LAD Blog Hop Day 9

How many sets have you ordered? Today my friend Kendra is showcasing her favorite set. This set too will be 40% off today only.

Simple Butterfly

This is one of the super simple cards I've made for Making Hand-Made Cards using their Refresher e-kit.

I only used product from this kit. I printed off 2 of the paper pattern designs for my base. The butterflies are already printed and you just cut them out. I cut out two and adhered one to my card and then the second one I only applied adhesive to the center to give it a 3-D effect.

LAD Blog Hop day 8

Our newest member Tiffany will be showing her favorite Lizzie Anne Designs set today. It will be 40% off today only, so stop by her blog and see what she created.

4th of July

Before I get on to the post I want to thank everyone who e-mailed me with birthday wishes yesterday. I rec'd so many e-mails. Thank you!

With so many coming on the 4th (I think the final count was 32), I was needing something to put the forks, spoons and napkins in to keep them organized.

So I was very excited when I received this blog post notification for THIS tutorial! How cool is this? It was perfect for what I needed. I used Lizzie Anne's Stars and Stripes digi paper. They say to use cardstock, but I wanted mine to be really sturdy, so I used the chipboard that comes with SU!'s 12 x 12 paper. I can store this for next year to use again.

There are soooo many ideas to use with this template! I can't wait to make more and share with you my ideas. It's super easy to make, so if you give it a try, please let me know and link me to your project.

My husband's niece made this flag cake. I had to quick get a picture before we cut it. I usually make a flag cake and Aaron was disappointed that I didn't have time to make one, so was glad when Teresa showed up with this. You can find the recipe here.

Along with everything else I made, I made a jello poke cake that I didn't get a picture of, but it really looked like this. I also made this. Very yummy!

LAD Blog Hop Day 7

Kimmie is showcasing one of her favorite sets today. Again this set is available today only at 40% off.

LAD Blog Hop Day 6

WOOHOO!!! Today is my turn. I am so excited to be able to showcase one of my favorite sets for you all. It was hard to pick just ONE favorite. I love them all. But I chose Bless This Nest.

As soon as I saw this tutorial by Kelly Lunceford, I knew I wanted to make one using Bless This Nest. This matchbox is so easy to make. I saved some blue chicks from Easter just to make this box. LOL! One row of marshmallow chicks fits inside this matchbox perfectly. I added some brown shredded paper for twigs for the chicks to nest on. Just as I am typing this, I'm thinking I need to add some eggs underneath! How fun would that be to add some Malted Ball eggs?! I've got to save this idea for next year. Ü I used Nestibilites Labels Two dies for cutting the nest design and the polka dot behind it. I also added some tiny rick rack from my vintage stash to finish it off.

Thank you for stopping by! Don't forget to hurry over to Lizzie Anne's today to order this set. Today ONLY can you get it for 40% off!

** sure to scroll down to see my 24th Christmas card for Christmas Stampin' All Year Long challenge.

Christmas card 2 dozen

I can't believe it's week 24! Even more than that, I can't believe I stuck with it! LOL!! It's easy to think in the winter (January) "oh yeah, I would love to join this group and have all these cards done" and then it be HOT in the summer and still be doing it! But I am so glad I did. I am excited to have LOTS of cards done by the first of December. Now I need to get busy on making Christmas GIFTS!

This week we have been challenged by Vicki to make a card with NO stamping! This is a super easy, quick card. I hadn't had much time to stamp, with all the cooking/baking I did for our 4th weekend. I will share some pics of that later.

I used Basic Grey paper and a Melissa Frances sticker and some ribbon for this challenge.

Here is a fun sketch by Maria if you need some inspiration. As always, be sure to check the CSAYL blog to see what the other diva's created.

LAD Blog Hop Day 5

Are you having fun yet? Ü Hop on over to Katie's today to see what set she chose. Remember it will be 40% off only TODAY, so hurry over.

LAD Blog Hop Day 4

Happy Independence Day! I hope you all enjoy your day today. Our little village puts on a BIG celebration every 4th of July.
We start with a parade, then have people come out for a BBQ (today I have over 30 people coming), then back to Comstock for games in the park for all ages. Come back home for supper and then back to Comstock for ball games until dark and then end the day with wonderful fireworks put on by the fire department. They are some of the best fireworks for such a tiny village.

