Peace On Earth

Merry Christmas everyone!

Just a quick note today---this card is the second one I submitted to Heartfelt Creations for their Design Team consideration. Didn't make the team, but I LOVE this card!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations

Cardinal Die: Nestibilities and Heartfelt Creations

Paper: Cs-Bazzill, DP-Me & My Big Ideas

Pine Punch: Martha Stewart

Circle Border Punch: Fiscars

Ink:

Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Crushed Olive and Antique Linen

Ribbon: May Arts

Stickles: Stardust

Copics: YG03, G94, YR04, YR68, YR07, R35, RV29, R46, R59, E33, E57, E37, C00

Thanks for stopping by and please enjoy your family and friends this Christmas weekend!

Hugs and God Bless!

Cathy

ADFD Peace on Earth

Today is New Release Day AND Challenge Day at A Day For Daisies! The challenge this week is to make a "Tag" and all the fabulous new artistic releases that artist Tammy does comes out today too! And usually she has some kind of discount to offer on Friday onl. So you better run on over and play and buy!!!
My tag today also uses one of the adorable new releases---I think Polar Bears are so darn cute especially babies and mommys playing.

Card Recipe
Image: A Day For Daisies Digital and Sentiment-StampinUp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: CS- Bazzill
Nestibilities: Eyelet Circle and one of the Labels (not sure the #)
Twine: May Arts
Bling:BoBunny
Copics:BG0000
Stickles: Stardust

Have a great weekend everyone and thank you so much for stopping by today in this crazy, busy season!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

ADFD "Loads" of Holiday Cheer

For a second post today, I have a new image from A Day For Daisies. Every Friday, Tammy comes up with the most adorable new images and this is one from this week's new ones. I loved it the moment I saw it, and definitely took liberties using a clothesline for a Christmas card, but I think it turned out really cut! Hope you do too and run over to the site and get some for yourself.

Card Recipe
Image: A Day For Daisies, Sentiment: Stampin'Up
Papers: CS- Bazzill, DP- Reminisce "Spring Swirls" and Heidi Grace Designs
Stickles: Aqua
Ribbon: May Arts
Bling: K and Company
Clothespin: Hobby Lobby Colored with Copic marker BG 49 and then covered with Stickles
Copics: RV21, R85, B00, B02, B12, BG49, YG03, G99, W1, W3, YG91,

Once again THANKS so much for dropping in today!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

Snow Fairy

Happy Wednesday! Almost Thanksgiving! Can't wait to smell the bird cooking and ALL the trimmings---what a great day!
Today I have a sweet "Snow Fairy" from A Day For Daisies. I frosted her with glitter which is hard to see in this picture :-( . I also used an embossing folder technique I saw over at StampTV leaving a space for the sentiment. I like how it turned out.

Card Recipe
Image: A Day For Daisies, Sentiment- StampinUp
Paper: CS- Bazzill
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Ribbon: May Arts
Nestibilities: Scallopped Round
Cuttlebug "Dot" Embossing Folder
Stickles: Stardust
Copics: E00,RV21,R29, R59,Y17, YG03, YG23, G99, Spica Gold

As I said before, Thanksgiving is a wonderful eating, fun day but it's true meaning is to be so very thankful for all that we have especially our God, our Family and our Friends! And I am!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

Joy

Good Wednesday morning everyone! Hope this week is being good to you! Mine has been great---it's just flying by so fast! It almost makes me dizzy!
Today I have a Baby Bud Designs digital image card (also on CDAC)that also is for a few other challenges: Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge SSSC93, Caardvarks using a Holiday Card with a die cut, and Flourishes (FTTC93) using a Christmas theme. As you can see, I like to use non-traditional colors for Christmas!

Card Recipe
Image: Baby Bud Designs Digital Image, Sentiment-unknown
Papers: CS-Bazzill, DP: My Mind's Eye and BoBunny
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Bling: Paper Studio
Ribbon: May Arts
Stickles: Stardust
Copics: E00, E02, E08, YG03, YG23, V04, V15, RV21, C1

Thanks so very much for stopping by today and please come again soon!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

Gift Bearing Polar Bear

Good Monday Morning! How is everyone doing? Hope the weekend was good to you! Has it occured to anyone else or is it just me that Christmas is only 40 days from today??? Is that crazy or what?
Speaking of Christmas, I have the cutest Polar Bear card today "bearing" gifts! I just LOVE him---hope you will too!

