Elphine House Challenge #12...White on White.......

Good Evening!!!

It is time for another challenge over at

Elphine House!!!!

I had fun with this one! I need to get moving on

Teacher's gifts so I pulled out one of the houses

I bought to put treats in and went to town! I just

kept adding and adding!! LOL

I LOVE the way it turned out but the none of the girls want

this one!! LOL They don't think it is Christmassy at all!!!

To keep in with the theme of Christmas I went with this adorable image!

AGAIN ~ I think I have used her 4 times already!! I just love

how versatile she is!!

I really wanted to stick with the white along with some neutrals ~

that is why I decided to do the cracked glass effect on a plain image

as opposed to coloring it. I would have had to use alot of colors

on this one.

Warning ~ LOTS OF PICTURES:

I used old organ music that I had laying around and of course

wouldn't you know the Christmas song I pick and put on the

roof has the bad word for donkey straight across the back of it!

I didn't even catch it ~ the girls we yelling at me!! hehe

So I had to cover it up with some snow.

I also added some tinsel glitter to the bells.

I got some really good cracks in this time!

The house was from Hobby Lobby, bells ~ eBay,

the felt snowflakes ~ WOJ die and the big

ribbon is from some towels that I bought.

The buttons are from my stash, lace is WOC and

the postage sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps.

Sorry it has been forever since I have blogged! It is

only getting worse instead of better!! 

AND with Christmas right around the corner I am finding it

harder and harder to find time to make cards! This will be

the second year in a row I can't send them! How bad is that???

Anyways thanks so much for stopping by and I hope

you are all enjoying the holiday season so far!!

:)Kathy

Elphine House ~ Challenge 10...

Good Evening!!!

It is the start of another challenge over

at Elphine House!!!

This week Lynda has given us a

fabulous sketch to work with!!!

I flipped the sketch so I could make a

little pouch for a tag and giftcard:

This adorable image is called Laura ~ flower girl.

Isn't she adorable??? Love all these wedding ones!!

AND did you see the ring bearer and Groom??

They are so sweet ~ always make me smile!!

My image was colored with distress inks and twinkling h20's.

The paper is Prima and everything else is from my stash ~

most likely WOC.

Well thanks so much for stopping by!!

We would LOVE to see you play along!!

You can use any EB image that you want and if you

win you will get your choice of 2 adorable Elphine House stamps!!
They are all adorable so it is a win win!!!! We really

want to see more people play along!!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

:)Kathy



Elphine House ~ Challenge #9

Good Morning!!

It is time for another challenge over at

Elphine House!!!

We would like to see your creations with the

theme "Get Well Wishes".

I seen this tutorial for making this tissue box

over at Stampartic and thought it was perfect for

this challenge!  This sweet image is perfect as well!

Isn't that just so cute! My daughter's all want one for

the desk at school! Since we have moved they all

have been having allergy issues and we go through so many

tissues!! But this is fab as you can just reload them!

Papers ~ Scrapcake

Inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ snowflake and button ~ sweet blogging friend

pearls ~ Melissa Frances

Well that is it from me today!!

The challenge runs for 2 weeks and

remember you can use any Elisabeth Bell

image that you want!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a lovely day!

:)Kathy

Elphine House brings back Daisy......

Good Morning!!

It is time for a new challenge over at Elphine House!!!

The new challenge wants you to use fall colors

and one of Elisabeth's cuties that are sitting!!

The DT have all decided to use Daisy now that

she has been rereleased at Elphine House!!

We know alot of you will be excited as she is a favorite!!!

I have decided to make my daughter an Autumn plaque.

She has a Spring one now she will have an Autumn one!

I have gone over everything with some distress ink in Vintage photo.

The adorable image was colored with distress inks

and twinkling h20's.

Papers ~ Prima

Inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ ribbon, lace and flower ~ WOC

Cut out leaves ~ Cuttlebug, glitter ~ MS

Don't forget to head over to the Elphine House challenge blog

to see what the rest of the DT have done with Daisy!

Don't forget also you have 2 weeks to play along and you can

use ANY Elisabeth Bell image!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you

have a wonderful day!

:)Kathy

Elphine House Challenge #7 ~ Tasty Treats......

Good Morning!!!

Yesterday a new challenge started over

at Elphine House!!!!

We would love to see tasty treats!  You can interpret

that anyway you see it and remember you can

use ANY Elisabeth Bell image!

Well I just had to use this adorable image called

Laura's Yummy Pudding!

