Howdy! Introducing Jesse

Hello Delightful friends and family! 

It's been a very crazy, hectic and somewhat anxious week with my youngest daughter in the hospital since Tuesday (she is improving and we hope she will be discharged in a day or two) in the meantime, I'm taking care of the two grandbabies 24/7 and to say I'm a little on the tired side would be an understatement!  But tonight I was determined to get into my craft room and de-stress and now that Addy is tucked in and asleep, I'm good to go!  (Jake is spending the night with Auntie and Gee-Gee)

It's not often I get in on 3 challenges can I just say Yee-ha!

Here are the three challenges and their links:

1. CPS - Card Sketches #251

2. Play Date Cafe a Color Challenge #115    (Slate, Moss, Bark & Tan)

3. That's Krafty Thursday #57 (The Spotted Chick) using Kraft

This was such a fun card (loved the sketch!) and a challenge to get all the correct colors!  I've added just a touch of Kraft paper with the sentiment base and the stars.  My card base is slate and it matches Jesse's long sleeved shirt. The next layer is the Moss green, then the designer paper. The papers I've used are Bazzill card stock, Neenah (bright white) card stock, DCWV, The Natural Stack. This cute cowboy is Jesse, from Taylored Expressions Moka Collection.  I've stamped him with Memento, black tuxedo and used Distress Ink, Frayed Burlap around the edges.  The Deckled Rectangle is a die from Spellbinders (Nestabilities line), I've used the Star punch and the Circle punch from EK Success. The dark green buttons are from my stash and the hemp cording is by Darice. I've used the following Copics:  BG05, BG93, BG99; YG67; B45; W1, W5; E19, E37, E51, E55, E70, E74, E79, E95.  The bolo tie has a dot of Stickles (Icicles) over the color for just a touch of bling! 

Thanks for looking and leaving a delightful comment, have a great weekend!

  "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised." Hebrews 10:35-36

You're the best! (Thank you card)

Current pics of my cutie patootie granddaughters (we were celebrating a family birthday)

Riley Ann (age 3)

Addyson Ann (21 months - Kelly's baby!)

Tucker Lynn (almost 5 months)

Riley and Tucker are sisters and I'm not sure how Jakob (age 4) eluded the camera but he did!

I'd also like to give a little shout out to my daughter Kelly, it's her birthday and we just got back from having a yummy Mexican dinner to celebrate her BIG 30. My baby turned 30, can you tell me, where did the time go? I will return, I'm going to grab some tissue.... I have returned.... I am composed.... I will survive!

Welcome to my Delightful friends and family! Here is a little card of thanks for all of you leaving such sweet comments! I'm having a blast with some of these challenges and today I'm playing along with the Spotted Chick (TKT#49) so I snuck in a bit of kraft card stock using my Martha Stewart picket fence punch. I'm also playing along with By LORi Designs Color Challenge #10

little more detail shown in this picture (little bit of bling on the pant legs!!)

A finished inside!! Here are the details:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions (flower, stem and sentiment: Much appreciated set) Digi stamp: By Lori Designs and this cutie is "Ainsley" and her kitty is a separate digi.Design Paper: My Minds Eye - Stella Rose -Gertie;\ Card Stock: Bazzill Ink: Memento, rich cocoa; Archival, olive; Accessories : Tiny twinkles - check out the pant legs! (Taylored Expressions); Lquid Pearls - Flamingo (Ranger);Tools: Round Binding Edge border punch (EK Success) Picket Fence (Martha); Colored by Copic Markers. Finished card is A2.

Thanks for looking and have a blessed weekend!

Thanks a LATTE!

Thanks a latte for coming by my delightful friends and family!

I have a cute little card to share and I've managed to meet two challenges! The first challenge is to paper piece using Cocoa the mouse for the Crazy 4 Cocoa Challenge Blog! Hope you like this one, I enjoy paper piecing so this is fun for me. The second challenge was to use kraft on your card for the That's Kraft Thursday challenge at the Spotted Chick Blog. I love this paper from MME (Fine and Dandy line) we are almost out of it at the store, I may have to grab a couple of extra sheets!

