{MY} PTI's Make It Monday Share! :)

Happy Wednesday Blog Friends!! I hope your all having a GREAT week!!! Mine is flying by.. I guess having Monday off and out of town can do that! :)

Today I have a little share.. I LOVE LOVE LOVE PTI's  Make It Monday challenges.. Now I cant get them all done but I so LOVE going to Nicoles blog to see what is in store for us!! Since I MISSED the blog hop I REALLY wanted to play along this week! So YEAH I did!!
It is pocket cards! I LOVE pocket cards.. AND I LOVE clear pocket cards! (is CLEAR still in! HA HA! It is today my friends!)

I made this up ... a clear pocket gift card.. card.. holder! :)  Everything is PTI but the ink and thread! :) (other challenges listed below!)

My CLEAR Pocket Card!

Here is the card out of the pocket! (SORRY for the not so great photo.. thought it would be better outside.. I THOUGHT NOT! HA HA!)

Challenges I am entering-
PTI- Make It Monday
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes
Ooh La La -Make It Girly
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Anything Goes
Love To Create- Add A Sentiment
Tip Top Tuesday- Dig Out The Old (that pink sparkle paper  is about 2 years old!)
Crafts & Me -Add Ribbon
Southern Girls - Die Cut or Punch (flower tag is a die cut)

I owe ALOT of blog visits after being gone for a few days.. gonna get some in now.. then later today!! Have a WONDERFUL week and THANKS for stopping by!!

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day! First off a BIG THANK YOU to all our military past and present and their families for all they do!!!

Now on to other important business! THANK YOU all for visiting and leaving comments on the gingerloft birthday blog hop!! My winner was....
 #19 Karen Letchworth!
E-mail Tami at  alyssasmom98@aol.com to claim your prize!

It is also time for our GL challenge! CIRCLES!! Hope you will join the FUN! 1 lucky winner will win 3 digis of their choice!! :)

here is my tag-

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

Happy Saturday!!

Happy Saturday!!! I hope your all having a WONDERFUL weekend!! We are off having FUN at my grandparents cabin!! (and hoping the sun stays!  HA!)
I have a QUICK share today... My Amandas teacher LOVES beaches, palm trees, the Caribbean!! So I wanted to make her a sign for her class! I just free handed it and came up with this... 







Now I am thinking I need to paint a canvas for my creative space.. because I too LOVE beachy stuff! SIGH!!!!

Ok and now a pinterest share.. I have been making ALOT of yummys from there... this chicken was FABULOUS!!!! Will make it again!!

Outback Steakhouse- Alice Springs Chicken


Thank You all for stopping by!!!! Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!!!

Gingerloft Birthday Blog Hop!!!

Hello AGAIN! and WELCOME back!!! Sorry to be a bit late in my share!!! Had a FUN BUSY weekend.. and just couldnt get it all done! BUT I am here now!!

A very BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the VERY TALENTED Tami!!! Thank You again for having me on your WONDERFUL DT!!!

Now on with the show and all the deets!! Happy Hopping!!!

Hello!  Welcome to our Gingerloft Creator’s birthday celebration!  To celebrate our founder and creator of all of these Fun Gingerloft images we are having a birthday blog hop!  We will all be using the same image, Birthday Turtles so that you can see just how versatile Tami’s images can be!  You should have come here from _Nikki's blog !  If not, please start at the main challenge blog and go from there.   We will each get to pick a winner from the comments on each of our blogs.  That will mean we will have TEN winners!  Cool huh?  Now, let’s get started!

I LOVE Tags! There I said it! HA HA! So I decided to whip up a tag with the CUTE Birthday Turtles!!! I even tied in on the bag.. so guess what I am AHEAD of the birthday game.. now I just need a birthday party to go to ! ;)

Now be sure to head on over to our very special guest   JoAnn’s blog to see what she has created; but don’t forget to leave me some love!  Who knows?  Maybe your comment will be the winning one!

Thank You for stopping by!!! Have a GREAT day and  Happy Hopping!!!! 

