DS4J Challenge #91 - Water Everywhere

Come join me for DigiStamps4Joy's newest challenge, Challenge #91 - Water Everywhere! I used a fishing theme by a lake with mine. I love to make fishing cards. Not sure why? I have only one brother who likes to fish and he may very well be tired of all the fishing cards I'm always giving him. I should meet a man who loves to fish. That way I can give him the cards... I already know of a sentiment I can use... You've got me hook, line and sinker! lol OK, but that's a story for another post! 

For now, let me show you my card:

Here's a close up of the extras:

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

613 Avenue Create: Challenge #69 - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody: Challenge #40 - Anything Goes (3rd entry of limit 3)

Ditzie Digi Designs Challenge Blog: Week 2 Anything Goes

I am a follower of these blogs. The blog layout I use does not allow me to list challenges on a sidebar. Instead, I display badges and / or links here.

This is my recipe for the card:

Image: Caught One! from DigiStamps4Joy

Colored image with Copic markers

Sentiment: Fun Fishing Sentiments by StampArt Design by Kathryne at Whimsy Stamps

Glossy Accents on fish and frog's eyes and button on overalls

Stickles Glitter Glue in Star Dust on fish

Tree Stamps: Retired The Angel Company stamp set

Pebbles, Inc. chalks: green on trees

Liquid Pearls in Buttercup in centers of flowers

White gel pen to create polka dots on patch of overalls

Card stock from my stash

Be sure to pop on over to the DigiStamps4Joy challenge blog and have a look see at what my teammates have come up with. There's lots of great stuff to look at.

Thanks for stopping by!

Fitztown: Challenge #33 - Lots of Layers

Haha... I'm totally losing it! I was not scheduled to make a lots of layers card for the new challenge at Fitztown but I thought I was and then I thought to myself, well, now I have to share it! lol

Hope you'll pop on over to the challenge blog and see what's going on. In the meantime, here is my card:

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

Word Art Wednesday: Challenge #129 - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: Challenge 54 - Always Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door: TTCRD Challenge April 22 to 28th - Anything Goes

That Craft Place Ltd Challenge Blog: New Challenge - Anything Goes

Sketchy Colors: Sketch #208

I am a follower of these blogs. The blog layout I use does not allow me to list challenges on a sidebar. Instead, I display badges and / or links here.

This is the sketch:

This is the recipe I used for my card:

Image: Cameo 12 by Morgan Fitzsimons for Fitztown

Image colored with Copic markers

Silk Royal Ribbon: Raisin Boat

Sentiment: Elegant Easter Sentiments From the Heart

Card stock, printed card stock, flowers and rhinestones from my stash

You know, I'm not really big on celebrities and keeping up with any of them. I surely do not know any of the new faces appearing in movies these days. However, Robin Roberts of Good Morning America (GMA). She is an amazing woman! I know there are lots of other people battling cancer but she's visible to me and an inspiration. I'm not much for watching TV. The last time I saw her she was on The Today Show but I saw a blurb about her on GMA. I am in awe of her. She has cancer and is making something with her life! Here I am with my little old leukemia and some days, I feel so bad I just want to curl up and die. Here's this woman... battling breast cancer in a very public way... and LIVING her life. Really... I'm in awe! I've had to give up working. Some days... it is all I can do to get out of bed to get something to eat. I have some days when I have the biggest pity party I can muster up and then I think of Ms. Roberts and I am put to shame. Anyway, when I first saw this image... she was the first person I thought of. I don't know why. I don't think it looks anything like her. But she came to mind and then when I saw this sentiment... I knew what I had to do with it. I'm thinking I will have to be one of those people who sends celebrities letters expecting a response. Well, I'm smart enough to know that if I receive a response, it will be a form letter that millions of other people receive. I just feel the need to share with her how inspiring she has been to me at times. Silly me! This is something I'd always told myself I'd not ever do. Here I am. Mark your calendar! Today is the day I'm gonna do this! lol

I hope you'll swing by the challenge blog and take a peek at what's going on over there. 

Thanks for stopping by my place for a bit. 

BIG Announcement!

