Merry Christmas to all!

Happy Birthday Jesus !!!

                                                                          and

Merry Christmas to all !!

May you all be blest with love,

good health and happiness.

Love & Hugs

Lana

Merry Christmas Eve !

Merry Christmas Eve To All !!

Today I want to share a card I made for

 my good stamping friend Kris. You can check

out her new blog here.

I didn't do any stamping on the front of the card ,

I used a great image from a Crafty Secrets booklet.

The ribbons were from Walmart. The flower I got at Archivers.

I used some feathers I had, after I dabbed some

 distress inks on them. Distress inks are by far my

favorite stamping must have!! The pearls are from Hobby Lobby,

 and my lace is from Stampers Dream.

Well I have to run time is moving too fast today

and lots to do yet, so for now,

I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and remember

Jesus IS the Reason for the Season!!

Hugs & love

Lana

Joan's Garden Weekly Challenge #26

Wow! I'm Posting a second card today LOL!!

This one is for Joan's Garden weekly Challenge #26.

The guide lines were:

                                                     1.Use some kind of snow or snow flakes

                                                     2.White is the color for the week, so

                                                      make sure you have white on your card

                                                     3.Do some Chalking

                                                     4.Create some kind of a window look

So here is my entry

I used SU white cardstock for all of it. The

 sleigh scene is a SU stamp set and a MS snowflake punch

as well as a small snowflake punch I had and I do not

 know who made it sorry. I also used chalk, prismacolor pencils

and distress inks. So there you have it my entry for the last

challenge of this year at Joan's Garden. Go check it

 out and have fun!!

Hugs

Lana



Brodie Christmas Card

Hello Everyone!

{{{Burrrrrr}}}} hope your all staying warm where ever you are!

 It has been soooo cold here in NE Ohio and lots of snow.

Guess we will have a white Christmas this year!!

 Well on to my card for today. I made this card as

my family Christmas Card it features my best friend,

Brodie!! Isn't he cute !!! LOL

He is the best dog I think I have ever had, even though

we have had some great dogs, he just has such a sweet

personality,and great temperment and loves everyone.

He is an Australian Shepherd/ Brittany Spaniel 3 yr old.

On this card

I used SU CS and designer paper from JoAnnes.

The ribbon and jingle bell is from Walmart.

My favorite punch again from MS, just love that punch!!

The word stamp is SU and I used gold EP.

His picture was taken at Pet Co

and what an ordeal that was LOL !!

He wanted to go visit with all the other dogs and

 people there waiting to get their pictures taken.

 He loves to be with them and barks until he can

 go see them. His two down falls are barking until

 he visits dogs and wanting to be petted by everyone!!

 LOL He is a true lover of others!!! We are working

 on those two aspects so he isn't pesty but other then

that he is very mild mannered.

Well enough of my bragging about my boy LOL!

Merry Christmas and remember in all the hussle and bustle

of the season that:

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!

Relax and enjoy each day!!

Hugs

Lana

Quick Christmas Card

Happy Friday!!!

Tonight I want to share a cute little Christmas

 card I made. I made a set of these for my neighbors.

The image I used of the cute little puppy looks

alot like their little puppy, "Pepper". He's such

 a cutie and full of energy!! My Brodie loves

to run in our backyard with Pepper.

I used SU regular and glossy cardstock and designer
 paper from JoAnne's. The ribbon is from Michaels.
I also used my favorite MS punch, evergreen branch.
The snowflake punch is an unknown punch in my stash.
I chose white EP with versmark for the SU word
stamp on the front. The puppy stamp I got
 at Beescrappy in Medina but I am

not sure of the company name, sorry.

I hope you like my little cutie, I know its a break from the

 traditional Christmas images but I liked him and so

 did my neighbors when I took it to them.

Hugs to all

Lana

Joans Garden Challenge # 25

Hello everyone!!

Burrrrr it sure is cold here in NE Ohio today.

I took my dog out for a very short walk a little

 bit ago,I couldn't take the cold LOL!! I'm 

getting too old for that I guess.LOL

 Enough of that, here is my entry for Joan's

 fabulous Challenge # 25 today!! You must

 see the great prizes she is giving away!!

Here is the information about some of her prizes,

there are more check it out on her blog!!

Included are 14 Heartfelt Creations stamps and

 3 dies for a total of over $284.To be eligible to win it,

go to Joan's Garden # 25 Weekly Challenge for

all the information. Hurry it ends Dec 9th!!!!

Here is some information about my card:

I used SU Cardstock, and Velveteen paper I got at

 a wonderful little Stamp Store in Mespotamia Ohio

 called"Stoltzfus Stamp Shack". The accessories are

from my stash. The stamps are from Heartfelt Creations,

aren't they great! I used Gold EP and a gold Pilot Marker.

Plus Glimmer Mist for added sparkle which doesn't

show well in my photograph, sorry. I stamped the
 image 2 times on to the velveteen paper using
versamark ink and then gold embossed it, then cut them
 out and layered different parts using dimensionals
and glue to shape them. It doesn't show well
 in the picture how layered it really is. I even
did the leaves the same way and then glued
 them directly over the original stamped image on the
 base of the card.

So now you have seen mine go check out her

 blog and get busy making yours and good luck to

 all who enter her challenge !!!

God Bless

Lana

Joan's Garden Challenge #24

Happy Tuesday !!!!!

Today I want to share with you my card that I

am entering in Joans Garden's Challenge # 24

I had lots of trouble photographing it, for some reason

the colors would not come out right. Hum guess I need to

take some photography classes LOL.

Well here goes, it truly does look so different

 in real life, isn't that what we all say LOL!!

The challenge was to "Create a Thanksgiving card,

 Use something Fallish such as Leaves, Pumpkins or Indian

Corn (if you don't have a stamp use a leaf from

 your tree), use The color green and Some

kind of swirl or vine.

 The image I used is from Vintage Holiday Crafts. the CS

is from Su as well as one stamp. The other

stamp is from "My sentiments Exactly". I used SU markers,

Tim Holtz Distress inks and lots of dimensionals.

The ribbon is unknown from a friend. The paper is

 from Mirabelle, oh do I love their paper!!!

I also used a Provo Craft vine die. I cut and layered
several areas of the image to make it 3-D, not sure
if you can tell.I wish the photo was better but that's
how it goes I guess. Hopefully you

 will play along with Joan's Challenge too!

So until the next time hugs to you all!

Lana



Quick Thanksgiving Card

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Today I have a quick Thanksgiving Card I did

for some friends of mine. I used an image from

 an online site,Vintage Holiday Crafts.

I loved this vintage image and thought it would make

a quick and easy card. Well famous last words, it seemed like it

 took me forever for some reason, have you ever had one

of  THOSE days  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used a MS punch, SU cardstock, Ribbon from

Michaels, Designer paper from Mirabelle and a button
 from my stash. NOW it sounds easy, but duh ,it just
came together hard for some reason LOL. Oh well
 hope they like it. IF they only knew how long some of these
 cards took to make  LOL !

 Well hope your having sunshine where ever you are,

 its cool but sunny here in NE Ohio.

Blessings to all !!!!!!

Hugs

Lana

50th Anniversary Card

Happy Wednesday to all !!!

Hope your all enjoying this wonderful day.

Well today I have a very special card I want to share.

It's a card I made for some very dear friends who are

celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary soon.

As usual it's hard to see how fancy this looks

but in real life its very elegant & rich looking.

Not sure if you can tell or not but this was made

 using SU metallic gold CS. Plus I edged all of it with my gold

pilot marker, which I love doing, it adds such an elegant

touch to a project. The stamps used on this were from

 Rubber Stampede,Close to my heart, Sweet Stamps, & SU.

Nesties were used, including the brand new grands.

 I love them and a side note, several in the packs will actually

 work in my big shot machine,several are too large,

but do work great in the Grand Calibur

 machine ( My birthday present tee hee ). Back to

 the info LOL. Pearls are from Michaels. The flowers are Prima's

and the leaves are from Pat Catans, minus the wire LOL.

Versamark and gold embossing powder were used.

Lots of dimensionals were used to make it 3D layered. So

there you have it, my special card for a very special couple.

 I will be adding a personal  letter with their gift and

shipping it out to them very soon.

Would love to know what you think of it.

