Gingerloft - Happy Birthday Challenge!

Good Morning! I have 2 posts for you today!! 1st up is the DT share from Gingerloft! The challenge is HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! How easy is that!! We do hope you will join the FUN!!

here is my card-
Thanks for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!!

Card Kit Club!

It is that time.. time to share our card kit club!! I LOVE doing this little club with the girls so FUN! and I ADORE everything we get.. This month it was Joni's turn.. and WOWY she sent such GREAT goodies for us to use!!!

Here is what we got... (Photo by Joni! Thank You! :) )



Now I have 2 more goodies to make.. BUT my time has been crazy and today when I THOUGHT I had time.. I had to go get my sweet Justin from school..he is sick! :( So I will get busy and SHARE them SOON!!! But here is what I did..

Altered PTI Stamp box-


Please be sure to stop by the girls blogs!!
Joni
Mary
Mara

Challenges I am going to enter-
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Paper Take Weekly - For The Girls or Mom
Crazy for Challenges - Spring Is in the Air
Stamp n' Doodle - Embossing
Totally Papercrafts - Favorite things (Flowers, Lace, Die Cuts)

Thank You for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!!

Happy Birthday Card Share!!

Happy Monday!!!! I have another share for you today!!! This is a card I made for a friends birthday!! I was going through some stamps and GASP I have so many fun ones I forgot about.. I need to bring them out!! This Happy Birthday Sentiment I have had a couple years and it had never been inked! (UH OH! LOL!) I have LOTS like that.. so my goal over the next few projects is to USE those things I MUST BUY! :) (Imagine that!) Wish me luck! HA HA!!

Ok on with the card.. below are the challenges I am entering it in!!
Challenges-
Scrappin Mojo- Color Combo
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Creatalious Challenge-Lace
Crafts and Me - Pretty In Lace
Creative Mondays - Anything Goes
Little Darlings - Pearls
The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or Anything Goes
Partytime Tuesday- Anything Goes

Thank You for stopping by!! Have a GREAT day!!!

PIO Challenge- Spots and/or Stripes

Hello Again! 2 posts today!! If you here for my Gingerloft post just scroll down!! :)

This week our PIO challenge is Spots and/or Stripes... (well... I got to creating and sorta left this part out.. BUT my ribbon has dots... lets call them spots! AND my PP behind the pink paper has stripes.. so it is all there.. just not noticeable! LOL!) Our sponsor this week is DILLY BEANS! (THANK YOU!) Such FUN digi stamps!! Hope you will join us.. 1 lucky winner will recieve 3 images of their choice!

Here is my card- I call it MIXED MEDIA CARD!! I just LOVE all the mixed media art!! So I made up the background.. I gotta tell you I LOVE how it turned out! Gonna share a close up down below!! Then I added my cute digi image, and some fun embellies.. not sure it is OFFICIALLY like it was in my head.. but I am HAPPY with it! and so is my girly! :)


Here is a close up of just the background paper I made- I used paints, inks, stamps.. I am soo making this again! :)


Challenges for Beth-
PIO-Spots/Stripes
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Clearly Inspired Challenge- Anything Goes
Creatalious Challenge-Lace
Simon Says Stamp- Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenges - Recipe
Crafts and Me - Pretty In Lace
Partytime Tuesday- Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a GREAT day!!!

Some FUN News!!

Happy Sunday Bloggy Friends!! I have 2 posts today... if you are here looking for the PIO share it is right above this!

So I am EXCITED to share with you some news! I was asked to join the Gingerloft DT! (THANKS Tami!) They have a FUN challenge blog HERE!! Our challenge is SPRING! Hope you will join the fun there is a chance to win a GDT spot! and 1 winner will receive 3 digis of their choice!!

Here is my card-
Challenges I am entering-
Gingerloft- Spring
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craftroom - Spring Bouquet
Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring

Thank You for stopping by!! Have a GREAT day!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Happy Monday Blog Friends! Hope you had a GREAT weekend and your week is starting like ours SUNNY!! (cold.. but sunny! I will take it!)

Last weekend Scrappin Mojo had a crop! I was so EXCITED to get to finish some challenges!!

One was a scrap lift from a card that Mary found on pinterst...HERE is the orig. card and this is what I came up with- a birthday card for my Aunties Birthday!! :) (challenges I am entering are listed below!)

Thought since your here I will share some photos from the PARTAY! We had a GREAT time!!


Thanks if you made it this far!!! :) Have a GREAT day!!!

Challenges-
Card Makin' Mamas - Happy Birthday
Creative Mondays - Anything Goes
Stamps R Us - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Anything goes

Allsorts - Anything goes
Paper Shelter Challenge - add a sentiment
Crafty Catz #121 - I Spy Something Beginning with B (Birthday)
Simon Says Stamp - Three Different Papers
Little Darlings - Pearls
Bunny Zoe's Crafts -- Celebrations
Craft Us Crazy - Favourite colour or embellishment
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes

Card Kit Club!

