Thursday, April 29, 2010

Child Money Holder and a Re-do

I don't often give a child 4-5 years old money for an occasion such as a birthday. Sometimes, though, there is no other choice. It never fails to make their face shine when they see a "big" number on a bill which is such fun.

Yesterday I posted a card made with one of the Some Odd Girl images. They are sponsoring the Digital Tuesday Challenge this week. When going through their stamps, I could not choose just one to use. They are all so adorable.

Today I used the cutest dog called Lil Puppy Walks. The first thing I thought of when I saw him was a child's card. I have very few of this theme in my stash of cards so that made it the perfect choice.

SOG doggie frontI colored him very simply since that is how most child cards I have seen are. I also think that children that age associate with that type of coloring on an image.

SOG doggie money holder

SOG doggie front CU

he he he, I love his little toy. I bought this a while ago to make a scrapbook page about my doxie. It still hasn't happened, but I found this and the bone sticker as I was going through my stash. This image was just crying for these!

Look at that big number on the bill. Wow, it has not 1 but 2 digits, lol. If I were 5 years old this bill would instantly make me feel so grown up!

I am entering him into the following challenges:

Belli Challenge #90~~~Birthday Card

Stamp With Us~~~Birthday Card

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Don't forget about the follow me blog candy. Read about it at the top of the page.

2. Digital Tuesday Challenge is having a design team call. There is one spot to fill for a 6 month+ run.

See the complete information here.

Onto my RE-DO. Last Tuesday, I posted a TV Guide/magazine holder. As I said in the post, I was not happy with the image background. Since I adhered it with the very strong Scor-tap, I did not think I would be able to get it off. Well...I did! Here is the "new" one, LOL

Tv mag holder redoI definitely like this much better. I used a smaller piece of wood and left off the gold "shine" around him. I also added the DAD! with a frame.

Tv mag holder redo CU Tv mag holder redo charm

As you can see, the rest remained the same. I still love the charm. It seems so funny to me with the image, LOL

I am entering this version in the following challenges:

A Spoonful Of Sugar challenge~~~3D item

There's Magic In The Air~~~anything goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge~~~April Fools, a fun or humorous project

Digi Doodle Shop's Challenge~~~Anything goes

There is some really fun projects to share with you tomorrow, see you then :O)

Hugs, Sandy O

Comments from before moving to Blogger

Wow, these are awesome! Love the money-holder card... that puppy is sooo cute! The TV guide holder is amazing, love the dude in the chair, great job!!! Posted by: Karen Howard May 03, 2010 at 05:32 AM How adorable! Thanks for joining us at DDSB! :) Posted by: Jo May 03, 2010 at 04:46 AM Oh my gosh!!! What a wonderful creation!!! Thanks so very much for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best and good luck!KymKreates Posted by: kymkreates May 01, 2010 at 06:04 AM Wow, a dog with money.What kid would not love that combination!! Really cute idea and so glad you played along with us in the Belli Challenge. Posted by: Liz Williams April 29, 2010 at 08:51 PM Ohhh sweet little puppy. Love this card! Thanks so much for joining us in the Belli Challenge! Have a great day! Posted by: Chris Dickinson April 29, 2010 at 07:22 PM oh my, this makes me giggle. What a great idea, and so love the image. Thank you so much for entering it in our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best. Hugs Posted by: Judy April 29, 2010 at 10:58 AM Thisis lovely and a great idea, thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shops Best.xx Posted by: Karen April 29, 2010 at 10:41 AM

Welcome to the Sew Many Cards Blog Hop

>>>The blog hop starts at the Sew Many Cards Challenge site HERE. To stay in order, the complete list of blogs will be found there. You should have come to my blog from Regina's blog HERE. The next blog you will go to is Sandye C's blog HERE.<<<

Every member of the Sew Many Cards Design Team will have the opportunity to randomly draw one name from all the comments left on their blog hop post. The lucky person will receive the image showcased in that post for FREE, yeah!

I had the privilege to work with the new set called Morty Camping. In the set you will receive 4 cool images in jpg, png and tif. The images are a frying pan, a lantern, a worm on a hook (sew cute!) and Morty toasting a marshmallow by a campfire.

