MOJO#67 - Happy Birthday!

I wanna play!!!
So, I created my card using Julee's sketch challenge at Poetic Artistry.

Deets:
BG cupcake/celebrate
TI sprite
DBD Boutique brads - limeade
CI Felt Ribbon - lime
Chatter BOX stitched felt - Together
Pink Paisley Ribbons - Sweet Cakes
TI - Finery
Stamp No Name
Sentiment - computer generated

TFL
Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

Happy 31st Anniversary to My Hubs and Me!!!

Not a lot to report. Feeling better every day since my surgery. But I still can't sit long at the comeputer or my craft table because the hunched over position is still a little painful on my incisions. But today my hubs and I celebrate our 31st wedding anniversary and I am so pleased and happy to have such a wonderful man in my life!

Wishing you all the best that 2009 can bring, Happy New Year!!!

Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

Surgery went well. I am HOME!!!

Actually surgery was Dec. 18th and I've been home since late afternoon on the 19th. I am sore but every day is better than the day before. I had my first shower since before surgery last night. It refreshed me! Then I went to bed for a great night's sleep! Today I am home alone, but I think I can do it!
Thanks for the prayers and well wishes. Keep them up, they are working!

Till 2009, May you all be blessed with a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years. May God keep you in the palm of his hands.

Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

My surgery is scheduled for 11:15 on Thursday Dec. 18th!

YAAAAAAAAAY!
Ok so you will not hear anything from me for at least 3 days. Maybe longer depending on how I feel after I get back home on Friday. I should be ready to play again by Monday though, just in time for the MOJO Monday Challenge from Julee.

Have a great week everyone.

See you when I can get back on.
Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

Island Paperie Inspiration Challenge using CCEEC Sketch, Happy Birthday!

CCEEC - Monday, December 15, 2008 - A Sketch for You!
Cindy Haffner supplied us with the sketch to use to create our cards this week.
My card is a two-fer. I really wanted to play along with the sketch at CCEE when Jen Tapler at PCP sent me an invitation to join and play along with Island Paperie in their very 1st challenge to create something using their inspiration paper here.


Both challenges were great fun! I always enjoy the challenges all the talented ladies on the web create for us. If you haven't played along yet, What are you waiting for???!!!
Ingredients: Pink Paislee,Rhonna Farrer,My Favorite Things,Imaginisce,Keep In Touch (card kits),sei,Crate Paper,Verve (inside)


Thanks for looking,
Batty aka ZacksNana

Sketches by Tamara SC#74 - Peace on earth...

Another quick post. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
too many things to get done and so little time left to get them done in. I still have 15 Christmas cards left to create, address and send! HELP!!!

Tamara Wheeler's Sketch Challenge #74, I love how this card turned out.

alota Rubber Stamps
Scenic Route pp
Kaiser Rhinestomes
Me & My Big Ideas Rub-ons
Copics
Charm - my stash

Thanks for looking...
Toodles Peeps
Betty aka ZacksNana

TECC46 & alota-sc1

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #46 - Happy Holidays

alota Rubber Stamps
daisydpaper.com
scenicroutepaper.com
Copic Markers
stamabilities.com
LittlePaperShop.com

alota Rubber Stamps 1st Challenge - Joy

alota Rubber Stamps
scenicroutepaper.com
stickles
me & my big ideas

No time to write. It's dinner time and hubs just got home and I didn't cook a thang!

Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

MFTSC60 - Merry Christmas & a couple of Shout Outs

Hello!
Thanks for stopping by...

I had a bad day yesterday, but today was wonderful! I was feeling kind of down from something that happened yesterday. Then this morning a "NEW" friend from a crafting group called me from Canada and we talked for 2+ hours! It was wonderful to hear her voice and to be able to think of something pleasant for a change. We chatted about our families and esp. our grandsons. It was a blessing to me to speak with Dani on the phone. Thank You sweet Dani B-C. Love Ya Chica!
Then about an hour later a dear friend from my junior high school days called. I hadn't heard from Jo-Ellen (Jo for short), in years, other than her annual Christmas card. It was wonderful to hear her voice again after so many years. Thanks JO! Love You too!

Now on to my card...

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #60 Unfortunately my stamps haven't arrived from MFT. :-( But any day now! :-P So I just went ahead and used an old (no name) stamp to create this card. I love this sweet little mouse. He's stamped using Encore! Ultimate Metallic in Gold.
Then I used my water color pencils to give him life and Copic markers in red and orange to color his little bow.
My pattern papers are from 3BugsInARug and Collage Press. I used stickles and rubons to enhance my scalloped border.

Now I am off to fix some supper.
Come back soon and tell all your friends!

Toodles Peeps~
Betty aka ZacksNana

There She Goes SC206 - A Very Merry Christmas to You!

This one was for There She Goes Sketch Challenge .
I used:
Love Elsie - Noel Stickers
Creative Imaginations - Epoxy Snowflakes
Melissa Frances - Designer Stickers _ Christmas
Bo Bunny - pettern papers
Tags & Snowflake - Keep In Touch kit


Thanks for looking,
Toodles Peeps
Betty aka ZacksNana

Two posts tonight... One Challenge and one because I said so!