I think she is adorable and was perfect for the challenge!

(I wasn't the only one thinking this! LOL)

She was such a joy to color!! I have used distressed inks

and twinkling h20's.  Here is a close-up:

Papers ~ Fancy Pants

Inks ~ twinkling h20's, distress inks

Accessories ~ ribbon, flowers and pearls ~ WOC

Well thanks so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to stop and take a look at the rest

of the DT cards ~ they are amazing!!!

Have a wonderful day!

:)Kathy

It's Cuddle Time....

Good Morning! (I hope!)

I know I am late with this one as it started

yesterday!! I have been all tied up with

kids and worrying about Mother Nature!!

(She is just so upset about something this year! LOL)

Anyways over at Elphine House we have a new

challenge!!! It is cuddle time!

You will have two weeks to come up with something

and you can use ANY Elisabeth Bell image!!

We would love to stop by and see all your creations!!

Here is my take on the theme:

I got this adorable sentiment from  Create with TLC and thought

it worked great with this image!  AND I had to

throw in a bunch of stars!! (Don't look at my buttons

as the glue didn't dry when I took the pic!)

The image was colored with distress inks and twinkling h20's.

Papers ~ Beautiful Prima from Louise (Thank you again!)

Inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ diecut stars ~ PTI

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope

your safe wherever you are!!!

:)Kathy

I Scream, you scream.......

We all scream for Ice Cream......

Well that is the new challenge at

Elphine House!!!

(We want to see ice cream somewhere in your creation!)

Well Elphine House has 1 image, Tell Tale Ice Cream,

that has ice cream and I used him last challenge!! (OOPS)

So I racked my brain and until I came up with this:

So I just took his ice cream and gave it to this sweet little gal!

I just cut out her presents and voila ~ an ice cream image!

I have followed the gorgeous sketch from Pink {Ink} Sketch

challenge.  I had fun playing with this one!  I made the house

boards with paper and just inked the edges.

I just got this gorgeous paper and wanted to make something

else with it so I made this ice cream to go with it!

I would love curtains like this for my daughters' rooms!

I weaved the cone to kinda match the house boards in the card!

I added glitter to the top layer of ice cream too!

Paper ~ My Minds Eye ~ Blush

Inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ Lace and ribbon ~ stash, pearls ~ Basic Grey

Diecut fence ~ Magnolia

Well that is it from me today!!

Don't forget if you want to play along you can

use any Elisabeth Bell image that you want!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope

you all have a fabulous day!

:)Kathy

Elphine House ~ Challenge #3...

Good Morning!!

It is time for another challenge at Elphine House!

Challenge #3 is Fun in the Sun.

(Remember you can use any Elisabeth Bell image that you want!)

Anyways I needed to make a little boy card and

I don't have many boy papers so this is as sunny

as it gets for me! LOL

I just adore this sweet image and will find it hard not to grab

him for every boy card I have to make!!  I had so

much fun coloring him in! The image is called

Tell Tale Ice Cream and can be found here.

Papers ~ MME

Inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ twine and buttons ~ stash, sentiment ~ Melissa Frances

DID you see the new images available

at Elphine House!!

Oh my they are just adorable!!!  A couple are

"out" again and also some wedding ones that are

as cute as can be!! You can find them here.

Well thanks so much for stopping by and I hope your

all staying cool!!!  I am off to go sneaker shopping

for the girls for school! Only two more weeks and they will

be going back! This summer flew by!!

:)Kathy

Elphine House ~ Color Challenge.....

Good Morning!!

Today is the start of another challenge at

Elphine House!!

(Thanks to everyone that played in our first challenge!)

Anyways today we want to see you use

Blue and Pink!

Well that is an easy one for me as it is my favorite

color combo at the moment!!

I decided to use Nursing Boo Boo.

I think she is so sweet!! Taking care of her little teddy

with her adorable ballerina outfit on!!!

Again I went shabby chic! (Well I have to if I am

using pink and blue!!!!)

Again my shot at a weird angle because the color just comes out better!

Does anyone else have this trouble??? I would love to know.

Papers ~ Crate Paper

Accessories ~ Pearls, ribbon and flowers ~ WOC

Inks ~ distress inks and twinkling h2o's

Well I hope this worked because it usually does not!!

Anyway thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget

to stop and see the rest of the DT's fabulous work!

:)Kathy

Our First Ever Elphine House Challenge.......

Good Evening!!

