Hello Sweet Autumn!!

I wanted to start by saying THANK YOU for all you kind 

comments on my last post.. I do feel pretty good now, I just can't wait

to get my stitches out!!  You are all so kind and sweet, And I am so glad 

I met you all here in blogland.. 

I am so glad Summer is behind us..  Even though it still pretty warm here.

At least the mornings and evenings are a bit cooler. 

I just love this time of year!!

I am back to show you a card I made!

Christmas Card #2..  I am on my way!!

You might remember this image from last year. 

I used it a lot..  I just love it.

The sketch I used is from Mojo Monday. 

I haven't played along with them in awhile.

I used watercolors and copics to color these cute cats. 

and there is a whole lota stitching.. 

I love that!!

Well that is all I have for today!!
I do hope everyone is enjoy the first day of Fall!!

Hugs, Linda

Hello Friends...

I was just wondering if anyone else was going a little crazy when blogger

went down..  Yep,  I was have withdraw symptoms..  I couldn't eat or sleep

wondering what all you guys were up to.. Hee Hee..

So the next best when you can't blog is to create..

I am playing along with Mojo Monday this week.  They have

the best sketch challenges..  And then also with The Kraft Journal.

Over at The Kraft Journal the challenge is to use Buttons and Bows..

I only used One little button and one little bow..

Does that count?  I think so!!

I went with a Yellow theme again..  It is so much fun to work with..

such a happy color!

So there you have it..  Another Birthday card to add to my collection..

To Play along with The Kraft Journal you can hop over HERE!

And Here is a copy of the sketch from Mojo Monday!!

I do hope everyone is having a great weekend.. I am headed out side

with my lap top to do some blogging..  The weather is so perfect this morning

I want to be outside..  I will be stopping by and visiting everyone soon!!

Hugs, Linda

Feeling the Joy of Christmas....

So are you feeling it..  I must say I just love this time of the year!
And with the job I have you can't help but feel the Joy of Christmas!
Today at our preschool Santa came.  And it was so much fun
seeing how excited these little one's got when
 Santa came through the door..  One of the little girls in our class
jumped right up on his lap and look him right in the eyes and said
I Love You!  It just melted my heart..






So I finally had some time to play in my craft room this morning.
And the first Challenge I looked at and definitely wanted to play in was
over at Cupcake Creations.  Every week she has a fun color
challenge and I have been wanting to join in for a while now..

I just love stopping by Mona's blog and I am sure many of you have been
there..  She is so creative and gives me so much inspiration..

Here is the inspirational photo!

So here is the card I came up with to enter into Mona's Challenge.

The sketch I used in from Mojo Monday!
  One of my old favorite challenges...

If you want to check out all the other entries for
Cupcake Creation Color Challenge you can hop over HERE!
And Mojo Mondays sketch challenge can be found HERE!

Thank you my friends for stopping by and I hope you
feeling the Joy of the Season.  Cause it will be gone
before you know it..

Hugs, Linda

Thinking cool Thoughts...

It has been so hot here lately, so I decided to post a picture of
something cool!   This picture is from my backyard a couple
of years ago.  It doesn't snow here to often. But I love it
when it does...

Over at the Shabby Tea Room they are doing a

COOL little them..  Christmas in July..

Here is the Card I came up with for the challenge..

I just love this image and I had alot of fun

coloring him..  I used watercolor pencils and

my blender pen..

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And the card below I my for my

 Brother In-laws B-day..

I am entering it into two different challenges.

The first one is for One Stop Craft Challenge

 which I missed the dead line.. Oh Well....

The challenge was to do a card Monochromatic..

I knew I should have posted yesterday. I just

ran out of time...

The sketch I used was from Mojo Monday..

Well I hope you are enjoying your weekend,
I will be here just thinking cool thoughts.

Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek,

Hugs, Linda

Embrace The White!

Well I have had a smile on my face most of the afternoon,
that's because I had the chance to do some of my favorite challenges.

This is the card I made for This this weeks Shabby Tea Room.

The Challenge was to Embrace the White. The sketch

I used is from Mojo Monday!

This little guy just popped up on one of my vines

I have never seen flowers on it before so it

was a nice little surprise.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Some Monday Challenges!

Well Spring is here and I think more spring is blowing is as

we speak... It is so windy here in Vegas that I can't

even go outside to mess around in my yard. So not all

is lost, The next best thing is messing around in my

craft room!

Here is a card I made using two different challenges,

A lot of folks do this, but I usually stick with one challenge.

The card theme is from my new favorite card challenge,

"The Shabby Tea Room". The challenge is Spring Inspired

with stitching on the card. And the sketch is from none other

than "Mojo Monday".

I'm lucky enough to have a whole room just for crafting!

It's a work in progress, as you can see!

Here is my little stash of cards I have made!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a little peek!

