Save the Turkey!!!

Well, Turkey Day also known as Thanksgiving Day is just one week away! I am really looking forward to the turkey, my Mom's dressing, my greenbean casserole, and some pumpkin pie. But most of all, I'm looking forward to having my college son home for a few days!
As you know, each Thursday we share a new Meljen's Challenge and Melissa's new releases with our readers. It has been so fun to see what other crafter's are coming up with.
Here is my card for this week:

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-TLC, Patterned Paper-Cosmo Cricket, Ribbon-Offray, Circles-Nestiblities, Stickles-Ranger

Here are the rest of the new releases available here at Meljen's Designs


Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Thursday!!

Linking this to:
Crafty Catz #108-Use a Digital Image

Nuts about you!

Hi there! Hope your Sunday has started out well. This is just a short post to share some more cards with you.
This is an image by Whimsiedoodles that was free via their facebook page. I just love it! I guess you could say "I'm nuts about it". :)

Card Details: Image and Sentiment-Whimsiedoodles, Patterned Paper-Cosmo Cricket, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Circles-Nestibilities,Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Studio G

Same image: different colors:

Have a wonderful Sunday!!

Just flyin' by.......

to say HI!!! Seems like everyone is just rushing to Christmas. Retailers who used to have "Black Friday" sales, are now having PRE Black Friday sales. Stores are already decked out for Christmas. HEllo!!! What happened to Thanksgiving!? I just wanna slow down and enjoy fall......I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving.
So with this..I give you a "Fall" card, using an image from Meljen's Designs.


Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-Microsoft word, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger

Here are the new releases for this week:



Thanks for dropping by today. Have a wonderful Friday!!!

Making Christmas cards!

Good morning. I am trying to get a head start on my Christmas cards, so yesterday I made 3!!!
Here are 2 cards that I made using the same image and papers, I just changed up a couple of things.

Card Details: Digi Image-Whimsiedoodles, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio? (scraps), Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Paper pieced image.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful Thursday!!

Linking this to:

The Crafty Pad-#176 Paper Piecing

Would a cookie help?

Yesterday, I went on a "card making" frenzy. My supply of cards was getting low and I realized it was time to replenish.
So, I grabbed some card blanks and some papers, mostly scraps and got busy. These days I'm trying to use up my scraps and make several cards from the same papers to save time and money.
Here are some cards I made using the new releases from Whimsiedoodles:

Card details: Digi Image and Sentiment-Whimsiedoodles, Patterned Paper scraps-Cosmo Cricket, Cardstock-Bazzill, Circles-Nestiblities, Brads-The Paper Studio, Misc-White Gel Pen, Stickles-Ranger

Same image: different size and colors:

The picture makes it hard to see the details of the card, but it actually has a scalloped edge. These are by Studio G at WalMart.

Thanks for visiting today. Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Linking the top card to these challenges:

Stampavie and More #155--Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #107-Anything Goes

Thankful for You

Good afternoon! I hardly ever post on a Sunday, but I've got a busy day tomorrow and just couldn't wait to show you this card I made with one of Sassy Cheryl's new images.
I am entering this card in her newest Challenge #88-"Just saying Thanks"

Card Details: Digi Image-Sassy Cheryl's, Patterned Papers-Cosmo Cricket, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Brads-The Paper Studio, Misc. Chalk

Have a wonderful Sunday....be blessed!

Thank You!

My thoughts for this card were...keep it or chunk it?! I didn't do this image justice. It is such a beautiful image, and I had such high hopes for this card. I'm just so unhappy with it..I think I need to move the sentiment...I need to place it somewhere else, I even put it on the side of the image, but it looked funny there too.
Maybe a different shape?
Oh well...for now, I'll just keep it on my desk. Any suggestions would really help! :)

Card Details: Digi Image-Mo's Digital Pencil, Patterned Paper-In&Out scraps, Flocking-Misc $1 Target bins, Cardstock-Bazill

Linking this these challenges:

 Mo's Challenge #107-Give Thanks!