I am totally excited to share these projects with you. There are a lot of pictures, therefore some will be kind of small. You can simply click on any photo to see it full size :o)

My first project is a Smores Kit. How could I not make one with an image like this, LOL

Smores gift box CU tilt right

Oh my gosh, isn't he so cute! I combined the images with the Gina Winder flannel digital paper pack from D.A.I.S.I.E onto the In A Pinch template from Lauren Meader in Photoshop Elements 6. For the sticks with marshmallows around the top, I cropped them off of the Morty image. After printing, all I had to do was color the images, cut out the pattern and put it together. I did the same thing for the tag, but did not need a template for it. Here are some other photos:

Smores gift box CU tilted left

Smores gift box Smores gift box side view

Smores gift box open Smores gift card Recipe:

Stamps: Morty Camping

Paper: Paper Temptress

Ink: Ink Jet

Accessories: Paper snips, scor-tape, linen thread, button, craft knife, self healing mat, 1/8" circle punch, Copic Markers.

Copics Used: E 21, 29, 31, 33, 43, 51, 53, 57~~~R 05, 17, 20, 27, 29~~~YR 02, 07,23, 31~~~C 1, 5, 5, 7~~~YG 03, 06, 11~~~BV 08, 23, 31~~~B 05, 24~~~Y00, 02~~~G 94~~~RV 34~~~100 (black) 0 (blender)

For my next project I made recipe cards using recipes that I thought kids may like. For these, I also used Bear Chef, Eris and Cammi With Cake, January Champaign and Cammi Bookworm. When the cards were complete, I used laminating paper to laminate them.SMC recipe cards openSMC recipe elephant Recipe cards book worm

Recipe cards book moose Recipe:

Stamps: Bear Chef, Cammi Bookworm, Eris and Cammi with Cake, January Champaign, Morty Camping

Paper: recipe cards by Papertrey Ink, Paper Temptress

Ink: ball point pen

Accessories: 1/8" circle punch, silver elastic cord, charm, laminating paper, copic markers

Copics used: see project recipe above

Thank you so much for joining me for the blog hop! And, don't forget to leave a comment, it just may be your name that I pick!

Hugs, Sandy O

Comments before moving to Blooger

Fantastic images and adore what you have done with them,loving this hop,hugslilacanglia Posted by: lilacanglia May 03, 2010 at 05:28 AM Wow!What a Awesome Projekt.Great Blog Hop Posted by: Kerstin May 03, 2010 at 02:35 AM What a stunning project! Love all the camping goodies and this image is sooo perfect! Posted by: Ruby May 03, 2010 at 02:20 AM Such a cute idea. Very, very cute. Posted by: Pamela May 02, 2010 at 03:38 PM Love the image. Can't get over what a creative idea you had. Wow is all I can say! Posted by: Tammy T May 02, 2010 at 10:10 AM Absolutely rocking project!! This is so cool and you can tell you put so much work in to it! All I can say is WOW, I love it! Posted by: Christi Hicks May 01, 2010 at 11:55 PM Oh this is so so cute, I love it!!! Posted by: tammy miller May 01, 2010 at 01:42 PM Your projects are all awesome.That's a lot of work, but they all look great.Adrina XX Posted by: Adrina May 01, 2010 at 03:16 AM Wow! Great job! I love camping. Morty is so cute. Posted by: Janell April 30, 2010 at 11:27 PM WOW Sandy!! I think your projects are SEW awesome. Kinda like jaw dropping awesome. Posted by: Peggy April 30, 2010 at 10:25 PM Oh Sandy! Wow, what a wonderful project! I totally love this image! Morty is such a cute stamp anyway when I read in your blog that he in now camping I couldn't wait to see him. You so did him justice. I have to say I am now in love with Morty! Great job girl!!! Posted by: Sarah T April 30, 2010 at 10:03 PM What cute projects. Makes me want some smores. Posted by: Jennifer Moore April 30, 2010 at 09:26 PM What a great project!! Morty is one of my favorite characters; and this set is going to the top of my must-have list!! Posted by: April O April 30, 2010 at 08:46 PM Wow what a great job. Cannt wait to try your project, also so a card on your site a cann't wait to make one almost like. Look forward to seeing all your projects at the next blog hop. Posted by: Sharon Swain April 30, 2010 at 06:33 PM SUPERB I love this idea and I LOVE Morty Posted by: Laralee Ganske April 30, 2010 at 06:32 PM That's a fabulous project!I so love it!!Very creative! Posted by: Margie April 30, 2010 at 04:38 PM Morty sure is cute! Great S'more kit! Posted by: lisa808 April 30, 2010 at 03:42 PM PAWSITIVELY ADORABLE!!! Love it!!! My boys are big Boy Scouters so I'm going to have to make them some of these!!! They will love them!! The recipes are so cute....love that little muffin pan!!!! Posted by: Kim April 30, 2010 at 02:39 PM This is totally awesome. I love everything you did. Wonderful project. Thanks for sharing. Posted by: Patricia St Martin April 30, 2010 at 12:58 PM Wow, what an amazing project, I love it! Posted by: Autumn Goodman April 30, 2010 at 12:24 AM That is a great project. very creative. Thank you for sharing Posted by: michele H April 29, 2010 at 11:59 PM WOW!! Let me know if you can't locate my address for shipping LOL You done an amazing job with this set Sandy!!! Awesome project. I'm going to have to remember this one for a few friends I have that enjoy camping! You done an amazing job with your first SMC Blog hop!! Thank you for your hard work! Posted by: ~Jeri M~ April 29, 2010 at 11:52 PM

