What's on My Kitchen Counter

Everyone has times where they really need their Fairy Godmother - I am needing mine right now and the day is still young! This is my Tuesday Challenge Card for the Can You Digi It? Challenge found here and it starts at 6:00AM today. The Fairyland inspiration pictures are so fun. I used the Revidevi Retro Garden Fairy digital image available in the Can You Digi It? store (click here to get right to it). You should play in the challenge - they are giving away a $10 store certificate and there are lots of amazing things in this store!!! I also used the following on my card: Ranger Rock Candy Distress Stickles (available in the store), Diamond Stickles, some old ribbon, Prima Flowers, Graphic 45 and SU! paper, and Spellbinders dies. I sponged SU! More Mustard ink around the Spellbinder die before taking the paper out of the die. Hope my Fairy Godmother shows up soon! Hugz!!

Kim (Luv Flowers on SCS) is the Featured Stamper on the Sunday Challenge at SCS today - hooray! I love her work. If I had better flower images, I would have made some awesome flower cards today. I decided to go rugged and manly with my case instead. I think I was also inspired by all the truck cards Pat Smethers has been making. Click here to see Kim's awesomely brilliant White Orchids card that I cased. Even though Kim's card is a flower card, the colors and panels said masculine to me. I tried to capture that in my card as well even though I didn't have her fun papers. I was going to do a twine bow, but the card ended up more masculine than I had expected and a bow just didn't seem to fit when I put it all together. My daughter's fiance has a blue truck with 2 lift kits and they like to go mud riding. I thought she could make this into a Valentine's card for him with some fun saying inside like: Valentine, I would go through mud for you or something alo...

I found a new-to-me sketch challenge last night called the Deconstructed Sketch. I looked at some of the past sketches on Jen's, and I am already addicted. I made this card up quick, but I think it looks like I spent a bunch of time on it (its the sketch I am telling you). I used my new SU! Edgelits borders on the main long strip and on the bottom of the front panel (I can tell I will be using them a lot). I pulled out my SU! set called Natural Beauty to do the front panel behind the flower - what a super set that has been for me (I think SU! should bring it back). Fun papers from Prima, some Cool Caribbean ink all over the whole thing, a flower and some sprigs, and a few pearls - and it was done! It is going to my MIL who needs everyone's prayers. She had kidney surgery yesterday and the news was not good. She goes to the doctor in a week and they are going to decide the next plan of action. If you have some time this week or some room on your prayer list - please...

This is my creation for the Can You Digi It? Blog Hop. Hopefully you came here from Patty's blog, and didn't miss any of the wonderful "It Girls" creations. Here is the blog hop order in case you missed any one: C.Y.D.I? Blog Michelle Single (store owner) Lelia Pierce (DT coordinator) April O'Connor Toni Storie (CYDI friend) Dana Alley Jan Hannicutt (guest designer) Patty Chalas Nancy Williams - Me Hannah Clark C.Y.D.I. blog After you're done with all your hopping, you'll want to stop by the store for the fabulous SALE going on right now. Be sure and use the special code "CYDIGOC15" to get 15% off all non-digital goodies in addition to the products all the awesome artists have put on sale. The sale/coupon ends Friday, January 27th when Michelle gets on the plane for CHA. Make sure you are a C.Y.D.I? Twitter follower to get all the updates from CHA! I used this great KiniArt Image for my easel card: ...

My new Obsession: Digital stamps from the Can You Digi It? Store which is having its grand opening starting this week. You should check it out because many of the artists are discounting their images and the non-digital items can be purchased for 15% off until January 27, 2012. Can You Digi It? (C.Y.N.I.) was just started up by Michelle Single who is very active around the crafty community and on SCS. I am going to be a guest designer for awhile, and I am so excited! The C.Y.D.I. blog launches its first challenge today. It is an inspiration challenge and you can find the inspiration pictures and the rules here . The winner of the challenge will receive a $10 C.Y.D.I. store certificate. I used my very favorite image from the store for the challenge. It was created by LilyPink Designs. I love what the artist said about it; she said it has a "slightly grungy, text-based, messy look that seems to be so hot at the moment..." The challenge pictures are all about iPho...

I love to case a wonderful card artist and this week's Queen for the Day at Splitcoast stampers is one talented lady. Judy (known as jaydekay on SCS) can take some paper and an image and turn it into something very special. I seriously could have cased a hundred of her fun creations. I love this beautiful card of Judy's: See Judy's card here Wish I had that bird image! Had to go with an old standby 'fly from Inkadinkado instead. I think it worked. I used a different card shape, colors, images, etc. but I tried to use a lot of her design elements - hope you can spot them. Congrats Queen Judy! Hugz! Other items used: gcd Parisian Nights designer paper SU! Very Vanilla and black card stock Spellbinders Standard Circle and leaf dies QuicKutz frame die Martha Stewart branck punch Ranger Stickles (for the sparkle) SU! Chocolate Chip ink and a sponge Raffia Versa Mark Ink and SU! Black embossing powder I had a wonderful weekend, hope you all did too! H...

My sweet niece Stefanie (and her husband Josh, of course) will soon be having a little one. Sweet little Logan is due in February. Josh is a big hunter so I wanted to make a card for next week's shower that incorporated camo in it. I love this little House Mouse image - I think every card I have made with it came out unbelievably cute. This week's House Mouse and Friends Challenge (#110) is to make a card with something old and something new. My camo paper is new and my great nephew will be really new too. Also, the Twisted Sister Challenge is to make a card with something new but no pink (I cheated and used pink on a part of the pacifier). I used the following on this card: * House Mouse Monica with Pacifer Stamp *Spellbinders Circle Die and Scalloped Circle Die *Prima flowers *Martha Stewart Branch Punch *Marks Finest Papers - dark chocolate ribbon *Stampin' UP! Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive *Hobby Lobby Paper Studio camo designer pa...

Happy New Year to all my cyber friends! I am in a wonderful mood this morning. My oldest daughter is now engaged, and we couldn't pick a better son-in-law. What a wonderful way to start the New Year. A lot went on in my life this year - with me, my family, and my friends - some awesome things and some really scary things. This card really speaks to those scary things. Most the things were health related, but a few were attacks on friends or family. I just don't know what gets into people. Life is hard enough - we should be helping people get through it with us and not trying to kick down our neighbor (or let our dogs eat 1/2 their chickens and not even offer to reimburse them for the damage - yes that happened to us too). Thankfully, when we are going through those storms - we can hold onto the Master. He is an expert sailor and can even control the seas. I am reminded of my favorite John Wesley story. In 1736, he sailed to America with his brother Charles. The p...