Okay, but you came by to see who was next on the blog hop didn't you? Ü Today Tricia ("Lizzie") is going to create with one of her favorite stamps and it will be 40% off today ONLY, so be sure to stop by her blog.

Blog Hop Day 3

Today Wendy is showing you the stamp set she chose to work with and it's 40% off today only. Be sure to check her blog to see what she designed.

Puddles

I love this digi image from Whimsie Doodles, esp the sentiment. I've had this colored for awhile, just needed to get it uploaded. I've been getting ready for tomorrow and hadn't take the time to do any photoing.

For the sentiment, I cut it with Nestibilities Label One. Rather than layer them the same way the design goes, I turned it. I really like how that looks and haven't seen anyone else do this.

Have you seen the NEW Whimsie Doodle designs? Oh my....gingerbread men! I LOVE gingerbread men and have a small collection of different items of gingerbread men. My bd is coming up on Monday and that is going to be my gift to myself. Ü Go check them out, they are absolutely adorable.

This also fit the color challenge at Christian Paper Crafts.

Blog Hop Day 2

Visit Maren's blog today to see what stamp set she chose to design with. It will be on sale fore 40% of today only.

LAD Anniversary fun begins!

Today is the first day of LAD's 3rd anniversary celebration. Joselyn is kicking the blog hop off and you need to go to her blog to see what stamps set you can get for 40% today ONLY!

LAD Anniversary

I am so excited to be joining in on LAD's anniversary fun this year as a DT member. Last year I participated as a customer and had so much fun. I hope you will all join in on all the fun we have planned ALL month!

This info was taken from Lizzie Anne Land...

It's our third birthday in July and we're celebrating in style! Join the fun! Here is a schedule of events...

Sketch challenge card contest!

We are having a birthday card contest (like we did last year!) and all you need to do is go into the LAD Sketch Challenges group on Lizzie Anne Land, *choose any sketch posted there you like* and make a card featuring Lizzie Anne stamps!
Upload your card to the Birthday Sketch Challenge Contest area of our Sketchbook (you can see "sketchbook" at the top of the page on Lizze Anne Land).

You have until July 24th to enter! Make sure to include your name and an email address with your uploads! We will have four prizes...three runner-up prizes of one set of your choice, and the grand prize winner will get our entire Summer Release! (psst: Debbie here...I've seen the releases and you will WANT to win them...oh me, oh my Ü) The only rule is that you must feature LAD stamps on your card.

July 1st- New singles and digital paper released today!
Design Team Blog hop starts! Each day, July 1st - 15th, a design team member will post a sample featuring their favorite Lizzie Anne stamps. THE STAMPS THEY FEATURE WILL BE 40% OFF FOR ONE DAY ONLY! Make sure to visit each blog every day to see what they are featuring. Here is the blog hop schedule:

July 1st- Joslyn July 2nd- Maren July 3rd- Wendy July 4th- Tricia July 5th- Katie July 6th- Debbie (that's me Ü on my bd) July 7th-Kimmie July 8th- Tiffany July 9th- Kendra July 10th- Jeanne July 11th- Taylor July 12th- AJ July 13th- Rose Ann July 14th- Jeni July 15th- Meridith

For a list of design team Blog URL's look in the right-hand column!

July 15th- WE ARE REVEALING A BRAND NEW PRODUCT TODAY! You won't want to miss this. Details will be on our blog and in our newsletter.

July 22nd - 24th- SUMMER STAMP RELEASE SNEAK PEEKS. We will host the sneak peeks for our summer stamp relase on the 22nd, 23th, and 24th on our comapny blog!

July 25th- OFFICIAL SUMMER STAMP RELEASE DAY! Our new release stamps will be available for purchase. This is the day we will also be choosing winners from our card contest...they will be announced here and on our blog! Good luck!

All this information is posted in Lizzie Anne Land so make sure to check the schedule there during the month!

I will keep you all updated daily.

Become a follower

check out this awesome site. She is giving away CASH and needs to double her followers to double the cash.

this is my third post today, so be sure to scroll down to see the other two. Ü

Awesome sale

at Lizzie Anne Designs this week. There are FIVE products that are 20% off. Two of them are the Patriotic digi papers. They are already a bargain at $3.99 and $2.99 for the elements. You can go here to order.

