Images done

I have had some images colored for some time, but have not had a chance to put them together.  I have had intentions of having them completed for certain challenges, but.... that didn't happen.  It is funny how life things evolve and work and family take priority.  I had to take a class for work which involved taking tests each day so I had to STUDY eeks.  That is how the world is these days you have to keep learning so I wouldn't expect my job to be any different than it is for everybody else.  It is just funny that now what I did learn in school is many times the opposite of how we do it now.  I feel like such an old nurse when I am in class with these young fresh "new" nurses.
My first card is using the "Sweet Little Avery" image from Sassy Cheryl.  I was using this weeks color for Play Date Cafe, but was too late for the challenge.  I machine stitched around the card for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge for this week.
My second card is using "Blanche" from Saturated Canary for a birthday card for a friend.  I wanted to make it an elegant card so I used the beaded oval die cut around the sentiment and then black Stickles on the beaded parts.  I used Prima flowers and put Ice Stickles on them as well as the Paper Studio brads have a glitter finish as well.  If I only had a waist line like that!

Patterned Paper:  Nitwit- A Breath of Fresh Air
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections
Stamp:  Sassy Cheryl - Sweet Little Avery
Flower:  Prima
Brad:  Paper Studio
Thread:  Stash
Spellbinders:  Label #8
Chalk:  Studio G

Challenges
SSSC- Sketch 158
Sassy Cheryl - A Stitch in Time
Pixie Dust - Flowers

Patterned Paper:  DCWV
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections
Stamp:  Saturated Canary - Blanche
Sentiment:  Doodle Pantry
Spellbinder:  Beaded Oval & Circle Grand
Stickles:  Black Glitter, Ice
Lace:  Wrights
Ribbon:  Offray
Flowers:  Prima
Brads:  Paper Studio

Challenges
The Sweet Stop - Sketch #157
Pixie Dust - flowers
Crafts and Me - Challenge 83 Die cuts and punches
Paper Pretties - Ribbon

Bugaboo Anything Goes

At Bugaboo this week's Challenge is Anything Goes.   Pretty easy if you made it it fits this challenge!

The rules are simple: Create Any Easter/Spring project and post a link to it on Bugaboo Stamps' challenge blog, Catch the Bug,  by 5/12/12 at  6:00 AM EST to be entered a random drawing for three digi prize packs - seven (7) (using a Bugaboo image only), four (4), or two (2) using any image!  New projects only no backlinking please!

 Limited to 3 projects per person please

We'll be offering our usual seven, four, and two free digi prize packs.

I have my card in the line up as being this month's Biggest Fan.  I will attach it here.  

Remember that there is always a freebie on the site.

http://bugaboostamps.blogspot.com/

See post of May 2nd "First for the Year...." for the details on this card.  Thanks.

Have a beautiful day.
                             Lisa Lynn

Happy Birthday Judy

My sister-in-law's birthday is on Sunday and she has been playing flute for MANY years.  She has played in the pit for my husband when he conducted musicals, and unfortunately I don't have a picture of her doing it. When I saw this image from Mayzy Art, I just had to get it for her.  I know that she is a person who is "card worthy" and appreciates all the hard work that is put into a card since when I was at her house a few years ago she had one of my Thanksgiving cards on display that I had made several years before at that Thanksgiving so I know that she saves them.  For this card I distressed all the papers or inked the edges to destress them.  I added the three blue flowers to go with the Blue Jay on the flute.  I used a Sakura jellly glitter pen on the flute and bracelet to add sparkle to make it look metallic.  On the inside, I embossed a strip with musical notes on the bases and put a button to make it into an easel card since she uses them as a decoration and keeps them.

