Reposting Flying Lips Card with inside Finished

Happy Sunday blogland....it's a quiet one here so I thought I'd pop on here and share how I made the inside of my "sending you smiles" card that I posted the other day....if you remember, this is a paper lunch bag that I made into a card....so I was sitting here looking at it, and thought of all that wasteful space that I didn't use....so I decided to make this into a little gift bag (my way...lol).......ENJOY......

here's the front that I share below in another post....the lips and fly heart wings are actually 2 foam stamps that I stamped onto grunge paper and cut out...added micro beads to the lips..... and here's the inside.... I was thinking of a different way to send someone some little goodies in the mail other than using a baggie.....on the left side of the card I made a skein to wrap the ribbon around and added some stick pins... here I layered an acrylic piece with sequins and then rhinestones....

here's the little skein pulled out....kind of just like how we get them in the store....unwrap and use as needed.....

here's the right side....just a little quote (Inkadinkado)....the tag pulls out from here...

and here's the little surprise......I made a tag pocket that I sewed from transparency and added a zipper to have an opening.....I must say, I love it!!!! LOL....I even stamped under the goodies.....

and then you flip it over and I made another pouch...one that I just added another strand of yumminess.....stamped my little thingie, at which totally sucked...but I couldn't do anything really but just to leave it....I hate moments like this....lol.....

and here's the backside....I used the spellbinder's die to wrap around instead of cutting it off like normal......I'm wanting to add something else to this, but haven't figured out what yet......

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Well, that's all I have for today peeps.....let me know what ya think about how this turned out....I'd love to hear from you!!!! Thanks for stopping in today........Hugs from Charm City......

2S4Y Fond Farewell Challenge

Happy snowy Thursday peeps...I was saddened the other day when I received the e-mail that 2S4Y are closing their doors for their challenges...I have always loved the inspiration from the team over these past couple of years....not to mention all of the darling sketches...I wish Kazan and Laura the best in their futures...I'm sure it holds alot of wonderful things ahead.......ENJOY!!!! and here's what I made using Kazan's sketch...gotta love me some of those Valentine's foam stamps from Making Memories that I stamped onto Grunge paper from Tim Holtz....do you remember those things...I just dug them out and make the wings (which is actually a heart on the center) and a set of lips that I coated with red tiny beads....Making Memories ribbon and lace, staples...Spellbinders die...I made the cloud pattern using a die cut from Sizzix...added some Ranger Stickles....I did use a paper bag for my canvas to....

just a closer view of the lips with the beads on it....I added silver stickles to the inside of the lips......well I just wanted to pop in here and post this challenge...I hope that you will all stop by 2s4y and play along...this is their last challenge e-vah........Hugs from a snowed in Charm City..

DudeTime Doodles Blog Hop

hello blogland.....if you've come here from DTD then you're on the right track...

Today is the day for this month's bloghop over at DudeTime Doodles. While you are hopping be sure to leave some love - one of the Design Team Members will be secretly chosen as the "MYSTERY HOSTESS" of the blog hop and one lucky commenter will receive one of our new release images for free or any individual image of their choice. This Blog Hop does not have a starting and ending point so no matter where you HOP on you are in the right place. Just keep going. Don't forget to leave some love everywhere you land, including here! Once you have gone full circle you have completed the Hop. We have eight new images to share with you this month and as you hop along we're sure that there will be something that inspires you! Here's the list on case you get lost.....ENJOY!!!!!! Nancy (you are here) Tammy (next) Theresa Fink Anne Cleota Ruth Hetty Boni Lynn Shelly Chrissy D. Dude Time Doodles

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I am sad to say that this is my last post for DudeTime Doodles. I have decided to step down. I want to thank Boni and the Dudettes. You all are amazing and very sweet. Thank you for such great images Boni to play with each week. I love all of them....

here's what I came up with. I used these fun images (Brad Ball and Chain and Breast Cancer Girl ) and made a Valentine's Day Gift Hat with a pull out tag for saying.... the flower is a zipper...Spellbinders dies, EK Success circle punch, Recollections border punch, Lil Davis wooden numbers, Making Memories adore metal tag and metal rose and some odds and ends from my stash.....

and lookie--here he is...Mr. Brad Ball and Chain in all his glory...lol....I really love his expression....he's a new image that you can purchase from the store.....

here's the opening...I used a flower that I made from scoring a 12" x 3/4" piece of cardstock and score at 1/2" all the way down....then just mountain/valley fold and flip down to make the flower....I made two of these....the bottom is held together with brads....this let's it open and I used one for the front to, but I am rethinking that...not the best closure....

here's the greeting on the inside...

here's a closer view of the zipper flower...I just cut off the bottom of the zipper, and rolled both pieces (back to back) into the flower and glue to a 1" circle punch....I also added a metal swirl clip and a Tim Holtz button....

and here the back where the tag pulls out from....you pull the flower up....

