~~~ HaLLoWeeN TaGs~~~

Hi Y'all!!! I hope y'all are enjoying your weekend !! The weather is perfect here in Alabama. We have all the windows and doors open. I have been on a tag making kick and I had lots of fun creating these Halloween tags! Various carts were used, including, Tags Bags Boxes and More for the tags, Art Philosophy for the flowers, Create a Critter for the pumpkins,Wrap it Up for the witch,( a gift from Diane...thanks for the cart Diane !!!) and Happy Hauntings for the crow My friend Kelly printed off the darling vintage images and I was was lucky enough to get a page full of them !!!  Thanks Kelly!! I used Rock Candy on both of the vintage images, the moon and a pumpkin. Lots and lots of inking on these tags and I threw everything but the kitchen sink at them! Vintage gold tinsel, gold leaves from Hobby Lobby, lace, vintage seam binding and some beautiful Crinkle Ribbon that you can find here .  I added other ribbons and some great eyelash fibers given to me by Sandi...thanks Sandi!!! oh and she sent me some adorable mullberry flowers she made. I used one on them on one of the cat tags !  I stamped the witch and embossed her....woohoooo she turned out much better than I anticipated ! Added a feather or 2 and made some stick pins. I also used several embossing folders for the backgrounds. I hope you enjoy looking at these fun tags...I really had a blast making them!!!  Thanks to all my generous friends for helping me create these tags..I couldn't have done with without you!!!! I almost forgot, I included a picture of an easel I made so that the tags can sit up. Thanks for taking a peek!!!

~~ LoVe BuG ~~

Good morning Y'all!! Today is my anniversary and I made Dan this card. I have many lil pet names for Dan and "my lil love bug " is one of them!! I probably wont be calling him that today tho, seeing that he totally forgot the date...no card, no gift, nothing but guilt and I plan on laying the guilt on thick !! And I have a few other names for him today too...use your imagination!! I used Create a Critter for the lil bug and phrase. I made my own wobbler, so that lil bug is doing a jig! There is a really good video on Utube, just key in "how to make wobblers, scrap booking" and the video will come up as the 1st selection....It should. Thanks for taking a peek....let me go put the flowers that Dan ran to Walmart and bought while I was swimmin, in some water. I might read the card he hustled out to buy too.....but then again, maybe I wont! He is a day late...and a dollar short!

~~~ Lady Bug ~~~

Good Morning Y'all !! I needed one more thank you card for one of my sweet online friends and I wanted to use a punch given to me by Tatiana, so I used the lady bug on the Create a Critter cart. I made it into an easel card as well....they are so much fun to make! I used October Afternoon paper, a few Cuttlebug folders and the rick rack punch by EKSucces, along with the tiny lil butterfly/lady bug punch. I used a Stampin UP punch to mount the sentiment on, which is from the Friends and Neighbors stamp set that you can find here. Thanks for taking a peek, I hope you all have a great weekend !!

~~~ Hoppy Birthday ~~~

Good morning Y'all.....TGIF!! Dan had asked me weeks ago to make his sister a birthday card and I toadally forgot until he reminded me Wed, that he need the card today! She loves frogs so I knew that was going to be on the card. I used Create a Critter for the frog and Birthday Bash for the present and sentiment. The papers were part of my goodies that Tatiana sent to me ( THANKS T !! ) arent they the sweetest papers ?? I added lots of pearls to this one, cause Dan is giving his sister a sweet set of saltwater pearls for her birthday.I used several different embossing folders, did a tad of inking and popping. Thanks for taking a peek...Have a great weekend !!! xoxoxo Joy

~~~ Happy 75th Birthday ~~~

Hi y'all....Happy Friday ! I got an invitation in the mail last week for a surprise birthday party for a co-worker from years gone by. So I had to make Mildred a card for her special day. I used Create a Critter for the cupcake, Winter Woodland for the mat and TBBM for the lil tag. I used Plantin Schoolbook for the numbers and the scalloped border. Did lots of inking and popping, added some vintage seam binding, a button and some Memory Thread. I used a hole punch for the circles of green and pink that I placed under clear rain drops. Added some rick rack to the cupcake and spritzed it all with glimmer mist.I used a stamp from the Sweet Sentiments Collection that you can find at http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/. Thanks for taking a peek...I hope y'all have a great weekend !!

~~ 1st Responder's Thank You Card ~~

Hi Y'all ! As many of you know,Dan and I were in one of the many ( 46 , I think) tornado's that ravaged our state last week. The Pace's Point Volunteer Fire Depatment were johnny- on- the- spot that night and made thier way to us within an hour or so!!! When I heard the chain saws buzzin, I knew they were on the way! That entire body of volunteers will forever be My Hero's !! I wanted to make them a card and TRY to express my gratitude, although words and a card could never do that! I used Camp Out for the trees and sign , Summer Vacation for the cute lil travel trailer. ( That's what we have at the lake, a travel trailer, hence the cut) Life's a Beach was used for the life preserver, Create a Critter for the lake and the stars and moon are an EKSuccess punch.I did lots of embossing ,some inking and poppin , added the red and white Bakers Twine and a vintage button . Thanks so much for taking a peek !!!

