You sly fox

Made a happy birthday card with one of my Gorjuss girls stamps, love the cute little fox. Had some fun with some not such normally used colors. Like I said, my goal is to create 100 cards without spending any money on any new paper or embellishments. And I have SO much stuff here, that shouldn't even be a problem. I used the sketch from the Challenge Site, Sketch Saturday. Weather outside is ridiculous, so just gonna stay inside and scrap til I drop. LOL!!

Making a Wish Friday Sketchers Style

Ok, here was a cute and fast card. I followed the sketch on the Friday Sketchers challenge blog, Lovely, by the way. Used up more of my DCWV papers, some of the miles of ribbon I own and Voila', a card is born. I used some gold metallic on this fairy's wand, wings and crown. A few pearls on the side for a little fun. That might not make it in the OWH box though, I know the embellishments there really have to stay on. Have a docs appointment, gonna have to call it a day, as I will be in too much pain to play down here after I see him. Hugs to you all, Leslie

Thinking of you

Thinking of you. I love these stamps. Can't get enough of them. I followed a sketch from Cute Card Thursday for this card. At Everybody Art Challenge,  and at Crafty Sentiments, I used the theme of your favorite things, which would be my favorite Sugar Nellie stamps, the Gorgeous Girls...LOVE THEM!! At Delightful Challenges, their challenge was "have a heart", I think I covered that. <3
As for my techniques here, seriously, I just have been pulling out OLD paper and using it up, trying not to  spend ANY money to create the 100 cards I am sending to OWH. The sentiment is a Stamping Up stamp and I colored it all in with my Prismamarkers. Just an easy fun card. I did use Aleen's tacky glue to get the felt heart to for certain stay on!! LOL!!

Make a Wish

I found a very cute sketch at Card Patterns I used for this little card. I changed it a little, but not much. I got the cute fairy from Lily of the Valley, a digi download. Love her. I have a friend that owns a tea cottage called, The Dragonfly Tea Cottage, and she loves ...dragonflies...of course, but also angels and fairies. So, I've been digging out all of my fairies and buggaboos to make her a special little gift. This card is also going in my OWH box. I used DCWV paper and my Prismacolor markers to make this fairy look so cute. I managed to get in a few challenges with this card as well.
Card Patterns for their sketch. At Penny's Paper's there is an Anything Goes Challenge! At Drunken Stampers they are having a birthday bash, which I think this card works nicely for. Maybe not a drunken bash, but it should do. LOL. Off to make another card. Hugs!!

Adore my Sweet Nellies

Well, I have not gotten a lot done, but I do like the way my card turned out. I used one of my favorite Sugar Nelly stamps. I went for a few challenges with this one along with making sure it fit all the criteria for the Operation Write Home project. It will not get to any soldier in time for Valentine's day, but I made it with no red or pink so it can just be for any loved one at any time.
At The Sugar Bowl, I used their sketch. I changed it a little, but not too much. I just liked the way the Adore on the paper looked there, as opposed to on the bottom like on the beautiful sketch they provided.
At Crafts 4 Eternity you were to use Polka dots.
At Fussy and Fancy Fridays you needed to make a Valentine type card with no red or pink.
At Prarie Fairie Fridays you were to make a sweet heart card.
At Charisma you were to make a love/valentines card.
And at Winterwonderland, you were to use the sentiment as the main.
So this is my first card in the box for the OWH project only about 99 more to go!!

My weekend begins

Ok,. I took Andy to the doctor for his lab tests. There's concern that he has diabetes. So, keeping our fingers crossed for good news. I am home, Tom is making dinner tonight, but just incase he makes something I can't eat I have already made some Caprese salad for later. I am now in my basement/storage center/little bit of art room!! LOL!! Oh what I would do for my OWN room, to seriously have my own studio!!! But that wish has already been sent out to God and the Universe, I cannot dwell on that now. I am off to make some cards for our men and women in the military to be able to send back to their own families. I might even throw in a few pages for myself. But feels good to just be in my "space" regardless of what I get done.
Hope you all have a fabulous day!!

