Elegant Blue and Green

Welcome! It's Tuesday already. Strange day today. I had to have blood drawn this morning so I was late for work. I thought it would take 15 minutes and an hour later they are still trying to draw my blood. It's like my blood knows that it doesn't want to be found so my veins hide, big time. After several sticks, they finally found a vein. So I worked through lunch to make up my hour and then the server went down at 3 p.m. At 4:30 we decided there wasn't much sense in sitting around anymore and went home. Still no news on our department reorganization or my re-assignment. Still packing to move buildings wherever out new office will be.

I have an elegant card tonight. At first I didn't think I liked the card but I think it's growing on me.

I do like the pearls and the fluer de lis die cuts. The paper is from Doodle Pantry and the image is Doodle Pantry Blue Bonnets. Don't forget to check out Doodle Pantry's challenge. If you participate you receive the new Quirky Bunny set.

This card is for Joan's Garden Challenge. The challenge must have corner embellishments, a color theme of blue and green, some kind of flowers, and an oval background. That's it for tonight. I have to go work on my online class. I decided to take a class about my Cricut. I wanted to use it more but didn't know how. So I'm working on learning something new. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hippo Birdy 2 Ewes

Happy Monday! Very cold here today but tomorrow it's supposed to be back into the 50s. The weather is so strange. Nothing new on the re-organization at work. But we continue to pack up things for the move. I can't imagine doing my job out of boxes for the next 4 months. But that might be just what happens.

My card for today is a birthday card for a special friend.

I just love the image. Too funny! The image was a freebie from Karen Hill. It's colored with Bic Markers and Copics. I used the double-sided paper, added it to the background and then embossed with the Swirl embossing folder. The border punch is Martha Stewart and I added the three button embellishment tied with raffia. I'm entering the card in several challenges:

• Sketches by Carly challenge: sketch
• Do Your Stack Up challenge: things with wings
• Clearly Inspired challenge: anything goes

Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday. One-fifth of the work week is over. Hippo-hurray! Okay I'm done with hippos now. Thanks for stopping by!

Donna

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge

Hope your weekend was wonderful! It's a shame that it's almost over. Tom and I took Friday off and spent the weekend at Baby Creek. We got out there about 8 p.m. on Thursday evening and found that the wind storm on Wednesday had toppled a tree over the driveway, which is a very steep hill. The tree was about 20 inches around. So in the dark it took about an hour and a half to chain saw enough of the tree to get us up the hill. Friday morning we cleaned up more tree damage and then started to hall bricks from the top of the hill to the new driveway we are putting in. We hauled 5 loads on Friday and 3 on Saturday. Had friends for dinner on Saturday evening and played bridge and got the bonus of an extra night out there. I came home early this morning and Tom hiked 14 miles to get ready for his trip on the Appalachian Trail in two weeks. So it was a pleasant weekend even though we had a few surprises along the way. We should take Friday off more often and spend some time enjoying our little out-of-the-way place.

Today Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids. The challenge is to make a clean and simple (CAS) card. I made a card using Ski Sheep. I was instantly drawn to this set. My son, Dan, who lives in Utah, has been skiing a lot lately; I thought this would be the perfect image to send him a hello card. So it will head to Utah in the mail tomorrow.

 Check out the challenge and join in. You just might win some awesome digital stamps from Doodle Pantry.

Hop you have a spectacular week! Maybe I will find out this week where I am being re-assigned at work. Keep your fingers crossed!

New from Doodle Pantry

I am so excited to be part of the Doodle Pantry Design Team and today I get to officially begin my fun with the team. Laurie is releasing some awesome sets this month. I made two projects for the release. The first project is and easel card with the new set called Lion and Lamb.

The image of the lion and lamb actually swings on the card. I've never tried that before but it was much easier than I thought it would be. The sentiment is also from the same set. Here's a picture of the card closed and ready for an envelope.

My second project is with a set that you can get for free if you join us for the March challenge on the Doodle Pantry blog. The challenge will be posted today. The set is called Quirky Bunny. I just love this set.

Isn't the bunny just adorable! The eggs and paper come with the set. So hop on over to the Doodle Pantry blog and take part in the challenge. Also check out all the design team creations for the new release.

Thanks for stopping by today for my very first post as a Doodle Pantry DT member. I'm off to have more fun with the wonderful images this month.

Donna

Happy Leap Day

I can hardly believe we are at the end of February. Time just keeps moving on. Still no word on a new position for me. Today I spent most of the day on a ladder moving books full of reports to a lower shelves for packing. At least I wasn't sitting at my computer all day. My card tonight uses another gorgeous Doodle Pantry image. I just love this image.

