HUGS FOR KATIE

Hello everybody, this morning I have a card for Katie, I couldn't sleep last night so I checked out the MotherMark's teapot challenge and read her story. It is heart wrenching but somehow filled with faith, hope and love, and while reading it I felt a direct connection to her heart and wanted so much to join in...I want to say battle, but I believe it's more than that, it's what "her life is now" (in her own words) and throughout the reading I felt her reaching out to us but not with pity, with love I rarely witness, must be that "selfless" one I hear about and have a hard time expressing. After reading her story, you'll be moved and maybe want to send her a card. PLEASE DO!

My card is also for the Colour challenge and Priscilla's midnight madness sketch!

Have a bright and happy day everyone, and breathe ...

:)Peggyxo

FLURR Y LOVE

Here is a card I made for MFT's new challenge called Getting sketchy. I just love this pure innocence image, and had some kind friend send it to me and played with it before. I won a gift certificate and got a chance to buy it along with a few a la mode beauties too. Painted with stickles with the tlcon SCS this week too.

Thank you for looking and enjoy the evening

VALENTINE FOR PAT

Here is my card for the new QUEEN FOR THE DAY( I'm hosting for the whole month of JANUARY)and she is none other than Pat (foxy67). I just love Pat's funny and happy cards. She is one of my favorite Teapot partiers, and a generous lady. I chose this beautiful Christmas card from last year to case. Pat had sent it to me, of course in blue! So I decided to make a Valentine and send it to her!
Changes: image, added a heart cb folder, sewing, heart, ribbon, key, rose, twine, giant scallop and small ms punch. I typed the sentiment.


Congratulations Pat, this is an honour you deserve dearly! YAYAYAYAY! So dear Pat, take a bow and have fun, today and all week we will be going through your gallery and finding treasures to case in your honour!

SAILING ON THE OCEAN

This is a card I made for my hairdresser and for the Crafty creations challenge. They are having a special blog hop for the 100th challenge and special prizes, so we had a sketch, color and adding a recycled something, so I used the ship image I had on another card.

Thank you for looking and enjoy the day!

BABY JON

Hello everybody! I made this little Winnie the Pooh Card for Jamie, Pat's daughter in law, who is expecting a baby boy anyday now. Everybody at the teapot party and of course Pat's family are all awaiting this little tot anxiously. As Bob Barker would say: "Come on down Jon, you're the first baby in the Smethers family." LOL Congrats to the proud parents and Grammy and Pappy Smethers.

Got to use Joan's fun painting with stickles technique. Cool and sooo easy. Makes a dazzling diffeence on a card! Thank you Joan.
I also used this wednesday's sketch on SCS. I love to have a "picture" in mind when cardmaking. In case some of you would want to know I found my Winnie image on this fun website. Have yourself a beautiful day!

FIRST PRIZE BIRTHDAY

OH HOW I HAVE MISSED BLOGLAND!!!

Soooooooooooooo glad to be back!Here is a card I made for the CC this week. My ribbon (the dessert) is made of paper though, but sparkling one! Also used this week's Midnight madness sketch, Priscilla has such a beautiful variety of them along with awesome inspiration from the ladies on her design team. I have been waiting impatiently to come back and play!The holidays have been quite busy. We are now settling down back to quiet and creative days.

RIDE, SALLY, RIDE

Here I am with my card for alot of challenges...finally. Guess I was all carded out after my 10 cards shuffle!
The theme for theSplitcoaststampers fan club this month is songs, just click on the link and you will see.

So my card says Ride, Sally Ride, but the song is indeed Mustang Sally...does anybody want to hear it... I just thought this sweet lady looked like a Sally...so yeah...as the chorus goes...Ride...Sally...Ride!

A Big CONGRATS goes out to Jo (Reddyisco) our new Queen for the Day! You have such a pretty style Jo, I am so happy I found this sweet card to case:

Enjoy your reign, you are so deserving. Thank you for your kind words and encouragement all the time. xo

I also entered this card in the WT challenge, which is Glitter and hosted by Kim! and guess you could enter this one in the F4A challenge because it is for a birthday card too.