Today is an exciting day as it is the start of

challenges for Elphine House!!!

(We will run every two weeks AND to start you can

use any Elisabeth Bell image you want!)

(You can find all the details at the blog.)

Also if you want to know the upcoming events and

releases you can follow Elphine House on Facebook right here!

Right, now for the first challenge ~ USE LACE!

That is a nice and easy one! Everyone loves lace and

I think I use it on every card anyways! LOL

I have had this image since they came out waiting for

the perfect reason to use it! It is adorable and can be used

for anything!!! BUT when I seen that the new house across

the street had a sold sign on it ~ I knew what I would do!

I had this cardboard house for along time and it goes so nicely

with this image: (Warning I have a few pictures!)

To get started I painted the cardboard house 3 times. Once with

guesso and then twice with distress crackle paint. (You can't

see the cracks in the pic. but they are there!)

Here is a close-up of the tag I put in the box with

the muffins.  The sentiment was computer generated.

My picture to show the colors and texture better:

Here is a close up of the house.  I wanted a nice white house

with reds and pinks around it! (That is the challenge at

Shabby Tea Room)  I also added a bunch of lace for this challenge.

I also added a ton of distress crackle paint and the snow-tx

to the flowers and butterflies.

Here is a side view but I couldn't get a good pic (?)

I also had to throw in some rusty bells and stars for a vintagey look.

Here is a top view as you can see the cracks a bit better.

I filled the box with these! They are called Muffins that taste like

donuts.  If you like the cakey donuts these are perfect! They do taste

like them and they are a cinch to make.

(If you want the recipe just let me know and I will send it off to you!)

Well that is it! I hope you liked this and I can't wait to see what

you all create for the first Elphine House challenge!!

Thanks for stopping by!

:)Kathy

Have a SWEET day....

Good Afternoon!!!

Today I have the pleasure of sharing another

card using a stamp from Elphine House!

(If you didn't see the spotlight on them on Elisabeth's

blog you need to go and read about it ~ so sweet! Make

sure to go back and read from the first day!)

Okay now onto my card! This sweet image is called

Apples for Mommy!  I think he is so cute!!

(I have followed the challenge at Stamp Something and they

want to see something  punched!)

I had this strip of paper left that I wanted to use from Fancy Pants

and it has blue and purple! Two colors I don't use that

much but thought they would look nice with a white background.

Everything was distressed again with my trusty crackle paint!

Here is a close up of the image ~ which is colored with distress ink

and twinking h2o's.

I have also added some cheesecloth. My punched items are

my Magnolia Flourish and the scalloped border which is PTI.

Papers ~ Fancy Pants, Kraft CS

Inks ~ distress inks (brushed Cord., Dusty Concord and faded denim)

and twinkling h20's (Just Peachy, Golden Sand)

Accessories ~ Crinkled ribbon ~ etsy, flowers ~ WOC

The layout was inspired by the Sweet Stop sketch but I swayed a bit!!

That is it from me today!!  Thanks so much for

stopping by and I hope you all have a fabulous week-end!

My oldest went to theatre camp this week and tonight

is her performance! I can't wait to see how she does as

she is a pretty conserved and shy little girl!! LOL

:)Kathy

Elphine House DT card.......

© Elisabeth Bell

Good Evening!!

I am so excited to be showcasing my first

Elphine House DT card!  I get the pleasure of

showing Flowers for You.  Isn't she just adorable!

AND you can use her for just about anything!

I have decided to make a tote for some seed packets.  I used a kraft

bag and printed off a seed print I got from here. I thought

it worked perfect and it printed like a dream!! That will be the

little bag to place the packs of seeds.  The sentiment is another

 that I printed off the computer! It is on kraft and it had

some discoloration on it ~ fits my shabby style nicely!

Here is a close-up of my adorable image! She was colored with

distress inks and twinkling h2o's.  I also added some dots with

my white gel pen!

Here is the packet and tag.  Everything was covered with

Tim Holtz crackle distress paint in Picket Fence.

I just used a sentiment from CHF for the back. I can't leave a

link as they don't sell them anymore!!

Paper ~ Fancy Pants, Kraft ~ Hobby Lobby

Inks ~ distress inks, twinkling h20's

Accessories ~ Ribbon ~ Dollar Store, buttons ~ PTI

Crinkled ribbon and flowers ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

These images are all available now at Elphine House.

You can also see the rest of the DT cards there as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all

have a fabulous week-end!!!

:)Kathy