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Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you back soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Week 1 - Blog Makeover Purchased at Plumrose Lane

Week 2 - 3 New My Minds Eye Paper Pads Purchased at SCAD

Week 3 - Generously donated by Vickie at Nana Vic's.

Thanks so much sweetie!

Week 4 - Tim Holz Rosette Die

Friendship Ties by Sylvia Zet

Isn't this just the sweetest image by Sylvia Zet.  Her latest releases are available at SCAD and I just had to have them all......couldn't hardly wait to get her inked up.  I needed a birthday card for a little girl and wanted it to be all girly.  I sure hope she likes it cause she loves fairyland, teddy bears, and butterflies.  I used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and sure hope you can see it with all the embellies I added.

Friendship was colored using the following Copics: Skin, E00-000-0000 R20;  Hair, YR 24, 31, Y21, 11, 00; Branch, E57, 55, 51; Teddy Bear, E33, 31, 30, R30, 110; Ribbon & Blossoms, RV32, 00, 000, 0000, Pink Stickles for center; Hat/Rompers, B21, 00, 000 Colorless Blender - Trim, Y02, 00, 000; Leaves, YG03, 00.  Used Star Dust Stickles over lightly colored wings.

Everything on this card (DP (Basic Grey), pink pom poms, WOC flowers/lace, and corners sprayed white, ribbon/bows, MS branches ) is from my stash box except for the new image.

Challenges I'm entering are:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch #143

Allsorts Challenge - Spread your Wings

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesday - Open (butterfly, fairy, or angel)

The Pixie Cottage - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges (Monthly) - All About Lace

That's all from me tonight folks.  Will be back with additions to the candy on Wednesday so if you haven't entered yet please check out the Blog Candy page, leave me a comment and include your blog address so it's easy to find you if you win.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.  Have a wonderful week!

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Easter Bunny DT Card for Nana Vic

Here is the first 2012 digi image "Easter Bunny" by Vickie at Nana Vic's.  Isn't he just adorable all nested in the bed of flowers and surrounded by decorated eggs.  For some reason there seems to be a glare on the picture and everyone I took turned out the same way, camera must be acting up again (nope, never did get a new one).  Maybe it's because of the shiny background DP (from stash).  The doily is from a dear friend of mine in the UK.  Cheery Lynn die flourishes.  Roses are from WOC and the leaves from MS Branch Punch.  Sky sponged with Colorbox Chalk.

Colored with Copics:  BG 57-53-000; RV 55-2-00;  R39-37-35-R20; G28-46-43-40; B26-23-21-0000; V28-22-0000; Y15-06-00-0000 and YR18-15-000

Pink Stickles were added to one of the eggs.

Entering the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring

Paper Play Challenges - Something Old & New

(New Digi Image, Dies & Doily - Old DP, Flowers)

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.  If you haven't entered the blog candy, I hope you have the time as there are going to be lots of goodies.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Thanks to Janiel & Carole

Happy Saturday To You All

Just popping in to thank Janiel  and Carole for the wonderful candy packages I received  this week.

I see where Janiel has a candy Magnolia stamp up this week so hurry on over to My Little Pieces of Art and leave her a  sweet comment for the gorgeous Wiper card she has made.  She is way too generous with all of us.  Thanks sweetie for that amazing box of goodies.

Carol of Carole's Soulfelt Creations has a beautiful blog and designs gorgeous cards and projects.  If you haven't visited her yet, please go see all her gorgeous creations and inspirational posts.  I was lucky enough to win a Color Reading (my first ever) and was amazed how close my favorite colors matched who I am.  Thanks so much Carole, you hit the nail on the head with this one.  

That's it from me for now.  Will  be back later today with a DT card for Nana Vic showing her newest digi stamp "Easter Bunny".  

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

March DT Card for CCAYR

A very warm welcome to my new blog followers.  I hope you find a little inspiration while you are here and  look forward to seeing you back.  Beware, I'm on my way around to visit you all if I can find you.  Please leave a comment on this post if you have time and I will hop on over as I have not been able to find a link to your blogs.  Been a little under the weather so haven't been on much.  To my very dear and inspirational blogging buddies I'm going to try and  catch up with you all this week

March 1 and I'm back into making Christmas cards again.  Now what better way to get started than playing in the fun challenges at Christmas Cards All Year Round!  Sure hope you can join us this month with this fun challenge sponsored by Tracey.  

Challenge:  #1 GREEN as your main challenge  

 #2  2 Different types of GREEN designer paper

For lots of inspiration jump on over to CCAYR to see the amazing creations by the DT.

Inside of card

The DP is from my stash and card base is Old Olive from SU..  Images are Magnolia Edwin and Heartfelt Creations colored with Copics.  SB round and scalloped dies.  MS Snowflake punch covered with Stickles.

Challenges I am entering:

Winter Wonderland - Glitter and Bling

Jingle Belles - Stuck on You

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

LOVE -Hearts, Hearts & More Hearts

Happy Valentine's Day

Here's wishing you all happiness & Love on this wonderful day!

This card was made for the challenge at Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge Blog and I hope you all like it.  The challenge is Love, Hearts, Hearts, and More Hearts.  Perfect challenge for Valentine's Day.  I've had this image colored for a few days but wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it until tonight.  Nothing like waiting until almost the last minute to get it done.....   Have been diligently working on my Copics class and homework.  I think I'm learning something but boy, it takes a lot of practice and I'm still a long way from where I want to be.

Also entering challenge at Elphine House - Hearts
Bells 'n Whistles - Hearts

Truly Scrumptious - Love & Hearts

Paper Play - Love Letters

Card Making Mamas - Valentine

The DP is from my stash last year and sorry to say I don't remember where I got it or the name of it.  The die is one I just got from Memory Box and I love it. I used the hearts that were cut out from the die colored and added to the border along with the flowers from WOC, doily heart also from stash.

