Santa Penguin

It's getting close to Christmas...are you done making cards?  Honestly, I have cried "Uncle" and had to break down and buy some.  LOL!!  But I did make this little card with a Kitty Bee Design image.  I love Kitty Bee Design images - they are soooo cute!  Head on over to the shop and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by today!!  Enjoy your day!!!  God bless you!

Bright Christmas

Aloha Friday!  Ok, ok, I know it's not Friday....but over at Kitty Bee Designs we have a new Aloha Friday challenge - and yes, I'm late as usual...UGH!.  This round the theme is Unusual Colored Christmas.  Forget the red and green...time to get out the different colors!  Now you can still use colors red, green, or gold....just not together.  Our sponsor is Handmade Harbour.   

For my card I did use green...but a green that I usually don't use - a bright lime green!  And what goes with lime green?  Well hot pink of course!  LOL!!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

• Pattie's Creations Challenge - Christmas
• Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles Rock - Anything Goes
• Christmas Stampin All Year Long - Anything Goes
• A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Meljen Deisgns - Holiday
• Digistamps4Joy - Christmas
• Lil' Red Wagon - Things with Wings
• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today!  God bless you!!!

Who needs "Black Friday"?

Who doesn't like a sale?  Well do I have the scoop for you!!!!  Until Dec 1st there is a Customer Appreciation Sale going on at Deedee's Digis!!!  All digi sets are on sale at 50% off!!!!!  WOWzers!!  It's a great time to stock up on some fabulous sets!  So as an inspiration to you, I'm sharing a bunch of cards I've made with Deedee's Digis....Don't forget that each set comes with colored and uncolored images, sentiments, and some even with digi papers!  Challenges entered are listed under the cards.  So let's get started:

Top Tip Tuesday - Buttons or Bows

Card Mania Challenges - Use a digi

Shopping our Stash - Free is Good (ribbon)
Get Creative Challenges - Use Glitter 

  Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes 

 Clear it Out Challenge - Snowflake

Just Inspirational Challenges - Winter

Cutie Pie Challenge - Festive Furry Friends (hope Feathers count! LOL!!)

My Creative Moments - Anything Christmas or Winter 

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - Christmas

Creative Card Crew - Stripes
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Glitter
QKR Stampede - Bling it On! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  For all my USA friends - I hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving!  Thank you for stopping by today...and don't forget to head over to Deedee's Digis for the great sale - it ends Dec.1st!  God bless you!!!

Thanks / Tender Thoughts

Friday - time for a new Aloha Friday Challenge at Kitty Bee Designs.  This round our challenge is "Thanks/Thank You".  It's such a great time of year - time to count our blessings...time to tell those you love how much you appreciate them and why they are special to you.  Why not create a card and just say "thanks".

Our sponsor for this round is A Day For Daisies.  I used an image called Tender Thoughts. 

Come on over to Kitty Bee and join our Aloha Friday challenge.  And of course - tell someone how thankful you are for them.  Speaking of being thankful - thanks for stopping by today!!  I sincerely appreciate you spending some time with me.  God bless you!!!

Autumn thoughts

I love Fall...it's my favorite time of year.  But today there is 3-4 inches of snow on the ground - so it's Nov.17th and I'm already done with Winter!  LOL!!  So I'm thinking back to last week when the leaves were still falling and the weather was "sweater weather". 

My card today is from a Deedee's Digis set called "Stitchy Fall".  I love the country feel to this set!  Of course the images come color or not colored...and since I don't have a colored printer I used my Spectrum Noir markers to color the image.  Add some twine and I think it's the perfect Fall card:

Thanks for stopping by today.  God bless you!!!

Sports/Encouragement - Aloha Friday

It's a new challenge at Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday!  (And yes, I know it's Saturday and I'm late posting....story of my life).  Our sponsor for this challenge is KennyK - who just happens to have some great images for this theme.  I used an image called Skateboard and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers.  From my stash I used Thickers to spell out FLY which I thought really fit image. 

This card has already been sent off in the mail too....flying to it's home.  :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

• Sister Act Card - Anything Goes
• Digistamps4Joy - Anything Goes
• Cardz 4 Guyz - Toys for Boys
• Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Here's a bit of encouragement for today:

Thanks for stopping by today!  God bless you!!!!!!

Just a bunch of cards :)

I found a whole bunch of cards that I never posted...honestly, I'm not sure when or why I made them....or even if they were posted previously...but I found them in a folder on my computer and thought I would just go ahead and post them all in one post....so here we go:

 *image is from QKR

*image is Sweet n Sassy Stamps

*image is Eureka Stamps

   *image is Melonheadz

  *image is Bugaboo

  *image is Bugaboo

  *image is Bugaboo

So no new story or anything...just a bunch of cards - LOL!!!  Thanks for stopping by today!  God bless you!!

Pumpkins and candy.....oh my!

This week is Halloween....and festivities are starting early at least around here - in my neighborhood we are having Trick or Treat today.  It's so cute to see the little kids dressed in their costumes roaming the neighborhood looking for candy...brings back memories of doing that myself....many...many...many years ago - LOL!!

Our theme for our new Aloha Friday Challenge at Kitty Bee Designs is Halloween.  Our sponsor for this round is Dilly Beans Stamps.  Now remember that you have until November 5th to enter the challenge...and the chance to win!

For my card I used Mimi & Sarah's Pumpkins Framed.   I picked this image because typically I don't really celebrate Halloween and thought this could be used as even a Fall image.  What do you think?

Here's a little something else to encourage you:

Thanks for stopping by today.  God bless you!!!

Fun & Festive!

Deedee's Digis is joining the party at Outlawz Challenges!  Not only is there chances to win lots of great prizes at Outlawz - but Deedee's Digis is giving away a freebie set just to help celebrate!  You better hurry though because the freebie set is only available from Oct 20th to Oct 26th...And this is certainly a set that would be great to add to your collection.  Check it out:

Here's the card I made using this set:

Great set huh?  You can get it here. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  God bless you!!!!!

More catching up....

Yep - I'm catching up again....this time it is a card kit that was sent to me by my very good friend - Ginny.  Ginny has a fabulous blog with lots of freebies:  Maxam Made.  You'll keep going back again and again - believe me.  Ginny sent me the kit gee, I think over a month ago...and so since I've been on vacation this week I've been able to use it.  Here's the cards I made using the great images and papers she sent:

The only coloring I did was on the blue flower on the third card.  All the other images Ginny printed in color.

Thank you, Ginny, for the wonderful kit - and making me go outside my box using images that I normally would not use....Love them!!!!

Just a thought:

What a great promise!!!

Thanks for stopping by today...God bless you!!!!!

Catching up

Every month, as part of the "Girl's of the Baker's Dozen" over at Splitcoast Stampers, a kit arrives...and I've been slacking - but yesterday I was able to catch up!  So here is 3 months worth of cards:

August kit (from Kelly)

September kit (from Krista)

and the October kit (from Soni)

Being on vacation is allowing me to spend some time in the craft room - LOL!!!!  I needed to build up my stash of cards again too...it was starting to dwindle.

A little something to encourage you today:

God bless you today!!!  Thanks for stopping by today and spending a few moments with me.  Have a very blessed day!!!