Good Morning!!! It is time for our final challenge of the year at PIO!!  Our theme is Anything Christmas/Winter! It will run 5 weeks!! 

Our sponsor this week is Pink Gem Designs, and one lucky winner will receive 2 digis of their choice!! I just LOVE their sweet images!!!

For my card I used one of their DARLING Pre-Colored images!! All challenges are listed below my card!! We do hope you will join us for our challenge! 

Challenges For Beth-

PIO- Christmas/Winter

Pink Gem- Anything Christmas

613 Avenue Create- Anything Goes W/Twist

A Snowflake's Promise - Winter/ Christmas

Merry Monday- Use A Bird

ABC Christmas- X is for 4 X 4

Fresh Brewed Designs - Christmas

Crafty Gals - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed)- Snow

Brown Sugar- Anything Goes

Card Mania- Christmas

THANK YOU for stopping by!!! Have a GREAT day and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Little Pumpkin!!!

HELLLOOOO!! Happy Wednesday! Hope your all having a GREAT week!! All is well here! Been creating up a STORM here and LOVING every minute of it!! My house is a mess but that is ok! RIGHT! HA HA!! :)

So I found these CUTE little jars at the Dollar Tree.. if you dont know this yet.. I am ADDICTED to that store these days.. you can find some TREASURES in there for you guessed it only $1!! I bought 30 items there came to $33.. bought 30 items at Michael's and well it DID NOT come to $33! HA HA!!

The minute I saw these jars I thought PUMPKINS! I have since went back to get MORE! ;) and now I want even MORE! HA HA!

Here is my Little Pumpkin.. entering some challenges.. they are listed below all the pics! :) 
Spray Painted a coat of Ivory first.. then painted acrylic orange paint.. a little sanding.. green spray paint on the lid added a junk bow and tag.. and it is done! :) 

BEFORE!! 

AFTER!!

This just shows Before, Side View, and After!

                           

Challenges-

                                           613 Avenue Create- ATG W/Twist
                                                Allsorts- No Designer Paper

Simply Create Too- Halloween Colors

Artistic Inspirations-ATG/Halloween

Creatalicious - Halloween 

Our Crafty Corner - Getting Ready for Halloween 

Get Creative - Halloween

Creative Corner - Halloween

Crafts Galore - Halloween

That Craft Place - Halloween

Aud Sentiments - Halloween Sentiments

Crafting From the Heart - ATG  

Craft Your Passion - ATG 

TTCRD- ATG

Thank You for stopping by!! Have a GREAT day and ENJOY the rest of your week!!

Joy- Winter Wishes Share!!

Happy Tuesday! Hope your all having a GREAT week!! I have about 1 Million things on my plate as I TRY to get ready for my sons 18th Birthday Parties that are coming up Friday and Saturday.. BUT you know what I did instead.. (it is called DENIAL to this mama he is that old!) I CREATED!! This little card was in my head all week and I really wanted to play along with some challenges.. so I did! NOW I must focus on what should be done ...

 (wish me luck!!)

Here is my card, challenges listed below!!

 

Challenges I Am Entering-

Paper Sweeties Blog- Photo/Color Inspiration

613 Avenue Create- ATG/Twist  (3/3)

Christmas Stamping All year - ATG
Sister Act Card Challenge - ATG 

We Do Doobadoo Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Christmas

Crafty Catz - Christmas is Coming

CRAFT- Christmas(2/5)

Sweet Stampin - To Die For
Craft Dee Bowz- ATG W/Handmade Bow

Party Time Tuesday- ATG

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

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!!

PIO Share- Feeling Cool!

HAPPY NOVEMBER!! WOW how did that happen?!!! Time is just flying!!! Hope you all had a GREAT weekend.. ours has been nice, and YEAH we got an hour back! :) It is time for a new PIO Challenge-  Our theme is Feeling Cool!!! 

Our sponsor is Dilly Beans  (THANK YOU!!!)  They are offering 3 digital images to our lucky winner! We hope you will join us!!! Here is my card, I promise IRL that snowflake (made by my sweet girly!) is white! HA! Not sure why it photographed like that!! I sprayed the whole card with my glitter spray I WISH you could capture that on film too!! ANYWAY.. here is my card, and challenges listed below!

 

Challenges:

PIO- Feeling Cool 

613 Avenue Create- ATG/Twist 

Sister Act Card Challenge - ATG

Craft-Dee BowZ - ATG/With A Bow

Delicious Doodles - Cold Outside

Moving Along With The Times-  Winter Theme

Digi Stamps For Joy- ATG

Scrappers Delights- ATG

Party Time Tuesday -ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty -ATG

QKR Stampede- 3 Of A Kind (Penguins)
Crafty Ribbon- Tags/With Ribbon

Really Reasonable Ribbon -ATG/With Ribbon

Simon Says -ATG

The Sisters of Craft -ATG

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

EEK! Happy Halloween Share!!

