Striped Rainy Day

Busy.. busy...busy... Things are always hectic during the holidays and this year is no exception. Although we've added some community service type projects for our kids to do with us this year. As they get older we are ever mindful of strengthening in them the desire to serve their community. This year we are taking them with us to wrap gifts for military kids who probably wouldn't have much and we are also taking them to pack care packages for soldier's serving in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. We want them to understand that living in this country and enjoying all the things they do comes at a price, and they do to a certain extent because their father has over 20 years in service, but we want them to always be aware of the sacrifices made on their behalf to keep this country safe and strong. The are also taking part in a food drive for our church to donate food throughout the holidays to our local food pantries here in town. Little things that we hope make a big difference in paying forward the blessings we have bestowed upon us. Now on to the card..

 

Created with my hot pink friends in mind. We all have those girlfriends who are the bright rays in our lives and the make all things easier to bear. I am fortunate to have several and I make many cards with them in mind. I have one friend who always on.. she's funny and full of energy. This card reminds me of her. If you want any specifics please feel free to email me.. I hope she inspires you to do something creative today and that we have inspired you to give a little something back for the blessings you've received. Have a blessed day ya'll!

Mishy

A Vintage Birthday Wish

Here's another Vintage Picnic paper pieced yummy! I just love these colors they are some of my favorites! The sentiment is from my papertrey anniversary set. I hope it inspires you to do something creative today! Have a blessed day.. If you have any questions please feel free to email me. I'm off to bake my shortbread..

Mishy

Rainy Day Damask..

This damask background is one of my fave DP's. This is another one of my Kansas MFT girls. I hope to be able to post some of my Christmas projects this week. Let's see if I can actually accomplish that.. the holidays are hectic but I LOVE them. We went out and got our tree yesterday. It smells FABULOUS! I just love that smell! I hope you all enjoy my card. May it inspire you to do something creative today. Have a blessed day..

 

Mishy

Stamp Club Creation

Live with Passion.. what a great mantra don't ya think? We created this card in stamp club a few months ago and I am just getting down to posting it now.. I had it in my posting pile.. We did a neat technique with chalk to give this card a soft look. I am not a technique girl so going to stamp club helps me broaden my horizons as far as variations are concerned. While I am not likely to do this often, at least I have the technique under my belt. I hope it inspires you to do something creative today. Have a blessed day.

 

Mishy

Hot Pink Vintage Blast!

Hey ya'll. I hope your Thanksgiving was a blessed one! Ours was full of food, friends and fun. We are so blessed to have a home to host all those who share our lives with us. I love feeding people in my home. It's not a holiday to me without having a house full of friends and family breaking bread together. DH and I are so very fortunate to have such wonderful friends and co-workers. We are truly thankful for all the blessings the Lord has bestowed upon us. While this year has been a tough one we still recognize that we are truly blessed and loved by God. Now, on to the card...

This is another Vintage wish. I truly love this set I think it is one of the most versatile. I will be showing you some projects and my Christmas cards in the coming weeks. I hope you enjoy the card and that it inspires you to do something creative today. Happy December everyone. Have a blessed day.

 

Mishy

Rainy Day Thoughts of You

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I created this card with a friend in mind whose going through a tough time. Her DH just left for deployment and my heart goes out to her for the tough days ahead of her.  Having been there myself I know how important the support of a good friend can be. I hope you like my rainy day gal and that she inspires you to do something creative today. Many Blessings to you all.

 

Mishy

Coral Colored Riley Love!

Happy Thanksgiving Week! Preparations are underway here at my homestead for a huge thanksgiving feast! We have a ton of people expecting yummy food and fun for this day of gratitude. This year we have scaled back on the number of dishes being prepared but bumped up the quantity of food.. LOL.. Having a meal with friends and family surrounding us is everything at this time of year. We are so grateful for all the blessings bestowed upon us this year and are thankful to be able to host this event again. My Martha tendencies are in full swing and I am excited to have a houseful again this year! I will be trying to post this week but have a ton of cooking and prep work to do so.. if I don't get back here before the blessed day I wish you and yours a blissful Thanksgiving filled with good food, loving family, and wonderful friends to make your day a blessing.

I hope you enjoy the card, it's another Riley in PJ's card. I am making a bunch of these for the Keiki Cards group who sends cards to ill children.

Blessings to you all,

Mishy

Belated Rainy Birthday..

In celebration of the rain were getting today I thought I'd give you a peek at my rainy day belated birthday card. I just LOVE the DP I used for the raincoat. It's a paisley print that comes in several different color groupings. The dogs collar is blinged up with silver marker. It's super bright. I hope she inspires you to be creative today. Have a blessed day..

