Stampin' Sisters in Christ

Love them!!

The ladies there make the most

wonderful, thought provoking posts!!

I look forward to their challenge

every week!!

I just had to jump back in on the

challenge this week.

We are to make a circle card!!

Paper is DCWV and Bazzill.

Punches were MS and Fiskers.

Used my cricut to cut the white circle.

The sentiment is from Netty's Card Blogspot.

I hope you will pop over to

Stampin' Sisters in Christ

tomorrow and check out their new challenge!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Until next time..............tootles!!

Part Two

A few more

"new to me" cards!!

Heart Card



Slider Card

Fun Fold Card

I had a few issues with this one!!

I made SEVERAL that went straight to the trash!!

But after working with some of the measurements,

I was finally able to make it work!!

Standing Diamond Card

Tent Card

This one isn't really new.

It's just a new shape for me!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I enjoy your visits

and Thank you so much for the

love you leave!! It always makes me smile!!

Until next time................tootles!!

3-D and Brand New to Me!!

Hello everyone!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!!
I haven't been doing the weekly card

challenges and so I miss your visits!!

I have been doing some really fun

and new cards the past few weeks!!

I have really enjoyed the challenge

and doing new and exciting things!!

I want to share some of them with you today!!
I will try to post a few more in a day or two!!

To see the tutorial I used to make the cards,

click on the card title.

Box Card

Mine is a little plain from some I've seen,

but it is a very interesting card.

Perfect to give cash or a gift card in!!

Shadow Box Card

Oh my gosh!! Love this one!!

Super fun and super easy!!

The yellow one was my first and needed

tweaking, so the teal one is much better!!

Swing Card

How fun is this??!!

My mother has claimed both of these already!!



Never Ending Card

This is one of the easiest cards

I have ever made!! Plus it is super fun!!

I want to make them for a couple kids I know!!

I made a video for this one....

you have to see it do it's thing!!

Pop-Up Card

This is such a great card!! I'm giving it to

my big sis for her birthday!!

All of the cards shown fold completely flat

(well, minus the embellishments)

and can be mailed in a regular card envelope!!

How awesome it that??

That's what I have pix of now. I will try to get the

other pix taken and post in a day or two!!

If you make one of these boxes,

please let me know!! I'd love to see it!!

Thanks bunches for stopping.

Until next time.............tootles!!

He is Risen!!

Wishing you and yours

a very blessed

Easter Sunday!!

Pattie Creations Challenge

Mother's Day - Challenge #20

There is still one more day to get your images from Pattie's Creations at 20% off. The coupon code at checkout is ALLIE, just click HERE to go directly to her store! The sale ends April 23rd!

Welcome to Challenge #20, where our theme is MOTHER'S DAY! JUST REMEMBER, if you use an image from Pattie's Creations, you will get an extra entry to win! Stop over at her Etsy Store and browse around. There are FREEBIES too, just click on FREEBIES listed at the top of Pattie's Creations home page.

The theme for this week's challenge is 'Mother's Day'. Mother's Day is May 10th and we wanted to get an early jump on creations for a Mom. You must use a digital or stamped image. Our DT created some wonderful inspirations for this week's challenge, and they love to receive comments, I know that I do, so click on their names to view their blogs.

A winner will be chosen by Random.org. The winner will receive 3 images of their choice from Pattie's Etsy Store and an 'I Won' badge from the sidebar.

I really enjoyed making this card!! It was my first easel card, and the image is perfect for my mother!!

I hope you'll stop over at Pattie's and join the fun!!

Until next time............tootles!!

May Flowers in April

I've been in the flower making mood

and have been trying all sorts of new

things to make and color my flower!!

Thanks to everyone who posts tutorials on

all their gorgeous flowers!! They are very

inspirational, and I love them!!

Loopy Flower

Loved this one. It was so pretty!!

Perfect for on top of a package!!

I made a few adjustments because I didn't

want it to be so large. Plus I added a little rose

to the center instead of a button.

Glass Flowers

Love these!! Hers are WAY better than mine,

but I still had fun making them!!

This one my dd calls my "lion" flower.

I made it with small white cupcake papers.

I used glimmer mist on it to make them orange/yellow.

I was surprised I liked how it turned out.

I have seen these before, but didn't follow

a tut on them.

This flower came from a tut I saw on someones blog.

I thought I saved the site, but now I can't seem to find it anywhere!!

If you are the artist or know the artist, please leave me a note

so that I can give proper credit!!

Dogwood.

These started out white. I mixed pink perfect pearls

with a little water and painted the flowers.

Drew in the lines and added the pearl center.

I like these!!

These flowers are my own. I cut them on the cricut,

or used punches that I have to create them.

They all started out white. I used watercolors to color them.

