Wish You Were Here...

A lot to share, so sorry for the looooong  post...

Sneak peek of my Make It Monday DT card

But first,

It's Monday so that means

Challenge Time at

As always, our theme is ANYTHING GOES and the lovely sponsor

for this week is...

and she is generously offering this...

Branch Out,

to our winning commenter!

But WAIT, there's more.

Annabelle Stamps is also celebrating their 2nd birthday in September

and they're having a HUGE party!

Click below to check it out!!

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She would really love it if you grab this blinkie and add it to your blog too!

Now before I show you my cards, 

I'd like to present you with my 

Pick Of the Week

from all the wonderful entries at

Make It Monday

Here it is...

From Grace N

 at Th-INK-ing Of You

Thanks so much  Grace for sharing your amazing talent with all of us!

Okay, about my cards...

I thought I'd lost my mojo the other night when I was trying to come up with a DT card.

After looking through a bazillion-jillion books and pictures, I decided that I'd just settle on a sentiment and go from there.

I chose this sentiment,

"Wish You Were Here"

My inspiration for this sentiment is my husband, 

who is currently serving overseas, and I thought it would be perfect.

 To challenge myself a bit,

I decided to repeat the same sentiment and change the images.

Here's what I came up with.

Sentimental, Wish You Were Here

I intentionally skipped a tree and only left the stump

I used the thumping method to color these trees

Cute, Wish You Were Here

Sentiment is on the inside

(disregard that I accidentally stamped her neck onto her face...oops!)

Flirty, Wish You Were Here

I didn't have a pillow stamp so these are hand drawn.  

Which is why it looks like he has a California King and hers is a chicklet. 

and lastly,

Humorous, Wish You Were Here

Sentiment is stamped on the inside.

Here's a little tutorial on how I made the bird

SU Owl Punch for base

Additional owl for the feet color (but I took pic of wrong side)

Placed over the feet

Cut off top portion to round out the body

Punch circle for the head (add 3D dot)

Punch out belly color

Punch out beak (small heart used here)

Add the wings

Add the "where'd you go" eyes

The End

Phew....

You made it to the end!

(okay..you can wake up now, I'm done)

Thanks so much for popping in and I hope you've enjoyed the post.

Happy stamping...

Lisa xx

Supplies: (For all cards shown)

All cards are standard A2; 4.25" x 5.5"

White cardstock from Wal-mart (purchased in the printer paper section)

Stamps; Lovely As A Tree, All in the Family  - Stampin' Up!

Hampton Art - Wish You Were Here sentiment

Ally (or at least her head) - La -La Land Crafts stamp

Colored cardstock from stash (personal mission to use it up)

black twine

Stampin' Up! Inks - More Mustard, Peach Parfait, Creamy Caramel, 

Bordering Blue, Bliss Blue, Brocade Blue

Watercolor Pencils from SU!

Thin blue wire (unknown origin)

It's Raining Men...

He's Bringin' Sexy Back

Yep! You read it right, it's raining men...

I've heard of cats and dogs and buckets,....

but men? 

Oh my!

No, don't go running outside just yet. ;)

Because today is another creative challenge at

So without further ado...

Introducing our gracious sponsors....

Stamp and Create

Our Random Org Winner

&

Stash Books 

Top Tipper Winner

Awesome, right?

Well, before you make a mad dash to your door,

Here's a bit more inspiration...

 My take on the masculine challenge over at 

Top Tip Tuesday

This is the front of my Twist Easel Card

The base of the card

Opened up and placed together with the twist

I'm sure by now you have a plethora of creative masculine ideas

 just jumping to get onto a card,

So head on over and try out our Masculine Challenge at 

Top Tip Tuesday 

and be sure to check out the other amazing DT cards 

that were created just for your inspiration!

Happy Stamping...

`Lisa` 

Okay,

NOW you can run outside!!

 Supplies Used:

Assorted paper from stash

Digi Image from unknown origin

Challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Easel Card

Cards For men - #17 Masculine

Craft Your Passion -  #72 Sarcastic or Funny

Something's Wrong With My Bottom...

