SFTW - Fairies and Fantasy

Can you believe it Friday again? Not only is it Friday but another month is almost over.  Before you know it this challenge will be over and I haven't even told you what it is.  So I better get to it.  It's the latest Stampin' for the Weekend challenge.  We've got "Fairies and Fantasy" for our theme and you've got two weeks to get a card put together.  
The other day on of the design team wanted to know if a mermaid was an acceptable image.  This sort of cracked me up because recently there were a few shows on television that "proving" mermaids were real.  I tried to watch them but I kept falling asleep on them and what I saw of them didn't win me over so if you want to use a mermaid I won't removed your card from the gallery.

Are you looking closely at my card thinking something looks funny.  Not ha ha funny but peculiar funny.  When I was taking the photograph something looked odd to me and I couldn't figure out what it was but I finally figured it out.  Have you got it.  It depends on how good your eyesight is, or how detail oriented you are.  If you look closely at the background paper the white lines in it are handwriting and it's upside down.  I wasn't paying attention to that when I attached it to the card base, oh well...aren't those leaf wings the cutest thing...

here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning Fall Fairy Jensen digi
ink -printer
paper - Stampin' Up So Saffron card stock; My Favorite Things Orange Fizz; Scenic Route Paper Co Harvest Small Harlequin patterned paper
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things Oval Stax die-namics; Spellbinders Opulent Ovals dies; bling; orange ribbon

here's the challenges:
Stampin' for the Weekend - Fairies and Fantasy
Delightful Challenges- Happy Fall Y'All
Cute Card Thursday #288 - Pretty Ribbons
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges 2 #19 - Use Ribbon
Whoopsie Daisy - Ribbons and Bows
Dream Valley #66 - Autumn
Crafty Cardmakers #100 - Winged Things

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"F" is for...

This week Bronte and Bella's challenge is "F is for_____"  I've got a fairy and flowers.   

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning's "Tea Cup Fairy"
ink - printer
paper - Wausau card stock; My Mind's Eye "Follow Your Heart - Be Happy"
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Circle Stax" die-namics; stickles; Viva Glitter liner; lace; Marcella Bungalow image dimensional stickers (flowers); Color Oasis Thoughts South Beach (bloom button)

Here's the challenges:

Bronte and Bella's #192 - F is for _____
Ruby's Rainbow #57 - Things with Wings
Charisma #26 - Lace
Crafting for all Seasons #55 - Make It Girly
Whoopsie Daisy - Let's Get Girly

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Summer Fun

It's summer time and "Summer Fun" is the theme for this week's Bronte and Bella (Mo Manning's) challenge.  I haven't made time to make a "Mo" card in awhile so this was fun for me and it's summer - this is getting redundant.

This is being entered into "Use It Tuesdays". They want you to use up your hoarded stash.  I've got lots of stuff that meets that requirement.  The sentiment sticker was part of a gift I received just before I moved - 3 years ago.  I stopped buying ribbon over a year ago because I fear that I have more than enough to last me for the rest of my life!  The twine was purchased when twine first hit the scene and it was being sold as large spools.  I chipped in with four of my buddies, we each picked a color and when it came we broke each color into 4 parts.  Again, that was before I moved 3 years ago.  Do you see a pattern here?

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo's Digital Pencil "Pool Party" digi
ink - printer
paper - Bazzill "Whirpool", "Apricot" and "Glow" card stock; Imaginisce "Splash Dance - Bubble Bath" and "Splash Dance - Bathing Beauties"
miscellaneous - copics; EK Success "Beach" border punch; ribbon; baker's twine; fish charm; square bling; Reminisce "Surf Shop" stickers

Here's the challenges:
Bronte and Bella's #191 - Summer Fun
Tuesday Morning Sketches #205- sketch
Use It Tuesday  #58 - Bring on the Sun
Papertake Weekly -Anything Goes with optional include animals/creatures
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Ribbons and Bows

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Red, White and Blue

A new Bronte and Bella posted today and I felt like playing along.  It's "Red, white and Blue".  With all the Memorial Day and 4th of July birthdays coming up I've at least got one card ready.  Yeah! for little victories.

