A Peaceful Christmas Penguin

Coffee of the Day - Caramel Hazelnut

Hello! It's an afternoon post for you here.... sorry about that. spent the morning at my oncologist's office and then the hospital. not a fun way to begin a day, but Mick popped by for the afternoon. Most certainly cheered my day right up, that is for certain! :) Always happy to see any of my fam drop by. They spend the summer out at Camp, so it's a day brightner when I get to see any of them. :)

I was tickled pink to be asked to be a guest designer over at 3 Girl JAM today. Also posting for ABC Christmas challenge, so combined them all into one happy card! The Christmas challenge this fortnight is to paper piece on your project. this is one of my fave techniques to use, so that was a fun one for me. I love the pretty ribbons from 3 Girl JAM, so it was easy to find holiday papers that went together with the colors I had. you know me, I HAD to use my pink ones! grins! isn't it so soft and lush?!


My cutie Jellypark penguin was paper pieced with papers from the Jillibean Soup Christmas Eve Chowder collection. His snowy bg was created with glimmer mist spray while he sits upon a bed of Stickles snow. Little sparkly touches were made to the hat with both gems and a spica glitter pen. The card base bg was embossed with a Basic Grey snowflake dry embossing folder by Sizzix and highlighted with vanilla craft ink. Felt snowflake comes from SU!. Peace sentiment tag was punched from a piece of vintage sheet music.

Thanks for stopping by! My compy was away for repairs for almost a week, so I have a lot of catching up to do. Will give y'all an update after I go for more tests later in the week and into next..... keep looking for that sunshine! :)

Crafts and Me - use a digi
Inky Impressions - ribbon
My Mums Craft Shop - Christmas in August
Scrapbook Sisters - things with wings
Can You Digi it - bird is the word
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Love to Create - punches and dies
Whoopsi Daisy - die cuts and/or punches
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Christmas in August
Christmas Card Challenges - use something new (gems & embossing folder)
Dream Valley - die cuts and punches
That Craft Place - things with wings
Catch the Bug - anything goes

Sending Happiness at Pile it On

Coffee of the Day - Salted Caramel Pecan

Today begins a new challenge at Pile it On - Sending Happiness, and MelJen's Designs is our wonderful sponsor!


Images are from MelJen Designs, papers are Jillibean Soup Sweet & Sour collection, baker's twine & felt heart are from Etsy, and then I added some dew drops for a bit of fun. the hearts on the main image are covered in crystal effects to give a bit of dimenstion, and I also used my black spica glitter pen for just a touch of sparkle. I kept this fairly simple since it will be mailed to one of my son's away at college.

This time tomorrow I'll be at the hospital having a biopsy on a lump I found a few days ago. the good news is that everyone has been so very kind and the doctors are moving fast. Hopefully we'll have results in just a few days. Prayers for my family would be much appreciated, as telling my husband & sons was the hardest thing I've had to do in a long while. I'm at peace with whatever the results bring. God is still good, every day, all the time. The birds still sing outside my window, the sun still shines somewhere in the world. Of that I am sure. :)

Challenges:
MelJen - anything goes
2 Sisters - stitching
Crafty Ann's - bold and bright
PolkaDoodles - recipe
Do You Stack Up - layers
Sarah Hurley - die cuts
Crazy Amigo - hearts
Digital Tuesday - use your stash (heart and dew drops have been around a LONG time!)
Tuesday Throwdown - entwined
Cupcake Craft - entwined

Getting Sketchy with the Digi Makeover Challenge!

Coffee of the Day - Chocolate Mint


Happy Monday to you! well I was expecting to wake up to over a foot of snow this morning, but alas, only a few inches are on the ground..... sigh...... they had us forecast for a huge blizzard, but it evidently decided to spend New Year's Day somewhere else. hopefully we'll continue to see more snow throughout the week. But it IS chilly dilly and oh, so perfect for snuggling under the covers with your favorite cuppa and special someone! tee hee!


So on to our new challenge for the week at The Digi Makeover - use this fun sketch for your digi papercraft project.
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!) You may enter as many times as you want, there is no limit; however, you may not link back to old posts (prior to the challenge post) You may combine our challenge with any other challenge you like. Be sure to stop by the challenge blog to see all of the wonderful projects by the DT!


I knew I was going to need a few thank you cards for after the holidays, so I combined the always fun 'Monster of a Gift' with the 'thank you' from the 'Little Moments' set. Since this card is going to David's wonderfully wacky sister, the inside reads, "not sure what is was, but we loved it!" I know she'll get a kick out of it! :)

papers are Jillibean Soup Christmas Eve Chowder, buttons are Fancy Pants, and ribbon is SU!. I added shimmerz paint to the gift bow and monster spots.

One Stitch at a Time - use a digi
Stamping for the Weekend - anything goes
Secret Crafter - anything goes
Rainbow Lady - your choice
Delicious Doodles - anything goes
Karen's Doodles - spots & stripes
Pollycraft - punch it (MS border punch)
Christmas Card Challenges - Christmas thank you

Anything Goes at Pile it On

Coffee of the Day - Salted Caramel Pecan

Happy New Year to all of my lovely blogging buddies! Oh how I pray for each of you to have a year filled to overflowing with blessings and love and all that your heart could possibly desire! :)

To start off the fun of the crafty new year, Pile it On is going simple with an 'anything goes' challenge.



image is the new release, 'Cake Shop' from Jellypark, senti is from Create with TLC, papers are Navy Beans by Jillybean Soup, flowers are Prima, buttons are Fancy Pants, and grass die is from MFT. phew, I think that covers it! ;)

Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - something new (buttons, decorative paper, images)
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - anything goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - favorite things (buttons and pink, baby!)
Cooking it Up with Katie - anything goes
Little Red Wagon - something new (buttons, decorative paper, images)
Paper Shelter - tied bow
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Shopping our Stash - tie it up
Crafty Cardmakers - use it 3 times (buttons & flowers)
Scrappy Frogs - stitching
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes