As I Say Goodbye

Hello all my dear sweet friends.  With much sadness I announce that this will be my last challenge with Phindy's Place.  Since my hubby retired in January a lot of things have started happening in our lives.  We are getting ready to build a new shop and a chicken coop (I have 55 little babies that are going to need a home in about 4 weeks), time to move the worm business to the next level and my step son and DIL have asked me to continue homeschooling my granddaughter through the summer.  I just have too much on my plate and I don't feel that I am able to devote the time needed for DT work at this time.  I have been with Phindy from the very beginning and it breaks my heart to have to let go but being the anal person that I am...I can't do anything half assed!!!  With that being said, I present you with my final farewell card and hope that all of the friends that I have made through Phindy's Place along the way will continue to come visit me.  I'm sure I'll have a card or two for you along the way.  My cards seem to be getting more and more simple.  :)  Must be the time restraint!!  Your challenge for this week is to use the colors Purple and Teal.  Here's my card using one of the Wee Babbie images called "Fresh Buns" and I just couldn't help the play on words!!  :)

LOL....isn't she just the cutest thing ever!?!  OMGosh, as soon as I saw her I fell in love and had to have her.  She fit perfectly with the way I was feeling!!  I really wish you could see this card in real life.  That little purple thing on my flower is actually a little clothes pin and all of my bubbles have been stickled!!

Copics Used:
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13 and E95
Shower Cap and accessories - V0000, V12, V15, V17 and BG70, BG72, BG75
Tub - C00, C0, C1
Bubbles and Water - B0000, B000 and RV0000

I used a Sky Blue MultiLiner SP to color her eyes.  I really do love those pens, especially for color eyes!!

I hope you will join us this week for this AWESOME color challenge at Phindy's Place and dang, you should see what the rest of the DT has created!!!  They are amazing and I am so going to miss working with this group of super talented girls!!

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at Phindy's Place!!

Have a good one!!

An Easter/Spring Challenge at Phindy's Place

Hello friends!!  It is time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week we are challenging you to use and Easter or Spring theme for your project.  I am so ready for spring especially since we received about an inch of snow today with another 2 to 4 inches expected tonight.  Ugh!!!  For my card I have decided to go with an Easter theme.  I have used this darling little image called "Eggstatic".  This little cutie looks like the little chicks that I am expecting to show up on Monday.  We're going to have 30 of the little cuties!!  Here's my card for this challenge...

 Isn't this image just adorable!!  I really had a lot of fun playing with this one!!  I am also using this card for The Outlawz Copic/Promarker challenge with I have issued the challenge of "Combining Mediums".  For this card I have combined my Copics with Prismacolor pencils and also use some Sakura glaze and stardust pens.  I really with you could see this image in real life.  It has so much more character than this picture shows!!!  :) 

Copics Used:
Chick - YR30, YR31 and Prisma's.
Egg - C00, C1, R81, R83, B21, B24, YR30, YR31 and E44  I also used a custom R81 and R21

Sentiment is from TLC Creations created specially for Phindy's Place.  :)

My DP is a really old Sassafras Lass but hey, it matched perfectly!!! 

Thank you for stopping by today and hope that you will check out the rest of the DT cards at both Phindy's Place and The Outlawz Copic/Promarker challenge!!  We hope that you will join us in both challenges!!  :)

Have a good one!!

Have a Little Humor

Hello friends!!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week we are challenging you to use some humor.  Okay seriously, this was very very difficult for me as I have been missing my mojo and I'm sorry but there is nothing humorous about it!!  :P  WOW....what to do!?!  Well, this is what I came up with using this adorable image called "Bug Buddy"...

With all that curly hair, I just had to make it red and give him a few freckles!!  :)  Okay, I know my humor is really corny but none of us could think of anything that would be funny.  I tried to give him dirty knees but it ended up just looking funny.  Hahaha....there's my humor!!!  LOL...I think my humor card turned into an April Fools joke!!

Copics Used:
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11 and E95
Hair - E13, E15, E17, E18, E19
Shirt - R37, R35, R32 and BG10, BG11, BG13
Pants - Y0000, Y11, Y13, Y15

Thank you for stopping by today and we hope to see you at Phindy's Place this week.  Make sure you check out the rest of the DT cards.  Theirs was a lot better than mine!!

Come back later today because I have a seriously fun and awesome blog candy that you have a chance to win!!!  WooHoo....gotta love awesome blog candy!  :)

Have a good one!!!