TKT#47, C4C#11

Here's a closer look so you can see I've used the Liquid Pearls (cantaloupe) to embellish. And I did a little bit of stitching around the designer papers. I used 3 different colors of Distress Ink(dried marigold, mustard seed, scattered straw) to blend around the edges of the embossed circle (Nestabilities circle, scallop circle). I used Moonlit Smooch (pearlized accent ink) on the cup lid. The card stock is from Bazzill and Neenah, bright white for stamping the image. The ribbon comes from my Key Ingredients Kit from Taylored Expression. I've colored Cocoa using Copic Markers: C0, C1, C5, R000, R01, RV13. The finished card is 5.5 x 5.5.

Hope you are having a fabulous Thursday, thanks for coming by and remember:

"Be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." Philippians 4:6

I'm So Cute!

Ummm, that would not be me, my dear delightful friends and family! That is the name of the stamp I used from Penny Black (Margaret Sherry Collection). What an appropriate name once you scroll down and see the card I did. I finally came out of my 48 hour slump from creativity. I could not make a card if my life depended on it. Well, that might be a little drastic but you get my drift! I was so grateful to Korin owner of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and the Sweet Stop Sketches Blog who shared this "easy" (her words) sketch with us at Christian Paper Crafts. It was just what I needed to get the creative juices flowing. I was desperately wanting to use this stamp and desperately wanting to use kraft paper to play in the challenge at the Spotted Chick's "That's Krafty Thursday" and my short-lived craft drought has officially ended!! Whew....

TKT#46 and SSS92

Sorry one of the markers is upside down (didn't wear my glasses when I grouped them together.

Ingredients: Designer Paper: BoBunny "Crazy Love Fudge and Flowers"; Card Stock: Bazzill & Neenah; Stamp: Penny Black; Ink: Memento, rich cocoa, Distress Ink, worn lipstick; Embellies: Bazzill ribbon; Rhinestones: my stash (sorry!); Tools: Nestabilities Labels One, Spellbinders; Scallop Circle border die, Taylored Expressions; Cuttlebug; Image colored by the above Copic markers. Finished size 4.25 x 5.5

PS If you want to see something really cute scroll down one post and check out two of my grandkids! They aren't babies anymore... (boo-hoo)

Thanks so much for visiting and I love reading your delightful comments!!

How Sweet it is!! I'm a Krafty Chick!

Welcome to another beautiful day on the northcoast!! Love it! Of course, I'm about 6 miles east off the "coast" so I'm probably enjoying some of that "beauty" a bit earlier than the rest of our county! Here is a "sweet" little card I made last night which was inspired by a color challenge over at StampTV. The stamp set is "How Sweet it is!" designed by Gina K Designs. I'm loving the paper, it's from Cosmo Cricket "Early Bird: Cherry Pie" a doublesided piece that was PERFECT for the red and aqua color challenge. Love it when it falls into place so nicely :-) Speaking of nice, I was given the Krafty Chick Award for my kraft inspired card by the Spotted Chick herself: Thank you, Jeanie!! My blog will wear the Clara badge with honor :-)

Here are the details of the card.
I made my base 4.24" x 5.5" (Kraft cardstock, Bazzill) and then cut the designer paper an 1/4" smaller and rounded the corners on one side. I cut a red piece of cardstock 2.25" x 5.25" and border punched one side (Fiskars) then attached a piece of the designer paper 2" x 5" wrapped ribbon (Key Ingredients kit), made a bow, attached and then attached it to the card base. I stamped the image with Memento, rich cocoa) ink on Neenah Bright White cardstock. I paper pieced the "bowl" of the ice cream dish with aqua cardstock. Then I used my Copic markers (R29, BG45, YG67, W1, R20, E79) to color the image and then Stickled (Broken China) over the dish and stem. I then used my Nestablilities label 9 (2 different sizes) one red (embossed with Cuttlebug, Dotted Swiss folder) and one on white cardstock, using Distress Ink (Broken China) I inked around the edges, then attached the two and added the image with dimensionals. I added two aqua buttons (Making Memories) Stamped the sentiment, matted it on red and attached. Voila, finished card!

