OWH Tasty Challenge!!!

Close up of 'Whipped Cream' made with DecoArt

I made this card for the Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown Challenge. We were to use anything tasty!!! Who doesn't love cupcakes? I cut my cupcake out using my cricut. I hope you like it,thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful week! ;)

Recipe for card:

• Card stocks: Apricot Appeal,Regal Rose,Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo
• Inks: Close to Cocoa and Basic Black
• Once Upon a Princess Cricut Cartridge (Cupcake)
• Scallop Trim Border Punch
• Story Book Cricut Cartridge (Layered Tag)
• Large and Scallop Oval Punches
• Cupcake ribbon from Hobby Lobby
• Pink Flamingo DSP (retired)
• Crystal Effects and DecoArt Paper Effects White Pearl
• Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge#23

This is the card I made for Operation Write Home Sketch #23. Thanks for stopping by and have a fab day!


Recipe for card:

• Card stocks: Pretty in Pink,VV and Regal Rose
• Markers: Pretty in Pink,Old Olive and Rose Red
• Close to Cocoa ink
• 1 3/4" Circle Punch
• 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch
• Old Olive Satin Ribbon
• Scallop Trim Border Punch
• Raspberry Tart DSP(retired)

Blog Candy Alert!!!

Go to this link to find out more about their blog candy!!! Good Luck!!!http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-candy-worth-25000-including-36.html

Here is a quick card I made using some of my new goodies from SU! I stamped the hummingbird in Rose Red then cut it out and covered it with crystal effects then put it on pop dots....it looks more like melon mambo now,LOL!!! I really love that new embossing folder....it reminds me of canvas! Have a awesome day and thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for card:

• Card stock:
• Pretty in Pink,VV and Always Artichoke
• Inks: Always Artichoke,Regal Rose and Rose Red
• Large and scallop Oval Punches
• Square Lattice Embossing Folder
• Elements of Style Stamp Set

Circle Card!

I made this little card today.....but I stayed up late last night and colored the flower image in  then hand cut it out......I colored 11 of the small blooms in as well,then hand cut each one of them out!!! I popped them up on dimensionals,but the card looked better in my head,LOL!!! Well,here's all the deets,thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

Recipe for card:

• Card stocks: Very Vanilla,Early Espresso,Cherry Cobbler,Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler,Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip
• Large and Scallop Oval Punches
• Scallop and Clear Circle Dies
• Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die
• White Gel Pen
• Very Vanilla Ribbon

OWH Digi Challenge

Hey Bleeps (Blog Peeps!),
I made this card for Operation Write Home's Digi Challenge!! I'm not the best when it comes to digi stamps,I'm still learning!!

I was coloring this image in while on the phone... so I messed up the red and white stripes and for some weird reason I colored the stars in!!! I have no idea what in the world I was thinking!!! Oh,well....I'll make another one later!!! Have a great weekend!!! Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for Card:

• Card stock: Marina Mist,Cherry Cobbler,and WW
• Inks: Marina Mist,Cherry Cobbler,Daffodil Delight,Apricot Appeal,Sahara Sand,
• Creamy Caramel and Basic Black
• Real Red Eyelets
• Ribbon from Stash
• Red,White and Blue Wheel for embossed background

OWH Sketch #22

Hey Bleeps (blog peeps!),
 We got back from our vacation Tues. evening and my dad and step mom left today to go back home!!! We had a fab time at Tybee Island.....but I was disappointed in Paula Deen's restaurant. They DO NOT take reservations for one thing,they open  at 11 am,but people start lining up at 7 am for the first come first serve!!! We got there at 11:45 am.....they DID NOT have a seat for us until 9:30 pm that evening!!Can you believe that!?!?! Needless to say we ate at another restaurant on the river front. Some other people were eating there because they couldn't get into Paula's restaurant either....they told us that some other people they had talked to said it WAS NOT worth the wait!!! I mean it's not like Paula or her son's actually cook there anymore. There was a tour we could've gone on that just took you to some of Paula's fav places in Savannah and then you got to eat at Uncle Bubba's (that's her brother's restaurant)....but that was like $50 bucks!!! Give me a break!!! We were very disappointed in the whole fiasco!!! =(
 So anyways ....I got to play with some new Stampin' Up! goodies and try out the new sketch challenge over at Operation Write Home. I love these new colors from SU! they are very vibrant!!

