My Great Granddaughter Little Miss Paislie

Yes, I know, I am too young to be a great grandma...but I am, and don't regret it all...

I am just happy I am young enough to be able to enjoy this little sweetie...

My son had his daughter very young, but sometimes thing have a wonderful way of working out...

 

Anywho...my daughter Lori is an awesome photographer....

she has her own studio in our town, and does the best baby pictures ever....

here are a few she took of my Little Miss Paislie for Valentines Day....

 

Yes, they are copyrighted...but she won't care if I share them with you..

Little Miss Paislie was one in September and has a baby brother due in March

In one of the photo's she is showing off her belly, imitating her Momma

Here Is My News

I finally get to share with you my exciting news.....

I have been invited to be a guest designer for Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog

for the next 5 Thursdays.....

I am so excited for this opportunity to show my skills.....
I would love for you to visit the Blog at Cheery Lynn and leave a comment...
I so would appreciate it!!

 

As you all know, I am a HUGE flower gardener.....

and a HUGE fan of the Cheery Lynn Designs dies... and the Build  A Flower series.... 

For my guest appearance this week I designed an altered cheese box.....

with Salmon Star Lillie's   and am sharing a bit of a "tease" of it....

 

 

visit the link above to see it......

 

I am also sharing a few of my own garden photos of my  own Salmon Lillies.....

I think for the next several weeks, I am going to share a few photos with

each post of my garden...I am so proud of it...

the only way it can be described is a "cottage garden".....

 

 

 

More Bits and Pieces

Happy Sunday to you!!!!

I have been working hard at using up more of my scrap bits and pieces....

All you see on this card came out of my scrap bin.....

Notice the red background...can you guess what it is??

It's a paint card sample I had picked up to paint some red flower pots....

the doily is a partial one that I used the other part on another project....

the little dress form has been cut for about a year....

the "wood" tag I had stamped on, wasn't satisfied with it...and tossed it in the scrap bin....

the velvet button heart I bought last year at Hobbylobby....

and last, the flower is one that came with some blog candy I won last year....

 

 

I am entering this in the challenge at "Our Creative Corner"

to use wood and a button....

the woodgrain must show, so I also used a woodgrain embossing folder

in addition to my wood tag.....

 

Don't forget to came back Thursday to see my exciting (to me) news!!!!

Peach Perfection

I bought these wonderful garden stamps last year or so from My Favorite Things...

I had intended to use them in a garden scrapbook I am making for myself....

the set is "Clearly Sentimental About Gardens.....

 

I inked one of the sentiments to use in this weeks Wednesday challenge MFTWSC108

 at MFT using one of their sketches.....

The die I used for the rose and the sentiment are both products of MFT

 

I cut my rose from white cs,  then inked it with Apricot Appeal and Only Orange

 

I finished the inside of my card with a butterfly........

Bits and Pieces

I have been noticing on lots of blogs lately that "we" are all trying to use our scraps.....

I have a HUGE amount of not only scrap papers, but bits and pieces of things

I have punched, stamped or cut out.....

 

I picked out several things and sorted them by colors....

and intend to use everyone of them and then start over.....

this is the year to clear it out.....

 

 

I made these two cards with the things I had pulled out

the first one is for a challenge at Papercraft Star to use "buttons"

since I had pulled all the colors together it was a cinch to make....

the lace tape trim is some I had won the end of last year.....

the birdie is a chipboard piece I had purchased at Michaels

 

The second card was so simple...

The card itself I had cut as a sample from my Cricut...

don't you just love the shape of it.....

I embossed the top of it and added a few pearls

all the rest came from my stash.....

 

 

I love how it ties shut at the top with some dyed seam binding.....

it's amazing how easy it is to get some gorgeous cards without much effort!!

Much Love

It's been bitter cold here....

frosty cold mornings.....

the roads are icy and snow covered....

I have pretty much stayed close to home

and not ventured out.....

so what better time to stay warm...

spending my time in my creative room....

 

I have been getting alot done....

I made this card for the challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog

the theme this week is "sweethearts"

 

 

I used  Sophia's Heart for the background......I glue them down with glue and seal

it dries clear, and it sticks...fast!!

the flowers were made with a die I just received and a new one from CHA

called Cutie Fringe 2

 

 

Cheery Lynn has released 4 of these...and I now wish I had them all

they are so easy to use...I whipped these 3 flowers up in minutes...

it took me longer to decide what paper to use....

the leaves underneath are Stacker Flowers #1 Leaf

the sentiment is a $1 one from Michaels

 

Next Thursday I have some exciting news (for me) to share.....

that's all I am saying for now..

you will have to stop back and see.....

