Summer Day Shy Bear

Well summer 2011 is here after a very wet spring and one horrible winter:) Here is my card  and a picture of my back yard to celebrate it. It was a long time coming..Two robins's had just finished taking a bath and I was trying to capture the moment. Not being that great of a photographer I missed it (did not even come close lol). My garden gets really  lovely around September, just before the frost. So basically I get 3 1/2 months to putter away before fall clean up. I do love those 3 1/2  (sometime 4)  months.

Card details. I used a Shy Bear digital stamp from Squigglefly called  'Bouquet Bear'. I love shy bears and can't believe I have not made a card  with them for quite a long time.
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Lacy Squares',  'Inverted  Squares'
Punches:SU 'Beautiful Wings' for the butterflies, Martha Stewart branch  punch and various daisy punches from Fiskars and Marvy for the flower
Medium: Prismacolor markers

Challenges entered:
Sundays with Crissy: challenge #18 Here Comes the Sun.
Squigglefly:SFC#103 Playing Favorites (shy bear in my case)
Everybody Art Challenge #147 anything goes
Simply Create:#46 Fly with Us
Totally Gorjuss: #84 Flower Power
Whoopsi Daisy:  Pile on the Flowers
Papertake Weekly: here comes the sun
Bearly Mine:#13  summer is here
Bee Crafty (june)  summers here

Baking Ants: Doodle Pantry (DPSTP#3)

New Challenge at Doodle Pantry Blog

 Doodle Pantry Stock The Pantry #3 (DPSTP):  theme: 'Use a Doodle Pantry Image'.  There will be three winners choosen and each will receive 1 free Doodle Pantry product of  a $3.00 value or less! 

Please do go and take a look, if you have no Doodle Pantry image  there are lots of freebies to choose from.

Card details:

Stamp: Digital stamp from a Doodle Pantry set  called 'Baking Ants'

Medium: Prismacolrs Markers

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities

Embossing Folder: SU Textured Impressions

Punches: Sizzix 'Scribbles Swirls' for the flourishes; Martha Stewart branches  and leaves; EK Success Retro Flower punches

Challenges Entered:

Southern Girls Challenge #21: anything goes

Totally Papercrafts Challenge: #71 Die Cuts and Punches- old  ( for an old  forgotton  punch see the inverted circle around the edge of the  light brown background paper.)

The Paper Shelter challenge #18: punches and dies

Hooked on Craft Challenges#1: anything goes

SarahHurleyChallengeBlog: #43 Handmade Flower Power

SewManyCardschallenge #57: punch it

DT Card for Lexi's Creation Challenge # 42 No Sentiment

Challenge #42

It is time for another challenge at Lexi's Creations. The challenge this fortnight is to create a project  with 'NO SENTIMENT".   Take a quick trip over to  Lexi's site , you might want to join the fun!

Sponsor: FDC Fairy Dust Crafts 

I choose  one of Lexi's wonderful images called 'Ellie Blowing Bubbles' and decided  Ellie would look good in a round easel card. Take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there:) 

Card Details:

Medium: Prismacolor markers

Dies Used: Spellbinders Nestabilities  standard circles, small scalloped circles, beaded circles;  and  Marianne Design Creatables frame swirl 116, DBLE, Frame 141

Punch: Martha Stewart leaves, FISKARS flowers punches for the large and medium petals and MARVY 1/2" daisy punch

Embellishments: Recollections Epoxy Stickers, dew drop

Challenges Entered:

Tuesday Throwdown: challenge#52 - use animals

TipTopTuesday: challenge#37 more than one fold

The PixieCottageChallenge: challenge#73 Shape it Up

Stampavie and More: challenge#144 More than a fold: mine has two folds

Do It With Digi's: challenge#12 Animal Magic

Creative Friday:#45 - easel card

Stamp Something: something punched

YourNextStampChallenge#44- seeing shapes

Morning Glory with Butterflies

Here is another Doodle Pantry image called Morning Glory and it is the second time I have used it. Here is the first one.   This time I combined it with butterflies and a green ribbon.

Card details:
Stamp: digital Doodle Pantry stamp 'Morning Glory'
Paper. SU whisper white,blue wallpaper and scrap DoodlePantry paper from the"Little Frog" set(for the Butterflies)
Punches: SU Beautiful Wings
Dies: Spellbinders 'Labels Twenty'
Other: green satin ribbon, small blue ribbon, small pearls, Butterflies and Bloom sticker.

