Elf- At ABC Christmas the theme is Elf so I created this card. They also requested to have red & green on the card & if you look close enough you can see both of those colors on some of the elves.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
E for Excitement (& Elf)
Elf- At ABC Christmas the theme is Elf so I created this card. They also requested to have red & green on the card & if you look close enough you can see both of those colors on some of the elves.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
It's almost EASTER!!!
I was so excited to hear that the Prairie Fairy was sponsoring the challenge over at Sassy Designs (color challenge of Aqua & Lilac) this week, that I simply had to get in on the fun to support my 'cyber boss'. This image is from the Prairie Fairy collection & is called Egg hunt .
Other challenges for this card are: Dare-U-2-Digi Stamp (pearls) & Die Cut Dreams (Easter).
Friday, February 26, 2010
Color Challenge- B & W (2nd post today)
Freebie!
Anywho, enough whining. I had to go over to Prairie Fairy's house today so she could take some pics of the few new cards I made, as our camera card reader is on the fritz. So if you find the quality of my pics are better, it is thanks to my BFF!!!!
The image for this card is from Karen Johnson of Karen's Doodles & was a freebie for celebrating 300 followers on her PCP site & 900 followers on her blog! This little cutie-bear does not have a name, so I figured maybe Beary would suffice!

Beary also qualifies me for a few challenges (another thing I accomplished this morning....making my challenge blog list- for someone who didn't want to get involved in TOO MANY, I sure am in over my head)!!
The Pink Elephant Challenge- Sketch
Sketch Digital Tuesday Challenge- Card for Mum (card for my mom's b-day {March 16} from the kiddies)
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge- Distressed Ink, Pearls and Glitter (Blue ink, pink & black pearls & glitter on ribbon)
I may be doing another post today, I haven't quite decided. So stay tuned!!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
FFF Week 8- color challenge

CANDY AT PRAIRY FAIRY BLOG!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Friendship- Pick 3 !
I made this card with a couple challenges in mind and will discuss those later. The exciting part about this card is it is not a digital image card. The stamp set is from Stampin Up and is called Serene Spring. The sentiment says= A friend is what the heart needs all the time!! Awwww!!!
The other challenge is for Rosie-D's Challenge blog themed Friendship! How appropriate!!
I am so excited I have a few more cards made for additional challenges but am pacing myself with postings!
Hope you all have a great day!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
First of all.....................
Secondly, this card was specifically made with the Card Patterns Sketch (again, my fav.) in mind! Will make a great b-day card for one of my daughter's friends.....one day!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
So many reasons to be excited ! 2 posts for the day!
#2- I am currently 39 weeks gestation!
#3- I went to the city the other day & had a 'date night' with hubby before our new baby's arrival! We ate at our favorite seafood place & were supposed to go see a movie afterwards; however due to the fact that I made him wait for 40 minutes for a table, I sacrificed the movie for a shopping spree! That was a very wise decision!
We went to Micheals where I got some great deals(punches, blending stumps, cuttlebug folders) & proceeded to a warehouse discount store down the street, where I (I should say Hubby- he always finds the good deals)stumbled across a mini-sewing machine! He said "That would be good for your cards!" I love that as much as he hates me working on my cards at the dining room table, he still always has an eye out for me!!! XOXOXO
#4- So I was able to create this card without faux stitching......I got to use ACTUAL stitching!!! WooHoo!!
Challenges:
All Sorts Challenge Blog- Tag, ticket or label
Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club- Holly
Charisma Card Challenge- Sketch
#5- More reasons for excitement- Roberta (Prairie Fairy), Lori (Just Ducky) & Kelly (Kelly' Kreative Korner) got together last night for supper, snacks & an evening of crafting. Unlike Lori (haha!) I got two cards done. One for another challenge and one for fun, which is now my favoritist card EVER!! You;ll have to wait and see!
#6- I learned how to color with pencil crayons, blending stumps and baby oil per Prairie Fairy tutorial on her blog!! I am addicted now!
I think that about covers my excitement for one day. If this does not put me in labour, I don't know what will!
Stampin Vacation Challenge
I sure hope my mom likes the card as much as I do!!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Another Christmas Challenge! I'm gettin' me some cards done!!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
A little friend !