Recipe for card:

Card stocks: Daffodil Delight,Marina Mist,WW,and Cherry Cobbler

Inks: Cherry Cobbler,Ruby Red,Marina Mist,Brocade Blue,Marigold Morning,Daffodil Delight

July Fourth Stamp Set

Blue Ribbon from Stash

Swiss Dots CuttleBug Folder

Distressing Tool

Quick Father's Day Cards

Hey guys!! we are off this morning to go to Tybee Island....it's off the coast of Savannah,GA. We will be gone for 4 days....we plan on touring a Lighthouse and going to Paula Deen's Restaurant there in Savannah. Of course lots of relaxing,too!!!

So,I made these quick cards last night with some new goodies from the Summer Mini!!!! I had forgot that we wouldn't be back until AFTER Father's Day!!! So these cards for for my hubby and my daddy!!!Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!!!

Recipe for card:

• Card stocks :Basic Gray,Basic Black and Very Vanilla
• Spots and Dots CuttleBug Folder
• Black Brads
• Cog Punch
• Motorcycle Stamp
• Basic Black Ink
• Aluminum Foil

OWH Challenge

Here is my card for today's challenge over at Operation Write Home. We were to use bling on our card! I used four dark pink rhinestones and the new Smooch Spritz from Su!!!! I sprayed it on the three dsp strips,(enlarge the pics and maybe you can see the sheen a little better)!!

My daddy and step mother are here for a visit.....we are going to Tybee Island in Savannah,Ga on Friday. We will be back on Monday!! Anyways,here's the deets....thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Recipe for card:

• Cardstocks : Regal Rose and Very Vanilla
• DSP : Le Jardin and Walk in my Garden
• Inks: Soft Suede,Close to Cocoa,and Melon Mambo
• Regal Rose Ribbon
• Punches: Wide Oval,Eyelet Border,and Scallop Border

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge!

Hey stampin' friends! This card is for the Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #21. I used a retired SU! stamp set ,along with the square scallop punch to use up some retire DSP scraps as well!!!

I just got off the phone with Calin and he seems to be adjusting well at my mom's so far. My daughter Callie is already missing him....funny how they can't get along when they are together,but one day apart and she's missing him!!! LOL!!! Anyways,I hope you have a fabulous day!!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Recipe for card:

• Card stocks: Old Olive,Not Quite Navy, and VV
• Urban Garden DSP
• Inks : Not Quite Navy,Basic Gray, and Close to Cocoa
• Punches : Scallop Square and Scallop Oval,and Large Oval
• Spring Solitude Stamp Set

Gabby's Birthday!!

We celebrated my stepdaughter's Birthday last night.I made her a chocolate cake with chocolate icing. Most of the time it works out when she's visiting us during the summer we can celebrate her birthday. I got her a mini scrap booking album and gave her $$$. When kids get a certain age it seems that makes them the happiest!

My son made it to Texas just fine. He sat with another teen on the plane over and they played cards. This was only his second time to fly....he didn't admit it but I think he got a little scared! Well,thanks for stopping by....hopefully I'll have a project to share with you tomorrow!! ;)

Trouble Sleeping!!!

I'm having a difficult time winding down tonight and trying to go to sleep!! My oldest son is leaving at 6am in the morning to go live in Texas with my mom!!! I have mixed feelings about this.....my heart is heavy. I love him and want the best for him.I want him to be happy and healthy....he hasn't been in awhile!
  So,I'm going to try to look at the bright side of things....he will be able to start his senior year of high school fresh!!! They have a brand new school that he will be going to .....my mom has a swimming pool ,and he loves to swim!!! All of my family is there, so he will get to see all of his cousins more!! So,I am going to give this up to God, to take this heavy load of stress and worry off of me!!! Thank you to everyone who has been praying for my son and us!!! It means the world to know there are people willing to give of a moment of time to say some prayers for us....thank you ....and keep them comin'!!!
Blessings,
Holley

Altered Frames

Here are some name frames I made awhile back....just thought I'd share them with you. They are made with various papers,stamps,punches, and embellishments. I used my cricut to cut the letters out. These frames were bought at the dollar store! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Bummed!!!!

