Birthday Card

I just love this rubber stamp by Eat Cake Graphics. The artist, Holly, has such a wonderful sense of humor. Every time I look at this card, I laugh. Thanks, Holly. Go visit her store at Eat Cake Graphics. This card is number twelve for my personal ultimate challenge! Kym, are you impressed? lol.

Challenges:

Aly's Sunday Challenge- animals

Creative Belli- birthday care

Totally Stampalicious- funny card

Love White on White

When I saw this week’s challenge for Sassy Cheryl’s Digi Stamps, I had to do it. I love white on white. It was such a fun card to create. I know, it’s after Easter…

Challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's Digi- white on white

PaperPlay -pastels

Whimsical Wednesday- spring

Digi Doodle Shop- Anything goes

Twisted Thursday Challenge

This week's challenge at Twisted Thursday is to add the word mom or mother to your entry. S2G has loads of spring digi stamps at their online store. The sentiment is one of them. I printed it out on patterned paper. I think this little box makes number eleven in my ultimate challenge. Click the little Frankin Fairy on my sidebar to fly over to my other blog. Here's the link to Twisted Thursday for deets and inspiration.

Crafty Creations Challenge

It's time for another Crafty Creations Challenge. This week the challenge is to make your own background paper. I got out my old favorite, the plastic canvas square, and went to town making dots. I did this at work during my lunch. I got some very strange looks...I made the box by following Dannie Graves' video. I've provided the link to it. If you make one of these boxes, you'll be addicted to making them... Don't forget, I warned you...The adorable image is from The Stamping Boutique. By the way...guess who the sponsor is for this challenge...

Happy Birthday Card

You can never have too many birthday cards. The inspiration for this card came from the May/June 2010 issue of Paper Crafts Magazine. If you click the little Frankin Fairy on my sidebar...he'll take you to my other blog where I'm tracking my progress with my own personal challenge...

Challenges:
Stacey's Stamping Stage- color challenge
Cupcake  Crafts- Don't be square
Die Cut Dreams- Make your own flowers

The Crazy Challenge

It's Monday and I feel like Domino, the dog on my card. I spent yesterday finishing my Spring Cleaning!!! My Inner Self will have to leave me alone, now. It feels so good to have a clean house. This card is for The Crazy Challenge blog. The challenge...brads, buttons, and eyelets. If you can include all three...great! If not, that's okay, too. I was able to to use brads. There are three of them....the heart, and two are holding the metal tag to the card. The cute digi is from S2 G.

Just Christmas and Birthday Cards Challenge

It's my turn to do a Christmas card at Just Christmas and Birthday Cards. We have a great sponsor this week...Go take a peek...hint...Simon...You'll find the sketch there, too.

Simple Sunday

This is one of those cards that look better than the photo. It was quick and easy because the paper did the work. It’s another card for my other blog. Click on Frankin Fairy on the sidebar to see my progress…

Challenges:

My Time to Craft-quote

Charisma Cardz- quote

Pals Paper Arts- KISS- Keep It Simple, Sweetie

Mixing Patterns

My Inner Self is  not happy with me at the moment. She wants me to finish my list of 18 spring cleaning projects. I told her that keeping an updated blog is an obligation. I don't think she's buying it...

I'm loving mixing papers. It used to scare me...Click on Frankin Fairy on my sidebar to find out more about this little card and my "I Love a Challenge Project."

The image is a rubber stamp from Eat Cake Graphics. If you haven't been to her online store, you must fly like a butterfly over there. She has the cutest stamps.

Challenges:

Our Creative Corner- blossoms

Crazy 4 Challenges- CASE (Lori's)

Allsorts Challenge- photo inspiration

Simon Says Challenge- things with wings
Bizzy Becs Creatalicious Challenges- wings and flowers

Another Twisted Thursday

This week's challenge is to use flowers. Since I didn't want to leave Paris, I chose to use another Paris Digi from S2G. Please go to S2G Twisted Thursday Blog for all the deets and inspiration. Can't wait to see what you do with flowers...

Crafty Creations Challenge

I'm very pleased to announce that I'm a member of the Crafty Creations Design Team!! It looks like fun times ahead with this great challenge blog! This week's challenge is to distress. Softpencil is the sponsor for this week's challenge. Please click to the blog for deets.

The little bunny thanks you for visiting...

The Crazy Challenge

I’m starting a new adventure in my life  with The Crazy Challenge Design Team. Yes, I’m a newbie member of this fairly new challenge blog. This week’s challenge is CUPCAKES! Everyone has at least one cupcake stamp. I think I have at least a half dozen. Find that cute little stamp and create something with it. Oh by the way, it doesn’t have to be a card. Maybe you could bake cupcakes and send me one…just a thought… This card is  project Number Four on my quest to do 20 cards from Paper Crafts Magazine…Click on Frankin Fairy (sidebar) to visit my other blog.