Loving watercolors. You can have soft and light or

bright and bold!! How awesome!!

After I painted them with the watercolors,

I painted them with a layer or two

of glossy accents.

I just made these last night!!

I cut them on the cricut, then painted them

with the watercolors. Then I inked the edges,

added the dimension lines and finished

up the centers with some store bought pearl like stamen.

I've made a few others, but just haven't taken pix of them all.

It's been fun trying new things!!

Using the watercolors has been a fun adventure.

I'm trying pansies next!!

Wish me luck!!

If you have a tut on your special handmade flower,

please leave me a link to your blog!!
I'd love to try it!!

I have a few new style cards I've been trying as well.

I will be posting them in the next couple days!!

I do hope you'll pop back in to have a look!!

Until next time....................tootles!!

3 Tails Crafts **NEW** Chippie WINNER!!

I'm sorry to say that our last winner of the 

3 Tails Crafts Chippies

 never contacted me.

So I have used Random.org

to pick a NEW WINNER!!

And the winner is:

LYNN'S PLACE!!

Congratulations!!

You will have until next Saturday at 12est

to contact me with your address so that I

can get this mailed out to you!!

finallymama(at) hotmail (dot)com

Don't forget to check out all of

3 Tails Crafts Chippies!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Until next time........tootles!!

Pattie's BIG Sale and More!!

Starting with business today!!

Miss Pattie over at Pattie's Creations,

is having a 20% off all her digi stamps,

April 15 through April 23!!
Just type in the code ALLIE to get your 20% off!!

I've been so lucky to be on the DT for

Miss Pattie and have gotten to use quite a few

of her wonderful digi stamps!!

You don't want to miss this great sale!!

So run over to Pattie's Creations

and check it out today!!

Don't forget to type in the code ALLIE to get your 20% off!!

Next order of business...

CCfromOZ, our big 3 Tails Crafts chippies winner still has not contacted me!!

If you are a friend or just know CC,

Please tell her to contact my by Saturday at noon (est).

If I don't hear from her by then, I will draw another name!!

Thanks!!



Now to challenges and cards!!

First is for Stampin' Sisters in Christ-use purple.

I loved the message that went with this weeks challenge.

I wanted to share it with you!!

“Jesus, Son of man! Jesus, Son of God! He blended humanity with Deity as no one else ever has or will. As man, he became tired; as God, He said, ‘Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.’ As man, He became thirsty; as God, He provides living water. As man, He became hungry; as God, He fed thousands with a little boy’s lunch, and is the true Bread of Life. As man, He was tempted in all points like we are; as God, He committed no sin. As man, He was despised of men; as God, all the angels of God worship Him. As man, he sorrowed over being separated from His friends; as God, He promised to return for them. As man, He wept at Lazarus’ grave; as God, He raised Lazarus from the dead. As man, He willingly laid down His life; as God, He took it up again!”

Thank you Kris for such a thought provoking message!!

 

This card is also for Lollipop Crafts-girly.

The paper is MM. Flower is prima.

Ribbon is from my stash.

Image is a digi stamp.

For I Did It-song title.

Die Cut Dreams-Easter.

Paper is Bazzill.

I used glossy accents on the tomb and the flowers.

Tuesday Morning Sketches-sketch.

Spoonful of Sugar-animal.

Paper is DCWV.

The eagle is an OWH image.

The star bling is from my stash.

Thank you all so much for stopping by,

and for the love you leave!!

It warms the heart!!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Until next time.............tootles!!

And the WINNER is.................

A Big Thank you to everyone who

entered to win the awesome prize package

from 3 Tails Crafts!!

An even BIGGER Thank you

to 3 Tails Crafts for giving

such a wonderful prize package!!

Without further ado.....

the winner is......

CCfromoz

who said...

what a fantastic give away,

thanks for the opportunity to win

Congratulations!!

Please email me at

finallymama(at)hotmail(dot)com

with your address so that I can get this mailed out to you!!

Thanks again to everyone who entered!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

I hope you visit me again soon!!

Until next time.............tootles!!

I used Random.org to select a winner!!

I wanted to put the number generator thing in this post but couldn't figure out how to.

This Weeks Cards!!

I've been making cards this week,

but have wanted to keep the 3tailscrafts give away

at the top. So here I am, ready with cards!!

Sweet Stop-sketch.

Paper Cupcakes-flowers.

Paper is K&Company and Paper Company.

I used a fisker punch and a Paper Studio punch to make the flowers.

The image is from OWH, which is where this card will be going!!

Card Patterns-sketch.

Dutch Dare-spring.

Paper is K&Company and Paper Company.

Border punch is MS.

The pink scalloped was cut on my cricut.

Ribbon is from my stash!!

