A DudeTime Doodle Challenge

Well, I am either very crafty...or not so much!  I love those times when everything goes as planned....I get to craft and blog about it in a timely manner....lol

It seems that for a bit, I was in a rut and couldn't get the two times to coincide!

Today, I have used the free image over at Dude Time Doodles to make a little card for my son.  He is twelve and an avid baseball player/fan!  In fact, he has already made next year's travel team and I am sure practice will be starting before I know (or really want) it! 

Now, if you know Tammy and/or Marlene, you have run into the humor the Dudes and Dudettes show off all the time.   I thought I would give it a shot, and let my humor hang out...lmbo!

 

Thanks for stopping by!
Huggz,
April

SOTC ~ November

MaryAnn was the hostess of our Traveling Card Swap this month and as such, wanted us to make cards for teen girls (yikes, I live in a house of boys...)!  Straight forward challenge...EXCEPT she wanted something on the card to be twisted....I sure do hope that my rolled flower counts!

 

Thanks for stopping in today!

Huggz,

April

A Little Asian Flair....

Paola is the hostess of an Asian Flair Swap over on SCS. This is her second swap of this kind...not sure how I missed round one, but I wanted to be sure I made it in this round. Because the postal system doesn't like me, I mailed these early, but am just now showing y'all!

Here is what I came up with:

What do you think? The blue looks very blue here, but IRL is more of a teal color. The geisha image is from Whimsie Doodles and the CS and DP is from Close To My Heart; as is the branch I have layered under my computer generated sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!
HUGGZ,
April

On a roll....

I just love this Riley! I come from a long line of hunters, and while I don't get out there and hunt or track deer, I do benefit from the labors of my brother/cousins/husband (&friends)!! When I won this Riley I just knew that it would be inked up a lot!! In fact, I think he is so stinkin' cute that I used him for the latest Forest Swap at SCS!

I didn't want to offend anyone, so I made a card without a hunting sentiment, but rather an uplifting one!

Thanks for stopping by....I will have more to share later in the week!

HUGGZ,
April

Happy Halloween

Hey there!  Can you believe it has been two weeks since I mentioned the Crafting When We Can Challenge Blog???
Well, it's time for a new challenge and it's a great one!
We are celebrating Halloween!  And doing it with out a card project!  (Well, at least that is the direction I went with....lol)

I made this darling little box/bag from a tutorial over on SCS.  You can find it here.

The image is from our great sponsor this fortnight - 

Poodles Digi Doodles.

Thanks for stopping by!

HUGGZ,

April

Trick or Treat

This month, the Calendar Girls were led by Tami!!

Her challenge - in her own words:
"Although maybe not a super original idea, I would love to see what Halloween cards the Calendar Girls can make! I have seen so many fun designer papers, stamps and embellishments at the craft stores of late. Fun!

Here are the details……..

Theme: Halloween

Layers: At least three layers somewhere on the card, one layer being a designer paper {I love me some DP}

Colors: Somewhere on your card please use the color purple

Embellishments: Two for sure - and are you ready Carol.....one needs to be a glitter product *gasp*

Blog Post: Please share what your favorite candy is to receive in your trick-or-treat bag and if you participate in this holiday, please include what fun things do you like to do for Halloween

I am so looking forward to seeing what our great group of Calendar Girls has to offer on this challenge. I can hardly wait!!!

Until then…….

Tami, Miss October"

Well...tis the season and my Halloween stamps and digis have been seeing a lot of ink...

Here is my card for the month:

I must say that my glitter is minimal...the brads! I must admit that glitter scares the bejeebers out of me! The image is from Sassy Studio Designs. The papers are all From Piggy Tales.


My favorite Halloween treat is Butterfingers...lol...LOVE them! We are gearing up to do the whole she-bang this Halloween....my SIL and I are dressing as witches to take the little neighbor girl galavanting through the neighborhood!! My husband and I also carry on the tradition set by his parents of having an adult beverage while out trick or treating. His family has lived in this 'hood for over 40 years....lol

I can't wait for Monday night...nothing better than spending the evening with family and friends! Hope you enjoyed my card ;-) and that y'all have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Thanks for stopping by - make sure you stop and see what the rest of the CG's (see the right side bar for their blogs) have created for your viewing pleasure....

Huggz,
April

Happy Birthday!

Well, Monday was THE big day!  EK turned THREE!

EK is Extra Kid, you know, the one I watch during the day.  So, he turned three and my own DS is twelve.  They ADORE each other.  So, I made them identical presents.  I know, my son's birthday was in June, but I wanted them to have them!

I used papers from Close To My Heart.  I found the saying while doing a Google search and cut out the "BRO" with my Cricut.  Yep, dusted it off and even remembered how to use it!  This darling image is from Mo Manning, titled William and Jeffery.  Colored with my Bic's and inked around the edges with Cocoa from CTMH.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Huggz,
April