Challenges I am entering-

Craft Your Days Away - All Creatures Great and Small

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - A Touch Of Sparkle (bling!!)

Allsorts-Buttons & Bows
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - Birthday

Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Digi Designs - Bling!

Totally Gorjuss- Pink and Green

Gingerloft Birthday Bloghop!

Hello!! If you have found your way here from the Gingerloft Birthday Bloghop ~ THANK YOU for stopping by!!


WE are celebrating our FABULOUS leader Tami's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAMI!!! She is the creative mind behind Gingerlofts WONDERFUL images!!! :)

Now as you can see I dont have my project shared yet! It will be UP as soon as I get my kiddos off to school and my photo taken AKA when the sun comes up!!!

BUT I didnt want to ruin the FUN.. or have you lose your spot.. so please be sure to continue on.. and if you have time to stop back in just a bit I will be up and ready!! BUT be sure to leave a comment here.. as there is a chance to WIN a prize!! I will count the comments in this post and my REAL post with my goodie!!!

Here is the blog hop list.. ENJOY!!! and THANKS for stopping by!! Hope you will pop back to see what I have done with Tamis DARLING image!

Gingerloft challenge blog www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com
Sherry - http://sherrys-crafty-corner.blogspot.com/

Shirl - http://creationbyshirl.blogspot.com

Elizabeth - http://www.warmharted.blogspot.com/

Tracey - http://mowbraydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

Einat - http://einat109.blogspot.com/ 

Nikki - www.nmcardcreaions.blogspot.com

Beth - http://bethiejs.blogspot.com/   (You are here! :) )

JoAnn (Sassy Raggedy) - http://www.sassyraggedy.com/

Karen - http://busybusyhoneybee.wordpress.com/

Tami - www.teamgingerbread.blogspot.com

Thank You for stopping by!! Have a WONDERFUL day!!  If you have followed the links you should be off to visit our SPECIAL GUEST JoAnn!!

Card Kit Club- Strawberries!!! :)

Good Morning AGAIN! ;) I have 2 posts today, if your here for the PIO challenge post, please scroll down!!!

It is time for our Card Kit Share!! It was my turn to be hostess!! I had so much FUN putting the kit together.. I LOVED the PTI strawberry stamps I got.. so the whole kit was packed full of STRAWBERRY FUN!! :)  My sweet girl even made up some clay strawberrys for us!! :)

Here is the kit I sent-

Here are some of the things I made.. and challenges are listed below I am entering!!


Birthday Card- My girly made that strawberry! :)

 

Lunch Box Note-

 

Note Pad and Matching Pen.. SOOOOO this one I did a boo boo on.. stamped sweet on the berries.. didnt like it .... so I stamped it again.. lower.. which I like.. I figured it is just for me! I dont mind a little boo boo!! :) shhh dont tell anyone K?! :)

Cant wait to see what the girls created with the kit.. hope you will stop by and visit them too! :)
Joni
Mara
Mary


Challenges I am entering-
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Ooh La La - Ribbon
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Crazy4Challenges - Birthday
Glitter Geeks - Polka Dots
Cute Card Thursday - A Touch Of Sparkle (glittery strawberry)

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

PIO Challenge- Mix Your Scales!!

Happy Sunday!!! It is time for our PIO challenge! Mix Your Scales! Use a larger and smaller scale pattern paper on your project!!!

We are sponsored this week by Jellypark !! (thank you!!)
And our lucky winner with get to choose 2 digital images from their super cute selection! Hope you will play along this week!!

Here is my card- and Challenges I have entered!!

Pile It On - Mix Your Scales
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Ribbon
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoes - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Patties Creations - Recipe (Ribbon, Button, Pearl)

Thank You for stopping by! I have another post coming today in just a bit.. our card kit club!! Cant wait to see what the girls created!! :)  Have a GREAT Day!

Mothers Day Share!

Happy SUNNY (still!!) Wednesday Blog Friends! I hope your having a GREAT week!!! I am so BUSY and SOOOO BEHIND it isnt even funny!! Hoping to be caught up by the weekend! :) Wish me luck!!

