Morley Dancing.

This is Morley & he is Dancing...................funny enough, we (at Prairie Fairy Designs) call this image Morley Dancing! He can be purchased here.
He is dancing because it is Christmas over at Bah! Humbug! (Santa Paws-festive furry friends). He is also dancing because green is his favorite color which suits the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge (green as main color)

Me? I am dancing as I am happy to be following the Card Patterns Sketch for this week. I LOVE Card Pattern sketches the mostest (is that even a word?). I am also very happy as I purchased my very first copic markers this past weekend. Cool Gray & Warm Gray for outlining images! I think I used warm gray around mr. Morely.

And this shot is to show you mr. Morley's fluffy boots & sparkly scarf! Dontcha just love Christmas (in April)!! haha!

In2stamps CANDY!

In2stamps is 6 months young and is having a celebratory candy giveaway for their 5th release on April 5. Unfortunately I can't Copy & Paste all the information from their blog on to mine (me & hubby have tried), so you are going to have to check out their blog for all the glorious details as the contents of the candy!! YUMMY CANDY!!

Red & White Vintage with Stitches Sketch

A card for all reasons (if you will)!!

For Susie & Vikki's Christmas Card Challenge (vintage), I was inspired to make this card. The paper & flowers I got at Scrapaganza this past weekend. I am rusty with the whole vintage thing but as the saying goes "practice makes perfect". The stamp is from the Stampin Up set "Holy Triptych"- a set I have not used in AGES, therefore qualifiying me for Fab'n'Funky challenge of no longer neglected. The Sketch is from Twisted Sketches (for cards- not to be mistaken for the scrapbook sketches). At All Sorts this week the theme is 'In Stitches' (real or faux- I chose real) & at Rosie D's Challenge Blog the challenge is Red & White.
I am off to bed now. I am fighting a cough & cold; feeling kinda yucky but refreshed as morning comes! I hope to be posting some BLOG CANDY soon, so tell all your friends!

Doing other things!

I was not able to get any card making done today as I was busily packing for Scrapaganza. Some of you may have heard us Prairie Fairies throwing this word around lately, so let me take a moment to enlighten you. Scrapaganza is GREAT. It is a Scrapping event held in a little town about an hour from where we live. Scrapaganzas are probly held everywhere, but I like to think we have the best one here in Manitoba, Canada! It starts at 8 am & goes until 8pm. We like to get there by 7-7:15 am as the line up for "the best" table starts as early as 6:45-7 am; then the doors open & it is, literally, a mad rush for tables! There are numerous vendors there (CTMH, Creative Memories and so forth), there is a graduated sale room where throughout the day the price of the items in the room goes down by 5% each hour. By the end of the day, anything left in that room is free. There is a 10cent paper room. There is a shuttle to take participants of Scrapaganza to the local Scrapbooking store where there are many more great deals to be found. There are also great prizes to be won throughout the day. They have little make & takes set up for people to take part in as well as a bigger class for a more complex project. Last year we made coasters! If you spend $100.00 at any of the above named places combined, you get a "free" gift at the end of the day. Oh did I mention that we also get lunch, supper and snacks!!!?!?!?!? Naturally one has to pay for a ticket to go to Scrapaganza & there is usually a waiting list to attend(I think there are usually around 200 participants). I am so excited to have gotten a ticket at the last moment!

Onto my project! Here we have a collage picture taken by a photographer who took my maternity & newborn (& family pictures). You can check out more of her work at Amber Bond Photography What I did was take an old picture frame, turn the mat around & decorated the frame to suite the picture of my 3 (sometimes) adorable children! Reade 2.5 yrs, Hannah 9 yrs & Merik 8 days old.


I used various Stampin up Stamp sets for the stamping parts, incuding "Priceless", "Warm Words", "Curvy Verses" & "Garden Whimsy".


I used a bit of glitter around different stamps and used pink, 2 shades of blue, brown, black and yellow from my ink collection.

The riboon on the side is misc., but thought it matched somewhat nicely.

And the word LOVE is from a set of clear alphabet stamps I purchased long before I even knew I was an avid stamper. I saw a deal and I nabbed it. This was the first time I actuallyused this alphabet stamp set and rather love it!

That's all I have for ya! I will not be back until Sunday (maybe) perhaps Monday?! Post Scrapaganza recovery you know! HAHA!! Wish me luck!

Hip-Hip Horray......it's a card for a birthday!

Before I get to my card, I first must say HIP-HIP HORRAY for me for winning at Susies' Sassy Challenge this week, which is also the final week of their challenge :-( ! Bitter Sweet, I must say. Also YAY for doing my dusting ( I HATE DUSTING!)

As for my card, here we have Norman the Hippo. This lil fella is one of the Prairie Fairy's images and can be purchased here. This lil fella is also named after the Prairie Fairy's dad AND he has a girlfriend named Helen the hippo (who is the Fairy's mom). Now I dunno if her parents know that they are being made so popular by a couple of cutie patootie hippos, but hey when an artist gets inspiration, she better run with it!!