Helloooo Again...
This first image is a painting. The challenge at Scrap Crafts was to create something recycled using cardboard. I just joined the group and I decided I'd give the challenge a whirl! How'd I do???

This piece was from the side panel of a small box. I haven't painted anything in a LONG time so I thought this would be a good opportunity. I used my Thomas Kinkade watercolors to paint the background and the trees first. It's a mixed medium project in that I used my Unity stamp, Santa's Sleigh with Encore! Ultimate Metallic Copper. I colored the sleigh and the reindeer with my Copics. The star is an old piece of jewelry. And I used Stickles for more stars in the night sky and for snow shimmering under my trees.


Because I said so...
I created this card really, because I wanted to use these new pattern papers from Creative Imaginations. I love these for the holidays. They are just beautiful! The perferations are perfect for stringing ribbons.When I saw the pp I just knew the Prince of Peace stamp from Unity was a perfect match.
I found this hat pin in a bag of discarded jewelry my sister, JJ gave me over Thanksgiving. Isn't is beautiful?!!! The two blobs on the right are red garnet rhinestones from an old necklace. The background cardstock is from Chatter Box - artsy.licious.

Thanks for looking.
Toodles Peeps!

CPS #94, A little scratch...

CPS sketch #94, from Card Positioning Systems. I used to do a lot of these. But for a while I must have posted to the wrong place because they weren't showing up in the gallery. Anywho, here ya go!
Ok I managed to get this done pretty quick. I had an idea for this type of card a while back. So I just added a sentiment to this. NO, it has never been submitted to any other sketches or challenges. This is it's debut!


This is a pocket card/money gift card. The caption on the front reads; A little scratch...

Inside reads: ...so you can eat while you attend
that place of higher learning. As you can tell I punched a LOT of scalloped circles.

Ingredients:
Mustard cs
Pattern papers - Tinkering Ink - Botanical Bliss
Die Cut Art Strips - Voila! by Prima
Buttons, ribbons

Recipe Challenge #27 from Sketches by Tamara - Merry & Bright!

This weeks Recipe came from Tracy, of the Recipe Design Team Members.
Create a card or layout using the following items:
Circles
Paint
Chipboard

Here's my card...

Oh I think I've been working on this challenge all day! I'm spent! And I had such good intentions to get 3 projects done today. HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
Anyway, I did get this completed.
Ingredients:
Paint - Thomas Kinkade's - Artists' Water Colors
Pattern Paper - Creative Imaginations
Chipboard - Li'l Davis
Ribbons, Rhinestones and Baubles
Circles in paint - I punched a circle and used the negative space to outline my circles. Also used the hole of the cardboard off a roll of ribbon.

I may get something else posted later this evening. TFL.
Toodles Peeps!

MOJO #64 - Male Birthday

Julee at Poetic Artistry & Verve created a terrific sketch for this MOJO Monday challenge! I loved it!
So if you want to play along; create a card and upload it to your blog and post a link HERE. Happy Creating!


This photo shows the silver rhinestone embellishment and the feather.

Stamps - Verve, Unity
Inks - White imprintz, Prussian Blue Color Box Chalk,
Stampabilities Black
Pattern Paper - October Afternoon - Charles
Rhinestones, feather and ribbon

Thanks for looking...
Toodles Peeps

Hanukkah and Card Craft Friend RAK

Good evening err... Good morning. I swear it was still night when I started this post. LOL I had a challenge of my own tonight. After an early evening of riding around with my hubs, Michael, looking at Christmas lights I remembered our Jewish friends in Florida I needed to make a Hanukkah card for. So I got to work. I stamped this image three times before I finally got it right. At least I think I got it right. Ha! Hubs loves it! But he's a little biased. :-)

The image of the stand of trees is from Sue S. and I love it for ALL seasons. It's just a terrific stamp! The Menorrah is a clip art image as I still have not found a stamp for it nor a dreidel. I embossed the dark blue cs with my Swiss dots Cuttlebug folder. I punched the clip art piece with my square deckle edged punch. I used a navy blue velvet ribbon and some paper flowers from my Canadian friend Dani (Thanks Dani, these were perfect!). The light blue snowflake pp is something I printed from the HP creations website. The inside sentiment reads:
Though we believe in different faiths
and different miracles,
our hope at these
December holidays
is the same...
Joy in our lives,
love in our hearts,
peace in our world.
Have a Happy Hanukkah
The sentiment is from AmericanGreetings.com (Create & Print)

I wanted to show a close up of this flower. The flower is from Dani but the little jewel is from an old necklace. The picture really doesn't show it off very well. It's a silver ball with little blue rhinestones on it.


Also I'd like to share the following with all of you...
My friend Dani also sent me a RAK.
SEE!!!



Sweet, Sweet Dani. THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH!


TFL
TOODLES PEEPS!

