Sugar Challenge

Happy 4th of July!

This will be a short and sweet post. Visit the Modern Sugar Blvd. blog for all the details for this weeks challenge. It's brought to you by Jana - and it's so easy. What's today? Yep, you guessed it, give us your best patriotic cards in either red/white/blue or make it a bit primitive with cranberry/dark blue/ivory. Whatever you do, make it fun.


This card was sooo easy to put together with the cute Doodler... I'm Here digi-stamp and the great GinaK digi-paper. I created the sentiment on the computer and added a few buttons to add a touch of whimsy.

I can't wait to see what you make. Thanks for stopping by.

Friday Feature

Hi - and Happy Friday (for real this time).

I am so proud of Hollyanne! This card is for her first sketch challenge. She used Crafts 4 Eternity's sketch, she had to remove a few of the elements because that was a bit much for her, but she pulled this off so well. I did nothing except cut the scallop and the circle for her. She did the rest.


The image is from CC Designs (All That Scraps). She altered it a little by adding a tiny mouth. She colored it with my Prismacolor Markers and Copics for the hair. I think my daughter did such a great job!

I have an announcement to make...

Hi and Happy Friday! I know, I know - it is really Thursday, but it's my Friday and I am looking forward to a long weekend.

I have an announcement. Another one. I am very excited to share with you my news about my new challenge blog, but I have more great news. I got an email the other night from Lindsay of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff inviting me to be on her Design Team! I was thrilled to accept! So this is my first card with an AWESOME image!



This is such a super, clean & simple masculine card. I love this digi image. I resized the image 3 times so that I could get dimension from both size and color. I also used the new digi-paper from GinaK that is free to StampTV members. It's fabulous! I have a Bazzil look without having to run to the craft store! I colored the trees with Prismacolor Markers (Cinnamon Toast, Avocado and Light Olive). I debated on adding a bit of metal but decided to keep the card really clean-lined. What do you think?

Be sure to check out Lindsay's blog for all the other DT members that I promise I will get linked up here. Oh! And another really great announcement - Lindsay's having a sale. You get a free digi for every $5 you spend! What a deal!! This is for the entire month of July and there's a couple of new images!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

This fairy needs to retire!

Hi Everyone - Happy Middle of the Week! I hope you are doing well.

I have a super cute card to share with you that uses an image from The Digi Shack. A big congratulations to Toni for her much anticipated Graduation! I hope you got in on her sale yesterday when she was selling her wonderful images at half off.

As most of you are aware, I am a huge fairy fan. And this image found at The Digi Shack is no exception! I bought her when Toni had another sale!!


I created this card with a retirement theme because this sweet, little old fairy looks like she needs retirement. She's so funny, I have to chuckle every time I look into her fairy-dust weary face. The sentiment on the card is supposed to be reminiscent of a wish-granting chant that I wrote (be nice) that goes: Golf and gold watches, gardens and sore knees... Happy Retirement, you can do as you please. Now when I first started playing with this sentiment I was trying really hard to rhyme 'retirement' - did you know there isn't a word that rhymes with retirement? So I had to change it up a bit - I like the results.

I hope I'm not too late to join Toni and her design team and their awesome sketch challenge. If I am, this was still a BLAST to make.

Thanks for stopping by.

Friday Sketchers

Good Morning -

I found a wonderful quote on Quote Garden that goes likes this: How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it!! ~George Elliston So I hope that my blog entry gives you a touch of kindness.

I made this card using a Tim n Shell's Digi-Downloads image. This image is so sweet. I love her outfit because it can either be a day outfit or pajamas. I chose to make them look like pajamas, I want to give the idea that she's just awakened and stepped outside to enjoy the beautiful scenery and the birds song. Appreciating the One True Artist.



I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers challenge blog - it's such a lovely sketch and their Design Team created some beautiful cards with it.

The quote I shared above wouldn't go on the front of my card, so it's the message inside.

And speaking of challenge blogs, it's time to announce what I've been hinting at lately. I have decided to try my hand challenges. I created a challenge blog called Tuesday Morning Sketches and I will launch on July 7th. I've got some great companies lined up to sponsor each week with great prizes. I do hope you'll join me.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sunshine Monday

Hello! Welcome to another week - it's always great when you start off with a little Sunshine.

This week, the DT is using a sketch challenge from Splitcoast Stampers (#234). I flipped the sketch and made this a great card for any basketball fan.


When I colored this little guy, I didn't color for a particular team. My hopes is that he'll fit in somewhere, even if just to give another child some encouragement. He is colored with Prismacolor Markers. I used some basketball themed paper that I got from Michaels. The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set. This is such a simple card - gotta love simple, especially when there's so much chaos in my house. Between 3 kids, an extra teenager, a puppy and senior dog, seven loads of laundry.... well you get the picture.

Enjoy your day. Thanks for stopping by and please visit the other Sunshine & Giggles design team members to see their awesome creations. Tenia ** Jennifer ** Sheri ** Nicole ** Janice

Double Post - Another Challenge

I have another card to share with you because I found another great challenge site. It's called Sketch and Stash Challenge Blog, they're challenges are posted on Mondays, so I'm getting this in under the wire. But it also accomplishes my Dustin Pike card swap cards.



I love this image! It's so funny - but I'm not sure if the dog ripped his arm off or found it. LOL He's a sweet and playful little guy, so I think he found it and is excited to return it to it's owner.

My base is Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, then I used Brocade Blue with the Traffic Jam Cuttlebug embossing folder. I then created my own photo corners, I knew I would not be able to create them perfectly, so their randomness fits right in with the embossing. I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. Someday I'm going to figure out what the secret is to blending all the coloring lines out. I created the sentiment on the computer.

I hope you enjoy both my posts today. Thanks for stopping by.

Edit - Whooopeee - I just learned that Digital Tuesday Challenge blog's newest challenge is a Dustin Pike image. Yaaayyy, another challenge entry!