PIO Share- Special Occasion!

Good Sunday Morning!! Hope you all are having a GREAT weekend!! Our has been so NICE! Spent the whole day in a place I LOVE yesterday.. Leavenworth... weather was PERFECT.. today I woke to RAIN and hubby told me the Mt. pass got SNOW (PHEW missed that!!) ANYWAY...

It is time for another PIO challenge...Special Occasion! I am CRASHING Team B's party again!!! I LOVE working with the metal from our sponsor this week...Add a Little Dazzle, one lucky winner will win $25 to their store!!! We hope you will join us!!!

Here is my GIFT BOX!!  I LOVE the PTI Captured Card Case template... I used it last week and cut a window.. and had to do it again! So here she is.. for Thanksgiving I will fill her with some treats.. but for now empty!! ;)  (challenges all listed below photos!)

Box Top View-

 

 Side View-

 

Challenges I Am Entering-

 PIO - Special Occasion (Thanksgiving)  
Add A Little Dazzle - Anything Goes
Shabby Tea Room - Just Neutrals/Photo Inspiration

Whoopsi Daisy - Add a Sentiment  

Fab N Funky - 3 Different Embellishments
The Stamping Boutique - Use 3 Embellishments
 Moving Along With The Times - Sparkle/Shine (Used Shiny Metal Sheets)
  613 Avenue Create- Anything Goes/Twist (1/3)
The Sisters Of Craft - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes   
Not Just A Card - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
A Crafty Mess - Anything Goes 
  Crafting By Design - Anything Goes

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

AI DT Share- ATG/Happy Birthday!

Good Monday Morning! I am back again with ANOTHER post.. today it is time for a new challenge at Artistic Impressions! Our theme is ATG or Happy Birthday!!!

Our sponsor this week is  Sparkle N Sprinkle (THANK YOU!!) the prizes are as follows

 2 images for winner and 2 for each of top 3! We hope you will join us!!

Here is my Card (challenges listed below!) I have been ADDICTED to this white on white on white with a POP of color look! (see card below for proof! HA HA!!) Now I seem to only see them in my creative mind! ;) I knew I wanted it pink..and have been working on my coloring, I found this BEAUTIFUL pink dahlia HERE and was inspired! This one has LOTS of layers, and the flower is of course sprayed with my glitter paint (another ADDICTION I am having lately!)

Challenges -

AI- ATG/Birthday

Get Creative Challenges- ATG/Twist- Stitching

 613 Avenue Create- ATG/Twist  2/3

Sister Act Card Challenge - ATG 

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge- ATG/Twist-Layers

 Really Reasonable Ribbon -ATG/With Ribbon 2/6

 Natalie and Amy's - Stitch It 

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

Hello Kitty Happy Halloween!

Can you BELIEVE Halloween is just DAYS away.. where has this month gone?!! I really do LOVE this time of year!! :) I have been creating like crazy the last couple weeks.. and have LOTS to share but had to wait til they arrived to some SPECIAL people!! Today I got the CUTEST video from my SWEETIE PIE Niece that she got her package! So I can NOW share her card I made!!

We LOVE Hello Kitty! Yep I am a 40 (something! ;) ) Mama and still LOVE that cute Kitty! So I found a FUN free coloring page online and made a Halloween Card up for our sweet Bug!!

Here is the card and challenges listed below! :) It is hard to tell in the photo, but the bow is doubled as are the bones.. lots of shimmery shine too!! (does that ever photograph well?!!! )

Challenges-

 Alphabet Challenge Blog - S is for Stitching

613 Avenue Create- ATG/Twist is ATG

 Sister Act Card Challenge - ATG  

Glitter N Sparkle- Halloween 

A Gem Of A Challenge- Trick or Treat/Halloween 

Crafts 4 Eternity- Halloween 

Creative Corner- Halloween

Aud Sentiments- 2 or 3 Word Sentiment

Milk Coffee- Halloween

Crafting At The Weekend- ATG

Through the Craft Room Door- ATG

Anything Goes- ATG/Twist (add pink)

Craftyhazelunuts- Pattern Paper

Thank You for stopping by.. I have a few more Halloween shares for ya.. THEN on to Xmas.. I LOVE this time of year! .. WAIT did I say that already! HA HA!! ;)

Have a GREAT day!

 

All Dressed Up- Happy Birthday!!

WOWY 2 posts in 1 day!!! :) I LOVE All Dressed Up Digi Images, and it is their BIRTHDAY Celebration! So I am joining the FUN at their blog and used this CUTE CUTE Freebie (THANK YOU!) Whipped up a little white on white AND PINK! (of course!) Bday Card!!

Challenges-

All Dressed Up- Birthday Challenge - Use Freebie!

