MMSC41 Jovi In A Basket Easter Card

I know it's a little early for Easter, but can anyone tell yet how anxious I am for spring to get here?   I just LOVE snow for Christmas, but to be honest, I would be happy not to see it for the rest of the winter after that, but this year, we seem to have enough for about 10 Christmases. 

So, to cheer myself up, I made this sweet Easter card with none other than the adorable Jovi in a basket that can be found at our weekly sponsor's store:  Sew Many Cards  along with many other cute friends and amazing images.  The perfect place to shop for Easter images!!  Don't forget to check out our monthly sponsor's store ... Cornish Heritage Farms for some great images as well.  They also carry some very pretty Easter images.

There is no room for candy in this Easter basket  ; )  Bunnies are fat free and very cute.  What a great alternative to that Easter candy that always puts on the extra pounds and causes need to visit the dentist. 

Who can resist???

CONGRATULATIONS to the MMSC40 Gold Star Award winnter...

86. Holly Miller

Our Remarkables Award this week goes to...

56. America
73. Tracy
88. Darsie Bruno
93. Nancy Brown

Visit the Midnight Madness Blog for all the lastest

So, I wonder what kind of card your imagination will take you to creating for this sketch.  I can't wait to see.  I sure hope that some more of you will do some spring cards to put a smile on my face and some warmth in my bones... hint hint..

Thanks for dropping by for a visit, and for those of you that take the time to leave a comment, a very special thank you to you.  You warm my heart, entice my creativity and motivate me to reach and try new things.  God Bless You!!


Challenges for this card:  Stamp Something - Cute
A Spoon Full of Sugar- Spring time
Polkadoodle- Flowers
Practical Scrappers- Flowers
Incy Wincy Designs- Punches
Crafty Angels- Flowers
Pile It On- Flowers
Dare U 2 Digi- Punches and Digi image
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge- Digi coloring
Tanda Stamps- Quick and cute
Paper Sundaes- A glittery Spring

The Frozen "Niagara"

This is what happens when you get as much snow as we have and then the weather warms up for a day or two.  We are scheduled to get another foot of snow by this Wednesday, and I honestly do not know where we are going to put in anymore.  We have gotten about 5-6 feet of snow in the last couple of weeks, and another foot is not welcome.  We are going to have some flooding, I'm afraid with spring around the corner and all of this to melt.  I am up to shoveling somewhere around 6 plus times a day and much more on those days we are really slammed.  Minus the pain I have inflicted unintentionally upon myself, I am hoping that I have gained some muscle doing this continuous workout.  ; )

I knock icicles down about 5 times a day, but this must have built overnight, and I can't reach the corners sometimes.  Praying that my roof does not collapse or that those icicles eventually crash down and hurt someone or break something.

So, who out there wants to tell me how much they would love to see snow and experience winter?????  The first person who would rather be here than in anywhere that they are that is warm is doing a trading spaces with me for the next 6 weeks  : )  My bags are packed!!!

Have a great week everyone, and I will see you tomorrow with a happy, craft post. YAY!

M5D Sadie's Floral Hat Card

We are getting a break from the snow today, so I am taking the opportunity to post this card while I have the chance.  This image is from the D' Amour Allure Collection and can be purchased at the McMahon Five Design Shop .  I just got my package in the mail from Sue and could not wait to start creating.  There is such an amazing variety of goodies to buy from there that really gets the mojo going.

Some of the accents on this card that are from M5D are these gorgeous calla lillies that grace this card perfectly.  Of the many gems on here, you can find a selection of these at the M5D store and even the things that you may not readily notice can be found there as well, such as stickles, Neenah white paper and ink.  It's worth a visit over there to see for yourself. 

While you're there, have a look at a special Valentine digi stamp that she has available for only $3 which the majority of the proceeds will go to the Make A Wish Foundation.  You can read about the touching story she shares with you behind her choosing this charity on her site

Thanks for dropping by for a visit today, and please leave a comment.  I always look forward to hearing your thoughts.  It puts a smile on my face and sunshine in my day...and believe me, we could use some sunshine here in the North right now.

Well, I'm off to start pondering my next creation.  Have a great weekend, and Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Challenges for this card: 
Creative Belli~Ribbon
CRAFT Challenge~Digi coloring
Cuttlebug Challenge~Fabric
Fussy and Fancy~Dazzle

MMSC40 Life Is Like A Bicycle ... Antiqued Card

As I am recovering from our last winter blast and awaiting the next one to hit us tomorrow, I would like to take a short break and share with you my MMSC40 card.  This image is one that has been shared with us by our sponsor Cornish Heritage Farms  They have some very beautiful stamps to choose from.  Drop by their site for a look.  You will fall in love.  We would also like to thank our weekly sponsor:  Stamp and Create for their sponsorship and giveaway this week.  Drop over to the Midnight Madness Blog for all of the details on this and the lastest MM news. 

Congratulations to our MMM and MMR winners this week:

MMM

Darsie #56

MMR
An #23
America #61

Beautiful work!  Thanks for playing with us!

These lovely embellishments are from McMahon Five Design's store. 

Don't forget that you have a choice of sketches this week.  A CAS sketch that can be found on the MM blog or this one.  Which one would you like to try?  I can't wait to find out!  Thanks for dropping by for a look.  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.  I am off now to tend to our winter wonderland out there.  Have a beautiful week!


Challenges for this card:  ABC Challenge
Pixie Dust
Wags n Whiskers

This was our share of the snow.....

We got 25 inches of snow by the time this picture was taken.  It was still snowing at the time. 

