It's the Anything Goes With a Phindy's Image

The first week of the month it's an Anything Goes as long as it's a Phindy's image on the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog. It's definitely one of my favorite challenges each month. I just can't figure out why there are tons of entries each week as Phindy's images are just so much fun to work with.

For my first card of the challenge, I'm chosen this Phindy Cutie called Belle of the Ball. She along with so many other cuties can be found at the Phindy's Place Store. I've colored her with Copics.

Are you sitting down? The papers are from a paper pack from My Mind's Eye called Party Time. It's a very appropriate choice don't you think? Thank you Linda, I'm loving this paper. It just makes me happy.

The sentiment and party hat are rubber stamps that I think I picked up from the $1 bin at Michael's. They worked.

Now I already have plans for my next two cards. There's a new image, I've got to use and have already bought. come back tomorrow for the next installment.

Tiddly Inks Anything Goes

With everyone getting busier than bees with the Holiday Season, the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog has elected to do an Anything Goes with a Tiddly Inks Image for the month of November.

For this week's challenge, I've chosen this image from the Tiddly Inks store called Happy Birthday Girl. I would love a piece of that cake about now.

The papers are from the Charmin Kit from Shery K Designs, that I had leftover and hadn't used from the last challenge card I made. I really like these papers and they were a good match for the image. The Sketch is from this week's Card Pattern's Challenge.

In All Things Give Thanks

Sassy Pat chose the theme  of  Thanks for this week's challenge on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog. After all it is November and the month of Thanksgiving. When I was thinking about what I was going to do I remembered the first from I Thessalonians 5:18, "In all things, give thanks," and that was the direction I took with my card.

With that verse in mind, the image I HAD to use was this sweetie from Sassy Cheryls Digi Shop called Praying for Peace Girl. I thought she was most appropriate for the theme and for the verse. I've colored her and her friend with Copics. I even dressed up the inside of the car and added a sentiment.

The papers are from a digital kit called Charmin from Shery K Designs.  I thought they were most appropriate for the card.  I created the verse in Photoshop.

Several years ago, I had to create a bio for my 40th Class Reunion. In the bio, I included the following list. At nearly 61 years of age, these are a list of the 10 most important things I've learned.
 

Life Lessons Learned

1. God has the reins, quit trying to take them away.
2. In all things, give thanks.
3. Live every day like it’s your last and seek to make a positive difference and have no regrets.
4. Family is about heart, not blood.
5. Be yourself and like who you are, for that is the only path to happiness.
6. Be willing to give of yourself, for the return is a hundred fold.
7. Be tolerant of others. To them you may be different.
8. Be able to laugh at yourself. Taking yourself too seriously can take years off your life.
9. Be the best child, spouse, parent, friend you can be.
10. God has the reins, quit trying to take them away.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Show Me Thursday 49

I actually look forward to this post each week. Sassy Cheryl of Sassy Cheryl's Digitals generously puts up a free digi image and all you have to do is post a picture of what you have going on in your life over on the Sassy Cheryl Blog. It can be a picture of a card or project you're working on, the creative mess you've made in the creation, or even pictures of your uber organized space(this one you're never going to see from me).  All of this is just a disguised way of noseying around in other peoples lives and getting to know them better. I know that's I've discovered new ideas and made some new friends along the way.

This past week fall has hit in a major way in my part of the world. As most of you know I live in Mississippi in the Southern part of the United States. There are several reasons that it's a great place to live, but one of them is that even though we don't usually have very bad winters(little to NO snow), we do get all 4 seasons, and they're usually spectacular. After this past summer's drought and blistering heat, I feared our fall would lack the beautiful colors we usually have. Thankfully the leaves didn't all turn brown and fall off the trees in one day. With the first cool snap we actually started seeing some colors. So this morning I wanted to share my world with you.

This first picture I made this morning. This is the view from my office window. It's a gorgeous day here, and most days I can see fox squirrels and gray squirrels out playing chase.

This second picture is one of the views that I see each morning when I walk with my walking buddy. This is the view at our almost turning around spot. You can't really tell much, but I  promise the leaves, they are a changing.

This final picture is the canopy of trees  on the road to our camphouse. I've seen commercial shots that this can compare to.

I have to say Spring and Fall are probably my two favorite seasons, but I'm so glad that I get to see them all. What's your favorite season?

Now go out and make a pic of what's happening in your life and join us on SMT.

Sweet on Paper Piecing

I actually got my 3rd Paper Piecing challenge card for the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog finished and with over 15 hours to spare(on the making if not the blogging). That's way ahead of schedule for me.LOL

I have to say, I've really had fun with this challenge, and I could have kept on making cards. I'm loving the look of paper piecing and need to do it more often. Phindy just has so many images that are suitable for the challenge over at the Phindy's Place Store. You REALLY need to check them out. If you're not hooked on her images, after you go to the store, you WILL be. This sweet image is called Lolly Dolly and even the cat is paper pieced. Don't you love those few wisps of hair on Dolly? Both my girls were bald forever as was my granddaughter. MM on the other hand was born with lots of hair and didn't lose any of it.

These fabulous digital papers are from the Garden Path Collection from Raspberry Road Designs. They might have been free, but I'm not sure. Go check out the link, because there are a ton of free kits as well as sales and bargains. I had to make the suckers with some Q-tip sticks and some hard candy small tree ornaments. The swirls are from a free SVG file called Home Decor Stencils by Shery K Designs.

The sketch is this week's Sketch Challenge over on Mojo Monday, so I guess I'll be entering that challenge too.

Again I went to Photoshop to create the sentiment. Seemed to be the right message for the image.

Another Paper Piecing for Phindy's Place

I love that the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog allows for double entries  when you use a Phindy's Place image. Needless to say, I am going for the best chance I can at winning, so I'm sticking to Phindy's Place images. I can't for the life of me figure out why everyone isn't going with using Phindy Images just because they're so great, forget the double entry.

As you know this week's challenge is to do Paper Piecing. I sat down yesterday and found the papers I wanted to use for the three cards I plan on making for the challenge. For my second entry, I've used  the Phindy's Place image, Smooch. I must have Katie on my mind today, because this image reminds me of her two children, big sister and little brother. Again there is only minimal coloring with Copics.

These papers are also from a digital kit called April Showers from Just So Scappy Too. I had to use those little rubber ducks on the baby boy's pj's, and Big Sister needed a polka dot dress and this Big Sis just happens to like lavender.

Saturday Challenge has an Easel Card Challenge, and it was there that I saw a card that I CASEd. I'll also be entering my card in that challenge.

Paper Piecing at Phindy's Place

This week's challenge on the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog is Paper Piecing. I never think of paper piecing without thinking of Katie Boshart. I remember the cards she turned out doing paper piecing, cutting her stuff out while holding a wee baby.  I have a hard enough time cutting with both hands free and just holding the scissors and image. I do however love the look of paper piecing, so thanks DT.

For my first card for the challenge, I chose this image from the Phindy's Place Store called Unwrapped. The only thing that's colored is his hands, feet, head and belly. The rest is all paper pieced. I even had fun tearing up the wrapping paper for him to toss.

The papers are from a kit from Raspberry Road Designs called Big Boy Design. I decided that train paper was just too perfect for his pajamas.  The sketch is this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches.

The senitment was created in Photoshop, and you're welcome to it.