 

Mishy

Coral Colored Rainy Day..

Here's another one of my Rainy Day girls from our Kansas trip. I am getting down to the last pile of these.. I can't believe it took me this long to mount the ones I did on my trip to Kansas. I really hate sitting idle and doing nothing so I took dozens of these paper piercing items with me on our road trip to visit a family friends before her hubby deployed to Iraq. You'd be amazed at how much you can get done in little blocks of time. I am often amazed at how much I can get done in my 5-10 minute intervals. I hope you enjoyed the card, as per my usual there is no sentiment on right now, I'll add it later when I use the card. I am always careful to keep dozens of different sentiments in different sizes and colors(lots of neutrals) to mount quickly when I need a card. I hope this inspires you to do something creative today. Have a blessed day!

 

Mishy

Vintage Black White and Red..

 

Here's another Vintage Picnic creation. I just adore this set! I love love love that you can create virtually any look with this set. I tried to create a little more chic card in this go round. I think I succeeded in that one. I love the color combo. It's one of my favorites. It's bright and bold. I used my Copics to color it in. I added a little bling as the baskets rivets. My kind of basket, a blinged out one, that is. I hope this inspires you to do something creative today. I am wrapping up several 3-d projects and will be sharing them in the coming week. Have a Blessed Day.

 

Mishy

PJ Riley's Adorable!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PJ Riley is such a happy looking stamp! It's so adorable. You can make it masculine by changing the color of the PJ's or the teddy bear. I'm sorry to have been MIA the past few weeks. Things here are busy and we are getting back into the swing of things. We have been swamped with kids activities, shopping for a new washing machine, mine broke, I'll see about posting a photo of it later.. If at all possible it's a thing of beauty. It was delivered yesterday and when DH got home I was eager to show him how the thing worked and I just got on a roll! Let me tell you he was ROTFL and said that he'd never seen me so excited about doing laundry! He got a little love smack for that faux paux .. LOL!  Anyway.. that's just one of the fires I've put out lately.. So I hope you'll forgive me for being absent so much lately.. I appreciate each and every one of you coming spending a little time here sharing our craft! I hope this card inspires you to do something creative today. Have a blessed day.

 

Mishy

Happy Veteran's Day

Hi All.. Best Wishes to you on this beautiful Veteran's Day. It was a picture perfect day here in South Texas. The sun was shining and it was warm but not hot with a light breeze. Just spectacular. This day though is still a heart wrenching day for us as it marks the celebration of Veteran's Day and the day DH's grandfather died. While we have fond memories of Grandpa.. this Veteran's Day hits us where we live. Coming on the heels of the tragedy at Ft. Hood makes us all take pause and pray a little longer and harder for those we have lost. It also makes us bow our heads for those who will spend this day away from their families defending our way of life. Pray for them today, pray for their safe return home to those who yearn to see their faces or hears their voices. Life as a military family while fun and exciting can also break your heart when you have to send those who mean the most to you into harms way. So today don't just enjoy the beautiful day and you families truly take the time to honor those who gave all so that we would live the lives we are today. Guard their sacrifice with your honor as they gave their lives with theirs. Bless their families and take a second to offer a kind gesture to a woman alone whose husband is deployed.. While we sleep with our husbands she must sleep in an empty bed.. Let her know how much the sacrifices they make mean to this nation. Honor her and the sacrifice she makes for this nation and it's honor.
May you have a blessed day!

Mishy

Vintage with a little Dew Drops Flair!

Sorry I've been MIA for a while. Between having dental work done and the awful events at Ft. Hood we are just swamped right now. We have very dear friends at Ft. Hood and this tragedy is one for the entire Army Family. The sadness we feel for our fallen and wounded is immense. I ask all of you to lift up the Army Family in prayer as we are trying to come to grips with this senseless act. If you are near Ft. Hood, give blood, if you can, to replenish the supply that was used. Really wherever you are give blood to increase the supply. If you can, give platelets, as they aid the cl0tting necessary to stem bleeding. So as I write this I write it with a heavy heart for those lost, as their stories emerge the sadness can overwhelm. We lost some truly remarkable individual to this senseless act. Keep their loved ones in your prayers.

 

I hope you enjoy the card. It's another Vintage Picnic creation. If you would like details contact me and I would be happy to give them to you. I hope it inspires you to do something creative today. Have a Blessed Day!

 

Mishy

MFT with a Little SEI Style....

Sorry for my lack of posting. I had some dental work done Friday that caused me some complications and pain.. YIKES! While my dentist is a perfectly lovely guy I hate going there! Not to mention the pain in my wallet when I have to pay for the pain.. LOL Am feeling much better today though thus my appearance here today. This little lovely was created with my all time fave MFT set and some GORGEOUS SEI paper.. I hope she inspires you to create something beautiful today. Have a blessed day..

