Challenge/ Swap card

 Hello all!  Happy Sunday evening….. hope everyone has had a great weekend.  I found a little scrap of time and made a cool card for the Make The Cards Challenge blog and it’s double duty it will be sent of to my swap partner.  The challenge was to use orange sherbert colors( 2 shades of orange, pinky orange and lite yellow) and the swap theme was shabby chic cards.  I do think I did pretty good.  And I actually really like this card.  I am not really a shabby chic kinda crafter but I do like this card a lot!  Hope y’all do too.  And now here is the card……. Enjoy! 

Until next time,

Tootles

Male birthday cards

 Hello all!  Sorry been absent for a bit but life has a way of keeping us to busy sometimes.  I had an accident with my automobile and it’s going to the collision repair shop.  Luckily I was not hurt at all, and my mum with me in the vehicle and she is fine also and that is truly what matters the most.  The car can be replaced!  Any ways I just did 4 very very quick guy cards for friends of my hubby’s and mine too.  As you all know I really am not a great guy card creator.  I try though.  Any ways here they are.  I’ll do my best to post more now that things are settling down again, lol.  

Have a great day and week, and I’ll be back soon.

Until next time,

Tootles

Three Father’s Day Cards

Hello!  Hope y’all are having a wonderful Saturday.  I spent the day with my momma shopping at Hobby Lobby and had lunch too.  Bought a few new dies, yay!  Anyways here are my Father’s Day cards as promised.  I used oxide inks, hero arts stencils, and a stamp set from whom I can not remember, mom had ordered it and neither of us remember where from.  I colored it with pencils.  Now onto the cards.............

Hope you like the cards I am enjoying playing around with the hero arts stencils, they are so cool.... well have a fab night.

Until next time,

Tootles

This weeks challenge card

 Hello everybody!  Hope y’all are all doing great and staying safe. I made a pretty little card to send off to my bestie and I made it according to the “Make the cards Challenge site for this week.  It was a color challenge and the colors are: Navy, Cream and grey.  I used a diamond press die and cut it out several times in different color papers and then paper pieced it together for the card.  It was fun to do have not paper pieced in a long long time.  All in all I like it, what y’all think?  I have almost finished my Father’s Day cards and will post them soon.  So that is all have at the moment.  Enjoy your middle of the week day!  

Until Next Time

Tootles

Quick card for a guy

 Good morning everyone, Happy Friday! Here’s a really quick card for a masculine birthday.  One of my DH’s good friends has a birthday next week and he just reminded me this morning he needed a card.  So I had to think quick on my feet to get one out to the mail box this morning. I used bits of Anna Griffin embellishments and glue and there you have a quick guy card!  And it is now in the post!  Hope everyone has a great weekend and I may be back later in the weekend with more to share.....

Until next time 

Tootles

Going to the beach

 Hello there...... how’s everyone doing? All good here.  I wanted to make a beach themed card. For he challenge over at  

www. makethecardschallenge.com and the theme this week is The beach.  So I came up with this beach side card.  Even made some quilled flip flops and sunglasses to add on.  The stamp is from Art Impressions one of my favorite stamp companies as a lot of you know already. Well here it is and that’s it for now.  Have a great Saturday!  

Until next time

Tootles

Card kits or no card kits

 Hi everyone!  So I have a question for y’all.......... Do any of you card makers like and sometimes use card kits to make some quick and pretty cards?  I used to not be a big fan of kits.  But there have been some really neat kits come out of late.  Crafters Companion has been coming out with some really cool kits.  I bought one when HSN had their monthly craft show.  It’s these really really cute vintage purse cards.  I made one for Mom to send to my sister as a thank you for her moms day gift.  And I must say it was very quick to put together and it is so so cute.  Here it is.  I would love to hear what y’all think. 

So that’s it for today.  Have a fab evening all......

