Super Easy Card

This precolored digi image from TLC Creations, St. Patrick's Day Mail Vintage, makes a super easy card.  I used a CTMH stamp to add the sentiment, backed the image with some pink CS to pick up the pink in the birds, used a kraft card base, and added a green woven ribbon bow.  TLC has great vintage images and gives out lots of freebies.  I got this image 2 years ago but don't know if it is still available.

TLC is having a spring blog hop shortly.  You might want to mark your calendars. 

Challenges I am entering today include:
Crafty Friends Challenge #27 - Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends Challenge #16 - Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations Challenge #120 - Green 
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #136 - Show Me the Green with Ribbon or Trim

 

 

Vintage Christmas

After getting a late start, I'm slowly but surely catching up at Beccy's Place.  At the same time, my pile of Christmas cards is growing and I'll soon have enough for this year.

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge Theme for Day 7 is Vintage.  I dug through the pile of DP in my Christmas Stash and found this vintage style paper, punched 2 of the 4 corners, added several pieces of lace, one stitched with red embroibery floss, some CTMH snowflake brads, and a CTMH stamp directly on the DP. 

Besides Beccy's Challenge, I am entering this card in the following:
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #204 - Getting Ready for Christmas (The children are gathering greens for decorating.)
Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge #175 - Any Holiday (Christmas)
Treasured Times Rubber Stamps Challenge #29 - Anything Goes
We Do Doobadoo Challenge #19  - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Challenge Extra for November - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's November Patterned Paper Challenge
A Creative Romance Challenge - Something Old (The seam lace used for the bow is at least 20 years old, that's how long it's been since I made any clothing myself.  I have nice supply of it in all different colors, which I recently found during a rare closet clean out.)
Christmas Stampin All Year Long Challenge - Anything Goes with a twist
Winter Wonderland Challenge - Let's Get Sentimental

Scribble and Scrap GDT Spot

Today I have a more vintage card to show you. 

 
This card features a photo from one of Scribble and Scrap's vintage photo sheets and was made for a Guest Design Spot on their challenge blog.  

I've added some lace, distressing, corner punching, and old, old buttons from the button jar, a sheer ribbon bow and then added a conversation bubble from a CTMH stamp set.  

Hope you like the card and you check out the Scribble and Scrap store and this week's challenge.

This card is also my entry for these challenges:
Craftitude Challenge #67 - Use flowers and/or lace
Digitally Sweet Challenge #93 - Transport
Crafter's Cafe Challenge #68 - Distress It
Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes, Stash Item: Anything Goes  (Everything is from my stash.)

Today I'm going to dig a hole to plant a corkscrew willow tree at my mother's.  Sounds like an adventure to me!

Peace on Earth - Vintage

Merry Christmas!!!!

There is a bit of a quiet, uneventful, lull in my day today.  

My daughter & her family just left and my son and his family have yet to arrive. 

I would really like to go play with the gift bag full of stamps, inks and accessories my daughter gave me for Christmas.   And not one duplicated what I already have! 

Instead I wanted to wish all my followers a wonderful day!

I asked Santa for 100 followers for Christmas, but I really wasn't specific as to the year. 

 Maybe I'll be wishing Merry Christmas to 100 followers in 2014.

Of course this card is destined to enter a few challenges:

365 Card Challenge Day 358 - Old Favorite  (Day #290 Vintage with a die cut was my choice.)

Deep Ocean Challenge #67 - Something Old (The lace is ancient.)

LEJ Designs Challenge #84 - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge #83 - Holiday Blitz Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays Challenge #152 - Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel Challenge #88 - Anything Goes Week 4

Craft-dee Bowz December Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

Well, my son and his family should be arriving soon.  Then it's off to my mother's for dinner.  

I hope you all enjoy a day full of love, as Christmas is meant to be.

Maybe I'll break out some of those new stamps tomorrow. 

 I need 2 birthday cards for little girls, 3 and 6.  They will be fun to make.