I took this one, so that you could see how much actually accumulated on the sidewalks. BTW, I shoveled about 10-12 inches of snow on this same walk right before I went to bed and woke up to find this much more on the ground.

There is a car in there somewhere.  This was the hardest part of snow removal today.  We do the old fashioned way with a shovel.  No snow blowers here.  : (

These are our front steps.  Can you see them there vaguely? 

What a day!  I am sore and tired, but the kids had fun it it, so not all was bad.

I hope that most of you escaped this storm and for you that have....let me know where you are, and I am in the market for a new state to live in....nice and warm and where they have no idea what a snow plow is.  

Have a beautiful weekend everyone, and stay warm!

 

MMSC39 Good Dog Card

Hi Everyone.....It feels good to be back again with my teammates at the MMSC.  I have missed working with them these last couple of weeks, but I am so pleased to be back with them again this week, and am thrilled to show you my card that was created with an image from our monthly sponsor this month:  Cornish Heritage Farms.  They have been so generous to us and have some really awesome stamps.  You will not know when to stop choosing when you stop by their shop.  Thank you Richard and Liz!!!  I am really enjoying working with your images!!   Don't miss their awesome giveaway....find out more at Priscilla's blog. 

Our MMSC38 Gold Star Award this week goes to...  #12 Gry-Heidi


Our Remarkables Award this week goes to... 
 
#3 SuperNan

#68 Iris
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Our MMSC39 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

Faith of Designed2Delight .  She creates digital stamps with the card artist in mind. Her digi stamps (soon to be in red rubber) are hand drawn and truly unique! Please visit designed2delight.com to view her full range of stamps.  Stop by her store to see what works of art that you can't live without. 

I would like to take a moment to welcome our new guest designer diva this month:  Cheryl.  We look forward to working with her and hope you'll drop by her blog to see what she cooks up this month. 

~~~Now, onto my sample for this week~~~

This was such a fun image to work with, and I enjoyed embellishing this card with all the pawprints, dog bones, and chew ropes.  I also added a rhinestone collar, because he just seemed like the kind of dog that would wear one of those.  Doesn't he look like a good dog?  I had to add the chipboard words to his dog house to show what a good dog he is.  I also added just a touch of sparkle to him and lots of shine to his coat. 

I hope you enjoy my card this week and find some inspiration to create your own work of art for the challenge this week.  I look forward to visiting you, and please leave a comment to let me know that you dropped by and what you think.  Thank you for your time, and have a great day!

May many blessings come your way!




Challenges for this card:  Cupcake Craft Challenge
Raise The Bar Challenge

I Have Some Very EXCITING DT News To Share With You............

I have had the hardest time keeping this to myself until today, because I am bursting with excitement about this news!

I have been chosen to be on the very first McMahon Five Design Team along with some other Amazingly talented ladies:  Bonnie,  Kristine,  Lorelie,  and   Michelle.  Stop by their blogs and see what they are showcasing for M5D today. 

I never thought I would take on another DT position, but before I retire from them, I had to do this one last spot, because I could not pass up the chance to promote such a wonderful store for a wonderful person.
Sue (owner of McMahon Five Design) offers some amazing products in her store, and one of my very favorites is her wood paper and envelopes.  It is unique to her and her store, and I have come to love it so much, that I can't seem to live without it ; )   Once you try this out, you will see what I mean and want to stock it in your closet too.  It is the perfect thing to grab when wondering what to use for that hard-to-make masculine card that so many of us struggle with.  It is also great for nature cards and truefully looks beautiful on any themed card.  Check out Sue's Idea Alley to see some samples.  M5D also carries a wide variety of other supplies from Digi Stamps, rubber stamps, Primas, gems, nesties.....and the list goes on and on.  Her prices are amazingly some of the most affordable that I have seen out there too.  It is a one-stop shop for me which I why I am so extremely excited to be a part of this wonderful team. 

M5D puts out a wonderful newsletter to keep you posted on the latest in their shop, and if you sign up for it, you will receive exclusive tips, tutorials and coupons to use in the store.  Sue does her very best to find out what crafters are struggling the most with and will give some of the most helpful tips to make things easier for those of us that may not be able to figure some of this stuff out.  I know for myself, Sue has helped me tremendously with working with digi stamps.  I used to avoid them just because I didn't know how to use them.  Now, I just love the wider variety of images that are available to me because I have learned how to use them.  Sue also offers freebie digi's occasionally, and they are really awesome, so don't miss out on those. 

Now, onto my card:

This is a super cute Teddy Bear Digi image available at M5D and I couldn't resist using this for my first sample card as part of the DT.  I used some of the wood paper to frame the image, and the nice thing about most of the wood paper is that you can still cut and use your nesties to cut and shape the paper.  I also used some of the cream-colored flowers that are available at her store as well, and you can even get a variety of colors to choose from for the gems that I used in the center of the flowers.  I am a gem addict, and I am really loving the self-adhesive gem flourishes out there now, and cannot wait to get some of them to start adding them to my creations.  I hope that you have enjoyed my first sample card for M5D and that you will go check out the other DT girl's blogs and then hop over to the M5D store and see all of the wonderful things they have to offer.

Thanks for sharing in my excitement today, and I hope you will keep coming back to visit me.  I will have much to show you in the coming months.   Please feel free to leave me a comment.  I would love to hear your thoughts and always appreciate your feedback about my work.

Many Blessings to you....Have a wonderful Day!  ( :




Challengess for this card:
Spoon Full of Sugar
Creative Card Crew
Die Cuts R Us
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Saturday Spotlight
Stampin' Sisters in Christ