Tilda and Friends ATC Challenge - July 4th

I am so honored and excited to be the guest designer for the month of July at Tilda and Friends ATC Challenge . Thank you Caz and the DT at Tilda and Friends. So to start the month out with a bang, our challenge is to create an ATC with a 4th of July flair. So here is my little fire cracker.



I made this sweetie out of Bazzill card stock in blue stamped the stars and burst in Daisy white from CTMH. The image is from Magnolia and was lovingly stamped and sent to me by new friend Tracey (Thank you dear). I hope you all have a safe and fun July 4th weekend.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!

TMTA - Faces

What a unique idea for a challenge and this week at TMTA they want us to put our best face forward so here is my little ATC beauty.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!

Art Pieces ATC Challenge - Vintage

Our challenge set forth this week at Art Pieces is to create a vintage ATC. Here is my vintage creation.




















Materials

Images Vintage photo pool at flicker

Paper Watercolor

Medium Gel medium and Glaze Medium

Technique Glaze medium transfer

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!

The Next Level Issue #5 & Roses On Paper Challenge #14

The challenge this week over at The Next Level is a card sketch.



The catch to this is the stitching. I have to be honest with you I don't know how to sew. I just got my sewing machine a week ago and started tinkering with it. Well I have to say it has been a real experience after 2 broken needles, stitching my hand in the machine "OUCH!!!" and lots of broken thread I think I have gotten it under control. I have to give a super big thank you to True who did the amazing sewing tutorial 2 weeks ago. Her instructions were perfect and lead me through the process with real easy. I am also entering this in the ROP Challenge where they have asked us to create a card with flowers and link it to another challenge. Here is my take on this weeks sketch.

Front



Inside





Materials

Image Magnolia "Tilda with Puppy" Whiff of Joy "Arm Chair"

Medium Derwent Softcolour Pencils, Gamsol and blending stumps

Paper Bazzill, Diecuts with a view and Hot Off The Press "Ladybugs" Collection.

Sentiments Two Peas Platform Shoes font

Flowers Prima

Tools QK Revolution and Dies, MS punch, EK success punch and Brother Sewing Machine.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Blog Candy Winner

Good Morning!!!

I just wanted to say thank you to all who have visited over the past few weeks to celebrate some of the little milestones on my blog journey. I am so excited about announcing the winner. The number was done at Random.org and it selected:


Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

95

Timestamp: 2009-06-28 23:44:27 UTC



Congratulations Michelle of ART AND SOUL!!!
Please email me with your address at www.windwalkerarts@gmail.com
I hope you enjoy your candy package and have many hours of happy crafting.

This Give-A-Way Is Now Closed /Blog Candy Celebration Alert !!!

This Post will stay on top till June 29th



YES! It's that time again, candy time!!!! As promised I am back this week with a package of yummy candy. I just wanted to join in on the celebration of the launch of The Next Level and being selected as one of their guest DT members for the next 8 weeks. I also have another milestone to celebrate and that is, I have almost reached the 5000 visitor mark. So here's the candy!!!



This sweet candy package will contain:

One 8x8 Making Memories "English Garden" paper pack
One 24 pack of Prima paper roses
One Package of Rub-on Sentiments by Paperbilities
An assortment of ribbons to match paper
Two generous packages of Due Drops in Pink and Rose
One package of Half Pearls
Three Packages of American Craft Buttons to match paper
One 4 pack of Mini Embossing Folders from Cuttlebug
One Memento Ink Pad in "Tuxedo Black"
One Happy Hoppers mounted rubber stamp
12 Assorted stamped images from my personal collection to include: Sugar Nellie, Gorguss Girls and Whiff of Joy Images
Lastly we have a 10 pack of Neenah 80# ultra smooth solar white card stock for stamping in style.

So here is what you do to enter the drawing:

1. Become a follower ... if your not already.

2. Post this candy somewhere on your blog with a link back to here so others can see whats up for grabs.

3. Most important leave a comment on this post for entry, I will be using Random.org to select one winner on June 28th I will announce the winner on June 29th. So what are you waiting for? Hurry up and enter.

Blog Award

Hi folks sorry I have been MIA the past few days. I have been feeling a bit under the weather but, I am back up and running again. Two very sweet ladies Sue and Katherine have gifted me with another blog award and I have to say this one is alot of fun and I can't wait to give it some really fun bloggers today. It's the Honest scrap award and here are the details.

