Dragon Wings And Fairy Things

Monday, 17 June 2013

Dragon Rider-Kenny K-Challenge #67@TSC

Hi everyone! The card I'm sharing today is for challenge #67 at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner.

This weeks theme is Anything with wings.

One of our sponsors this week is Kenny K.

I've been wanting to color this fabulous digi called Dragon Rider for sometime now.

The paper is from a Prima Art Journal paper pack.

Tim Holtz word ban reads "Reality has limits, imagination is boundless"

Thanks for stopping by.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Make It Monday Anything goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts June challenge
Path of Positivity Strength

Crafty Calender Challenge Wings

Monday, 10 June 2013

Gus Fish Wisperer-Father's Day

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing the card I made for challenge #66 at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner.

This week's challenge is Manly/Father's Day.

I've chosen a Bugaboo digi to work with called Gus Fish Wisperer.

Gus has so much attitude and is so humorous.

I'm looking forward to giving this card to my Father-in-law and I hope it gives him a chuckle.

Thanks for stopping by!
The Crafter's Cafe
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Make It Monday #144
Pile It On #23
Ladybug Crafts for the men in your life
Cards For Men #12 Boys will be boys
Craft Your Passion Challenges #166
The Crafter's Cafe #17
Crafty Cardmakers Father's Day

Creative Creations #12
Get Inky! #6
Creative Inspirations Paint Father's Day
Craft's 4 Eternity #127
Simply Create Too Father's Day
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Father's Day

Monday, 3 June 2013

Pony Express-Challenge #65@TSC

Hello friends, today I'm sharing the card I made for challenge #65 at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner.

This week's theme is Texture.

Our sponsor this week is QRK Designs.

I've chosen a digi called Pony Express.

The texture I added to my card is Pop dots, Metal, Baker's twine, and glitter

The paper is from a 6x6 glitter paper pack by Best Creations Ink called Cowboy Up.

As soon as I saw this image I knew I wanted to use it on a card for friend's of ours, Kevin, and Cheryl, who we met on the first High Seas Rally Cruise we went on four years ago.

We were fortunate to meet up with them and other HSR friends last Spring on a regular cruise. They are from Georgia and are very dear to our hearts.

Kevin has had a long career with the US Postal Service and finally retired this year. His friends call him Mailman. His wife Cheryl also works for the US Postal service. Her friends call her Mailbox. Too fun! They both ride their own bikes.

Have you seen the Ikea Raskog cart yet?

There was a huge thread about it on Two Peas In A Bucket. I've been a Pea for over 11 years and know that if the Peas love something that chances are I will love it too. They are great enablers!

And they were right when they said this cart is awesome for scrapbooking. It really holds a lot!

I love the color too.

Since I scrap at the dining room table but have all my supplies in my scraproom, I and need to carry my supplies back and forth from room to room. This cart is just ideal for me.! I see another one in my future very soon. I painted the milk can that's in the picture about 16 years ago when I used to paint.

Thanks for the visit...have a wonderful first week of June.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday #143
Ladybug Crafts for men
Catch The Bug June Challenge
Inspire Me Friday Anything goes
Totally Paper Crafts Anything goes
Art Impressions Stamps #111 brads or eyelets
Copic Maker Europe Challenge Page #17 Boys Aloud
Paper Crafting Journey Masculine

Recipe:
Pony: E33,E34,E35,E37
Hooves: W5,W7,W9
Mane: E51,E53,Y21
Skin: E00,E11,E21
Hat and Bag: E55,E53,E51
Blanket :YG61,YG63,YG67
Boots: E53,E57
Shirt: E56,E59,
Silver: C0,C1,C3,C5

Sunday, 2 June 2013

Mermaid in a bowl-A Day For Daisies

Hello friends. I was unable to share the card I was making for challenge #64 at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner, because of unforeseen circumstances. Last week's theme was Vintage.

I used a digi stamp from A Day For Daisies called Mermaid in a bowl.

The wonderful paper is from the UK called Pion Design.

I'm loving the Fran' tage embossing enamel and sprinkled some on the corners and over the flowers and awesome chipboard embellishments.