Happy Monday!!! So EXCITED today is our little card kit club share!! It was Maras turn to send us goodies.. Oh my.. I LOVED all she sent the colors just screamed SPRING to me! So bright and cheery!! (THANKS MARA!!)

Here is what I came up with!!!

A fun birthday card-
and a fun tag to add to some wine for a friend!
Hope you will visit the rest of the girls-
Mara
Joni
Mary

THANKS for stopping by!! Have a GREAT day!! I am back to creating.. OH I mean CLEANING! :)

PIO Challenge- Sending Happiness

Happy Sunday!!! It is time for another PIO challenge- Sending Happiness!! The FABULOUS MelJen was our sponsor this week (THANK YOU!).. she has the CUTEST digi stamps!!!!

We hope you will join us this week! 1 lucky winner will win some of MelJens Digi Images!!!!
Here is my card, and the challenges I am entering!!
Challenges for Beth-
PIO- Sending Happiness
Meljen's Challenges - Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenges - Stitching
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers - Postage/mail
Craft Us Crazy - Favorites (PINK, RIBBON, BLING!!)

Thank You for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!!!!

Mixed Media Art , Valentines, and Tolo Photo Share!

Happy FRIDAY Blog Friends!! I am so READY for a FUN weekend!! It is gonna be full of FUN! Creating, Bunco (moms night OUT!), Crafty Shoppin with my Girl, Visiting Friends, and MORE CREATING.. oh and some cleaning to make it look like I do something more then PLAY!!

Ok this post is LOADED with photos.. that is your warning! Gonna share my mixed media art canvas first.. and link challenges below.. I have LOVED all the FUN mixed media art being shared.. I had this in my head for awhile and was so HAPPY with how it came out!!!
The canvas is painted, inked, glimmer misted, and stamped on!!! :)
Challenges Linked Below!!

Valentines!
Made these choc. covered oreos for Amandas class! Idea from pinterest.. were supposed to be on sticks.. but the cookies kept breaking so I just did the cookie.. probably better to NOT let 6th grade boys have sticks! LOL!
MORE valentines we made... ate... and shared! :) and of course my kiddos.. 2 of my FAVORITE valentines!! :)
Valentines for Us from the kiddos! (LOVE THEM!) for Larry, Kimmie and Buggy, and Moms box full of cake bites!!
One last photo share.. Justin and his friend Riley ready for Tolo!! He had such a FUN time!! They were so GOOD to us mamas and letting us take photos! I have about 20 more! HA HA!
THANK YOU if you made it this far!!! :) I hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend!!!!!
Happy Friday!!

Challenges I am entering Mixed Media Art In-
Scrappin Mojo- Show me your LOVE challenge!
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Bling it on-Love
Sparkles- Things With Wings
Gingerloft- Love Is In The Air
ABC- Challenge- Jazz it Up
Crafty Purple Frog - Flowers
Totally Gorjuss - Luvre!
2 Sisters - I {heart} You
Crafts & Me - Disteressed
Craft Us Crazy - Favorites (PINK)

PTI Anniversary FUN!!

Oh my.. have you been watching all the FUN on Nicoles blog about what PTI has coming up!! SIGH!!! So excited for this release (I say this each month but you know.. it is true!! LOL!)

So our challenge and chance at a FABULOUS prize was to use a favorite color combo that the FABULOUS DT picked.. I picked the AMAZINGLY Talented Melissa Phillips color combo.. because I LOVED it.. and I wanted to play along AND I needed a Valentine Treat! So 3 birds.. 1 creative stone!! :)


Here is what I came up with.. I altered one of the clear PTI stamp boxes.. it will be filled SOON with Valentine treats! :)
Everything is PTI.. except the tulle, border punch and that cute sparkley heart (My girly made that for me!)

Thank You for stopping by!! Back to making Valentines!!!!

Happy Monday! & A Valentine Share!!

Happy Monday!!! I know.. 2 posts in a row! I go 2 weeks between posts.. then this week I go 1 day! HA HA!! I have LOTS to get done.. so you will HOPEFULLY be seeing lots from me.. I guess that is your warning! HA! ;)

It is time for my monthly challenge at Scrappin Mojo! I did easy peasy colors... Pink, Red, and White! Would love to have you play along.. we are a FUN little board.. super close good friends... stop by if you have the chance and say HI!! :) We have LOTS of fun challenges you can join!

