Lady in Green Hat

Friday sure came fast this week, as all way been busy but I want to tell you that I’m going back to Austin Texas to help my brother and my sister in law. If you are new stopping by. My sister in law had major surgery in Sept 2013 and had a large tumor removed from the top of her head and has had a hard time. She still needs a lot of help, she can talk, move her arms, fingers and neck. So I want to give my brother a little brake because she can not be left along. I will try an get all my cards done and share some things with everyone. Try and keep up with everything.
The Outlaws Twisted Thursday challenge for this week is anything goes as always but the twist is to make a card or project with your favorite color. I love different shades of green. 
Our Sponsors for the month of March are

http://nicecranedesigns.com/

and Paper Temptress

Nicecraine is the sponsor and the images are all colored and I have never used colored images before but that sure make doing a card really easy. This image is from Vintage woman with hat. I really love these woman. They are done so beautifully.

 

The spellbinder is beaded oval. EK Success diamond flower edger punch.

The flowers are from my stash and the greenery is a punch called rock fern. 

The gold corners and the edges are from my stash, I have had these forever. My paper also is from my scrapes.

Left the inside open for a stamped message or a place for a written message. Here is a close up of the image.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful week end.

A Place on Earth

I’m so happy you stopped by today.  I have created a masculine card for you this week. I know that a lot of crafters have a hard time doing masculine cards. Let me tell you, I personally have never had a problem with them and in fact I love creating them. My family when I was a young girl all I had was brothers, my Mom had all brothers, my Dad had all brothers and when I got married we had all sons. I do have to put this in their I have 2 grand sons and 1 granddaughter finally!!!

How most of my cards turn out sometimes is a surprise to me, when I start a card I never know what I’m going to do. This stamp you can find at  I Brake for Stamps Store. My stamp is called Silhouette Bear, I love all kinds of silhouettes. This stamp is so awesome I did not want to take anything away from it. The frame I have had for a very on time, they where made to use on ATC (Artist Trading Cards) and I use to make a lot of ATC’s and trade then. With the size of the stamp made me think of those frames and it fix perfect. So that is how I got the red, black and white theme.

The sentiment is written on Vellum and though it was perfect with this theme. Made some circles with my circle cutter so I could add some layers. All my card stock is basic, nothing fancy. Added black metal dots to the corners. Red metal dots to the inside. Left the center open for a stamped message or a written message.

I took the close up so you could see how the frame is. These come in all kinds of colors. I stamped the silhouette bear with versafine onyx black ink. 

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This really was a CAS card. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my card.

Flowers for a Friend

Welcome back and I hope you had a nice week end. The Color Me Creative challenge #88 has started and the challenge ends on March 14 8:00pm.

Your challenge this time is all about

~Flaming Reds~

Our Fabulous Sponsor is Art by Miran

If you have not been by you really have to check out her GORGEOUS images

THE PRIZE FOR THIS CHALLENGE IS:

3 Digis of your choice!!

The image I used is called Isabel’s Bouquet and you can fine her by Art  by Miran. The paper I used for my card is DCWV it is the Mariposa stack. I seen this card and I loved the layout but where I seen it they did not tell you how to make it. So I had to figure it out. So this is what I came up with. The card is 6 by 6, the black layer is 5 3/4 by 5 3/4. Need 9 squares and have to have about 1/4 inch between each square on all sides. So I made each square 1 11/16 and it worked. I even saved all my pattern pieces, just incase I want to make it again.

The spellbinder die cut is called adorning square. The butterfly's, I cut out of the mariposa stack they matched so nice.  The red, black and gold trim is from my stash. Added 3 metal dots on three of the corners. Close up of the flower, it is from Prisma, I added some Xmas red stickles to the edges and the center. On the yellow flowers added some pearl pen color black for the centers. These tiny flowers are a punch. The greenery is a punch called large fern.

The inside is finished off with some of the scraps edges, I love this paper.

These are the copic markers used to color the image.

I have been staying away from doing any black hair so I have been trying to work on black hair and I added some red. I sure have to practice a lot more on the hair but I will (maybe)

get it down. Here is the close up.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

 

Is it Spring yet?

Hello to all my wonderful friends and welcome to my blog. For this week at The Outlaws Twisted Thursday challenge as always it is “anything goes” and we add a twist and the twist is “to add a pocket to your card or make a pocket card”. The card I made today is called a “Criss Cross card” and if you would like to try any make one, I found the directions on Splitcoast stampers. Just to put this out to all my friends if you would like to be a guest designer for one month or for one week we would love to have you. Just put a GDT after your comment and I will try and get in touch with you. 

