Bloom...

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!!
Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! :)

I got a few new goodies for Christmas, so now I'm starting to put them to use. ;)

I kept everything simple, as usual. ;) Just did some stamping and coloring with markers. I was going to choose a variety of colors but then settle on sticking with pinks/reds. To give my card an extra little 'pop' I added a touch of jewels. Easy peasy, right?!...

Well, that's all for me. I'm going to do some browsing around 'blogland' and then try to create some more. ;)

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Enjoy your day and see you soon!

AJVD post-Love

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a sweet love card. Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog to see my full card. :)

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AJVD post-Poinsettia Peace

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing one last Christmas card. Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog to see my full card. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Thank you for being so sweet

Hey y'all!
Happy Sunday, hope all is well?!...

I'm just swinging on in with a short and sweet post, today.

I saw the Altenew 2018 Year in Review Inspiration Challenge and just had to play along. ;)

I went with using the January challenge inspiration. The colors had me thinking summer....

Nothing screams summer like ice cream, right?!...heehee
I used some stamp sets that I had for a little while and just never really used them or maybe used once. (I really need to be using all the stamp sets I keep buying before I buy more! Though, I've been saying that for years and still haven't really done it. lol) Anyhow, I kept things simple. A nice bright yellow background and then my ice cream popsicles, which I made strawberry or maybe raspberry, whatever you choose. ;) Then added a touch of orange sequins. Fun, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day and see you soon! :) 

AJVD post-No peeking!

Hey y'all! 

Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a fun Christmas tag. Here's a little peek I have to share...

Be sure to swing by the AJVD blog to see my full project. :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

Hello, hello!

Hey y'all!
Happy Thursday, hope all is well?!...

I have been MIA for way too long!! Though, let me explain some. It was not my intention to be gone as long as I have been. Just as I was thinking I was getting into the swing of things, December hit and so did a sudden drop in our weather. I'm talking we were in the upper 70's low 80's the one day and the next, it was only 60's for a high! That may not seem like much for some but understand I don't do cold and that big of a drop causes my body to go into shock. I felt differently and knew my body was trying to fight something. After day one went by and later in the middle of the night I woke up freezing along with my throat sore and my nose stuffy/running. Not good signs. For the rest of the week, I had nothing but congestion and a cough going on. On top of our weather going up and down. Which I still think caused me to become sick...So here is today and I am feeling MUCH better. I still can't say I'm 100% but probably as close as I'm gonna get right now. lol So I'm taking what I can. ;) On top of all that, I've been working along with my kids to make sure they have all their school work done before they go on break. Which next week is their last week, so that should be a nice break for all of us. And let's not mention, it's that busy time of year with a million things going on! ;)

Okay, so enough of my rumbling/story telling. lol I do have a card to share! Yay! And I will say, even that came as a surprise to me because with everything going on, where has my crafty mojo been?!...I sure hope this is the start of it coming back! ;)

I was browsing around some challenges and thought I'd play along with the current Pinkfresh Studio Challenge. 

I based my card off the colors mainly but was thinking winter by an stroll in the city that led into the evening. So I chose some blue sequins, along with some white and silver stars thinking of snow and shining stars...either I'm way off with my thinking or it works?...(lol) Though, I still decided to share and enter it in the challenge. ;)

Well, that's all for me today.
Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your day!
See you soon...

AJVD post-Naughty or Nice...

Hey y'all!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a fun Christmas card. Here's a little peek I have to share...

Be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog to see my full card. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

AJVD post-Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!

Today, is the official start of the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a card for it! :)

Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog to see my full card...Happy hopping! :)

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Enjoy your day and see you soon!

25 Days of Christmas Tags!

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

I am so excited to be participating in this years 25 Days of Christmas Tags!! :) I'm sharing a tag for A Jillian Vance Design. So without further ado, here is my tag...

I kept my tag pretty simple and straight forward. Just did some simple coloring and added a touch of glitter. ;) Easy peasy, right?!...

To see all the tags being featured today, be sure to swing on over to Tracey's blog! :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day and see you soon!

AJVD post-Peace

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a simple and fun winter/Christmas card. Here's a little peek I have to share...

Be sure to swing on over tot he AJVD blog to see my full card. :) Also, there's a wonderful sale going on at AJVD store...a good time to shopping. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Perfectly wonderful...

Hey y'all! Happy Sunday!
Hope all is well?!...

Things are finally starting to look on the brighter side, here. My son is doing much better and no more hives, etc. *knock on wood, this is the end of everything* Now to just get ready for Thanksgiving time! :)

I'm swinging in today to share a card I made for the current November Altenew Inspiration Challenge.

I was inspired not only by the colors but by that mushroom standing out. So I decided to make my flowers stand out. ;) 

Pretty simple of a card...just some stamping and die cutting. Then finished things off with a generous touch of gems and a sentiment. Sweet, yeah?!...

Well, that's all for me. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

AJVD post-Joy

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a simple winter/Christmas card. Here's a little peek I have to share...

Be sure to swing on over tot the AJVD blog to see my full card. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Oh by gosh by golly...

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

I just have a short and sweet post, tonight (it's after 7pm here). My boy is still recovering from all those bee stings and all of a sudden he has hives and some kind of bug bites on his legs. So now I'm watching over all that and making sure nothing more develops. Not sure why everything is hitting him at once?...But I'm ready for him to be 100% again and I'm pretty sure he is too!

Anyhow, my card is for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge. 

I kept the layout of the sketch the same but decided to change up the size on the images. I was just having some fun. ;) 

Well, that's all for tonight. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and see you soon! 

Always be your own kind of beautiful

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

Where oh where has the time gone?!...I've had quite the past weekend, as well as this week. A lot going on with my family and a trip to the ER with my oldest boy. Then doctor appointments today and next week as well. Things are just plain busy. And let's not forget Thanksgiving! I still need to get a few more things for that as well. At this rate, I'll be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off before the holidays are even here! lol

Anyhow, I do have a card to share. Yay!

I made this for the current Honeybee Stamps Challenge on Facebook and thought I'd share it here, too. :)

Well, that's all for me.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

P.S.
So y'all know, my son will be okay. He is slowly but surely getting better.
Long story short, he got stung by A bee or so I thought. The next day with his foot swollen, I looked more at it and found 3 more stingers in his foot. I thought the swelling would go down after getting the rest of the stingers/sacks out. Comes the next day his foot was more swollen and turning a dark red and spreading. So off to the ER we went. Ends up he was having a moderate reaction, as well as an infection. He is on antibiotics, which are helping but very nasty tasting (according to him). He is sure to let me know every time just how nasty it tastes. lol Though I can't blame him, no matter how old you are antibiotics are never fun, right?!...

AJVD post-Greetings

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a simple winter card. Here's a little peek I have to share...

Be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog to see my full card. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

AJVD post-Wishes for a fruitful season

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today sharing a fun and easy card. Here's a little peek I have to share...

To see my full card, be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

My friend

Hey y'all! Happy Monday!
Hope your week is starting off right?!...

Today, I'm swinging in to share a card I made for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge.

Such a pretty inspiration photo, yeah?!...

I used a woodgrain embossing folder for my background, which I know it may be somewhat hard to see but it is there, I promise you. ;) After, I already has a panel that I made using some distress oxide inks but never used (until now) for my leaves. Isn't it nice when you can finally make use of something that you might have had sitting around...forever!?! heehee. For the veins on my leaves I used a gold glitter cardstock. Then I simply added them to my woodgrain card panel. To finish things off, I added a sentiment to a strip of cardstock and placed it slightly over my leaves. Then a touch of jewels. Easy peasy, right?!...

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Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

AJVD post-Jack-O-Lantern

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a very fun and simple card. Here's a little peek...

To see my full card, be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Let's have a latte

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

Just a sweet and short post, today. I saw the current Honey Bee Stamps challenge on Facebook and thought I'd enter in. :)

The challenge is all about black and white plus a pop of color. I went with a 'pop' of coffee using some of their tiny bubbles embellishments. Unfortunately I didn't have the coffee bean ones so I made do with what I had on hand. And of course, I can't even remember the name of the ones I used. Go figure, right?! lol ;)

Well, that's all for me today.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and wee you soon!

You are my greatest adventure

Hey y'all!
Happy Saturday! Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm swinging in to share a card for the current October Pinkfresh Studio Challenge.

As you can see, I kept things pretty simple. I did a little stenciling for my background in a light blue ink and then simply added all my colored die cut pieces. And to top things off, some pearl white gems and a touch of twine. Easy peasy, right?!...

Well, that's all for me today. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy your day! :) 

AJVD post-Trick or Treat...

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a fun Halloween card. Here's a little peek I have to share...

Be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog to see my full card. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Peace & Love

Hey y'all! Happy Tuesday!
Hope all is well?!...

I'm enjoying my kids' last day off of school before things start back up tomorrow. :)

Today, I'm sharing a simple card I made for the current October Paper Smooches Challenge.

I followed the sketch somewhat loosely. I did stick to the overall sketch but did it in an one layer card, if you're not counting the addition to the twine. ;) 

Honestly, I just had fun with this card. I had no real idea of anything just played around with some things one night and then the next day it it all came together. Don't you love it when things work like that?! ;) I did some really simple coloring with colored pencils and that's about it. Easy peasy, right?!...