 

Mishy

High Hopes Cutie in his Sunday Best

I have  always LOVED High Hopes Stamps but have had the absolute worst time finding them. A good friend lent me this little sweetie. Isn't he adorable? I colored him in with my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. I think he turned out super cute! I love his freckles. I hope he inspires you today. Have a blessed day.

 

Mishy

Butterflies and PJ's!

PJ Riley is here to offer comfort and joy.. I just love this little Riley. I think he's sure to bring a smile to anyone's face. I love the bunny slippers. This card was created using a color inspiration. The image is colored with my Copics then matted with my perfect layers system. Again the card is left sans sentiment so that I can customize it for the recipient. I hope this inspires you to do something creative today. I am off to stamp camp today.. Woo Hoo! Have a Blessed day!

 

Mishy

Vintage Picnic Goodness

Vintage Picnic is fast becoming one of my favorite sets. I LOVE the versatility of it and am hoping for an additions set with tons of new fillers and sentiments. I am also in love with the DP I used for the basket. It's from the DCWV Retro pack that I bought about 3 years ago and I have totally been hoarding my scraps. I used them to make this basket and I am liking the result. The main image is colored with my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. I think it's spectacular IRL. Sorry the photo is a little crooked. I am considering a light box but have no clue what to look for and what's necessary for someone like me. I don't want to spend a ton on an elaborate set up so I am trying to be smart about my purchase. I hope my card inspires you to do something creative today. Look for some three dimensional project coming soon. I am working on some treat bags of some adorable trick or treaters we know and love. I am also working on some Papertrey template items for Christmas.. Soo  out of my zone but FUN! Have a blessed day ya'll!

 

Mishy

Happy Birthday from Papertrey and MFT!

Here's a bright and cheery rainy day girl! She's on her way to spread sunshine and cheer to her recipient. LOL.. She is yet another of my Kansas cutouts and I LOVE her colors. I'd wish it were raining everyday if I had a raincoat as cute as hers. I hope she inspires you to do something creative today. Blessings and Happy Friday. It's Homecoming tonight and I am off to make sure my youngest has what he needs..

 

Mishy

Sunny Wishes and Golfing Dreams!

Here's Golfafella making another appearance. My dad has become a HUGE golfer over the past few years. I am still perplexed by the whole chasing the small white ball around. but I am sure my dad is perplexed by my paper and stamp collection...LOL! Here's a card I created to keep in my stash to send to my dad or one of the kids Padrino's for a manly celebration. Yet another attempt to make masculine cards. If anyone know of manly accessories for a card that don't weigh a ton I am all ears!. The main image is colored with Prismacolor markers and then cut out with my nesties and matted with my perfect layers. The "grass" borders was created with my old stand-by decorative edged scissors. Bet ya haven't used those babies in a while. ROTFL! Glad I kept a few! Well, I hope he inspires you to do something creative today. Have a blessed day!

 

Mishy

Bella with a little Papertrey Style

This little gal is a Stamping Bella lovely! I just adore the fairies over there. This little cutie is from the Bittyblooms by Chichiboule collection over at Stamping Bella. You can find the most adorable little sweeties over there! This lil' cuties name is Bluebell well doesn't she look adorable in pink! The Background is from the ultra fabulous Damask Designs set from Papertrey. Isn't is fabulous! I hope she inspires you to do something creative today! Have a blessed day!

 

Mishy

Splashin' Some Fun on Your Day!

These little Riley's are so much fun. They have such a happy quality to them. They come up with the most ingenious characters over at Hanna Stamps.  He has no sentiment but will be going in my stash box to wait for the perfect event to be sent for.. Hopefully he makes you smile just like he did me. May he inspire you to do something creative today. Have a blessed day!

Mishy

Paisley Rainy Day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll bet you've been wondering where my Rainy Day girls went right? LOL.. Here's another one of my Kansas cutouts! What can I say it was a LONG drive there and back again! This one was created with DP from HL. The rest of the image is colored with my Copics and the boots are accented with some yummy chocolate stickles. As are the prima accent centers. The cardstock is DCWV, HL, Neenah, and CM. I hope that you enjoy her and she inspires you to be creative. Have a blessed day!

 

Mishy

Vintage Papertrey Wishes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So.. creating background paper is usually not my thing but this set from Papertrey makes is easy and fun to do. I cut my paper to the size I wanted and randomly stamped the images in a base color then stamped the detail image in the darker color. The main image is also a Papertrey Original, from a stamp set created by none other than they Uber Talented Michelle Wooderson!  The picnic basket is stamped on DP. The main image is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. The ribbon is from Mike's. I hope this inspires your creative instincts! Have a Blessed day! Enjoy the weekend ya'll!

