The Light

Good Morning.  I hope everyone is having a good weekend. The weather is beautiful here.....finally.  It is sunny and the humidity has dropped.  I couldn't wait to open my windows and enjoy the day!

Today Stempeltraume had a great challenge.  We needed to make something with the following Song text as the inspiration.

"Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooo, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels - yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey"

I decided to use this Rose stamp from Cowgirl Stamps.  I won their challenge a few weeks ago and this was the stamp I picked.  I thought it would be perfect for this challenge.  I couldn't decide what to put for a sentiment and like they were reading my mind TLC posted this freebie.

The other wonderful challenges this card fits are:

Our Creative Corner - It's embossible - I love embossing and I really love my new rose embossing folder that I used on this card.

Raise the Bar - Pearly Whites - I love Pearls and I put them all over this card.

Tanda - Rose without Thorns -  I Think this rose stamp could be used for so much. Birthdays, Anniversaries etc.

Truly Scrumptious - Sketch.  I thought this was a really pretty sketch to use on this card.

Digital Tuesday - 2 digi's from 2 companies - One of my Digi's is from Cowgirl and the other is from TLC

Paper Sundaes - Metal - I love my charms and I used the heart one on this card. 

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Romance - Great theme - I think Roses say love and romance so I am entering my card.

  
Stamp & Create - Flowers - I love putting flowers on all my cards.  This time I used them as an image also.


Thank you for visiting.  I really appreciate it.  I hope you like my card.  A huge thanks to everyone who leaves a comment.  I really love reading them.

Peggy

Wedding

Good Afternoon.  How is everyone's weekend going?    It continues to be hot here.  I can't wait for the first day where I can say it is cool and dry here.

My Niece is getting married in a couple of weeks and I made this card for her.  Her bridesmaids are wearing Navy so I wanted to incorporate that into the card.  I usually have a problem making mostly white cards but with my Fiskars punch and cuttlebug embossing folders this card was easy.  I used Shimmer paper to add shine to the card.  I used a saying from TLC.  They have the most wonderful sayings and fonts.  I really like the way this came out.  I couldn't get a really good picture of it though.  This is the best one of the many that I took.

The other wonderful challenges this card fits are:

Paper Sundaes - White plus one other color -  I like the elegant way this card came out using mostly white and the navy adds great contrast.

Bee Crafty- 3D - I can't even count how many pop dots I have on this card to make it stand out!

Incy Wincy Designs - Punches - I used my new fiskars heart punch on this card and my spellbinders dies (considered punches?) for the flowers.


The Shabby Tea Room - Embossing - I have alot of embossing on this card.  I did the square, the oval and the flowers.

Creative Card Crew - Die Cuts - I used my spellbinders dies to cut the flowers and the oval on this card

Stamping B's - Polka Dots - I used my polka dot embossing folder on the Oval and the Flowers.

All Sorts - Heart as the focal point - I hope my card fits this.  I love my new heart punch.  This card would not be as pretty if I didn't have that to frame the inside.  I also put the hearts hanging from the saying to add a little silver to the card.

KL Stamping - Dry Embossing - I have always loved dry embossing even before the folders.  I just love how the folders make it so easy!!!

Pile it on - Favorite things - Wow.....I used Pearls, Ribbon, Punches, Embossing folders & Flowers on this card.  All of these are my favorite things!!

Little Red Wagon - Nesties - I love my nesties!  I used the oval the the flower nesties on this card.

I Did it - Special Occasions card - I think a Wedding card fits into this category!!

Thanks you for stopping by.  I hope you like my card.  Thanks to everyone who leaves comments.  I really appreciate all of them.

Peggy

Happy 4th of July

Good Morning!  It's hard to believe that we are less than a week from celebrating the 4th of July.  This is always a fun weekend for me.  I get together with friends for a lobster bake on one day and every 4th my sister, my niece and I go to Rockport, a small seaside artist village.  We walk around, shop and admire all the things the talented people make.  It is always a fun day.

Today is the Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge.  The theme this week is Patriotic.  Normally the twist of the challenge is that you need to use Basic Grey paper.  We have decided to lift that requirement this week and you can use any paper you would like.  You should check out the other DT's work.  They are very talented ladies and would love to hear what you think of their cards.  You can find their links on my sidebar.


We also have some great news!  Lori Ames and Jackie Randolf are joining the Going Grey team!!!  These ladies are very talented and we are very excited to have them join us.  Please pop by their blogs and give them a big welcome!


There are other wonderful challenges this week that my card fits.


One Stitch at a Time - Stars & Stripes - I bought this digi from TLC because I liked how it incorporated Stars & Stripes in a heart.  Perfect image for Patriotic cards.

Stamptacular - Stars & Stripes -Great minds think alike!  It is a week for Stars and Stripes.

Crafty Catz - Digi's - Both of my images are from TLC and are digi's.