This is an image from Anne Ryan, thank you PIC.

Thank you all for looking and enjoy

MRS WINTER

Hello, hello,

Oh how I have been making cards all day, I need to make more, but I just had to stop and show you this one too. I love this Winter lady she is from The Stamping Place and she is actually a gift from MishB, Michelle! She does fabulous work, and was a darling to send me a few to play with. My sister is going to give it to a good friend of hers. Think she'll like it...he he he

The tutorial for the tent card is found on SCS. Beate is the queen of tutorials. Thank you for stopping by, it's always good to see you around. :)

PINKY & GIRLY FOR YOU ABBY

Here is a card I made for a young girl 15 and a half. Her name is Abby and she is undergoing a long cancer treatment. Read all about it here on SCS and here Caringbridge. I used the Color Challenge also. Vicki's hosting it this week on SCS. My dessert option was pink for the girly in Abby! I also used the midnight madness sketch this week.

HIWM: BoBunny Christmas dps, pink multicraft, silver currency, night of navy blue SU, blue pearls from Martha Stewart, ribbon from Pat Smethers, copic, stickles rangers.

LAVENDER BEAR

Congratulations Lisa (lisaadd)! What a beautiful day for you and for me, because I just love this card I was lurking at from a far...now I can case it in your honor today! I love the flowers and the different size in shapes of the panel. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing gallery with us!

This card is also for the crafty creations challenge which was all about bears this week. Also is for Simonsaysstamps challenge, which is to make a Christmas card with any color but red and green:


NOTE: I have to mention that I used the beautiful lavender leafy dp Deena's oldest son gave me, I really love how it turned out. Please, if you can mention it, I will send the link so he can read it. Also, the other "design paper" is not really one, it's a cardboard from some embellishments I bought a while back, but just had to keep it and I came across it this morning and it really fit the color combo I was going for. So keep those packaging cardboards you never know...

SYMPATHY CARD INSPIRED BY JUDI

Here is another card for our Queen for the Day Bridget (bfinlay). I really love the gold embossed tree she had on there, that I gave it my twist. I love her work and her kind words and encouragement she leaves to alot of us on SCS. Thank you for stopping by...must be on my way to work on Christmas Cards.


Here is a card I made for my godfather's family, he has just passed away last week. I thought this card from our sweet Judi (jovialjudi) inspired me sooo much. And from the looks of it and the hits and favorites it got, has inspired alot of us on SCS!

SEWN SHAKER SNOWMAN

Hello everyone, I was visiting Deena today! I made this fun and whimsical Christmas card with the new sewing machine she bought me for Christmas. Ain't I spoiled... I was soooooo happily surprised, so I stitched my first card. YAY She did one too, but was not all finished with hers when I left. I will give you a link to her blog when she's done okay. My card surely fits the F4A challenge on SCS. I think it took me less than 15 minutes not counting the stitching of course! WOW I reallly love how it turned out. Guess Deena's company helped me along, I even finished the inside I was so excited about it! Hope you had a lovely visit, I did enjoy having and of course visiting Deena too. Have a beautiful week-end everybody, and remember, now is a gift, or else why would we call it PRESENT...read that somewhere...food for thought.




HIWM*: Winter Wonderland Kaiser Craft Dp's, multicraft Shaker Stickers, sewing, tree punch and red cardstock is bazzil.

*How it was made=HIWM!

This is the inside! I really love to finish my insides...guess one Judi Rose is responsible for that!

PINK & GOLD SNOWSTORM

Happy Monday to all! It is beautiful today, inside and out. First of all, I have Corryn over since Saturday which I am sooo happy and grateful for. We had some fine times, watching some youtube clips of Old Sesame street with John John and Henry. It made Corryn smile and laugh out loud with me. We also had a delicious lunch. I warmed up my chick pea soup and it disappeared in our tummies like it was going out of style! Now, she is watching a show she enjoys while I'm uploading. I am taking her back this afternoon, she will be attending a Christmas party so she is very excited about that.

