Miss Liberty's B'Day!!

WOW!!!!! I can't believe that my sweet grandaughter is three today! Where does the time go?? Jasmine will be 5 next month, that THAT is scary!!! lol

I went to every scrapbook store on the way to Brooking at the start of my vacation to find this paper and NO one had it...I felt like a scrapbook store stocker lol!!! I stopped at 2 in Medford, OR, 1 in Eagle Point,  1 in Grants Pass, and 1 in Eureka , I went to the one in Brookings also lol!! I need one of those Bumper Stickers....This car stops at ALL scrapbook stores :-) I finally ordered it online :-)

I just love this line and it's bright colors :-)

 Right before I left on vacation I joined a swap over at City Crafter and received my package the day before I left. I didn't have time to take pictures of the package that  Kirsty sent me and then when I got home I had a broken toe so....needless to say I couldn't take pictures of all my goodies!!! I've never done a swap before and talk about FUN!!! Here is some of the wonderful goodies that Kirsty sent!!! Thanks Kirsty!!!

 I received this handmade box SO CUTE!!!!, with postcards, a handmade ATC card, ribbons, stamps, glitter, so many wonderful goodies!! OMG look at the precious Postcard with a tiny scroll wrapped around a tag with a rose, and those little vials of glitter and that adorable ATC card Kirsty made! :-)

And these cute dessert cards.... Cute!!

And look how she wrapped these cute homemaker cards!! I'm afraid that I'm not that talented in the presentation area :-)

Thanks so much Kirsty!!!! That was fun! We will have to do it again!

Guest Designing at City Crafter Challenge Blog!

Hi Sweet Bloggers :-)

I'm so excited today to be this week's Guest Designer at City Crafter !! Kirsty has a wonderful challenge blog each week and she graciously invited me :-) Thanks Kirsty!! :-)

The challenge? Vintage Garden!

And look at these Inspiration pictures!! So pretty! Right up my Shabby Alley lol!

Here's my take :-) My cards are made with more digital paper from Bety...something about instant gratification hmm??? And you can find them Here

The sketch came from The Color Room :-)

I hope that you will visit City Crafter and see what the talented DT has made......and maybe even make a card or to??? :-)

Hugs! Char

Shabby Tea Room Challenge #72 Just Rite Stamps!

Oh My!!!Just Rite Stamps!!!! Their new stamps are soooo cute!!!! And they are our generous sponsor this week in The Shabby Tea Room !!! I was so giddy when I receive this set!! Here's the page with their new releases. Just Rite Stamps.

And our fabby host this week  is Debbie, and here's the wonderful  inspiration picture

The challenge this week is to:

Create card/project using yellow, pink, green and neutral(s)

I used Just Rite Stamps. Paper from Here, the doily is from Maya Road and is made with Kraft paper. I  painted it cream white. And the backround is Kraft cardstock painted creamy white also and embossed with These .

And I made this little gift bag with Papertrey Ink Bag #4

I wanted to keep it simple to show off these adorabe stamps :-)

 This week's guest designer is Kylie Kueter and her blog is Here , and our month long guest designer is Tammy Roberts and you can find her Here ! Be sure to stop by their blogs and take a peek at there wonderful blogs!

And be sure to stop by the Shabby Tea Room DT Girls blogs and take a peek at their beautiful creations!!!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Pattie Goldman

Sheri Holt

Danielle Greenwood

Melissa Bove

Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving me such sweet comments! I truly appreciate it :-) Hugs, Char

Good Morning!

It's Friday and it's my Birthday! What a great combination!!!

Today I made a card for 2 challenges

Simon says stamp ( Use Newspaper)

City Crafter (It's a shore thing)

Aren't those fun challenges???

I used an images from Bety here and the paper is OA 5 and dime and a little Bo Bunny. And of coarse ribbon and buttons...my favorite staples lol!!

I hope you have a great weekend!!! Hugs, Char

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #71

Hi!! And welcome to week #71 at The Shabby Tea Room!!

This week challenge is to:

Create a card/project using the inspiration photo and add a CHARM!

This week's inspiration photo comes from Pattie!

This weeks sponsor is Whimsie Doodles and they are giving away a $10.00 gift certificate to this week's winner!!!

