Thinking of You

This is my second post for today. If you came here looking for the Burtonesque Dolls blog hop and blog candy scroll down. You will find it below. I wanted to share this little card I made the other day using the sweet barefoot Tilda. It turned out to be super simple. And it's not even a scene card...can you believe that!!!! *smile*..I actually really like the simplicity to....the image is actually cut out and added to a nestability cut...the paper is from 7 Gypsies and I colored in the image with distress re-inkers...well I hope you all have a wonderful day and if you have time scroll down below and take our blog hop. It's our first day and we would love for everyone to join us....Hugs from a very wet Charm City........

The Burtonesque Dolls Blog Hop

Good morning blog land. Today is our day for the dolls. Betty scheduled a hop for us today to showcase a project from all of the dolls. I do hope that you will gander to every one's blog and look at their creations.

If you came here from Nicole's blog then you are on the right track. But if you started with mine, you need to go back to the beginning at The Burtonesque's Blog. Betty has a little game going on. The first one to go from blog to blog, in order and collect a quote from each one, then head back to the Burtonesque Doll's blog, complete the quotes in order and tell her what movie they all come from will win her blog candy from the dolls blog...how fun is this!!!! So make sure you start at the beginning....

So here is my card I made for the hop. I stamped this scene from a variety of stamps to make it. Then colored it in with distress re-inkers. I printed the clip art of Jack from my computer that I found on the net.

So next you will be going to Suzi's blog. She's posted an awesome card to. And make sure you get the quote on her blog. So for my blog here this is what you need to collect: the room started to swell, to shiver and creak....that's all you have to collect from me.....good luck!!!

I am also offering some blog candy myself. All you have to do is post a comment to this post. That's it. Although, if you would like to become a follower that would be nice to. I will ship anywhere. And if you are posting anonymously make sure you leave your e-mail for me in case you are the lucky winner.

The candy consists of:

Autumn Leaves Gypsy style clear stamps and ink pad

Tim Holtz little metal lunch box Making Memories keys, blossoms and vintage ribbon tags

See D's lil Mother's Day stamp set

I will leave this up until Friday April 30th and post the winner on Saturday May 1st....

Thanks for stopping in today. I hope you have fun with our first blog hop over at TBD blog. Good luck!!!! Hugs from a very wet Charm City!!!!

I Came, I went, I Shopped--Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge

I am so sorry, I just couldn't resist this for this card. When I put this card together I had no idea what I was going to put for the greeting. Or what I was going to put behind the fence. (I do that a lot, put the card together before I know what I want to use.) The only thing that came to mind was, let's go shopping. But I didn't want the same, boring greeting as I have used on previous cards and wanted to step it up a knotch....*smile*...so I was flipping through my Ultimate guide to the perfect word book, and came across this greeting and sentiment (posted behind the fence) and thought, how fitting for so many of us out there in blog land. If by some reason you don't have this book, I would highly suggest having it. I purchased mine at Michael's and I'm pretty sure they still have them. Anywhoo--I made this card for the sketch challenge over at Magnolia-licious Highlites blog. The every umber creative Claudia supplied the sketch for this challenge. So if you find yourself looking for something to do, hop over and do this challenge. I just hope I did it justice. I purchased my Maggie stamps ( Tilda with bike--beach fence and the ever so cool general store) stamps from the sweet Miss Diana over at Magnolia-licious Store. Come on, you all know you want to have these in your stash of stamps (if you don't already). They are so fun and versatile. You can use them in so many other ways than what they are intended for. Look at the beach fence--I didn't use that for a beach card, or the general store stamp if you want trim off the general store part at the top and use it for something else. Just a couple ideas.... Well we are off today for our niece's 4th birthday party. Oh how I Love little kid's parties. I just love to see the little one's having such a blast, laughing and smiling and getting all of that cake over their faces. Priceless memories....Enjoy!!!!

