Belles n' Whistles "Where Do They Live?" Challenge

My sweet Shih Tzu, Maddi. She just luv's her Texas Toothpick's. My stamps live in Ontario, Canada, in my craft room.

One of my fav movies, Twilight. I luv Edward Cullen/Robert Pattinson!

One of my cupboards in my craft room fill with just some of my fav flowers, Prima's.

Maddi relaxing on the sofa in my family room.

Warming up by the fireplace in my family room.

Waiting for food on the kitchen counter.


These pix where taken today and are for the Belles n' Whistles "Where Do They Live?" challenge. You have until Fri March 19th to enter for a chance to win the newest Belles n' Whistles stamp set.

Here are the rules:

1) Show me a view! Where do your Belles 'n Whistles stamps live?

2) Show me a Belles 'n Whistles stamp inside this photographic view.

3) Post your creative pic on your blog, being sure to link back to our Belles 'n Whistles challenge here...so that people don't think you are nuts!

DT Crafty Cat - Easter Bunny Girl Painting Eggs Easel Card

I made this easter easel card using Trak's adorable paper piecing printables from her new Easter Bunny CD. I made this card super fast because her images are so easy to work with. All you do is print, cut and glue :o)

Visit Crafty Cat's Shop for lots of super cute paper piecing printables & digi stamps. For more inspiration check out the lovely creations at Crafty Cat's Design Team Blog.

This card was entered into the following challenges:

Rosie-D's - #66 Spring
Pile it On - #10 Pastel Colours
Paper Sundaes - #9 Multi-fold Easter or Spring Card
Secret Crafter - #74 Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy - #6 Green
Lili of the Valley - #48 Easel Card
Cute Card - #103 Celebrations
Creative Inspirations - #51 Charms
The Pink Elephant - #58 Spring
A Spoon Full of Sugar - #95 Easter

Recipe:
Paper Piecing Printables - Crafty Cat - Easter Bunny CD
Papers - Stampin' Up!, Bazzill & papers from stash
Embellishments - Prima Flower,Dew Drops, brads, ribbon & charm from stash
Glitter - Stickles Crystal & Star Dust

This card is currently for sale at my Etsy shop.

DT Karen's Doodles - Easter Bunny Girl Easel Card

This week for Karen's Doodles US challenge it's...

Easter/Spring Theme

Be sure to drop by and join in on the fun. If you don't have a Karen's Doodles digi stamp you can get some freebies at Karen's Doodles Paper Craft Planet group. The fab prizes for this weeks challenge will be...

Winner - 3 Digi stamps of their choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of their choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of their choice from Karen's Doodles

The winners will be choosen using Random.org so everyone has a fair chance to win. Each week a new challenge will start on Monday so mark your calendar and lets get crafting :o)

Visit Karen's Doodles Shop for lots of super cute digi stamps.

This card was entered into the following challenges:

Rosie-D's - #66 Spring
Pile it On - #10 Pastel Colours
Paper Sundaes - #9 Multi-fold Easter or Spring Card
Secret Crafter - #74 Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy - #6 Green
Lili of the Valley - #48 Easel Card
Cute Card - #103 Celebrations
Creative Inspirations - #51 Charms
The Pink Elephant - #58 Spring

Recipe:
Digi Stamp - Karen's Doodles - Bunny Girl
Colouring Mediums - Copic Sketch markers
Punches - Stampin' Up!
Dies - Spellbinder Nesties
Papers - Stampin' Up!, Bazzill & DCWV
Embellishments - Prima Flower, Prima Say it in Crystals, Making Memory brads, Dew Drops, brads & charm from stash
Glitter - Stickles Crystal & Glamour Dust

This card is currently for sale at my Etsy shop.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE TRAILER

I can't wait!!!

