Surprise Blog Hop!

Dont ya just LOVE surprises! Well today some PTI forum friends are having our own special blog hop.. as a SURPRISE THANK YOU! To Nicole for all her HARD work, and for sharing her AMAZING talent with us!! I simply ADORE everything she creates.. she and her DT at PTI are responsible for many MANY shopping excursions! HA HA!

So I was very happy to be part of this FUN HOP!!! Many Thanks to Nicole, and ALL who make PTI the FABULOUS place it is!!!! ((hugs))

My card.. Girly you rock.. many Thanks.. so TRUE!! So TRUE! :)
Thanks for stopping by.. I am off to HOP around!!!!
Have a GREAT day!

Miss You!

Happy Sunday!

So I went CAMPING for the first time in about 25 years.. in a tent.. and that was the first time in about 35 years! HA! I SURVIVED.. we had a GREAT time.. met up with Larry , Kimmie and Ally! I got LOTS of photos.. and promise to share more later!

Today it is time to share a PIO card with ya! All other challenges I played along with are listed below the card!!!

We had a WONDERFUL sponsor this week.. Digi Doodle Shop.. they have such FABULOUS digi images!

Here is my card.....

Challenges for Beth-
PIO- Farewell Summer
Allsorts - In Garden or Park
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long -Anything, but Christmas
Digi Doodle Shop- Distressing
Pennys - Pink and Green
Stamps R Us - Stitching

Off to unpack from our trip! Clean the kitchen.. and figure out dinner!
THANKS for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!

August PTI Blog Hop!

YIPPEE I finally get to PLAY along again on the PTI blog hop.. it has been 3 months and I have MISSED it!!

So I am a bit late in posting.. EEK! Please forgive me.. and forgive the probably less then perfect photos.. I just wanted to get on and PLAY along..

and NOTE to self.. make choc. covered popcorn BEFORE you want to.. like an hour before.. the candy was a bit soft and messed up the bag.. it really is good.. and doesnt look like this photo ~ Ok it does look like it but taste good.. that is what counts RIGHT! :)

Enough talk.. on with the show.. our challenge was to use brown lunch bags! How FUN! I choose to cut mine down.. used my border punches (LOVE this idea now!) to make the top pretty.. stamping, stitching.. etc...

First up.. a fun Halloween Bag (ignore the messy clear bag PLEASE! ;) )

Next up a fun little fall gift bag to fill with treats! :)



Finally the TOP of those bags.. I stitched the sides and bottom.. ran it through my big shot with my NEW embossing plate.. and VIOLA! A little goodie bag-

Big enough to hold a cookie and some cider!!

I had another bag.. but GASP it didn turn out like my VISION so you dont get to see it! HA!
THANKS for stopping by.. HAPPY HOPPING.. cant WAIT to come visit you all!

I cant stop POSTING this week! :)

I know I am on a roll (HA HA!) .. I gotta be honest.. all I am feeling like creating at the moment is FALL goodies.. could be the FABULOUS PTI release.. could be it is getting near the end of summer, could be the fact I LOVE fall, and all the holidays involved.. could just be ALL of the ABOVE! LOL!!

BUT I am gonna make myself wait a week.. before I start.. TORTURE! HA HA!!

ok on with the post.. I have no project to share.. well sorta.. I made up some paper tape flowers! I ordered these FABULOUS paper tapes from Love My Tapes.. oh they are so FUN!

So I made up a couple yesterday... need to get them on something.. but for now.. thought I would share the flowers! :)
Used my new tape, Martha Stewart doilies (these are just to cute!) PTI felt, dies, and buttons, more of that October Afternoon paper and VIOLA! some fun flowers!

I am off to get lunch, run errands, and get ready for our BBQ tonite.. hope the sun comes out.. first it is TOOOO HOT.. now it is TOOO CLOUDY! HA HA! :) No matter it will be fun1
THANKS for stopping by! Have a GREAT rest of your week!!!

SS #23

Happy Monday blog friends! 2 posts in 2 days from me.. OH MY! LOL!! I just had a some time and felt creative today.. so I played along with Sasyas Sketches challenge this week! :)

I have 2 online friends on this DT.. (Hi Diane and Dana!) I LOVE the sketches but just hadnt had a chance to play along.. today I did! YEAH!!