I used all distress re-inkers to color everything in....pop dotted the cute little Tilda up....and printed greeting off the computer...I also used those thingies from Karen Foster brads that have those loops so you can tie something together. I just trimmed those off. I really wanted these brads because of the texture to make it look like something you would see as a closure on a fence....and I just added stickles here and there to give it some interest.

here's the open view...I actually stamped the beach fence twice on each side to get the length I needed and just trimmed off what I didn't need...then matted it onto black card stock and trimmed but left the black card stock longer on the ends so that it would wrap around and underneath the matted store stamp...

I also added black card stock to the backing of these stamps. I just figured it made it look more finished. .....

Some really exciting news is that the design team is up over at Burtonesque Dolls Blog. We are gearing up for a hop next Tuesday April 27th at 12 am...so hop over and check out the amazing team that Betty put together. And don't forget to hop back on the 27 th to check out the blog hop. She's put together a prize package and I know the team will also be having candy that day on their blogs. This will be such an amazing journey with these dolls...and I can't wait.... every Tuesday will be a new challenge posted..so make sure you all come back for those---

Well--I hope you all have a wonderful day...I know we will other than the raining days ahead of us here...Hugs from a wet and chilly Charm City....

Birthday Wishes Card and Box Set

Happy Thursday...today I'd like to share with you a card and box that I made using my Pazzles machine. I got the file (cutesy cover) from My Time Made Easy. It was a free download file and I just did a download for my Pazzles (WPC file). There were other options to use for other machines and even a PDF file so you could print this off and just use your scissors. I resized this to fit onto a 12X12 piece of paper otherwise it cuts it at 8.5X11. Thank you Lauren for this freebie...but I do have to say between the two of them (the card and box) they just don't flow. I think my problem with them are the flowers. One is a pastel pink and the other is a cherry color...so I'm thinking of removing the pink flower on the card and changing it out to match the other one or just making another card...If you get a chance pop on over to her site and check out the other templates she has. Some very creative ones to play with....The Tilda with violin I received from Diana from the Magnoliacious store. Thank you Diana!!!! Go and check out all of the new collection of stamps that Miss Diana has gotten in. They look so pretty. I want so many of them, but I just can't justify buying some right now. But I do have a birthday, anniversary and even Mother's Day is coming soon....get my hint...lol.... Anywhoo, I want to thank everyone that stopped by yesterday and left me a comment on my Edwin card. Didn't he look dapper sittin in his chair? And many thanks for answering my question about the borderabilities...I got it...you know, the light bulb went off...lol....and I went DUH!!!! LOL...thank you!!!!Thanks for stopping in today and I hope everyone has a lovely day...I do have a couple more scene cards to post soon (still trying to get them finished) and a couple of other cards that I used my dusty materials on, so come back again tomorrow, I'll post more....Enjoy!!!!! see what I mean about the flow...it just doesn't work for me....what do you think....seriously...does it flow for you? just a little closer view of the card.... here's the box...the butterflies I cut using the clipart from my Pazzles machine...a little tip: When I put my things together like boxes and such, I don't normally use my regular adhesive. I use what I call wet glue. Aleene's tacky glue. I have foud that this is perfect for this. Once this is dry it makes your project feel like you used cardboard instead of cardstock. Oh and also, I forgot to delete the performation marks before I cut it out (which you really don't have to) and I had to use book binding tape (Making Memories) for added support, so it wouldn't fall apart down the road...did that make any sense? If you click on the photo you can see what I mean by the marks.... open view...I have 2 bottles of 4.5 fl. oz bottles of lotion and body wash with room to spare inside...it turned out pretty tall...I have so many ideas for this....for the closure I used a purse snap closure that I got out of the purse section at Joann's...

Well that's it for today....Hugs from Charm City....

Just Because

Good morning...well chilly willy morning here...I thought spring was here, but it seems like it's taken a bit of a vacation...lol....I wanted to pop in here and share a card I had made with Edwin. I can't seen to remember what everyone calls this type of card, but I was finally able to make one. I really enjoyed all of the cards I had seen on the net and thought I'd give a go at one. But before I show you the card I do have a question about the borderabilities from Spellbinders.