Don't forget to scroll down to see my Christmas Stampin' All Year Long card.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

That is the name of Sankari's challenges this week on Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. Her challenge: A white Christmas card. This is truly a challenge for me. I had been trying to come up with something ever since we were given the challenge. I added a "little" color, but here is my mostly white card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Wonderful Words SU!

Ink: SU! Bliss Blue & PaperTrey Ink Snow White

Paper: glittery white cardstock (hard to see in the photo) that I got in a share a LONG time ago; Bliss Blue-SU!

Ribbon: from my vintage stash

Other: blender pen, Snowflakes embossing folder by Cuttlebug

With a blender pen, I lightly added blue ink around the embossed snowflakes.

Maria added this sketch if you need one but it's not part of the challenge. I would LOVE to see your WHITE cards. Be sure to see what the other diva's designed.

It's the little things...

Last nite I rec'd an e-mail from a gal with Making-Handmade-Cards saying they had discovered my blog and would like me to be on their design team. They sell e-kits. You can read more by clicking here and if you subscribe to receive their newsletter you get the Floral Kit that I used here.

This paper had the white center and I just added the dots with a white gel pen. The felt flower is cut with Flowers Layer 3 SU! die. If you don't have this die you can cut your own or google free flower templates and find all kinds of patterns.

The crocheted flower (by me Ü) is using my friend Melissa's pattern (you can find it here) and I used DMC floss 315. Orange button is Basic Grey.

SU!'s Pumpkin Pie cardstock matches the orange in this digi print perfectly.

This is my second post, so be sure to scroll down for my first post today.

No Winter...

I love this sentiment from Lizzie Anne Designs "Say It in Script". Actually, I love ALL the sentiments in that set! Ü

I used LAD's Garden Inspiration digi print for my paper and this makes a super easy card! I cut my sentiment paper using Nestibilities Labels Two with SU!'s ivory and sponged with Rose Romance ink.

The button is Basic Grey and I crocheted the flower. Felt flower was cut with SU! die.

Aaron's art

edited: OOPS I posted the wrong owl. changed it now

I thought it would be fun to show you Aaron's artwork. You will notice an erased part by the tall dino. That is an image that didn't make it, but we are going to maybe make it into a digi image.

This....became this.... and this....

became this....

Release Day

You can now see Aaron's stamps at TreeHouse Stamps. If you buy any of them, please leave a link or e-mail me when you make something with them as we would love to see it. Aaron made this card for his stint as PaperTemptress junior design team member. He used Gumdrop Green (darker) and Sour Apple paper. I love how he colored this dino. He said this is how he pictured it in color when he was drawing it.


Aaron and Benjamin both groaned and protested when they saw me coloring this dino pink. Ü Aaron has named this dino "Philip" and I told him that Philip needed a girlfriend, so I would like to introduce you to "Priscilla". heehee I used Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge #224 (and Aaron did as well). I added Crystal Effects to her "toenails", drew her some eyelashes and added white dots to her eyes.

Here is my version of "Phillip". I used SCS sketch challenge #234. I drew the "grass" freehand. I would have colored it green, but I only have the two green Copics that I used for the dino and I didn't want it to be the same color, so Aaron said to color the grass brown.



PS: Aaron does not get anything for these stamps if you buy them, so family and friends don't feel like you HAVE to buy them.

Now off to color the mushroom. Ü

Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of the owl that Aaron drew and I entered in a TreeHouse Stamps contest last fall. Ashley (from THS) named her Ms. Hoot. Isn't she the cutest, quirkiest owl ever? Ü

TreeHouse Stamps is having their reveal tonite and the new stamp sets will be available tomorrow. He also has a dinosaur set that won a contest a few weeks ago that will be available.

I used Black Licorice and Watermelon cardstock from The PaperTemptress.

I stamped the Watermelon paper with SU!'s canvas stamp using Pink Passion ink. It matches perfectly. I added a couple of brads (also by SU!) to the punched sentiment.

organization

I just found this cool site. I've only read the first day and I think they are on week 5, but I'm going to work along with them. Thought you might like it too.

Be sure to scroll down to my posts yesterday (had 3 of them). Curious what you think of Aaron's stamps.

