You Did It Re Do...

This is my second All Cards Week and I decided to clean up the trays!! I have trays of cards I sell, and trays of cards that I have uploaded to the messageboards for looksee, or for design challenges, and 98% of those I do not sell. Some day I will open an Etsy Account and I will sell them. Meantime I have my usual pile of cards that never made it to the finish line. I didn't like them, I ran out of oomph...whatever, they were shoved in a tray. Yesterday I started sorting, and re-doing. Some ended up in the Sell Tray, some were even tossed because I just couldn't get them right ... here is one little card that made the upload circuit.
Thanks for looking...!!!

The Chirp October 7, 2008 Issue

Oh yay, The Chirp featured my Pumpkins & Spiders Halloween Card, and am always so pleased to see one of my cards in the newsletter.

BBTB/Pear Challenge

Here is my take on Regina's BBTB challenge. What a bunch of cards were presented today on the BBTB site. Please do go see. http://www.regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com
The pears are cut at 4 inches, and the leaves stuck under the flower from the MS punch are from the pear cut.
Cricut: Home Accents
Martha Stewart Flower Punch
Stickles
Paper: Creative Memories Halloween Pak

Blog candy for Halloween

Here they are...quickly sewn together because Halloween and Candy totin' bags are getting nearer and nearer. There are three....a pumpkin, a scarecrow and a haunted house. All three are lined with black and white gingham fabrics. Show me a photo of you or your children in a Halloween costume. Any year will do. Leave the photo on a link on this post so that I can see it easily. I will put your name in the Witch's Hat and on October 18, I pull out 3 names. You may indicate which tote you might like and that may or may not work out. Good luck!!!
Update: Okay, it's the 18th of October and I have three winners for the Halloween tote bag blog candy.I want to thank everyone who participated and sent those darling photographs. Here we go: Leah..Scarecrow. Lisa Lou...Haunted House, and Shelly, ...the pumpkin. I have Shelly's addie but Leah and Lisa, please email me at crayola58@aol.com with your addies and I will post these on Monday. Congrats.

JAVABLU AWARD

JAVABLU AWARD
I received the Javablu Award!
I have just received an award from NIKKI DUEY,http://monatyza.blogspot.com ..you should check out her site Thanks NIKKI, I'm very honored to receive this award from you!

I love to look at the creations these wonderful ladies do. They are creative, inspiring and fantastic.

Here are the 6 rules:

1. The winner can put the logo on their blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 5 other blogs.
4. Before listing the nominees give a brief reason why you chose them.
5. Put links of those blogs on yours.
6. Leave a message on the blogs you have nominated.
I have chosen the following very inspiring ladies.
Shelly www.cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com
Jeannie www.aplaceformycards.blogspot.com
Michelle www,bcr8iv.blogspot.com
iNilda www.papercreationsbynilda.blogspot.com
Lillie http://d-swat.blogspot.com/
I can NEVER get a direct link to take no matter what avenue I try, so forgive me for just giving you the www. site which you will have to cut and paste.
Carole

Yipeeee....

The October/November Ezine of Ready Set Create came out today and I am so pleased to see that 8 of my projects are shown. It is always such a nice feeling to know that they have published some of my endeavors.

BBTB Prom Dress

Regina asked us designers to use the Dress cut on the Dreams Come True cart...and this is my take. Jen of our design team sent me the cut as I do not have that cartridge, so many many thanks to her.
Cricut: Dreams Come True
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Martha Stewart Flower Punch
Angel Glitter (for the bodice)
Ribbon Bows.
Mini-Pearls

BBTB Challenge/Butterfly Hollow

Regina asked we designers to use the home cut from the Christmas Cheer cartridge and here is my creation. I saw a deep dark forest where all the butterflies live. Where the night sky is colored with purples and blues and twinkly stars. Be sure to visit the BBTB site because the designers created the most wonderful projects with this cut. www.regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com
Cricut: Christmas Cheer (home, trees
Martha Stewart Punch: Butterfly
Butterfly Feelers: Scroll punch
Mini Punch for the tiny butterflies...
Paper: DCWV/Once Upon A Time

Holy Cow....