Card Recipe
Stamps: Polar Bear-Stampendous Polar Christmas Set, Sentiment-Our Craft Lounge
Papers: CS-Bazzill, DP-Stamping Station
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Nestibilities: Beaded Ovals and Labels #? (I threw the pkg. away a long time ago)
MFT 1 3/4 in. circle dies
Ribbon:Stampers Dream
Stickles: Stardust
Copics:BG01, BG05, B02, B05, R29

Thanks for stopping by today---I love to have you visit! Come again soon!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

Santa

TGIF! So glad it's Friday, aren't you? We're going to Tampa Saturday to do a little Christmas shopping and go to a resturant, Ocean Prime, that my husband loves and I haven't been to.
Today I have a card for Sweet Sunday sketch challenge SSSC92 by Karen Giron. I LOVE her blog---my favorite "go to" everyday for such nice work! Nice colors, clean lines, just so pretty! Check her out!

Card Recipe
Stamp: Penny Black---Isn't he adorable!!
Papers: CS- Bazzill, DP-K & Company
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Stickles: Stardust
Ribbon: May Arts; I made the ribbon flower following Christine Creations tutorial
Copics:E00, E93, RV23,R46, Y11, E35,YG03 and SpicaGold

Have a great weekend everyone and I'll see you Monday! Thanks for coming by!
Hugs and god Bless!
Cathy

Fall in all It's Glory! Baby Bud Designs

Good Tuesday Morning! Hope life is treating you well this week! It'd definitely Fall here in Central Florida and I'm LOVIN' it! Cooler days and chilly nights---beautiful!
Today's Fall card is for the Baby Bud Designs "Glam It Up With Glitter" challenge and if you follow me very long, you know that I LOVE all that glitters!

Card Recipe
Image: Baby Bud Designs digital image
Papers:CS-Bazzill, DP- Basic Grey
Nesties: a Label, but not sure which number because in the past I had this bad habit of throwing the packages away!
Ribbon: May Arts silk
Copics: Y00, Y11, Y15, Y17, Y21,Y38, YG03, YG23, YR23, YR16, R02, R22, RV42, E00, E08, E35, E57, E77
Stickles: Yellow, Orange and Bronze

Enjoy your beautiful Fall day! Thanks for stopping by and come again soon!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

ADFD "Please Pass The Traditions" # 5

Good Morning! Today is A Day For Daisies challenge day! For this one we were to make a card using our favorite recipe. Being that mine is Christmas Rum Cake, I had to make a Christmas Easel card with the killer recipe inside.

Card Recipe

Image: A Day For Daisies

Papers: CS-Bazzill, DP-BoBunny

Nesties: Round, Scalloped Round, and a Labels die (I don't remember the number)

Snowflakes: Jolene

Copics:V04, V15, V09, RV0000, RV23, B00, B02, BG05, Y21, Y15, E33, E00, E21

Stickles: Stardust, Lavendar, and Grape Ice

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen: Clear Star

I hope you will RUN over to A Day For Daisies and see all that's going on there and join our most recent challenge!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend! See you Monday!

Hugs and God Bless!

Cathy

PS: Another great thing going on at A Day For Daisies---EVERY Friday, Tammy releases new, gorgeous images and she discounts them 20% on that day only! Don't miss out!

RUM CAKE

1 box Yellow Butter Cake Mix

1 pkg. French Vanilla Instant Pudding mix (dry)

1/2 cup Oil

1/2 cup Water

1/2 cup Rum

4 Eggs

1/2-1 cup chopped Pecans and Coconut

Spray Bundt pan with cooking spray. Cover bottom of pan with nuts and coconut. Mix all cake ingredients together and pour over nut mixture. Bake at 350* for 35-40 mins.

Leave cake in pan to cool x 1 hr. after baking.

Bring to 1 stick Butter

Boil: 1 cup Sugar

1/4 cup Water

Remove from heat and add 1/4 cup Rum. While cake is cooling for 1 hr. in pan, gradually pour rum mixture over cake. After 1 hr. turn cake out onto plate. ENJOY!

You Make Me Smile

Hello Fellow Stampers! Hope your week is going well so far! How was your weekend? Mine was YARD WORK! YUK!!! 8 hours on Saturday and I'm so sore even today that I can hardly walk---how pitiful it is to be in this bad of shape!

Today I have a card that I made last year but never posted. It's very simple actually with no coloring other than sponging on the circles, but I think it has a big impact!

Card Recipe

Stamp:Stampin'Up

Papers: CS-Bazzill, DP-We R Memory Makers

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Stampin'Up Tempting Turquoise for sponging

Ribbon:Michael's

Bling:K and Co.

Flower: JoAnn's

Nesties: Round and Scalloped Round

That's it for today folks! Thanks for stopping by today and please do so again soon!

Hugs and God Bless!

Cathy

Spooky Nite Easel Card, ADFD Challenge

Happy Friday everyone! Has this week gone by fast or what? Where does the time go, I wonder. Most days it feels like there are not enough hours in the day!