My husband, Jeff and his sister, Judy in 1954

Judy and Jeff 2005

My second card is using this weeks Deconstructed Sketch which I think is perfect for ribbon with the four strips.  I got the mushroom image from Alley Way as a free download and thought the sentiment was just too cute.  My husband is always telling puns so I thought this was a perfect card from us.  When I showed him the card, he really like the burlap ribbon from Ribbon Carousel which I thought was perfect for the natural look with the mushrooms.  It was funny to see him feeling it like a child with a texture book. hehe.

inside

easel

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Jazz Hands & Little Steam Engine, Music- free Vintage digital stamps

Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections

Stamp:  Mayzy - Bibis Harmony

Inside Sentimetn: Stampibilites

Sentiment:  Verve

Ink:  Memento, Black Tuxedo & Lady Bug

Distressing tool

Spellbinders:  Small Circle, Large Scalloped Circle, Ribbon Label Trio

Button:  Stash

Flowers:  Recollections

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Embossing folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

Sweet Wednesday Sketch - sketch #152

Splitcoast - Ways to Use It - Don't Stress, Distress! WT373

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzio, TPC, Recollections

Stamp:  Alley Way - Fungi

Sentiment:  Alley Way - Fungi

Buttons:  JoAnn's Basics

Ribbon:  Burlap from Ribbon Carousel

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinders:  Small & Large Squares

Challenges

Deconstructed Sketch - Sketch #50

Splitcoast - Free for All Friday - Birthday Boy F4A115

Colour Q

New look

Well Google changed everything the other day, actually the other week and I am still trying to get the feel of it.  It is terrible that I get so accustomed to doing things a certain way that change is very difficult.  Posting has been taking quite a long time, and then if I need to do an edit or change a spelling "Oh my, "  finding where to go seems like mission impossible.  My wonderful husband helped me set up my blog which will be almost two years now.  So since I have been playing with lots of buttons and touching things I shouldn't, I decided to change the look of my site since I actually figured out how to do that with all the messing around that I was doing.  I no longer have the boring grass that my husband set up for me and instead I have a picture of some of my favorite things.....some Prima flowers, ribbon, lace and buttons as well as my cutting board which I could not live without.  My craft area is NOT one of those neat and tidy areas that I can show a picture of because I work among A LOT of clutter.  Then I clean it up which lasts for about a week until I get into more projects.  I have scraps of paper everywhere.  The sad part is that I can find things in my mess and piles; it is just that it is not safe for my family to visit me.  Well enough said.  Hope you like the new look.

For the birds

I had this image from "A Day for Daisies" that I have been playing with in my head and finally worked it out.  It has six birds on it and my thought was always to raise one or two of them which I did with pop dots. I colored the center of the flowers with stickles to have them look like cherry blossoms.  I found these wonderful nests from Prima which I had to add and this net ribbon from Ribbon Carousel which is like the nest material.
I then did two more cards using this weeks SC383 sketch.  One using Close to My Heart Ink and a Stampin' Up Marker to color the image and then I chalked some clouds.  The sentiment is from Close to My Heart using Distress Ink.
With dance recitals coming up, I made a card using the gorgeous image from TLC, Create and added some flowers instead of a circle sentiment.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV, Nitwit - Valentine

Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollection

Stamp:  A Day for Daisies - Bunch of Birds

Sentiment:  American Crafts

Ink: Memento, black tuxedo

Nest:   Prima

Ribbon:  Creative Impressions

Stickles

Pop dots

Net ribbon:  Ribbon Carousel

Bling:  Recollection

Challenges

Mojo- Sketch 239

A Day for Daisies - Calico  http://adayfordaisies.blogspot.com/search/label/challenges

Pink Gem Challenge:  Pink, blue and green  http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Cupcake Inspirations -  http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com

Patterned Paper:  DCWV - Citrus

Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections

Stamp:  PSX

Sentiment:  Close to My Heart

Ink:  Close to My Heart - Kiwi

       Marker - Stampin' Up - Grey

        Distress - Weathered Wood

       Chalk - unknown

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Ribbon:  American Crafts

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Splitcoast - Sketch 383

Color Throwdown 

Patterned Paper:  Nitwit - A Breath of Fresh Air

Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections

Stamp:  TLC, Create

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Flower:  Bazzil & Recollections

