Joans Challenge 19

Well, it sure has been some time for me, won't bore you all with the details, lets just say I hope I am on the up hill swing of things, this has been a very rough year for me, Health wise !! I have also been busy with spring planting, I so love this time of the year, all the pretty colors and everything so green, well I could do without the pollen part of it, but I do love my flowers, was hoping to get all the planting and out door work done before the Heat and Humidity of the summer got here, but with NJ, that can not always be accomplished as the summer weather sometimes over takes our spring weather and we don't get much of a spring, which did happen again this year. Such is life.
This challenge is over at Joan's Gardens, a superb place to get inspiration and to shop, so many wonderful things to buy. Come check it out HERE.

Anyway, on to the challenge, following are Joan's guideline's for this week,

What do you think of when you think of the month of June? Weddings? I know I certainly do.
So, today's challenge is just that. Selma has created this gorgeous wedding card. You can read all about it by clicking here!


Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #19

Use a Wedding Theme
Use some kind of flourish
Pearls or Rhinestones for embellishments
Use only Black and White

You will have until next Thursday (May 31) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your project.
You can enter more than once. A winner will be chosen from the Random Drawing for week #19
The winner of challenge and will be announced Friday June 1. This winner will win a Cheery Lynn Die. The winner will also be entered in the end of the year $100 gift certificate drawing.

Below are the guidelines:
1. You must have a blog or post to the SCS gallery.
2. Post your challenge card to your blog.
3. Or if you are posting to the SCS gallery, you will need to use a special code to tag your card to the challenge. This week's code is JG0524 and needs to be posted with the challenge.
4. Link your card/project to the Blue Inlinkz icon listed at the bottom of the challenge.


With that being said, my card was created as I went along, just kind of happened, no plans, just sat down and this is what came up!! You can not tell in the picture but everything is in layers, 3d popped, staggered and cut using my nestabilities and one layer is embossed with the Swiss dots embossing folder, and the two wedding birds (Hero Arts stamp)are also layered. And my sentiment is on the inside. I felt the front of the card was full enough without trying to fit a greeting of some sorts in there. I do this a lot.

Will come back later and list all the products used, husband is waiting patiently for me so we can leave to go to a movie.

Thanks for stopping by, oh and by the way, most of what I used, was purchased at Joan's Gardens, or had in my stash. And the here is the sample card done by the amazing Selma, from Selma's Stamping Corner.

Have a great day,
hugs
Donna

Challenge 16/ Butterflies are Free!!

Good Morning to all, well it is now anyway, another week, another challenge at Joan's, a fun place to visit and shop!! Below are Joan's guidelines for this weeks challenge,
Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #16
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Use any size or kind of butterflies on your card

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Use some type of scallops or lattice

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Use yellow or gold colors

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Use a pattern paper back ground


You will have until next Thursday (May 3) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your project.
You can enter more than once. A winner will be chosen from the Random Drawing for week #16
The winner of challenge and will be announced Friday May 4. This winner will win a Butterfly Die. The winner will also be entered in the end of the year $100 gift certificate drawing.

To see the rest of the information and the sample card made by Selma, please visit Joan's Gardens HERE, and see all the lovely entries by the other girls as well as Selma's card.

Supplies I used for my creation this week, are as follows,

PP from stash
Bazzil Cardstock
Large flower made with Sweet Williams flower die from Cheery Lynn (6 layers)
Distress Inks
Butterfly Die from Memory Box
Lattice Die from Cheery Lynn
Flourish Die underneath the large flower is also from Memory Box
Sizzix embossing folder Diamonds and dots
Liquid pearls in each dot of the embossed paper (gold)
Bling on Butterflies
Sentiment is 3d popped as well as the label it sits on.
Tiny Yellow Bow
Fancy Butterfly Brad in center of Flower

I also jazzed up the inside of the card, but did not take a picture of that , sorry!!


Guess that is it, thanks for looking.

hugs
Donna

Flowers Flowers and More Flowers and something Different!!