Inkspirations-sketch.

Crazy 4 Challenges-brown, green and white.

Paper is K&Company. Punches are MS and Fiskers.

Image is a coloring page.

Paper Pretties-sketch.

Friday Mashup!-3-d butterfly.

Paper is K&Company and Paper Company,.

Image is stamped and embossed in gold.

The butterfly is from 3 Tails Crafts.

Tuesday Morning Sketches-sketch.

Crafty Cardmakers-gems, yellow, ribbon, stitches.

Lollipop Crafts-make a box.

Paper is K&Company and Paper Company.

I made the flowers, with a Paper Studio's punch and a fiskers punch.

Gems, brads and ribbon are from my stash.

That's all have for now!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Until next time.....tootles!!

And My Blog Sponsor Is........................

3 Tails Crafts!!

That's right!! A fabulous company in

Australia specializing in laser cut

chipboard!!

I am happy to have had the chance

to work with their products

and have fallen in love with them!!

The chipboard is not overly thick

and is easy to shape, yet it is super sturdy

and easy to use.

Yesterday I shared some fabulous pieces

that were created using some of these

wonderful chipboard pieces.

Today, I'm super excited

because I get to give away a

wonderful prize package full

of wonderful chippies from

3 Tails Crafts!!

Here is are some pictures of what will

be in the prize package:

There are 3 ways that you can

get your name in the drawing, each one

giving you another chance at the prize package.

You may do just one thing

to get your name in drawing

or you may do all 3 things

to get your name in the drawing!!

Here's how to do it:

1. Leave me a comment here

in this blog post.

2. Post this on your blog with a link

to your blog back here

in the comments section.

3. For each person you refer

here to my blog for this give away,

you will get an extra vote,

if they leave your name

in their comment!!

Sounds easy enough, right??

So let's get to it!!

I will post the winner,

Saturday, April 9, 2011!!

A HUGE thank you to

3 Tails Crafts for sponsoring

my blog this week and for the

fabulous chippies they are giving away!!

Please stop by their brand new web page

and check out all the amazing

things they're cutting!!

They're adding new things all the time!!
I hear that fences, gates and birdbaths

will be cut soon!!

So be sure to check back often for all the

latest and greatest things!!

Until next time...............tootles!!

Pattie's Creations!!

Hello!!

I'm back again with another wonderful challenge

from Pattie's Creations!! 

For this challenge we are to

Do something for Easter or Spring!!

Please stop over at Pattie's and check out the rules

and the prizes!! Also be sure to check out

Pattie's amazing images at in her etsy shop!!

She just added some darling new things!!

Here is the card I made for this weeks Challenge:
The paper is K&Company and Paper Company!!
The punches are MS.
The beautiful image is from Pattie herself!!
Thank you, Miss Pattie!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Don't forget to go check this great challenge!!

Until next time...........tootles!!



Want a hint??

Read to the end of this post and I'll give you a hint

as to who's sponsering my blog and doing a great give away!!

You don't want to miss this!!

Challenges first.

Crafty Catz-April showers.

I Did It-anything goes.
Crazy 4 Challenges-sketch.

The paper is K&Company and Paper Company.

The image is from a coloring book.

Sweet Stop-sketch.

Paper is Paper Company and K&Company.

Image is a coloring sheet.

Bow is from my stash.

Card Patterns-sweet sketch!!

Paper is K&Company and Paper Company.

The image is from Robyn's Fetish.

Border punch is MS.

Bow is from my stash.

JUGS-sketch.

Love JUGS, but am quite dissappointed in this card!!

Paper is (can you guess??) Yes, K&Comany.

I made the poppy.

Lace and gimp is from my stash.

Sugar Creek Hollow-great sketch.

Love this place too....be sure to check them out:

Stampin' Sisters in Christ-make it for a child.

Paper is DCWV.

Hemp and buttons are from my stash.

Now, for the hint!!

I wanted to give you a hint as to who my

blog sponser for the week is.

SO.......I thought I'd share a couple of projects

that some very talented ladies have made

using this company's products!!

If you think you have it figured out,

leave me a comment with your guess!!

From a VERY talented lady I am proud to call my friend,

Miss Kat!! Be sure to click on her name to see even more

of her amazing art!! A true artist!!

From a very sweet friend and wonderful card maker, Faye!!

See more of her amazing work by clicking her name!!

Another fabulous artist and dear friend, Lisa!!

Click on her name to vist her awesome blog

and see amazing works of art!!

 

SO....Can you guess who the sponsor is??

Come back tomorrow to find out the answer

and enter to win an amazing prize package from this

awesome company to celebrate their brand new

web site!! You don't want to miss this!!

Invite your friends!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Until tomorrow.......tootles!!