Hanglar girl with wings

Another Hanglar card, I just adore these little cuties. Again Thank you to Lim for this image! DP, velvet rickrack, buttons: Basic Grey; Flowers: Prima. Image colored with Prismacolors and Gamsol. For some reason the ribbon looks like an ugly mustard color in the photo..just noticed. The light did not do it justice..but actually its a sage green, the same color as the little heart on her dress. My photo editing skills need a little improvement, lol! hugs,T

New Challenge blog...

I have some really exciting news to share.
As some of you already know
Karin is hosting a Scrap Online Group at Paper Craft Planet. The only sad thing about it is that ladies who don't live in Europe aren't able to follow these SOL's because of the time difference.
But now for the exciting news....
There's a new challenge blog called
SCRAP ONLINE CHALLENGES
On this challenge blog they will be posting the sketches/ projects they worked on the day after the SOL as a challenge.
This way the ladies who weren't able to attend the SOL will have the chance to do the challenge. You can work on the sketch on your own, but if you want to have all measurements of the different parts you just hop over to the SOL from the night before and scroll down all the comments.
First challenge will posted Friday May 15th.
To celebrate this new challenge blog
Karin is giving away a little candy for one lucky lady entering. So please go check out her blog and leave a little love for Karin. hugs,T






Karin

Raining cards Magnolia card

I made this little card for one of this Months raining cards ladies. She's one of my favorite Tilda's all decked out with her little matching hats, lol! hugs,T

Little Hanglar girl

Well, I finally gave in and colored a few of my little Hanglar images I've been hanging on to. These little cuties are so very hard to come by that I've had a hard time using them, lol! So a very big Thank you to Lim and Karin for the images!! You girls are the greatest!! I used my Bazzill dotted paper for the scalloped mat..I love that stuff and use every single scrap, lol! DP: Basic Grey; Rhinestones,flowers:Prima. Hanglar colored with Prismacolors and Gamsol. hugs,T

Thank you to Shauna..

I had a terrible week last week. Had Strept throat which landed me with a shot in the butt, lol! I felt like I'd been run over by a truck for a few days and went back to work on Saturday 24hr's after antibiotics. Still feel run down and icky..but 100% better than I did on Thursday!! I came home tonight to find a package awaiting my arrival...it was a stunning mini album made by Shauna. ..and when I say mini album..there is nothing mini about it..its big, full of detail and simply stunning!! I won this beautiful album in a blog challenge. You must go check out her blog to view the rest of the pages and see all her beautiful work. She's the queen of mini albums!! I feel very guilty taking it from her, the time she put into it is very evident! Thank you so much Shauna!!

Baseball...

I made this layout of my little man Jeremy. I haven't made a layout in ages and I have pics stacking up. Need to get busy on those! This layout portrays how far he has came in baseball since his first game last year. My little guy is not a baby anymore and that just makes me sad!

New siggy

Giving my new siggy a try..I've been a very productive blogger today. I've learned how to create a post divider, how to center my header, and how to create a siggy..heeehee! I'm a blogging genius...ROFL....NOT!

ROP and Cute Card Thurs.

This week I combined two challenges in one card. Cute Card Thursday's challenge is to distress the edges of your card. I just found this challenge blog so this will be my first entry. Now, I have to tell ya...I am not a seamstress nor do I make any claims to be..heehee! So please look over my stitchwork, I'm terrible at it! I do better with freestyle sewing when it doesn't need to be in a straight line, haha! This card is also for ROP challenge blog. Susan's challenge this week is to use the colors aqua, peach, and butter. I found these cute DreamStreet papers in my stash and they were begging to be cut up. I always get a little sad while chopping away at my DP...I'm a paper hoarder ya know! Gotta seek help for that someday... Have a great rest of the week, the boys and I are headed to Pigeon Forge tomorrow for a day adventure at Dollywood, YIPPEE!

Just Magnolia~ pink and green challenge

I'm loving my clear cards from ShortCuts...I have used one again for this weeks challenge over at Just Magnolia. Its a pink and green challenge and you must go check out all the fabby designs by the design team! My card features the Tilda holding Tulip from the spring collection colored with prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. DP by My Mind's Eye. Cardstock~ Bazzill Swiss Dot mudpuddle, and green textured paper. Ribbon~Martha Stewart.