A Little Phindy's Place For You

Hello friends!!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week we are challenging you to use the theme Hot Stuff/Warm Colors/ Sunshine.  Oh....I am so ready for some summer sunshine!  For my card today I have used the image "Mrs. Comfy on Vacation" and I so with this was me.  Honestly, I wouldn't be caught dead in a swimsuit right now!!  LOL!!

Now how fun is this image!!  I have some serious bright colors on this one but it made me so happy!!

I hope you will stop by the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has created for you and hope that will will play along with us!!

Before I leave you I want to show you a card I made using a BRAND NEW RELEASE from Phindy's Place and seriously....OMGosh!!!!  This is the new Wee Babbies image called "Cheery Chat" and for this image Phindy has teamed up with Paulette at Create With TLC and Paulette has created THE CUTEST sayings to go with this CUTE image!!!!

 
Here's the card that I have created with this image and one of the sayings from TLC....

Isn't she just too dang cute!?!  And no....I'm not going to be a Nana again!!  :)

Thank you for stopping by today and look forward to seeing you at the Phindy's Place Challenge this week!!!

Have a good one!!!

Get Well Soon

Hi everyone!!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place this week and for this one we want you to create a "Get Well Soon or Thinking of You" card.  For my card I have used the image "Not So Hot".  Here's my card for this challenge...

Don't ya just just feel for the poor little thing!?!  :)  It took me forever to color that quilt!!!  LOL!

Copics Used:
Mouse - C0, C2, C4 and R20
Quilt - R22, R24, R27, YR30, YR31, BG01, BG000, B01, YG91, YG93, YG95
Chair - YR30, YR31, E31

I have used the sketch from The Sweet Stop for this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by today and hope you will stop by the Phindy's Place challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has created for you and that you will also join us this week!!

Have a good one!!!

A Little Honey for you Today

Hello to all of my awesome friends out there in blogland!!  :)  Today I have an extra special image to show you!!  It is a brand new release from Phindy's Place called "Honey Sandwich" and OMGosh...I just love all of these Wee Babbies images!!!  You can check all of them out here and keep check back because there are a few more new ones on the way!!  :)  Here's my card....

Isn't he just too dang cute!?!

Make sure you check out the rest of these little cuties at Phindy's Place.

We also have a Baby/Child challenge going on at Phindy's Place Challenge Blog right now too, so why not grab one of these cuties and join us there!!!

Oh Baby

Hi everyone!!  WooHoo....it's Friday and time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place.  This week our challenge is "Oh Baby" and you must use a baby or small child image or make your card for one.  For my card I have used the image "Counting Sheep".  Here's my card for this challenge...

I wanted to make my card for a little boy but you are not going to believe this.  Out of the 4 floor racks of paper that I have, I have no baby paper!!!  Trust me...I went through every single rack looking for something that would match my image and this is the closest thing I could find for a little boy.  I wish you could see my little lamb because I actually used a terry cloth washcloth and my colorless blender to make it look like wool.  It does look pretty cute IRL!!

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you check out the rest of the cards created by Phindy's awesome DT.  Hope to see you at Phindy's Place Challenge Blog this week.

Make sure you stop back by on Sunday because I have a new image to show you that will be releasing on Sunday at Phindy's Place.  Seriously cute!!!

Have a good one!!

Getting A Little Sketchy

Hello friends!  It's that time already.  Yep, time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week we have another new sketch for you from Anne-Marije!!  That girl is crazy talented with those sketches!!  This is our sketch for this week.

Pretty awesome huh!?!  Okay, now for my take on this sketch.  For my card I have used the adorable image called "Scoops of Love".....

I just love this image.  She just has the cutest little look on her face and I had to give her a few eyelashes to kind of accentuate those cute little eyes!  :)

I hope you will hop on over to the Phindy's Place challenge blog and check out the rest of the DT cards this week.  Amazing as always and we would love to have you join us this week.  Once again, you don't have to use a Phindy's Place image to play along with us.

Thank you for stopping by and hope to see you at Phindy's Place!!

Have a good one!

Monochromatic at Phindy's Place

Hello friends!!  It's time for a new challenge this week at Phindy's Place and this week we want to see some monochromatic from you.  This has always been a real weakness for me and I don't know why!!  I guess my brain just doesn't work in mono...I'm a color girl all the way!  :)  Here's my card this week using the image "Cupid Cutie"...

I just love how this turned out and think that it almost has a little vintage feel to it!!

Copics Used:
E41, E42, E43, E44, E47

My DP is from the Basic Grey line called Capella.  I LOVE THAT PAPER!!!  I have also used a Martha Stewart corner punch.

Wait until you see what the rest of the DT has come up with!!  WOW!!!

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at Phindy's Place  this week for our Monochromatic challenge!!!

I am entering the following challenges:
Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or embossing
4 Crafty Chicks - Fairy/angel/butterfly
Dutch Dare - Sparkle, glitter, bling
Stampin' B's - Monochromatic
The ABC Challenge - O is for Old Fashioned


Have a good one!

Springtime At Phindy's Place

Hi everyone!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week we are longing for Spring.  :)  I'm so ready for spring and coloring with bright happy colors made me feel better!  For my card this week I have used one of Phindy's new images called "Spring Bouquet".  Here's my card for this weeks challenge...

Isn't she adorable!?!  LOL...I think a lot of us girls on the design team had the same feeling because quite a few of us used this image today!!  How can you not be drawn to this cutie when you think about spring?

Yep...I even stamped my sentiment on the ribbon.

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21 and R20
Hair - E25, E31, E50
Dress - YG0000, YG00, YG01 and RV10, RV13, RV17
Flowers and Chicks - R21, R24, R27 and Y000, Y15, Y17

Grass is done with Prismacolor pencils

Supplies Used:
Magnolia DooHickey Die
Flower is from Michael's
Sentiment - Stampin' Up

Challenges entered:
Mojo Monday - Sketch
Pile It On - Bright and Breezy
Stamp Something - Use a Digi

Thank you for stopping by today and hope you will join us at Phindy's Place and show us what spring means to you!!  Make sure you check out the cards from the rest of the DT, they are all so awesome!!

Have a good one!!

Lets Get Embossy

Hi everyone!!  Yep, it's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week we challenge you to "Emboss" (heat or dry).  I chose to dry emboss because I just got these new embossing folders by Basic Grey.  Wow, they are really awesome!!  For my card this week I have used this adorable image called "I Glub You"....

 I love this image and its one that can be used for so many different occasions.  It also gave me a chance to practice on one of my favorite techniques....coloring transparent objects.  I just love to add depth and movement to water.  It actually looks better in person than it does in the picture.  Hey, even my hubby was impressed!!!  LOL!  Maybe he was just being nice. :)

Copics Used:
Bowl - R81 and a color I created myself using an R85 refill and my colorless blender.  I wanted a really light pink with a blue undertone instead of yellow.
Water - BG0000, BG000, BG01
Plant - YG63, YG67, G40
Rocks and hearts - R32, R35, R37, R39
Treasure chest - E43, E44, E47 and YR24, Y00, Y11, Y15
Fish - Y32, Y35, Y38

Supplies Used:
DP - Basic Grey Hopscotch Yummy!
Distrezz-it-all
Martha Stewart scoring board (LOVE LOVE LOVE)
Misc buttons and ribbon

Challenges I am entering:
The Pixie Cottage - Buttons
Dutch Dare - Buttons
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Show some love
The Outlawz Copic/Promarker Challenge - Favorite technique

Thank you for stopping by today and hope you will click on over to Phindy's Place and check out the rest of the DT cards. Of course they are all amazing!!  We would love to have you join us this week with your favorite embossing technique!!!  :)

Have a good one!!

A New Sketch at Phindy's Place

Hi everyone!!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place already.  OMGosh...where is time going!?!  I'm going to be a busy little Nana this weekend because I am going to have my two youngest granddaughters (6 months and 2 years) for the weekend.  *sigh*  I just love my granddaughters but dang...do they ever remind me that I'm not very young anymore.  I will also have Tailee and MayCee on Saturday.  Should be fun!!!

This week at Phindy's Place we have a new sketch for you created by our very own Anne-Marije!!  She created the most beautiful sketches!!

 

Here's my card using the image "Flower Top Fairy - Bleeding Heart"...

Isn't she just gorgeous!?!  I just love the "Flower Top Fairies" at Phindy's Place and I'm sure you will too.

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E13, E21, E55 and R20
Hair - E25, E31, E35, E50 (my latest favorite hair color)
Dress - YG21, YG24, YG28 and R12, R14, R17
Hearts - R30, R32, R35, R37, R39

Make sure you check out the Phindy's Place challenge blog because we have made the announcement of the new DT.  Oh my...some serious talent is joining us here at Phindy's Place!!!  Also, you will not want to miss the creations by the rest of this fabby DT!!  :)

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at Phindy's Place!!

Have a good one!!

Pearls and Lace

Hi everyone!!  It is time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week our challenge is Pearls and Lace!  Don't forget that you can now use any image at the Phindy's Place challenge blog but we would love for you to use a Phindy's image!!

For my card this week I have used the image "Rainy Day" and think that it is a perfect image for a thinking of you or missing you card.  Here's my card for this challenge...

I used some waterfall stickles on the rain drops and it actually looks really pretty IRL!!  :)  I have used the Marjolaine DP from Basic Grey and I really love the colors in this line of DP!!

Copics used:
Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, E21 and R20
Hair - E11, E15, E17, E18
Shirt - YG21, YG23, YG25 and B95, B97
Cat - W00, W2, W4, W6, W8
Window frame - E42, E43, E44, E47
Plant - E55, E57, E59 and G20, YG63, YG67

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you will join us for our challenge at Phindy's Place this week.  Make sure you check out the awesome inspiration from the rest of the DT!!!

Have a good one!!

It's Just A Love Day

LOL!!  Hi everyone!!  I am super excited to bring you my post today because I just love Valentine's Day and today my card is for 2 very special challenges that are near and dear to my heart!  :)

This week at Phindy's Place our challenge is "Valentines/Loved One and I am also using this for the new Copic Challenge at The Outlawz!!  My two loves....Phindy's and The Outlawz!!!  :)  Here's my card for these two challenges and I have used the image "My Love Grows"....

Isn't this the cutest image!?! I just love it!  For some reason here lately I have had embellishment issues.  What is up with that?  I love my embellishments but I just can't make anything look right!  Ugh!!

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E13, E21 and R20
Dress - R32, R35, R37, R39 and RV32, RV34
Hair - E25, E31, E35 and E50

I have also used my Sharpie extra fine poster paint pen.

I hope you will join us at Phindy's Place for our challenge this week and I would also love for you to come check out our new challenge network at The Outlawz!!!  Some wonderful inspiration at both places.

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at Phindy's Place and while your at it...show me some red love at The Outlawz!!!

Have a good one!!

A Distressed Phindy

Hi everyone!!  Well, I am among the living believe it or not.  :)  My hubby has officially applied for his pension.  WooHoo!  When it's all said and done he'll be making more than he was working.  We have about a month before we can breathe easy but we're going to make it!  Thank you everyone for all the thoughts and prayers.  You all mean the world to me and I know that God has a special place in heaven for you all!!  Mwah!

Our challenge this week at Phindy's Place is "distressing" and did you know that you can now use any image for the Phindy's Place challenge!?!  How awesome is that!?!  We would love for you to use a Phindy's image if you have one though.  After all....Phindy does make the most awesome digi's!!!!

For my card I have use the image "Celebrate with Cake".  Here's my card...

Isn't this the greatest image? She has been colored with Copics and Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you will join us for the Phindy's Place challenge this week and make sure you check out what the rest of the DT has created. BTW...you still have time to enter the Phindy's Place DT call. Come join the fun!!

Thank you for stopping by today and I promise I'm going to get back in the swing of things!! BTW...my friends and I have been working our butts off this last week to bring you a new and exciting place to hang out and play!!! See the announcement in my sidebar!!! You will not want to miss out on this one!

Have a good one!

Its a Frugal Freebie at Phindy's Place

Hi everyone!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week we would like for you to use one of those many FABULOUS freebies that Phindy has so graciously given us.  If you don't have one you can always join our group at PCP and grab one. 

For this challenge I have used the image "Join the Party" and have turned it into a Christmas image.  Well....kinda!!  Here's my card for this challenge....

I really had some mojo issues when I completed this card so of course...I don't care for it.  It feels to busy to me but I love this adorable image!!

I have used some of my Tonertex glitter around the glass and used one of my new ticket sentiments from Whimsy Stamps and I heat embossed it.

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you hop on over to Phindy's Place and see what the rest of the DT has done with this challenge.  Great inspiration!!  Hope to see you for our new challenge at Phindy's Place!!!

Have a good one!!  :)

Show Us Your Metal

My card won top 3 at The Pixie Cottage!!!  WooHoo!

Hey everyone!!  I'm writing this post while in a turkey coma so please forgive me any typing errors!!  :)

This week at Phindy's Place we are challenging you to use metal on your cards.  Okay....that one was a little difficult for me because I really don't have any metal and then I remembered that my friend Annika sent me some charms and stuff so I was hoping that I could find something to match my card and with a little altering...I did it!!  :)

For this card I have used Phindy's new image called "Cosy Cottage" and oh my....when I saw this image I was so inspired that I couldn't hardly wait to color it!!  This has got to be one of my favorite images evah!!  If you haven't check out Phindy's blog lately you really must.  She is cranking out some BEAUTIFUL Christmas images!!  Here's my card for this challenge....

Doesn't this just make the most amazing Christmas card image!?!  I love it!!!!

Copic's Used:
House and walkway - E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47 and E49
Trees - YG63, YG67 and G40
Lighted windows - Y32 and Y35

I've used lots of Diamond Stickles on this image and also used Tonertex foil and glitter on the Christmas wreath and the lights on the pine tree.  It looks so awesome IRL!!!  Almost like the lights are really twinkling!!!  I have used the Tonertex foils on the my snowflakes from Maya Road and used some metal bead findings and just smooshed them down to create a smaller snowflake for the center.  They look very pretty!  The background is done with Prisma's and Gamsol.

My DP is from the Jovial Collection by Basic Grey and it has been distressed with my Zutter Distrezz-it-All.  Totally love that thing!!!  My ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I have hand tied my double bow using the bow easy method without the bow easy.  I still haven't found that stupid thing!!!  :)

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you stop by the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has done.  FABULOUS!!!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - Christmas (x is for x-mas)
The Pixie Cottage - Let it snow

Have a good one!!!

A Sketch Challenge at Phindy's Place

Hey everyone!!  Well, have you ever gone to bed and right before your ready to fall asleep it whacks you in the head that you forgot to do your blog post!?!  OMGosh, I'm so sleepy so I'm going to keep this one short!  :)

This week at Phindy's Place we have this FABULOUS sketch for you to play with...

This sketch is from our very own Anne-Marije!!  Isn't it awesome!?!

Here's the card I created with the "Tango for Two" image...

Ahhhhh...two of my favorite people have finally gotten together!!  :)  I just love Mrs. Comfy and Mr. Brown and don't they just look so happy together!?!  LOL!!

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you hop on over to Phindy's Place and check out the cards from the rest of the DT.  They are all FABULOUS!!  Hope you will join us this week and show us your take on this awesome sketch.

Have a good one!!

Christmas is Coming.....

At Phindy's Place this week!!  Hi everyone.  Yep, we want to see your Phindy Christmas cards this week!!

For my card I have used a new image from Phindy's Place called "Gingerbread Delight" and she is so precious!!!  I just want to squeeze her.  :)

Isn't she just darling!?!  I played with some different colors on this image and was happy with how it turned out.  Sorry the picture is not so hot because I had to use my Ott light because we have been so grey here the last few day.  It kinda washes out the colors.

Make sure you check out what the rest of the DT has created for this awesome challenge!!  I would love to get every single one of them for Christmas!!!  ;)

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at Phindy's Place this week!!!

Have a good one!!!

A Love for Halloween Colors

Hi everyone!!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week our challenge is "Favorite Color".  Of course Pink is my favorite color but I decided that I would use one of my favorite color combos.  I have a love for Halloween colors but not so much for Halloween itself.  I'm just a little spook and freaky things send me over the edge!!!  Eek!!  I tend to embarrass myself by uncontrolled and unexpected screams.  My hubby just laughs!  Anyway, here's the card that I have created for this challenge using the image "Hurry Up Heidi"....

I just love this image!!  I love green, orange and purple together!!! 

Make sure you pop on over to the Phindy's Place challenge blog because we have a new guest designer today.  Viv has created the most beautiful card!!!

If you haven't heard the news....the Phindy's Place group on Paper Craft Planet has reached its 1000 follower milestone and we are HAVING A PARTY!!!  WooHoo!  We have lots and lots of fun planned for you this next week and we would love to have you join us there.  Lots of AWESOME prizes to be won but I'm not going to tell you what they are!!  LOL....I guess you just have to join us to see but I guarantee that they are all FABULOUS!!!!  One in particular will rock your world!!

Thank you for stopping by today and we hope to see you at Phindy's Place on PCP  for the fun next week and also on the Phindy's Place challenge blog for our "Favorite Color challenge!

Have a good one!!!  :)