Strawberry Lou

I found this cute image and just had to get
it, because I had this cute strawberry paper
to go along with it.

I got this digi image from
Di's Digi , and her name is Strawberry Lou.
Such a cute sweet image.

I am entering this into these challenges.

Stamp Challenges, Spring Somethings.
Totally Paper Crafts, Cuddly & Cute.
Paper Play Time, Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday, Sketch to follow.

I used doodlebug strawberry paper, and Bo Bunny card stock.

digi down load images

doiliey from stash

water color markers

Thank You for stopping by, wishing you a good one, until next post.

Paula

Cute Wee Suzi Digi

Hello, isn't she just the cutest thing ever,  OMG, I think so.

I am entering this into these challenges:
Totally Paper Crafts, add Buttons
Stamp Challenges, something sweet
Top Tip Tuesday, buttons
Sweet Sketch Wednesday, Sketch to follow.
The Crafty Pad, Use a Digi

I found this cute digi image here wee Stamps,
The papers are from my big ideas, and bazzill.
prima flowers, and buttons from stash.

Until next time, have a good one.
Paula

Green Shaped Card

Hello, another card This week!!!WOW, that makes

3 in one week. I think that is a record for me.  I really do like these Penny Black hedge hog images, they are so cute.

so I am entering this into several different challenges, they are as follows.

Penny Black Saturday, Green.
The Secret Crafter, flowers for Mum.
All Sorts Challenge, Luck O' Irish.
Totally Paper Crafts, Shaped Cards.
Easy Craft Projects, Green.
Charisma Cardz, Easel cards.
Mel Jen Designs, Green.
Simon Says Stamp Challenge, Anything Goes.
The Crafty Pad, Buttons.

I have made Easel cards before, but never like this one,  It was easy to make and turned out great.

I used Penny Black Wonderful Day stamp set
Cosmo Cricket-Girl Friday- card stock
Bazzill Card stock
Prima flowers, buttons from stash box.
water color pencils.

Until next time,
Paula

Spring Emma

Hello,

WOW, two cards in a row, don't plan on making any more this
week as for I am starting to feel like I'm getting the ickies,
sneezing, running nose, and scratchy throat, but hopefully it
will not last long.

I have made this cute card with CC Designs blog challenge in mind.

This image is called Spring Emma and I purchased it as an digi image,

but you can also get it as a stamp.

These are the challenges that I am entering this card into:

All That Scraps, Anything Goes.

Stamp Challenges,  Use a Digi.

Crafty Sentiments, Birthday Days.

 The Crafty Pad, Use Ribbon

Top tip Tuesday, Happy Birthday.

Paper Play Time, Digi Monday, Anything Goes.

The image was from CC designs, it is called Spring Emma, 

the card stock is from My Minds Eye, Ohh La La

Ribbon and Flowers are from stash box.

Thank you for stopping by and having a look.  Until next time. 

Paula

Spring Garden Card

Hello crafty friends. It has been a while since I last posted,
you know work, kids, & all, life happens, so I am back with another
Penny Black card, and entering this into a few challenges.

so here are the challenges that I am entering into.

Charisma Cards, Four legged friends.

Stampin For the Weekend, Spring time.

Paper Take Weekly, anything Goes.

Creative Inspirations, In the Garden.

Cute Card Thursday, Signs of Spring.

Mel Jens Designs, U R such an Animal.

Craft Us Crazy, Nature.

Alys Sunday, Anything Goes.

I used Penny Black image called, Tiny Wishes,

Basic Grey, lemondade cardstock, and Bazzill Card stock.

watercolor pencils, for coloring of the image.

Thank you for stopping by, and here is to wishing that Spring is on its way.

Paula

Penny Black Pretty in Pink

Hello,

I'm so glad I as able to get this card finished for some challenges that I want to enter it into.  I have had the card made for a couple of days now, but life has gotten in the way, and I have just now been able to get  the chance of posting it.  So here are the challenges that I am entering it into to.

Sketch Saturday sketch to follow. Sat. 2-19.
paper Sundaes Flowers& Pink. Sun. 2-20.
penny black Pink. Sat. 2-19.
Crafty Creations, Thank You. Wed. 2-23.
Delightful sketches, animals. Wed. 2-23.

I used a Penny black image, along with BoBunny card stock and patterned papers, prima flowers, and ribbon and gems from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by.
Until next time, bye.
Paula

Love Card

Hello,   I made this card for several different challenges.
I love just about all Penny Black images, they are all pretty
cute.   This image is from the "hugs" stamp set.

