Forever Friends

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! We are having sunny skies here after a tough weekend. Luckily we never lost our power through the tropical storm though a lot of our town is still without power. I am hoping that a lot of the gardens in my yard "pop back" after all the rain and wind. This is the week I start back to school and will be happy to see all the kiddos again.

This week we have a really fun challenge for you over at

                                            Going Grey with Scrap-Creations

We would like you to Decorate the INSIDE of your Card. Now many of you may already do this if not give it a try. I made a card for a boy so I kept the inside of the card on the minimal side. I do have that cute friend saying and put the first half of it on the outside and the second half of it on the inside. The swirly circle that they are on is actually a ribbon slide. Don't you just love when you can use your craft stuff for multiple design elements.

Be sure to check out what the other ladies created to inspire you this week they are gorgous both inside and out!

Here are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

2 Sisters Challenge #54-Boys and their toys

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C102-Male Themed Creations

Creative Card Crew Challenge- Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #73-Anything Goes

DYSU Challenge #34-Boy or Man

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #41-Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #44-Fantastic Sketch

Hanna and Friends Challenge #108-LOTV

Heart Song Inspirations Challenge #13-Anything Goes or favorite color combo, I picked Anything Goes

Lili of the Valley Challenge #109-A Thank You

Party Time Tuesdays Challenge #31-Anything Goes!

Send A Smile 4 Kida Challenge-Punches and Diecuts 4 Kids

Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #104-recipe, I used ribbon, buttons, and a circle swirl

Stamps and Fun=Creativity Challenge #62-dots and stripes

Stamps R Us Challenge-Anything Goes

The Poodles Parlour Challenge-Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #95-As You Like It!

Wags'n Whiskers Challenge #61-Outdoor Fun

Creative Inspirations Paint Challenge-Lots of Layers

Challenge Up our Life Challenge #51-Something For Men

Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge-Gettin' Punchy

Just Add Ink Challenge JAI82-Something From Your Stash-mine is these buttons

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #17-Anything Goes

These are all fabulous challenges so be sure to stop by and play along or just check out their wonderful inspiration they have for you!

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

Happy Creating,

Mary C

My First Day of School

Happy Tuesday! I am sitting here smiling while I type because the weather is so beautiful outside that I can here wonderful sounds that I haven't heard most of the summer because it has been so hot and the AC seemed to run 24 hrs.a day. I have all the windows open and it is wonderful!

It is also time for another challenge over at  Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

This week we have a fun challenge that fits in with the time of year that it is, School Time. Another week or two and all the kids will be back at school so we would like to see a creation with that theme!

I decided to go a bit different with my school card. When I saw this Mo Manning image I thought it was cute. When I was looking through to find a school image this image kept pulling at me. We have a lot of walkers at our school and it is always the little ones that hug their moms, younger siblings and lastly their dogs before they are coaxed through the big red doors. That was the thought behind this school themed card.

 Tip to share for Tip Top Tuesday- With all of the intricate die cuts that there are now it can be very hard to get them out of the die with out using some sharp like a pin so I keep wax paper close by and when I use a die I put the wax paper (cut a bit larger than the die) between the die and my paper after I run the die through the cutting machine the cut paper comes out easily because of the wax paper behind it, hope this helps you next time.

All the ladies created some fabulous cards to inspire you this week so be sure to check out their creations!

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

2 Sisters Challenge #53-Back to School

Anything Goes Challenge #48-Inspired by TV/Film- Mine is Kindergarten Cop

Aud Sentiments Challenge #35-Anything Goes
Little Darlings Challenge #5-School Days

CES Challenge #50-Banners, Bunting & Flags

Cooking It Up with Katie Challenge # 71-Die Cut A Banner with Ribbon

Crafts and Me Challenge #48-Blues or blue/greens

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C101-Bingo, Square Card, Die cuts, 2 or more DP

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #72-A Recipe, 1 Ribbon, 2 Backing Papers and 3 Buttons
Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge-Puches and/or Die Cuts for Kids

Mo's Challenge #96-Feeling Blue

Little Red Wagon Challenge-Back To School

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #45-Make It Masculine

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge-Blue, Brown and Choice(Green)