Here's the deets:

stamp - Mo Manning's "Kite" digi

ink - printer

paper - October Afternoon "Modern Homemaker" (red dotted); Close to My Heart
Route 66"  all other printed and card stock

miscellaneous - copics; twine; baker's twine; kite charm; Spellbinder's "Classic Scalloped Square" die; My Favorite Things "Button Border" die-namics; machine stitching

 

Here's the challenges:

Bronte and Bella #185 - Red, White and Blue w/Mo image

Sketch Saturday #158 - Sketch

Southern Girls - Going Spottty Dot

Sister Act #6 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Add a Charm

Crafts and Me #133 - Use a Digi

Fab 'n' Funky - Your Favorite Embellishment (a charm)

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Let's Dance!

My favorite Broadway musical is "Wicked".  I can listen to the soundtrack over and over and over.  Everyone else is sick of hearing it but I can keep listening.   In case you have no idea  this show is a back story of the Wizard of Oz.  Elphaba is the future Wicked Witch.  She has a younger sister, Vanessa, who is in a wheelchair.  Glinda is Elphaba's roommate.  One of the songs is about the kids going to the Stardust Ballroom.  Vanessa says to the fellow she came with that she thinks he asked her there because he felt sorry for her.  He tells her no it's because she's beautiful and then he sings the lyric "Let's Dance!"  And in the show he twirls her around the dance floor in her chair.  I just love that part, it's very joyful. 

This image has nothing to do with "Wicked" or the "Wizard of Oz" but whenever I look at it I hear that lyric playing in my head. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning's Digital Pencil "Cutting the Rug"
ink -  printer
paper - Bazzill "Glow" and "Aqua" card stock; My Mind's Eye "Bee Amazing"
miscellaneous - copics; Martha Stewart Daisy stickers; Prima roses; Stampin' Up "More Mustard" marker; My Favorite Things "Circle Stax" and "Retro Squares" die-namics; baker's twine; sun charm; bling

Here's the challenges:
Bronte and Bella #182 - Pastel colors w/Mo image
Sweet Stop SSS208 - sketch
Lady Anne's April Challenge- Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Think Spring
Sister Act #4 - Anything Goes

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Shhhh! Mo's on the Look Out

Shhhh!  Maybe if we keep this quiet there won't be a lot of competition for a spot on Mo Manning's Dream Team.  Well forget that, there's going to be a lot of competition and what I've seen entered so far is great. 

I love coloring her images so it would be like a dream come true to be asked to join them.  So here goes, I'm throwing my card in the mix.  I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for the next couple weeks. 






Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo's Digital Pencil "Daffodils"
ink - hp printer; green Bic fine point for sentiment
paper - Bazzill "African Daisy" card stock; K and Co "Tim Coffey's Cottage Garden" dsp pad; Recollections Printed Scrapbook paper pack (polka dotted papers)
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Circle Stax" die-namics; Spellbinder's "Lacey Circle" die; Martha Stewart border punch and daffodil stickers; May Arts pleated ribbons; baker's twine; lamb charm; pearls; bling; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Mo Mannings - Design Team Call
Seize the Birthday #14 - Sketch - Feminine Birthday (collection closed)
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Sisterhood of Crafters - Free for All
Ruby's Rainbow #52 - Round and Round
Creative Belli #168 - Spring
Digital Tuesday #207 - Birthdays
My Time to Craft #218 - Stitching faux or real
Oldie but a Goodie - Make it Girly (the patterned paper and flowers I've had before I moved to Florida so they're at least 3 years old)
Party Time Tuesday #117 - Tic, Tac, Toe (Ribbon,  twine, die cuts)
Ribbon Carousel RCC80 - Showers and Flowers
Allsorts week 203 - A Passion for Flowers
Simply Create Too  #35 - Use Your Stash (paper and flowers are over 3 years old)
the Shabby Tea Room week #163 - Spring Bliss


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SFTW = A Little Late

It's already Saturday,  so this post is a day late but at least it's not a dollar short.  It's the weekend so it's time for the Stampin' for the Weekend challenge "Child's Play".  Our sponsor for this challenge is Live and Love Crafts.   What a great shop they have, I've been swooning over the lace but that's just a tiny bit of what's available.  If I were you I'd be sure to do some crafting this weekend and enter this challenge.   Too bad for me, I can't enter the challenge and I can't do any crafting this weekend.  I'm out of town catching up with my buddies.  I'm having a great time and not missing my craft supplies at all.  I'll only be gone a couple days so I'll be home before I can miss it. 