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Shaped Card and Lots of Flowers

I have 2 projects to share with you today. Yesterday I said I would post a project using one of the Some Odd Girl stamp. I chose to use the digital stamp from the Mae line.

SOG cute girl CUOh My, isn't she adorable. I had such fun coloring her. For some reason she reminds me of my sons girlfriend, LOL, and she is just as sweet as this image is.

SOG cute girl inside tilted right

SOG cute girl CU tilted right

I don't usually use bright colors, but this image would not have been the same in pastel or earth tones. I don't know if you can see it in the photos (you can always click on them to see a larger version) but there is a lot of glitter on the paper I chose. How about THAT, bling with no work, LOL

SOG cute girl reedittedI think she is really sweet, so I entered her in this weeks Pile it on challenge~~~Make is sweet

I also entered this card in the following challenges:

Diedrich Dare (Whimsical Wednesday)~~~Spring

Dive Coffee Break~~~Color challenge~~~Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Dusty Durango

One Stitch at a Time~~~Flowers

My next card uses the really cute image from Sew Many Cards called Halen With Hat. She can be purchased with Pack #6. There are 8 packs to choose from and they all have some really nice images that are no longer available to purchase individually. Remember, the packs are only $5.00 currently, with the normal price being $25! Talk about a great deal. Halen with Hat is still available to purchase individually for only $1.75

SMC Halen with hat CUIsn't she adorable. I added some liquid pearls to her necklace to give them some dimension. I also put a rhinestone on her bow, LOL

SMC Halen with hat tilted left SMC Halen with hat open

The dress pattern is from The Cutting Cafe'. Since the front is rather heavy, I applied some crystal effects along the inside of the fold and let it dry. Now it has a nice strong fold so it shouldn't rip. The inside sentiment says "It takes courage to grow up to become who you really are". As she is playing dress up with the big girl clothes, I am sure she is wondering when she will be big enough to wear the lovely hats and dresses. That is why I put her on a dress pattern, to represent what she is daydreaming about.

Halen with hat card inside Recipe:

Paper~~~Paper Temptress

Stamps~~~Halen with Hat by Sew Many Stamps, Hope Happens by Stampin' Up

Ink~~~Lovely Lilac

Accessories~~~Dress template from The Cutting Cafe', nestblilities, big shot, oval punch, glue stick,lace, self adhesive pearls, rhinestone flowers, liquid pearls, misc. charm, crystal effects,copic markers

Copics used~~~C 1, 3, 5 ~ BV 04,17, 29, 31 ~ R 00, 11, 32, 59 ~ BG 93 ~ B 24 ~ 100 ~ blender pen