Well, here we are, another week and Joan is doing "Something Different" this week, instead of her usual weekly challenge, you or anyone interested is invited to submit a creation with flowers made from punches, or dies to compete and be chosen for a Blog Hop that Joan and Selma will be having in a few weeks time. So I thought I would submit my card as well, I would have liked to spend more time doing so, but I only had one day for me to come up with this card, I was so busy prior to this I had no time to work in my craft room.

Such is Life I guess.

Here is Joan's guidelines for submission's for this blog hop,

We are doing something different for his week's challenge at Joan's Gardens, We are planning a blog hop May 15th and are looking for 6 Guest Designers to participate.We are asking everyone who would like to be considered as a guest designer for the blog hop, to create a card or project that includes one or more flowers that you have created with either punches or dies. You will submit your entry in this week's challenge. You can create any type of flower/s you wish. There are no other requirements other than you will want to make your entry the prettiest you can make it. Selma and I will be selecting 6 of our favorite cards and those people will be ask to join us as guest designers for the blog hop on May 15. Each guest designer will be given a NEW set of dies to work with and the blog hop winner will win a great gift from our sponsor. Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #15 ■Make a card or project which includes flowers using dies or punches ■Make your card/project the prettiest you can make You will have until next Thursday (April 26) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your project. You can enter more than once. The Guest Designer winners will be announced Friday April 27 and will be participating in the May 15 blog hop. Below are the guidelines:1. You must have a blog or post to the SCS gallery. 2. Post your challenge card to your blog. 3. Or if you are posting to the SCS gallery, you will need to use a special code to tag your card to the challenge. This week's code is JG0419 and needs to be posted with the challenge. 4. Link your card/project to the Blue Inlinkz icon listed at the bottom of the challenge. Important, please have a direct link to your challenge card and not to your blog address.Comments always appreciated. I love seeing your cards!
Thanks so much for playing!!


So there you have it ladies and or gentlemen, so come on over and check it it out, even if you don't want to submit, Joan's store has so many wonderful things to check out, you won't be sorry.

Products used in my submission,

Bazzil Cardstock.
PP Bo Bunny Double Dot Powder Blue Flourish.
Spellbinders Label 25.
My Favorite Things Leafy Flourish.
My Favorite Things Large Leafy Flourish.
Cheery Lynn French Lattice Small Frame.
Martha Stewart punch Sprig.
Punch Bunch Fern.
My Flowers are made with Punch Bunch punches, Small and Medium Ovoid punches, small and medium Cosmos punches, Crystal Flake Punch, Some chalk for coloring of edges, Dark Blue pearls for center of flowers.
White pearls in the corners on the front of the card and done.
Thanks for stopping by,Have a great week.


Big Hugs
Donna

I am BACK And with A Mothers Day Card for Joans Challenge

Well, it sure has been a while, LONG STORY I won't bore you with, lets just say it has been a rough road, did not actually think I would be back, crafting was a long way off my list for a while. But I hope I can slowly return now, the desire is there, now if my body will just work in accordance with my brain, we will be in business.
So I have created a card for this weeks Challenge over at Joan's Garderns, below are the Guidelines for this weeks fun challenge.




Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #14

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Make or use a flower pot

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Make flowers for flower pot

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Use some trailing greenery

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Use any color combination


You will have until next Thursday (April 19) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your project.

You can enter more than once. A winner will be chosen from the Random Drawing for week #14


challenge and will be announced Friday April 20. This winner will win 2 bottles of Mica. The winner will also be entered in the end of the year $100 gift certificate drawing.




Below are the guidelines:

1. You must have a blog or post to the SCS gallery.

2. Post your challenge card to your blog.

3. Or if you are posting to the SCS gallery, you will need to use a special code to tag your card to the challenge. This week's code is JG045 and needs to be posted with the challenge.

4. Link your card/project to the Blue Inlinkz icon listed at the bottom of the challenge.


Important, please have a direct link to your challenge card and not to your blog address. Comments always appreciated. I love seeing your cards! Thanks so much for playing!!


