Chocolate Makes My Mouth Happy

 This awesome sentiment by TLC says it all! I have used it before and it rocks! Anyone that knows me knows I have a thing for chocolate. It may possibly, sort of, maybe, kind of come up in conversation every now and then! Soooo I have recently received gifts that included Godiva , Ghiradelli & Lindt Chocolate. Could it get any better than that?!!! So this is one of my Thank You cards. 

 This is another time when I used a 4x6 paper pack and pieced the paper together with stitching so you never know. I really love doing that! 

If I was more confident in my coloring I would have had chocolate all over her face and hands. It would be more accurate of how I look when I eat chocolate! LOL! I was afraid of messing it up so you get the cleaned up version! The chocolate is on pop dots to make it... well, pop! It is the most important feature!

 Inside

 Inside- Top

Inside- Bottom

Another excellent Sentiment from TLC!

 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazill

Designer Paper: DCWV Garden Party Paper Pack

Image: Mo Manning

Sentiments: Create with TLC

Pencils: Prismacolor

Pearls: Recollections

Brad: Paper Studio

Ribbon: Misc from stash

Die Cuts: Lacey Ovals & Classic Ovals

Punch: Martha Stewart- Hearts Border Punch

Thank You Sticker: Misc.

Challenges I would like to enter this card in:

Bronte & Bella's Challenge: Try Something New- Color Scheme, Image, Mixing stitches (on the inside)

C.R.A.F.T. -  Inspired by a song: (The Candy Man)

Delicious Doodles –  Inspired by a Song  (The Candy Man)
Crafty Purple Frog -  Pink & girly

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Pink & Girly  

Paper Crafting Journey -  Anything made with paper goes

Sassy Studio Designs -  Use 2 or more polka dot items (The ribbon, and on the paper & her overalls)
Scrappy Frogs - M -  Seeing Spots 

ColourQ - Color Challenge* 

Paper and Such Design -  Paper Piecing
ATCs & Cards With Attitude - Anything
Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Link Up Party
Fairy Tale - Paper Piecing
Totally Stampalicious - Spring is in the Air
Hotshot Crafts - Ribbon
Totally Papercrafts - Favorite Things (Pearls, Die-Cuts, Chocolate, Sewing & Bows)
Scrapper`s Delights Paper Crafts - "Bling It Up!" 
Creative Card Crew - Humour 
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - One Bow
Pile It On - Spots and/or Stripes
Jelly Park- Favorite product or technique (Pearls, Sewing, Die Cuts, Ribbon)
The Pink Elephant: 3 or more layers
Top Tip Tuesday: Stitching TIP- When paper piecing if a piece does not blend right and sticks up, you can just take the piece of the image that is lower cut another piece out and pop dot it so it now is 3D. It will blend and make your image pop! 

Sending A Prayer

This week at Sentimental Sundays we are 

challenging you to make a card for a man! For most of us ladies that love girly things, that is 

a challenge, but it can be done. So pull out your twine, and metal and other guy things and just have some fun with it!

This card is for my father in law who just found out his cancer is back. It is a rough time for him and my husband's family as they all were hoping it was behind him.  It is very hard to come up with an

appropriate card that says you care without being morbid or insensitive. Then add masculine 

to the mix, and challenge is the correct word!

I threw this aside 3 times and almost completely ditched it, but always seemed to go back to the same sketch, and papers. 

I went to Dorcas' house the other day with high 

hopes of blitzing out many projects. I worked feverishly (turns out literally) on just one project 

all day. Then, I  kept trying to get my head around 

this one, and could not get it. Turns out I was getting

the flu. So as she was whipping out awesome 

projects left and right I at least had a good excuse 

for accomplishing little. It took me three days of sweating it out, (Again literally) but finally finished it! 

So not only was this a hard card, (because 

of the reason for making it) I was sick on top of it!

 After all of that, I am happy with it and on the mend!