Thanks for looking and I just love it when you leave a comment!!

Summer Inspiration!

What a beautiful day we are having here!! Welcome to all my DELIGHTFUL FRIENDS & FAMILY.

It's been gorgeous all day long, not too hot but warm enough to have to watch out for a sunburn! Finally, summer has arrived! Whoo-hoo!

I was busy last night playing in my craft room and making some cards, so this more than likely will be my first post for today but be watching for a second!

This one card qualifies for 3 challenges, so I'll start with brand new one for me : EtsyInspired Challenge (#96) be sure and check out the blog (thank you Savannahland2!!) and here is my inspiration from that challenge:

From Octavia Brown This beautiful vintage tin ceiling tile

Can you see the inspiration?

My second and third challenges are from Card Patterns #72 and last but certainly not least That's Krafty Thursday #34 from my all time favorite blog the Spotted Chick and you'll be inspired anytime you visit the Hen House!!

Inside of the card. (stating the obvious, I know....)

Details :

Paper: Graphic45 (Domestic goddess line); Bazzill cardstock (red, blue and kraft)

Ink: Memento, Rich Cocoa, Distress Ink (Frayed burlap) for distressing edges on front kraft c/s.
Stamps: Unity "Sending My Love" (outside) Our Daily Bread Designs, Scripture Collection #3 (inside)

Embellishments: Button (my stash) Ribbon, white grosgrain (Details Accessories - I think Michaels) Paint: Adirondack Acrylic paint Dabber, Lake Mist (to distress the embossing)

Tools: Cuttlebug, EF, Nestabilities Label 9. Finished card 4.25" x 5.5"

THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING A WONDERFUL DAY!!

SEE YOU BACK SOON! Love it when you take time to comment when you take a peek :-)

Let the Sun Shine, let the Sun Shine in...

Hello Delightful friends and family!

We are on day two of sunshine here in northern California (the real northern California, I have to add!) We are six hours north of San Francisco and still in California.... can you say ah-ha, that is north! And there is still two hours of driving left to get into Southern Oregon! I'm excited beyond belief that the mud puddles are drying up and we can actually mow the lawn, yahoo!! I hear the lawn mower even as I type.

So, it is definitely time to bring out the barbecues and invite the neighbors over. As my dh always says "if you want friends, you need to make yourself friendly" so I've made an invitation to be neighborly and invite the family next door over for a barbecue! I was inspired by by two challenges. The first one is from Play Date Cafe's color challenge this week and be sure and check out their celebrity guest designer, Courtney Baker, she is the owner and creator of Practicing Creativity stamps.

Raspberry, Aqua, Kraft & White!! Pretty colors! And I was definitely inspired by this Basic Grey paper!

PDCC#33

Can you can see how I popped up every other lantern that is paper pieced?

The second challenge is from the That's Krafty Thursday the challenge to use kraft in a card at the Spotted Chick's Blog. Definitely take a look at all the inspiration over there!

Speaking of barbecue's I've got to run! We are heading out to our granddaughters first birthday party and it's a BBQ!! See you later and thanks for looking! Have a blessed day.

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co (Retro BBQ...Sweet Summer Time); Designer Paper: Basic Grey; Cardstock: Bazzill, Neenah, white; Ink: Distress Ink (Broken China) Palette, black; Tools: Nestabilities Label 9; Copic Markers: BG18, W1, R37; EK Success border punch.

Easy as 1-2-3!

I'm so delighted you've visited today!
I'm playing along with three challenges. One is a new one and I've been interested in playing along for a while now. One of the blogs I visit regularly is Savannah land 2 and Savannah is hosting over there at PDCC and showing off her craft room this week so when I saw her adorable card and saw the delish colors I knew immediately I'd have to play!! So.... without further ado, go check out Play Date Cafe and Savannah Land 2 . The next challenge that I was issued was from one of my very fav in the whole world blog the Spotted Chick and the challenge is to use kraft in your project for the weekly That's Krafty Thursday Challenge #28. Well, I feel like I'm cheating 'cause you can barely even see the kraft but I promise it is there! Last but definitely not least is our very own Christian Paper Crafts Challenge for Fun on Friday!! The challenge is Easy as 1-2-3. One stamp, two embellishments (I used buttons and ribbon) and three different pattern papers.

