Camilla and Maja Vintage Autumn Basics and Some News

Here is the new gorgeous Vintage Autumn Basics Collection from Maja Designs being given away by the amazing Camilla at Cards by Camilla.  You have until September 30th to enter.  I know I can't hardly wait for this collection to be available to purchase.

I know it's been forever since I've designed and posted a card but I've had so much going on in my personal life everything else has taken a back seat.  I keep up with most of you, and those of you that are on FB, even if I don't leave a comment or take the time to say "Hi".

To my wonderful teamies from Christmas Cards All Year Round and Elphine House Australia, I apologize for not sharing all of the information when I stepped down.  In the last six weeks my husbands Alzheimer's has progressed, my youngest son (48) had a heart attack while working in Georgia, and I've been diagnosed with breast cancer. Will be having a mastectomy next week or the week after.  My oldest son who has been living in Texas for the last several years is coming home tomorrow, will stay until I get back on my feet, and I'm hoping it's really soon.  He can work from home, which is wonderful!

I've been coloring some and found the My-Besties big eye images are so much fun to color that I can't hardly wait to be making some cards with them.

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

Sending you all my love, hugs, and prayers.

Carol (Granny)

Eulanda's Awesome Love Box and Candy

For more info and details on this gorgeous box please check out Eulanda's blog HERE.

Trimming The Tree

This is one of the sweetest images,"Trimming The Tree", available at Elphine House Australia that is designed by Elisabeth Bell.  It has been such a privilege and a dream come true for me to be a designer for these awesome stamps.  I so appreciate the opportunity to have been on such an awesome team with so many fantastic designers.  It is with a lot of sadness to tell you that I have stepped down from the team due to my husband's illness (Alzheimer's) and my inability to stay focused long enough to design on a regular basis.

I didn't have time to get a card made but I did get this adorable image colored with Copics and wanted to be sure to share it with you.  You can get this cutie HERE along with several other adorable images by Elisabeth Bell.

The challenge this week at Elphine House Australia is Christmas in July.  Dig out one of those gorgeous Elisabeth Bell Christmas stamps and play along.  You have two (2) weeks to join in and have the opportunity to win some awesome stamps.  Be sure you hop on over to the team blog to see all the gorgeous Christmas cards and inspiration created for YOU by the design team.  They truly are fantastic designers!

My blog will stay active but I'm not sure just how much time I'm going to be able to spend posting and playing in challenges but you can rest assured that when time allows I will be here.  If I miss your posts here and you post on Facebook I'll be sure and catch you there.

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

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Lots of New Goodies

This card has been made for the challenge at Elphine House Australia "Add Some Metal", using this dig image created by the amazing Elisabeth Bell.  After I took my oldest son and only granddaughter to the airport I spent the rest of the day working on this card.  I used the dark card stock for the background because I wanted you to be able to see all the details.  Here is another picture without the dark background.

Yesterday I received my order of the new butterfly dies by JOY Crafts from Ecstasy Crafts and the gorgeous new Maja Design Papers Sopfiero from LLC.  Distressed the edges with TH Milled Lavender DI and colored the image with Copics.  The flowers are a combination of WOC, Magnolia, and LLC.  The metal corner is from WOC and the stick pin creation is my first,  The doily's were sent to me by my friend Judy from the UK and Fran-tiged with Shabby White Embossing Enamel also from LLC.

Entering the following challenges:
Elisabeth Bell World Challenge - A Little Yummy for Your Tummy
Addicted to Stamps - Layers
"C" is for Challenge - Flowers
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Butterflies
Papertake Weekly - Old, New, Borrowed, or Blue
A Creative Romance - Ribbon or Twine
Noor! Design - Butterflies

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you like what you see and have the time to leave me a comment so I come by and visit your blog.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Bingo at Elphine House Australia

We have such a fun challenge for you at Elphine House Australia this fortnight.  Let's play "Bingo"!  Use any THREE in a row.  I used Die Cuts, Flowers and Ribbon.

My internet is finally fixed and I sure hope it stays this way.  Not only has it been challenging to comment and visit but I've spent most of the last 3 days on the couch struggling to breath with all this humidity and feeling my heart going 100 mph.....  Oh if only I had listened several years ago and quit smoking sooner.  I know, I did it to myself, it was never going to happen to me!!! If there is anything I can ever do to help just one person quit smoking, for sure, I'm here to help.  Don't be another one of those people who says or thinks, "that won't happen to me", because one day it will.

Think I must be going though Christmas card withdrawal as I haven't made any for over a month. Here it is almost July and I'm way behind on getting my cards made.  I hope you like this cause I sure had a lot of fun making it.

Recipe: 
Image: Ebony Christmas Snowflakes, Elphine House Australia - Paper Pieced
DP:  Bazzill Palo Verde and It's Christmas Time by Maja Designs
Dies:  Magnolia Doohickey Trees, Memory Box Tiffany Frame and Cherise Label
Misc. from Stash: SnowTex, Lace, Prima Flower, Stickles, Shabby White Fran-tage, pearl string, LLC White Shabby Seam Binding

Some challenges I'm entering:
CLP Challenge Blog - Sketch #59
Totally Paper Crafts - Flowers & Bows
Christmas Card Challenges - Inspiration Photo
Christmas Card Throw-down - Sequins and/or pearls
Christmas Cards All Year Round - Vintage

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

"Love & Hugs", Carol (Granny)

Internet Connection Acting Up

Hi all you lovely people out there in blog land.  My internet has been down so much lately that we have a technician coming on Monday.  No clue what is going on, got a new modem just this morning but my ISP tech says it will come and go until they find out what's going on with the system.  Of course, technicians don't work on the weekends here........  Just a heads up.  I'm going to try and let my teamies know what's going on in case I can't get on line again until Monday.  Hope it stays up!!!!  Cross your fingers and toes for me....LOL
"Hugs"

"Welcome Little One"

This post is a few hours early because we have been having a lot of storms and power outages and without power for several hours at a time.