The rules that go with this lovely award are to:
a) Thank the person who gave it to you.
b) List 10 honest things about yourself.
c) Pass the award on to 7 people.
So here we go-

1. Family always comes first.
2. I love my Doxies, they are like my kids.
3. I am still unemployed.
4. I just started to ride a motorcycle with my husband.
5. I am in love with paper crafting.
6. I have read all the Harry Potter books.
7. My father is my hero and the smartest person I have ever known.
8. I am super proud of my kids.
9. I am married to the best man on earth.
10. I love all the new friends I have made on blogger.

So now I gift this award to:

Curt
Nina
Nancy
Norma Jean
Dianne
Tracey
Tabby

Thank you again ladies and I hope you enjoyed the little bit of me.

Happy Crafting!

The Next Level Issue #4 - A Step Card

Our challenge this week at The Next Level is to create a step card. Well at first I thought OMG!!! I'm in over my head then I grabbed my trusty Scor-Pal and away I went,it was amazingly easy making the the base for the card. The rest just fell into place. The hardest part was cutting out those little mice. Here is my creation.

Materials

Image House~Mouse Twinkle Toes

Paper Bazzill, Doodlebug sugar coated paper and Imaginisce Fairest of Them All collection

Medium Primsa colored pencils, Gamsol, blending stumps and Memento Ink

Embellishments Fiskars rain dot hearts, Rhinestone flowers and ribbon from personal stash and Stickels

Tools Quickutz Revolution, QK alpha die, spellbinders oval dies and Scor-Pal

Tip of the week: When scoring the step card remember to flip the paper back and forth on the Scor-Pal to make your steps. EI: Score #1 page face up, score #2 page face down. It will make the step fold easier and have less chance of tearing a step.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Some Fun Things For The Day

I have some really fun things to share with you today that have been shared with me and I want a chance to give back so here is my way of doing it. The first thing to share is the "Pay It Forward Challenge". I got involved in this yesterday through my friend Marlene's blog. Here is how it works: If you're one of the first five to respond to this post you get a gift created by the blog owner that would be "Me". Now for the PAY IT FORWARD rules:

Here's the RULES:


1. The gift will be a mystery of my choice, created especially for the recipient.


2. I have one year to get all five gifts made, but I'm sure it won't take me that long. LOL!!!


3. If you're one of the five, you must make a post in your blog offering to make a gift for five people, spreading the joy of creation.


4. When you receive your gift, you should make a post on your blog and show everyone inspiring others to follow the chain and participate.

So if you think you want to spread the joy of creating please sign up and pay it forward.

The second order of sharing is another blog award I received today, this one is from Sue.

Sue makes the best ATC's and has some really cute projects on her blog you must go by and see her. Thank you so much Sue for sharing this award with me and now for my very favorite part giving it to some very deserving crafters. So I would like to give this award to:

Tracey
Katherine
Norma Jean
Nina
Dianne

Now ladies here are the rules for sharing this with others:

1-Comment on this blog.
2-Cut and paste the award logo and use it in your own blog.
3-Nominate 5 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude.
4-Link to your nominees within your blog post.
5-Comment on their blogs to let them know they’ve received the award.
6-Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation.

The last order of sharing for this day is my new motorcycle helmet that my dear husband gave to me this weekend. There is a little story to go with this so bear with me. I have for many years had a very big dislike and fear of motorcycles the reason being I have worked in the Orthopedic Surgery field for almost 15 years and I have seen many a messed up person and also my dear husband almost lost his life on a motorcycle in 2005, so now you see why I have the dislike. Well the past two weekends have changed my view a little, I felt really bad every weekend when my hubby would ask me to go riding with him and his friends and their wives so I decided to give it a try, well I totally loved it. I even went to Galveston last weekend on the motorcycle, so my hubby got me a new helmet for the Galveston trip and here she is.



You should see the looks I get in this helmet it is funny. I love it though. It has the most beautiful colors and flourishes, but at the same time says I am tough. LOL!!!

I hope today finds you all doing well thanks for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

A Very Sweet Award

My new friend Tracey (AKA Booyagirl) has given me an award this morning. I was so excited to receive it and can't wait to give it back to others bloggers I have recently met. Thank you Tracey!!! Please stop by and visit Tracey at her blog.



Okay here are the rules:

* Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
* Pass the award to 6 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award. If you can’t pass it on to 6 just pass it on to as many or as few as you like!

I am passing this on too:

Nina
True
Abby
Marlene
Mindy
Debbie

Thank you and Congratulations