Goodbyes and New Beginning

Well, we moved out of our house Thursday, packed up our little 4X8 U-Haul, hitched it to the back of our car and came to my friend Amy's house - thanks again, Amy!! Bob's son's wedding was today, so we had the rehearsal dinner last night, wedding today, which was lovely, and now we're back at Amy's. Leaving tomorrow morning for our trip to CA...Bob, me, our little dog, Floppy, in the back seat, and our little U-Haul. Still haven't found the house we want, so we're staying in an Extended Stay place til we find it. Hope it doesn't take too long, but we know what we want and we're not going to settle! Hopefully this will be our last move. Wish us luck, and when we finally get settled, I hope to be back to my crafting and blogging. Thanks for checking in, and stay tuned. I will be back! Big Hugs!

Inspiration & Moving Progress

OMG! If you'd like to see a beautiful card, go to Joan Ervin's Splitcoaststampers entry for today's Technique Lovers Challenge here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1794452!!! This is one of the most beautiful cards I've ever seen!!! I soooooo wish I could play today! My mind is just going crazy with the things I could do with this technique!!! But...right now I'm sitting on an air mattress with my little netbook, most of my crafting supplies sitting in a box in a closet, as we are moving...oh well, I'll just soak up great ideas from you and all the other talented crafters out there until I can stamp again! I did do 3 cards with my friend, Amy, a couple weeks ago, but haven't had time to take pics and upload. Had the big moving sale this weekend (very successful, thank God!), so maybe I can get them up here before we actually move. Thanks for stopping by. I WILL BE BACK!!! ~.~

CDAC Bog Candy - WOW!!!

Check this out! Fabulous candy at Crafters Digital Art Center!!! See pic at right. Just click on it and it will take you there to check out the details.

Blog Candy Alert!

Wow!! Check this out! You could win 1000 sheets of paper and some stamps here: http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com/

Flower Girl F4A24 EIC99 cdacsc3

This card is for 3 challenges:
1. Splitcoaststampers Free For All Challenge - F4A24 - garden theme (flowers/fruits) found here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/free-all-f45/f4a24-its-garden-picken-time-t501504.html;
2. EtsyInspired Challenge - EIC99 - found here: http://etsyinspired.blogspot.com/2010/07/etsyinspired-99-becky-kazana.html. My inspiration can be found here: It's the Smell the Roses 8... http://www.etsy.com/listing/26061939/smell-the-roses-8-x10-print; and
3. Crafters Digital Art Center Sketch Challenge - cdacsc3 - found here: http://priscillastyles.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sketch-challenge-cdacsc3.
My digital image is from digistamps4joy, found here: http://www.digistamps4joy.com/. I colored her with watercolor pencils and copics. Used chalking around her to soften the bg and also used it on the sentiment piece. The friends sentiment is a rubber stamp. tfl

Birthday Card for Gary WT282 CPS178

This is a birthday card for my brother, Gary in California. He LOVES old cars...moreso classics from 50s/60s, but I think he'll like this too. I used a panel from my Graphics45 dp as my main image and a key sticker. The card base is actually a card that my husband received (love to recycle). Loved the flap with the brads. Used that and covered rest in various cardstocks, including the core'dinations cuttlebugged and sanded panel. The piercing is for today's Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It Challenge - WT282 (stick it - use pins and needles or sticks, either as elements on your card, or to pierce), found here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/ways-use-f46/wt282-stick-8-5-2010-a-t501372.html. The layout is a sketch challenge - CPS178 - from Card Positioning Systems, found here: http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/2010/08/cps-178-part-1.html.

tfl

Happy Birthday Chaz

This is a card for our son-in-law, Chaz. When I saw the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge today - SC292 - I thought, OMG! that is weird!!! (no offense to the creator), I don't think I'm going to try that one! lol But, I turned it sideways, and knowing I had to make a birthday card, the candle idea came to me. Well, just so happens I had these cute digi candles by gtc-crafty corner, which is here: http://gtc-craftycorner.blogspot.com/. So, I put three of them together and scewed them to fit the design, colored with copics, found the make a wish sentiment (sorry, can't remember where I got that...if anyone knows, please tell me and I'll give credit here), cuttlebugged the core'dinations cardstock, sanded it, and put it all together. Some Stickles, and there you have it! Nice cheery birthday card for a guy! Hope he likes it, and that you do to!

I used the colors from Color Throwdown - CTD104, which can be found here: http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2010/08/color-throwdown-104.html.