I was working on this card just before my Mother passed away last Monday, May 27th.

Her name was Gail, and she would have been 91 this month.

She had recently fallen and broke her hip. She was a week in the hospital until her body started to shut down. I'm thankful that she didn't suffer but passed away peacefully with family around her.

She told us she had a long, good life and that she was ready and wanting to go home to the Lord.

I'm the baby of the family and as I watched her age over the years I realized that getting old is not for the feeble. Her strength shone through her heart every day.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers...now that my mom has been called home to be with the Lord. Her pain and suffering are over...We are spiritual beings having a human experience, and she is in her element now. I am feeling her love, presence,and strength all around me, and I am comforted with that but feelings of sorrow and loss engulf me like a wave at times. I refuse to let death steal my Joy, so I choose to focus on all the special moments we had with her.
My mom had 10 children, 48 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren on the way. She would have been 91 on June 21st. She taught me how to be loving, nurturing, kind, and strong, as that's how she was. She lived a life of service and sacrifice...always thinking of her ever growing family, and others, before herself. I hope to be more like her everyday. Her last words were,"Thank you".

I would have loved to have given this vintage mermaid card to her for her 91st birthday.

Here's a picture of me and my mom, and my three daughters at her 90th Birthday party last year.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make it Monday Anything goes

Crafts And Me Challenges #135 Shabby Chic

A and T Emerald Fairies Die cut/punches

Natalie and Amy #10 Fantasy

Challenges 4 Everybody #21 Anything goes

Glitter N Sparkle #35 B for bow

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #162 Use a digi

The Outlawz Challenge Friday Copic maker

Chocolate, coffee, and Cards #40 Fantasy/fairies

Crafts For Eternity 3 of the same letter(digi,dragonfly,dewdrop crystals)

Simon Says Stamps Simon says: Anything goes

Recipe:

Skin:E000,E00,E21,E11,R20,BG0000

Tail: V000,RV91,RV93,RV95,BG000,C00,C1,C3

Hair:E40,E42,E43,E44(I didn't like this color so I covered the hair with diamond,and stardust stickles.) Looks better like this anyway.

Sand:E40,E41,E50,E43,E47,E49

Bowl: BG0000,RV91,0

Shadow:C00,C2,C3,C5

Smocch Glitz Frost was used over tail.

Stickles: Stardust, Diamond

Spica pen: Clear and Gold

Monday, 20 May 2013

Steampunk Fairy-Challenge #63@TSC

Hello friends...this Monday the challenge at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner is #63 Pink and Girly.

Delicious Doodles is one of our sponsors this week and I've chosen to work with this beautiful Steampunk Fairy. I just went to the sponsors site to link up the addy here and I just saw this beautiful Steampunk Mermaid! That is serious deliciousness! I'll be needing that digi.

I colored over the dress with two different sets of pinks because the first pinks I used looked a lot more red then I had hoped for.

The paper is from a Prima pack called Firefly. I just discovered it and now understand that it's already discontinued.

I embossed the paper with a fun watch face Sizzix embossing folder.

I altered the color of the charm, gear, and corner chipboard piece with Adirondock silver alcohol ink.

The sentiment, With wings all is possible is from a Kraftin Kimmie Fairy sentiments

My 91 year old mother broke her hip yesterday and had surgery today. We were concerned about her having the surgery but we are all so thankful she is doing well. I just wish I could take her pain and discomfort away.

We had a couple of the kids stay over that live an hour away, so they could visit my mom yesterday and today too. It was really nice to get together. My husband did the grocery shopping.made us brunch and barbequed tonight. What a sweetie helping me to de-stress.

Hope your Monday is awesome! Looking forward to see what everyone creates this week.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Make It Monday Always anything goes

Simon Says Stamp And Show Favorite ink(TH Distress)

Crafts And Me #133 Use a Digi

Mad For Markers Girly

The Corrosive Challenge Sentiment

Outlawz challenge Monday Greeting

Melonheadz Friends Sparkle and Shine

Challenges 4 Everybody #120

Creative Inspiration Paint Anything goes

No Matter Which Challenges Things with wings

Recipe:

Skin:E000,E00,E21,E11,R20

Dress:R21,R43, then RV14,RV17,RV19,FRV1

Hair:RV10,BG10,BV00,FRV1

Wings:BG0000,BG000,BG01,FBG2,BG32,0

Metal:C00,C1,C3,C5,0

Smooch

Monday, 13 May 2013

Mermaid-A Day for Daisies-Challenge #62@TSC

Hello, and thanks for visiting today!