613 Avenue Create- ATG/Twist is ATG

Sister Act Card Challenge - ATG
Simon Says Stamp (Monday)- ATG

MilkCoffee- Lots Of Layers  
Aud Sentiments- ATG/Sentiment

Anything Goes- ATG/Twist Shimmer and Sparkle (Used my spicas and Glitter paper strips down sides!)

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

Happy Holidays Gift Box Share!!

Happy SOGGY Wednesday (if your us anyway! LOL!) hope your all having a GREAT week!! I am SWAMPED here but have taken a little time to create!! :) I wanted to  play along in some challenges so I had to find time!! I seem to be in a HOLIDAY creating mood! Which is fine with me.. it puts me ahead of the game for about 2 days! HA HA!! :) 

I LOVED the Festive Friday inspiration photo and just new I wanted to create a box I had pinned a couple weeks ago that inspired me!! :)  I ordered THREE of the punch boards from Amazon (Envelope, Gift Box, and Gift Bag) have you seen these in action.. WOW! LOVE!! HERE is the box tutorial I used for inspiration! 

Here is the Gift Box I made.. all challenges listed below!!

Festive Friday- Photo Inspiration (sigh.. I LOVE this picture!! :) )

 

ABC Christmas- S-Something Festive

Holly Jolly- Ribbon or Lace 

613 Avenue Create- ATG/Twist (if tulle counts I did the twist- PP, Die Cut, Solid Paper, Stitching, & Ribbon (tulle))

Crafty Girls- ATG

Crafting From The Heart- ATG
Creative Fingers- ATG

Craftyhazelunuts- Pattern Paper

Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog - Monochromatic

Through The Craftroom Door- ATG

Ladybug Crafts- ATG

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas In September
The Crafting Cafe - Shades Of One

In The Pink - Sparkle And Bling (glimmer misted both my PP and pink bling of course, and LOTS of glitter on my die!!)

Thank you for stopping by! ENJOY the rest of your week!!

Happy Thursday, and A Card Share!

Happy Thursday!! I hope your all having a GREAT week!!!! :) 

I have a little card to share with ya.. it is a Moms Day Card I made  up!!! 

My Mojo seemed to have VANISHED for a bit.. so I  used a couple sketches for some cards I made and BAM that was all it took.. now I cant stop thinking of things I want to CREATE and of course now all I need to find is TIME!! HA HA!!!

Challenges for my card are listed below- Here is the sketch I used-

 

My Card-

 Challenges-

Retro Sketches- Sketch

Kims Mojo Challenge- Mothers Day Card

Sister Act-Anything Goes 

613 Avenue Create-Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wednesday)- Spring Flowers

Scrappers Delight- Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenge-Anything Goes

ABC Challenge- K is for Keep It Simple  

QKR Stampede - Mothers Day 

Thank You for stopping by! I have a few more goodies to share with you.. so I will be BACK SOON with another post!!! Have a GREAT day!!

With Love...And A HAPPY Friday!

Good Friday Morning!!!! I hope you all had a GREAT week!!! Mine went FAST! I was able to find some CREATIVE time!! Over at Scrappin Mojo we are having a crop this week.. starting TODAY! and lasting til NEXT Sunday!! I LOVE when you have so much time to finish projects!! :)

One of my challenges was called Something Challenge-

Something Old (older then 3 months) Something New (newer then 3 months) Something Sparkly/Shiny and Something Blue! Here is my card!! (I am gonna enter a few other challenges.. all linked below!)

This is for my grandma for Mothers Day.. shhh dont tell her...BUT it has a little bit of ALOT of things she likes.. Birds! Flowers, BLING, and Made by Me!! HA HA!! :) 

 

My Somethings-

Old- That heart pin on the ride corner is OVER 4 years old

New- Flowers

Sparkly-Bling and Silver Glitter Paper

Blue- Ribbon and Bird!!

Challenges for Card-
Simon Says Stamp (Wednesday)-  Mothers Day or Special Girl

 613 Avenue Create-Anything Goes/ Optional Twist

 Sister Act Card Challenge-Anything Goes

 Crafty Girls Challenge-Anything Goes

 Make It Monday-Anything Goes 

Glitter N Sparkle- Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons- Spring
Aud Sentiments-Anything Goes

Shabby Tea Room- Inspired By Photo.. AND Use Baby Blue, Spring Flowers and Bird

Thank You for stopping by!! I hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend!!!

Favorite Things....

