Mistletoe Gillian!

(The sentiment above was created by my generous fellow DT member over at DCD's Christmas Challenge! thanks Lynne! :))

Pucker up y'all! Isn't this image of Gillian the sweetest? She's available at Prairie Fairy Designs and is the theme for this week's challenge over at DCD's Christmas Challenge! I'm going to go hunt for some challenges-there seems to be a lot of Christmas in July contests. I hope you like-I didn't use any flowers or real/faux stitching. I just outlined it with a super fine sharpie pen! Aren't those the best? Can't live without mine! Enjoy your week-end!! xox T-Bear!:)

3-D Project for baby Hailey!

Hi gang! This week's theme at Fairy Fun Fridays is a 3-D project. Please bear with a lot of piccies!! I used the Baby Emily image from Prairie Fairy, of course, for this memory box. I made this for my friend and long-time neighbor when I was growing up, who had a baby girl in June. Inside, I added little ziploc bags for a first curl, first tooth and first earrings! te he! Did u notice the earrings on the baby?I should have put another bag for a suce (pacifier), but I didn't have any that big. Let me know what u think! Have a great week-end! xox Trisha

Kiki and Cuthbert-A Wedding Card!

Hey all! OMG! My internet was giving me major grief this afternoon, so that's why my post is sooo very late. I got asked by a friend to make a wedding card for this week-end. The wedding colors are brown and turquoise. So, I used this cute freebie from Pollycraft of Kiki and Cuthbert and I'm entering in in this week's challenge at Pollycraft(Love and Marriage), and the Beary Sweet challenge (sketch), and the Just Cute Bears challenge (clean and simple) for me it's the color palette (whites). I hope u like! xoxo

Tilda in Blue! GDT spot at DCD's challenge!

Hey gang! So happy-again! I just won by random.org for my Aloha Kitty card over at the Kaboodledoodles challenge! I can't find a blinkie though! Well, I can't begin to express how much gratitude I owe to my good friend Susie over at DCD's Xmas challenge, Totally Tilda's and DCD's Challenge blog. I'm guest designing this week over at DCD's and the challenge is a Tilda card in blue! I'm sooo excited to see all the entries!! I hope you enjoy this card, because I just loved the Princess and the Frog movie and this image and DP screamed "Use me! Use me!" LOL!! So here you go! It kind of has a vintage feel, so I'll enter it in the Just Magnolia challenge and the Sweet Stampin Challenge Have a great week!xoxo Trisha

Sweet Christmas Wishes!

Happy Saturday everyone! Here is my card for this week's challenge over at DCD's Christmas challenge! The theme is "Sweet Christmas Wishes" and this is one of the images that our sponsor gave us. Iwas very excited to use the snowflake dies from Spellbinders, but I think they would have looked better embossed. Where to get an embossing mat now? I hope u like it! Enjoy the rest of your week-end!

Lace it Up! Ballerina Gillian!

Good morning all! This week's challenge at Fairy Fun Fridays is Lace it Up!. So, I chose this lovely image called Ballerina Gillian available at Prairie Fairy-and just knew that I wanted to color her tutu green! I just love her to bits and I added lace wherever I could-doilie, green stretch lace and white lace. I'm entering her in Creative Inspirations challenge this week (Chocolate and Mint). I hope u like her! Enjoy your week-end! xox Trisha

Aloha Hula Kitty!

Hi gang! As you all may have guessed, my favorite stamps are Prairie Fairy, Magnolias and Pink Cat Studio's. A few months back, I made a Hula Lily card, but Pink Cat Studio has a line of hula digi dancers that I think are sooo cute. However, I wasn't going to make any cards today-I've been crafting like a mad-woman to get ahead in my DT responsibilities, but when I saw these stickers at the local dollar store-I knew that I was going to make it!! So, I'm entering Kaboodle Doodles challenge (Luau theme), Pile it on (Use banners) and Pollycraft(Birthday). I hope u like-Tomorrow-I'm going to post another cutie-stay tuned!!

Swiss Pixie Smile!