Challenges I entered this card into

Aly's Sunday challenges~~~Animals

One stitch at a time~~~Flowers

Bildmaira Blog~~~Shaped Card

Something Completely Different Challenge~~~ The letter "H"

Corrosive Challenge~~~charm it

Magical Crafts~~~Something for the girls

OH, and don't forget the "follow me" blog candy which you can read about at the top of the page

Hugs, Sandy O

Comments from before moving to Blogger

Beautiful cards!!! Very spring and perfect for upcoming Mother's Day!! Great job!! Thank you for joining us at the Dare!! Posted by: Kris May 03, 2010 at 01:35 PM This is really cute and fun; love it! Thanks for playing along with us at the Corrosive Challenge Blog! Posted by: Angela P. May 01, 2010 at 04:08 PM Beautiful creations, lovely detail, Thanks for joining us over at OSAAT, hope to see you again soon Good LuckSarah xx Posted by: Sarah April 29, 2010 at 06:31 PM Your cards and projects are AWESOME Sandy!! You do a fabulous job. Posted by: Peggy April 29, 2010 at 10:00 AM I love your cards! The girl in the first one is VERY sweet...super cute image and great coloring and papers too! The second card is fantastic...what an awesome shaped card! I like the sentiment on the inside...I'm going to have to remember that.I came by to thank you for the very nice comment on my altered journal and to answer your question...yes I did give it to my daughter and she was thrilled. She really does love that image and I knew she would like the colors. She likes to keep journals/diaries so I know it will be used...which is good so it doesn't end up ON THE PILE! :) Posted by: Lori April 29, 2010 at 08:13 AM these are just gorjus projects,love the dress card its awesome many thanks for joining us at OSAAT hope to see you again love hugs cheryl xxx Posted by: cheryl April 29, 2010 at 07:24 AM Both cards are fab hun. Thanks for playing along with us here at OSAAT and good luck in the other challenges too.Sam x Posted by: Sam April 29, 2010 at 04:37 AM Awesome projects Sandy!! I love the Halen card. You're always so creative!!! Fab job! Posted by: ~Jeri M~ April 28, 2010 at 10:23 PM What a cute little card. Thanks for playing at Aly's. Posted by: Tami April 28, 2010 at 06:40 PM Oh I love how 'Springy' your card is! Adorable, love the bright cheery colours! Thanks for taking the Dare this week! Posted by: Krista April 28, 2010 at 05:54 PM These are delightful. I love the dress card.Great images on both. Thanks for joining in our challenge this week at OSAAT.Smiles...Tammy Posted by: Tammy April 28, 2010 at 05:37 PM Great coloring and paper choice on the first card. The dress-shaped card is beyond words! It is oh so very pretty. Posted by: lisa808 April 28, 2010 at 04:37 PM

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

TV Guide or Magazine Holder

DTC blinkieHello everyone, it is time for another Digital Tuesday Challenge. This week our challenge is brought to us by Lora. Her challenge: ANYTHING BUT A CARD.

I am so excited to tell you that our sponsor for this week is

Some Odd Girl.

SOME ODD GIRL WOW, does she have some really sweet images. Her take on how cute food can be is just one example. She has the most adorable teen images named Kaylee, Mae and Kody and much more. You will be so glad that you checked out her store!

She also has generously donated a free stamp for the design team to use this week. Sadly, I forgot to use it!!! Why...You can read about at the bottom of the post. Another thing you will surely to be glad you know about! I will have to decided which image to use first. Though cute is not my usually style, I have been using them a lot lately. When I looked for which imagee I wanted for free, I could not decide on just one. So I bought 3 more, LOL

For my "anything but a card" I thought long and hard. Then...I came across this wonderful image and a great cause. Instantly I knew what I was going to make and make it with part of my stash I have had for over a year! YUP...I have stuff that old, LOL. How about you??? Do you have items you were sure you NEEDED, then did not remember what project you saw that required it? And...now it is still sitting in your stash. This challenge is the perfect time to use them.

My husband is always leaving several magazines on his living room side table. They even over flow onto the floor some times. And...when I want the TV Guide, I need to search for it, LOL What he needs near his table is a TV Guide/Magazine holder by his chair. So that is what I made using one of those really large clothes pins.

