Hanna Stamps Friday Challenge--Pumpkin Pie!

The Hanna Stamps Weekly challenge by Jeanne this week is to use Pumpkin Pie on the card.  My pumpkin pie is the label 4 behind the main Nurse Riley image  and of course one of the stripes in the dp is the same color.

The striped dp is from a halloween paper pack from the dollar bin at Target.  The green border is the outside edge of the Quikutz labels die, I think they make a cute outline.  The white are the smaller size of the same label die. 
The bat,  Trick or Treat bag,  and Trick or Treat sentiment are from the Trick or Treat mini set from Hanna Stamps last fall.  If you have time you should scoot on over to the Hanna Stamps weekly Challenge forum and play along. 

Hope that everyone has a Happy and  safe Halloween !!!  I probably won't see you again until Sunday as I have company coming for the week-end. Have a good one!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm Back!!!

I am finally starting to feel a little more normal.  The swelling is going down therefore I am more comfortable.  I went to work today but only made it 3/12 hours.  I wll probably make most of my shift tomorrow.  TGIF

If you are a mother you have seen this little girl. Ella in Trouble, from Mo's Digital Pencil, wants to look as beautiful as mommy and Practice does make Perfect LOL.  Fortunately I really never had the make up problem, even with three daughters, but I had a Granddaughter who was a terror with the fingernail polish and lipstick.  At least now that she is old enough to wear makeup she does know how to apply it "perfectly"  :)

Just a quick post to say hi, I'm back, so expect posts much more frequently now. 

Friday is Hanna Stamps Weekly Challenge and I have a card ready, just waiting to post until tomorrow am. 

My daughter and her family is coming up from Kansas City Saturday to spend Halloween with her sister's family and her dad and I.  It has been a while since I have seen the kids and am very anxious to see them all. 

I have to go for now and get to bed because I do have to go to work tomorrow. 

Thanks to everyone for your well wishes before, during and after my surgery. It was very much appreciated.

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Blog Challenge #4

I was really excited when I saw that Sandy had chosen a fancy fold card for the theme of the challenge this week on Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Blog.  I knew that I wanted to use Bismarck for this card too.  You know how you see an image and you know exactly what you want to make with it.  I love it when it turns out this nice!!!
This is a modified version of the Diagonal Double Pocket card tutorial on SplitCoast Stampers.
This card is finished size 6X6 and is made from one 12X12 double sided piece of EK Inspirations Eskimo Kisses card stock.  The tutorial uses an 8 1/2 X 11 piece of cs which gives you a standard size card.

I folded my cs in half both ways making 4 equal squares.  decide which side of the cs you want to be the front and lay that side up.  With the side you want up cut the left fold to the center point. (do not leave it short or cut it too far or it will not fold right) 
If you are going to make the card as I have made mine fold the lower right corner under with the point meeting the center .  Please ignore the fold on the lower left square.  This is my original test paper and I made a fold as if there was not going to be a front flap .

This picture shows step 1 the folds, only do the 2 folds making 4 equal squares.  Step 2 the cut of the left side fold from edge to center point.

This image shows the fold of the lower right corner going under and the fold of the upper left corner folded down 2 inches from the center fold and 2 inches up from the left side cut.

The left top square with the folded corner is now folded over the right top square.  The next photo will show the lower right square folded up over the top right square and your card is done, except for gluing it and addiing embelishments such as ribbon. or lace .

I admit that the double sided cardstock is much prettier than this test piece but I didn't want to waste a piece of expensive double sided cardstock if I wasn't as smart as I thought I was :)

To finish the card I attached the ribbon, You have to do this before you glue the edges down if you want it tucked under. 

I usually unfold the card and glue around the edges that are not the diagonal fold. You don't want to glue your pockets shut LOL

If you have folded and cut straight your card will close nicely.  The tags are just Quikutz Labels that I sponged around the edge with the same Worn Lipstick distress ink as I added to the Darling Scottie with the bone.

