How about some handmade embellishments?

Good Morning everyone! Time for Totally Ladybug Tuesday challenges again and this week it is all about handmade embellishments chosen by the fabulous Anita. I have to say that normally this would be one I love but I have been a little under the weather for the past few days plus working so I struggled a bit so forgive me cause I only managed to put one handmade item on it.

The little yellow resin flower in the corner is all I was able to come up with unless you count my stamped tag that I rubbed with some viva decor inka gold paint. This is birthday Robyn and she is sitting inside a beautiful new nestie I got from Patty for my birthday. Now it is your turn to show us what you can make and for you to win a free stamp or get chosen for the top 3 and the opportunity to post a new banner on your blog.

Vintage/shabby chic by Tickled Pink

Yeah, poet and don't know it, NOT! I have a horrible time coming up with titles for my posts, sorry! Todays challenge for Paper Sundaes is Vintage/shabby chic and our sponsor is Tickled Pink designs. I have several of their images, they are so much fun to color and some of them were absolutely perfect for this challenge.

Now, this is not really my style but I am very pleased with how the card came out. I even used one of the stick pins that Elaine sent me for my birthday, perfect timing! I added a few more beads onto it, some WOC flowers and the paper is Kaisercraft. The corner is part of a doily I distressed and folded over then I added a few liquid pearls around to finish it off. Oh, and some beautiful lace for the final touch and a little walnut distress ink to most of the edges. Happy Memorial Day everyone in case I don't post tomorrow!

Beach Baby!

TGIF everybody! Of course I am working this weekend but still it is suppose to be sunny out so I ain't complaining (too much!). This card is for a friend for her birthday and is a CC Designs stamp which you can buy at 7 kids college fund which is the challenge I am entering her into. The challenge this week is a sketch and Beach theme. Now I have to say the red scallop edge was suppose to be on top but out of habit (and tiredness) I put it on the bottom. I added some plastic glittery flowers and a pair of sunglasses to complete the "beach theme". Paper is Basic Grey "Hello Luscious".

That is is for me today, hope everyone has a great weekend!

Pattin' myself on the back

Hey guys, first of all Happy Friday, enjoy your long weekend and lets all remember to thank our vets not only this weekend but throughout the rest of the year. I just wanted to give myself a little pat on the back as I was chosen as a featured card at Tiddly Inks this week! Woo Hoo! Christy has the cutest images, her new Lilli Claire is one of the most adorable digi images I have seen in a long time, go check her out!

Its TLT challenge time again!

Happy Tuesday everyone, almost to hump day! Todays challenge at TLT is to use an animal on your card. I hadn't colored up Buttercup from Ladybug Crafts yet so that was my choice for today.

Paper is by K and Company from this past spring collection, ribbon from Stamp Simply ribbon (love the grab bags, they are awesome!) and sentiment from lotv which was a gift from my buddy Elaine. I love this big striped ribbon but it is hiding a bit of buttercups tail but I think the bow is worth it. Alright everyone, it is your turn to show us what you've got. You have the chance to win a free stamp of your choice and believe me, Kerry has a ton of images to select from.

Just a few garden pics

Good evening everyone! My blog post today is a little different. Joe and I have been working on making a couple of raised (you'll see!) vegetable beds and I thought I would post them. Also a couple of pics around the house just for the heck of it. This first picture is shot from the side yard looking into the back. Our soil is really bad with lots of tree roots, you can see the branches and part of the stump leftover from cutting down the maple tree so we would have room for the beds. We are going to trim the ends of the 4x4 post off level and trim the taller ones a bit shorter, the tall ones are to attach trellising too.

Please ignore my husbands clothing choices, he really doesn't care what he wears when working. This next picture is of the roots we are working around which is one of the reasons the beds are raised.

The next two pictures are the inside of the bed. It is a 4x8 foot bed with 2x4 joists like a deck on the bottom. Then plastic lattice and next will be some landscape fabric to keep the soil from falling out the bottom.

This picture is just of one of my blooming azaleas. Nothing spectacular but they are awful pretty right now when we can all use a pop of color after the winter. I have probably a dozen azaleas in bloom right now.

This is my front yard with the columbine blooming out of control. Unfortunately one of my shutters got blown off and destroyed a week or so ago with a big windstorm so new shutters are now in the carport just waiting to be hung. Still green though but I think I will repaint the front door, just not happy with the dark red. Reminds me of a xmas house!

And this is my driveway bed. This was all overgrown rhododendrons and full of lava rock when we moved in. Joe and I yanked them all out and moved most of the lava rock then I laid all of the stonework and filled the beds. These are a few more of my azaleas and need to transplant some hostas into the top bed plus some new mulch this spring.

Well, that is it for this post. Just something a little different. I always enjoy seeing into others homes, it makes you feel more connected than just seeing cards all the time. Check back tomorrow for my Ladybugs TLT card!

Happy Birthday Jen!

If you are here for my Paper Sundaes post (and I hope you are!) please scroll down a smidgen. Thanks!

My second post today is my sister's birthday card. I am a couple of days late but I just couldn't decide what image to use. I must have pulled out a dozen and just couldn't make up my mind. I had bought several of these puddle jumper images and hadn't colored one up yet so figured she was just adorable and so there ya have it.

Colored with copics, WOC flowers and paper is by Echo Park and is called Summer Days. I used a MS punch along the side of the image and the purple cardstock has a nice shimmer to it.  Need to fix that darn ribbon as I see it has started to droop a bit. Hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday and will see you on Tuesday with TLT!