Don't You Just Love to Color?!

I know I do... love to color, that is. (*grin*)

Happy Tuesday! Come join us for another fun challenge at SCACD Friends With Heart Challange!!! Our challenge this week is anything goes with a SCACD stamp. The prize up for grabs this month is the full set of Little Peekers by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD!!! Every time you play in our challenge in May your name goes into the hat to win. How awesome is that?

I LOVE all my SCACD stamps, especially Elisabeth Bell images. My card features Little Suzanne, who I'm pretty sure is named after the fabulous Suzanne Dean... colorist extraordinaire. In fact, it's Suzanne's on-line Copic classes (Color Me Creative) that have helped me tremendously in my coloring. I've paired her with patterned paper from the Dots and Stripes Candy Shoppe collection by My Mind's Eye. 

I hope you'll come along and play with us this week at SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge for a chance to win a full sheet of Little Peekers! Be sure to visit my fellow SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge design team members to see what they have created to inspire and delight you:

Danni

Lorraine

Mary Lou

Pattie

Renkata

Have a great day!

Thinking of You...

Note: This is my second post for today. Please scroll down for another Simply Betty Stamps Release Preview! Thanks!

If it's Tuesday it must be time for another fun challenge at SCACD Friends With Heart Challange!!! Our challenge this week is paper piecing, which is one of my faves. Don't forget... we have a new prize up for grabs in the month of May. Every time you play in our challenges this month, your name goes in to the "hat" for a chance to win the full set of Little Peekers by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD!!! That's definitely a prize worth playing for! They are ADORABLE!

Speaking of which, my card features Waiting for...Peeker. I've paired her with patterned paper from the Kitch collection by Girl's Paperie, which I also used to paper piece the "wallpaper" in the scene. I sponged all edges with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink. If you love to color, these sweet images are for you!

I hope you'll come along and play with us this week at SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge for a chance to win a full sheet of Little Peekers! Be sure to visit my fellow SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge design team members to see what they have created to inspire and delight you:

Danni

Lorraine

Mary Lou

Pattie

Renkata

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Day Dreaming...

Happy Tuesday! Time for another fabulous challenge at the brand new SCACD Friends With Heart Challange!!! Our challenge this week is "anything goes using a SCACD stamp"! And we have a new prize up for grabs in the month of May. Every time you play in our challenges this month, your name goes in to the "hat" for a chance to win the full set of Little Peekers by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD!!! Now that's a prize worth playing for! They are ADORABLE!

In fact, my card features Day Dreaming Peeker. I've paired her with patterned papers by 7Gypsies, which I gave a more vintage look by sponging the edges with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink.I also played with Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #115, which I turned upside down and made into a square.

I hope you'll come along and play with us this week at SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge for a chance to win a full sheet of Little Peekers! Be sure to visit my fellow SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge design team members to see what they have created to inspire and delight you:

Danni

Lorraine

Mary Lou

Pattie

Renkata

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

A Good Day

Happy Tuesday! Time for another fabulous challenge at the brand new SCACD Friends With Heart Challange!!! Our challenge this week is "April Showers Bring May Flowers... use the color blue and flowers in your card/project!


I'm so happy to finally have my own set of Little Peekers by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD to play with. Every single one is adorable, so get ready to see them all here soon! I'm longing to get them all colored up!

My card features Hey Birdie Peeker. I love birds. :) I followed the April Sketch For You to Try.

I hope you'll come along and play with us this week at SCACD Friends With Heart Challenges. There's a $50 gift certificate up for grabs as a prize for one lucky player this month!!! This is the last challenge in April and the last chance to enter for a chance to win, so come on over and join us!

Be sure to visit my fellow SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge design team members to see what loveliness they have created to inspire and delight you:

Danni

Lorraine

Mary Lou

Pattie

Renkata

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Smile

Happy Tuesday! Time for another fabulous challenge at the brand new SCACD Friends With Heart Challange!!! Our challenge this week is to show us your ART... A=any stamp from SCACD, R=ribbon, T=two patterned papers! Fun!!!


I absolutely adore this sweet image called New Friends by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD. It was one of the very first stamps I ever purchased from SCACD and started a whole new passion for me!

I hope you'll come along and play with us this week at SCACD Friends With Heart Challenges. There's a $50 gift certificate up for grabs as a prize for one lucky player this month. Every time you enter one of our challenges in April, you have another chance to win!

