To Trick or To Treat?

Hi friends.  I hope you all had a good weekend and were able to squeeze in some crafting time.  My eyes are coming along, but still very painful if they get too much light, so I'm not taking time to comment on blogs yet.  But I am briefly visiting a few blogs each day now as long as I have my  dark glasses on, so I'm making progress.

The  digital tree image and bats on this card are freebies from Create with TLC.  The digital sentiment is a freebie from Artifact by Rebecca.  The moon is a circle that I cut out and inked and the background paper is some Basic Grey from my stash.  I used some vintage seam binding for the bow.  I cut the tree and bats out by hand.

 Here's a close up that shows the awesome texture in my vintage seam binding.  I love how it is frayed with age.

 And a close up of the sentiment.  I want to be sure everyone can read it.  It's such a great sentiment. :)

Challenges:
Create with TLC - Use their tree image
Allsorts - Halloween
Basic Grey - Autumn/Fall/Halloween
Di's Digi Designs - Halloween
Fashionista Friday - Spooky Halloween
Delightful Challenges - Halloween
Inky Impressions - Trick or Treat: Halloween Spooky
Crafting for All Seasons - Halloween or Color Challenge
Just Some Lines Saturday Challenge - Halloween

Blessings

• Phone time with my mom
• Family night
• My computer.  Not being able to use it very much lately has made me realize how much I depend on it for so many things.

Have a fabulous day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

Wrung Out! Hung out!

Hi friends.  First of all, be sure to go sign up for my Blog Candy, if you haven't already.  Also, a warm southern welcome to my new followers.  It's great to have you here. :)

 I used two wonderful, free digital stamps from Create with TLC to make this card.  Be sure to check out her blog.  There's a blog hop going on right now, among other things.  There's always something fun going on there. :)

 I colored my images with Prismacolor markers, Prismacolor pencils and ink pads.  I inked the edges of all the papers and added some baker's twine, which my sister, Sheila, sent me as a gift and I've been hoarding. lol  A simple, but fun card, especially when you know I made it for someone who had to under go a Colonoscopy.  I thought the sentiment was very appropriate for the way you feel after preparing for a Coloonoscopy. ;)

Challenges:
Create with TLC - World Cardmaking Day Blog Hop
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Drunken Stampers - Get Well/Thinking of You
Mark's Finest Papers - Use Polka Dots

I had a bit of excitement yesterday.  I went to get out of bed and my little dog, Princess, was sitting at my feet with a small snake she had killed there in our bedroom.  Hubby was home and disposed of the nasty thing for me and sealed the place we think the snake got in.  Princess received very lavish praise.  Such is life in an old wood frame home.

Blessings

• I received some very special happy mail, not just once, but twice this week.  How blessed can a gal be?!?
• Hubby brought me a pot of pretty, miniature mums to brighten up my craft room for Autumn.
• Hubby and my dd each earned a $25 gift certificate.  What a help with the holidays approaching!

Have a terrific day!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

Celebrate Love!

Hi friends.  I'm calling summer 2011 "The Hospital Summer".  I'm happy to be able to report that my sister and mom are doing well now.  A big, heartfelt thank you to all of you for your concern and prayers.  You really touched my heart.  Shortly after my sister and mom got out of the hospital my husband landed in the emergency room and then five days in the cardiac unit with his heart condition.  He gave me a nasty scare, but he's doing well now.  The doctor has him on new medications and except for being tired from the medication he's back to normal.  While hubby was in the hospital I was using his van and someone backed into it in a parking lot.  Ruined the back bumper, but we were fine, except that it upped my stress level. :)  Hubby is principal and a teacher at a residential boy's school and the boys were back for the start of school three days after hubby was released from the hospital.  So much for his easing back into things like the doctor told him to.  The humorous thing is that hubby honestly thought that WAS easing back into things.   Plus he had worked some on the 3 days in between. lol

Next our daughter had her turn at the emergency room due to her doctor insisting she go there during an office visit.  It ended up being a waste of time and money seeing they didn't diagnose her problem.  Just gave her pain meds she had an allergic reaction to and told her to go to a specialist.  So she's seeing the specialist now and having tests. 

Okay, enough of that stuff.  On to my card.  I made this for Mark for our 30th wedding anniversary.  Thirty years and we're more in love than ever. :)  Can't beat that!  The sentiment is from a digital set called "Celebrate Doodled" by Create with TLC.  The hearts are from the "Amore and More" clear stamp set by Scrappy Cat and I used my "D'vine Swirls" Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background.  The sentiment is
on a Spellbinders "Labels Eight" die.

 I used clear glaze pens on the sentiment to make it shiny and raised and I used clear embossing powder to do the same for the hearts.  I inked the edges of the hearts with silver ink.

Challenges:
The Corrosive Challenge - Punches or Dies
Wee Memories - No Pattern Paper

Blessings

• We had a very nice, but too brief, visit from hubby's brother.
• Juicy watermelon!!! Better than any candy. :)
• Fun, family time. :)

Have a terrific day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

Create With TLC Blog HOP

Thank you for stopping by the on the Create with TLC blog hop.  I made this framed saying for my husband, who is a teacher.  The saying is a digital stamp from Create with TLC.  Create with TLC is having a great President's Day sale through Sunday. Check out the details here.   Be sure to visit the Create with TLC blog too.  Paulette offers updates on new digital stamp sets, freebies and fun games.  

If you're looking for the beginning of the blog hop, go to Create with TLC.  Hop on over to Heather for your next stop on the blog hop.

Blessings

• My hubby found a great book for me at The Dollar Tree.  Gotta love that price. :)
• Happy Mail!!!
• Good news from a friend who has been going through a crisis.

Have a wonderful day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

Believe in Yourself!

Today's card is for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge.  This weeks challenge is based on Philippians 3:13-14 "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."  I used a digital image from Create with TLC.

I printed the image twice, so that I could cut the flower out and pop it up with double stick foam tape.


Blessings

• Air conditioning - we were married for about 6 years before we had air conditioning in our home here in Florida. I try hard to remember that it's a blessing not everyone has.

•  Our dogs - they enrich our lives with their love and antics.

Have a marvelous day!!!


Inky hugs!
Shelly

Breathless!

Here's a fun card made with a sentiment from Create with TLC.   I used my Stardust pen on the colored letters to add some glitz.

Blessings

• My little dog cornered a possum and wasn't injured.
• A phone visit with my mom.
• My loving family who is always there for me.

Have a fabulous day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly

I'm Baacckkk!!!!

Thank you all for your well wishes and prayers while I was away.  They meant so much to me.  My eyes are doing well now.

Today's card is made with a digital image and sentiment from Create with TLC.   I used real sand to embellish the card.

 Blessings

• My cd player quit and my hubby found another one at a garage sale that fits even better in my space.  I love to listen to music while I craft.
• Happy mail today!!!!
• An answer to prayer for a need we had that wasn't in our budget.  Praise God!!!

Have a terrific day!!!

Inky hugs!
Shelly