Here's the deets:  (I'm winging it,  I forgot to bring my notes with me, I'll fix this when I get home)
stamp - Mo Manning "Cupcake Thief" digi; Lockhart sentiment
ink - hp printer for image; VersaMagic "Aegean Blue" for sentiment
paper - DCVW Neutrals card stock; My Mind's Eye "Hootenanny"
miscellaneous - copics; divine twine; cupcake button; Martha Stewart "Cheers" border punch; dew drops

Here's the challenges:
Stampin' for the Weekend - "Child's Play"

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Bella and the Easter Bronte

I'm on a spring kick.  I'm enjoying using spring colors and if I can do a couple of my favorite challenges, well, that's icing on the cake.  I used a Mo's Digital Pencil image for this week's Bronte and Bella challenge to use bling.   At Splitcoast Stampers on Friday there's a Queen for a Day challenge.  A member is picked and anyone who wants to join in can do anything they want to pay tribute to the queen.  I picked one of her cards and I cased it.  Here's a link to the card I chose.

Here's the deets:

stamp - Mo's Digital Pencil "Bella and the Easter Bronte"; sentiment My Favorite Things
"One of My Favorite Peeps"

ink - hp printer; Ranger "Antique Linen"; Memento "Cottage Ivy"

paper - DCWV "Neutrals" cs; October Afternoon "Sidewalks" dp

miscellaneous - copics; bling; Prima flowers; MFT "Circle Stax" die-namics; ribbon; charm

 

Here's the challenges:

Bronte and Bella #174 - Bling

Splitcoast Stampers  QFTD154 - Queen for the Day

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Fab 'N' Funky  #160 - Pastel Colors

Crafts and Me #122 - Dies or Punches

Whoopsie Daisy - Add a Sentiment

 

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Skating

Hopefully the only snow I'll see this year is on cards.  I spent many years living where it snowed.  I tried most snow activities and pretty much have an emergency room tale to tell for every one of them.  You don't need snow to ice skate but I include it in my list of winter sport injury stories.   I didn't end up in the emergency room that time but I was carried off the ice by a couple big guys and had to hobble to my ride.  So when I see a cute image like this one it brings up those fond memories for me. 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Mo's Digital Pencil "Skating"

ink - hp printer

paper - DCWV cs; My Favorite Thing "Whip Cream" cs; S.E.I. "Berry Melody Gleaming Trill" dsp

miscellaneous - copics; the Cat's Pajamas Snowflake topper die; Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder; pearls, cord; snowflake charm

 

Here's the challenges:

Bronte and Bella's #169 - Emboss It

One Stop Craft #213 - Sparkle and Bling

 A Gem of a Challenge #64- Emboss It

Merry Monday #47 - Tic Tac Toe (blue, dry emboss, snow)

Come and Get It - Tic Tac Toe (blue, free, gem)

One Stitch at a Time  #148 - Use a digi

Kaboodle Doodle #156 - Winter

Creative Craft Challenge2 #2 - Bling It Up

Digital Tuesday #195 - Winter Wonderland

Tuesday Throwdown #132 - Bling It On

 

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Mo's Shy Nessa Valentine

                                                                                                      

That's one big box of chocolates.  They're probably lining the shelves of the local CVS with those boxes.  I used to wonder who brought those five pound boxes till the day after Valentine's day when one of my co-workers came into the office with one.  Her father had brought it and her mother wanted it out of the house.  It's a good thing no one ever gave me one because I wouldn't have given it away. 

 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Mo Manning "Shy Valentine Nessa" digi; sentiment Close To My Heart "Whooo's Your Valentine"

ink - hp printer; sentiment Versa Magic "Pink Petunia" chalk ink

paper - Bazzill "Frosted Teal" and "Parakeet" card stock; Recollections "Pink Plaid" and "Itsy Bitsy Ditsy Cherry Pie" dp

miscellaneous - copics; Martha Stewart embossed Zig Zag punch; divine twine; heart charm; heart button; Spellbinder's "circle " dies

 

Here's the challenges:

Bronte and Bella #168 - Something New (new image)

 

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CIC186 - Cupcake Thief

It's time for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge and as usual there's a photo of yummy goodies, don't you just want to sink your teeth into them.  They are so pretty and enticing but  I am going to be happy just looking at them.

This week the sponsor is My Heart Pieces.  Hop on over there to see some incredible images. 