Until next time

Tootles

Swap card

 Hi all..... just finished my swap card for the card group I belong to.  I think it’s kinda pretty not my usual colors but still I like it!  We had to Pick from a tic tac toe board... I chose ribbons, flowers and gemstones. I hope my person likes it.  Now I really need to get busy thinking on what to make for my mom.  I have no ideas at the moment but I am sure it will come to me...... hope you like the card I made and will leave me some comment love.  Have a great evening!

Until next time,

Tootles

It’s time for Mother’s Day cards.....

 Hello again.  Happy Hump day everyone, lol.  I have been making Mother’s Day cards one a day for the past week.  I need one more for my Mum and then I’ll be done. I still need to make a swap card for the card group I am in but I know what I want to do just need to do it!  So here are several pics of the cards I made for some friends and family for Mother’s Day next weekend.  

This was done with Tim Holtz dies....

This one was made using sizzle dies and distress oxide ink

This card was made using a stencil and Tim Holtz brushstroke flower die

This card was made using different items from Anna Griffin card kits

This card was done with spellbinder stencil, distress inks and Tim Holtz brushstroke flower die.....

So there you have them.  I have one more as I said to make for my Mom but still thinking on what I want to cmake for her... well thanks for popping by and hope you like what I’ve been creating!  

Until you next time

Tootles

Card for my niece

 So I made this cute little card for one of my nieces......  she is an amazing artist in her own.  She loves doing tattoo’s and my hubby found these cool skin safe tattoo makers made by BIC markers.  So of course we had to get them and send them off to her.  Which meant I had to add a card also, lol! You know any excuse to make a card!   Anyways here is the card it is a bit smaller than my usual cards but I think it’s cute.  I used one of mums butterfly edgable  dies, and a bunch of crafters companion butterfly stamps.... and here it is........... 

And there you have it... thanks so much for popping by and have a splendid day. 

Until next time 

Tootles

A few birthday cards

 Hi everyone!  I’m back with a few birthday cards I made for my Twin Aunts and a dear friend who makes cards also.  The cards for my Aunts was done with some Tim holts dies and the birthday for my card making friend was done with a power poppy digital stamp that I colored and then used a spellbinder die to die cut it out........ hope you like them.  

So I am still working on a mother’s day card , a swap card and one more birthd card.  So keep checking back as I’ll be posting more in few days.  Have a great week. 

Until next time

Tootles

Challenge card

Hello all and a very happy Saturday to all!  Just popping by with card to enter in a challenge over at http://makethecardschallenge.com/.   It’s a fun weekly challenge blog that I love to enter.  This week it’s a color challenge, I think I did okay with matching the colors as best as possible.  Anyways here is my card! 

Well that is it for today.  I promise to be back with lots more cards in the next few days!  Have a great evening......

Until next time

Tootles

A card for some challenges

 Hi all.... made this pretty card for a few different challenges I saw.  I used a digi image from power poppy that I have had forever.  Colored up the digi with blue, green, and yellow color pencils and fussy cut it out.  The die is from Anna Griffin and is again an older die.  The stamped small flowers are from crafters companion.  I am entering this pretty lil card in the following challenges listed below the card.......

Here are the challenges I am entering this card in....

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - die cut , flower and coloring

Pammies Inky Pinkies challenge - Anything Goes

Make the Card Challenge - color challenge

So there you have it.  Hope YOu like the card and go check out the challenges and maybe join in.... thanks again for popping by! 

Until next time

Tootles

Get well for friend

 Hello and a happy weekend to all!  I made Avery quick card this afternoon for my neighbor and friend who just came home from the hospital form have a  double mastectomy.... she is doing very well and in great spirits.  Also made her some cranberry banana bread that she loves.  Please keep us in your prayers that she heals quickly and well.  Here’s the card. I used a crafters companion stamp with distress ink and spritzed with water to give it a watercolor look.  I also used up some navy metallic and some pretty green scrap paper.  I think it turned out cute.  Any way hope y’all have a fabulous weekend.  Thanks for popping by and looking...

