StampIt Crazy Anything Challenge

Wooty Woot!!! It's Sunday blogland...and how is your holiday season going so far? Ours, way behind schedule...and I mean, WAY!!! Lol...I hope yours is better....and it's warmer in your part of the land....cuz' it's cold here....

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Well it's Sunday and that means FOOTBALL..lol....(go Steelers)......no but really, a new challenge from StampIT Crazy....I received this image from Barb and new it was going to be a Happy Happy project....doesn't she just make you smile....lol...anything goes for this challenge...so come on over and play along with all of us this week.......ENJOY!!!!!!!

she's so happy.....I used copics to color her in stamped some snowflakes--Inkadinkado...greeting-- Studio G...paper--Cosmo Cricket...

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Well have a wonderful Sunday...try to keep warm....Hugs from Charm City....

PaperTake Weekly Christmas Birthday

Happy FAH-REEEEEEZING Blogland....Today is the day for PTW's new challenge. It's a cute one and I had fun with this...It's a Christmas Birthday challenge...using winter theme/images--white--cool tones-stuff like that....I actually have 2 birthdays coming up this week (both of our older daughters are this week..1 day apart) and this was perfect for those cards....but to date, I've only made one of them ( I know--bad Mommie...lol)..the one below......ohhh can't forget, we are sponsored by Wiff of Joy....make sure to take a gander over there and grab some goodies........ENJOY!!!!!

Now isn't she just precious....very simple yet elegant....I used Christmas Princess from Tiddly Inks....birthday stamp from Inkadinkado--6 MS border punches and 3 cuttlebug embossing folders....other--pearls, ribbon and snowflakes ...

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Well that's all for today....I do hope that everyone has a warm and sunny day...stop over and see what the rest of the team has for you....so much inspiration......thanks for stopping in...Hugs from Charm City.......

Paper Cubed--To Do List/Organizer

Holy Moly...it's that time again...I can't believe a whole month has already flew by....This month at P3 the challenge is to make a to do list/organizer...now, we all know, we have them being mother's/wives and all...so why not join in this month with us.....ENJOY!!!!!!

For my project I decided I needed a Schedule with all of my holidays things in one place....so I used this $1 journal book I purchased from Michael's and am using it....I used this darling image from Tiddly Inks --Christmas Avenger....I just love these Avenger images that Christy makes....I also used an owl from Jolee's Boutique that I colored in silver with my paint pen. I used a little globe to add the greeting and trees along with some glitter and beads.....

just a side view...I haven't added the separate thingies yet so I know what section is what....... closer view of the globe with the glitter and beads.....

this is just the inside.....super duper simple....I tried to stay away from bulk.....

************************** well that's all I have for this post...I hope that you will stop by and check out what the team has come up with....they are chucked full of inspiration.....thanks for stopping by ....hugs from Charm City....

PaperTake Weekly--Sketch #51 Challenge

Woot Woot!!! It's another week for a great challenge over at PTW. This week we are doing a sketch challenge...It's a simple but good one....and we are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. They offer a wide range of products....so hop on over and see what kind of Christmas goodies you can get......ENJOY!!!!!!

here's the sketch...how fun is this...the possibilities are so endless....

and this is what I came up with....it's a 2"fer...lol....it's that time of year and I love to make home made boxes and things to stuff presents in for my family and friends...I'm thinking this set will go to my nephew who's 13...maybe not though....anywho, I used the sketch on the card and sort of on the milk carton....the stamps are Darcie's (#pol 12 set) except for the tag those are from Studio G....and the template for the milk carton came from here....remember I posted a box I made the other day for Stamp It Crazy (just scroll down and you can see it)? Well I found the link and you can go and make one yourself....but for the milk carton I used the same directions for the big box and just added an extra score mark.....and then kind of folded in the sides a bit to form a carton.....and this my friend was found by making a mistake when I was following the directions....I really like how big this is...the other cartons are abit smaller in size and you can't pack as much stuff inside them.....

here's the card....I just love this snowman pirate.....I just kept this real simple since a teenager is going to get it....they normally are all about the gift and not the packaging...lol....I colored in the images with Prisma Pencils.....

the carton...I just folded down the tab at the top (which is actually one of the score marks on the instructions) and added a clip to keep it together....

here's a side view.....I truly love how this turned out....and I'm sure you'll be seeing more of these this holiday season...hope you don't get to sick of them.....

Well, I want to thank you for stopping in today...make sure you stop and see what the rest of the team has created...they always amaze me week after week with their creativity.....Hugs from Charm City....

Stamp It Crazy--Snow

WOOT WOOT!!! It's Sunday and that means it's Craaaaazy Time....lol....This week at Stamp It Crazy we are making "SNOW"...know you all know how much I love snow....so this was a perfect challenge for me...It's a free for all with the exception you must use glitter........ENJOY!!!!!!

we were given this image to use for this week......and this quote is just so fitting for it to.....I kept this real simple and let the image speak for itself....Basic Gray paper--Sizzix embossing--MS border punches--distress inks and stickles....

just a closer view of the embossing.... and here's the inside......the rest of the quote....like I mentioned, a real simple card....and I like it....lol...... ********************** Make sure you stop by and check out the rest of the teams creations.....and then pop over to the store...Barb has some really great stamps, digi and rubber.........thanks for stopping in today...Hugs from Charm City....

Happy Wednesday everyone. I wanted to share this magnolia card that I made using stamps that I received from the sweet Suzanne from Scrap Bitz. And if by chance you don't know her or have never visited her blog, let me tell you, you are in for a real treat. This is a must stop place and hang out. So much wealth of information, tutorials and videos that she graciously shares with everyone. Not to mention the inspiration in unbelievable. So go gander over and see for yourself....thank you --you are the sweetest......these stamps are just FABO!!!!! And if you're interrester in purchasing these stamps you can pop over to the Magnolia-licious store and order them. There were 3 stamps total that I received from Suzanne and they are the Jungle Tilda, Jungle Car and Waterfall Background. This card is actually a thank you card. I love to do beachy scenes and although it's a jungle theme with Tilda and the car, on the inside I changed it up abit. I thought this would be such a great way to use these stamps other than what they were intended for. My thinking was to use the jungle stamps as you travel the jungle to get to your destination which is at the beach somewhere with the inside Tilda being the Hula girl....But the possibilities are endless. So what do you think? Do you think the front goes along with the inside? Thanks so much for stopping by and I would love your input.....have a great Wednesday...Hugs from Charm City..... all the coloring was done with distress inks...and I used alot of the new colors that Tim Holtz came out with a couple weeks back. I just love all of the new colors too...they are way too fun...and the Martha Stewart border and corner punch, well that leaves alot to be desired...lol...I still haven't gotten the hang of that yet... and here's the inside...the flowers colors were changed using distress inks to....thanks for taking a peek today!!!!

A Maggie Set and other's

Happy snowy Sunday peeps. And let me tell you, it's a snowy one here in Charm City. I understand that we ended up with 24" of snow from Friday and Saturdays' snow fall. Ouch!!! That was huge. And I think it's the biggest in history if I'm not mistaken. You should see it. It took all day yesterday to shovel the drive and walks in front of the house (and we still didn't get the main walk finished). And at the end of the drive it's like a brick wall of snow. Haven't even made it that far yet. We were hoping the plow trucks would come through before we would have to get out there and shovel it. Ok Debbie and Betty, thank you so much for your wonderful pretty stuff, but you REALLY could have kept it this time....lol...as much as I love snow (and I really do) this was just abit to much. Even for someone like myself. I don't have photos yet, but I plan on taking some later today. So onto something more fun..... I opted out of making anything for challenges this week and decided that I just wanted to play some to see what I could come up with. The cards/set posted below is what I made. Enjoy!!!!

here's a birthday set....made the box from scratch.....it really didn't turn out like I had envisioned either. here's the birthday card using the Tilda with the candle stamp...I cut the candle off and added the balloons...I also used distress refillable inks to color her in and did a light layer of vintage photo over the top with a sponge tool to give her the aged look...

this is the top of the box...so much going on.... more than I wanted...

box with the drawer open....

other side...I used a set of stamps from Autumn Leaves...and dyed the flower using distress ink Broken China...the flower is from the craft store that actually was pink in color...

here's is what I made to pull the drawer open. It's a handmade flowerette...I used the 6 petal flower from Paper reflections added my paper front and back side to match and cut and glued into a flower. The instructions for this is on Tim Holtz's blog under his 12 tags of Christmas from this year. I opted out of adding the center part and added some ribbon instead. The center is abit tricky but is manageable. ...lol...I made one on the card below with the Sugar Nellie card. It took alittl while to figure it out but this old gal did it...lol....

here's one I made using, yep, you guessed it, one of the few Maggie stamps I have...lol...different day, different color and setting....lol....I really am in love with scene cards, so I thought I'd dig out my StampScapes stamps and play some with her. I used all distress ink refills again except on the bench. I used Prisma pencils for that...

