Need you like Batman....

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice

I have a creepy crawly card to share with you today, but I do love it so! :) Megan at Dilly Beans has so graciously allowed me to remain a part of her DT and play along with the challenges as I am able. That is so kind and generous of her! thank you, Megan! :)


The current challenge going on is called "Freaked." The other day, Paulette at Create with TLC offered up this wonderful senti, and I knew immediately that I wanted to pair it with one of Megan's Dilly Beans ghoulies! This one is 'Framed Bat Ghoul.' I am giving this card to Ryan, and both David and I agree he is going to love it! :) we are so weird and twisted in our wacky little family! giggles!

Papers are Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934, buttons a hodgepodge from my stash, ribbon a remnant I picked up at Wally World, linen thread & senti punch from SU!, and rock candy distress stickles were added all around the little bat ghoul. tag die (polka dot paper) is PTI.

Delightful Challenges - dies & punches
Do You Stack Up - anything goes
Southern Girls - magic/mystery
Fab 'n Funky - use a digi
Little Red Wagon - Valentine or love
Anything Goes - to the one I love
Crafty Sentiments - dies & punches
Cards for Men - seeing red
Lollipop Crafts - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - someone special

Good Times Gooder!

Coffee of the Day - Salted Caramel Pecan


Today is all about new releases and new challenges over at Jellypark Friends! I don't know if you are aware, but the DT has split into 2 groups. One group works on challenge projects while the other group works on projects using the new release images. I kinda float back and forth and play with whatever group needs a helping hand that week or whatever strikes my fancy.... grins!

Our new challenge is Winter Wonderland, and as much as I LOVE the snow, I decided I really need to keep working on cards that I can send to my guys off at school. This cutie patootie little robot just spoke to the geek in me! :) I've paired him with one of the new banners Claire has drawn up.... picture proof that banners go with everything and you don't need to have a party to use them! make every day a party! Celebrate YOU and YOU and YOU and yes, even YOU!!!! :)


This fun senti is from Paulette at Create with TLC. papers are Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend collection. I also punched some circles from some leftover packaging that I had - it's from a box of push pins used to hold up the Twinkie Advent Tree..... and yes, THAT is a story for another day! tee hee! buttons are Fancy Pants and little dots that mimic the ones on the robot were added with my black spica glitter pen. the robot was outlined with the clear spica glitter pen to give him some sparkly shine, like all nice robots should have! :)

Lily Pad - patterned paper
Dutch Dare - buttons galore
Little Darlings - polka dots
Sisterhood of Crafters - stripes
Cards for Men - boys and their toys
Hooked on Craft - something bright
Fussy and Fancy - polka dots
Chocolate, Coffee, & Cards - Thinking of You (this one has already gone off in the mail to one of my son's at college!)

Even Zombies Can Bring Christmas Joy! :)

Coffee of the Day - Gingerbread

Good morning to you! so are you ready for Christmas or are you like me and racing around like proverbial chicken with its head cut off? I feel that every day adds more and more to the list.... oh my starts, will it ever all get done? today is going to be about baking and wrapping and still trying to get caught up on DT commitments before Christmas Day..... but trying to keep the real reason for the day the focus of my day. not easy by any means......


anyhow, on to the reason for my card post. Today starts a new challenge over at the fun Dilly Beans. Everyone is being asked to use 3 digi images on their projects. I love the way the Silly Dilly images just seem to go so well together - whether you choose the ghoulie goblins or the more traditional images, or a combo of them both. Please be sure to stop by the challenge blog to see all of the amazing projects by the DT!


I needed to finish up family cards with one for Mick's girlfriend Jocelyn, so this Holly Zombie was perfect. She is bringing Christmas Joy to everyone she meets and is surrounded by one of the many great frames Megan has drawn. papers are Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather, which contain Jocelyn's fave purples. :) you wouldn't believe all of the glitter and sparkle on here, compliments of shimmerz paint and stickles. holly bling comes from Making Memories.