Until next time, blessings to you all!

Hugs

Lana

 

Joan's Garden Challenge #22

Hello my blogger friends!

Tonight I have a cute little Magnolia card to

 share that I made and taught at my last class.

Hopefully she fills all the requirements

 for Joan's Challenge #22. I think she is just

cute as can be, and she is 3-D which I love.

                                                                                  
                                                    It's hard to see how dimensional she is

and how much sparkle there is from all the

stickles. Sorry I am not very good at taking photo's.

So you will have just have to trust me LOL.

I borrowed this cute Magnolia stamp from my friend,

Kim,sorry but I do not know her name. But she is

 so much fun to work with.

 Here are all the dets:

 Nestabilities were used, as were SU & MS punches.

 I also used my swiss dot embossing folder.

The coloring was done using Prisma pencils

 and SU markers. The other stamps used were

SU as was the CS. The gold brads were in my

 stash. I put small dots all over the background

 inside the circle using my gold pen. Lots

of dimensionals were used in this card.

I hope you like my little cutie.

So now you have to go check out Joan's Garden if

 you haven't already! She has lots of great stuff for sale 

and a wonderful blog full of inspiration!!!! 

Hugs

Lana



Doilie Christmas Card

Good Evening Friends!

 Hope your staying dry tonight!

 It's been showers off and on all day today not bad, just

 enough to be cold and yucky! LOL

Tonights card I am sharing is one that is a

little bit time consuming but in my opinion worth it.

Let me know what you think.

The cardstock I used for this is navy with white speckles on it

 that I bought at Hollo's in Brunswick Ohio. The

silver doilie is from Michaels I think, but it's been a

 while since I bought it LOL. Usually they are easy to find

especially if the store has a cake decorating section.

I used silver EP and black ink. I colored the wonderful

 image in with SU Markers. The stamp is from, All night Media.

 I used red stickles but it doesn't show up in the picture.

I also used the silver Gelly Roll pen for more added

 sparkle on it.The ornament is popped up with dimensional tape.

I did this card in one of my classes and the ladies seemed

 to like it real well.

That is it for tonight, hope you stay warm and dry.

No Time To Stamp Challenge #158

Happy Wednesday !!!

Today my project is again another challenge, this one is

 for Sharon Johnson's, No Time To Stamp Challenge#158

Isn't this lady in her fabulous Sari just beautiful!

The colors are so stunning together. I used SU CS,Copper

 and choc. chip then distress it with TH distress inks.

I embossed the copper with a embossing folder.

 The word stamp is from Art Impressions and I used copper EP.

 I thought this would be a fun one for a friend of mines

 birthday that is coming up. The buttons were in my stash.

 I did add the small metal dots to two of the buttons,

they matched my other button perfectly. This was such a fun

challenge. If you have not done any of the Challenges you really

 should try it, it sure does take you out of your comfort zone.

Well that is it for today.

Hugs

Lana

Joan's Garden Challenge #16

Happy Monday Dear Friends!

Today I have created a card for Joan's Garden's challenge #16

You have to go check out Joan's on-line store, it is fabulous

 and she is such a sweet lady. So now on to my card.

(This card has been sold.)

Wow I can not believe the problem with blogger is fixed, atleast
 on mine anyways !! Thank you for being patient and going to
 SCS to see this card before it was fixed. I have surely done
 alot of praying about it and God has granted my prayer
I Praise Him!!!
This card was made using Tim Holtz stamps, & a Heartfelt
Creations stamp, Nestibilities , Label Four. I also used
 Prima flowers that I glued together and shaped into
these little beauties. MS punch for the evergreen branches,
which is my all time favorite punch shape!! Distress inks,
a Provo Craft die and an unknown button
 from my stash. I also used a Pilot Gold marker.
Well that is it for this card. Again I urge you
 to visit Joans Garden.
Until next time enjoy your day!!

 

Grunge Challenge

Hello one and all!!

Today I have a "Grunge" Christmas Card for the

Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge

that I want to share with you. If you do not know

 about the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog it is awesome!!!

What wonderful talented people there and great

prizes to boot LOL!! So here is my entry,

 keeping in mind it looks much better in real life LOL!!