Here's my question: how do you get the border to cut out fully on both sides? It seems like only one side will cut and I have to go in with my scissors and finish the opposite side. Is this right? Did I get a bum die? Or is there a trick to using these dies? I have gone to Spellbinders site and snooped around but for the life of me couldn't find anything that could help. Any help would be greatly appreciated....

Now onto my card. I hope you enjoy peeking as I did making this card.....Enjoy!!!!!

here's the front of the card...I used my nesties to make the window and border. Edwin, chair and house scene are from Magnolia and the curtains, plant and rug are from Doodle Factory Boudoir collection, paper from DCWV and flowers are from Prima......on the side there's a tag that pulls out for my journaling...

just a closer view....

side view....

view with the tag pulled out...I added a little red acrylic heart (Heidi Grace) to the corner of the tag...

Thanks for stopping in today. Hugs from a soon to be wet Charm City.....

The Wizard of Oz and an Award

Good morning....I would like to share an 8X8 double page layout I made for the circle journal book swap that I'm in. We were asked to make a layout about your favorite movie when you were a child. I have to say I have a couple, but this is my all time favorite. I had no idea how I was going to make this either. I did however find a sticker sheet and that is what I used. I aslo made a pull out tag with my journaling...I hope that she will like this in her book....sorry for the photos too....lighting wasn't the best....

here's the 2 pages together...

the left side....

the right side....

this is how I made the pull out tag.....

this is how I made the page tab and numbers..I've always liked to have a little way to turn the pages in my books so I thought I'd add this to her book too...

I was just over joyed when I received this blogger award from the lovely Scrappin Lil Creative Side .... if you get a chance pop on over to her blog and check it out. She makes some lovely layouts and cards too.....Thank you so much Lil for thinking of me and sending this award to me. It simply made my day. I'm so sorry that it took me a little longer to share this to...

Now I need to reveal 7 things about myself and send this to 15 other people....but I have to say that I just love everyone's blogs that I visit. I get so much inspiration from all of your lovely works of art and I would be tickled pink if you would like to take this award and share it on your blog and pass it on to. So here goes, my 7 things...I don't know if you already know these things but I'll share them....

1...I want world peace and no more hunger for all of mankind.

2...I go to the beach all of the time, but can't stand the sun...or should I say, the sun doesn't like me.

3...when I was younger I had always dreamed of being a truck driver...you know after BJ and the Bear show...lol...so when I grew up, one of my boyfriends was a truck driver...he owned his own small fleet...and it's really not all cracked up to be what I had thought it would be.... 4...I use to play track, volleyball, basketball and softball in school.And get creamed by my brothers and their friends at football...lol...

5...a secret dream---I have always wanted to be good enough to be a "paid" artist....

6...I'm from a family of 5 children...3 boys and 2 girls...from Tecumseh, Michigan..as they say the swamp land...which in turn ,turned out to be farm land...very rich soil...and the ever so famous Chief Tecumseh from the Shawnee indian tribe.

7...my very first car was a VW Rabbit..I use to have to plug it in to the wall to get it charged for the battery...oh how we have come a long way...lol...

Well that's all I have for today...I hope everyone has a lovely rest of the week...I'm going to try and get some photos taken of some other cards I've made and share them later....Hugs from a very sunny Charm City....

2nd Post for today

I just wanted to pop in here and mention that the Tickled Pink Stamper has some blog candy on their blog right now. There is only a few things you need to do. And while you're there, make sure you check out their DT postings...the work that the team is sharing is simply just amazing. So much eye candy there you have simply just got to run over and check it out. Here's a link to check out their blog.... Tickled Pink Stamper Have a great Monday!!!!

