CANDY AT PRAIRY FAIRY BLOG!

If you haven't heard, the Prairie Fairy blog has reached 400 followers and to celebrate, she is offering up this wonderful candy. A 'D' size stamp set from CTMH, 6X6 DP paper from Stampin Up, and a lil bag full o goodies!! AS WELL AS 3 images form Prairie Fairy Designs!!! Go on over to her blog and check it out!!!

I am off to the Dr. this morning to see if my baby wants to make an appearance this week or next!! Wish me luck....................and good luck to all of you with the Prairie Fairy Candy!!

Friendship- Pick 3 !

So here I sit, still able to make more cards for your perusal! Not that I am not enjoying it, it 's just uncomfortable at times, with this big ol' belly and baby resting within my ribs!!! Oh well! I will survive.

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!!!

I chose to do this card for the Stamping Vacation Challenge pick 3- I chose: 1. to put 2 colors together that I would not normally choose (The blue & awkward orange- I can't think of the names of the papers right now but they are from Stampin Up), 2. outline an image with different color markers & 3. carefully burn an edge of the cardstock (note the top of the card). I chose the colors first & as the card came together, I actually don't think the colors turned out too bad! I am pleased overall! Thinking outside the box- I LVOE IT!!

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!

First of all.....................

.................no baby yet! Fingers and legs crossed! HAHA!!
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!

The squares on the top are tile-like and the squares on the bottom are lil mirrors! Cute hey? The image is one of Phindy's from Phindy's place & can be purchased at her Etsy store here! It is called Spring Dress (Emma). I colored her with watercolor pencils, baby oil and blending stumps; & in case any of you don't know this, it is my new fav way to color. Follow the tutorial here at the Prairie Fairy blog!

Papers are misc and CTMH mix! Sentiment is from Stampin Up. Hope you all have a great day!

So many reasons to be excited ! 2 posts for the day!

#1- I got chosen for Top 3 at Stamping Vacation Challenge- Pick 3. This was over 2 weeks ago (if not a month) but because I am a little slow with learning all these technical aspects of computer organizing.....I only found out YESTERDAY!! I am such a dope!! How exciting to be able to have their award on my blog!!

#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 just put this card together this afternoon. It is for my mother's birthday (March 16) but definitely had to get a jump on things with impending labour just around the corner! I also HAD to get it done in order to submit it into the Stamping Vacation Challenge- Pick 3!! I have chosen to go with using 3 of the same embellishment (buttons), using at least one button, making it a birthday card & using glitter (on the slippers)- OK OK,so I made it a pick 4!! Whatever (as my daughter would say!)hahaha!! I think that these challenges really get your mind working on a creative note!


The image is from Prairie Fairy Designs. I colored her with watercolor pencils & baby oil- with blending stumps from a tutorial given by the Prairie Fairy on her blog! Check it out, it is my new favourite way to color!!!! Paper, brads, & ribbon are misc. Buttons are CTMH as is the Birthday Sentiment (set called Card Chatter). I also used a Stampin up punch for the bottom of the sentiment on the front of the card & a 3 way Fiskars corner punch for the corners of my lady's image! The flowers are Prima Flowers from my all time fav. crafting store Micheals!!

I sure hope my mom likes the card as much as I do!!

Another Christmas Challenge! I'm gettin' me some cards done!!

I stumbled across the MoJo Monday Sketch on one of my fellow DT's blogs and thought I should check it out! I re-iterate.................there's nutin' like a good sketch to start the mind racing!!! AND to boot, I simply HAD to try out my new border punch from Stampin up (which I used both on the top & bottom of the card)

And whilst being a nosy lil blog hopper, I stumbled upon another Christmas card challenge blog called ABC Christmas Challenge, which I simply had to enter immediatly! Why not huh? The theme this week is "D for decorations- include ribbon". I used an image from Prairie Fairy Designs called Decorating the tree. This image & more can be purchased here!

The DP paper is CTMH & misc. Red ribbon is (my fav) dollar store material & the white ribbon behind the image is Stampin up. Again, kudos to Stampin up for the border punch & scallop punch which houses a misc. snowflake cutout. Bulbs on the tree are Pearls. And my image is colored with watercolor pencils & markers. A buncha glitter finishes off my project!! Merry Christmas Everyone!!

A little friend !

It's that time of the week again. Fairy Fun Fridays has made yet another appearance this week. Funny how this challenge always happens on Fridays!! HAHA! For my creation, which is themed "Buttons & Brads", I have chosen an image from the Prairie Fairy store, called A little friend. This was a freebie up on the Fairy's Paper Craft Planet sight last week and congrats to those of you who were lucky enough to snap it up!
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!

I must admit that I prefer the darker (softer look). What do u think?

I am also entering this card in Delightful Sketches Challenge (Sketch), Cute Card Thursday (Metal Mania), & Your Next Stamp Challenge (Spring Colors)

I colored my little friend with markers and watercolor pencil crayons, Hodge Podge Hardware is used to enhance the sentiment and hang on the ribbon (which is misc), papers are a mix of CTMH and misc. Brads and buttons are from CTMH and are my favourite color pieces (semi spring/fall/earthy). Sentiment is from Stampin up! Let's not forget the faux stitching on the side!

Hugs for all occassions!

I created this card around the Friday Sketchers Sketch (as I've said before....sketches are the best place to start). The image is from Phindy's Place & is called "Hugs from Here"; and can also be purchased at her Etsy store here. I am a sucker for a cute kid image (as you can probly tell from previous posts).

As the card evolved I realized it can be used for other challenges as well. First & foremost; and you may dispute me on this; but I am using this card in the Cards for Men Challenge where they have a green theme going on. Granted this is not exactly a man card.......they DO tend to be a bit childlike when they are ill....do they not?!! So I had a laugh thinking about this as I colored my lil man!!!!

The next challenge for this card is the Creative Card Crew themed Get Well Soon. And finally, by luck of the draw, for Fab'n'Funky Challenges the theme is "It's Childish"! PERFECT!!!

Hope everyone has a very lovely evening!!

Still dancin'...

Ok, I initially started the project wanting to work with pinks and browns. Then I ran across this gorgeous blue & brown paper and simply HAD to use it for the background!! Then things just took off from there.
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".

I colored my Ballerina with watercolor pencils and markers, adding a bit of crystal effects to her nose and glitter to her dress. I also added wire to my dragonfly to look like antennas.

Challenges I am entering my girl into are:

Digital Tuesday- All things girly.

Pollycraft Monday- Double up- 2 seperate images.

What to do for 1 year?~

I just wanted to post a little note about the excitement and terror I am feeling, as this was officially my last day of work for 1 year. I will be on maternity leave with my due date being February 28th !!! EEK! Will I really be on leave or will it be more work being a stay at home mom of 3 over the summer!!! AAHH!!!!! My 2 yr old boy is into EVERYTHING and my 8 yr old sometimes acts like she's 2, but other days acts like she's 12 !! OMG......let the fun begin!!!

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!

Hopefully I can get some cards made before my baby boy makes his appearance!!

CANDY WINNER!!!!

I know I said I would wait until Tuesday to post but I just couldn't do it!!! HAHA!! (see below for earlier posts)

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?

Well, seems having the Prairie Fairy blog hop allowed me to be a 'slacker' for a few days without having to make any posts!! So I'M BAAAAAAAAA---AAACK!!!!
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.