Tilda Tag....

Happy Weekend everyone!  We have our first Frost here this morning.  I'm looking out at the roof tops in our neighborhood and there is definitely frost there.  We are at 34 degrees and all I can say is finally!  We always wait for the first frost because whatever Maggie is allergic to in our yard goes with the frost!  Yeah....

Toady I want to share with you a tag I made for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #21.

This week Joan's recipe for the challenge is as follows:

Something from Nature but not flowers - Real or handcrafted (such as twigs, corn husks etc.)
Something Punched
Something Green
A background for your focal point such as a Spellbinders Nestie

My twigs are punched and the flowers are mint green and I used a Spellbinders Medallion for the tag.   So I think I have covered all the bases!  Joan's challenges are always so much fun..... here is a link to her blog.  joanscreations.blogspot.com   She has so much going on there; you should go check it out.

My Tilda is stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Rangers Distress Inks.  She is cut out and mounted on a Medallion from Spellbinders that was cut also from Watercolor Paper and distressed with ink.  The twigs are a punch and they are colored with inks and Glimmer Mist.  the flowers are homemade with watercolor paper and the edges are tinted with Distress Inks and then twisted; all the floral area is set on some silk ribbon I sprayed with Glimmer Mist.    This little Tilda will be adorning a Holiday gift bag in the very near future!

Supplies:

Tilda Stamp
Spellbinders Die
Glimmer Mist
Twig Punch (Punch a Bunch)
Stamen (Hobby Lobby)
Silk Ribbon From My Stash
Ranger Distress Inks

Lady in Red.....

Well, we have had some interesting weather the last couple of days!  Lots of wind and rain and I had a little bit of time for creating so here are the fruits of my labor:

For some reason, I can't seem to take a picture straight to save my life!  Sometimes I get so frustrated I just want to spit!  I'm just not a photo person it seems!  The image is a 'hAngler stamp and I colored her with Distress Inks to match my background.  I used Spellbinders Dies to mount her on the card.  I used Zots 3Ds to set up some from the mounting squares.  The flower is one of the Camelot Roses I made that looks like the Prima Flowers.  The flower was colored with Distress Inks and the edges twisted while it was still a little damp.  I added stickles for a little extra shine on the edges of the flower.  The papers are from my stash (I think I found these at Hobby Lobby on their paper shelf.    This card reminds me of Christmas.....go figure....since I've started my Holiday cards.....this could be one of them too!  I'm still struggling with cheeks....just can't get them to look the way I want.  This way of coloring takes a lot of practice, so bear with me as I learn this technique.  I love the look the Distress Inks give, they remind me of an antique look.
Some days this works for me, some days it does not.  Hence.....Practice, Practice, Practice!

I hope you enjoy this little card...I'm thinking it will probably go into my Christmas Box even though I didn't start out for it to be a Christmas card. 

Supplies:
Gina K Designs Card Stock
Spellbinders Dies
'hAngler Stamp
Distress Inks
Homemade Flower
Papers from my Stash
Scor-Tape
Zot's 3Ds

Christmas Morning...

Well it is definitely a rainy Monday here...I awoke to wind and rain and thunder and lightening!  My husband had a call early that a customer had a tree blow down in his yard during the storm...It means more work for him, but I hate when a storm takes out a tree...they can go anywhere! 

I took time out of my schedule to finish a Christmas Card that I have been working on for about a week!  I only get to do a little here and a little there and I'm really feeling deprived!  I'm hoping it will get cold enough soon and I will have to put the rest off until Spring.  He....he.....  I'm entering this in Joan's Gardens Challenge #20.

 It calls for:
A tree (any kind)
An embossed object (not a background)
Something cut out with a die
Brads

I stamped my tree from Clear Stamps and embossed with white embossing powder.  The star in the tree top is a star shaped brad.  I cut out the image with a Spellbinders Die  (The image is Mo Manning and she is colored with Ranger Distress Inks.  All points covered.  I also embossed part of the base card with a Cuttlebug snowflake folder to add a little dimension to the card.

I hope you enjoy this little beauty!  I just love the image!  This is one more down for my Christmas Cards!
Hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Supplies:
Clear Stamps
Mo Manning Digital Stamp
Spellbinders Oval Die
Ranger Distress Inks
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Pearls from my stash
Flower Stamen  (Hobby Lobby)
Winter Limbs punch
Gold Star Shaped Brad
Ranger Embossing Powder
Gina K Designs Card Stock
Silk Ribbon from Stash
Bow Easy

ESCAPE ARTIST!