Haha! It's a BIG announcement to me! I've been invited to be a Design Team member for Beary Wishes! Can you believe it? Of course, you can! lol I'm a talented lady! Just have a look around my blog! ;) 

So I thought I'd make a card with an image from Beary Wishes to tell Blogland my BIG announcement. Here is my card:

Sentiment is small print and hard to make out. Here is a closer look at the image and sentiment:

I've used a sketch from Unscripted Sketches, Sketch #254.

Here is the sketch:

This is the recipe I used for my card:

Image: Freebie from Bear Wishes Hydrangea Bauble

Colored the image with Copic markers - 

Bow: V17, V15, V12

Hydrangeas: V06, V05, V04

Liquid Pearls in Buttercup for the centers of the flowers

Silk Lavender Ribbon: Raisin Boat

Card stock and printed card stock from my stash

I'm excited about meeting new designers and making new friends! These are the other team members for the team:

ileana Marquez
Josephine Cox
Charlene Mitchell
Holly Flores
Karina Scott
Carol L
Ema M
Helen Phelps
Rita Bean

I'm just super excited about this opportunity. Thanks for stopping by to have a look! By the way, did I mention I've been invited to be a Design Team member for Beary Wishes? Ha! 

Sunday Release at DS4J!

Yup! That's right! It's that time of the week again! Man, I cannot get over how fast 2014 is flying by!

So here is Flower Frame colored by me!

Here's a close up of the extras:

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: Challenge #91 - Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenges: Challenge #63 - Spring

Craft for the Craic: April Challenge - Something for Easter or Spring

Craftitude: Challenge #63 - Anything Goes or Spring/Easter

Creative Fingers: Challenge #33 - Always Anything Goes

I am a follower of these blogs. The blog layout I use does not allow me to list challenges on a sidebar. Instead, I display badges and / or links here.

This is the recipe for my card:

Image: Flower Frame from DigiStamps4Joy

Sentiment: Blessings from DigiStamps4Joy

Colored image with Copic markers - 

Yellows: Y13, Y06

Greens: G82, G24, G21

Extras: Liquid Pearls in Buttercup

Glitter card stock: DCWV Lemon Flower

Rhinestones: mother of pearl rhinestones from Want to Scrap

Plain card stock from my stash

These are the releases for this week:

These are Flower Frame (mp322) and I've Got Talent (jl581).

Be sure to visit the DS4J blog and check out the projects my teammates have come up with! They are fabulous to be sure! You can also see all the other new releases while you are there.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ema

Christmas Robin

Here I am with another Christmas card! I'm feeling pretty good right about now! I'm far ahead of the game! Yippee! lol

Here is my card:

Here is a close up of the extras:

I'd like to enter my card into these Christmas-themed challenges:

DigiStamps4Joy (DSJ4): Monthly Progressive Challenge (free digi)

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles: The 12 Months of Christmas Card Linkup

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown: April Stash Challenge - Glitter (I used some hoarded glitter ribbon)

Stamps & Fun = Creativity: SFC Challenge #199 - Sketch

I am a follower of these blogs. The blog layout I use does not allow me to list challenges on a sidebar. Instead, I display badges and / or links here.

This is the sketch:

This is the recipe for my card:

Free Image: Christmas Robin from DigiStamps4Joy

Sentiment: Sentiment for Christmas StampArt Design By Kathryne for Whimpsy Stamps

Rhinestones: Want 2 Scrap

Red Glitter Ribbon: Michael's Recollection Series

Printed card stock: My Mind's Eye O Christmas Tree (retired)

Solid card stock from my stash

Where are you at with your Christmas card stash? Why don't you join in with DS4J Monthly Progressive Challenge? You get a free digi to get you ahead of the game! I think that is super awesome! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Hooo Loves You?

This is the cutest momma and baby owl digi I've seen! I just love how it looks like she's really asking the question, "Hooo loves you?" while pulling the baby close to her. :)

Here's my card:

Here's a close up of the background embossed papers:

I've kept the card rather clean and simple. I've made it for my mother. She usually rips envelopes open looking for money so I learned long ago not to go overboard. Instead, I paid attention to detail this time around. I added an embossed panel of "wood" for the tree and a background of embossed "clouds". Ssooo the owls really look like they are up in a tree! lol I thought myself rather clever! Not original... because I've done it before... but very clever... :)

I colored the image with Copic markers and added some rhinestones in the corner for some sparkle.