Good Sunday Morning!!!  I am gonna have a BIG post for you today.. that was your WARNING FOR PHOTOS!! and TALKING! HA HA!! :) 

2nd week of our PIO challenge! P is for.. (anything you want!!) So for my share this week I am using my gift wrap from our Favorites Thing Gift Exchange!! We do it every year, and it is sooooo FUN!!! This year my gift was these FABULOUS dip mixes from The Coeur d"Alene Dressing Co. We tried them while on our last day of vacation in CDA and I LOVED them.. and their dressing/sauces are FABULOUS too!! (some going out for xmas gifts.. and right to me too! HA HA!)

So here is how I packaged up my goodies!!! 

 

I had to make up 9 bags !!

 

 Here is what was inside of each of them!!! Yum! and of course a wine key from Steve!! Gotta love Amazon Wine!!-

Here is what I took for sharing! Yum!!
Recipe Here! I did cheat this time and buy my spinach and arti dip made! :) Added some fresh garlic and parm. cheese and it was DELISH! Have made it the reg. way too and just as YUMMY! Premade phyllo cups are the BEST! :) )

Thank You if you made it this far!! Have a GREAT day!! 

Challenges

PIO- P Is For... (Paper Bag, (Xmas) Packaging, and Patterned Paper)  
Divas By Design-Feeling Festive
 Sweet Stampin- Ribbons  
Paper Crafting Journey- Its Christmas Time
  Creatalicious- Christmas Time  
My Mums Craft Shop- Christmas/Winter
Through The Craft Room Door- Anything Goes
  Clear It Out- Anything Goes (from my stash I used the Red bling I have had a couple years! Made 9 bags I used almost all of it! :) )
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes  
Stamping Sensations- Free and Easy

A Christmas Thank You!!

Happy Wednesday!! Hope your all having a GREAT week!! Mine is flying by! We are in FULL Holiday Mode at the Johnson house.. oh how I LOVE it!!!! Other then the COLD! BRR!!  but the fire is going, xmas songs are playing! All is good!

So we had a little crop over at Scrappin Mojo! I got ALOT (well for me anyway!) of Holiday things made! So I am gonna work on sharing daily if possible!!! Or as much as I can.. some has to be given as gifts first!!!! 

Here is a Christmas Thank You card I made up! I just LOVED that snowman from MFT! Hear and Sentiment are PTI and YEP you guessed it the sweet snowman was COVERED in glitter.. hoping my family will still love me after they get these glitter cards! HA HA!!!

 

Challenges I am entering -

Cute Card Thursday- Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbon- Anything Goes W/Ribbon
Totally Paper Crafts- Ho Ho Holidays
Totally Gorjuss- Snow Is The Way To Go!

Scribble & Scrap- Anything Goes

Created With Love- Christmas

CHNC- Extra Christmas/Anything Goes

Sister Act- Anything Goes/ Cards Only

2 Creative Chicks- Christmas/Winter

The Pink Elephant- Winter

Make It Monday- Anything Goes

613Avenue- Anything Goes/Twist
Inky Impressions- Winter/Snow

Thank You for stopping by! I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!!!!

Have A Joyous Holiday!

Hello! WOW 3 blog post in 3 days!! :) I am on a CREATIVE roll it seems.. so are still working on all thinks Christmas... and staying AHEAD of the holiday game.. BUT That could all change on Friday! LOL!!

Enough about how far ahead i think I am!! I wanted to play along with some challenges, LOVED hte MIM theme, and of course we are still having our little crop over at Scrappin Mojo!! All other challenges listed below!!!

For MIM you were to decorate a Kraft  bag.. I used one of my FAVORITE small bags.. perfect size for a gift card and candy.. or small gifts!!

Here is my GIFT BAG-
Stamped with Polka Dots Basics, Fresh Snow Ink, New Leaf Ribbon from PTI!! I did stitch on my paper, BEFORE putting it on the bag.. didnt want the bag to be stitched closed! Little inking and edging and it is all done! :)

Challenges-

PTI- MIM 

Scrappin Mojo- Spell Santa With Supplies

Craft My Life- Anything Goes.. But A Card
Cute Card Thursday- Anything But A Card

Crimbo Crackers- Anything But A Card

Ribbon Carousel- Holidays/Celebrations

Craftitude- Anything Goes
ABC Christmas- X Out Of The Box (No Squares Allowed)

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Avenue613- Anything Goes W/Optional Twist 

Artistic Inspirations- Anything Goes

Stampin For The Weekend- Feeling Festive

Thank You for stopping by! I hope you have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Merry and Bright!

Happy Tuesday!!! Hope your all having a GREAT week! I have been a CREATING machine lately and am STILL ahead of the Holiday Game!! I HOPE I can keep it that way.. seems once Thanksgiving comes I BLINK and it is Xmas... so I am TRYING This year to stay ahead of the game!!

