Happy Mothers Day

Wow posting 2 cards in 2 days.  This doesn't happen often with me but there is a reason.  I won Scrapbook Sisters challenge and I am Guest DT for 3 weeks!! 


The theme for this week is Mothers Day or Special Lady.  For me they are one and the same.  I love this stamp from Fred She Said.  I thought it was perfect for a Mothers day card.  I hope you agree.

The other challenges this card fits are:

Colour Create - Pastels - I love purple & blue which I used on this card.
Delightful Challenge - Pastels & Ribbon - I have both on this card.  I love both of these.
The Paper Variety - Tic Tac Toe - I choose Make a Card, Scallops, Stamped image or saying.
Dutch Dare - Celebrations - Mothers Day is a reason to Celebrate
Do You Stack Up - Sparkles & Bling - I have both on my card with the Ribbon, Flowers and swirls.
Crafty Catz - Pearls & Swirls - I love both of these and put both on this card.
Stamping for the Weekend - Mothers Day - I love pretty flowers for Mothers Day cards.  I love these Pansies.
2 Sisters - Make your own embellishment - I made my ribbon flower on this card.
All Sorts - Special Lady - Who is more special than your Mother?
Craft your Days Away - Mum or Special Lady- Who is more special than your Mother?
One Stitch at a Time - Mothers Day / Babies - I chose Mothers Day.
The Crafty Pad - For the Mums - Mothers Day is a wonderful reason to make a card.
House of Gilli - Ribbon & Pearls - I love both of these!  I have sparkle ribbon and pearls on my card.
Make it Monday - Anything Goes - I love these themes!


Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you like my Mothers Day card.  Thanks to everyone who leaves comments.  I love reading them.

Peggy

Happy Fall

Good Morning.  I don't know about you but I can't believe it is the end of September.  The weather is getting cool and some of the trees are changing colors.  I love it!!!

Today is the Going Grey with Scrap Creations challenge.  Keeping with the time of year the theme is Fall!!  I couldn't wait to use my fall colors.  We have a great sponsor this week. Fred She Said!!!   Anyone who follows my blog knows I love her images.  Two posts ago I used one for my mothers birthday card.  Her flowers are elegant and beautiful.    She was nice enough to let the DT's pick out an image to use.  I loved this one.  I always print out 2 digi's when I first color them just in case I don't like the way one is coming out so after I colored this image I colored the sunflowers on the 2nd image and cut them out so I could put them on other places on the card.   

The other wonderful challenges this card fits are:

The Corrosive - Clean up the Dust, Use old craft stuff - My orange dots are from last year along with my saying. 

Paper Sundaes - Fall Colors - I had fun pulling out my fall colored copics for this card.

Secret Crafter - Anything Goes - I love this theme!   I  know I can let my imagination run wild.

My Sheri Crafts - Autumn Colors - I'm not usually a person who uses orange alot but I don't know why because I love it on this card.

Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch - I love the way this sketch worked with the image.

All Sorts - 3 punches - I used a punch for the leaves, one for the circles and one for the fence strip.  I like the way they all worked together.

Stamp Something - Digi's - I love digi's and this one from Fred She Said is beautiful.

Alphabet Challenge - U=Unused Stash - My unused stash is the orange pearls, the leaf punch and the fench punch.  None of these I have used much even though I love them all.

Delightful Challenge - Pumpkins - I love coloring pumpkins and I love them on this image


Stamp Magic - Autumn Colors - I love this card and I think it is because of the colors that I have not used in a long time.

Stamping Sisters in Christ - Fall Colors - I love the change of seasons and the colors that come with it.  I loved using my oranges and greens on this card.

Paper Play Time - Autumn - I was so happy to see so many challenges that called for Autumn and everything that comes with it. 

Creative Card Crew - Autumn or Fall - Yes, I love this time of year!!  Cool air and bright colors.

Everybody Art - Autumn - I love this!  Great theme. 

A Spoonful of Sugar - Anything Goes - This is my favorite theme!!

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you like my card.  A big thank you to everyone who leaves a comment.  I love them all.

Peggy

Happy Birthday Bryan

Good Morning.  I hope everyone is having a good weekend.  Today is the last day of my vacation.  Tomorrow it is back to work.  I had a nice vacation.  Unfortunately I didn't get as much done as I wanted but it was nice.  Yesterday I spend the day stamping with friends.  I always enjoy those days.

Today is the Stempeltraume challenge.  This weeks theme is to make a Male card.  The timing is perfect for me because my Nephew's Birthday was Thursday and this was the card I made for him.  Like so many others, I have problems making card for men.  I bought this truck from Fred, She Said.  I wanted to make it look old.   Pull out all your Male themed stamps and play along!! 

The other wonderful challenges this card fits are:

Creative Inspirations - Sketch - I was looking for a sketch like this to make this card.  I really liked this layout.