CPS#93 - 'tis the season

Tami Mayberry designed a great sketch for this week at CPS.
No stamps used on this one. Yes the snowflake is a crocheted ornament and it can be removed by releasing the wings of the brad. I hate to say it but I don't know where the ribbons came from. But I'm guessing they came in a kit some time ago. The snowman is a sticker. I left the backing on and popped it up with pop dots. He is from the Melissa Frances Designer Stickers Christmas collection. I love them! This collection has a nostalgic feel and look to them.
TFL
TOODLES PEEPS!
Betty aka ZacksNana

PaperTakeWeekly Recipe Challenge - YOU

I have a card to share with you today. I created this one for PaperTakeWeekly's Recipe Challenge.

This weeks challenge is to use the following on your card:

1 ribbon
2 rectangles and
3 small, round embellishments (zooms, eyelets, brads, buttons, gems etc!)

To create my card I used my Cuttlebug and embossing folders for the bottom border and the dotted Swiss as well as my Christmas present postage stamp.
I stamped a pine bow on my green cardstock in gold to add some life to the cs.
Ingredients:
Nestibilities - Rectangles
Stamps - freebies from Sue
Ink - Encore! Ultimate Metallic - GOLD
Cuttlebug
Grosgrain Ribbon
Eyelets

Inside sentiment reads:
May the joys of this holiday season
fill your life, your home
and your world - and remain with you
all through the year

TFL!
Toodles Peeps
Betty aka ZacksNana

Tamara Wheeler's Thursday Card Sketch #73 - Season's Greetings!

This card is for Tamara Wheeler's Thursday Sketch #73.
All free stuff, excpet for the Grandma's Wallpaper from Hambly. I love, love, love this pp!!! Alas, I think this may be my last project with it, all I have left are small scraps. BUT! I throw nothing away, so it may appear again! :-P
I even used a strip of the pp for my ribbon, I sent it through my Cuttlebug in a border embossing folder and Voila! I like the way it turned out. I placed that pp strip on top of a piece of 1 inch wide gold ribbon. Then I topeed that off with a little stamped ornament. I colored my ornaments with my Copic markers. I used both Encore! Ultimate Metallic Gold ink and Stamp-n Stuff Pirate Gold embossing powder on my ornaments and my sentiment. TFL

Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

MFTSC59 - Please Do Not Open Until Christmas

Helloooo!
I've been wanting to try the tutorial at SCS for some time now. And this My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge presented me with the perfect opportunity. You may have seen it. It's the tutorial on making 2-5-7-10 Box by Jenn Balcer. You will find the project instructions here.
I used the pattern paper from a past Scarlet Lime kit. I really liked the idea of a pattern paper, esp. this houndstooth pattern. I thought the red satin ribbons really were a great contrast to the olive green. I do believe this bell stamp is one of my favorites from my friend Sue and that little DNOUC stamp is too cute. It has the feel of a postal mark to me.
I colored everything with my watercolor markers.
Hope you enjoyed looking...

Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

CCEEC Use Blue!

It's All About Blue!
Challenge time on the CCEE Stampers blog. Cindy Haffner came up with a few easy challenges for the first 3 weeks of December.
The first challenge this month is to make a card using any shade of blue and some brads.
Ingredients:
Amy Butler Lotus Flower - K & Co
Scarlet Lime Stamp - oval with flowers
Prima florals
Beads, Baubles, Brads and Bows

Although I couldn't get the best photo of this card, maybe you can still see the little heart charm hanging from the blue beads and ribbon. It was from an old bracelet.
Thanks for looking.

Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

Just My Sketches! Dec #1 Penguin Family & #2 Merry Chris-Moose!

Hi!

I guess I must admit, playing along with sketches is one of my favorite things about cardmaking. I really like the idea of a starting point and then taking it to a new level.
Today I played along with Deanne Burton"s Just My Sketches! for December.

December Sketch #1


INSIDE


December Sketch #2

Foo-fa-la
Creative Imaginations
Cuttlebug
Little Paper Shop
FireCracker Designs by Pamela
Copic Markers
Heidi Swapp Florals
Buttons, Ribbons, Fabric
Bazzill

Toodles Peeps!
Betty aka ZacksNana

MOJO MONDAY #63, Let it Snow!

Howdee!!! I'm baaaaack!
Oh I've been home a few days but I've been plum tickered out!
However, I mustered the energy to play along with Julee's MOJO Monday Madness #63 sketch. It really was fun!

I started with the stamp "Cuddling" by Rachelle Anne Miller. I received the stamp in the mail before Thanksgiving, but I didn't have any time to play with it until I returned from my trip. Today, I just had to do it! Aren't these two just the sweetest little couple? I think so. :-) I used both Copic Markers and watercolor pencils on this, mainly because I didn't have all the colors I wanted to use in each.
The charm is an old piece of broken jewelry.
Ingredients:
Encore Metallic Green Ink - used on the edge of the cardstaock
Rachelle Anne Miller - SAV - RM032 Cuddling - stamp - www.stampavie.com
Fancy Pants - Holiday Rub-ons
Grosgrain Ribbon
Lace
White shimmer cardstock

TFL
Toodles Peeps!