Scrapcat Cards by Linda

SSDS Challenge

2012-01-28T05:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Saturday!

This week at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle you will be introduce to two new design member. Please go and welcome them.

Our generous sponsor is Veronica from Circle B and she is offering $10 to spend at her shop.

Our challenge is Anything Goes

Here is the card I created for the challenge.

I used some of my scraps, one of the egg carton dress forms and a flower I learned how to make from Jennings644 on YouTube. The heart is a SU punch and the sentiment is from My Creative Time.

On the inside I put a tag to write the sentiment.

I hope you will join in the challenge at SSDS and stop by to say hello the new members.

Thanks for stopping,

Christmas Card Challenge

2012-01-26T09:28:00.000-06:00

The weekly Christmas Card Challenge this week ( Week #8 )is Coloring.
I used the sketch and a Pure Innocence stamp from My Favorite Things to create my card. I love coloring these little cuties. My Copic marker was starting to run out so I just order more ink. I love that you can refill them.

Here is the inside.

I hope to post more beads tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who responded to the first set. Next will be the flower beads.

Have a great crafty day!

2012-01-25T15:02:00.002-06:00

I started sorting my beads and have a few for sale.

The heart strings are White, Off White, Light Blue, Blue Green, Pink, Light pink. These are $1.00 a yard. The tiny Light pink pearls are $.50 a yard. The large pink pearls are $1.00 a yard.
I have lots of other flower ones and pearl ones that I will be selling soon so keep watching. Quantities are very limited so if you want some please let me know ASAP

Thanks for stopping,

Going Buggy Challenge

2012-01-25T12:28:00.001-06:00

Going Buggy is one of my favorite blogs. Enfys is a very talented crafter and I love to read her blog. She have the funniest stories.
Right now she has a color challenge on her blog here. It is a color challenge and the colors are Gray, White and Red.
I used SU Basic Gray for the base. I embossed some vellum with a SU folder. The bird is a SU punch and Cherry Cobbler. Then I added some of my new beads. I think of silver as a shiny gray.

The liner was punched with a MS boarder punch called Woodland Branches!

I am off to enter my card in her challenge. You have until February 5th to join in the fun.

Thanks for stopping,

LESSology Challenge #10

2012-01-24T05:00:00.000-06:00

It's time for Challenge #10 at LESSology. I am so excited. I l-o-v-e making flowers thanks to Sa Crafter and Julie Waters. They are the most amazing flowers makers.

AND

We have a wonderful sponsor this week.

Website - http://www.vintagestreetmarket.com/

Blog - http://blog.vintagestreetmarket.com/

Prize: Prize Pack of Vintage Street Market Goodies

The hardest part for me was picking which flower I wanted to make for this challenge. In the spirit of LESSology I decide to make my flowers from egg cartons.

First I cut apart the cells and trimmed them down. I made one petal that I liked and traced around it on the inside of the cell. Then I cut it out.

Next I mixed Ceramcoat Pearl Finish Acrylic Paint and re-inkers to get the color that I wanted. I painted both sides and let them dry. Then I layered the flowers with hot glue and added a vintage button for a final touch.

And here you have my fun funky flowers.

I used my flowers on my receipt journal to keep track of what I sell and what I spend on my crafts.

Here is the video on how I made my flowers.

Now head over to LESSology and show us your flower power. I can't wait to see how your flowers bloom.

Thanks for stopping,

Mini Album Scraps

2012-01-23T15:54:00.001-06:00

I am in a swap over at Mini Album Scraps. My mini is 4.25 by 5.5 inches. You need to have at least 50 pages and four sections. The colors were Neutral and my partner, Leah, picked pink for the accent color.

I went through my paper and just pull so I can't tell you the paper lines I used. Sorry.
Here are the stamp sets I used:

Cloud 9 Design Simple Thoughts - Laughter

SU Favorite Thoughts

Tim Holtz Artful Things

My Creative Time Encouraging Quotes

Close to My Heart Playful Flourishes, State of Mind, Aspiration

Here is the finished book.

I learned a couple of things making this. First that you can use old plastic paper holders to die cut and ink for pages.

I got the ones in my book from an old Creative Memories 12X12 paper holder. It was falling apart so I took it apart and used it. The clock on the front of the book, the bingo page and the Admit one page came from this.

Another thing I learned was that if you take your heat tool to clear contact it seals to embossed paper pretty good. Not perfect but pretty good.

Here is a video of what is inside the Mini I made for Leah.

I would love to hear what you think about my mini.

Thanks for stopping,

Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge

2012-01-21T05:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Saturday! It's time for a fun challenge at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle. Our challenge this week is called Have a Heart.

Our sponsor is Delicious Doodles and you could win four of her wonderful images.

Here is my card.

I copied a Christmas card I got from my friend Kate for my design. You can see it Here. It is a Spring Fold Card which is a fun fold. For the tutorial go Here. The little kitty pops up and is on a wobble.

He is called Valentine Kitty.

I hope you will join us at SSDS for our challenge this week.

Did you check out the DT call? You have until Thursday to send in your information. You can read all about it Here

Thanks for stopping and have a great weekend!

Sympathy Cards

2012-01-19T20:41:00.001-06:00

Hi Everyone,
I needed to make a sympathy card for a friend who's husband past away. It was so sudden. He was away on a vacation with some friends. He had Parkinson's Disease but they are not sure what happened. My heart really goes out to her. He was the sweetest man. He was in my water Yoga class.

These are the hardest cards for me to make. First because of the obvious that someone has past away. Second because you want to say so much with so few words and art.

I made two.
Here is the fist card.

This is the outside.

This is the inside.

Sorry the pictures are not too good. I am still working on my lighting.

The sentiment says, "Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pour through and shines down to let us know they are happy." I love that thought. I know I feel the love of my parents around me often.

I inked the gate and sentiment with TH broken china. The paper is from my scraps so I don't know who it is by. I added some AMUSE stars. The base card is SU sky blue I think.

Here is the second card. I made this one because I had the set out.

Front of the card

Inside of the card

The sentiment on the from of this one says, "Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves memory no one can steal. Irish Tombstone" The stamps are from a set by Impression Obsession. This is the set I go to when I make a sympathy card because I love the sentiment.

I sprayed the gate on this one with some Lindy's products. The gates are from a Cricut cartridge called Ornamental Iron

No challenges for these two. I do think I need to make a few more Sympathy cards. Maybe if I make them when I don't have to it won't be so hard.

Thanks for stopping,

Christmas Card Challenge #7 and #6.

