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.

A is for Andrew

Ohhhhhh, it feels soooooo goooood to finally do a page and to be mostly happy with it.  It's a rather plain page with few embellishments but I think I prefer it that way.  Simon Says Monday challenge is "A is for...." .   Seriously,  A stands for Andrew.  We use the sign A for Andrew's name all the time.  When Andrew was three he could verbally spell his name.  (He lost that ability after a seizure not long afterwards and has not been able to master the verbal spelling again.)  The paper is Kaisercraft,  the colours are the ones he wears all the time.  It goes with the red hair.

Card - You.

This is the second die and stamp set that I bought from Simon Says Stamp.   I will enter this into the Simon Says Wednesday challenge - embossing and the Simon Says Monday challenge - Anything goes.    It feels so good just to get half an hour of craft in.  Can't wait for school to start and having a bit more time for craft.

Card - Always.

I am so excited. I was finally able to order stamps and matching die from Simon Says Stamp.  These two sets that I bought,  I have been coverting for a while.   They came yesterday and I have had a small chance to play with them.   This is the card I made.  So I am entering it in the Simon Says Monday challenge,  Anything goes.  And in just over a weeks time the kids are back to school (yayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!) and once the house is cleaned back to normal,  I will finally get a chance to really play!