The cupcakes themselves and the colors of the cupcakes are the inspiration for my card.  I love cupcake stamps and have quite a few.  This one is one of my favorites, but if you know me you know that whatever stamp I am currently using is my favorite.





Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "Cupcake Thief"
ink - hp printer]
paper - Bazzill "Intense Amethyst" and "Frosted Teal" card stock; Recollections "Pink Plaid" and "Cupcake" patterned paper; Paper Pizzazz "Bright Tints Yellow Gingham" patterned paper
miscellaneous - copics; Viva Glitter Liner "Holo Iridescent"; My Favorite Things "Fishtail Flag Stax" and "Oval Stax" die-namics; Spellbinders "Labels 18" die; pearls


Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC186 - photo
Raise the Bar #119 - Birthday
Totally Papercrafts #142 - Cute and Girly
Bronte and Bella #160 - C if for (Cute, Cute, Cute, and cupcake too)
Little Red Wagon #158 - Coloring
Simply Create Too #26 - Use Your Stash (I love the "Plaid" and "Cupcake" patterned papers so much I picked up multiple sheets of each and I still hate to use them - it's a sickness)
Paper Shelter #89 - Fairies and Elves
Digital Tuesday #185 - Fantasy

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Keeping Busy with Hope

It's pumpkin picking time.  I always enjoyed going to those places when my kid was little but somewhere along the line someone came up with corn maze idea.  Let me pass on a warning, if you are claustrophobic that is not a place for you to go.  If you get just a tad anxious when you think you're stuck in place you don't want to be, again this is not a place for you to be.  Don't ask me how I know...




Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "the Big One"; Stampin' Up "Short and Sweet"
ink - hp printer; Stampin' Up "Always Artichoke" marker for sentiment
paper - We R Memory Keepers "Autumn Splendor - Tawny"; KI Memories "Grateful Tree Farm"; DCWV Neutrals card stock pad
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Fishtail Flags Stax" and "Circle Stax" die-namics; EK Success leaf scroll border punch; mini brads

Here's the challenges:
Splitcoast Stamper HYCCT1217 - "Pinking Shears
Bronte and Bella #157 - Autumn Fun
One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi
No Matter Which - Halloween Creations or Halloween colors
Sentimental Sundays #125 - Halloween
Allsorts week 177 - Autumn Colors
Simply Create Too- #24 - Pumpkins
Polka Doodles week 42 - Autumn

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Something's Baking

Isn't great when your kids start to do things on their own?  Baking cookies by themselves, what a great thing, they're so excited they can't wait to get them out of the oven.  The yummy smell wafts through the house and everybody is dying to bite into one. 
Hmmm... Reality check time.  If you're not helping out the recipe is more of a guideline so if all of the ingredients get in that's pretty good, don't expect them to be properly combined.  Forget about the size of the batter to be baked, why use an inch size ball when you've got enough for a couple baseball size drops.  Baking time, forget about a timer, when they can no longer bare the suspense the cookie should be done.  Then there's clean up, HELLO!  There's never been a bigger mess in your kitchen and scarcer people to be found.  BUT your child has taken a step towards independence and that's a good thing.  At least you can comfort yourself with that thought.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "What's Cooking"
ink - hp printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Pink Lemonade" card stock; Stampin' Up "Certainly Celery" and "So Daffron" card stock; October Afternoon "Cakewalk" dp
miscellaneous - copics; Candy Dots; pearls; heart pearls; machine stitching; My Favorite Things "Oval Stax" die-namics; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Bronte and Bella #156 - B is for (baking)
Sweet Stop SSS180 - sketch


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October - A Month of Hope

It's October and that's Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  It's a problem for everyone, I bet there isn't a person out there who doesn't know someone who has been hit with this disease.  I wish I could say that I could count them on my fingers but I know way too many woman who are fighting or have fought. 

At Splitcoast Stampers October brings a month of challenges, the "Hope You Can Cling To Challenge".  There will be a new challenge posted everyday.  If you aren't a member of Splitcoast you can sign up for free.  So why not stop on over there and play along. 

I am challenging myself to complete all the challenges in the time allotted.  Today I made two cards because I'm already a day behind.