2012-01-18T05:00:00.000-06:00

Well I am already behind on my Christmas cards. LOL It is week #7 over at Weekly Christmas Card Challenge and I didn't get #6 posted yet.
This week, #7, the challenge is Flourishes. My dear friend Kate gave me this fun paper and it did all the work for this card.

I just cut it to 4 X 5.25 put it on a pink base. then I went over all the flourishes with stickles and stamped Merry Christmas on the inside. It is very pretty in real life. I think I went a little to white with my white balance today.
Now challenge #6 was Lace. So here is the card I made with lace.

I had the wreath colored. I cut it out and used an X-ACTO knife to cut the inside. The lace is something I had from my St Vinnie's haul. The sentiment I found in my stash so I am not sure if I even own that stamp but I really like it. LOL. Both cards are lined but I forgot to take a picture of that. The bow and berries have red stickles and sparkle.

This is a great challenge. I may even start addressing the envelopes. LOL I will be so ready when December come around. You know, the years just keep going faster and faster.

Thanks for stopping,

2012-01-16T21:08:00.000-06:00

Over the weekend I got to play with some images for a challenge over at The Crafter's Cafe. This image is by Robyn's Fetish. The challenge is a Valentine's Day Card Recipe Challenge.

The recipe is
1. You may use ANY ROBYN'S FETISH VALENTINE IMAGE which Susan will send to you as a FREEBIE.

2. Your card must include these items:

a. 1 ribbon

b. 2 papers - these can include patterned paper, an embossed card stock ( like we make with an EMBOSSING FOLDER), and plain card stock, as long as there are at least 2 papers on the card.

c. The colors RED and WHITE in some way. They can be in the image, the papers, the ribbon or the sentiment. Additional colors are optional.

d. A VALENTINE SENTIMENT on the front of the card - made by a stamp, hand written or computer generated.

e. 3 HEARTS - they can be in the image, brads, on the ribbon, handmade, die cuts, on the paper, on the sentiment etc. but there must be 3 hearts somewhere on the card front.

f. All entries are due by FEBRUARY 10, 2012

So here is my card.

I colored this little cutie with Copic markers and I paper pieced the dress and heart. The flowers and bow are added. The flowers are from I AM Roses. The a white base is 4.25 X 5.5. Then a 4 X 5.25 red layer. Next is a white piece that is 3.75 X 5 and the 5" side is punched with a MS punch. Then the image is backed with more read paper. The sentiment is on layer two and is from SP and Company. The little hearts are puffy stickers. The big heart has icicle stickles. Her bows, shoes, cuffs, and collar are red and sparkly with stickles but that doesn't show in the photo.

Why not check out the challenge. Susan will send you a free image and there is a prize!!!

I hope you are having a crafty day!

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge

2012-01-14T05:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Saturday!
It is time for another challenge at SSDS. The challenge this week is titled, Winter Birds. Our wonderful sponsor is IKE from Ike's Art. The winner can win 5 digis from her store.
I used this adorable bird she created just for our challenge. I got out my bird book and tried to color him like a Black-capped Chickadee.

Here is a video to show you how I created this card.

So do you love working with digi images? SSDS is having a DT call you can check it out here.

I hope you will join us at SSDS this week for our challenge. I love birds and look forward to seeing all your creations.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Happy Friday the 13th!

2012-01-13T14:18:00.002-06:00

Hi There,
Today is my hubby's birthday. Poor guy is sick. He stayed home the past two day and had to go in to work today.
Here is the card I made for his birthday.

I am listing the Corsets for sale on the Store page on my blog. They are 3 for $1.00. The ones in the store are 3 inches and 3 layers. If you want them a different size or color just email me.

I have also listed some hobby horse kits in the store.

Here is a video to tell you what I did to make this card.

I hope you have a great day!

LESSology Inspiration Board

2012-01-11T23:09:00.001-06:00

Hi Everyone,
The challenge at LESSology this week is to create an Inspiration Board.
Here is what I created.

Here is how I created it.

I hope you will join our challenge over at LESSology. There is a wonderful sponsor and a great prize. Check it out here.
Thanks for stopping,

My Secret Valentine Box

2012-01-10T18:57:00.001-06:00

Wow it is already Tuesday. I really wanted to try to post every day but I don't see that happening. LOL I don't know how you all do that.
Yesterday I spent the whole day in my craft room. I organized, worked on an order and two swaps I want to get in the mail.
What I have to show you today is one of my swap projects. This is the box I made for my Secret Valentine. This is a swap going on over at A LIL CRAP OF HEAVEN

Would you like to see what I put in the box?
You can see it all in my video.

Thanks for stopping,

2012-01-08T21:08:00.001-06:00

Hi Everyone, I got to spend a quick hour with my sweet little granddaughter before she went back to MT. We all met at her Great Grandparents house before she had to go to the airport with Mom and Dad.
Ok, so I was fooling around with PSE and I put these pictures together. I have NO idea how to do what I did but it was fun. I tried to print it out and that was a mess. The colors are all real strange. I guess I need to check some settings somewhere. I only have two packs of digital paper that I bought to do my blog headers. So the background and embellishments could be better. Oh so much to learn and so few hours in a day.
Here is my creations.

In the last picture we are reading a photo book with pictures of her and the family. She is telling me the names of everyone. Oh I wish we lived closer.

It would be fun to do a photo journal for 2012 but I am afraid I wouldn't have many good pictures without this little sweetheart around. The pictures would all be of Max or my cards and creations. Not to interesting until summer comes but I might give it a try.

Thanks for stopping,

2012-01-07T05:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Saturday!

Wow it seems like a long time since we had a challenge at SSDS. It has been a long busy two weeks.

Our challenge this week is "Winter Something." Our sponsor is Gingerloft Digi Stamps

Here is my card using Frosty's Snowglobe

I made a thank you card. The image is backed with some black card stock to create an outline. The trim is that garland you can get for tiny trees. It has snowflakes and snowballs. I added a snowflake brad to the top left hand corner to make it nice and snowy.

Speaking of snow, you should see it here in WI. I can't remember a winter like this. It is January 7th and we still have not had to shovel. Yesterday it was 50 degrees. AMAZING! And I must say I am loving it.

Important News!!!!!!!

SSDS is also having a DT call!

If you love working with digital stamp, have a blog and love to encourage others you should check it out.

I hope you do and that you will join our challenge this week.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Peachy Keen Color Challenge

2012-01-03T21:41:00.001-06:00

Hi Everyone Peachy Keen's Let's Face it Friday is a color challenge. Here are the colors.