Well that’s it for right now.  Going to go see if the banana cranberry bread has cooled enough to wrap and get over to my friend. 

Until Next Time 

Tootles

 

Easter cards in the works

Hello everyone. Hope y'all are doing great! All good here..... So I make alot of Easter cards each year and thought I'd share what I have done thus far. I still need to make 2 more, one for my Mom and one for my DH.... but here are a few pics of what I’ve finished up thus far. Hope you enjoy seeing them and maybe give you some inspiration too, who knows.

That's it for me for now. Hope your having a safe and healthy day in the midst of all the craziness in our world these days. Heres hoping crafting brings you some peace. 

 

Until Next Time, 

Tootles

More green cards

 So I liked the shades of green swap so much that I am in that I just have to create another card with green.  Maybe you figured out by now, but green is my favorite color lol!  Anyways, I went  thru a bunch of albums of dies that my mom had and found this die for a funky folded card and thought hmmmm this could work. So I used it.  It’s a crafters companion old die and it is a little bit of work to get it all die cut and all the lil bits popped out... but I am kinda liking it actually.  I used couple shades of green scrap card and printed the sentiment on my printer.  All in all I like it.  Hoping you do too, it’s going to a swap friend who never rec’d the swap card I sent out last month, I think the mail carrier lost it!  I am also entering this card in the following  challenges listed below.  Thanks for popping by and wish me luck with the challenges..... 

Entering in the following challenges:  

  Polka doodle - Anything goes

Until next time, 

Tootles

Another challenge card/ Easter card

 Hello everyone.... I am sharing a card I made to enter in color challenge over at Make the Cards Challenge Blog.  This one was a little tough on me as the colors just weren’t working for me, but I did finally come up with something passable.   I used scraps of mirror paper, crafters companion tiny sunflower and leaf stamps and the long die scrolls looking die is from spellbinder as is the happy Easter tag.  I snipped off one end of the tag to make it look like an egg on a stand.... well there you have. And here’s the card.  Oh the colors were a pinkish reddish color, bluish color and a kind of mustard yellow, at least that’s what I saw on my computer screen.  I hope I got it right, lol........ enjoy your day and thanks for popping by again. 

Until next time,

Tootles

Shades Of Green

 Ok so to all of you up north, you can keep all this cold crappy, snowy, icy, wintery stuff!  It’s freezing cold literally.  We have been very lucky that we still have power!  Please keep us all here in Texas in your thoughts and prayers.  We have fire wood and food so I am sure it will be fine!  And it’s not gonna last forever only a few days.  Anyway enough of this weather stuff! 

Today mom and I made cards.  She made some Easter cards and I made a card for a March swap I am in.  The theme is Shades of green.  I am pretty darn happy with what I came up with.  I used an outline sticker, with double sided tape and micro fine glitter.  Colored it in with spectrum markers.  Attached image to a spellbinder die.  Glued two different papers to my base card and then added a strip of a different color of green. Added foam tape to back of die cut and centered on top. Added some black bling and cut out some small shamrocks from patterned paper.  And added with glue dots.  At the last minute I decided to add some green shimmery dots to the top and bottom of die cut.  I hope y’all like this one as much as I do.  

So that is all I have for now.  Going to turn everything off for the night to try to conserve electric.  I will hopefully be back on tomorrow!  Love to all and stay safe.  And a big thanks for popping by again!  

Until next time,

Tootles

Feature Creator

 Hi everyone!  Happy Monday......so I have some fun news. I made a card for a challenge last week over at Make the cards challenge .  They are a new challenge blog and this was there second challenge.  I had to create a card using grey and several shades of purple.  Which I did and guess what I actually was chosen to be a feature card creator and show of one of my cards with their design team this week. How cool is that!  The challenge this week is to create a card using circles.  I used  spellbinder circle dies to make an easel card base.  Then added a small stamped flower around the card front for a border then added a Anna Griffin doily dies with another spellbinder die for the flowers and vine.  So without any further chit chat here is my feature creator card. Also it would be great to see some of your creations so pop over to the blog and join in the fun....https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-3/

Well that’s it for today.  Hope you head over to the challenge and see all the design team creations and who knows it might just inspire you to join in.  Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to say Hi!