 

 

Also wanted to share my frosty morning sunrise I took a few minutes ago

it is so pretty...wish you could see all the snow on the trees...we got about another 6" 

of the fluffy white stuff last night...and more to come.....

Believe In Magic MFT Pure Innocence

This sweet little stamp is the first one of the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence

stamps I purchased.....

like I mentioned in the post below she just reminded me of one of my little granddaughters

the name of this one is "Believe In Magic"

 

 

I reallly fussed with her, cutting her dress top with glitter paper

added a tulle skirt and fussy cut her out....

 

 

the flower is one I love...it is a My Favorite Things die Royal Rose...

I had seen a rose like this on one of the MFT Design Teams blog

and she "enabled" me to buy not one, but two of the rose dies...

a bit of "girlie" lace was added to finish....

 

I  am entering this in the contest to be a month long guest designer at 

My Favorite Things.....

believe in  magic

 and

 "wish me luck"!!!!

Pure Innocence Daffodil

Pure Innocence....

doesn't that have the sweetest name??

I love these little girlie girls from My Favorite Things....

I started buying them as they so much remind me of one of my little granddaughters...

The problem is...I want them ALL.....

I have started a collection of them, this one is Daffodil.....

I LOVE daffodils...and I LOVE the Pure Innocence line...

 

how could I go wrong??

On the "My Favorite Things" blog, they are having a contest for a guest designer spot....

so how I could not join in when I have a chance to use these little girls.....

 

The challenge is "HERE" and it is a sketch challenge....

I have been having a thing for yellow lately...so it works well with the daffodil...

I stitched around my card and added some big rick rack trim.....

one of the "sentiments in the pure innocence was "daffodil"

I stamped it round and round my circle....

I colored my image with copics and popped up little miss "Daffodil"

 

I think I just "might" have to enter another one

Sweet Thoughts

I had time today to squeeze in a challenge....

I should be doing other things....

but I decided along time ago that life is too short and to do what I love...

that's my advice and I am "sticking" to it...lol

 

So I decided to do the challenge at Impression Obsession "Sweet Thoughts"

I had to give this challenge alot of thought...

I just received last week 4 new stamps from IO, but none of them fit this theme...

so I came up with this "light bulb" moment to use my ever favorite background stamps...

 

 

I cut a cupcake shape from my Cricut using white cardstock...

I stamped the bottom of the cupcake with my IO Honeycomb bg stamp...

now if I had it to do again, I think I would of embossed it with powder to give a more 3D effect

but too late for that....

the top was stamped with a stamp I just love called Rose Lace.....it is so pretty

 

I added a bit of stickles to define the top from the bottom and a few red pearls for candies....

and of course all cupcakes need a cherry on top...

 

 

Also showing you a picture I took out my dining room today of our Lake Michigan effect snow

thats water (a creek) in the forground.....4 ducks went floating by just a bit ago....

it's about 9 degrees out...brrrr...glad I got to stay in....

made a pot roast with mashed potatos and gravy for supper....yum!!

Grow Your Own Blog Party~Starts January 19th

How about a party to start the weekend??

A Grow Your Own Blog Party....

does that sound like fun??

 

 

Well, at "2 Bags Full" Vicki had an idea...

an idea to bring all sorts of blogs together....in one big group

where we can hop from blog to blog and "meet" new friends

discover new blogs...find new ideas....sounds like fun...

oh...and some blogs will have giveaways...

and you don't have to follow a blog or jump through hoops to enter...lol

 

However, I would love to have you follow my blog~subscribe, only if you really want too

Stay with me and find out about my giveaways.....

 

A tiny bit about "me"

My hubby and I have 5 children

he has 2 sons, me I have 2 sons and a daughter

which makes us have 18 grandchildren and one great

and

they all live by us!!!!

We live in Michigan, in a log home, on a creek

we love living here....so pretty and peaceful

and in 15 minutes I can be in the best shopping mecca anywhere....

we call it the best of both worlds...lol...

 

I have two blogs, one I badly neglect, poor thing...but this one is mostly about

my paper creating...I love to make anything with paper, cards, mini books and albums

altered items, flowers...you name it, I love it....if you scroll down

you can see some of my creations.