This week is All Sewing Week and I decided I was going to embroidery a new tee shirt for me. I love this little cow, and I added a few words. I can't wait to wear it.

Ole' Snaggle Tree

We are having a bit of a card challenge on the Hallmark Scrapbook Message board to use the Snaggle Tree...and this is my take:
Cricut: PaperDolls Dress Up (Tree, bats) I cut the trees in 4 sizes to get the background depth. The main tree has pop dots to bring it up with dimension.
Sizzix: Moon (there is a darling moon on the PPDU cart right there with the tree, but I didn't notice it in time.)
Paper: Scrapbin grabs....Basic Grey.
Stickles and Rain dots.

Scrapbooking

Last Saturday we had Open Scrapbook Workshop at Red Rubber Stamps and as always we had a great time. Here is a photo of the group, and here is one of the pages from my Vacation in California album. The album has 26 pages covering 2002, 2003 and 2006, and this particular page announces the 2006 trip. Once we arrived in Marina del Rey it was an unpleasant surprise to find the hotel had given the room to someone else. I had reserved the room in January for a July arrival, and we were told that the room with only one queen size bed was all they had available and we could request a rollaway. They brought a crib and put it in the room. It was quickly changed to a rollaway, of course, once our reaction hit the lobby!!!!

BBTB Basket Challenge

Here is my take on Regina's challenge to use the Basket die on the Doodlecharms Cricut Cart. I was stumped, so I opted for a song and made 3 baskets full of hearts. The second card, Party Time, is the wrap up card from a whole week of making only cards. The sentiment and hats are from Cuttin' Up Cricut cart, I added buttons, ribbons, laquer, and there is some Cuttlebug Embossing (Swiss Dots)
Now....onto a full week of just scrapbooking.

Pumpkin's Halloween

I don't like the pumpkin cuts on the Doodlecharms Cricut Cart, so when I cut these, I tossed them into the scrapbin. I am on a quest to use the piles of papers and dies in my scrapbin so I pulled these out and now we have the two literally pleading for their very lives.

One last post for today.

Well, today Carole has been a busy girl making cards and getting them uploaded. This is the last upload. It's my take on the BBTB challenge to do the Clown cut on the Cricut Paper Dolls cart. I also cut the Circus Tents. Stickles were added, and there must be a Cuttlebug Embossing or two. Please take a look at the BBTB site. This challenge is one of the happiest because of all the clowns, the wonderful cards, the delightful colors and papers. www.regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com

More today cards.

I am on a roll today. More cards. The Hoppy Halloween is Cricut based, the witch's hat and the little frog were in a tray of leftovers. The Autumn card is my fav. The leaves are Sizzix, added some ribbons, a punch heart or two, Stickles. The last card is just one of those no-reason cards that can be used for a quick note. I was thinking about "Autumn Leaves drift past my window" song as I did this card.

Cards Cards Cards

I have been so wild with my retirement, bouncing from making cards, scrapbooking, beading, knitting, crocheting, and a LOT of embroidery work and sewing and it has been wonderful....but I've decided to allocate a schedule. I've decided that one week will be ALL card making, the next week ALL scrapbooking, the next week I will sew. That way at the end of each allocated week I should have a presentable lump of creations. Yesterday I did manage to sit and make some cards. The Spider's Halloween used the Cricut Paper Dolls Dress Up cart for the spider and the web. I added Stickles to the web, and the background paper is just left over from cutting out a bunch of black spiders to decorate. The card for It's Your day is a double pocket card with bookmark sentiments inserted. The card opens for written messages. I've used the Celebrations Cricut cart for the sentiment and balloons, and I added some Liquid Lacquer on the balloons. "My Guy" is a double pocket double sided paper and I've added buttons, fibers and a bead, with a little sewing here n' there. I have problems with guy cards, but this one worked, I think. I love the Anniversary card. It's a double pocket, double sided paper, but the card does not open Three sentiments are inserted, and I've added Cuttlebug embossing to the bookmarks, ribbon, ribbon roses, a big gold ribbon left over from a delightful package I received once, and finally two dangling hearts from the Squeeze Punches.