Card Crafter's Circle - Christmas
Paper Creations Ink - something old (papers, holly bling, friendship with Jocelyn!), something new (digi images, Jocelyn spending Christmas with us!)
Pixie Cottage - someone special
Stamp 'n Doodle - Christmas
Raise the Bar - Christmas
DigiStamps 4 Joy - Christmas, but no animals
Little Darlings - Christmas
Smudgy Antics - Wicked Christmas

The Days are made for Jumping in Leaves.....

Coffee of the Day - Caramel Hazelnut

Happy Tuesday! This is going to be quickie quick 'cause I feel as if an avalanche of icky poo housework has come crashing down on me. isn't that just horrible?!?! Mick and Tyler come home from school tomorrow for the Thanksgiving break and then Mick's girlfriend & her family join us for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. y'all know I would rather craft than clean house ANY day! duh! ;)


This card showcases another fun image from the November Club Kit from A Day for Daisies. Papers are Cosmo Cricket Odds and Ends. the banner was punched with the new SU! punch. boy do I love that punch! so fun to use! the prima flower was sprayed with glimmer mist for a bit of shine. the leaf and berry/nut cluster I happened upon while taking the dogs out. I knew they would be perfect for some card creation! I love the way they look with this flower. :) the wooden buttons seemed the perfect accent to this old fashion card.

Now, I'm off to the drudgery of dusting and cleaning potties and other yuckiness as that. on the plus side, I am also treating myself to the beginning of holiday baking once the ick is out of the way. nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread to make a house smell like a home! :)

A Color Challenge with Digi Makeover

Coffee of the Day - German Chocolate Cake

A new challenge starts to day over at the Digi Makeover challenge blog. We are all about colors this week! I do hope you will play along, but also stop by and see the wonderful projects created by the DT to inspire you! :)


- You must use a digital image on your entry
(hey, it is a digi challenge after all)
- The challenge will be every Monday
- A winner will be selected every week by random.org
- The winner will get to choose any 3 digi images from PMS as their prize. If the winner used a PMS image on their entry, they'll get 2 bonus images (for a total of 5!)


For my card I used several different images, the adorable Pete the Penguin (and his senti) and the snowflakes from the Color it Winter Tags digi set. This is just another of the wonderful things about digis - you can make them whatever size you want like I did with the snowflakes. Papers are Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather. I added stickles to the ground and snowflakes. The felt snowflake is SU! that I colored with glimmer mist. Seam tape was sprayed with frost shimmer spray.

A Gem of a Challenge - sketch

Putting on a Costume with Jellypark!

Coffee of the Day - Cinnamon Hazelnut

Today marks new releases and a new challenge over at Jellypark Friends Friday Challenges. the theme is to use any kind of image that shows your person or cutey critter wearing a costume. it can be Halloween themed if you would like.


I chose to use one of Claire's new digi images, Boy in Pumpkin Costume, for my card. papers are from the Cosmo Cricket Matilda collection. I used a sketch from Fetch-A-Sketch for my layout. the seam tape is some from my big big dyeing adventure the other day with the multiple shades of glimmer mist. The pretty Spellbinders die is so decorative, I kept everything else pretty simple.

I hope you have a most wonderful weekend! love to each of you! :)

Paper Crafting Journey - orange, black, and white
Card Makin' Mamas - Halloween
Pattie's Creations - Halloween
Sassy Studios - Halloween

Spooky Halloween Tags at Party Time Tuesday

This challenge for Party Time Tuesday is courtesy of our very own Peggy! She has picked....TAGS as our theme. So lets see those tags. A plus if they are Halloween themed! But we want to see them all! From Birthday to Christmas. We want you to tag it!

Here are our fabulous sponsors for this week:

One (1) Winner will receive a $20 Gift Credit To Circle B:



One (1) Winner will receive 2 digis from Stamp Insanity!

One (1) Winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to Mo's Digital Pencil!


We sure hope you play along in this fun challenge!


