Distressed Tea Cup

Good evening! I hope you had a great day. The card I made today uses a distressed technique. I love the way it turned out. I have always loved to distress, however I was always scared of going "to far". Well I watched a video with a lot of distressing for a card and it gave me confidence to do more. The video is from Kristin Wilson. The technique is called peek a boo paper.

Recipe:
Cup image: free digi from Bits N Bobs
Decoration on cup: Tim Holtz French Connection
Paper: Garden Florals from Recollections
Gems: Recollections
Ribbon: Details & Accessories (ruban)
Pin from stash

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
The Hybrid Chick: use pink
Totally Gorjuss: something new (paper)
Truly Scrumptious: pretty in pink
Charisma Cardz: bling
Crafty Cardmakers: distress it

Thank you for all of the sweet comments I have been receiving. You all are the best! Until next time......

Tonya

Papertake Weekly & Robyn's Fetish

Just a quick post for now. I made this card using the Papertake Weekly challenge sketch and an image from Robyn's Fetish. I love this image. It is a simple card. I did not have the colors to create a card using this image the way I wanted, so you will be seeing him again soon.
The sentiment is from Desert Diva.

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly: sketch

Robyn's Fetish: birthday with sentiment on the front

Until next time........

Tonya

Puddles of Fun

I thought this stamp suited our weather since it is storming today. It is Puddles of Fun from Paper Works Co. (Rachelle Anne Miller.) I'm sorry the photo is not better. I have searched high and low for the cord to my camera and just cannot find it. The challenges I am entering are down below.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp: anything goes
Whimsey Stamps: Bingo (pearls, image, flowers)
Pink Gem: photo inspiration


Thank you so much for stopping by. Until next time..........

Tonya

Male Card & I'm a Winner

I am so excited! I strolled over to Craft Your Passion to see the new challenge and was super surprised to see that I was one of the winners last week. I was so thrilled. Thank you to Craft Your Passion and their sponsors.

Ok, now on to today's card. I think this image is so cute. It is from Beccy's Place. I will use him again, for sure. The sentiment is from Desert Diva. I did not use that many embellishments; I only have a couple suitable for a male card. I know that things look better in odd numbers but I only had two of the screw brads so that is all it got. lol I will have to pick up a package when I get a chance; I think they are great. Even though it is a simple card, I hope you like it.

Challenges:
Crafty Catz; male card
Allsorts; birthday
Make it Monday
Kaboodle Doodle; anything goes
Party Time Tuesday; anything goes

Bookmark

Happy Memorial Day to all of you here in the US. It is a hot, sunny day here in North Carolina. Is it to early in the year to wish for fall? As you can probably tell by now I am not a person who enjoys hot weather; or should I say hot and humid weather, which is what we have here on the coast of North Carolina. OK on to today's creation. I made a bookmark using an image from Saturated Canary. She is so adorable, isn't she?! I kept the embellishments to a minimum since I want to be able to use it as an actual bookmark. I added some lace, a couple gems and ribbon.

Challenges
Saturated Canary: bookmark
Crafty Card Makers; distress it

Thank you for visiting. Until next time.......

Tonya

Pencil Pixie

The image I used on my card today is from Whimsie Doodles. Isn't she adorable! As soon as I seen her I knew I wanted to color her. I used Copics and Prisma pencils to color her. I also used glitter glue for her wings and a gel pen for the sparkle on her pencil. I cut the leaves for the flowers out of textured cardstock. I used my stylus to create the veins and then rubbed the top with Peeled Paint ink from Tim Holtz. Thank you so much for visiting.

Stamps: Pencil Pixie; Whimsie Doodles, Sentiment; Studio G
DP: K&Company
Ribbon tape: Martha Stewart

Challenges:
Sassy Cheryl's; Your colors
Creative Card Crew; dimension
Creatalicious; bingo (lace, ribbon, buttons)
Stamp n Doodle; sparkle/bling

Thank you again for visiting my little piece of blogland. Until next time......

