TGIF and more vintage scrappin

Hey yall!! WOW oh WOW it is friday already!!   We had our last of the winter markets at Bronson today and it was great! SO happy to be a part of it and will miss everyone but will be back there in december!!
Seems so very far off but with summer markets, baking and farmin may-nov just really flies right on by us!  So I did work on a few more projects this week inbetween bakin. 

So here is my niece Carissa.  She is just growin up wayyyyyyyyy too quick!  I love her litle pink vest!    So for her one year pic I decided to do a bit of a vintagey feelin lo.  I used a grey patterend sheet for the backround, added my own touch with the layered chipboard flowers and hearts. 

And one more piece of the grey pearl flourish I took apart.    I also used Believe chipboard title out of my pack from K&CO another of my favo companies!! 

Here is one I did up for hubby's dad.  Another vintagey feelin one since this is a great black and white pic of him with his bike.  ANDDDDDDDDDDD more of the grey pearls I love so much!!  I also added some layered chipboard hearts and a flower.  I did use a Tim Holtz stamp along the edge of the chipboard in numbers then machine zig zag stitched around the sheet music paper.  

I loved the light pink, cream and black color combo I decided to do this one first but wasnt as happy with it as the one above.  I do love the backround page which is another in the Lost and Found series by My Mind's Eye~!~  LOVE LOVE LOVE this set, did I already mention this!! LOL

And I so love the tickets along the top of the sheet music ontop.     So that was the last of the projects and I just want to take a minute to give PRIMA definetly 2 thumbs up for their new pearl line!! I am so so lovin these flourishes and bought more today, I got some white and silver ones and more of the grey I love so much~~ WTG PRIMA!!  and I also love their packaging, I have used the cards they are stuck to on a few projects now so great way to recycle~~ 

so I will chat with ya this weekend it is suppossed to be rainy and cold here so geeeeeewhizzzzzzzzzzzz nothin to do outside!! DARN~ have to spend the time workin in my studio!! DARN~LOL

ENJOY your weekend!!

HUGS

 Darlene 

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

A vintagey lo and me

I decided to stay home today and play in my studio!!  Dont ya just love when u get something new like a new tool or stickers or die cutting machine or well patterend papers!!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE papers!! and I know I have said this before but love My Minds Eye!!  Love them!!  So with that said I just wast chompin at the bit to work with the new papers I bought.   In fact I can hear some more calling my name so on my way home from market friday there justttttttttttttttttt happppppppppppppens to be a hobby lobby right on my way no goin out of the way or even gettin off the main road just make a right turn and opppppppppss there they are!! LOLI made the flowers using some great patterend papers and adhered the base one to some chipboard and cut them out.  Added distressing along the edges and bent the petals up and down. 

together is the name of this vintagey lo.  I am not quite sure who the couple is but it was in my grandmothers old photos I had.  It says miami fla at the beach handwritten on the back.  Not sure of the year either.

And here we are again with the pearl flourish!! the last of the pieces I cut apart.  gonna get more of them too! 

I machine stitched along the vintage sheet music in a zig zag pattern but you really cant see that at all on the pic. 

And I had to do a lo of me, something to show my style and had to have a few ingredients in it.  Stitching on the page, I stitched the muslin tag to the gingham paper,  My favo Tim Holtz stamp!!  so that had to be on the page, those favo pearl flourishes I love so much, they are sooooooo me!! 

Flowers, flowers and hearts!!  Love making layered altered distressed flowers!  again SO ME!! and that pic of me and my sweet Buster Brown.

Yall know PINK is a favo color of mine so this had to have lots of it on the page.  I layered my pic with a few different pink papers, notice too if you can my sweater is light pink~!~LOL  of cource, and there are some great pink gems here and there!

So now I am off to work outside since the sun is shinin and it has warmed up to 45 oustide.  I think that might be wrong it feels warmer than that.  But I want to plant some rainbow swiss chard and cilantro in pots in the greenhouse.  It is like 90 in there!! LOVE IT!  love gettin in the dirt!  maybe that is why I distress and age just about everything!! dirty lookin!! LOL
so have a wonderful wonderful tues!!
talke to ya more soon!!
HUGS
Darlene

  ~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

CR84FN 2nd project of the week

Well being up at 4am today I decided to not lay around and do nothing so made another card with these fabo colors chosen over at cr84fn. 
Light pink, cream and black!! so very cool!!

I layered some flowers and cut and painted the sheet music pink petals. 

SO LOVIN the pearl flourishes, gonna have to go buy more they are just wayyyyyyyyyy cool!! and add so much to a project!

This was gonna be a baby girl card but I decided to do a thank you instead.  Using a definition word stamp by Stamping Up this makes the perfect card.

So project #2 for the week done!!  YEAH!!  I do have 2 more things to do with these colors and am gonna try to get them at least almost done today, we are expectin rain thur fri sat sun so maybe will finish them up on those rainy days.  Too much to do outside right now.  Glad bulbs need to finish gettin planted, sweet peas, more spinach and lettuce to go in and of cource more raking.  Plus I have 2 markets this week to bake for so lots to do.

