Christmas Gift & Tag

Happy Wintery Day To You!

Well I've finally got my first crown and it's not fun going thru all that pain especially when it happens to be a rear molar......all's good now and it's healing!

Thankfully I have been home, because the weather has been really nasty with continued freezing rain  expecting more to come and top that off we have heavy fog too!.  I'm hopeful that we might get some snow, as come friday that's what's expected for the extended forecast.

Today's project I'm gonna show you is a recycled Starbucks bottle that I filled with homemade Lavender Spa Bath Salts with a decorated Tag

Digital images are Emerald Fairies that are fussy cut, colored with Copic Markers & Stickles on their little wings 

Small ticket is from one of Tim Holtz's Stamp Collections & topped with a poinsettia from Wild Orchid Flowers 

Topped off with a 3D sticker, now don't you think this be a fun gift to give!

Sharing with these Challenges:

AllThatStickles ~ Wintery Holiday Project w/Stickles

C4C215 ~ NOEL

PumpkinSpice49 ~ Tag

AudSentiments95 ~ Tags

SuzyBee'sBloomin'6 ~ Up Cycle

EclecticPaperie ~ Altered Bottle

Polkadoodles49 ~ Make A Gift

Stampin'w/Dragon ~ Gifts & Decorations

TotallyPaperCrafts196 ~ Anything Christmassy 

WagnWhiskers118 ~ Anything w/Wings 

SFTW ~ Use Red 

Divasbydesign ~ Feeling Festive

KraftyHands ~ ATG

CraftyGirls7 ~ ATG

Monthly Challenges

EmeraldFaeries50 ~ Christmas

LittleClaire's39 ~ Christmas 

CMC83 ~ Holiday Theme 

HollyJolly ~ ATG & Blog Hop

Stamp&Create ~ ATG

Thanks for looking & leaving your wonderful comments!

OSAAT Challenge #180 ~ Bit Of SteamPunk!

Good Day!

It's beginning to look a lot like Autumn around here in Alaska the leaves are changing, with blustery windy days and the temperatures dropping down at night (to low 40's) now.  Wish it would slow down a bit on the rain so I could mow the lawn one last time.  Hunting Season is upon us now and I had a Mama Moose show up in my back yard a couple days ago.  Today I had two little ones show up in the lower back yard to graze for goodies.....

Okay now for the Challenge at One Stitch At A Time if you use a Digtal Image on your project this week come join us!  We have some lovely samples from the Design Team and the Prize for the challenge is the full set of Digital Images used in challenge #178......wahoo what a haul!!

OMG I had so much fun playing with this new image from BBKakes at the Stitchy Bears Digital Outlet, I used several Tim Holtz products that I had on hand to create my project which measures  6 1/4" x 7" 

Supplies Used:

Die-cuts, cogs, embossing folder, distressed inks, bubble brad, sentiment bubble ~Tim Holtz

Background stamp ~ SU

Paints ~ Twinkling H2Os

Markers ~ Copics

Charm  ~ unknown

Sharing with these challenges:

C2CU3 ~ Texture w/twist (mine is steam punk)

Alphabet ~ "O" for one word sentiment

CardCrafter'sCircle91 ~ Portrait Of A Woman

Crafts4Eternity140 ~ Recipe Colors 

Whimsical ~ Something Old & New

Bloggers ~ To Die For

SimplySteampunk ~ Layers

SweetPea Stampers ~ Fantasy

CreativeBelli177 ~ Number 

Stampotique115 ~ Lots of Layers

CardsAndMore89 ~ ATG

Bearly-Mine102 ~ ATG

TotallyGorjuss200 ~ ATG

CatchTheBug ~ ATG

4KraftyGirlz ~ ATG

Thanks for coming by today!

Come And Get It Challenge ~ Sketch

Good Day To You!

This week at Come And Get It I'm hosting the challenge, and I have a simple sketch for you to try out!  I decided to go with a Nautical theme as we have lots of fishermen/women that live here in Alaska.

So if your up to the challenge with CAGI use the sketch below

Use your imagination to mirror, flip it, or rotate it any way as long as Design Team can see the sketch in your project! 

