Here is a masculine birthday card with a travel/love theme...

I used a variety of Graphic 45 papers and embellishments to make this card... I'm submitting this to Papercrafting Challenge: Magazine Mondays – Week 168!, although it is a birthday card for a friend, it has many references to (and pictures) of many awesome travel destinations, one of the "stamps" is of the Golden Gate Bridge (with water & tree lined shore).  Hope you enjoy...

giving thanks stamplorations

Here is a card I gave to a friend, I used DCWV papers, unknown brads, a feather I made with my Silhouette, and a stamp for the center...

Dollhouse --partially made--

Hi, I'm sharing a Dollhouse that I am making.  I started it last week Tuesday, surprised I'm this far along actually.  This was a kit that I bought in the early 90's--I was also very surprised I found most of the pieces since I had started building the walls then and moved in '99 (the mask to do the brick work is missing and several small pieces that I was able to duplicate.  Here is a manual I found online and a movie someone else did of making it.  The instructions are vague at best on much of it, but I loved the first one I made and donated to charity so much that I got this...  Fortunately, i have done construction and know angles, because you have to cut most of the little pieces yourself, like the banister. Here are some picture of the inside with the hardwood floor and wallpapering.

The movies of the front are posted in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.carroll.142/videos/vb.100001251347212/943709819014054/?type=2&theater

http://dollhouseworkshop.net/instructions/duracraft/HR560_Heritage.pdf

If you want to see a movie of someone assembling it you can view one here, decided not to duplicate their work and didn't want to make myself stress more with the events from last week.--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JksjYQNE4GQ

Another Gelato background

Yesterday I tried a new technique and loved it, so I am doing another, I used several Unity stamps as a background and used the Gelato's that Beth Williams gave me to color after heat embossing the stamping. I also paperpieced the dress on the prima. I used Maya road and paper pieced their umbrella also. I used my spectrum Noir pens to color the f Prima doll. The flowers were Petaloo. The flower on the ribbon was Maya Road. The butterflies were made using the Epiphany Crafts butterfly.  The drops were Queen and Co.
.See below for links to where entered and details:

 Really Reasonable Ribbon Things with wings
 Unity Stamp Color Challenge

Unity, Maya Road, Prima tag -card

Tried a new technique, I used several unity stamps as a background and used the Gelato's that Beth Williams gave me to color after heat embossing the stamping.  I also paperpieced the dress on the prima.  For the bike stamp I cut out all the spokes.  I also used the gelatos to color the paisley pieces and flowers from Maya road and paper pieced their umbrella also.  I used my spectrum Noir pens to color the flowers and the Prima doll also.   The white,cream, and black flower were Petaloo.  The brad on the bow was from Graphics 45.  You might note that I fussy cut out the spokes on the bike to show the colors of the background.  I wanted it to look different so I made a tag/card for my niece.

See below for links to where entered and details:

Simon Says Stamps Monday challenge--Pastels

Spring Has Sprung --Crafty Cardmakers 

Unity Friends With Flair

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - April Showers

The Mixed Media Card Challenge 10 Flowers optional basket on bike.

Fiskafriends 2015 Blog Hop - The Power of Community!

Welcome to the Fiskafriends 2015 Blog Hop - The Power of Community! 

Thanks for visiting.  We all hope you will enjoy the hop and the work of all participants.   Use the link below for the list of participants. 
http://fiskafriends.blogspot.com/

I decided to share some of my favorites, most are older, I'd love if you took the time to see some of my more recent work though, and maybe even start to follow me if you like my work. 

  

To be entered in the Fiskafriends' sponsored giveaways, leave a comment on any of the listed blogs and follow the sponsor giveaway entry directions at:  http://fiskafriends.blogspot.com/

Anniversary Card

Here is an anniversary card for my husband.  I saw the Whisper Grapics challend this morning and knew I had to do it.  We went to Ireland for our Honeymoon and LOVE Celtic art, so I colored this graphic I found online with my Spectrum Noir pens.  I used the Steampunk Graphics 45 to make it masculine and used some Queen & Co bling,  See below for challenges and links.

Birds of A Feather Mixed Media Monthly Challenge 10 (Birds of a feather, it might be difficult to see but there are bird's head in the top center.)

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/   Anything goes, Awesome scripture, but I needed an Anniversary card for my Awesome husband, it's been 18 years since we met and 14 since we married on the 24th...

 http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=2537  Lions/lambs

(animals)...the picture has a bird/snake Celtic Art, hope you enjoy