What's on My Kitchen Counter

Today, I stayed in my jammies and made a few cards - fun, fun, fun. I made this card for the following challenges: SCS - FS295 (click here to see Vicki's card that I cased) SCS - Twisted Sisters (to use Fall Leaves) Fresh Brewed - Apple Tree Photo Inspiratin Pattie's Creations - #53 Anything Goes Digistamp4joy - All The Leaves are Brown (but I have green ones too) My image is called Pork-o from Loopy4digis and it is available at Can You Digi It? and the green strip of paper is from Green Goddess Creations and is available at CYDI? too. This card is for the Haunted Design House Challenge #152 Chain Me Up, Chain Me Down challenge. I had to wait for time to make this one as I had to work a bunch of overtime this week. Marley is from Mo's Digital, and I had to use it for this interesting challenge. My bg paper is digi paper from Green Goddess Creations -I just changed the color and blurred the skulls.

Shakespearean greeting inspired by Much Ado About Nothing (I have a a book of Shakespeare's plays so I am counting this as from a book). I only had 30 minutes to do this card so I could get into the Octopode Challenge which ends before I get home today and is all about BOOKS (which I love, love, love so I couldn't miss this challenge). Love Shakespeare and this Octopode image is sooo great. I used some Delightfully Destressing Butterfly Bliss papers available at Can You Digi It?. Hugs and hope you have a wonderful day!

It's time for the Dude Time Doodles September Blog Hop, and there are some awesome new images. If you are participating in the blog hop, you should have come here from Dawn (wasn't her card wonderful?). If not, hop on and just continue on in a circle. Be sure to leave comments everywhere because the blog hop prize is selected from the mystery DT member. I love wolves and warewolves so I am thrilled to showcase the new image Wifred Wolfenstein. Now it is time to visit Anne and see the fun card she has designed. Hugz!

Can You Digi It?'s new challenge is Indian Summer and here is the inspiration board: I love the colors of Indian Summer and Fall, and this year I am going to really celebrate them because this past Summer in Alabama was tough. I am praying for nice cool weather and a really cold Winter (at least cold enough and long enough to kill the bugs who are my evil nemesises). I used Green Goddess Creations' Walk on the Wild Side paper pack and Zva Crystals which are both available in the CYDI? store. I changed the background colors on the papers in MS Word so that they would go with the theme. The leaves are cut out with Spellbinder Leaf Dies and the little branches were made with the Martha Stewart Branch Punch. Before I close this post, I wanted to thank everyone who comments on my blog. You are all so wonderful and you make me feel so much more connected in the world of crafting and blogging. I appreciate your time because I know how valuable it is! I promised to give awa...

Yesterday, I got to spend some lovely quality time with my oldest daughter, Crystal. She needed a baby shower card for a boy with chevrons on it (I got my chevrons from Can You Digi It? and they are part of a beatiful set by Michelle). I love the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS so we picked this lovely card by Jackie to case. She also wanted to enter a few more challenges (she thinks they really fun), so I checked out Pile-it-on which always has a cool theme and links to other great themes. This week, the Pile-it-on theme is felt or fabric so we added some burlap just like Jackie did on her card. We used my old reliable House Mouse baby with pacifer image so we are entering this in the House Mouse challenge which is Autumn (we figured the woodsy background would help us qualify there). Finally, we found a cute challenge called Just Keep Creating that has an Anything Goes Theme and we love the name! It was so nice to have this quality time with Crystal - it seems that once...

I worked a bunch overtime this week - even on Saturday, so I was thrilled to be able to sit down and craft this morning! There are only a few more hours left on the Squigglefly Challenge #37-SFC3712-Halloween so I had to seriously hurry on this one. I love Lynne Stansbery images because you can always make a quick and beautiful card without spending a ton of time on it. This image is called Come and get it. I added a sentiment and did some scoring with my ScorePal and it was done. Isn't that puppy sweet? Kind of reminds me of a child looking up at a cookie or candy jar. Hope you have a wonderful day! Hugz!

This week at Dude Time Doodles it is a fun inspirational challenge: I used Mitch Magistrate for my card. I needed a birthday card for a friend at work, and I know he will love this image. I love sentiments and often use them to add humor and fun to my cards. This week we are sponsored by TLC Creations and the challenge winner will receive a $10 certificate. I just discovered TLC Creations, and their stuff is AMAZING! They have any kind of sentiment you could think of - funny, sweet, touching, inspiring, current, vintage, etc. Here is a card I just made with their Leaves of Fall Sentiment set: Hope you will join us in our Add a Sentiment challenge (remember your creation should be for a Dude). Hugz!