tonyzworldofart

2011-12-23T04:20:00.000-08:00

May the
last month of
2011 be your BEST EVER!!!
May this time only hold good
health, successful projects, professional growth and happiness for
you and your loved
ones!

MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
HAPPY NEW YEAR
to you
all

Tonniece

Stamping Out Alzheimer's

2009-05-17T06:04:00.002-07:00

Just popping in to let everyone know what Suzanne

http://www.cardoftheweek.com/2009/05/stampin-out-alz.html

and Jan

http://jentapler.blogspot.com/2009/05/look-whats-coming-may-25thsneak-peek.html

are doing starting May 25th thru June 1st. 2009.

I won't go into all the details here, but if you know anything about the dreaded disease Alzheimer's then pop on over to their sites to read about this very worthwhile event.
I have added the widget to my side bar, and hope you will too.

Enjoy your weekend
Hugs
Tonniece

Happy 13th

2009-04-10T13:13:00.002-07:00

My granddaughter Taylor who will be 13 in May and I thought this image from www.firecrackerdesignsbypamela.com would be great to use. I fussed with this so much and it's still not how I wanted it, but I'm calling it done.

I stamped the image with Versamark then StazOn and heat embossed with clear ep, then I colored it with Koh-I-Noor woodless color pencils and blended it with Ginak's OMS and blending stumps. I've had these paper doilies hanging around forever so I cut the centre out of one and adhered it to some vellum with what I thought looked like party flecks on it and cut and added the image with pop dots. punched both ends of cs added some satin ribbon and pink and blue rain dots.

For the inside I used the other doily and the centre of the first one, sponged the edges, stamped happy birthday and added that to the pink vellum insert.

That's it for today.

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend

Thanks for visiting me today

Hey Chick

2009-04-08T09:47:00.000-07:00

It Looks as though Blogger likes me today so before I loose favour again I wanted to post this really quick.

This little gorjuss girl is here to wish some chick a happy birthday.

I started doing it for the cuttlebug blog challenge which I believe
was to use the colors Black, white, and craft, but I messed up by useing the blue.
Soo how about for the ABC blog challenge which is the letter "I", decorate the Inside of your card.

Front of card

Inside of card

Thanks for stopping by

Problems with Blogger

2009-04-07T05:16:00.002-07:00

OKAY, Is it just me are what? I had a problem with blogger all day yesterday and now again today. If you are reading this then I 'm having a bit of success. I say a bit, because it won't let me post a picture, nor can I seem to leave comments on other blogs.
I keeps getting this
"oops this link is broken" message, and if I can get on the blog I can't leave a message.
SO WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?

Anywhooooo, I will try again later today, as there is no sense writing a novel if it don't show up.

Fingers crossed lol

Blog Candy for a cause

2009-04-04T09:23:00.002-07:00

Heather is haveing a Blog candy for a cause going on right now till the the 17th of April.

http://inkonmyear.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-candy-for-great-cause.html

Hop on over, it's a wonderful cause and you have a chance to win some candy too. Now what's better then that.

Sorry this is short post, but

2009-04-04T06:51:00.002-07:00

I am not missing in action again, just really busy so bear with me.
I threw this together in a few minutes for

Allison's

http://stampinwhenican.blogspot.com/2009/04/guffaw-and-candy-challenge.html

No housework challenge.

I do have to figure out how to get my punched corners right wouldn't you say. Lol

Oh well here it is and in under 15 minutes.

I think I will try that one again later.

Stamp, Rubber romance

Sentiment and stamped pp, www.firecrackerdesignsbypamela.com

Thanks for stopping by

Candy Alert

2009-04-02T03:36:00.003-07:00

Good morning
I edited my last post to include Leah's blog with instructions for and photos of her beautiful boxes.

Candy alert:
Anne is having her 1st blogaversary on April 16Th, and she has some candy to share with one lucky visitor, so hop on over and check out her great blog for a chance to win.

http://ahlacartegreetingcards.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-candy-for-my-1st-anniversary.html

Have a great day and thanks for dropping by

A little bit of Magic

2009-03-30T09:52:00.001-07:00

E.T.A

I found it, Finally. I really need to keep everything in one place from now on.

Anyway here is Leah's post with an easy peasy tutorial for the Magic box.

Hope you give it try, I know I am going to try another one.

Enjoy

http://lifeaslou.blogsome.com/2008/01/

Oh wow, I was busy last night trying out something I loved the minute I saw it on some blog ages ago.
It always looked so complicated to do so although I drooled every time I saw it I never attempted it.
Well all that has changed now, and thanks to Leah I am totally hooked.

My habit of jotting things down on scrap pieces of paper is going to be my downfall I tell you. I did write down her blog, but can't find it right now. I will edit this post as soon as I find it.

She made this so easy to understand and you have to see the beauties she made.

Now this one is pretty plain because I wanted to try it out first, oh and sorry for the picture quality, but i really
couldn't wait to show that I DID IT.
Yay me. LOL

As you can see above, I messed up with the birthday stamp, I should have taken into account that the lid would cover it. That
was my first "Duh" moment.. I just stamped this swirl all around the bottom on the other three sides.

And here she is opened up. "Duh" moment #2 is hidden behind that piece of paper. Yup you guessed it, I was not paying attention and adhered the second box to the wrong side. I wasn't too worried though as this was just a practice run for me.

I also made that bow and a few charms that I will post as soon as I find my new batteries for the camera.

Hope you had a great weekend
Thanks for stopping by

Is it Spring at your house yet?

2009-03-27T06:38:00.000-07:00

Is this spring enough for you?

I just got the nicest surprise visit from my 7 yr. old granddaughter Kendra and daughter Corinne, and look what they brought for me.

Check out those gorgeous colors.

Now I know they need to be cut down and arranged a bit better, but Kendra was so adamant that i put them in my , ahem, dusty vase right away and posted on my blog that i just had to let her arrange them for me so she could witness then here.

Oh, and look what else I got. Just for a #1 gran like myself. Well that's what she thinks and I have to agree. LOL

I cant forget this cutie. below

Remember a few days ago when I had that headache, well it was the start of my yearly cold

I get this nasty thing every year where i get a cold and on top of that I also loose my voice which everyone like except me. lol

But now I have my Get Well bear to help make me better.

What a sweetie she is.

That's all for now, just had to share.

A card with presents

2009-03-24T03:42:00.000-07:00

Still in Birthday mode here with just a few more to complete.

I was going to stamp something to do with presents, but I enjoyed making the cat card so much the other day so
once I decided on what I wanted the presents to be delivered on I went to wk.
Gina K's "You Know You're Old When" stamp set kept coming to mind, but that car was just a tad small
for what I wanted. Granny was perfect though, so I stamped it out and
cut her and the bucket seats out, drew a car that was bigger, more room for her and the presents, on the back of the
thin cardboard from some embellishments I had laying around, painted it blue and added a few scuff marks, bling, and
I used a 1/8" & 3/4" punch for the tires and popped them up on the front, I cut one in half for the back tires.

Here is the Gina K. Stamp, and my car.

Then I cut out a 6 squares from my Glitter Mat Stack in different sizes for the presents,
cause presents should sparkle, Right? Popped dotted them on top of each other and added ribbon scraps, bling on one present
and the headlights.

I mounted all this on white glitter pp but it was missing something, so I found
this scalloped piece of, you guessed it, more cardboard from a pkg. of embellishments,
that had a cute pattern on it, and it was green so why not. I then popped it all up and now granny is ready to deliver all
those yummy looking presents to that special little person.

Here is a side view to show the dimension.

That's it for now. Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by

Tilda and Edwin

2009-03-20T02:00:00.000-07:00

Not feeling too great today, so I'll keep this short.

Image is the super sweet Tilda and Edwin on Ice, watercolored with stickles on her fur and centre of flower.
pp is from wassail paper pad
Heart from an old charm bracelet
12 stamped images (only 6 shown here) go in the front pocket, a little something for the recipient.

I really have to go lay this head down now.
Thanks for stopping by

Hope you have a Puuuur-fect day

2009-03-18T20:41:00.001-07:00

I did this card over a few weeks time with snippets of this and that.

I had small spools of colored wire and used that for her whiskers, tail and legs. Amber beads for the paws and Tiny twinkles for her leash (black ribbon on the bottom of card), collar, and eyes. Not sure if you can see it, but I boo booed again and used one green and one clear gem for the eyes, so I guess she looks a bit odd.

But she is sitting so regal on her comfy bed of fur.

That's about all there is.

Thanks for stopping by

Wecome to new home

2009-03-18T10:22:00.000-07:00

I do have a card to post, but I wanted to show you this card I mention in earlier post
that my friend carol sent me. Now does this say SPRING to you, it sure does to me.
All those pretty butterflies dangling and swaying in the breeze. (from my fan since it's still to darn cool to open windows yet). lol

I acutally got this in the mail before I moved here and I also received a great gift pkg. for my birthday.
Maybe I will post that later.