~~ Mother Deer ~~

Good morning Y'all!! I want to thank ALL of you that were concerned about Dan and I during the horrible weather we had here last Friday!!!! It was an afternoon and night that I wont soon forget. As I have told some of you, the sirens wailed ALL night long and then the NOAA radio would start blaring. I stopped counting all the times that we were under a Tornado Warning. Just when we thought we were out of the woods and we could breath a lil easier, another warning would scream at us ! Unfortunately, there were 3 deaths, out in the country and my heart breaks for the family members left behind! Thanks again for your concern,y'all don't know how much that means to me !!

Now, on to this lil card. I sometimes call my Mother, Mother Dear so I made this lil card for her for Mother's Day. I used Create a Critter for the cute lil deer and tulips. After MANY failed attempts at using a sentiment from the Mother's Day Cart ( thanks Darlene) I created Mother, using the Gypsy Font for the M and ( oh shoot) Plantin Schoolbook ( I think) for the other.Lots of inking and popping and the lil butterfly on the deer's nose as well as the others were punched using a Martha Stewart punch. Added a few pearls, a button and some beeeUtiful Crinkle Ribbon that you can purchase at http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for taking a peek !! Dan and I are off to the lake to spend Easter with my baby boy. I hope Y'all have a safe and Blessed Easter !!!!

~~ Hap-BEE Birthday ~~

Hi y'all ! I needed a birthday card for my friend Sally AND the challenge over at My Craft Spot is to make a birthday card and add a tag, so I killed 2 birds with one stone.I used Create a Critter for the bee's and hive,Walk In My Garden for the lil flowers that I attempted to mimic, in the BG paper.I did some punching for edges, added some clear rain drops, a button and some Memory Thread. The ribbon is vintage seam binding that my friend Tim, bid on and won at an auction at the lake Saturday.He was generous enough to let me pick through his treasures and I got seam binding in many colors.I just wet it and crunched it up to make that fussy lil bow. Thanks for taking a peek!! I want to thank all of y'all for leaving me such SWEET comments on my cards...you girls just make my day and keep me inspired !!!

~~~ Mama Chick and Babies ~~~

Good morning Y'all !! I have been on a Chick kick! I started this card at the lake and finally got around to finishing it.I used Easter 2010 for the large chick and Happy Easter, My Community for the smaller chicks.Country Life for the hill, Create a Critter for the tulips. Lots of inking, doodlin and popping. The scalloped mat is from a card pack that I bought at Michaels. Thanks for stopping by !!! xoxo Joy

~~~ Another Sailor Chick ~~~

Hi Y'all !! I made a card similar to this a few weeks ago and since I was at the lake, decided to make a lil boy sailor card. I used oh so many carts to pull this card together with and they are as follows:

Easter 2010 ...Chick

Paper Doll Dress Up...Sailor hat

Create a Critter...Pond

Just Because...Sun

New Arrival...Sail boat

Stretch your Imagination...Scalloped Frame

and I have no idea which cart the grass came from. All I can say is thank goodness for my Gypsy!!!

Thanks for taking a peek !!! Have a great weekend !

~ I'm Blue Without You, Valentine ~

Good Morning Y'all!!! I made this card for my niece, Elizabeth.I got to see her for maybe 10 minutes at Thanksgiving and I miss her and I'm blue. I took artistic liberties with this card, cause it really isn't blue at all....does sea green count as blue ?? I used my go to cart, Sweethearts, for the hearts. I held my breath and cut the scalloped heart out in a light pink vellum.Create a Critter was used for the flowers.The vellum flowers were punched.The lattice is a punch, as well .Used some vintage buttons, added Memory Thread, some bling and some lace.Lots of inking and did some embossing with the Textiles folder.Thanks for taking a peek !!

xoxo Joy

~~~ Whooo Loves You, Valentine ? ~~~

Hi Y'all, I'm not really an Owl person. I had a close encounter with a real one last year, and quit frankly, I'm afraid of them ! lol But I decided that this owl can't swoop down toward me! I used Create a Critter and Sweethearts for this card. I'm wearing that Sweethearts cart out!! Country Life was used for the banner and letters .I used a new embossing technique I saw over at Splitcoast Stampers. I placed the trees down onto the mat and then embossed the entire card.It looks pretty neat.Used stickles, a glitter gel pen,Memory Thread and a few buttons. Thanks for taking a peek!!!!xoxo Joy