I'm sharing the card I made for the new challenge at Tammy's Scrapin Corner.

Challenge #62 Anything goes with ribbon and lace.

Our sponsors are A Day For Daisies and SK Digis.

I've chosen this beautiful digi from A Day For Daisies. This image is called Mermaid.

Papers are from My Mind's eye.(2006-2008)

I used spica pen on the tail and fin and then covered it with stickles.

I pulled out my chalks and dusted them off so I could color up the clock die cut.

I've added silver mesh ribbon over the clock, and used this fun netted tassel lace.

The tiny dragonfly is a laser cut chipboard from Make It Crafty They are so intricate and wonderfully made.

I had made these ocean borders in my scrapbooking days and never used them until now. I cut a piece off of one,altered it a bit and added it to the bottom left side of the card. I remember being so thrilled that I had found those tiny, real sand dollars to use on them.

I found this wonderful acetate overlay in my stash along with the MME papers and thought it was perfect to add over top of the image I colored.

Yeah, that glare was really fun to photograph.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with for this week's challenge.

I was able to celebrate Mother's Day this weekend with my children and grandchildren and it was such a wonderful time. Lots of memories were made again.

Saturday afternoon my daughter,Stevie and I took a mixed media class and made a Steampunk inspired canvas.

Mine didn't get finished...which is kind of normal because I rarely get any of my projects finished in class. Just too much of a perfectionist.

So here's a picture of Stevie's canvas. I loved how it turned out and I'm so happy we were able to get together and create something fun.

After the 4 hour class we rushed home to have a barbecue with the rest of the kids. We celebrated Tanner's 2nd birthday and just had a great time together.

Here's a picture of Hailey, and Morgan, two of my granddaughters playing dress up with some of the costumes I have in the tickle trunk.

I can finally share some exciting news with you. I'm going to be a grandma again for the sixth time in about 7 months!!

See you again soon.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Make It Monday Anything goes

A Day For Daisies Lacy

Get Inky Challenge #4 Die cuts

Robyn's Fetish Challenge blog Pirates and the sea

Color Me Creative Anything goes #68

The Outlaws Greeting Challenge Sentiment

Crafty Catz #182 Anything goes

Jelly Park Friends Girly girl

Simply Create Too #37 Anything goes

The Emerald Faeries #43 Ribbons

Recipe:

Skin:E000,E00,E21,E11,R20

Hair:R22,R29,R46,R59

Tail:BG49,G17,G02,G00,G000

Sand:E40,E41,E43,E47

Shadow:BG0000,BG000,BG01,0

Monday, 6 May 2013

Hannah Lynn-Kathleen and Summer-Challenge #61@TSC Happy Mother's Day

Hello friend! I'm writing this post late Sunday night to automatically post in the wee hours of Monday morning...and I just have to say...what a glorious day to have been on the bike!

We woke up late this morning because the alarm clock didn't go off...that gave me less then an hour to get ready for church. I don't like being late so I would rather go with less makeup and my hair half done. We went on the bike so it's not like my hair was going to look like I spent time on it after I took my helmet off.

After church we went for brunch with some of my husbands extended family. My husband's wonderful Dad, and step Mom, dear Aunty Birtha, and Uncle Johnny. We all stand outside after church and spend 5-10 minutes just trying to decide where to eat. Then we go to one of our 4 usual restaurants.
When brunch was over Barry and I stopped in at a clothing store so he could get some new shorts.

This was part of our conversation today...

Barry: Baby why don't you get some new summer dresses or shoes while we're here?

Me: No. I'd rather spend money on art supplies.

You can relate right?!
I didn't want to...but after some coaxing I walked out of there with 3 new summer dresses.