I am so excited to be able to enter this card in a few different challenges, as I've said in my previous post, I have fallen a bit behind lately!! The sketch is MoJo Monday, & Norman's outifit (shirt & pocket) fits into the Digital Tuesday Challenge of 'paper piecing-digital style'. This is only the second time I've attempted paper piecing & must admit I prefer to do it digitally!

My lil Norman is also covered & surrounded by lots of different shades of blue which ranks him into the Charisma Cardz Challenge of monochromatic colors. Also, for the Pink Elephant Challenge of thier latest recipe (1 image, 2 die cuts & 3 of fav. embelly) I have 1 Norman, 2 die cut shapes (around Norman & for the sentiment) & 3 buttons (I also LOVE flowers so there are 3 of those as well). Finally for Cute Card Thursday (touchy feely) we have everything I listed above from buttons, to paper flowers to a cut out shirt & pocket with a brad.

I am off to pack for Scrapaganza now!!!

Versatility & Busyness!

So I finally got to sit down with my card making supplies & whip off a couple cards.
It has been a few days since my last post, as I got hit with the stomach flu in the wee hours of Sunday morning & spent the entire day Monday recovering. I had the shakes, hot flashes, a temp of 38.7 degrees, aches, pains & the runs. Too much info, I know, but hey, we'll all friends here!! haha! Tuesday I started these cards, & this a.m. I finished them.

I used the same image for both cards & fully intended to make them both get well cards, but then thought what better way to make ONE image more versatile then to use it for different types of cards. The image is from the Prairie Fairy & is called Snails Tail. This image & many others can be purchased at the Prairie Fairy Digital Stamp Store.

Both of my cards are based on the Card Patterns Sketch (with extras). The above card is good for Pollycraft Mondays (pink, brown & green or yellow [I chose yellow]) & Your Next Stamp Challenge (stitching).

The card below is a birthday card & the inside says "......to grow up! Happy Birthday"
I know I am a bit early but this card is my DT card for Fairy Fun Fridays where the theme is eyelets & string. My alternative to string is hemp.

I am entering this card in Creative CArd Crew (happy birthday).

Now as for my busyness.....since I lost a couple day with being sick I have realized how far behind the housework has gotten. I need to go do laundry, mop floors & get rid of all those lil dust bunnies on my shelves and under my bed! A--Choo!! Ifeel better but now the kids are sneezing with runny noses! Do the illnesses ever end~ To top it off I have to get ready for Scrapaganza this weekend- 8 am - 8 pm full day of scrapbooking, card making and crafting!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!

See you soon!

Summer Fun!

I was inspired by last weeks weather to produce this card. I was also inspired by some purchases I made the other day whilst shopping my little heart out. The image for my card is called "Summer Fun" & it is a digital image from the Prairie Fairy. This image can be purchased at her online store here.



I have had this image printed for a while but was never sure of what to do with it until I purchased these adorable little seashell buttons at Dollarama. They are all pretty much the same color on one side (see top of card), but are different colors on the other side (see bottom of card). I knew I HAD to come straight home & use these buttons to accent this great image.

I colored the image with the watercolor pencils , baby oil & blending stump technique I learned from the Prairie Fairy. You too can do this wonderful coloring by checking out her tutorial at her PCP planet site, under discussions. The tag, paper & closepin are misc., as are the button sea shells. The hemp twine is CTMH and the sentiment is Stampin' Up, along with an embellishment from SU Hodge Podge Hardware.

Challenges for my card are:

A Spoon Full of Sugar- one for the boys

Sassy Designs by Susie- me & my pet

Dare U 2 Digi-Stamp- metal

MoJo Monday- sketch

The Pink Elephant- nature

I'm off to celebrate my daughter's birthday now (she's 9). Swimming at the local pool & overnight stay in a hotel with 3 friends should make for a happy birthday girl! G'night!

Color inspiration challenge.

This week at Fairy Fun Fridays we have a color inspiration challenge based on the picture below! I thought for sure I was done for with all the yellows, oranges, pinks & reds altogether, but upon searching through various paper holders, I found some paper that I got at the Scrapaganza (held in Stonewall, MB) that fit perfectly! As I admired the paper & thought about how sad I was that I was not going to be able to make it there this year (April 17- as I thought leaving 3 kids with dad for a 9-9'er day was simply too much).......low and behold the phone rang.................................

..............who was it on the phone you ask??!?! It was a fellow scrapper, asking me if I wanted her ticket to Scrapaganza this year! DO YOU BELIEVE IT! I was shocked, surprised, & happy thinking this was definitely a 'sign' that I am destined to go!!! So I have yet to speak with hubby about it, however, have already arranged for my mom to come watch the kids (as back up with hubby)!!! I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO SUPER EXCITED!!! Now onto my card!

The image is from Prairie Fairy Digital Stamps store and is called "Fairy Little". I was unsure as to what I was going to do with her & her reaching arms when I remembered the great purchases I made the other day while in Selkirk at Dollarama! I bought these 'paper, look-a-like rose flowers' with stems for $1.00 (6/pack). I also bought the ribbon & green pearls you see pictured as well!! Yay for me!