Our Sponsors for the month of March are

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnesDigitalArt?ref=seller_info

and Paper Temptress

http://www.papertemptress.com/

My images is from Anne’s digital art and she is called “Suzy getting ready for”. I printed my image out on Cryogen Heavenly white card stock and you can fine that at Paper Temptress. The paper I used is Die Cuts with a View, Mariposa stack.

Here I removed the band I made for around the pocket card and placed a ribbon from stampin up 1/2inch stitched poly pear pizzazz, the image,  and poppy flower from Sizzix die. I set it in front of the pocket part and I should of taken a picture of it without the pocket behind.

Here is a side view.

another side view.

The die cuts I used are spellbinders scalloped oval to cut the image out. Spellbinders Heartfelt creations layered scalloped Posy HCD 717.

The Sizzix poppy flower die can out so nice. I have several of the flowers dies and I want to start using them.

The little flourish I add was in my stash and thought it looked nice, so I added it. Added 3 metal dots to 3 of the corners. The little flowers come with the set from Heartfelt creations posy die. Added some Pearl pen color black to the centers of the flowers. I sponged around the edges with distress ink color rusty hinge.

These are the copic markers used to color the image.

I shared my other Orchid with you (still blooming beautifully) and this one was not blooming yet and I was not sure what color it was going to be (first time it has bloomed) so here is a picture and it is so beautiful. Not sure how much everyone knows about Orchids but once they bloom they last most of the time for more them 3 months.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Many hugs to all!

 

Pretty hats

It is Wednesday and it is time to share my I Brake for Stamps card with you.  The stamp I used is by Embossing Arts and the name of it is Hats. The flowers I used are from Wild Orchid and I Brake for Stamps has a full line of their beautiful flowers.

The spellbinder die cut, I used is called Floral Oval. I added some Pearl pen ice white and for some reason I had a problem with the liquid (it kind of flattened in some spots???) so I added some pearls I already had to the area of the ones that flatten. Have you ever had that happen to you? First time for me???

The red paper is from The Paper Company and it is called Red glitter vine. The red ribbon used is from the holiday section at Michaels. Add all kinds of white pearls. Distress ink for the edges color barn door. I used copic markers to color the image and the picture I took did not turn out. So here are the colors I used. R21, R22, R24, R27, R29, E21 and E23.

Used Martha Steward floral lace edger and added some more white pearls.

Here is the close up of the top hats. I had so much fun creating the little flowers on top and for the greenery I punch out Martha Steward branch and then cut it out in tiny stems.

Another hat. Some more flowers.

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Thanks so much for stopping by. You know how much you all mean to me. Hope your day is as special as you are.

Hi!

First thing I want to do before I talk about my card. I want to thank everyone for their wonderful comments they left for me on my last card. I would of love to of replied to some of you but I was unable because some of my blogging friend do not have a blog. It means so much to me when you talk a little about yourself, I get to know you a little better and you are like another family to me and I want to share things with you that you are interested in or if it is some thing you would like to learn. So thanks for being yourself and I love you all.
Now for this week at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge our Twisted for this week is to add three things of something to your card. I added 3 flowers and 3 pearl dots. Anne’s digital Art is sponsoring us this month and my image is called “Suzy Valentine”. I have the link if you would like to stop by the shop and check any of Anne’s images. I also printed Suzy out on Cryogen Heavenly White card stock, so if you need any you can stop by Paper Temptress she has a wonderful supply. Link is below.

Sponsors for the month of February are

Anne's Digital Art

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnesDigitalArt?ref=seller_info

and Paper Temptress

http://www.papertemptress.com/

The designer paper I used to make my card is from Graphic 45 from The Secret Garden stack.

My ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon .  The Pearl Pen colors used are salmon and ice white.

The inside of the card. The die cut here is also part of the die cut on the front of the card. Only thing I know is it is from Memory Box and I do not know the name. My friend Lee let me use her die and I did not get the name (sorry). I did find it is really big so I cut it in parts to add it to the card.

The copic markers used to color the image. This is the close up of Suzy she is so darling. The tiny flower is a punch from punch a bunch and the center is the ice white pearl. I want to tell  you Scrappily Ever After is where I get all my punch a bunch punches and they will be going out of business at the end of the year. I so sad about that because I could always find what I was looking for from them.

Thank you for stopping by! Hope everyone has a wonderful week end. Be safe!