always a friend....

Good Morning,

I hope you have some scrappy fun planned for today! I'm getting lots of rain here, so after all the errands, hopefully, I'll be scrapping.

This morning, I'm sharing a brand new image available at Creations by Penny. This is the precious Momma Deer. This image is so beautiful and I love the soft pastel papers I paired it with. All the papers, rubons, and buttons are scraps from a Crate Paper kit. The ribbon and flowers are from stash.

Check out Penny's current promotion...

Have you heard about all the NEW designers she has in the store now?

Bella Digi Studio,

Crafty Chaos Designs,
as well as digital stamps by 2 Cute Rubber Stamps,
and Glitterbabe Greetings.

Go, check it out!

Blessings,

You only live once, make it count....

Good Thursday Morning,
This morning I have a fabby new Creations by Penny digi image to share. I LOVE this swirl flower. I used the new sketch from cardabilities.

All the paper in this card came from my scrap drawer! You gotta love that! I embossed the base with the stylized flowers folder, used my nesties to cut the scalloped squares, added lots of Tim Holtz distress ink, some bling, lace ribbon, stickles and cut a butterfly from the cricut.


Visit Penny today to pick up this gorgeous flower digi! She has some brand new bookmarks too!
I hope your Thursday is great. This is our last day of KCCT testing. Yahoo....we test Monday and Tuesday with ITBS, there's no stress with that one!
Blessings,

Some news to share....

Good Morning,

Send them to Sam is a card campaign...


Kathy of Pixie Dust Studio is challenging everyone to help little Sam fight Cancer.
Sam is a wonderful and strong 5 year old boy. His battle with Cancer is just beginning. He was diagnosed with Stage 3 Lymphoma this week. He has a very tough fight ahead of him.
Kathy and everyone at Pixie Dust Studio would love it if everyone can join in helping Sam fight this and WIN! Sam will be in the hospital for many months. We would love to fill his days with tons of cards from all over the globe. What fun for Sam to know that people from all sides of the Earth are supporting and thinking about him.
Send a card! One a day, per week, per month!!! Keep them coming so he never stops looking forward to the next card delivery.
Please take the above blog blinkie and post it and link it back to the Pixie Dust Studio Super Sam link.
Help pass this Campaign message along.. lets spread the word, share the news. Cards are needed to help a little boy and his battle with Cancer!

Please go HERE for more details and address information!!!
THANK YOU!

Also....
My incredibly talented friend, Penny, is looking for some digi stamp designers. She has a wonderful store, Creations by Penny and she is looking to expand the images she carries. If you design digis, she wants YOU to join her! Contact her : pennyandbryan@gmail.com
Blessings,

It's a Beautiful Day....

Good Morning,

It is Friday, and that makes it a beautiful day, huh! This completes the first week of testing, we've all survived.....yay!
Today, my first post is revealing my weekly Frosted Designs challenge. I love rainbows and that is your challenge, we want to see rainbows done up in buttons, brads, beads, anyway you choose, just use a rainbow of colors! I used a Creations by Penny rainbow image and mixed it up with red buttons and some blue and yellow brads, plus a tiny bit of glitter.



I used my d'vine cuttlebug folder for some dimension, used some Sassafras paper, CTMH ribbon and ink. All the buttons and brads are from stash.
I hope this has inspired you to create today, I know that you'll be inspired by my fabby Frosted sisters. Don't forget to check them out and leave them some love.
Have a beautiful day!
Blessings,

Win a FREE NEW Digi.....

Second Post today......
Penny is giving away this beautiful swirl flower digi tonight, please go visit and leave a comment here for your chance to win this awesome digi!

Blessings,

Freebie Digi Tonight Only

Second Post Today....
Penny has a freebie digi image for tonight only. Check it out here!
Blessings,

Creations by Penny Sale....

Many products in the Creations by Penny store are HALF OFF,
plus use coupon code: NSD10 for an additional 10% off your order.
Today only!

hello...

Good Morning,
Just a quick little post today. We are in countdown mode for state assessments now, only 14 school days until that dreaded week is here. So much emphasis is put on that one week. It is so draining.....
Anyways, back to scrappy happy things. I have a card to share with you today. This image is found at Creations by Penny. It is called Bird in a Tree. I used some scraps from My Mind's Eye on this one. The bling and ribbon are from stash. Penny has a Design Team Call going on right now, check it out here.