HallmarkScrapbook Challenge/Giraffe

Hallmark Scrapbook Message Board has wonderful challenges going on...each of the participants was assigned a week to select a challenge.....It is my turn to pick a challenge due for Sept 8th...and I chose the Animal Kingdom cart from Cricut, and I selected the giraffe die cut. Here is my entry.

BBTB Challenge/Strawberry

Regina asked we designers to use the strawberry die on the INDY cartridge from Cricut. I don't have that cart but my friend DeeDee shared some with me so I could enter. I sat and stared at the dies she sent but the mojo wasn't working. Finally I just tossed something in the pot so I could enter. And as usual, when I looked at the wonderful entries, I smacked my forehead and said DUH, why couldn't YOU have thought of that??? This circle of designers are one solid group of talent!!!
Cricut: INDY (Strawberry) Sizzlits (Mr. Sun) Cardstock: Preprinted cards from Michaels.

Daisy Dog Quilt

As you all surely must know by now,my son and daughter in law have the most precious dog named Daisy.
And Grandma Carole decided Daisy needed her very own Dawg Quilt. Daisy received her quilt today and Lee said she sniffed the quilt and promptly flopped down in the center of it, put her head on her paws and rested. She KNEW it was hers.
Here is the quilt...

My Scrapbook Workshop

What fun we 5 had a Red Rubber Stamps today for the All Day Crop. Here we are!!!

BFF Award

Jennifer of http://blissfulplace.blogspot.com/ me a wonderful BFF Award and I am so thrilled. Thank you so much Jennifer. Jennifer and I share a common admiration for the Ready Set Create site. Now to the rules:
NO MATTER WHAT I TRY, I can't make a direct link so I must give you the speel for the site. Sometimes...this iMac!!!!
The rules for the "Blogging Friends Forever" award are:

* Only five people allowed
* Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog
* One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog or lives in another part of the world.
* You must link back to whoever gave you the award.
* The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
Here are my names:
http://stampinwhenIcan.blogspot.com/ ( Allison..what a great blog this girl has)
http://busybeescrapbook.blogspot.com/ (Ivy is so talented)
http://aplaceformycards.blogspot.com/ (Jeannie has the most wonderful cards and I do so love her butterflies)
http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com/ (Shelly, a sweet gal that has talent exploding from her cards)
http://penniannies-penniannie.blogspot.com/ (My new fan, and I am so much a fan of the cards she does)

BBTB Challenge/Boot

Regina asked us to use the boot/stocking cut on the Christmas Cheer cart from Cricut. We could use the die in any way we wanted but we could not use the traditional Christmas color of Red. Here is my take. I used a rubber stamp for the body and added hand cut dress and hair .... the boots were cut out of the dress fabric. She really does think she is a diva with her unique dress!!!!
Cricut: Christmas Cheer (boots), Jasmine (Harlequin Corner) Teardrop (Diva)
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Ribbons, Paper is from scrapbin

Hallmark Scrapbook Challenge

Here is a card I did to meet Shelly's challenge going on at Hallmark Scrapbook Message Board. We were to use the Rectangle2 cut on the George cartridge...so here it is, with a truism in to boot.

Sweet Pea Express

Regina at BBTB asked us designers to use the New Arrival cartridge, and to use the Train die cut. This is my take on that challenge. I love the little train so I had great fun making this card.
Cricut: New Arrival (train, sweet pea and baby, title). Cuttlebug Embossing folder and MS Doily Punch.

Another Award

Kathy gave me this Wylde Woman award along with some other lovely lovely friends. I am so pleased and I DO love this title. And now I pass it onto: Jeannie, Shelly, Julie, Allison....Holy COW, I have been doubly blessed because Michelle gave me this Stepel Award. I am doing the happy dance....and so please, everyone reading this, please share this Award with me.

Yay, I am so pleased to say that Ready Set Create has issued their August/September issue of the online magazine and I have 4 cards in. It's always a great excitement to have my stuff show up in RSC magazine. It's a lovely magazine and has the most awesome cards and projects. Very inspiring..

Awesome Frog

Yesterday my dear friend Jean came to take me for a birthday lunch. She loves frogs, as I do, so I made her a batch of froggy cards. Here is one!!! I used my Cricut Paper Dolls cartridge, my Cuttlebug, my Nestabilities, and that darling Martha Stewart butterfly punch my messageboard friend Jeannie sent me.... and here you have the end result.