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #60-Back to School

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #148-Create a Scene

Stamps R Us Challenge-Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #81-Back to School

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #94-Cute and Cuddly

Creative Inspirations Challenge #66-Back to School

Creative Stamp Friends Challenge #32-School

Paper Cupcakes Magical Monday Challenge-Let's Make A Scene

Everybody Art Challenge #156-the colors brown/blue

Deep Ocean Challenge #6-Light Blue

Tip Top Tuesday Challenge #48-Masculine Card and Tip (above)
Fairy Tale Challengeblog #22-Back to School

Make It Colorful Challenge #31-Ground Your Subject

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly Challenge #15-Easel Card

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

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

Happy Creating,

Mary

Cheers to You on Your Birthday!

Hello and Happy Friday! I hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend like I am. Today I am posting another birthday card. This one I made for my son for his 27th BDay which is today. It is always hard I think to make a card for someone twenties, especially if you want each card made for the same person to be totally different from past birthdays. I decided on this image from Kenny K as it is a bit more sutler than last years.

The important thing is that we had is Bday last night and he really liked the card. I could tell because he wanted to take it to show his girlfriend. He kept feeling it to try and figure out how I got the shirt to match the back round DP. If he only knew how long it took me to get that glittered DP to go through the printer then see the lines to cut it out and after color and cut the collar and cuffs (they were so small) so they weren't the same as the DP print. I also added my own bit of sparkle on the foam from the beer (my son is always commenting about glitter being on everything I make).

Here are some wonderful challenges that fit this card

Anything Goes Challenge #47-Happy Birthday/Celebration
Aud Sentiments Challenge #35-Anything Goes
CES Challenge #49-Mix and Match
Fussy and Fancy Month Long Follower Celebration Challenge-A Celebration
Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge #56-Summer Sparkle
Sketch N' Stash Challenge #68-Great sketch and my old stash is the brads and corner punch/ new is my image and the silver pearls
The Pixie Cottage Challenge #83-Big On Birthdays
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #62-"Non-stamped" Sentiment, I typed and printed my sentiments off the computer!
Birthday Sundaes Challenge #22-It's All About The Brads
Sparkles Forum Challenge #18-One For The Boys
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #162-Happy Birthday
Cards For Men Challenge #17-Anything Goes
Divas By Design Challenge #8-Birthdays
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #17-Anything Goes
Drunken Stampers Challenge #73-Grown Up Summer Drinks
Color Create Challenge #77-Blue, Green, White, Red and Brown
Desert Island Crafters Challenge #14-I used 1-Dry Embossing, 2-Paper Piecing and 3-Pearls(silver)
Just Some Lines Challenge-Embossing

These are all fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with each of 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

A Cute Hello To You!

Hello and Happy Tuesday! It is time again for another great challenge over at

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations!

We have a really great challenge this week. It is this fantastic sketch. It was so much fun to work with and I can't wait to see what you do with it! I do have to say this is probably the first time I have used so many different DPs on one card, there are 4 different coordinating prints. I still wanted a touch of flowers besides the flower embellishments so I stamped the white panel behind her with some of my Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamps and then glittered them. I don't think you can see the Stickles real well but it has been so dark and rainy here taking a picture has been a real challenge!

This week we also have a wonderful sponsor with us Happileigh Scrappin' Store. They have such wonderful images to color and create with. The ladies have all created some fabulous inspiration pieces with these digis to inspire you with so be sure to stop by and see what they have done!

Here is the sketch for this challenge. Good Luck and have FUN with it!!!!!

Here are some fantastic challenges that fit my card

Scrap, Stamp and Doodle Challenge- Photo Inspiration

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #43-Use A lot

Papertake Weekly Challenge-Eyes Down, Look In! Free, Pearls, Blooms

Paper Playtime Challenge #53-Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad Designs Challenge #134-Cute 'n Girly

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge Week #75-"Polka Dots"
Try It On Tuesday Challenge-Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge-Glitter It!
My Time To Craft #153-G is for....
Paper Creations Ink Challenge #7-Show us your flowers!