That's it for now, hopfully I will be back later today.

Thanks for dropping by.

I only look Innocent

2009-03-16T01:33:00.000-07:00

In my loonngg absence from blogging I did manage to get a few cards done, and this is the first of them- the one in the post below being the most resent of them.
Of my three granddaughters one of them has a birthday in April, and the other two are in May, then both of my daughters are in May, not to mention several friends, Mother's Day and of course my birthday. WHEW!!!!!!!!
It's like Christmas in May around here. LOL

So I thought to myself that feel like it or not I had to try and pump out some cards.
This cute Magnolia card is for my youngest granddaughter Jazmin who will be 4 going on 40.
I'm sure all you mothers out there can relate. hahaha
Every time Misti does her nails or puts on lip gloss Jazzy has to have some too, so I thought this sentiment "Got Lipstick?" was
RIGHT ON, and the one inside the panel - which I didn't capture compleatly - reads "I only look innocent" is more then RIGHT ON.
SHEESH................... is it me or are kids nowadays comeing out half grownup? LOL

I know I am drifting here. sorry about that.
Not too much to tell here since it's pretty straight forward, but how about that stunning pp? I got that from a very dear friend Carol several months back and meant to post it then. Just check out that shimmer, sooooo purdy eh? I'll have to post all the lovly things she sent, oh and the card is too stinkin cute too.

Okay, that's it for now, hope you like our little DIVA'S card.

Thanks for dropping by

Visit, update, and a card

2009-03-15T00:48:00.001-07:00

I know I have been missing in action again, but lots going on here lately. My brother who has not been here in Ontario for 10 yrs. was here visiting and it was a whirlwind getting him around visiting, shopping and, Wow, just catching up, trying to get my craft room to.............well look like a craft room, and trips to the hospital.

UPDATE
My mom is doing great now, but Dan's mom is still in ICU, and her condition is still touch and go.

It took me quite a while to answer you all but I wanted to thank everyone again
for all the many, many heartwarming e-mails and comments here on my blog. I am truly touched.

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.

Now on to my card.

I saw this earlier on Dawns blog, http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/ and had to give it a try.

I used these too cute Magnolia images. Isn't she just the cutest thing? And check out how the card opens. pretty spiffy eh? LOVE IT. LOL
Sorry for the not very great pics, but it's 2:30 am here and the lighting isn't the greatest.

Well that's it for now, I hope you like it.
I woke to an awful head cold this morning and with the combo of runny nose and eyes and sore throat I thought i would be dead to the world NOW but no such luck. Going to try again to get some sleep.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

Thanks for dropping by

Stamps: Magnolia and STAMPIN' UP
cs: Whisper white and Micheals
Embellishments: STAMPIN'UP and my stash

Prayers Needed

2009-02-19T11:10:00.002-08:00

I don't even know where to start here, so I guess I will start a few weeks back when I got this frantic call from my mom.

All I could make out was her crying and moaning, then I faintly heard her say she had fallen.
Thank goodness my brother was here at the time. We rushed over there to find her semi-conscious on the floor. She had fallen while getting out of the tub and banged herself up very badly. She has bruised her whole side from the armpit to her butt.
In the last few weeks we have been keeping comfortable, and installed hand rails and purchased her a seat for the shower. The long and short of it is that the Dr. said she is not mending as fast as he would like to see, but she IS mending and will recover.

Not a week after all that we got a call about Dan's mom. She was rushed to emergency for an operation to relieve pressure on her brain, she has been ill for quite a while now and has had several operations but noone ever suspected anything like this .
The operation went well, then a few days after going home she was rushed back for more surgery, and it was discovered she is full of infection now. The Doctors are very concerened and as of this morning she is still in critical condition.

I am asking if you could say a prayer

Thanks for dropping today.
Hugs
Tonniece

Too funny..........hahaha

2009-01-29T07:45:00.001-08:00

Ha Ha Ha, I don't have anything crafty to show for my absence, but I do have somethig that is too funny.
This is a caricature of me, no kidding, I totally forgot about this thing. lol

My youngest daughter and I were in the Centre shopping Plaza in 1999, -wow, just seeing this brings back that day so vividly,- and as is always the case with us we were being silly and this artist was doing quick sketches of passersby and paying customers.
Corinne and I stopped and watched for a min. oohing and ahhing at how beautiful they all were especially since he had them done in no time at all. It was amazing.
Anyway Corinne said quite loudly, the little bugger, that I should get one done.
Now anyone who knows me, knows that taking a picture, sketch, or anything that will capture my likeness is a NO-NO, plain and simple. I shot her a look that would kill with a sly smerk on my face which just made her taunt me even more. This went on for a few minutes when someone tapped me on the sholder and pointed my attention to the artist who was holding up this sketch of me and Corinne, see her on the side there?

Well I have to tell you that seeing what he had sketched we both broke out in hysterics, (where ever he got the tennis thing from is a mystery to us since we were both in jeans, but those earrings were my fave at the time), and the great part was his remark that watching us going on like that had been the funniest part of that day.

It's always great to be able to put a smile on someones face eh? Oh and he gave it to me for....... are you ready for this?.............................. NOTHING!!!!!!! Yup I actually have a pic of me that I love. lol And to think it was packed away for so long.

Just thought I would share. HEY, THIS COULD BE MY AVITAR FROM NOW ON!!!!!!!! hehehehe

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by

A 5 or 10

2009-01-24T03:11:00.000-08:00

A 5 or 10 min. card that took me forever, AND made quite a mess. LOL

We had bought a really cute gift card for Danny's mom a while back that I fell in love with it, so I thought I would case it. Now I didn't take a photo of it, but it had a really simple embossed flourish border on it with a ribbon down the side with a beautiful heart charm, and a scroll type sentiment in the centre.
That being said, I had a sm. jar of flocking, bought when or where?... I don't remember, and thought I would give it a try...... I mean this was a simple design right?

It turned out taking me forever to finish and it really dosen't look anything like the inspiration card, but I am pleased as punch at the end result.
First I stamped the card front with my Palette stamp & stick glue pad, dumped the flocking on and hoped for the best. LOL
I think I over loaded the glue when I refilled the pad because I had one super sticky mess on my hands, desk, cs...........well everywhere, but I'm thinking because of that the flocking clung REALLY well. ANYWOOOOOOOOOO, the sentiment is from a foam stamp that Is one line, but I broke it up to fit the card front. I added the ribbon across the bottom instead of down the side like on the inspiration card, and replaced the heart charm with a broken earring with no mate that I found in my jewellery box.
I really like the christmas cards I did with the matching flaps, so I stamped this one also with black StazOn.

The stamp was purchased at the 2007 London Scrapbook Expo, but I can't remember from which booth, and it has no co. stamp on it.
The ribbon is a scrap piece I had laying around.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by

Picture Tower

2009-01-22T15:58:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the poor quality picture, but it late right now and so no sun to capture this beauty and I just had to show it to someone.
We were at Micheal's last Sept. or Oct. when i spied this tower, and I tell you every where we went in the store that day for some reason I kept gravitating right back to this baby. There was a black leather one on display, but then i saw that they had it in brown leather too, sooooooooooo I put it on the bottom of my cart, got about 10 paces away, paused, put it back, went another 10 or so paces, turned, put it back,.................................... well I'm guessing you get where this is going Right? lol
Debbie was getting a bit flustered with me at this point and asked why I kept putting it back if I wanted it so bad, to which I replied, "welllllllllllllll, we are here to buy for others,"
She gave me this really weird look, snatched it up and put it on the cart and said, "well then I am buying it for you, now can we go?".
Gots ta love Big Sisters eh? LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any whoooooooo, here it is closed, and no this is not my family, lol, I wanted to wait till we were in our new home before I filled it up, and trust me I will fill it and then some. I think I better start downloading all my pics to cd's like NOW.

And here it is opened, just look at all those Photo albums, each one holds 100 pics so if you put them in back to back to back you get 200 PICS PER ALBUM, that's 1600 pics in 8 albums. Then there are 3 Lg. drawers and 1 Sm. drawer. HOW AWESOME IS THAT? OH YA, and on the front you have 5 -5x7 pictures windows too.

Just wanted to share this treasure with you all.

Thanks for stopping by

With Love

2009-01-21T01:00:00.000-08:00

This is another card I did last summer but never posted. I made it for my mom for Mother's Day, but ended up makeing a different card for her.

The pp is one of several my friend Dianne at http://magpiesenvy.blogspot.com/ made and gave to me.
Punches: Marvy Uchida and tonic studio
Sentiment: Karen Foster's small casul Snap-Stamps.
Flowers: from my stash
And of course that cute little paper clip paint roller.

Have a great day

I decided that

2009-01-20T06:00:00.001-08:00

I am going to be posting a few cards I did at the end of 2008 but never added them to my blog for one reason or another.