Be sure to visit my fellow SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge design team members to see what loveliness they have created to inspire and delight you:

Danni

Lorraine

Mary Lou

Pattie

Renkata

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

I {heart} you!

Happy Tuesday! Time for our second challenge at the brand new SCACD Friends With Heart Challange!!! Our challenge this week is to include a heart somewhere in your card/project featuring any stamp(s) available for sale in the SCACD store.

Naturally I reached for this adorable image called Blowing Kisses by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD since she's blowing heart kisses. Cute!!!

I was in need of some mojo juice, so I followed Sketch 110 at Card Patterns designed by my friend Nina Brackett.  Plus, I went out on a limb and tried Kathy's Color Throwdown at Lily Pad Cards. I find color challenges to be... well... challenging! lol I think I got all the colors in there... you'll just have to trust me that my hearts are an orangish red. (*grin*)

I hope you'll come along and play with us this week at SCACD Friends With Heart Challenges. There happens to be a $50 gift certificate up for grabs as a prize for one lucky player this month. Every time you enter one of our challenges in April, you have another chance to win!

Be sure to visit my fellow SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge design team members to see what loveliness they have created to inspire and delight you:

Danni

Lorraine

Mary Lou

Pattie

Renkata

Have a wonderful day!

Cameo Rose

A blessed Sunday to you! This is the day that the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Our challenge hostess this week at Stampin Sisters in Christ is my good friend Peggysue Turner. She chose as her inspiration scripture Exodus 8:9-11 "Moses said to Pharaoh, 'I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.' 'Tomorrow," Pharaoh said. Moses replied, 'It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God, The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile." Her challenge is to use the color green in your card/project.

I had never heard this verse before. Taken on its own, it doesn't make much sense. You need to read Exodus 8:1-15, called The Plague of Frogs for the whole story. I'm not enough of a Bible scholar to even begin to put this passage in context for you, much less write a devotional on it. This does, however, reinforce my pledge to read the entire Bible. I've had that goal for a long time, but I just can't seem to get started. Isn't that always the case? We all have good intentions, don't we? My mom always said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. If so, then I'm well on my way!

Here's something that has occurred to me, though... don't let the Lord have to clobber you over the head with plague after plague to get your attention and make a believer of you. It doesn't need to be that hard. And here's another... when the going gets tough, that's when you really have to put your faith where your mouth is. I'm struggling with that very thing right now. It's easy to praise God when things are going well, isn't it? But not so much when the tides are turned. But it's then that we need to cling to God's promises and the Lord's teachings more than ever. 

A quick word about my card. I played in this month's Sketch for You to Try. It seemed the perfect layout for this sweet image called Cameo Rose from the Spring Sampler 2011 stamp set by Elisabeth Bell for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. I've fallen for these sweet images hook, line and sinker! The patterned paper is from the Springtime Vintage collection by Stampin' Up.


I hope you'll join us in this week's challenge. Doodle Pantry is our sponsor. I think you'll be blessed by your fellowship with us. Be sure to stop by the SSIC blog to read Peggysue's devotional on her inspiration scripture and to behold what the rest of the design team ladies have created. I encourage you to also visit their blogs for lots more inspiration and blessings. 

I'll end this post with a shameless plug... don't forget to check my eBay auctions and help me with my spring cleaning! If you're a fan of Stampin' Up, there are some good bargains... but they're going fast. About half are already sold. They need some love in new homes!


Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

My Story...

Happy Saturday! It's time for a new sketch challenge from Sketch Saturday!!!

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Simon Says Stamp!!! The prize is a $25 Gift Certificate!!!

I decided to flip the sketch upside down for this sweet image called Letter to a Friend by Elisabeth Bell for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. I have to confess I've fallen in love with Elisabeth Bell's art and look forward to having more time to play with these wonderful images while I practice my Copic coloring. :)

The patterned paper and cardstock stickers are from the Seaside collection by October Afternoon which I sponged a bit with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink. I hope you likey!

Be sure to pop by the Sketch Saturday blog to see what the rest of the lovely design team members have created with this week's sketch! And why not join us? You'll be glad you did!

Have a wonderful day!

Note: this is my second post for today. Please scroll down for Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. Thanks!