Deets for these stamps:

tree trunk, pebbles and tall grass---Stampscapes

trailer--Inkadinkado

pine trees--A stamp in the hand

bench--unknown

quote--Tim Holtz

and of course my Maggie stamp....

everything was stamped onto watercolor paper....

last but not least--here's a card with a Sugar Nellie stamp. I used the Tim Holtz flower tutorial (as posted above) and used the Marvy flower punch to make the rose, See d's for greeting, Sizzix for the leaves and parchement dies...and Nesabilities for the frame.... She really didn't turn out and I'm not sure that I really care for this card. I think the color red on the stamp is what is throwing me off. I just couldn't get a color to match the paper like I had wanted to...she's a little to red...lol...and I think the leaves are abit to big for that stamp too....oh well,--- she'll go in the box and sit....

Well that's it for today...I think we are going to try and clean up our broken canopy on the patio outback. With the weight of the snow it totally collasped it. BROKEN...I couldn't believe my eyes when I seen that...my heart sank...what does one do in a case like this but clean up and move on. That just gives us a justified reason to buy a new one this year... :O) ....well have a great day, hope you're all safe and warm....hugs from Charm City....

More Christmas Cards/Bags

Good morning peeps---as promised I have a few more things that I've made these past couple of weeks. Yesterday was a little hectic here as DH and our little one stayed home. They both are once again sick. I just can't believe how they have gotten sick a few times already this season. But we did manage to go out and get our tree yesterday only to bring it home to sit on the patio for the night. I'm hoping to bring it in the house so it can fall (as is needed for a real tree) before we decorate it in a couple days. So for today I'm hoping to get all of the Christmas boxes out of the attic and start the decorations for the house. I know, it's abit late, but we are always "late bloomers"...lol... Lately I have been listening to books on cd's. It's a new addiction that I have right now. And I wanted to share this new series that I have been listening to. I just love mystery/murder novels. And this set of series from Diane Mott Davidson is really kind of cool. The novels are abit slow, but once you get into them are really great. They are about a caterer, Goldie, who has so many mishaps in her business that she gets closed down from the health board/police department for various things. And it seems like murder always followers her no matter where she has a catering gig at. But what I found really cool with these novels that at the end of them, she actually shares the recipes that she mentions in the novel. And the how to's. The best part is that I get all of my books on cd's from the library. I go through and I check them out all at once so I have the whole series (well most of them..the library doesn't carry every single one). So if you are a reader or listener (as I am) and you are into mystery/murder novels this is a series you should check out. She (Goldie) is so funny. She's devorced (who's family is wacked beyond belief) with an adelecent son... and marries a detective in one of the books. Who is just so laid back it isn't even funny. After this series, I'm looking for a new one. Does anyone have any suggestions? Are there any that you have read/listened to that you just loved? Please share... Well here are the projects posted below....Enjoy!!! Remember you can click on the photos for a better view....... this first one is a box that I made using the Tags Bags and Boxes Cricut cart. I used the match2 cut at 8 1/2" for the top and 8 1/4" for the bottom to make like a shirt box. But instead of keeping the card seperately, I actually glue it to the top of the box for the decoration. I also used a frame cut from the Storybook cart and trimmed the sides and used them for the card as well. I stamped the santa, colored it in with Distress inks, added stickles glitter glue and added Tim Holtz clear tiles and cut them out only using a portion of the stamped image for the front of the card. The paper is from Cosmo Cricut. this is a side view this is the card partially opened. I have to say that I really love how this one turned out.

this is another set I made using the same directions as above for the box and instead of using a frame from the Storybook cart I used the flower and circle from the George cart. The sign was made using My Community cut at 5" and the letters were cut from, well I don't remember...lol..(it's an age thing..) if I don't write it down at that moment, I forget..sorry

this is the card.......I used the puff embossing powder for the reindeer and the letters (on the box).