 

I also sew...I love to sew using old linens, quilts, laces and such, as well as pretty fabrics....

for years my sister and I had a homeshow in my home with all our primitive creations

I miss it....but we just grew too fast.....faster then we could sew.....

 

My other love is flower gardening.....oh how I love that.....I can hardly wait for April

to get here, so I can get back into getting dirty!!

 

 

 

Now for the giveaway.....mine is a surprise....the only thing you need to do, is tell me

if you would prefer a home decor item, or papercrafting items...thats it...anyone can sign up

from anywhere...it will be chosen random dot.org
I will post two winners on Feb 1st...give away is open until Jan 31st....
Now go visit...the link is above to 2 bags Full

White on White Valentine Snowflowers

I have been into white on white cards lately....

I made this Winter White Valentine card for a couple of different challenges...

 

 

The gorgeous embossing folder is a Sizzix I received from the hubby for Christmas...

it is a bit tricky, as it really needs one of the bigger machines to go thru...

the word "Love" was from my stash that I glittered with MS fine glitter....

I have gathered up an entire wood box of things ...

snips and pieces to try and use up....

I made my Snowflowers with the Cheery Lynn Designs Snowflowers I set

have you seen all the new releases from Cheery Lynn this month??

Wow...I have an order coming any day now...and can hardly wait!!

 

I am entering this in the challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs to use "snowflakes"

and

the challenge at Papercraft Star to use "White on White"

New Blog To Visit

There is a new blog you are going to want to visit...

and if you repost, you can get a free pattern...

I have some of her patterns and they are wonderful....

and I have already seen a few of her new things on Pinterest....

  

 

here is the link http://vintagecountrystyle.blogspot.com/

Winter Whites

I saw this challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow

to make a Winter White card....

the challenges there are vintage/shabby chic, which I love!!

 

I wish you could see this card "in real life" as it is gorg-e-ous!!

 

 

I used a TH die for my dress form, an embossing folder for my background

Sizzix dies for the buttons, the butterfly is one I made and had left in my stash....

the crown is a MS punch, which I glittered with MS glitter.....

I sewed some tulleing around the dress form.....

I am trying to do a few challenges today and tomorrow, as I will be gone to

an "outhouse" race...you heard me right....lol

in Mackinac City, they race outhouses down the street.....3 or 4 pull and push

and one has to sit in the outhouse...I will try to get some pics to post next week...

its just some silly fun...we are spectators only...lol....

Visit my post below if you would like, for another pretty creation!!!

Seeds of Summer

Brrr.....it is so cold here...12 degrees this morning.....

but the sun is shining nice and bright

showing me all the dust I need to take care of...

but not complaining....

the sun gives me energy and motivates me!!

 

This week JustRite is releasing all their new stamps and dies at CHA...

have you seem them???

Oh my, I have a HUGE list going....

some I have to have......

they have a sketch challenge.......

to win some fab prizes......

 

 

This is my card I did for the challenge...

I used to make bracelets and have lots and lots of beads left from that...

so I tied a heart one on my ribbon.....

I added a bit of Stickles to my Copic colored flowers.....

these colors just make  me want Spring and some warmer air....

products used and the sketch are below...have a nice day!!

 

 

Stamps:  JustRite Seeds of Summer and Lace Background Stamp

Ink and solid Papers"  SU Cameo Coral

Scrap Paper:  Dear Lizzy Neopolitan

Stickles:  Tropical Tangerine

From The Heart

Well, happy Monday morning to you all....

I have been reading on several blogs that lots of you are having issues

with loading pictures and such into your blogs.....

and here I thought it was just "me"...

from what AT&T has told me, it's an Internet Explorer issue...

so I use Firefox to load pictures...geez aren't computers grand!!!

All my issues started when my modem died, and I had to replace it

and somehow in installing it, I must of choose some bad decisions

and to top it off (don't tell anyone) today I dumped (yep) my entire cup of coffee

on my new modem...I never knew an old lady could move so fast....lol...

so I am holding my breath it doesn't just up and quit on me.....

 

 

I made this card for the Timeless Tuesday challenge at Flourishes

to use something "new".....

the stamps used are from the Flourish's set "From The Heart"....

my new are the little flowers I purchased from Michael's $1 bin...