TV Guide holderI must say that I am not sure how I like it. Actually, just part of it would I like to redo, the background behind the image. using the ultra strong Scor-tape, there is no way it is going to come off though.

See that most adorable stamp of our husband! I printed out 5 images, colored, cut and adhered together for a really nice dimensional look.

TV Guide holder tilted leftI must have been tired that day I made this. I forgot another thing. Usually I go around the edges of my cut layers with my black copic marker, but forgot this time. It really makes a difference, especially in the photos. In real life it is hard to tell unless you look hard.

Make sure to read the bottom of the post for more info on this image.

TV Guide holder charmI wanted to use a charm on it for one of the challenges I wanted to do, so I checked out my stash and look what I found! Bwaaaa ha ha ha...I thought this would have a new meaning with the image. Even my husband who seldom laughs but does give a small chuckle every now and then, laughed about it. So I guess it is as funny as I thought it would be.

Onto why I used this image. While checking out last weeks entries and leaving comments, I ran across a post about this image. Here is what she says about it on her blog Crafty Emma:

"You may or may not be aware that my Dad died last September following an accident at work...in his memory my family & I are raising funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance charity. Whilst chatting to Paula from Pollycraft about the fund raising she did the most amazing thing and offered to draw a special edition digi for me in Dads memory. I gave Paula a brief on my Dad and here is...''Ronnie Relaxing''

Ronnie_relaxing_img_m He is not only adorable but funny too. The perfect image for making a paper tole card.

This is how you can get one yourself:

*** To get your image please click the ''Just Giving'' widget on the top right side of my sidebar...use my page to pay the £1.50 with credit/debit card or Paypal, drop me an email to woodemma9@aol.com and your image will be mailed to you asap.

This comes to about 3 USD, the average price of a digital stamp. It is a win/win situation.

I hope you stop by tomorrow for my Some Odd Girl project!

AND!!! Don't forget to become a follower. I am offering some blog candy which you can read about here.

Challenges:

Tellen's Place: Ink distressing

Crafty Creations: distressing

For Fun Challenges: anything but a card

Corrosive Challenge: Use a charm

52 Card Pick Up: A time and place

Stamp Challenges: Use a charm

AI Factory: Anything but a card

Hugs, Sandy O

Comments from before moving to blogger

Wow such a fantastic creation, I love the 3D effect and adorable details.Thank you so much for your support and donation, good luck with the challenge.Hugs Emma x Posted by: Crafty Emma May 02, 2010 at 05:33 AM This is wonderfull Sandy!xxx Anne-Marije Posted by: Anne-Marije April 29, 2010 at 08:09 AM Sandy, absolutely gorgeous!! Posted by: wendy colledge April 28, 2010 at 08:56 AM So sorry about your Dad. The image is a great tribute and so perfect for the magazine holder. Now, you just have to get your husband to use it! Posted by: lisa808 April 27, 2010 at 05:58 PM Sandy, this is so adorable!!! I really like this image and your mag holder was a brilliant idea!!Blessings, Maria Posted by: Maria Matter April 27, 2010 at 02:23 PM cute image and love your coloring!!! Posted by: ~michelle~ April 27, 2010 at 09:07 AM Oh Sandy this is such a fantastic idea! The image is just adorable. Love the 3D effects.So sorry about the loss of your dad last year. The image pollycraft is offering is so cute, I am going to have to get it. Posted by: Ellie April 27, 2010 at 08:11 AM

Monday, April 26, 2010

Make Your Own Rub-On Tutorial

After posting my hummingbird window ornament using Grafix rub-onsand copic markers, I decided to see how they would work with my Prisma color pencils. As I was making it, I thought it would be fun to a tutorial for those who have not used this rub-on kit before.

Rub on sheets

The kit comes with 2 types of paper. The more transparent sheet is the one you run through your printer. I has a matte side and a shiny side. You print your image on the matte side.

The second sheet is the adhesive sheet that will be used when your image is ready. This sheet also has 2 different sides, one shiny and one opaque white.

Sunflower window ornament step 1The first step is to print your image, of course, LOL. You will want to make sure you print on the MATTE side.