this is the front of the box

just a closer view of the puff embossing powder..I am really loving this stuff...

here's just a box, same cuts as above, and I just added paint and some diamond dust to the chipboard ornament from Cosmo Cricket..Just a simple little box...

just a side view....

a little closer view of the diamond dust...sometimes it's really hard to see it in photos....

and here's a little card I made using up this sticker I've had for years. Don't know if I really care for the outcome of this card though. I used the frame from STorybook cut at 4" and the snowflakes from Winter Woodland cut at 2 1/2" and 1 1/2"

Well that's it for today. I hope to be back in a day or two with a few more projects. Have a warm and happy Tuesday...hugs from Charm City

Caardvarks and The Pink Elephant Challenges

Here's a couple cards I made for the Caardvarks circle challenge and another for The Pink Elephant's color challenge. Enjoy!!! this is the outside of the card wild card--circle card blackout--5 3/4" and birds--2 3/4" paper dolls--fence--1 1/2" plantin schoolbook--flower border--1 1/2" zoolballo--clouds--2 1/2" and trees--4" and 5" pooh and friends--kite--2" stretch y. imag.--birdhouse--1 1/2" this is the inside of the card this is the card I made for The Pink Elephant challenge for last week. I didn't get a chance to post it for the challenge though...we were asked to use brown, yellow, nuetrals and a color of our choice. Well that's if for today. Have a great week ahead...hugs from a very warm and sunny Charm City...

2S4Y and C4C6 Challenge

Just a quick post tonight. I am off to bed here soon. I've been up since 1:30 a.m. and am very tired. I wanted to get this card I made for Laura's sketch 36 over at 2S4Y . I have missed playing along with the sketch challenges lately and wanted to make sure I did this fun one. Here's the card I made. I used Heidi Grace's Halloween papers along with Quick Kutz embossed spider webb--Cuttlebug dots folder---and a 2" circle (8 of them to make the flower) origami flower and used black glass beads for the center. I also added black rhinestones as little accents. This is a card for the C4C6 challenge over at Crazy for Challenges. The challenge was to do a Thankful/Thanks kind of card. I used the stamps from Inkadinado and added some glittler glue to them. The saying was from Inque Boutique. This is so not me, but you know, I really like the simplicity of it. I've been working on a circle journal book lately and I'm almost finished so I can send it off this week to the first person. I am sooooo excited about this swap. I have always wanted to do a swap like this but could never find anyone who wanted to do it. The theme for my book is none other than "sketches"...I thought this would be such a handy tool to have on my desk to get inspiration from. I can't wait to see what everyone else has come up with. I'll post my book sometime this week. Well, have a great Saturday evening and I'll see ya soon!!!! Hugs from Charm City

Happy Birthday America--and A Pink Elephant Challenge

Woohoo...don't you just love a birthday party.... I do... Our DD is having a party at her house today...I think we are going to stay home tonight and not do fireworks. I did however buy some for our little one, but she's staying over at her sisters house. So maybe we will do those next weekend and I'll let her have some friends over and do some swimming and roast marshmellows. Sounds like a plan---Stan...lol...that has been in my head for weeks now...I don't know what the song is, but it kind of goes like, take a little plan Stan don't need to rush no, hell, I don't remember the words... drop off the key Lee and set yourself Free...lol...I think I had heard that on the radio one morning and can't seem to get it out of my head....anyone know the title/words?

On a lighter note, The Pink Elephant is having another challenge. I soo love their challenges. Even though I have only done one and now this is my second, I really enjoy their blog and challenges. This weeks challenge is to use your Favorite Color Combo ...how awesom is that. No sketch, so anything goes, just using your favorite colors. Here's what I came up with. I thought with the 4th coming up this week that I would make a July 4th BBQ invite card. I got out and dusted off my Sizzix red and yellow dies and even used 2 $1.00 stamps that I picked up at AC Moore for this card.

Just a super dupper easy card. I also used my Cuttle Bug and embossed the background of the card and the stars. I have always loved these color combos together. As red is my fav. color and the earth tones reminds me of the beach with black making everything pop off of the page. I even made a layout with the same colors. I had these on my bench so I thought I would take these photos that I just took earlier this week and use them.