It seems like forever since I played along with one of their challenges. It was so nice to be able to play along today.
Here is the card I made for the challenge.

The little truck is from B is for Boy. The PK stamps I used are Dress me Ghost for the tiny face on the hearts. The smile on the truck is PK754 Critters Face A Medium. The letters are on cardboard chips painted with TH crackle paint and stamped with My Creative Time Any Day Bingo. The truck is attached with a Wobble.
I also made another car card using one of the little cars I have for sale in my shop. It is also from B is for Boy.

I had a busy day. I was working on an order so while my Cricut was busy cutting I was able to get two cards made. What a great day!
Here is a quick video about the cards.

I hope you were able to enjoyed some creative time too.
Hugs,

Christmas Card Challenge #5

2012-01-02T13:48:00.001-06:00

This week at Christmas Card Challenge #5 the challenge it to make a Thank You card. What a great idea because we all need those for the gifts we receive. Thanks for the great challenge ladies!

Here is my card.

Both stamps are SU stamps. I used copic markers to color the image. The paper is from a 2008 DCWV stack and I added a snowflake grommet in the center of one of the snowflakes. The ribbon is some I got at the drug store from the Christmas section.

Wow I had two orders this morning. Thanks Ike and Susan. I will get them out soon.

Remember if you see any cuts on my blog that you would like me to cut for you just asked.

Thanks for stopping,

My Shop

2012-01-01T23:58:00.001-06:00

Hi Everyone,
I am going to try something new for the new year. I am going to have a little shop here on my blog. I want to try to earn a little money to help pay for all my crafting needs. LOL I hope that my little shop will help you as well. You see I have lots of Cricut Cartridges and dies. So if you only need a few you can get them from me instead of making a huge investment like I did.
If you look at the tabs at the top you will see one called Shop. That is were you will find what I have for sale. If you open the tab Cricut in the House you will see the names of all the cartridges I have. I can cut anything from one of those cartridges pretty much any size up to 12 inches.
Here is what I have in the shop to start with.

You can find all the prices in the Shop.

Here is a video of these items and the Valentine Hanging Charm I made for the swap I am in over at Creating a Crafty Live.

Thanks for stopping,

2011-12-31T11:45:00.001-06:00

Hello My Dear Friends,

Happy New Year!

I am just stopping by to wish you great health and much joy and happiness in the new year!

Hugs,

One more Christmas Gift

2011-12-28T21:52:00.002-06:00

Hi I have one more Christmas gift that I made. I took this.

And changed it to this.

Here is the video of what I did.

Thanks for stopping,

Christmas Card Challenge #4

2011-12-27T16:27:00.001-06:00

Hello Out there!!!!! Well did you all make it through Christmas? I still have one my Christmas next Sunday when my granddaughter and her family come to town. That should be a lot of fun.
Oh my goodness I just noticed that I have 600 followers. I am very excited about that. Thank you Audrey for being number 600.
I am getting some things ready and hope to have a shop page on my blog up and running on New Years Day. I will be selling cuts that I make with my Cricut and the die cuts that I own. I am hoping to raise a little extra spending money to afford this hobby I love so much. If you look at my pages you will see one called Cricut in the house. I have all the cartridges I own listed. If there is anything you want cut from one of those cartridges please just ask. I think my prices will be fair because I just want to get back some of the money I have invested. If anyone as any suggestions please let me know.
OK on to my Christmas Card Challenge #4 card.
The challenge is a sketch challenge this week.
Here is the sketch.

Here is my card.

I used a flower I made early in Dec and didn't use. Some paper from my Christmas scraps that I believe is by Authentique and MBs Treasurista vine ribbon.

There is still time if you haven't stopped over to the Lindy's Stamp Gang Christmas Linky Party to like my project. It is number 21. I could really use your vote.

Thanks for stopping,

Lindy's Stamp Gang Christmas Linky Party

2011-12-24T17:30:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas!

I have one more Christmas gift for you. Plus there is a party going on at Lindy's Stamp Gang

Lindy's Stamp Gang Christmas Linky Party!

The project with the most "likes" will receive a gift certificate to Lindy's Stamp Gang Store. This is one I would love to win. So if you do like my project, and you are not going to join in, I would love it if you would go over here and like my project.

Here is a video of how I made it.

I used Lindy's Magicals - Rudolph's Nose

and Medieval Gold Glitz Spritz. It is so very glittery!

Thanks for Stopping!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hugs,

Christmas Gift for My Neighbor

2011-12-24T00:24:00.000-06:00

Happy Christmas Eve!

Have you every heard of Amish Friendship Bread? Well I was given some starter that I took care of for 10 days. During that time I thought the bread would be a great gift to give to my two neighbors. So that is what I did. I made the bread in some of those 50 cent Michael's ceramic pans. Next I copied the recipe off the internet. You can find it at The Happy Zombie. Then I made containers/envelopes for the starter. I also gave them some of my home made peanut brittle. I did a video on how to make that last year. Did any of you try it?
Anyway here is a video showing the way I wrapped Amish Friendship Bread.

Thanks for stopping,

A Gift Wrap

2011-12-22T22:34:00.000-06:00

I am still wrapping gifts are you?
I made some pillow boxes with Tim Holtz paper and Easter 2010 Cricut cartridge. They were so easy and so much fun.

Here is what I did.

Thanks for stopping,

Creating the Crafty Life.

2011-12-20T19:13:00.000-06:00

I have wanted to play along with a challenges over at Creating the Crafty Life for a long time. Today was the day. This is Card Challenge #20 and here is the sketch.

Here is the card I created.

And because I had the set out I created two cards. This one is a birthday one.

Here is a video for you visual people like me.

Thanks for stopping,

Little Haul

2011-12-19T21:08:00.000-06:00

I have been meaning to post this for about two weeks.
I bought some appliqués from Sherry over at CricketsDaughter1 on You Tube. They are so beautiful and Sherry has very fair prices for all the work she does finding these dresses and removing the appliqués.
Then I have ordered some things from Blitsy. I am really pleased with their service and the low prices. You can earn $10 for everyone who orders that you refer. If you sign up and order here as one of my referred customers I earn $10.
Here is a video to show you what I am babbling about.

Thanks for stopping,

Christmas Card Challenge

2011-12-18T14:54:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone, I learned about a challenge blog were you make a Christmas card every week from Susan at Cricut and Grasshopper. I think this is the best idea. It is called Christmas Card Challenge. This is already week three. I made some extra bell cards and this card so I have two. I will have to come up with another one to catch up. Anyway this week the challenge is Non-Traditional Colors. To me that means anything but red and green and my card is blue and silver. I made extras and I needed to use one of these. I will need to write down who I send it to so they don't get it again next year. That would be just like me. LOL

Here is a video showing how I made this card. I had the camera upside down. Then in iPhoto I flipped it. So much easier to do when you don't have the tripod between your arms.

