Christmas past

hey there

Its Christmas eve and I'm actually posting my crazy card party challenge

we were asked to post a layout of Christmas past

Here are a few I did as a kit for Younique-totally haven't shared these yet! 

thanks for peekin and Merry Christmas to you all!!

Christmas tags!

every year my girl Rosanne hosts a tag swap

it is the best time.. loove it

here's mine for this year

I used my trusty PTI set again,

 I can't belive how much I have used this..great investment..

LOL!!

Thanks for peekin

you are my most favorite

well I'm up this week

Im really liking big and bold sentiments lately!

I chose this neat and tangled stamp and embossed it

cant really pick up the sparkle

I used my new gansai tambi paints (thanks Patricia)

for the background and a bit of mist

thats all I've got this week!

Thanks for peekin!

stamped background #HBD

Happy Thursday!!

This week we were asked to make a stamped background

HMMM....

Then I remembered about this cool studio calico set I had and went to town stamping on this patterned paper

I even used my ombre pink ink...LOL

hooray to discovering new stuff I forgot I had

thanks for peekin!

winter wonderland

wow long time no blog!

I thought I'd play along with the throwback Thursday

over at W+9

This winter woodland set is my all time favorite Christmas set

thanks for peekin!

make a scene

hey there!!

This week we were asked to make a scene

I made this card a while back as soon as I got this adorable Papertrey set

I thought this background paper was perfect for it!!

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joy!

Happy Thursday!

Our challenge this week was to use texture!

I love my snow stencil so I used that with some modelling paste and that gorgeous winter 

woodland stamp from w+9

feeling Christmassy!!

Hey there

I'm up with this weeks challenge on Crazy Card party

I'm feeling festive so I wanna see some Christmas cards!

I coloured up Nacho Deer with my distress markers

thanks forpeekin!!

Celebrate

hey there!!

This week we were challenged to use long lyrics as inspiration

well here's mine....good old Kool and the Gang..celebrate good times..come on!!

kept it super simple..wanted the beaded garland folder to stand out

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be your own kind of beautiful

okay okay

Im a week late for  our card challenge

we were asked to use an inspiration

well I love Melissa Phillips style and I just had to semi CASE one of her cards 

using my new PTI set

cant wait to play more with this lovely!!

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flowers

wow Thursday already?

this week at crazy card party we were asked to use flowers!

I heat embossed this gorgeous flower in gold then

 watercoloured with my distress markers

kept it pretty simple but I wanted the flower as a focal point

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I choose you!

hey!!

I'm up this week for crazy card party

I wanted to see wreaths

I busted into my stash of Crate goodies and came up with this card

Oh how I love Crate  (and awkward looking birds)

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lovely

hey there!!

Im back

This week's challenge over at crazy card party was to use this gorgeous wreath die 

that Patricia gave us

so nice of her..I have the best friends ever..so seriously...I do!!

Anyhoo..

I cut it 3 times from cardstock and stacked them up to give it some dimension

I added some paper and a flower die cut from the I am line that I have been hoarding!

I also got to use a new die- the scripty sentiment is from Heidi Swapp=love

thanks for peekin

thanks

well its Thursday again

this week at crazy card party we were asked to use butterflies

I used some die cuts and some random scraps for this card

thats it for today

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you're so tweet

well its crazy card party day again!!

this week we were asked to use circles

I got this adorable stamp from your next stamp at scrapfest and finally got to using it

the trees count as circles right???

well anyhoo thats all I've got for ya this week

thanks for peekin

i love you more

wow Thursday already!

where does the time go anyways?

This week at Crazy Card Party we were asked to make a card with a black base

Here's what I came up with

nothin' fancy but I do love a black card base!!!

Thanks for peekin!

hey there!

Im up with the crazy card party challenge this week

Well my challenge this week is totally selfish..

CHRISTMAS?????

I did some shopping and got the adorable W+9 set and couldn't wait to use it

lol!!

Pretty simple card but I tried to make it pop with the red

I even used my new PTI linen cardstock- LOVE

enjoy the journey

happy thursday!!

This week we are working with a bon voyage theme!

super fitting as I'm leavin' on a jet plane in 2 sleeps for vacation!

I used a bunch of new pti goodies, happy camper and scene it dies

OMG love

anyhoo 

thanks for peekin!

vintage!

hey ya!

this week Sharon challenged us with something vintage!

I dug deep and found a bunch of random die cuts that fit the challenge

made a mushy love you card!

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bird's the word

this week at crazy card party is all about birds

I haven't coloured these scribble birds in a while so I thought I'd give them a go!!

I used some distress markers...again for this one

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hello I love you

This week at Crazy card party the challenge was masculine

ack-my nemesis!!

I really don't enjoy these cards..lol

I'm also playing along with simon says stamp Wednesday challenge

heres my pitiful take

kraft cardstock, 

an Amy Tangerine stencil and some modelling paste 

and a sentiment from Cosmo Cricket

yup!