Wishing you a Very Happy Day

Good morning blogland. I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. Ours was a spring cleaning mode around here and then we spent Sunday with family for our Easter dinner. It was such a beautiful day outside to. We had a wonderful time with everyone. Other than that we have just been trying to get things done around our home to get it ready for summer. Getting the flowers planted and revamping the patio since we lost our canopy during the winter storms. Our tiki bar weathered through it but she's a bit distressed to...so the card above is one that I made just because. I was trying to use the Van Gogh technique on the background but didn't achieve much of it. Although I do like how it turned out. I used distress re-inkers to color everything in....the card below is a Sugar Nellie...isn't she just soo pretty? This was another quick card just adding what ever I grabbed from my dusty stash. Well that's all I have for today. Thanks for stopping by and for your comments. They really make my day....have a great week.....hugs from a very beautiful Charm City....

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge #23

Happy sunny Monday. I hope everyone else is having a lovely sunny spring day as ours has started out being. It's suppose to be in the 80's today and sunny..a far cry from what we were getting a month ago with all of the snow we were dealing with. But hey, I am so not complaining. I'm loving this. Now if we could just get better here in our home. I'm feeling better, it's just the energy hasn't caught up yet. DH is still abit under with that darn ol' flu bug, but I think he's coming around. So the card below is for the challenge over at Kraftin Kimmie's challenge blog. It's called getting punchy...hop on over and join in. And make sure you stop in at the store and check out all of those awesom and very adorable stamps....it's getting that time for another release also, so keep an eye open for that.....I colored all images in with distress re-inkers and that little leather thingy at the bottom is half of a bracelet that I purchased at 7-11 one day...I just tore it apart and used it for this card....lol.....well that's all I have for today. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter yesterday and that your bellies aren't feeling all of that chocolate....hugs from a very springy day here in Charm City.....

Happy Easter

Happy Easter blog land. Just a real quick post this morning to share this paper bag that I made this morning. Sorry the photo isn't better.....I was literally sitting here at 7 am. at the puter blog hoppin and realized I needed another bag/Easter basket.....it's not the best, but I think he'll like it. It's for my nephew and he loves to fish. I had colored this fishing shed last week and just didn't know what I wanted to do with it. I thought it was perfect for a young man that likes to fish and get goodies...lol....the fishing shed I got from Magnolia-Licious Store, the bunny, greeting and the egg border at the bottom are from the $1 bin at Michaels and the tag is from the peony cut from Spellbinders.....and make sure you pop on over to Magnolia-licious Highlites blog and check out the challenge....thanks for stopping by and I do hope everyone has a wonderful Easter.....Hugs from a very SWEET and SUNNY Charm City....

6 Cards and a Layout

Happy rainy Monday...lol...not that's it's happy here, but it is rainy...I have to say that I got the bug...the flu bug that is...so this will be short and sweet. I just needed to get up out of bed and sit instead of laying down...so I thought I'd share these cards and a layout that I made last week. It seems like I have just been posting once a week with everything that I've made the previous week. So I hope you all don't mind it all at once.... Well I'm off and back to bed for abit. I hope everyone has a wonderful week ahead and many many thanks for stopping by and for your comments. They all make my day!!!!! Hugs from Charm City.......ENJOY!!!!!!

this is DH and our little grandbaby on a visit here a couple years back when we all went on vacation to the beach....I still need to add the journaling to finish it....I also made this using a sketch from Jana's Sketches...pop on over and check them out...they are all very inspiring...

this one turned out way busy....don't know if I like the outcome or not yet....

this was made with a no holds bar...what ever I grabbed that's what went on this card....old SEI paper and remember those deco scissors? Yep, I used them instead of the border punches...

and I have to say that I just love this little fella...he's a digi stamp from Dustin Pike. I just adore all of his digi's, but haven't used them yet. I made this into a paper piecing and used it for a card....isn't he just the cutest....

here's a cute little card I made with a stamp I received from Kimmie for winning her challenge a few weeks back. She is just so darling....thanks Kimmie...I really loved the package you sent ...here's the link to the store if you wanted to pop on over and check out the rest of the stamps...they are to die for....and if you wanted to join in on the fun with the challenges you can check them out here.

