Easter Bonnet Time ...

'Top of the Morning' to you my friends!

I'm headed out this morning for Pennsylvania to link up with my family for church service.

But before I go I wanted to share with you a card I had created last week

using a couple beautiful ladies in what could be their Easter Bonnets!

OR just a couple really cool hats!!  LOL!

The images I've used are from the Nicecrane Designs 'Vintage Women Hat' sheet.

Background design paper is from Heartfelt Creations ...

and the oval & flourish dies used on this card are Joy Crafts #0258.

Inside I've used Spellbinder Labels 17 and Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterflies.

A couple little Wild Orchid Flowers and faux stitching  were used for embellishment.

A few challenges to share in:

A Gem of a Challenge - Mother's Day/Female Birthday/Special Lady

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Now I'd better get moving!  Don't want to be late for church!

Have a wonderful day!

Easter Treats with Crafty Secrets

Happy Friday!

Here we are into mid March already!  

I have my first Spring craft show next weekend and luckily Crafty Vintage Girl Store has all the adorable vintage Easter/Spring images & papers I need to create some fun goody packing for this coming Easter.

 

 

Everyone loves to receive a little "Chocolate Something" on Easter!

Aren't these Hershey Bar Pouch and matching little goody box adorable?

For my Hershey Bar Pouch, I printed/cut/scored the Printable Forget Me Not Digital Paper. I just think the little buy is so cute and he tied in perfectly with the little girls/bunnies tag that is a part of the Easter Kids Printable 2x2 Box and Tag set.

There also another printable box & tag set available at the Crafty Vintage Girl Store and it is called Printable Bunnies Mini Gift Box & Gift Tag.  

Both of these boxes with tag sets are so easy to make and just adorable!!

 

One more creation to share with you today and it's another Hershey Bar Pouch!

For this pouch, I have printed the Digital Green Floral Damask paper and the images I have printed for my Easter focus are from the Digital Easter Blessing set.

 I hope you have enjoyed my little goody projects today.

If by chance you don't have the dimension for the Hershey Bar Pouch and would like it, just leave me a message and I'd be glad to give it to you!

A few challenges:
Pile It On #10 - Easter Joy

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

All Crafts Challenge - Anything BUT a Card
Crafty Cardmakers - Anything BUT a Card / Slap It On
Through the Purple Haze - Anything Digital

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Be sure to pop over to the CRAFTY VINTAGE GIRL STORE!

Rainbow Wedding

Hello again ... sorry, just couldn't help myself!

I had two rainbow panels laying on my table that I had created for my previous post ...

well you know I just couldn't set it aside ... I had to create with both of them

plus I've been wanting to die cut the Cheery Lynn Designs wedding die

since I bought it (awhile back!)

I actually think these two paired well together.

I can remember being in my sister's wedding ... the bridesmaids were all in pastel rainbow colors!

YEP ... (back in the late 60s) ... wedding are MUCH different today!!

I have a need for some wedding cards in my stash and I think THIS die will make for some quick & easy cards that will look fabulous!  Maybe more of a 'stained glass' background look ... even an outside scenery photo ... that would be cool!  Okay ... enough thinking out loud!

Here's a few challenges to share in:

Classy Cards n Such - Rainbow of Color

City Crafter's Challenge - Beautiful Rainbow

Pumpkin Spice - Rainbows

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with a Bow

Craft-Dee Bowz March Challenge - Anything Goes w/handmade Bow

4 Krafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes
Frilly and Funkie Challenge - Neglected Dies

Thanks for stopping back and hope you like my card.
Oh and I forgot to mention I used my new bow making tool from Craft-Dee Bowz to create my bow today.  I thought I was making a 3 loop bow ... ended up with 4 loops.  Happy to say it came together beautifully and quite easily actually!  

Have a great day/evening!

Rainbow of Colors

Good Afternoon Friends!

Second post for today!  

I wanted to share with you a CAS card I have created for the new challenge 

going on over at Classy Cards n Such called  

Rainbow of Colors.

This was actually quite fun to create and of course took only a few minutes.

Product used:  

White card stock, So-Silk Fabulous Purple (CCNS)

VersaColor & SU inks pods

Stampscapes Sentiment Stamp

Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterfly Dies (CCNS)

You'll want to pop over and check out the sample the team has created to inspire us!  They are fabulous and even though CAS ... very eye appealing!  (I'll no doubt be casing a couple of them for myself! lol)

A few challenge to share in:

Crafting By Designs - Things with Wings

Crafting By Designs March Challenge - Anything Goes

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes/First Day of Spring

Crafting for All Seasons - Spring into Spring

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes

City Crafter's Challenge - Beautiful Rainbow

Pumpkin Spice - Rainbows

Thanks for popping back today ... I appreciate it!

Hope you're having a fun day!