Dutch Dare Card Challenge-Give Thanks

Tuesday Throwdown #73-Give Thanks

Have a wonderful Friday!

Meljen's New Releases and Challenge #83

What a beautiful Thursday it is! The sun is shining and and there's a nip in the air! I love Fall!!!
Today I'm sharing Meljen's New Releases and our new Challenge #83 with you! Today's theme is to use BRADS.  I love brads, they are so versatile and they come in so many shapes in sizes!

Here's my card for this week:

Card Details: Digi Image- Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-Cosmo Cricket scraps, Cardstock-Bazill, Ribbon-Etsy, Circles, Nestibilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Misc. Machine Stitching

Isn't this image just wonderful for Fall?! I think so, and look at the rest of them:

Be sure and visit our Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog to play along.

Thanks for visiting today, have a wonderful Thursday!!

Linking to these challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge Blog-Stitching

Celebrate the Occasion-Fall-Pumpkins

Scrap Creations-Pumpkins Please!

Craft your Days Away-Autumn

Oh La La Creations Blog-Stitching

Simply Create-Pumpkins

Stampin' Sisters in Christ-Fall Colors

Baby's 1st Thanksgiving

Happy Saturday! Well, Halloween is just 2 days away, and before you know it, Thankgiving will be upon us! I just LOVE these fall holidays! Do you know of any little ones celebrating these holidays for the first time?

If so, here's a really cute image for them:


Card Details: Digi Image-2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Patterned Paper and Brads-The Paper Studio, Ribbon-Offray, Border Punch-Offray, Cardstock-Bazill

Thanks for visiting today! Have a great Saturday!!!

We Want to Know Wednesday Week 28

I SOOO missed this by a day, but better late than never! I'm adjusting to life with a retired husband..not much "ME" time anymore. But all is good! LOL

I'm new at this, but really wanted to play along, so here it goes.



1. Do you shop til you drop, or are you in and out as quick as possible?
        I shop till I drop.....and there's no stopping me!!!


2. Are you a price conscious shopper? I would think so. I use coupons, look for sales, so I can be a pretty smart shopper. :)

3. What store could you spend HOURS in?  Hobby Lobby or a really, nice and clean Goodwill! I love hunting for treasures.

4. What is the most frivolous purchase you have ever made?
  Hmmm, probably my Ipad. I love electronics, and I love my IPAD! I use it daily!!!

5. What was the last thing you bought for yourself?
   A cricut machine on Ebay. Been wanting one forever. Bought it 2 months ago, and I've used it once! LOL
But..I will use it more often for the holidays.

Well, that was fun! Wanna play along? Hop on over to Mamarazzi's Dandelion Wishes and add your link.

Have a wonderful Thursday night, and Friday!

Halloween Witches!

Get it? Instead of Halloween Wishes? "Halloween Witches"! LOL I know,  know..my kids call me corny all the time!
With all the recent changes in my life, I haven't had much "me" time. So..this morning, I got up at 5:00am to steal a couple of hours for myself.
I have made a couple of cards and will mail them out today.
Here's one I made for my sister...she loves Halloween!

Card Details: Digi Image-Wee Stamps, Patterned Papers-The Paper Studio, Web Punch-Martha Stewart, Ribbon-Offray, Button-Recyled from a pair of pants I threw out. Misc.-Floss, Stickles-Ranger

I'm entering this card in a few challenges today:

Tuesday Color Challenge at The Outlawz

Challenge #36-Creative Stamp Friends-Halloween

Crafty Boots-Autumn or Halloween

Kaboodle Doodles-Challenge #90-Halloween

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #45-Halloween

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #15-Halloween

The Crafty Pad #144-Halloween

The Crop Stop #42-Halloween

Alphabet Challenge Blog-"S" Soon to be Halloween

Bookmark It! Part 2

You might recall a post I did about a Bookmark Swap I participated in. I just wanted to share with you the awesome bookmarks I received from some lovely scrappers!
Here is the one I made using an owl image from Meljen's Designs.