I have 1 more Moms Day share for you!! :) This is what I made for my Mama!! The box directions are found HERE! (I am LOVING this style of  box! ;) )
I made up the flower on top.. to do that it is about 18 pieces of tissue.. I started by free hand cutting 4-5 small flowers, then did the same 4 more times.. just enlarging each time.. easiest to start with the small because you can lay it down on the next set of tissue and just enlarge it in a similar shape.. then I glimmer misted each piece individually and when dry layered them and started scrunching! :)

Challenges for box and card listed below!!
Gift Box-

 Card-  Flowers are made using my dies, felt, and fabric.. that sweet little heart my girly made.. and I glittered!! :) Seam binding ribbon made by me! :)

Challenges I am entering-

Scrappin Mojo- Nikis Surprise Challenge

Jelly Park-Girly Girl

Patties Creations-Mothers Day

Simple Create 2-Mothers Day

 Penny's Paper-I Love You Mom

Celebrate The Occasion-Mothers Day 

Crafty Sentiments-Mothers Day

 Make It Mondays - Anything Goes 

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Love To Create- Bingo - Ribbon, Punch (heart) Flower

For Fun - Flowers

Hooked On Craft- flowers
Papertake Weekly- in the garden
 Bunny Zoes - Anything Goes
Crafty Emma - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes

Thank You for stopping by!! I hope you are all having a WONDERFUL week!!!

Happy Mothers Day AND PIO Challenge!

Happy Mothers Day!!! Hope your all having a WONDERFUL day!!

Today is our PIO challenge!! This time it is CAS! (Clean and Simple) I have a HARD time with these kinds.. and WISH I didnt because I LOVE the look of them!!!

This week ONE LUCKY winner has a chance to win a $15 gift cert. from Simon Says Stamp!! Hope you will come play along with us!!!

Here is my card... A Mothers Day card for my sweet grandma!!  Challenges I am playing along on are below!!

 

Challenges for Beth-
PIO- Clean and Simple
Joyful Stamper-Anything Goes
Jelly Park-Girly Girl
Patties Creations-Mothers Day
Simple Create 2-Mothers Day
 Penny's Paper-I Love You Mom
Celebrate The Occasion-Mothers Day
Crafty Sentiments-Mothers Day
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Love To Create- Mom/Special Lady
Tip Top Tuesday- Clean and Simple

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

Staff Appreciation Week Goodies!

Happy Tuesday Blog Friends!! Hope your having a GREAT week!!! :) I have a HUGE post for you! if you make it to the end THANK YOU! :)

Last week was Staff Appreciation Week at school.. I just ADORE the school and am gonna miss EVERYONE so much when Amanda heads to Middle School next year.. I wanted to send in something for everyone on our list that went home! So that is what we did!!  (warning LOTS of photos ahead!)
Challenges listed below I am entering!!

I should add before I go any farther I THINK everything was PTI except the memento ink! LOL!

 Tulips and some picks I made up-























Close-Up of pick-

 Boxes I made up for some of the staff.. Here is the LINK to the Tut. I did my top and sides differently I just cut the PP.. mine wasnt turning out like hers.. easier for me to just cut it and put it on the top and sides!

 

 I made 9 of them up!


This was inside the boxes.. or something similar.. each was a bit different.. but had some of what is shown below in them! :) Card by Amanda! :)

 Here is Amandas Teachers gift and card!

 These boxes I whipped up for our recess staff!- Just used CS, and scored.. easy peasy!!

 Amanda and I made up these bookmarks for the library staff to hand out to the kids in the reading programs-

 wrapped them and their goodies in this bag .. bow.. and flower! :)

 Finally these are the GUYS treats.. yes I was all out of crafty ideas.. and I figured they are men.. they just want the treats inside! HA HA!!!

THANK YOU so much if you have made it this far!!! :) Challenges I am entering are listed below!
Have a GREAT day!!!!