I would love to know what you think.
Thanks for stopping,

Stamp Scarp and Doodle Saturday!

2011-12-17T21:33:00.000-06:00

Wow one week to go. Christmas comes faster and faster every year.
Well we have a great challenge for you this week at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle. We want you to use bells on or in your creations. Remember it doesn't have to be a card.
Our wonderful sponsor this week is Paper Pretties
The prize this week will be 6 digital images of the winners choice.

I chose this adorable image called Coco Digi.

Ok I am playing around with the picture and I am not sure which one looks the best. this next one is bright but you can't see the bow with the bell so good.

This next one is just a little lighter than the first one. I could spend hours just picking a picture for this blog.

Here is what the inside looks like.

I am so happy with the way this card turned out. (Not so much the pictures) It was so much fun I am going to make more just like it. I used my Gypsy to make the card base. The red is Riding Hood red from SU. The DP is from a Christmas stack I had. "Jolly" and the "bell" die is a set from Lil Inker Designs. I just love the set. I got it a month ago and it took me close to an hour to find it today. I didn't give up because I want to use that bell die. Really isn't this the cutest card I have every made????? Oh I did go back an stamp "Have a" and "Holiday" above and below Jolly. You really need to see it in person to see how stinkin cute it really is.

I hope you will join us with your bells at SSDS this week. There is a great prize. Oh and SSDS will not be having a challenge again for two weeks. We are taking the next two weeks off for the holiday.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks for stopping,

Christmas Ornaments

2011-12-14T00:06:00.000-06:00

Cynthialoowho inspired me to make some ornaments. They were so much fun.

Here is the video.

Thanks for stopping,

LESSology Challenge #8 Altered Frame

2011-12-13T05:00:00.004-06:00

Hi Everyone it is time for another challenge at LESSology. Our sponsor this week is Really Reasonable Ribbon. The prize is a pack of Beautiful Ribbon and Baker's Twine, a $15 value.

I needed to do something about this...

My hubby hung this on the door to remind me to turn down the heat before I leave the house. It worked great but I thought I needed to make something a little more attractive than a piece of paper taped to the door. So I made this...

The frame is one of the dollar ones from Michael's but I got it at a garage sale for $0.10. It had some paint on it but it was easy enough to sand and paint over. Then I cut the word winter using Gypsy Wanderings and glued it to some 2008 DCWV Christmas paper. Next I cut some snowflakes using MFT Die-namics. The door is metal so I put two long magnetic strips on the back and woooolaaaa I now have a pretty reminder to turn down the heat before I leave the house.

Here is a video of what I did.

There are so many things you can do with an old frame. I hope you will join us this week at the LESSology challenge blog with your Altered Frame. I can't wait to see what you create. You can check out what the other DT's have created.

Today visit...

Yvonne

Laurel

On Wednesday visit

Angi

Mandy

On Thursday visit

Tesa

Dora

Thanks for stopping,

Stamp Scarp and Doodle Saturday!

2011-12-10T05:00:00.001-06:00

Happy Saturday!
This week the challenge at Stamp, Scarp and Doodle Saturday is Silver and Gold.
I decided to make a gift tag with this wonderful image from Deliciousdoodles.

I was motivated by all the Tim Holtz tags I was seeing on the web. I used some TH crackle paint on the base paper which was something I picked up at St. Vincent de Paul's. I got it in two colors. The holly is from a TH die.

I hope you will join us this week at SSDS. All you need is a little silver and gold on your creation.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping,

A Thank You Card

2011-12-08T21:16:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone, Were has this week gone? It is Thursday evening and I haven't posted all week. What am I doing all day. Well for one thing I spend too much time reading blogs and watching all the wonderful YT crafting videos.
Today I subbed in my friend's first grade classroom and I am so tired. I really don't know how I did that for 22 years. They just suck all the energy right out of me. LOL I must be getting old. It was a sweet class and I got to do a craft project with them.

I do have a card to show you. I want to make a bunch of thank you cards. My dear friends were so kind and I want to let them know how much I appreciate them.

I treated myself to some MFT images and dies during their last sale. The image is MFT Pure Innocence - Aim High. I paper pieced her dress and colored her with copic markers. The sentiment is from SU. The card shape is made with a Spellbinders die Labels Twenty-two I think. I used the same shape in white on the inside. That way I could write my thank you.

I am working on the lighting in the room were I take the pictures of my cards. I hope to get my indoor pictures to look better than this.

Thanks for stopping,

The Winner Is And another Birthday Giveaway

2011-12-05T11:23:00.000-06:00

Hi I have picked the winner of the Cricut Cartridge.

The Winner is KimScrapper.

Kim has commented everyday both place. Congratulation Kim please send me your address and I will get the Joy of the season cartridge in the mail to you.

I am sending a big giant thank you to everyone who has helped me celebrate my birthday.

Today is Angi's Birthday.

Happy Birthday Angi

Her blog is Angi & Cokie Designs. She has a wonderful give away to Two Peas in a Bucket.

Hurry on over and wish her a wonderful day. Tell her Linda sent your.

Thanks for stopping and have a great day,

Day 5 Winner

2011-12-03T10:01:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone,
I had a great birthday with friends and all of you have made it a special day. Thank you so much.
The winner of the charms was Julie Tucker-Wolek. She is a follower and has commented both places every day. Thank you Julie for all your support.
Thank you to all of you for helping to make this a great birthday.
Tomorrow I will announce who won the Cricut Cartridge. You still have time to leave a comment Here.

Hugs to all of you,

Stamp Scarp and Doodle Saturday!

2011-12-03T08:41:00.000-06:00

Happy Saturday!
Today the challenge at Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturday is to make a Holiday Card. Our wonderful sponsor is Robyn's Fetish.

We were given the cuties images to work with and I used 4 of them.

I used a Nestabilities label die to make a shape cards. These are small and could be used as tags for packages. Each one has stickles for sparkle.

Stop back later to see all the winners from my birthday celebrations.

Thanks for stopping,

It's My Big Day LOL

2011-12-02T07:34:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday to Me!

You must think I am nuts, but I was alway told that my birthday was too close to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Which meant nothing special was going to happen. When I was 8 they totally forgot it. That was really hard. Every year I think someone else is going to make my day special and am always disappointed. I told myself last year that enough is enough and if I wanted a fun birthday than I had to make it fun. And I did! Thanks to all of you playing along. I really appreciated your help.

I have one more project for you from Joy of the Season.

It's a thank you card for all of you.

Here is the video.

Enjoy!
Hugs,

The Winner Is

2011-12-01T19:57:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone,
The winner of the lace is Melissa who is love4scrap.
Melissa please contact me with your address so I can get your package in the mail
Thanks you all for all your comments. I will be picking the charm winner tomorrow afternoon but I may not get to post the winner until Saturday because I have a busy day planned tomorrow.
I have one more project from Joy of the Season to share with your tomorrow. You have one more day to leave comment on my blog and YouTube channel. When I pick the cartridge winner I will be checking to see if you left messages on both my blog and YouTube channel all 6 days and that you are a follower of both.
Thank you again for all your wonderful comments
Hugs,

Birthday Week "Day 5"

2011-11-30T23:37:00.001-06:00

Day 5

Wow this week is going fast, but I must tell you it does take a lot of time to pull this all together. Well for me it does. I am learning sooo much.

AND

I just realized I messed up. I forgot to pick the winner for day 2.

The winner of the two ink pads is Jeanette from LiveLaughLove2Scrap. She has commented on day one and two, at my blog and YT, plus she is a follower. Thanks Jeanette, I really appreciate your support and helping me have a spectacular week.

Now the winner for day 4, which is the package of lace, is..... Oh I should give you until noon for a chance to win. I know sometimes I don't get the emails of my favorite blog post until a day later. So I better give you a little more time.
Ok so the prize for day 5 is the box of charms. I made the box in a class. It is so cute and so much fun.

For today's project I made a card shaped like an ornament from the Joy of the Season Cartridge with charms added to the front.

Here is the video.

I will post the winner of the lace Thursday afternoon.

There is a new challenge blog I am going to enter this in at Joanna Sheen's. The theme is Christmas.

Thanks so much to all of you for making this the best week ever.

Hugs,

Birthday Week "Day 4"

2011-11-30T01:51:00.000-06:00

It's lace day!
But first I have to say thank you to all of you who are leaving comments and watching my videos. It really has been so much fun reading them. I feel bad that I am not commenting back but it is taking me all day to get this all organized. I just want you to know I really appreciate your kind words.
Now for the winner of the Embossing folder. I had 32 comments on You Tube and about the same on my blog but I could only match up 20 names. The Random Number was 7 and the seventh name on my list was Ike or 218 Ike. Congratulations Ike. I will be sending your the Cuttlebug Embossing folder. I wish I had one to send each and everyone of you.

OK here is the lace.

Here is the project.

And here is the video.

Now it is 1:45AM and I have to get some sleep. I went out with some friends for dinner and a play. We had so much fun. That is why I am doing this at this time of day or night or well you know what I mean. LOL

Thanks again for all your support.
Hugs,

Birthday Week "Day 3"

2011-11-29T06:33:00.000-06:00

Welcome to day 3!

The prize today is the Cuttlebug Embossing folder Argyle. Today I used Joy of the Season to create a gift tag.

Here is the video and a peek at what the prize is for tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping and good luck,

The Winner Is

2011-11-28T20:11:00.000-06:00

Hi!!!!!The winner of the Die Cuts from Sunday Day 1 is....

Maggie 660

I used Random.org. First I numbered all the names that had comment on both my blog and YouTube. Then I generated a number and Maggie your number came up.
I have about 8 You Tube names that don't match up with Blog names.
I have two names, "Scarpcat Cards by Linda" here on my blog. Then I am LindaLap on YouTube. If you have different names like me please put your name or away I can match your comment so I know you are leaving a comment in both places.
Maggie please email me your address so I can get your die cut in the mail to you.
You all still have until tomorrow at noon to leave comment for the stamp pads.
Have a wonderful evening and thanks for making this a fun birthday week.

Birthday Week Day 2

2011-11-28T00:06:00.000-06:00

Welcome to Day 2 of my 6 day Birthday Party!
Here is the prize for today.

Here is the card I made using the Joy of the Season Cricut Cartridge.

Here is the inside.

Now for the video.

I will be back later today with the name of the winner of the die cuts. Did you leave a comment here and at my You Tube channel? You have until 8:00AM CT.

See you Later!

My Birthday Week Giveaway Party

2011-11-27T07:02:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday Week to Me!

Hi everyone, In honor of my upcoming birthday I am having a six day party. Each day I will be giving away a gift to you.
Giving away some of my favorite craft goodies will give me great joy and if you read my last post I am going to focus on those things that bring me joy.

Here are the gifts I will be giving.

Nov 27 TODAY-Sunday Diecuts cut by me (dress forms, bird cage, gears, etc)

Nov 28 Monday two ink pads (one SU, one Tim Holtz)

Nov 29 Tuesday Cuttlebug Embossing folder Argyle

Nov 20 Wednesday Vintage Lace ( I have been collecting)

Dec 1 Thursday Charms

Dec 2 Friday A Cricut Cartridge Joy of the Season (yes I bought it twice and didn't realize it until I tried to load it on my Gypsy and it told me I already had it. So it is open but not linked to anything)

Now what do you need to do. You will need to leave a comment here and at the You Tube video everyday in order to be in the drawing for the Cricut Cartridge. Spread the word, or post it on your blog. Leave a comment here and on the You Tube video each day. (Oh said that twice didn't I?)
I will only pick from today's (Sunday) comments for the package of die cuts on Monday. Tuesday morning I will pick from Sunday and Monday's comment for the ink pads. The names will come from Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for Tuesday's gift. You get the picture. So if you comment all six days in both places you will have 12 chances to win the Joy of the Season Cricut Cartridge. If you are really lucky you may win more that one prize.

I hope you will come to my birthday party and help me celebrate!
Now let's get this party started!

Hugs

Stamp Scarp and Doodle Saturday!

2011-11-26T05:00:00.003-06:00

Hi, Did you make it through Black Friday? Those of you out of the US don't know what you are missing. LOL I stayed home! It was fun to get in on all of those sales when my boys were little and I was looking for toys for them. Now it is all gift cards.

We have another fun challenge over at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday. Our sponsor this week is Sew Many Cards and the challenge is a color challenge. The colors are Red, Green, Kraft and White/Cream. I love kraft paper with white ink. I embossed snowflakes and went over them with white ink. The image is called Morty with Candles.
Isn't he adorable.

I made an easel card.

Please join us this week at SSDS. I look forward to seeing your Red, Green, Kraft and White/Cream creations. Don't forget to check out what the rest of the team has created.

Sande
Karen

Veronica

Tammy

Be sure to stop by tomorrow I am starting my week long Birthday Celebrations. There is a prize everyday. Friday's prize is a Cricut Cartridge. I am so excited to share my week with you.

Have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for stopping,

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-24T18:30:00.000-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful for all you my blog buddies.

Here is a video on how I made this card.

Be sure to stop by on Sunday. I will be starting my week long birthday celebration.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Thanks for visiting my blog,

Joy Book

2011-11-23T16:13:00.000-06:00

Hi I made a book just for me. I am going to record Joyful Moments in it.

Thanks for stopping,

The Winners

2011-11-21T13:38:00.001-06:00

Hi, I picked the winners. I picked one from my blog and one from You Tube. I wish I has something for everyone.
I didn't have as many people interested but I got a few new followers in both places and that is wonderful. I am thinking about doing some more giveaways during my birthday week so be sure to stop back.

So here are the winners.

Congratulations Anna and Monica!

Thanks to everyone who signed up,

Stamp Scarp and Doodle Saturday!

2011-11-18T05:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Saturday and welcome to another Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge. This week the challenge it to use embossing on your card and our sponsor is...

And you can win three digital images from the digistamps4joy store.
Here is the card I made using Freckle-Face-Fairy.

I think she is so sweet. You can't tell from the picture but all the stars, her wings and hair all have Stickles and sparkle. The die cut is a Fancy Label. I thought she looked like she just need at cloud to set on.

Please join us this week at SSDS. I look forward to seeing what you emboss. And check out what the rest of the team has created.

Have a wonderful Saturday and thanks for stopping by,

New Header

2011-11-17T08:33:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone, Diane over at Capadia Designs had designed some pretty cool Thanksgiving paper and gave it away today. I have been having so much fun learning how to change my headers that I thought I would add some of here pretty paper to my creation. I added a second turkey and the words Happy Thanksgiving. What do you think? Yikes Thanksgiving is only a week away. I think I should put the turkey in the refrigerator. It is 15lb. What do you think?

Anyway go check out Diane's blog. She is so talented. I have learned so much from her.

I would love to know what you think of the header. I already have one created for December.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Bears

2011-11-16T21:34:00.002-06:00

Please go here for my Advent calendar give away. There are 7 more days to sign up.

Happy Wednesday,
Well I had a great day. My new computer (2 months old) was acting up. I went in for a one to one and showed the person who was my teacher today what was going on. It was like the mouse pad was sticking or a ghost had taken over my computer. Well they took it in back and said to come back in 30 min and they would have it fixed. The Apple Store is in a mall. I walked around for an hour. When I came back they had a brand new computer all ready for me with all my stuff loaded on it. Plus I got an extra cord. What a great day. I love Apple!
OK then I find out that the challenge over at I Did it Creations, Challenge blog is "Everybody Love Teddy" and I just finished a card with one of Robyn's Fetish's digital stamps called Christmas Bear. I just think he is the cutest bear.

The red on the candy canes, the berries and line down the middle are stickles. I used one of my new Nestabilities lables dies to make a shape card. I love how it turned out and it is pretty CAS. It really doesn't need any bows or buttons. That will make it easy to mail.
Head over and join the challenge. There is a prize!!! I know you have a bear stamp.

I hope you had a wonderful day too,

LESSology Hanging Mobile

2011-11-15T05:00:00.001-06:00

Please go here for my Advent calendar give away. You have 6 more days to enter.

Hi Everyone, We have a wonderful challenge for you at LESSology this week. The challenge is to create a hanging mobile. Our sponsor this week is Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker

I really have fun with this challenge.
This is what I started with. It is an old rusty wreath I found at our cabin.

I took the geese off and painted white. Then I used an old necklace, that I got at a yard sale for $.25, to hang it.

Next I created stars to have from it.

Here is the mobile I created.

The stars are created by folding five squares in half twice and one angle fold. Pull the angle folds in so it looks like a square. Then glue them together.

Here is a video to show you how.

I hope you will join use at LESSology this week for our fun challenge.
Thanks for stopping,

My Winter Weekend at the Cabin

2011-11-14T09:43:00.001-06:00

Please go here for my Advent calendar give away. There are 7 more days to sign up.

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Hi We went to the cabin this weekend.This is what it looked like when we arrived.

It was so pretty with the snow. We have to stay at a friends because our cabin is not built for winter.
We are having some work done. The poor building is in need of lots of TLC.
We had some foundations work done and a window replaced.

The east side was getting really bad. The logs you see are the walls on the inside. No space to insulate so this is just a summer cabin.

This is how it looks now. Well really this is from Saturday.

This is the window before.The glass putty was cracked and the glass was starting to come loose. The window didn't open and this is the lake side of the building.

This is the windows now.

The wall under the window had to be replaces because some of the boards were rotten. We want one picture window but it just couldn't be done to this structure.

Here is what it looks like from inside.

We are very close to the lake and there are a lot of rules about what we can do. Well I should say can't do. We are very happy with the work and plan on doing more windows. We worked a little inside cleaning up but it was colder inside that outside on Saturday. I wish we could make it more year round but the rule say we can't. I guess that just make is it a special place to get away and enjoy.

Thanks for stopping and have a great day,

Stamp Scarp and Doodle Saturday!

2011-11-12T05:00:00.002-06:00

Happy Saturday, The challenge this week at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday is being sponsored by the wonderful designer Tammy Siemers Thompson and her beautiful digital image company called A Day for Daisies. The them is "Thanks You." Just in time to get some Thanksgiving cards started.

The image I used is called Bountiful Harvest.

I used a Nestabilities die to make a shaped card. The designer paper is by Tim Coffey.
I love all of the A Day for Daisies images. They are amazing.
The sentiment is from Crafty Secret.
I hope you will join us this week at SSDS.

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Please go here for my Advent calendar give away. There are 11 more days to sign up.

Thanks for stopping,

Hearing Voices?

2011-11-10T19:32:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone, A dear friend had a birthday this week. She is very spiritual and intuitive. When I saw this image from Create with TLC I knew she would get a kick out of it. She is one of the most positive people I know and has more energy a humming bird.

I used some Recollections pearls, I Am Roses flowers and MB's Treasurista Designs lace.
If you have any questions just leave it in the comment.
Oh and I do love to read your comments.

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Please go here for my Advent calendar give away. There are 11 more days to sign up.

Thanks for stopping,

Super September!