Take Joy in the Little Things Card

This card was entered into the following challenges:

Crafty Angels - #25 Butterflies
Sophisticat - #25 Flourishes & Bling
Colour Create - #40 Mint, Chocolate & White (Optional Extra: Texture)
Cute Card - #103 Celebrations
Practical Scrappers - #103 White Pens/White Markers
Creatalicious - #7 Creating a Little Something

Recipe:
Digi Stamps - Elisabeth Bell
Colouring Mediums - Copic Sketch markers
Papers - Stampin' Up! & papers from stash
Embellishments - Prima Flowers, Prima Say It In Crystal Pearls & Making Memory brads
Dies - Nellie Snellen
Punches - EK Success
Glitter - Stickles Star Dust & Atyou Spica Clear

This card is currently for sale at my Etsy shop.

DT Karen's Doodles - First Kiss Easel Card

I made this card following the sketch provided above for Karen's Doodles first US challenge. Be sure to drop by and join in on the fun. If you don't have a Karen's Doodles digi stamp you can get some freebies at Karen's Doodles Paper Craft Planet group. The fab prizes for the first challenge will be...

Winner - 1 digi stamp that they design and get to name and 2 digi stamp of their choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of their choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of their choice from Karen's Doodles

The winners will be choosen using Random.org so everyone has a fair chance to win. Each week a new challenge will start on Monday so mark your calendar and lets get crafting :o)

Visit Karen's Doodles Shop for lots of super cute digi stamps.

This card was entered into the following challenges:

One Stop Craft - #70 Sew Simple

Recipe:
Digi Stamp - Karen's Doodles - First Kiss
Colouring Mediums - Copic Sketch markers
Punches - Fiskars
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Papers - Stampin' Up!, Bazzill & papers from stash
Embellishments - Prima Flower, Prima Pearls, Making Memory brads & Maya Road Chipboard
Glitter - Doodlebug Sugar Coating Lily White

This card is currently for sale at my Etsy shop.

Picture Perfect Card

This is my first attempt at making a window card with the stamped image on the inside of the card. I really like how it turned out. I don't use lace often so it was fun to add it to the window frame.

This card was entered into the following challenges:

Colour Create - #39 Red, Black and Off White (Optional Extra: Silver or Pewter Brads)
Sophisticat - #25 Flourishes & Bling
One Stop Craft - #70 Sew Simple

Recipe:
Stamps - Hanglar & Stanglar
Colouring Mediums - Copic Sketch markers
Papers - Stampin' Up!, Bazzill & papers from stash
Embellishments - Prima Flowers, Prima Say It In Crystals, Making Memory brads, AMM Sentiment, lace, ribbon & charm from stash
Glitter - Stickles Star Dust & Atyou Spica Clear

This card is currently for sale at my Etsy shop.

Award of Excellence

I just recieved an award of excellence from Diana, owner of Magnolia-licious, for this Magnolia card I made recently. What an honor! Thank you Diana! When I saw this Tilda I had to purchase her. She is too cute and one of my favs. Be sure to stop by the Magnolia-licious store to pick up some super cute Magnolia stamps. For more Magnolia inspiration check out Diana's blog.

Spring Gardening Easel Card

This card was entered into the following challenges:

Cute Card - #101 Ribbon
Totally Gorjuss - #19 Mum
Crafty Creations - #56 Cut it out and pop it up
Magnolia-licious - Sketch
Secret Crafter - #72 Stitching
Allsorts - #41 Mothers Day
The Pink Elephant - #56 Green
Creatalicious - #7 A Little Something

Recipe:
Stamps - Magnolia
Colouring Mediums - Copic Sketch markers
Punches - Martha Stewart & EK Success
Papers - Stampin' Up!, Bazzill & papers from stash
Embellishments - Prima Flowers, Prima Pearls, Making Memory brads & ribbon from stash
Glitter - Stickles Star Dust & Atyou Spica Clear

This card is currently for sale at my Etsy shop.

Great News!

I am so excited to announce that I have been asked to join Karen's Doodles United States Challenge Blog! I just luv Karen's fab digi stamps! I can't wait to get started on my creation for the very first challenge on Mon March 8th. Make sure you mark your calendars because you don't want to miss out on this!

Check out the very talented DT members:

Cindy Royal
Erin Bailey
Gini Cagle
Jana Mays
Kelly Schelske
Lori Aragon
Lori Ng (That's Me!)
Sandy Hulsart
Shana Dahl
Tracy Jackson
Zoe McGrath