Hopefully you enjoyed your stay!

Linda

All that Glitter!

Here is my card for this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge.

I used some glitter for the icing on the cupcake, which I

had to redo a couple of times. I am still not crazy

about the way it turned out. But it was fun

playing around with it.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Mojo Monday #128

Happy Monday! I had some time this afternoon to get a little

creative and join in on another Mojo Monday Challenge!

Here is what I came up with!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Are you getting spring fever yet?

Good morning to anyone out there in blog land who

is reading this! We have had the most amazing weather

here in Vegas! We have spent most of our weekend out

side soaking up all the sunshine! We made a trip to our

local hardware store and bought all kinds of seeds!

We are not going to attempt a vegetable garden again this year.

We are going to try to plant a flower garden! Can't Wait!!!

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I finally had some time Monday afternoon to work

on Mojo Mondays Challenge. Here is what I came

up with! I made two card with the same Sketch!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Mojo Challenge #125

Here is my card for this week Mojo Monday Challenge. I really loved

this weeks sketch. I think I might do another card with this same

sketch. Maybe a Christmas card who knows. Its never to early

to start you know! Well I'm off to work!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Well were off and running into a new month. I can't

believe January is already gone. I guess I better

get busy and start thinking about my Valentine cards.

Time flies when your hav'n fun!

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This week I really wanted to do the challenge over

at Our Creative Corner and didn't get a

chance so I combined Mojo Monday challenge with

OCC Challenge. OCC Challenge was to make a

card with music in it. And Mojo Mondays was

a sketch challenge which I always love to do!

This is what I came up with.

Thanks for stopping by, Have a great week!

Linda

Mojo Monday Challenge #123

This week the Mojo Monday Challenge was to

make a round card. This was a lot of fun to make I have

never made a round card before. I think my card

should be a little bigger, but I liked the way it

turned out!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

I'm off to make some dinner!

Linda

It's raining here in Vegas and I am Loving it. I have the

day off for MLK day! Yea! It's so nice just to listen to the rain

while working on a craft.

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Here is my card I did for this weeks Mojo Monday

Challenge!! I stamped the butterfly and colored him

and then cut him out. I used pop dots to raise him up

a little. I don't think you can see that in the

picture. I also used my glitter pen on him.

I just thought I would add a couple of pictures from

a quick little trip we took with our trailer this weekend

to Lake Mead! It's only about 15 min. from our house!

It was a nice little getaway!

We took a ride on our bikes from the camp ground down to

the Marina. It was pretty tough riding back up hill.

We think the kitty like camping to! Maybe wishful thinking.



I hope everyone has a great Mojo Monday! Hopefully I'll
be back for Tag Tuesday tomorrow!

Smile!

Here is the card I made for this weeks

Mojo Monday Challenge #121. The weather here

is Vegas today was just Beautiful! It's times like

these I'm glad I live here. I hope this Monday put

a smile on every ones face. I know I have a smile,

and I do know I have a very blessed life!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Mojo Monday Challenge #120

It feels so good to get back into the swing of things. I had

three week off from work and really enjoyed it, But I'm

glad to be back.

I had a chance to do one of my favorite challenge this evening,

I got to use one of my new stamps from Verve, I just love this

stamp and liked the way this card turned out.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Not a Creature Was Stirring...

Well Christmas is getting close. Do you have your shopping done?

I still have a little to do, but I don't mind I love shopping!

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Here is my card for this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge. I have

used this stamp for a lot of my Christmas cards. I think its so

cute. I hope everyone has a great Monday!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Just a Little Late....

Well it's already Thursday and

I'm just now getting around

to posting my card for the

Mojo Monday Challenge.

I finally got a Big Shot

Machine to do a little

embossing on my cards.

I had alot of fun trying to

be creative with my new toy!

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I hope everyone is having a

fabulous week, I'm off to cook

some dinner for my Hubby!

For some reason my when I transfer the

picture of my card to blogger it made it look

a little yellow, It really is a cream color.

Not Yellow.
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda

Mojo Monday sketch Challenge #112

Happy Monday to everyone out there!

I hope everyone is having a

Fabulous Monday. Here is my card

for this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge.

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The Wreath on this card is embossed

I don't do a whole

lot of embossing so it was fun to do

something a little different.

Thanks for stop'n by and taking a look!

Linda

Mojo Monday sketch Challenge #111

I had a little time this afternoon to do a Mojo Challenge or

should I say two. I wasn't thrilled with my first card so

I tried again. Let me know what you think!

I hope everyone out there has a wonderful week and

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Mojo Monday sketch Challenge #109

Good Morning, Here is my card for this weeks Mojo Challenge.

I had a hard time putting this card together, I must have

taken it apart 2 or 3 times. I did use a floral DP but it

just didn't look right, so I just used solid card stock.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Linda