Vintage Butterflies

Good Morning All!

Another snowy, treacherous day in Ohio yesterday but it's supposed to warm back up today!

Terrible 30-50 car pile ups on the Ohio Turnpike!  OMG ... come on Spring!!

Anyways, today I'd like to share a card I made for the current Joan's Touch Challenge #4.

The requirements are:

• Use a circle ... perhaps a round doily
• Colors - Peach and Teal
• Use Butterflies and layer them
• Use a product sold at Joan's Gardens

 I love, love, love Graphic45 design papers and here are a couple of my favorites ... Secret Garden and A Lady's Diary.    The image and tag are coordinating chipboard pieces that I've had since this design was released but have never used any of them ... UNTIL TODAY!!

The doily is a Wilton paper doily and the butterfly punch is Martha Stewart.  I like that Joan required you to 'layer' your butterflies!  I never think to do that and they look SO COOL!!!

I have also used the  Graphic45 Secret Garden Patterns & Solids paper pack for my butterflies.  Punched 3 times with a sheet of double sided 6x6 paper and reversed the center panel for more fun look.  A few mini Kaiser pearls (paper & pearls from Joan's Gardens) down the center give the butterflies a more 'finished' look also.

I'd like to share my card with the following challenges:
Butterfly Challenge #3 - Stitching (real or faux) and Butterfly
Hobbybook Designer Challenge #1 - Make it Girlie
Digi Choosday Challenge - All about the Girls
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #186 - Stitching
Craft-Dee Bowz March Challenge - Anything Goes w/handmade Bow
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge - Vintage/Retro
Crafting By Design March Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting By Design Challenge - Things with Wings

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Hope the weather is BEAUTIFUL where you are today!
It's goes from the teens to the 60ths through out the week here in Ohio, USA!  CRAZY!!

Recipe:

Papers:  White cs, Graphic45 'Secret Gardens', 'Secrets Gardens patterns & Solids', Graphic45 'A Ladies Diary'

Accessories:  Wilton paper doily, Kaiser pearls, MS butterfly punch, Graphic45 'A Ladies Diary' chipboard embellishment, Peach satin ribbon, Craft-Dee Bowz bow maker, ZIP fine tip teal pen for faux stitching, pop dots,

Sisterhood - Sentimental Journey

Hello Friends!

Today we are on a SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY over at The Sisterhood of Crafters.  

That simply means using a SENTIMENT as the focus of your card/project.

For my first card I decided to work on some cards with ATTITUDE!  Awhile back,  I won an entire sheet of sentiment stamps over on Repeat Impressions.  This sheet is called 'Funny Bones Series 2'.  You will be seeing more 'attitude' cards to come!  Just saying . . .

And, for my second card I went a little more soft & subtle!  By using one of the sentiment panels from the Graphic45 'The Secret Garden' paper pack, making a flower and adding some ribbon.

If you read the verse, I'm sure like myself, you have had times when you wish there was a Secret Garden where you just close yourself in and be one with nature ... if just for a little while!
I added the Spare Parts key to mimic the one on the sentiment panel.


Why not take that SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY and come join our challenge!
Thanks for stopping by today!

Springtime at Dies R Us (DRU)

Happy Tuesday Blogging Friends!

My inspiration piece for Dies R Us today is all about the Springtime ... 

for that is what's utmost on my mind at the moment!  LOL!  

Lots of snow here in Ohio, USA this year so I'm ready for blooming trees and singing birds!

There are several dies used on this card and they can be purchased through the DiesRUs Store.

Spellbinder Shapeabilities - Fancy Lattice #S5-152

(Once die cut, I cut it in half lengthwise to use on 2 different projects.)

Poppy Stamps - Carolina Birdhouse #928

Poppy Stamps - Peaceful Bird #929

Memory Box - Dogwood Blossom #98475

Cheery Lynn Designs - Sentiment Frame #2 - #B190

click image to enlarge

For more details on how I created my pink dogwood blossoms, 

check out our new Dies R Us Blog.

Each day of the week (M-F) one of the design team members will share 

inspiration, tips and tricks creating with your dies.  Please come check it out!

Here are the flowers I made for today's project ... 

aren't they pretty?

I created this simple yet beautiful card

 with the remaining flowers and the other half of the fancy lattice.

Even more Fun ...when you get Two for One!

I know this is a long post ... thanks for sticking with me!

One last thing I'll leave you with.  Did you see the NEW DIE MANUFACTURERS added to the ever growing list of dies being carried at the Dies R Us Store?  Here's just a few that I know, if you're like me,  you are already jumping around blogland trying to find ... and they are adding more all the time!
This can be your ONE STOP SHOPPING PLACE FOR DIES!!! 