My tag uses an image and senti from Stamp Insanity. since I studied Shakespeare all through school, it just seemed appropriate to go with this wonderful quote! ;) paper is from the Cosmo Cricket Matilda collection. lots of shimmerz and stickles were added to give this cutey some sparkle in the moonlight! the tag base is a piece of cardboard that was inked with white craft. I love to use these for tags!

Paper Crafting Journey - color
Art Impressions - tag or bookmark
Sassy Studio - Halloween colors
Stamp Insanity - anything but a card
Pals Paper Arts - photo inspiration
Paper Pretties - Halloween
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Halloween
Ladybug Crafts - tag
My Craft Spot - color

Friendly Monster Feet

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice


Today I want to share a fun card with you that shows one of the best things about true friends- we love each other for who we REALLY are, warts and all, good times and bad! ;)

this great image comes from The Stamping Boutique and is called 'A Crowded Mash'. papers are Cosmo Cricket Matilda. flower was made with a SU! punch and Prima, centered with a brad. buttons are all from my vintage stash. more of that fabby Etsy baker's twine makes an appearance as well. the little 'friends' tag was punched from a scrap of vintage book paper. some faux stitching with a black glitter spica pen was added around the card base, while stickles cover the witchy shoes and werewolf slipper's polka dots.

Dutch Dare - bingo (punches, distressing, bling)
Moving along with the times - spooky Halloween
Paper Crafting Journey - die cuts/punches
Stampin' B's - Halloween
Sassy Studios - fall colors
Little Darlings - fall/Halloween

Tags and Ribbons at Heart Song

for my Kaboodle Doodles post, please click here.
for my Paper Cupcakes post, please click here.

The new challenge at Heart Song Designs is to use a tag and/or ribbon on your papercraft projects. Please stop by the blog to see some gorgeous inspiration by the DT! so many pretty samples to get your crafty mojo going!


I used the fun image Chick Parade for my card, along with papers from the Cosmo Cricket Salt Air collection. There are little accents of white gel pen, stickles, and shimmerz paint, as well as buttons & baby prima flowers. the senti tag uses a stamp from SU!. under the fun pom pom trim is satin ribbon, but the card just seemed to really need the whimsy of the pom poms!

It's a recipe challenge at The Stamping Boutique

Coffee of the Day - Pecan Pie


A new challenge started over at The Stamping Boutique and I wanted to play along 'cause, well, I am a new member of the Design Team! wooo hooooo! feels like old times to be part of this wonderful team again!
The recipe is to use 4 colors, 3 embellies, 2 designer papers, and 1 digital image. I am quickly discovering that greens don't scan worth poo on my scanner, but it does so well with everything else and has hung in there for me for a long time, so I can't complain about anything else with it..... papers are Cosmo Cricket DeLovely. I used the Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die to cut the 2 yellow flowers (1 from the CC paper). the other flower is a Prima. little bits of stickles were added to the main image as well as shimmerz paint and a spica glitter pen. so there is a lot of shine on this card! :)

As soon as I have a complete blog list of the DT, I will post it on my sidebar. I know you'll want to stop by to tell everyone congratulations!

Crafty Sentiments - spots and stripes (dots on image as well as added with gel pen along sides, stipes on paper)
Everybody Art - flowers

Ribbons, Tim, & Fibers, Oh My!

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice

We have a fun new challenge starting over at Party Time Tuesday - ribbons, trim, & fibers! you know this is right up MY alley! ;)

Our sponsors this week are:

Jen's Digi's

I would like to tell you a little about myself and my company. My name is Jennifer and I am the owner and creator of Jensdigistamps.com. I have been drawing ever since I could hold a pencil. I have done many jobs in my life including being a hair dresser for the past 20 years but art has always been my passion and my love. I am in art galleries through out Ohio with my fine art but cartooning is a huge passion of mine. I have created jensdigistamps to give creative people fun images to work with. I also love meeting people who use my images and I am always looking for new ideas.
Be sure to check out my work at www.jensdigistamps.com and feel free to contact me with any questions or ideas you may have.

