Friday, May 30, 2014

Hats Off To You

Good Friday Morning - I'm here with a big announcement.  Deedee's new store is now open for business.    As most of you Deedee followers know, Diane Noble of Diane's Daydream Designs has been graciously selling Deedee Anderson's image in her store for a while now and still will carry some of her designs, but Deedee has opened her new store as of last night.  

Hooray for Deedee!!!!! Hats off to her.
In honor of the new store opening Dee is offering a Darling Freebee and a big discount  for purchases made during the month of June.  I would like to encourage any of my followers to please take a minute to stop by and support Deedee and her new store.  You will certainly have a ball strolling through her store and find her prices very, very reasonable.  Remember that most of Deedee images come pre-colored as well as  line version so you can do your own coloring, and she also includes sentiments in her sets.

For my card today I went with the pre-colored version and just added a couple of different papers, two tiny star brads and in no time at all,  I had a wonderful card that I will be sending to one of our American Heroes serving in the military.
Well I have to run for now, busy day planned, but I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by.  Enjoy your day and go shopping.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Mid Week Throw Down

Hi All, this week over at OWH their mid week throw down is to make a card with pink and grey or black.  Here is my card.
My colors are off in this picture but this is grey (Basic Grey by SU!)  and the pink hat is lighter than it appears.  I just colored the SNSS image with Copics and used retired papers from SU! also.  The sentiment was punched out with a retired SU! punch and the gems are by Pizzazz APlenty.  That is about all there is to say about this card.  I do hope you all are enjoying your evening.  Kind of easy peasy.  Thanks for dropping by, hope to see you again soon .

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

A Spring TimeThank You

Hi everyone.  Hope your weekend went without any hitches.  Ours was nice and quiet with just the normal home and yard duties, oh yes, and our only grand daughter turned 21 Sunday. Whew where did those year go to?  
I'm here today with a thank you card that I made with one of Deedee's set titled Ladybug Hugs which you can find here.

I used the pre-colored version but then went over the flowers a little bit with my Copics because I was in a half hearted mood to color, so this seemed ideal, just do a little touch up coloring job.  I also added some Glossy Accents to the flower center just for that added pop.  This set comes with many great sentiments, but I used a retired SU! sentiment this time because I wanted a one line sentiment that would run across the bottom of the card.    The paper is from Christmas Tree Shop.

Many thanks to you for taking the time to stop by today.  I have been lax in my postings of late but I am trying to keep up with commenting and I hope I haven't missed anyone but if I have I apologize.  Wishing you all a great Tuesday.

 

Monday, May 26, 2014

OWH Sketch #226

Happy Memorial Day to all.  I hope you have some nice plans for the day.  It's a little gloomy here right now, but it is suppose to brighten up as the day goes on.  I'm here with my entry for the OWH Sketch Challenge #226 found here.




I used one of Deedee's newer images which come in both lined and pre-colored.  My sentiment is also from this set.  I found this to be a great set for different summer holidays as well as for an Any Hero Card for OWH or even a birthday card for any member of our armed forces past or present.  I added a few gems from Pizzazz APlenty  Not too much else to say about this one except that I am pleased with how it came out and will be making more of these to go in my next OWH box. Just noticed that I am still having problems photographing cards, as I see my gems are very blurry.  I don't think I'll even understand this whole photography thing.   Wishing you all a great day today and thank you for stopping by.  

Monday, May 12, 2014

HMFMC Mid Way Reminder

Happy Monday - I'm here with my mid week reminder card for House Mouse & Friends Challenge #169 Sunny Days.  Our teamie Sue Drees picked this fun theme for us.  Sometimes there is nothing better than taking a little nap on a sunny day and wouldn't life be grand if we could do that atop a beautiful flower? I think so. Here is my card.

  This image is titled Napping On A Thistle, colored with Copics.  I punched the top and bottom with an older scallop punch from SU!.  The paper is from a pack I got at Christmas Tree Shop.  I just added some thin black strips and some gems and called it a day.  Won't you stop by the House Mouse & Friends main page to get some wonderful inspiration from my team mates.  You could also win some terrific prizes.

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  "A surprise package of embellishments from Pizzazz Aplenty worth $15.00.  (Due to increased postage costs, the winner for this prize must reside in the USA)

 Pizzazz Aplenty is the place for embellishments of all kinds... Flatback Pearls and Rhinestones, Charms, Ribbons, Laces, Twine, Flowers, Stickpins, Beads, and more. 
This cute House Mouse stamp is also a prize for this challenge.

This adorable cake eating mouse is also being offered to one lucky player.  
  (Sue tells us she must have really liked it, because she bought it twice!)


Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Tuesday Morning Sketch #248

Good Tuesday Evening to all.  Today is the first time I have had the change to play along with Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge.  I do hope to be able to play on a regular basis as this looks to be a very nice challenge.    Deedee Digi's is sponsoring this challenge, so one additional reason to play along this week.    Here is my card.