Double Dutch~ door hanger

Over at Double Dutch its all about door hangers this week. I designed this little door hanger for my Son's bedroom door. My Hanglar image was given to me by Lim (Thank you so much Lim!)and because I have so precious few images..I wanted to use it on a project that will be around for awhile to admire. Hope you like! hugs,T

Just Magnolia sketch challenge

There is a sketch challenge going on over at
Just Magnolia. I made this little card for the challenge using some My Mind's Eye paper I just picked up. There is an awesome prize package this week for the first challenge...you should definately check it out!

Spring is in the air...

I'm getting in the spirit of Spring lately...tulips everywhere, flowers sprouting out, everyone out playing in the gardens, baseball... I love spring! Wish I could take the season off from work and play outside all day.

I chose springy/summer colors for this Tilda card. On its way to a far far away place for April Rain. Hope you like! hugs,T

Tilda card using Sugar Bowl sketch

I loved Tiets sketch so much over at the Sugar Bowl that I decided to use it for this Tilda card. Thank you Tiets for such a great sketch! Papers by Basic Grey. Little flower handmade by my friend Linda..isn't that flower so cute!

Sugar Bowl sketch challenge

This week over at the Sugar Bowl
Tiets has designed an awesome sketch for us to play with. I used a collection of DreamStreet Papers that I had been hanging on to..it just happened to match this Chick-a-Dee I colored up. The flower is die cut from pages from an old book, distressed a little with some Tattered Angels Mist and walnut ink and wrinkled up to give it a vintage look. I used one of the flowers from the PP cut out for the flower center. This was a great sketch and I'll use it again and again!
hugs,T

Sugar Nellie chick-a-Dee

I'm in love with this Chick-a-Dee by Elisabeth straight from the house of Sugar. She's perfect for spring cards! This is a little 4x4 card for my RAK partner over at LuckybugdesignerRAKs I'm loving my Martha Stewart lace punch, I'm wearing it out lately! Rhinestone flourishes by Prima (I need to restock on those soon) brown pattern paper by DreamStreet. Hope you like ~ hugs,T

Vera Bradley inspired cards...

These cards are simple..but sometimes I kinda like simple..Inspired by my Vera Bradley purse for a card swap. I LOVE Vera purses...I only have 3..but its one for every season except Spring..so I need one more, lol! Paisley card fronts made using Coredinations cardstock embossed with cuttlebug paisley folder then sanded to bring out the red in the core. Hope you like~ hugs,T

Roses on Paper challenge blog...

This week at Roses on Paper challenge blog the challenge is to create a candle using any of the stamps carried over at Roses on Paper store. I found it a little difficult coloring these little Tildas with copics on the tissue, so I used Prismacolors instead..not as bright but I kinda like the dusky colors. Soooo...I need a little practice! Next time I'll be brave and try gamsol, lol!

Creative Journey Freebie Friday RAK time....

Its Freebie Friday RAK time over at Creative Journey and you only have a short time to enter. So go let Christine know your favorite Paper Company HERE for your chance to win.
hugs,T

Carole's blogoversary

It's blogoversary time over at Stardust Gems and Ribbon and Carole has an awesome pack of goodies to give away in celebration of the big day! Head over and check out all her creations! hugs,T

Malin's Birthday treats

Go wish Malin a Happy Birthday and see what she has up for grabs as a Birthday surprise to us HERE. Happy Birthday Malin! Your creations are beautiful! hugs,T

Little bracket album

Shauna over at All Things Sweet and Shabby inspired me to make this cute little bracket album. You should definately go check out her blog..shes the queen of mini albums! I designed these pages for a demo for a mini album kit I made up for a kit swap. Most of the papers and embellishments are by Making Memories, I am digging their new lines! The bracket pages are cut from chipboard using the Top Note Sizzix die, exclusive to Stampin Up!

Sugar Nellie JATC's

I love this new Elisabeth Bell stamp 'fingers crossed', straight from the house of Sugar. I made up these Jumbo ATC's for a swap and used a little butterfly punch in place of the stamped butterfly. I know the blue/brown is not very springy...but I love that color combo, lol!