The image I used here is from KLM Designs called Sunflower Windowpane.

Then you color in your image. I found that the prisma markers worked much better for the look I wanted to achieve. While the copic markers came out MUCH softer, the Prismas came out just a tad darker.

Sunflower window ornament mistakeThe first image I tried to color turned out like this. Boy, was I glad I always print 2 in case I mess the first one up.

For this one, I tried using my Prisma blending pencil in the center. The only thing it accomplished was to cause the green to become bluish. Weird.

I don't know how gamsol, baby oil or goo gone would would since all I use with my Prismas is the Prisma blender pencil.

Sunflower window ornament step 2 When you are finished coloring in the image, you will want to cut it out.

Try to cut it as close to the image as possible, other wise the extra adhesive around the edges could leave a shadow around the image after transferring it.
 
 




Sunflower window ornament step 3 Sunflower window ornament step 4 
Cut out a piece of the adhesive sheet just a bit larger than your image. Here I cut mine to big. You will want to avoid this as it makes it very difficult to work with. (NOW I know, LOL) With the sheet on your work area, white side up, remove the white liner. The bottom will be VERY sticky so try not to get your finger prints on it. You can see where I did on the edge of mine.

Sunflower window ornament step 4a Sunflower window ornament step 4b Leave the adhesive sheet on your work table with the sticky side up. Place your image, colored side down, onto the adhesive sheet. Turn over and rub well with a craft stick. You will see when the adhesive has transfered. Make sure to get the edges well. I forgot to here and you can see how the adhesive is jagged. 

Sunflower window ornament step 6 
  Place the image, adhesive side down, onto the material you are transferring it onto. I chose to use another microscope 2 x 2" slide.

Again, rub with your craft stick until image is completely transfered. You will definitely know when you are finished. You can see I ran my craft stick in the center really quick and that section is already adhered.  

I also found that the liner kind of pops off when you are finished that area, so you will want to hold it tightly to make sure it does not rip the parts still needing to be transfered. You will see at this point that it will work pretty much like any other rub-on.

Sunflower window ornament step 5
Remove the liner carefully. If you see any air bubbles, just lower the liner back down and rub them to the edge of the image. They should disappear.

Since I was using the microscope slides without anything between the 2 slides they would not fit in the premade frame without jiggling.

My fix for this was to run the memory foil tape around the edges. I forgot to take a photo of it. I wrapped it around all 4 sides. I could have left them like this since that is what the tape is for. I chose, instead, to use the frame so I would not have to glue an "o" ring to the back of the slide. With no paper, it would show to the front and look yucky, LOL

The tape worked like a charm and the slides are nice and secure in the frame.

Sunflower window ornament



HummingbirdOn the right is the ornament colored with the Prisma pencils. You can see that the rubbing caused the colors to blend just enough, so there won't be a need to do it before hand.

The one on the left is colored with copics. There is no blending at all here. The ink stayed to wet and one color only pushed the other away.

I think both are nice. It would depend on your individual taste as to which way you would prefer.

I hope this gives a good idea about how well this product works. I was a bit leary to try it, but am glad I did.

Don't forget to sign up as a follower. Only a couple more and I will be adding to the candy!

Hugs, Sandy O

Friday, April 23, 2010

Paper Piercing, Paper Stitching and Lace

Fancy fold stitched card I went about making this card a bit different than I usually start. I actually chose the paper I wanted to use first! It is so much easier than trying to match after the image is finished! This most likely is not news to you all, but it was a revelation for me, LOL. I have to thank Adrina for answering my question about how she goes about choosing her paper. I had such fun making this card. I played just for the sake of playing today.

After picking out the paper, I went to The Daily Dare site and looked through lots of challenges. If your looking for some new challenges or one place you can go through a lot at the same time, this is a fantastic site for you. I found 8 challenges on their site! You can see them at the end of the post.

I have lots of pictures of this this card since it has so many "pages" for lack of a better word, LOL You will need to click on them to get a better view of the piercing, stitching and other details.