Tonya

Free Digi from Saturated Canary

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is hot and humid here in North Carolina, so I have been held up in the house crafting. I must say it is not a bad way to spend a hot day. Saturated Canary is giving away this adorable digi stamp. Isn't she adorable! I adore her. You cannot tell in the photo but the white paper on the left behind the image is irredescent; very pretty.

Challenges:

Allsorts; birthday

Charisma Cardz; no flowers

Inspire Me Fridays; anything goes

Crafty Card Makers; balloon

Kaboodle Doodles; clothing

Stamps: Image; Saturated Canary, Sentiments; Studio G

Coloring: Copics, Prisma pencils

Paper: Unknown

Pretty Owl

Good evening everyone. I spent most of my day in the school library working on my English project. Not much fun at all. I have to tell you though I held the largest book I have ever held. It wa huge. Not just thick but large all the way around. It is called the Dictionary of the English Language. The copyright is from 1967. You should have seen me trying to carry my stuff and lug that book back to my table. Ha! Anyway I did manage to make a card although I am a bit disappointed. I had another layer to add to it (I even stamped a border on it.)  Well I set it aside and forgot to include it on my card. What can I say it has been a long day. This hot weather will not let my mind function correctly. ;o) I hope you are having a wonderful day! BTW my friend Ashley at Heart Hugs Designs is giving away some awesome blog candy. If you get a chance go check it out. I know she would be thrilled if you stopped by.

Stamps: Owl  - Kaisercraft; Sentiment - Studio G
Paper: Recollections
Lace: Blue Moon Beads
Coloring: Prisma pencils, Copics
Stash: ribbon, gems

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz; no flowers
Milk Coffee; die cuts
The Paper Shelter; bling


Until next time......

Tonya

Thank you and Father's Day

Hello all of my crafty pals. I want to start today by saying thank you to everyone who has left such sweet comments and who have become followers of my new blog. A little back story I was away for a couple of years due to some personal issues and in the process lost all of my crafting supplies. I had some wonderful ladies send some of their stash to get me crafting again. I went to delete one of my Google accounts and it wiped out my entire craft blog. I almost cried. I had years of crafts posted, hundreds of followers and all of my awards that I had won on that blog and in an instant it was gone. :o( So I set up this one. I am so happy to be back to crafting and looking at everyone's gorgeous work. I still feel sad when I think of all of the great content I lost on my old blog but hey I get to start fresh right! I just wanted you all to know that your comments and the fact that you are choosing to follow me (whether you are an old friend or a new pal) means more to this gal than you know!

OK so enough sappy stuff, right! The card I have for you today is a Father's Day card for my husband. I am not the best at making male cards. I don't know, everything I am use to using seems so girly. lol  I dug through the stuff I had and came up with this. The Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week is "Cards for Men"......well when Simon says do something, you have to, right! I hope you like it. Below you will find other challenges that I am entering.

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Paper and Such: Father's Day
Party Time Tuesdays: Vintage or Shabby Chic
Joyful Stamper: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp: Father's Day/Male

Recipe:
Image: Free Vintage Digital Stamps
Sentiment: Computer generated
Paper: Not sure it was sent to me
Charm: Tim Holtz
Ink: Martha Stewart; Walnut, Tim Holtz; Peeled Paint, Copic; Y21 (for the outside of the watch)
Misc.: Screw brads, gauze, floss

Until next time......

Tonya

Storming = Create

Well I did not get any school work done today. It started storming and I decided I was not going to the school library in this weather. SO I created instead. :o) My assignment is not due until next week so I still have time. I wish I could get a better picture of my card. It looks so much better in person. There is no sun shining though so this will have to do.

I am entering this in a couple challenges:

Charisma Cardz; Metal Charms

Creative Card Crew: Dimension

Paper Play; Destruction

Sweet Stamps; Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Tim Holtz

Ink: Martha Stewart ink pad and Copics

Paper: K&Company

Charm: Tim Holtz

Pin, flowers, lace: from my stash (however little it might be lol)

Until next time......

Tonya