Hi Everyone! Sorry I'm late...I had a dentist appt and it took so long..sheesh... but here ya go...Don't you love my title of this post LOL! my family loved my card but there like umm the bird is so dark...so I told them it's a brown bird get off my back already hehehe OK so the reason he's so dark is because the marker I used said light brown well not when you put it onto white paper..they lied..yep markers fault..This is sketch 6 from The Greeting Farm...and I'm all caught up with the challenges so come back each and every day because I will have a card everyday LOL! all the DP and embellishments are from CTMH with the Ric rack from my "stash"...I hope you like :)...this one was fun. ... Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!!! well today is Day 5 of The Greeting Farm 12 Days Of Christmas sketches...I'm still having fun with them :)...Tim has been laughing because I'm like O! I like that sketch! and the next day same thing..hehe...so I wanted to make a boy card and this is what I came up with. A team Edward card LOL!...His name is actually Edward...just click on the blue link I gave you right on top and it will take you to TGF"s blog and from there look on the right and it will say SHOP just click on that and you will be hooked from your first one :)....The price is going up so run don't walk to purchase some...I finally was able to use my new Basic Grey DP this one is called Archaic.. I printed out the sentiment...The black snaps that are surrounding him are from my "stash"....the buttons are from Making Memories.. I also used two black dew drops under Edward's name...I hope you enjoy :) and for the ladies coming in to take a peak from CTMH both the 31 and 1st I will have nothing butCTMH DP to show you ..so please come back and see how I used are DP :)....have a great day everyone!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! well I have decided after all morning taking pictures that I need to watch a few YouTube videos on how to use this light box correctly :)....you would think its just put lights on the side and line up the picture and snap..but...it's not working LOL! o boy....so bear with me..I'll figure it out...perseverance is my new middle name on EVERYTHING..... So today's card is Day 4 of 12 days of challenge sketches at The Greeting Farm and I have caught up with all of them and can't wait for tomorrow's sketch...I have been having so much fun creating and don't want to stop....All the DP is from CTMH and I have been a layers girl for all these sketches..So the solid cardstock, ribbon,all the bright pink embellishments are all from CTMH and the tiny pink gems are from Taylored Expressions...the pretty :) metal butterfly is from my "stash"..............I hope you enjoy :) Have a great day!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! I hope everyone had a good weekend.... Well I took two pictures today with my light box and would like for you to tell me which one you like better :)...1st picture is just with side lights..2ND picture is with side lights and my flash on my camera....I don't know what to choose LOL! I like both haha..but won't crowd my blog with double pictures.... OK on to the card..this is Day3 with TGF and I had so much fun last night that I'm up to challenge # 6 ............All the DP is from an old paper pack from Creative Memories back when it wasn't a true 12x12 paper but I loved the colors so much and found it last night and new I had to use it....The solid cardstock is from CTMH called Sweet Pea..it matched perfectly ....The flowers are from Prima and if you click on the picture you will see a seahorse in the middle of the flowers and that's a starfish on the corner LOL! ...the pearls in her hair are from my "stash" and those are pretty pretty dew drops on top of the CTMH ribbon.........that's it :) Have a great day!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! I hope you all had a Very Merry Christmas!!!!!!! I did!!!! and the biggest surprise Tim got me was a LIGHT BOX FOR MY CARDS!!!!!! whoo hoo! my jaw dropped when I opened it, it was so cool! what a thoughtful husband I have......OK so I tried it out with this card I was finally able to make last night :)...I have a lot of playing to do...I have to make it perfect hehe.....so what do you think so far? to dark? not enough detail? tell me please :) and I have 5 different backgrounds to choose from....whoo hoo! so awesome! I love my hubby....so what did you get that was a surprise or just the best gift???? OK on to the card this is the second day challenge from The Greeting Farm..I'm 5 challenges behind LOL! but I have to start somewhere to get back into my blog :).... This is fluttering Anya...all the DP is from CTMH and the solid cardstock is from DCWV........on Anya's wings I used pink liquid applique...I've been having so much fun with this stuff....The buttons are also from CTMH.....the sentiment is from my "stash" and the sticker butterfly is from Stickopotamus....... I hope you like :)...have a great Sunday!!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy Edited to add: this is Flutter Anya from The Greeting Farm...all 12 days of Christmas sketches will be nothing but TGF's images :)...they are addicting....:) thank you so much for the awesome comments (I sure do appreciate them)
