Hold me Tight ...

Sometimes it's better to put love into hugs than to put it into words. ~Author unknown

Good morning!

A new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through June 11, 2022

Our sponsor this challenge is: Fred She Say Digital Designs

https://fred-she-said-store.blogspot.com/

Our Song this fortnight ….

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Oh, the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

Since we've no place to go

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Shows no signs of stopping

I brought some corn for popping

Lights are turned way down low

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

When we finally kiss goodnight

How I'll hate going out in the storm

But if you really hold me tight

All the way home, I'll be warm

The fire is slowly dying

And, my dear, we're still goodbye-ing

But as long as you love me so

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Cahn Sammy / Styne Jule

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! lyrics © Cahn Music Co., Cahn Music Company, Producers Music Publ. Co., Inc.

My card was inspired by "But if you really hold me tight All the way home, I'll be warm"

Supplies, 5 x 7 card
Pre-colored sponsor image "Emma the Hugger" printed in Hammermill Card Stock
Cardstock from Pen+Gear (base), Stampin Up! and Bazzill
Die from BoBunny (Christmas Card die)
Embossing folder from Cuttlebug (Snowflake cookies)
Rhinestones from Recollections

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

Magical Friend ...

Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts. ~Author unknown

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a card using an adorable image from Sherry West Art. If you are interested in the image, you can get more information from her blog https://sherrywestartsblog.wordpress.com/shop/ or contact her via messaging on Facebook.

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image from Sherry West Designs printed on Hammermill Color Copy Paper
• Bow punch from Stampin Up!
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from Avec (Ombre paper)
• Dies from Close to My Heart (Basic Ovals)
• Embossing folder from Stampin Up! (Timeworn Type)
• Ink from Memento and Stampin Up!
• Mojo Monday 170 Inspired
• ProMarkers
• Rose embellishment from Close to My Heart
• Stencil from Rabbit Hole Designs (Clouds in my coffee)

Sherry West Art, Artist, Author, Illustrator

Facebook: Sherry West Coloring

Instagram: SherryWestArt

Sherry West Art WordPress Blog site "Happy Art for A Happy Heart!"

Rubber stamps of Sherry West Art images available through Stamp Addicts

Stamp Addicts' FB page

 

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Peep Love ...

Did you know? Peeps have been the #1 non-chocolate brand at Easter for 20 years?

Good morning,

Today I am sharing cute Easter card using a really fun Peep Bunny drawn by Sandra Caldwell aka Babycakesdnd. I love peeps and my son always watches for the holidays when they create specialty flavors. We've had a few that we weren't too impressed wit but overall, they are always interesting so when Sandra put this fun guy in her shop I just had to have him!

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Image “Cool Peeps” from Sandra Caldwell printed on Hammermill color copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Circle punch from marvy
• Corner punch from We are Memory Keepers
• Design paper unknown
• Dies from Stampin Up! (Beautiful Wings)
• Embossing folder from Stampin Up! (Tasteful Textures)
• Memento Ink
• Mojo Monday Sketch 121
• Pearls from Recollections
• ProMarkers
• Scallop punch from Stampin Up!
• Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Fabulous Unicorn Hippo ...

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates. ~Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin, 1973

Good morning,
Today I am sharing a fun card I made using a Unicorn Hippo image from my dear friend Sandra Caldwell aka Babycakesdnd. I love her hippo images and will miss seeing what new ones she comes up with!

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Image “Unicorn Hippo” from Sandra Caldwell printed on Hammermill color copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Corner punch from We R Memory Keepers
• Design Paper unknown
• Die from Spellbinders (Branching out)
• Ink from Momento
• Label punch from Stampin Up!
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from Recollections
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps (Fabulous Flamingo)

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Thoughts of you ...

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. ~John Burroughs, 1913

Good morning,

Today I am sharing with another card I made with some scraps laying on my worktable.

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Cardstock from Pen+ Gear (Base), Stampin Up! and Bazzill scraps
• Design paper left over scraps from Close to My Heart
• Embossing folder (Tasteful Textiles) from Stampin Up!
• Sentiment from Simon Says Stamps (Messages for Everyday)
• Sketch used: Jenny Evans Design Inspiration

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Make Waves ...

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming, but this is a highly un-American thought. ~John Steinbeck, "Fishing in Paris," in Punch, 1954

Good morning,

Today I am masculine card I created for a young recovering from an accident. Apparently, he likes fishing and I have this old set from the Angel Company that I really like but don’t use that often.

I first stamped the image in blue and used a blender pen to paint bits of the image. Then I restamped the image with kraft color. I like how it turned out

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Image from The Angel Company (Fish Story)
• Confetti Craft Cardstock from X-ped-X
• Design paper from Lasting Impressions (Smooth sailing)
• Dies from Sizzix (Classic Circle
• Ink from Stampin Up! & Memento
• Mojo Monday Sketch 56
• Nuvo crystal drops
• Sentiment from the Angel Company (sail away)
• Speckle stamp from Stampin Up!
• Star punches by Marvy

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Meet me under the Missile Toad ...

Mistletoe and gleaming holly,

Symbols of a blessed day...