And here are the ones I have received so far. There are going to be 7 total but I am still waiting on 1 more.

Aren't these just awesome!?

Here are some close-up pictures, because this one at the top doesn't do them justice.

These were created by Terri and Monica. (now..I really want a bird cage stamp!)

Kylie and Kathy made these!

What a great idea Ronny had created this bookmark with a small note pad inside and a super cute mini pencil attached to it as well!!! I love this one for my Bible, great for jotting down verses.

                       And look at this cute corner bookmark that Leslie made. And it has an owl!  {{{squeal}}}! I love owls!!!

What a wonderful swap this turned out to be! I'm so glad I got to participate in it!!!
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Tuesday!!

It's an Autumn Swap!!!

Finally some fall weather! I love the colors and smells of fall! So...I'm so thrilled to be participating in






You can read all about it here: Our Dandelion Wishes

Giveway Time!

It's Monday...so that means it's time for another Taking Back Monday Etsy Giveaway over at Dandelion Wishes.

Be sure and visit her site for a chance to win a $35 Gift Certificate to chickapeecreations


Thanks for visiting! Have a great Monday!!!

Road Trip!!!

Our weather has just been SPECTACULAR, thank God! Cooler temps and beatiful sun! So..what do we do with days like this? We take a ROAD TRIP!!! My husband and I decided to jump in our Mustang convertible and take a trip north of here to Fredricksburg, Texas. Beautiful place!

We headed up to Enchanted Rock. Not sure what we would find when we got there..but hey..it was an adventure!



Along the way we stopped a small general store, where we met "Jack", their store "keeper".

Jack is on the left...he really liked our Bella!

After picking up a Big Red and a pack of peanuts...we were on our way again.

Here we are!

Of course, I thought we were out for a day of shopping, not hiking. So we were not dressed for the occassion, but we did take a short walk along the trails so our Bella could amuse the deer! LOL

We had a great time there, just relaxing and enjoying the quietness of the country. No cell phones ringing, blasting stereos, honking horns...just nature and some clean, fresh air.

We finished our trip off with a couple of hours of window shopping, jam tasting, pretzel dipping, and buying a few goodies here and there!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Friday!

Challenge #81 and New Release Time!

It's Thursday and it's time for a new challenge theme: Challenge #81-Red and Gold.  Those are great fall colors and they worked really well on my fall card using Farmer Crow.


Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger, Manilla Tag-Office Depot

Here are the other new releases for this week:


All of these and more super cute images are available here Meljen's Designs.
Thanks for visiting today! Have a great Thursday!!

Happy Saturday!

Hope your weekend has started out just perfect! Our weather is finally feeling like fall! Believe me..it feels wonderful! We even got some rain last week which was a blessing from God!!!
Today I'd like to share with you a little project I made using an image from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, he's called Pumpkin Bear!


Here's  a close-up view of my gift tag/card:

Project Details: Digi Image-"Pumpkin Bear" by 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Gift Bag-Family Dollar store, Circles-Nestabilities, Ribbon and Star Wire-dollar store, Halloween gift tissue-WalMart

Pretty fun and simple project and before you know it, Halloween will be upon us!!!
Have a great Saturday!!!

Snow Day--Really?

Well, it IS a Snow Day over at Aud Sentiments! That is the theme for Challenge #39.
Here is my card using an image by LOTV-Lili of the Valley

Card Details: Digi Image-LOTV "Build a Snowman", Circles-Nestabilities, Patterned Paper and Brads-The Paper Studio, Flocking-Studio G, Stickles-Ranger, Ribbon-Making Memories

Please hop on over to Aud Sentiments to be inspired and play along!

You could win a gift voucher from LOTV!

As always, thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Friday!

Bookmark It!!!

