Tiny Wings Auction for Madison Paige Staats

I have been reading a truly heart breaking blog. The Staats family. If you click on their name it will take you to their blog.

There is an auction being held over at Polka Dot Junkie for this amazing family.
They are suffering from the loss of their sweet baby Madison. The auction is to help raise money for the family. Polka Dot Junkie is doing an awesome job. The auction will continue until Thursday March 3rd at 8:00 p.m. Drop by and see how you may be able to help. Just click on the Polka Dot Junkie link and go to photos. And Please say a prayer for this family.

With much Love... Later, Linda

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #58

Good Morning! I sure hope all is going well with each of you. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my new card. I am still so sick. It must be age!! However, I haven' t given up yet.

Today I created a card for The Pixie Cottage Challenge # 58.

You can click on the link and have a peek at the challenge.

This week was a sketch and/or something cute. We all know that I am going to use a sketch! I am not as talented as some (most) of these women in the cyber world.

Ok, now my card. My stamped image comes from the Wagon Full of Fun made by Stampin' Up. The duck was a neccessity purchase (my last name). hehehe I stamped him and the words Lucky duck using Stazon. I paper pieced the scarf around his neck to match the DP I used for the strip. I also attempted a first. I dyed and cut a flower out of coffee filters. It is suppose to look like a daffodile. I usually sit and read blogs with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine so it seemed only right to use filters. Plus I tried pulling off wine labels and that bites! Sorry I digress. I also used Spellbinders Scalloped Circles. I forgot to mention in my last post that I used Spellbinders Inverted Squares in my design and left someone guessing. I apologize. I finished the card with a few dew drops from The Robins Nest.

I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks again for coming by and checking out my blog. I pray you each have a wonderful day. Later, Linda

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #57

Hello, glad you stopped by to visit my blog.

Germs!!!! No matter how hard I try to avoid them if a child in my home gets sick, I am soon to follow. Both of my boys have been ill and I have been so careful!!!! Yet, here I sit today stuffy nose and congested. I delight in being a mother it is such a blessing. So through my illness I will still create a card or two.

Today I am tackling The Pixie Cottage Challenge #57.

Click on their name and check them out.

I thought the sketch would be relatively easy for me and the embossing would be a cinch. Then I realized after I colored and cut out Mudpie (twice) that I am not that talented. Can you remember anyone ever saying, 'be smarter than the tools that you use'? Well I have heard that before and for the love of scrap booking, the Cuttlebug wins today.

Now onto my card. I choose Mudpie Holds Jellybeans for my stamp. He has the cutest little face! I used the CB to emboss the Colormates medium glorious green card stock. I used a Provocraft die to cut the corner shapes and cut the center strip to match.

I thought long and hard about a decent quote for Mudpie's challenge of gathering jellybeans. Eleanor Roosevelt quotes are always inspiring so, "You must do the things you think you cannot do." was placed below Mudpie.

I pray each of you have a good weekend.

Later, Linda

TSTR #49 WARM

Good afternoon, thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today. It has been a very long day so far and I so need rest. My body has fought me all morning. However, working thru the pain is giving me a little hope. Plus, The Shabby Tea Room has a marvelous challenge that is to hard for me to resist. (Just click on their name and check them out.)

They have ask for 'warm'. I so love that word. Warm has so many meanings like hotter than temperate, ardent, predominantly red or yellow in tone, passionate or cordial. So, it was very easy for me to make this lovely card. I started by finding some warm colors, sort of like, the photo at The Shabby Tea Room.

It wasn't hard once I found the burnt orange card stock. I then came across the floral paisley DP made by Paper Studio. The cute little stamp is from Stampabilities. I'm in love with that mouse. The quote is one of my favorites. It says ' The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.' ~ Thomas Jefferson~.

I pray each and every one of you find your warmth.

Later, Linda

Color Throwdown #128

Here we go with a Color Throwdown challenge. I have been trying to get around this week and create another card. Not an easy task but, it all comes in small steps.

I looked at the colors over at Color Throwdown and knew that this would be daunting. It seemed impossible for me to think of how to create a card using these colors.

I tryed everything... the scrap pile grew emmensly today.

Then I made this card and viola, my entry.

The colors this week are

You can find the challenge here

Color Throwdown #128

As most of you all know I don't have a girl. God blessed me with the love of two boys. It seems to be very hard for me to use the colors purple and pink. They are very pretty colors and I should try to use them more often but, let us not push me.

Now more about the card. I used a Martha Stewart punch on the bottom edge. The love stamp came from a bin in Michaels. I love those 25 cent deals. I used diamond stickles on the corners after I used to CB for the impressions. I added the black and red hearts and put on a lavender ribbon. The photo doesn't show the color very well.

I hope you all enjoy my take on the Color Throwdown this week.

Later, Linda.

Sleeping Bear

Good afternoon! I am excited about my post today. I found an awesome challenge to participate in and I have made the cutest card. ( bragging about myself makes me smile...lol)

I wanted to create a card that meant a bunch to me and to someone special. I wish we all had a bear in our lives to help with our daily struggles. My 'bear' has helped me out quite a bit lately and is so easy to relate to. He is there for me when I seem to need him the most...just like a stuffed bear.

Most of us remember stuffed animals as children and we all had our favorite. Something so simple helped mold each of us into the adults we are today. Thankfully most of us turned out a'ight. hehehe

The challenge I am joining today is the Pixie Cottage !!

The DP is made by Ann Griffin and that textured brown paper is from Paper Studio. I was also able to use buttons!

Have a good evening my friends and be safe in all you do!!!

Later, Linda

My precious Adia Laini watching me on Saturday .. I wasn't throwing her stuffed tiger!

Life goes on...

Good evening! I am ready to jump back into the challanges with both feet.

Today my card has dual purposes. 1st to create a card for the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge and 2nd to put the past away. My father passed away on February 2nd and each year I abhor this day. So I have made a decision to change my thought process. I think in everyones life there comes a time when you can't keep hanging on, hoping for a different outcome. What is the definition of insanity ... doing the same thing over and over expecting diferrent results. Well, I am done expecting.

Now onto my card. I used the CB to cut out the circle scallops. Then on the black I punched the holes to give it a little tweak. The ribbon is from Paper Studio, I just love that self adhesive ribbon.

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your evening.

Later my friends, Linda