And of course it would not be a challenge without an example creation by the wonderful Selma, from Selma's Stamping Corner, her creation can be seen HERE!! Selma's cards and flowers are just a wonder to be seen, she does some wonderful tutorials, she is definitely a big contribution to this business, her talents are amazing, and of course everything she uses can be purchased at Joan's Gardens, a wonderful place to shop!!

Supplies I used were mostly purchased at Joan's Gardens as well, for Today's card some of the supplies I used were,
Bazzil cardstock,
Spellbinders Flower Pot die
Memory Box Dies, Side border
The ivy I made useing Ivy Tendrils by Memory box, but I punched out some grape leaves with a punch bunch mini punch and glued them to the vine.
Martha Stewart Sprig punch.
I made the Flower using a Marianne die, I spritzed all petals with water, curled and dried the petals, then dabbed with Victorian Velvet ink, I think they look like carnations, then glued about 4-5 layers to get the end result. All made with my tool kit from punch bunch and my embossing mat from McGill.
I added some tiny flowers to the border die on the side and also to the ivy, touching up with some centers and cupping them before gluing onto the vine and ivy.
Also used the Cherry Lynn Flourish Die.
Some bling and inks and ta da, I am done.

Thanks so much for stopping by, take care and hope to be back soon.

HUGs
Donna

Book Mark II for Joans Weekly Challenge

Well, here is my second bookmard for Joans challenge, over at Joans Gardens.
Guidlines for Challenge is as follows,

Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #10

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Create a corner bookmark using the corner cut off an envelope. You can use an envelope from "junk" mail.

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You need to cover the front and back

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Be creative and let us see what you can come up with.

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Tutorial will be Selma's blog for cutting measurements


You will have until next Thursday (March 29) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your project.

You can enter more than once. A winner will be chosen from the Random Drawing for week #11

challenge and will be announced Friday March 30. This winner will win a Heartfelt Creations Stamp set.. The winner will also be entered in the end of the year $100 gift certificate drawing.

Below are the guidelines:



1. You must have a blog or post to the SCS gallery.

2. Post your challenge card to your blog.

3. Or if you are posting to the SCS gallery, you will need to use a special code to tag your card to the challenge. This week's code is JG0322and needs to be posted with the challenge.

4. Link your card/project to the Blue Inlinkz icon listed at the bottom of the challenge.


Important, please have a direct link to your challenge card and not to your blog address. Comments always appreciated.

Sellma, from Selma's Stamping Corner, has done a fine example, HERE. So check it out and come try and have some fun.
TFL
HUGS
Donna

Busy Busy!!

Time for anohter challenge at Joan's Gardens, and this week is a relatively easy task, and that is to make a corner page bookmark.
Guidelines are following,
Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #10

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Create a corner bookmark using the corner cut off an envelope. You can use an envelope from "junk" mail.

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You need to cover the front and back

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Be creative and let us see what you can come up with.

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Tutorial will be Selma's blog for cutting measurements


You will have until next Thursday (March 29) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your project.

You can enter more than once. A winner will be chosen from the Random Drawing for week #11

challenge and will be announced Friday March 30. This winner will win a Heartfelt Creations Stamp set.. The winner will also be entered in the end of the year $100 gift.

And if you care to see an example,you can check out Selma's wonderful example HERE, at Selma's Stamping Corner, always fantastic inspiration.

Well that is about it, I made 3 of them, will post all seperately as I still have issues with blogger, sorry.

For all 3, I just used supplies from my stash, PP, some butterflies, used Glossy accents some Ribbon, some glue, lace flower and that is about it, I did not use any dies or such this time around.

Well, back to my spring cleaning, and potting of my house plants, our work is NEVER done.
Have a great weekend.
TFL

Hugs
Donna

Spring Has Sprung!!! YEAH!!