I Just Had to DO It…

When I had two challenges on my list that included “things with wings,” I just couldn’t resist…Enter Frankin Fairy! Isn’t he the cutest. He’s one of Holly’s rubber stamps at Eat Cake Graphics. I thought he was going to be neglected until Halloween; but, Fab ‘n’ Funky is having a neglected stamp challenge!!! I was able to use an idea from Paper Craft Magazine, too…If you want to follow my progress on my other blog- I Love a Challenge- click here.

Challenges:

Flutter By Wednesday- open...fairy, butterfly

Fab 'n' Funky- neglected stamp

One Stop Craft Challenge- things with wings
Play Date Cafe- Color Splash (black and white with a splash of orange)

CAS Card

This is card #2 for my I Love a Challenge blog. You can follow my progress by clicking on this link.
Kym, I know you'll read this post....Did my Inner Self put you up to being my Task Master???

Challenges:

Stampin' Royalty- Keep it Simple

CAS-tastic Challenges- anything CAS

I Love a Challenge

Have you seen the movie, “Julia and Julia?” It’s about a young woman who blogs her way through Julia Child’s famous cookbook. In short, she’s does every recipe in the book in one year! I loved this idea. I wanted to blog my way through something…Well, last Saturday my copy of Paper Crafts arrived in the mail. I was completely taken away by the wonderful cards in this issue. Do you see where I’m going with this??? I’m not going as far as Julia; but, I’m going to do my “take” on at least 20 projects from this issue before the next issue is put on the stands. Yikes! I have until June 15th to do it. Okay, that sounds like a long time…not really…I work full time, I’m on several design teams, and I think I’m married… I have two grown children and a couple of grandkids… I've started a new blog to keep track of my progress. I hope you visit and become a follower. Here's the link. This digi is from Whimsy Haven. I think it's just too cute!

Challenges:

Pixie Dust Studio-green

Totally Gorjuss- texture

CAS...tastic Challenge- Anything CAS

Creative Belli- die cut

Cute Card Thursday- touchy feely

Challenge Up You life- April Weather

If Roosters Crow in the Morning...What do they do at night??

It's Twisted Thursday over at Shirley' 2 Girls. Today's challenge is to use the above photo for your inspiration. Here's my take... At night roosters drink fine champagne and eat wonderful french bread...

I've always wanted a Country French Kitchen. This is probably as close to one as I will ever get...

Make sure you go to the Twisted Thursday blog for deets and inspiration!

This is Only a Test…

I just downloaded Windows Live Writer. Just giving it a test. I’ve posted a recipe that sounds like it may be tasty…

                   Thought I toss in a few baby pics…

LiveJournal Tags: recipe,family pictures

I'm Hoppy!

Card Closed

Open

Oh, Hoppy Day!! I'm finished with doing my taxes!!! Today's card is another birthday card! There are a lot of spring birthdays in my family. It also works for several challenges. The childhood memories challenge over at Cupcake Challenge needs an explanation. When I was a child, my grandmother had a vase of cat tails in her guest bedroom. We, the grandkids, thought they were haunted. We dared each other to bit one. It supposedly would  bring out the spirit who lived in the house. We'll never know...

 Frogbert, an Eat Cake Graphics stamp, is sitting on a little pebble I plucked from Loch Ness. To be honest, I'll remove this little stone before I send it. It's a special stone and I can't part with it; however, it is needed to fit a couple of challneges. The dragonflies, waterlily, and cat tails are from Sweet and Sassy. One more thing...it's the last Day to Travel to Paris via the Shirley's 2 Girls Blog Hop!!! It's well worth the trip!!!

Challenges:

KL Stampin and Scrappin- organic material

Totally Gorjuss- texture

Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturdays- birthday card

Stamptacular Sunday- spots and dots

The Crazy Challenge- 3-d

Cupcake Craft Challenge- childhood memories

Doodle Palace- funny animals

Creative Card Crew- happy birthday

 

Just Christmas and Birthday Cards Challenge

It's time for another JCBC Challenge. I just love this House Mouse stamp. I'm soooo the little mouse on top of the cupcake when it comes to birthday cake. Please follow the JCBC link for the sketch and deets. You know you need to make a birthday card...

Inner Self Step Aside!

