Food for Friday

Okay, not real food, but I needed an "F" word for the day and even though this post is about Marlene, I couldn't type any other "f" word....lol

My fellow Digi Diva, Marlene, is quite talented!  She not only paper crafts, but she draws as well.  {{She also tells THE best stories!}}  This past week, Marlene drew the freebie at The Digi Shack.  How KOOL is that??

So, without further ado, here is my card, made with her Fat Boy- rdee!!

Isn't he ADORABLE?

He's colored with Copics and his buttons are done with a gel pen (don't ask which one, cuz I don't know)  And, once again, the papers are all scraps (Bet you are getting sick of hearing that!).

Hope everyone has a great Friday!  DH has promised I can stay home all day tomorrow to craft, so you never know what I might come up with~

Huggz,
April

Thursday the 13th

It's been one of those days -

I started making a card this morning and just finished it up....

So, to keep this short and sweet (since I need to go fix supper and then help my friend make a present for her co-worker).

Here is my card for Sew Many Challenges.  It fits their Christmas in May theme; and I am getting in just under the wire.

The image is their current freebie, colored with Copics.  The paper is from Close to My Heart and so it the Brown Bag ink around the image.

Thanks for stopping by!
Huggz,
April

Monday??

Ugh, where did the weekend go?  It sped past at my house!  I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day.  Whether you are a mom or not, you have all had great influence on someone and that is what Moms do!

Here is my card for the Challenge presented by Bugaboo Stamps on their Catch the Bug Blog (say that a couple times fast ).  It is also appropriate for the Crafty Ho's Challenge!  Who doesn't like combining a Bugaboo image with flowers and shades of blue??

The paper is all from my scrap folder, the image (as I mentioned above) is from Bugaboo Stamps {{a freebie hug}} and is colored with Copics.  The sentiment is from SU!, the buttons were leftovers from some project in the past, and those adorable crocheted flowers are from my uber-creative friend Michelle (pattem on SCS). 

A BIG hug goes out to Michelle for gifting me with those adorable flowers!

Thanks to all for stopping by today!
Huggz,
April

Happy Mother's Day

This isn't an easy post today.  My own mother has been gone for two years now; and this is one of the "harder" holidays to make a card for. 

But, I do have a few friends that have taken her place.  And for them, I have created this card.  I hope that all mother's have a great day tomorrow!  Cherish the moments that you have with your loved ones!

This card is apropos for the Crafty Ho's Challenge, Tuesday Morning Sketches #44, and Designed2Delights first May challenge.

The image was colored with Copics, the die cut flowers were a gift from my SCS friend Sheena, and the background paper is from CTMH, embossed with my first folder (woo hoo).  The sentiment is a plain mother (and it doesn't follow Melissa's sketch exactly, but I think you get the idea).

Thanks for looking and hope to see you Monday ~ hopefully, my darling son will have a great Mother's Day planned for me!!

Thirsty Thursday

No, my card of the day has nothing to do with water...

Well, I guess she could be looking for an ice cold bottle of water!  Just what she needs after all that shopping!

The image is from AmberInks!  She is colored with Copics and put on top of DP from Cloud 9 Designs' Sunrise Smoothie Collection.  The ribbon is by Sweet Petities Patio Print..  The bling is from Target - the packaging has been long lost, so I can't even tell you who made it...lol

I made this card as my prototype for Viv's Hanna Swap over on SCS.  Hope they like it!!

Whimsie Doodles is having a BLOG HOP

Hiya to all my friends, family and readers...lol...
That makes me sound oh so much more popular than I truly am!

This morning I woke up to a great day in Western New York....the sun is shining and it is supposed to get into the high 70's today....yep, tomorrow it is gonna rain....typical....

I surfed the threads at SCS, read my emails, looked at a few scrapping "discount" sites and popped over here to check out Blog-land!

Lo and behold!
Guess who is having a Blog Hop....Yeppers, Whimsie Doodles is!

They are giving away yummy prizes too...you can read all about it HERE!  Besides hopping and having chances to win, you can make a card and be entered into a drawing for a GIGANTIC prize!  You know that I couldn't pass up the chance to make a card ~ so, without further ado....here is Geisha Girl!

She is printed out on white CS and then colored with Copics {E00, BG10, BG11, BG72, BG75,, B21, R22, R24 and V99}.  Around her, I used CTMH ink in Bamboo to blend her into my card a bit.  The sentiment and the flower are both made with CTMH products from their Aspiration set (LOVE, love, love this set) and I also used some Hollyhock ink from CTMH.  The vivid strip of paper is Bermuda Bay from SU!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what is up in my little bit of the world!
Chat with you soon.
Huggz,
April

Terrible Tues-day

I do have two things to show you, but don't think they are truly terrible.  I was refering to the little boy I watch  - he isn't yet two, but is hitting his 'terrible twos' stride already!  Nothing like a needy little boy!

Yesterday was my husband's birthday.  We tried to celebrate with dinner out - BUT....the restaurant was closed - oops, I forgot it was Monday.... NO problema though, we are celebrating tonight!  He did get his card from me yesterday though ;-) and our son gave him a new pair of grill tongs...woot, woot!!  The stamp is from CTMH - can't tell you where the cute paper is from though. :-(

This other card is a real simple one for my secret pal from church who is turning 90.  While I wanted to use my favorite Bugaboo Stamp and Sentiment (what's one more friggen candle?)  I refrained and looked for a dignified vintage image.  This one came from Two for Tuesday.

I hope you can join me tomorrow for my Wednesday post....
Huggz,
April