I thought this would make for a cute thank you card for our little one to send her Grandmother. It's a little premature, but my Mother in law wants to take her to this tea and crimpet little place one afternoon for the two of them to have tea together. So I figured why not be ahead of the game....simple but that stamp is ever so cute...I also used my scor-pal that I received from Diana....thanks Diana....I will be using this more in the future...this is such an awesom tool and I can't wait to make some things with it.... here's a card I actually made for a challenge over at Moxie Fab World . It's not very good though....

now, last but not least, here's another-- just add whatever...I can tell you, I don't like this one at all...I think the orange flowers are my problem..I think it needs green there instead....what do you all think? It just doesn't flow for me....

New Magnolia Cards St Pattys Day Party and some News

Happy Monday....I hope you don't mind but this will probably end up being a long post. I wanted to share some photos of our trip to the beach to party with friends for St. Patty's Day, some new cards that I made last week and some awesom news. I hope everyone had a great weekend. Ours here was just a beauty. The sun was shining and it was warm. We started the clean up of our patio of tearing down our bamboo canopy that the storms had totally demolished. Not to mention all of the other things it ruined in the process. DH has decided to build a pergela (SP?). He wants it to be sturdy. No more canopys. But I have some reservations. He's not a builder. I remember when we had a dog shortly after we purchased our home, he tried to build a doghouse for her. She tore it down as fast as he could build it...lol...I still chuckle at the thought of that....so this will be something I will document to add to our family album...hopefully everything will end up the way he invisions. Wish him luck.... The photos below are some of the St Patty's Day party we went to down at the beach. This is something that we do every year. We totally dress up and look like dorks, but hey, it's all in the fun...right!!! This years theme was light ups. I know you can't see them in the photos but we did glow like a tree....lol....we had so many people come up to us wanting us to have a photo taken with them. It was such a blast, a time that we get to spend together and just let loose... I have to say that this is my fav. photo of DH. Look at his hat. All of those shot glasses.....they go all the way around the hat.....and he actually had someone pour beer into them...lol...they use to come out but I had hot glued them so that he wouldn't lose them. and here the both of us are...I told you we looked like dorks....lol...but we had fun not to mention alot of WOOWOO'S...alot of them....my drink holder is actually one of the tall plastic drink thingies with a lid, I just decorated it with a green boa, added the hat at the top and just added some other decorations around it with a couple of lighted buttons...it holds one woowoo perfectly minus most of the ice that they add to the cup.... these guys were so funny...you could tell they were having a blast as everyone was...but look at the next photo with his green shoes...plastic...lol...now if he wasn't a man comfortable in his skin...lol....I soo loved these.... well that's the photos of the party at the beach...here's some cards that I made last week....all images were colored in with Distress ink refills......Enjoy!!!!!!

here's a card I'm going to send DH in the mail. I used the jungle scene, tilda with lace skirt and stuffed couch from Magnolia that I purchased from the Magnolia-licious Store . I'm having alot of fun playing with these stamps. The plants and wall are from Starving Artists. I absolutely loved this set I got from them as you can see more of the set on the inside of the card. It's called Doodlefactory Boudoir and Classic Decor . These work perfectly with the Maggie stamps to.

here's the inside. I took the Tilda with lace skirt head,took another Tilda stamp and cut the hands off , oh crap, I can't remember which Tild she was, to make her look like she was peeking from under the covers. I printed the saying from my computer.....so what do you think? Think he'll like it...lol....I don't know about you, but the longer you're married, the harder it gets to find new ways of, well, keeping things hot...under the covers......lol...

just a closer view...

here's a card I made using the Violin Tilda that I received from Diana at the store for making a purchase. Thank you so much Diana.... I really loved this stamp. I also used the Houses on street stamp from Magnolia. I made this card into a matchbook card.

and this is the inside...I used a stamp from The paper company studio for the inside and the one on the front....

closer view of the matchbook....