Hello fellow crafters out there!

I have some wonderful news to share.

 I was recently selected by the amazing women at 

Make It Monday 

to be part of their DT team.

 WOO HOO!

I'd just like to say THANK YOU to all you wonderful ladies 

and I do hope that I can keep up with all your amazing talent.

 Okay, on to the business of the day...

My DT Card...

Ruffled Bum

I'm 40+ and to this day, I'm still asked by my aunt,

"Do you remember what you said while I was walking down the aisle to be married?"

My response is always, "LOL...yes, I yelled out,

 'Something's wrong with my bottom!'"

(Piano player screeched to a halt since she couldn't be heard over the laughter and my aunt, after coming over and hugging me, had to do a "re-do" entry) Ahh, good times.

  

While making this card with all the little ruffles, it reminded me of when I was little and my family seemed to be obsessed with dressing me in ruffled, foo-foo, underpants.  

What gives?  

Horrific fashion faux pas, in my opinion.  

However, it does inspire me to make a polyester argyle card as well...

but that's a different traumatic childhood memory for another time.

I digress...

SO, today at

We are hosting another challenge with many unique and wonderful DT inspiration cards 

of all shapes, sizes and variations!

You don't want to miss this one.

Our generous sponsor for this week is none other than...

Emma's Crafty Store

Who is offering our lucky winner a

 £10 voucher to spend in store!

Be sure to stop by and ...

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week

 just leave a comment for another entry.

Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. 

 The more entries you comment on, the more chances you have of winning!!

It's all about sharing a little blog love. We all love comments............right?!

Now, on to sharing some love myself.

As extremely difficult as it was to narrow it down to one,

this is my pick for the week of entries into the Make It Monday challenge.

Introducing....

#221 Designed by Wendy Foster

Way to go Wendy!

Isn't this amazing???? Yes, yes it is!

 I find your card completely inspiring and the scenery is absolutely original

 and so uniquely creative! 

Well done :)

Ruffled Bum (sorta) Side View

I didn't have any blue tulle, so I dissected a blue paper rose and cut the petals into sections and placed them around the edge to have a "tulle" type of appearance.

You know, this cute little image, Peekaboo,

from Karen's Doodles, has really grown on me.

Even though I may not have enjoyed the experience of sporting all those ruffles around,

this little ballerina in her tutu is just too precious!

I can only imagine that my family felt the same way about me 

and I'm pretty sure that I spent quite a bit of time in the exact same pose going,

"Really, REALLY...again??"

Thanks SO much for stopping by my blog today and I hope that you've found yourself inspired.

It would also be comforting and fun,

if when you left a message,

 you could share a childhood memory along the same lines.

I know I'd love to read them and I'm sure the other readers would love a giggle as well.

Take care all and happy stamping! 

Lisa xx

Ingredients for this card:

Digital Scrapbook Experts (DSE) free ballerina image duplicated to make DP

Sentiment typed on PC

Outdoor Denim Ribbon from Close To My Heart

Roses; prize from blog candy (thank you, Linda Bronson)

Inks: Bashful Blue, Blush Blossom, Bordering Blue and More Mustard from SU!

3-D dots, Tombo adhesive, Fiskar paper cutters

Thank You.... A Latte!

A Little Coffee With Your Creamer?

Hi everybody!

I had so much fun making this card.  

It's my first ever, digitally designed, layered and layout on the computer, card.

I am really surprised and happy by the way it turned out.  

My question is...why haven't I done this before??

This card is my DT card for Top Tip Tuesday because today is...

CHALLENGE TIME!

Here's the scoop...

We'd love to see all the many ways that you can think of to say, "Thank you" to someone near and dear to you and remember, you can submit up to 3 entries.

Also...

Inky Impressions

&

Dew Drop Craftz

ALSO..

Stop by Top Tip Tuesday to awe at Maggie's amazing 

Center Step Card Tutorial!