The pictures in the photos below I took in our backyard. I did a make shift photo studio with white sheets, our wooden picnic table and our little ones sheer canopy that hangs from the ceiling over top of the bed , strung up from the tree...lol...nothing better than natual lighting...then I did a 4th of July set with our little one and the baby.

(I used 2 clear stamps from KI Memories to make the borders)

these are of our eldest daughter and her little man.. Our first of MANY to come photo shoots. ...heehee...he is so going to hate to come to MeMe's house..

I have to laugh when I look at this photo of him above. If looks could kill...

I tell ya, in the one below, he has such a great set of lungs. He just loves to take a bath, but when we put him in the pool, he didn't want anything to do with it.

Well that's all I have for today. Remember to be safe, have a great time and use tons of sun screen. It's going to be a scorcher today here in Charm City....Hugs....

GO STEELERS!!!!!!! Super Bowl here we come

lol...I just had to throw that in there...I am soo happy that they beat the Ravens in yesterday's game. Although I live here in Maryland, I still love my all time favoriet STEELERS!!! So wish them luck. Even if you're not a Steelers fan, come on show them a little "love"...my husband has lately. But I think that's only because his Cowboys didn't make it and he truly does not like the Ravens...lol...

Other than that, how's everyone been doing lately? Me, just abit busy here and trying to work on some cards and such lately. I finally was able to get some photos taken of them and thought I'd share them with you all.

These projects I made using my Pazzles machine. I've had this machine for awhile now and have put it on the back burner. I thought it was so complicated and just didn't have the time to figure it out with the holidays and my computer crashing on me. So with alittle inspiration from Jody (over at Hallmark Scrapbook) I got it out and have been playing. It's a great machine and can do so much more than the Cricut can. Although I love love love my big E, this machine might become one of my new favorites once I get to know all of the functions. Regina has made so many tutorials over at Hallmark Ladybug Blog....stop on over and check out all that she has shared with us. And while you're at it check out the rest of the Ladybugs tutorials...they have some awesom ones that they have all shared...and from there check out the store at Hallmark Scrapbook .....they are running a sale, and if you see at the top of the page, there no payment for 90 days. But you need to check into that too. So if you're interested in purchasing the Pazzles machine, this would be a great time to do it. With income tax money coming back soon and all...and it's easier than I thought

So here's what I made using the Pazzles machine and the paper piecing animals, paper piecing children and the bags and boxes cd's.

above used the paper piecing animals cd

above were made using the clipart that came with the Pazzles software. (Mouth and photo corners)

(above) this was the paper piecing children cd and the bags and boxes. It's an envie made into a box. All of the different ones that come on the cd are awesom. I can't wait to get to play even more with them. I have another project finished, but you'll have to wait til this week. Sorry..

Here's a little set above I made for the challenge on the Hallmark Scrapbook message board. We were asked to use a kitty or a doggie cut from any of the Cricut carts. Come and have some fun and play along with us. We would love to see you there.

Almost all of the papers used on the above projects I purchased them from Ustamp4Fun. They are the Stampin Up's Love kit. And let me tell you, the papers are to die for. Have you ever had so much inspiration from a set of papers before? I just couldn't stop. These papers were just talking to me....lol....not to mention, stamps and punches. I have never purchased a kit before, so this was my first. And I used my little Tim Holtz paper distresser for all of the edges of the projects. Love love that little tool...

here's a little card playing around with a digi kit that I downloaded from the internet. I am so sorry that I can't remember who's kit it is, so I can give proper credit....sorry.... I also used mica to cover the vintage image alittle.

and last but not least, here's a little card playing around with the Wild Card Cricut cart. It's such a fun one and I can't wait to play alittle more. I did a backwards stitch with some silky ribbon to outline the heart, embossed the inner heart and the card with the Cuttlebug embossing plates, crackle paint and grungeboard (number 4) and added pop dots to the backside of the inner heart to give it some heigth...

Well that's it for this posting. If you've made it this far, thanks so much for hangin out with me.... I hope that everyone has a great week ahead and remember to SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE STEELERS!!!!! YAH!!!! GO STEELERS!!!! lol...

Hugs from a very chilly Charm City