Don't forget that there is a blog hop going on over at The Town Scrapper for two weeks, go visit and you may win some prizes!!!!
Blessings,

Grateful....

Good Monday Morning,
Today is an exciting day! Before we reveal our new challenge at Practical Scrappers, let's look at last week's winners. We have some incredible talent being showcased today and two of our winners are 8 years old, check it out! Thanks to everyone who joined us this past week for our challenge and our blog hop!
We have a new challenge up, this week, we want to see, fiber, ribbons, or floss.I decided to go with a black card base and to use up some of my ribbon scraps. I used the Heart Flower image by our sponsor this month, Creations by Penny. I love this image and it was so very easy to color up! To keep in the beautiful yellow scheme, I used only chose shades of yellow for my background ribbons.

The cardstock, sentiment, and inks are from CTMH and the bling and ribbon are stash.
Now, let's see what fun things you can do with your ribbon, floss, and fibers! Just wait until you see what the dt has to offer up with for this one! Hold on to your socks!!!!! You can check them out buy clicking their links in my sidebar this week!
Blessings,

Design Team Call

DESIGN TEAM CALL
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Message from Penny at Creations by Penny

"I am looking to expand my design team.
If you love hand-drawn digital stamps, then you will love my digi's!

This DT Call is open to EVERYONE who can read and write in ENGLISH
(it's the only language I speak and I need to be able to communicate with my DT)

APPLICANT INFORMATION:

Applicants do not need to have previous DT experience.

Applicants must not be on more than 3 other Design Teams.

Applicants must know how to use digital stamps.

Applicants must have a blog. It doesn't have to be on blogger,
it can be any blog platform, but a blog is required.

DESIGN TEAM REQUIREMENTS:
(or... what is expected of you)

DT Members MUST have a clickable logo linking back to this blog.

DT Members MUST be willing to promote Creations by Penny
(on a regular basis)

DT Members must regularly check the DT blog.
(this is how we will communicate)

DT Members MUST post artwork using Creations by Penny digital stamps
at least TWICE PER MONTH.

DT Members MUST regularly use either:
the FORUM, the SNR group, or the Paper Craft Planet Group

Your work MUST be photographed with a digital camera.
Please do not scan completed work using Creations by Penny digi's.

You MUST be willing to commit to a three month term on the design team.
(June 1, 2010 - August 31, 2010)

* It is not required, however it would be greatly appreciated
if the Design Team would use Creations by Penny Digital Stamps
to participate in Penny's Challenges bi-weekly on Wednesday's *

WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING ON THE DT:

If you are choosen to be on the design team, you will receive,
on a regular basis, free Creations by Penny digital stamps.

You will be allowed to choose 2 digital stamps at a time for the current month.
Once I see that those 2 digital stamps have been used and artwork posted to your blog,
you will get to choose 2 more.

Please remember that this is a serious commitment and it is expected
that you treat it as such if you are chosen. Please do not apply if you can not commit.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please send me an email at pennyandbryan [at] gmail [dot] com
with DESIGN TEAM in the subject line.
(or... you can leave the info as a comment on the blog post here)

1. Tell me WHY you want to be on the design team.
2. Give me links to any current design teams you are on.
3. Give me a link to your blog.


Take the digital stamp posted on the blog post and create something with it.
Post it to your blog, then link it up with InLinkz.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE MAY 15th.

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO COMMIT."
Blessings,

Celebrate...

Good Morning,
Today is Wednesday, and I'll have two post for you today. The first is the reveal at Penny's Challenges. Penny's theme for this week is open, that's right, anything goes..... how fun does that sound?
I decided to go with this gorgeous large mask that can be picked up here. I knew I wanted the purple, gold, and black theme. I used a gold metallic gel pen for the feathers and just colored in with wispy short strokes, hopefully you think it resembles feathers. I added three purple stones in the upper corner, a touch of ribbon, and a punched border.