Sharing with these challenges:

Crafty Calender ~ATG 

Kraftyhands ~ ATG

PumpkinSpice32 ~ Vacation 

DCC731 ~Water Elements

ArtisticStamper ~ Postcards, Travel & Holidays

TheCupboardTriolgy ~Monochromatic

CCC16 ~ Monochromatic

TBC3 ~ Vintage

PYC1 ~ Down By the Sea

PaperCraftingJourney ~ Distressed/Vintage

CreativeMoments23 ~ Sea/Seashore/ATG

Thanks for droppin' by!

Thinking of you

Hello There!

 I got in a new set of Tim Holtz stamps and had to play!  I've seen the set before and just decided to treat myself and here's my first card with it......I love the dragonfly

Maybe one of the reason I like dragonflies so much is because I live on a lake and we have lots of them around flitting in and out, did you know that they are among the fastest flying insects in the world!

But most of all they eat them blood sucking Mosquitos!

In Japan the dragonfly is associated with summer and early autumn.  More generally, dragonflies are symbols of courage, strength, and happiness, and they often appear in art and literature.

Sharing with these challenges:

Cuttin and Stampin'30 ~ CAS

ODBD1645 ~ Stamped Fluttering or Flying

LEJ64 ~ Distressing or Paper Tearing

PTT131 ~ ATG

TIOT ~ Collage w/twist

CWLC52 ~ ATG

Fashionista18 ~ Wings

Paper Playtime15 ~ Use pattern paper

POPC4 ~ Caring

Thanks for dropping in today!

CGI~ Journey Collage

Good Day!

It's fishing time here on the Kenai Peninsula and everybody and their cousins dog is here, traffic is like in the big cities almost bumper to bumper!
LOL you'll probably be laughing, but we just aren't use to all the folks that come down here!   I'll just have to put up with it for another week as long as I can get some salmon to can or put in the freezer.
 1-1/2 case of salmon canned so far!

This week over at Come And Get It Challenges it's Judy turn to be our hostess and she picked out a Collage theme for us to work with this round.

Stamps used: Tim Holtz, Inkadinkado, SU

Paper: SU, Basic Grey

Die: SU, scallop

Misc: Viva Decor-Paper Pen, silver

Sharing with these challenges:

Allsorts216 ~Transport

HobbyHouse2 ~ Vintage

CMM72 ~ Monochromatic

C2CU1 ~ Decade or Era (20's)

PCD71 ~ Monochromatic

Pokadoodles29 ~ Let it fly

Craftroom ~ Vintage Stamping

Thanks for stopping by!

12 tags of 2013~ Jan.

Well I have taken the plunge and made one of my first Tim Holtz Tag for the 2013
year and hopefully to endeavor to do many more!

I am learning to step outside of my box here 

and imagine that the more I do it will get easier!  LOL

Sharing with Tim's Blog here  he shows step by step how he makes his tags,

lots of fun crafting and learning new ideas!

Sharing with these challenges:

C4E12~ ATG

MyGrafico144~ ATG

Word Art Wed.64~ ATG

Simply Create Too 29~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by today!

Heartfelt Thanks~ Southern Girls Challenge

Hello are you up for a another challenge..........over at Southern Girls we have a fun and easy challenge going on right now that's our very first one this new year!  

We've got some super sponsors lined up, go check out all the wonderful Sponsors we have this year!

This round I got the pleasure to use "Braid in my Hair" from "A Day for Daises" you can find it here

I used a technique from A Compendium of Curiousities #37 in the book called: Dabber Resist, it's one of my favorite techniques and love the results!

 Besides A day for daisies we have 2 other sponsors this week .......give the challenge a try for a chance to win some goodies this round!

Sharing with these challenges:

PPCC109~ATG

CFC84~CAS
Divas by design~ATG

Crafty Creations204~Something New (new  image)

Ready-Teddy-Go18~Something New (new image)

SNSDC86~Something New (new image

CGI Challenge~ Pick 3

Come And Get It Challenge 

Purple, Green, Black, Glitter, Staples, Gems, Ribbons, Circles and Scallops

Wicked haunted nights are coming around fast in the month of October......and the Witch is starting to brew up something in the caldron! A pinch of this and a dash of that......What no frog legs?