I also added a zipper that you can pull down for the tag as well.... tag and the zipper pulled down.... here's my concoction that I hung from the zipper pull....I love me some Tim Holtz Products....lol....I used the little memo pin and twisted it to use as a hanger....I also hung an acrylic hearts on fishing line and sandwiched it between 2 layers of the metal sprockets...

here's what the metal memo pins look like....

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Well I hope you enjoy your hop. Next up on the list is the vary sweet Tammy....make sure you stop by and see what she's made for your eye candy......Thanks for stopping in today...Hugs from Charm City........

PaperTake Weekly Sketch 52 Challenge

Good Morning Blogland....it's Tuesday morning here in Charm City...it's a pretty mild morning considering the past few days we've had that has been chilly willy...lol....today I'd love to share my card I made for PTW...this weeks challenge is sketch #52....it's a pretty good sketch to play with....we are also being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp...so make sure you stop on over there...they have some fabulous items for sale in the store.....

I would like to say that this is my last post for PTW as a design team member....I have decided to step down. I would however like to say that you all are simply amazing. I've enjoyed all of the challenges each week and all of the wonderful inspiration from the team. You all are awesome!!! Thank you Dawny for inviting me to be a part of your team these past couple years...you are such a gem girlie....Thank you!!!!.......

Here's the sketch......ENJOY!!!!!!

and here's my little card...doesn't this make you happy happy?...lol...it does me....Lil Fashionette is such a little cutie...all decked out in her sunny and fun clothes...she's from Tickled Pink Stamps...Kelly is having a followers giveaway right now on the blog....hop over there and read all about it........I paired her up with the Rainbow Dreams Set from Tiddly Inks. It's the colored image and I used a Spellbinder die, added MS border punch and some stickles.....I made the background using Distress inks and just sponged it around a cloud template.... Well I do hope that you stop by and check out the rest of the teams work....they are always so inspiring.....Thanks for stopping by and have a sunny day!!!! Hugs from Charm City.....

StampIt Crazy Loopy Card

Well Happy Sunday....I can't believe the weekend is almost over with....where does the time go? Today I'd love to share with you my card for StampIt Crazy's Challenge....today is my last post for SIC. I have decided to step down from the team. I want to thank Barb for inviting me to be a part of her team. And to the rest of the Crazy ladies. You all are so sweet and very talented...Thank You for letting me a part of your team.....

Here are the deets for the challenge.......ENJOY!!!!!! 1...To make a Loopy Feeling Card. 2...Sentiment: (Any thing Goes) 3...All Entries must be in by 5:00pm Central Time January 29th and linked at SIC Winner will receive this great image Her Name is ALEX as USA Rubber Stamp or Overseas.. Digi from StampitCrazy

here's what I came up with....I used Alex digi from StampIt Crazy Store. I paired her up with some Making Memories metal tiles...these things have been in my stash like forever....and since we were making a loopy card, I decided to use the ribbon and loop it as a background mat....used Spellbinders dies and some other things from my stash.....this is actually how I feel right about now...loopy...dont know which way is up right now...lol...

Well that's all I have for today....I would also like to enter this into the challenge over at Macabre Monday.......it's not to often that I get to make a card for more than one challenge at a time...and it has been so long since I've been able to play with the Minions....so make sure you stop over there and check out the challenge and to see what their team has created....but make sure you stop back at SIC and see what the rest of my teammates made with this image....they are really great cards....Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a sunny Sunday....Hugs from Charm City....

Changing Lives--Tiddly Inks

Happy Saturday Morning Blogland....today I would love to share a card I made for the challenge over at Tiddly Inks...I know, can you believe it...I was able to play this week with a challenge...I have missed using Christy's images, and was really wanting to make a card....the challenge this week is "Just Be Me"....so I thought with things changing drastically here, I would use this gel greeting from Around the Block and built my card around that.....ENJOY!!!!!! here I used these darling images from Tiddy Inks called All My Heart Lilly Bean and the background heart digi paper (sorry I couldn't find a direct link for this)...I used alot of older products...Making Memories ribbon photo corners--Around the Block gel greeting--MS bird punch--Recollection brads and heart border punch--DoodleBug flowers--colored everything in with distress inks.... here I used a wine glass charm, took off the ugly beads and added these little letter beads...hung a key and lock for added movement....