As you can see I used all Tim Holtz products on this card,

 except for the Merry Christmas word stamp, it is from SU,

as well as the piece of ribbon. The key is unknown and

 the punch is MS. This is my first entry for the Simon Says

challenge, hope you like it. It is so hard to believe Christmas

 is so near and coming way too fast for me LOL.

Hugs to all!

Honey Bear

Gosh am I on a roll tonight or what LOL!

Posting three projects in one night Wow!

This adorable candy holder I found on line but

 do not remember where so forgive me to

the original Artist. I tweeked it my way though.

I used Penny Johnson's Honey stamp &  Judith's Bee stamp

 & Heart & Soul's word stamp.

How adorable they are!!! I used SU CS and Inks. Plus my

Prismapencils and Gamsol. Stickles and Crystal effects

were also used but hard to see in this photo.

The gooey drip punch is MS.The ribbon is SU.

I truly love this project. My class ahhhhed so loud

 when they saw it LOL. This is a  rather time consuming

project but so worth it, but not one

I would want to mass produce LOL

Well that's it for tonight, do not want to shock you too badly LOL!

Fast & Simple Continued

Hi all !

 I am back with another fast and simple

 card from my class.

This card was made using SU sparkling white CS

 and the new "Come to Bethlehem" stamp set. I used

White EP and sponged with Blue Bliss. The ribbon

 is from Michaels. This would be a very nice card to

 mass produce for Christmas.

Hope this inspires you to get busy

 with your Christmas cards,

 its coming up quickly LOL

Fast & Simple card

Hello to all my stamping friends!

I hope your having a relaxing evening. I wanted to

share with you a quick card I did at my stamping class

that I held in my home just recently.

As I said this was very fast to make. It's hard to tell

 but it has black stickles on parts of the flowers

and on the butterfly. I used Momento black ink. The stamps

 are ODBD and Great Impressions. The CS is SU. and the

 butterfly punch is Martha Stewarts. I will be posting

more from the class very soon.

P.S. Sorry the photo is not very good

More Wall Art

Hello Friends !

This project is for two challenges,

No Time to Stamp and Simon Says Stamp & show

I created this canvasVintage project in hopes

 of selling it, if interested in buying it please email me.
Hope you like it and as usual it looks so

much better in real life.

Well there she is in all her glory, walking

in her garden and praising the Lord for His love!

Can you see Our Lord watching over her

 in the upper right corner? Such a comforting image !!

I used a 11 x 11 canvas and designer paper by

 Fancy Pants. Tim Holtz distress inks ,dies

and metal works. Archivers flowers. The stamps

I used were the leaf stamp from Heartfelt Creations

 Praying hands from ODBD and one from Heart &Soul.

The image of the lady is from the Internet,

 unknown where, sorry. Glimmer mist was also used.

The lace I found at Walmart.

Well let me know what you think of my pretty lady.

Vintage Canvas Wall Art

                                                            Happy Friday !!!!!

                                                     Well I have been at it again, creating
                                                  some vintage wall art.  Hope you like it
                                                   half as much as I liked making it LOL.

Now on to the information of this project. I started out

 with a canvas from Michael's. Used SU cardstock and

paper from Webster's. The Distress ink and embossing

 powders are Tim Holtz. I also used his dies and stamps.

 Can you tell I love his stuff!! LOL The flowers

are unknown. The beautiful lace is from

Stamper's Dream. The fabulous words are

 from Crafty Secrets. The embellishments are SU

and some from my stash. Well thats it for now.

( This wall art has been sold , if your interested in one email me)

God bless you all !!!

                                              

Penny Black Card

                              
  Happy Friday to all my stamping friends!

I hope your looking forward to a nice weekend,

 I am planning on playing in my stamp room if at all possible.

 Today was a shopping day with some stamping friends to

one of my favorite little stamp stores called,
 Stoltzfus Stamp Shack, out in Amish country,

in West Farmington, Ohio. Owned by my good friend

Mary Ann Stoltzfus. We had just a delightful day.

 Well enough about my day, I wanted to share with you
 a Penny Black card I made. Such a cute image!!!