~Louisa May Alcott, "Merry Christmas," in The Horn of Plenty, 1876

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a Christmas card made with this hilarious image from Sherry West Art. If you are interested in the image, you can get more information from her blog (link below) or contact her via messaging on facebook.

I crack up every time I see this image!

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image from Sherry West Designs printed on Hammermill Color Copy Paper
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper was a gift, unknown manufacture
• Googly eyes from Fun Stampers Journey/Sizzix
• Momento Ink
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps
• Vellum from Stampin Up!

Sherry West Art, Artist, Author, Illustrator
Facebook: Sherry West Coloring
Instagram: SherryWestArt
Sherry West Art WordPress Blog site "Happy Art for A Happy Heart!"
Rubber stamps of Sherry West Art images available through Stamp Addicts
Stamp Addicts' FB page

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Beauty WIthin ...

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. ~Author unknown

Good morning!

A while ago I was going through and cleaning up bits of papers that I had stashed here and there … In the mix I found several 5 x 7 pieces I had cut from some scrapbook paper. I had used part of the paper for other projects and these were areas that were perfect for card toppers.

Today I am sharing card 4 that I made

Supplies: 5 x 7 card
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Make a big wish ...

May those you love bring love back to you, and may all the wishes you wish come true! ~Irish blessing

Good morning!

A new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through May 28th

Our sponsor is Sherry West Art

https://sherrywestartsblog.wordpress.com/

Our Song this fortnight ….

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Written by: Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, David Pack

Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind.

A dream is a wish your heart makes

When you're fast asleep

In dreams you will lose your heartache

Whatever you wish for you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday

Your rainbow will come smiling through

No matter how your heart is grieving

If you keep on believing

The dream that you wish will come true

A dream is a wish your heart makes

When you're feeling small

Alone in the night you whisper

Thinking no one can hear you at all

You wake with the morning sunlight

To find fortune that is smiling on you

Don't let your heart be filled with sorrow

For all you know tomorrow

The dream that you wish will come true

No matter how you heart is grieving

If you keep up believing

The dream that you wish will come true

My card is inspired by the word Wish

Supplies, 5 x 7 card
Sponsor Image printed in Hammermill Cardstock
Cardstock from Pen+Gear (base) and Bazzill
Clear Pops of color from Scrapbook.com
Design paper from Provocraft
Glitter glue from Studio G
Momento Ink
ProMarkers
Rhinestones from Jot
Sentiment from Studio G

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

The Outlawz Crash your Stash Challenge: Ribbon Slides

Spiritual age is determined by the acts which make the mornings and evenings of the soul, and not by the motions of the physical globe. The soul should have its own cycles and revolutions, presenting in turn every portion of its existence to the vivifying influence of the great source of light. ~Henry James Slack (1818–1896), The Ministry of the Beautiful, "Conversation IV: Spring-time on the Western Coast," 1850  [Lyulph speaking —tεᖇᖇ¡·g]

Good morning!

We have a new Crash your Stash Challenge starting at The Outlawz Challenges which will run through June 14th

Our sponsor this month is Beccys Place

https://beccysplace.blogspot.com/

The challenge for this month is to use ribbon slides.

For my card I used a Mojo Monday Sketch as inspiration and added my slider with a small strip of cardstock to create an embellishment.

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Sponsor image Mortimer printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from Pen+Gear (Base) & Bazzill
• Design paper from DCWV (The Green Stack)
• Die from A-muse Studios (Scallop border)
• Mojo Monday Sketch 151
• Momento ink
• ProMarkers
• Ribbon slide from my stash
• Sentiment from Art Impressions (Rock on Laugh Lines)

Now come on over to The Outlawz Challenges to play along with us or one of the other challenges that are always in process!

Big Wishes ..

Alas! it is not the child, but the boy that generally survives in the man. ~Arthur Helps, Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd, 1835

Good morning,

Today I am sharing with another masculine card I made with some scraps laying on my worktable.

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Cardstock from Pen+ Gear (Base)
• Design paper left over scraps
• Embossing folder (Blistered) from Spellbinders
• Ink from Momento
• Sentiment from Studio G
• Sequins from The Dollar Tree
• Sketch by Me CCBC18

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Progressive Freebie Challenge: May 2022

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. --- Clint Eastwood

Good morning!

A new Progressive Freebie Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges.

If you are not playing along and wish to join the rules are very simple:

You need to be a member of The Outlawz Challenge, join the challenge the send us an email to outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com. We’ll send you the image. All you have to do is enter a card/project made with the image supplied before 6:00 pm Outlawz Time on the last day of the month and you will automatically get the next image. If for any reason you don’t get your project made and you would like to rejoin us, contact us and we will let you know how to jump back in. And as long as you enter before the end of the month you will get the next one free and you will then get them automatically each month you enter a project.

Grace Selfie

from

Mirtillamente

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image (Grace Selfie) printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Black ink from Momento
• Cardstock The Paper Studio (base), Bazzill and Stampin Up!
• Circle Punch from Marvy
• Design Paper from DCWV (Old World Stack)
• ProMarkers
• Rain drops from Cloud 9
• Sentiment from Unity Stamp Co.
• Sketch from Taylored Expressions

Now come on over to The Outlawz Challenges to play along with us or one of the other challenges that are always in process!