All Things Grow With Love...and a winner...

This is a card I made for the first ever Paper Crafts Go To Sketch Challenge #1, it was a fun sketch, and I love how my card turned out! For this card I used my Cricut Expression, and a flower file I cut out with SCAL. I used my MS scor-board to score each petal, and then layered them with a brad and some bling! I stitched around the edges, and used brads to attach the vellum to sheet to the background DSP which was made by K& Company and is the "Wild Raspberry" collection. The sentiment is from the "Everyday Buttons" set by PTI.

And now for the winner of my Lace blog candy..... I used word pad and copy and pasted every name that commented on my blog, and then added the same names again if they follow my blog as well. My sweet hubby picked the winner and the lucky person is ... Christiana !! Congrats!! If you could email me your mailing address at cardsbyronnie@yahoo.com I will get your lace package out to you this week! I will posting another fun blog candy tomorrow so be sure to stop by!! Thank you to everyone that participated in this weeks giveaway, and thank you for visiting my blog today!

Lace and Blog Candy!!!

My next door neighbor had an estate auction two weeks ago, and there was quite a lot left over,

My Dad and I went over to the house and I spotted a huge box of vintage lace in beautiful condition. I asked how much he wanted for it and he gave it to me for free! I was thrilled, and finally got around to going thru it today. As you can see from the card I made today I incorporated some of the lace into my card! I have never used lace on a card, and I love what it adds to a card! I used an older Sarah Kay image I have had for awhile, and colored it with Bic Mark-its, and my SU markers. The DSP is by Cosmo Cricket and it is called "Material Girl". I also used the matching buttons that go along with the dsp collection. I used my Janome to sew around the edges, and the lace scallop was hand made by me! Now for the fun part, because I have SO much lace, and I know I will never use it all I am offering up BLOG CANDY to share my lace with YOU!

Just so you can get a better idea of how much lace there is I put it all in a basket. There is a TON of lace! Now, there are 3 ways you can win this candy:

1st - become a follower

2nd - comment on this post

3rd - post this candy on your blog side-bar!

Now you don't have to do all 3, but if you want the most chances to win then ya better! You can enter to win this blog candy until Sunday April 18th and I will draw the winner on Monday morning! Good luck!

Pretty Pretty Flowers...

I have been enjoying this beautiful spring day, and today I felt like making a bright springy card! This card features the adorable stitched "Sweet Pea" felt flowers and pieces from Stampin' Up! They are so easy to use, and they easily add the perfect touch to just about any kind of project! I will be ordering a few more packs of these before the Spring Mini ends, and if you haven't already ordered a package of your own and want to let me know! I used the SU in-color Melon Mambo DSP, and Old Olive card stock that I ran thru my Fiskars paper crimper. The flower was made using the SU Flower Punch that is also in the Spring Mini, and I accented the card with Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon. After I punched the flowers I spritzed them with water, and crumpled them up, then smoothed them back out again and let them dry. I love the distressed look you get by doing that! The center of the flower is an epoxy brad by SU called "Sending Love" another must have! The sentiment is from the hostess set "The More the Merrier". I hope that you are having a great week and don't forget to keep an eye out for my blog candy that I will be posting sometime this week!

{Something Different}

You would think that since I have a son I would make cards more often that feature "boy" stuff like frogs, bugs, and trains! Well, I had this card in mind and finally got around to finishing it, and posting it. This Tri-Fold card features the adorable Stampin' Up Set "Choo Choo", and the matching train track wheel "Right on Track". The thing I love most about Choo Choo is that is stamps in a solid color, and no additional coloring is required! I used last years SU In-Colors for the train, and all of the card stock. The cute snow capped mountains in the background, and the lettering were made using SCAL, and my Cricut Expression. Have I mentioned lately how much I love that machine?! Well, I DO! This was a fun card to make, but it took awhile. Now I just need to find someone to send it to! Anyone out there having a boy?

Cute Card Thursday #106

Whew, what a busy day! We spent the afternoon at "The Dogwood Festival", Cam is napping, Joe is playing golf, and I have some free time! For today's card I used a beautiful stamp from "Anita's" that took awhile to color using my aqua painter and Stampin Up inks, but wow, it is so pretty! I love the vintage feel of the Easter themed image. The DSP is from last years Sellabration that I have oodles of, and the flowers are felt flowers by Zva Creative. I accented the flowers in the stamped image with Crystal effects, and I used my Janome Sew Mini for the stitching. The sentiment is from the SU set " Well Scripted". I am participating (a few days late) in Cute Card Thursday and if you haven't already you should check out some of the amazing cards that have been posted!
I hope that you are all enjoying this beautiful Spring day! Thank you for visiting my blog and keep en eye out this coming week. I will be posting blog candy in the next few days and you won't want to miss out!