Love to Create -Flowers and Button
JUGS #134 - Template And Make It Girlie!
Catered Crop - the letter "B" (box, bow, blooms, buttons)
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes
Paper pretties - Flowers
Craft Us Crazy- Flowers and Fav. stamp company! (PTI )
There She Goes - May flowers
Top Tip Tuesday - - Anything But A Card(to make my boxes I just scored the paper cut to size I wanted equally all the way around.. the larger is a full sheet at 2.5 inches all around, the smaller is 8.5 X 8.5 also scored at 2.5 all around so it was the same height as the larger box!)
Tuesday Throwdown - In The Garden
Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

Gingerloft Challenge- Koala Freebie!

Hello Blog Friends!! I am a day late in my share.. SORRY about that!!

This week at Gingerloft the challenge is to use the CUTE FREE Koala designed by Tami!! Hope you will come join the FUN with us!!!

Here is my card.. Need A Hug! I decided to go all girly for this one!!! :)

Hope your week is going well! Thank You for stopping by!!

PIO- Mothers Day.. NO FLOWERS!!

Happy Sunday Blog Friends! I hope your having a WONDERFUL weekend!!

It is time for a PIO challenge share!! Our challenge is create something for Mothers Day.. but use NO FLOWERS! GASP! That was hard for me!!!

Our sponsor was Bugaboo Stamps (THANK YOU!)  they are offering ONE lucky winner a choice of 7 stamps.. we hope you will play along with us!!

I created a little box this week.. using THIS tutorial (I did not do the PP like she did I cut it and stitched each section instead!)

Box Top-





Side View-

 

Challenges-
PIO- Mother's Day NO flowers
CMC Copic Challenges - Celebrations
Hiding in My Craft Room - Mother's Day
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge Blog- Get Your Girly On
Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes
Just Keep On Crafting-Anything Goes
Pixie Cottage - For Mom
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamps - Anything Goes
Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday- Anything But A Card  (Tip, to make my white paper look vintage, I sponged my antique linen distress ink over the WHOLE image, even my coloring part! )

Thank You for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!

Thanks... for all you do!

Happy SOGGY Tuesday Blog Friends.. after 4 days of SUN.. it has left.. I know I shouldnt complain.. but oh my do I ever get used to that sun.. ha ha! It is due back SOON I am sure! ;)

THANK YOU all for your sweet comments on all the cupcake birthday stuff below, and the SWEET birthday wishes for my girl! It made her DAY! :) She said that was so NICE, Thank You! :)

I have a Thank You card to share today!! Whipped this one up for my Mama!! She is so GOOD to us.. always helping out when we need it! So GLAD she is doing so well after last years episode, and here to keep us all on our toes!!! :) Love you mom! :)

Alrighty here is the card.. and some challenges I am entering!!

 

Challenges I am entering-
Scrappin Mojo - My Color Challenge (Aqua, Red, and Yellow)
Art with no Boundaries - Anything Goes
Card and Scrap - Use Flowers
Crafts4eternity- Something New-(flowers, and stickpin)
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Anything Goes
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes
Oozak Challenge - Anything Goes
PanPastel Challenge - Add a Flower
Paper Creations Ink - April showers bring may flowers
Papertake Weekly - A Stitch in Time

Thanks so much for stopping by.. I am busy with Staff Appreciation goodies for this week at Amandas school.. I will have a BIG share (that was your warning! HA!) later this week to share what we created!
Have a GREAT day!!!

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Sunday, Happy Earth Day and if your my SWEET girl Amanda.. Happy HAPPY 12th Birthday!!

12 years ago this SWEET, CREATIVE,  KIND , LOVING girl arrived in our lives.. we are BLESSED and so HAPPY she is ours! WE had a FUN FULL day today.. crepe  breakfast, target, kohls, subway to get picnic lunch at the lake, home for a bit, then a game of tennis, then finally a BBQ Steak Dinner and we will have dessert in a bit! I am BEAT I cant keep up with 12 year olds! HA HA!!!

I have some shares for you! :) First off here is the Birthday Girl this AM!! We got her a Camera, and Justin got her a BUCKET of CUPCAKE goodies! :)

 

Here is her birthday card, I made up using the cupcake card pdf from Digi Chick! 
Challenges are listed below I am entering!