LAD sketch challenge

Today is my turn to host the sketch challenge on Lizzie Anne Designs. I love this bird from the Bless This Nest set. For my sentiment I just colored the second line from the Supergirl saying single with a marker and stamped. I thought the saying was perfect for this bird.

Here is the sketch I drew. I would love to have you play along. You can upload at Lizzie Anne Land.

CSAYL #22

This week's challenge is anything goes. I used my SIL's stamp set and know it's SU! but not the name. I used Cosmo Cricket paper.

Maria designed a sketch if you need one to help you along.

Be sure to stop by the blog to see with the rest of the Diva's designed.

I can share a peek!

Ashley is showing sneak peeks of the images Aaron drew for me. Poor kid! I had him redo them and keep telling him how they looked in my head and he made them even better! LOL!!

Go here to see the sneaks.

Dare 2 digi

Yesterday's challenge on Dare You to Digi Stamp was to create a scene. This is not something I'm very good at, but I had this tree digi image that I found on Mel's blog here (scroll down to where it says "Tree image paper and text" and you will see it).

I printed the image once on white cardstock and then again on 5 different sheets of patterned paper.

I cut scallops freehand on a sheet of scrap PAPER (not cardstock) and used SU! Soft Sky ink to sponge clouds on my cardstock. I just sponged right over the trees because I was going to cover them up with patterned paper.

I don't know if this is cheating or not for this challenge, but I stamped the grass with SU!'s Trees Three grass stamp several times with SU's Certainly Celery and then a few times with Old Olive to give the grass some depth.

I cut out one of each tree shape (I will be able to make 5 cards becuase the image is a whole row of trees), sponged the edges with Old Olive ink and adhered to the corresponding tree shape. (the patterned papers I used starting from the left are: K & Co Christmas pad, Cosmo Cricket's Happy Camper, Fancy Pants' Crush, Rusty Pickle's Lucky, and Scenic Route's Lexington Ave.)

With a light gray Copic marker, I shadowed under each tree piece that I had adhered.

"Thinking of You" is computer generated using Danette font.

Kolaches

ko·lac·ky (kə-läch'kē, kō'läch-) n. pl. kolacky or kolache also ko·la·ches

A sweet bun made from yeasted dough and usually having a fruit or poppy seed filling.

I had tried making Kolaches a few years back and they turned out so dry that I never tried again...until now. After doing some research on the internet, I learned that the secret is a very sticky dough.

Farmer's Market started today and I love going in and usually would buy peach kolaches from a vendor. She will be sad to know that I can now make them myself.

These turned out so soft and fresh and yummy! I made peach and cherry from fruit I had put up myself last year (used the last bag of frozen peaches), raspberry (from a fruit filling that is used in coffee cakes, bismarks, etc), cream cheese and cream cheese/raspberry (Benjamin's idea). Some had a crumb topping, some drizzled frosting.

Hungry yet? Come on over! This is what I did today, so tomorrow I will have some stamping goodies to share.

PS: I've made over 100 crocheted flowers now! It is easy to get alot of them done when you are riding in a car!

Kona fun

Remember this post with the fun birthday card I along with several others made for Joy Kennedy? Well, here is the rest of the fun projects I sent her. I had to wait until she received them to post.

I made this file box with Lauren's Timeless Template Filled with Flair that you can order from PaperTrey Ink. Lauren's templates are soooo easy and they go together very quickly!

I used one of my first crocheted flowers that I made to put on the box and love how it looks. As you can see, several more cards would fit, but I was wanting to get this to Joy, so didn't take the time to till it completely. I also left the cards blank so she can send them for any occasion she needs. Here are the extra cards I made to go inside. I love this Kona! He is so fun to color!! Don't forget that you can purchase this Our Craft Lounge exclusive set from eP for only $14.99!! What a bargain!

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CSAYL #21

This is my week to be hostess. My challenge is to find a creative way to use eyelets on your card.

Did you, like me, go crazy buying eyelets when they were the rage? This year I am trying to use all those embellies that I just "had to have" and eyelets are one of them. I realize that I only used 3 on this card, but this card was so easy to make that I made 10 of them. So in fact I used up 30 eyelets!

I would love to see what you come up with using eyelets. Please leave me a link to your card. Do you need a sketch to help you get started? Maria came up with this one.

Be sure to stop by the CSAYL blog and see how creative the other divas were with eyelets.