This rubbernecker image is the same one I used for my sister's card a while back, but that one was done in blue. I do have a few sentiments printed out with different embelishments, but I like it plain, how about you, what do you think?

pp from a Micheal's pp pack
Stickles from paperworks
bling from tayloredexpressions
Stamp'n Up word window punch

Another Simple card

2009-01-19T19:53:00.000-08:00

LOVE IT. The blue that is, after all it is my fave color.

HEY DEB, A 15 min. card.
YEAH ME, lol

I did make this for Christmas and did intend to get it out, but now I guess I can add it to my Christmas cards for this year.
All there is to this sucker is the Snowflake and Winter House cuttlebug folder which I sanded to bring out the white core , shear white dot ribbon, some blue chalk and a few minutes of my time.
The thing that took the longest time was chalking the snowflaks on the card base and the envelope flap.

Thanks for stopping by

Christmas card for this year.

2009-01-19T04:09:00.000-08:00

Well this is now a Christmas card for this year.

If you click on the pic you will see i went off the leaves, trying to touch up spots after I had put it all together. I was going to put a little something more on it, and messed it up.

Typical tonni move. lol

I do still love all the glimmer on it though, and as you can see the first pic all I used was a gel pen and a copper ink pad to do it. I applied both with a Q-Tip, just brushing it on. Ribbon is from a ribbon share with Jody -http.confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com

Here I was trying to let you see how it shimmers. Pretty cool eh.

I did the envelope flap also with the same embossed folder. The corners were done with my new Basket weave punch from http://www.stampart.com/

you all have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

2009-01-18T07:38:00.000-08:00

I just had to do another card with this image. She is so cute.
The dp is from the Basicgrey's wassail paper pad , the ribbon is again from Jody Morrow's ribbon share, and the cute string of lights I bought at Mike's.

Stay warm and enjoy the rest of the weekend

For a Very Special Person

2009-01-17T04:29:00.000-08:00

Brrrrrrrr, Hope everyone is staying warm this Morning. It is reading -27 here right now, I am so not liking this way too windy and cold winter this year. How about you?

I think I am going to hunker down under my warm blankets, watch the TV, and hopefully
get a few cards done to show you.

This card is going out to a very, very special person in my life who's Birthday was a few weeks ago. I did have it done on time, but am quite late in getting it to her.

I tried the gamsol and prisma pencil blending on her............. not too bad'
The card base is Kraft CS, the DP and balloon brads are a Micheal's find. I added drops of acrylic paint to one and wrote Happy B'Day on the other with my mica permanent ink pen, I popped them up with dimensional and added gold thread. Her piggy tails have gold gems from tayloredexpressions, and added a strip of gold ribbon to the bottom.

Stay safe and warm
And thanks for stopping by

Last 2 for now and Check out these blogs

2009-01-14T16:08:00.006-08:00

These are the last I will show you ( can I here a collective sigh there) ?

ETA: (Be sure to check out the end of this post for a chance to win some JAW DROPPING candy)

Anyway, this top one is a collection of images from Rubbernecker............the cutest things ever, but, well, they didn;t cut the mustard.
OH and here's a chuckle for you,
I have been trying to, master the Zindorf technique, and that cute little zebra from Artfulinkables is about the closest I have come, (how's that for embarrassing) but I am still trying.
Then I got so excited and started patting myself on the back and totally forgot to mask the the little bugger before stamping. LOL
Can I hear a "Scrap it"?

Tomorrow I will start to post a few cards that I managed to get together. Honest.

Check out these amazing crafters, get inspired, support a cause, and maybe win some awesome candy too.

Kim at http://craftymakes.blogspot.com/ has made the 5000 hit mark and is giving away an awesome blog candy. Not only that, check out her beautiful cards too, you won't regret it.

And Curt http://curtsplayhouse.blogspot.com/ has a collection of 24 awesome cards he created for such a worthy cause, and another candy offering if you are interested, you just have to check them out and read his post.

The Talented Bev http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/ has more eye candy and giveaways for her 100,000 hits which you will see is no surprise when you check out all the beauty on her blog.

And Last but not least, Anne http://ahlacartegreetingcards.blogspot.com/ has the sweetest way of composing a card and leaving you feeling breathless plus a little something to knock your socks off also.

So what are you waiting for folks? Get going.

Enjoy you day

2 of my no no's

2009-01-14T15:48:00.000-08:00

Ok, so as I threatened/promised here are 2 of my NO-NO's
I couldn't get a good pic of these, but maybe that's a good thing.

I got them from Rubbernecker beacuse I just though they were so beautiful, buttttt I have yet to do them any justice.

Well enough said about these flops, More tomorrow then I promise I won't bother you with anymore.

Hope you all had a great day
and thanks 4 stopping by.

If you have been asking yourself

2009-01-13T03:41:00.000-08:00

Where the heck I have been, (As if), well wonder no more.
I tell you this move has opened my eyes BIG TIME........................
The move was a success, but in trying to find a new home for all my things I came across a few ,as in 3, of these long Ikea totes
just jam packed full of what should have been images for cards, but ended up being my "ARE YOU CRAZY TONNIECE? THIS IS NOT FIT FOR THIS OR ANY CARD EVER!!!!!!!!!!!" and then thrown in bags for that particular company and then in turn in what has now turned into 3 totes.
Really, take a gander below at the first half of one of them.

And here is the other half
Now this is a shot of just one of them, cause lets face it just telling you all I have 3 is bad enough, but showing all three is down right embarrassing.
I think I will go and lick my wounds now, and add insult to injury by taking pics to show you all just how inept I have been/am.
Well................. that is if I can remember how to take a decent picture after this mojo sucking absence.

Hope you all have a brillant day
See you soon

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

2008-12-25T09:42:00.001-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
ENJOY THE DAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS!
AND I WISH YOU ALL
A SAFE, HAPPY, AND HEALTHY 2009!!!

Old memorie are new again

2008-11-23T07:36:00.000-08:00

I was cleaning out my spare room so I could pack and throw away things last night and came across an old and ragged card I had recieved from my sister years ago. The date wasn't even ledgeable anymore. As I was about to toss it out, (something that tears at my heartstrings as all the boxes of old cards in here would attest to) I noticed there was a tiny image on the back that was the same as the worn out card front.
This reminded me of a stamp I have and have never used, so needless to say cleaning was the last thing on my mind at this point, and I dug through my stamps and inked it up.

I am happy I did because I actually Like this card. Then I even dressed up the envelope by stamping in bleach, AND IT WORKED. I stamped the image on some paper I had colored with watered down water color paints, then embossed with Rainbow sparkle embossing powder. Matted that on SU glossy white cs. Using my clear ruler I ran beads of my embossing pen to create a border around the image and sprinkled the ep on that.
Yummy glitter. Added the ribbon and adhered it with ribbon glue. All done.

Ok there is as always a punch line here. As I was about to take a photo I noticed the mark on my ribbon, drat, but too late now it was all gluded down.

Supplies: rainbow sparkles embossing powder, bleach, may arts ribbon
Stamp, Artfulinkables

Thanks for stopping by

Giggles and I

2008-11-22T11:00:00.000-08:00

Giggles and I want to wish all our American friends a very Happy Thanksgiving

Is she too cute or what. I don't even know where I got her and her little mate - yup there is a Mr. giggles too, and there is no name on them as to who makes them, but I do know as soon as I saw them I had to have them. They are so darn ugly they are cute.

I was sitting here and getting bored and tired so I thought I would play a bit. I wanted to try my gesso again with some inks, and a dash of glitter spray on a scrap piece of paper.
What a mess, but oh what fun. I really liked the end result so I thought I would throw card together.

Now this is smaller then a card and bigger then a tag, so I'm not sure what to call it except just a silly tired Tonniece creation. LOL

Dosen't she make you giggles though? Ok I really am getting silly, i guess i'd better pack it in for today.

Thanks for stopping by

"B" Day remake

2008-11-21T01:59:00.001-08:00

Happy Friday everyone

Well a day later then I promised, but here it is. Debbie's new birthday card.

The inspiration for this card came from Linda at http://lindaduke.typepad.com . She is doing a set of 12 cards that are all monochromatic and OH SO STUNNING, but then ALL HER CARDS ARE. Hop on over, you won't be disappointed I promise you.

That great stamp is called "Monique" and can be purchesed at http://www.rubbernecker.com/ , and the sister stamp is by www.paperinspirations.com and purchased from http://www.stampart.ca here in London Ontario. There is a phrase that goes down the backside of it that I put on the inside of the card along with a few words from me. Sorry, no picture of inside and it's sealed now. The scallop is my new MS punch, LOVE IT.
I water colored the image with the same blue in three different strengths to make the layered dress pop, then added the bling www.tayloredexpressions.com to every tip of the layers and to the tips of each scallop also.
Can't forget the stickles and a dash of shimmer paint.
The skin tone is so different IRL, don't know why it looks so orangy here. I used a new flesh tone water color pencil here.

Well I hope she likes it.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy you weekend.

"B"Day Card?

