Missing You

Hoping you all had a wonderful and safe holiday weekend. I've gotta say it, I love this card! Can't you just hear the howling?????
Vicki, here is my silhouette card for Speedy's Friends Challenge at Mark's Finest Papers. It is also Carla Suto's first color challenge at stampTV; chocolate, green and ivory. Sentiment is computer generated, paired with Nestabilities Ribbon Tags Trios and Stampin' Up Silhouettes of Nature.

Inchie Sketch

Hello all! I've been pretty bummed out by the prednisone I've been taking for my asthma flare up but did make a card this evening. It is sweet and simple, quick and easy! I used a sketch from the inchie inklings at Ellen Hutson's website. I also wanted to enter this in the Just Us Girls challenge to use dry embossing. I embossed the ivory panel with a Sizzix embossing folder and sponged on a little Close to Cocoa. It looks a little messy on the photo but accents the embossing slightly and helps it to stand out. DP is Basic Grey Origins; stamps from Inkadinkadoo and Stampin' Up.

Betty

Roses Challenge

I have two projects to post today for the Roses' Challenge. The Roses is a small group of us who met at stampTV and began chatting frequently. We've been doing a monthly challenge the past few months and Connie was the hostess for May. She wanted to see cards with flowers! Since her birthday is in May, I made this card with the yellow roses earlier in the month to send off to her in Canada. This is one of the first stamps that I ever bought and I still think it's a pretty special one. A great way to send our "Birthday Rose" some flowers!


My next project was completed just a few days ago. I like to buy art at home & decor places when they have it on sale and then replace their art with my own. I made the large flower from a tutorial I found here at Arielle's blog. She had decorated a frame with the flower and inspired me to do the same. The image of my piece was cased from Cathy/Catdidit at stampTV. She made this lovely card which I printed out and used to make a template for the stitched flower stem and leaves. Thanks, Cat, couldn't have done it without you!! That little embellie in the center of the flower is from Spare Parts "Antique Flowers, Large"; I snagged them on sale at Hobby Lobby. Hope you enjoyed this "flowery" post as much as I enjoyed the creation process of the projects!

Betty

Thinking of Annabelle Stamps!

Hope you enjoy this clean and simple card for Annabelle Stamps' Sketch Challenge.Here's a picture of the sketch. Why don't you have some fun and join in this challenge along with me?!

Stampin Up cardstock, Rose Red, Green Galore and Pale Plum. Ribbon is from Gina K. Designs and the decorative portion of my image is from Pam Lefors Designs. Check out her "edgies". Sentiment is Stampin' Up, Sincere Salutations. This card will be going into my stash for Operation Write Home.

Tissue Flowers

Hello to all! This card will be entered into the following challenges:
Creative Clear Stamps Sketch Challenge (CVSC9)
Prairie Fairy Friday (use flowers)-- oops! I missed out on the deadline!
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday (make your own flowers)

This is the sketch from Creative Clear Stamps. I took a bit of liberty with the top circles -- made my much larger by using the tissue flowers that I made in this position. I also used some flower embellies that my online friend Connie sent to me recently -- thanks, Connie, they matched my project perfectly!! I used three punches (Stampin' Up small oval and Martha Stewart Tulip Garden and I don't know the name of the little "fern-y looking" punch, but it is from Martha Stewart. My stamped sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's set, Everyday Button Bits. And I love these little pink pearls -- they are so soft-looking!

Hope you'll come back to visit again!
Betty

Thinking of You

Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Sketch #18 inspired this card. Got to looking for a color combo and found an interesting one at Curtain Call #31. Colors are Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink, Night of Navy, Garden Green and Whisper White (Stampin' Up). I embossed the lower portion of the card base with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots embossing folder; the patterned paper is from the Junebug Paper Pad (Basic Grey). Stamps are from Stampin' Up Thoughts and Prayers. This card will be going in my next batch of cards for Operation Write Home.

On another note, I've seen two very new fawns in our neighborhood and this afternoon three extremely pregnant does came to vist our backyard. I was able to get this picture. Momma doe's head is almost hidden by the foliage but look at that tummy!! It can't be much longer before she has a new little one! I just never get tired of seeing these creatures -- love 'em!

Love all of you too, for stopping by my little ole blog -- hope you'll come again!
Betty

Frogs for Jayme

This is a card that I have made for Jayme, who is Lisa Cook's sister and a frog collector. She has a terminal illness and Lisa is hoping that we can help give Jayme a smile or two during this terribly difficult time. Get more details on Lisa's blog. My card is made with images from GTC Crafty's Corner and Amerigo Mundy. Let's get those frogs hopping on over to Jayme's house!!

Betty