Here's my last card to share using Farmer Tilda that I received from a very dear friend Sharon. Thanks girl...she's just darling....I also used the stuffed chair from Magnolia and the rest of the stamps are from Starving Artists. On the curtains I actually made the bar longer by cutting it off and adding a longer piece of cardstock and glued the curtains back on. I wanted to use this stamp, Doodlefactory neighborhood to make it look like you were looking through the window from inside and could see the neighbors houses across the street. I left the saying/greeting blank. I don't know what I'm going to use this card for yet.....

So for my news, and it's EXCITING news, I have been asked by the lovely Betty to be on her design team over at the Burtonesque Dolls Blog. How cool is that. Thank you so much Betty. I can't wait til we can get started...she is looking for some other DT members also. So pop on over to Burtonesque Dolls Blog and check it out. If you're interrested, apply for it...it's really easy peasy....

Well that's all I have for now. I'm going to work on a few challenges this week, so I'll be back later in the week to share....have a wonderful week...hugs from a wet Charm City...

A Magnolia Challenge CArd

Happy Thursday evening everyone. Just a quick post for today. I made this card for the Magnolia Challenge Blog. It was a sketch this week. It turned out simple, but I really love the simplicity of it. I used distress inks to color her in (I'm really loving those reinkers...lol).....Enjoy.... Have a wonderful weekend. We are off to PARTY this weekend. We go to the beach for the St. Patty's Day celebration and get to see all of our friends down there and hang out with them. I sure do hope they will be doing the parade..it's suppose to rain all weekend so I'm not to sure they will still have it....well enjoy your weekend everyone....hugs from a soon to be very wet 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!!!!

Just flying by Kraftin Kimmie Challenge #20

It's SUNNY here and it's lovely. I can't believe we have gotten past winter, finally. Yesterday, well even this past weekend, was just beautiful. I hope you all have the pleasure of having such wonderful weather that we have. On a lighter note, the following project/birthday card I made for the challenge over at Kraftin Kimmie's blog. The challenge was to use some of that unloved stash and show it some love. Well we all know I just love doing this. So this challenge was right up my alley. Everything I used on here was old with the exception of the stamp Emelia and plane and bling.... That's right, with Kimmie stamps you get that little extra stamp that goes along with the bigger one. I love it...so pop on over to the store and check out the stamps. She even posts cards to give you ideas from her DT with each store photo of the stamp.... She is getting ready to release some new ones pretty soon. I tell ya, I can't wait...I just love these stamps.... And if you get a chance, stop by and play along with the challenge this week. You know you all have some of that unloved stash that you can use for the challenge...after all, we all are hoarders..I know I am really bad at that....lol.... Just flying by to say...it's party time---easel card/drawer gift box This is the front of the easel card it measures 5 1/4" X 5 1/4"....paper is from Seven Gypsies and road sign from Karen Foster...I added Glossy Accents to the plane and the goggles... this is the card standing open and the little drawers opened...there are a total of 4 drawers to you can use to add little trinkets inside....

side view....I also used some chain from Magic Scraps and little coins that I have had forever...not to mention those little brad prong thingies...that's how I attached the chain....it was a pain, but I wanted that little extra something instead of a button of brad to open the drawers....I used some little wooden buttons and candle top holders and painted them then added them as feet to bring the box up off the table.....

the little it's party time is one of those little flip tabs from Karen Foster that I just trimmed off the flip tab...made this into a pull out little gift card holder....

I have had these little bottles forever to. Not to mention the little hinge brad thingies from Karen Foster...can you tell I just love Karen Foster products...lol...the bottle slips in/out of the little cage that I made using the hinges....I took a scrap piece of paper, wrote a message and rolled it up and stuck it inside...you can actually add money to the inside also....

Well that's all I have for today....thanks for stopping by and come back tomorrow, I've got a great Magnolia card to share.......hugs from Charm City....