Mmmm....dinner....fresh rosemary

So, was hungry and wanted something healthy/yummy. I decided to attack my indoor garden and I am making baby red potatoes with garlic, green onion and rosemary with a little evoo. Then I added some chicken breasts with evoo and rosemary sprigs for a little flavor. I also have marinating, some mozarella balls in evoo and fresh basil just picked, infusing to make some killer cabrese salad for tomorrow!!! OOOH, timer beeped! Time for dinner. Yeah!!       

Operation Write Home

Hey everyone, we all know I love MAKING stuff, but found even a little more reason to keep creating. Gonna for certain be sending in a box for this great cause. Anyone want in on it? You can do your own, get your own group in on it, or  you can add what you make to the box I am sending. Brad was in Boot Camp when his little brother turned 5 and I know how bad he felt about it and how sad he was he couldn't even send him a card. I can't even imagine how rough it is for our men and women overseas away from their families, friends and loved ones. Would be great if lots of us got in on showing some love for those who serve us anonymously every day. Love and hugs from a Very Proud Marine Mom!!
Leslie

Marine Corp and Craft? Heck yeah!!

 

 Ok, here it is, I actually made something and it was a lot of fun. I was on a few challenge sites and saw a way to knock out a few of them and create something fun and functional for my son. Incase I haven't mentioned to some of you, my son left for the Marine Corp. He graduated from Parris Island and is now at Camp Lejuene for more training. While he was in boot camp he got a lot of mail!

Thank you to all that wrote him, but I know that he didn't have a lot of time to write back. Hopefully soon he will be able to start some letter writing of his own. So....in that thought, I made him some masculine....stationery that comes in a box that I made and cards that I made 3 of each card for a wee bit of an assortment. AND I used nothing but recycled STUFF!! Seriously, glitter left over from Christmas project, paper inside black cards....cut from bottom halves of typing paper that were blank. The paper I used for the cards....also all scrap paper. So I went green for my soldier, for my pocket book and for one of my challenges!!! LOL. I can't wait for him to get it. I know Brad, he'll get a kick out of it.

So here it is, I did the 3R's for The Corrosive Challenge Blog by Janet.

I kept it Clean and Simple for my Marine, and for the challenge hosted by Challenge Up Your Life.

I made 3 of each card for Brad's stationery for the challenge over

at OohLaLa's Challenge Blog . Hope you all like it!! Talk to you soon!!

Boo Hoo

I did not even get to create any fabulous meals yesterday. :'( Brad leaves to return to the Marine Corp today. Yesterday we were having a dinner to say goodbye and goodluck. I was going to make some delish chicken enchiladas....my own rockin recipe, but I have a cold from hell!! I have all but lost my voice, feel yucky and tired. And today my body just aches. My husband did make his world famous lasagna and we had a great celebration. It was a good luck and we will miss you dinner for Brad and Congratulations we are so proud of you dinner for Dustin!! It was great. But, immediately after, I went to my room, downed some Nyquil and didn't wake back up till 3am. Not looking forward to watching Brad get on that plane today, but I am so excited for him and the beginning of his life. I couldn't be any prouder.
I have lots of pictures, I will share them soon. Love and hugs, Leslie

Okay, I'm doing it!!!

Well, I'm haven't been online lately as I haven't gotten a lot of scrapbooking done, then I realized that I create every day. Food, recipes, games I make up, stories I write. So.....introducing my NEW blog full of fun, creativity and the hillarity that is my life.