Art Gone Wild ... Cheery Lynn Designs ... Couture Creations ... Dee's Distinctively ... Die-Namites ... Die-Versions ... Docrafts ... Elizabeth Craft Designs ... Frantic Stamper ... Impression Obsession ... La-La Land ... Magnolia ... Memory Box ... Momenta ... My Besties ... Paper Smooches ... Penny Black ... Poppystamps ... Spellbinder ... Tattered Lace ... Taylored Expressions ... Wild Rose Studio

SEE WHAT I MEAN!!!  And ALL in one place ... one SHIPPING CHARGE!!

I'd like to share with a few other challenges: Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes Glitter & Sparkle Challenge #75 - Anything Goes  Quirky Crafts Challenge - Secret Garden  That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes Challenges and Candies - Flowers Thanks so much for stopping by today! Enjoy your week and happy crafting! I will be attending a Crafter's Summit at JoAnn Fabrics Headquarters in Hudson, Ohio this morning!  I'm really looking forward to it ... should be great fun and inspirational Recipe: Papers:  White cs, Black cs, Garden Green cs, Medium Blue cs, Goldenrod cs, Prima 'Madeline' design paper, and scraps of brown cs, ivory cs, brown design paper Stamp/Ink:  Verve / Versafine Onyx Accessories:  Dies mentioned above, Stylus, Flower making mat, Color Box 'Berrylicious' chalk ink, sponge dauber, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, Art Anthology dimensional crystal 'pickle'

SFC1014 - The Earth Laughs in Flowers

Happy Monday Bloggers!

Today's challenge at Squigglefly is 'The Earth Laughs in Flowers'!

I can hardly wait for my flower beds to start laughing their little heads off!  LOL!

Would you believe I've had spring bulbs pop up out o the ground about 3" only to be FROZEN with the last two snow storms and frigid temperatures!  Poor little things!!

Anyways ... here's my card for today using an adorable image called 

"Pigtail Gabby" by artist Cheryl Grant Alger

I've used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers for my coloring and the background paper is from the First Edition Papers 'Love Letters' that I won recently at Classy Cards n Such (thanks Beverly).

Did you notice the ladybug on the little girls shirt?

Well I thought I needed a few ladybugs around this cluster of Petaloo & Darice flowers too ...

SO ... I got out my Sizzix 'Susan's Garden' Ladybug kit and made up

about a dozen of them that I have stored now in a little jar to use

on all my upcoming spring/summer creations!

After all, if you have lady bugs in your house you know they show up EVERYWHERE ... 

ALL SUMMER LONG!

So expect to see more on my cards with flowers! LOL!

Here's a closeup ...

A few additional challenges:
Bloggers Challenge - Fabulous Florals
Challenges & Candies - Flowers
Scrapping4fun Challenge - Flowers
Come and Get It Challenge - Ribbons and Bows
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes


Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you'll come join in our challenge fun!

It's actually supposed to be in the 50s today ... YIPPEE!!

Gate Fold in Purple ...

Happy Sunday Morning Friends!

We have family visiting from Pittsburgh but while they are still asleep this morning I thought I'd share a card with you that I created yesterday while playing with some of the images I recently won over on The Outlawz from Rick St. Dennis.  This images is called '1960 Couture Hat'.

 Anyone who knows me knows I love PURPLE!  Any shade of it!

So, of course I just had to color one of these lovely ladies in this regal color! 

A pretty quick and easy design.  My design paper is Paper Pizazz and I just love the wispy pattern.

 

 A touch of Crystal Effects was added to the gems on her hat and her broach.

And of course a little sponging of TH Vintage Photo distress ink around the edges to give her a more vintage look.  I have had the regal gold satin ribbon in my stash for a very long time and thought it worked perfectly with the gold broach and deep purple.

 

I don't know why I forget to make gate fold cards!  They are so eye appealing and always get attention at my craft shows.  So, today I finally 'thought about it' when cutting/scoring my base card.

A few challenges:

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge - Vintage/Retro

DL.ART #127 - Image of a girl or lady

Crafters Companion - Monochromatic

Just B Creative Crazy - Anything Goes
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes Twist: my favorite color

Thanks for stopping by!

I hear footsteps upstairs!  Seems our house guests are awake!

I'd better get moving!

Recipe:

Papers:  White cs, Grape purple cs, Lavender cs, Paper Pizazz dp

Image:  Rick St. Dennis

Inks:  Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Accessories:  SU circle punch, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, crystal effects, gems, gold satin ribbon, Spellbinder circle/scallop circle dies

Lady in Green . . .

Good Evening All!

QUICKLY I must get this card posted ... only an hour left to enter the Cheery Lynn Designs 'Doilies' challenge!  Yikes!  I thought I had another day!  Silly me!

Why is it when you're in a hurry nothing goes right!

I will probably replace these photos later ... the coloring is OFF!  