I used SU cardstock and designer paper. Martha Stewart

punch, some old buttons from my stash.I colored it all

with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. Love those pencils,

so easy to work with! As I said the cute girl stamp is from

Penny Black, the saying stamps, one is unknown,

 the other is Art Impression. Well that it is for now,

 I am worn out from all that shopping LOL

So for now God bless you all and hope to see you soon !

Another Graphic 45

   Happy Monday!

It's been a busy day today doing the normal household tasks,

like laundry and cleaning. Phew glad it's done for now.

Well it's time for another Graphic's 45 card I made, again

this one is out of scraps I had left from another project.

Hope you like it.

The colors did not photograph good for some reason,

probably due to my lack of skill with a camera LOL

I used a great stamp from Hampton Art that I got at

Michael's. I used Prismacolor pencils for a touch

of color. The beautiful paper is from Graphic's 45,

 the CS is SU and the background stamp is also SU and

 I used black embossing for it. The ribbon is from

Walmart. The flower I made using the Core D' ination

 CS, then used the Nestibilities to cut it out and then

 used the Cuttlebug embossing folder, then lightly sanded it.

The flower looks pink but in real life it isn't that bright.

The brad in the center of the flower I made using

the Graphic's 45 paper and the I-Top brad maker.

That is a cool tool to play with. And there you have

it another easy peasy card.

Bless you for stopping by and taking a look.

I would love if you would leave a comment

and let me know what you think of my art work

good or bad.

Graphic 45

Hello Everyone,

Hope your enjoying your weekend. Did you

notice I changed my blog background ? This is the

 first time I have done it by myself and I am sooo happy

 I was able to do it. But I won't tell you how long it took

me LOL. Of course I had a fabulous teacher,Darlene

 thank you!!!  Please let me know what you think of it.

Well on to my project for today.

This card was made out of scraps I had left over

 from the scissor wall art I did in a previous posting.

I used Graphic 45 paper, SU cardstock and Stamp,

a Martha Stewart punch, Tim Holtz Distress ink

and ribbon from Michaels. A very fast and easy

card to make and I love how it turned

out very Vintage looking. That's it for right

now have to run, hope to post more later today.

My Friends Wooden Book.

Happy Monday to all my friends!

Phew is it ever humid out today. I just got back

from walking my dog and its waaaaaaay too

 hot out there for me LOL. Hope your all staying

nice and cool. I have been busy doing house

 work and laundry today, but I wanted to take a

minute and share my friend Kris's wooden book

project. We worked on them together the other day,

you can see mine below in a previous posting. She

 finished hers recently and I wanted to share it

 with you. Isn't it lovely!! 

The paper used, was one from the wonderful Webster's

paper collection. Miscellaneous lace pieces, a

bookmark tassle, unknown flower with a brad in the

center, labels one nestie and sewing notions were

 all used on this. She also used Tim Holtz crackle

 paint on the wooden box prior to adding all

the pretties. This project was made for her

 friend who is moving out of state, she filled

the hidden drawer with inspirational notes.

 What a wonderful gift from her heart.

So delicate and lovely.

Really great job Kris!

Well that's it for now, hope you

all come back again soon.

 

Wall Art

                                  Happy Friday Everyone!

Today I have another unusual project to share with you.

Its an unfinshed wooden item, infact it's

two unfinished wooden items.

close ups of each stamp

Name of the Beauty Shop added
"Abby Gale's"

The Scissors are from Hobby Lobby and I painted them with

black acrylic paint.The frame is from Michaels, I covered it in

Graphic 45 paper both the sides and the background. I

then stamped four images from Hampton Arts stamps, that

 I also got at Michaels. Oh do I love those stamps! I used

 Distress inks and black EP. The ribbon and brads are from SU.

The beads and buttons are unknown from my stash. The

black pearls on the Scissors are from Archivers,I hand drew

flourishes to fit in the space and then used crystal

effects to glue them on. The picture sure does not do

 it justice. I took several photos in several different settings

and only this one came even remotely close to what

 it really looks like. LOL A photographer I am not!!!

 But hope you get the idea. I am hoping to sell this

 to the beauty shop where I get my hair done.

Hope you have been inspired by my art work

to try another medium to work with. I have several

more wooden items to play with so stay tuned LOL.