Guess the colors of her cheeks and lips inspired me using pink today. I love it with gold too. I used Kim's (nutsymulh) sketch a previous FS on scs as inspiration for mine, except she had flowers and I made a snowstorm with my Inkadinkadoo Christmas stampset a gift from Helen (misshelenstamps) last year. I just love it. Also used the emboss resist technique, I love it and can't believe it was never featured as the TLC on SCS either. But Joan changed all that today, as she suggest we try it for those who never had. And...last but not least, I used a creme ribbon to make a neat bow for the CAS challenge on SCS also. My card is really 2 layers if you don't count the base...I know...but my bow was so pretty, I had to enter it.

PURPLE & BLUE CHRISTMAS

Have this fun challenge with the Twisted sistahs, it's all about purple and blue Christmas. Wanna' join us? Just make a card with those criterias and add the TSC1203 number in the keywords.

This is a sketch inspired from a card from our Featured Stamper Kris (Krischir). I'm sorry I took so long to play my dear, but I did not want to miss your special Day. I still have the beautiful scalloped oval frames and fun brads you sent me. Congratulations to you, an honour well deserved my friend. I love the fun sewing machine you used and the different textures of
Changes: different image, blue dps from Helen (misshelenstamps). ribbon scallop punch.

Thank you all for looking and have a beautiful day

BIRTHDAY STYLIST " E "

I am so glad it's friday, we have a new Queen for the Day again! YAY, this time it's Sheri (Ksnurse). Just love the card which inspired me today. I love the romance a ballet dancer adds and the gems she used!

THINKING OF LINDA

Hello dear blogfriends in blogland...oh how I have been sooo gone the last week huh. Well, I'm back, and I have a card for someone in need of some love. Of course it's from our own Destination station at the teapot challenge. I also wanted to play the challenges I have been missing lately. There is of course the CC on splitscoast and Priscilla's midnight madness sketch. I am glad I made it and will have some pictures of the craftshow later on the week. It wasn't a money making experience this year, though I did cover the cost of my table, it was more about new and interesting people!

Have a good day to all! Hugsxo from the Nutty Cardmaker

CANDY CANE KISSES

This card is for the Crafty creations challenge this week, which was all about "beautiful insides":


So I used my new MFT called A la mode collection. and used this rainbow ski hat as inspiration from the Vintage plaid website introduced by Stephanie for our IC this week. I used Mercy's sketch. It's neat and so fun to play with.

thank you all for looking and you'all come back now you hear! :)

CARDINAL RED CHRISTMAS

Here is the card I created for the Midnight madness sketch challenge. I used this handsome red cardinal as my focal image and thought this red ribbon would make him look even better. This came together pretty quickly. Surprisingly, I kind of like it. The frame and a little lace too! Thank you for stopping by, it's always good! :)

SHABBY ROMANCING

Hello! Today is so beautiful outside, I could not start crafting before I went for my daily walk . That done, along with a good hearthy/healthy soup, ending with a slice of apple pie and vanille ice cream, for lunch.

I created this card started with this adorable card from our Queen for the Day this week, Bev (Maxell) on SCS. I also was inspired by this cute little deer pin to alter my brads.

This is a completely new style for me. I figure since I don't have a "style" per say, I love to play with different kinds of styles. Though, when I think of it a little more. I could admit to being quite biased when it comes to anything "cutsie". Kettos, The Greeting Farm, Pure Innocence, etc... Anyway, I really enjoyed making this with alot of inspiratin from Melissa Phillips style right here.

PINK BABY GIRL MOUSE

Hello ladies in blogland. Gee, I am at a low paste these days. What with getting ready for the craft show in 2 weeks, my cardmaking is limited to creating without showing much of my work. As you know uploading takes time. So this morning, I peeked at the CAS challenge on SCS and thought of making a little baby girly card all in pink. It also fits the Crafty creations challenge this week, which is all about buttons. Sooooooooo needed that. Now, I will be back to cardmaking, should see more of everyone and everyone's work after the craft show, it will be December by then...how time flys! Love that you stopped by. Happy day to all! :)