Another busy day.... But I manage to get 1 card made for 4 challenges

I didn't get to really sit down to play this evening until almost 8:30.
After dinner, dishes, bathed both kids, and got them tucked snugly into bed, then it's grandma time.. I hide in my little space to cut, glue, and create. I call it therapy.

Tonight I managed to get one card made but it fits into four different challenges.

#1- Sunday: Order of the OPUS GLUIES's challenge was Christmas in July. That's a snowflake in the center, the inside says Seasons Greetings

#2- Monday: Mojo Monday's was to use the follow sketch for inspiration:

minus the bow off to the side, I think it passes. This is my first time posting for MoJo Mondays too.

#3- Wednesday: 365 - DAY 144 - You Raise Me Up: for this we were to try to incorporate at least two ways to add dimension to our cards. You really can't tell by my picture. The larger tag is raise by pop dots, the snowflake in the center is two layers both raised with pop dots also, and the center has a rhinestones all giving it a 3-d effect.

#4- Thursday: 3Clovers: This challenge was BLING!, we were to use glitter, rhinestones, shinnerz...etc... anything that sparkles. And my card sparkles, lots of glitter paper here that for sure, and a little rhinestone in the center.

Here it is!



Now I have three Christmas cards done.. how about that, I'm on a roll LOL

thanks for peeking in.

BBTB - Indie Art Ice Cream Cone

My grandson Curtis is going to a birthday party tomorrow and needed a card for a little girl, who's turning 5. He told me he wanted to help me make her a special card. He picked out all the paper and ribbon. He even help load and unload the paper from the cricut. When the time came to put it all together we went into Bitten by the Bug's blog and looked at all the other ice cone card so he could see all the different ways he could lay it out.
This is what he came up with with a little help from gma:

He did most of it on his own.
We didn't get the inside done tonight, little guy pooped out, and had to go watch Blues Clues with Grand-dad...
I think he did a wonderful job. Click on the picture to a good look. for some reason my pictures post small.
Thanks for taking the time to peek in.

365 Day 136 and ICS #25

This is for 2 challenges: 365's Tuesday July 14th challenge.
For this challenge we were to use only black, white and red on our cards.
and ICSketches #25 below:


Here's what I came up with--
the outside:

the inside:



I know it's a little late, but being late kinda' goes with the card....
and I didn't even plan it that way.....
let me know what you think,
and thanks for peeking in.

2 Challenges in 1

It seems like forever since the last time I posted.



This card can be combined for 2 different challenge
365's day 134: Super Sketchy Sunday



and 3 Clovers #22: Christmas in July

the trees were cut using the Cricut JOS cart. I have no idea what the paper is, I have so much paper I gave up trying to remember what's what. LOL

and I have a Christmas card already only 40 or so more to go...

thanks for peeking in, got to go, my house is quite, kids are all in bed and I'm in the mood to make a few cards. Who knows maybe I'll even sneak in a new post before morning.

Thanks for peeking in.

It's only Monday and I've completed the a challenge for Order of the OPUS

Boy it seems like forever since I manage time to post. I was checking out some of the challenges for this week, and printing a few off, thinking I might have time this week to complete a few.
I clicked on in to Order of the Opus Gluei...

Sunday July 5th - Challenge #16 - Picture Play: this week's challenge is a bit different, play with your pictures digitally

This is right up my alley, I love to play and manipulate my pictures.

I had a hard time decided which pictures I wanted to post, so I decided I would post the following two..
both are from a trip my DH and I took with mom and dad to Williamsburg VA in May 2006
This first one is of a shoemaker, who was demonstrating how shoes were made, and the style of the time. As he was talking all I could think about was the story about the Shoemaker and his elves.



so how could I resist when I was putting my scrapbook together. If you take a close look you can see I took a picture of some old guy off the corner cabinet and add one of me. LOL

This next one is at the Courthouse, during a reinactment of the arrival of the Govenor, men of the court were stepping out to great him, while this was going on, mom and I had been talking about the wigs the men had to wear.
When I got to looking at the pictures I seen this one and found the one of mom patting the wall of an old church, and again how could I not cut out the church and let her touch that mans wig.

did you noticed I used the same picture of mom as I did in the picture of the shoemaker?
This is so much fun, I have a few pictures some people didn't even notice I added items. Its fun to see how people react when something it the picture just looks a little off. LOL
It's kinda like messing with history, imagine when my great grandkid are going through old pictures like we all do, and they stubble across one, what kind of reaction will they have?? LOL

This is a fun challenge, and it nice to know I am not the only one that like to mess with pictures.
I hope other post with picture manipulations too.
FYI - if you click on the pictures you can see them full size.
Thanks for peeking in.