I wanted to do a shaped card so I sketched off a some what Coffin, I had some designer purple paper adding a scrap from my stash across the top and ran it through a embossing folder.  Some old Halloween die-cuts and glitter, with just the right dash of distressing along the edges!

Sharing with these challenges:

Party Time Tuesday 88~ Frightfully Scary

Bearly-Mine 55 ~ Halloween

Broken Box Stock ~ Make a Halloween card

MyGrafico 138 ~ Anything Goes

ClearlyiStamp 61~ Sentimental

Dilly Beans ~ Black, Pink & Purple

HIMCR 66 ~ Black, Orange & Purple

Paper Playtime 85 ~ Trick or Treat with Die-cut/Punch

Desert Island Crafts 39 ~ Coffin, Witches, Silhouettes & Silver

Eureka 9 ~ Trick or Treat

Thanks for coming by and leaving your wonderful comment!

A & T Challenge~Anything Goes

 Hello.....Get your crafty on folks!

I rushed home to put the finishing touches on my project for the A and T Challenge today.....which you can find the challenge here!

I used the instructions in my Compendium of Curiosities volume 1 to create the background on my tag.  Timmy would be proud!  LOL   I used the Emerald Faeries "Ashee" and you can get the faery here!

You really can't tell by the photo but I used whit liquid applique paint for the puffy parts of the mushroom, with just a hint of gray color to define the edges.  I dabbed the roses with a bit of color to match my tag and added glitter to make them pop a bit.

 I'd like to share with these challenges:
Crafts and Me ~ Use a Digi
Inky Impressions ~ Ribbon
Digi Doodle ~ Things with Wings
Cute Card Thurs. ~ Tag Your It!

 Whoosh......that's what I feel like my summer is doing, I think I'm getting caught up on things here....then comes more that needs to be done!  Thanks for dropping by,  I enjoy your comments!

CGI Color Challenge

Wahoooooo I'm on a Roll...... I've done another card using the Bugaboo Digital Image, what a wonderful fun image and this goes along with the color challenge that Come and Get It has going on......you can check it out here!

 I've use the M-Bossabilities leaf folder for the main card stock and dabbed a bit of brown on the raised leaves to bring them out a bit more

 Love the ribbon with little leaves on it that I paired with brown card stock

 I'd like to share with these challenges:
Little Miss Muffet ~ Scallops
Allsorts ~ Going around in circles
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards ~ Emboss
Crafts and Me ~ Digi

Thanks for dropping by for a visit......love your comments!

OH HAPPY DAY!

Hello and a Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there!

The the challenge over at Come and Get It this week is a using Brown, Pink and Blue

We are being sponsored by the wonderful Bugaboo Digital Stamps and I had the pleasure to use a digital image called Girlz- Bare feet and you'll be able to see it here.

What a big difference clear embossing does to change the color of card stock.....as in when I embossed the background on my card

I'd like to share with these challenges:
Catch the Bug~ Things with Wings
Crafty Calender~ Things with Wings
Anything Goes 66~ Things with Wings
Fussy and Fancy~ Butterflies, Ribbons and Punches
ATCs & Cards with Attitude~ Anything Goes/Butterflies & Blooms
Fat Pages and Cards~ Anything Goes/Butterflies & Blooms
Joyful Stamper~ Anything Goes
The Poodles Parlour~ Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations 43~ Mother's Day

Thanks for stopping by,  I love reading your comments!

Christmas Joy

Well I thought I'd get a jump on some Christmas cards and join a New Christmas Challenge called Holly Jolly Christmas beside we always need Christmas cards and it was a fun change!

The digital image was colored in and clear embossed several time to get a good glossy effect

 Christmas script was stamped with SU cherry cobbler on the back ground so it doesn't show up too much

 

I'd like to share with these challenges:

Holly Jolly Christmas~ Color Theme

CHNC 72~ Tradition Colors

Jingle Belles~ Embossing

Thanks so much for stopping by!