I used a ball and chain to hang the greeting from the heart....

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Well that's all I have for today.....make sure you stop in tomorrow for my Stamp It Crazy Post...have a happy Saturday...Hugs from a chilly Charm City....

DudeTime Doodles--Inspiration Challenge--No Cards

WOOTY WOOT!!! Can you believe we are in for another challenge at DudeTime Doodles....for this challenge you make anything but a card and made for a Dude.....and you take your inspiration from the photo below or the projects that we've made over at DTD.........ENJOY!!!!!!!!

inspiration photo...when I looked at this photo I instantly thought, look at all those guys...and what better way to portray the male gender by making something that they love to do......drink beer....I needed something for my Brother-inlaw's 40th birthday in a couple of months.....

and here's what I came up with...it's a bag, money holder and a card....I used these way cool images from Bonibleaux Designs.......Ahoy Matey Set and the Ice Bucket..... here's the card....I used the ice bucket...colored it in with distress inks added a label from Spellbinder's and used s piece of printed transparency (unknown)....paper is from My Mind's Eye.. I love how the print on the paper at the top really goes along with the theme...lol.... and here's the little bag....I just made one out of cardstock, added the pattern paper , same as above.....Ahoy Matey I colored in with Marvy Markers.....I also stamped a Tim Holtz stamp onto shrink plastic and made a charm......

here's a closer view of the charm and the transparency over top of the ice bucket...

and here's the little money holder I concocted using a paper mache band-aid....here I used the other image in the Ahoy Matey set....what better way to start the evening out but with some drink money...lol....same piece of transparency and pattern paper...I used Tim Holtz metal numbers and metal door handle....

here's what it looks like as you pull the handle up.....more Tim Holtz products...and the spool that I wrapped the money onto is one I had from ribbon....love those little spools.....

here's it all the way out....I added more chain and a guitar pic that shows a different kind of picture when moved.....love that little find from the local 7-11 store....and another one of those metal flip tabs from Karen Foster....

just a closer view......

and here's the whole sha-bang..I wanted this to make noise inside so he would have no idea...lol....look at the skeleton guitar pick.....then look at the one below.......woot woot!!!! lol....

looks like he's even enjoying a beer....lol....

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Well thank's for stopping in today.....make sure you check out what the rest of the Dudette's came up with.....and then join in....what does that inspiration photo say to you.....Hugs from Charm City.....

PaperTake Weekly Ribbons and Pearls

Happy Tuesday...today I wanted to share this week's challenge over at PaperTake Weekly....this week your challenge is to use ribbons or pearls or both......our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter....make sure you pop on over there and check out the darling images she has for sale......ENJOY!!!!!

and here's what I came up with....I simply just love this image of Hilarious Cupid. For this one, I opted to use the colored image instead of coloring the black and white in. I also sewed a little tiny sack made from tea dyed muslin and added some m&m's inside.....paper from My Mind's Eye--acrylic hearts from Heide Grace--tag from Making Memories--I also cut the image out using Spellbinders dies--MS border punch....

just a view of the little goodie sack......

I bowed out the image mat and added brads for reinforcement to be able to slide the little sack into....

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Well that's all I have for today....make sure you stop over and see what the rest of the team has created for you this week.......Thanks for stopping in....Hugs from Charm City....

StampIt Crazy--It's all about the Fairy

Happy Sunday Morning blogland...and what a sweet morning it is....last night's football game between the STEELER's and the RAVENS is a sweet victory.....LET'S GO STEELER'S...LET'S GO!!!!!! BIG BEN and COMPANY came through once again. ....and on another note, I see that the 17 year old girl from Nebraska won the Miss America pageant last night....wooty woot woot!!!!...gooo Huskers....she is the youngest in history to win the title also...... And since today is Sunday, that means we have another challenge from StampIt Crazy.....it's all about the fairies.....here's the deets...ENJOY!!!!! 1. Must have fairy on it 2. Pink and Purple 3. Glitter & Ribbon 4. You get to win this great digi from Stampitcrazy! 5. Have your entries in by Jan 22, 2011 5:00 p.m. central time at SIC

and here's what I made using this darling fairy digi....isn't she just darling....I kept this one simple...I colored this in using Marvy LePlume markers added some stickles, used prima flourish a spellbinder's die with Anna Griffin pattern paper.....

