Cute rabbit anniversary card - Challenge 3 The Crafty Addicts Challenge

 Hi to those who are stopping by. It's challenge time again at the The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog and I decided to make an Anniversary card to share.  

Here it is...

I seem to be having issues with my computer so sorry for picture quality I am unable to do it the way I usually edit it.

Please pop over to the challenge blog and join in the fun. Hope to see some of your creations in the challenge this month. Hopefully you will stop by the DT blogs and leave a comment as well. They are most appreciated. 

Hugs, Sandy, DT member of The Crafty Addicts Challenge 

25th Wedding Anniversary card

Challenge time once more at 613 Avenue Create. The challenge is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Wedding/Anniversary.

Here is my card..... Just a simple card with a sweet image

Recipe:
White cardstock from stash, Silver mirror card from stash
Dies - Paper Rose - stitched rectangles
Image is a Precious Memories colouring page - free online
Copic Markers
Wink of Stella pen - Clear
D/S tape roller

Hope to see you joining in the challenge this month at 613 Avenue Create.
Hugs, Sandy

Happy Days Challenge time at Aud Sentiments

Started the morning off at 7 a.m with our granddaughter waking up next to me crying and ready to get up!!!
It's was later than her normal waking time so for that I was grateful. She stayed overnight to give Mum and Dad a bit of a break and a bit later sleep in too!
Anyway onto my DT card for the new challenge that started today at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog. This time we are having an Anything Goes Challenge but don't forget the important addition of a sentiment on your creation. The winner gets a voucher for Crafty shopping, what a fab prize!!!!
Here is what I came up with..... I used an image from Mo's Digital Pencil

Recipe:
Cardstock from SU
DP from stash - the Happy Days sentiment was already on the paper, lucky me!
Image is from Mo's Digital Pencil - Tom & Tilly
Sentiment is from Kaisercraft
Flower from stash
Die cut from stash - it was a round diecut which I chopped up to use just the pieces showing
Die is stitched square
Pearls from stash
Copic Markers
D/S tape roller and foam dots
Memento Tuxedo black inkpad

Okay....that's it from me. I've got choir practice tonight so have to get a move on. My fellow team mates and I would love to see you join in the challenge, so hope to see you over there.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs, Sandy

March Challenge at Crafty Girlz Challenges

It's been a long day so I won't chit chat but get straight into sharing my DT creation for today's challenge at Crafty Girlz Challenge blog. It's a monthly challenge so lots of time to get something made and to enter. We would love to see your fabulous "makes" and it's Anything Goes as well.
Our Sponsor this month is Rick St. Dennis and I chose this image to create with.
Here is my card....... I decided on an Easel card this time.

Recipe:
White card from stash
SU Real Red scraps
DP from Sugar & Spice Studio - 12x12 Chantilly
Image from Rick St. Dennis  - Morning on Valhalla - Morning Goddess Digi
SU Embossed heart die
Sentiments from SU and Close to My Heart
SU Border Punch and Oval Punch
Copic Markers 
D/S tape roller and Foam Dots
Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad
SU Rose Red inkpad

Well time for me to go, still have to work out a card or two for my ladies tomorrow and I need a coffee.
Thanks for stopping by, if you have time, I would love to hear what you think of my card.
Hope to see your creations appearing on the challenge blog.
Take Care,
Hugs, Sandy

MIM#133 ~ Mornings with a Goddess

This is my third post in less than 24 hours, I'd love it if you checked out the last two posts. Both are DT cards. One is for a new DT position and that one also uses the same sponsor as today's card.

The weekend has finished and that means the start of Linky Pary #133 over at Make It Monday. Thanks to all of you who joined in last week. So many wonderful creations to inspire, I hope you joined in the spirit of the Party by popping in to some of the blogs to leave a comment. We all enjoy hearing what others think about our work and a bit of praise is good to boost the spirit.
Congratulations go to Rhonda as our featured artist and also to Diana as the winning commenter. Enjoy your prize.
This week we have a new and fabulous sponsor. The very talented Rick St Dennis. I saw some of his images on some cards a while ago and suggested to Michelle(multi talented owner of MIM) that he would be a fantastic sponsor. So.... make sure you pop over to his Etsy shop and check out his digis and his profile. An interesting man!!!
Well, I had better get on and share with you as I have the grandchildren to mind today and at the moment they are in the family room watching the kiddies programmes on tv.
Here is my card.... I decided I would make it an anniversary card and give it to my hubby for our next Wedding Anniversary.

