Lunch Notes....

Hi ya'll!

I'm back again....yes, two post in one day.....I cannot believe it myself! My crafty friend and I participated in Secret Pal swap for the last year over at Papercraft Planet and it was so much fun. Well, my secret pal participated in the challenges over Designed2Delight ......so I decided to participate too! Actually, this my very first time but you have to start somewhere right? It is a progressive challenge....where if you play along this week Faith will email you next week image for FREE and so on! Check out their blog for all the rules, wonderful inspiration and fun digital images.

Now onto this week image-this super cute cat “Falloween Cat”. It reminds of our cat Super Cat...yes, I said Super Cat. I have to admit this was a hard challenge for me because I had to color! I dusted off my SU watercolor pencils coloring the image then using a water brush smoothing it out the color. I still need alot of practice with coloring an image! I did add bling to the colar and used my stickles to make that star sparkle.

Now, instead of a card I decided to create a lunchbox note! I love to send little notes in my girls lunch boxes and thought how cute this cat is that after I colored it I mounted onto orange and black cardstock. On the back I adhered a white square and wrote a note to my little girl. Perfect to include in a Halloween lunch!

Thanks for stopping by today. Crafty wishes to all and to all a good afternoon!

Hope

Inspiration from a crafty friend!

Hello Blog.....and all my crafty friends...

Pardon the cobwebs and dust on this blog from the lack of use! I am here to change that....what does that mean? I am going to start getting crafty with my all my crafty friends and yes, update this blog.

Grab some Snickerdoodle coffee.....and lets get started shall we?

Over the past few months I participated in a card swap over at Paper Craft Planet which was just to make 2 holiday theme cards a month. One month Pat and I decided to swap "Fall" theme cards.....I HEART fall!

Now, please forgive my photography skills.....but here are the 3 cards that I made. The pumpkin card is made using the SU oval punch with the green swirls and stem cut from Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge. Next card with the yummy pie was cut from the Cricut Just Because cartridge borrowed from my crafty friend! Last but not least, is the tree card cut from the Cricut ZooBalloo cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a crafty Thursday!

Hope

Blog Candy Alert!

While participating in the FCCB challenges I stumbled across an awesome blog full of cricut inspiration....you seriously need to go check it out....The Cricut Bug....go now! Oh-did I mention she is giving away some yummy cricut candy! :)

Hope

FCCB-Challenge #42 Winter Warmies

Hello Blogland!

Hope you all out there are doing great! This week I participated in another FCCB fun challenge Winter Warmies...yes, I entered another challenge. I am so thankful for these challenges as it gets me back into crafting.

Onto my card-it starts off with a white card base, light blue/faint white polka dot pattern paper layered on top. Next, I cut "chillin" base and shadow from the Paisley cartridge then adding my "winter warmies" with the hat from Everybody Paper Dolls cartridge and finishing up with the mittens from Jolly Holidays cartridge....which are just hanging onto the word.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hope

P.S. Sorry for poor lightening in the photo. I am still experimenting with different places to take pictures of the cards that I do.

Just a simple card....

I so LOVE simple cards and this card was simple. Started out with a basic white card then cut a silver mat, then a white mat which then I placed my super sweet and simple silver snowflake from the Child's Year cartridge. That cartridge has so many "hidden extras" which is awesome. I added some bling to the snowflake then cut the phrase "winter wishes" from Jolly Hollidays cartridge. Sending this card to my PCP(Papercraft Planet) secret pal. :)

Next on the agenda is to make some cards for monthly card challenge/cause over at Splitcoast. My friend Krissa made some awesome kids cards for the challenge...loved them! She is so talented. Check her blog out at Kreations by Krissa!

Have a great Monday!

Hope

P.S. not such a great pic but was unable to get a good picture inside so I had to hold it outside otherwise it would have blown away. Dang wind.

FCCB-Challenge #41 Snowy Delights

Happy Wednesday everyone!

One of my goals for 2011 is to participate more in challenges.....so I have! This week FCCB challenge is "Snowy Delights" to incorporate snow or snowflakes. Sounds fun to me!

My card-I started out with a standard white card layering a faint white/blue polka dot pattern paper on top. Next I used the cute snow covered mailbox from Jolly Holidays cartridge for my main focus cutting that at 4". I just love this cut!! I pop dotted the snow, flag, and mailbox for added dimension. My envelopes could not just be plain...oh no....I added a little red heart because when you open the card it tells you that they are a LOVE NOTE. :)

I had snow much fun participating in this challenge! Thank you FCCB!

Hope

Deets:

Mailbox,post, snow on top, envelopes-Jolly Holiday Cartridge

Snow on ground-Paper Dolls -Dress UP

Heart on envelope, Phrase "Lovenote"-Wild Card Cartridge

Card from a friend.....

.....makes me HAPPY! My friend Krissa made this card while on vacation last summer then gave it to me when she got back. This is such a sweet card!! I love it and just feel terrible that I never posted it before now!! Thanks again for such a beautiful card!!!!

Just wanted to say hello.....gotta get off the computer and back to crafting. :)

Hope