Until next time,

Tootles

Challenge 3 for “ Make the cards challenge blog”

Hi everyone, hope y’all are comfy and warm because here in central TX we’re having some unusual wintery weather!  It’s 28 degrees and tons of ice in trees and on porches, rails and steps and more.  I am truly not a fan, lol!  So I actually found a a little time to make a challenge card for the Make the cards challenge blog. The challenge this week is to make a congratulations card.  I had a vision but it did not quiet come out as I saw it in my head. That happens sometimes though but it is still a nice card in my humble opinion. If your up for a challenge stop by the blog Here.

So here is what I came up with for this fun challenge...

Well I hope where ever you are that your warm, safe and healthy. Again thanks for popping in and browsing.  Leave me some blog love if your so inclined as I love to see what you have to say and I do read them all! 

Until next time,

Tootles

Sympathy cards and 1 last Valentine.

 Good evening all! Hope everyone is having a great Saturday night!  I made a few sympathy cards for a sweet friend who asked me to make her a few to have on hand. And then I realized that I had missed a Valentine for another friend so I went to work at the craft table...... I used distress oxide ink and stencils to make the sympathy cards and the stamps are from a card making magazine that mom bought quite a while ago!  The Valentine well I cheated I used and image that I saw online and printed it. Then embossed a red card base with hearts and attached the printed images with foam tape. And there you have it, 3 quick cards...... 

Here’s hoping your all enjoying your Saturday evening!  I am off to watch some TV with my Momma.  Thanks for popping in.  

Until next time, 

Tootles

Some cards I forgot share

 Well I was looking thru my past makes and I saw a few that when I made them I just plain forgot to post. So I thought better later than never right?  Sooo theses are called Z fold cards, which I had not made in years!  There are two birthday cards for 2 very dear friends and 1 for some of my friends Anniversary.  The Anniversary card was done with some layering stencils.  The orange green birthday card was done with flower stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations. The second birthday card was done with premade flowers from hobby lobby I believe. And the hearts I had in my stash and have no idea where I ever got them, lol.  I hope you enjoy them all.........

Well that’s all I have for now.  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to leave me a hello.....

Until next time, 

Tootles

Challenge card

 So I have decided to join in a challenge, 1st one for me in this new year.  The challenge is at https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-2/   The challenge is to use the following colors on your project: grey and different shades of purple. I think I did pretty good and I am fairly happy with this card. It’s going to be for another birthday for family member in March.  I used some scrap paper from crafters companion also used layering floral stamp from Altenew for the big flowers and also stamped a small floral bouquet on the background on the grey scrap paper.  Added some deep purple ribbon, lace and a bit of rhinestone bling.  And now for the card.......

Well there is my first card for my first challenges of this year!  Head over to “Make the cards” challenge blog here : http://makethecardschallenge.com and check it out and join in if the mood strikes you.  Thanks for popping by and be sure to say Hi!

Until next time, 

Tootles

Birthday card

 Hi all, back with a card for a friend’s birthday later this month.  Used a new stamp set from crafters companion. I am not really happy with the wink of Stella I added after coloring the flowers, it came out to much and it seems a bit much to me, may have to re-stamp and color it again.  Oh well we shall see what I decide.  For now I am leaving it as is.....what do y’all think about it?  Re-stamp or leave it?  Would love to hear your thoughts.  

