It's All About Circles @ Embellish Magazine

Circles~circles~circles is the challenge at Embellish Magazine this week....

I used my Cricut and cut out a "circle" tree........

I decided to distress the edges of the card using a distress tool.....

simple, I know...but I like it....

and with only one hand, it took me longer then it should have....

I sure hope the surgery works!!

Shabby Tea Room Challenge "Chevrons" Number "2"

I made a second card for the challenge at the Shabby Tea Room.....

the challenge was chevrons and using the colors orange~blue~green~cream~brown....

you can see my first entry by scrolling down.....

I cut this little Halloween kitty on my Cricut and stamped with a small flourish  all over....

added a couple of green gems for his eyes.....

cut him a little witch hat and glittered it a couple of times...

stamped and layered two little pumpkins.....

I added some ribbon...and since the hand issue I am not able to tie bows at this time...

I tried several times to add the "tricks & treats" as a tag tied to one of the ribbons.....

but my left hand refused to let me do it...sigh...

so I had to settle to leave that part off and added them at the bottom.....

I will be glad when I "hopefully" have the use of my fingers again....

anywho...this is my finished chevron project!

Shabby Tea Room Challenge "Chevrons"

This week at the Shabby Tea Room the challenge is "Chevrons" and to use the colors blue,green, orange cream and brown!

I made a couple of cards...the first with an organza flower I made with a tim Holtz die......

I cut 4 layers of each flower (4 flower shapes~16 flowers).......

ran a needle thru the center with thread.....

and instead of using a candle to "curl" the edges, I used my heat gun......

the layered doily underneath is one I cut from my doily die....

the stamped green maple leaves I stamped 3 times and cut each out...

underneath all the layers is a vintage postcard stamp....

what I love about this stamp is the postmark if 1908 and it is from Michigan...

how bout that??

For my blue on the card I added two teal blue leaf picks.......

my chevrons are the rick rack!

I'm Going Batty!! Just For Fun Challenge More Then 4 Sides

I have a fun wreath to share with you today........

I saw this batty wreath on "pinterest" and tracked it down to Carina Garner's blog HERE.....

I think mine is a bit smaller then hers but I love it anyhow!

I cut 2" bats on my Cricut and then just glued them on with a glue gun......

very fun....very fast...very easy!
I am entering this in the "Just For Fun challenge any shape with more then 4 sides HERE!!

I am working on a fall wreath also.......

much more involved using rosettes....

but it will take me a while due to my hand issue....

speaking of.....I have surgery on it Oct 5th.......

they are cutting at my elbow and into the meat of my hand.....

I won't go into all the "gory" details...but I will have 2 splints for 3 weeks......

it frustrates me already as I am not a "sit on my behind" kind of gal........

so all that being said I am sure I will not have much to post unless it is super easy to do with one hand!

Now back to Pinterest......

do you pin???

If not, click on my link above right and check out "my" boards.....

wow...so many creative idea's.....

I now need new ink for my printer I have been printing so much!

I have made a few of the recipes

Autumn Salad.......YUMMY!

Pumpkin Crunch Cake....super YUMMY!

Apple Crumble Pie...really YUMMY!!!

go and check all the fun out!!!

Shabby Tea Room Boys Will Be Boys

This week at "The Shabby Tea Room" the challenge is Boys Will  Be Boys...

a bit of a different challenge for them.....

I am not good at boy/masuline cards at all...in fact they make me cringe..lol

but I gave this one a try.....

the sentiment is....

"That best portion

of a good man's life,

his litttle namless,

unremembered

acts of kindness

and of love"

Don't forget to scroll on down to see my awesome witches shoe cards!!!

Witches Shoe From Pinterest

Hello Blogger Friends!

I've been gone due to my hand "issue"....

but I managed to put a few things together.....

You all know by now my "love" for "Pinterest"......

I found this lovely tutorial there for a witches shoe card...

it is cut on the Cricut with the cartridge "Happy Hauntings"...

go HERE for the tutorial...so fun!!

only difference on mine is I haven't  done my "tags" for the shoes.....yet

it was a struggle just to do the shoes basically one handed...

what should of taken about an hour, has taken me all day!

I go for a test on Monday for my hand...all I know so far is that the muscle is deteriorating....

surgery is forth coming!

Less Is More Challenge ~Color~Metallic

Even though my left hand is not working yet, I decided to try and do a challenge.....

I choose the Simply Less Is More challenge which happens to be "color"...

the color is Metallic....(click on photo for a better view of the copper)

I did a very simple card with a strip of metallic which had copper in it....

the sentiment is from SU, stamped with a Dew Drop Brillance called Cosmic Copper

the card seemed to be slightly "too simple", so I added my flower...

I really like how it turned out....

I will try to leave as many comments as I can...

keep in mind though I am one handed...sigh!!

Take A Peek

Scrapbook Cards Today Magazine had a summer photo contest...I entered a picture of my sweetie granddaughter  "Little Miss Kendall" jumping out of her cousins Barbie car...I didn't win, but out of 100's I did get an honorable mention.....click on the link above and it is the second photo...fun!

I am still suffereing with the use of only one hand...annoying to say the least....so today I opted to wash the logs (yes I have to wash logs, the downside of owning a real log home...ugh)...at least it only took on hand, except it was hard to wring out the rag every few minutes...one more day to go and that job will be done until April......I will be working on some fall/Halloween cards and projects, soon...after I get my logs (and windows washed, too)...sigh!!!!!!!!!!!

Casual Fridays Challenge ~ Book Inspiration

Wow.....where have I been?

I have a pinched nerve somewhere and it has made my left hand useless....

so forgive my "typing"....

it is all one handed.....

and it so hard to do anything....

very frustrating to say the least...

I choose to do a challenge by Casual Fridays.

use a book for inspiration and the colors black~white~red...

I choose the book "A Skeleton Key"....

nope, haven't read the book, don't even know what its about, but it worked for my card...lol

because of being one handed, I dropped the words in the wrong place....

it is what it is....

as soon as I can type with 2 hands, I will be back to leave comments for you all...

I am off to the casino for the $100,000 drawing...

don't worry,I don't have a gambling problem...

I just printed my losses for the last 5 years and they average about $92 for each year....

wish me luck

PS:....I only need one hand to push the button...LOL!!!