This is for DeeDee's Digis April Digi of the Month Challenge. The image is from Under Your Wing. I am a follower of this blog. The blog layout I use does not allow me to list challenges on a sidebar. Instead, I display badges and / or links here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cherry Pie

OK, so I wrote Tuesday about finding a new progressive challenge. I'm calling it that. It's not really progressive but you get "rewarded" for using one of their images and they have freebies to help you get started. Awesome! Yay! lol I'm here to show you what I found:

Close up of the extras on the image:

Glossy Accents is right behind Stickles for making pretty things prettier! ;)

I'd like to add this card into these challenges:

Doodle Pantry Challenge Blog: Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #45 (freebie image with sentiment! The newest "progressive" challenge I found!)

The Kraftyhands Challenge Blog: April Challenge - Sketch

They've got a sketch I just fell in love with! I may use it again and again!

I am a follower of these blogs. The blog layout I use does not allow me to list challenges on a sidebar. Instead, I display badges and / or links here.

Here's the sketch:

Here is my recipe:

Colored image with Copic markers:

Browns: E77, E47, E35

Grays: C7, C5, C3

Reds: RV69, R37. R29

Greens: G28, G17, G05

I fussy cut the image and then laid it on a mat cut with Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles SM die

Extras: Glossy Accents on the cherries and leaves

Printed and textured card stock: Hobby Lobby's The Paper Studio - Rooster Farm Fresh (mats)

Printed card stock: Michael's Recollections - Rooster Provincial (background)

The Robin's Nest Dew Drops in Fresh Mowed Grass

Black and white card stock and ribbon from my stash

Pebbles, Inc. chalk in red 

I read an article back in 2006 about stamping sentiments... with REAL alphabet stamps. lol The reason the article caught my eye was because it was about keeping the sentiment straight. Well, eight years later and I'm STILL struggling with that! Anyway, the writer wrote that if keeping a straight line was impossible to just go for the crooked look and then highlight the crooked word with color to make it important or stand out so the sentiment would appear to have been MEANT to be crooked. I thought this was a fantastic idea and since then have implemented the technique. If I could remember who wrote the article and where I read it, I'd tell you here for sure but I cannot. It was EIGHT years ago! I didn't save the article either... just filed the idea in my head. In this case, I just wanted to draw attention to "cherry" and tie it in with the red cherries on the pie... add a bit of interesting color.

I am so excited about this new "progressive" challenge I found. Really! 

I seriously need to get out more often. lol

Thanks for stopping by!

Kiss Me!

I'm not sure what it is about a frog... but I've always got the urge... 

to add red lipstick. Did you think I was gonna write I had the urge to kiss one? lol 

No thank you! I've kissed lots of frogs in my single days and not a one turned into a prince. I'm starting to think maybe that was just a fairy tale! ;) Ha!

Ssooo... this is the latest frog that required lipstick:

Here's a close up:

See what I mean? lol

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

A Day for Daisies: Challenge #94 - Stripes (freebie image)

Freshly Made Sketches: Sketch #133 - A Sketch by Cindy L.

I am a follower of these blogs. The blog layout I use does not allow me to list challenges on a sidebar. Instead, I display badges and / or links here.

This is the sketch:

This is the recipe for my card:

Colored the image with Copic markers - 

Greens: YG45, YG23, YG06, and G05 (Hat)

Yellows: Y13, Y06

Pinks: RV21

Red: R27

Glossy Accents on the eyes

Sentiment: Unknown

Card stock, printed paper, doily and ribbon from my stash

I outlined the streamers from the hat with Stickles in Stardust

Ssooo... what do you think of the red lipstick? lol I really... have tried not to do it... but it leaves me feeling naked! Trust me... no one wants that! ;) 

Thanks for stopping by!

Rainboots

You know... I have GOT to stop reading Paper Playful. Really! I mean it. I keep finding progressive challenges and what can I tell you? I'm a sucker for these. :-\ I can just see myself in my old age... surrounded by paper... still coloring all the images I have... I think I could color a different image for years to come... especially... if I don't stop collecting them! Ugh! lol Don't mind me! I LOVE to exaggerate! I don't know what I would do without my progressive challenges! I just have a weakness for them. What can I say?

