My Girl tag

This is made with thick acetate,  run through the embosser and covered with cut outs.  We are celebrating our 11th anniversary soon and making a family affair out of it so I will put this tag on my daughter's gift ( which she has already found wrapped up)!  I will also enter it into Simon Says Monday challenge since they inspired me to make it. 

Thanks a bunch

I am still very new to shacker cards.  A bit of trial and error here but I am satisfied with the result.  I am putting it in the Simon Says Monday challenge - transparent challenge.

Captured In Time

This is mostly My Minds Eye washi tape with a few others as well.  The picture makes me laugh, she is stuck!  Dreamworld have lots of funny photo opportunities and since I have photos of me as a child in this same spot I need photos of my girl too!  I have embossed a clock and stamped clocks because they go with the photo but also for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge.   And I used tags for the Simon Says Wednesday challenge.   The MME tape is for the MME March challenge.  

Always fabulous - card

I am having the time of my life  playing with the distress markers.   I saw a card in a magazine that gave me the idea for this card.  I am entering it into both Simon Says Monday challenge - we love stamps and Simon Says Wednesday challenge - have a heart.  There are tiny hearts on the critters ears.  And I think I will put it in the Simon Says Work out.  I might be pushing it with all three but the distress markers are new and FUN!

You make me smile card

On the 28th of January at the Simon Says Stamp blog,  Shari Carroll made a card that intrigued me.  So I bought a few Tim Holtz distress markers and started playing.   After a few attempts and a bit of a learning curve I think I am on my way to mastering her technique.  I was on such a high when making this that my 7 year old daughter was a bit worried and kept asking me if I was okay.   So I squealed a bit in excitement.  So?  Anyway I am going to put it in the Simon Says Work it Wednesday and the Simon Says Monday challenge - We love stamps.  I still have a lot to learn and I am totally hanging to splash out an and purchase a few more distress markers.  But I will keep practicing and keep watching the Simon Says blog.

Sweet girl tag

This is for the Simon Says Monday challenge and Simon Says Wednesday challenge.   The Monday challenge is all about cowboys.  I have spent the week thinking of this and all I can think of is the Little House on the Prarie and Love Comes Softly shows.  So I did this tag with them in mind.  A country girl with her chickens.  Really hope it counts! And Wednesday challenge is to use string.   I had to ink the string to make it a bit dirtier. 

Andrew's hat holder

I thought of this for Simon Says Monday challenge (a is for ...).  I made this for Andrew to hang his hats on.  I used wood pieces from a local store,  covered them with paper and used rub on's to put my son's name on the big A. The base is painted with crackle paint and framed with ribbon.  The nuts, bolts and spark plugs are donated by my husband from his work space.  I dabbed white paint on them too.