Until Next Time,

Tootles

Last of my Valentine’s Day cards

 Ok so I finished my last Valentine’s Day Card last night, Yay me, lol!  Now I can see what challenges I may want to join for fun.  Another lovely day here, in the 70’s and sunny.  Already did my errands and house chores, so I guess that means I can get busy crafting something...... here is the last card for Valentine’s Day.  Have a fab day and happy crafting to you all! 

Oh and before I forget, I used a Darcie embosssing folder and a very old Hero Arts stamp.  And momento black ink and Tim Holz distress ink in picked raspberry...... some of you emailed and asked what products I use so I will try to be better about letting y’all know this....

Until next time,

Tootles

Happy Sunday all!

 Happy Sunday everyone everywhere!  Today here in central Texas it is kinda gray and cloudy and bit drizzly out, but nice temps..... my sweet hubby has decided that every Sunday in this new year he is going to make my momma brunch in bed!  Please promise me not to tell her I put a picture of her here if you know her!  She would be embarrassed for sure but love it all in the same.  Anyways here are a couple pics of what hubby did for her today.  She loves it totally and told him it makes her feel very special!  So without any more here are the pics........

Mom hates to smile in pics, sorry!  Keep coming back as I will have more cards and hobbies to share in this coming week! Have a fabulous Sunday and stay safe my friends...

Until next time ,

Tootles

Can you guess?

 OK so I was only able to squeeze in 2 cards today.  But can you guess which new goodies I used.  So now 7 of my 8 Valentine’s are done! One more to create and I might actually make 1 extra card b/c I just recently rekindled a friendship with my best friend of all time. We have been friends since 2nd grade! And I feel like I need to make something special for her. Sooo stay with me and check back to see what I create. Have a fab day all of y’all ! 

Until next time,

Tootles

New goodies I got for Christmas

 I received some really nice dies and embossing folders from my sister for Christmas.  As you can see I have not even broke them out of their packages yet, lol!  But today will be the day to open them up and see what I can create with them.  Here is everything I received.... I will be sure to share what I come up with, with y’all soon.  Have fabulous day where ever you are and whatever your doing.... be safe and stay healthy.  Now for the goodies! 

So there you have them.  I am off to see what I can do with some of these, wish me luck.........thanks for popping by and leaving some love?  

Until next time, Tootles

Crafting day on TV!

 So today is the 24 hr craft day on HSN!  I simply adore all things Crafters Companion and my momma loves Anna Griffin!  We bought a couple things but not much.  I have no room for a lot more stash, we are starting to burst at the seams, I’m sure some of you understand more than you’ll admit, lol.  My dining room is our craft room and it’s quiet full!  So not much else happening here today.  We also get lots of ideas from watching too.  Well hope y’all are having a great day and thanks for popping by.  

Until next time, 

Tootles

Valentine’s, 5 down and 3 to go!

 Evening all.  Hope everyone is doing well.... it’s been a beautiful day here in central TX today, high of 70.    I had a tab bit of time today to craft and was able to get 1 card done.  So now I only need 3 more, almost there!  Hope you like this one I know I do.  Well here it is and have a great evening!  Hoping to get by a few of y’all blogs this evening after dinner and dishes are done.  

Thanks for popping by and hopefully leaving me some blog love.  

Until next time, 

Tootles

Half way thru Valentine’s cards

Well hello!  Today has been extremely windy here and it’s cedar season so it’s a great day for me to be inside for my allergies.... so I had a little time and decided to work on more Valentine’s Day cards.  Used some new dies I found on clearance at hobby lobby last week.  So here they are.  I only have 4 more to come up with....... any inspiration would be appreciated. 

Until next time 

Tootles

Valentine’s Day cards in the works....

 Hi all.  I have about 8 Valentine’s to make for this year.  So I thought this morning I’d share the first two that I have finished.  One is for my hubby and one for a friend.  So 2 down and 6 more to create.  Hope you like them... As always if you have any questions about the cards just ask I am happy to share how and what I did to make them...... have a fabulous day and thanks for popping by! 

Until next time,

Tootles