Simon Says Stamp and Show, Show us your Ephemera....

Hiya Ladies and Gents....here we are for another fabulous challenge on the

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog

This week we want you to Show us your Ephemera.....I can hear ya thinking Ephemera mmm what is this...????? Or maybe you know what it is...?? I did not hheheeh, so here it comes....Ephemera is something old, maybe you went on a vacation someday and you kept the tickets, postcards, pieces of ribbon or just a little something that you kept  etc...sooo we want you to show us your old, vintagy stuff, something that you collected from the early years......and make a Card, Tag or creation with your "old" stuff on it.
So get your thinking caps on oke and doooo join into the Challenge, you will have lots of fun.

Our regular sponsor is Simon Says Stamp...

and you should realy check out the Store from Simon Says Stamp, I can tell ya it is the crafters heaven on earth...wohooooo
Check it out....Just click the picci and it will take you there....

And you know what if you join in you even make a chance to win a fabulous prize wohoooooo



At first I did not know what to make and struggled with the challenge Took a while but then I knew....So here it comes......

Once upon a time and yes it was 1996...There was this girl who made a journey with the love of her life..to America, the homeland of her loved one....

hehehe can you believe it that this is my (then) boyfriend hihihih and me.....deffinatly tourists eh?

On the 27th of June in the year 1996 we went to a Best Western Motel.....I saved the ticket from the Hotel and what a good idea it was....heheh....
I have used Forest Moss and Vintage Photo to Distress all the parts of the Tag, worked on the images with Distress inks and the Paper Distresser..to give it that Ephemera feel And I can tell you if you don't have a paper distresser YET don't wait any longer to purchase one cause it really makes your papers look reaaaaaaaaaaaaly vintagy...I love it.

Uphere on the roadmap Emerald Bay was a really special place for Mike and me.....cause on top of the waterfall with a Vista vieuw to Lake Tahoe, Mike asked me to marry him ....how cool is that eh? And here we are now 13 years along our journey.

We went to the Yosemite National Park amongst a lot of other impressive sights......Yosemite is just fabulous.....wowzersss with all of the special big Redwood trees....offcourse I made a lot of pictures of the trees.

And here is my XL Tag when it is finished....I have used the EK Succes Punch on the side of the Tag and I have placed some roses and pearls.

And I thought I'll make another picture and that is this one....with the heart underneith.....like the looks of this one....

I hope you have an idea what you can do with the Ephemera Challenge for this week on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog, ladies and gents and dooooo join in....

And while your there check out my teamies AMAZING Ephemera Creations oke...

Have fun.....

Hugs xxxx



Sketch Saturday Challenge #144 and more......

Hiya ladies and gents....yep it is Saturday allready...time sure flies eh? so that means we have another fabulous challenge at the

Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog.....

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is.....

 

The Craft Barn

Do check it out ladies......

and this time Jo my wonderfull teamie has another sketch for us to play with......

And this is what I made with Jo's fab sketchie...

I have used this fab stamp from Sugar Nellie...she is called Reflective, don't you just love her...I colored her with my copics and yes I colored the background with my Decorative Chalks....so very nice to use on the backgrounds of your card......and it gives it a real shiny look....

And yes this time I used my favourite colors again.....purple...for the ones who did not know that purple was my favourite hehehe....

And this is my card when it is all finished......so what do you think...you like?? or don't like what you see?? I do...I think it has everything to do with the fact that it is my favourite color and papers...hehehe....The papers that I have used are from Basic Grey, Wisteria.....doooo love that paper...fab colors in there.....

I have worked with the Martha Stewart punch and placed a few purple roses and a little peace of ribbon.....and the card for this week is done.....I hope that you will come on over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and do join in....cause your going to have lots of fun with this sketch from Jo......and you will have the chance to win another fab prize...and while your on the challenge blog do check out the wonderfull creations from my teamies....wohooo fabulous ladies.....

I want to join into the following challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs: Use Punches or Dies

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: Friendship

If the shoe fits scrap it: Purple....

Stamp Something: Something with flowers

DYSU Challenge Blog: Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey: Anything Goes

Paper Romance Challenges: Anything Goes

Thank you for watching ladies and if you could leave me a comment that would be really nice....love all of your comments.....thank you

Hugs xxxxx

Prairie Fairy Fun Fridays, Challenge #47 Inspired by a Song and more

Hiya ladies and gents......it is Friday and yes that means another fabulous challenge over at the

Fairy Fun Friday Challenge Blog......

This week the Challenge is Inspired by a Song.....We want you to use a favorite song to inspire the theme of your project! So better get your thinking cap on and we are being very curious what the outcome will be.....
And wohooo I am the hostess for the Challenge this week....and I must say I had a lot of fun .....and when you join in please check out what my teamies made for this week...wohooo absolutely georgous ladies.......

So here we go....this is what I made for this weeks challenge.....

