Challenge Friday and a giveaway

Hello All!
This month has just flew by, it's already January 27th, which means YOU have exactly 4 days left to enter
this giveaway.  My cute mom turned 79 this month and in her honor we are celebrating with a BIG gift to you!  Whoopy!!!

Recently I found Card Patterns Blog and am so excited, cause I feel like I can actually DO some of these challenges. Ya'll know what I'm talking about, you see some challenge that ask for a red, white, puke green with purple roses layout.  Not that there is anything wrong with a red, white, puke green and purple roses layout. It's just that I am green with envy less talented than the woman that can ROCK that layout AND make you wish you were the ONE that was so clever. Darn you***fist shaking***
 Am I right?

Anyway....there was a sketch....and here's my work:

This started with a brown cardstock that actually was in a xmas 6x6 stack.  I used my brand new Cricut Expression to cut a scalloped circle. Then two full circles(one off white, one patchwork) I cut those two circles in half and put one side each on the blue scalloped circle.

I had a bit of an accident with my automatic tape dispenser at this time.  I wish I had a picture of that....next time...to be sure...there will be a next time!

Some vintage lace from a RAK I won, a little bright pink bling border topped with a butterfly border.
Stickles is my very bestest friend--I used it to add dimension on the patchwork and on the swirls of the butterflies.

 Black embossed "love" stamp from the dollar bin

Chipboard heart with a thick coat of stickles(my bestie) with a diamond bling brad to hold it in place.

Show me some love......

Terrific Tuesday, you want to win this!

Happy Tuesday Ya'll.
It's much better than Monday, right?
Congratulations to Joni at Pop Art Minis for winning a little fairy magic.  Shoot me an email with your mailing address and this little fairy will grow wings and come flying your way!

Now...what are you vying for this week?

A lovely card, distress ink in concord grape with black embossing.  With a cheery bird to wish you some love.  Matching distressed ink envelope.

Small print, follow me, please leave a comment that you're a new follower. (dumb ole blogger doesn't make it easy to find new followers)  Or, if you already are a follower, leave me a comment.  Me, Sookie and Random.org will choose a winner next Tuesday.

Sookie hard at work adding bling to cards

I enjoy doing a little shout out to a few of my followers!  Ya'll go by and see them, let them know Puddin N Pie sent you!

Caffeinated OC Mommy this blog has some of the funniest posting.  She says things that most of us only think!

Stop by 16 Sassy Street, --show her some love and enjoy the pictures of her beautiful furniture redos!

Do you love vintage, 50s style?  Where you born in the wrong era?  Go by and visit Eartha Kitsch at Ranch Dressing .  I have had an opportunity to meet Eartha in person and she's such a joy to be around.  (Eartha, we won't tell about our mask making...or maybe we should?) 

Remember leave a comment, become a follower(let me know if you're new) and you could win that SWEET bird  card!

Terrific Tuesday Giveaway!

Congratulation to Fuchsia from Fuchsia Crafty Notions Blog for winning this lovely magnet!  Stop by her blog and check out her bat out of hell creation.  Pretty outstanding, and I LOVE that she didn't have enough L's to spell HELL. Doesn't that always happen? 

So, Fuchsia has won a beautiful blue and silver magnet.  (I forgot to download the final picture--whoopsy!)


It started out as a drink coaster from a local bar....see

Then I painted with some blue acrylic paint.
Let it dry



Added some embossing with the ever so charming chandelier.  A quaint saying(ya'll can't see it because I forgot to download the final project.  Watch for a picture on tomorrow's post!)
A magnet. And viola!

Now..onto next week's giveaway! But, again, I forgot to download the picture!

You will want to be a part of this week's giveaway!  I'll give you an extra chance to win if you have your friends stop by!  Tell them to let me know you sent them!  Let's just see how many people comment on the Surprise giveaway!  Maybe if you visit tomorrow you'll find out what it will be...or maybe not!





Orange you glad I used Tsukineko Walnut Ink?

The Summer of Color Challenge is almost over and I'm very sad to see it go.  Additionally, my Fridays off for the summer have come to a conclusion...wonder why I'm in such a funk?  Could it be the two coincide and make a person sad.  (weep).

It has been such a fun time following the Summer of Color, seeing the work and visiting the blogs.  Check out the  blog yourself, here.  This week I need to work on my card stash and decided orange would do just fine, if I could figure out how to make it work without looking Halloween.  Not that that's a bad thing. (Jerry Seinfeld saying)

Since it has become my custom to share with you some family pictures, let's take a little stroll down memory lane.  Here's my mom sporting my most favorite dress of hers.  She looks hot, even after having 6 kids.  Looks like this picture was taken when my baby sister was around 2.  Way to go Mom--you look marvelous!

baby sister, Nancy in the high chair, Margie peeking out from Mom(the ham always). Patsy frowning in the background.

I love my mother's hair in this photo, it reminds me of Saturday afternoons when my mother would do her hair for Sunday church.  Ya'll remember those days right?  My mother would put big curlers in her hair and then  put a hair dryer on to set the curls. That usually signaled nap time for us, she would settled us in front of the tv, with Lawrence Welk, of all people.  Then on went her hair dryer and we would all settle in to watch the tv and  nap.  

This was a moment of rest for her too, she was always asleep when we woke up. As a little child I can remember thinking how strange it was to see my mother sleeping.  She was/is a whirlwind of activity, that's is unnatural to see her quiet.  As an adult I think back on those Saturday afternoons and imagine her enjoying the nice warm hair dryer on her wet head and how it relaxed her.  Check out this favorite of my sister Kathy.  You haven't met her yet:

baby Kathy drying her hair

On to the cards...let's see what we've got this week.

set of four cards

Last month, I won from a Bella Creations Viola Ink Group. (yay me!!) a set of Tim Holtz stamps.   I bought some Walnut ink for another challenge on the Viola Ink Group on Bella Creations  and added it to the paper.  But, first I used Versa Ink with  Tim Holtz butterflies stamps.   I added a little bit of black netting and a button.  Some stickles gold to add some accents.

Inside of this card says:
I loved the layering I did with the inside of this card.  I ended  up enjoying the orange on this card.

This card has a little saying on it that says, "When I want to see love defined I look at you.  It gets a little lost in the walnut ink of this paper.  Lesson learned.


Sookie gives her approval of this card.  Of course she was very interested in the round button.

Puhlease let me play with the button!