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Well make sure you stop on by at SIC and check out what the rest of the team has created for you this week. Not to mention, Miss Barb is offering 50 rubberstamps to one lucky person who signs up to become a follower...that's alata stamps there....... ************* Thanks for stopping in today....I hope that everyone has a wonderful day filled with sunshine....Hugs from a cold Charm City.......

PaperTake Weekly Cold-n-Frosty Challenge

Happy Tuesday morn there peeps. Today is a new day for a new challenge from PTW. The challenge for this week is cold and frosty....this soo fits our weather right now...it's very cold...and starting later today, we have the snow front that you have probably already had or is getting, like us, on the East Coast. So how appropriate..... Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish. ......ENJOY!!!!

here I used Paul Penquin, Sammy Dah Snowman and In the Cold digi stamps. Paper from SEI --trees from cricket cart--greeting printed off my computer--and I actually colored everything in with Marvy LePlume markers.....highlighted with distress inks on the snow,trees and greeting.......

just a side view....

and here's a second card I made using this way too kewl image Eskimo Joe from Bonibleaux Designs. Although he's not released yet, you will be seeing him sometime in the future...did you know that when you are looking at an image in the store there, if you scroll down there's a tab with additional images to look at. I love this option. I don't know about you, but when I'm looking for new images, I love to have a finished project right next to it for a visual...it really puts an image into perspective....so hop over and see what I'm talking about....

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I also used the same paper as the one above..SEI....I used MS border punches--stickles--colored in image with distress inks--printed the greeting (which this will be us once again after today..lol)...and added a bunch of sparklies as snowflakes coming down....maybe a tad to many, but I do like it.....

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so stop on by at PTW and check out what the rest of the team has created.....we'd love for you to join in this week.....I hope you all have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by.....Hugs from a chilly Charm City.....

Oh wait---look at today's date....1-11-11.......

Couple Valentine's Cards

Happy cold and frosty Monday morning blogland....Just a quick post to share a couple of cards that's been sitting here on my desk....ENJOY!!!!!

Everything is old with the exception of the stamp (studio g)...paper from SEI..flowers prima...border punch Recollections...rhinestones from basic gray....

and here's a card that literally took me 10 minutes to make...how super simple is this....all materials are older products....rub on from royal flush...wooden heart from dollar store...how cute would this be to add some sort of candy sucker to inside...I might just do that with the rest of the wooden hearts...

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Well that's all I have for today....try to stay warm and safe....and thanks so much for stopping by....Hugs from Charm City

DudeTime Doodles Sketch #3 Challenge

This month at DTD, with love in the forecast, and in time for Valentine's day, to entice you into joining the Sketch Challenge, the design team is showcasing new images from Bonibleaux Designs "Will" You Marry Me? He's on one knee and he brought the bling; Ride Like the Wind "Rocky" is decked out in his leathers, showing his love for his Momma and looking to take you on the ride of your life; Zeke Zorro the passionate Spanish lover and Putt-Putt Hearts, which are a great accessory to any or all of these images. THE RULES You will have one week to flip the Sketch, twist the Sketch, work the Sketch and submit the Sketch. You are not required to use Bonibleaux Designs Digis although it would make us really really happy and giggle a lot if you did! MUST be a masculine themed card, you can use humor, innuendo, be a little naughty, sarcastic, but it has got to be for a DUDE! I am so happy to tell you that the awesome Ann V, creator of a beautiful collection of sentiments [digital word art] and custom watermarks that can be found at Raindrop Echo Designs and Hostess with the Mostest of Sentimental Sundays has generously provided three great prizes for this challenge and don't forget, the winners will receive a badge from Dude Time Doodles.

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here's the sketch for the challenge....do what you would like with it..... and this is Will.....will you marry me....lol....I totally love his expression on his face. And how the image is looking up at you....awesome imagetry..I also used Put Put Hearts.....I used paper from GCD Studios (Elle Blue)--Tim Holtz embossing--Making Memories definition sticker--Paper Studio alpha tiles (I think)--other..skeleton leaves crystals and pearl strands......

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So stop on by at DTD and check out what the rest of the team has created and play along.....Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you ahve a sunny day!!!! Hugs from Charm City....