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carried away

hey ya!

well I've been totally carried away with this stamp set from Wplus9

like seriously I cant stop playing with it

anyhoo here's one of the cards I made

Again I used my distress markers for a soft watercolour feel

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get well soon

hey there

Im up for this weeks crazy card party challenge

I wanted to see a get well card

I borrowed this adorably awkward bird from a friend at a crop

 (you know I cant resist an awkward bird)

I decided I'd colour him up with some distress markers and made him look sick

does he look sick...I think so

thanks for peekin!!

babies babies babies

thats the theme of this weeks crazy card party challenge

I need a few gender neutral cards for a shower so I chose my fav Stampotique stamp

I practiced my no line colouring again..kinda hard cause its such a teenie image 

but oh well

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monochromatic

oops I'm late with this weeks crazy card party challenge

we were asked to do something monochromatic

I tried my had at a marbeling technique...hmmmm

anyhoo..Its monochromatic so it counts

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sending you wishes

hey!!

This week at Crazy card party is...anything goes

lol thats an easy one

I was putzing around with some neglected stamps recently

I  decided to use this Unity-Phyllis Harris stamp with some Distress Markers

thats all I've got this week

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negative space

hey there!!

Happy Thursday

This week at Crazy card party we were challenged to use negative space

I used this super cool die (Thanks Kathryn) for the negative

backed it with some shiny gold paper and some sequins

simple easy done!

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wedding shower!!

Im back with my card for this week's crazy card party challenge

so...I saw this stamp at scrapfest and didn't buy it-immediately regretted it

ran all over the world... and finally got it

sigh...next time go with my gut...

anhoo

I coloured up this adorable Melle Papillon stamp from Penny Black with 

some distress markers and used a Your next stamp die that I also picked up at Scrapfest

I think this works as a bridal shower card right???

sequins!

hey there!!

Its time for another Crazy card party project

this week we were asked to use sequins

well.....

 I just so happened to have a new PTI set that worked perfect-Lovely Laurels!

feels good to use it right away!

Thanks for peekin

no line distress marker colouring

Im up  with the crazy card party challenge for this week

I am dying for some nice weather so my challenge is Spring or belated Easter

 (since we didn't have a post last week..errhmm)

I decided to try some no line colouring with distress markers...super fun I tell ya!

I'm finally getting the hang of these suckers!

I used an adorable whipper snapper stamp

that's it for this week!!

stripes!

hey y'all

Its Thursday so that means another CCP card

this week we were asked to use stripes

this is what I came up with 

a striped background with a big bloom and a black frame

easy peasy

thanks for peekin

gold leaf canvas DIY

happy Sunday!!

I was feeling a little artsy this weekend

I was Browsing Pinterest and came across some amazing art canvas inspiration

I decided to dive in and make my own

I thought I'd try some gold leaf --very cool.

I used acrylic paint with some heavy gel for texture which the pic didn't really pic up 

I wanted to use oils but I have like ZERO patience to wait for it to dry..LOL 

there it is all hung up above my bed

It was SOOOO fun..maybe I'll do another!!

wishing for WARMTH

IS IT SUMMER YET????

this week at crazy card party we were asked to use the theme warmth

I decided to use a die cut I had laying around that had a sunshine theme

I added some gold and turquoise for pop 

well thats it for this week

thanks for peekin-

don't forget to check out the blog for the other creations

delight in this day

hey there!

Its Thursday and I'm back with my crazy card party challenge

we were asked to use our favorite die

I used two actually.. rustic wreath from PTI and prized stag from |Ellen Hutson

LOVE

well thats all for today

thanks for peekin!

green!

hey there

This week at CCP we were asked to do something St Paddy's or Green

I decided on green

I used some MME goodies from a pocket page kit and made a birthday card

finished it off with a big green bow

thanks for peekin!

botanical!

hey y'all

Im back with the crazy card party challenge for this week

Roseanne wanted to see something botanical

Here's my take

I've been practicing freehand watercolouring

These are supposed to be poppies...hahaha

I used Reeves watercolour tubes for this card

The stamp is from the $1.50  bin at Michaels..score!

Thanks for peekin!

cased!

hey yàll

my challenge was to case one of the CCP girlfriends cards

I love looking at all our cards each week- such an inspiration

Here's mine

I chose this card from Sharon

I used my distress markers and the W+9 fresh cut containers 

(also borrowed from Sharon)

Cant wait to see what the other ladies come up with

cotton and steel arrow quilt

Happy Valentines Day

I thought I'd share one of my loves

QUILTS

I got a FQ bundle of some Cotton and Steel fabric and I searched to find a pattern that would highlight the prints

I found this

Im getting better at mitered corners too!!!

Nice and big as Lola is holding it up over her head...LOL

well thanks for peekin!!!

hmmm what to sew next??