Yep, we definitely have one.....our doorbell rings before daylight this morning and it is our neighbor telling us Bret is out!  My husband goes outside and he is just sitting by the gate waiting to be let back inside because it is close to feeding time!  I go out to help find escape route and we have no open gates and I'm standing there scratching my head.  Now for the last couple of days, Bret and Gracie have been hanging around the wood pile at the back of our lot.....I'm thinking a critter got into our yard and he was after it and it went up the wood pile and over and so did Bret!   Every day it is something different with that mutt!  He is afraid of storms so all summer long he tore at the deck trying to get inside.  We have all kinds of contraptions situated to keep him at bay.  He has torn all the lattice from under the deck and some phone lines, etc.....etc....   He is definitely wired for sound!  To look at him, you think, Oh he is so sweet and he just loves you to pieces, but once he gets distracted, there is no turning back for him.  So today and tonight he is in the dog house.....Gracie wouldn't go inside because she is still a little skittish and only wants to sleep inside after everyone has gone inside for the night.  I'll try again tonight to add Gracie to the pen. 

Non Idle Hands! .....

Good morning everyone!  I'm still here.....just working like a borrowed mule and trying to keep my head down and hands busy.  Like I promised.....my hands have not been idle.  I don't have the time for anything major creative, but when I sit to rest from my chores.....I've been creating flowers!  I love doing flowers and using them on my cards and so here are my new flowers.

This is only a few of the things I've been doing.  These flowers are all over my work area and getting ready to go into a flower jar.  Most of them were made using the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die but you can make most of them if you have punches.   The large flowers are the Prima Camelot Rose Duplications that I learned to make on YouTube.  Just key in Camelot Roses Doop and that video will come up for you.  Some of the flowers have UTEE on them and others just have Distress Inks on the Edges and Glimmer Mist and then some Ranger Stickles on the edges for some shine! 

I work awhile and sit awhile which is typical with my age group.....while I'm sitting, about 15 minutes worth, I can either cut out some card stock or ink edges or assemble, or whatever.  I was beginning to feel like I had to totally stop creating and only work, but I find I can still do a little of both. 

I hope you enjoy these.....I'm loving making them and can't wait to have time to make some cards and other things using them!  Have a wonderful day and I'm off to tackle another item on my list!

A Miracle.......

The card I want to share with you today is to be entered into the Challenge at Joan's Gardens

This is Joan's Challenge #19 and it calls for the following:

Paper-Flower background paper - preferably Webster Pages

Rosette or paper flower
Stamp - Sentiment - preferably JustRite
Border Punch -preferably Martha Stewart

I didn't have any Webster Pages paper but I did have My Mind's Eye in a floral and that is what I used.
The little rose is homemade and it mimics the Prima baby roses.  These are so much fun to make....I just typed "Making Homemade Prima Flowers" on U-Tube and up popped several videos to watch.  So I just learned from that!  The sentiment says "Every day holds the possibility of a Miracle"...It is a JustRite stamp.   I stamped the sentiment with Ranger Distress Ink and then cut out with a Spellbinders Ovals die then distressed the edges also.  I used a Martha Stewart punch for the edge of the card...Pretty straight forward and easy peasy!  I had a stray piece of braid laying around that already had the scor-tape on it so that went behind the sentiment.  I knew I'd have a use for that little scrap!    The stamen were purchased from Hobby Lobby and there were several in the package, so you will be seeing them a lot around here!  I added a little Ranger Crystal Stickles to the stamen to add a little shimmer.

I hope you enjoy this little card....it will be going into my box for the nursing home ladies!   As for me, my list is getting longer and longer on the to-do side and not much going over onto the done side.  I'm beginning to feel a little overwhelmed and out of step....so bear with me for a little while as I try and change this list to the done side.  My creations will be things that I can do with little thinking, and on the run.....

Good Monday Morning!

Good Monday morning everyone!  Since it is Monday, it is time for another challenge over at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog.  Our sponser this month is Meljen's Designs at Whimsy Stamps.  We would love you to play along for a chance to win some free images .  Just click on the Blog link above to check out all the details.

This is the sketch for the week.  This month's challenges have been all about the sketch!  I just love this one.  Come on and play with us this week....we love seeing what you create!

Sadly this will be my last post for the Critter Sketch Challenge Design Team!  After a little blood, sweat and tears, I find that Life has just gotten in the way.  Things are so hectic in our household that I can't spend the time to do this justice.  I am going to miss everyone, but I will be around.....lurking in the background.....just a stones throw away.
I wish you all the very best!

Supplies:
Meljen's Designs Image
Sentiment Stamp (JFF Stamps)
Card Stock from my Scrap Bin
Spellbinders Dies
Ranger Distress Inks
Ribbon (Seam Binding dyed with Distress Inks)