I have taken a couple different pictures this week. With & without flash (10 pm). I always post the darker (without flash) but am looking for some input. What do I do to enhance my picture taking ability? Remember I am doing all this at my dining room table. No artsy, fartsy stuff here!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Hugs for all occassions!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Still dancin'...
I am using the sketch from (again my favourite) Card Patterns & the images are (again) from Prairie Fairy Designs. The Dancer is from a set of two called "Prima Ballerina (s)" and the dragonfly is from "Sketchy Bugs".
Monday, February 15, 2010
What to do for 1 year?~
The top picture is a shot my belly with a Henna tatoo on it. We (Prairie Fairy and I) went to my co-workers house last week and had fun with Henna. The Henna came straight from India as we recently got some really sweet Indian nurses at our local hospital who brought the materials to Canada when they came here! The Indian ladies (Smitha, Nimmy, Pramila & Shinhu) dressed up in their "Sari's" & had fun painting us all up!! It was very neat! For the most part it was the Prairie Fairy herself that used my belly as her latest canvas!
The bottom picture is of my 34 week belly. The photographer is Amber Bond and you can visit her website HERE ! I got over 100 pictures (color and B& W) to share with family and friends!

Sunday, February 14, 2010
CANDY WINNER!!!!
For some odd unknown reason I cannot copy and paste things to my blog....no matter what!! So you are just gonna have to take my word for who the winner of my candy is! ( I DID save it into a Word Document for whoever wants to see the result).........Through Random.Org the winner is :
#25- Lisa V (Lisa's Paper Fun)
Congratulations Girl! Great blog! Looks like all the goodies will come in handy!!! Sorry if I didn't get a chance earlier to thank you for plugging my candy..........Thanks a bunch!!
Pls send me your mail info and I can get this candy out to you this week!! (fancyfree4ever@yahoo.ca)
Pink elephant....dare you to digi- allsorts- Christmas......make sense?
I created the following card a while ago & have just been dying to use it when the time was right & it seems to be just so! The image is from Karen's Doodles images and can be purchased here. Again, this is another one of those images that you look at & just say AWWWwwww!! As I am currently expecting my 3rd ( & last) child, this image also struck a sentimental chord as I can see my children one day doing this (8 yr old girl, 2 yr old son, & baby boy- see it fits perfectly). The image is called First Snowfall!!
I am entering this card in 4 challenges.
Dare you to digi- requests the use of punches, which is my circles and the tag in the top corner.
AllSorts Challenge- is a 3-2-1 recipe. Here I used 3 different colors of paper, 2 brads for the corners, and 1 image.
Susie & Vikki's Christmas Card Challenge- asked for a Digital Christmas
The Pink Elelphant Challenge- wants ribbon
I colored with my watercolor pencils and blender pens & added a bit of glitter to dazzle things up as well to make it look like fal ling snow in the background. Ribbon & paper is CTMH, the sentiment is from Stampin Up (can't recall name of set-sorry), Brads are misc.
Hope you all enjoyed the Prairie Fairy blog hop! Can't wait for the next one!!
Take Care.
LAST DAY FOR CANDY!!!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
FREE-4-EVER Blog Candy!!!
So, there I was, in the big city today (January 27).....going to the Dr., having lunch with a friend, when next thing I knew I found myself at MICHEALS- "the all time craft store-of craft stores"! What was I doing there you may ask? Well, I initally went in for some Prima Flowers......then my phone rang and it ws my hubby.........& as he was telling me what he had been up to all day ('bringing home the bacon'), I found myself grabbing for more stuff as each breath went through his lips & into my ear!!! HAHA! So there you have it, the story of how my BLOG CANDY came to be............
Retail value: $80.00 (Click on picture to enlarge)
CANDY WILL BE UP FOR GRABS UNTIL FEBRUARY 13, 2010- DRAW TO BE MADE ON VALENTINES DAY!
What to do to WIN THIS CANDY? Just a few simple requests................
1. Become a follower & maintain follower status (not for the candy, but because you want to)
2. Post my candy on your blog (sidebar is fine-near the top though) with a link back to my site.
3. Leave a comment so I know who you are & how you found me.
4. Only enter once & add your link to my candy below!
Wishing you all the best of luck!!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Welcome to the First Prairie Fairy Blog Hop.......