All of the cardstock is CTMH, ink, stamps, and markers are CTMH and American Crafts, ribbon and bling are from stash.
Well, are you ready to share your fun projects, need more inspiration, be sure to visit my super talented dt sisters. I have them linked up in my sidebar. Be sure to give them some happy love today!
Come back in a bit, I'll have a reveal for The Sisterhood!
Blessings,

trust your heart

Good Monday Morning,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! :-) I certainly did!

Well, it is Monday and the best thing about Monday is the new challenge revealed at Practical Scrappers! Before I get to that, let's take a peek at our winners this week. Top three are Katie Tate, Kanata Newf, and Gloria M. Our grand prize winner of five FREE digi's from Creations by Penny is.....Wendy! Congrats ladies, you all did such incredible projects with your markers.

Now, on to our new challenge, show us your bling, glitter, anything with a sparkle this week! As you know, our April sponsor is Penny from Creations by Penny. I chose to use her flower branch for this challenge. Be sure to stop by Penny's store and pick up your beautiful flower branch today. She has a bundle deal going on right now, the more you buy the more you save! I just saw this beautiful butterfly in these shades and couldn't resit. I opted to keep my bling mostly in the form of stickles applied to the the image in several places. I used the strawberry and diamond colors on here.

My papers are so old, I honestly do not know who they are made by. They're old enough to be pulled from Ashlea's bag. Anything five years or older hits her bag. I added just a little pop of bling in the upper left corner. I really enjoyed the Tim Holtz milled lavender ink distress ink too.

You need to visit my incredibly talented design team sisters this week for loads of inspiration. You know I have them linked up in my side bar, as always. Be sure to visit Penny and pick up some fun digi images.

Have a great day!
Blessings,

Its A Beautiful Day....

Good Evening,

I have been enjoying this beautiful weather we're having! Ben and I went up to my daddy's orchard and sprayed the peach trees today. The bloom are all gone now, so the peaches will begin to grow in the next few weeks. He always has the best peaches, I suppose they are the best because they are grown on the hill just above my backyard!

Today, I bring you the weekend sketch from Practical Scrappers. Now I did take a few liberties with the sketch. I began with a card and mid-stream, changed my idea and ended up with a gift bag! At any rate, it was completely inspired by Gloria's sketch below.

Here's the gift bag, I told you I took a few liberties.....sometimes sketches just need to give you a place to start. I used the rainbow and girlie turtle images from Creations by Penny, our fabulous sponsor this month at Practical Scrappers. She has a brand new forum, please visit and say hello!

So I used the fabby digis, some Martha glitter, watercolor paper, pencils, I embossed the blue cardstock and used ink from and a sticker from CTMH. The bag, tissue, and ribbon are from the dollar store. I hope you enjoyed the fun bag, oh and don't forget, we are having our DT Call at Practical Scrappers until April 18, please stop by! We'd love to see your talents!
Blessings,

Simple Pleasures....

Good Morning,
Today I have a very short post. You need to hop over to Creations by Penny. She's got a big bundle sale going on right now! The more you buy, the more you save!
Penny is adding new spring and summer images daily. There are so many fun ones to choose from. Here is a card I did with Spring is in the Air.

I added some stickles to the centers of my flowers for just a little sparkle. All papers are daisy d's and the ribbon & bling are from stash. Go on over and check it out, there's lots to see!

Blessings,

Love You...

Good Morning,

I'm seeing the beautiful and bright sunshine today for the first time in about 5 days! Oh how glorious! Our temps are supposed to slowly beginning warming today and be in the upper 40's to about 50 by Friday. It'll take that to melt all this snow!

Today Penny is releasing another new digi image at Creations by Penny. This one is so gorgeous and so much fun to play with. It is called the "Butterfly Flower". I really wanted to see some spring colors in this. I just can't wait until time for the flowers to bloom and butterflies fluttering about.

I used my CTMH markers to color this one. I colored and cut a second butterfly to give some dimension and the flying effect. I used the Unscripted Sketch for this week. Love that one, so easy and versatile!

Love You Recipe:

dps-My Mind's Eye

ribbon-stash

image-Creations by Penny

stamps, markers, & ink-CTMH

Blessings,

Little Kids Creating with Nee Nee...

