A Tisket-a-Tasket, A Flowery "EB" Spring Basket!

Don't forget to enter my candy give-aways here (Retirement Part-Oozak GC) and here (Just Because-maggie mini set) :)

So my day started with getting ready for a dentist appointment, which my husband had forgotten about and he loaned my car (little red "solstice" sports car) to our son to go golfing. I was a bit disappointed, cuz I had to drive the BIG truck (HUGE 250 ford 4x4, king ranch/king cab, long bed) and it's sooooo BIG! After my appointment I was headed to the LSS to pick up some flat pearls for my project. Here is the driver's side of the Lincoln Continental Town Car-the side I didn't hit! Never trust a person to motion you to turn left over three lanes of traffic when you can't see the furthest lane, and don't mess with the BIG truck (thank goodness I was driving it!). Thankfully no one was seriously injured (minor whiplash), just Lincoln parts strewn all over the road - and my first car accident, ever... The other driver was cited for causing the accident and his car was towed. I hope to never have another one again in my life... terrifying experience!

But the night ended on a happy note with my first cascading "Basket" (inspired by Wendy Fraser) card, all the while singing the song with Ella Fitzgerald "A Tisket a Tasket...", for Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge Blog April/May Monthly Challenge! This month's theme is spring and flowers and I chose this darling digi image by Elisabeth Bell "I love You This Much". All colored up with copics.

I cut a ton of flowers with my Spellbinder's and CC Designs, along with Marianne Butterflies, Sweet & Sassy Stamps hearts, Sizzix circles for the handles and Memory Box Meadow Leaf dies - all cut and embossed with the Cuttlebug. The patterned papers are from the Echo Park "Victoria Garden" collection... and... flat pearls (yes, after they changed my front tire and pulled my bumper straight with the wench, I went to the LSS :) Added a few rhinestones to the butterflies and used my vintage seam binding ribbon for the bows (love this stuff!).

Be sure to pop over to Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge Blog and join in the fun!

Wishing you a WONDERFUL "Tisket a Tasket" accident-free Day!

love,

Wendy

Challenges: Simon Says Stamp Challenge-AG; The House That Stamps Built-DCC425, card for a woman you love; Inky Impressions-AG; Creative Card Crew-ribbon; Deep Ocean Challenge-punches/dies; Scrap-Creations-It's a girl thing; Paper and Such Designs-just for the girls/mother's day; BnW Challenge Blog-spring is in the air; Love to Create Challenge Blog-AG; Stamp and Create Challenge-Spring; The Crazy Challenge-feminine/girly; Victorian Stamps Challenge-AG; The Shabby Tea Room-April Showers/photo inspiration; One Stitch At a Time-AG; That Craft Place Challenge-no square/rectangle; 2 Sisters Challenge blog-over the edge; Just some lines-april showers/flowers; ATCs and Cards with Attitude-AG; Crafts 4 Eternity-something new "pearls/image/fold"; Prairie Fairy Fridays-flowers; Fat Pages and Cards with attitude-AG/faces; Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge-punches/dies; Wags 'n Whiskers-AG; Flourishes Timless Tuesday Challenge-BINGO "pink/ribbon/die"; House of Gilli-sparkle/shine/ribbon; Lexi's Creations-punches/dies; Come and Get it Challenges-Zfold

Together Anything is Possible

So it all started with this ding-dang-darling image from Sassy Cheryl "Tricycle" in her new $2 bin. She has a super cool deal going on, so be sure to check out the store. I chose My Minds Eye Love Me collection of DPs, picked out my copic colors and began my mostest funnest task of coloring the image -  you know I LOVE TO COLOR!

Then pulled out a bunch of embellies and found the sketch over at Totally Gorjuss and that's where it all started.

Then I got to work!

I found this awesome Martha Stewart punch around the page - I LOVE IT!

Decided to stack my buttons for my main embellishments - gosh I've had these Bazzil buttons for eons! Used my Spellbinder nesability heart circle and classic circles for the sentiment, Sizzix for the image matting, along with cuttlebug folder swiss dots, of course all cut and embossed with my beloved Cuttlebug. This one goes out to a friend whom I love and adore and with her friendship I feel "together anything is possible"!

Thanks for stopping by and have a "Together anything is Possible" week!

love,

Wendy

Challenges: Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamp Challenge; Totally Gorjuss Challenge 121; 2 Sisters Challenge Blog-recipe; Just Some Lines-girly girl; One Stop Craft Challenge-button it; Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays-stash; ATCs & Cards with Attitude-AG; Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge-punches/dies; The Emerald Faerie Garden-embossing; I Brake For Challenges-love; CropStop-ovals; Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge-Buttons; Shelly's Images-seeing spots; Divas by Design-spots and/or stripes; My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge-shaped cards; The Pixie Cottage-AG; Perfect Semtiments Challenge-die cut; The Catered Crop-Recipies for Paper Crafting-ribbon; Pile it on-spots/stripes; Sassy Cheryl-show me #65; Sentimental Sundays-encouraging sentiment

Elisabeth Bell's New Digi Reveal and The Digi Bells' Blog Hop!

