Using My Tools Thursday # 32- Cat with Flowers

Welcome followers and guests to my Thursday post of Using My Tools. Every Thursday I try to pull something out of my stash that at one time I thought I just "HAD" to have and finally use it. 
I have added an INLINKZ button so you can share your using your tool projects. 

So show us any crafting project you've created using some tool you pulled out of your crafting stash that you haven't seen in a while

This time it's Glossy Accents and this stamp from LOTV. 

 I used one of the sketches from Operation Write Home. You can find all the sketches here. All their sketches are FAB! They come with all the measurements.

Products:

LOTV Stamp-

Hero Arts sentiment stamp

6x6 MME DP pad Moments

bazil card stock

clear and yellow glitter glue

Glossy Accents

Copic markers

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Have a wonderful day and don't forget to visit again for Feature Friday & Scrapbook Saturday posts. Go make something beautiful!

Challenges:
Stamp & Create-Spring Flowers

Sketches and such...

 Hi There,

So I spent some time catching up on some sketches I've been meaning to work on. I've been AWOL onthe OWH sketches too so I sat myself down to complete a few.

Here's some of the catch up cards I made today.

Mail It Monday Sketch 5

OWH Sketch 213

OWH Sketch 215

Hope you enjoyed viewing my card selection. 

I hope you find crafting moments and make soemthing beautiful!

Challenges:

All Sorts-No Flowers

Card Makin' Mamas- buttons, bits, baubles

Love to Create-Kids

Card Making Monday # 35 - Paint Me Beautiful

It's Card Making Monday! Welcome and thank you for visiting! So this card was inspired by a cool tutorial I saw on the web. Believe it or not the background peice for this card is a paint chip grabbed from my local hardware store. You can find the tutorial on my tutorial tab. 

I used a Stampin Up stamp for the flower embossing (from a Christmas set), a Recollections sentiment stamp (from a Christmas set) and a K& Co. sticker to complete the look..

I love this card because the finished glossy texture looks so elegant and all the guess work of color coordination is done for you. 

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Now it's your turn to go make somethng beautiful....

Challenges:
Scrapbook Blessings-AG

Scrapbook Saturday # 30 -Trouble

Hello Saturday and welcome visitors! I spent some time with a few friends crafting a couple of weekends ago and I'm proud to say I was a busy bee. I'll be sharing some of the pages and cards I comlpeted over the next several weeks. Up first is my daughter who always finds some way to create silly. If I wasn't such a HUGE Xmen and Hugh Jackman fan I would have yelled at her for playing with her food but instead I told her to freeze while I got my camera. My husband was rolling his eyes at the dinner table but he did allow the slight detour while I captured a scrapbooking moment

It's a simple layout but as always I wanted the photos to be the focus. After all who couldn't chuckle at fishsticks becoming anamantium claws. I found this fist cut out on my  Cricut Cartridge and used an EK Success Zig Zag punch for the embellishing. The lettering was cut out using my SCAL software.

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Have a wonderful day and don't forget to make something beautiful...

Feature Friday- 4/4/14

TGIF! What a week and I have a busy weekend ahead. My daughters birthday party is scheduled for Saturday so I'm sure you all know the craziness that ensues when you have a bunch of people coming to the house, including school friends but hopefully I can get some crafting in for Sunday. 

I am soooo behind on my Easter cards! I have 3 designs planned and 1 of them started but nothing competed.

For those of you who are visiting, my Feature Friday post is a way to show appreciation to my followers. Every Friday I link up the blogs of those who have become new follower friends and then I also showcase some crafty work of existing followers. I track whom I've showcased so everyone will have an opportunity.

Let's get on to the business of announcing new followers to all things beautiful.

Welcome:

Pauline Steward @ Pauline Margaret: Handmade cards and Things

Maureen R @ Magic...resides within

& 

Traci Rancier @ Depleting My Stash

and now onto my follower favs for this week.

Lee Mae @ Boxes of Dogs

This image combined with the kite strings in the patterned paper are just adorable.

Make sure to check out what other cards she is making for our soldiers overseas.

& 

Audrey @ Audrey AKA Hippiaud Presents

What cute image and such pretty coloring.

Go on over and visit. Don't forget to leave her cyber hugs...

& 

There were so many wonderful projects this week I had to showcase one more!

Pam Hicks @ Little Turrets Crafty Times

I can just feel the hug coming through the screen and I love all the texture she's added with the various embellishments.

Definitely worth a peek over at her blog to see what else she's been crafting!

Thanks for joining me and make some time this weekend to create something beautiful!

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

100 Follower Blog Candy Winner!

Yeah!!! Today is a special day for two reasons! My daughter turns 12 today and I took the day off from work to spend the day together. We are planning a fun day of shopping.. She wants to redecorate her room so she's chosen a variety of stores(Includeing Hobby Lobby. Yeah!!!) she wants to visit and then we are off to Not Your Average Joes for lunch...

and now the second reason this day is so special...

It's time to announce the winner of the blog candy! 

But first let me remind you of what you will win. 

I chose a winner from the list of followers and email subscriber followers through random.org.

So without further delay...

Congratulations!

Kathi Silvia
  

Your the winner!

Please send me an email using the contact me box on the right and I'll get your prize right out to you.

If you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful so you can have the chance to win the 175 follower blog candy drawing.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

TTT- Get Well Girl

Greetings fellow crafters and welcome to another Tip Top Tuesday Challenge. For this challenge we are making something cute!  

For this challenge I was given the privilege to work with an adorable image by Sami Stamps called Umbrella Girl. You can find a tutorial on how to use Flocking on your project here. You can also find more tutorials on my tutorial tab here.

So my life has been crazy lately and my mojo has left the building. I sat down Sunday afternoon when I realized I had to make this card to post for today....I had the idea of paper piecing the image but beyond that no ideas. So this card kind of evolved as it went.

& 

Products:

Bazzell Ruby Slipper card stock

MME Quite Contrary 6x6 DP

Clouds cut with Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge

Red polka Dot ribbon from Micheals

ColorBox ink in Sky Blue & Wild Hare

Inkadinkadoo Linen White flocking powder

Fiskers Leave It to Weaver Punch

Copics: E37, BG18, E00

I've chosen a winner for my 100 follower blog candy drawing and will be posting it tomorrow morning so if your a follower check back tomorrow to see if your the winner!

So now onto my goal of 175 followers! 

 If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

I hope you are inspired by my creation and join in our challenge. Don't forget to go back and link your project and don't forget to check out the other wonderful design team submissions for this challenge. Now it's your turn...go make something beautiful...

Challenges:

QKR Stampede-Rain

Melonheadz-Spring

MarkerPop-Spring

Bitten by The Bug-April Showers

Stampin' for the Weekend-Spring Colors

Crafty Sentiment Designs-Showers

Through the Craftroom Door-AG

Fan-tastic Tuesday-Patterned paper