Here is the sketch-



Here is my take on the card- (I am just LOVING the October Afternoon Papers! :) )
I made up that flower.. I think I need to make more! :) Lots of inking, stitching, and a PTI stamp! :)


It is gonna be HOT here again... almost NOON.. and 83 in my house.. I so need AC! HA HA!!
Off to make some lunch.. THANKS for stopping by! Have a GREAT week!!!

Happy Sunday!! Challenge Card Share!

Happy Sunday!!

It is that time again! Time for the PIO DT share!!

I just HAD to use my new jar stamp set from PTI.. oh my.. it is so FUN! (and I just got the new fall fillers ordered.. cant wait til they arrive! :) Enough small talk! LOL! ON with the show!!

My card.. and the challenges I played along with- (hmm for some reason you cant really see the button and bow.. but it is there honest! LOL!)


Challenges for Beth-
PIO- Get into shape
Sew Many Challenges - Stitching
Sweet Stampin' - Favorite Stamp
Papertake Weekly: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
I Did It - Anything Goes
Speedy Cat's Friends Challenge 16: Think Flowers

Thanks for stopping by.. hope your having a WONDERFUL weekend!

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday Blog Friends! I hope you had a GREAT week!!! Ours flew by!

I have a card to share with ya! It went out to a friend who had a birthday earlier this week! I am hoping it arrived safe and sound.. I havent heard yet.. and she is out of town.. I think she should have got it sooooo... I am gonna share it here now! :)

I made the flower using my PTI dies, and yummy felt... the PP is from October Afternoon, and CS is also from PTI... as well as the stamps!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!! I will be back sunday with my PIO DT card! :)

Caardvarks Challenge!

Happy Tuesday!! I got to play along with the Caardvarks Challenge this week! I am so EXCITED to get some creative time in! It was Xmas Tags/Mini Cards.. I know it seems early but really it will be here before we know it! Now I am 2 tags ahead! and I have more running around in my head! I may work on tonite! :)

I made up 2 tags to share with ya!
#1-

#2-
Hope your having a WONDERFUL week! I have some more to share but need to wait until a dear online friend gets some mail! ;)

THANKS for stopping by!!!

Embellish Mag Challenge! and a HAPPY Sunday!

Oh my we have had RAIN for the last 2 days... pouring rain today! I guess that means I will have to sit in my creative space for the WHOLE day! After I make the fam. french toast of course!!

So I played along with Embellish Mags. Challenge! (finally!) I always LOVE their challenges and never seem to find any extra time to play along! This time I did!!!


and here is my card!
My pink is really pink .. not peach.. it sure photographed funny!!! (I we even outside!) SIGH!

I have some more to share.. I may even post more then once a week this week! if the rain keeps up I may have stuff to post daily! LOL!

Hope your having a GREAT weekend!!! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Monday.. Creative Share!

Well another 2 weeks has come and gone.. Summer is FLYING by and I am not getting anything creative done.. BUT we are having a FABULOUS summer! Hoping this week to share some photos from the party last weekend.. and I still have a couple goodies to create.. will share when I finish!

Hope your all having a GREAT summer.. without further ado.. here is my card for PIO this week! We have a FABULOUS sponsor- Digital Delights! Hope you will play along with us!

I thought I would create a fun little gift set.. used captured card case, altered a mini comp. book and a pen! This is for my sweet girl! She just always LOVES everything I make.. so I thought I would make her a little something just for being HERSELF! :)

The Whole Set-

Box-
Mini Comp. Book and Pen-

All filled.. with room to spare! (that is why I LOVE this template!!)


Challenges I played along with!

PIO- Bugs, Butterflies or Bees
Anything Goes - Punches
Digi Doodle Shop - Punches or Die Cuts
Dutch Dare - 'Anything Goes'
One Stop Craft - Patterns (polkadots)
Paperplay - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp- Going Dotty

Thank you for stopping by... I am gonna be blog hopping today.. I am BEHIND my friends.. but I will catch up!!!
Have a GREAT day!

PIO Challenge!

YES I am still here.... been SWAMPED since getting home... I think things are settling down now.. I think! ;) We had a FABULOUS time on our trip.. I have LOTS of photos to share with ya! and I will do that this week!!!!

It is time for another PIO challenge... our challenge was to use banners or pennants, and Bella Digi Studios was our sponsor (THANK YOU!)! There is also a challenge blog HERE!

