Peace

Just wishing it for all.....

Love Bunny....

Another digi stamp from Phindy's Place. She offered this one up as a freebie during the Operation Write Home Blog Hop. Isn't he the cutest little guy? I am on a new kick to make my cards in the 5.5x4.25 size because this is what OWH is requesting and I am getting my first batch together to send. I am so glad I now have a reason to create cards! I have not added the inside greeting as I am debating whether it should be a birthday or valentine card- what do you think?

Angel Wishes

This card is made using a digital stamp from Phindy's Place. She has graciously offered it free for her first challenge at her PCP group! Come on over and join in! I am still new to the digital stamps and experimenting with the paper (my printer seems a bit uncooperative but I am still at it!!!) but I am loving them. Those of you who know me know I am slightly computer challenged.... And my photography- oh dear- the colors are once again off.....
Oh and I do not know if it is showing up online but did you see I used glitter on the stars! Yep, me glitter- and unusual embellishment for me but don't ya know, I kinda like it and am feeling the need to glitter something else!

Celebrate...

Just a quick post for this birthday card made based on SASSC40 The Fresh Batch - Stamps and Smiles Challenge. Just stash papers and such, prima flowers, colorbok ribbon. The card looks much better IRL! Somehow the colors photographed a little garishly and the card is looking a bit stumpy! The best part about this card- it's for a January birthday- Woo hoo- I am ahead on one!

Attitude....

Attitude, yep that's what she is full of. I put this shelf here temporarily as I need to carry it down cellar and somebody thinks it's hers. This is "princess" Taffy.

Baby

This card was created based on sketch 91 over at Taylored Expressions. The card base and striped piece are from a card kit I picked up at the Christmas Tree Shop. The remainder of the card was from stock pieces found here at home - the stamps are Studio G and SU. The SU image is colored with colored pencils (yes, my trusty Crayolas LOL!). I do have prisma and SU and other pencils but the crayolas sit out on my desk instead of away in a tin, therefore I always reach for them! Lazy....

I am in Love...

with Google Reader that is! I just discovered it this week and have been busy subscribing to all the wonderful blogs I read. I love it! Talk about an easy way to never miss an update!!!!!

Very Inappropriate (but I am sending it anyway....)

Very inappropriate but I sending it anyway???? What??? Does it make sense when I say it's for a 10 year old. Still don't get it- look very carefully at the background paper. Sometimes these things happen, sigh but I love the papers together so it's going anyway. It all started with the giant R. I made it first and then went to select papers. I loved the ones I choose (even though it gave it a bit of a more "mature " look- and that was before discovering what the print was!). The paper was from some country series- I believe this one is Germany or Baveria. I grabbed it from my 6x6 squares and started laying out the details when I spotted the beer glasses and steins (and lederhosen!).
Oh well- some things must suffer for art! So if my 10 year old nephew gets a birthday card with beer on it, so be it. They will just call me crazy aunt debb!

Very Thankful - Help Us to Remember

A Thankful Book. A book to jot down, to celebrate, to remember and to remind ourselves of all the reasons we have to be thankful. When I say we, I mean my family. No, it is not a finished version, I see this as an ongoing project. One of those projects that I will need to do a page as I am inspired. I have an almost completed music page. I have pulled papers for an America page. I can envision a family page but think I need several of these. I need to search through some photos. I hope I have complete family photos (sounds easy but there are a lot of nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, we do not live near each other and someone had to snap the photo!). I need a food page (perhaps a photo of a Thanksgiving table - but I doubt I have ever snapped one of these - I will keep it in mind this year!). I need a separate page just for ice cream and chocolate (for which I am VERY THANKFUL). I need a school page with school and college logos, a hobby page, a house/home page, a friend page, a health page. I am setting it up with one decorative page against a blank page for notes and scribbles BUT, if as I suspect, it gets too large, I will add a small page/envelope in between pages to hold these notes. It will not be in order of significance simply because it 1-would be too hard to assign a rank and 2- is a purchased spiral scrapbook and would be hard to switch order (hence the idea of adding small pages in between - I should be able to use a spiral punch and add them).
The pictures are of the cover and cover page. Watch the blog for more pages to come.... (and remember - this is a long term project...). I would love to hear suggestions for more pages from you. I figure the more ideas the better. Then perhaps, when feeling sorry for ourselves (not me of course, but perhaps others...)- we take a peek at the book and smile!
Speaking of thankful, I am very thankful for all the inspiration over at Cuttlebug Challenges. This book is as a result of this Wednesday's challenge.

Vintage over at Our Creative Corner

OCC has a challenge this week to create something vintage- either in feel or with vintage dodads. I chose to use a little of both. I found this free digital image at Clearly Vintage and loved it. Now, before you say it, no the colors are not correct- however this is the color my printer is printing since the color cartridge is almost empty! I never use the color cartridges so I have given up changing them . Did you know that the ink jet cartridges can dry out before they are used up - very annoying when you do not print much!!! I really need to look into a better printer because I would love to print pictures and digital stamps, etc. On the upside, I have learned how to download a digital image and size it so I can print it the size I want and have the whole picture come out!!!! I am sooo excited. This is something I have been struggling with and that has kept me from digital (that and a total lack of really comprehending the whole process....). Now I feel motivated to experiment more with the computer as a creative tool and not just a word processor!
Back to the card... The paper is not vintage but I love the vintage feel to it! The rick rack and the eyelet are vintage pieces from my stash. The eyelet has had the edge colored with copics to make it feel even feel even more vintage like......