It all starts at 12:01 am (PF time) when you can download a free digital image from the Prairie Fairy Digital Design Group at PaperCraft Planet. This download will be available until 11:59 pm Friday night (PF time). This PaperCraft Planet group is ALSO the first stop on the Prairie Fairy Blog Hop, so if you want to start at the beginning, to ensure you get in on all the tasty candy along the way....................please go HERE. The Blog Hop ends on Valentines Day!!!
If you have gotten here from Kelly's Crafting Creatively blog, then you are on the right track. Your next stop will be Stef's Glitterbabe Greetings blog.
My creation for this blog hop is none other than a fantastic digital image drawn by the creative hands of the Prairie Fairy & can be purchased here.
In case you get lost along the way during this amazingly, talented blog hop of artists...here is the list:
1. PCP Prairie Fairy Group
2. Coldwaters2
3. Crafting Creatively
4. Free 4 ever- you are here
5. Glitterbabe Greetings
6. Good Kardma
7. Just Ducky
8. Kelly's Kreative Korner
9. My Comfort Cottage
10. My Creativeplace
11. O Bumble is me
12. Pink Lilacs
13. Scrapcandy designs
14. ScrapHappie
15. Wishcraft
16. Prairie Fairy Fridays (enter your cards here)
17. Prairie Fairy
In order to increase your chances of winning the blog hop, there are a few simple requests/hints from the Fairies:
** for 1 entry, leave a comment at each blog as you hop along
** for 2 entries, become a follower of our Challenge group
** for 4 entries, become a follower of the PCP Group
** for 5 entries, show us a new creation of yours that has a Valentines theme AND uses a Prairie Fairy image
** and finally, if you enter a card in the challenge, you will be entered to win the prize for this week which is 3 Prairie Fairy Digital Images of your choice!!
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO LOSE , IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN GAIN! And this is it: Prairie Fairy Blog Hop Candy.......

Don't forget to keep your eyes open for individual DT's candy being offered on their blogs as well!!
Good Luck and Happy Hopping!!
Other Challenges for my card are:
Creative Card Crew- Valentines
Delightful Sketches- Love
Digital Tuesday Challenges- All about Animals
Dutch Dare Challenge Card- Valentines
Cute Card Thursday - In the Name of Love
Charisma Cardz Challenges- Think Male
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Card Patterns Challenge with a Phindy image
The image is from Phindy's Place - digital stamp illustrations and when I saw this image (called Big Boots to Fill) I immediately thought of my son (who's pic is at the top of my blog with his grandap). I fell in love with it instantly and simply had to have it. You can too, just by visiting her store on Etsy!
I am entering this card in the Card Patterns Challenge as I could not resist the sketch for this week. If there is one thing I like, it is having a sketch as a good place to start!! Thanks Card Patterns.
I colored my lil' guy with the usualy watercolor pencils and markers and chalked the background. The bluey-yellowy messy looking paper is from one of my 'fabricy' paper packs I mentioned in one of my other card posts, that I bought over a year ago. Sure is coming in handy now. The sentiment (just like dad) is a sticker from one of my WAY TOO MANY sticker packs! Papers are CTMH and misc.
I hope you like my lil' guy as much as I liked making him!!
Monday, February 8, 2010
BLOG HOP !!!!!

Sunday, February 7, 2010
Something's in the air..............................
I stamped the tree with Versamark and embossed with green and gold embossing powder, then I added some glue and glitter to make the tree sparkle. Paper is CTMH and misc. as is the ribbon and stars eyelets on the bottome. My little buckle is from SU Hodgepodge hardware.
Remember , STAY TUNED FOR THE HOP STARTING AT THE END OF THIS WEEK!!!!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
WOWZERS!!!
Also, I see that I am at 30 followers!! WOOHOO!!! Makes me a very happy girl, and if I;m happy, hubby is happy!!HAHAHA!!!! Thanks for joining my blog!!
So here is my card for Friday Sketchers! The image is from Phindy's Place (digtial stamp illustrations on Etsy) & is called Connected Girl . This image & more can be purchased at her Etsy store. I love the little girl image as I have a pre-teen in the making.....I know these days are not far behind!!