Good Morning,

First, I want to apologize for not making it to your blogs yesterday to read. I got a couple and then my Little Kids came to spend a snow day with me. We have all been on snow days all week. They were at Gran's and then came to play with me! Yay!

So, Ashlea wanted to make some cards. She started out with this darling little image from Creations by Penny. I had the mittens already printed and she instantly got a vision in her mind of what she wanted to do. Here is her card. She's givng this one to her Great Gran.

When she finished, she hugged me and said, "This looks like one of your cards, Nee Nee." I love you baby girl!

Then, the little man wanted in on the fun. He wanted a snowman to create with. We printed the Simple Doodles star snowman for him. He colored him all by himself, with help from Ash on the polka dot scarf. She also helped with the glitter.

This is the two kiddos proudly showing off the fruits of their labor. Now there's a scrapbook moment! It is still pouring the snow here and about 12 degrees. I have the feeling we'll be doing more crafting today. Stay warm and enjoy the day.

Blessings,

Two Cards, One Post....

Good Wednesday Morning,
Today I'm sharing two cards with you. This first card is for Creations By Penny. Penny has her new digi shop up and running. Click here for all the details. This fun gumball machine is one of her latest additions. I knew immediately that I wanted to use my CTMH Animal Cookies paper with it. My idea was to have one red gumball, I know it is kind of difficult to tell, but there is just one in there, hence the sentiment, "You're One of a Kind". I also painted some liquid glass over the image. That was hard to photograph, but it looks great irl...
I love this fun card. What do you think? Check out the inspiration of my DT sisters here. These ladies have some fabby cards to share.

Next up is my bi-weekly challenge card for Penny's Challenges. On this challenge, you need to use chalk. Now there is a technique I've not touched in a while. I printed out this fabulous fire heart from Creations by Penny and chalked it up. I blended red and two lighter shades of pink to achieve this look. I think it is soft and perfect for this card. My dps and sentiment are My Mind's Eye, brads and ink are CTMH, and ribbon is from stash. Are you ready to pull out your chalk and get busy? I hope so, here is some amazing inspiration from my DT sisters. I love what they came up with, you will not want to miss it!

Blessings,

Ashlea's Cupcake Card...

Good Afternoon!
Today I am sharing one of Ashlea's creations. This was the birthday card she made for her Auntie Teresa. The cupcake is one of Penny's designs from Creations by Penny. She colored it with her Bic markers, used some fine white glitter on the frosting, and cut the sentiment from the Alphalicious cart.

She worked so diligently for at least an hour or so on it.

Isn't she so very proud of her final "masterpiece"? I tried to have her make a normal size card and she insisted on the 12 X 12 size. She said her Auntie might want to "frame it!"

Happy Birthday Recipe:
dps-Cosmo Cricket
image-Creations by Penny
markers-Bic
glitter-Martha Stewart
scalloped cs-Bazzill
Alphaliciuos cartridge

Blessings,

O Christms Tree....

Happy Tuesday,
I'm sharing a card that I totally adore. My very dear friend, Penny, has launched the grand opening of her NEW Creations by Penny store. This darling Christmas tree is one of her newest digi's. I couldn't wait to get to use it. I colored with my watercolors and then used some stickles to add the sparkle. It is also for the Cafe Mojo challenge this week, to send holiday wishes. You can visit my dt sisters via the links in my side bar. We have some stunning creations to share this week!
My card base is from the Robin's Nest. The flourishes are a beautiful dainty touch of green glitter to add the perfect touch to a card this time of year. I finished it with a rub-on sentiment and some ribbon from my stash.
If you haven't been to Creations by Penny, please visit, she has a sale running right now and some yumminess to give away!!!

blessings,

New Store To Share....

****SECOND POST TODAY****
Have you heard the news? My awesomely talented friend, Penny has a new store, Creations by Penny! She is having a grand opening! Lots of things are going on right now. She has a 20% off coupon up, please take advantage of it. You can find her very own digital images there, as well as handmade cards, mini albums, etc. She has a store blog too! Be sure to check it out! You may even find extra savings there too!

Please stop by and follow along. Oh, might I add, she has the most adorable Christmas tree image for sale right now. I'm picking it up to make cards and tags with. Check it out!!!
Blessings,