Front of card

 Inside of card

Recipe:
SU Certainly Celery
White card from stash
DP from American Crafts - Amy Tangerine ~ Ready Set Go 12x12 paper pad
Image - Morning Goddess Betty from Rick St. Dennis
Front sentiment is from a DP from Bo Bunny called Family Is
Inside sentiment is from SU - A Word for You and I handwrote the word "Darling" (you can tell!!!)
Nestie Die - Labels Three
Copic Markers
Black Pen
Memento black inkpad
DS tape roller

I am entering this into the following challenges:
No Matter Which Challenges - Challenge #7 ~ Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - Challenge #156 ~ Use a Digi
Hiding in My Craft Room - Challenge #90 ~ Happy Anniversary

Another new sponsor joins us this week!

We are so thrilled to welcome Rick St. Dennis to Make It Monday.

Rick St.Dennis Etsy Store

Rick St. Dennis' Blog

Rick St Dennis is a designer of over 100 theatrical productions and is also the author of 4 books on decorative painting and contributor to at least a dozen national magazines on crafts and art.

He is one of a handful of designers to have designed TWO productions of AIDA, Verdi's massive Egyptian opera spectacle.

Currently living in the quiet beach comminuity of Seal Beach, California he writes restaurant reviews and theatre reviews between assignments for web designs, logos and creating art for local shows.

St. Dennis has appeared on such TV shows as Home Matters with Susan Powell, Aileen's Crafts and others.

He was Crafts editor for Country Folk Art Magazine and sold his artwork nationally through galleries and shows.

Among numerous awards he won a presidential commendation in 1976 for his contributions to the bicentennial year including the design of the west coast premier of William Grant Still's opera BAYOU LEGEND.

Rick is generously offering our winner

2 Digi's

of their choice from his store.

Drumroll please.......   Time for POTW
This one is by Betty from Crafting with Betty and you can pop over to her blog and see it here

 

And a second Pick too.... I'd love to choose them all!!!

This one is by Tracy from I Wanna Build a Memory. Tracy makes fabulous creations well worth spending some time on her blog

 Oh, I'm so looking forward to another fab week of wonderful cards to drool over, so get creative and start linking. Dont' forget to leave some blog love too as the winning commenter will be receiving those two fabulous digis from Rick St. Dennis - you'll enjoy using his wonderful creations.

Thanks for stopping by. Please leave me a comment so I know you've been.
Hugs,
Sandy

Made for Each Other MIM#129

Make It Monday Linky Party #129 is set to go off with a blast - Check out all the fab work by the DT.
Congratulations go to  Laura as our featured artist and also to Tammy as the winning commenter.
We have been able to work with wonderful images this week from the fabulous Dr. Digi's house of stamps
I chose this fun image to make an Anniversary card for my stash as I don't have very many of them. As usual it's in my inevitable CAS style. I do try to jazz my creations up from time to time but this is probably my niche. Hope you like it.

Here it is....

Front of card

Inside of card - the purple has scanned a bit darker here than in the photo above

Recipe:
SU  Certainly Celery cardstock
SU Wisteria Wonder
DP from Kaisercraft 6!/2x61/2paper pad called Chapter One
Image is Made for Each Other from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps
Anniversary Sentiment is one I found on the net
Made for each other sentiment I typed onto  the computer and printed off
Nestie Die - Labels Twenty-Five
Copic Markers
Pearls from stash
DS tape roller


I am entering this into the following challenges:
Red Carpet Studio - Challenge RCS#25 - The Wedding Singer - create a wedding or anniversary card
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #14 ~ Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Challenge #152 ~ Use a Digi
My Time to Craft -  Challenge #210 - Inspired by a Song or Film ( Mine is the film - The Bride of Frankenstein)
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Challenge #132 ~ Romance

Dr.Digi's House of Stamps is a brand new digital stamping site featuring an amazing range of digis with a difference for the crafter with a sense of humor.  Our artist and founder cut his teeth in the craft world at the company "Just Inklined", where his unique digis made a huge impression. We're hoping to continue to entertain and amuse, while fulfilling all your craft needs with our new products and regular freebies.

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps is giving away the lovely prize of 2 single digis of winner's choice!