Hope yall have a marvy monday!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

CR84FN card challenge day

OH MY GOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!  I so love these colors together and can see a few project coming this week with them!! So retro kind of feelin!! 

and anything and everything with  PINK is just wonderful to me!!  LOL  GREAT COLORS MONA!! and you need to check out the super duper inspiration from the design team for these fabo colors too!!  You will surely want to make something!! 

ok so I decided to use my great mothers day stamp set by Papertrey Ink on this one since that holiday is just round the corner.

I adhered some vintage sheet music from an old hymnal I bought onto a chipboard butterfly.   Added some pearls for antannea and also used my pink stickels by TIM HOLTZ!

A scrap of vintage cream ribbon and some ivory daisy flowers makes this challenge complete!

I really like this card.  I also added some pearl beads to match the butterfly on the daisys and used some Chalkbox ink in pink.

And here are my lemon blueberry muffins for an order done!   Using fresh squeezed lemons I added a nice lemony glaze to the tops.  Easy peasy too, just make your glaze, put in a little ziplock baggie, snip one little corner off the bottom and drizzel away!! makes it so easy and decorative!!

It is 75 degrees out and me and the boys been out doin some much needed yard work.  Planted the first of the glad bulbs and raked and cleaned off the deck for the boys to be on and brought out our outdoor set.  My mom and brother and the boys sat and had a relaxing little time sitting in the shade with a nice warm breeze blowing out there.  Cant believe it is so so sooooooooooo nice out!!  So ready for spring!! and I think it is finally here!!  WOO HOO!!!

I am off to ride my pretty pink bike and play outside some more.  Have a wonderfully blessed sunday and be back tomorrow!!

HUGS

Darlene 

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Altered chipboard card

OH MY SPRINGY GOODNESS!! what an absolutely beautiful day today!! 66 degrees and gonna be nicer tomorrow. 

My mom and I took our bikes out and rode this afternoon, it has been sooooooooooo long since last fall and we rode so we were due!!

I did make a few more altered chipbaord cards.  Love the orangey rust color on this flower.

And I love the black backround on this card with the pop of red ribbon!

Tourquoise blue flower really matches the dark colors I think.

this is one I made using a white basic plain card and did some lavender blue watercolored effect on it to match the blue flower.

I am goin back outside to take the boys out and play a bit while the sun is still shining on us!! 

Have a blessed weekend!

Be back tomorrow!!

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Monday

Happy happy monday yall!!   Another start of a whole new week! and I cant believe it is April at that!

I was up early this am and had a burst of creative flow so made another card.   A happy birthday card, which will be for sale too!!  This one is a large green card and features My Minds Eye papers that I recently bought.  Again I LOVE LOVE LOVE this lost and found series of vintagey feelin papers.   I also used a couple more pieces of the pearl flourish I took apart for a card last week.  Love this stuff too!! 
I used one of my Stampin Up stamps and added a pretty sparkly butterfly to the corner.  This card is $4.50 plus travel expenses.   I love the flower cluster, I took apart some silk flowers I had layin in my studio to make this and added some distressed paper leaves.  I am pleased with the shabby feel of this card. 
Email me if interested in purchasin one or any of the others I post as well.

I am off to go to the kitchen and work on some cookie dough for market this week.  Have a wonderful monday!!  the sun is coming out and I think it is really gonnna get pretty nice out this afternoon!!  It was only in the 30s earlier but feels warmer already! WOO HOO!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

CR84FN challenge card

I am early this week with my card!! WOO HOO!! Love the colors!! Mona you do a super terrific job on pickin these weekly challenge colors!! and they are colors I wouldnt necessarily make something with so that is really the fun part!!

Green, kraft and brown this week are just awesome together!! and I used up some of the My Minds Eye paper I got last week! and one of my TIM HOLTZ favo stamps!!

Here's some of the elements on the card.

Love these little K&CO daisies, I cut the leaves out of a green polkadotty paper then added the distressing around edges and in center.  Folded them to give them some dimension.

I love using pearl hat pins and this one just fit in on this shabby card.

Started stocking up on our dip mixes.  They are for sale here or on etsy for $2.50 each plus travel expenses.  The dill dip one makes a yummo yummy yummyo dip or topping for baked taters!!  Each one makes 2 cups of dip and I have made them with sourcream and mayo or for a low fat one use low fat plain yogurt to replace the mayo and they taste just fine.

I also have but forgot a pic of my cincinatti chili mix!! this you add 2 pounds of cooked drained ground beef and enjoy it ontop of angel hair pasta.  We like it southern style!!  Smothered and covered!! smothered with sauteed onions and covered with cheese!!  yummy!!

Ok so that is it for today! 

I also want to announce that I was accepted and will be at BORGESS hospital market on thrus APRIL 7th and April 21st!! 

Kalamazoo MI, stop on by!~! it is held 11-2

I have a busy week baking so will be sure to take the cam with and let yall see the newest baked goods!!  I am thinking of making some nut filled babka loaves, nut filled kolachky, lemon lemon cream topped cupcakes and maybe some lemon poppy seed mini cakes.  I bought a bag of fresh delish smellin lemons!!  LOL so need to put them to good use! 

Talk soon!

HUGS!!

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~