So I have LOTS of posts coming up.. since I havent shared all I have made.. I am gonna STRETCH them out for ya! HA HA!! Today I have a card I made using Wee Winter Fairy Stamp.. I ADORE these digital stamps.. they are just so CUTE!! Next year my GOAL is to sit and practice more and more with my copics! There are some STUNNING coloring jobs I have seen.. and only DREAM of being that good! :)

 For this cutie I colored her with my copics and then ran the image through my Xxyron.. and added.. GLITTER!! SIGH! I am in GLITTER heaven over hear! HA HA! I cant stop using it! I do HOPE that everyone will FORGIVE me when they get little glitter piles on their counters! HA HA!!

 Trying to show the glitter.. not sure you can see it..but IRL it is soooo SPARKLY! and makes me sooo HAPPY! ;)

Challenges-

Scrappin Mojo- Layers

Whimsy Stamps- Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz- Christmas

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps- The Holidays
Stampin For The Weekend- Feeling Festive

A Gem Of A Challenge- Sparkle

Deep Ocean- Favorite Color Combo(PINK, White and Silver! )

Lexis Creations- Christmas
Diecut Divas- Lets Celebrate
The Paper Shelter- Christmas Is Coming

Hope you all have a GREAT week! Thanks for stopping by!!!

PTI-Blog Hop!!!

HAPPY MONDAY!!!! Hope you all had a GREAT weekend!!! We sure did.. and YEP I survived having my sweet boy turn 17!! (barely! HA HA!!!) Since it is the 25th.. you all know what that means....

I LOVED the theme for the blog hop at PTI this month.. and I am LATE in getting it posted, but BETTER LATE THEN NEVER RIGHT!! :)

Here is the photo inspiration!! How fun to CREATE a little house!!

Well I HAD to use the FABULOUS Homemade Template and Stamp set  from PTI.. thinking I am gonna fill it with homemade goodies for someone SPECIAL this Xmas!! :)

  

Here is inside.. plenty of room for treats!!

Challenges-

Scrappin Mojo- Gift Of Food

Crafty Calender- All Things Christmas

 Fab'n'Funky - Anything Goes

 Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

 Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

 Crafts 4 Eternity- Glitter And Sparkle 

Challenges For Everybody- Anything Goes

Craftyhands- Sparkle and Bling

 Crafty Creations- Thanksgiving/Christmas 
  Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thank You for stopping by! Have a GREAT day.. and HAPPY BLOG HOPPING!! :)

PIO Share- Poinsettia Box!

Good Sunday Morning!! I hope your all having a GREAT weekend!! Ours has been nice!! Going to DECORATE today... Got the Tree and did some Shoppin yesterday!! I LOVE this time of year!!

Ok on with the show.. it is time for our PIO challenge!! We want you to Pile On the Embellies!!! I made up one of my most favorite boxes to share!! I PILED the felt to make that big fluffy poinsettia, add buttons, bows, silver trim, and fun swirls!! and PRESTO a gift box ready to give!! :)
 Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp, and one lucky winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to their store. We HOPE you will join us!!! :)

 Directions for box HERE

Supplies Used- Poinsettia and Swirl Die from MFT, Ribbon, CS, Buttons from PTI, PP, Melissa Frances, Silver Cord and Thread bought at Michaels

Challenges I am entering-

PIO- Pile On Embellies
Paper Pretties- Girly
 Inspire Me Friday:-Anything Goes
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Paper Shelter - Christmas is Coming
Crafts and Me  - Ribbon or Trim
 Paper Makeup Stamps Challenge Blog- Christmas
Party Time Tuesdays-Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs- Anything But A Card
Simply Create- Always Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts- Anything But A Card.
Through The Craft Room Door- Anything Goes

Thank You for stopping by!! Have a GREAT day!! and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! :)

Mr. & Mrs. and a Happy Friday!!

Happy Friday!!! Hope you all had a GREAT week!!! Mine FLEW by!! They seem to do that more and more lately!!! :) 

I have a share for you! My cousin is getting married this weekend.. so SAD we arent able to join them in Cali for the BIG day.. sigh.. but I did whip them up a card to send off to them! 

Going to join a few challenges.. (photos and links below!)

 

 I used the sketch this week from The Deconstructed Sketch-

 

Also played along with The Shabby Tea Room this week- NEUTRALS COLORS from the photo AND INCLUDE RIBBON/TWINE and a SENTIMENT!

  

Other Challenges-

 Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - All Stitched Up
Crazy 4 Challenges- Put a Bow On It

Stampin For The Weekend - Use Some Texture

ABC Challenges - Anything Goes

  Make it Monday - Anything Goes 

 Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Thank You for stopping by! Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!! We are getting our tree I can not WAIT!! :) Happy  Holidays!!!