Happy Birthday Alexa!

I have been very busy this month enjoying my family here at the beach.  I love when the kids and grandkids come to visit!

 

My oldest granddaughter Alexa turned 22 on July 9th and I decided to make a special little card for a very special granddaughter.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Alexa.  She was about 3 years old and blowing bubbles on grandma's front porch.

Because my grandchildren had several grandmothers and I was the one who lived the farthest away
they call me Grandma-Far-Away.....I love my name!
 

 



 

 

Happy Birthday Alexa!

 

I have entered this card in

 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge

Sisterhood of Crafters....Birthday

 

 

 

Adorable 3D Teddy Bear Card

This adorable little Teddy is paper pieced and dressed in a pretty gingham fabric with a lace collar and ribbon rose. Just perfect for any occasion!

Love this bible verse....one of my favorites!

Thank you for visiting and have a blessed day!

Happy Birthday Debbie..... Miss You!

Made this card for my sister Debbie's birthday.

Just love this little Tilda Stamp. She is colored with copics and I used flower soft in her little basket. The flowers were made with retro punches and then covered with UTEE.....quite a pretty effect!

Have a Very Blessed Easter!

I have entered this card in the following challenges:
http://www.stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com Magnolia-licious
http://www.atsblog.typepad.com make your own flowers
http://www.papersundaes.blogspot.com texture

Easter's Coming!

Hello Everyone!

I can't believe I woke up to snow this morning! I thought March came in like a lion but went out like a lamb! At least it's melting and should be gone by this evening!

Here's a little Easter set that I've been working on this week. Don't you just love this little Tilda holding her lamb.The papers I used are from Nitwits (I love this company), the flowers are from Wild Orchard Crafts and Prima, the cute little bunny sprig is from last year at Michael's (wish I had picked up more). The Sentiment is computer generated.

The decorated box is paper mache from Michael's....very sturdy to hold Tilda!

And my little Tilda is made with Fimo.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

www.magnolia-liciouschallengeblog.blogspot.com ...... Easter-Spring www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com .......................... Spring is Sprung http://www.stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ ....................................... Spring http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/ ................................add an Animal http://www.justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ ............................Bingo...gems,flowers,ribbons

I Can't Believe Your 40!

Where does the time go. It seems that just a little while ago you sat on my lap and called me mommy. What a beautiful and sweet little girl you were.........and now what a beautiful and awesome wife, mother and daughter you are! Tami I am so very proud of you!

I created this little set for my daughter Tami who turns 40 this month. I can't remember who the papers are from.......have had them for quite sometime but forgot. The tag is a die cut from Magnolia and the flowers are made with the retro punches.

The image is colored with promarkers & copics. I just tried promarkers for the first time and I really love the way they blend. They have a smaller nib which is great for getting into smaller areas and they blend well with my copics. I love their pinks and skin colors.

The charm was purchased from Michael's and I

distressed it a little with my copics.

And this little girl is made with fimo.

My Beautiful Daughter Tami!

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

http://www.totallytilda.blogspot.com/ ............. lots of hearts

http://www.magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ ................ glitter

http://www.magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.com/ ............. embossing

www.atsblog.typepad.com ...........The Queen of Hearts

This card won the Magnolis Down Under Challenge #81 &

All That Scraps Magnolia Challenge #6

Thank You Ladies!

Lily's First Valentine's Day Card!

This is the first card I've created with my new digital stamp Lily.......scroll down to the last post or check under freebies for your copy of Lily. I made this card for Lily's Daddy (my awesome hubby) for Valentine's Day.......Lily is Daddy's Little Girl!

The beautiful papers I have used came from Pink PetticoatI love this company.....they have the most awesome papers and I can shop at midnight if I choose! The dies are from spellbinders and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts . The heart box came from Michael's and I painted it with acrylic paint then coated it with modge podge before decorating. Lily was colored with copics.



And my Little Lily was made with fimo.






I have entered my card in the following challenges:

www.papersundaes.blogspot.com ...............Circles
www.onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com ................. Love & Valentine
www.crazychallenge.blogspot.com .................. Animals
www.creativecottagechallenge.blogspot.com ................ Something New
www.bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com ..............Love is in the Air
www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com ................. Totally Loved Up!
www.thefuzzywuzzychallenges.blogspot.com .........Anything goes!
www.scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com ............Sentiments
www.lexiscreations.blogspot.com ...............Say it with Love!

Merry Christmas Little Sis!

Back in November I was asked to be a Featured Guest Designer at Digital Delights and I was so excited and honored. I made this set using the adorable stamp Stocking Toby which is available at their digi store Digital Delights by Louby Loo

Isn't he the cutest!

I couldn't post till now because this was made for my Little Sis Debbie

for Christmas and I didn't want her to see it.

I call her Little Sis because she is 10 years younger than me!

