One Nation Under God!!!

Morning all, we finally got power back on after one heck of a wind storm last night, it was scary for a while, but we survied!!  And before I forget, I lost 2 whole pounds last week, 12 from goal weight now!!!!  This is the card I made for Joan's challenge #24 this week, she ask that we:
Create a Celebration card

Use Red, White and Blue
Use Stripes
Use a Tag
I didn't have any striped paper that would work so see what I did, I made my stripes using several Martha Stewart punches.  The tag is Spellbinders fancy Tage 2, the stamp is from biblical Impressions.  Hope it;s okay, if not thats okay too, it was still fun to make.  Yall have a good one and stay cool!

the WINNER!!!!

The winner came from Kerry Blog and it's
Dorina D.
Congrats, send  Emma Lou  a email to claim your $25.00 Gift Certificate at emmalou@heartfeltcreations.us, be sure and put June Alumni blog hop winner in the subject line.
Thanks to everyone who played along, see ya next month!!!

Fancy Gate

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I first saw this type on the Pinterest some where by someone............it was a brown and white I think, only sad thing is I didn't repin it. Anywho, gave it a try and this is what I came up with. I love looking at a card and trying to figure how they did that! Mine is 11X 5.5.Scored at 3" and 8.5" after moving it up a 1/4 at the start. Item's used are Stampin Up card stock and designer paper, card base is Gina K 120lb. Spellbinders Classic Circle; Scalloped Circle; Anemone Flower Topper; Doodle Parts. The Pearl Swirls are from Want 2 Scrap. This was really easy so hope you give it a try.........Have a blessed day!

Anemone Flower Topper

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I got a new toy this week.  It's Spellbinders Anemone Flower Topper.  I love working with it and it make beautiflul flowers.  It's 5 X 7, I also used Sizzix's Plenty of Petals embossing foloder, and Martha Stewart's Deco Shells punch.  That's pretty much it, have a blessed day and I'll catch up later!

Heartfelt Creations Alumni June Blog Hop

Are you ready for another HC blog hop!  The winner will recieve a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations.  To have a chance at being the winner you must visit all the blogs, leave a comment and then one blog will be picked at random, then from that blog a winner is randomly picked.  How easy is that!!!!  It ends Friday night at midnight.
For my card I used the following:

• Stampin Up card stock and design paper
• Gina K 120 lb white card stock
• Spellbinders: Floral Ovals; Classic Ovals; Fancy Tags; Fancy Tags 2
• Heartfelt Creations: 3324 Daisy Patch Swirls ;  3306 Posy Patch  ;  712 Bella Rose Die

Now head on over to Carla's blog to see what she has in store for ya!!!
Carla: http://carlasstampingspot.blogspot.com/
 Lisa: http://toddandlisacreations.blogspot.com
selma:  http://selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.com
marsha: http://stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com
Kerry: http://thestampingbug.blogspot.com
Linda: http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/

Playing

Morning bloggers!  Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend, I played all weekend just about.  Bill wasn't feeling very well so we just stayed home and did nothing, I really enjoyed it!!
The other week when I went to Becky's for a play day, I used some of her toys and this cut and tuck is one of them, finally got around to making a card.  I centered it in the middle of the new emobossing folder I got Loving Thoughts and tucked one little flower in the center of that I got from Memory box, added a bow I made with the new Bow Easy I got from Joan and ta da it's finihsed!!!  That's it for now, off to shower then work, I'll catch up later with ya!

Sunday with the Roses'

Sunday with the Roses and I forgot!!!!!!  I am such a bad team player.  I had this card started and laying on the desk so all I did was stamp on the inside, Patti is our Host this month and said anything goes Summer.......July 4th is in the summer LOL, I don't or can't find any summer stamps!!!!!  I should of put a red flower on it but it is what it is....................  Please check out the rest of the team located at the top of my blog.  I used the following items:

• Martha Stewart deco Shells around the page punch
• Fleur De Lis Pendant
• Parisian Accents
• Fleur De Lis Motifs
• Marvy  Daisy Flower Punch

Hope you enjoy and thanks for taking time to look..............

Joan's challenge #23

Okay, here is my card for Joan's challenge this week.  she ask us to:
Create a Oldies but Goodies kind of card.

Use Blue on your card
Use some kind of corner embellishment
Make your card for a friend
the front of the card looks so serious and down to earth, but on the inside it's funny...........  I used my new Sizzix embossing folder I got yesterday from Joan, Loving Thoughts, I see many things with this one!  Then I cut out 2 leaves using spellbinders Foliage, fern punch and 3 different sizes of the daisy punch.  The sentment is from , oops, no name on it............the inside I used Cherry Lynn's Fanciful flourish (this was just lying there from another card) the corner punches or dies are Spellbinders Parisian Accents.  Oh yeah, I used Martha's around the page Eyelet Lace punch.  This is going out to the gal who sent me the wonderful funny card I got this week, to tell the truth, last week at WW it showed I gained .6, dumb scale...........LOL.   Hoping for a lost in the morning, I over due the fruits, but man this time of year they are so darn good!!!!!  That's it for now, gotta get busy, take care and I'll catch up later..............