Bonjour everyone! So happy again, I made the top 3 at Pile it on's challenge with my Strawberry Lily card! So honored-truly! Well, a midday post is better than no post, right? I was so excited to make this card today-the die cut papers are available at my good friend's, Sassy Susie's, on-line shop. Click here for the link! Yhis super cute image is Nora, a Swiss Pixie, available at C.C. Designs. I've had her colored for a good two months and now she can smile!! My daughter told me-this card beautiful Mom, it reminds me of Sunny D! She means that orange drink that's so sweet, it makes feel sick! So I'm entering this cutie in the Sweet Stamping challenge (color sketch), Papertake Weekly's challenge (Cutie-patootie), Gingersnap Creations (Sunshine), Simon Says Stamp (sketch), The Creative Cottage challenge (Touchy-feely) and The Shabby Tearoom. (color sketch) and Charisma Cardz (Anything but square) Hope u enjoy! My kids want to go to the beach! My lil sis is gone to the city-so we can't use the pool! Sometimes, I just feel like I'm a chauffeur! Have a great day! xoxo Trisha

Hoppy Birthday! A Recipe to Follow!

Happy Monday everyone! I've never posted this late before, but my much neglected house this past weekneeded a good scrubbing and I had tons of wet bathing suits and towels to wash and hang on the line, after a week-end at the beach! I was sooo happy today to see that I made the top 5 at Magnolia Down Under, got some new nesties and two new Tilda stamps in the mail and a Blue Cross refund cheque to boot! What a great start to the week! So, I finally had time to craft this afternoon with one child away at a B-day party! And what do I make-Another B-day card!!LOL. There's tons this month for little school friends!!The image is Billy, from Pink Cat Studio. I had to follow a recipe for this card, as is the Challenge this week at Cards for Men, ( Two Papers, One image and three embellishments-mine are, ribbon, buttons, faux-stitching!!) This was soooo hard to follow! I guess I am really big into glitter, gemmies, ribbons, and DPs, cuz this was so hard and I'm not too happy with it-It looks plain!! I'm also going to enter it at Pollycraft's Challenge this week(Birthday!) and the Crazy Challenge (boys will be boys0Enjoy your week y'all! xoxo Trisha

Santa-I've been Good!

Hey all! Happy Saturday! Well, here's my card for this week's challenge over at DCD's Christmas challenge. The challenge this week is: Santa. This is my version. The image is a Swiss Pixie, by C.C. Designs. I'm entering in Cute Card Thursdays challenge (Get a Head Start on Xmas cards!) and Flutterby Wednesday's challenge#114(Christmas in July) The DPs are from the Polar Expressions collection by Imaginisce. Enjoy the week-end!! XXX, T-Bear

One for the boys-"baby" boy!

Happy Friday everyone. Today is my kids last swimming lessons-I hope they passed!!Then it's off to the beach to hide some treasure! They're having a burried treasure scanvenger game, after the Fish-fry at the local beach tonight to kick off the Festival. And guess who's in charge of that activity-me!!! So here's a card for this week's challenge over at Fairy Fun Fridays. The theme is for the boys! Yes-this card does look familiar, because I made a girl version at the end of May for my DT spot over at DCD's Xmas Challenge. I already had this cute Bundeer image colored and wanted to tackle another baby card-so here u go! I'm entering this little guy in ABC's Xmas challenge (O is for ornament)! I hope you like. It is a little different-I tried to keep it more masculin. Enjoy your week-end! T-Bear xoxo

Arrgh matey! Pirate Edwin!

Hiya! I decided to use this cute fellow last night,seeing as my internet was down as well as our satellite for the TV because of the rainstorm. I needed a B-day card for my son's friend this week-end. So I used this cute Magnolia image of Pirate Edwin image that one of my friend's gave me. The sentiments are from Pink Cat Studio and worked well with this card. I tried to make seaweed with my Martha Stewart punch and added pearls, rubies and some gold to it. I only wish I had a cocktail sword to go between the ribbon-that would have made him cuter!! I'm entering Magnolia Down Under's challenge this week (One for the Boys) and. I hope you like. have a great day!:)

Strawberry Lily!

Hey all! Hope u enjoyed the week-end! I'm so happy right now-I made the top 5 again for Cupcake challenge for my soccer cards last week! What a crazy week up ahead: catching up with card making, right Nicola?; swimming lessons, our community and school is building a brand new play structure this Thurs., then our annual Festival Châteauguay is this week-end!. I'll be glad when this week is over!I hope you're not getting sick of Strawberry cards, cuz here's another one!! This super cute digi Lily image is of course from Pink Cat Studio. I gave her little ruby earrings!te he! Go check their blog, Melissa, the owner is showcasing some of my cards!! I'm tickled strawberry pink! LOL. Anyway, I'm entering a pile of challenges, so be patient with me: Pile it on (Use holiday colors), Friday Sketchers (Sketch),Little Red Wagon (Using Nesties), Cuttlebug Challenge (use lace or doilie), Pollycraft challenge (Bold and Bright) and Lexi's Creations (real/faux stitching) and Simon Says Stamp Challenge. Enjoy your week-I'm off to swimming lessons right away!