Sentiment From Create With TLC

Inside Of Card

Inside- Top

  Inside- Bottom

Another Great Sentiment From TLC
Both of these worked perfectly for this card

This the first  of the Verve Sketches at Splitcoast

 for the month of June. Use all 4 sketches this month for a chance to win the next  release.

 All four cards must be uploaded to the VLVJune2011 gallery by midnight, CST on Thursday, June 30th to be eligible to win this month's prize! Winner will be announced on July 1st! GOOD LUCK!
Keywords for the entire month will be VLVJun2011 and Verve (if using Verve stamps).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Designer Paper: Global Treks Double Sided

Sending a Prayer & Comfort Sentiments-TLC

So Sorry Sentiment: Computer

Metal Brads & Frame: Making Memories

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals, Ovals, & Lattice Rectangles

Raffia Lace: Gift From DJ (Thank You Debbie!) 

Jewels: Recollections

Twine: From Stash (From Walmart Craft Section)

Challenges I would like to enter this card in:

ColourQ - COLOUR*

Sassy Studio Designs - Stitching.

Creative Craft World - 3 or more brads

Catered Crop- Kraft , Sewing, Machine, Die Cuts, Sewing

Crazy 4 Challenges -  Masculine

Little Claire's  -  Cards For Men

Secret Crafter -  A Male Card

Alphabet Challenge - Card for a male.

Fussy and Fancy - Card for a male.

Stamp Man - Boys & men.

Wags 'n Whiskers - Masculine.

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Masculine

Some Odd Girl - Masculine.

Stamp Insanity - Masculine.

Craft Us Crazy - Masculine colours/theme.

Paper Play - Man's card.

Bows 'n Berries - Masculine.

Woodware USA - Masculine.

Inspire Me Fridays - Always Anything Goes.

*NEW* Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes.

Shelly's Images - Anything Goes.

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes 

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes.

Mirror Mirror On The Wall...

Hi Everyone!

This week's challenge at Dutch Dare Card Challenges is to make a card or project :

For Mom

I have chosen this gorgeous paper from K&Co to compliment the freebie image from TLC. Gotta love Paulette and friends ! She keeps coming up with  the most awesome stuff, if you don't 

follow her, you should!

But the sentiments here on this card are my own and they're pretty cool too, IMHO. lol I simply created them on the computer with various fonts.

OK!

 So the flowers and butterflies you're 

seeing are K&Co

Below you see the Nesties framing my image. What would the world do without Nesties, by the way? Would we still make cards? Did crafting (as we know it) exist before Nesties?

Wonderful invention!

Lots of bling going on here...I just know 

you want a closer look so I'll oblige. :-)

I colored the image with Prismacolors and 

paper pieced the dresses.

A few close ups:

Inside

I just love these colors together...

 Inside- Top

The flowers in the picture below are a combination of Marvy punches and Recollection brand flowers.

Theres a nestie again....See they pop up everywhere!

Inside-Bottom

So there's my project! Now its time to see yours.

You have a whole week to show us your stuff! Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate all the sweet comments you leave!

Challenges:

*ColourQ - COLOR

*Going Grey With Scrap-Creations  - Flowers

The Stamping Boutique -  Winged Things (butterfly)

*Amber's Crafts and Stuff - Use a digi

*Ooh La La Creations - Aqua, Bling and a Sentiment

*Stamp Fairy - Sparkle, 3 Patterned Papers and 2 Dies or Punches

Stamping Scrapping Central - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - use a Digi.

 Sparkles Forum - Anything goes

*A Gem of a Challenge -Pearls and/or swirls 

Crafty Calendar -  April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers

*Bloggers Challenge - Ribbons & lace

*Card Makin' Mamas - Spring colours.

*Fussy and Fancy -  Springtime.

*Crafts and Me - Vintage/distress

*Just Add Ink -Just add a Flower

                                               * Paper Cutz - Pink, blue, green, purple & white ONLY.