That's it from me tonight.  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Welcome New Followers - Blog Candy Announcement

HAPPY THURSDAY

Just popping in to see what's going on and I see I have quite a few new followers.  I want to thank you all for being here and hope to see you back again soon.  If you get a chance, please leave me a comment so I can find all of you and stop by to visit.  I love meeting new crafters and seeing their amazing creations.

BLOG ANNIVERSARY CANDY COMING SOON!!!

Will be setting up a page on my blog for my 4th Blog Anniversary in April.  All you will need to do is leave me a comment on THAT PAGE ONLY.  Comments left on the main blog page will NOT count to enter the candy draw.  You do not have to become a follower to enter and if you are entering only for the candy and do not have an active blog other than a candy blog, your comment will be removed.  I'm only doing this to be fair to all of my followers and fellow crafters.  I am asking that you post the candy link to your sidebar.  Can't get much easier than that my dear friends in blogland.  I will be adding items to the candy each week throughout the deadline period to keep you in suspense as to what you could win........shame on me....LOL

That's it from me for today, forewarned is forearmed.

Be back tomorrow with a card to share.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Valentine Day Love

It's Saturday night and we just finished watching the "Border War" basketball game between Missouri and Kansas.  GO TIGERS!!! YEAH--WE WON!!! This could be the last border war game ever as Missouri is moving from the Big 12 Conference to the SEC.  What history these two schools have and I know the rivalry will be missed by all.  It all dates clear back to the Civil War when most of Missouri and Kansas were on opposite sides and the sports rivalry continues on.

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend and that none of you are experiences the tremendous snow storm to the north of us.  We got a little rain and just a dusting.  We really need the moisture but do not want near a much as Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska got.  So another big storm we missed!!!

Have to laugh at myself.  I got this wild hair to start doing more digital scrapbooking, which I can do, but I can't do one from scratch with Corel PrintShop so my page didn't work and I've been diligently trying to learn how to use the program.  Well, got burned out on that idea for now.........LOL  Also been working on my Copic class at CMC.  Time to get back to creating and quit stressing my brain.

I found this cute digi stamp named Kisses Cammy at Pretty Little Stamps, formerly Gurlee Girl and decided she would be perfect for a Valentine Day card.  I got two other ones and can't wait to get them colored up.  They are just adorable!  If you want to see these beautifully colored images hop on over to the CLP Challenge Blog and you will have a chance win 3 images for playing along.

Had not planned to write a book, just felt chatty........LOL

Card Deets:

• Shaped card using XXL Frilly Squares from Go Create along with SB Heart Dies and Scroll Die from Cheery Lynn.
• Mixture of DP and card stock - Square lace doily from my dear friend Judy across the seas.
• Flowers from WOC with Fern punch from MS.  Pearls hearts are from stash.
• Coloring Medium Copics:  Skin, E00, 50, 000, 000 R20 - Hair, E57, 55, 53, 50, Y00 - Red, R35. 37, 39 - Dress V15, 12, 01, 000, 0000, Stickles for the hearts.

Challenges I'm entering:

The Paper Shelter - Pearls & Swirls

Tip Top Tuesday - Valentine & Tipper Week

Truly Scrumptious - Love & Hearts

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - The One I Love

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Free & Easy
Annabelle Stamps - Say It With Hearts

That's it from me tonight.  Will be around to visit tomorrow afternoon and evening to see what's new with you all.  Have a Blessed Sunday!

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Cool Scraps Quick Page Contest - Edited

 You can download this freebie HERE - IT DOESN'T WORK -REDOING

Can you believe January is almost over???  YIKES.....Valentines Day will be here in two weeks and tax time is rapidly approaching.  Just finished up everything for the accountant today since our appointment is Thursday. Hoping we get a refund this year so I can go do some more craft shopping.......LOL

Here is a page I created for Cool Scraps Digital Quick Page Contest for January.  My first time doing one of these but I couldn't pass it up since the kit has my favorite colors of purple, was free for creating this quick page, and I get to download all the freebies from the participants, plus you can get great gift certificates.  Won't this be beautiful for one of my darling Lilly's albums!  If you like digital scrap-booking be sure to check it out.  Contest every month.  The beautiful "Oh My"  kit is by Cocotounette and is available for purchase at Cool Scrap Digital store and you can see all the quick pages for her kit in the Quick Page Gallery.

Almost 3 am here and I still have to get my entry turned in at Cool Scraps so better wrap it up for tonight.  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Love & Hearts

Finally figured out how to post in Google Chrome.  Oh Geez! Sometimes life can be so challenging...LOL

This is gonna be quick cause I got to get up at 5:30 a.m. Don't remember getting up this early since I retired but I'm sure at one point or the other I have.  Everything used on this card is from my stash and the image is from the Spring Kit 2010 by Elisabeth Bell, collection for Whiff of Joy.  Colored with Copics.

Challenges:

Anything Goes -To the One I Love (BD card for Hubby tomorrow)

The Pixie Cottage - Love & Kisses or Sketch or Both

Elphine House - Anything Goes - Use Elisabeth Bell Image

Whiff of Joy - Love Is In The Air

I'm loving my class at CMC but I must say this new technique of flicking is not going as well as I'd hoped but I'm sure it's just that I need to practice more.

I'll be around to visit tomorrow afternoon as long as my laptop holds up.  The desktop has gone KAPUT so into the shop it goes tomorrow.  Hope you all are having a great week.  Be back soon.

"Love & Hugs" Granny (Carol)