I sprayed them with two different Tattered Angel mists and then a bit of stickles...

the little cameo heart stick pins were a part of my Christmas creative things I received.

"Love Letters"

Hello All and welcome to my new followers....

Today I have a card to share that I made for the

Flourishes Challenge "Love Letters".....

I used a stamp from a wonderful Valentines set from Flourishes "Love Sweet Love" set

I colored in my image with watercolor pencils....

 

 

the flowers were "glitzed" a bit with Stickles....

the little letters (envelopes) were made with a QuiKutz die...aren't they cute??

The cardstock is a favorite of mine from SU Cameo Coral....

 

So this is my entry...want to give it a try??

You have til 5pm today....

and you could be the winner of the Flourish entire January release...

Winter White

Do you do Pinterest??

If you go to search and enter White on White Cards

then hit enter, then when they come up, select  "boards" on the left top

all the boards with white on white cards will come up

get ready for some super duper eye candy...there are some amazing cards!!

 

So this week at Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog the challenge is "winter whites"

which was funny as, I had just gotten done pinning all these white cards.....

 

 

My card I made came to me last night during one of my "sleepless" nights....

you know, one of those nights where no matter what, you just can't shut your mind down....

I had a card all planned, but went with this one instead.....

however, it was to have a white snow bunny on it, but I forget to place the bow on the

right side of the card, so didn't have any room for my bunny...sigh!!

 

I used ALL Cheery Lynn dies for this card

The Spring Basket......I threaded ribbon thru the handle...love how it turned out...

other dies are Fanciful Flourish~Build A Flower Embellisments 2~

Tropical Leaves~Miniature Rose and Meduim Rose

The embossing folder is from Sizzix....
I am also entering this in the challenge at
The Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge "White as Snow".....

 

Anything Goes

Before I share my project, I just wanted to say that to all

my blogging friends, I will be around to visit you all

sometime today!!

I have had so many computer/modem issues in the last several days

that is has almost caused me to lose my mind entirely....

 

Is anyone having trouble getting blogger to load pictures from an "upload"??

that function for me has seemed to stop working...what a nightmare...ugh

 

 

Now onto my card.....

I made this card for the challenge at Impression Obsession "it's your choice"

I received this stamp from my hubby for Christmas....

(I love it when sites have wish lists...makes it so easy for the "hubs" to shop)

Isn't the image great???  Sorry I had to add the do not copy on the image,

but there are those that would..and just not fair to the designers or companys

....anywho, I had intended to add a few more elements, but had already

mounted the image when I remembered....that's how my mind works...it doesn't..lol

I did stitch around it a bit, sometimes I love to do that.....

check out the challenge...give it a try...and they are having a blog hop, too

take a peak!!

 

Does My Heart Good

Wow, it has been some week.....first I have been down with a sinus/ear infection....

and today I have spent over 2 hours trying to get my photo to load into blogger

and ended up having to figure out a different way.....very frustrating

 

 

I made this card for two very different challenges....

the first being Cheery Lynn Designs to make a "friend" card

I used my always Cheery Lynn "go to" die Fanciful Flourish...

a more simple card this week, but I really, really like it.....

 

the stamped sentiment is from Flourish's Heart Line set

I love the way their stamps always stamp so clear and precise....

The challenge at Flourish's is "Love Letters"....

 

I might be back with some more if I can figure out my blogger photo issue!!

Be Mine

This is one of the projects I have been working on...

even though Christmas is fun, it has been a nice change

to do something else....

 

 

I chose to work on a mini booklet of sorts

with one of my most favorite "new" dies....

 

 

I made this album with these Sizzix dies designed by Karen Burniston....

Frame and Label Bracket~Album, Accordion Flip 3-D

and a Tim Holtz Alterations lg snowflake Rosette....

just love how I can make use of the snowflake year round, just by changing the "topper"

the other items are various things I had on hand, Martha Stewart and a few others...

 

 

Hope you enjoy it...kind of hard to get a good picture of it.....

I am putting this on the Sizzix blog HERE
and
the Simon Says stamp challenge "New Something"

One of My Favorites From 2012

Today I am showing one of my favorites from 2012

while I am working on "new" things.....

I just loved this card
 I made the gorgeous flower as well....

and it won me a nice gift from a workshop I attended where we had to vote on our favorite....

I hope you enjoy it, too

 

 

I am entering this in the challenge at Papercraft Star, to show a favorite of 2012