*Phindy’s Place - Paper piecing

*My Mum's Craft shop -Flowers

*One Crazy Stamper- Flowers

*Get Hippity with Ippity -- Spring/Summer

*Little Red Wagon -  for Mom

*Paper Shelter Challenge -  for Mom

I Keep On Falling

I found another card that intimidates me! Accidents!

How do you express you care without being too cute or too insensitive?

This is for my friend Sarah, who was in a car accident not too long ago.  

Although she did not have to go to the hospital, her car is totaled 

and she is still in a tremendous amount of pain.  The images I had were a

little too cutsey for the look I was going for.  I was trying to

find something that would be perfect for her.  Her last home

was decorated in lots of reds and Toile, so I thought the paper

was perfect.  Then I saw this image I had downloaded

awhile ago from TLC and thought that they complimented

 one another nicely.  I just did not want her to think I was

minimizing her accident or the pain that she is in.

I put Diamond Glaze on the shoes and

paper pieced the dress

 The inside of card

 Top Inside

 Bottom Inside

This is sketch #4 for the Feb. Verve Sketches

This was Andrea's awesome sketch!

Supplies That I Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Designer Paper: K&Co.- Classic K (Red Paper)

Toile Paper: The Paper Studio

Ribbon: From A Ghiradelli Chocolate Box (Yup already eaten!)

Pearls: Recollections

Digi: TLC (Child Headstand- Vintage) Freebie

Pencils: Prismacolors

Brads- (inside Card) Making Memories

Ribbon And Buttons: From My Stash

Die Cuts: Spellbinders- Ovals and Curved Rectangles

Flowers: From wedding Section at Michael's (Confetti)

Challenges I would like to enter this card in:

I Did It Creations: Punches or Dies- (Dies)

The Res-Q- Challenge: Boxes- (Square card)

Sugar Creek Hollow: Inside Out

Little Claire's Designs: Anything Goes

Guylou's Inimitability: Anything Goes
Woodware USA: Anything Goes
Paper Playtime: Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss:  Black & White & Another Color

Prairie Fairy Fridays: Inspired By A Song- Falling By Alicia Keys

Fussy & Fancy Friday: Paper Piecing

Totally Paper Crafts: Paper Piecing

Digi Doodle Shops Best: Spots/ Dots

Fresh Brewed:  Ribbons & Bows

Top Tip Tuesday: Bling It On
Craft Your Passion: Girly Girl
Stamps R Us: For the Girls
Kaboodle Doodle: Recipe 123

An Award!

Thank You Yenni! You are the sweetest!

To accept this award I have to do a few things:

A.Please link back to the one who gave you this award and say thanks 

I'll say it again, Thank You Yenni!

B. Write 3 sweet moments happened in your life 

#1 I found this kitten that I was all set to bring home, but was waiting

 for my husband to come get me.  When he arrived he said "Is this the

cat you want?" I replied "Yes, this is the one!"  He then said "No!"

I was crushed and walked so fast he could not catch up to me.

Then when we got to the car, there sat a kitten that he had looked

for all day to surprise me!!! Awwww!!  He was quickly forgiven! 

#2 On Our 15th Wedding Anniversary we gave each other 

15 gifts.  Most of them small gifts.  He had mine all wrapped

and pretty with little bows on them! (He even wrapped them himself)

#3 I mentioned on someone's blog ( I won't mention Yenni's name... lol!)

that I loved her lace, and she sent me a wonderful package of gorgeous lace!

Thank You Yenni, You truly are the sweetest! You definitely deserve this award!

C.Pass this sweet award to the 3 sweetest bloggers you know 

All of my followers are the sweetest, but these are 3 of my sweet followers.

1) Faye: For leaving sweet comments and this award would look perfect on your blog!

Your love of chocolate also make you perfect!

2) Heidi: For also leaving the sweetest comments!  You are a faithful follower! 
3) E.T for also being the sweetest!  You say very sweet things, and I love your 
work! I have also received great freebies from your blog! Thank You!