Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Krafty Komeback "Alice in Wonderland"

Hello friends! Happy Friday!

Wow another month has just about flown right on by.

It's been a crazy month for me and my crafty MOJO

seemed to have flown off too ;o(.  

Are you familiar with the Kraft Komebacks

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS?

These are some very popular rubber stamps that have 

been retired previously but were so requested that 

the artists re-work them a little and Kimmie

releases them in a new (and awesome) clear 

stamp version.  This month's Krafty Komeback set is 

ALICE in Wonderland by artist Annie Rodrigue!

Such a gorgeous design with lots of pleats to colour! And look at that HAIR!
 A perfect image for lots of different card sending occasions!
I was so disappointed that I missed out on her

previously and super excited that I have the opportunity

to design with her this month!  That's a great way

to get my crafty MOJO jump-started again!

Take a look at what I made :o)

I'd like to enter ,my card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

My Time to Craft Challenge #344 Sequins or Buttons

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #326 Anything Goes and DT Call

Crafty Creations Challenges #340 Anything Goes

Be sure to check out the Frugal Friday specials this weekend!

PLUS if you'd like to get your hands on some older, retired stamp sets
be sure to join us this weekend for a LIVE Facebook Party
in the Krafty Friends page for our RUBBER PARTY!

Get all the details on how YOU can scoop up some of the
hard to find rubber stamp sets in the group and join us
 at 2pm EST on Sunday afternoon for all the FUN!

The Krafty Krew design team members and guests listed below
have created some fabulous creations to inspire you so be sure to hop
around and check it out in action! Then hop on over to the Krafty
Shop because ALICE in WONDERLAND is NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me!  Hugs D

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges {4CC #342} - Buttons

Hello friends and followers! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you who

are Irish and/or celebrate this holiday :o).  

I'm still enjoying my month of guest designing 

with the 4 CRAFTY CHICK CHALLENGES!

 This week our hostess is Tamie and she has chosen

BUTTONS as the theme for 4CC #342. 

Buttons are something I don't use very often on my 

cards and yet I have a pretty good sized stash of them.

I love the look of them on cards but I really struggle

with placement and adhering them properly.  

I feel like I did a fairly good job on this card

(and I used 6 of them out of my stash!) - take a look!

This cute little fella is peeping through the front panel.

Here's a view of the finished inside:

The paper (12 x 12 panel) is from Doodlebug Design Inc.

 - one of my favorite companies for fun patterned papers.  

It's been in my stash for over a year and I've finally

used it to make 2 cards :o).

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges: "Bit o' Green"

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #233 "Holiday"

Sparkles Monthly Challenge Blog Challenge #90 "Let's Go Green"

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #114 - Buttons

Shopping Our Stash #294 - Luck of the Irish

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!

52CCT - March Stash Challenge - Paper Flowers

Hello friends and followers!  

Time for another weekly challenge at 52CCT.

This time it's a stash challenge

and our DT hostess Patricia

wants us to use paper flowers.

Here's my DT card:

This card is made almost entirely from parts and  pieces of my stash. 

The flowers (large and small) and light green squares were from  previous ideas that didn't materialize.

I decided to make a quilt looking pattern. 

Probably the closest I'll ever come to making a quilt

with my very limited sewing ability :o).

After putting the pieces all together I added some lovely buttons 

and a few candy dots and viola - it was done.  

Oh boy does it feel good to have used up some of my bits and pieces!

I hope that you will shop your stash and play along this week at

52CCT March Stash Challenge - Paper Flowers.

My lovely 52CCT DT buddies have made some gorgeous
Christmas creations using paper flowers.  

I'm also delighted to tell you the we still have our March Guest Designer, Scraplady, with us.
 Please go visit the 52CCT DT and say "hi".

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Snow...Lots of Laundry, Cleaning & a little bit of Crafting

Hello friends - the title of today's post about sums up my weekend.  Woke up Saturday morning to quite a bit of snow and it came down off and on all day.  I took advantage of the chilly weather to stay inside and clean my house and craft room as well as get a boatload of laundry done (I won't embarrass myself by telling you  just how many loads I had to do).  With all the hours I've been working lately my house and laundry have become seriously neglected.  Darling husband tries to help out - but let's just say that his standards are not quite the same as mine and he didn't do any of my work laundry or delicates :o).

Today more snow and cold so I picked up and organized my craft room and made a couple cards to share with you today. I'm also trying to finish up my valentine's so maybe I'll be back a couple times today with more to share - crossing my fingers :o)

Card #1: I started this card about a week ago but finally got around to finishing it.

No particular person in mind yet for this card - just for my stash.  Finished card size is 5 1/2" square.  

 Here it is - hope you like it!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

The Alphabet Challenge - Z for zesty colours. 

They want to see orange, lime and lemon colors. 

 Orange is one of my favorite "happy" colors, so I couldn't resist.  

My Time to Craft Challenge #234 - Buttons & Bows (use at least 3 buttons and a bow)

and Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes (optional shaped card).

Card #2: While I was cleaning out my craft room I came across a big stack of magazine pages that I had torn out of card and scrapbooking magazines with photos of layouts or cards I really liked.  

This is a direct and unabashed CASE of a card shown in an advertisement for Doodlebug Designs on the back page of the Feb 2011 Creating Keepsakes magazine. 

My flowers are different shaped and I used a different sentiment to make it my own. 

Really love how this one turned out. Take a look:

Can you see why I saved this?  Just way too sweet and a great way to use up a stash of buttons.  It says "thinking of you" but I think I'll use it for a valentine card since the colors are just perfect for that.  Might be fun to try with hearts and buttons instead of flowers. Hmmm... might have to see if I can try that next. 

I'm entering Card #2 in Sweet Stampin' Challenge "Sentiments Only" 

That's it for now. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today. Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D