Happy Tuesday!! Hope your having a GREAT week!! I have been carving out some CREATIVE time.. and by that I mean IGNORING my house cleaning and laundry chores! :)

I bought this CUTE Sherri Baldy image (Spider Ella)  LAST Year!!! FINALLY I took the time to color her up!! Used some tips from the color class (Copics Marker Class For Card Makers!) I took, that white pen trick SAVES me ALOT!!! I just think she is so CUTE! SOOOO CUTE in fact I am KEEPING HER! HA HA!! She will go sit right on my mantle!! :) 

Here is my card, and challenges listed below!!

Challenges-

Besties Challenge- Bling It Up!

Besties UK Challenge- ATG/Button (my spider in the black ribbon is a button!!)

Sister Act Card Challenge - ATG 

613 Avenue Create- ATG/Twist is ATG

Crafting At The Weekend- ATG

Through the Craft Room Door- ATG

 Crafting from the Heart - ATG

Lady Bug Crafts- Autumn or Halloween 

QKR Stamps- Delightfully Frightful

Simply Create Too-  Halloween

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

PIO Share- Shabby Chic

Happy  Sunday!!! Hope you are having a WONDERFUL weekend!!! If you are here for my Crafting By Design GDT project please scroll down!!) 

I have ANOTHER share for you!! It is time for our Pile It On Challenge - Shabby Chic is our theme! LOVE it!!

 We're sponsored by Paper Sweeties (THANK YOU!!)  and they have a fabulous prize of $20 to spend in their store! We hope you will join us!!! 

Here is my project!! This was a Bday gift for a SWEET neighbor girl! Thought the cupcake theme was perfect for a Bday.. she LOVES my dipped marshmallows.. so I made her 4 of her own, a little treat box!! My girly helped me and colored the cupcake for her card! (Photo below!)

  Photo to show card my girly made! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Challenges For Beth:

PIO- Shabby Chic

Paper Sweeties- Cupcakes and Sprinkles

 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie - Bling And Cute

Pink Gem- Favorite Color Combo (Pink, Red, Blue)
Sweet Stamps- Polka Dots

Crafty Ribbons- Anything Goes W/Ribbon

QKR Stampede - Punch or Dies

Divas By Design- Anything But A Card

Open Minded - Use Ribbon

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Pennys - Anything Goes

Vintage Stamping - Ribbons And Bows

Simon Says Stamp (Monday)- Challenge M  (Marshmallows, May Birthday, Mmm Cupcakes)
Lady Bug - Favorite Embellie- Bling and Sequins!

Feeling Crafty-One For The Girls

 

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

Happy Mothers Day Card Share!!!

Happy Saturday!!! Hope your all enjoying your weekend!!! :) I have another card share for ya!! This is the card I made my Mama this year!!! Used our sketch from Sketch N Dies for inspiration!!! All challenges listed below!!!

Sketch-

My Card-

Challenges-

Sketch N Dies- Sketch

Divas By Design-In The Pink

Crafting by Designs - M Is For Mom 

Sister Act - Anything Goes

FanTastic Tuesday- Flourish

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes/Twist- Bling

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes/Twist-Gems or Rhinestones

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

 Simon Says Stamp (Wednesday)- Spring Flowers 

Thank You for stopping by! I wish you a VERY HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!! ENJOY the rest of your weekend!!!

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!!

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!!!!

PIO Challenge!!

Good Sunday Morning!! I hope you all had a WONDERFUL weekend! We sure have! After Thanksgiving dinner we turned into a flurry of Xmas fun!! :) Looking forward to the Holidays!!

Enough small talk it is time for a PIO challenge! P is for...! Use as many items/themes starting with "P" as you can, and let us know what you used.
This challenge will actually run 5 weeks, December 1 - January 4.  This challenge is sponsored by our friends at Jellypark, (THANK YOU!!) who are giving 2 images to the winner this week! We hope you will join us!!

Here is my card, I just LOVED this  cute snowman from Jelly park!! Circle cut him, and COATED him in glitter (my THING this season it seems! HA HA!!)  Used my Doily Card Shape from the Wildcard Cricut Cartridge..  Added some fun embellies... and VOILA!!

Challenges I am entering!
PIO- P Is For... (Pink and Pom Poms!)
Jelly Park- Christmas
Totally Paper Crafts- Ho Ho Holidays
Craft Challenges- Non-Traditional Xmas Colors
Creatalicious- Christmas Time
Crafts 4 Eternity- Non Traditional Christmas
Aud Sentiments- Any Sentiment
Crafty Sentiments- Anything Goes
All Sorts- Inspired By A Song (Frosty The Snowman)
Gem Of A Challenge- Winter Wonderland
Crafting By Design - Christmas Or Winter

Scrappers Delight - Make It Sparkle

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Sisteract - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Snow

Totally Gorjuss - Snow

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Thank You for stopping by!! I hope you have a GREAT 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!!

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!! :)