~~~ Thinking of You ~~~

Good morning Y'all....from rainy,dreary Alabama!! This is a card that was commissioned. She saw a card that I had made and posted on Facebook and she wanted one just like it, but in hot pinks and black. I used Create a Critter for the darling lil frog, lily pad and dragonfly.Thinking if You is from good ole George. Someone on the Cricut Message Board had posted some beautiful vellum flowers and of course, I had to make some ! She got the inspiration from Selma's Stamping Corner: Vellum Flowers. Added a lil bling and used a glittery gel pen on the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by !!!! xoxox Joy

~~~ Several Thank You Cards ~~~

Good morning Y'all !! I made these cards for some AMAZING women that I have gotten to know on the Cricut Message Board. They all sent me some goodies and I am so grateful to them not only for the goodies,but more importantly, their friendship !!! I used Create a Critter for the lil bird card, Pooh and Friends for the floral card and French Manor for the Merci card. Thanks for taking a peek and thanks to each of these wonderful women!!! Tatiana, Diane and Sandi...you girls ROCK !!!

~~~ My Lil Love Bug ~~~

Yep...that's a lil pet name that I call Dan sometimes,so I had to make him this card! I used more of the Be Loved paper, from My Minds Eye. The lil bug is from Create a Critter as are the heart flowers. They were the tulips, but I snipped them off and added the hearts.The letters are from Plantin Schoolbook,the cream colored scalloped hearts are nestabilities and the green hearts are from Love Struck.Once again,I used the Memory thread for the antenna's, after I snipped them off too. I'm tellin ya, I'm lovin this Memory Thread! Did a lil inking and lots of popping and I made my own Wobble, so the lil bug is in motion!! Thanks for taking a peek !!

~~~ Love is in the Air ~~~

HI Y'all !! I made this card using Create a Critter for the balloons. I hope you can tell that they are balloons :) Used a Martha Stewart punch for the borders and did some embossing, some doodlin and called this one done. Added Memory Thread for the balloon strings and ran it through the button as well. Thanks for stopping by !!!!

~~ Happy Birthday ~~

Hi Y'all !! I never really realized it, but I have a ton of cards to make for January birthdays. This is just one of about 5 that I need to make and it is a total scrap lift! I was cruising YouTube and ran across a video and it was so cute, I decided to make my version of it. Here is the blog I lifted this card from Live Love and SCRAP! Thanks Sarah!! Everything was cut using the Create a Critter cart. Lots of inking and popping and it only took me about 8 times to get the Happy Birthday stamped. I need HELP !!!! Thanks for stopping by y'all !!! xoxoxo

~~~ Happy 60th Birthday ~~~

Hi Y'all...my lil Hunny Bunny Dan turns 60 next week!! I wanted to make him a few cards, one from me and one from the fur babies and this one is from me. I might have to mail them to him, since Black Powder Rifle season came in on Monday and I may not see him for months ! lol I really did ask him if he was coming home for the B'day and he just smiled. I used Create a Critter for the happy birthday, Indie Art for the star burst looking thing,Gypsy Wanderings for the musical notes and I cant even remember what cart the numbers are from.I embossed the Core'dinations card stock with the musical notes folder and used a glossy black paper for everything else. I mounted the base on a white card stock, altho you can't tell and that's why I added the black and white ribbon.....and these are kinda sorta the colors of The University of Alabama, so he will be pleased !!! ( I married outside of my religion....I'm an Auburn Fan...arch rivals like you wouldn't believe !) Thanks for taking the time to take a peek!!! xoxoxo

~~Remake of John Allen's B'day Card ~~

No, You aren't seeing things.It's a redo of my Son's B'day card. I just never was real happy with it and since he is my only child, I wanted to make the best card I could. The 1st difference is that this card is 5x7 . That means that those flying ducks from the Wildlife Lite cart are bigger( wooohooo) I added some cattails, from Everyday PaperDolls and I selected a different set of swimming ducks.The pond is from Create a Critter and the trees are from Camp Out. The word Son is from the Heritage cart, which actually said Sons, but I just lopped off the last S. Lots of inking and much more dimension this time....lots and lots of pop dots and foam dots. I did add the yellow corrugated paper around the pond. Thanks for looking.....again!! Have a great weekend...I'm taking my folks to the lake for a few days and then to North Alabama to buy apples from their favorite orchard....8 hours to buy apples!!! Since we are in that direction we will be spending 2 nights with my Sista in Tullahoma Tn. I can't wait to see her and her family!!

See ya next week!!!

~~ HI ~~

Happy Monday Y'all !!! If you didn't know, I am addicted to Create a Critter !! After I finished my SSC card yesterday....I was just had to make a more colorful card and this is what I came up with..of course I changed the papers several times before I finished it. I used CAC for that darling lil frog and the dragonfly. The scalloped background piece is from that cart too. Since there was no shadow for the lily pad or the scalloped mat, I tinkered around with the G and finally got something that I could live with ! That was a test of my patience...trust me !! Did some embossing , a little doodlin, added vellum wings at the last second and lots of popping.Oh, I did use Wild Card for the HI. Thanks for stopping by and I hope y'all have a GREAT week!