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Monday, March 30, 2015

Happy Birthday Bob!!!!!!!

Today is my sweetie's birthday - I found the purrfect image with which to make his card at Rosey Hearts called Cherry Pop. Now, I need to warn those "faint of heart" that this isn't the type of card for just ANYONE!!!!!!! The front of my card is quite simple 


RECIPE and SUPPLIES:
  • peach Recollection cardstock and DCWV The Carnival Stack as my background for size A2 card
  • front sentiment has been a previous freebie from Create with TLC, "READY - SET - SMILE it's your birthday!" was chalked around the edges
  • when you open the card, there's another sentiment to the left which also had been a previous freebie from Create with TLC, "Wishing you everything wonderful" was chalked around the edges with matching paper and set at a "jaunty" angle 

. . . now the fun begins - are you ready???
  • when the card opens on right to your surprise, you see Cherry Pop shaking her tata's as she is on an Action Wobble and popping out of the cake  which is also on the DCWV The Carnival Stack (and no, your vision is not blurry but she's actually shaking and dancing just for you today on your birthday Bob!!!)

Happy Birthday Bob!!!!!!
Hope you have a fabulous birthday
and may your wishes come true!!!!


I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

Much love, hugs, and friendship
Lynne 

this was entered in the following challenges:
Rosey Hearts Challenge: Naughty and Nice
Stamping Sensations: March Challenge - One for the Guys
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Still Playing With Paper Dolls After All These Years!!! It's 5 of 5 at Anything But a Card Week!!!

It's 5 of 5 at Anything But a Card. What this means it's the 5th Sunday of the Month and your mission if you sew choose to play along is to create something with using "5" of something.

 As a child, I loved playing with paper dolls. My one grandmother would save her McCall magazines for me and my granddad would mount Betsy McCall on cardboard for me and I would be sew in my glory playing with the Betsy McCall paper dolls with the stories that would be published along with making additional clothes for them. I'm thrilled that Lily loves to play with paper dolls and I can continue my love of playing with them . . . . with all this rambling being said and done I found quite a lot of other crafters still play with paper dolls and I can download even for free some of the Betsy McCall paper dolls I had as a child but what especially caught my fancy was Mirkwood Designs Template has a jointed paper doll template for you to color and just have a grand old time - thus began my mission of 5 of 5!!!!! Are you ready to start counting?????



RECIPE:
  • paper dolls pieces were colored with Prisma Colored Pencils with gel pen accents and "faux" fish net stockings (can be found at www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/paperdoll.pdf)
  • holes were punched where indicated with 5 brads inserted to make her move and dance
  • 5 beads were added to some wire which was curled as part of her hat along to hang her on the wall
  • 5 trims were added from Michael's (eyelash trim for hair, ruffled lace for skirt, rosebud trim for neckline of her corset, wide trim for belt on skirt, and narrow trim for top of stockings
  • 5 red Queen & Co pearls added to belt on skirt, top of stockings and top of slit on skirt
  • 5 buttons were drawn on corset with gel pen
  • which makes a total of 5 different types of embellishments for my 5 of 5!!!!!!
  • skirt was added and Stickles to accent the "faux" lace on the paper

NOW, it's your turn to enter your "5 of 5" interpretation in Anything But a Card as long as it is "anything but a card"!!!! I can't wait to see your projects!!!!


I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions, or would like to contact me, I can be contacted at hercraftiness@gmail.com 

Much love, hugs, and friendship
Lynne 

this was entered in the following challenges:
Vintage Stamping Challenges: Challenge #30
Dragonfly Dreams: Challenge #15 - Add Some Embellishments
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Alice "Tea-tettering on a Tea Pot with a New Challenge at 613 Avenue Create

It's a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create always anything goes with no optional twist this time!!!!!!! How's that for easy peasy???

The fabulous sponsors are: 
Rick St. Dennis
QKR Stampede

for my project, you get three (3) guesses as to what kind of image I chose to create with - give up???? Ok, you in the back row, you guessed it - it's Rick St. Dennis Mad Tea Party!!!!!! Check out poor Alice she's just "Tea-tettering" on that little tea pot short and stout and yes, she's on an Action Wobble and not your eyes going crazy!!!





