Happy Mail

Just a quick post

here today to show you some happy mail I received this week from a challenge win (here) at Little Scrap Pieces.

Sherrie sponsored

the challenge and sent me the prize... which one of the items (Frayed Burlap Distress Ink) I had just put on my Wish List at Joann's. I'm so thrilled. Thank you Sherri and the Little Scrap Pieces team.

Have a great Saturday!

Thanks for Stopping by!

Linda

Happy Anniversary Forever

Our daughter Sarah
and her husband celebrated their anniversary this past week, and I did a special card for them.

This is that beautiful
KraiserCraft 75 Cents collection again. I'm loving the 6.5 pad so much, I've now ordered the 12x12's.

I did some double
stamping on one of the die-cut pieces from the Collectables package and popped it up on top of another of the die-cuts. This package is just loaded with goodies, and I want to use them all. The butterflies and scalloped border are also from that group.

The white flowers and
leaves are from I Am Roses. The gold ones are from my stash... I believe originally from an Etsy shop. The heart locket is a Prima Vintage Trinket. The French Lace doily is from my stash.

The metal corner piece
is by Momenta. I also used Jet Black Archival and Vintage Photo Distress inks.

I'm linking up at:
Crafting For All Seasons - Floral Delight
Little Scrap Pieces - May Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - April Showers and/or Spring Flowers
Sugar Creek Hollow - Stamp It
The Cupcake Craftroom - Summer Blooms
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Have a wonderful Sunday, friends.

Thanks for stopping by!
Linda

Birthday Invitation Reinvented

Our weekend here 

in Ohio has started out with the most beautiful weather. There is nothing like blue skies to brighten your day. How is yours?

My granddaughter Penny's

birthday is coming up and I wanted to make her a special card. What better way than to recycle a birthday invitation from another happy time. This castle image was the front of my granddaughter Katie's birthday party invitation two years ago. It being so sweet, I tucked it away into my stash for just such an occasion as this. It's so fitting for both of my darling granddaughters. Now they can say that they each had a part of it.

I trimmed it down,

and put it on a base of white cardstock layered with red cardstock topped with a tiny heart patterned paper. I sponged the edges with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink and sprinkled around a few dainty pink butterflies.

The heart is a scrap

of hand dyed wool cut with Alterations Mini Hearts set. The bow is red seam binding. The flowers are all from I Am Roses and the heart pin is Maya Road.

I'm linking up at:
Craft Us Crazy - Valentines/Love and/or /Use the Color Red 

Little Scrap Pieces - Use A Flower
The Pink Elephant - Pink, Red & White

Thank you so much

for all the kind comments you've been leaving. They certainly are an encouragement. 

Have a wonderful weekend, friends.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

A Whole Lot Of Pink

At Little Scrap Pieces

the challenge this week is "Use Pink"... so PINK it is.

This paper is from

 the My Mind's Eye 6x6 Designer Pad "Blush" and the image is from an Etsy shop.

The florals are all from

I Am Roses and were sprayed with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist. The wheat sprays are from KARLASOO1 on Etsy. 

The heart is a TPC

Studio My Funny Valentine Metal Accent.

This fly diecut is from

my stash and the pink frame was made using Spellbinder's Large Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals.

Please join me in entering

your Pink Projects at Little Scrap Pieces.

Thanks for the visit!

Hugs!

Linda

{Thank} ful

I'm so very thankful...

for my salvation... my husband, aka the Penmaker... my family... my blogging friends...

and I'm thankful to have finally finished this card! This was two days in the making... (mostly because this headache is still hanging on)... but I'm happy the way it turned out!

The base is Core'dinations Canvas 

Texture Ice Cream and the mat base is Kraft Outlet's Lunch Bag Kraft. Atop that sits Imaginisce's Happy Harvest "Fall Into Fun" and Tim Holtz Kraft-Core #8 color from Core'dinations. The Gathered Twigs Distress Ink is from Tim's new fall seasonal collection and was sponged onto the paper edges.

This Spellbinder's Fancy Tags

Two was cut from the #8 paper and topped with a strip from Imaginisce's HH "Autumn Splendor". My triple loop bow is brown crinkled seam binding.

The #8 Kraft-Core was embossed 

with Cuttlebug's Birds and Swirls Folder, then sanded. I used Spellbinder's smallest of the Large Classic Scalloped Circles to cut this Kraft die. The branch was cut from Tim Holtz Alterations Mini Branch & Leaf Set. I cut two of these from the Kraft cardstock and a scrap of a My Mind's Eye DP and glued them together for a drop shadow effect. I popped it up with foam adhesive and added some TPC Studio "Reel Me In" jewels as faux berries.

The chipboard bird is

from GCD Studio's Melody Ross Collection of chipboard birds that came in my October Blue Moon Kit. It and the branch were sprayed with Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist. 

I'm entering this card in these challenges:

City Crafters Challenge - Thanks*Giving

Heart Song Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces Challenge - Thanksgiving, Winter, Holiday

Shopping Our Stash - Stickers, Rub-Ons or Chipboard

The Kraft Journal Challenge - Give Thanks

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #23

I made a card today for the

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #23 in "Fall Colors".

My pretty little girl is from my

stash of images and is by Tasha Tudor. The papers are Bo Bunny's Forever Fall and Imaginisce's Happy Harvest. I used three Spellbinder's dies... Large Ovals, Large Scalloped Ovals and Labels Seventeen. The Distress Inks are Wild Honey and Gathered Twigs.

The flower was cut with Tim Holtz

Tattered Florals and Mini Branch & Leaf. It is of 38 gauge copper that I embossed with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.
I'm entering my fall card in the following Challenges:
Little Scrap Pieces - Fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving
Shopping Our Stash - Halloween or Fall Colors

Thanks for stopping by... have a great weekend!