Tiffany Doodles

Hi! I'm Tiffany, owner of TiffanyDoodles. My background is web design, graphic design & photography. I have been self employed for nine years and have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of my work! Since childhood, I've always been creative and taken great pleasure in drawing and painting. In 2009, I discovered the stamping and paper crafting world and just fell in love!! In a very short order, I began transforming some of my drawings and doodles into "digis". It has truly been a joy to share them with folks. I get so thrilled every time I see something new that someone has created with one of my stamps!! Each design is like a child of mine and it's really neat to see it all grown up and out in the world being all it can be... LOL
All of my digital stamps are originally created by me and of the multiple styles I offer, most are hand-drawn images. Some are brushed up in Photoshop using the pen tool to produce very clean lines and others are left with a sketchy, rustic, hand-drawn look. An additional digi-style is one that I've dubbed as PhotoSketches and these are images from my photographs which I transformed into sketches with a little help from Photoshop. These beauties make splendid realistic images for stamping!

One of the ways that I wish to say "thank you" to all of the folks that follow Tiffany Doodles is by offering a brand new Freebie every Thursday. I've received a hefty response from this, which has encouraged me to continue creating even more!! I hope you find something you like here!

Circle B Enterprises

My name is Veronica Baker thou I am known in the Scrapbooking world as Just A Pac Rat. I am the owner of Circle B Enterprises Scrapbooking and more store and Spur's Computer Cures in Webb City, MO.
I used to have around 4000 Scrapbook related items listed on Ebay for almost 10 years, but about 8 months ago I decided to go strictly my own website and store front. This decision was mostly made because of Ebay's new price increase. I like to keep my prices low (presently 50% off retail prices) and just couldn't afford to do it on Ebay anymore. I am slowly but surely getting all my inventory listed online at http://www.circlebenterprises.com
I hope you will come visit my little store often and watch it grow! Also visit me at my creative blog http://circlebenterprises.blogspot.com where I show what I have created for challenges and Operation Write Home!


For my card, I decided to get funky for Halloween with this great dress image by Tiffany Doodles. Papers are Cosmo Cricket Matilda, and the witchy legs & boots one just cracked me up! I knew I had to come up with something fun to do with that sheet! so a bit of paper piecing, some great orange stickles, a little Prima baby flower here and there, buttons (of course!), finished off with wonderful baker's twine and this wonderful ribbon from Circle B, and we have a fabby card to send to our fave party girl!

Hope you will play along with us this week!

Bearly Mine - button up
Paper and Such - tic tac toe - flower, designer paper, twine
Creative Craft - buttons and bling
Whimsie Doodles - photo inspiration

Celebrating Autumn with Happileigh Scrappin'!

for my Paper Cupcakes post, please click here.
for my Kaboodle Doodles post, please click here.

Happileigh Scrappin' is celebrating Autumn this week! We want to see your papercraft projects that have something to do with the fall season - it could be back to school, halloween, fall leaves, whatever your take on this wonderful season might be! As always, you do not have to use a HS image to play along, but if you do, your project will go into a special drawing for even more free images from the store! Leigh has some great new images being released this week. There is a cutie image you will receive for free with ANY purchase and her 'buy 3 get 1 free' promo sale is still going on. be sure to stop by the store to do some great shopping for the holiday card making we all are trying to get a start on.....


For my fall pumpkin card, I started with the adorable Scraggly Bear and added a pumpkin from the new Count Your Blessings set. Papers are Cosmo Cricket Matilda. the pumpkin and leaves die cuts are SU! both were edged with distress stickles. the pumpkin on the main image was covered with the same distress stickles. fun orange & white bakers twine, buttons, gingham ribbon, & grosgrain ribbon complete the card. just a happy little fall card!

Crafty Pad - goodbye summer
My Craft Spot - happy harvest

Paint and/or Distressing with Heart Song Designs

This week's challenge over at Heart Song Designs is to incorporate paint and/or distressing into your papercraft projects. Leah has a wonderful free image available for you to use if you would like, although any and all images are welcome in the challenge. One winner will receive their choice of digi from the Heart Song store. Please stop by the inspiration blog, as the DT has created some beautiful projects!