I have used these wonderfull little birdies, Roberta made this fab digistamp....and you can purchase it in Roberta's Digistamp store. But that's not the only thing you can purchase offcourse, check it out oke, you will find some amazing digistamps upthere..
I have colored the little birdies with my copics....and have used the Decorative Chalks for the background....and around the Doves I used distress inks.....
I instantly was thinking of a song from Nelly Furtado when I was coloring these cuties....but will get back to the song in a minute.

This is the top of my card, don't you just love this lace....I know I do hehehe......really fits the card....and the flowers yummie.....love those too....

And when there is a top there is a bottom too eh....so this is at the bottom of my card yep the same yummie lace there.....

And here is the card when it is finished......I made it a vintagy one....just love making vintagy stuff.....The papers that I have used are from 7 Gypsies these are really fab papers. the Song that I was thinking about is: Nelly Firtado with I'm like a Bird

I think it is a fabulous song......

I would like to enter the following challenges:

DYSY Challenges: Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey, Anything goes

Paper Roamnce, Anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks; Challenge #26, Inspiration is a Waitin

Crafts and me Challenges: Time to spread your wings
Cardmadfairy's digidays challenge #2: Distress it
Stamp Something: Something with Flowers
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Simon Says ....Coffee and Cream

Thank you for watching ladies and gents.....and have fun crafting.

Hugs xxxx

Simon Says Stamp and Show, Show us your Stripes......

Hiya ladies and gents here we are again with another fabulous Monday where there is yep....you quessed it right...another wonderfull Vintagy Challenge at the

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog....

And this time we would like you to Show us your Stripes....wohoooo

So come on over to the Challenge blog and do join in on the challenge for this week....you can make whatever you want, as long that it has stripes and it must be VINTAGY....causee that is what our Challenge Blog Simon Says Stamp and Show is all about..

Our regular fantabulous sponsor is

Simon Says Stamp
 Crafters heaven on earth.....check it out wohooo

and they are giving away another fabulous prize for one lucky winner......so Do join in oke?



I decided to make a Spring card, with lots of stripes. The stripes and therefore the papers are from Graphic 45, Once upon a springtime and that is exactly the meaning behind this card, think we have had it with the snow.  It was time for something soft and warm....and I think these fab papers just give you warmth and soft feeling of the sprintime........

Everything is distressed with Vintage Photo and Forest Moss distress inks.

The borders are worked on with the EK Succes Punch. And the fabulous flowers are inked up too and worked on with Distress rock candy and Glossy Accents to give it that extra look.



The image is from the internet and I have placed this beautifull little girlie on a nestie and worked on the borders with distress inks.

And this is the card when it is finished........the lace is from my own stash, it was just laying in my closet and waiting to be used......so I thought this was a perfect fit.

So you wanna have fun again ladies and gents????? You do now eh? Well come on over to the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog and Show us your Stripes.......and while your there just look at ALL Of the STUNNING projects from my Teamies...wowwwwzersss I just love them all really I do...

So Hope we will see ya there......

Have fun and thank you for watching and I really would love you to leave a comment for me so I can check out your blog.

Thank you

Hugs xxxx

Sketch Saturday Challenge #143, sponsor is Stichy Bears.....and more

Hiya ladies, here we are again..wohooo it is Saturday and yessss we have another wonderfull challenge at the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog...
This time we are being sponsored by the lovely Stichy Bears Digital Stamps.

We got to choose a very sweet digi image that we could use for our cards for this weeks challenge.

I chose In his Hands....and I just love it.....made it a vintagy one, never made a vintagy baby card....and I can tell you that I am very pleased with the results.....and let me tell ya that does not happen that often LOL.....

So here we go .....

My goodness isn't this just a fab sketch??? I think so....and I want to say thank you to my wonderfull teamie Jo.....thank you sweetie......

and this is the card that I made....

I have used these fabulous roses and I worked on the roses with stickles.....to give it that shiny look.

And this wonderfull sentiment is just perfect for this card, usually I place the embellies on a rose or something but this time I thought why don't I place it on the empty space in the middle of the sentiment....sooo I did......and I think it looks great. I just took of the hanger and glued the embellie in the middle of the sentiment.

This wonderfull and OOOHH soo cute digi image is called In his hands and it is from Stichy bears.......and I just love it...colored the digi with my copics and used lots of ink, decorative chalk in the background to finish it.

And here is my card finished.......I used distress ink on every piece of this card, placed the vintagy lace......just the right color to go with the card......the paper is from Basic Grey....soooo and that's it for today....wanna have fun come over to the challenge blog and play along oke? And while your at it, check out my Teamies amazing creations.....wohooooo.... have fun.....

I would like to join into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles Challenges: Glitz, Glam, Shimmer and Bling

Totally Papercrafts: Do it with Digi's

Wags 'n'Whiskers: Punches

Dutch Dare Card Challenges:DDCC #100 Sparkle/Glitter and Bling

Digi Doodles Shop Best: Anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey: PCJ Challenge 4: Anything goes

PaperPlay Challenges: Add Shine

Sassy Studi Designs: Use a Punch

Shelly's Images: Show us what you got/Anything goes

Stampin' Royalty: Challenge #59: Mark it Up

Thank you for watching ladies and if you could leave me a message that would be great, just love reading your messages.