Here is my CAS card! I love, love the soft colors of the Basic Grey Wisteria line!! So pretty, but not so great to photograph. But if you enlarge the pic you'll get a better look if you want. I used the Tim Holtz Alterations Die and my Cuttlebug to cut the final (#3) paper and distressed with ink the edges (Distress Ink, peeled paint). The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts, ink Palette, black. The cardstock is Bazzill, buttons are Basic Grey and the ribbon is Offray.

(PDCC#31, TKTC#28, CPC FOF55)

just a little close up!

Thanks for looking and have a great Saturday!! It took forever to get this posted I've been emailing and texting my daughters who are at the Tim McGraw and Lady Antebellum concert tonight!! Gotta run there is another email!

Shabby Chic card

Hey there my delightful friends and family!!
Well I can't believe how fast this week is going by!! There is never a dull minute around here that's for sure. I don't mind and I'm definitely not complaining, I'm thankful for all the things the Lord has and is allowing me to do. One of the young women (our assistant pastor's wife, Bridget) in our church is going to be taking over two of my "jobs" (shopping for and preparing the snack inbetween Sunday services) and I'm very grateful to have a little extra help. You'd be surprised how much time that involves! It would take me between 45 minutes to an hour just to prepare and getting to town was another 2-3 hours out of my day! I'm secretly hoping that Bridget will be sharing her fabulous cookie making skills with us. Oops! I guess that's not a secret anymore... :-)

Here is my card for 3 different challenges

#1 and #2 challenges are from Christian Paper Crafts

Color Monday CM57 (Muted colors of shabby chic (brown or kraft, light blue or pink, white or cream and green is optional if you want to add flowers)

Sketch Tuesday SST57 I kinda tweaked my take on the sketch but I know Gloria understands :-)

#3 Challenge is from That's Krafty Thursday (TKTC27) at the Spotted Chick blog

(please excuse the shadows!)

Ingredients: Paper: Making Memories, My Minds Eye, Bazzill; Ink: Memento, Distress Ink, frayed burlap; Stamps: Unity {Ippity}; Tools: Spellbinders Nestie (deckled rectangle), Sizzix, Tim Holtz Alterations, ink blending tool, Cuttlebug and CB folder, sewing machine, Heidi Swapp edge distresser; Embellishments: buttons(Foof a la), natural hemp cord, adhesive pearl (Queen & Co)

Thanks for looking and have a very blessed and delightful day!!

It's "That's Krafty Thursday" at the Spotted Chick!

Hey friends thanks for visiting today!

Okay, you've got to check out one of my favorite blogs in all blogland and it's the Spotted Chick.

Jeanie is so creative and fun, she always has the best images to color and her design work is so incredible and then her coloring, well let's just say color me green! You're going to love visiting her hen house! Trust me it's worth cluckin' about!! Today I'm going to venture out and join in her That's Krafty Thursday challenge. Every week the challenge is to use kraft paper in your creation! So be sure and check out her roost and let me know what you think and be sure and give her a sweet little cluck for me! Here's my card: "thanks for being my friend"

TKT25

Here are the Copics I used.

The ingredients to my card: Paper: (all cardstock, gasp!! no pattern paper!) Neenah (for the images) Bazzill and Paper Accents for the kraft and matting, I used scraps of c/s that matched the flower. Stamps: Hero Arts, "Be Happy"; Ink: Palette, black for the flowers and Distress Ink, Peeled Paint (to stamp the grass then colored with Copic Markers); Punch: Martha Stewart, picket fence; I also used Ranger Stickles, icicles for the wings on the cute little bee that was cut out and put on a dimensional. That's it for the delightful details. Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend and God bless and have a wonderful Mother's Day if I don't get back here before then.