Friday Challenge...Purple Flower

Well this image came by way of a swap and no idea who puts it out. Love the Iris flower so thought it would be good for this challenge. Plain old water colored pencils and a bit of the glitter pen, add a few gold brads and I'm done. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. We are hitting the 90's with plenty of sunshine. It's awesome weather to float in my pool chair and enjoy.

My favorite Hydrangea called Nikko Blue

This is my favorite of all my Hydrangeas and I have all colors. This is all Hero Arts stamps, using both my markers to stamp with then colored pencils and markers to shade.

Friday Challenge Thank You

Well since you are supposed to stamp simply I did just that. Easy with just the "thank you" by Stampendous and a cute popped out flower from Sandylion. Love those little $1 packets at

Michael's. Makes this a very easy card indeed. Have a wonderful weekend to you all.

I'm going to watch my niece's boys play baseball in a big competition. Go Nick and Alex !!!!

Happy Wednesday

Well yesterday a friend took me to lunch at the country club she belongs to and we had a delightful lunch and visit. An old friend of mine is the owner and it was nice to see him and catch up a bit . Anyway I wanted to send a "thank-you" card to my friend and this is what I came up with. Haven't done paper tole in ages but thought I would give it a try. The stamp is from
Stamp It and very simply I did it in a gold embossing and then used my faithful water colored pencils. I'll just put my note inside and I'm good to go.

Friday Challenge...Girlie

Well if you want girlie....go to Playboy.com. You ain't gonna find girlie with me !!
If you like hot and spicey you came to the wrong blog, I'm into soft and fluffy (see my slippers?). I'm an old broad who loves to grab a cup of java and kick up my heels, well maybe not quite kick up but you know what I mean don't ya?? I just look crabby, I'm really a crazy old lady who loves to have fun and the sparks in my life are the fireworks on the 4th. of July. This is an Art Impressions stamp, just done with water colored pencils and a bit of chalk dusted around " Maude". You gotta love her. The inside of the card say's..."So your mom is not a Barbie Doll...adjust!" That stamp is Imaginations. Have a great weekend and a Happy 4th of July to all you here is the USA.

Bells...Whistles...and a Big Drum Roll !!!!!

Well DD who you all know as Julie Koerber @ out to impress is in the top 20 winners for the contest over at PaperCraftsMag.com and you can help her win by going there on Monday July 7th. and voting for her entry. The big winner gets a big prize so let's give her a " You got to want it" cheer. Go Julie and be the big winner. Can you tell I'm really excited??? Well guess what? I AM. Love that girl and her artistic ability.

Tuesday 10 min. Challenge Card

This is a quick and easy and probably less then the 10 mins. you are alloted. Card is military blue paper then some patriotic paper from Michael's and just stamped my phrase which is a Darcie's stamp. Punched out some stars put on some ribbon and I'm ready for the 4th. of July. Ba Ba BOOM !!!! Hope you are all well and enjoying this weekend.

ATC Swap Card

This cute ATC came from Jamie Martin one of my SBS 5 sisters. Isn't it adorable and it made into a very cute card. Of course it took no time at all to get it together as Jamie did all the work. Thanks for your cute ATC Jamie. Sorry, I don't know the stamp company even though I've seen these cute chicks so many times. Good golly it's already Weds. where is the week going??? Look out the weekend is almost already here.

Snail Mail from a Blog Friend

Got this adorable card from my blogging friend Cheryl Moody all the way from Nova Scotia. Thanks so much Cheryl and glad to hear from your post that you are on the road to recovery. YES !!! This is SU and I love the card and glitter. Have a great day.

Friday Challenge...I like it Hot

This is one of my favorite relaxing in the afternoon drinks, a good cup of Earl Grey tea. I stamped my cup, in black permanent ink and used my water colored pencils. Nothing to it once the coloring is done. What a blunder...it's on navy blue cardstock, which DD never uses and I think finds disgusting. Matted it on a few pieces of paper, added the tea string lable and viola I'm done. Hope you all have a fantastic weekend. I have the party at church on Saturday which I am looking forward to. Hugs to all.