2008-11-19T17:46:00.000-08:00

I know I have been MIA latley but I have been so swamped with the packing and Reno's that I just want to SCREAM.

For those of you that have been checking in to see if I'm still alive.
I AM, but just barely lol

I started this card a few weeks ago and have changed it, hummmm, about 15 times since then. And I must tell you that it looks nothing like this now. In fact most of it is in the waste bucket now. Why post it then you ask?
Well because I have not made a replacement card for it yet and I had the pic of it already so HERE IT IS/WAS.
The big problem here is that I only have till FRIDAY to do just that. You see it was suposed to be my sisters Birthday card, BUUUUT In my infinit wisdom or lack there of I kept changeing this one and now there is no card for Debbie. Oh my, what's a girl to do.

So I took this time out from the packing and all the crappy stuff that goes with it to hopefully get a few cards done and visit all my blogg'in buddies. But that will have to wait till tomorrow now cause boy am I tired, SHEESH, I tell you I am getting old, it's not quite 9PM here and I am so ready for bed.

So Thanks for stopping by, I am off to dreamland now and hopefully I will have something to post tomorrow.

Candy Alert

2008-11-06T09:43:00.003-08:00

In the mood for something sweet? Hop on over to Enfy's blog http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/
In honor of her reaching 100,000 hits you have till Sunday Nov. 9 to win one of three great prizes, but don't stop there, check out her wonderful creations also.
Good luck

Thanks for stopping by

Lovely Surprise

2008-11-04T04:22:00.000-08:00

Hi All
Although I did get a few cards done I wanted to show you the lovely surprise I recieved from my lifelong friend Dianne, http://magpiesenvy.blogspot.com
Last week after a much needed break from packing, Dianne, Jan and I went to Michaels, I mean after all what's more fun then a shopping break, and on our arrival home she very matter of factly handed me this Journal. I was thrilled and totally surprised to say the least.
Just check out the texture and detail, just Awesome.
You can view this beauty on her blog , Link above, and many other of her stunning creations.

Thank You so much Dianne I will treasure it always.

On another note, I will try to get my cards posted later today, and hopefully get in some time to visit all your wonderful blogs.

Well back to the grind, grrrrrr lol

Thanks for taking the time to stop by

2008-10-22T08:54:00.003-07:00

Hi everyone, I have nothing to share with you today, in fact all this week. I am trying to get my house all sorted out and doing a lot of packing and throwing out.
Yes we are moving, finally........ mind you not till the end of Dec. (PERISH THE THOUGHT), but it takes me forever to get things done with this bum leg of mine. It feels like I am getting nothing done with all the frequent rests I have to take, but we are getting there.
Dan will be gradually taking things over to the new house in a week or two, as there are Reno's going on at present, and the movers have changed their date twice now due to it being smack dab in the holiday season. Not the best time of year to move.

Anyway, just taking a min. to let you all know I am still here, and will be dropping by for quick hello's as I have my little rest stops.LOL

Thanks for stopping by

2008-10-17T08:47:00.002-07:00

This card features a http://www.whiffofjoy.com/ Image.

I found this site today http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com
from Enfy's blog http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/ and thought this card fit right in with their challenge to make a card with no traditional colors.

I stamped her 2x, one on water color pp, the other on whisper White. I think I will go over her with my H2O's , (so much for my Tip in the earlier post. I am testing myself i guess.lol)

After it was colored I cut her and misic out and adhered her to the Whisper white cs and that to the pink cs.
Paterened pp is from the Euphoria Paper pad by Memory Box. All was adhered to the pink cs base.
I almost forgot to mention I added the cotton to her scarf and hat, and a tiny silver star I had laying around. I fit too perfect on her star chain.

Ribbon from Michaels
flower from Dianne http://magpiesenvy.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by

Helping Angel

2008-10-16T07:06:00.000-07:00

This Whiff Of Joy Angel designed by Elisabeth Bell, is so helpfull, not to mention so adorable. I love the fact that she does dishes because that is a chore not to my liking.

As soon as she arrived in the mail I had to ink her up, mind you that was a week or two ago, oops... lol
I used my woodless pencils, purchased at a craft store downtown, to color her in then I stamped her again and after mounting them together leaving her wings and the bottom corners of her apron free, I cut them out leaving a slight white Margin around the whole image. I then restamped the plate and towel and adhered them with pop dots, curled the hem of her apron and the tips of her wings then layered that on top of the swiss dot oval.

The pp's I used are just loose 12 by 12 sheets from Michaels, sorry can't remember the name right now as they are scraps from pieces i used before. I punched a few dots from the green pp and added them to the dot pp then added the ribbon and the cute yellow bow to her hair.
The sentiment was a gift from Dianne http://magpiesenvy.blogspot.com and is the red rubber, soooo it was a bit hard to bend it so it would wrap around the bottom even after I seperated it, but it fit the image I went for it.

That's it for today
Thanks for stopping by

Christmas cutie

2008-10-13T07:57:00.001-07:00

Again not a great pic DARN IT , but I lightened it up on one here so you could see the memorybox pp It's so yummy with all the gold flecks running through it.
This sweet image is from Heather's http://www.faeriesong.com/ new sheet of stamps, and every single one is too cute for words.

I stamped it on watercolor pp and used my H2O's to color her. I used glossy accents on the berries, and her chocker.
On the blue ribbon, a Michael's find, I colored a red and green stripe to match the pp and Gold embossed the sentiment.

Oh... and don't ya just LOOOOVVVEEE my sewing job? LOL
I really must invest in a sewing m/c cause that hand stitching is Kind-Of-A-Drag not to mention quite messy.

The rest is pretty splanatory, right Lucy?

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by

Another Christmas card done

2008-10-13T07:20:00.001-07:00

Well I have a few more Christmas cards done, yeah.
Sorry for the bad photo, but could not get it right for some reason.

I have a few options for a sentiment on this one, but will wait till I decide who it's going to.
The bird is one of five from the set 'Winter Birds' by Inkadinkado and purchased from
Sheila at http://www.scrappingreatdeals.com/

I stamped it on Whisper white cs with black StazOn, sponged around it with Rangers Distress Ink
' weathered Wood' then cut it out leaving the tips of the feathers out so they would look fluffed out. Added stickles to to his body to add some sparkle, not too visible here, but it is really blingy IRL.
The blue and silver stars are Martha Stewart glitter stickers that I bought last year on a Christmas shopping spree with my buddies Sue and Diane. Can you imagine, I forgot them till the other day.
Anyhoooo, I mounted that on watercolor paper I gave a wash to, added the black stones to each corner. And that's all she wrote, pretty Easy Peasy.

To all my Canadian blogging buddies HAPPY THANKS GIVING
And to everyone else I hope you had a wonderful weekend and an even better week ahead.

Thanks for stopping by and making my day

Monster Mummy?

2008-10-09T10:15:00.001-07:00

I totally forgot to make and post Nolan's http://fred-she-said.blogspot.com/ 2nd Monster card.
Since it is almost Halloween, I thought I'd make him a Monster Mummy..a really hungry Mummy by the looks of him. he has only one bite left of his candy corn. And he is so full he has blue bloodshot eyes.

I sketched and cut out the fence behind him, added a handle and popped it up. I gave him a wild hairdo too with some fancy threads, don't he look sweet? I replaced the flower stem with his handwritten sign and the same fancy threads.
His eyes are punched out from the Glitter mat Stack cs I used behind him , and the purple cs was run through my cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder then sanded. His candy corn was punched with my Stampin' Up scalloped oval punch.

Oh and his legs are from one of the cute 'Nellie and Luca Halloween collection' stamps I just got. That's about it

Thnaks for stopping by today

More Blog Candy ALERTS

2008-10-05T06:23:00.004-07:00

Yup, that's right there are Two wonderful ladies having some blog candy going on so hop on over to Mel's blog

http://melstampz.blogspot.com/ for a chance to win some great goodies.

Risa is also having some fun candy going on visit her at

http://malieta-lifessimplepleasures.blogspot.com/

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Blog Candy Alert

2008-10-02T14:34:00.004-07:00

Jenny over at http://madeonthefarm.blogspot.com/ is giving away some blog candy for reaching 10,000 hits, so Hop on over and say hi for a chance to win.

A few money cards

2008-10-02T06:50:00.002-07:00

Here are a few gift card holders I made, except we put US money in them for their trip this weekend.
I got the tutorial from Dawn at http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/

This first one was for my Mother and Father in-law's Anniversary which was yesterday.

And the one below is for my MIL as yesterday was her Birthday also.

I did stamp on th inside of both cards but forgot to take a picture of them.