So the challenges that I am entering this into are as follows:

The Crafty Pad, Love is in the Air.  Sun 2-13.
All Sorts Challenge, Love Love Love. Sat. 2-12.
The Secret Crafter, Valentine. Sat 2-12.
Penny Black, Love is......Sat 2-12
A Spoon Full of Sugar, Lets See Some Love.   Tues. 2-15.
Easy Craft Projects, Love, Thurs. 2-17.
Paper take Weekly, Have a heart.   Tues. 2-15.

I used Bazzill and American Crafts card stock.  Prima flowers, Penny Black Hugs image, bling and assorted ribbon from stash.

Thank you for stopping by.
Paula

Valentine Candy Holder

Now isn't this just the cutest thing ever?  Well I think so.

The image is from MelJens Designs.
Believe it or not the carton is a french fry holder from Wendy's hamburger restaurant.
I just traced it out onto Bazzill Card stock, and glued it together.  I used water color pencils to color the image, and the patterned papers are from Doodle bug.

I am entering this into several different challenges.  They are as follows.

Creative Cow Girls Challenge. Love is in the Air ends Sun. 2-13.
Stampin 4 the weekend. St. Valentines Day ends Fri. 2-17.
MelJens Designs. Fun fold and Blog Hop ends Wed. 2-10.
Stamp Challenges. Digi ends Thurs. 2-10.
Craft Crazy Anything Goes,  ends Wed. 2-16.
Double Dutch Challenges Love is in the Air. ends. Sun. 2-13.

Thank You for stopping by, see ya next time.
Paula

Picture Frame Calendar

Isn't this just the cutest thing you have
ever seen.   I had a picture frame which the glass
broke, and I kept the wooden frame, thinking that
maybe some day I might use it for something.  I was
cleaning out my craft room and found it.  I found
this idea from Kath, over at, Kath-All that glitter.
I also have this listed in my Etsy store.  If you would like
to have it, go take a look here at, Paula's Crafty Boutique.

I used Bazzill and doodlebug card stock, Prima flowers, my cuttlebug for the die cut letters. and some bling gems.

You can either hang this or set it on your desk, table or counter top

Such a cute idea,  Don't cha think.

Here is a picture of the back, it is just an ordinary picture frame, and I decorated it with card stock, flowers, and a monthly calendar.

I am entering this into several challenges, they are as follows:
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge, Whateva!  Sunday 2-6-11
Magical Monday Challenge, Flowers.  Fri. 2-4-11
totally gorjuss,As You like it. Sat. 2-5-11
Crafty Catz , Flowers. Fri. 2-4-11.
Paper Play Challenges, Layer it up. Thurs. 2-3-11.
Crafty Sentiments,  My favorite Things. Thr. 2-3-11.
All Sorts Challenge, Recycle Something.  2-5-11.

Until next time, have a good one.
Paula

Cute things I received from Christmas

Here are a few crafty items that I received for the holidays.

The card is from Stampin Up, one of my

co-workers gave it to me.  The middle one,

my husband got from a lady at his work, 

it has peppermint patties in it.  I believe

the images are also from Stampin Up,

and the candy holder, which is made

with Basic Grey card stock, I received from 

a client of mine,   I thought that they were

all really cute.  

I didn't post during the holidays, as

for I was really busy with work,

shopping, and the mother-in-law

was coming for the holidays.  She came 

on the train, from MT.  Was suspose

to be here through the 28th, but 

left two days after getting here.  (long story)

 I hope everybody had a great 

Holiday, and stay safe for New Year's Eve.

Until next time!!!

Hugs

Paula

CC Designs Card

Hello and Thanks for stopping by. Wasn't to
crafty last week, as for I have only posted
one card in a week. I've been busy trying
to make a new sewing/quilting challenge blog,
so that is taking up lots of my time. I did
however manage to squeeze in one card, which
I'm entering into 5 different challenges.

Delightful Sketches, Stitching, Real or Faux)(11-9)
Charisma Cardz, With love @ Christmas.11-11
Crazy 4 challenges, Create Square Card.11-13
The Secret Crafter, Red and Gold.11-13
Paper Sundaes, Let it Snow. 11-14

The image I used is from CC designs, the papers are all
from my stash, the snowflakes are sizzix die cuts,
I used water color pencils, and stickels for the glitter.

Hope you have a wonderful day.
Paula***

Xmas Hottie

OMG, when I saw this card on other blogs, I just had
to get her. Isn't she just great. Like always when ever
I get done making a card I have to show it off to my
hubby and kids, all my kids could say was "WOW"
and hubby said "I like it". This is so out of my box.
I usually make cute whimsical cards, but for some
reason, just had to make one of these.