In Sympathy

It was with a heavy heart I made this card. A dear friend/co-worker lost her Son Tue afternoon to a heartattack.  He was 22 years old, with a wife and little boy less than a year old.  Everyone is still in shock. I used the following:  A Stampin Up embossing plate; spellbinders Floral Ovals and Foliage; Cherry Lynn's Fanciful Flourish; and Memory box fancy Blossoms.  Pearls were added to the center of each flower.  Please keep this family in your prayers.

Just a Note

Morning..........hope all is well this Wed.  gonna be a hot one here today.  Here is a card I finished last night.  I used the Dogwood and Butterfly set from Theresa Momber, Kassie's brocade embossing folder, spellbinders Floral Oval, classic oval, Foliage, and my new little flower die from Memorybox, Fancy Blossoms.  I was gonna do a simple card with  the stamp set and maybe cut one extra flower out, you know me, once I got started it was another one, then another one, then ta da.  I colored it in using Prisma pencils, gems and pearls were added.  Have a blessed day!

In Memory of Lisa Lynne Wright

We were all shocked by the sudden loss of a dear friend, blogger and creative angel.   We served on Heartfelt Creations team together, she was always cheerful, helpful and full of life. I remember when she first made the team, she was so happy and excited, she had me doing the happy dance for her and I didn't even know her LOL.  She will be missed by everyone who knew her.  My thoughts and prayers go out to Joe her husband and all of her family and friends. In memory of her we are doing a blog hop, you should have arrived here from Glenda's, your next stop will be Sue's here.

For my card I used the following items:

• Martha Stewart's Eyelet Lace Around the page punches
• Stampin Up's embossing folder
• Spellbinders Foliage Die; Floral Ovals: Classic Oval
• Memorybox Fancy Blossoms
• Heartfelt Creations HCPC3377 Sympathy Sentiment

Joan's Challenge # 22

Hello everyone, trust you had a wonderful weekend, I did with time to play.............

here is the card I made for Joan's challenge to create a Child's card.  I used the following:

• Martha Stewart's Eyelet Lace around the page punch and her Fern punch
• Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles; Floral Ovals;Classic Ovals; Parisian Accents
• Memorybox's Fancy Blossoms ( I won from Joan)
• Sarah Kay image
• Prisma Pencils
• Cuttlebug's Kassie's Brocade embossing folder
• Pearls

I am mailing this one to Stella, my favorite Grand Daughter.  ( She's my only GD LOL)

That's it for now, later and have a blessed day............

How I did that!

http://youtu.be/sMZYw07Gxy0

Okay, I Promise NOT to quit my day job LOL.  This is awful but it is what it is and I do hope you can make some sense out of it, here is how I make those cards 1/2 cut, 1/2 embossed............ Loed please let this video work, LOL, we will all see it for the first time here.......................be kind LOL

Beauty of Life

Morning...........here is one I'm very happy with. One shows it open the other closed.  I used the following:
spellbinders Parisian Accents, Floral Ovals, Classic Oval Small, Rose Creations, Cherry Lynn's Fanciful Flourish, Cuttlebugs Kassie's Brocade and the stamps are from an older Stampin Up set.  It's alot of cutting and layering but I love how it turned out and hope you do too.  Off to visist blogs, have a blessed day!!!!

Thinking of You

Howdy!!!  Hope all is well and dandy!  Looks like the rain has moved out and the sun is gonna shine...........
Here is another card I made this past Sunday, I just don't have craft time during the week like I would like but it's okay, as long as I get the weekend...With this 5 X 7 I started out using Kassie's Brocade embossing folder, Spellbinders Parisian Accents, Blossom 2, Foliage, Hertfelt Creations  Aztec Gold Sunflowers, and Martha Stewart's Fern punch.  Do you see my new water mark?  I purchased 2 of them from Kim Teasdale at Dilly Dally Alley Designs.  I found her name over at Tuesday Morning Sketches which I am gonna make a card this weekend for thier challenge.  Okay that's it for now, it's my Friday so lets get the day started, I'll catch up with ya later.............

No Stamps

Morning, I surrived Monday, now lets hope Tue. is as good LOL.  Here is another card I made Sunday.  I don't think I color very good so I love it when I make a card with no coloring, and this is one, no stamps, no coloring LOL. Eeveryone knows how I love embossing folders and dies.  Forgot to tell ya, but I did get a brand new Grand Calibur, Spellbinders company is wonderful!!!  I love my die cutting machine and all my dies LOL. Here is what I used to create this card, Gina K 102 white card stock, Stampin Up Orchid Opulence, and Wild Wasabi, Cuttlebug's Kassie's Brocade embossing folder,  Spellbinders Foliage ,Layered Poinsettis, and Floral Ovals, Martha Stewart's fern and snowflake  punch &topped off with tiny pearls.  That's it for now, have a blessed day and I'll catch up with ya on your blog............