It's POTW time and as usual it has again been a really hard job to narrow  it down to one. I wish I could feature lots of the wonderful entries!!!
I've decided to go for two and the first one is from Merry and she has made this fab mobile using white doilies and has created birds from them. You can visit her blog to see a photo of them all hanging down  together - they do look speccy!!!

The second entry I chose is this very simple but stylish card by Skye  and you can visit her at ......blue sky
Those flowers look so effective. Great card, Skye.

I've reached the end of my post so that means it's now up to you toWOW us with your creations, We'd love to see you over at Make It Monday this week so off you go and get started with those fab papercraft creations!!! Looking forward to visiting some of you.

Hugs,
Sandy

The Frog Prince - DT Card for MIM #98

Congrats to all who entered the MIM linky party, so many fabulous creations and I enjoyed visiting quite a few of them. Today brings us to a new week and to the start of another chance to share all of your wonderful work in a new linky party.
So come on and start those creative juices flowing and get your cards linked up for us all to see.
We are being sponsored by Meljens Designs this week and so for my card I have used this adorable frog prince which you can find here.

This is based on a  Joy Fold Design card, I changed it a bit - the frog panel opens out to reveal the inner card

front of card

front - inside panel - I've cropped the piece with the frog on it which opens out to the right of the card.

  middle - inside panel - both left and right panels cropped

Recipe:
SU Certainly Celery cardstock for the basecard
SU Melon Mambo cardstock
DP - not sure where this is from, has been in my stash for a while now!!!
Nestie Dies - Large and Small Classic Circles
Image from Meljen's Designs - The Frog Prince
Copic Markers
SU I (Heart) Hearts inked with SU Pink Passion and cut out
Sentiments - I made up and printed on computer
Bling from stash
Card Candy from stash
EK Success Border Punch

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Gingerloft Challenges - GL 44 ~ Fancy Folds
One Stitch At A Time - Challenge #122 - Anything Goes
That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes


It was really hard trying to choose a card for my Pick of The Week but here is the one I decided on.
This one is by Tracy at  I Wanna Build a Memory  and you can pop over and check out  her card  here
Such a sweet image and I love all the layers and soft tones and that fab sentiment.



Okay, let's get into Party mode!!!

Make It Monday Linky Party  #98

This week we are being sponsored once again by the ever fun and cute Meljen Designs Digital Stamps!

http://shop.meljensdesigns.com/

Meljen Designs Digital Stamps  are giving away the lovely prize of the winner's choice of 4 single digis!

Don't forget to do a bit of visiting of other  blogs and leave a comment to be in the running for the above prize.

That's it from me,
Take Care,
Sandy

The Dance

Hi everyone, my Mum's birthday today so "Happy Birthday Mum" Pity you had to go to the doctors on your birthday but good to finally get a bit more help about your medication.
I had a reasonably busy day, my DIL brought my youngest granddaughter over for me to look after. We hopped in the car and went to three different shops looking for a couple of pudding bowls as mine are all being used and my oldest daughter was coming over to make puddings for gifts. I had no luck, just wasted time and petrol running around. So, we ended up taking 3 of my puddings out of the bowls and wrapping them up so we could reuse the bowls. I got 3 loads of washing done and then left my granddaughter home with Katie and went and picked Mum up and took her to the specialist. We also went to the chemist where the staff were busy standing around trying to tie a flat bow. A real hoot. I showed them how I tie it and two of them just couldn't get a decent bow. One, actually bent down to tie it as if she was tying her shoe laces. So funny!! Took Mum home and then back home to help finish off the puddings. Katie had washed the dishes, brought the clothes in and also folded them so now only left with the saucepans the puds were in.
So after those ramblings, LOL, onto my card,
I've used SU Concord Crush as the basecard and also for the Reverse Wonky Rectangle Nestie diecut. White card for the other Nestie diecut which I stamped the image from Flonz stamps onto in SU Basic Black. I sponged with Tim Holtz distressed ink - Blue Jeans and coloured the image with Copic Markers. The little champagne glasses are from the same set. I realized afterwards that they actually have rings on them so thought that this card could be used for an anniversary or non-traditional wedding card as I've given her a blue dress.
The DP is from Cre8tiv Mini Stack and I've added lots of bling to accentuate the paper. Oh, I've just checked out the scan and it really doesn't show the bling but I used 15 all over the background - you'll have to take my word for it, looks very sparkly!
I am entering this into Make It Monday - challenge #67 - Anything Goes
Thanks for stopping by and I've enjoyed the recent comments you have left. I wondered how long it would take for someone to notice my new profile picture. I have had my hair cut a little bit since then so not quite so long. The pic was taken at Shirley's house where we have Tuesday craft and I'm wearing my favourite colour!! Thought it was time to have a change.
Catch you tomorrow,
Take Care,
Sandy