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Bling - Paper Studio

Challenges

Splitcoast - Sketch 383

Bugaboo - Recipe Embossing & Bling

First for this year

Yikes it is already May...where has the time gone.  I can't believe it, but I made my first Christmas card for 2012.  I actually made this card for one of my friends to give to her grandson since it will be his first Christmas. She is spending her time babysitting for him and talks about him ALL the time so I thought it would be a perfect gift for her.  I know she will appreciate it.  I also did a Kenny K card using an image from TLC create of a record and Bearly Mine paper which is perfect with the Rock Chick.  I also got this great ribbon from Ribbon Carousel with music notes and went through the center of the record that I cut with spellbinder circles.  I love all the tutorials that are out there on the Spellbinder blogs and the new dies that have come out and couldn't resist getting one.  I also used the Cherry Lynne small butterfly dies to put on top with this weeks Play Date Cafe colors.  My last card is a Bugaboo image with this weeks Splitcoast Sketch.

Patterned Paper:  Nitwit - Great White North
Cardstock:  Core-dinations, Recollections
Stamp:  Karen's Doodles - Baby Present
Sentiment:  Computer Font
Spellbinders:  Small & Large Circles
Snowflake: Quic Kutz Die
Ice Stickles
Blue Chalk - unknown

Challenges
Taylor's Expressions Sketch - Sketch #157
Karen's Doodles - For a child

Patterned Paper:  Bearly Mine
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections
Stamp:  Kenny K - Rock Chick
Record:  TLC Create
Ribbon:  Ribbon Carousel
Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts & Recollections
Spellbinders:  Grand Circle, Small Standard Circle
Sakura Jelly Glitter Pen

Challenges
Kenny K - Anytthing Goes

Patterned Paper:  K & Company, Sweet Shoppe
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Stampin' Up, Recollections
Ribbon:  Offray
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart
Buttons:  Stash
Butterflies:  Cherry Lynne
Spellbinders:  Splendid Circle, Angle Die
Embossing:  M-Bossibilities - Simplicity

Challenges
Play Date Cafe 129

Patterned paper:  Nitwit - Time for Tea

Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Ava Flowers

Sentiment:  TLC Create

Ribbon:  May Arts

Flowers:  Prima

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Biggest Fan

I was chosen to be this month's Biggest Fan for Bugaboo.  You can find the link to their blog below on my blog list and this month's newsletter is on the site.  They have adorable digital images and each Friday they have a free image.  Also, in each monthly newsletter there is an image as well as deals that they have on a regular basis.  They have cute critters, babies, kids as well as humorous adult downloads.  Bugaboo's website is amazing since the owner Tammy Miller is involved in sponsoring LOTS of challenges the site lists them for you.  And there is the Bugaboo Challenge which is listed ahead of time in the newsletter and is on Saturdays.  The Design Team is great about leaving comments when you submit items for a challenge and they have great samples displayed ahead of time for each of the challenges, free items as well as the new items.

I talked about my family in the newsletter and my need for stress relief.  I think that is why all of us do our card making and crafting is to have some control in our lives.  There are many things that we can not control when it comes to health, family issues, jobs, so we look for control on how much glitter and ribbon we use and where we place it.  I also work in a job where I can do things several different ways, but still have to do things within policies and protocols so making cards I get to be creative and use the "other" side of my brain.  In addition, I know I should be better about exercising; however, I don't get that endorphin (happy release) from doing it like many of the runners or people who do regular exercise.  When I make my cards I get that happy feeling, and it makes you want to do it more and more like an addiction.

My step-son got a new "used" car this past week so this is the card that I made for him using a Bugaboo image.

Patterned Paper:  Nitwit - Great White North
Cardstock:  Core-dinations, Bazzil, Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Guy Car Keys
Die Cut - Quic Kuts
Circle Punch:  EK success


Mo's Challenge is to do your favorite colors and I chose yellow, peach/apricot, blue and white.  And this is what I came up with.  I plan to use this card for my Mom's birthday which is on Friday.

Patterned Paper:  Nitwit - Bee's Knees

Cardstock:  Bazzil, Core- dinations, Recollections

Stamp:  Mo Manning - Kisses

Sentiment:  TLC Create

Brads:  Paper Studio

Ribbon:  Michaels

Flowers:  Recollections

Stickles:  Ice stickles

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Spellbinders:  Small circle, Lotus

Challenges
Saturday Sketch - Sketch 205
Mo's - favorite color combination