Here is my card- I really LOVE how that lace looks on the heart.. so gonna do that again! The cute red heart was one made by my sweet Amanda! (xoxo)
Challenges I am entering-
Scrappin Mojo- Color Challenge (Pink, Red, and White)
Inky Impressions-pearls/bling ( I used bling)
Polka Doodles-Hearts
Bling it on-Love
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle-Diecut or punch (I used heart border punch)
Fary Tale Challenge Blog- Love Love Love
Card Makin Mamas- Valentines
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Partytime Tuesday- Anything Goes

Thank You for stopping by!!! I am back to the craft room!! :) Lots of VALENTINE LOVE in the making! LOL!!
Have a GREAT day!!!!

PIO Challenge- TWEEN!

Happy Sunday.. WOWY it has been 2 weeks since I posted.. time has just flown by!! I have gotten NOOO creative time in! SIGH! Gonna change that today! (well yesterday too since I created this cute little box!!)

Time for a PIO share! Our FABULOUS sponsor was The Stamping Boutique.. (THANK YOU!) they have DARLING Digital Stamps!!!

I decided to make up a mini pizza box.. oh I how I LOVE those cuties!! Thought this would be a fun little gifty to give!!!
Challenges I am entering!!!
PIO- Tween
My Craft Spot - Anything Goes
Pollycraft Monday - Favorite Things - Flowers/Bling
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - Fab N Funky
Partytime Tuesday- Anything Goes
Sparkles- Something New (Digi and Flowers)
My Time To Craft- A is for Adorable

Hope you all have a GREAT day! You watching the Super Bowl?? ME.. NO! I am gonna watch some commercials! Have some YUMMY game day munchies.. and CRAFT with my girly!!
THANKS for stopping by!

PIO Challenge- Lace!

Happy Sunday Blog Friends!! Our snow is MELTING.. now it is a BIG slushy mess.. BUT it is leaving.. that is what counts! LOL!! :)

It is time for a PIO share!!! This week our challenge is LACE! and our WONDERFUL Sponsor is Whoopsi Daisy Digi Stamps! (THANK YOU!) They have the CUTEST images!!! So so SWEET!!

Here is my card I made up for this weeks challenges!! All challenges listed below card!!



PIO- Lace
Whoopsi Daisy - Not Square (rectangle is hopefully ok! :) )
Cupcake Craftroom- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts- Bows
My Grafico- Valentines
My Time To Craft- Favorite Embellie (Bling and the Clay Goodies My DD makes!)
Wags N Whiskers- Valentines
Whimsical Designs- Anything Goes

I hope you will play along with us this week at PIO!!!
Have a GREAT day!!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Happy Friday!!

Happy Friday! Happy snow WEEK!!! if your my kiddos!! Oh my we have had snow this whole week.. it seems to be raining now! I am HAPPY! A week of snow is SIX days to many for me! HA HA!!!

BIG post today.. snow photos.. something Yummy and something Creative! :) I have a HUGE pinterest foodie post..but will save that for another time! :)

Snow Photos-
Sledding with Dad-
Yesterday-


This is a photo on Sunday and 1 yesterday.. we had over 12 inches!
BUT I did find a BRIGHT spot... SNOW ICE CREAM! UM YUM! it really was good.. I did double the vanilla.. I would probably add more! (hopefully next year.. not this year! HA!)
HERE you can find the recipe I used!

Finally a Birthday Card share!! Our sweet neighbor turned 16 this week!! Here is the card I made her! Hopefully she will like it!! :)
The frame is all GLITTERY and PURTY!! Used a cupcake my girly made me.. added some mod podge and glitter!! Little Felt Flower.. I am so LOVING using Tulle on everything these days.. so I added one of my favorites.. some stitching and a some stamping and VIOLA! Sweet 16 Card!! :)

Challenges I am entering-
Make It Monday- Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge- Sparkle (glittery frame and cupcake)
Paper Minutes- Partytime/Anything Goes
Lets Ink It Up- Anything Goes/NO digis!
Sparkles-Something New (new number stamps!)
Alphabet Challenge- Y- You Choose!

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you made it through all my photos.. THANKS! :)
Have a GREAT weekend!!!!

Just the 3 of Us!!

Happy MLK day.. Happy SNOWY day if your us.. and I am sure a few other places! :) The kiddos are so EXCITED for the snow.. me not so much! I got my snow photos now I am READY for SPRING! LOL!! :)

So I got this FABULOUS idea from Renee .. LOVED it so much I asked some friends to join and they said YES! SOOOO... our first just the 3 of us share is here! (and YES I am SORRY I am a day late.. bad hostess that I am!! I wont be next month! HONEST!)

A big THANK YOU to Joni and Mara for joining me.. pop over to their blogs and see what LOVELINESS they created! (Joni got 6 goodies out of what I sent!!)