{Spring Upsy Daisy}

I could not ask for a more beautiful day then what we have here in Southeast Oklahoma today! I wish it could be like this every day of the year! Since the sun is shining I was inspired to create this springy card using the Stampin' Up! set "Upsy Daisy". I love how easy it is to create a beautiful card using this set! The main image was embossed with white powder, and a quick tip when you heat emboss, aim the heat gun on the opposite side that you embossed, and the image will be glossier. It works, it really does! The DSP is "Material Girl" by Cosmo Cricket. I used the SU Scallop Trim Border Punch, and my Janome for the stitching. I used a folder from my Cuttlebug "Romance" collection for the elegant embossing on the top of the card. I am very happy with the way this card turned out! I hope that you are having a great day today, and thank you for visiting my blog!

ICSketches #59- Happy Together!

Good Morning! Today I am posting a card I made using the challenge sketch from ICSketches #59 . I have noticed so many sketch challenge blogs and thought ya know, maybe I am missing out so I will be trying my hand at them now to! For this card I used the adorable Stampin' Up! set "Happy Together". This set was one of my freebies from "SaleABration". It is so cute! The DSP is also from SU, and features the current in-color Melon Mambo. The super cute Felt Flower I used is the "Sweet Pea" felt flower and leaves collection that can be purchased in the current Spring mini. If you have not yet gotten your hands on these I HIGHLY recommend doing that before the Spring Mini is over. The card stock is SU's textured Choclate Chip, and Kraft, and I used my handy dandy Janome Sew Mini to add the stitching. The ribbon is a spool I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I had fun making this card, and using my SU set for the first time. Thanks to Inspiration Card Sketches for this super fun sketch and challenge!

Lovin' The Sunshine

Today has been the perfect spring day! Yesterday it was cold, wet, and snowing with no accumulation to speak of, but cold nonetheless! What is going on with the weather this year? Oh yeah, global warming. lol Anyways, since it was bright and sunny, and Cam is finally feeling better I was inspired to play with my new stamps today and this is what I came up with! The set I used today is by Papertrey Ink (PTI) and it is called "Everyday Button Bits" I have loved this set since I first started seeing cards made with it, and I know I will be going back to it over and over again. I used Stampin' Up! Real Red Card stock, and ink, and the cherry stem was stamped in SU Green Galore. I'm not crazy about Green Galore, and wish we had a better shade of green but, it works. The DSP is from the SU Hostess pack from a few years ago. And I used my Janome to sew around the square. The white square was made using my Labels 1 Nestabilities. This was a fun, and easy card to make, and after my last card that took me a few days it was nice to make something more simple, that didn't take so long. I guess I don't really have a particular style, or brand of card making I can do easy, and I can do several layers. I think it is a good thing if you can do both. Anyways, I am always grateful and happy to read your comments, and I thank you for visiting my blog today!

I'm Back with a (late) OCC Challenge!!

We got back home from our week long trip to Corpus Christi Texas on Saturday. It was so nice there, and truthfully I had no idea that the gulf coast was so beautiful! I hope to go there again this summer and maybe we will do some beach camping. (I have always wanted to do that) Anyways, I started the card I am posting today before we left, and finally finished it yesterday. It was from the OCC March 6 Challenge. I have had a sick little munchkin since we got home from Tx, so I have not had much time for anything else. I used a WishRak image that I received featuring an adorable High Hopes Bunny Rabbit! I used my Prisma's and OMS to color him. The DSP is by K and Co, and was stitched with my little Janome sew mini. I layered felt flowers, and used an Embossing folder from Stampin Up. The ribbon is also SU. I love this cute card!

Two weeks ago I was super lucky enough to win this blog candy from the Paper Crafts Magazine Blog and I got that package on Monday! I can't wait to play with my new stamps! I rarely win anything, so this was a very nice surprise. I hope that you are enjoying the beautiful spring weather, and if not, I hope it comes your way soon! Thank you for visiting my blog!

Lazy Saturday Afternoon

I am sitting here with the cool breeze blowing enjoying this beautiful spring day and I hope you are enjoying this day as well! I LOVE this time of year when everything starts to green up, and the spring flowers start blooming, and that is where the inspiration came from for the card I am posting today! I am in the process of un-mounting most of my retired Stampin' Up! stamp sets and have found that I am reaching for them more often now that they are easier to use! That being said I dusted off my retired SU set "Butterfly of Happiness" and inked up for the first time in a lonnnnng time. I used SU More Mustard to stamp the sentiment, and the Butterfly is clear embossed with clear powder, and SU More Mustard Craft ink. The butterfly DP is from KI Memories and the other odds and ends were just embellies that I had on hand. The layered card stock that my sentiment is stamped on was made using my Cricut, and SCAL software. LOVE my SCAL program. =0) The pearls I used on my card today were a gift from Rebecha (Garagesale Diva). Thanks my friend! I hope that all of you have had a great Saturday! Thank you for visiting my blog!