This past week I participated in a bookmark swap. Honestly, I signed up like a month ago, but thinking I had "plenty of time", I didn't put alot of thought into it. Until.....it got closer to the due date!!! Then I started to panic..."What shall I do?" that was my thought for a couple of days.
THEN...I remembered a super cute owl image I had from Meljen's Designs (shop).
And here it is:

and these were so easy and fun, it was easy to make more than one! (hey..that rhymes!) LOL!

Project Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Cardstock-Bazill, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio (I think).

Circles: Nestibilities, Stickles-Ranger

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great Tuesday!!!

Happy Halloween-Challenge #79

Halloween is quickly approaching, so you are going to love this new Challenge #79-Halloween! The new releases are so SPOOKY cute!!!
Here is my card using an image called Crazy Broom Witch.

Card Details: Digi image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Patterned Paper and Brads-The Paper Studio, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger

And these are the new images for this week:


Please visit Meljen's Challenge Blog to see what the Design Team created and play along with this super fun challenge.

Have a great Thursday!!

Just for You

Good Monday to you! I  have once again apologize for my lack in posting. My life has just been a whirlwind lately, and I am looking forward to it slowing down. My Dad is getting better, thank God, but still has limited mobility so he still pretty dependent on us. My daughter is a high school cheerleader, so her activities and games keep me busy too...PLUS>>> this week she is up for Homecoming Queen!!! How exciting for her, right!?

We've got a Homecoming Parade on Thursday, a Senior Class fundraiser (Enchilida plates to sale), and then Friday Night Football w/ the crowning of the Queen and King!

And in between all of this I've got birthdays to celebrate: my son and I celebrated on the 2nd (yesterday), my niece and friend on the 4th (tomorrow!) and my nephews, older son's and cousins take up the rest of the month! Whew!

So...for today, I am bumping up a card I made last year with an image from Meljen's Designs.


I cannot wait for some "ME" time to create some more holiday cards. You should see the new release's Melissa has in store for this week........they are SPOOKY CUTE!!!!! I cannot wait to color them up and make something. Until then..I've got a load of laundry to do! {{{{sigh}}}}

Have a blessed day and thank you for visiting!

My Little Monster

Hope you are having a great Saturday! Gonna be a warm "fall" day for us! But that's Texas for you!

Just wanted to share a card with you I made using an image from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps:


Card Details: Digi Image-2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Sentiment-Freebie from Meljen's Designs, Patterened Papter (dotted) and Brads-The Paper Studio, other-Unknown, RicRac-Unnknown

Wanna see some more adorable cards? Just hop on over to 2 Cute Rubber Stamps blog. I'm in a rush..gotta go visit my Dad...slowly, but surely, he is getting better. Praise God.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Sketch Challenge

Happy Thursday to you! Today I'm really excited to share Meljen's Designs New Releases with you, and our new Sketch Challenge #77!
This week's releases are super cute!!!


Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Circles-Nestabilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Brads-The Paper Studio

Here is the Sketch to follow

And here are the super cute New Releases!!!

I cannot wait to see what you come up with!!!!

Have a blessed Thursday!!!

Get Well Soon

Happy Saturday to you! This is a quick post for today. I am off to visit with my Dad, still in the nursing home for physical therapy, and getting better everyday. And...my sister is coming down to visit so it will wonderful to see her!

I wanted to share a new challenge with you over at Aud Sentiments, the challenge this week is #37-Get Well Soon.
This week's sponsor is Daisy Doodles , they've got some really wonderful digis!


And here is the card that I created with my Daisy Doodles image:

Card Details: Digi Image-Daisy Doodles, Patterned Paper-KI Memories (I think!, I was using scraps), Ribbon-found a huge spool of this stuff at Goodwill, so not sure of the brand, cardstock-Bazill, stick on pearls-Recollection

This challenge ends September 27th, so please hop on over to play along and for a chance to win a gift certificate to Daisy Doodles.

Have a wonderful Saturday!!