Let's "Get in Shape" Challenge at Flourishes

Good morning everyone.  I have done a card for you this morning using the Flourishes Sweet Pea stamps.  I will be entering my card in the Let's "Get in Shape" Challenge over at Flourishes.  I have always been a huge supporter of Flourishes and am one of their biggest cheerleaders.  I always just love their flower stamps and have several.

The shape of the card is Gold Majesty Circles from Spellbinders.  I've been waiting for just the right time to use this die.  I just love it and of course the Standard Circles Large die fits perfectly behind for the remainder of the card.  I love the image and I watercolored with distress inks and Stampin Up Cameo Coral.  The sentiment is from the Life Lines set also from Flourishes.

So there you have it!  You can also play along if you go visit and make your own shaped card:  Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge

Love You Bunches.....

Now don't you just love the title?  I do and I use this sentiment a lot.  It is from Heartfelt Creations and It can go on a Valentine's Day Card, or even an all occasion card that is going to a family member or a dear friend.  The uses are limitless I think.

In this case it is bunches of daisies!  These are my first effort using the Susan's Gardens daisy dies and PanPastels and I can see I still need to practice for sure.  The petals of the daisies need more definition and I will work on that next.  I love using the PanPastels; they are so smooth and creamy and so easy to use.  I can see I'm going to be in a long love affair with them!    So what do you think about these daisies?  I think they are really cute and just need a little more work.  Stay tuned for more on this!

Well that's it for me this morning.  It's Friday and we are headed straight into the weekend. Our temps have moderated but we are expecting rain for the next few days.  Lots of brown and mud in these parts! Have a great weekend!

WOYWW #240

Good Wednesday Morning everyone!  We are having a heat wave here in East Tennessee!  7 degrees this morning as opposed to -1 yesterday!  So things are improving for sure!  So many of my neighbors have had snow and frigid temps as well so I guess with about an inch of snow on the ground we came out of this much better than they did.  We have been very fortunate not to have lost power as well so I really cannot complain except that I'm not able to be outdoors much!

So now onto WOYWW!

I have been working on a card that I will share on Friday and I used the Fancy Tags Two dies to cut out the sentiment portion for the card.  I also just purchased the tub of distress glitter and a new die from Cherry Lynn Designs...it's called : Chicken Wire Frame.  I can't wait to play with it.  I know, I know...I'm supposed to be purging my craft room but I just couldn't resist this die and a girl can always use more glitter so please don't fuss!

Now I'm off to visit Julia's blog and link up.  If you are curious about this Wednesday addiction I seem to have just tag along with me and Julia has all the information there.

That's it for me this morning.  Hope everyone has a safe and warm Wednesday!

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge

Good evening everyone!  Hope you are warm and cozy wherever you are and that you are not having too much crazy weather.  Our biggest concern is the cold; record breaking temperatures.  January is definitely here.

This morning I'm here to share with you a card I made for the Cheery Lynn Designs .  They are giving away an eBosser!  It has been so long since I won anything....could I be lucky enough to win this?  I would probably faint dead away.


Someone will win this.  I could sure use one of these as my poor arm and shoulder give me fits when I crank the handle of my current die cutting machine.

I used the Sophia's Heart Doily Die.  I don't have many Cheery Lynn products but this was one I just had to have.  I made it into a Valentine's day card with pinks and white against a blue background.  Can you see my pink glittery butterfly?  I also added some glitter to the large rose and the rose buds.  While I was at it, I sprinkled some into my eyebrows just because that's how I roll!  Whenever I'm in a craft store I can always tell the true crafters because we all wear glitter...on our face, in our hair and in our eyebrows!

Winner of the December Blog Hop......

I need to begin by saying I'm so sorry to be so late posting this!  I find I have just been in a daze the last week or so.  I'm sort of befuddled with all the holidays and find, most of the time, I can't tell you what day it is.

The winner of the December blog hop was chosen from Giovana's blog.  Congratulations to Chris Hunley!

You have won a $25 gift certificate to Heartfelt Creations.

Please email EmmaLou@heartfeltcreations.us with "Winner of December Alumni Blog Hop" in the subject line.

Now I'm going back into my hole and continue purging my craft room!

Sweet Valentine.......

Good morning.  Hope you are well and getting ready to enjoy your weekend.  It is a cold 14 degrees here this morning, but then again it is January.  The wind has been whipping and snow flurries blowing by. There is just a dusting of snow outside but Baby it's cold outside! Brr...

I'm here to share with you another Valentine's Day card and I will be listing it on Etsy if you have an interest in purchasing it.

I used several different companies products on this one.  the embossing folder is Stampin Up, the die and leaves and flower petals are Heartfelt Creations, the sentiment is just words I typed and printed with my computer.  Lots of layers makes this one of my favorites.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed making it.  I just love the flower!

OK that is it for me this morning.  Hope your day is filled with joy and that you keep your toes nice and warm today.  If you are in a part of the country experiencing lots of snow and ice, please be careful and stay safe.

WOYWW 239

Good morning everyone and Happy New Year!  Welcome to 2014.  Can you believe it?  It seems like only yesterday I was ushering in another New Year....2013!  Where does the time go.  This morning I'm showing you my workspace because that is what we do on Wednesdays around here.  If you would like more information on this or you would like to join us, just head over to Julia's blog and she gives all the details on her blog.

Being an older lady I no longer party on New Years Eve so I'm bright eyed and ready to go this morning.  I wish the same for you!

I love making flowers and here are my three newest sets of dies all ready to go.  I can't wait to start playing with them!  Hopefully in the coming days you will see these lying on my desk or gracing the front of my next card.

That is it for me this morning.  I'm off to visit as many of the participating blogs as possible.  I can't wait to get a fresh cup of coffee and see what everyone is doing.