Today... I found another one but that's a post for a later date. Let me tell you about the one I found a couple of weeks ago. Better yet, let me show you the adorable image! I had to purchase this first one. Ouch. But it's ok... I LOVE IT! :)

Here's my card:

Here's a close up of the image:

The picture doesn't show the true colors. The boots are a HOT pink and the reflection on the upper boot is more noticeable. This is for the progressive challenge I discovered a couple of weeks ago at Imagine That! Ssooo...

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges: 

Imagine That!: April's Progressive Challenge #19

Catch the Bug: Stella Says Sketch Challenge #208

This is the sketch:

This is my recipe for the card:

Image and sentiment: Ladybug Boots, Daisies Planter

Colored the image with Copic markers - 

Green: G28, G17, G05

Black: N8, N6, N4

Pink: R43, R32, R33, RV13, RV21

Yellow: Y13, Y06, Y21

Shadows: N6 and 100

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Border Punch: Michael's Recollections Daisy Punch

Mat: Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circle SM

Printed card stock and card stock from my stash

OK, so now, I'm off to look for more progressive challenges. haha Just kidding... not really... :( lol

Thanks for stopping by!

Save a Bunny!!

Eat jelly beans! That sentiment gave me the giggles! I imagined some of my nephews and nieces would love it too. It's a little late for this Easter... but I can save it for next year. 

Here is my card:

Here's a little close up of all the extras:

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

The East Wind: Challenge #5 - Humor (freebie image)

TechnoStamper: Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #311 (TSSC311)

This is the sketch:

This is the recipe I used:

Colored the TEW freebie image with Copic markers - 

Pinks: R01, R20

Grays: C0, C1, C2 and N0, N2 (BG)

Bunny: E50, E00

Basket: E35, E33, E31

Skin and Eyes: E43, E41, E40, R01 and E29, E25

Hair: E18, E15, E08

Eggs: B00, YR65, Y00, Y06, YG23, V12, G00

Extras: Liquid Applique on "fur"

Liquid Pearls in Pearl Gray on buttons

Glossy Accents on eyes

Sentiment: Create with TLC

Ribbon, printed card stock and card stock from my stash

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Christmas in July

Oh, but wait... it is not July! Oh, well... you get my drift? I'm getting ready for Christmas! lol Actually, as I was browsing blogs yesterday, I saw a sketch I really, really liked but it was for a Christmas challenge. Coincidentally, I colored this image in November of last year but did not get the opportunity to use it. So I thought... 2 + 2 = 22! lol So here I am! 

There's an Anything Goes challenge at Fitztown Challenge Blog! It's Challenge #32! You know what that means? I can use the sketch AND the digi I have colored! Yay! Win, win! That's just the way I like it! Come join us! You know you want to! You can make ANYTHING because it is an ANYTHING GOES challenge! Awesome!

Here is my card:

Here's a close up of the image:

I am entering my card into these challenges:

613 Avenue Create: Challenge #68 Anything Goes w/optional twist Candy Treats

Challenges 4 Everybody: Challenge #40 - Anything Goes

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles: The 12 Months of Christmas Card Link Up
Ditzie Digi Design Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: April 2014 (by invitation)
Completely Christmas: Challenge # 8 Mid Month Sketch
I am a follower of these blogs. The blog layout I use does not allow me to list challenges on a sidebar. Instead, I display badges and / or links here.
Here is the sketch:

This is the recipe I used:

Image: Winter 10 from Fitztown

Colored image with Copic markers:

Reds: RV69, R37, R27, R24

Greens: I cannot remember! :(

Blacks: N8, N6, N4

Skin and Eyes: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20 and E25, E29

Eyes: Glossy Accents

Printed papers and card stock: Hot Off the Press

Sentiment: Create with TLC

Buttons: From my stash

Snowflakes and Button on Coat in image: Stickles Glitter Glue in Platinum and Gold, respectively

So, now I'm all set with another card for Christmas! Yay! lol I hope you will find time to come play along with the challenge at Fitztown. I know the team and I would love to see what you come up with. Be sure to check the challenge blog for creations by my teammates, Sande and Kaija. They are fabulous, as always!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ema

i {heart} card sketches w/a tWiSt no.62

I guess this is my weekend for cutting it close to the deadline because this is the THIRD post I'm writing all rushed... I do not like that! I need to make me a calendar, checklist, punch list... something... that will keep me on track! :-\ I get all befuddled when I'm in a rush and cannot speak my mind clearly. I'm sure I've got LOTS to say to myself... since I have proof... no one reads my blog... but that's a post for another day when I DO have time to chat...