This card is for the "For Kid's Sake" challenge. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "Strawberry Girl" digi
ink - hp printer
paper - Stampin' Up "So Saffron" card stock; Making Memories "English Garden" dp
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Dizzy Doily" and "Circles" die-namics; Stampin' Up Green Galore marker for doodling; ribbon; cord; charm;  bling

Here's the challenges:
Splitcoast Stampers - HYCCT1201B - For Kid's Sake
Bronte and Bella's #154 - Ribbons and Bows
Monday Lunchtime #240 - sketch

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Fall Fairy

The temperature here today was in the 90's so the only way I'm going to be experiencing those cool "need a sweater" days is in my imagination.  So with the memories of pumpkin pickin' days in mind I colored up this cute little fairy fellow.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "Fall Fairy Jesen"
ink - hp printer
paper - Recollections Gold card base; Stampin' Up "Pumpkin Pie" and "More Mustard" card stock; Scenic Route "Harvest Small Harlequin" dp; We Are Memory Keepers "Autumn Splendor Tawny" dp; Recollections printed scrapbook paper
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Circle", "Fishtail Flags Stax" and "Vine border" die-namics; Spellbinder's "Inverted Scalloped Circle" die; candy dots; cotton cord; acorn charm; eyelet

Here's the challenges:
Bronte and Bella #153 -  Dies and/or Punches
Crazy 4 Challenges C4C155 - Thank You or Thanksgiving Inspired
Sweet Stampin' - How Charming
CRAFT #173 - Children
2 Sisters - Things with Wings
Digital Tuesday #178 - Things with Wings
Papertake Weekly - a Hazy Shade of Autumn
4 Crafty Chicks #108 - Leaves

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Back to School

The end of summer was always bittersweet for me.  Summer was so much fun I hated to see it go but getting back to school was great.  Mom would take me shopping for new shoes, and school supplies, I had to wear uniforms so clothes weren't usually part of the spree.  Then the big day came and I'd get to see all the kids who didn't live in the neighborhood and catch up on what they'd been doing for the last couple months.  It was so exciting.  Believe it or not I actually liked the school part too.  Every now and then I think about signing up for a class.  Once a nerd, always a nerd.



Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning BBBFF
ink - hp printer
paper - Wausau textured card stock; Recollections "Blue gingham" and Paper Pizazz "Paper Clip Alphabet Tiles" dp
miscellaneous - copics; mini brads; buttons; Creative Memories Cutting System; sewing machine

Heres' the challenges:
Bronte and Bella's #152 - Buttons
Critter Sketch #173 - sketch
Digi Doodles - Anything Goes
Milk Coffee - Show Us at Least 2 Shapes

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Super Memories

Who doesn't have memories of dressing up as a super hero?  When I was a kid my family and my cousins family went on vacation at the Jersey shore.  It was a different time, a time when parents let kids go out by themselves.  We used to go to the boardwalk and drape our towels over our shoulders and pretend to be Superman and we'd dive off the boardwalk into the sand dunes.  It may sound dull or dorky but we were having the time of our lives.

In the not so long ago past my little darling used to dress herself up in some wacky outfits.  There was almost always a pair of panties on the outer most layer and often a long sleeved tee shirt with the sleeves tied criss cross over her chest.  I have no idea how she did it but she did and she would run around the house yelling "Super Liddy".  I remembered scrapping it so I dug out the books and found the page.  Too bad I didn't have this image when I made the page. 

This image made me realize how much I've neglected scrap booking, I haven't made a page in over two years.  I think it's time to start catching up.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "Super Dupper Girl"
ink - hp printer; Ranger "Spiced Marmalade"
paper - Stampin' Up "So Saffron" and "Brocade Blue" cs, "Patterns Pack ll" and "Patterns Stack - Subtles"
miscellaneous - copics; Technique Tuesdays chipboard scalloped circles; Martha Stewart flowers; My Favorite Things "Oval" and "Fishtail Banner" die-namics

Here's the challenges:
Bronte and Bella #151 - Anything Goes
Mojo Monday #258 - sketch
City Crafter week 126 - Polka Dots Palooza
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Hero (inspired by my little Super hero - but as today is 9/11, I have to give a big thank you to all the real heroes who jumped right into the foray, living just a few miles outside of NYC there were many of our local fireman who sped to the scene to help.  I am sure that at every spot the terrorists hit the locals ran in to help, that's what they do GOD BLESS THEM ALL for what you did that day and for what you do everyday.)
Sentimental Sunday #119 - Humor me