For some reason my camera wanted to put a PINK haze around my card.  

The GREEN color on this lovely lady by Rick St. Dennis is actually a KELLY GREEN!

As is the background paper.  

The TAN paper sponged with TH Vintage Photo ink also looks orange!

Grrrrr!

Still a pretty card but wish the colors were closer to real!

OKAY HERE WE GO!
This is a little closer to the true color ...
Still has a pink haze but not as strong as before. 

My flower is the CLD - Shasta Daisy strip.  It's white with a SU More Mustard sponged center.

I'll be back in a bit with more details and hopefully better photos!

Till then ... have a nice evening!

Snow (again! really!) here in Ohio!  Thought we were done with the white stuff!

Other challenges:
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Use an image of a girl or lady.
 Card and Scrap - Use Dies
Cards Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi stamp
Connie Can Crop - Green with Envy

Recipe:
Papers:  White cs, Tan cs, Graphic45 Botanical Tea dp
Image:  Rick St. Dennis 'Forget Me Nots'
Inks:   TH 'Vintage Photo' distress ink, SU 'More Mustard'
Accessories:  Cheery Lynn Designs #DL103 'Italian Flourish' doily,  CLD #B310 'Shasta Daisy' strip die, Spellbinder classic circle die, Flower making kit, McGill flower forming mat, Basic Grey cream pearl, Kaiser green pearls, , sponge dauber, Michaels organza ribbon, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, Fiskars swivel craft knife

Easter Greetings

Happy Saturday Everyone!

This morning I finally got around to creating a card for the new challenge over at Craft Hoarders Anonymous.  The theme for this challenge is Vintage/Retro and Graphic45 is their sponsor!

Well, you know I LOVE Vintage design and Graphic45 is one of my favorite vintage style design paper companies so this challenge was right up my alley.  Although I must say, I didn't have to put a lot of effort into this card!  All the 'pieces' came from the Graphic45 'Sweet Sentiments' and 'Secret Garden' 8x8 paper packs.  A touch of gingham ribbon and pop dots was pretty much all that was required to put this card together!

How quick/easy & awesome is this!

With doing an unexpected craftshow in a couple of weeks, I'm scurrying about trying to be sure I have enough SPRING styled cards ready so I think I'll be 'whipping up' a few more of these beauties.

With all the square cuts, I wanted to add a little more dimension, so I tucked the lower corner images up underneath the focus image and POPPED up the Easter greeting panel. The gingham ribbon was tied around the 1st layer of matting and by moving the pop dots back a bit on the focus panel, it gave room to tuck in these adorable ticket panel images.

I also overlaid another one of the 'ticket' images in the upper right corner.  

What do you think?  

It has actually taken me longer to type up this post then it did to make the card!  LOL!

Here are a couple more challenges I'd like to share with:

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes twist/favorite color (purple)

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Photo Inspiration

Annabelle Stamp Challenge - Color Inspiration

Sister Act Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

We have some Pittsburgh family members coming to visit and spend the night with us so I'm really looking forward to that!  Hopefully the weather will hold up for their trip over!

Crafty Secrets Easter Cards

Hello blogging friends!

Wow!  Here we are on Friday again already!  

Is time going fast or is it just me?

Today I have some Easter cards to share with you which I made using the Printable Easter Blessings Postcards by Crafty Secrets.  They are available at the Crafty Vintage Girl shoppe along with a wonderful selection of other Easter project making goodies.  Be sure to pop over and check it out!

Before I share my cards, I want to REMIND YOU of our Linky Party going on NOW on our blog HERE!

You still have a couple of days to join in the fun!  
And if by chance you don't have any of our products YET, you will find a variety of freebie links on the sidebar of our BLOG.

All you need to do is post any sample you have created using any of our products.  Every person will receive a $6.00 coupon and 1 lucky random.org winner will get a $50.00 Crafty Secrets Gift Card!  You have until 11:59 PM Mar 9 to enter. Sorry, only one $6.00 coupon per person but you can enter up to 4 samples and increase odds of winning the big prize. Don`t be shy!

Okay ... now onto the Easter cards ... here's a photo of the group.

This printable file is designed so you can print these gorgeous images, then flip the paper and print the other side with the 'postcard' print.  Yes, you could send these as actual postcards.  However, I have a craft show coming up in a couple of weeks and chose to just print the one side and make a full size card for each image.

Would you like to see a close up of each card?

I simply went through some of my design papers and selected a background pattern that I thought complimented the images.  I haven't used much in the way of embellishment ... they are so beautiful on their own, they don't need much more!  

You can click on any of the images for an even closer look!

These were very EASY PEASY to create but I think they are SO BEAUTIFUL!

I hope you're inspired to get started on YOUR Easter cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

And please, don't forget to pop over to our BLOG and STORE!

Till next time ...