For now, here is my project:

Here is a close up of the image:

These are the challenges I'm linking my project in to:
FTH stamps {blog}: April Free Stamp of the Month Challenge
A Gem of a Challenge: Challenge #117 "Spring is in the Air"
FTH stamps {blog}: i {heart} card sketches w/a tWiSt #62 (The option is "No Cards Allowed" so I made a tag.)
I am a follower of all these blogs and display badges and / or links here.
This is the sketch:

This is my recipe for the card:

Image: From the Heart Stamp Spring Medley

Colored the image with Copic markers - 

Purples: V17, V15, V12

Greens: G14, G05, G03

Sky: Pebbles, Inc. chalks

I used Liquid Pearls in Buttercup for the stamens

All card stock, ribbon, brad and tag are from my stash

I inked the tag with Colorbox Queue Chalk Ink in Lavender

I outlined the blocks with Stickles Glitter Glue in Star Dust because Stickles makes everything pretty even prettier

OK, I've just checked and I'm down to three hours before the link-up closes so I am outta here.

I sure do appreciate you stopping by! :)

Buzzy Beeeeee!

That is meeeee! lol Here I am with a quick CAS... I think so anyway... for me... card for a couple of challenges. I'm cutting it close yet again! One of the challenges ends in under two hours! So I'm gonna spit out what I have to say and get this posted right away! Oh, look! I like to make rhymes when I'm feeling rushed. lol 

Ssooo... here is my card:

Here's a close up of the image:

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

Just Some Lines: April Challenge - Think Spring (freebie image)

Sentimental Sundays: Challenge #202 - Embossing (Wet or Dry)

Feeling Sketchy Challenge Blog: Sketch Challenge 87 - Make a Card! 

I am a follower of all these blogs and display badges and / or links here.

This is the sketch:

Here is my recipe:

Colored image with Copic markers:

Yellows: Y21, Y13, Y06

Blacks: N8, 100

Browns: E13

Gray: C1

Sky: Pebbles, Inc. chalks

Embossing: Darice cloud folder

Mats: Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles SM

Flower Center: Liquid Applique in Brown

Card stock, textured card stock and rick rack ribbon: from my long-hoarded stash! As always! :)

OK, well, I've spent way too much time chatting here! lol I'm trying to meet a deadline so I'm off and outta here. I hope you have a great evening... it's evening for me... :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter!

I hope you have a celebration wrapped around family and tradition. If you hunt for Easter eggs, may the bunny have been plentiful in your yard... with eggs that is... :)

 Here I am cutting it close once again! Can you believe it?!? lol I cannot that is for sure. I thought I had more time but when I got around to looking at the link for this challenge... I had 9 hours so needless to say... that sent me into a frenzy! lol Get this... the link up will be opened to voting! :-\ That means I'll have to bribe folks to come over and vote for my card! Last time... it was such a doozy! I did win... but there are folks who no longer speak to me... ;) lol 

Ssooo... here is my card:

This is for Gerda Steiner Designs 6th Freebie Digital Stamp Design Challenge. The freebie this month is Easter Chick.  Here is a close up view of the image:

I've used a sketch from TechnoStamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 310 (TSSC310). This is the sketch:

Here is my recipe:

Colored the image with Copic markers - 

Yellows: Y06, Y13, Y21

Pinks: R13, R20, R34

Greens: G03, G05, G14

Oranges: YR05, YR00

Eggshell: B00, C1

Sky: Pebbles, Inc. Chalks

Dabbed everything with Stickles Glitter Glue in Star Dust because Stickles makes EVERYTHING prettier. :)

Printed papers, card stock, ribbon, lace doily and rhinestones: 

from my long hoarded stash, of course! :)

So, now, to find folks to come vote for me. :) 

Thanks for stopping by!