I was very spoiled this week. I had just spent the day yesterday with my friend, Jan celebrating National Scrapbooking Day by supporting the industry that we love! You know what that means...

I now have to buy new organizational iris carts and baskets.

I like to be organized so I don't buy duplicates or tripples of things I already have. That's a little upsetting when it happens. I'm getting to the point where I sometimes don't remember what I have and that signals red lights for me that say, *Stop hoarding supplies and start using up what you have* but then that thought gets replaced with *Shiny*

I also want to share that I'm quite thrilled that I only need to get 31 more Copics to complete my collection.(My Precious) Yes,dreams do come true! (:

That alone is worth celebrating. As careful as I have tried to be when buying Copics,I still managed to buy two duplicate colors. You can relate right?!

The rest of the afternoon today was spent in the warm sunshine on the Harley. Talk about major vitamin D being injected into my bloodstream. I have missed you, healing, warm sunshine and delicious wind caressing my skin!!

It has been a long winter...but back to the card...

Because I have really, every color I could possibly need, I was able to color and make this Hanna Lynn mermaid card.

This week's theme at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner is Mother's Day.

As soon as I found out about the challenge I knew I had to make a card using this Hannah Lynn digi called Kathleen and Summer.

I love Hannah Lynn images, and this is one of my favorites. I fell in love with this image when I first saw it here on Rosie's blog. Isn't that an amazing card?

I saw that over a year ago when I first started coloring and blogging.

That made me think about all the blogs I've found and followed that have inspired my coloring and card making over the past year.

I wanted to share with you some of the blogs I follow that have inspired me. These are the artists who's work I admire, study and learn from. From first to last as I discovered them...

In Rosie's book

The Ink Trap

A thousand sheets of paper

There's a few more I can't think of right now...

I laugh at myself when I think back to a year ago, and remember saying to myself..."There is no way I'm adding those elaborate flowers and those hand colored seam binding bows to my cards!No way!"

I've learned to never say never...

I realize that there are so many ways to color and to design cards and I'm interested in exploring as many ideas as I can.

Thanks to all the Copic artists who share their color combination recipes, supply lists, and instructional videos with all of us,who are looking to learn.

Thanks for the visit...I'm looking forward to seeing your Mother's Day creations this week at TSC. Hugs!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Make It Monday#139
Card Mania Challenge #20 Flowers
The Corrosive Challenge Blog Mother's Day
Get Inky Floral fun
Love To Create Challenge Mom
Marker Pop #22
Simon Says Stamp and Show Inspired by
Crafts And Me Challenge Flower frenzy
One Crazy Stamper May flowers
Craft Your Passion Challenge 161 Floral delights

Recipe:

Skin: E000,E00,E11,R20,BV20

Hair: E50,E53,E43,E57

Tail:V000,V01,V04,V06,BG000,BG01,BG05,BG09

Sunken ship:BG32,YG93,YG95,W5,W7,YG91

Crab:R22,R24,R29

Treasure Chest:E11,E13,E15,E18,B32,Y35,Y38

Eyes:FYG2,FYG1

Ground:E40,E41,E42,BG32,YR24,Y18,W%,BV25,Y35

Seaweed:FB2,FYG2,BG32,BG34

Dolphins:B0000,C1,B000

Seahorses:FRV1,FYR1,FB2,FY1,FYG1,FV2,FBG2

Starfish:FRV1,FV2

Sea worms:FYR1,FY1

message in a bottle:FYG1,FY1

Leaves: BG32,BG34,FYG2

Water:B0000,B00

Octopus:V04,BG05

Coral:BG32,BG34,FYG2

Plants:FY1,FYR1

Floaty stuff on ship:RV52,R22

Opaque White sharpie

Viva Pearl pen

Monday, 29 April 2013

Stella Red Hat Hattitude-Challenge 60@TSC

Hello friends! It's Monday again,and April is almost over. Where did it go? Is it Spring yet in your corner of the world?

The snow here has finally melted out of the backyard this past weekend but now we're having rain.

Next weekend is supposed to be good and hot so I'm really looking forward to that. We might actually get out on the Harley for a scoot.

There's a new challenge this week at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner.