Before I get to my card.. you MUST peek at this flower technique is it not the most STUNNING! I so want to try it!


Here is my card.. and the challenges I played along with!

Challenges
PIO- Banners/Pennants
Anything Goes - Sparkle and Shine
Lucy's Cards - Buttons
Paper Play- Sketch
Stampavie: anything goes
Stamp Something- something digital


THANKS for stopping by.. my dear blog friends I am going to work on getting caught up this week with all your blogs I have been missing my visits!!!
Have a GREAT day!

HAPPY 4th! and PIO Challenge!

Hello Blog Friends... it seems I am BEHIND yet again...We are heading out on our little getaway.. so I will AGAIN be behind! Hoping to catch up when we get back!

Today I have my PIO share for ya! We had a FANTASTIC sponsor Queen Scraps... THANKS for such a FUN kit!!!

Here is what I created with mine-




PIO- Favorite Things
Papertake - In Stitches
Paperplay - Card for A Child
Pixie Cottage- Sketch (card)
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Sparkling
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes
Quirky Crafts - Ribbon
Craftalicious - Cute

THANKS for stopping by.. I hope you all have a FABULOUS and SAFE 4th... be back with BEACH photos! :)

Challenge Card Share!

HELLO!! Anybody out there... SIGH ~ I am SORRY to be so MIA! My last 2 weeks have been SWAMPED! BUT today school is out.. I am DONE! YEAH!!!! :)

I finished up 14 teacher gifts! YEAH! (I will share them once I get the photos all resized!)

Today I have my PIO card! :) (I was the cause of a big boo boo over there.. BUT YEAH! Helen helped me! THANKS Helen!) so all is well in PIO blog land..

We had a FABULOUS sponser this week!! AiFactory .. such CUTE digi stamps (clipart)!!

Here is my card this week... all challenges are linked below!!




Challenges for Beth-
PIO- Stickers
Little Red Wagon- Beads
Crazy 4 Challenges - Paper Flowers
Paper Play - Something Old
Crafty Creations -It's a Stitch Up!
Stampavie and More- Sketch

Hope you will come join us at PIO!!! There will be THREE lucky winners this week...
THANKS for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!!!

YES I am still here!

I have been SWAMPED this last week and a half.. and I am not done yet.. and I have NOOOO creative time.. and no MOJO (boo!) but I did get my PIO DT card finished up!! (and of course joined in a few other challenges.. all linked below the card!)

This week at PIO we were sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps (such CUTE digi stamps!) They offer a DARLING freebie HERE! (I am getting it now! LOL!)
Hope you will play along with us at PIO.. winner will receive SEVEN digi stamps from Bugaboo Stamps !

Here is my card along with all the challenges I played along with!!

• Pile It On #22- Quirky

• Crazy challenge - Distress it
• Cupcake Craft #93: Summer Delights-Summer Colors
• Daring Card Makers: Pearls
• Stamp Something - Digi Day
• Your Next Stamp #17: Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by! I have LOTS of photos to share... I will try to get some of them uploaded.. since I seem to have no time to SCRAP these days!!!
Have a GREAT day!!!!!

MAY PTI BLOG HOP!!!

YIPPEEE it is that time of month.. PTIs Blog Hop!! Our challenge was felt ... do you EVER have a project that you VISION that is wonderful.. and um comes out not so WONDERFUL! Well that was ME this month! SIGH! But I like it.. and wanted to HOP so here it is... I need to get some stitching on it.. then I think I will be fine..

What you cant see is I used the embossing plate.. it didnt work so well .. BUT on the lower half you can see some circles.. I will try to photograph it better!

Here is my mini creative idea book BEFORE...


and AFTER-
THANKS for stopping by.. cant WAIT to see what you all CREATED!!!

Friday Favs.. On a MONDAY!

Well I HAD the best of intentions of sharing friday favs.. on friday but as you can see that didnt turn out so well!! :) So here they are on a monday!! :) So lets call them Monday Favs!

#1 - LOVE when we can sit out on our deck!! Of course these are my favorite people to sit out with!! (see those lilacs.. they are the first ones cut from my tree Steve and the kiddos gave me last summer!!)
#2- Farmers Market Flowers... Oh my! Need I say more!!! $17 total for these BEAUTIES!! I cant wait for the BIG market to open near me.. 2 weeks.. not long!

