Oldies But Goodies Blog Hop

It’s time for the Design Diva’s  monthly blog hop…..                       

                               

If you arrived here from Vicki’s blog at Bountiful Blessings you are in the right place. If you want to start at the beginning please start at Cindy’s blog Stamp with Me Cindy G.  The point is to use something in our project that we have not used in the past 6 months – I have so much stash and lately have been going through my older papers one at a time and trying to use them up all at once. I really do love the feeling of using up what I have. So, my project is a card made with an older piece of paper – I believe it is the Periphery line from Basic Grey??  With Father’s Day just ahead I decided to try my hand at a vintage masculine card – something I always struggle with, but here it is anyway…..

 

The buttons on this card are truly “vintage” some found in a lovely shop on Etsy and some found just junkin at garage sales, flea markets, and thrift stores – one of my most favorite things to do. The button card stamp is from the Button Boutique set, and the sentiment is from the Fillable Frames #8 stamp set – both from Papertrey Ink, the burlap is from JoAnn’s, and the little dragonfly etc. strip if from another shop on Etsy called Cemerony.

Your next stop from here is at Karen’s blog Studio at the Lake – have fun!

Take care friends, Dru

It’s time for Pink Saturday

and it’s finally looking a little like the softer side of Spring is slowing coming upon us – rain forecast for today and the weekend – but we’ve been having beautiful sunny and somewhat warm days. I’m enjoying walking around and looking at all the tiny little shoots coming up, pruning dead wood off my roses and getting them fertilized, dreaming of the beautiful plants I will be planting soon – I hope!  And even though I cannot plant yet – this is just one of the beauties I’m looking forward to…

And some more tags….

Be sure to stop by and see Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for many more “pink” blogs…

Take care friends, Dru

Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Pink Saturday, and City Crafter Challenge all rolled into one…

 

First off…..

to all the mother’s in my life and in yours…

My “pink” today is a card I made for the City Crafter Challenge Blog challenge. We were to incorporate these colors…..

My coral is actually a little more to the pink side….

So, to see a lot of beautiful pinks, pop on over to Beverly’s at How Sweet the Sound for much enjoyment. One of the things Beverly has asked us to do is to visit a blog we have not been to before and then direct everyone to. I’m usually remiss at this, but last week I was visited by a very cute and precocious young lady who has just started her blog – she’s very cute, obviously very bright, and has a wonderfully entertaining blog. Her name is Ms Burrito and you must stop by and say hello – it is pure delight!! Also, there is still time to take part in the City Crafter Challenge Blog challenge.

Everyone have a very Happy Mother’s Day, Derby Day, and Pink Saturday!

Take care friends, Dru

To Market Monday

 

                          

t’s the first Monday of the month and that means it’s Market Monday on Etsy Cottage Style. Do you need a handmade beautiful gift or card for Mom? This is a good place to look – the talent is amazing and there are some beautiful items to choose from.

Also to share with you ~ a new Wedding Table Number design. It started out with a request from an Etsy customer who loved this pansy image to please try to coordinate it into a wedding table number and this is the result….

and the horizontal version…

I am now working on the Wedding Wish tags to coordinate…

Take care and have a happy week friends, Dru

It’s time for Pink Saturday…

and first just let me say how my heart goes out to all those affected by the latest round of natural disasters. Our thoughts are prayers are with all of you.

My pinks this week are kind of random. First a couple of banners that I made to go into Lake Tahoe Holidays shop for Mother’s Day…

I like to make my own stick pins for my cards, so here are just a few. I had quite a few more but used them up already. They’re fun to make…

and lastly a new card for my Etsy, for Mother’s Day or any occasion…

 

Pop on over to see Beverly at How Sweet the Sound to see some amazing blogs and a lot more pink! Have a great weekend friends, Dru

City Crafter Challenge Blog

I really lucked out so to say this time. City Crafter Challenge Blog challenge is “Mother May I”. Projects need to have “Mom” on them or any equivalent thereof. It just so happened I am among other things working on Mother’s Day cards this week…..

Happy Mothers Day…

 

I love you Mom…

And last, but not least ~ Mom

There’s still plenty of time to take part in the challenge this week, so pop on over and join in at City Crafter Challenge Blog.

Take care friends, Dru

Brag Monday at Graphics Fairy

Do you wonder where you can get vintage images for your projects? I have a few places that I get mine. Two of the ones I use are The Graphics Fairy and The Vintage Workshop. Both have beautiful images, and I thought I would share one of my latest projects.

A business associate gave my husband and I a box of 3 Jack Daniel’s liquors for Christmas a few years back. The Jack was great – but so was the box and I could not get rid of it, but had no idea what I was going to do with it. Turns out I came to a point where I had a need for a display box for greeting cards in the shop I sell my cards and tags from – Lake Tahoe Holidays. So, I drug it upstairs, removed the door and began the process. Of course in my excitement, I forgot to take a photo before I added the paint – but, I did take a photo of the door this morning so that you could see the original color of the box…

Yep, dark brown. I painted it cream….

And began layering papers and clip art – the dictionary page and the background paper are both from The Graphics Fairy…

The beautiful swallow is also from Karen…..

The apple blossoms and French ephemera here are from The Vintage Workshop

I think I can see more of these in my future..

Take care friends, Dru