Today my card is for the third Friday of the month A Day For Daisies challenge # 4 "As much black as possible!". I tried something a little different---an Easel Card and I used vellum in the oval after printing the "Spooky Tree" digital image and embossing it with black embossing powder.It looks a bit wrinkled at the top of the vellum in this photo, but it really isn't. Then I placed a battery operated tea light behind it. I think the light behind the tree gave a nice warm glow. I borrowed this idea (with permission) from Bonnie from Priceless Scrapbooks and More. She made a beautiful Christmas card like this. The challenge is for us to use "as much black as possible" which would usually be kinda hard, but because it's Halloween time, it was alot easier. I had to use a touch of orange to give it a little punch! :-)

Card Recipe

Image: A Day For Daisies

Papers: CS-Bazzill, DP-K*I Memories Pop Culture "Wing Ding", and Doodlebug Design "Tuxedo Dot"

Ribbon: May Arts Halloween collection

Gel Sentiment and Orange Disk: Gel Candy by K*I Memories "Haunted Shapes"

Page Pin Up: 4 in. Baroque Black by Karen Foster Design (hard to see in photo---pinned through orange ribbon knot)

Nestibilities: Oval and Scallopped Oval

Hope you enjoyed today's card---it proved to be a bit challenging putting all the layers together and making sure it all lined up well---but I LOVE how it turned out! Please jump over to A Day For Daisies, see the other DT entries, and give this challenge a try as well---the more the merrier!

Have a great weekend!

Hugs and God Bless!

Cathy

Harvest Blessings

Hello Everyone! How are you all doing? Hope you are having a good, productive week. I've been busy, but feel like I've gotten alot done!

Today I have a card that isn't necessarily fall, but because of the colors, I think it's very appropriate for this season.

Card Recipe

Stamps: GinaK

Papers: CS-Bazzill, DP-BasicGrey

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Ribbon: Michael's

Bling: K and Company

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Nesties: Round and Scalloped Round

Copics: E33, E35, E08,R02, E37

Thank you all so much for stopping by today and do come by again tomorrow to see the A Day For Daisies' challenge # 4. It's a fun one!

Also, please say a prayer for the owner of my LSS, Tricia. She is having neck surgery this morning!

Hugs and God Bless!

Cathy

Celebrate---A Day For Daisies

Hey all you fellow stampers! Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was really good---stamped alot, went to a retirement party for a local pediatrician, and went to the movies with DH on Sunday afternoon.

Today I have a card for A Day For Daisies digital stamps challenge # 2. I believe I announced recently that I had been chosen as a Design Team member for this company. If you haven't been there, please check it out---such beautiful images by two very talented artists! I'm proud to be a part of their team. This challenge is called "Let's Celebrate" a new site, a new team, and new friends! Let's celebrate the good things! A nice place to be, uh?

I also submitted this card for this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch "using any previous sketch you like". I chose sketch # 76.

Card Recipe

Image: A Day For Daisies, Sentiment-StampinUp

Papers: CS-Bazzill, DP-My Mind's Eye

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Ribbon: May Arts

Nesties: Oval and Scalloped Oval

Stickles: Lime Green on Rubber Boots and Stardust on Balloons

Bling: K and Company

Copics:YR00, YR31, YG00, YG23, Y38, E35, E93, V04, V09, V12, V15, BV00, BV02

I printed image twice, cut out and colored the balloons and used foam tape to give them more dimension.

Hope you enjoyed today's card and please check out A Day For Daisies challenges every first and third Fridays and the other Design Team member's blogs (see list at left)---some very fine crafters! Please stop by again.

Hugs and God Bless!

Cathy

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Wednesday fellow stampers. How's everyone's week going? If you had Monday off for Labor Day,the work week seems a little shorter doesn't it?
Today I have the second card for my upcoming Copic class. I hope they will enjoy coloring the pumpkin and get an early start on holiday cards as well. I'm entering this card in Speedy The Cat's Friends Saturday Challenge "using a pumpkin on the card".

Card Recipe
Stamps: Pumpkin-Paper Inspirations, Sentiment-Hero Arts
Papers: CS-Bazzill, DP- Imaginisce "Apple Cider"
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Twine: May Arts
Nestibilities: Oval and Deckled Edge Oval
Copics: E35, E37, E57, YG11,YG03, YG95, YR07,YR68, E08

Speaking of Thanksgiving, I'm very thankful for all of you and hope you'll keep stopping by.
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

So Thankful!

