Kitty Bee

Hello and hope your Thursday was a good one.  It was a warm one here today.  The temp went up to 82 degrees.  I guess I need to get the patio furniture cleaned up and the patio swept off so we can enjoy the outdoors.  Well, good news, 7 fish have surfaced since the blue heron visited.  Have no idea where they hide, but had not seen a fish for several days.  They are understandably skidish, which will  last a while.  So looks like we lost 4 or 5.

Today's card is for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge - #199 May Day - Spring Theme.

My Card Recipe

Stamp - Penny Black

Papers - K & Company

Die - Spellbinders

Mini Brads

White glitter

ribbon

Colored with Copics

Almost the weekend!  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later.......

Summer Songbird

Happy Hump Day!  Supposed to get warmer starting today, good thing, dreary and cold past couple of days.  Need to do some more yard work, but ground is so wet!

Today's card is a stamp from Inkadinkado.

I got it on a trip to JoAnn's with a 50% off coupon!

Love a bargain...........

My Card Recipe

Papers - K & Company

Border punches - E K Success

Twine

Cut the sunflower out and popped it up

Twine bow

Distressed the edges of the image and mats

Colored with Copics

Sponged clouds

Hope your Wednesday is wonderful.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later...........

Birthday Bear

Happy Tuesday Everyone!   We are heading out for a movie this afternoon, but I wanted to get this posted.  Finished this card last night, but was just to tired to take pictures of it and post then.

Weather here is dreary today, but supposed to get better as the day goes on.

We had an unwanted visitor to our pond over the weekend.  A blue Heron has been doing fly bys and while we were away, he landed and gobbled up some fish.  So sad, they stay out all winter and survive only to  be taken by this big bird.  We have an alarm system, but it runs on water and sprays like a high powered sprinker to scare it off, but because we were still having hard frosts, we were unable to hook it up.  Needless to say, it is now in place and we also netted the pond this morning in an attempt to save the remaining fish.  Blue Heron can remember from year to year where they found fish!  But since we got the Sprinkler alarm system we haven't had any trouble, so fingers crossed!!  Looks like maybe nine survived the onslaught out of 12.  The biggest one is gone and a beautiful white and red spotted one also got taken..............yuck!!

Today's card is for the challenge at Just Magnolia - #154 and the theme is Buttons and Bows.
Also, the Color Me Creative Classroom Challenge - Celebrations

My card Recipe

Stamps - Tilda with Teddy Bear - Magnolia

Sentiment - free set when I bought Cardmaking Magazine

Paper - Bazzill

Die-Spellbinders

Swirls - Sizzix

Stamp Around the Page - Martha Stewart

Crocheted flowers - Pizzazz Aplenty

Flowers. leaves, and butterflies - Martha Stewart Punches

Buttons my stash

White satin ribbon/white twine

Colored with Copics

Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday.  Thanks so much for your visit.  Until later.........

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE MIDWAY REMINDER

Good Monday morning.  Just a reminder that the

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 118,

"Anything Goes" has another week to run.  Still time to join us.

My Card Recipe:

Stamp - House Mouse Designs - Mice Baking (HMPR1052)

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

Papers-The Paper Studio - Sugar and Spice

Spellbinders Dies, Circles and Scalloped Circles

Brown Satin Ribbon

Paper Doily

 Colored with Copic Markers

We have two sponsors this time, so there will be two winners.  Need inspiration? lots of it

at the House Mouse and Friends Challenge blog site.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Monday.  Until later...............

BSS MONDAY IDEA - FELT FLOWERS

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Today's idea is the new Wool Felt and the Die-Namic dies used

to cut flowers out of the felt.

The Felt comes in lots of great colors, see post below, and

are 9x12 inch for 99 cents.

Here are a few ideas for making and using the flowers.

Click on any picture to enlarge for detail.

DIe-Namic Rolled Daisy Die

and leaves Die. I used one cut of the die and cut it in half to make two flowers.

This sweet Mary Jane Shoe is a free Template with

instructions that you can get at

http://www.cuteasafox.com/2010/04/paper-baby-shoe-template-with-download.html

I used Glossy White card Stock to mimic Patent Leather.

The Little Scroll and the flower shape on the buckle is Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs (S5-041)

Pearl brads used on the buckle and as the center of the flower.

White felt was used with the Die-Namic Rolled Rose Die.

Green felt for the leaves die.

Silver paper was used to cute the leaf scroll Sizzix (656367)

Branch with leaves.

The pearls and net are picks from the Bridal Dept. at the craft store.

You could easily make your own.

The picture frame was a dollar find at JoAnns

More Rolled Roses in Red.

I cut and rolled two roses. Then, I rolled some small thin strips to

look like rose buds and glued them in the felt leaves.

The papers are Cosmo Cricket, Tea for Two. Paper Mache box from the craft store.

Border punch, EK Success. White branches, Marvey Punch. Sentiment, Inky Antics,

(J1-0223-G) Center doily, Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs (S5-041).

This card uses the purple wool felt on a bazzill swiss dot card stock.

The small flowers at the top are the rolled scalloped flower die from Die-Namic.

The butterfly is Memory Box. The oval is Nellie Snellen.

The sentiment is Stamp Camp.

Kaiser rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great Monday. Until later.......

Fly Boy

Hi, hope your Thursday was a good one.  My brother-in-law went in to have a medical procedure

last Friday and during the procedure his lung collapsed.  We have been going back and forth to the hospital with my sister.  He is home as of Monday and recovering.  So I have been absent from here for a couple of days.  And, seems like when I do sit down to make something, it takes me forever to put it together lately........like a stamp I have says,  "sometimes it Art, Sometimes, it Aren't"

 This is a new stamp for me, got it at my local stamp store. Isn't he sweet?

My card Recipe:

Stamp - Magnolia - Edwin with Airplane

Papers - DCWV

Spellbinders Lacey Oval

Sizzix - Star Die

Button - Making Memories

Sentiment Stamp - Stampology

Sheep Border - Debbie Mumm Paper Stack

Colored with Copic Markers

Thanks for stopping by.  Heading for the weekend!  Until later......

New Buds

Hello, hope you're Tuesday is going well so far.  We are cool today, but all the snow talk fizzled into nothing really, at least here.  In some areas they did get a considerable amount.  Even though we had the mildest winter I can ever remember, everyone is sooooo ready for Spring. 

Today's card is for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge #198 - and the theme this week is NO PATTERNED PAPER!

A relatively simple card, although I have to tell you this tree image has been

set against many different backgrounds until I settled on this one!

The image is Penny Black, Fantasy (3880K)

Papers are textured green and yellow card stock.

The fancy label is Spellbinders

The sentiment is by A Muse Artstamps

I used water based Marvey Brush Markers right on the stamp

Ribbon is from my Stash

I just want to say thank you to the girls at the Penny Black challenge.  My entry won their random draw last week, and is featured at the top of this week's challenge post.  And I got to do some shopping with my online shopping gift at 1-2-3 Stitch.  Great site, and I can't wait to get my order, which included some new Penny Black stamps!!  Thanks so much ladies.

Have a great Tuesday.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Until later.......