OK,I need to vent!!! A couple of weeks ago I did a really big order for this lady through my Etsy store!!! I was super excited about it!!! I had made some scrapbooking pages (8 of them!) you can click here to see them! Then I made her a card and additional baby critters to go with them!!! You can click here to see the baby critters and here to see the cards. Anyways,I've been selling on eBay and Etsy for awhile now ,with no problems!! She says she didn't get her package....But,I mailed her package to her on May 27 and I paid for the confirmation shipping which said it was delivered at her correct mailing address on May 29!!! (I could kick myself for not getting it insured or something!!! But,I never had a problem before,so it never crossed my mind to do that!!! UGH!!!)
  It states on my Etsy that I do not give refunds.....but,I want to make it right with her...so now I have to redo that entire order!!!! The cards and baby critters will not take but a few days....but the 8- two page scrapbook layouts will take weeks to complete!!!
 Has anyone else ever had something like this happen??? I'm seriously thinking about shutting down my Etsy now!!!Thanks for letting me vent,on top of stressing about my oldest leaving on Sunday,now this!!! I hope your day is going much better than mine!!! :(

Callie's Card

Here's Callie's card she made with the help of Gabby!!! Have a great day....thanks for stopping by!!!

Gabby's Video!

Here is my step daughter Gabby, along with my daughter Callie.....they have been making cards all day today!! I had to make one after this,featuring Callie's card....only we had to do so many takes....I will post it later....it will take some time to edit!! LOL!! Enjoy!!!

Operation Write Home Challenge!

Hey Peeps!! Here is a card I made today for Operation Write Home. We were to make a masculine card. Manly cards are so much harder for me to do. Anyways, I used the digital stamp that we got from Operation Write Home....the very talented guy who designed this digi stamp is Eric Dull. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Recipe for card:

• Card stock: Real Red,WW ,Old Olive and Kraft
• Inks : Real Red,Old Olive,Basic Gray,Close to Cocoa,Basic Black ,
• Chocolate Chip,Bordering Blue, and Sahara Sand
• Free Digital Stamp
• Whimsical Words Stamp Set
• Curly Label Punch

Two card Tuesday

I made these two cards from my very own challenge,called Two Card Tuesday!I was messing around the other day and made a sock monkey face out of SU! punches,I finished his body yesterday. The other card I made to go along with my grandma's scrapbook page! Well,here's the deets and thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for first card:

• Oval Frame Die using Big Shot
• Cricut Cartridge Everyday Paper Dolls for balloons
• Card stocks: Pumpkin Pie,Real Red,Taken with Teal,Close to Cocoa,Beige from stash,and Kraft
• Inks : Real Red,Close to Cocoa,Creamy Caramel,Really Rust,Chocolate Chip,Taken With Teal
• Basic Black Marker
• Crimper tool
• Pink Flamingo DSP
• Punches: Word Window,Modern Label,Small Oval,Large Oval,and Circles
• *On some of the shapes....I altered some by trimming here and there!

Recipe for Second Card:

• Card stocks: Rose Red,Pretty in Pink,and Regal Rose
• Sentiment is computer generated
• White Craft Ink
• Small Half Pearls from stash
• Beautiful Wings Embosslits,and Oval Frame Dies with Big Shot
• Large Oval,Eyelet Border, and Curly Label Punches
• Rose Red Stitched Ribbon
• Raspberry Tart DSP

Scrapbook Layout

My mom sent these pics of her so I could scrapbook them. She is going to have it framed to give to my grandma for her 80th Birthday!! Isn't my mom beautiful??? I hope I hold up as well as her someday! Enjoy the rest of your day!! Ta!

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge!

Hello Monday!! My hubby and step daughter came home yesterday evening!!! She has grow into a young lady in a year since I saw her last. She is only 2 inches shorter than me!!! I'm glad my hubby is back....I sure missed him!! He feels like he will get the job,the interview went really well!! We should know something within two weeks,so keep those prayers coming!!!

This is my card for Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #20. I need more masculine cards, and I don't have a lot of masculine stamps or embellishments.....so this is what I came up with. I hope you like it!!!Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Recipe for card:

• Card stocks : Chocolate Chip,Light Beige from stash,and Kraft
• Inks : Chocolate Chip and Close to Cocoa
• Stampin' Up! DSP Recollections (retired)
• Noble Deer Stamp Set
• Large Eyelets from stash
• Jewelry Hemp Twine from stash

Fresh Cut Note Card

I made this note card using my blog candy winnings!!! I was excited when my package came today with my winnings.I just had to make a quick card with my goodies!! A BIG Thank You to Nicole of My Craft Room Creations!!! Thank you lady,I've had fun so far!!!

Recipe for Card:

• Fresh Cut Notes from Stampin' Up!
• Martha Stewart Patterned Paper
• Punches: 5 Petal Flower and Boho Blossoms
• Black Vintage Brad
• Whimsical Words Stamp Set
• Velvet Black Ribbon from stash
• Basic Black Ink

MDS SCRAPBOOK PAGE!