My Inner Self is allowing me to work on DT projects, only!!! Well, my order from Eat Cake Graphics arrived yesterday!! Since I'm on Holly's Design Team...my Inner Self is biting her tongue... I told her not to worry, I'll continue to spring clean...do taxes...work... Maybe I should send this card to my Inner Self... Actually, it should go to Holly. Her stamps are so much fun to work with...Visit her store, Eat Cake Graphics, to see what I mean.

Challenges:

Clean&Simple- sketch

OCC- bows

An Adventure!!! April in Paris! Let's Go!!!

NEW RELEASE  BLOG HOP!

(Click on the above to start from the beginning... )

Join me here on  Rue de St-Louis-en-I’lle for my part of this fabulous little Paris tour. If you came here from Deanne – Rue de St. Julien-le-Pauvre


then you are in the right place!
 
Oooh...la...la... Gay Paree!!!
I just stepped into an elegant boutique where I found a birthday gift for my daughter. A few pairs of oooh...la...la... panties...
I love how they wrapped them...

To go with the panties, I made a birthday card. My husband was impressed that I knew how to write Happy Birthday in French. Didn't tell him I googled it....

Now for your next stop on your tour, head over to Gina – Rue de Champs E’lsees for another fabulous project. If you get lost along the way, head back over to the S2G Challenge Blog for your road map.

There are three prizes and a grand prize chosen randomly from comments. Make sure you leave a little love at each blog.

(Grand Prize)

Don’t forget to play along with us for our Twisted Thursday Challenge. The TWIST is to use the word MERCI on your card/project.

Here's mine!

My sidebar has links to each DT members' blogs:

Road Map

1. Ann – rue de auteuil

2. Anne – rue du Chateau

3. Cat – Rue de Maitre Albert

4. Deanne – Rue de St. Julien-le-Pauvre

5. Georgia – Rue de St-Louis-en-I’lle

6. Gina – Rue de Champs E’lsees

7. Jana – Rue Dauphine

8. Jane – Rue Bonaparte

9. Jeannie – Rue Du Louvre

10. Judy – Rue du pont neuf

11. Lisa – Rue DE Rivoli

I Love Paris in the Springtime!

Come with us as we take you for a stroll

down the Champs E'lys'ees...

the Eiffel Tower...

on a bike ride thru Montmartre...

Shopping on the Right Bank

and Oooh..La...La...so much more!

Okay, I've never been to  Paris, but I'm sure they have a lovely spring. The next best thing to going there...travel with me to GAY PAREE  on Thursday via the  S2G Blog Hop!! We'll have a great time...I promise. The best thing about this adventure is that you can take a week to travel at your own pace. You don't have to rush from blog to blog...take your time and enjoy the scenery. See you there!

Ol' Blue

Meet Ol' Blue. This is my think tank where I plan paper projects while I drive to work and back home.

Had to post something...

I have a list of  18 Spring Cleaning Projects!!!! Completed one item today...

April Showers

My Inner Self must have spent the winter in Florida. Well...she's back! I've been dodging her all weekend; however, she's not letting me get away...Aside from some DT stuff, it's time-out for a short bit. Taxes are due...spring cleaning needs to be done...hectic work schedule...When it rains....it  pours!

Challenges:

OLLCB- April Showers

Raise the Bar- April Showers

Glorious Day!

What a perfect Easter Sunday! The weather is beautiful and it makes me want to shout! Now you know the inspiration for this card...

Challenges:

Saturday Challenge-Garden

Magical Crafts -Animals

Crafty Calendar Challenge- fun/humorous

For Fun Challenges- Anything goes

Cooking It Up With Katie- recipe

ABC Challenge- R is for red

I Miss Harry

I used to have an angora rabbit name Harry. He was the sweetest little bunny. Every morning when I would let him out of his cage to explore the kitchen, he would go directly to the bread cupboard for his daily treat of a slice of bread. He loved bread...we had a lot in common...

When I saw this digi from Sassy Cherly's, I knew it was for me...

Challenges:

Totally Gorjuss- hearts

Sassy Cheryl's- distressed

Squigglefly- flowers

FSS Challenge- spring

Fab 'n' Funky- spring

Crafty Creations- anything goes

Charisma- animal magic

Stamp Something- pink

S2G Twisted Thursday Challenge and Blog Candy!

One thing for sure, the week isn't complete without using a S2G Digi for a challlenge. Meet Domino...he has a thing for hats. You'll find him at the store along with his hat collection. This week's  Twisted Thursday challenge  is Anything Goes! How simple is that!!!

Bonus!

A GIGANTIC COLLECTION OF BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!!

The first person to leave a comment on everyone of my posts since I started blogging (last June) WILL WIN...

Scroll down to see the Candy...

APRIL FOOL!

(The devil made me do it!)

Cheers! and have a Great Day!