RECIPE and SUPPLIES:
  • size A2 card using blue Recollection cardstock with scraps for the background
  • Alice was colored using Prisma Colored Pencils with gel pen accents, fussy cut around the ages and placed on an Action Wobble
  • outside sentiment has been a previous freebie from Create with TLC, "It's your birthday! time to par-tea" was chalked around the edges and set at a "jaunty" angle
  • inside sentiment, "May your cake layers be many, and your filling be sweet . . . your frosting be gooey, and your day a real treat!" is one of my very most favorite sentiments at Create with TLC's Artfire store, Birthday a Real Treat Sentiment as it works for old and young alike!!! this was chalked around the edges, mounted on some ME paper that I was given by a special friend with the reverse side cut using Martha Stewart Eyelet Border Punch


I thank you for stopping by and visiting today. Don't forget to enter your project at 613 Avenue Create. I can't wait to see your creations!

I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions, you can contact me at hercraftiness@gmail.com.


Much love, hugs, and friendship
Lynne 

this was entered in the following challenges:
Vintage Stamping Challenge: Challenge #30 - Olde Worlde
AAA Cards: Game #35 - Bare Naked
Crafts 4 Eternity: Challenge #217 - Mums (entering as the female theme)
Digitally Sweet Challenges: Challenge #133
Crafting for All Seasons: Challenge #98 -Pastel Hues
Dragonfly Dreams: Challenge #15 - Add Some Embellishments
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #100 -Celebration
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This One is for the Girls - Friendship Card for a New Challenge at Come 'n Get It

It's a new challenge for Come and Get It !!! The theme for this challenge is One for the Girls!!!!

Our fabulous sponsors are: 
Fitztown - winner to receive 3 digital images
Limited Runs - winner to receive 3 images of their choice
QKR Stampede - winner to receive 5 digital images

What a fabulous line-up of sponsors which we appreciate and thank!!!

For my project, I chose Fitztown Fae 19 which I thought was very elegant and a wonderful friendship card to send to a special friend:





Recipe:
  • Recollection purple cardstock for the A2 card with scrap paper for the background 
  • Fae 19 was colored with Prisma Colored Pencils with gel pen accents and fussy cut around the edges 
  • flowers both on the front and inside are from K&Co Susan Winget images which were puff-dotted onto background
  • sentiment, "Forget me not Forget me never And you'll have a friend forever" had been a previous freebie from Create with TLC which was chalked around the edges with one rounded corner and mounted on scrap paper which the one edge was punched using Martha Stewart Eyelet Border Punch to complete the simple elegant look of my friendship card



I can't wait to see what your create for this challenge!!!

I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

Much love, hugs, and friendship
Lynne 

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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Just Peeking In with a New Challenge at Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Blog Challenge

This week at Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog our wonderful sponsor is Dee Dee's Digi's!!!! Of course it's always Anything Goes but this week with an optional twist - Add a Sentiment

Isn't this little fish in the teapot cute just asking what you're up to???


RECIPE and SUPPLIES:
  • Recollection red for size A2 card which I used the Martha Stewart Eyelet Border Punch on the right side with Tracy Porter Make & Create 16572 Floral Tapestry for the background 
  • Fish in Teapot was pre-colored with just Prisma Colored Pencil accents for cheeks and lips, fussy cut around the edges and Stickles on the teapot 
  • Queen & Co. white pearl for the lid on the teapot
  • Queen & Co. little yellow pearls for the centers of the flowers
  • background was cut apart that the flowers would overlap the teapot just a bit 




  • sentiment, "Just peeking in to see what you're up to" had been a previous freebie from Create with TLC  is chalked around the edges with rounded corners
  • inside there is no sentiment but scrap red paper with a yellow piece using EK Notebook Paper punch at the top with both papers from my scraps 


    I thank you for stopping by today and can't wait to see your creations this week with Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Blog Challenge!!!!

    I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

    Much love, hugs, and friendship
    Lynne 

    this was entered in the following challenges:
    Digitally Sweet Challenges: Challenge #133
    Dragonfly Dreams: Challenge #15 - Add Some Embellishments
    Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #100 -Celebration
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    Friday, March 27, 2015

    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Blog - New Challenge at Creative Fingers Challenge Blog

    It's a new challenge with at Creative Fingers where it's always Anything Goes!!!!! This week's sponsor is East Wind!!!! I chose as my image to showcase today Lucy Loo Cheshire Cat - I know, it's another Alice in Wonderland with another journal page. I'm sure Dr. Joe is going to have a field day with my latest pages featuring Alice in Wonderland!!!! 




    RECIPE and SUPPLIES:
    • background is DCWV The Girly Stack
    • Cheshire Cat was colored using Prisma Colored Pencils and Whisper Strokes and Spectrum Noir Markers with gel pen accents and chalking the background
    • . . . and of course the Stickles Queen here added Stickles to Cheshire Cat and lightbulb on camera
    • sentiments all had been previous freebies from Create with TLC
    As you can tell from my project, my mind was running through all different directions with Cheshire Cat not giving any direction at all as evidenced by the road signs!!! 