The sentiments are from an My Favorite Things set called Love You With All My Heart. I used my ScorPal to add the criss-cross embossing on the background panel. I used the Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle dies and added lace and pearls as embellishments. The background scalloped circle looks much darker in the photo than in real life. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

• Speedy Fox and Friends challenge: use lace
• Sentimental Sunday challenge: use lace and pearls
• Outlawz Wednesday challenge: sketch
• Simon Says challenge: anything goes

Hope your week is going smoothly. Tom and I decided to take Friday off of work and  go to Baby Creek for some R&R. It's supposed to be 70 degrees on Friday. Is this February/March or May/June? Weird weather. Have a wonderful Thursday and stop back to see some more awesome Doodle Pantry images as we check out the March release.

Roses are Pink

At least they are today on my card!

I used the technique that Gina K had a video of this week: paper piecing the flowers outside the oval shape. Very easy and super fun. The image and sentiment is from a Year of Flowers by Melanie Muenchinger. I used the Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval dies and a lattice punch. The oval is popped off the background with pop dots. The popped up flowers are a combination of punched flowers and some I cut on my Cricut. I entering this card in a few challenges:

• Joan's Garden challenge: lots of layers; pink and white; dimensional flowers; rectangle or oval layer
• Outlawz Saturday challenge: flower power
• Scrap Creations challenge: pop it up

For those of you following my work reorganization: seven people were reassigned yesterday but not me. Two people from my area were reassigned and I was their back up so all of there work when they leave will fall back to me. My boss also asked me to be in charge of the move yesterday (not only are we reorganizing but we are also moving out of our present location). I see busy days ahead and still no clarity as to where I'll be going. So the frustration continues. 
Hope your week is progressing nicely. Rain coming in tonight but I think we are supposed to be in the 60s this week. Isn't this end of February and beginning of March? Very odd weather for this time of year. Have a happy Wednesday.

Exciting News!

It's been a busy weekend and I did seem to accomplish a lot but there was so much on my list that I couldn't possibly get it all done. But I am grateful for what I did accomplish. We spent Friday evening and all day Saturday at Baby Creek, our little retreat place to get away from it all. Today I had to go get glasses to use up my Tax Saver Benefit that I will lose at the end of February. So I'll be getting two new pair of glasses soon. I did get a few cards done today and I can share one with a bit of exciting news. On a whim I sent in a link to apply for the Doodle Pantry Design Team and last week Laurie from the Doodle Pantry contacted me and asked me to be part of the team. Wow! I was stunned. I never expected to be selected. So for the next 6 months I'll be showing you some of Laurie's wonderful creations and I hope you will go check them out! Here's a card I made to celebrate my new Design Team.

The image is a freebie that you can find at Doodle Pantry. Laurie has both colored and outlined digital stamps. This one is one of the colored ones. I used the sketch from Sketches by Carly. The patterned paper is from Stampin' Up! And I added self-adhesive rhinestones. Thanks for stopping to by to check out my big news. Come back on March 1st to see my very first design team project. (maybe even two projects for the new release). I hope you have a wonderful week.

Every-Buggy

We've had fairly nice weather the past few days but it's coming to an end tonight. Possible snow tomorrow but not much. Early this morning we had a bizarre incident. I woke up at 2am and there were lots of lights flashing outside our house. Two fire engines, three police cars and a wrecker. We live near a sharp turn in the road and someone missed the turn and hit a tree in the neighbor's yard. But they left the car there and took off. We don't know if the car was stolen or not. They pulled the car out about 2:45 am and we could go back to bed. So loss of sleep is catching up to me today.

My card tonight is for a co-workers birthday. I took it to work earlier this week so that "every-buggy" could sign it. Hehehe!

I can't remember where I found the adorable sentiment. It was a recent freebie. I try to remember to add the blog that I got them from but I missed this one. If you happen to know, please let me know so I can give credit. The bugs are from a set called Gettin' Buggy With It! It came from Gina K but I don't think she carries it anymore. The set was perfect for the sentiment. I used the Floral Garden embossing folder and cut the sentiment with the inverted scalloped circle die. I sponged the embossed background with green and pink ink. I'm entering the card into several challenges:

• Sentimental Sundays challenge: let's get sentimental
• The Cuttlebug Spot challenge: spring is in the air
• Paper Playtime challenge: animal image and sentiment

I hope you are looking forward to the weekend as much as I am. Friday at 5p.m. is my favorite time of the week. Still no answers about where I will be moving to in the reorganization at work. Everyone is very frustrated. At the meeting yesterday  they said it might be a month before they give us directions. I'm praying it's sooner. Hope you have a wonderfully crafty weekend! Take care.

My First Shaker Card

Tonight I made my very first shaker card. I think I need some practice but I'm not too terribly disappointed in my  first attempt.

