Vintage Village

I'm really diggin' vintage lately...well let me rephrase that, lol...I've always LOVED vintage and dabbled in it but never really did a lot of it.  Well TLC's new Vintage Village Backgrounds set is changing that for me -YAY!  I absolutely adore this new image of a Vintage Cathedral Window that Paulette has created!  You can find this image and the rest of the set here.  Originally, I had envisioned doing some stained glass in all different gem colors, but found this picture online which really spoke to me and used it as my inspiration:

 And here is my card:

Such a stunning image, right?!!!  The amazing word art reads, "Truth -Tests Remind Us Trust Him" (which is a gentle reminder for me!), and is from TLC as well!  The image was colored in Copics (E50, E00, E31 and E57) and then distressed along with the sentiment in Making Memories Distress Ink. 

As always, I love your visits and thank you for each and every comment that you take the time to leave me :)  

Hope the rest of your weekend is a good one!!!

Recipe:

Image & Sentiment:  TLC

Paper:  Nicole Vintage Pack & Colorbok cs

Making Memories Distress Ink

Roses won from blog candy

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Free & Easy

Crafty Catz - Vintage Challenge 90

ABC Challenge- Y for Yesterday (vintage)

Charisma Cardz Challenge - All about flowers

MMSC - #111

My Kind of Exercise :)

Woot, woot!!  We all made it to Friday!!  Hopefully you all had a good week and are gearing up for some weekend fun whether it be with friends or family, or just hanging around enjoying some down time.



Talking about fun, I just love this new sentiment from TLC.  It reads "Exercise - Walking up and down a mall, occasionally resting to make a purchase."  You can find this fabulous sentiment in Paulette's new set called, Define This, by clicking here.  I just have to chuckle every time I read it because it reminds me of something I would say!! 

Isn't the word art just fabulous?? As soon as I read it, this image came to mind - I've had this Bratz image that I got from a friend for awhile and have never used her so it was so much fun and so perfect to bring her to life now.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have an awesome weekend - maybe even get a little "exercise" in ;)

 Recipe:
Medium:  Copic Markers
Image:  Bratz coloring page off internet
Sentiment:  TLC
Papers:  Bazzill cs and SEI Chocolat
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Wedding embossing folders

Challenges:
Stamp Something - Something with Bugs or Butterflies
AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog - Sentiment with more than 2 words 
Flutter By Wednesdays - Open 
Bugaboo Stamps - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Warm Thoughts

Morning friends!!  Hoping by now you've all recovered from the holiday weekend!! 

I had to whip up a card for my our cousin's girlfriend who had a freak accident last week - she got hurt pretty badly and I wanted to send her a little cheer-up card.  She's a fun-lovin' gal - free and easy spirit, so I thought the Stamp of the Month image from Designed2Delight paired with this adorable sentiment from TLC would do the trick :)

Isn't that image amazing??  I just love it with that sentiment!!  I didn't have any Flower Soft or sand, but decided to emboss and distress lightly some Kraft paper for the illusion of sand in front of the embossed "wave" panel.  Both the image and sentiment were pop-dotted for dimension.

Recipe: 

Medium:  Copic Markers

Image:  D2D

Sentiment:  TLC

Papers:  Bazzill cs, DCWV Happy Trails, Kraft

Prima flowers

Bo Bunny Candy Jewels

Making Memories Distress Ink

Fiskars Decorative Scissors

Cuttlebug Swiss Dot & Spots and Dots Embossing Folders 

Challenges:

D2D- Progressive Stamp of the Month Challenge

The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or Wet & Wild

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Here Comes Summer

Creative Craft Challenges - Pretty Blossoms

Bows & Berries - Challenge #9 Kraft

Scrap Creations - Summer

The Outlawz - Monday Greeting Card Challenge - Anything Goes GC070411

Getting Cricky - Summer Fun

Vintage Get Well

It was time for a smile for my Aunt and her husband.  They both have really been going through the thick of it lately - her husband being diagnosed with months to live caused by some rare auto-immune disease, my aunt -suffering an appendix that ruptured and survived; then just recently "wasn't feeling good" and was rushed in to have 2 stints surgically placed for the 95% blockage to her heart.  .

The word art I chose to base my card on is from a new set that TLC has in the store called Sell It.  You can find the set by clicking here.  Almost immediately, the wheels started turning when I read the sentiment. The sentiment reads:  "You take a licking, and keep on ticking"!  It can't get any more perfect than that !!!

I just got some new  DCWV paper for my birthday from my Mom, god love her. It's my favorite paper at the mo - so vintage in all different shades and textured!!  You may not be able to see it in the pic, but there are faint black drawn roses in the paper.  Divine!!  I scoured  the net and found this gorgeous vintage clock at Beyond the Fringe, which you can find here!  The clock is pop-dotted on the distressed doily for some added dimension and colored in Copics.  The heart chipboard piece is colored in the same Copics to match the clock, then crumpled and distressed in Making Memories distress ink.  My daughter said it looked like a piece of suede which made my day, and hopefully, this card makes theirs.