    I thank you for stopping by and visiting today. Don't forget to showcase your project on Creative Fingers this week to enter in the Challenge!!! It's anything goes with no size restrictions with the only restriction of that being that of your imagination . . . . let your imagination run wild!!!! I can't wait to see your creations!

    I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? 

    Much love, hugs, and friendship
    Lynne 

    this was entered in the following challenges:
    Digitally Sweet: Challenge #133
    Crafty Catz: Challenge #272 - Whimsical Fantasy
    Alphabet Challenge Blog: C for Cute and Cuddly (Cheshire Cat)
    Through the Purple Haze: Challenge #83 - Anything Goes
    If You Give a Crafter a Cookie: Cookie Challenge #15
    Crafting with an Attitude
    Scribble and Scrap Blog Challenge: Challenge #40 - Always Anything Goes
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    Wednesday, March 25, 2015

    GROWTH - No One Can Do it For You - A New Challenge with Create and Inspire

    A Step in the Dark has changed it's name to Create and Inspire - Are you ready to "create" with us??? Our fabulous sponsor is Stitchy Bear. Here's my inspirations for you today as another page in my journal using word art from Create with TLC.

    For my project, I chose Butter Blue and just had a lot of fun with her including coloring her hair blue!!!




    RECIPE and SUPPLIES:
    • background DCWV The Girly Stack
    • Butter Blue was colored using Whisper Strokes Markers and Prisma Colored Pencils with gel pen accents
    • butterfly is K&Co Susan Winget and puff-dotted onto background
    • sentiments, "Growth no once can do it for you . . . Choose to use your own wings" and "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over . . . it became a Butterfly" had been freebies from Create with TLC 
    • aqua Recollection cardstock border cut using Martha Stewart Eyelet border punch



      Now, it's your turn to create for the challenge - I can't wait to see your creative inspirations!!!!

      I thank you for stopping by and visiting today.  I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

      Much love, hugs, and friendship
      Lynne 

      this was entered in the following challenges:
      The Color Sisters: The Color Palette - entering Nocturna
      Craft Your Passion: Challenge #254 - Always Anything Goes
      Crafting for All Seasons: Challenge #98 -Pastel Hues
      One Stitch at a Time: Challenge #233 - Anything Goes with Nature
      Dragonfly Dreams: Challenge #15 - Add Some Embellishments
      Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #100 -Celebration
      Cards Galore Encore Challenge: It's March and Anything Goes
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      Flowers for Mom - With Anything Goes with a NEW Challenge at Crafty Gals Corner

      Welcome to Crafty Gals Corner's challenge this week with the theme being Anything Goes!!! We have two (2) fabulous sponsors this week: 



      Prize: $15 Gift Certificate 
      and
      Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet

      Prize: $10 Gift Certificate

      I thought this cute little boy image from Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet reminded me of a Mother's Day Card - Flowers for Mom:



      RECIPE and SUPPLIES:
      • pink Recollection cardstock and scrap paper as my background for size A2 card 
      • Flowers for Mom was colored with Prisma Colored Pencils, Spectrum Noir and Prisma Markers with gel pen accents
      • background was colored with chalk
      • flower-shaped buttons were added to the bottom with Queen & Co. Pearls as the center
      • sentiment, "I Love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck", had been  from Create with TLC 2014 Valentine's Day Club with my own added sentiment, "Happy Mother's Day!", was chalked around the edges with rounded corners
      • grassy bottom is embossed with a Darice Floral, chalking over the image and around the edges with grass added above the bottom and dots for flowers
      There is a wonderfully talented group of ladies at Crafty Gals Corner and I hope you stop and visit my teamies and give some bloggy love! 
      Lisa 
      Crafty Gals Corner Blog
      I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

      Much love, hugs, and friendship
      Lynne 

      this was entered in the following challenges:
      Through the Purple Haze: Challenge #83 - Anything Goes
      Mema's Crafts: March Challenge - Anything Goes
      Crafty Cardmakers and more: #135 Spring Has Sprung
      Cards in Envy: Spring is in the Air Challenge
      Bunny Zoe's Craft's: March Challenge: Spring Colors
      Craft Your Passion: Challenge #254 - Always Anything Goes
      Crafting for All Seasons: Challenge #98 -Pastel Hues
      One Stitch at a Time: Challenge #233 - Anything Goes with Nature
      Dragonfly Dreams: Challenge #15 - Add Some Embellishments
      Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #100 -Celebration
      Cupcake Inspiration: Challenge #302
      Hiding in My Craft Room - Challenge #192 - Embossing (embossing is on the inside sentiment)
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