Challenge #60 is All About Layers.

Our sponsors this week are Bugaboo stamps, and SK Digis.

I've chosen a Bugaboo digi called Stella Red Hat Hattitude.

Isn't that Red Hat charm perfect for this card? I think I have about 50 of those charms. I bought them at the time to add to the dough art Red Hat ladies I was going to make.Yeah, I still have all 49 left!

I also made a beaded "hat" pin for this card.

I'm Looking forward to seeing what everyone else has created with layers this week.

I really wanted to sew on this card, so as soon as I woke up this morning I pulled out my 8 year old but never used more than a couple of times, shiny like new, blue sewing machine.(yes it's a baby blue mini ultra Kenmore) Only to find that I no longer had the cord with the peddle. I guess that got left behind in the last move.(along with my complete box of Prisma pencil crayons) While searching for the peddle for an hour...before my first coffee, I did find my very large vitamin/pill container that I had been trying to locate for the last three months. It's really huge and I just don't even know how I could misplace something that big.

So now I'm on a hunt for the missing sewing machine parts from the manufacturer.

Hopefully I can get what I need, as well as the instruction manual. I'm not a sewer. I just bought the machine for scrapbooking.

So no sewing on my cards anytime soon.

Hey, did you notice I have an Etsy shop now?

Well I had it for a while but didn't really have anything in it to sell.

I had always intended to make and sell my cards on Etsy, but just never got around to listing

any of them until now.

I found someone on Etsy who made this wonderful banner for my shop as well as for my blog so I decided it was finally time. I hope it goes well.

I put a link to my shop on the side bar.

Have a fabulous week...and may you find everything you're searching for!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Make It Monday #138
Artistic Inspirations #39 Lots of layers
Crafting Desert Divas Use a pun
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog lots of layers #43
One Crazy Stamper April Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Anything goes

Recipe:

Skin: E000,E00,E11,R20

Hair: BV20,BV23,BV25

Purples:V04,V06,V09

Reds:R22,R24,R29,R39

Background:C00,C1,C2,C4

Spica Pens: Silver,Lipstick

Paper:Echo Park Yours Truly

Monday, 22 April 2013

You're A Star-Challenge #59@TSC

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a card I made for a challenge at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner

This weeks challenge is #59 Anything goes/Bling it up

Our sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy

I've used the digi called Mimi Stars 4

I'm looking forward to seeing what you create for this challenge.

It's a bling thing so add as much or as little as you like. When it comes to "shiny" more is always better! I had to stop myself from adding more bling to this card because I can get so carried away with sparkly things. Glitter never photographs well but it is so shiny and sparkly in real life! I used purple and teal sticky glitter paper,and gold foil papers that I had been hoarding for at least 12 years. The glitter papers have a very glossy coating on the front and the back peel away paper has Kodak written on it. All the things I've collected for scrapbooking over the years are finally getting used. Before making cards as much as I do now, I used to ~~buy loads of scrapbooking paraphernalia~~ scrapbook. Now every time I use something from my stash I smile and think, Ha! I knew I bought that for a reason!

I got to babysit Morgan, and Tanner, two of my grandkids again this weekend. I enjoyed having them so much that when they left Sunday night I felt all weepy. They only live an hour away and we get to see them quite often. We looked after them for two weeks, just three weeks ago, and they'll be here again next Saturday, but just for a quick visit. I guess it just kind of hit me how precious this time with them is. I try to be present with them every minute and create fun filled memories. This weekend we created more Art,and I introduced them to the poetry of one of my favorite authors, Shel Silverstein. We read from the book Where the sidewalk ends .They loved it and so did I! Especially Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle me too...Spending so much time together has really bonded us and every visit is so precious to me.

I am so thankful to be so blessed!

Hope you have an amazing week...thanks for the visit!

I also wanted to share the present the kids gave me this weekend. This beautiful engraved pedant and chain that I will always cherish.

My daughter, Nerissa inked up and stamped Morgan and Tanner's hands and emailed them to a jeweler who added them to this pendant. "I love you to the moon and back" is something we tell each other all the time.

Here are their little hand prints preserved forever...It's no wonder I was so weepy right?!