Hi Everyone!!! OMGOSH!! I'm sneaking in my office to post this card....hehe shhhhhhh!!!! I'm supposed to be cooking and baking because tonight is our Schneider family Christmas party here at my house....so all 16 of us will be eating real good for dinner..LOL!...When I saw this challenge on The Greeting Farm the 12 days of Christmas challenge I knew I had to play...so this is my first day entry....I actually paper pieced her entire outfit yay!!!! and I also used liquid applique for her hat....The DP is from DCWV (The Christmas Stack)......The sentiment is something I printed out....The cute Santa brad is from my "stash"....this card seemed a little plain but I was looking at it and I decided to ask for opinions from Tim and Chiy and they both said Your Crafting!?!?!? hehehe I always wait till the last minute to get things ready for what I need to do before a party at our house so they worried because I always end up staying up real late trying to finish up stuff... :) but I couldn't resist...so yep I crafted then left my office and went to bed at 1:30am....Well I have to run!!! :) Hope you like it .. Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone! well it's been crazy and I miss crafting..I haven't even been in my craft room for two weeks and it's driving me crazy.....and to top it all off I got another rejection notice for a DT position a few days before we left, so that was a big bummer :(.......... but I have decided to kick off the New Year with a better attitude and try, try, try, try and try again! so I will be buying new Copics and Prismacolor markers and try to play more with other colors..I will also try to make my cards a little better......so let's see what I can do :) I will hopefully be able to play tonight and hopefully will have a card to post tomorrow morning....Does it seem to you that it's only 4 days till Christmas?? sheesh Thank you for sticking with me again and I SWEAR TO YOU ALL..that I will be posting everyday again SOON! My mom makes some awesome quilted purses and I have asked her to make me one for a blog candy giveaway for Jan. I'll show you the one she made me for my birthday last month tomorrow :)..... OK enough talking for today..have a great night... Thank You!!! Come Again!!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!!! I hope you all had an awesome weekend...can you believe 11 days till Christmas?? wow! how time flies...well Saturday was awesome!!!!! and we all laughed an had a great time! and then yesterday we finally went out and got our Christmas tree..we are so late this year :(....we actually got a fairly small one because it is only a few days till Christmas and we are leaving for 3 days to Disneyland...We love it there this time of year..can't wait to eat a gingerbread cookie..yummmm..hehe. Today's card features an image from Whimsy Stamps..this is Jolly Puppy Kisses...isn't it the cutest!?...... All the DP is from My Mind's Eye (Winter wonderland)....The ribbon and flower are from my "stash"....I used my white gel pen to color in Santa :)......O and the punch is from EK Success .....have a great day everyone!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! OK so this week has been another whirlwind and I'm sorry for leaving you again! :( I do have a card to show you tomorrow..I don't have enough time today to take a picture download, watermark and upload..hehe.... so since Wednesday I have been shopping like mad for Christmas and getting all the stuff I need for Chiy's games. We are having her birthday party today and we are going to play "Ellen's" games LOL! I love watching Ellen..so we will be playing Awww snap, ball twister, blind musical chairs, broom game and I rented Sumo suits...LOL!!!! If you want to know what I'm talking about just type into YouTube the titles I gave you and you will be able to see it...Hilarious! so I can't wait but O boy!!! :) .........and to top it all off were off to Disneyland Fri, Sat and Sun..and of course I need new tires and a wheel alignment so it will be another busy week next week...so I hoping to do auto post while I'm gone..sheesh.. crazy!!!!!!!!! don't forget about the blog candy.. :) I think the announcement is two posts down from this one....anyways. have a great Saturday!!!! Thank You!!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! tonight's the night! the Finale of BL...I hope Amanda wins..I've never liked Rudy or Liz and Danny's OK...LOL!!! Well today's card features an image from Sugar Nellie (again) with the Miss Claus :) but I really really like her and I really wanted to play in The Sugar Bowl this time around and you have to use a Sugar Nellie stamp for that....I hope they like it :) ...The DP is a mixture of two DP's..first one is from My Mind's Eye (Winter Wonderland) and the second is from Me &My Big Ideas (Oh What Fun).... The solid cardstocks are from CTMH....For Miss Claus I used cotton candy stickles for her clothes and around thecircle I used Fun Flock..I really wanted to just add fun so it's not straight around on purpose LOL!!! (I Promise) :)...My friend says it looks like pink frosting.... I really wanted a pink Christmas card...I think I achieved that effect..hehe... have a great day everyone... Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! I hope everybody had a great weekend!! Only 18 days left till Christmas....and it's 8 days till Chiy's 17Th birthday...if anyone would like to send her a birthday card here's her info.. Chiyanne Schneider 60 Everest Dr Hollister Ca. 95023...and just like Cordell I will have her pick a name from a basket of all the people who send her a card and enter you into a drawing...this is what you will win...a stamp from The Greeting Farm..any Anya or Ian stamp will be yours if you win...and whoever sends a card and doesn't win the stamp can choose any images up to 6 images and four a piece just for sending her a card...Thank you!!!! I sure would appreciate it if you would and my kids DO appreciate homemade cards...Chiy just ooohed and ahhhed over the cards sent to Cordell for his birthday :)....... OK on to the card ...have I mentioned lately how much I love Sassy Studio Designs images??? well I do!!! So much that I'm trying to get onto the DT...so wish me luck..that would be so awesome if I did make it :)......I will enter this one into a contest that SSD is having.... Now the sketch that I used is from Sweet Sunday sketch challenge.....I really really like her sketches and I will be using another one of hers this week sometime....... The DP is from My Mind's Eye (wonderful winter)......with the Sassy image I used stickles on her outfit. The puffy white is liquid applique and I also added a white puff ball to the end of her hat :)..the snowflake is from CTMH and the flower is from Michael's ...I have been loving the flowers at michael's ...what I did was I bought them in the floral dept and just clipped the flower off the stems...they were half off and they had so many pretty Christmas bouquets that I loaded up with them...so you will see more puffy flowers in the future hehe....and of course my beautiful dew drops are on the corners....well I hope you like today's card :)..have a great day!!! Thank You!!