Golf Pro

Welcome once again!! This is my DT project for this week's anything goes challenge at Inspiration Destination. We have TWO fun sponsors this week and one of them is Dr. Digi! This is a card I made using one of the fun, fun images available in the store.

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Card Recipe:
Image: Hole in One Hal
Image colored with Copic markers, silver gel pen and American Crafts Galaxy Marker
Cuttlebug Polka Dots
Pattern paper and burlap ribbon from Michael's bargain bins
Par for the Course clear stamp set from Raisin Boat
Bazzill textured card stock
Brads from my stash
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I'd like to enter my card into these challenges, if I may, please:

ArtbyMiran: Challenge #32 - Anything Goes (2E/3E)
Craft Your Passion: Challenge #262 - Anything Goes (1E/3E)
Crafting by Designs Month Long Anything Goes in May (1E/3E) 

Crafting from the Heart: Challenge #60 - Always Anything Goes (1E/3E)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper May 2015 Challenge
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge #80 - Always Anything Goes (2E/3E) 
DL.ART: May Linky Challenge (1E/per day)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Challenge #10 - Always Anything Goes (1E/3E)
Little Claire's Designs: Monthly Blog Challenge #57 - Outdoors
Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: Challenge #54 - Anything Goes (1E/3E)

Scrapbook Stamp Society: Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Scrapper's Delights Challenge Blog: Challenge #44 - Always Anything Goes (1E/3E)

Sister Act Card Challenge: Challenge #106 - Always Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges:Anything Goes Challenge 5 (1E/2E)

Through the Craft Room Door: TTCRD Challenge - May 18 through May 25 (1E/2E)

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I hope you can pop on over to IDCB and check out my teammates makes  to inspire you to join in on the challenge!
Thanks for stopping by my place today! 

Slow Folks

Welcome, Bloggers!! This is one of two DT projects for this week's anything goes challenge at Inspiration Destination. We have TWO fun sponsors this week and one of them is Inky Impressions! This is a card I made using one of the adorable images available in the store.
This image reminded me of my dad. Well, technically, my step-dad but he was the only father figure I knew so he is and was my dad to me! My dad was a Southern Baptist minister and preached hell fire, brimstone and damnation every Sunday from the pulpit. lol He and my mom married when I was about ten, I think. When I look at pictures of him before my mother got a hold of him, he was a sight! lol If he'd picked the colors for this outfit, he'd be wearing tan, black and red argyle socks, red, white and blue checkered pants, purple polo shirt and an orange beret! lol I might be exaggerating a little bit... but only a little bit! My mom dressed him to match and almost always in pastels. He looked quite dapper as my 'Golfing PaPaw' turned out:

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Card Recipe:
Image: Golfing PaPaw
Image colored with Copic markers, silver gel pen and American Crafts Galaxy Marker
Sentiment from Golfing Fish at Doodle Pantry, LLC
Retired Spellbinders Label (not sure which one)
Pattern paper and burlap ribbon from Michael's bargain bins
Golf Pro clear stamp set from Raisin Boat
Kraft and pink plain card stack from my stash

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I'd like to enter my card into these challenges, if I may, please:

ArtbyMiran: Challenge #32 - Anything Goes (3E/3E)
Craft Your Passion: Challenge #262 - Anything Goes (2E/3E)
Crafting by Designs Month Long Anything Goes in May (2E/3E) 

Crafting from the Heart: Challenge #60 - Always Anything Goes (2E/3E)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper May 2015 Challenge
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge #80 - Always Anything Goes (3E/3E) 
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Challenge #10 - Always Anything Goes (2E/3E)
Little Claire's Designs: Monthly Blog Challenge #57 - Outdoors
Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: Challenge #54 - Anything Goes (2E/3E)

Scrapbook Stamp Society: Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Scrapper's Delights Challenge Blog: Challenge #44 - Always Anything Goes (2E/3E)

Sister Act Card Challenge: Challenge #106 - Always Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges:Anything Goes Challenge 5 (2E/2E)

Through the Craft Room Door: TTCRD Challenge - May 18 through May 25 (2E/2E)
Friday Sketch Challenge: Sketch 94

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I hope you'll take the time to pop on over to IDCB and check out what my teammates have made!
Thanks for stopping by!

This is the Life

Hi all! I wasn't sure I'd make it today but here I am with my DT project for this week's Challenge No. 292 at My Time to Craft. It's a sketch! Isn't that awesome!?! lol Most of the work has been done for me! I love it!

I've made this card for a special 'imaginary' friend of mine. I've 'known' her since 2006. She's imaginary because no one has ever seen her... including me! haha No! I've not gone crazy! She's an online friend. I like to call my online friends, 'imaginary friends'. lol I 'met' her in a craft forum when they were all the rage. Now there's FB and that's where we meet. 

Anyway, when I saw this image, it made me think of her. She's sssooooo lucky! She lives out in the country. I did for awhile too. But I work and I had to drive into the city and that got old for me quick and fast. We share the love of everything country! lol She's not working so I ssooo envy her life! lol Sinful, I am... but not Yoda! Ha! She's married to a wonderful man, as I said before, she lives out in the country and most of all... she's NOT working! Hallelujah! lol You know what makes her husband wonderful? I'm not the one living with him! Ha! So anyway, here's my little project. I hope you like! I was so pleased with how it came out!

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This is the sketch:

Card Recipe:

Image is Sarah Kay Country Girl

Image colored with Copic markers and mounted on foam tape

Sentiment is a freebie from Create with TLC

Pattern paper pad is Countryside Villa from The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby and I distressed the edges. The tear on the right hand side by the sentiment was D - E - L - I - B - E - R - A - T - E! I didn't tear the paper and then try to make it part of the design. I. Did. Not! lol :p

Flower from Michael's bargain bins. It was white and I inked it with some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Wild Honey to match the straw and chicks... aren't I clever? lol

Burlap ribbon from Michael's bargain bins

Brown Sugar Divine Twine from Whiskers Graphics

Black card stock from The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby

Buttons are from my stash

Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black

Card base is black Bazzill textured card stock and measures 6X6 inches 

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I'd like to enter my card into these challenges, if I may, please:

ArtbyMiran Challenge: Challenge #32 - Anything Goes (1E/3E)

Craft Your Passion: Challenge 261 - Anything Goes (3E/3E)

Crafting from the Heart: Challenge 59 - Always Anything Goes (3E/3E)
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge 80 - Always Anything Goes (1E/3E)
Fresh Brewed Designs: May 13 - 19 Ribbon or Twine

Mema's Crafts May 2015 Challenge - Anything Goes (3E/3E)

Party Time Tuesdays: Challenge #198 (3E/3E)
Scrapbook Stamp Society: Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap Challenge and Blog: Challenge #44 - Always Anything Goes (3E/3E)
Simply Papercraft Challenges: Challenge 4 - Always Anything Goes (1E/3E)

Sister Act Card Challenge: Challenge 106 - Always Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge: Challenge 116 - Feminine
Wags 'n Whiskers: Challenge 154 - Lots of Layers
Word Art Wednesday: Challenge #183 - Word Art Wednesday (1E/5E)

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So that pretty much wraps it all up for me this week. Don't forget to pop on over to MTTC and check out my teammates makes! Thanks for stopping by my place today. 

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Looking for Balls

Here I am with my second DT project for this week's anything goes challenge at Inspiration Destination. Our second sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps!