Well, that's all for me today. I'm off to do some blog visits/commenting and then...I don't really know. lol I'm sure I'll figure something out though. ;) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Hey y'all! Happy Monday!
Hope your week is starting off right?!...

Whew! Seems like it's been a minute since I last posted...and honestly, it probably has. But I am here today with a card to share! My kids are out of school today and tomorrow, so maybe I'll be able to get a good amount of crafting done. ;) At least that's my plan. heehee.

Anyhow, I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge.

Don't you just love pinks and greys together?!... :)

As you can see, I made a simple shaker card. I haven't made shaker card in awhile and thought it would be fun. I made a little ornament using some CAS-ual Fridays dies and I used one of the snowflake dies and then trimmed it down to a smaller size so it could fit into the middle of my ornament. Easy peasy, right?!...To finish things off, I added a stitched border to my card base before adhering my ornament. Then stamped a sentiment on a strip of white cardstock and added it to my card. Simple, yeah?!...

Well, that's all for now.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

AJVD post-Give Thanks...

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a simple and sweet Fall card. Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog to see my full card. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

AJVD post

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a sweet card. Here's a little peek I have to share...

To see my full card, be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Grateful for you

Hey y'all! Happy Thursday!
Hope all is well?!...

Nothing but a gloomy day here with rain off and on. Which makes for a good baking day, as well as a good crafting day! :)

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the current October Altenew Inspiration Challenge.

Wonderful inspiration, right?!...However though, these are colors I don't normally use. So this was a bit of a challenge for me. But with some thinking and ideas running through my head, I managed to come up with something. And I have to say, I actually really like how it came out! (not to toot my own horn or anything...lol) 

I was initially going for a few flowers bundled somewhat together but my masking was just not working for me. At all. After many attempts, I took it as a sign that I was just not suppose to do it like that. Basically, I threw in the towel. lol In the end, I simplified things and just stuck to masking only my flowers to add on my leaves. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

Be...

Hey y'all! Happy Monday!
Hope your week is starting off right?!...

Can you believe it's a Monday and I'm posting something?!...Say what!?! lol I'm not saying I figured out a schedule of posting but it feels good to have something to share at the beginning of a week! :)

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge. It has been sooo loooong since I played with the challenges and being I missed the deadline on the last one, I just couldn't let this one slip away.

A simple card, yes?...This is one of those cards that you'll never get the same result with. I made a few different watercolor backgrounds and chose the one I liked best (and that fit into the sketch of the challenge). I really was just playing around with things and pretty much let the water do all the work for me. ;) Once my watercolor was done drying, I added a few butterflies to blend in/match with my background. Then to finish things off, I used a stitched border die and added some sentiments in the middle. Easy peasy, right?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

P.S.
Once again I'm playing around with the never ending photo editing. And to make things a little more tough, it's been cloudy and overcast the past few days. Ha. Go figure, right?!...One of these days I'm determined to get it...yeah, that's when I hire someone to do it for me. Hahahaha. :)

Happy birthday tag

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!! Hope all is well?!...

Well time just keeps flying on by, doesn't it?!...I'm still trying to figure out times to post and whatnot. Who knew it would take this long?...One minute I think I've about got everything good to go and then something comes up! Ack. I'm still hopeful that I'll get everything down to where I'll be back to posting on more of a regular...it just may be a little longer than what I wanted it to be. And I'm hoping y'all will bear with some while I'm trying to figure things out?! ;)

Anyhow, I have a sweet little tag to share today. No challenges or anything, just for fun. Using up some supplies that haven't seen much love in a while.

Well, that's all for me today.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

AJVD post-Witching you...

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a fun Halloween card. Here's a little peek...

To see my full card, be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog. :)

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AJVD post-Happy Halloween

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a fun Halloween card. Here's a little peek I have to share...

To see my full card, be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Thank you (rose)

Hey y'all!
Happy Saturday!

Today, I'm swinging in to share a card I made for the current September Altenew Inspiration Challenge

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Pretty colors and inspiration photo, right?!...

I used Altenew's watercolors for my background. Which I did a very faint/light pink in the middle of my card (so wish you could actually see it in my photo...but it is there.) and some darker pink splatters. Simple. ;) After, I simply stamped on my rose in different shades of purple and then different shades of greens for the leaves. Once done I just used the matching die with them. Easy peasy, right?!...To finish my card off, I stamped on my sentiment, then added my panel to a soft stone cardstock base and then added some jewels. 

Well, that's all for me today.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!