My baby sister and my best friend......I luv you!

The papers I used are by DCWV from their Holiday Stack.
The Circle Sentiment is from Cat's Life Press and the tag sentiment is computer generated. The pretty poinsettias are from Michaels. The scalloped circle die cuts were made with my circut and I colored this adorable stamp with my copics.

And my little figure is made of Fimo. I so love to give these as gifts!




I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Digi with Attitude .......... Anything Goes
Stamp Something ........... Anything Digital
Digital Tuesday Challenge ........... Sparkling Christmas
Cute Card Thursday ......... Floral Frenzy

Unto Us a Child is Born....

I just love these LOTV Christmas stamps! I made this set for someone special but don't want to ruin the surprise by telling their name......they will just have to wait til Christmas!


I used digital papers from a company called Nitwits which I love! No waiting just buy, download and print. I have the Epson 1400 which prints 12 x 12 papers and is wonderful for scrapbooking too. My little stamp is colored with copics and the sparkle is Star Dust stickles.


And my little manger set is made of Fimo.


I have entered my card in the following challenges:

http://www.liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Favorite Things
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ The Blues
http://www.stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ Christmas Color Combo
http://www.papersundaes.blogspot.com/ Adorn Those Corners


Have a Blessed Week!
Gloria

Oh Come Let Us Adore Him!

I had sooo much fun making this Christmas card! I haven't used my cricut in ages and when I found this adorable little stable at http://www.myscrapchick.com/ I knew it would be perfect with this adorable stamp from http://www.liliofthevalley.c/ o.uk I colored this image with my distress inks, added lots of star dust glitter to the star and angel. ! The accent around the stable is just some fringed yarn I had in my stash and the sentiments are computer generated.

And of course the little figure is made of Fimo.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

http://www.liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes!

http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes

http://www.abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ Holiday

http://www.stampandcreateblog.blogspot.com/ Holiday

http://www.delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ Glitter

Tea Party Birthday!

Made this little set for someone really special! It is an easel card but I can't

show the inside.......it will spoil the surprise as her birthday is still a little ways away.

I love this little stamp by LOTV.......actually I think I love all their stamps!
I colored it with my copics and the papers are from Nitwits which is an awesome digital paper company. Love that I can download and print my own matching papers and don't have to shop around for them. You can find them at http://www.nitwitcollections.com/ . The darling little teapot came from ebay and I think I bought 20 of them for $2.90 which included shipping!
I love using my retro punches for making my own flowers , the branches are a McGill punch and of course I used my nestablities scalloped and circle dies.

And here is her little Fimo Tea Party doll.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

http://www.liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

http://www.partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/

http://www.sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

www.toptiptuesday.blogspot.com

Thanks for visiting and have a Blessed Day!

Happy Birthday AJ!

My grandson AJ turns 11 this Friday and I just had to make him something using monkeys which he has loved since he was little. I found these adorable monkey stamps at http://www.bugaboostamps.com/ and they were colored with my copics. The sock monkey paper I think came from Michael's but I can't be sure as I have had it for a long time.

The circle sentiment is by Catslife Press.
These little monkeys are soooo cute!

The decorated box came from Michael's and was painted inside and out with acrylic paint.
I made these monkeys from Super Sculpey granite clay.......
they really look like the real sock monkeys!

What a cute family!


And here is my gorgeous Birthday Boy!
Happy Birthday AJ.....Grammy loves you very much!



I have entered into the following challenges:


http://www.allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ / Songtitle - Hey Hey Were the Monkeys!
http://www.cardsformen.blogspot.com/ / Happy Birthday
http://www.digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ / Sew Special
http://www.tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/ / More than 2 Legs
http://www.scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/ / Make it 3D



Blessings Gloria

Mo's Digital Challenge.....Altered Items!

The challenge this week over at http://www.mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/ is altered items, so this is a perfect time to start making my Christmas goodies! Don't know just yet who this set will go to but with 4 granddaughters I might need to make 3 more!

This little day planner is for 2011 and 2012 and I found it at Michael's for $1.00.....can't beat that! The papers, ribbon and lace are all from my stash. I used my new Nestabilities Lacey Circles by Spellbinders (love these dies!). The awesome leaves are from Sizzix from their Flowers, Branches, and Leaves set.
The flowers are made with the retro punches and a MS cornflower punch. I found this little box at Michael's also for $1.99. I painted it inside and out with acrylic paint before I decorated it.

And finally here's the little Fimo figure.



I have entered these items in the following challenges:


http://www.mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/ Altered Items
http://www.papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Shiney, Sparkly, & Special
http://www.digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Ribbons, Buttons, Bling
http://www.aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Sparkle & Shine
http://www.papersundaes.blogspot.com/ Something from Your Stash
http://www.tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/ Pandora's Box