TGIF!!! Good morning everyone! Are you as ready for a long Labor Day weekend as I am???
This has sure been a busy week!
Today's card is one of 20 I made recently to send as Thanksgiving cards. I saw one similar to this at my LSS and just loved it, so I got ambitious and decided to make some.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Hero Arts
Papers: CS- Bazzill, DP- Basic Grey
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Clear Embossing Ink
Embossing Powder: JudiKins Metallic Copper
Border Punch:Fiscar
Ribbon: Dollar Tree
Button: JoAnn's

I am very thankful for all of you and I pray you will have a fun, safe, relaxing weekend!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

Under The Weather

Happy "Hump Day" fellow stampers! I trust the week has been good to you so far!
Hope none of you are "under the weather" like this little guy. Hopefully anyone would be cheered up a bit receiving this get well card.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Great Impressions and Judith
Papers: DP- Die Cuts With A View, CS- Bazzill
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Ribbon: May Arts
Nestibilities: Round and Scallopped Round
Stickles: Star Dust
Copic Markers: YR20, R20, B00, B12, B93, B97, B24, Y02, Y15, YR23, YG03, RV29, BV23, E33, E57, G14, YG63

Thanks so much for visiting today and please come back on Friday!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

Thank Heaven For Little Girls

TGIF!

It's already Friday and I'm looking forward to the weekend! How bout you?

Today's card is very special to me because it's for my son, my daughter-in-law and my newest granddaughter to be---Elle. She will be born in the next few weeks and I cannot wait to meet her, hold her and kiss her! The only bad part is that they live in WVa and I don't get to see them as often as I'd like. Thank God for Skype! I will be flying up there as soon as they call and I can't wait!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Whipper Snapper (isn't this bear the cutest thing??)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Papers: CS-Bazzill; DP-Sandylion Sticker Designs and Me & My Big Ideas

Ribbon: May Arts

Nestibilities: Round and Scalloped Round

Stickles: Star Dust

Diamond Glaze on bear's nose

Copic Markers: RV10, RV02, RV13, RV23, W1, W3, E31, E33, E37, E57, Y02, YG03

I so appreciate your coming by today and please do so again! Have a wonderful weekend!

Till Monday...

Hugs and God Bless!

Cathy

Grab Life!

TGIF!
Do you love Edwin as much as I do??? I think he's adorable! Probably because I have a 3 yr. old and 21 month old grandsons that are "to die for" and another baby boy due Feb. 1st 2011. there is just something special about little boys!

Card Recipe
Stamps: Edwin-Magnolia; Sentiment-unknown---given to me by Kelly Landers
Papers: CS-Bazzill; DP-Abbey Road
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bamboo Leaves
Ribbon: Michael's
Buttons: JoAnn Fabrics
Nestibilities sponged with StampinUp Tempting Turquoise while still in die
Copics: E00, YR00, E93, R20, Y02, E33, E35, YG11, YG03, YG63, C3, C5, C7, B32, B93, B97

Thank you so much for stopping by this week and hope you will again! Have a great weekend!
Hugs and God Bless!
Cathy

It's All About You! SSSC81

Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone's week is going really well so far! I've been busy monogramming some things for Christmas presents and working on some cards. This one is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge # 81. As soon as I saw it, I was intrigued with the circles down the side---it was supposed to have four, but as you can see, I ran out of room. I always love the color combo of lime green and pink/coral so this card just took on a life of it's own! LOL!

Card Recipe

Stamps: StampinUp and DRS

Paper: The Paper Company Studio

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bamboo Leaves; Colorbox Chalk Rouge

Stickles: Fruit Punch

Ribbon: May Arts

Nestibilities: Round

Buttons: JoAnn Fabrics

Copics: E51, E31, E33, R20, RV14, YG03, YG06, YG63, YR68, Y02, Y15,Y38

Thanks for visiting today---I really appreciate it! Please stop back by Friday.

Hug and God Bless!

Cathy

Love Ewe

Happy Monday Morning! Hope you all have had a great summer! It's hard to believe that it's almost September and several schools have already started back! Where does the time go???
I'm going to make a real effort to post three times a week! I know alot of people post every day and I did for awhile, but I have fallen behind so much this summer and then I feel guilty, yada, yada, yada. So we'll see how it goes! LOL!
I made today's card this weekend for three challenges---I like to combine them---it works well for me! They are Speedy The Cat's Friend Challenge # 16 ---using flowers; Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 43; and Kraftin Kimmie's Challenge # 41 using "Bling, Scallops and Buttons". Hopefully I got all that in!

Card Recipe
Stamps: Lamb-Wipper Snapper and Sentiment- computer generated
Paper: CS-Bazzill, DP-Penny Lane
Flower: Ornaments Floraux
Bling: K and Co
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Flower Soft: White
Ribbon: May Arts
Signo White Pigment Pen
Aqua Glaze Pen
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers: C1, C5, BV23, YG03, YG63, RV10, RV23, RV13, RV14, B00, BG01, BG49

Nestibilities: Round and Scalloped Round

Thank you so much for stopping by todayand please stop by again Wednesday!

Hugs and God Bless!

Cathy