Snowman

Would you believe that my family threw me a surprise birthday party last night! I was a little suspicious right before because they left a couple of my photo albums out. Nobody messes with my pictures without me knowing it! They made me a poster and put some of my pictures on it. My friends and family were there, I have a great family and I had a wonderful 50th birthday!

Now on to my card that I have created for 4 challenges.
Penny Black #128-a sketch
Allsorts #79-a recipe-lace, ribbon and a charm
Stampin' for the Weekend #51-Winter
One Stop Craft Challenge #107-Snow People

This Penny Black Snowman is colored with Copic markers. The saying is a Just Rite stamp and the snowflakes are Jolee's. The papers are GCD and Sweetwater. You can't make a snowman card without using the snowflake Cuttlebug folder! I added ribbon, lace and a snowflake charm. Thanks for stopping by!

No card, just some great news!

I have been invited to join The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge design team! Yesterday was my 50th birthday and my family took me to dinner to celebrate. When I got home there was an e-mail inviting me to join them! It was a great birthday present! They post monthly challenges and you just use an animal stamp on your project which I have a lot of, can't wait to start!

another gatefold card

I am on a roll with the gatefold cards! I actually made 10 of these to mail out this Christmas. I am entering it in the Shabby Tea Room #36-What are you thankful for? a photo inspiration. All of the papers are colored foil. I ran the red panel through the Lace Cuttlebug folder. The stamp is Verve embossed with Sparkly gold and colored with Copic markers. I actually made 10 of these to send in the mail this Christmas. Thanks for stopping by!

my favorites

They want your favorite things on your card at the Penny Black Challenge #127-so I used my favorite colors-blue and yellow. My favorite flower is the daisy and of course I love Penny Black hedgies! The challenge at the Allsorts #78 is to use a sketch. I turned it into a gatefold card for the Just Us Girls #59-Technique Challenge so this card opens in the middle.

The paper is Printworks. I colored the image with Copic markers. I cut the little daisies with the Cuttlebug and added gems to the middles. This was fun and I like this card because it is full of my favorites! Thanks for stopping by!

Hippity Hop Blog Hop:Recipe Challenge

For this blog hop, you are supposed to create a card or layout using the recipe that 5 different challenge blogs give you. Here are the sites and recipes:

Sassy Lil' Sketches-use the sketch that they give you
Scrap Fit-use 3 of the same element-I used 3 black pearls
Crop Suey-get messy-I rubbed black ink on the star embossed panel
ScrapTiffany-use lace
The Cuttlebug Spot-use texture or embossing-I used the star Cuttlebug embossing folder

The stamps are StampinUp and they are embossed with black and snowflake embossing powders. I added the silver stars on a string. This was a fun and challenging blog hop, give it a try! Thanks for stopping by!

Family

My family is going through a tough time right now so making this layout is very therapeutic! I love my family so much! I never did post pictures of my son's wedding like I promised so here is a layout using a picture of us at the wedding.

For the Cinema Saturday Challenge #100-Pride and Predjudice, you can enter more than once this time. I wasn't really happy with my card so I am entering this layout also. What impressed me about this movie was how close the Bennett family was. I loved the relationships between Elizabeth and her father, all of the sisters, the Mom and the daughters... The paper is Bo Bunny and the chipboard letters are Me and My Big Ideas. My journaling was printed on the computer. The sun stamp is Verve and is embossed with sparkly gold. You have to add lace so I added black lace behind the Family. When you live in a small Indiana town, we don't have many stores. Our Walmart didn't even have any lace! I had to buy a lace panty and cut it up! Thanks for stopping by!

a bird with a song

I was very bad and ordered myself some Verve stamps for my birthday! I love bird stamps so I used this set to make a card for 3 challenges.

The Play Date Cafe #55-bright blue, pale blue, pink, red and burgundy
Basic Grey Challenge #33-Wings
The Midnight Madness Sketch #79

These colors are kind of hard to put together but I love the effect now that I did it! The stamps are Verve which I embossed the birds with ruby red and the saying is embossed with pale pink embossing powder. I ran the blue panel through the Leaf Cuttlebug folder. The Basic Grey paper that I used is the burgundy strip down the middle called Boxer. I added the blue flower brads. My hubby and son are deer hunting this weekend so I will probably get some more crafting done later! Thanks for stopping by!