You can do basically the same thing to make any size card by cutting a square and the following the directions  I have made really cute gift cards using this fancy fold.

I hope that you enjoy this challenge and all of the beautiful fancy fold cards made by the rest of the DT.  Can't wait to see what you come up with. 

Thanks for stopping by,  I love it when you do!!!

Cathy

I needed to Color!!!

Okay, I am feeling a little sorry for myself tonight knowing what I have to do tomorrow, so I colored!!!

I love Bella and Bronte on the toboggan.  I think that the expression on Bronte is priceless, scared to death but wanting to be with his loving girl who includes him in everything that she does.  I tried to give him white knuckles LOL on his paws. 

I colored with copic markers and thought that hot pink and bright orange were very happy colors so that is what I chose for Bella's coat.  I used my single edge cutterBee to do the faux piercing around each layer.  I did the piercing on the oval manually.

The sentiment was stamped with my Just Rite 50pt. alphabet stamps.  I love that I can make my own sentiiments with Just Rite.

I don't know if you will be able to see the sparkly snow when you enlarge the card but it is there.  I also used a white gel pen to accentuate the fur on the brim of the stocking cap.

If you are feeling a little sad, worried, nervous or just want a smile....This card is for you too!

I have scheduled my Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge post for Thursday but I will have to play by ear when I can actually return to live postings.  I am hoping for Thurs or Friday but have no clue, it might be tomorrow night.

Think of me tomorrow at 2:00 Central Time and pray that the plastic surgeon has done this procedure a thousand times!!!

Hugs,

Cathy

When I Grow Up, Dustin Pike dragon

I have had this cute dragon colored for a long time, and just never made it into a card.  I was cleaning off my desk tonight and jumped to the foreground demanding to be finished LOL.  The image is a free Wednesday download from Dustin Pike.

I knew all along exactly how I was going to finish it but just hadn't taken the time, shame on me :)  Better late than never.

This would be a perfect card for a little guy, they always seem to like dragons and firemen. 

The card was finished by using some red and white polka dot dp and kraft cs.  I sponged the main image with TH Vintage Photo distress ink. 

Sorry this is such a quick post tonight but I am trying to get projects completed and my area cleaned up before Tuesday.

I will try to have another project tomorrow but we will have to see if my time management skills stay intact.

Have a great Monday and catch you later.

Hugs,
Cathy

I R smarter than I thought!!! LOL It happens...

I thought that Yippee 500 from Mo's Digital Pencil was apprioriate for having finally figured out how to make my photos capable of being enlarged when you double click them.  Some of you who have asked that the photos on my blog be capable of being enlarged for viewing by double clicking on them.  Now they are. 

After spending all day trying to figure out why they weren't I finally figured it out.  I had to change the settings on my camera and change the way that I edit my photos for upload too. 

From now on you will be able to view my photos larger by double clicking on them and I have edited the photos for Friday's Child and Saturday's Child so that you can view them larger.l

Today was a fun day.  My daughter and granddaughter, Bailey (2), came over for the day and we made diapers.  I am still not sure why she wants to do this but I was willing to assist as her contention is that my sewing machine and serger don't like her.  LOL 

I hope to get more coloring done tonight and a few cards assembled tomorrow.

So Yippee!!! I did it!  I hope you enjoy being able to view the photos larger if desired.

Hope you are having a great week-end!

Cathy

Saturday's Child for Saturday!

I was born on a Saturday so was anxious for Mo to complete the series, where is it written you always have to start the week with Sunday? LOL!

I think that I probably looked a lot like this when I was a young girl. I always wanted to live on a farm and have a horse but that didn't happen until I was grown and married.

This image, just like all of Mo's, was so much fun to color and I thought that the blue and beige checked dp was perfect for the Country look I was going for.

Hope you all have a great Saturday. I wanted to get this posted since I probably won't have time to post until later tonight or tomorrow.

I am trying to figure out how to have my images become larger if you click on it. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. The help section on here doesn't really help :)

Catch you later.

Cathy