This is my second attempt at an Easle card & am pleased with the way it turned out!
I also searched thru various blogs in the attempt to perfect my coloring, so this is what you get! Not the greatest, but hey what do u expect from an amateur!!

I am able to enter this card in a couple other challenges including: Charisma Cardz Challenge (thank you)& Pixie Dust Studio Challenge (things with wings)!

Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club Challenge.

The challenge theme over at Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club blog is 'Reindeer'. And this/these is/are my entry/entries. When this whole 'make a Christmas card a week' thing began, I thought "heck may as well make a few extra along the way"! So I started making cards with a Stampin Up set I purchased.
I altered the designs ever so slightly for each of the 3 cards. I used earthy tones and ribbon I purchased from the dollar store! They all came in the same package and I just love the colors! A few eyelets and a scallop stamp and punch; both from Stampin' up, finished off my cards!

Colored with Stampin' Up markers.

On a side note: Congrats to a fellow Prairie Fairy DT member- LORI- for becoming a DT member of Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club Challenge blog!!! YAY LORI- it's high time your talent got noticed girl!!!

Missing my Fairies!

I have been going thru Fairy withdrawal...........so I decided to make a card with one of Prairie Fairy's images. This image is called Tea Party and can be purchased here along with many other great images!
This card is for a few different challenges including the Card Patterns Challenge for which my on line digi-boss (The Prairie Fairy) is sponsoring.
Other challenges for this card include Delightful Sketches (buttons & bling), Your Next Stamp Challenge (purple), The Stamping Vacation Pick 3 Challenge ( I chose 1. dry embossing 2. Die cut machine 3.using 2 of any embellishment [button flowers] 4.make it glitter ) I hope to use this as a birthday card when the time comes! Wonder how happy people are as they get older, perhaps I should reconsider the sentiment! HAHA!

So far, not so good- yet doing great with 2 posts today!

POST #1-
Where to start?? We celebrated Easter yesterday; kids didn't get too much from 'the Easter bunny' however that did not stop them from getting tons of junk from everyone else.....causing my dear daughter to 'get sick' in the middle of the night! She was home from school this am & proceeded back to school this afternoon. God bless her heart, the last thing she wants right now is anymore chocolate! But don't listen to us when we tell you to stop, we're only your parents!

So that was not so good, (as was the fact that I totally missed the below color/image inspiration challenge over at Karen's Doodles!!! AGAIN I was so mad to have missed yet ANOTHER challenge......& as if that wasn't enough)EDIT (April 6)-thank you to the ladies who informed me that the Karen's Doodles (UK challenge) is still accepting submissions; I was able to enter that challenge afterall!! Thanks for watching my back GALS!!! ...................I also missed the challenge for which the sketch was inspired from!! What the heck is wrong with me lately???!

Regardless I figured I may as well post the card I was inspired to make by the above image! The image on my card is from Karen's Doodles & is called 'Little Easter Puppy'. I just love it! AND it's a freebie! How amazing!! Challenges I DID get to enter with this card are:
Rosie D's Challenge- blessings (for Easter)
Cute Card Thursday- Easter theme or oval shape
Charisma Cardz Challenges- Animal madness
Fab'n'Funky Challenges- Spring is in the Air
Pollycraft Mondays- anything goes

POST #2-

My next post for today is for Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge for a theme of tone on tone (preferably green, however any color is acceptable). I chose blue tones! AND for ABC Christmas Card Challenge -G for glitz (bling, shine &/or sparkle). The sketch is from Friday Sketchers.

EDIT- I wonder if posting one day sooner falls within the rule & regulations for challenges; because I would also like to enter this card in the Digital Tuesday Challenge of blue, white +1 other color! If this is not allowed, I totally understand! Pls someone help me with these blog rulz! The image is one from Mo's Digital Pencil Store & is called Noelle Bearing Gifts! I recently purchased my first few digital images from Mo & am absolutely in love with them!

Here's to hoping I've seen the last of chocolate in our house!! I'm off to get supper started now! Take CAre.

Thank you Fairy Much!

Wow, I have not posted anything for a couple days, in fact, have not made any cards for a couple days either. Just when I think I'll sit down to do something, the baby cries, it's a meal time or something needs washing (kids, laundry, dishes.....you name it). I hope to get SOMETHING done today after easter egg coloring, having a coffee date and all the rest of it!!

I made this card the other day as part of my Thank-You's I've been trying to complete! I used an image from Prairie Fairy Designs called 'A Little Friend'. The inside of the card says 'thank you fairy much'. With the vintage feel I am able to enter my card in Creative Card Crew Challenge which is being sponsored by my 'on-line digital boss lady', the Prairie Fairy. I am entering this challenge in support of her and all her hard work, however, forfeit being entered in winning any of her gorgeous images, so some other lucky crafter can enjoy them as much as I do (being on her DT team)!! I also used the sketch from MoJo Monday.

I also used various embellies on my card allowing me to enter it into Pollycraft Mondays (4 papers, 3 embellishements, 2 ribbon & 1 image). I just love the way this card turned out! Hope you all have a great day........I'll try to with our blustery blowing snow and slushy weather! (Never fails, always a snow storm for my daughter's b-day April 9 ).