All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go

Penelope has no where to go this fine Sunday....  She actually reminds me of a picture I recently saw on Facebook....some friends were re-living prom season.

This is Day two of the Relay over at Sassy Studio Designs; and I hope you have been following, maybe even participating in their Anniversary Relay!

As many of you know, I am on a mission to use up every single scrap I can and this card is helping me with that!  The only thing that is a recent purchase is the lacy ribbon which I needed for a swap at SCS. 

While this isn't my normal type of card (girly) I love the challenge of creating something spectacular in a relatively short period of time in ways that I might not normally think of or do.  This fits that bill...lol!

And, I have the perfect person to give this card too....she is only 7 years old and loooovvveeessss anything foo-foo and girly!!!

Thanks for stopping by on this holiday weekend.  Please take the time to say a special prayer for all troops past and present tomorrow~

Huggz,
April

Sassy Cassie says:

Hats Off to the Troops!!

Sassy Studio Designs is having a progressive digi giveaway....thanks for the heads up Carol!  And, you all still have time to make a card with Cassie and help them celebrate their one year anniversary!!  WOOT WOOT!!

I am super busy tomorrow, so I played tonight - will follow their instructions on getting the next freebie and actually have time to plan out a nicer looking card than this one!

Cassie is colored with my Bic Mark-Its and Copics, all the DP and CS was in my scrap folder.  I hand wrote the sentiment and added some metal dots as an embelly.  IRL, her blouse is ctually much closer in color to the DP....

Thanks for stopping by!
Huggz,
April

Sensational Saturday

I do not (normally) post on the weekend, but I did get a card made Friday and wanted to share.

The image is the last May freebie from Designed2Delight.  It is a cute flower with a little butterfly....as you can see (my son would tell me that I just earned my "der patch").  I colored it with Copic and then cut it all out - three times.  I used dimensions to give it a bit of interest.  The petals are FlowerSoft and the center is one of the buttons I found a week ago at an estate sale!

Thanks so much for looking and I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day (well, those of you in the USA).  My son, the Boy Scout, will be marching Monday morning at 8am in our local parade; so you know where I'll be on Monday!

Then it was Thursday...

Wow - a heat wave has hit Western New York - and I'm not really liking it.  Usually, it doesn't get in the upper 80s until August; and by then I can "take the heat", so to speak.  But Mom Nature is reaking havoc with  the temps and in turn, my allergies.  Needless to say, my crafting mojo had taken a siesta for a couple of days.  It is back in full force and here is my latest creation:

I made it for one of Paola's swaps over at SCS.  Her swap is to use, among other stamps House Mouse or Penny Black.  Well, I don't have either, but my dear sweet friend, Carol (hi momcgw), gifted me some images and.... TADA!  The blue CSs are from Bazzill and the orange is from CTMH, as i the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by on this hot and humid Thursday!
Huggz,
April

Phew....baby, it's hot outside....

Well, it was a beautiful day....but sure was hot!!

I finally finished up my cards {The ones I posted previously) and have three swaps ready to go out tomorrow.  WOOHOO ~ go me!!

Then, I noticed that I had yet to use my freebie from Desiged2Delight.  It was a fun image to work with and it so reminds me of camping with our cousins a few years ago when the creek was filled with dragonflies (and damselflies).

So, here is my card!
The image is colored with my Bic Mark-Its and then cut out....lol, like you couldn't see that for yourself.  The paper is from a stack at BigLots and the sentiment is from Stampin Up!  It was stamped with Momento Tuxedo Black and the edge was lightly sponged with Petal from CTMH.

Thanks for stopping in!
Huggz,
April

It was a SUNNY Sunday...

The sun was out and Western New York hit mid 80's.  I have one word for that - UGH!

I am a lover of the sun, but I want the temps to stay in the 70's....I know, you can't have it all!!

I am running late on a swap with a new group of special ladies over at SCS and am so glad that I finally decided on a card to make.  The only prerequisite was it needed a summer theme.  I will finish these up in the morning and get them out (hopefully) in the afternoon.  The pieces are all cut, my I am feeling too hot to put them all together.

Oh, deets....hmmmm....I don't have many...
All  of the paper came from a stack I bought at BigLots.
The image is from Designed 2 Delight, colored with Copics.
The metal dots are WalMart brand.
The butterfly was cut and embossed on my CuttleBug.

Thanks for stopping in!
Huggz,
April

Happy Memorial Day

Yes, I know I am a week early.  But, in my own defense, I wanted to make a new wall hanging.  Let me explain, a couple of years ago, my son brought home artwork from school.  I went to put it away (I do save them), and he was hurt that I wasn't going to show it off.  Being ingenious, I took a piece of driftwood that had been kicking around, added some ribbon and put up his two pictures.  Voila!  We change it out whenever we feel like it, or see something funky.... Right now, we have some glass globes we made at Corning Museum of Glass.  They will come down for a week or two as we celebrate Memorial Day.

This project highlights my mother.  As you can see, she was a MARINE during World War II.  Yep, my mother was a Marine....lol....not too many people can say their mom was a Marine, let alone one during WWII.  She passed away in 2008 (on, appropriately, July 4th) and this will be our tribute this year to her service to our fine country.

My son always enjoyed his time with my mother and her stories.  Just an FYI, she was stationed at Camp Lejeune as a swim instructor, as well as working at the base post office.  I used Picasa to put the collage of pictures and Owen, from Sew Many Cards, together.  Then I colored him with my Copics to look a bit like a younger version of my son. I printed out the title of Grandma etal and put that in front of a CTMH sentiment stamped in cocoa.  I tore the edges around the 'journaling box' and clipped it on, over a triple set of ribbons (red, blue and topper of glitzy beige).

This project will be hung in the middle of my 'limb' and some stars will go to the left and right to highlight the collage.  It makes for a big piece of artwork for a small amount of money on a wall where for the last few years we had our entertainment center.

I have entered this project at Sew Many Challenges #15.  Owen is the last of the military digis celebrating Memorial Day over there!  Please stop over and see them, pick up Owen and leave them some love!!