Making a fast gift, but from the heart

I just found out that an aunt of mine is in the hospital. I don't know her very well, but she is my mom's sister, and if it is important to my mom, it is important to me. I got her a book, but still wanted to make her something. I went carusing the challenge sites to find an idea. I went to Fab N Funky Challenges and found one that was called Quick and Easy. It gave me the idea to make it sweet, but simple. I went to Splitcoast Stampers and saw the black magic technique and voila! A
bookmark was made. :o)

Hope you like it, hope she likes it even more. I used Moonlight White Brilliance ink to stamp the image with, then I heat set it, pulled out my colored pencils and colored over the white ink. Then pulled out some old Sugar n' Spice ribbon, and tada, I was done. Easy and fun.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I have actually been doing quite a bit of crafting for the holidays, but with the holidays being so busy, I didn't really have time to photograph any of it. I am hoping all of your Christmas' were filled with joy and that the New Year is full of love, joy and blessings for us all!!

Just casing the joint

Sunday, Janet put up her challenge at Corrosive Creations. This week it is to case one of her DT Members. So I did. I cased Michelle's card. I used some old s.e.i. papers I had and some epoxy stickers. Easy and fun.

Happy Birthday with a lot of pink

Ok, I really went for it. I made a Monochromatic Card for House Mouse, I used the sketch for Truly Scrumptious, and I used a recipe from Simon Says, I met the something old, which is all this pink paper and something new, are the embellishments, for Little Red Wagon Challenge and finally, for Charisma Cardz, their challenge was to make a card with more than one fold, I really have a lot more than one fold. LOL! This is my first easel card with a folder inside the top half of the easel. You could stuff a picture in there, a gift card, a tag, whatever you are in the mood for. Can't wait to give it away. Hope you all like it.

Finding Art Everywhere!!

Hi everyone!! I found a place in Toledo, Ohio called Scrap4Art! I love the place. People bring in things they either can't use, have too many of, etc, and instead of throwing it away, it is recycled for art making purposes. A lot of people haven't really gotten into it, cuz, as I am being told is that they see the great items, but don't really know what to do with any of them to make a whole project from it. So, that is where I come in. I found this place and loved it, so I go there, find some random objects and turn it into something fun. Then I write the tutorial so people that come behind me can see what they need to collect to do it for themselves. My last trip there I found a big box of lightbulbs that weren't broken but burned out. I brought a few home and so far I have made a vase, a terrarium, and two Christmas ornaments. After I take some pics I will post them on here. If you are from our area, be sure to check into the Scrap4art store, they are always looking for donations, volunteers or of course, money is ALWAYS helpful. LOL!! Love and hugs, Leslie
 Here are a couple of things I made this weekend for Scrap4Art. An earring holder from a broken frame and a flower vase and holder from a blown out light bulb and an old wire hanger.

Happy Halloween

Love this stamp!! Had a lot of fun making this one. Did some masking for the moon and did some clear embossing too. Love me some Halloween colors. I made this for The Corrosive Challenge using the mask. And the Haunted House Challenge using something magical.

HOW MANY SHOPPING DAYS LEFT? OH NO!!

Same card, different light exposure, but I like how the different lights highlight different things. My challenge from Stamp With Fun was a cool sketch that I had a lot of fun with. Hope you like the card. I love this stamp but decided to bling it up a bit for the Christmas feel, even if it is orange and black and white bling. LOL   The paper I got from one of my DCWV paper stacks, the Doodlin Around Stack. Fun papers in that one!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THIS CARD

Okay, another card inspired by Michelle Zindord. I used Orange/Pumpkin, Eggplant/Purple and Dark Green on this card., Which qualifies me for the Little Paper Shop Challenge, plus I used stripes and dots for the challenge at Stamp Something. Hope you like this card. I used some stamps I bought last year but never used before. I love them, especially the witch.

Love me some Michelle Zindorf!

I was online the other day and checked out Michelle's blog, I hadn't visited it in a while. She had this card on her site and of course the how to make instructions on it as well. I do not have the mad brayer skills that Michelle has, but I am still pretty happy with the card. I also made this card for a couple of challenges. I used a mask for the challenge at Daring Card Makers site, and I tried something new by using a brayer and a mask on my card for Charisma Cardz Challenge. Used one of my Stampin Up stamps for the blades of grass, then cut out ovals to create the cat tails look. Hope you like it.