Incy Wincy Autumn Challenge

A few of the designers from AiFactory were asked to make creations for the Incy Wincy Challenge Blog this week. The theme is "Autumn". You are to use autumn colors on your creation. This was an easy one for me as Autumn is my favorite season! The image is from AiFactory and she is entitled: Ella the Ballerina 2. You can find her here. Now for the details of my card... The image was colored with my Copic markers. The papers were mostly scraps from my "pile". I used a Martha Stewart punch for the detail under the ribbons. To the punched piece I sprayed Tattered Angels glimmer mist. The ribbon was added as was a cardboard embellishment to the lower right hand corner of the card. My card stock base was inked using Tim Holtz distress inks(Tea stain and pumpkin spice. All together one very "autumn" looking card! Don't you agree? Why don't you go over to Incy Wincy and add your creation to the challenge! Have a good Monday everyone and leave me some lovin'

Michelle Perkett..."Stitch it Up"!

The challenge this week at Michelle Perkett Studio is stitching...real or faux.I have used Mary Margaret's brother Thomas for this challenge. Thomas is new to Michelle's studio, and a wonderful addition! (I'm not quite clear where he has been before he joined his sister...maybe at a boarding school? LOL!). I have used my Copic and Prismacolor markers to color him. He is backed with blue paper from CK, followed by paper from a file folder that I cut down. The background paper is also from Creating Keepsakes.I have used a marking pen to "stitch" around the edges of the image.I have added three buttons that have embroidery floss, and a cute wooden star(that also has stitching around it) to finish off the card. That star is from a package of 8 that I picked up at Hobby Lobby last week for 20 cents! I love those kind of deals!

D2D Autumn Colors Challenge

This week we were given an Autumn wreath by Faith to use in our creation for the challenge at Designed 2 Delight. Over at Double Delight,(the sister challenge), our added challenge was to use Autumn colors. Reds, oranges, yellows, greens, and browns! Easy peasy with this great digital image! I decided to make a tag instead of a card for this one. I colored my image with Copic markers and used Tim Holtz distress ink to age it a little. I also used the distress ink on my background paper to make it more subtle. I added some dragon flies that I embossed with red glitter embossing powder, a few rhinestones and some different fibers to finish up the tag. I am not comfortable at doing distressed things but I think it turned out ok... What do you think? Leave me some lovin'

Back to School with AiF!

Well it's back to school for everyone this time of year! Over at AiFactory there is a challenge going on to do a card or other creation using the theme "Back to School". Under this theme you can pretty much take that any way you want! You may use primary colors, images or stamps using "school" things or by making something that you would use for school! I decided to make this handy little notebook which can be used for writing activities or homework assignments in it. It is the perfect size to fit into a backpack or a back pocket! The image I have used is from Designs by Mia, and can be found by clicking on her name. What creation do you have in mind? Why not go over to AiFactory and check out all the samples and join in? You have until September 15th. There is sure to be a great prize! Happy Wednesday everyone!

Weekend Vacation!

I will be gone all weekend as we are going to our 2nd home in Pennsylvania for the Labor Day weekend! This picture was taken in our backyard there; when a bear climbed onto the bird feeder to grab some goodies! I just hope that they are going on vacation this weekend too! lol! I hope everyone has a safe and happy Labor Day!
This is a picture of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon which is near our home. Isn't it beautiful? I love the serenity and calmness I feel when I am there...



It is back to work for me on Tuesday. I enjoyed the summer off but I guess it will be good to get back to reality! My sign language has gotten rusty I am sure, so it will be good to "get back in the saddle again"!

Summer time Challenge! MPS and Digital Tuesday

First I want to say that this is my 300th post to my blog! Yahoo! When I started this blog I had no idea that I would still be doing it a couple years later. I now can't imagine NOT doing it! Now on to the challenge...


The challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio this week is all about summer! "Hang on to Summer Fun"... They challenge you to use a MPS summer image and make a creation! My card is Olive at the beach. Nothing says summer more than sun, sand and water! My paper is SU, the DP is DCWV, I made my pink flowers with ribbon,brads and a Prima flower behind the one on the lower left. The other flowers are from Prima also. I used a stamp to make the blue one polka dotted and added brads, etc. to their middles. My image was colored with Copic markers. They are offering a $10.00 gift certificate to her store for the winner so why not go on over and check it out! I am also entering this into Digital Tuesday where the theme is "cool it"! They also have a super prize from Didi's Digis with a $10.00 gift certificate to her store! Have a good week everyone!

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge

Check out the challenge this week over at Really Reasonable Ribbon! Bonnie and her DT as well as myself and Tammy from AiFactory DT have created some fantastic cards using RRR's ribbon and AIF images from Doodle Pantry! The theme is flowers so make sure you join in! There will be 2 winners, one for a GC from RRR and one for a Gift Certificate and guest DT position with AIF!
My two cards are below...