This weeks Guest Designer is Lea Lawson !! :-) Be sure to stop by her blog and leave some love :-)

And The Shabby Girls  DT too :-)

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Pattie Goldman

Sheri Holt

Danielle Greenwood

Melissa Bove

Thank You so much for visiting my blog and I hope your week is wonderful! Hugs, Char

City Crafter's Challenge / Let the sunshine in!

I couldn't resist this wonderful challenge as it is "Let the sunshine in"....and I received those adorable stamps in the mail :-) See post below for the link to the stamps :-)

Have a sunshine filled day!! Hugs, Char

My last day at the coast and as I'm making this card..I'm looking out the window and see this view. The water had a turquoise look to it today and is just gorgeous! I tried to capture the color but my picture taking skills are severly lacking! Note to self...Add to "To do list"

 I made this card with some Pink Paislee and Echo Park

echoparkpaper & pinkpaislee.com

I'm home now and back to reality......:-) See you soon! Thanks for stopping by ! Hugs, Char

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #70

Welcome to The Shabby Tea Room's Challenge #70!!! I am happy to be this week's host and the challenge is

Create a card/project using the inspiration photo's colors, and must include a flower

This week's sponsor is

And I have used "Love Blooms Digi paper" for the card below. Thanks stichy Bear!!

This weeks Guest Designer is Andrea Ewen and our month long GD is Tammy Roberts be sure and vist their  wonderful blogs :-)

And of coase the Shabby Girls!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Sheri Holt

Pattie Goldman

Danielle Greenwood

Melissa Bove

Hugs! and have a great week! Char

Pics of Oregon

I went for a drive today... and wound up here.

View comming into Pistol River and Beach

 And on the way back to Bookings I stopped at all the viewpoints lol! It was so so windy...my pictures aren't very good

wildflowers along the road

 And then I found this little box in an antique store..I love it....but not sure what to do with it lol! Maybe you have some suggestions?

I can't bring myself to come home yet....so staying another night :-) Be home late Monday , but will be back tomorrow with the new Shabby Tea Room Challenge :-)

Hugs, Char

A slice of Heaven

I'm still on vacation but wanted to pop in and share a little of the Oregon Coast with you. The lighthouse is in Crescent City. That is where the small aftershock from Japan hit with a Tsunami  a few months ago. I didn't go to the harbor where all the damage was. I ran out of time, but hopefully will go back on the way home. The picture with the boats is the Harbor  in Brookings, They had a little damage but all was repaired. I didn't see and damage, although I was told some boats sank. They had the fireworks down at the harbor. The Pelican's have been hanging out in the ocean in front of our house! I love them. No whales or seals :-( but I still have until Sunday so we will see :-)

The Oregon Coast.

A little card I made for fun. :-) I went to the local scrapbook store and had over $100.00 in my cart and when she rang me up she had me pick a paper out of a bucket for how much of a discount I would get . and I picked the paper with the prettiest color lol...anyway it was 40% off my whole purchase...did I score of what?? I pretty much got my Ink pads for free!! Yeah!!

I hope you had a wonderful 4th!!! Hugs, Char

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #69 Happy 4th of July!!!

 Happy 4th of July!!!!! I hope all of you are having a wonderful time with your family and friends!! I'm at the coast this week where it's cool and beautiful!!

Welcome to The Shabby Tea Room's 69th Challenge!!!!

And I bet you can guess the challenge this week :-)

Yep!!!Create a card/project using the colors Red, White and Blue!!

The sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish and I used the Ornate Frame on this card .

The beautiful doily at the bottom is an antique one I found on one of my excurations to antique shops. I thought it was a great shape and looked like the 1/2 circle flag that I love. I added some stars that I stamped with papertrey stamps and the image can be found from Bety. I LOVE the 4th and what a fun challenge!!!!!

Our Monthly Guest Designer is Tammy Roberts and this week's Guest Designer is Robin Shakoor !! be sure to visit them and leave some love :-)

Also, stop by our talented Shabby Girls blogs and leave some love :-)

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Danielle Greenwood

Pattie Goldman

Sheri Holt

Melissa Bove

There are some other wonderful challenges this week with the Red, White, and Blue theme! How fun!!

tuesday throwdown :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by :-) I appreciate it so much Have a wonderful week!! Hugs, Char