An Award

I received a wonderful Award from Judy which I so appreciate. Thank you, Judy, how kind of you to share this with me.
Here are the rules for this award: Go see Judy's blog at http://www.designsbynanny.blogspot.com
1. The winner can take the logo
2. Place a link to the person that sent you the award
3. Give the Award to at least 7 other Scrapbooking-Blogs, which by its currency,the issues of choice and for their designs are especially noteworthy
4. Put a link to these sites on your Blog.
5. Write a comment on their Blogs that they’ve won an Award.
Well....here's the deal on passing this on. I have sooooo many wonderful blogs that I visit and each one of those should get an award for inspiration and wonderful creations on cards and projects. So instead of me naming specific bloggers, let me just say.......if you are reading this, consider this award for you...!!!

Butterflies Flit

This is my card for the BBTB challenge from Regina to use the Cricut Tear Drop cartridge. Actually these butterflies are 3 layers. I love this die and I love the Tear Drop cartridge. TFL.

Don't Fence Me In

Regina gave us a challenge a few weeks back to use the cowgirl hat cut from the Paper dolls cart. I took the cow cut from the same cartridge along with the fence cut.... and the grass. I was a busy girl using that cartridge, I tell ya! I did handdraw the little blue bird sitting on the fence.

Scrapbook July 19th

Red Rubber Stamps and I hosted another Open Scrapbook Workshop on Saturday. There were seven of us gals, makin' magic on paper with photos. What fun....

Blog Candy

Ok, I have over 4000 hits on my blog. It's time to celebrate because this makes me very happy indeed to see all my visitors. Thank you all. Here is a hand sewn embroidered tote I made. It has a darling little teddy bear embroidered on the front. This would be a cute little gift for a child...or even a grown up child who still loves teddy bears. I still do...!!!
Please leave a link on this blog to show me a card you've made with a teddy bear. I will draw a name on July 31st.
July 31st: The drawing was held and I want to thank Sharon, DeeDee, Leah, Carol and Shelly for linking their darling teddy bear cards. SHARON...you won the draw. And I will mail the tote today. Thanks for playing....

Heidi's Beauty Shop Visit

This is Heidi Sweetface after her visit to the groomer. She is prancing big time and so happy to be rid of that fur that makes her look like a lug of a dog. When we went to the counter to check her in, a couple was behind us waiting to check in their little poodle. As it turned out when I went to pick Heidi up, the same couple appeared behind me again. Happy to see me at long last, Heidi bounded from the groomer room and the man laughed and said "Well lookie there, you traded that big ole' dog for a tiny one". Heidi does look tiny with that 15 lbs. of fur gone. She's still spoiled though. Nothing is going to change THAT. I decided she should get a new collar and leash and I decided I would try to make them and use some of the designs and alphabets on my embroidery machine. The leash and collars shown here are test runs, and Heidi can wear the collar until I do a new one now that I knew zzzzzactly how to put it all together, and where I need to allow space, etc. Still and all, she loves this new bright collar and so do I.

Hallmark Scrapbook Challenge

We are having more fun at Hallmark Scrapbook on the message board because we have been taking turns selecting challenges. Sharon directed us to do something using the broom die cut from the Paper Dolls cart. Yikes, I thought...what am I going to do with a....BROOM. So I went with the witch theme and here it is. Any smart Witch would surely have her transportation guarded by a black cat and few bats.

Shooting Star

Regina asked us to use the George cartridge, the Star die cut and this is my take. And you should see the lovely paper creations that appeared on the www.regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com.

Apple of my eye...

I have an embroidery machine and it has many little designs built in. I wanted to see what the little apple looked like, and once done I decided to use it on a card. I used my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook for the Scallop Frame, the apple and letter A.
I also used my wonderful Cuttlebug and the embossing folder for Swiss Dots. The open cut work on the edge of the card is from my Fiscars punch.

USA Tag Challenge

We have the most awesome challenges going on at the Hallmark Scrapbook message board. Kate was asked to select a cartridge and she selected the Base Camp, and the USA tag die cut. This is my idea on the project and for the first time I was highlighted on the Chirp Newsletter. Oh yay...!!