Hugs xxxx

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge, Show us a Tag.....

Hiya ladies and gents....it is Monday and yes the first day of the week, and what better way to start a new week with a fabulous new challenge over at the

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog...

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Our wonderfull regular sponsor is

Simon Says Stamp and yes they have another fabulous prize to give away to one lucky winner......

Isn't it just fabulous????????? so come on over to the blog and join into the challenge you are going to have soooo much fun......

This week we would like to you to Show us your Tag.......

This is what I made for this weeks challenge.....
I couldn't wait untill could use my new paperpack from Graphic 45, Steampunk Debutante. The colors in this paperpack are just great....

See what I mean??? isn't this just wonderfull, really pretty colors.....Some of the borders on the images are worked on with the Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch.

The image is from the internet and I worked on it to make it a 3D image....maybe difficult to see uphere.

The Tag's background is Distressed with Forest Moss, Fired Brick and Vintage Photo Distress inks and embossed with the fabulous Tim Holtz Sizzix Postcard & Sheet Music Texture Fades Embossing Folders.

The embossed parts are worked on with glossy accents to give it that extra look. The lace is from her own stash just like the Die from the flowers. It was just waiting for me in my closet....On top of the flowers there is glossy accents and distress rock candy.

So ladies and gents you wanna have fun then come on over to the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog and join into the challenge, it is not that difficult to make a tag believe me if I can do it, anyone can do it...and if you don't have a tag athome, you can make one very simple.......and when your over at the Challenge Blog just check out the fabulous Tag's from my AMAZING teamies......

Thank you for watching and have a fabulous week.

Hugs xxxxx

Sketch Saturday Challenge #142 and some more.....

Hiya ladies and gents...here we are again with another challenge at

The Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog...

our regular sponsor, Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring this weeks challenge....

"With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon is proud to offer the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, Altered Art, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world!"

And check this wonderfull sketch from JO out.....

Don't you just love this one.......I know I do hehehe

So oke here we go with the card that I made for this week

This digistamp is from Belles 'n' Whistles and I got her from a good friend, love this little girl with the cuddly bear in her arms......And offcourse I have used a few flowers and I placed a few of those fabulous roses on top.....

This is the side of the card and I have used a digi sentiment that I won in a Candy a while back......the purple lace is from Desi's Create your Own webshop and I really love this color. On top I made a bow on it.

And here is my card when it is finished.....It is absolutely my color..yep remember that I am the girl who just loveeeeeeeeeesss the Purple color who happens to be the most wonderfull color on earth???? heheh...The papers are offcourse from Basic Grey, Wisteria....Just love it......wohooooo....and I placed a few shiny stones on the other side of the card and it is finished....
So wanna have fun this weekend then I suggest you come over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and join into the challenge you even make a change to win a great prize.....and while your are there, just check out the fabulous creations my teamies made.....

I would like to join into the following challenges:

Delightfull Challenges: Get Punchy, de nestie and the flowers
Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog: It is all about love
Creative Card Crew: for a love one
Craft your Passion: Anything goes
Incy Wincy Designs: Love
Lexi's Creations: Bears
Ooh La La Creations: Challenge 73; For someone special
OSAAT: Challenge 48; Do it with a digi

Thank you for watching and I would really you to leave me a message so I can come over to look at your wonderfull blogs....

Hugs xxxx

Prairie Fairy Challenge #46, All in the fine print and more...

Hiya ladies, here we are again...with another fabulous challenge on the

Prairie Fairy Fun Friday Challenge Blog

This time the challenge is All in the Fine Print, I can hear you thinking duhhh what is this....well I was thinking the same hehehe, but it is simple, fine print is real petite, small...letters....so....make a card a project with small or tiny letters in it.

Here we go ladies.....this is what I made for this weeks challenge

This beautifull digistamp is called Watering Can en it is from Roberta, she made this beauty and I just love it, such sweet flowers and I colored the image with my copics, used the decorative chalks and really had fun. If you want to purchase this georgous digi you can go to Roberta's Digistamp store, just check it out and you will find absolutely wonderfull digistamps that you can use for your cards and projects. Have fun....

The papers that I have used are from the georgous Tilda papers.....I just love these...and the lace I got from my own stash....a few pearls and here we go, my card for this weeks challenge is a fact...I hope you like it...

So ladies if you want to have fun with this wonderfull challenge then come on over and join into the fun on the Fairy Fun Friday Challenge and check out the fabulous projects my wonderfull teamies made.....wohoooooo georgous.....

I would like to join into the following challenges:

Delightfull Challenges: Get Punchy

Digi Doodles Shop Best: Challenge 46 Nature

Copic Creations: Challenge 43: Cool colors

Craft your passion challenges: Anything goes

Thank you for watching and I hope you will have a fab crafting weekend.

Hugs xxxx