Anniversary Waltz

Hello and welcome to my blog, hope you find something here to interest you. I went to craft today with my friends Jane and Joyce, usually there are 6 or 7 of us. The others had doctor's visits and painters to deal with. We enjoyed our time together and managed to fit in a coffee and a biscuit too, LOL.
My card today is set on a Choc Chip basecard, DSP from stock and a couple of diecuts, The sentiment is from SU. I inked the image and the sentiment in SU "Early Espresso". The image was coloured with Copic Markers. I'm going to add this one in to the Make It Monday linky Party #49
Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your day,
Take Care,
Sandy

Two more for Judy

Hi everyone, thanks again to those who are leaving comments, and to those who are popping in and just looking it would be nice to "meet" you. My DIL came this afternoon and picked the girls up and I got to have a lovely cuddle with my new grandson - he's so cute but then I'm a biased "Mama"
My back is still sore but improving, I probably shouldn't have been moving my craft crates into and out of the car, but I managed, and I suppose I will see if it is okay tomorrow.
So, thought I would share another two cards I have made for my friend Judy to sell at her school fete. I've used the same sheet of DSP and made one into a wedding card by adding a stamped bride and groom image and the other I added 3 different stamped presents and it could be used as a birthday, engagement, anniversary or a wedding card I suppose.
I love the paper, it is modern and funky!
Here are the cards,
Take care,
Sandy

The Gift

Hello, still cold!!! and we've had rain tonight, hope the weather is better where you are. I've had time to make two cards as no choir practise tonight. At craft today I just took some images I stamped this morning so I could colour them and it gives me a bit of a stock pile to work from for future cards.
The one I am sharing is another vintage image and could be used for an anniversary or birthday card. I've used my nesties to feature the stamp and a sentiment from SU and the designer paper is from Madeline Collection "Parsley Place". Cardstock is SU Choc Chip and Bashful Blue, Rose Red (I think) and white card from stash.
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for all the lovely comments left for me on recent posts.
Take care,
Sandy

Champagne Anniversary Toast

Hello to all who are visiting today. Just a quick post to share this card I made for a friend's wedding anniversary. I've used a vintage image stamped in basic grey and used very minimal colouring, It's on a navy blue base card with a panel of ds paper and a blue ribbon from stash. Well, it's late and have housework to do tomorrow, need to get some washing done so hope there is no rain!
Take care and thanks for popping in,
Sandy.

Anniversary Date

Welcome to my blog today, hope you find something to interest you. A reasonable morning but we had late afternoon rains and it was cold inside so I've had the wood fire going. I made a couple of cards this afternoon and this is one of them. The card base is a very dark blue with a blue green floral paper and a brown patterned paper die cut with my image on top. I stamped it, coloured with inks and then cut it out to use- added 3 little blue pearls and the SU anniversary greeting from "A Word for You"
I hunted through all my stamps looking for this set before it clicked that it was a clear set in a cassette and I keep them in a different spot. I thought I was going nuts!!! I've added this to Make It Monday Linky Party
See you next time,
Sandy

Vintage Anniversary and Baby News

Our grandson has arrived! Slight problem with fluid on his lungs so he is in the nursery until that improves, hopefully that won't be very long and there will be no other problems. My son and DIL haven't given him a name yet as they were wanting to spend time with him for inspiration as they hadn't come up with a definite choice but Lisel is still in bed on a fluid drip and not really seen him since the birth this morning and she is fairly tired. My husband and I took the girls in to see their little brother. I didn't get to see their reaction as only 3 people could go in to the nursery at a time, and it was good that my son could take them with him. He was 7.5 lb (3.6kg) and 51cm long, very cute! I'm biased though LOL.
The girls are staying over again tonight, they have been very good as usual.
I did get to make a couple of cards today and here is one of them.
A new set of unmounted rubber stamps that I had "fun" sticking to cling backing and cutting out. Even with the scissors made especially for doing this it's still very sticky! Card is from SU but papers out of the stash - image and sentiment stamped in SU Really Rust ink and a few blue/grey pearls to finish it off.
Thanks for popping in and also to those who left comments on my last post, much appreciated,
Sandy