I went for a more simple look this time, using the single tulip image. Papers are Cosmo Cricket DeLovely. as almost always, the image was watercolored, so that satisfies one portion of the paint challenge. But I decided to also paint the card base edges with white acrylic paint. I really like the way it dries and shows up better than the white craft ink I ususally use. Now to just not smear it everywhere! ;) Edges of the designer paper were distressed to satisfy the other portion of the challenge criteria. I ruffled a bit of white satin ribbon and then added some pretty roses I found at Michael's on a trip there a while back. a SU! rub-on senti completes the card.

Can't wait to see what YOU make for the challenge! have a most wonderful day!

Sketchie Sketch Time at Party Time Tuesdays!

for my Heart Song post, please click here.

It's time for a wonderful sketch challenge over at Party Time Tuesdays! Joining us are 3 fabby sponsors! whoa nelly, if that doesn't inspire you to play along, I don't know what will! ;)
One lucky winner will receive a $15 gift certificate from Paper Makeup Stamps. Another winner will receive a $15 gift certificate from The Paper Shelter and a final winner will receive their choice of 3 images from Chi Chi Memories. makes you want to get right to your crafty table, doesn't it?


We have a neat sketch for everyone to follow this week.



My first card uses a beautiful image from Paper Makeup Stamps & Basic Grey Urban Prarie papers. Her wings, shoes, & the bow on her dress were all painted with shimmerz. the large flower was sprayed with frost shimmer mist for pretty sparkle. the senti tag, which comes from Paulette at Create with TLC, was sprayed with tea rose glimmer mist. May Arts ribbon & pom pom trim along with some pink fiber twine were added.



My second card uses these fun apples from Chi Chi Memories. I thought they would be great paper pieced, so went to town (& back again!) with Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety papers. a fun ticket from Maya Road provides a simple sentiment, while lots of buttons, a Prima flower with ribbon leaf, & twine clothesline for the banner help give the card a bit of a country look.

Make sure you stop by the Party Time Tuesday blog to see all of the DT inspiration! we look forward to seeing what you create with this great sketch! :)

Fairy Card:
Incy Wincy - recipe: 3 embellies, 2 papers, 1 image
Make My Monday - fairies or angels
Crafty Pad - cute & girly

Apples Card:
Hooked on Crafts - sweet treats
Ellephantastic - layers
Stamp Man - anything goes with summer colors

A very special card challenge over at Heart Song Designs

Coffee of the Day - Coconut Macaroon

A very good morning to ya! It is absolutley glorious here - cooling temps, the birds singing their songs, sun peeking out from behind the whispy white clouds to say hello! just beautiful! :)

Yesterday started a new challenge at the Heart Song Designs blog, (my posts are always the next day since Mondays are pretty filled with other DT postings). The challenge is to incorporate animal images and/or paper/ribbon pleating on your projects. But the Design Team made cards to send out to Leah, the artist and magic behind Heart Song Designs. Leah and her family have been working for a while to adopt a wonderful little boy from Ethiopia. They just received the news last week that everything had gone through and they could go bring their new son home! So we decided to create some cards to send to congratulate them on this exciting new blessing God has added to their lives! :)


I chose this cutie little ellie holding a baby for my animal image. Paper piecing papers from the Togetherness collection by Cosmo Cricket added such a cute look to our elephant friend! the senti comes from Paulette at Create with TLC. I just had to add some fun sparkly blue polish to our elelphant's toenails since that is the color I am sporting on my toesies these days! ;) faux stitching and polka dots on the baby blanket were added with my white gel pen. more polka dots come in with the grosgrain ribbon. babies just seem to need polka dots, don't they?! giggles! finally, some layered Prima flowers, ruffled ribbon, and buttons finish the card.
Please play along in the challenge with us & stop by the blog to see all of the other cards Leah will be receiving! What a wonderful time in their lives! :)

Paper Shelter - real or faux stitching
Desert Island Crafters - paper piecing, ruffles, & stitching
KB Cute Monday - babies
Fussy & Fancy Followers Celebration - celebrate something (babies!)