Card stock, Stampin' Up's Whisper White
DP, Memory Stor from Costco
Images, stampingbella and Ginak

Thanks for stopping by

2008-09-27T07:50:00.000-07:00

I did this card a few days ago with a new stamp set from www.scrappingreatdeals.com
called Winter Birds.
I used a corner punch from Stampin Up to get the scalloped edge on the bottom.
by removing the gaurd, then added the bling.
I lightly sprayed the white cs with glitter spray , hard to see in the pic, after stamping and
embossing the bird with gold embossing powder.
I layered that onto gold cs then distressed the edges, layered that onto red cs.
All design paper is from Memory Box.

thanks for stopping by
And Have a great day

Heart to Heart

2008-09-26T06:05:00.002-07:00

Cammie http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com/ is haveing a GI-NORMOUS blog candy for Alzheimers Day.
Sadly her grandmother passed away recently from this aweful disease.

She created a stamp set called Whimsical Autumn, which you can purchase at
http://ginakdesigns.com/
and 100% of the sales goes to the Alzheimers Association.

Plus there awesome gifts from

Jody Morrow
http://confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/

Charmaine
http//www.oodabugalley.blogspot.com/

And Companies like

Verve Stamps

http//www.shopverve.com/

Hambro Stamps
http//www.hambostamps.com/

High hope Stamps
http//www.highhopesstamps.com/

She is asking that everyone who wishes to make a card and or donation to hounor the CARE GIVERS.

This is my card, and I want to give it to my Sister Debbie, who like Cammie has a heart of gold,
with all the things in her very, very busy life still gives
110% to our mother who is slowly loseing her fight with Dimentia , a so called lesser form of Alzheimers,
but just as painful to watch your loved ones slipping away.

I would also like to give the blog candy winner $50.00 (in Cannadian or US funds).

Thank You Debbie,
And Thanks also to Cammie for this AWESOME gift of love.

so hop on over and check out her blog.

http//myblogbycammie.blogspot.com/2008/09/heart-to-heart-blog-candy.html?commentPage=4

Thanks for stopping by

This was suposed to be posted

2008-09-24T05:13:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posts

AGAIN,

This was suposed to be posted on the first of Sept., but I guess I didn't pre post it right.

Oh well here it is now.

There is not a lot to it,

May Arts ribbon, flowers and Bling from www.paperworks.com , striped paper is from Memory Box, and blue paper I believe was a gift if memory serves.

All mounted on a white cardstalk base.

Well that's it for now, but I have been keeping busy and will have more to post tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I did a challenge

2008-08-31T10:34:00.000-07:00

The challenge this week on the Sarah Kay blog http://sarahkaychallenges.blogspot.com is purple and green.

Ok I didn't do it for the challenge this week , because I already had it done, but I said what the heck, the colors are right
so if it counts, here is my first challenge.

The background pp is from DCWV paper pack called The Far East Stack. Sorry I've had it so long I forget where i bought it.

I cut out a Large circle from doublesided cs I got at Micheals last summer, cut it in half, then hand stitched the reverse sides
down with this awesome multicolored plastic thread My friend Dianne at http://magpiesenvy.blogspot.com bought me a while ago.
and added Taylor's tiny twinkles http://tayloredexpressions.com

I then took some silk flowers I had and dyed them green and purple, and added a die chip dot.
Image was water colored then mounted to my punched out ovals.
Oh yes, the larger oval was done with the swiss dots cuttlebug folder

Have a wonderful Sunday all

Sarah Kay

2008-08-31T05:10:00.001-07:00

Here's another sarah Kay card. I did this one awhile ago too, actually, Idid quite a few of them.
I just love her stamps and now that I own several of them I had to ink them up.

Again no sentiment till I know who it's going to.
I did a design on the card base but didn't like it, so I covered it up with the white cs which I ran through
my crimper. On that I stamped with Versa mark, then rubbed chalks in yellow, blue and dark pink,
added the lace from an old slip i had torn apart, stamped the butterflies and added stickles to them/The image is
done with water color pencils.

Stamps: www.sweetnsassystamps.com

Thanks for stopping by

Simple Christmas card

2008-08-29T16:21:00.000-07:00

It's going to be here sooner then we think.
Christmas is just around the corner, if time passes as quickly as it did this summer (which will be too soon for me).
So I did this easy peasy card, with the new cuttlebug folder, added lots of stickles to the falling snow,
and rooftops. The sentiment was stamped in Versa mark, then black StazOn, added clear embossing powder then set with heatgun.

oh, and a soft gold dusting was added to the stickles on the rooftops to add that little touch of shimmer.
I tried to get a good picture, hope you can see it.

Hope you all had a fantastic day
Thanks for stopping by

Last Xmas

2008-08-28T09:40:00.000-07:00

I did this card, but I really didn't like it so never posted it.
But I'm getting a bit braver and I'm thinking what the hay, I did it , so post it.
Don't get me wrong, I still really hate it but how else does one learn or get critiqued if one doesn't show it.
So critique away, but be kind, cause i'm sensitive. (just kidding)
It was my first and last attempt at embossing metal and I even tried a bit of ink rubbing on it.
WOOHOO.....................LOL

Have a sunny Thursday

I am totally speechless

2008-08-28T04:12:00.004-07:00

because I recieved two awsome awardsI am so honoured and thrilled. The 'I love your blog' award is from Lisa http://craftstorejunkie.blogspot.com and I thank you so much Lisa, this totally made my day, week, ah heck , month.
Check out her blog, she shares some wonderful crafts that will thrill and delight you, and she makes some mean dishes that make you want to jump right in the screen and grab them.
THANK YOU LISA

This one is from the sweetest, and most talented Luci http://ohluci.blogspot.com/

I could never express how honoured I am to recieve this from you. SEE, I am Totally speachless.

The thing is where to start. Her talent far exceeds her youth. and you would come away feeling as we all do who visit her blog, serene and oh so happy, so hop on over and fill your day with sunshine.

THANK YOU LUCI

Now , I know I am suposed to pass this on to 7 People, BUT HOW CAN I DO THAT, there are just too many talented ladies out there, SOOOO, I"m going to be a pooper and give both these awards to you all. And thank you all for shareing your friendship,and awesome talents.

Thanks for stopping by

And Have an awesome week

I got a bit carried away

2008-08-26T12:12:00.000-07:00

when I saw Mel's http://melstampz.blogspot.com idea for her short ribbons, I got it in my head to do the same thing.
But I think I should not have done it late at night and while I was tired.
I'm thinking I might have gotten a little carried away.
Although I think it looks pretty kewl, I'm think'in it's not really very good if I actually need to use any of that ribbon.
I was so tired that I even gave it a little. Can you see it? LOL
Oh well,I tried.

Anyhoo, I did this card while I was computerless, ????
I sure hope your moniters are showing how deep the colors are, because I'm
haveing a dickens of a time trying to get my resolution right on this thing. It's looking
really washed out on here, when in fact IRL it is rather dark.
And looking at it now I think I'll need to put a larger gem on the huge flower, It's looking a little lost there.
But don't ya just love that Sarah Kay stamp? All of her stamps are so darn cute.

Well that's it for today folks. Hope you have a super wonderful day.

Girls of the world

2008-08-25T03:26:00.005-07:00

by Allison at http://stampinwhenican.blogspot.com/
Allison generously shared these cute girls and boys (not shown here) in a download file.

I did these for my granddaughter a while back, and just gave them to her last weekend.
she loves stickers, I guess you could say she is a sticker addict, so I made them stickers for her.
I wish I had taken off the front cello paper so you could see how shimmery and bright they all are,

I used my Twinkling H2o's and they look so rich and yummy thanks to Maria's http://stampininspirations.blogspot.com/ great tutorial.
These are just a few of them.
I think I did all of them twice in the boys and girls of the world sets, one complete set
I coloured in and left the second set plain, I just ran them through my Xron 250 so she could colour them herself.

Thanks for stopping by

second post today and a 5 min card?

2008-08-24T05:50:00.001-07:00

yup I did this in 5 mjns. with the first stamp set at my finger tip and leftover scraps on my desk.
Now I know it's all smudged, but I did it up, put it in the envelope still wet, then forgot i didn't sign it, BUT it was a VERY rush job after all and then out the door.
Danny was talking to a friend who mentioned that he was ready to pull all his hair out because
they were haveing a birthday pool party for their 6 yr old daughter, and only one little girl showed up.
Needless to say she was a shattered little girl especially since 10 parents RSVPed their kids would be there.

Danny said he would see if he could get his granddaughter, and if so that we would bring her there. As luck would have it, it had to be 100degrees out there yesterday. No jokeing
mission 1 - get granddaughter - accomplished with a bonus of another friends 14 yr. old who volunteered to come and entertain them.
mission 2 - a card (hence this 5 min. mess)

As he was going out the door he turned and gave me this look that stopped me in my tracks, and calmly asks."well are you going to take a picture so we can get going?"
mission 3 - picture hastily taken (sorry for the bad pic)

And last but not least
mission 4 - two more little ones finally showed up, and Brandy the 14 yr. old kept them so busy that I don't think the birthday girl cared that there were only the 4 of them, they all had a blast.

And that was my Sat., how was yours? Hope it was fab.

Friends New and Old

2008-08-24T03:50:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. I just wanted to thank you all for all the nice comments
you all have left here and e-mails wondering if I was still alive.