#3- Homemade Blackberry Jam.. in my CUTE new Weck Jars... This is our first jam of the year.. Trader Joes had fresh blackberries last week.. YUM!!

#4- FUN Summer Ideas.. are these not the CUTEST!! I am sooo gonna do those strawberries up for my Aunties 4th of July BBQ!!! WHY did I never think of this FUN idea!!! :)

#5- YOU My Dear Blog FRIENDS... round out my FAVORITES this week! I am so THANKFUL for you stopping by.. visiting me in my little corner of the WWW!!! I got this idea from Lori (Thanks Lori!)

I hope you all have a GREAT day.. Tomorrow night is the PTI blog hop! I NEED to get busy with my goodie.. NO clue what I am making... BUT I am playing along! TODAY.. I get my PTI order.. I cant wait.... I hope UPS is ready for some crazy mom to come flying out the door when she sees the truck drive up! HA HA!
Thanks for stopping by!!!

Challenges!!

Happy Monday!! :) I am a day late in posting my PIO challenge today! SORRY! The weekend got away from me!! (I also have a 2nd post coming in just a bit... gotta fit ALOT in this week! HA!)

So this week at PIO we had a FUN sponser - Some Odd Girl.. such CUTE digi stamps! and they are offering up a SALE just for PIO.. come HERE to see!! :)

Our challenge was Out of the Box! I decided to use the CUTE sunflower images.. and make the card into a fun little goodie too.. I added some seeds to the inside... I think it will be a FUN surprise!

I got 5 challenges in for this one this week!! :)

• Pile it on!: Out of the box
• Inky impressions - F.L.O.W.E.R.S.
• Paper Take Weekly - Say It With Flowers
• Pixie Dust Studios - Add a Pearl
• Sew Many Challenges: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a GREAT day!!!!

The Lunch Box Note and The B-Day Card!

Happy Monday!!! :) Hope you all had a FABULOUS weekend! We did! I finally got some photos printed from our trip.. I PLAN to scrap some today! :)

Had a couple things to share!! This is a lunch box note I made up for Amanda last week.. I am just LOVING stamping my own PP... I shouldnt I have so much other that needs to be used.. but it is just FUN to make your own using fun color combos!!!
Used almost ALL PTI ... been loving the look of the scallop circle BEHIND the strip of paper, so I did that here, and I cheated and used a cute cupcake sticker I got at Jo-Anns..(My girl LOVES cupcakes!) Colored my pearls with my copics to match!!

Next I made up this card for my BABY Brothers Birthday (which was yesterday.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBY!) Oh did I say BABY.. I meant my OLDER brother! ;) hee hee!!
Guy cards are hard for me.. they always seem to have stars.. and I know they probably dont want bling.. BUT my red stars needed SOMETHING.. so they got colored with copics to match my Hawaiian Shores Blue on this card!! Again stamped up my PP, and used my cricut to cut out the center!
My NEW PTI goodies should arrive on friday!! YIPPPEEE!!! So cant wait.. until then I guess I will just have to use what I have! I mean CLEAN.. that is what I meant to say HONEST! (that was just in case my hubby was reading this! ;)
Have a GREAT day.. THANKS for stopping by...

Pink Heart Pocket Card!

I just HAD to play along with the JUGS girls this week! I had a vision for a heart pocket card as soon as I saw the challenge.. PHEW I was able to get it done today! I also joined City Crafter Challenge too- Pink!! (My FAVORITE color too!)

Here is my take on the challenges-


I am off to get my girl.. then on to the Farmers Market for the first time this year!! :)
Have a GREAT day.. Thanks for stopping by!

JUGS DT Entry!

I just LOVE to see what the JUGS girls challenge us each week... It is ALWAYS inspiring!! Well they are having a DT call... so I thought what the heck! :)

I created a sunflower box using the captured card case from PTI (this is still one of my most favorite templates.. such a GREAT size!!!) and we had to use a sketch for a LO or card.. I made a matching gift card.. NOW I took that sketch and made it mine.. I do hope that is ok.. you can still see the sketch in it right?!!!! :)

Here is the set together-
Box Top-
Box Side-
Card-
Supplies- CS, Ribbon, Ink, Stamps from PTI, Pearls from Michaels, Punch- Fiskars and Marvy, Glimmer Mist and Nestsabilities label die #1

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a GREAT day!