For those of you living in the USA, I hope you had a pleasant Memorial Day and were able to pay tribute to loved ones and to those in the military who so bravely defend our freedoms and our country.  We spent a quiet day planting flowers and getting some of my pots planted.  Last year I was so ill that I didn't get anything done in the yard, no flowers planted, and no pots planted, nothing......I really enjoyed the beautiful day and accomplishing something!

Our challenge at Elphine House Australia this date is, "Welcome Little One" .  You have two (2) weeks to joins us.....you MUST use an Elisabeth Bell stamp to be eligible for the prize. This adorable stamp reminds me of my grandsons and how much they enjoy their children.  You can get It's a Boy stamp HERE.

Card Recipe:

• Cardstock base SU Espresso
• DP Maja Vintage Spring Basics
• Colored with Copics
• Kort & Godt, Prima flowers
• TH Stormy Sky DI
• Heart Lace from Live & Love Crafts

Challenges:

CLP Challenge Blog - Sketch - Ends May 31

Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge - New Beginnings - Ends June 24th

Sandy's Crafty Creations - Anything Goes with a Twist - Ends May 30

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes - Ends June 4

Addicted to Stamps - Bingo - Lace, Flowers, Text - Ends June 7

Thanks so very much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.  Please be sure to stop by Elphine House Australia to see all the wonderful inspiration by the design time.

"Love & Hugs", Carol (Granny)

Layers and Die Cuts

Can you believe it's already the middle of May?  I'm trying to figure out where the first 4 months of the year have gone.  Beginning to think I'm in some kind of a time warp where time fleeting passes by and I have no clue what happened or where it went...

The wonderful challenge at Elphine House Australia this fortnight is Layers and Die Cuts.  The only other stipulation is that you MUST use an Elisabeth Bell image from one of the on-line stores or a digi from the Digi Store to quality for the prize.  Hope you will join us for this fun challenge.  Be sure to head on over to the EHA Challenge Blog for all the details and to see the gorgeous cards and designs by the team.

The inspiration for this card came from Alyce Keegan of Kit and Clowder, and with her permission, I used the sketch from her blog.  I've been working with her tutorials for coloring Copics, love her style, and the depth of her coloring.  As you can see, I need a lot more practice to even get close to what she teaches.  She has some wonderful tutorials on You Tube if you are interested.  Thank you Alyce!

Challenges I'm Entering:

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

Live & Love Crafts - 50 Shades of Lilac

Sandy's Crafty Creations - Anything Goes, 3 or More Flowers

Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Fashionista Challenge - Shabby or Vintage

Recipe:

• DP Very Vanilla, SU, card base;  Vintage Spring Basics 6x6 paper pad from Maja Designs.  Distressed the layers
• Image colored on X-press It Copic paper using Copics - Soon to be in the EHA Store
• Dies used were Cheery Lynn Doily Die, Fern Branches
• MS Butterfly Punches
• Flowers are a combination of Kort & Gort, Prima, and WOC

I'm so late getting this posted tonight and am bushed so I'll wish you all a good night, sweet dreams, and a blessed tomorrow.  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

"Love & Hugs"  Carol (Granny)

Gingerbread Love

May Day has arrived and what a beautiful day it is going to be!  Our challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round is a recipe of 3 buttons, gingerbread men/women, and ribbon..  I've had this image colored for a year or two and was going to touch it up but afraid I'd mess it up......LOL  I THINK I got this stamp from Bell's'N Whistles but am not sure since I don't really keep track of where I got them, just the artist.

Oops, my buttons are not showing up under the snowflakes but you should be able to see them in this photo.  See those little green buttons and the other dimensions along with a sneak peek at the inside.

Gingerbread Love stamp by Elisabeth Bell
Stickles
Paper Doily
MS Snowflake Punch
Sno-Tex
Colored with Copics
2 Gingerbread cookies cut from K & Company DP.. My mid-month card will have the Gingerbread DP from which I cut these two gingerbread characters.

Be sure to stop by the CCAYR Challenge Blog and see all those wonderful and inspirational creations by the fantastic team.  We look forward to seeing your card for this challenge.  You have until May 30 to post your entry.

Challenges:

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

Christmas Stamping All Year Round - Anything Goes

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

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

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May Flower Power

Happy May Day and welcome to my new followers.  Don't ya just love this image that has recently been re-released at Elphine House Australia and will be in the store soon.  Our challenge this month is "Flower Power" and I can only imagine how good this cart of blooming flowers would look in my front yard.  

Got to be a short post from me today as I'm off on a mission in just a few minutes. Please hop on over to the Elphine House Challenge Blog to see all the gorgeous cards by the design team.  They truly are stunning and will get those creative juices of yours flowing for your next project.  Also, be sure to check out the prize for this fun challenge

Challenges I'm Entering:

Elisabeth Bell World Challenge - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Wags'n Whiskers - May Flowers

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

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)