In the Garden with Kaboodle Doodles

for my Paper Cupcakes post, please click here.


Hello! back again with my Kaboodle Doodles challenge post......

as I had mentioned before, these are going to be short posts since I'm feeling icky. I'm sure I'll be back to my chatty self by the week's end. lucky y'all! ;)

The challenge this week at Kaboodle Doodles is 'In the Garden' and we are sponsored by Lexi's Creations. I found this adorable little ducky over in Lexi's shop and couldn't resist adding her to my shopping cart. isn't she precious?! The winner of the challenge will receive 3 images of their choice from the store.


Papers used are Cosmo Cricket DeLovely. ribbons are just some from my stash. the little button actually has a flower on it, but it's kinda hard to see in the scan. the tag has flowers stamped on it. the flowers on the main image have all been outlined with my spica glitter pen. the little pink roses are some resin ones I picked up on Etsy. love them!

please play along in this great challenge with us! if you are anything like me, gardens are one of my fave places to be and to create projects about. :)

Digital Tuesday - in the garden with things with wings
Sentimental Sundays - garden party
Paper Play - in the garden
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - all creatures great & small (listening to Chris Tomlin & David Crowder today. grins!)
Mami Doodles - flowers

New Challenge and New Releases at Jellypark Friends!

Coffee of the Day - Caramel Creme


Hello to you! I hope you are as excited as I am that new stuff is going on today at Jellypark Friends! oh gosh, I can't even tell you what an honor it is to be part of this team of kind, amazing people - and the talent! we must never forget how much talent all of these ladies possess! from Claire and her adorable artwork to each member of the Design Team, I am constantly in awe of what creativity pours forth!

So onto our new challenge!



We are doing a photo inspiration challenge at Jellypark. you can interpret this cute picture any way you choose - from the wooden swing to the ribbons to the colors to the stone pavers. whatever it is about this picture that brings creativity to mind. It actually was taken from a wedding I saw featured at Style Me Pretty, so if you want to make a wedding card, that would be great, too! 3 winners will be chosen at random to display the winners badge on their blog, with the first place winner receiving a free digi image of their choice from Claire's store.



I decided from the get-go I wanted to use the wooden swing as the base for my card with the new Grandpa image. somehow I wanted to also incorporate the gingham from the ribbons into my project as well. so off I went to create! I stamped the SU! woodgrain bg onto my basic grey cs, wrinkled that up a bit to help distress, sponged over some white craft ink, and inked the edges as well. I then found some Cosmo Cricket gingahm papers in the Material Girl collection that were the perfect colors. as I was watercoloring the image, I realized that we don't have a Grandpa that we would send this card to. So then my shading took a wee little turn - lots of gentlemen help out at Camp doing volunteer work and David is always grabbing cards to use for thank you's. This would be perfect to add to the stash! so he is now a rather generic older gentleman. tee hee! his glasses are covered in crystal effects. the buttons were added 'cause pretty much everything I make has buttons somewhere on it, but this oldie zipper was sitting on my desk calling my name. it may not be very masculine, but I betcha every guy has a zipper on his pants! ha! so into a flower it went. card is now complete and ready to give!

I do hope you play along with all of us. and stop by the Jellypark store to see what else Claire has recently added. you will load up your shopping cart quicker than I can say Jellypark Friends, I am certain! ;)

PaperCraft Stars - anything goes
Digi Doodle Shop Best - anything goes
Paper Shelter - anything goes
Ai Factory - handmade by me (zipper flower)
Amber's Crafts - patterned papers
Paper Pretties - no markers (easy for me since my copics still scare me!)
Your Next Stamp - 3 embellies, 2 papers, 1 image
Clear it Out - anything goes (zipper is old, old)
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes

Doing a Guest Spot over at Create with TLC

Howdy Peeps!

