenge-Things with Wings
Crafts and Me Challenge #42-Favorite stamp or image
Crazy 4 Challenges #95-Summer Theme
Cupcake Craft Challenge #150-Fabvorite challenge #64, 4 legged and furry
Digi Doodles Shop's Best Challenge #66-Butterflies
Dutch Dare Card Challenge #120-Summer Fun
 LOTV Challenge #104-Wonderful Sketch by Donalda
One Stop Craft Challenge #139-Summertime
Paper Playtime Challenge #50-Summer
Stamp something Challenge-Bugs or Butterflies Somethings
Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge #12-Wings and Things
Stempeltraume Challenge #90-Summer
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Cute and Cuddly
The Crafty Pad Designs Challenge #129-Lots of Texture
The Crazy Challenge #75-Summertime
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #88-Summertime
Fuzzy Wuzzy July Challenge-Get Punchy, corners, butterflies and circles were punched!
Dream Valley Challenge #11-Summer Theme
Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #30-Critters
Make It Monday #45-Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenge #47-Summertime Fun

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and leave them some love or better yet play along with them!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Time to Head for the Beach!

Hello and Happy Tuesday, I hope everyone had the chance to enjoy the long weekend in the US like my family and I did. I am really enjoying my time off from school. Next week summer school starts but it is only 3 hours a day for four weeks and I am working with the preschool this year so we start really early and get out earlier that the elementary session. This gives me a lot of the day left to myself.

It is also time for another fantastic challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. This week Kristen let us fly free with the challenge. She picked the theme of Summertime and we could create whatever we wanted with whatever images we wanted to use. I have had this Whipper Snapper image from last summer that I never got a chance to ink up and decided to use it for my card. I thought it would make a quick, fun card. Well it turned into a maration card because I kept not thinking it wasn't perfect and changing my mind about it. Have you ever had a project that took on a life of it's own? I am glad I kept with it until I liked it.

Enough babbling from me, here are some great challenges that go along with my card

AiFactory Challenge-Embellish It!

Allsorts Challenge Week 110-Free and Easy July

Crafty Ann's Challenge #44-Get Well/ Thinking of You/Just Because

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #89-Colours of Summer

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #65-Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge #149-Use Shapes

Really Reasonable Ribbons Challenge #27-Picnic/Summer Fun

Lollipop Crafts Special Summer Challenge-Anything Goes

Moving Along with the Times challenge #105-Here Comes the Summer Sun

My Partner in Crafting Crime Challenge #30-Lets Hit the Beach!!

Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paint Challenge-Summer Vacation

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #141-Here Comes Summer

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #62-Anything Goes

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #37-Summer

The Crafty Pad Designs Challenge #128-Special Fold

The Crazy Challenge #74-On the Beach

Totally Papercrafts Challenge-Let's Play Bingo, brads/die cuts, Embossing, Ribbon

Clearly Inspired Challenge #31-Punches, Die Cuts, Cut Outs

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge #57-Summertime

Craft Your Passion Challenge #65-Anything Goes

These are all fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

A Thank You to Our Heros

I love this image from Sassy Cheryl. I bought it last year and I think it says so much about what the men and women who serve do for this great country when they fight to protect not only the people that live where ever they are serving but also so we can live free and safe. Some with the ultimate sacrifice. I  never want to forget or take for granted what America stands for.

These are some fantastic challenges that fit my card
Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge #61-Great Sketch
Celebrate The Occasion Challenge #20-Red, White, and Blue 4th of July
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #55-Red, White and Blue
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge #70-Outside The Box
Use It Tuesday Challenge #10-Independence Day, Red, White and Blue
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #5-Stars and Stripes
Die Cut Dreams Challenge #92-Red, White and Blue
Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #28-Stars and Stripes
Paper Playtime Challenge #49-Digi plus Red, White and Blue
Scrapbookaholic By Abby Challenge #8-Red, White and Blue
Squigglefly Challenge #104-Red, White and Blue!
Stamping Scrapping Central Challenge-Red, White and Blue
Woodware USA Challenge #33-Patriotic Theme and/or Colors
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #61-Patriotic/Use the colors of your nation's flag
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #95-Red, White and Blue plus Thank You
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #117-Stars and Stripes
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #117-Fourth of July Cupcakes
My Sheri Crafts Challenge #63-Independence Day or Canada Day
Craft Us Crazy Challenge #11-Red, White and Blue and/or Summer Theme
Delightful Challenge-Red, White and Blue
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #65-Anything Goes
Rainbow Lady's Challenge #159-Patriotic with Red, White and Blue
The Rubber Cafe Challenge-Red, White and Blue
Stamp Insanity Stamp Challenge #64-Stars and Stripes
Crafty Creations Challenge #125-Thank You
Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge #22-Red, White and Blue
Little Red Wagon Challenge #87-Patriotic
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #56-Red, White and Blue

These are all fabulous challenges so be sure to stop by and play along!

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read. Have a wonderful holiday weekend!

Happy Creating,
Mary