Crazy for Challenges - Sketch - I thought this sketch fit my papers and images perfectly.  I only needed to add the saying which I loved and wanted to incorporate.


Little Red Wagon - 4th of July - One of the things I like about this day is to see all the Flags people hang out.  I always feel good about seeing them.

Crafty Cardmakers - Inky Fingers - I liked this theme.  You need to ink something up.  I traced the saying on this card to make it pop more. 

Cupcake Inspirations - Red, White, Blue - Perfect!!  Patriotic to me is Red white and blue.


Paper Cutz - Circles, Stars, or Squares - I have all 3 on my card.

Quirky Crafts - Ribbons - When I saw the sketch I knew I would be using my red ribbon.  With all the blue I knew that I would want to brighten the card up with some ribbon.

Fun with Shapes - Distressing - I think this card needed distressing because the paper is the faded blue.  I distressed the Red & Blue CS to give it the aged looked.

Thanks for coming by and checking out my card.  Thanks to everyone who leaves comments.  I appreciate all of them.

Peggy
Supplies:
CS:  SU Night of Navy, Real Red
DP:  Melissa Francis
STAMPS:  TLC
MISC:  Spellbinders die cuts, Recollections Stars

It's Fun Being a Kid

Happy Tuesday! I'm happy to say we actually saw some sun yesterday!  It is still cool here but that is normal for this time of year in the Northeast US.

Today is the Going Grey with Scrap Creations challenge. The theme today is to use 3 embellishments. My 3 are the brads, ribbon and charm. You should play along! Everyone has embellishments. The challenge this week is sponsored by Stamp N Plus Scrap N. You can win some of these adorable stamps. They have a wide variety of images that will fit everyone's tastes!!  They were kind enough to supply us with images to use in this weeks challenge. I picked this little guy fishing. Isn't he adorable? The minute I saw him I thought he would be so cute with a little scene. You also have a couple more days to join in their Blog Hop and win there too!  All the details are on their blog.

Check out what the other DT's did with their images.

Kristen Catalano

Mary Castonguay

Kim Howard

Lisa Summerville - Guest Designer for April

The other challenges this card fits are:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch - Making a scene means making a bigger focal area.  I was happy to see that this sketch would work with this.

Secret Crafter - A Day Out - How perfect!  I never thought there would be a challenge to fit this card so perfectly.

All Sorts - Stitching - I love faux stitching.  Actually I love real stitching better but I'm too lazy to do that.

Quixontic - Heavy Metal - I bought these cute dragonfly charms this weekend and thought one would look cute on this card.

Something Completely Different - D - Dragonfly - I thought a little boy fishing needed a bug on the card so I used my charm

Sweet Stampin - In Stitches - Faux or real stitching or something that makes us laugh.  I went with the faux stitching around the edges of the card.  I thought the card needed something else and the stitching worked well.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you like my card.  Thanks to everyone who leaves a comment.  It is great to sit and read them.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS:  SU Real Red, Night of Navy
DP:  Basic Grey
STAMPS:  ScrapNStampN, TLC
MISC:  Brads, Michaels ribbon, spellbinders dies, Blue Moon charm

Laundry & Housework & Children

OH MY!! Don't you love this saying! My sister, Mary, told me about this great website called Create with TLC which has wonderful sayings. Many of them are free, this being one of them. I knew the moment I saw this that I had to color this Greeting Farm image.

I had problems matching papers with the colors I chose for her dress. I hate when I can't find the right papers for my copic colors but I loved the way this image came out. I wanted dust to be coming from her duster so I put some stickles on it. I don't know about you but my duster always has glitter on it from my card making.

The challenges this fits are:

Papertake - Cutie Pie - IMHO I think this really cute!!

My Time to Craft -Pretty Pearls - what card doesn't look good with pearls?

Magical Crafts - Animal Antics - I love this little bunny!!

One Stitch at a Time - Distressing - I don't know if it shows up on your computer but I inked the edges and roughed up the bottom CS of the image saying and side/bottom pieces.

All Sorts - Petals and Pearls - In addition to Pearls I would put flowers on every card I make if I could.

C.R.A.F.T. - Buttons - Again, love the buttons on this card.

Roses on Paper - Layers - I don't know if I could make a card without layers.

Crafty Angels - My Favorite Things - Cute images, flowers and pearls! I love all of these on this card!

Handful of Stamps - Digi it!! I do love my digi's. Buy them, use them!!

Paper Cutz - 3 Pattern Papers - I love DP and I love when multiple fits on a card.

Thank you for stopping by and looking at my card. Thanks to everyone who leaves a message. I love reading all of them.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Lavender Lace, Pixie Pink
DP: Memory Box, Basic Grey, Misc purple
STAMPS: The Greeting Farm, Create with TLC
MISC: Pearls, Primas, buttons, MS punch