come and sit a spell

Paige over at the Cards blog is looking for Quilt inspired cards this week so I am submitting this one.

I used grid paper by Echo Park from the "this & that" collection, doily is from my stash, the chair and quilt image is by Arielle over at Wax Fruit Co., ribbon is my handmade wrinkle ribbon and the sentiment is by October Afternoon.

Thanks for stopping by to look.

fall weather

We are finally having my favorite kind of weather here in Minnesota. Yesterday afternoon we were almost 90 degrees and then about 7 pm a cool breeze rolled through and now we are having just gorgeous weather here. Now if it would only stay this way all year I would be one happy camper.

I have a couple cards to share that I made the last few days.

First up is the card I made for the recent challenge over at Sweet Sunday.

I used one of Arielle's digital images on my card and this sketch for my inspiration.

Next up is a card that I created for this weeks sketch challenge over at Card Patterns. I used paper and stamps from My Minds Eye "Lost and Found Two" collection.

And here is the sketch for this week.

Thanks for stopping by to look. Your comments are appreciated.

for the love of flowers

It is going to be a hot one here in Minnesota today so thought I would get a little bit of time in my craftroom early before the heat gets unbearable up there.

I used two new images that I purchased from Arielle over at Wax Fruit Company. If you have not checked out her images I suggest you stop by and look at them.

I created this first card using the lavender image. I don't know what it is but I just love purple lately. Hope it doesn't have anything to do with age.

For this card I used the sketch from Clean and Simple and because of the size I printed my digital image I changed my card to a square instead of a standard A2.

Next is a just because card that I created while playing in my craftroom. I used another image by Arielle called "coneflowers". I colored with copics and then colored the seam binding to match.

Thanks for stopping by to look and as usual your comments are always welcome.

Enjoy!

home sweet home

This is one of those just because cards. I just bought this image from Arielle over at Wax Fruit Company and could not wait to play with it. So without a sketch challenge I just created.

I used "valise" by memory box papers along with some cosmo cricket tiny type stickers, some twine and a button from my stash.

I am going to send this card to a friend who recently bought a new home.

Enjoy!

rain, rain, go away...

We have had a lot of rain this Spring and this weekend is no different. Looks like today will be spent inside in the craftroom.

I have a couple cards to share and first up is this great digital image by my friend Arielle Gordon from "Wax Fruit Company". As soon as I saw this image "just the car" I knew that I had to have it. My parents had this exact same car when the 5 of us girls were growing up.

Sorry the picture is so dark but if I didn't take the picture I might never get this card posted. You can't tell by the picture but I did all the bumpers and trim in silver.

I used the sketch from this weeks The Sweet Stop challenge and papers by October Afternoon from Modern Homemaker.

Next up I have a card using this weeks sketch over at Sweet Sunday. I used papers from the sweet threads collection by BasicGrey along with wildflower garden stamps by PTI.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

Thanks for stopping by ~ enjoy your day!

flowers

I absolutely love flowers and can not wait for all this snow to melt, the weather to get a little warmer and all my flowers to start popping out of the ground.

The first one up is usually my bleeding heart plant (it really is the size of a small tree) and oh so beautiful when it blooms.

Here are a couple of flowers I created yesterday while thinking about spring.

This first one is another digital image by my friend Arielle and you can get this one and many others at her store "wax fruit company".

I wasn't sure if I could color these Marigolds and do them justice so I decided to paper piece them. I used papers by MME from the Stella and Rose collection "mabel". I added a little black glaze pen to the center of the flowers to make them POP a little.

My next card is for a new sketch blog I found called "iheartart". Her sketches are amazing and I am so glad my friend Amy told me about her.

For this card I also used papers by MME from the Stella and Rose collection "gertie". The bloom is by Prima, stickers by October Afternoon and the ribbon is by me. (scroll down to my previous post I am doin a ribbon giveaway)

Here is the sketch that inspired my card. This one is definitely going into my new sketch book that I created yesterday.

I hope you enjoy and I will be back tomorrow with a card or two for you.

the day after

I think the blizzard has finally moved on and we are left with about 15 inches of snow. I spent most of yesterday in my craftroom making cards.

My first card is a digital image by my friend Arielle who opened her own online store called "wax fruit company". Don't you just love that name and her images are amazing.

Here is a card I made using her newest release corn lilies. I probably have the colors wrong for this flower so I just went with what I thought looked pretty.

I colored the flowers with copic and spica glitter pens. The ribbon is my handmade wrinkle ribbon.

My next card is for this weeks challenge over at Card Positioning Systems and since we were in blizzard mode while I made it I decided to do a summery feeling card.

I used papers, stickers and wild cards from the October Afternoon "seaside collection".

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

I think it is time for another wrinkle ribbon giveaway so leave me a comment and I will pick a winner on Friday to receive 5 yards (1 yard each of 5 colors) of my ribbon.

Enjoy!