2011-11-09T22:48:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone, I had the most amazing September. I won two stamp sets, a digital image CD, and a YT subscriber blog candy which was a gift certificate to Pink Scrappers Boutique for $100. Can you believe that? I made a video about it and then I forgot to post it. I feel so bad because I was over the moon happy and I wanted to make a public thank you. Then today I received a wonderful surprise in mail today from Stephane who is stephanoid69 on YouTube.

Thanks you to;

Enfys from Going Buggy for the Magical Winter CD

MizCofeeMug for the $100 gift certificate to Pink Scrappers Boutique

Kate at Sassy Studio Designs for the Trade Fish stamp set

Carolanne Logan’s Crafty Mama for the Mr.Cricut Crazy stamp set

Stephane for the lovely surprise gift of punched tags, tons of flowers and a Sharpie marker.

Lorraine at Coldwaters2 a $20 gift certificate to Joanna Sheen.

Thank you everyone that was so wonderful and I really appreciate all of you from the bottom of my heart.

Here is a video of what I received.

Thanks for stopping

Card Liner

2011-11-07T12:57:00.001-06:00

Please go here for my Advent calendar give away.

I had a request from Anna to show how I line my cards. I made this card following MFT Sketch Challenge #44. The digital image is by Ellephantastic and is one from CDAD Progressive Challenge#6.

Here is what the liner looks like.

Here is the video showing how I line my cards.

I hope this is helpful to some of you.

Thanks for stopping,

Blog Candy Time

2011-11-07T12:11:00.000-06:00

Hi There,
I hope you are interested in some blog candy. If you are you will be helping me celebrate my up coming birthday. I never really plan and celebrate. I guess I always think someone else will do it for me. Dumb right? So this year I decide to make sure I have a happy birthday. This weekend I made two more Advent Calendars.

I filled all the drawers with little surprises like charms, bling, candy, scrabble tiles, etc. One is going to go to someone who follows my blog and YouTube channel. The other one I would like to swap with one of you. So if you want a chance to win one or you want to swap.
1. Please be a follower of both my blog and YT. My channel is LindaLap.
2. Please post about it on your blog and/or YT.
3. Leave a comment below.

That's all you need to do. If you have any questions just ask.

Here is a video showing you more about the Advent Calendar.

You have until November 21st. That is two weeks. If I don't find someone to swap with I will have a first and second prize. I sure hope you will help me celebrate.

Thanks,

Stamp Scarp and Doodle Saturday!

2011-11-05T05:00:00.004-05:00

Happy Saturday!

It is time for another fun challenge at Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturday. This week our challenge is called "Wrap It Up." Our amazing sponsor is Paper Fashions Etc.

Paper Fashions Etc. will be giving away 3 images and 2 sentiments from the set they designed especially for the Stamp, Scrap and Doodle, Challenge. The set is called "All Wrapped up in Cheer."

Here is the card I created with a couple of these fun images.

Here is a peek at the liner I used for this card.

I hope you will join us at SSDS this week for this fun challenge and wonderful prizes.

Thanks for stopping,

CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge#6

2011-11-03T18:17:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone,
It's time for CDAD Progressive Challenge#6. We were given some wonderful image again. The theme this time is Winter Wonders.
The image I am using is called Candles by Daisy Doodles.

I used the Spellibinders Heirloom Ornament Nestibilities to create this shape card. The image was colored with Copic markers. I used a gold leaf pen to outline each layer. Then I added the cord so that it could be hung on a tree. It was a very quick card and I think it looks great. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping,

What's on Your Work Bench Wednesday

2011-11-02T22:42:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone, I was going to save this for a challenge but I just had to share it. I made a Advent Calendar today. I am so excited about how it turned out.

I bought a cut file from SVG Attic and it worked like a charm. This is only the second thing I made using a SVG file. Jessica had a video that was very helpful.

It is 10" X 9.7 X 1" with 24 drawers. The paper is DCWV. The color is not showing up very good. It isn't this yellow and the red is a deep red. It is hard to get a good picture on a rainy day no matter how many lights you have.

Here is a close up of the scene I created using

some toys and stickers I had.

Here is a video of what I did. It took most of the day and was so much fun.

Thanks for stopping,

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T12:16:00.001-05:00

I just found a new YouTube channel that is amazing. Leanne has 2000 subscriber. She is having a fantastic giveaway. Leanne's YT channel is Luvleescrappin.
I made a video response and if you go and leave a comment please tell her LindaLap sent you.

Thanks ,

CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge

2011-10-30T19:44:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween!
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I know I did. I went to a hotel and made 33 wonderful cards a a fantastic project that I will share with you later.
Today I want to share to more cards I made with the free images for challenge #5 at Crafter's Digital Art Center. Today is the last day to enter. Then we will get 5 more images.
The image in the first card is from Just Some Lines

This poor little angel is all tuckered out. I think he was watching over me this weekend. LOL

This next card is from by SSBS Design.

I love this adorable image.
If you have any questions about the cards just leave it in the comment.

Thanks for stopping,

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday

2011-10-29T05:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Saturday! This week at Stamp, Scarp and Doodle Saturday the challenge is Monochromatic. Our sponsor is Ike from Ike's World. Her shop is called Ike's Art. I used her image called Boris to make my card.

The color I used is black. I just had to add the gold because a good friend is like gold. Right? The sentiment is form SU. The corner that looks red is really the same as the top left. It is just a reflection of my shirt, I think.
I hope you will join us SSDS this week. The winner will have some fun images to pick from Ike's store.
Have a wonderful Saturday!
Thanks for stopping,

Urge to Purge Stickles Clean Up

2011-10-25T20:52:00.000-05:00

Hi There, I got the cleaning bug. I caught it from June at Simply Elegant Paper Crafts. She has challenged herself to purge her craft room one day at a time. You can watch her progress. Day one starts here.
I decided to do something about my Stickles bottles.
Here is a video to show how I cleaned up the bottles being everywhere.

Thank you June for the motivation to get started on cleaning up my craft room.

Thanks for stopping,

My Creative Time

2011-10-24T21:00:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone, I read that Emma at My Creative Time is having a DT call and I would LOVE to be on her team. She is so positive and has created a wonderful line of stamps and dies. I am not just saying that to get on the team. I really love her stamps and dies. I have learned so much about stamping, using my Cricut and Gypsy from Emma.
OK I really had a hard time deciding on what to make that would get me on her team. I had so many ideas.
I decided to used these two sets. They are from last months release and I LOVE THEM!