Here's her sneak peak!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and I hope that you join our challenge today as there is never a bad time to whip up a card and say THANK YOU!!

My DT Card

Happy stamping....

Lisa xx

Supplies:

Stamps/Digi:  Bugaboo Digi Stamps - Ruby Tidbits Coffee & Coffee Time - Thanks a Latte

Inks:  Stampin' Up! Close to Coca for edging borders

Paper:  J Baechtold downloadable DP and Alphabet

            Shabby Princess Downloads (located via DSE; Digital Scrapbook Experts)

Other: Offray ribbon, buttons from stash

Challenges:

Karen's Doodles - Fancy Folds

Make It Monday - #50 Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - #53 Anything Goes

Stamp-N-Doodle - Fancy Folds

A Little Bird Told Me...

A Little Bird Told Me

This is a Robyn's Fetish Image titled, 

 Waking Up Birdie.

Hi there!

Today is Tuesday and that means another challenge at 

Top Tip Tuesday.

Here's the amazing scoop...

and there's more...

Robyn's Fetish

The lucky winner will receive 4 stamps of their choice!

 Michelle's Scrapbooking & More

Our feature tipper will receive a $15 voucher in her store!

Here is my card that I made to play along with the straight edges challenge.

This is my tri-shutter card that I made using this link from Bonnie at Splitcoast Stampers.

A Little Bird Told Me

"Hello"

Thanks so much for stopping by

 and I hope your week is going well.

Lisa xx

Supplies Used:

DP - Close To My Heart and Paperbilities

Ribbon - Crafts Floral Designs

Flowers - Prima Marketing Inc.

Chipboard - from stash

Stampin' Up Watercolor Pencils and Aqua Blender Pen

Stamped Sentiment - Unknown unmounted collection
Background Embossed flowers - SU Sweet Summer

Challenges for this card:

Digi Design House - DDH12 (Recipe week 1); 3 brads, 2 DPs, 1 ribbon ( I may have used more than so delete me if I don't qualify :)

Happileigh Scrappin' Designs - Special Fold
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Always be...YOU!

WOO HOO!! It's Tuesday! 

 What it is about Tuesday's that I love? Maybe it's because it means I made it through Monday or

because it is time for another

TOP TIP TUESDAY CHALLENGE!!!

I know you probably have a "to do" list somewhere on a post-it note, but put off that laundry, dry cleaning, housework, school clothes shopping and head to your craft area, because this challenge is a BLAST and there are some WONDERFUL sponsors and as always...

AMAZING, Design Team inspiration.

Today's challenge is...

COLOR CHALLENGE

Blue, Green and Brown

Our Sponsors for this week are...

Also, this week is Tipper Week, 

so be sure to check out the nifty tips that 

Top Tip Tuesday's DT's have left for you!

REMINDERS...

Your Vote Counts

so be sure to vote at Top Tip Tuesday for our amazing

Birthday Bash Challenge - this is the last week to vote 

Also,

We can't wait to see what your creativity comes up with, 

but if you leave a TIP in your blog post and inclue "TIP" to your name (with Mr.linky)

you're eligible for an additional prize.

It's that easy!! :)

Here is my DT card

Always be...You

Stitchy Bear Image is Kelley Kid's - Summer Fun Silhouette

Supplies Used:

Card Stock Card - 4.5" x 5.5"

Paper- Stampin' Up!

Ribbon - Offray

Roses - Shabby Chic

Thread - Coats Co.

Always be You sentiment - typed on PC

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and checking out the current challenge.

We would love to see your amazing creativity!!

Also, winners from our last challenge are posted so be sure to check and see if it's 

YOU!!

Challenges I would like to enter this card into are:

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (no twist in August)
Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge - #33 Anything Goes
Make It Monday -  #48 Anything Goes
Paper Creations Ink - #6 Stitching Theme
Paper Playtime - #51 Digital Images
Paper Pretties - Lazy Days of Summer

There She Goes - #118 Celebrate Summer
Woodware USA - #37 Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum Challenge - #17 One For the Girls