Well, the flowers are blooming, time has changed and the temps are on the Rise, so it is a good start to spring in our Neck of the Woods. Hope things are as well with you all.
Hope everyone had a wonderful St. Paddies day, ours was quiet, well if you can call having two grandchildren bursting with energy zooming all over the place, and of course my 80 pound dog does not know that she is a dog and not a kid, had to keep up with the kids and if they were outside and she could not go with them, then she was crying at the front door until they came back, so NOT a quiet day, lets just say a predictable day. But it was so very nice, as usual, my daughter was not around the block and my dear grandson, was out the door to hunt down his friends in the neighborhood to ride bikes or play basket ball, very much ALL little boy and always on the go!!
Then joy of my heart, my lovely granddaughter and I were busy in the kitchen, she helped me make dinner, and we made 3 different kinds of puddings and layered them, so it was a very nice afternoon, bonding and spending some wonderful quality time with the grand kids, did my soul a world of good, Kailey loves to cook and is a sponge in the kitchen, LOVE it. Thank goodness the weather was decent, and Brandon could go out, Love them both, but he does get bored so easily if he has to be indoors. Don't get me wrong, he also loves video games and the computer, but to me if they are young they should be OUTSIDE if the weather is nice, too many of today's kids are glued to the TV, Computer and Video games, would rather have them playing in the mud!!! So needless to say, that left not much time for card making over the weekend. And I was exhausted by the time they went home, but a good exhausted. Even the dog was pooped!!

BUTTTT, I did get to finish my weekly card for the Challenge over at Joans Gardens, she has a weekly challenge which is always so much fun, some wonderful people and some great prizes, always a pleasure. So if you would like to give it a try, HERE is the link to this weeks challenge.

So will post the guidelines below:

Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #10
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Create an Easter Card with a bunny

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Use an embossed background

■Colors appropriate for Easter
■Some kind of Flourish
■Rhinestones


You will have until next Thursday (March 22) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your project.

You can enter more than once. A winner will be chosen from the Random Drawing for week #10

challenge and will be announced Friday March 23. This winner will win a Cuttle bug embossing Folder. The winner will also be entered in the end of the year $100 gift certificate drawing.

And it would not be complete without Selma's sample card for the challenge, Selma is Joan's wonderful Design team and friend and is wonderfully creative, she is so talented and gives us some great inspiration, and you can check out her card HERE, at Selma's Stamping Corner.

Well, guess that is enough for tonight, time to go enjoy a good movie or my weekly shows, maybe a miracle will happen and I will make it back with another card for Joan's challenge or just another spring card, as Easter is on the way and will have to get some family cards made for that, so we shall see, there is also my entire house waiting for me to do some SPRING cleaning, UGH, dread that chore, wish I could win the lottery and just pull a truck up to the house and dump everything and just start out fresh!! Heck, just buy a new house and just move in. One can dream!!

Have a great week everyone!!
Hugs
Donna

What am I thinking, almost forgot my list of supplies. Here goes, lets see if I can remember what I used.

Bazzil Card Stock of course,
Stammped image, is one of my new stamps,that I love, Lillie Of The Valley.
Memory Box Corner Die
Spellbinders Scalloped Oval Grand Dies/Two different sizes
Memory Box Flourish Die
Memento Inks
Copic Markers
Colored Pencils
Cuttlebuy Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Martha Stewart Punch for butterflies
Martha Stewart Punch for Around the flower
Prima Flower (usually make my own, cheated today, but I did touch up the prima with a copic, and put a different center in the middle)
Added some bling
Black Liquid pearls for the bunnies noses, and also for a few of their tails!
Glitter pen in a few spots as well.
Used Tim Holtz distress tool on my blue card stock.


Some of the stuff that I used I had on hand, and the rest of what I did not have, I got at Joan's wonderful establishment, and if she does not have what you need, ask and if she can she will get it for you , and she only charges exactly what it costs to ship, so her rates are WAY reasonable. Check her out, wonderful customer service!!

And I think that is all she wrote!!!

Later!!!!