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Card Recipe:
Image: Guy Golfing from Bugaboo Stamps

Image colored with Copic markers, silver gel pen and Glossy Accents
Golf balls are from a clear stamp set called Golf Pro and
sentiment is from Fore the Golfer at Raisin Boat
Grass pattern paper, plain green card stock and brown textured card stock are from Michael's Recollections line
Green textured card stock is from Bazzill
Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black
Mini brads are from my stash
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If I may, I'd like to enter my card into these challenges, please:
Clear It Out Challenge Blog: Theme Green - Stash Green Things (1E/3E)

Craft Your Passion: Challenge 261 - Anything Goes (2E/3E)
Crafting from the Heart: Challenge 59 - Always Anything Goes (2E/3E)
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge 79 - Always Anything Goes (2E/3E)

Jo's Scrap Shack: FFC #87 - Anything Goes (2E/3E)

Mema's Crafts May 2015 Challenge - Anything Goes (2E/3E)

  Paperbabe Stamps: Challenge 11 - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays: Challenge #198 (2E/3E)
Scrapbook Stamp Society: Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap Challenge and Blog: Challenge #44 - Always Anything Goes (2E/3E)

Sister Act Card Challenge: Challenge 105 - Always Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door: TTCRD Challenge - May 12 through May 18 (2E/2E)
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Don't forgot to stop by IDCB and check out my teammates makes!
Thanks for stopping by!

Surprise!

Ta-da! Here I am with this week's DT project for Inspiration Destination! We have two wonderful sponsors this week and one of them is My Whimsical Little World. Here's a belated birthday card I've made using one of Paola's images:

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Here's a closer look at the butterfly flying pattern. lol

Card Recipe:

Image: Marcia and her pup, Sinatra from My Whimsical Little World

Image colored with Copic markers, silver gel pen and Glossy Accents

Sentiment from SBS

Embossing folder from Cuttlebug Polka Dots

Butterfly and felt flowers from Michael's bargain bins

All plain card stock from Michael's Recollection line

Pattern paper from my stash

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If I may, I'd like to enter my card into these challenges, please:

Craft Your Passion: Challenge 261 - Anything Goes (1E/3E)
Crafting from the Heart: Challenge 59 - Always Anything Goes (1E/3E)
Creative Card Crew: #87 - Embossing (Wet or Dry) (1E/3E)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge 79 - Always Anything Goes (1E/3E)

DL.ART: May Linky Challenge (1E/per day)

  Jo's Scrap Shack: FFC #87 - Anything Goes (1E/3E)
Loves Rubberstamps: Challenge 151 - Add a Sentiment
Mema's Crafts May 2015 Challenge - Anything Goes (1E/3E)

  Paperbabe Stamps: Challenge 11 - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays: Challenge #198 (1E/3E)
Scrapbook Stamp Society: Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap Challenge and Blog: Challenge #44 - Always Anything Goes (1E/3E)

Sister Act Card Challenge: Challenge 105 - Always Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door: TTCRD Challenge - May 12 through May 18 (1E/2E)
V's Sweet Ideas: Emboss It - VSC Challenge #34 (1E/2E)

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Be sure to pop on over to the challenge blog and check out what my teammates have created this week!
Thanks for stopping by!

Rocking the House Down!

Hiya folks! :D
I was invited to do a GD spot for Not Just Cards Challenge Blog today. I got to play along with the team using a Faery Ink image! How fun!

I chose this fun image, Soulful Singer

I immediately got the idea this would make a fantastic cover for a CD holder from a paper bag I like to make. NOT my idea... I found the tutorial at Whiff of Joy here. Sandie created it as a photo CD holder. Well, let me tell you, I'm a single gal... Queen of First Dates. Well, I used to be. Then I started gifting tokens to my first dates and I got pretty good about getting a second, maybe even a third date. Until they realized... I wasn't putting out... I'm not that type of girl! I'm a good Christian girl... well... I try to be most times. :) I use to find trinkets that would light up and I'd hand it to them at the end of the date and say "In case I didn't light up your night, here is this." lol I'd always get a reaction. Then... I discovered... music calms the savage beast! lol So after getting to know the gentleman a bit... usually of yesteryear and old school... I'd burn a CD with music we'd talked about or from our 'era'. lol Then I'd hand that to them and say "Here's a little something in case I didn't rock your night." lol Well, I discovered... I WOULD get a second, sometimes third date after that... AND... they DO remember me! I ran into a couple of men... on different occasions... about a year or so ago after our 'third date' and they all said there were songs that always brought me to mind and how no one had ever made him a CD and holder... and he'd think fondly of me. :) Case made! :D

Ssooo anyway... I started by printing the image twice, flipping one of them as I often like to do. As a paper crafter, I often don't remember I can do that with my digi stamps. It takes quite a bit of effort for me to remember! Ha! But it always makes for such a fun, different look!