I created a Thank You card using the letters and grid from Anyday Bingo & Crossword set.

The little fence was made with the Build a Banner Kit and the letters are from Anyday Bingo & Crossword.
I used a MS punch for the liner to match the fence on the front.

Then because I was having so much fun with the XL Label Die I decided use Whimsical Calendar Day to do a page in my Smash book.

October was so much fun I thought I should record some of the things I did. Here is the page before I journal on it.

I created a little journaling pocket. Now I just have to remember that the numbers are not the real ones that is why it is called Whimsical.

I would be trilled and honored to be on Emma's team. This would be a dream come true.

Thanks for stopping,

Another Beautiful Day

2011-10-23T21:18:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone,
We had another beautiful day in Wisconsin on Saturday. My husband wanted to go for a walk on one of his favorite fishing streams. The trout season is over so we couldn't do any fishing but it was fun seeing all the fish. They came up and made faces at my hubby as if to say, "You can catch me not." It was killing him not to be able to fish but this was his idea.
Here are a couple of pictures he took of me climbing a tree over the river.

I wasn't sure I wanted to go any higher.

But I did.

My hair is all flat and a mess because I had a cap on. He always wants me to take my sunglasses and hat off for pictures.
Then I decided to climb a big rock in the river. I really had fun and the water was so clear I could see tons of trout. A couple were huge.

It is a beautiful river in an amazing forest with outstanding rock structures.

I can't tell you were we were because a fisherman never tell his spots. If I told you I would be is sooooo much trouble. LOL

I sure hope you get to enjoy to beauty in nature and that you take time to connect with the source that gives us so much peace. I know I always feel so refreshed after a day like this.

Peace and Love,

Crafters Digital Art Center Card PC#5

2011-10-23T05:00:00.001-05:00

The card I have for you today is made from another image from Crafter's Digital Art Center Progressive Challenge #5. You know I am learning so much at the CDAC. This digital stamp on this card is from Digis by Phooka.

I learned, "that the image is a Christmas 'wotnot' - and they comes in every color of the rainbow! Traditionally they live only in an area called "Imagination", and are visible only to those who believe. They have no shape or form of their own, and take on the look of whatever the believer thinks is cute - so I think bunnies are cute therefore my Christmas wotnot looks like a bunny." Very interesting, don't you think? I love that they come in every color of the rainbow. I had this big pad of Christmas DP and the colors are nontraditional. So I colored my bunny Phooka to match the paper. Hmmmm your can't see much of it can you? LOL

I used a SU EF on the base card. I think this is a really a fun

nontraditional Christmas card. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping,

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday

2011-10-22T05:00:00.003-05:00

Happy Saturday!

It is time for another Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge. This week the challenge is called

BON APPÉTIT

We would like you to make something with food.

Here is my card.

I figured the pie and the turkey are both food.

I used one of the free images from Crafter's Digital Art Center Progressive Challenge #5. The image was donated by Sew Many Cards. I think it is so adorable. I hope you will join in the challenge at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday and link up your creations.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping,

A Wreath for My Door Another LESSology Idea

2011-10-21T12:29:00.000-05:00

I am so excited about this project. I saw this wreath at Shellyb140's YT channel and I had to give it a try. She has made some of the most amazing fall and Halloween decorations.
Here is how it looks on my door.

Here is a video to who how I got started.

This is another example of something you can hang on your wall which is the challenge at LESSology this week. I hope you will join us. There is a great prize.

Thanks for stopping,

LESSology Wall Art

2011-10-18T11:15:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone welcome to another fun challenge at LESSology. This week our challenge is to create some kind of wall art. Our sponsor this week is Tradefish Designs.

TradeFish Designs (aka “TFD”) was established by Cecilia Stephens in April 2011 in Raleigh, North Carolina. TFD was created because she felt there was a need for stamps sets crafters could use in cards, scrapbook pages and other crafty projects for the boys and men in our lives. TFD is devoted to creating stamps with masculine themes, imagery and sentiments. You can use the images and sentiments for feminine cards or projects too, but the focus in the design work for TFD stamp sets is really about the boys.

Visit TradeFish Designs to learn more and check out the latest designs!

The amazing prize for Challenge #4 is a $20 Gift Certificate to the Tradefish Designs store.

I won the set I use from Kate at Scrappers Creative Corner. The set is call "Outta this World." This is a fun set!

I started with...

a $1.50 board from St. Vinnie's.

I used every stamp in the set and this is what I ended up with this.

I even made some charms with Shrinky Dinks shrinkable plastic.

This was really a fun project. I hope you will join us and share a project you create for your wall.

Thank you Cecilia for the generous prize.

Here is the video of what I did to create my "Outta this World" message board.

Thanks for stopping,

Throwback Thursday and Sneak Peek Time

2011-10-17T18:47:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone,
Boy it seems to be a long time since I played along with the Throwback Thursday challenge. AND... Now it is time for this month's sneak peeks.
Well, I made a card for the challenge but I missed one important detail. The challenge is suppose to be a Halloween Theme, Shape Card. I missed the shape part. Oh well. I used two sets of Emma's last release on my card and I have to tell you I am in love with her banner die set. It is so easy to use and works perfect on cards.
Here is my card.

The skull is from Indie Art. The base is gray. The next layer is gold. The top paper is some I had that is black with gold swirls. The light didn't pick up the colors very good. The colors show up better in this video.

Be sure to stop back tomorrow at noon and check out the new LESSology Challenge.
Have a great evening and be sure to do something that feeds your Spirit.

Thanks for stopping,

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday

2011-10-15T05:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Saturday!

Time for another Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge.

This week our challenge is sponsored by the fabulous Paper Fashions.

Our challenge is called Falling for You (anything about leaves?) I love the images we were given to work with. Here is the card I am.

Because it is a digital image I could make the leaves and sentiment any size and put them anywhere I wanted on my card. Their are so many advantages to using digital images.

Here is a little video about card.

I hope you will join us this week at SSDS for our challenge.

Have a wonderful weekend and remember to do something that makes your Spirit Soar!

Hugs,

Whatcha doin' Wednesday

2011-10-13T13:38:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday!

I was watching juliewaters74 YouTube video and she asked whatcha doing? I just got the video and it is Thursday. LOL but this is what I was doing today. I love watching Julie she makes the best flowers. I also love SaCrafter. She was making satin flowers today. I had a pillow case that I got at St. Vinnie's to make flowers and today was the day.

Here is the flower:

Here is how I made it.

These are so much fun and they are so pretty in real life.

Thanks for stopping and watch!
Hugs,