#2 for Joan

Morning, it's Monday..............it's raining............and I'm still sleepy LOL.  Not a good way to start the day, but, I did play this weekend, I liked Joan's challenge so much this week I made another one.......can't hurt now can it??  Plus, I got rid of the other half of the SU pretty In Pink card stock LOL.  On this 5 X 7 I used Cuttlebug's Brocade Window, it embosses and cut's at the same time, the white under it is embossed with SU's Petals-A-Plenty, the corners are die cuts from Heartfelt Creations 702 Decorative Butterfly-border, the flowers are made using Heartfelt's 701 Posy Patch Die, Spellbinders Foliage and Martha Stewart's fern punch.  I also added tiny pearls to the center of the flowers.  That's it, I'm gone to check out blogs, have a blessed day!!!!

Joan's Challenge #21

Did you see where I won last week at Joan's Garden!!!!  I'm still dancing, I get so excited when I win, don't you???  Her challenge this week is :Use pink and white,Use an Embossing Folder,Use a die for an opening on the front of the card.  Use leaves as accents
Mine I used Cuttlebug's Perennial embossing folder with a window in it, (which I ordered from Joan ages ago), then I used spellbinders Foliage, Martha Stewart's Fern punch , a flower punch and a Wild Orchid Rose.  Oops, I also used a corner punch that I haven't used in forever, I still have trouble with those, never get them to fit just right, anyone have any hints????  Okay, that's it for now, just wanta say thanks for the sweet comments about my kitchen, this house was build back in 1972, the kitchen use to be all gold........I hated that!!!  We talking, sink, counter top, applainces, every thing!!!!  Now you can understand why I I'm so pleased with this make over, I did paint right after we mover here 10 years ago, but it was time to paint again, next I may paint the bathroom....................

2nd post today............Kitchen

 Peel and stick tile in the bottom of the cabinets, (I love this idea I got from Pinterest!)

 spice racks I got from QVC, I love them!!!!

 New hardware on all the cabinets...(oops, I see dish water LOL)

 How I painted the top around the cabinet

Last but not least, walls painted.  that's it for now................

Tuesday Morning Sketch #149

I got up early this morning and began playing........first up is a sketch challnege over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I used some DP I have had forever.......the stamp is from Great Impressions, I used Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles, Foliage and Small oval die, the flowers I punched out using Martha Stewart's flower punch, I have several and don't know the names of any of them sorry...you really need to check this site out, they have fantastic sketches each week.

Okay, back to the play table, I plan on taking pictures of the kitchen too, it's nothing fancy but it's home and I like it.........until then, God Bless!!!!

Friends

Morning, it's my Friday................been a long week for some reason, glad to see the weekend around the corner.For my 5 X 7 card I used the following:   Great Impressions stamp, Spellbinders Floral Ovals and Scalloped Oval, Cherry Lynn's Fanciful Flourish, Martha Stewart's Daisy punch, Cuttlebug's Kassie's Brocade embossing folder and gems.  Time to go to work so I'll catch up later, have a blessed day!!!!

Hope

how bout a Sugar Nellie image, it's Hope.  I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils then layered her on Spellbinders Floral Ovals and Classic Oval.  The sides are punched using a Fiskar's punch and lace added to give it the vintage feel.  I'm running late so this is it, I'm off to work, catch up with ya later, until then, God bless!

Joan's Challenge #20

Well like I said, I played yesterday, here is the one I came up with for Joan's challenge.  I need to win over there big time, not a win all year.  So cross your toes!  I used Heartfelt HCPC3399 Wedding Dove, I embossed it with silver powder, colored some of the flowers in with a glitter pen, added pearls and using 3D dots attached to the Spellbinders Floral Oval.  I cut out one of Cherry Lynn's Fanciful Flourishes and cut it apart applying it under the bird.Then I used Martha's Vintage Floral around the page punches to create my frame to attach to the card base of 5X7.  Again if you will notice I punched in the corner of the frame.  All I do is go ahead and punch all the way around the card, then in each corner, eyeball the corner punch again with it pushed all the way up without bending it, punch.  Hope this helps, I have gotten several emails asking how I did this.  I won't promise, but will try my hand at doing a demo for you later on.

Butterflies

Howdy all, hope your weekend is going great!  Mine is, I'm playing...........no yard work, no painting, just crafting!!!  To get me back in the groove I thought I would try my hand over at Tue morning sketches.  Today is the last day so gotta hurry to get it in on time.......I used card stock from Stampin Up, and printed paper from DCWV (the Mariposa stack), Martha Stewarts Layered Arches, Spellbinders Ironworks Accents and Wonderful Wings, Stampin Up's stamp from God's Beauty for the sentiment.  I am also entering this over at Crazy 4 Challenges.......That's it for now, have a wonderful day and I'll catch up later!!

the Winner is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WINNER of MAY BLOG HOP


Chosen from Lisa's blog  the winner is
Pattyb
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Congrats and thanks for everyone who played!