Be sure to click on the images to get a closer look! There's LOTS of them! :)

For the purpose of showing you what I normally do, I inserted the CD into the pocket created from the paper bag when it was folded in half. Isn't that dandy? Ha! 

Normally, in the pocket on the right-hand side, I stick a picture of myself in the buff in that slot... ha! just checking to see if you're still reading... or token of the moment... example, a pocket calendar of the Dallas Cowboy schedule... and the tickets are tucked into the pocket on the left:

But I wanted you to see the sentiment:

This is how it usually looks (there's usually no crease, it's the appearance of shadows from the bad lighting in my home):

I usually hand-write something onto the tickets... something like... good for a bear hug... good for an ice cream treat... something sweet and innocent... like me... along them lines... ;) lol Just checking to see if I still have your attention!

This is where I'd normally stick a picture or memento of the occasion:

Here's a view of the back. No fancy tricks. Just plain card stock to finish it out. :)

Card Recipe:

Soulful Singer from Faery Ink

Stamped images are from two stamps sets, Rock Star and Symphonyfor the Soul at Raisin Boat

Sentiment is from My Favorite Things A La Modes - Rock Star (retired)

Rhinestones and cording from Michael's $1.50 bins

Black and gray card stock from Michael's Recollections line

Fiskars border punch

Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles SM

Tickets are freebie digital stamps I picked up somewhere over the years and I can no longer remember where! So sorry! :(

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

Art by Miran Challenge: Challenge 31 - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: Challenge 145 - Layers

Jo's Scrap Shack: FFC #87 - Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique: Die Cut or Punch

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog: Challenge 226 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door: May 5 through May 11

Digi Choosday Challenge: Week 18 - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps: Challenge 150 - Anything Goes
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Be sure to pop on over to Not Just Cards and check out what the team have created to inspire you to join in on the fun!
Thanks for stopping by my place today!

This Boot is Made for Walking

Not really! lol
I'm back! I said I would be!
So here I am with my second project for this week's anything goes challenge at Inspiration Destination. Our second sponsor is Just Inklined! How fun, fun, fun!

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Fun, right!?!

Card Recipe:

Image: Christmas Boot (Lady) from Just Inklined

Image colored with Copic markers, Stickles Glitter Glue in Crystal, Glossy Accents and silver and gold gel pens

Robins Nest Original Dew Drops in Metallic Gold

Silk Antique Gold Ribbon from Raisin Boat

Embossed gold and black card stock from my stash

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Well... now my secret is out... I. Am. NOT. Queen of Bows. :( I struggled with them from the git go and well... if you've been to IDCB you may have read that I fell back in February during an ice storm and my hands have now begun to show signs of arthritis. They spasm and the joints hurt something fierce! I really struggled to tie the bow but I got it done! My momma didn't raise no quitter! :)

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

Jingle Bells: Happy Hybrid Holidays

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra: Challenge - May 2015

CASE-ing Christmas: Challenge 19

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I hope you'll pop on over to IDCB where it's always fun and always anything goes! We've got two sponsors this week! 

Also, if you're a follower and player at IDCB, you'll know that we've been having issue with our Google Friend Connect. Well, I finally got to the bottom of that... it's gone! Kaput! I had to restart the blog and you must be a follower to claim the prize so be sure to stop by at the new blog, Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog and visit if only just to become a follower. We won't be moving the challenges over until May 27th. One of our DT members is on holiday and I don't want her thinking we've moved without her! lol Also, it'll give me time to explain things at IDCB and give participants a chance to transition to the new URL. The name is the same, the players are the same, the fun is the same... you won't even know we've moved... except for the new URL! :)

Thanks for stopping by my place today!