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! guess what today is???? It's FOOTBALL day!!!!! yay!!! So I have 10 Min's to get my post in for today......before the first game starts...Go SAINTS!!!!!!!...........OK OK ...to the card... This is a Mojo Monday sketch but it's from a few weeks ago but I loved it and new I would use it in the future.....can you guess who this sexy image is from?..........Sassy Studio Designs...she still has the new releases for a bundle price...don't miss out because you get so many for $12.00......I made my card into an over 21 girl..I love strawberry daiquiri's.. there actually the only thing I really like and Tim makes them the best for me..He always adds whipped cream for me too ;)... ..I used liquid applique to get the effect of whipped cream on top..... I used DP that was in my "stash" but it's real glittery, pretty and all around girly....For the straw I used my white gel pen to color in....the ribbon is from CTMH and the strawberry image is from WOJ..the card base and solid dark pink cardstock are from SU.....I hope you have a relaxing Sunday and I hope you like the card...... :) :) Thank You!!! Come Again!!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!!! OK this is the card that Tim told me "wow" ...he really thought I did an awesome job..hehehe...What do you think?? Like it?...I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop What a fun sketch!... All the DP is from SU (Bella Rose).. The solid base and cardstock are also from SU..With the solid pink I used my white galaxy marker on all the edges, to make it pop more :)...The flower is from CTMH and the very pretty glittery button was from my pretty PJ's my hubby bought for me and you know how they always give you a extra button..well after seeing it I sure as heck wouldn't use it to stick back on the PJ's LOL! I'm almost considering replacing the buttons on the jammies so I can have more of them ;)..The white inside the button is waxy flax..The sentiment is from Michael's dollar spot.....The brad/buttons are from my "stash"...O and of course everyone recognizes the image from The Greeting Farm Twinkle Tot Collection right?? O and did I tell you how Marie will be at CHA in Jan....No??? Well let me tell you she WILL BE THERE!!!! In booth #27!!!! LOL!!!!!!! Have a great Thursday..... :) Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! OK I finally made it back home from grocery shopping and I"m trying to hurry and post before I have to leave again...so short and sweet it is today.... Today's sketch is brought to you by the Fresh Batch Weekly Challenge When I first saw this sketch I knew immediately how I wanted to create my card.. I had this DP already done for me from Me &My Big Ideas..I also punched out the snowflakes from the same DP added the circles onto circle tags :)... The silver cording is from SU..The image is a Sugar Nellie image I already used but I love her and wanted to use her again..so there you go hehe...I colored her and I cut her out. I pop dotted her onto the DP ...really simple card but I think she's cute... So come back tomorrow I have a card I made that made my Hubby Say "WOW" so I'm pretty stinkin proud of myself..LOL!!! Have a Great Day!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! It's Tuesday which means BL is on tonight. Yay! and it's also 14days till Chiy's 17TH birthday! My how time flies.... OK today's card is my own...all mine..hehe...The image is from High Hopes and all the DP is from My Mind's Eye (Winter Wonderland) again LOL! ..I love the DP so much and might as well use it... The card base and mats are from CTMH...I distressed the edges of all the paper. The poinsettia flower is from Making Memories. The sentiment is from TGF and if you click on the picture you will see I added little gold pearls from Recollections in the poinsettia on her hat. I used my white souffle pen to all of her body....well that's it....I hope you like it... :) have a great day everyone!!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy I just found out at The Greeting Farm will be in Anaheim for the convention in Jan!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't stop screaming!!!!!! Holy Smokes!!! It just keeps getting better and better!!!! whoo hooooooooooooooooooo
Hi Everyone! Sorry I'm late...I had a dentist appt and it took so long..sheesh... but here ya go...Don't you love my title of this post LOL! my family loved my card but there like umm the bird is so dark...so I told them it's a brown bird get off my back already hehehe OK so the reason he's so dark is because the marker I used said light brown well not when you put it onto white paper..they lied..yep markers fault..This is sketch 6 from The Greeting Farm...and I'm all caught up with the challenges so come back each and every day because I will have a card everyday LOL! all the DP and embellishments are from CTMH with the Ric rack from my "stash"...I hope you like :)...this one was fun. ...