I used the pre-colored image and sentiment from one of Deedee's newer sets titled "Greatest Joy" which made this card a breeze to put together.  The paper is by SU! (retired) and I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  Jolie candy dots were my finishing touches.  I love the sketch and I think I'll be making quite a few cards with it.  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

Monday, May 5, 2014

HMFMC #169 Sunny Days

Happy Monday Morning.  My card today is for a new challenge at House Mouse & Friends.  Our talented Teamie, Sue has picked "Sunny Days" as our theme.  Here is my card.
My image and my sentiment are both from the same pack titled "Summer Drinks".  Pink lemonade is always good on a nice summer day.    I colored my image with Copics and then dotted around the main panel with a Sharpie Paint Pen. The sentiment was stamped with Versamark and embossed with Detail White powder.   My card stock and designer paper are all from SU!.  I made a double layered bow with my envelope punch and a silver candy dot by Jolie.  The ribbon started out white and was colored with markers to match the paper (it matches better in real life- my photography problems again).  I am hoping you will play along with us this week - I'd love to have a lot of people to visit and you will also have three chances to win a prize  - so come over to the sunny side of the street and play with us, please!

Sunny Days
Show us the House Mouse Mice, Gruffies or Happy Hoppers
Enjoying the warmer weather.


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We are very excited to announce that One very Lucky Player will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of these Premium Dye Ink Pads from Simon Says Stamp.

http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/StoreFront
 We are honored to have Simon Says Stamp Sponsoring us.  Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000+ items in stock along with the latest and greatest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more.  With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulousSimon Says Stamp store!


...Also Proudly Sponsored by ... 



 http://www.pizzazzaplenty.blogspot.com/
  "A surprise package of embellishments from Pizzazz Aplenty worth $15.00.  (Due to increased postage costs, the winner for this prize must reside in the USA)
 Pizzazz Aplenty is the place for embellishments of all kinds... Flatback Pearls and Rhinestones, Charms, Ribbons, Laces, Twine, Flowers, Stickpins, Beads, and more. 

This cute House Mouse stamp is also a prize for this challenge.

Since I am hosting this challenge, I am offering this adorable cake eating mouse
stamp to a lucky winner.  (I must have really liked it, because I bought it twice!)

This cute House Mouse stamp is also a prize for this challenge.

Since I am hosting this challenge, I am offering this adorable cake eating mouse
stamp to a lucky winner.  (I must have really liked it, because I bought it twice!)



Thanks so much for stopping by here and I would encourage you to stop by House Mouse & Friends to see all the great samples my team mates have to offer up this week.  You won't be sorry.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

OWH Sketch Challenge #223

Happy Sunday Afternoon Everyone.  I'm here with a card for the OWH Sketch Challenge found here.  Our sketch card was a darling one made by my dear friend Carol L.  so in her honor I did a card using a Cocoa Mouse image, which is one of her favorite images to work with.    So this one is for you, Carol. but as you can see, I did leave off a few things.  I'm sorry, I guess I am more tired than I thought.



I went into may stash and found a piece of paper that was going to work just right for this sketch.  This is one of the first papers that I ever bought from SU! many years ago and I have/ had one small piece left.  I colored the image with Copics and kind of made my own wrapping paper using a brown marker and white dots with a Sharpie Poster Paint Pen.  There are some gold stickers on there, not green as one of them appears to be.  Now that I look at it, I may add some white dots to the pink paper also, we'll see.  Thanks for the visit and I do hope to see you agan tomorrow.  

Outlawz Sketch Challenge

He there, I'm here today with a card for The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  This was a nice fun, easy sketch to follow although I did not use gems around my image as in the sketch.  I'm hoping no one is offended by that.


 Deedee's Digi Image's is the sponsor for this challenge so I happily used one of her newest images.
This image is from Deedee's Greatest Joy set.  I just printed it out and then added a little Glossy Accents to the larger heart,  did a little bit of piercing and a couple of gems.  The papers and card stock both are from SU!.  This was a nice quick card for me to put together. I thank you for popping by and I hope to see you maybe later on today with another card.

Friday, May 2, 2014

W2SB #5 - Bloom Where You Are Planted

Happy Friday all.  I'm here with a card for the Words 2 Scrap By challenge.  I know everyone is thinking of spring and spring flowers right now, but a have to admit I like the summer blooms better.  I have loved flowers and gardens since I was a little girl as my, very green thumbed, Grandmother had the most beautiful gardens you could ever imagine.  At first I was not successful with gardening, but all of a sudden I did start to bloom a bit more in the garden.  I remember one morning going outside and just being amazed that my Tiger Lily bloomed overnight and the orange colors we just striking to me.  That day they became one of my favorite flowers. Daiseys are my all time favorite. To me they very clean and crisp looking
This stamp is from a retired SU! set titled Fifth Avenue Floral and I'm not sure this is even a Tiger Lily stamp but I made it into one anyway.  I colored it with Copics and used a sentiment from that same set. My background paper is from a pack by Miss Elizabeth's and I was lucky enough to pick that up in a Dollar Store.    My sentiment makes me laugh because, in my gardens, I never do it right the first time.   I am constantly digging up my flowers and moving them around, just to change the look of the gardens from year to year, so I guess I don't do it right the first time in the garden anyway.   I think if you are put on this earth and you grow into a caring, giving, honest person you have done it right and you have bloomed where you were planted.  Wishing you all a fantastic weekend.  See you again soon.