Anything Goes - 3 Layers - With Male cards I tend to put alot of layers to make up for the fact there are no frilly embellishments.

Simple Doodles - Celebrate - Birthdays are a great reason to Celebrate!

Stamps R Us - Male Card -  I'm glad that someone else thought this was a good theme this week!!  I just found this blog and I think I am going to like it.

Paper Romance - Metal - I have the clasps on the corners and the round clip on this card.

Creative Belli - Round and Metal - I have brads to hold the corners and the round clip.

Ellephantastic - Male theme - YEAH....I don't make many male cards so I am really happy that this is the theme this week.

Secret Crafter - Blue and Cream -Both of these colors are in my DP.  

Create 4 Fun- Birthday card - I can't believe my Nephew is 26 years old.  It makes me feel old!



Thanks for visiting and looking at my card.  I appreciate it.  I also appreciate all the kind comments.  They keep me smiling.

Peggy

Better Things in Life

Good Evening! I have some exciting news. I have been asked to join the DT team for Stempeltraume challenge blog. I am so excited!! I love their themes and the other DT's do some amazing work. I hope I can live up to the expectations. Check out their challenges. I'm sure you will be as impressed as I am.

The first theme was to make a simple card. Anyone who follows my blog knows this was a challenge for me. I love layers and embellishments and lots of them. This is my version of simple. I had bought this digi from Fred She Said. She has some beautiful flowers. If you like florals you need to check her out.

The other challenges this fits are:

Paperplay - Just because - I read this theme and I thought YES!! Taking a break from holiday cards is just what I need because Easter is right around the corner

Cupcake Craft - Round and round. You need to use circles on your project. I use circles alot now that I have all my circle choices with spellbinders. This ribbon one is my favorite.

Crafty Calendar - Flower Power- I love Flowers!!! It says spring is coming

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like my 1st challenge card. Let me know what you think. I love reading your comments.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Lavender Lace, Tempting Tourquoise
DP: Bo Bunny
STAMPS: Fred She Said, SU

Happy Birthday Chris, FSS Challenge

Good Morning. It is a dull day in New England. We had rain yesterday and all night. Today is cloudy and gray. Usually on days like this I don't want to do anything but sit on the couch and watch TV but today I seem to want to get things done. YEAH!!

I needed to finish this card for my friend Chris. Her Birthday is this week and I was one pearl short! I finally found the correct size pearl yesterday so I can mail this tomorrow. I started working with Chris 25 years ago. She was layed off about 10 years ago but we have remained friends. She is my Spa buddy. Our Birthday's are a month apart and when we turned 40 we started celebrating by going to a spa and before or after we go for a nice meal. We don't live really close to each other so we don't get the chance to see each other often. I look forward to our visits.

She also loves getting my cards. She tells me every year that she keeps all the cards I send her so I always try to make something I think she will really appreciate. This year I went with the Digi Set by Fred She Said. I love her stamps. She makes the most beautiful flowers. This set of flowers came with frames to be pierced. I am always drawn to piercing. I'm not sure why but I like it. It took me a few trys to figure out what scissors worked best to cut out the frames. Cutting things out is not something I am good at. I inked up the edges to hide my mistakes. The flowers are Asters and I don't know if they come in pastels but I wanted this card soft of feminine so I went with it.

I also just figured out when I went to get the FSS link to put in the post that she is having a contest! YEAH!! I would love to win this and without even knowing it I have the card made! Maybe a good sign...Hmmmm....

I hope you all are having a great weekend. I hope you like my card.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue,
DP: Magenta
STAMPS: Fred-She-Said
MISC: Lace ribbon, Recollections pearl

Happy Birthday Mom

Good Morning. I hope everyone is having a good weekend. It is starting to get cold here in the Northeast. It was 37 degrees when I woke up this AM. It is suppose to warm up to the low 70's later which is my perfect type of weather.

My Mothers Birthday is next week and this is the card I made her. I originally had something else in the middle but then when I stamped MOM on it I got a big black line across the image and had to throw it out. I had seen a new set of digi stamps from Fred-She-Said that I wanted so I bought them and used one of the images on this card. I love the flowers from Fred-She-Said but many of them require cutting out and I am not good at that. I am going to try to cut out the paper piercing templates that came with this set for a friends birthday card. Wish me luck.

I also used an Outlines stamp on this card. I was cleaning out my stamps to figure out what I wanted to sell at a yard sale one of my LSS is having and saw this. I have always loved this stamp and decided to use it on this card. I love the way this came out. I hope my Mother likes it too.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my card.

Peggy
Supplies:
CS: SU Lavender Lace
DP: Magenta
STAMPS: Fred-She-Said, Outlines
MISC: SU brads, Stickles, Copics, Gelly Roll markers