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #93-Round and Round

Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge-Your favorite embellishments

Wags 'n Whiskers August Challenge-Sparkly
One Stitch At A Time Challenge-Anything Goes
Scrappekammeret Chamber Maids Challenge-Inspiration photo

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

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

Happy Creating,

Mary

A Special Birthday

Happy Friday! The weather here in New England is perfect. Just like a summer day should be, warm but not roasting like last week. We celebrated a very special birthday at my house. My daughter turned 30. It is hard to believe that she is this old, where do the years go. I guess that makes me older than I feel and hopefully look! I wanted to make sure I made a very special card with everything that she loves, the color pink, roses, pearls, lacey things and anything that sparkles. I decided to use my Rubber Stamp Tapestry Rose Set because of the softness you can create. I made the heart shape to show our love for her. It is hard to see in the picture but I dotted all the small accent flowers on the heart with diamond Stickles. I am so glad that she liked it.

Here are some fabulous challenges that fit my card

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge #162-Happy Birthday

Anything Goes Challenge #47-Happy Birthday/Celebration

Cooking It Up With Kate Challenge #70-Emboss a summer punch

Craft Your Days Away Challenge #26-Birthday Celebrations

Crafty Ann's Challenge #47-Scallops and/or fancy borders

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #95-Emboss It

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #43-Use A Lot, 3 or more of your fav embellishment. I used pearls and roses.

Card Makin' Mama Challenge #26-Birthday Cards

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #67-Flowers

The Crazy Challenge #79-Embossing

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #82-Say it with flowers

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #61-Birthday

DYSU Challenge #32-Emboss It

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #21-Birthday Card with Birthday wording on the front

Divas By Design Challenge #8-Birthdays!

Craft Us Crazy Challenge #14-Anything Goes

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #165-Stamp It!

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge-Dies and Punches

Mami Doodles Challenge #31-Flowers

Craft your Passion Challenge #70-"under the Sea" or "Your Favorite Season", I picked fav season-Summer because of all the beautiful , blooming flowers in my garden

These are all fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them! Wonderful inspiration to see at each one!

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

Happy Creating,

Mary

We Wish You A Merry Christmas....

Surprise! Can you believe that I have a post two days in a row? This never happens but I did finish this card and decided to post it before I got sidetracked. It is a little early to be thinking about Christmas but I wanted to play with this stamp from Lilli of the Valley. I bought it last year and just never found the time to ink it up until now.

I had a lot of fun coloring it though there was so much detail to it I was afraid I would get it almost all colored and mess part of it up and have to start over. I usually have a hard  time fixing red so I colored that first. I used these 3 DP from Bearly Mine because I love the red and tealish color together. I also added lots of different color glitters on the card. There is gold on the large poinsetta and the poinsettas with the sentiment. there is diamond glitter on the fur trims and the snow. I also glittered where I distressed around the sheet music. the whole card really sparkles, I tried to show it in the second picture.
                        
                                
                                                 Can you see all the sparkle?


These are some fantastic challenges that fit my card

Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #64-Tic-Tac-Toe, glitter, stamp, ribbons
Aud Sentiments Challenge #34-Merry Christment sentiment
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #42-Christmas in July
Lili of the Valley Challenge #108-Roses
Bearly Mine Challenge #16-Charm the spots off of you
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge-Christmas
Ooh La La Creations Challenge #86-Oh Christmas!
PaperPlay Challenges Week 31-Christmas in August
There She Goes Challenge #119-Fantastic Sketch
Raise The Bar Challenge #69-Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #78-Holidays
Dream Valley Challenge #13-Distressing
Make It Monday Challenge #49-Anything goes with comments
Weekly Christmas Card Challenges Week 36-Christmas Card with something recycled, my ribbon was from a gift basket given to me and the ribbon was so beautiful I couldn't throw it away!
Gingerloft Challenge #22-Make it sparkle

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

Sweet Pickins

Hello and Happy Tuesday! This is my first week of no summer school and I have been having so much fun creating. I spent all day Saturday with my friends Kristen Scrap-Creations, Pia, Michelle Shell's Life and my sister Peggy Colorful Designs creating and laughing at Pia's house, it was so much fun. Pia's hubby was great enough to barbeque for us and it must be hard to listen to a room full of ladies all day long! He is a great guy, Pia is very lucky!