This card is for you all

I was haveing quite a few computer problems that would take forever to explain, especially since I'm still not totally sure just what the
problems were or why they were happening. (NOT AT ALL COMPUTER SAVVY)

But after loseing more and more functions Danny finally got tired of me beating up the stupid thing and surprised me with a lap top. There is a really long story here , but I will spare you the details . lol Lets just say he is worse then me on computers, and that's pretty bad.

I have a lot of blurffing to get done, awards to acknowledge, unfinished projects to..... well finish, and get caught up on my blogging.
A lot for a person who moves as slow as a snail, but doable.

So thanks again everyone
Have a wonderful day

2nd CD case all done

2008-07-13T11:58:00.001-07:00

This time I lined all four sides with Vellum . Hard to get a good pic with the reflection.
But LOOK at the last pic, I put a votive candle in it. Huummm...... I did do this for my stamp sets right?
Anyway, I put Taylor's http://tayloredexpressions.com/ Tiny Twinkles on all the stars, and adhered her Black Rain Dots down all four corners. I was going to add a tag to the top and that's why I have that stretch cord on there right now, but I think I will add a ribbon to the top

Really lovin it as a candle holder though.
.

Well thanks for dropping by today.

Nolans Monster

2008-07-13T11:31:00.001-07:00

Head on over to http://fred-she-said.blogspot.com and see this cute little monster that Nolan made. He is 10 yrs old and loves to draw so he had his mom post this one to share with everyone.

Here is my monster for Nolan. Hope he likes it.

I did him with Mel's http://melstampz.blogspot.com gesso. First I mixed gesso with green , grey, and black acrylic paint, I rolled it on the cs and waited a bit for it to almost dry, then I took an old paint brush and stippled it to give it some monster skin. lol

After that dried I embossed his dots with green embossing powder and his horns with red powder so he has monster skin, little devil's horns and googley eyes too.

Oh, and I add rain dots to the dp and the leaf of the flower.

Enjoy your Sunday

And thanx 4 stopping by

Know that I care

2008-07-12T22:02:00.000-07:00

I made this card for my adopted Little Sister Luci and her family.
They just lost their beloved dog Shadow recently, and I wanted her know Iwas there for them if not in person I was there in spirit.

Sorry about the quality of the pic, I took it on a very rainy and gloomy day and it did'nt take very well.
The quote on the front says
Know That I care.

I also did this one useing the same dp.
As with the first card I stamped the flowers (on the first one), and the leafs on this one with my Versamark, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder on the main card, added the layered c/s , ribbon and embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Photo CD Case

2008-07-11T06:35:00.004-07:00

I finally finished something here. What a good feeling.

The uber talented and very giveing Allison @ http://stampinwhenican.blogspot.com/ featured this on her blog ( which is an amazeing place to visit) a while ago, and I just had to give it a try.

It was created by Julie Griffith @ http://paperjewels.blogspot.com/ and aside from there being written directions there is a video tutorial as well.

In this one I am useing it to hold my stamp sets from http://www.faeriesong.com/artstamps. It stores 13 CD cases, so I have to do up another one.

I stamped a Faeriesong stamp on the inside of one CD with StaysOn black ink, and colored it with some gel pens and PerlEx. I lined the inside of each Cd with DP and added that same paper on the outside corners of the case.

Sorry for the color, it's really hard to get one without a reflection on the plastic.

Well I'm off to do another case and hopefully get to all the other things I have started and left to try something else. I do get sidetracked very easily.

Have a great day

I WON!!!!!!!!!

2008-07-10T10:29:00.005-07:00

I Have been on A cloud since yesterday. I really had to pinch myself to make sure it was real.

Do you wanna know what I'm talking about. Do ya? I know you do.
................................................DRUM ROLL PLEASE..................................

I WON THE COMPLETE JULY STAMP COLLECTION from

http://littlepapershop-julia.blogspot.com/
JULIA BETEMPS owner of

http://littlepapershop.com/index.php

Now I ask you, is that not tooo kewl? I WON!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!!.

Julie e-mailed me yesterday, and I was speachless, {WELL NOT TOTALLY SPEACHLESS}, and later last night is when I had to do the pinching- just to make sure you know.

Anyway all I did was order some really cute (if I do say so myself) stamps and she chose from all who bought between June 24th & July 5th and can I say it again?

I WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much Julie.
SOOOOO they are being released on the 22nd, and then I get my goodies. I can't wait, because they really are too darn cute, and lots of guy stamps too.

WEll hope you have a special day
Thanks for stopping by

Magnolias in the house

2008-07-10T06:00:00.001-07:00

I got this cutie from The town Scrapper. I love the Magnolia stamps so much and I didn't do this one justice, but I working on my colouring skills.
I used watercolor paints and gel pens.

Christmas?

2008-07-09T17:01:00.001-07:00

Here are a few Christmas cards I've done to get a head start on the season.

Too early you say, well maybe, but I put things off so much that I am always so behind. But not this year, oh no, I'm going full speed ahead and........
well you get the picture.

This first one is a shaker card (YEA ME), each star is a seperate shaker and as you can see I did not measure each one very well, but uuuummmm, it smells so yummy because I used Christmas cake decoration as the shaker fill.

On this one I used reverse stamping, or maybe it's mirror image stamping to get the stocking going the other way, a few sequines to hang them on, DP and all done.

Have a great day

These cards

2008-07-06T11:49:00.000-07:00

go with the envelopes in post below with just a quick note inside for them to thank them for all the fun I had the few times I went too.

Inspired Envelopes

2008-07-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

These envelopes were inspired by Jennifer card at http://thebuckstampshere.blogspot.com
She did her card with a pull out tab that I thought was so cute that I wanted to case it.
Mine is not a stamp as hers is, but a punch I discovered I had.
I thought the ideas was great for my sister who meets with a few of her friends every month for a girls night out. They usually go to the same restaurant, which has fab food and an excellent waitress (they always try to go when she is serveing) that is crazy and fits right in with them.
They went last Friday, and I guess my cards were a hit.

Well thanks for stopping by

Happy Sunday

An Award

2008-07-06T09:08:00.004-07:00

The other day I was given this award by the talented Mel at http://melstampz.blogspot.com/

to my utter amazement I might add, Thank you Mel.

Now I have to give this to 7 other ladies, so here goes in no special order.

Michelle at http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

Charmaine at http://oodabugalley.blogspot.com/

Dannie at http://danniesdesigns.typepad.com/

Beatriz at http://iralamija.blogspot.com/

Marlene at http://mar1ene.wordpress.com/

Joan at http://paperlicious.typepad.com/

Carol at http://extremecards.blogspot.com/

Deb at http://debneerman.blogspot.com/

Well there you have it. I know- there are 8 here, what can I say I can't count.

Visit these talented ladies and you'll see just what I mean when I say they Have talent oozing out of every pore.

Well enjoy visiting these lovely ladies.

Happy Sunday

He's Turning 2

2008-06-25T10:02:00.004-07:00

This is our little redheaded Gabe and Jemal his proud Daddy. Gabe gave Jemal the best "B"Day present ever firstly by being is firstborn and by timeing his arrival right on his daddy's "B"Day.

I made this card for the little cutie who is turning the big 2 next mo. ALREADY.
It feels as though he just turned one.
I have not quite figured out what I will put on the front or inside the card yet, so I've left that blank for now.

The stamp is from www.rubbernecker.com

"B" Day Card

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A quick card I did for a friends birthday last month.

I'm sweet on you

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I did this card after seeing a challenge on http://splitcoatstampers.com/ last year.
And as always I am way behind in everything, but what the heck, I gave it a try.
Sorry about the quality of the picture, my camera was acting up when I took this and after several attempts I finally gave up on getting a good one.

Have a great Day

finally

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A set of cards.

I used a stamp from the Gina K. set Comfort & Peace.
There are 5 cards to this set (the other three are in the post below) and I just switched up the
placement of the stamp, chalked the yellow and blue and a few different embelishments on each card.
I'm thrilled that I finally did it, and that although not the fanciest of cards they turned out pretty good.

http://www.ginakdesignes.com/

3 of 5

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and here are the other 3 of the set.

Thanks for stopping by.

Mom Cards

2008-06-05T07:35:00.001-07:00

This first card is my first acetate card
I stamped the flower from the Ornate Hearts and Flowers set from http://mftstamps.com/
on acetate, then while that was drying I chalked over a leaf stamp (dollar bin) on white c/s and stamped the love is timeless sentiment on that.
I added chipboard letters covered with scraps of dp from Micheal's (I think).
I see I should do that cord a might tighter before I give it to mom.

This one was ds from MFT called Echo, I believe, and a few heart cutouts, flower embelishment, and ribbon from Jody Morrow http://confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/ from one of her ribbon shares.

Thanks for stopping by

Rubbernecker stamps

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Are these cute or what. I wish I had then in time for the grandkids Birthdays.