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Angelina

This little cutie holding the balloons is Angelina.  My father's mother was also Angelina.  My grandmother had eight children, four of which were males.  I was the first female baby born to any of those men and as such I was supposed to be named Angelina.  My mother fought that battle and won.  I don't expect that my life would be any different if I were Angelina, I just don't relate to that name.   Many, many years ago I told that story to my best buddy.  Around the time she learned that fact the Rolling Stones had come out with their song "Angie".  Every time we were anywhere with a jukebox (and it was pretty frequently) she made a point of playing that song.  You can grow to hate a song under those circumstances.  One time she played it at the neighborhood bar we frequented, when it came on (for what seemed to be the millionth time) I "accidentally" fell on the jukebox ending the song for that time. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Mannings "Angelina's Ballons"
ink - hp printer; Ranger "Tea Dye"
paper - Recollections gold card base; My Favorite Things "Sno Cone" card stock; My Mind's Eye "Miss Carolina - Fiddlesticks" dp
miscellaneous - copics; hemp twine; flower twine; My Favorite Things "Fishtail Flags Stax" die-namics; Spellbinder's "Scalloped Square" die; Sandylion flower sticker; pearls

Here's the challenges:
Bronte and Bella #149 - Distressing
Polka Doodle week 34 - Stitching Real or Faux
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Summer Fun
Digi Doodles #122 - Use Pearls

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Two Big Losers

Some days I think that I will never lose another pound.  On those days I have to stop and think about two of my buddies who have been doing an absolutely unbelievable job of sticking with it.  Each one of them has lost over 100 pounds.  It hasn't been fast and it hasn't been easy.  They are working and working and working.  Every day they have to make the choice to eat the right foods and get off the couch to exercise.  It's not easy but they are doing it and they are inspirational.  Hats off to Dutch and Tazzie!  You gals ROCK!  Keep it up and off.  I love you  both and miss you guys immensely - but at least thanks to Facebook I get to see how you're doing every step of the way.  I am so proud of you both.

Of course I made two cards.  Pretty much the same but with a little change in colors.  The hardest decision is which card goes to which person.  I guess I'll be doing eenie, meenie, minie, mo (LOL, it's a Mo image).  

There's a couple of the new My Favorite Things die-namics.  I just love the "Retro Squares" border  and the arrows in "Lead the Way" are just plain fun.  Can you tell that they are saying "NO!" to cupcakes?  Maybe that's where I'm going wrong, I do love me a piece of cake but I digress...This paper is from My Mind's Eye.  When I took my daughter shopping at Marshalls there were a few paper pads on sale for half price, how could I pass that up?! 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "Hope"
ink - hp printer; Bic marker for sentiments
paper - Stampin' Up "Wild Wasabi" and "Soft Sky" card stock; My Mind's Eye "Lime Twist - Life of the Party" dp
miscellaneous - copics; brads; My Favorite Things "Retro Squares" border, "Rounded Banner Stax" and "Lead the Way" die-namics

Here's the challenges:
Crazy for Challenges C4C150 - Pink, Green Blue, Yellow
Speedy the Fox week 121 - Friendship
Delightful Challenges - Punches and Dies


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Go Fly a Kite

While I was coloring this image I was making myself crazy about what color to make his jacket when it hit me.  Doesn't everyone have a gray sweatshirt hoodie jacket.  Even as an old coot I still an a sucker for a gray hoodie.

I just love this little boy, he has the cutest expression on his face, I wanna pinch his cheeks.    I wonder  if he ever got that kite off the ground.

Sadly, I've been noticing more and more challenges packing it in.  So it's with great pleasure I enter the first challenge at a new blog, No Matter Which Challenge.
If you're a challenge junkie go check them out.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "Kite"
ink - hp printer
paper - Bazzill "Parakeet" cs' Stampin' Up "Bermuda Bay" cs; My Mind's Eye "Lime Twist, Fly a Kite" DP
miscellaneous - copics; mini brads; MFT "oval" die-namics; pearl cotton thread; machine stitching; kite charm

Here's the challenges:
the Sweet Stop SSS170 - sketch
No Matter Which Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too #19  - Anything Goes
the Stamp Man - Anything Goes - Summer Colors
Moving Along with the Times - Summer
Bronte and Bella - #146 - Anything Goes

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