WIN THIS DIGI AND MRS. Bs CANDY! (details below)

HOORAY! The day has finally arrived for the February reveal of our wonderful artist's, Elisabeth Bell, latest creation. Well, she has done it again - this time with "On Cupid's Cloud", and boy-oh-boy he is super cute and waaaaay fun to color! Check out Elisabeth Bell's other wonderful art by clicking on the image!Now, on to The Digi Bells DT February Blog Hop deets to WIN THIS DIGI! You should have arrived here from Janneke's blog. If you've lost your way and need to be found, just head on over to The Digi Bells DT Blog to get yourself right back on the cloud!

1. To have a chance to win this adorable digi, all you wonderful Digi Bells' blog hoppers will have to hop through and leave comments on EACH blog, to better the chances to win! Two of our DT blogs will be chosen at random and winners picked from the comments. You will have until March 2, 2012 at 9 AM (Arizona, USA time) to leave comments. The winners will be picked and posted to The Digi Bells DT Blog on Saturday March 3, 2012.

2. The second way to win will be to complete the hop by leaving comments on all of our blogs, and then to make a card and post it on The Digi Bells DT Blog with the theme of " Lots of Lace", using ANY Elisabeth Bell image. This will also end on March 2, 2012 at 9 AM Arizona time and the winner will be posted on The Digi Bells DT Blog the next morning (Saturday, March 3). Easy-peasy!!! To continue the hop, head on over to sweet Janell's (remember, if you've lost your way and need to be found, just head on over to The Digi Bells to hop back on the cloud) Keep reading for Mrs. Bs Exclusive Candy!

 

For my card using Elisabeth's latest creation "On Cupid's Cloud", I used the Prima Annalee collection of DPs, Sizzix embossing folders and dies, Spellbinder nestabilities "heart circles", Memory Box "meadow leaf" die, Sweet 'n Sassy dies, used cheesecloth to fashion my rolled rose and added to the bottom half of the card, 7gypsie's keys, and followed the sketch over at Sketch Saturday and last, but not least, colored him up with my Copics! Waaaaay fun!

Challenges entered: Sketch Saturday; Prairie Fairy Fridays; Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge; Pattie's Creations Design Challenge; Freshly Brewed; I Brake For Challenges; Joanna Sheen Challenges: Love; Sparkles Forum Challenges: things with wings; Crafting for all Seasons: love is in the air; Divas By Design: Wings; Flutter By Wednesday's:anything with wings; Little Red Wagon:arrow; Celebrate the Occasion:heart; Crafty Sentiments; B 'n W Challenge Blog-love/hearts 

Now for the details of my exclusive candy! You can win one digi image of your choice from Elisabeth Bell's Digi Collection (this giveaway is exclusive to my blog, not sponsored by The Digi Bells)! To enter you must follow these two simple rules:

• Become a follower of my blog (if you haven't already done so)
• Link up below with Mr. Linky to enter the giveaway

Ms. Random (random generator) will choose one lucky recipient on March 3rd!

(((hugs)))

Wendy

The Random.org random generator has chosen the lucky recipient of My Candy of one Elisabeth Bell digi image of their choice

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Timestamp: 2012-03-03 08:01:25 UTC

That's YOU, Chrizzette

Thanks to all who played along. Keep checking back, cuz you never know when I'll put up some yummy candy!

Gray Skies

Another Gilly ("singing in the rain at Prairie Fairy) creation for me today - I just love her! Prairie Fairy Fridays challenge is "california dreamin'" and decided this card would fit since we are f-i-n-a-l-l-y getting rain and snow (which we have all been "dream'n" would happen, but ya know us Cali-folks, we'll be dream'n of the sunshine in a few days!) I pulled out an old stash of Doodlebug papers I've had for about five years and followed Domi's sketch over at Simon Says

, cuttlebug embossed my clouds, got into my bag of chiffon and tulle and sewed up some flowers, added some glossy accents and glitter to a couple of them, colored up my stickpins and image with my copics. My sweet friend KathyCan is so clever and said I should put part of the lyrics on the front and the other on the inside - she's so smart! Decided it was time to do up another easel card and dolled up the inside too. I picked up some great new dies from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps
and added some Glossy Accents to my clouds, rain and puddle, oh and Gilly's glasses, too. So much fun for a Saturday!

Thanks for stopping by - try and stay dry!
(((hugs)))
wendy

RECIPE: Prairie Fairy Designs-image; Domi's Sketch at Simon Says; Doodlebug-DPs; Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps-cloud/rain die; Sizzix-scallop die; Glossy Accents; supplies for flowers, ribbon, stickpins-LCS; copics

CHALLENGES:
Simon Says
Prairie Fairy Fridays
Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges
2 Sisters Challenge Blog
One Stop Craft Challenge
Card Makin Mamasdoodlebug paper
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge
Hotshot Craft Blog
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge
Stampin' for the Weekend
Totally Paper Crafts
Crafty Purple Frog
Craft Us Crazy
Crop Stop
Moving along with the Times
Paper Crafting Journey
Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge
Shelly's Images
I Brake For Challenges
Cupcake Craftroom