 

Mishy

Resist Technique

Ok.. if you don't already know it I am NOT a technique girl. Attending stamp club pulls me out of my comfort zone and enables me to give techniques a try with some supervision.. LOL! I am definitely what you would call technique challenged!  But look what I made! I was so impressed with myself! ROTFL! We made this card along with another in my stamp club class. It's so much easier when you have someone there to tell you step by step what to do. I have come to the conclusion that I am a visual girl. I really need to see it to be able to do it so the birth of video tutorials is a blessing for me.. All the supplies of this card are SU! I hope it inspires you to do something creative today! Have a blessed day ya'll.

 

Mishy

Vintage in Pink

I think that this is one of my favorite patterned papers. I Love the yellows, pinks and oranges in the baskets DP. That DP is Making Memories.  The background DP is from a stack I had that long ago lost it's cover so alas I have no manufacturer for you. The over-sized bling is from Mike's. The main image is colored with Copics. The cardstock used is from HL, Neenah, DCWV, GP and CM. This is just the sort of card that would make my gal pals smile. It's bright and cheery. August was a rough month and several of my RAK girls and another stamp group showered me with cards that really helped to boost my spirit. Don't keep stacking your cards. Send them out into the world to spread smiles. I'm sure we all know someone who's going through a tough time right now. Taking two minutes out of your hectic day to jot a little note to someone you treasure could make all the difference in the world. Life is short, make sure those that mean something to you know how much they mean to you. I hope this card encourages you to do something creative today. May your day be blessed.

 

Mishy

Basketful of Wishes..

Basket of wishes is what I'll be sending with this Gina K inspired card. The main image is colored

with my Prismacolor pencils and gamsol. While I am not normally a huge fan of such bold colors I think these work pretty well IRL. The DP is DCWV. The cardstock is DCWV, CM, HL and GP. I die cut my main image and then matted it with my perfect layers. I cut out my corners with my ticket corner punch from SU! Hope the card inspires you to do something creative today! Have a blessed day.

 

Mishy

Papertrey with SU! Accents

Here's another of my World Cardmaking Day creations. All the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps in this card are Papertrey Ink. But the DP is one of my old favorites from SU! I just adore these baskets. I have  lots of baskets in my collection. Every Christmas it's one of my favorite ways to package my baked goodness to give to my husband's soldier's and their families. Baskets are my thing. I love seeing a pile of baskets on sale!  But on to my card. As I said before the DP is SU! The cardstock is GP, CM, HL, and DCWV. The polka dotted paper in the main image is HL. The rest of the image is colored in Copics. I hope your day is blessed.

 

Mishy

Check out the GREAT things over here!

The gals over at Wag n Whiskers are giving away some fabulous blog candy while debuting their amazing line of wonderful stamps. One of their oh so fabulous stamp designers is the ever so amazing Crissy Armstrong (you can link to her blog from my blog roll. One of the design team members is the UBER talented Niki Estes (also linked in my blog roll). If you're an animal lover check them out you're gonna be amazed. Even if you're not, they're too cute to pass up! Check it out girls!

 

Mishy

Vintage with a Copic Splash

Here's another of my World Cardmaking Day Collection. LOL.. I am so in love with this set that I can't even say how much fun I had playing with it. I have a ton of these adorable little baskets stamped on all different kinds of DP and already cut out and sitting on my desk ready to use. It's so much more productive for me to do it that way. I got a dozen cards made in ONE day by having all my pieces ready to pair up and mount. I have these little pre-stamped goodies in a little plastic envelope with my surgical scissors and take it with me when I expect to be waiting (like when I pick up my youngest, or on little unexpected trips to the ER a la two weeks ago.) It's all ready for me to grab and go so that even while I'm waiting I can still get a little crafting done. The paisley DP is Making Memories. The cardstock is Neenah, DCWV, Papertrey, CM and HL. I colored the main image with copics and the DP there is Papertrey (one of my FAVES) . Hope you like it and have a blessed day!

 

Mishy

Bella Rocks!

This trendy Ipodabella reminds me of my friends daughters who are always rockin the latest fashions and tunes. Am I totally dating myself with the tunes reference? My main image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I then cut it out with my nesties and matted with my perfect layers. I added a prima flower and Papertrey button to accent the image. As per my usual the sentiment is absent so I can personalize the card when necessary. Hope she inspires you to rock you supplies!

 

Mishy