Fancy fold stitched card half open_edited-1 Fancy fold stitched card tilted right Fancy fold stitched card inside front

Fancy fold stitched card inside flap

Fancy fold stitched card inside

Fancy fold stitched card blank inside Fancy fold stitched card sentiment The pattern paper is from an unknown origin. I have had it for so long I couldn't even guess where I bought it from. Most likely Micheal's or AC Moore.

The rest of the paper is from Paper Temptress. As you can see from the photos, there is such a beautiful amount of shimmer to this top layer. This paper is the Glimmer Paper in Autumn Hay text weight. The rest of the paper is from the Basic line in light yellow and pink.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubber Stamp Tapestry, sentiment unknown origin

Ink: Pretty in pink, old olive both from Stampin' up, versa mark

Paper: Paper Temptress, pattern unknown origin

Accessories: Piercing pattern from FRED SHE SAID, Pink embroidery floss, sewing needle, paper piercer, piercing mat, self adhesive pearls, lacey ruffles, glue strips, charm, silver elastic cord, glitter embossing powder, heat gun

Challenges I entered:

365 Cards: Fancy Folds

All Sorts: Stitching ~~~Fred She Said is the sponsor :o)

Craft Catz: Stitching

Fab 'n' Funky: Get it all out---use something in your stash you have neglected

Ginger Snap Creations: Botanical

Little Red Wagon: Ruffles

Stampotique Designers Challenge: Girl Theme

Splitcoast Stampers ways to use it: 2 different patterns

Thank you for stopping by. Don't forget to become a follower for you chance on the blog candy.

Hugs, Sandy O

Comments from before moving to Blogger

This is really beautiful Sandy, love all the pretty detail Thanks for joining us over on Magical Crafts. Hugs Joanne xx Posted by: Joanne April 29, 2010 at 02:33 PM What a very pretty, feminine card, love the soft, subtle colours. Thanks for joining us at Magical Crafts fortnightly challenge. Amanda Posted by: Amanda April 29, 2010 at 03:52 AM This is Beautiful! Thanks for playing with us at SDC Vicki Posted by: vicki April 27, 2010 at 05:15 PM pretty card,lots of lovely detail thankyou for joining us at fab'n'funky this weekandrea Posted by: andred April 27, 2010 at 07:01 AM Beautiful card, such pretty papers. Thanks for taking part in the Magical Crafts challenge xx Posted by: Lesley April 26, 2010 at 04:02 PM Wowza! Gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with us at Gingersnap Creations! Posted by: Debby April 26, 2010 at 09:02 AM Beautiful card!! Posted by: Pam April 26, 2010 at 12:02 AM Very nice and elegant, love the delicate colours. Hugs xxx Posted by: Dora April 25, 2010 at 04:55 PM Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my blog, I too love your card the colors blend so nicely and it truly is beautiful especially with the accessoriesxxx Posted by: Deb R April 25, 2010 at 07:07 AM Lovely card! Thanks for playing along with Little Red Wagon! Posted by: Rosanne April 24, 2010 at 10:23 PM This is a gorgeous interpretation of our Botanicals challenge! Thanks for joining us at Gingersnap Creations! Posted by: Linda L3 April 24, 2010 at 06:54 PM Oh so very pretty! Thanks for playing along with little red wagon! Posted by: Avril Tanner April 24, 2010 at 04:20 PM It's gorgeous. I particularly like the swirl of pearls. Posted by: LisaE April 24, 2010 at 11:56 AM Beautiful card. Reminds me of a crazy quilt and I want to continue turning the page to see what's on the other side. Lovely. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique! Posted by: Carol Ramsey April 24, 2010 at 11:38 AM This is just beautiful Sandy. Love the soft spring colors, so pretty! Posted by: Ellie April 24, 2010 at 09:35 AM WOW ... what an awesome creation Sandy! I love it!!! Keep up the good work!! Posted by: Darlene (akronstamperdpk) April 24, 2010 at 08:52 AM lovely card, thanks for joining in with Crafty Catz this week, x carol Posted by: carol April 24, 2010 at 08:04 AM Hi SandyA gorgeous card,thankyou for joining us at CraftyCatz for this week's challenge,Hugs Dianne xx Posted by: Dianne April 24, 2010 at 03:26 AM