So here is the kit I sent
and here is what I created with it!!-A Valentine Treat Box!!! Used the PTIs - Around Town Tote!
The only rule we had was you had to use 4 of the items I sent!!!!
My SWEET GIRLY! Made up the clay hearts for me, to send in the kits.. she LOVES to create and I LOVE to be able to use what she makes.. Here is a peek at what she created for me.. AND the larger hearts are some AG Doll Cookies she made for a friends birthday! :)
I am going to enter my template in a few challenges-
Scrappin Mojo- Sketch
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Speedy Cat- Border Punch
Top Tip Tuesday- Anything Goes
Paper Play- Stitches
Polly Craft- Bingo (Pearl-s heart, Punch- Border, Flower- Felt Flower)
Delightful Inspiration - Heart
My Time To Craft- XOXO hugs and Kisses

If you made it this far.. THANK YOU!! :) Have a GREAT week!!! I have a few more shares for you so I will be back!!!! Thanks for stopping by!!

PIO Challenge- Manly Cards!

Happy Sunday Blog Friends!!! It is that time again.. a PIO DT share!! Our WONDERFUL sponsor this week was Dude Time Doodles (Thank You!) they have some GREAT images and sentiments!

Here is my MANLY birthday card! :) It maybe more BOYISH! But it is still manly right! LOL!!


Challenges for Beth-
PIO- Manly Cards
Dude Time Doodles-Anything Goes / Masculine Theme
Make it Monday- Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays- Something New (digi images)
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes/New (digi images)
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes

Hope you will join us this week and PILE IT ON!! :) Have a GREAT day and THANKS for stopping by!!!!

Winter Wishes!

Happy January! I hope your New Year is off to a GREAT start!!

One of my goals this year was to create MORE! and enter even more challenges! and start using things I BUY! IMAGINE that! :)

Here is a card I whipped up... using my Winter Woodland Cricut Cart (big snowflake behind image), and of course my favorite from Accent Essentials for the center snowflake! Got that CUTE snowman just the other day from MelJen designs!! (ok so that is new.. but everything else I had!) that blue bling is probably 5 years old! YEAH! using it! HA HA! :)

The Card-Close-Up of all the SPARKLY snowflakes!!

Challenges I am entering-
Cooking With Cricut- New and Cricut Cut (snowman new, snowflakes cricut cuts)
MelJen Designs- Blue
PIO- Anything Goes
GingerLoft- Winter
My Craft Spot- Winter Wonderland (must use glitter)
Top Tip Tuesday- Anything Goes (Plus my tip this card.. to make that fluffy bow.. You just make to bows about the same size.. then tie in the center and cut the tails.. easy peasy and one of my new FAVORITE bows to make!)
Digital Tuesday- Winter Wonderland
Inspire Me Friday- Anything Goes
Make It Monday- Anything Goes
Scrappin Mojo Color Challenge- Blues/White
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes

THANKS for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!!

Top 11 of 2011!!

I LOVE to see the postings of peoples favorites from the previous year... I was just looking at my posting this was my lowest postings in 4 years.. BUT with all that went on this summer.. I didnt post much.. THAT will change this year!!!

Most of my favorites seem to be boxes I have made!!

Here they are!! Enjoy!!!

#1 I LOVED this technique from PTIs MIM! Was EXCITED to be their daily pick..




#2 and #3 Mothers Day Card and Tulip Gift Box! I just still LOVE that ribbon and the picks.. and tiny tags.. oh my!!


#4- I whipped up these gift card holders.. I just LOVE the big tulle bow and sparkly tags!!
Now a run on captured card cases! (they are my FAVORITE you know! LOL!)

#5 This one I created for my Mom for Xmas! It was one of my very favorites.. it was one I didnt want to give away! BUT I love my mom so I did! :)
#6 and #7 LOVE making these big loopy bows.. inspired by PTIs die.. I made these without it.. Love how they turned out!

#8 Made up this captured card case in a smaller version and matching card!

#9 and #10 are my kiddos birthday cards! I love how they turned out this year!



#11 This was a blog hop project, I LOVE PTIs timeless templates so much... and the ribbon flower.. I have more upstairs to use.. I should!!
THANK YOU for stopping by! Have a GREAT day! and heres to a VERY CREATIVE 2012!!

PIO Challenge- Anything Goes!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope you all had a WONDERFUL Holiday Season and have a VERY HAPPY and CREATIVE 2012!!

Today is our first challenge of the year for PIO!! Anything goes.. and we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamps!

Here is my card... for my SWEET SILs Birthday which is tomorrow!! I hope she likes it!!

Challenges for Beth-
PIO- Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Make It Monday- Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp- Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss-Happy
ABC Challenge Blog- F is for Frosty
Paper Shelter- Tied Bow
Cutie Pie- Sentiment
Top Tip Tuesday- Anything Goes (my tip.. to make that cute sparkly frame I ran it through my xxyron UPSIDE down.. so the sticky was on the front of it and covered it with glitter! Fun Fast and Easy Sparkly Embellies!!)
Close up of the sparkly frame -
Thank You for stopping by! and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!