Stamp from http://www.rubbernecker.com/

A Quick

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Closeup of the card in last post

MFT Stamp

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I did this for Valentines Day, but never did send it to anyone.
This first pic shows the front of the card and envy

While this next pic is the inside of the card and envelope flap
had to make the envelope and it is 5x5
(I just noticed that you can see some of the doublesided tape I used).
Oh well, it never pays to post before looking. lol

The blurred sentiment is not an oops though, I did that on purpose with wet ink and chalks.

The Heart is from http://www.mftstamps.com/
Sentiment is from dollar bin at local store.

Cards by Pamela

2008-06-02T16:46:00.002-07:00

A few cards useing stamps from http://www.firecrackerdesignsbypamela.com/

Gina K stamps

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These stamps are just too cute. I cut the car out in felt
The inside of this card reads
"getting lucky means
you found your car in
the parking lot"

Inside reads
"everything hurts-
and what doesn't hurt
doesn't work"

Something a little newer

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Last one for Di

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2nd part Gift box

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All stamps are from http://faeriesong.com

Thanks for looking

Tonniece

Getting caught up

2008-06-01T07:26:00.000-07:00

I really have some catching up to do, so I will just post the cards as they were created.
These cards and the ones in the next post were a box of cards I made for Diane as part of her X-Mas gift.

I'm back after a

2008-06-01T06:56:00.002-07:00

Long, Long time

I had to take a break from my blog for many reasons, but I will be posting again since I have been keeping busy doing cards in my absence.
So bare with me while I post those and get myself caught up.

If you are still poping in to take a peek, thanks.

Hugs
Tonniece

Back to the season at hand

2007-12-06T00:30:00.001-08:00

4 more Christmas cards that were long finished and forgotten. But since it's 3:30am, and I have nothing else to do I thought It's now or never.
This card is a design from Ruby Burns teabag cd at http://pages.prodigy.net/rubyburns , I got the cd last year and they are all super designs.

I used a piece of gauze and stamped over it to get the bottom background, and a scrap piece of paper to do the top.
Stamped and cut out the tree, added the ribbon from Jody Morrow's May arts ribbon share, at http://confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/ .

Another Fairysong stamp, http://faeriesong.com/ all glittered up, the border is a tape runner (I forget from where right now).

I thought I'd try to do a stitch card, and all by hand (no sewing machine yet) lol, and I must say I did it pretty even considering that I almost went blind pierceing each hole along my ruler to get the machined look.
I used the thread that Dianne got for me for my stitch cards, and chipboard letters from a kit I got at Costco a while back.

Have a great day

Non Christmas related

2007-12-04T12:02:00.000-08:00

I was getting a bit tired of doing X-Mas cards so I slipped a few non X-mas ones in.
I had fun doing this one cause there was alot of cutting out. I know most people don't like haveing to do lots of cuts, but I on the other hand don't mind it.

I did the bathroom wall tiles with self adhesive epoxy dimensional tiles. They are a bit wonky in their placement, but I guess I'm not really good at straight lines (even with the help of ruler and pencil)
I've had these for soooo long that I was pleasantly surprised that they still had sticking power. LOL
A strip of textured paper for a border underneath set the scene.
I watercolored the wall with just a hint of green, colored and cut out the bottles of bath salts (I actually doubled them because the stamp only has two bottles), and the shelf (which I cut the legs off of) and stuck them on the wall.
This is a stamp from http://www.rubberromance.com/ and I just love it.
Anyway, I stickled the bubbles to death so they would really stand out, cut the whole thing out and stuck it on.
There you have it

I guess you've noticed that I don't use many sentiments and are asking why that is, and the answer is
Drum roll please.........................

That I have no answer, Yup you read that right. I really don't have an answer to give you. I love them, I have them, yet I don't use them.
Oh well, just one more thing for me to ponder over.

This card I brightened up so you could see the felt on it better.

I got this design in 2004 from Craft Creations magazine and I loved it way back then.

I watered colored the background on watercolor paper, trying to get that warm african sunset feeling. I think I'm off the mark a tad, but all in all I think it turned out alright.
The giraffs are cut out of thick felt as you can see on the top pic, which gives it dimension.
I did however go a bit overboard roughing up the edges of the card, as you can see I ripped a piece out of the top.

But hey It's homemade paper and it has it's own flaws which is fine with me.

TFL

Ok... So it's not Monday....

2007-11-29T21:46:00.000-08:00

I loose track of time cause I'm just sooooo busy, (NOT), so I missed posting this week.
BUT here are a few more I've had done for some time now.
I did a closeup on both just because I wanted to. lol
This a House Mouse stamp, and how darn cute are they.
I have a few and will post them, HUMMMM, well no date cause I probably won't keep to it anyway.

This little cutie is from MFT, myfavoritethings. I love the penguins and the sentiments from this set.

Well off to see if I can get organized enough to get another post ready for you soon.
Have a great Friday

Getting behind

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on my posting. Sorry I haven't posted my cards as promised, but, What can I say.
My nights have been turned into my days, and vise versa.
I'm not sleeping right,(at night) so that's when I'm getting my cards made, which limits me from heat embossing or making a lot of noise for fear of waking Dan.

ANYWHO!!!!!!!!!
here are the cards I have done.
Not sure why I made this one, except that I really love the oriental paper (that I've been hording for some time now) and thought it would look better on a card then it does in my drawer.

I love anything Black and White, so I tried one myself. I actually really like how it turned out.
The tree is stamped twice and layered off center with pop dots, not sure if you can see that. It is also my first attempt at doing the ribbon this way.

This card I made for my nefew Jemal and his lovely lady Alethea.
He proposed to her at a surprise dinner.

And this one is a version of a taller card I made last year.

Well that's just 4, there really are more, and I will try to get them up before Monday. FINGERS CROSSED. LOL

Happy Saturday to you all.

A few cards I've

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had on here for a week now. Just too lazy to get them posted.

I have been trying to keep busy, and I really was, Honestly.

Anyway, here are a few of the ones I have saved and neglected to post,

I will post the rest through the week.

Hope you all had a great weekend.

What do you see in the clouds?

2007-11-15T17:15:00.001-08:00

While browsing tonight I came upon this great site. If you are a lover of clouds you will love this.
My dear friend Dianne at http://magpiesenvy.blogspot.com is just such a person, so this one's for you Dianne.
Visit www.cloudappreciationsociety.org and let's see what you can spot in the clouds.

Ok, here's the deal

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I was tagged awhile back by Sandy at http://smarcoux.blogspot.com/ to reveil 7 facts, random or weird about myself then tag 7 others.
I find I'm not too great at talking about myself, so I was hopeing she would forgive me if I didn't play.
I find that I have been tagged again by Jen at http://inkingalong.blogspot.com/ ,so I guess I'll take a stab at it.

1 I am the third child of 5, (One older brother, one older sister, and two younger brothers) yet I am the baby because I'm the youngest girl. Go figure. WEIRD

2 I was named after a Sheenie ( A person who rode a horse drawn cart selling new and used clothing and household goods, in the early 50's). Weird? LOL

3 I was born in May, as were both my daughters, and two of my granddaughters. (must have been some cold winters here in Canada eh?) Random

4 I'm not really talkative and usually very shy around strangers. Although my friends say I'm super silly and too talkative when I'm tired. (I don't believe them though) LOL Random

5 I have no belly button. (DON'T ASK) When my girls were small, they would parade their friends in, and get this, charge them a nickle to look at my "NOBELLYBUTTON" as they called it. ok, ok REALLY Weird

6 My brother used to be a DJ, and my sister and I used to be GO GO dancer's in the club he worked at. LOL boy does that date me. ROFL

7 I used to have this savage beast in me that made me a CLEAN FREAK, as my friends and family so lovingly called me. But that has been squelched since I got my puter. Now housework seems to be a thing of the past. Bad Puter!!!!! lol

whew!!!!, that was hard. Now I am suposed to tag 7 others, BUT if you read this and want to play along please feel free. I'd love to hear some random/weird things about you.

Thanks Sandy and Jen for choosing me.
Have a great day all
Tonniece

Reflections on the English Language

2007-10-30T08:19:00.000-07:00

Why the English Language is such a joy to learn.

(1) The bandage was wound around the wound
(2) The farm was used to produce produce
(3) The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.
(4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
(5) He could lead if he could get the lead out.
(6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
(7) They were too close to the door to close it.
(8) The insurance was invalid to the invalid.
(9) I did not object to the object.
(10) After a number of injections my jaw got number.

I could go on, lets face it - English is a crazy language.

There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburg.
English muffins weren't invented in England or french fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet are meat.

We take the English language for granted, but if we explore it's paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig
is neither from Guinea, nor is it a pig.
And why is it the writers write but fingers don't fing?
And if the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?

Dosen't it seem crazy that you can make amends, but not one amend, that you comd through
annals of history but not a single annal?
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If a retired teachers taught, did retired preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what language do people recite a play, and play at a recital?
Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run, and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
How can overlook and and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?
How can the weather be hot as hell one day, and cold as hell another?