Thought you were done with me for today, didn't ya?! ;)

well I received a very kind email from Paulette over at Create with TLC asking if I would be interested in making something for her. any time she asks, I always jump up & say YES very loud! I so love her sentiments and vintage images! This wonderful 'Gentleman' is part of the new Fall club that is currently going on.


I had received a sample pack of Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 papers from an Etsy seller, but hadn't yet used any of them. this seemed like the perfect opportunity! I glanced around blogland and found a great sketch over at Willow that seemed to suit also, so off to craftyland I went! The mirror is actually covered in crystal effect while the letters are outlined with a black spica glitter pen. of course none of that shows in the scan, but when I lightly misted everything with my soft suede marker and SU! ink squirty tool, the red on the roping bled just a teensy bit. THAT shows in the scan...... go figure! I did mask the image while spritzing to help keep that area highlighted. the ticket is an actual vintage one. isn't that fun? clock faces are Making Memories. buttons are just some from an Etsy purchase.

do put Create with TLC in your favorites to check out every day. and just to let you know, there is a Design Team blog hop this coming Friday. I am really excited about that!

See you tomorrow! :)

Willow Sketchie - sketch turned on side
Ruby's Rainbow - vintage
ABC Challenge - Y is for Yesterday
Shelly's - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - one for the boys
Frosted Designs - buttons (I just had to play in this one more time!)
Our Creative Corner - All the B's (I went with black & buttons)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - anything goes

Stitching with Kaboodle Doodles, and oh how you know I can't sew!!

Coffee of the Day - Cinnamon Spice

For my Happileigh Scrappin' post, please click here.

Hello! I know it seems like it's been a while since I last posted, but I promise behind the scenese I have been crafting up a storm for upcoming posts! ;) Lots of fun things coming for (hopefully) your viewing pleasure.

The challenge at Kaboodle Doodles this week is stitching. well y'all know I can't sew to save my life, so faux we go! even that leaves a lot to be desired, but I gave it the ol' college try just the same..... Our sponsor is The Crafty Pad who will provide the winner with 2 images from the store.

I used papers from the Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety collection, which were perfect to accompany this cute strawberry trio. the little seeds were highlighted with my white gel pen, which was also used for all of the faux stitching. buttons, a Prima centered with stickles, and a big splashy red ribbon finish off this simple little card.

Do come play along in the challenge at Kaboodle Doodles this week! You are sure to have a great time! :)

Craft Your Days Away - summertime (we pick strawberries in the summer....)
Fussy and Fancy - summer
Charisma Cardz - sunshine colors
KB Cute Monday - food & beverages
ECP - summer
Paper Playtime - digi & summer
Stamps & Fun=Creativity - no sentiment
Scrapalicious - summer

Joy to the World with Shady Tree Studio

Coffee of the Day - Eggnog, of course! using the last bit from the holidays.... so tasty!

Hello and Merry Christmas to you! :)

I'm singing 'Joy to the World' to each and every one of you this morning! If you go by the Shady Tree Studio blog, you will get to see all kinds of wonderful holiday inspiration this week with the fabulous creations by the Design Team.


My card today uses the set, Nativity. I love the beautiful images Nancy drew that take us back to that glorious time several thousand years ago. I used my SU! inks & watercolor brushes to color the image. The sentiment was stamped onto a small tag that was also sprayed with glimmer mist and then popped up on foam tape. Papers are Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather. I found one of my oldie but goodie SU! bg stamps, Script, to use on the card base. Some crochet trim and crinkled seam tape (also sprayed with glimmer mist) help add to the shabby feel. A few dew drops finish off the card.

I am so excited to see what everyone else has to show us! and please be sure to extend a kind welcome to both Carla as a new DT member and Joanne as our Guest Designer. :)

House That Stamps Built - Christmas in July
Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July
Sweet Stamps - Christmas in July
Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas in July
Christmas Card Challenge - Night Before Christmas
Christmas Stamping All Year Long - kraft as main color