So, I am entering this into a few challenges, they
are as follows.

Digi Doodle, anything goes.(11-4)
Crafty Sentiments, For the boys.(11-7)
Paper Sundaes, For the Boys.(11-7)
Incy Wincy , Anything goes. (11-8)
Top tip Tuesday, christmas Inspired.(11-8)
Paper Take Weekly, Penny for the Guys(11-9)

This is a digi image from KennyK downloads, called Xmas Hottie.
The Merry christmas, and HO HO HO, are from my computer,
ribbon is offray, I used water color pencils, and Stickles glitter.

Thank you for taking a peek.
Paula***

Fallin' Snowflakes

Hello,
Starting to make some of my christmas cards.
This is actually early for me. I usually sit
and stare at all the pretty cards that you all
make, and then tell myself that I am going
to 'case' certain ones, and then when it is
all said and done, I am rushing at the last
minute and just making cards that I'm not
at all satisfied with. So hopefully this yr.
will be different. I love Snowmen, and
snowflake cards, so right now I will
probably be making lots of different versions
of them.

I am going to enter this card into 11 different
challenges. Just in case you are wondering
what the dates stand for ant the end of each
challenge, it represents when the challenge ends.
That way I know when to check back with that
challenge, just in case I'm the lucky winner:).

Here are the challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday, Anything Goes. (11-1)
Craft Your Passion, Glitter/Sparkel. (11-1)
Creative Card Crew, Lets punch it. (11-2)
A Spoon Full of Sugar, Punchy. (11-2)
Ink Tegrity, Any thing Goes.(11-3)
ABC Challenge, Glitter. (11-3)
Digi Doodle, Any thing goes (11-4)
Fussy & Fancy Winter Wonderland (11-5)
Totally Paper Crafts, Bling it on. (11-5)
One stop Craft, Anything Goes. (11-6)
The Secret Crafter, anything that flies. (11-6)

The Papers that I used for this card are Bazzill. The die punch
snowflakes are Sizzlits, the inked snowflakes are from
inkadinkado, snowflakes stamp set, and stamped with
SU craft white, and Tim Holtz brushed corduroy. The
"Happy Holidays is from a retired SU set, the glitter is
stickles star dust, the pears, and gems are from my
stash box.

I hope you like my first christmas card of the yr.
Paula***

Digi Pumpkin Card

Hello, and Welcome. This is such a cute card
in person. I used a Digi stamp from MelJens Designs.
designs. I cropped the digi image onto a piece
of orange card stock, then folded the cardstock
on the left side, (so it opens from the side)
instead of your traditional types of cards. I then
made a copy of the same digi pumpkin image,
but this time used brown, yellow and green,
card stock, and then cut out the stem, star,
and leaf, and taped it onto the orange pumpkin.

I have entered this card into 7 different
challenges, they are as follows, in no
particular order.

MelJens Designs, Anything Goes. (10-27/10-31)
Paper Take Weekly, Sparkley and Bright.(11-2)
Stamp Something, Digi Day challenge.(10-29)
Crazy 4 challenges, Halloween.
Top Tip Challenge, Anything Goes.(11-01)
Easy Craft Projects, Autumn, or Fall.
Paper Play Time, Halloween. (11-01)
The card stock that I used are BoBunny
and Bazzill, The pumpkin image
is a Digi from MelJens Designs, and I used
Star dust stickles, on the star.

Thanks for stopping by. Until next post.
Paula***

Halloween Challenge Card

Hello, this is going to be a really quick post, as for
I tried to post this earlier today, but for some reason
nothing was working, I couldn't get anything to
down load or work right for me, so I had to go
to work, and am now posting this way later than
expected.

So here are all the challenges that I am
entering this card into.

Penny Black, Penny Black image with a sketch. (10/23)
Top Tip Tuesday, Anything goes. (Mon. 11-1)
Stamping Vacation, Halloween. (Sat.10-23)
Easy Craft Projects, Halloween. (thurs. 10-21)
Wee Memories, Celebrate Good Times.(10-22/10-24)
Paper Play Time, Pumpkins or spider web. (Mon.10-25)
The Crafty Pad, Distressed or torn edges. (Sat. 10-23)
A Spoon full of Sugar, "Boo" (Tues. 10-26)
Creative Inspirations, "Spooky (Wed. 10-26)
Baby bud Designs, Halloween.( wed. 10-27 /10-28)
Fussy and Fancy, Halloween (Fri. 10-22)

The image that I used is from Penny Black, and is
called Dressed to Scare. The digi "Boo" is a free
download from Mel Jens Designs.
The papers are from Memory Keepers, and Bazzill, and
the ribbon is Offray.