Rejoice! He lives!

When is it OK?

Hi there! Welcome to my personal blog! I'm thrilled to announce I've been invited to be a recurring Guest Designer (GD) for Sherri Baldy at My Besties Challenge Blog. This is my first project. I hope you like it! 

I've used a CAS layout and one of my favorite colors, red. I also used a sketch. This is the sketch:

Seize the Sketch #18

Here is my card:

Here is a close up of the image:

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog: Challenge #70 - Anything Goes

4 Krafty Girls Challenge Blog: Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge Blog: Anything Goes - 30th Challenge

Imagination Crafts Challenge Blog: April Challenge - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: #27 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday: Challenge #128 - Anything Goes

Scrapping4Fun Challenges: Challenge #15 - Use a Stamp/Digi Image

I am a follower of all these blogs and display badges and / or links here.

Here is my recipe:
This is Sherri Baldy's Img 209.

Copic markers in these colors - 

Reds: RV69, R37, R27, R24

Blacks: 100, N8, N6, N4

Yellows: Y06, Y13

Skin and Eyes: YR00, E00, E000, R20 and E37, E35, E33, E31 

Marvy Gel Pens: Gold and Silver

I glazed the eyes with Glossy Accents. I think those big eyes just beg to be glazed!

Spellbinders Classic Scallop Circle Dies SM

Sentiment: Ginger's House freebie

Printed card stock: Junkitz Teresa Collins {extreme} Boy

Card stock: from my stash

The sentiment on the inside reads "So long as you have the Fire Department on speed dial." and let me tell you why.

I made this card for my 26 year old daughter, Nina. Yes! I AM old enough to have a 26 year old daughter! I know! Hard to believe. ;) lol I'm just sending her a little hello card and this image made me think of a funny story.

I've always encouraged Nina to live her life however it made her happiest for as long as she could before she chose someone to settle down with and begin a family. I'm afraid some of that may have backfired. :-\ My sisters say she's being picky. I say she has every reason to be selective. She's a fabulous girl! Takes after her momma... ;) lol

I'm well known for always telling people "sounds like a plan" whenever we discuss doing something in the future. I didn't even realize it until a man I once dated quoted me and he followed it with "as she's always saying". Ssooo I started listening to myself for it... and it's true! lol

Anyway, when Nina was about 10 years old, we purchased the makings for a family BBQ. I bravely bought hickory chips. I'd NOT ever used these before and she questioned the purchase. I responded, "I think this sounds like fun and it will work out. Mommy's plans ALWAYS work out." I was a single mom her entire life. I am all of a parent's love she's ever known. So I always made my statements positive to my children. So much so, she once wrote a story about me and in it she wrote that she trusted me to always have the right answers for everything... until she turned 13... I love her honesty... :-\ ... and she wrote this when she was 15! Sixteen was the magic number... it's when I became that annoying mother who didn't know anything. :-\ Until about two years ago... Nina called me because she wanted my opinion about something... I was in awe! :)

Ssooo... anyway... we brought our purchase home and I went to start the BBQ. I read the instructions and started the chips in the grill. I didn't realize it took awhile to start smoking and I got to thinking... if a little bit is good... a lot would be better... even though the bag said... be conservative. Less is more. Yeah, right. So I threw the whole bag in. :) Once it started smoking... I realized... oops! My sister, Eva, lives across the street and at that time, we were her tenants. My son is now buying the house from her but at that time, we were her tenants. She comes racing over to see what was on fire! The neighbor comes over to check if there was a fire, too! By the time it was all over, all the neighbors around us were on their front porch to find out where the fire was at! Haha... I had the grill close to the back door and smoke entered the house. Our home smelled like hickory for weeks! In the meantime, at that moment, I was quick to think of my kids and didn't want them getting scared. I told them, "Mommy's got a plan and if it didn't work out, fire department is on speed dial!" lol