Challenges entered:
Scrapbook Sisters: challenge 39 : an English country garden
Shelly'sImagesBlog: TTT Show Us What You Got (anything goes)
Totally PaperCrafts:Challenge #70 Summer: I used flowers and butterflies as my summer theme
EasyCraftProjects; challenge #40 photo inspiration: I choose the blue and green colours
CrafterCompanion: challenge #13 Here Comes Summer (monthly)
Bee Crafty: challenge #51 Summers Here! (monthly)
LOTV'S:challenge 100 anything goes

Metal Babe

Metal Babe is a digital stamp from Kenny K and she reminded me of several of my son's friends (girls) who play 'rock band' (I think that is what it is called). I recall wishing it had never been invented when they were playing it in my family room, but alas, they and the rock band are gone, as is my son and  sometimes I miss even the sound of that music. Only sometimes mind you -lol. Oh well they were and are all good kids. My son just moved out a month ago and I am still going through empty nest syndrome:)

Card details:

Stamp: digital stamp Metal Babe from Kenny K

Paper: always  artichoke, whisper white , real red from SU, wallpaper

Medium: Pismacolor markers

Punches: MS Christmas branches,  Marvel daisy punches ( 1inch  and 1/2 inch punches)

Die Cuts: Spellbinders nestabilities , and Marianne Designs Creatables 'frame swirl'

Embellishments: pearls

Challenges Entered:

Catch the Bug: June Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion: challenge #61 anything goes

Wee Memories: challenge #59 Free for All

Stamp Something: use a digi

Craft Us Crazy: challenge 9 - Remembrance  or  love: mine is remembrance for by gone days

Turtle Birthday

Doodle Pantry is having a new release today (June5th,2011) and this wonderful turtle is one of the releases.The digital stamp set is called 'Patriotic Turtle' and comes in coloured and non coloured versions. I choose the uncoloured version only because I wanted a little different colour scheme. Doodle Pantry's coloured versions are so wonderful  they are very tempting to use! I also had a new Spellbinders die cut called 'Reverse Wonky' so decided to go with it. Kinda like the end result, makes for a good little boy card.

There is also new challenge at  Doodle Pantry (DPDC#13) which is to use a Doodle Pantry Image and you get a digital stamp set free (Patriotic Turtle see challenge info here). You also have a chance of winning (random selection) a gift certificate to use at the Doodle Pantry shop)

Card details:

Stamp Set: Doodle Pantry Patriotic Turtle (digital)

Paper: Doodle Pantry digital paper from the Patriotic Turtle stamp set, Stampin Up whisper white and ballet blue

Punch: Martha Stewart

Embellishments: brads and two buttons from my mother's button box

Challenges entered:

Ooh la la: challenge #81 Birthday

SISC61: Anything Goes challenge

Papercrafting Journey: anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: whateva

Simon Says Stamp: for Fathers Day/Male card - mine is for a male Bday

Sunday with Crissy: here comes the sun ; hope my bright and cheery turtle strolling under clear blue skies qualitifies:)

Birthday Sundaes: challenge #12 Anything Goes Birthday

Doodle Pantry Blog Parade Featuring June 5th Release - Plush Panda

June 5th New Releases

DOODLE PANTRY BLOG PARADE

 Welcome to my portion of the   DOODLE PANTRY  blog parade!

 Hope you have enjoyed your hop through our parade so far, I know we  are enjoying your visit. If you have arrived here from Lisa's blog you are right on track:)  If not and you wish to participate, go to the Doodle Pantry Blog which  has all the details and  is the start of the parade.   When finished your visit here at Gilby's Corner  (Glenda)you need to visit Sharon!

There will be five winners!

Note:  you will be required to comment on all blogs participating in the parade, and you must place an entry into the linky at the end of the parade  (see Doodle Pantry Blog).

Please check back at the Doodle Pantry Blog on June 5th for the Doodle Pantry #13 challenge:

• DPDC#13 - use a Doodle Pantry stamp and receive one stamp free for participating

Stamp Preview: Plush Panda

I choose the Panda from one of the June 5th release  digital stamp sets called 'Plush Panda'. He is the coloured version (comes in both coloured and non coloured) . Isn't he great! The sentiments  'How's it Going'? and 'What a Happy Day' are both from the Plush Panda stamp set.

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  Good Luck,  have a great day...

Challenges Entered:

ooh la la Creations: Happy Birthday challenge #81

Digital Tuesday: Animal Friends

 Incy Wincy Designs: #96 Nature

PartyTimeTuesday: anything goes

Birthday Sundaes: masculine BDay card

Sweet Stamps: masculine card

Claudia & Company: fancy folds

Scrapbook Sisters: challenge #38 - male