The image and sentiment are from Doodle Pantry. I used my argyle embossing folder for the background and added an argyle patterned ribbon and self-adhesive rhinestones. The scalloped circle frame is cut from Spellbinders dies and the image is cut from a circle die. I love the adorable little birdhouse with all the friends gathered for a party. I'm entering the card into these challenges:

• Doodle Pantry challenge: use a Doodle Pantry image
• Paper Playtime: pets and a sentiment
• Scrap Creations: critter cards

Thanks for stopping by today. I'm looking forward to the weekend. It can't come fast enough! Happy Wednesday!

Donna

Sympathy

Over the weekend we had a death in my husband's family. And I had to make a sympathy card. Not my favorite card to make but I was happy with the way this card turned out.

The images are Fairytale Butterflies from TLC. The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations and the branch is from my newest purchase (over the weekend) of Spellbinder's Foliage dies. The embossing folder I used was Cuttlebug Victoria. The butterflies are popped up from the background. I'm entering this card into Outlawz Sunday challenge using an animal or animal print. Hope your Monday has been wonderful and the rest of your week will be terrific too! I have a fun card tomorrow so I hope you'll stop back!

I Love my Teddy Bear

Almost past my bed time so I'm going to make this a quick one. Here's the card I made this evening.

The image and the sentiment are from Doodle Pantry. I really love the ribbon with the brown bursts and blue swirls. I'm entering this into a couple challenges.

• Ribbon Carousel challenge: sketch and use ribbon.
• Outlawz Thursday challenge: lots of layers
• DYSU: lots of layers

Tomorrow is Friday! Yippee! I love Friday at 5pm. We're going to be traveling this weekend to visit Tom's parents but I should be home on Sunday and hope to have some time to craft then. Have a wonderful start to your weekend and thanks for visiting!

Donna

First Signs of Spring

Happy Valentines Day! I wish it had been light enough to take a picture this morning before I left for work. The trees were beautiful with snow. We had about an inch over night but it wasn't enough to stop anything from going on today. All the schools kids were hoping for a two hour delay but they didn't get that either. The landscape was beautiful; but by noon time it was melting away. And to show you how crazy our weather is in Indiana we are supposed to have heavy rain and thunder storms tomorrow. As they say in Indiana: "If you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes and it will change." But for my card today I was wishing for those first signs of spring. I made this card for Joan's Garden challenge.

The challenge:

• create a spring card
• use the color theme of blue and white
• use some type of lattice
• add a bird

My embossing folder was Garden Flowers and I inked the flowers and gave them a self-adhesive rhinestone for the centers. I made the card a birthday card since three of my co-workers have a birthday in the next week. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope your Valentines Day was filled with love. Tom and I left work for lunch so it was special. Tomorrow is Wednesday so I'm looking forward to being on the down side of the week. Take care!

Donna

If Friends were Flowers

Happy Monday evening! How was the start of your week? It was back to work for me. The weather wasn't too bad today; a little chilly but snow is coming in tonight and getting to work tomorrow could be a challenge. Speaking of challenges (how was that for a segue, hehe), my card this evening is for several challenges.

I've never made a water can card before. This pattern came from Waltzing Mouse Stamps and is still available free if you'd like to make one. The flowers are from Beccy's Place and the sentiment is from a Gina K stamp set. I embossed the water can with the tartan embossing folder and rubbed a darker purple ink over the embossing. So the challenges:

• Sentimental Sunday challenge: shape card
• Speedy Fox & Friends challenge: shape card
• Clearly Inspired challenge: use colors pink, green, purple and white

I hope your week has gotten off to a great start and will continue down that path. Have a wonderfully romantic Valentines Day tomorrow. Stay safe and crafty!

Valentine Hearts

Happy Sunday! I needed to get a couple of projects finished today. One of them was a valentine for my co-workers. I made these cork hearts with ribbon. Added a sentiment and some goodies and they are all set to pass out. Since they are heart shaped it was difficult to photgraph them but I think you'll get the idea.

I'm entering this into the Sunday Outlawz challenge: CAS Valentine.
Well, onto my next project on my list. Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday!

Donna

Happiest Birthday

We had a bit of snow last night. Just enough to make it slippery. My daughter had a job interview this morning and we are keeping our fingers crossed that this will work out. It will be lots more hours than she is getting in her present job. I didn't go to Baby Creek today. Instead I did laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, and cooking. I did get some crafting time tonight but hope tomorrow gives me even more time. Here's the card I created this evening.

I don't normally use black for a birthday card but I thought it would make the pink pop. I used a Papertrey Ink digital image in the center. Spellbinders dies include large circles, hearts and scalloped hearts. I inked the edges of the heart and scalloped heart. The ribbon is pink satin. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder and a pink heart brad and a green button for embellishments. I made this for two challenges:

• Papertrey Ink (Capture the Moment): 5th Anniversary use a heart and a Papertrey Ink image.
• Card Patterns 152 challenge: sketch

I'm looking forward to more play time tomorrow. Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and thanks for dropping into see what I've been up to. Big hugs to you all.

Donna