I made this last week on My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up!! I used the main frame from a free digital kit...but everything else in SU! I am in the process of making my grandma a scrapbook album,so I'm trying to get pics from my family. I wanted to have it finished for her birthday,but I don't think I will....maybe Christmas??? Anyways this is my cousin and her family....aren't they sweet?

Well,my honey comes home tomorrow!! YAY!! I sure have missed him....he thinks the job interview went well...but we won't know for sure if he got the job for a week or two. So keep us in your prayers,it would be great to move back to TX....especially since my son will be living there!!! Have a FAB weekend and thanks for stopping by! TA!

Blog Candy Winner!!!

Today is the day!! I used Random.org for the first time to pick my blog candy winner. I tried to copy/paste the picture/image to put on my blog in this post,but it wouldn't let me! I know I've seen this on other blogs when they post their blog candy winners!!! Oh,well.....there's probably some trick to it or something and I'm not savvy enough to figure it out!!! So,I took a picture of all the comments that I printed out from my blog instead!!! (My son asked why I took a picture of a bunch of paper!!) LOL!!! I printed all the comments out (30 sheets of paper!)....then I numbered them (is this the way everyone else does it?).

So,then I plugged in 147 on Random.org and hit generate and the number that came up was...46!!! According to my numbering skills :o ....the winner is Tassie!!! Here is her comment she left me :

Tassie said...

Holly - absolutely LOVE you blog. Your card was so cute. Thank you for the video!!! It was nice to see how the card was created. Love how you ink everything. I think I am going to have to try that. Read your profile!! So happy that you are a Christian, too. I am now following and subscribing to your blog.... hope I win the candy!!!

Congrats Tassie!! You DID win :)!!! I will try to contact you....here's my email in the mean time , if you will just email me your address,I'll get it out to you!! Please visit Tassie's blog Paper & Pups to give her some love and see her beautiful creations!! Have a blessed weekend!!!

Prayers Please!

Hello,stamping friends!
I need prayers once again....I know,you are probably tired of my request!
First, my hubby is in Texas(we currently live in GA) ....he will be doing an interview all day today......if he gets the job,we will be moving back to TX,where I was born and raised!!! I feel really good about this,and I'm so very proud of him.
Another thing I need prayers for is my son,Calin. As I've told you before,he has been having trouble for the last 3 years mostly....but all his life. He was diagnosed ADD when he was little,but apparently they didn't diagnose him right. He is now 17 and recently was diagnoses Aspergers....which is a form of Autism. He will be a senior next year...you know how rough High School can be anyways....well it's been really hard for him....he has been bullied and picked on and so forth.....he has always then, bullied and picked on his little siblings too. I guess some sort of retaliation/defense mechanism.
The long and short of it, is since school has been out for the summer it seems he has gotten more aggressive with my little ones. He is getting worse. I have been telling the therapist all along about this behavior. When I recently told him about my youngest son getting a black eye from him,he said we needed to do something....or I could perhaps get all of my children taken away,since I haven't 'done' anything about it.(not that I allowed it....he was talking about ,like calling the police or something....which I promise you if I felt like that needed to happen,I would have!)
Well,I've had to make a very hard decision recently. I have decided to let him move into my mom's house. She lives in TX with my step dad. As parents,we are often faced with hard decisions about our kids,but I just feel heart broken. I know he is going to my mom's and will be well taken care of,it makes it a little easier....but it just bothers me that we won't be a true family anymore. I won't get to be apart of his senior year and so forth.
I just ask for prayers over Calin and my whole family in dealing with this transition in life!!! Thank you so much. I have found some sweet online friends and it means alot when someone you don't really 'know' who is willing to give up a few moments of their time to pray for you and your family!!! God Bless,
Holley

Operation Write Home Gold Challenge!

Hey Bleeps!! (*AKA~Blog Peeps ;)

Today my card is the featured sample on Operation Write Home! The challenge was to use gold on your card. My card has lots of gold on it. First, I gold embossed the main silhouette image and also the butterfly. Then, I used gold eyelets on both corners at the top. I also have a gold button and used gold ribbon as well!! I hope I didn't do too much gold, LOL!!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Recipe for card:

• Card stocks: Pretty in Pink ,VV, and Chocolate Chip
• Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy,Tiny Tags,and Vintage Labels
• Embosslits Beautiful Wings
• Clear and Scallop Circle Dies
• Scallop Trim Border,Curly Label, and Small Oval Punches
• Berry Bliss DSP (retired SU!)
• Button,Ribbons,and Eyelets from Stash
• Inks : Versa Mark,Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink