Toot the trumpet, blow the horn, for on this day Donna was born!

A lovely card for a lovely lady. I made this card for a dear friend of mine. The world will see it before she has it in her hands. Happy Birthday Donna!

 Products used :
 JustRite Stamps - Spring Rose Medallions and Botanical Medallions & Banner
 JustRite Die - Nested Oval Medallion
Cheery Lynn Die - Fanciful Flourish
CTMH Paper - Buttercup, Hydrangea, Garden Green and Sorbet. Artiste CC for the paper roses
Spellbinders - Resplendent Rectangles
Heartfelt Creations - DelicateAsters and mattching die, Posy Patch and matching die
Perfect Pearls - Pearls
Tim Holtz Distress inks - Worn Lipstick, Evergreen Bough, Scatter Straw and Seedless Preserves
Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Lyons Brand - Fun Fur
Craft-Dee BowZ

This card is entred in the following challenges :

              Just Rite Inspiration JRFC #084
              Lady Anne Challenges - Anything Goes
              Cheery Lynn Designs - Challenge 51 Texture
              Crazy Challenge - CCH #130 Handmade flowers                 

Bridal Shower Card

My BFF's son is getting married.  I was invited to a lovely Bridal Shower in Northern Michigan. The  trees were at their peak so it was a great color show.  Here is the card I made. The colors for the wedding are navy blue and yellow.

 I used the CTMH cricut cartridge to cut the roses, then I sponged them with  distress ink and rolled and shaped them. The leaves and vine are a Cheery Lynn die. I used 5 different Spellbinders dies. My bow was made with my Craft-Dee BowZ tool and PTI ribbon.  The colored paper is from PTI and the pattern paper is Kate and Company.  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread. I added a little crystal effects and  bling and she was done.

Happy Birthday Chickie

Chickie a.k.a. Ann and I have been friends since Kindergarten, that would be 49 years. Chickie had a birthday like she does every year, but instead of a card I made her this tag. She has her tag displayed where she can catch a glimpse each day and laugh. And we wonder........ Is the Hokey Pokey what IT is really all about?

Our Daily Bread Designs Stampin In Time Challenge SNTODBD48

Since it is the eve of Thanksgving I thought that I would try something new for me, a challenge from  Our Daily Bread Designs and a chance to think of how thankful I am to be able to share my creativity.    I have admired the designers cards on ODBD site.  They create such beautiful cards.  The Bread Basket Bundle that is available each month is becoming by spiritual sustenance.

The theme for the challenge  is to create a Christmas card, gift packaging, gift ideas or anything festive with a Christmas theme.

I used the Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom Ornaments S4-334, ODBD stamps Vintage Border Background, Holiday Ornaments, Christmas Verses and Christmas Rose.  The stamps  and Spellbinders Die can be found here, one stop shopping. Check out the Bread Basket Bundle a great value.

The inks I used are Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Black Stazon  and VersaMark. I colored the Christmas Rose with mica from Lindys Stamp Gang and the center of the Christmas Rose is Mini Prills and Mica D'Lights from US Art Quest. I also used a few Martha Stewart punches, thick gold embossing powder and a Cheery Lynne die  I hope you enjoy the card as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Do you have The Blues Brewin'? (click for song)

I have always liked listening to the blues. Billie Holiday nicknamed Lady Day is one of my favorites.  Estelle at  The Stampsmith has a wonderful Bille Holiday stamp along with other late great artists. All of the movie star photostamps can be found here,  there will be a prompt for Username and Password both are  "movies" with no quotations. It is well worth the click.

It was such a beautiful Sunday here in Michigan  I wanted to sing out.....rejoice. Here is what I came up with.  I was also playing with  free photo editing software Picasa and Picnik.  Enjoy your time here no one is in a rush.

The flowers are from my garden, I picked them on 10/9/2011 around 1:00PM
Stamps: The Stampsmith -  Billie Holiday, SU - Graceful Words (retired)
Paper : CTMH - Amethyst, SU -  Black, Marcos Paper - Amethyst Stardream, ScrapAce Deal of the Day -  Gold, Gina K - Ivory
Inks- Brillance Gold Galaxy, Memento Black Tuxedo, Krylon Gold Leaf Pen
Prisma Colored Pencils
Sparkle N Sprinkle - Black Detail EP and Mauvelous Glitter
Lindys Stamp Gang - Mica Paints - Burnished Golden Leaf, French Lilac, Morning Magenta
Flowers - I am Roses - I buy White Mulberry Paper Flowers and die to the colors I want
Cherry Lynne - Fanciful Flourish Die
Spellbinders - Lace Doily Accents, Lace Doily Motifs and Petite Ovals
Fiskars Punch
Ribbon
Cuttlebug Folder - Rebecca
EZ BowZ to make my bow