I am also entering this card in the All Sorts Challenge- Get Distressed with Buttons & A Bow! Now hopefully I don't get disqualified, as I seem to be missing the buttons & bow part?!! Sorry. I just had to enter, as I DID do ALOT of distressing!! Hope it counts!
I hope everyone has as productive wknd as my Saturday was today!
Take Care.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
2nd post for today............
Here is my DT card for this sketch challenge. His name is Lewis. He is a creation of the Prairie Fairy's & can be purchased here. I had great fun creating this card and thouroughly enjoyed putting it together.
1st post for today.......
I'm really late with these posts today, unfortunately I have been working all day. 12 hr shifts at 36 weeks pregnant are not a good combo. But I made it and am here to write about it.
My first card for today is an image from Phindy's Place- digital stamp illustrations. This was one of her freebies offered as the number of followers grew! I fell in love with it.
AND as it turns out, I am putting this card in Cute Card Thursday which Phindy is sponsoring this week!!!! Woo hoo!!
My little fella is colored with SU markers and watercolor pencil crayons. I embossed the background paper with my cuttlebug, and applied a charm that says "HOPE" (in the hope that the rain stops soon).....leaving the inside of the card open to interpretation (hope your day brightens.....hope you feel better soon....etc) . I sponged the edges (tip from the Prairie Fairy which she always used to do). Finishing off my card is CTMH ribbon and misc. 'droplets' at the bottom of the card & on the coat pockets & cufflinks!
Challenges:
Friday Sketchers- Sketch
Your Next Stamp Challenges- Charms
Fab & Funky Challenges- Emboss it
Cute Card Thursday- Spots & Dots
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Trying a Different Fold with A Spoon Full of Sugar !
First, we have A Spoon Full of Sugar sketch (below), which really intrigued me.
I tried to combine it with Digital Tuesday Challenge of Trying a Different Fold.
I don't think my attempt to accomplish both, turned out too bad?!?!?
I used an image from (you guessed it) Prairie Fairy Design store. This is one of the set of 2 digital images you can purchase here, & are called Prima Ballerina (s).
The fold I attempted is called the Joy Fold Card, which I downloaded from the Splitcoaststampers website ages ago & never actually got around to using, until now! It is very easy peasy.............if I can do it..........anyone (& their dog) can do it too!!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Fairy Fun Valentine !
This card was made with the All Sorts Challenge Blog in mind. Took me a while to get going, but overall I am pleased with the outcome.
The image is from Prairie Fairy Designs ; is called Sitting Pretty, and can be purchased here! Papers, ribbon & LOVE saying are miscellaneous items (I have almost committed myself to use up all my paper scaps). The flowers, I recently purchased on my 'big ol shopping spree' the other day (which prompted the candy you see above as well). The pin on the coner is from my sewing kit as I'm not much of a seamstress that's for sure.
Fairy is colored with SU markers & watercolor pencil crayons. Sparkles on the Fairy's wings and dress complete my project. OH, almost forgot I clear embossed some swirls on the background red paper!
After doing this project I now see it is eligible for a few more challenges, so here they are:
Cute Card Thursday- Blooming gorgeous!
Creative Card Crew Challenge- Valentines !
Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge- Valentines !
Your Next Stamp Challenge- Anything that Sparkles !
Pink Elephant Challenge- Pink !
Pollycraft Monday- Things with Wings !
Monday, February 1, 2010
One Off Challenge & Blog Hop
I have had this post at my sidebar for some time, however may have linked it incorrectly and for that I apologize profusely. I was not trying to negate you. Rest assured the following is the correct link for a tricky & talented blog hop hosted by Floral Fantasies (& DT) & sponsored by Sir Stampalot. The challenge and hop is to commemorate Sir Stampalots' big move to a more spacious new shop in Peterbourough. The theme of the hop is "MOVING" & there is great candy to win (pls see sidebar). The following card is one of my enteries into this challenge.
This card was made some time ago, at a card class, while I was a budding "card-a-preneur." The class was held by none other than the talented Kelly Murray. This card had a number of techniques combined into it, but what stuck in my mind the most was the 'penny-pop dot-penny' technique which makes the whole thing rock and roll (so to speak)!
The Stamp set is from Stampin up as is the saying inside that says 'if at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished' !
Good luck to all and have fun!!