To this day... Nina will not let me live that down. :-\ She doesn't remember my talks to her about abstinence, drugs, drinking and driving but she sure does remember I had a plan and the fire department was on speed dial! :-\ Ssooo... I think she'll get a kick out of it. I'm also writing a personal note to her about my thoughts and love for her. I'm hoping to touch her heart. We shall see. By the way... she's not spoken to me since February 3rd. I read her posts on FB and can read all that's going on in her life... she hasn't thought yet to block me... I send her emails, PMs on FB, cards to her home and, until she changed her phone number and didn't give me the new one, text messages... all go unanswered. It wouldn't be so bad if I at least knew what horrible thing I said or did to deserve this treatment. The last time we spoke was about her inability to move in with her brother and me to help us out financially... temporarily... because as she put it... "When can I live my life?". My response to all this was that I completely understood. *sigh* I tell myself over and over again... this is not personal... this is no reflection on me... this is what's in her heart... but then I ask myself... did I really raise a child to be so hateful and insensitive? She's always been more than I bargained for... but what am I gonna do... I love the silly girl! :) Doesn't she know I'm not immortal? :-\

Ssooo... I kinda want to know though...

when is it OK for a parent to get angry

and respond the same way? I've had near death experiences so I weigh my words carefully before speaking to my children. I don't want the last words they hear from me to be negative. I don't want the last words they hear from me to be filled with anger and hurt... even if it was there... I imagine there would be feelings of guilt and that is not the legacy I want to leave them. Am I wrong? I am after all... an imperfect woman...

I hope you've read the post and enjoyed the card. I often like to bare my soul for bloggers to read and laugh or cry along with me. Mostly, because I believe no one really ever reads my posts. lol This is really my blank page to write a story now and then... just as my header reads. If you knew I often bare my soul, you'd know all about my heartbreaks, near death experiences, CML and seen pictures of my cellulitis. They weren't pretty! ;) lol But I shared them anyway! lol
Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day! :)

Thursday DT Spot at Fitztown

This is my DT-Thursday contribution for the current Challenge #31 - TOP 3 Favorites at Fitztown Challenge Blog (FCB). In case you've missed it, these are the choices:

Ribbon, Twine, Lace

Buttons, Brads, Eyelets

Flowers, Bow, Charm

You chose one item from each row. Kinda like Tic-Tac-Toe but not really. lol ;)

I had such a time with my card! lol I had selected a sketch I wanted to work with. Here, I'll show you:

The sketch is from Seems a Little Sketchy - Sketch 62. There's something missing from mine: 

I got so caught up in making sure I had one item from each row... I forgot the doily! :( It was gonna go behind the image and sentiment. Pooh! :-\ I gave some serious thought to unmounting the card and redoing the whole thing but the image is on foam tape and pops up off the card. I wasn't sure I could remove it without damaging the image. Now that I am uploading the card... I realize... I missed some fussy cutting and forgot to shade a spot or two! OMgee! Thank goodness the card is for my 93 year old mother! She'll think it's wonderful just as it is because she thinks EVERYTHING I do is wonderful. Isn't that fantastic about mothers? So... here is my card:

Here is a close up of the image:

It still came out so purdy!

:) lol What can you expect from a Morgan Fitzsimons (MF) image? Nothing but purdy for sure! This image is Valentine 12 by MF from Fitztown. 

Here is the recipe:

Coloring: Copic markers, RV69, R37, R27, R24 and G99, G94 plus C1 for some shading

Added Stickles Glitter Glue in Star Dust for some shimmer

Papers: Graphic45 retired Transatlantic Collection

Sentiment: Word Art Wednesday Freebie

Black lace ribbon and silk red ribbon bow: Raisin Boat

Brads, foam tape and card stock: from my stash

I'd like to enter my card into these challenges:

Word Art Wednesday: Challenge #128 - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations: New Challenge 14/4-26/4/14 (Took me a few seconds to figure out what the date meant! Ha!)

Scribble and Scrap Challenge and Blog: Challenge #16 - Always Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: Challenge #52 - Always Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door: TTCRD April 15 - 21

Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog: Challenge #91 - Anything Goes

I am a follower of all these blogs and display my badges and / or links here.

I hope you have time to join my teammates and me for the current challenge. Don't forget! We also have week 2 of Challenge #30 - Spots and Stripes going through till Sunday, April 20th, midnight, USA EST.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ema