 Here is a tag I whipped up for her package!! :)



Finally here is the card Justin made her.. Queen of Cupcakes.. she LOVED it!! :)



Thank You if you made it this far!! :) I am off to get some BIRTHDAY dessert! :)
Have a GREAT day.. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Challenges for Cupcake Card-
Paper pretties - Create a girl's card
 Crafty Emma - Button It
 Crafts 4 Eternity - Something New (card cut file)
Totally Papercrafts - Buttons
Wags n' Whiskers - Anything Goes
 Card Makin' Mamas - Girlie
 Inspire Me Fridays - Always Anything Goes
 Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Show Us What You Got

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Stamp With Fun #157 - Favorite Colors

Whoopsie Daisy - Free and Easy

Papertake Weekly - A Stitch in Time

Cupcake Card Share!

Happy Wednesday Bloggy Friends!!! Hope your all having a GREAT week!! We are busy busy here in the Johnson household... but I did find some time to join a couple challenges! :)

So I decided to play along on some fun challenges this week!! the AMAZINGLY talented Melissa has been issueing challenges at PTI each week.. I decide to join this week. .our challenge to Shake Up Our Style.. OH MY!! That is a challenge... so here is what I did.. I used NOOOOOO other CS or PP other then the 1 sheet of Vintage Cream... NO flowers.. NO stitching.. this is a BIG deal for me!! hee hee!!! The rest of the challenge was ..
Add something sweet (cupcake)
Button
Background Stamp!

Also joining the CR84FN color challenge! LOVED these colors!!!
Here is my card-



Now 1 before I go.... . I am so SAD Picnik is no more! SIGH! (has anyone tried the new google version? what do you think?) Well I did find Pic Monkey.. and I think it is LOVE! :) It is so easy (like picnik) to edit my photos! it will just take some getting used to the new format!

Thank You for stopping by!! I have LOTS to create the next few days.. so I will be back often! I hope you dont mind! :)
Have a GREAT day!!!

Card Kit Club- April Share!!

YIPPEE! I am posting within 2 days.. not 2 weeks like last time! LOL!! :) AND it is time for our Card Kit Share - April Style!! :) Our FABULOUS hostess was Mary!! (THANK YOU!!) she sent us all this FUN stuff!! LOVE that Jillybean Paper, and Unity Stamps! and oh the Flowers.. SIGH! LOVE!!!!!

(photo courtesy of Mary!)

I had so much FUN with it!! :) I made up this card- and I used the CUTE bicycle paper to add a strip to the envie! :) (I never do this.. and I like how it looks.. a good way to use up scraps too!)

and a Tag!

I cant wait to see what the rest of the girls created! Here are their links.. so you can stop by and see what they did with our kit!!
Joni
Mary
Mara

As ALWAYS -- THANKS girls for joining our little group! I cant wait to start our next round.. I am thinking of what I want to send next month!!!

Going to join a few challenges this week-
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes
Card Makin Mamas: Getting Girlie
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Prairie Fairy Fridays- Anything Goes
Paper sundaes challenge – anything goes
THANKS for stopping by! Have a GREAT Day!

PIO Challenge- Pop It Up!

Happy Sunday Blog Friends.. Post #2 for the day!!! Sorry I have been so BUSY the last couple weeks with getting our hardwood floors redone, spring break, AND planning my girlys birthday party! I have had no CREATIVE time! BUT That is all gonna change! :) (I hope! LOL!)

Ok on with the fun... my 2nd post today is our PIO challenge- Pop It Up! (had to raise something on the image up! I did the bow on the flower pot!) Digital Delights is our sponsor this week! (THANK YOU!) they have some CUTE digis!!! One lucky winner will get a $5 gift voucher! Hope you will play along!!! Here is my card... (challenges listed below!)


PIO- Pop It Up (3D)
Delightful Challenges - stitching
Aud Sentiments: Spring/Summer Colors
Card Makin Mamas: Getting Girlie
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy - Mother's Day and/or flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Spring Flowers
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes

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