Recipe:

Medium:  Copic Markers (E50, E31, Y28)

Image: Beyond the Fringe

Sentiment:  TLC

Papers:  Old World Stack by DCWV

Close to My Heart Chipboard and self-adhesive pearls

Making Memories Distress Ink
Roses won from blog candy/Doily in stash

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Week #162

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Free & Easy
OSAAT- Use a Digi
Southern Girls Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Stars and Stripes Challenge at Guylou's!

It's challenge time all my crafty friends!!!  I am so excited today to be hosting the challenge over at Guylou's Inimitability! 

As we're heading into 4th of July weekend here in the States, most of my American friends are gearing up for their bbq's, fireworks and parties; and my Canadian friends are celebrating their independence today with festivities too!!  So it got me all wistful and patriotic -and I decided to go with Stars and Stripes as my challenge theme.  But have no fear, if you're not all into the patriotic theme, no worries - as long as your creation has some stars and stripes on it - you're good to go!!

For my card today, I decided to use the image, Praying Soldier, which I love and fits the theme perfectly! I cranked Peter, Paul and Mary belting out 'Blowin' in the Wind' and thought about all the heroes in our lives...the ones overseas that give up their entire world so that I can live peacefully with those I love in mine. I thought of the heroes on our soil and in our personal lives (angels unaware if you will)....

I went distress-happy with my Making Memories Distress ink to give the "dirt" appearance and feel; and colored up the pearls in the bottom right corner with the same Copics I used on his uniform.  And who said you can't have pearls on a masculine card?! LOL.  The sentiment by TLC reads "Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway" - John Wayne. 

Hopefully this has inspired you all to come play along with us! You have until July 14th at 10:00 pm EST to show us your Stars and Stripes!!  The lucky winner will be invited to be a Guest Designer on an upcoming GI challenge as well as win a $5 gift certificate from Guylou's Inimitability Store!!!

Hope each one of you has a safe and awesome 4th of July weekend and Happy Canada Day!

Recipe:

Medium:  Copics

Image:  Guylou's Inimitability

Sentiment:  TLC

Paper:  Martha Stewart

Making Memories Distress Ink

Close to My Heart self-adhesive Pearls

Close to My Heart Chipboard Star

Challenges:

Craft us Crazy - Red, White and Blue or Summer
DigiStamps4Joy- Red, White and Blue
The Outlawz - Copic/Promarker 7/1 Male Card
Stamp Something - July Digi Day Challenge
Digi Doodles  - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Red, White and Blue
Pixie Dust Studio - Be Proud
Rainbow Lady's Challenge - 4th July
Cooking it up with Katie - Colors of your Flag
StampInsanity - Stars & Stripes
Tuesday Throwdown - #55
Use it Tuesday - Inspiration Colors
Card Making Mama's Challenge Blog - Red, White and Blue

1st TLC DT Card

Ever do something really stupid??  Make a mistake??  Come on - fess up, ya know ya have!  LOL, I know I have.  I'm always telling my girls that saying "You're Sorry" is not just words...it means learning from your mistakes, moving forward and trying your hardest to not do it again.  And from that, I drew inspiration for my first DT card for TLC. 

Isn't she adorable??  She kinda reminds me of one of my girls when they have to apologize!!!!  I got her forever ago from Whoopsy Daisy when I first started with digi stamps and have never used her.  The sentiment is part of a new set from TLC which you can find by clicking here.  I think the two go together fabulously and both hold so many possibilities, dontcha think?  I created the colored border around the image with the same Copics that I used for her outfit and the papers came from TLC as well~And don't forget!!!  Paulette gives away word art, images and papers daily for free, so if you haven't been to the TLC blog in awhile, come on by and take a look around!!

Recipe:
Medium:  Copics
Image:  Whoopsy Daisy
Sentiment and Digi Papers:  TLC
Bazzill cs
Close to My Heart self-adhesive pearls
Crocheted flower by Dorcas from Dorcas Designs

Challenges:
Fab-n-Funky Challenges - Bermuda Triangle
Simon Says Stamp - Lemon and Lavender
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
The Outlawz - Friday Copic Marker 6/24 Anything Goes CPC062411

Big News!!

Hi all my fabby friends!!  I have some wonderful news that I wanted to share with you now that I've gotten the green light to let the cat out of the bag ;)  I am thrilled, to say the very least, to let you all know that I am officially apart of the TLC Design Team as of today!!!!  Thank you Paulette for this amazing opportunity; and I am so honored to have been chosen and to be working along side with so many talented women.  If you get a chance ladies, please stop by and check out my fellow teamies blogs - they are each so talented and I'm sure you'll gain some inspiration looking through their blogs!

Jill
Judith
Karen
Angela
Hetty
Rhonda