Beary Merry Xmas!

Hello all! I am loving being on Summer holidays! Certainly, having mostly sunny daysand hot temps helps!! I think my brain needed a mental break last week-I could bearly muster a conversation with anyone and have been such a scatterbrain-must have lost my keys and my sunglasses a million times. Ever happen to you? Here is my card for this week's challenge at DCD'sChristmas Challenge. I'm entering it in Corrosive's challenge (Christmas), Cards for Men (Christmas), Christmas Stamping All Year Long (open) and I hope you like it-Enjoy the week-end!! XXX T-Bear!

Color challenge(blue and green) and a Hippo, Happy B-Day!

Hey all! Well, here's what you've been waiting for- Using Random.Org generator last, night, and from 1 to 171 entries, here was the number: #10.The winner of my blog candy is: Kelly Schelske from Crafting Creatively!! Congratulations! Please e-mail me with your postal address at:trishamcmullen8@gmail.com Thanks again to everyone who participated-it means so much to me! My cup runneth over! On another note, here is this week's challenge over at Fairy Fun Fridays-Color challenge-the use of blue and green. I incorporated some pink, because one of the DT members showed me that they were in the flowers! I would have totally overlooked it! This sweet couple of hippos are called Helen and Norm and are available at Prarie Fairy's site. Have a great Day and Happy Birthday Lori-hope it's a good one!! xoxo Trish

Extra Surprise in My Blog Candy!

Hi gang! Well, My Candy is NOW CLOSED, but I wanted to thank everyone for entering, leaving me such nice comments and becoming followers!! I cannot believe your generosity!! I hope I don't lose any of you when I make the draw! I will announce the winner tomorrow morning, so stay tuned! Because I exceeded 100 followers, here is your surprise: Cosmo cricket's Material Girl series chipboard stick-ons, plus I'll throw in 2 extra coordinating DPs (very cute!!). I hope u like-I love those girls and u can add clothes to them. Talk to u tomorrow! xoxo Trisha

Lily and Billy Playing Soccer!

Hiya! I made these two cards this morning (so bear with a lot of piccies) and it's to celebrate the World Cup of Soccer in this week's challenge over at Cupcake Challenge. The images are from Pink Cat Studio.I'm also entering it at Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge (on the move) and ?'s challenge this week (incorporate newsprint) But I can't remember the name of that challenge blog!! Help?. I tried to do something different and use Sport Stats. LOL.! Let me know what u think!

3-D Strawberry Shortcake card!

Hey gang! For the past few days, I've been feeling like "Where's my Mojo?" My cards all seem blahhh, and the same to me-maybe I'm adding too much to them or fussing too much, so this card is kind of a fresh change-no flowers involved. This cute image is a free coloring page on the web. I loved S.S. as a child and she mad a huge comback when my daughter was born in 2002. I painted flowers and made curtains to match a Strawberry/gerber daisy theme in her room. But alas, she's moved on to Bratz, Liv Dolls and her beloved DS! But Mommy still has a bond with Strawberry Shortcake and always will! LOL.I took one of her charms off an old bracelet that she never touches. Of course, I will give it back if she asks...maybe!! I'm entering Lexi's Creations Challenge (3-D) The leaf, watering can, and strawberry on hat are all raised;DU2DS (Outdoor theme), Pollycraft challenge (Sketch), Cute Card Thursday (Let's do fruity!) and Creative Cottage (Summer Surprise)! I hope you enjoy her. Send me some inspiring wishes, please and thanks!xoxo Trish

Christmas Wreath

Happy Saturday!I am in a preety good mood here too. I finally have high-speed internet at home, so I don't have to post at work or at my mom's office!!LOL. Plus I came in the top 3 at Winter Wonderland for last week's challenge of Strawberry and Cream, with my Arctic christmas Card that I posted last week on the DCD Xmas Challenge site. I hope everyone is enjoying their week-end. It is very soggy here! The thunder woke me up this morning!!Here is my card for DCD's Christmas challenge this week! I got these cute leaves at Michael's and the holly brads came with. The image is Emma from C.C. Designs. I'm entering the WinterWonderland Challenge (Punch it out)and ABC's Christmas Challenge-(N-Noel-open theme) Hope u like! Enjoy your week-end! XXX Trisha