This week over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations the challenge is BINGO! Every square is filled with something fun for your project so you will definitely want to play along. On my card I did the center vertical line, flowers, die/cuts/punches and digi image. What 3 will you pick?

Be sure to check out all the other ladies creations they are fabulous and full of inspiration for you.

Here are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

AiFactory August Challenge-Anything goes

Cooking It Up With Katie Challenge #69-Show me your new favorite old thing, regular flowers, I use my roses so much I had to hunt for my old regular flowers.

Pink Ink Sketch Challenge #3-Jeanette's Sketch

Everybody Art Challenge #154-Summer

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge-Coloring

I Did It Creations Challenge #67-Children

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #106-Something Old/Something New, old is my flowers/new is my image and ribbon

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #79-Primary Colors

Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge Week 67-Anything but a standard 41/4 x 51/2" card

One Stop Craft Challenge Week #143-Sentimental

Pile It On Challenge #32-Down on the Farm

Stamp Something Challenge-August Digi Day

Card Cupids Sunday Challenge-Buttons or Ribbon

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Challenge-Friendship

Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge 14-Spots and Dots

One Stitch at a Time Challenge #74-Use a digi

Stempeltraume Challenge #94-Recipe, Flowers, Half  Pearls and Text

The Crafty Pad Designs Challenge #133-Gone Fruity

The Crazy Challenge #79-Embossing, the large scallop circle and my red flowers

Hanna And Friends Challenge #105-Dots or Stripes

Creative Inspirations Challenge #65-Summertime

Stamp-N-Doodle Challenge-Recipe challenge ribbon, die cut/punch and pearls

Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge #101-Use something in your stash that you have forgotten about-I haven't used regular flowers in sooo long on my creations because I do love my roses

Just Some Lines Saturday Challenge-Outdoors/summer colors

The Poodles Parlour Challenge-Round and round the garden

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

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

Happy Creating,

Mary

Swinging With My BFF

Hello Happy Tuesday!!!! Can you believe it is already August, summer school ends this week and then I have 3 weeks and I am back to school again. Of course nothing that I was suppose to get done over the summer is finished. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far.

This week we have a really fun and easy challenge for you over at
                                 Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.  
The theme this weelk is BUTTONS OR BOWS or both if you want. We also have a fabulous sponsor this week that I personally love    
                                                      Prairie Fairy Designs

The DT have created some wonderful creations to inspire you with these super adorable, newly released  images so be sure to stop by and check them out and also be sure to play along with us!

These are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

Allsorts Challenge Week 114-Free and Easy
Alphabet Challenge Blog-M for Metal
Anything Goes Challenge #46-Pick of the Bunch-Flowers
Pink Ink Sketch Challenge #2-Fantastic Sketch
CES Challenge #47-"Feeling The Blues"
Charisma Cards Challenge #30-4 Legged Friends
Copic Creations Challenge #55-Landscape Design, sky, tree branch, grass
Craft Your Days Away Challenge #25-Summertime
Crafts and Me Challenge 45-Ribbon
Crafty Ann's Challenge #46-Summertime...and the livin is easy...
Critter Sketch Challenge #76-Summer Fun
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #69-Anything Goes
Fashionista Friday Challenge #87-Summer
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #78-In The Garden
Paper Playtime Challenge #51-Digi Monday with Summer
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge-Lazy Days of Summer
PaperPlay Challenge Week 30-In The Garden
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #66-It's A Garden Party!
Stamp Something Challenge-Summer Fun Somethings
Stampin' B's Design Team Challenge #121-Make a card using ribbon
Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge #13-Paws For Thought
The Crazy Challenge #78-The Sun Is Out
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #122-"Friends Are Heaven Sent!"
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #60-Summertime
Creative Inspirations Challenge #65-Summertime
Really Reasonable Ribbons Challenge #29-Sizzlin' Summer theme
Simply Create Challenge #49-Favorite Animal
Hooked on Crafts Challenge #4-Cute and Cuddly
There She Goes Challenge #118-Celebrate Summer
Come and Get It Challenge-Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenge #69-Anything Goes no twist
Divas By Design Challenge #7-Summer Is Here

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

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

Happy Creating,
Mary