Happy Stampin'
Paula***

Cute Boo Ghost Card

Wow, I have managed to make and post three
cards in one week. That is really good,
for me lately, considering I think
I only made 3 cards all summer long.:(
I just love making cards this time of yr. it is so easy
for me, all the images are so darn stinkin' cute, and
I just love all the fall colors.

So, onto my card. I have managed to
incorporate this card into 8 different challenges.
WhooHoo!!! They are all as follows:

Charisma Cardz challenge is more than one fold.
Stamp Challenges, is Halloween Somethings.
All Sorts Challenge, is a Bingo card challenge, I used Brads, Buttons, and punch.
One Stop Craft Challenge, challenge is Halloween.
Delightful Sketches challenge is Metal Mania.
Sketch Saturday has a sketch to follow.
Crazy 4 Challenges is Fall/Autumn inspiration.
Totally Paper Crafts is Autumn.

The adorable digi image that I used is from
Delightful Sketches.
The papers are from BoBunny and Bazzill.
The punch is Martha Stewart, and the buttons, brads,
and metal squares are from my stash box.

Thank you for stopping by. Hopefully, I will be just as
creative and energized this next week.
Paula***

Lovin' Fall

I like the cold mornings, with the sunny crisp afternoons.
All the beautiful colors, and the comfort warming smells
that come along with fall, such as pumpkin, cinnamon,
hazelnut, gingerbread, you know what I mean.

Any ways, on to my card. I have made this for
5 different card challenges. I have also discovered
some new, fun and exciting challenge blogs, that I have
never been to before.

I am entering this card into the following challenges.
Friday Sketchers, and you need to follow a sketch.
Stampin for the weekend, Halloween/Fall.
Paper Sundaes, A change of Season.
Craft a Licious, Anything Goes.
Mel Jens designs, Tags.

The images that I used are from Mel Jens designs.
The papers are Bazzill, and K@Company.
I used water color pencils, and ribbon from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by, until next time, have a good one.
Paula***

Penny Black Autumn Challenge Card

WOW, I can't believe I haven't posted, or blogged in such
a long time. I have had such a busy end of summer, and now
we are already a couple weeks into fall. Where ohh where
does the time go?

Well I finally made a card and am entering it into 4
different challenges. I will probably be a bit more into
card making, as for I love fall/autumn colors, so that
makes it a bit more enjoyable for me to make things.

Any whoo, onto my card. I am entering this card into
Penny Black Saturday Challenge, which is to make something with 2 Penny Black images.
Charisma Cards, and that challenge is Autumn Colors. (how easy is that)
Stampin for the Weekend, Colors of Autumn. (again, easy peasy)
Sketch Saturday, they have a sketch to follow.

I have used Penny Black Hugs, for the main image,
and Penny Black, Wonderful day for the small flowers.
The papers are from BoBunny and Bazzill,
the flowers are prima, and the jewell dots are
from my stash box.

Thank you for stopping by and having a looksie.
Hope you have a wonderful day.
Paula***

Bargello Quilt

Good Sunday to you.

My intensions were to keep this site for my cards, but I've decided to
show off some of my quilts that I have made or am making.

Here is a bargello quilt top which measures 74x86'.
I just finished a couple weeks ago. I had a whole
bunch of scraps left over from lots of different
projects, and just decided
to make this. I didn't do the traditional bargello
style pattern, actually at
the time that I made this I didn't have a pattern,
so this is what I came up
with on my own. Since then I did
purchase a bargello quilt pattern on
ebay, and am working on that one. These
types of quilts are very time
consuming for me, cutting out all of those
little squares, uughhhh. Probably
will not be making another one. I will
post the second one later.

Talk to you all later.

Girl Holding Flowers Mini card kit giveway

Hello, here is my second card kit give away.
I hope there is more entries than my first kit give away.

I am also entering this into 5 different challenges, they are as follows.
The Stamp Man, any thing goes.
Crafty Creations, sketch to follow.
Craftalicious challenges, Birthday.
Rosie Dees Challenge, use Burgundy, Pink and Cream.
Charisma Cardz, use Pink.

You will receive in the mini card kit,
7 pieces of 5x5 card stock/patterned papers,
3 stamped images, the embellishments
and the hand made card.

I used Hero Arts stamp, My Minds Eye "Bloom and Grow"
card stock, as well as bazzill card stock.

To enter in the mini card kit:
1-Be a follower, if not already
2-Leave a comment before Saturday July 24.
3-I will draw a name Sunday July 25th.