Or Have you ever noticed that we describe certain things only when they are absent?
A horseless carriage, or a strapless gown.
(Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown?) Or met a sung hero, or experienced equited love?
Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable?
And where are all those people that ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which you fill in a form by filling it out.and an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race( which, of course is not a race at all).
That is why, when the stars come out, they are visible, but when the lighta are out, they are invisible.
And why, when I wind up my watch it starts
And when I wind up this this essay It ENDS.

Author Unknown

Just some food for thought.
Have a great day

Halloween

2007-10-21T09:40:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd do a few Halloween cards too, since it's right around the corner.

Painted tissue paper on gold c/s, dry stenciled the happy halloween, the fence, and the tree I did 2x's so it would stand out from the fence. The little plastic pumpkins were in a card I got last year, so I added pop dots to them too.

This card could be for thanks giveing or halloween I think. so no sentiment yet

Again no sentiment, but it will when i give it to someone.
I did the pumpkins on vellum. and stamped the brown background.

Good thing witches are ugly, because this one sure is. She is done on orange vellum and water colored. I mounted this on a lighter orange c/s, then a green card base.

The end is in sight.

2007-10-16T10:08:00.000-07:00

Well......... I can almost see the end to all this X-Mas card makeing.
This was a quick one, I stamped the image, chalked it, added the silver rik-a -rak, added brads to match the colored stockings.

The baubbles are free (4 Digital kits were available) from http://www.papertreyink.com/ , as a world card makeing day bonus.
I just printed and cut them out, added ribbon and those cute red and white embellishments.

Another cute stamp from http://www.faeriesong.com/ .
I added som stitching and beading to her and the sentiment,paper pierced then highlighted that with my glitter gel pen.

This last little one is also from faeriesong,(Site above) and is the last note card for my friend.
I was going to cut out her wings like with the other fairies, but decided to just cross hatch the wings this time. I added (of course) some sparlke too.
All water colored except the wings which is done with prismacolored pens.

Got a few

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of the holiday cards done for Dan's parents.
Simple cards are the trick, If I can just stay to that I'll be done in no time. RIGHT? hehe

This card is just that,
Black c/s base, printed vellum added to white c/s with 4 brads, grossgrain ribbon.

Gold c/s mounted on white base, "Joy" printed c/s on that, Added a bit if stickle to centre of the 'O's,
added red and black sheer ribbons.

white c/s. cut the inside of an envelope, added stamped image to that, and a few small strips of the envelope to enhance the sentiment, Dainty ribbon, and all done.
Stamp from: http://www.mftstamps.com/

Ok........ I got a bit out of the fast and easy with this one.
But to my credit I used up all the leftover c/s. wrapping paper and a small pc. of c/s
from other disastrous Attempts at cards.
So all I really did here was adhere them all. stamp and color the image, one of my cutsie Bella's, add glitter and dimentional paint foe the snow.

Stamp: http://www.stampingbella.com/

Something a bit different 3D Cards

2007-10-10T18:01:00.000-07:00

Thses are a few cards I did while on my long absence from blogland.

I was doing, and am still in the middle of doing a few more stitch cards, but I wanted a break.

I have had these cards in the makeing for a whole year, YUP, you read that right, A WHOLE YEAR.

Now I know one thing about me, and that is I usually finish whatever I start, but I am shocked that it took me this long to do these cards. And being the dunce that I am, I have forgotten the designer of these 3D card patterns, but as soon as I find her name I will edit this post. I do know that I got them from http://www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com , a very wonderful and shareing group that I joined last year.

On this first card I did a wax resist n the background c/s in a leaf pattern, did a border punch only 2 sides, added stickle to her ring, ear lobes and her dangling head wear, and a few drops of dimentional paint to the pecock feathers to enhance them, and lastly I added two diamond dabbles for her earrings.

I see it's hard to tell that it is 3Dimentional, but I tried to get a good pic from the side, Photographer I'm not. Sorry.

This is another 3D card. I just mucked a few different drops of perlEX with embossing powders, and got this effect. Done on gold c/s.

And again you can't see the 3D effect.

Just when you think

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that you have a handle on all your Christmas cards for the year, you get a request to make some for someone else.
I had made a card for Dans mother and father's anniversary,Oct 1st, and a card for his mom as that day was also her birthday. (Dan was going out to buy their cards, then left it too late), sooooooo... I thought I'd make them. They were last minute cards, so sorry no pics.

Anyway, Dan took them over with their presents, and before he got back home I got a call. They were thrilled with the cards and wanted to ask me if I would make them some cards for Christmas.
The conversation was totally forgotten (by me anyway), But today we went to his sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner and they asked if I had made any cards for them yet.
Are you getting the drift of where this is going yet?

I was totally shocked at first, then I thought they were just kidding me, then when they convinced me they were serious, I went into panic mode.

So I guess that's what I'll be doing for a bit longer now.
Whew! This feels funny venting on here, so thanks for listening.

These cards are not one I made for them , just some of the last few I have been doing lately.
I watercolored this little guy on clear vellum.

This cute fairy is from www.faeriesong.com
I cut out her wings and backed them with some pretty blue and silver ribbon.

I attempted a shaker box here. I have tried these before, and they never worked, this one is no different. Well, I didn't make it deep enough so those yummy snowflakes (yummy, because they are cake decorations, and boy do they smell good) can move around properly. Although a few do shake. LOL
I sprinkled purlex all over the card, so it's really nice and shimery.

Frosty here really needs not explanation. I did him with my prisma color markers, added that same blue and silver ribbon I mentioned on the fairy's wings, and all done.

WIP Note cards

2007-09-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

This a set of small note cards I am making for a friend.
I still have a few more to make and then the envelopes for them. I thought I would share my progress so far.

Card Inspirations

2007-09-13T08:37:00.000-07:00

Here are a few stitched cards I've done.
The tree and the polar bears are my faves.
Hope you like them.

Not really Old, Just Mature

2007-08-30T01:55:00.000-07:00

Ok I'm in a bit of a weird mood today. You see I was looking for something, and ended up finding a few older pics of my girls. As I'm sure you've guessed I never did find what I was looking for.

I got to thinking as I made my way through all the pics that I really can't believe they are all grown up ALREADY, and with children of their own.

WOW, times flies by so fast these days.

Now I have never been one to think about how old I am, or if I'm *Acting my age* whatever that is suposed to be, because as we were growing up my mom who always said "you're as young as you feel",never looked or acted *her age*. She was always a hoot and I think we kept her young too. We all used to call her Lucy... because she was as nutty and funny as Lucille Ball. LOL

But I did consider it today while looking at these pics. then I got this e-mail.

Talk about good timeing.

So here gos

We're not old, Just mature

Today at the drugstore, the clerk was a gent

From my purchase this chap tool off 10 percent,

I asked for the cause of the lesser amount,

And he answered, "because of the seniors discount.

I went to McDonald's for a burger and fries

And there once again got quite a surprise,

The clerk poured the coffee which he handed to me

He said "because you're a senior, the coffe is free"

Understand I'm not old, I'm mearly mature

But things are really changeing I'm sure,

The newpaper print gets smaller each day

And people speak softer....I Can't hear what they say

My teeth are my own ( I have the receipt)

Need my glasses to identify the people I meet,

The silver In my hair has been bleached by the sun

And OH! all the damage that clorine has done

My car is all paid for... not a nickle is owed

Yet a kid Yells "old duffer, get off the road",

My car has no scratches.... not even a dent

But I still get this hassle from a punk that's hell bent.

The steps on the houses they're building today

Are so high, that they take my breath away,

And the streets are much steeper then ten years ago

That should explain why my walking's so slow.

But I'm keeping up on what's hip and what's new

And i think I can still dance a "Mean Boogaloo",

I'm still in the running, of this I am sure

Because, I'm not really Old, I'm Just Mature.

Youth is a gift of nature

But Age is a work of art

Author Unkown

Well I think that about summs up my thought for today, so I think I'll just go "BOOGIE" on out to the other room and take my aches and pains meds. and get something done today. LOL

Ok I'm just kidding about the meds, but not the aches and pains.

Hope everyone has a super day

It's still X-mas cards for now

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I messed this one up, but I still think it looks ok.
I used my Versa mark pad to stamp on all of the white c/s, added the clear embossing powder, set with my heat gun. I did this several times to get the right effect, and on the last time I add some glitter before heat setting. (I used the fine embossing powder, and not the utee) as I have none. BUT I still like how it turned out none the less. It still pops out nicely

Just sponged on some avacodo green, added a circle cut from a piece of X-mas paper. I added some sparkle to the star, added the sentiment and red ribbon.
ALL DONE

White c/s with a blue chalk added, some snowflakes, cute snowmen , a border made with some bric a brac

A small Christmas money card.
Some vellum with snowflakes on it, stampin up's tree and 'All spruced up' quote, a few eyelets and gold elastic string.