Its treat time over at Fran's blog

Head over to check out the awesome blog candy Fran is giving away. Check out Fran's beautiful creations while you are there. hugs,T

Caardvarks challenge

Its a sketch challenge over at Caardvarks this week and I designed this birthday card for my friend Karen using the sketch. Her birthday is actually today (Happy Birthday Karen, I love you!) so this card will be a little late getting to her..I hope she understands what its like to have two little boys playing baseball, lol!
PP~ Making Memories
Trim~ Making Memories
Cardstock~ Bazzill
Stamped image~ Sugar Nellie~ Elisabeth Bell
Flower~ Prima
stick pin~ Fancy Pants
Rhinestone flourish~ Prima

2 sketches 4 you

For the sketch challenge over at 2Sketches4You I designed this little stamped image holder for my friend Melissa. My very creative friend Heidi made one for me awhile back and I thought it was so very clever!
PP~Fancy Pants
Letter stickers~ Basic Grey
Stamped image~ Sugar Nellie~ Cozy Nellie colored with Prismacolors and Gamsol
Flower~ Prima
rhinestone flourish~ Prima
lace~ from my stock

Elisabeth's Super Scrummy blog candy Alert

Elisabeth has some blog candy up for grabs on her BLOG and you do not want to miss this! It's the entire set of her new release Whiff of Joy stamps. Most of us missed out on the chance to preorder these as a set...so here is your chance! While you are there, check out her sketch gallery...she is soo very talented! hugs,T

Tilda~ die cut challenge

I've created another card for the die cut challenge over at Luckybug and Friends. This die cut is from the Sizzix BIGz scallop card die. I only used a small portion of it because its a HUGE die..and I just love scalloped edges! I had some left over cards and pp pieces from some previous cards using Fancy Pants Fall collection, so this card was a quickie. Hope you like. hugs,T

Line's blog candy

Check out Line's blog for some beautiful card inspirations and a chance to win some yummy blog candy. You'll want to stay awhile because her cards are amazing! hugs,T

little mini album

I made up this little mini album today for both a challenge and a demo for a quick mini album kit. The challenge was to use die cuts from sizzix, cricut, quickutz,etc.. I have cut flourishes and scallop squares both from my cricut. Also the tabs and circles are from punches. I have little black and white butterfly tins that these little albums fit in...but i won't show those and ruin the surprise for those receiving the kits. :0) Hope you like! hugs,T

OH MY...Hanglars and some new MM goodies

Ok, so how long do you think I would have to vacation in Sweden before I can order some of these Hanglar cuties? Wahhh...and do you think this calls for some sort of 12 step program if you are willing to use all your savings to go to Sweden to order some, hahaha! Too funny! I just joined the Hanglar Blog group at Paper Craft Planet and it has me drooling.

On another note, i just returned from Michaels (big mistake) where I found one of the lace Martha Stewart punches I have been searching for..woohooo! AND..it was 30% off, which was an even better surprise. The bad news is while I was there I ran into lots of other goodies on sale that I couldn't live without. That's why I try to avoid that place!! Anyway...I am totally in love with the new MM Chloe's Closet and Sabrina lines! I picked up a few of the items for some cards and mini albums. And they have matching pins!! woohooo! I love hat pins! Good grief do I ever need that 12 step program! haha...so here is a pic of my new loot, lol! hugs,T

Triple Play challenge

I made this card for the Triple Play challenge over at Luckybugcreations The challenge was to use green cardstock, green ink, and green glitz. I used my new Luvvie stamp from Sugar Nellie stamps. Green cardstock bracket die cut stamped with Olive CTMH ink swirls and butterflies. The pattern paper with the "glitzy" circles by MME, was my inspiration for the pink, green, and brown..love that color combo!

Check out Christine's RAK

Christine over at Creative Journey has an awesome March RAK. You'll want to check it out for your chance to win.

Christmas layouts, Basic Grey Wassail

I received the BG Wassail collection in the mail today, so I finally can start my 2008 Christmas pics, lol! I won't mention that I haven't finished 2007, or 2006 Christmas layouts yet..haha! So here is a 2 page layout of my extended family. We spent the 3 days before Christmas in a cabin in Gatlinburg this season. It was marvelous having my siblings and my Mom and Dad in one house at one time and I know my parents were thrilled as well!

All pattern paper is Basic Grey, Cardstock: Bazzill, Felt reindeer: Prima, Stickers: Basic Grey

Digging for hidden treasure...

My son is an expert at finding little treasures. His "treasures" consist of little feathers, little acorns, rocks, sticks, pieces of shell, bugs..and all sorts of other things boys find fascinating. While cleaning his room I found this little "treasure box" with some of the items he deemed "keepable" I thought it was precious and snapped a photo of it.
Quote:"There comes a time in every rightly constructed boys life that he has the raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure"~ Mark Twain