Hugs & Kisses ...

“Don’t be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.” ~ John Lubbock

Hi Everyone!

I decided to participate in the April Facebook Progressive Freebie Challenge for DigiStamps4Joy. Purchased my image, then promptly got busy and forgot to make my card. Sooo ... I looked at the calendar and headed upstairs since today is the last day to enter.  But due to the forgotten time difference, so I didn't make it in time. :O(

Ah well, I have a lovely little card to drop in my husbands fooding bag for when he next heads to work.

The image was colored with both color pencils and alcohol markers, then fussy cut and attached to card base with dimensional foam.

Card size is 5.50 x 4.25

SUPPLIES

Image is Bettie Bow from DS4J

Alcohol Markers

Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Design paper from my scrap bin

Embossing folders Hugs & Kisses from Cuttlebug and Basics of Love from Sizzix

Prisma color pencils

Rhinestones from my stash

Sentiment is a rub on from What's New Ltd set " All the reasons why I love you

Small red heart from my stash

It's Your Day ...

“What is life?

It is the flash of a firefly in the night.

It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.

It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”

~ Native American Proverb

Good morning Everyone!

Another blessed day for us, one and all. I hope you are enjoying it with whatever brings you peace and joy!

Today starts a new color challenge at The OutlawzChallenges. Our sponsor this month is Mary Smith of Createful Hearts Digis.

This week's challenge, selected by Jeanie, is to use all 4 colors from the palette and the optional twist of anything but a card.

I opted to make a gift bag using a lunch bag. The truck, which can be found in Mary's Etsy Shop, is colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and attached to the bag with foam dots.

SUPPLIES

Image from Createful Hearts Digis

Alcohol markers

Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Cuttlebug embossing folder - Chicken Wire

Gina Marie Designs die - Barbed Wire

Grommets from Memories

Jute (both strands) from my Ssash

Lunch bag from my stash

Ranger distress ink

Sizzix Sentiment die

Spellbinders embossing folder - Blistered

Stampin Up! clear button

Stampin Up! Stamp - Plaid Flannel Background

Looking for ward to seeing your colorful creations this week at The Outlawz Challenges, where a new challenge starts every day!

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Mind over Matter? ...

They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author unknown

Greetings of the day!

Let me tell ya, being retired has not gained me any time ... I still seem to be more busy than ever. A fact driven home as at the 12th hour I managed to finish my husband's birthday card!

The quote I used above cracked me up because we were just talking about how getting older is not optional but getting old is ... This discussion took place while we were signing up for Tai Chi class. Something we have been talking about doing for some time. It's good for the mind and body. 

I'll let you know how that works out for us! 

Anyway, this card is based on a sketch from InkSpired Sketch that I found on Pinterest (what a surprise) which will be at the bottom of my post. 

Card size is 5 x 7

Supplies

Cardstock from The Paper Studio

DP is Colorbok Craft & Glitter paper

Gina Marie Designs Fluff background embossing folder

Memories India Ink

Sentiment from Inkahootz!

Studio G Glitter Glue

Vellum is from my scrap box

I made the tag using scraps

Card Sketch used

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

This card has been entered into the following Challenge(s)

Seems my buddy Lisa is celebrating a special birthday and she is having a bit of a celebration at
Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

Love to Craft Challenge #9, Anything Goes

Birthday flowers ...

[F]lowers... adorn our lanes, fields and fells, and... smile upon us and cheer and bless us in our country rambles.... the lovely blossoms... kiss the clear brooks and mountain wells... ~James Rigg, "Preface," Wild Flower Lyrics and Other Poems, 1897

Good afternoon...

Bit late with my post today. I have not been doing a very good job managing my time since I retired and need to get back into a rhythm :O( ...

Today is the start of a new color challenge at The Outlawz, sponsored this month by Mary Smith of Createful Hearts Digis. 

Our colors this week, a tic tac toe table, were selected by Jeanie and Kimberly.

Here is my card, which to be honest is a little messed up. I had decided to use the center squares left to right. Problem is that I mistook 'ribbon' for lace. Sooooo ... my card has an embossed lace doily :O)

But ... I like it and hope you do too!

Supplies

Cardstock from The Paper Studio, Stampin Up! and Bazzill

Die from Darice: Floral Swirl Burst

Dies from Spellbinders: Blossom 2 and Daisy Toppers

Lace Doily Embossing folder from Sizzix

Pearl from Michaels $1 bin
Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps

Easel:

Cardstock from Stampin Up!

Die from Marianne Designs

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Wuvable Bunny ...

Faith is not about everything turning out okay, faith is about being okay no matter how things turn out. ~Author Unknown

Good morning everyone!

I hope your week has started out awesomely and just gets better! Weather here has been nice but the heat is on the rise. Summer rarely sneaks in here ... it bounds in with purpose and intent! Which makes me glad for a pool which, being my first summer retired, I plan on making use of (when it warms up just a little bit more LOL!

Today I am sharing a card I made for our Anything Goes Challenge at Through the Craft Room Door which started today. Our sponsor this week with a prize of 4 images from each artist is Miss Daisy Stamps.

Jennifer Nilsson Art ♥ Mari Digis ♥ Miss Daisy’s Collection ♥ We Are 3

Join us at Miss Daisy Stamps Create & Share Facebook Group to meet the artists, share fun & inspiration, receive freebies and special deals. See you there!

I am using a really cute image called I Wuv You Bunny. I just fell in love with this cutie and he can be used for so much more than an Easter Card. In fact, I already have several other uses for this fellow in mind! However, my card for this challenge is an Easter card.  

So come play along with us at Through the Craft Room Door where any crafty creation is welcome! 

My 5 x 7 card

  

Supplies

Miss Daisy Stamps image Wuv You Bunny colored with alcohol markers

Card stock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Cuttlebug Embossing border "Hugs & Kisses"

DP "Birthday Circles" from The Paper Studio

Fiskars punch "Grass"

Flowers from my stash (centers colored with orange sharpie)

India Ink from Memories

Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps

Spellbinder die "Beaded Ovals"

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara