SPRING TIME CHARLOTTE IS IN "5" CHALLENGES!!

Today I actually crafted a card. I wish I was as springly as this bright card though! LOL!

This card has taken my ill self all day to constuct, which I am finding tons of humor in, so laugh with me, PLEASE!

This is Charlotte. She is a Club Anya character that I just love! I was lucky enough to get her as a free digi on the blog hop a few weeks ago. Today Charlotte is a bright, springy, sassy blond!

I was looking through all of my fav. challenge spots, and guess what? I have entered this card into "5" challenges! WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO! Maybe that's why she took so long to put together. Time for each challenge blog. LOLOLOL!

1. CLUB ANYA ~ For the Sketch Pattern

2. TELLEN'S PLACE ~ Anything goes. Normally I would use one of her digi's but I like this card!

3. RAISE THE BAR ~ Elements of 3. I used three corners, three embellies, three flowers. I actually used three differnt DPs too. If you look close behind the white flowers you can see the fun hounds tooth print that is the same as the big circle.

4. CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES ~ All about texture. There are four textures to the paper on my card. The back green has little bumps of glittery stuff, the hounds tooth is flat, the wite flowers are thick glittery stuff that is raised off of the paper and the fun sunny yellow has a funny texture all the way through. So I used 4!

5. INKY IMPRESSIONS ~ Spring colors. I think I got that one down with this card. I am so thankful someone else wants spring time besides me!

Recipe:

My paper is from this great pad by DCWV called Garden Party and a lil pad I got in a secret sister box by K&C company. My flowers are Prima. Embellies by Darico. Corners in Garden Party pad. Charlotte is from Club Anya!

Hope you all like my card! Sorry the pic isn't the best.

Have a super crafty week!

HUGS

Rach

PLEASE SAY A PRAYOR~SWEET STAMPIN SKETCH AND WILD PATCH KIDS COLOR CHALLENGE

Please say a prayor for those where the sunami is going to hit!!
My brother and his family live on Kaui ~ they live on the mountain ~ Thank God! But my Mom talked to him and they are definatly planning for the worst on the isalnds! Grocery stores are empty, some areas of the towns are evacuated and roads are now closed. My brother said he has filled the bath tubs with water just in case, but they do have a stream. He said not much food around but he has goats and chickens and he does grow some food. They will be watching the waters from above How this sufer kid from Santa Cruz California grew up to be a farmer I'll never know but at this moment I am thanking God he did!

So onto this post...........................

This weeks "Sweet Stampin" sketch challenge has been posted! You just have to hop on over and check out all of the the DTs creative cards. Simply Gorgeous! Then enter to win!

Please scroll down to the next post which tells a little bit more about this weeks sketch.

This is my card. Which I am happy to say I have been eagerly waiting our sketch post for this week so that I can enter into this weeks Wild Flower Patch Kids challenge which is Chocolate, Aqua and Cream.

I just love when I cerate a card and then find another challenge that it fits into!



Have a super fun crafty creative week!

Feeling a little better myself, but still not better. It's pouring down rain here! I can't seem to warm up! I need the song Here Comes the Sun to be a real thing right now! Haven't slept! Which I can usually craft through, but I have been feeling to sick to even relax and craft!

So here's to ending disasters in the world ~ Good health to everyone ~ and a fun creative crafty week!

God Bless!

HUGS
Rach

SKETCH TIME AT "SWEET STAMPIN"

This week at "Sweet Stampin" we have this really great sketch challenge!

This sketch allows you to be very creative! I realized that when I was looking at all of our Design Teams projects for this week. They came up with some really great things! So hop on over and enter this weeks sketch challenge at "Sweet Stampin" Challenge Blog!

I am going to have to be short and sweet this week because I am sicker than a dog. My earache, which I thought was getting better has bloomed into this wonderful soar throat w/ cough and cold! UGH! I am very slow on the crafting this week!

Here is my card for this weeks Sketch Challenge........................................

Hop on over to "Sweet Stampin" and join us for this weeks sketch chellenge!

Show us what you've got! You could very well be one of our "TOP 5" and everyone that submits a challenge is entered into the drawing for the Month End Award!

See you at "SWEET STAMPIN" Challenge Blog! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

HUGS

Rach

I WON TOP 5 AT THE "WILD FLOWER KIDS"

I was so excited today when I popped over to the "WILD FLOWER KIDS" and checked back on my entry!

I WON TOP 5 !

Super excited.

This is a really great challenge blog with a geat Team! If you haven't visited with them yet, you need to.

Thank you to the Team at the "WILD FLOWER KIDS"!

HUGS
Rach

ITS A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR TELLEN'S PLACE AND CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES

So I couldn't sleep, again! I sware I have this disease called crafters insomnia! I can never sleep and I find myself in my office/craft room between 1am and 2am, all the time. Sort of scary considering I have to drive my daughter to school at 6:45am. LOL!

So I checked out the challenge spots that I like to keep in touch with and I decided that I would create a card for Tellen's Place and Crazy 4 Challenges.

Tellen's Place is a fairly new challenge blog. Great Digis and the Team is a lot of fun! I used one of the Digis for this card. That's where I won my really cool box full of amazing goodies created by the crafty Black Dragon herself! If you have not visited this challenge site, hop on over and take a look! Chek out their Digis! Loads of fun!

The theme is Birthday!

Crazy 4 Challenges has been around a little while. I just love them! Great team and really fun challenges. Hop over and check them out too!

The theme is a really great sketch!

Oh Yeah ~ Don't forget to create something and enter this weeks "Sweet Stampin" challenge too!!

HUGS

Rach

~ NEW BEGINNING ~

We are celebrating "New Beginnings" at "Sweet Stampin" Challenge Blog this week!

Hop on over and show us your New Beginning celebration project!

You could be one of our top "5" for the week or possibly win the Month End Award!

Scroll down to the next post down to read more information about this weeks challenge, which I would really love to see everyone enter, and information regarding the top 5 and Month End Award!


This incredible stack of Design Paper is the month end award! You can't win if you don't enter!
So hop on over to "Sweet Stampin" challenge blog and enter in the New Beginnings challenge.

HUGS

Rach

NEW BEGINNINGS ~ "SWEET STAMPIN" CHALLENGE

This week for the "Sweet Stampin" challenge we are celebrating "New Beginnings".



There are so many New Beginnings that we are not focussing on any one in particular, so you decide what type of New Beginning you would like to celebrate! There are so many categories to this theme to choose from. New Home, New Baby, New Job, New Relationship, New Car............ Just create your project based around a "New Beginning".


You know the preferences......................... You can create whatever your crafty heart desires! A Card, 3D object, Scrap Page, be creative! Surprise us with one of your wonderful crafty creations!


You could be one of our "Top 5" for the week! Don't forget everyone that enters has a chance to win the Month End Award.



Her is my card fro this week! My New Beginning's has to do with "Enjoying Your New Home". A wonderful new beginning, especially for those who are buying a new home! Or just moving.



So hop on over to "Sweet Stampin" challenge blog! Check out all of the DTs wonderful and fun designs for this week! Enter this weeks challenge with a celebration of a new beginning! Possibly be one of "Sweet Stampins" Top 5 or Month End Prize Award winner!

Have a super crafty week!

See you at "Sweet Stampin"! I can;t wait to see everyone's entries!

HUGS
Rach

"THINK GREEN' ~ WILD FLOWER KIDS CHALLENGE #2~ (WFWC2)

Wild Flower Kids is this new challenge blog I ran into thank you to hop'n along! LOL!!


Super cute images and when you look at the DT, well known crafty card ladies are a part of this team, so super fun!


This week is their #2 challenge, Think Green. I made a card using one of my new Polycraft Fairies! I love Fairies!! Base color Green with a few hints of color, but not much!

It's usually hard to create using one main color for me, but I like how this turned out. Simple yet effective and pretty! Which is funny cause I feel like c**p with this ear ache I've been sport'n all week! LOL!

What do yah think??



Oh Yah ~ First time I used my new circle cutter too! WOOOOO HOOOOOOO ~ I'm in it now!
I have always cut circles the hard way! Finding something round and big enough to fit and exacto knife or scissor away! Not anymore!!!!! waaahhhaaahhhhahhhhaaa


HUGS
Rach

SWEET STAMPIN COLOUR CHALLENGE!

I love a good Colour Challege, how about you?

This week at "Sweet Stampin" there is a wonderful Colour Challenge that includes the four colors listed above!

You can enter a card, 3D object, scrap page or whatever your crafty heart desires.

Read below, my original post for this week is listed! The post will tell you all about the challenge, top 5, month end, our guest DTs and everything else you will need or would want to know!

If you have not entered a "Sweet Stampin" challenge yet or even checked out this blog, I urge you to hop on over right now and check out all of the incredible DT work and the fun challenges . I guarantee you will not be disappointed!

HUGS
Rach ~ Queen La Rubba

BOTH OF MY CARDS THIS WEEK AND A WHOLE TON OF SURPRISING CHALLENGES!

Hello Everyone,

Well I was blogging, which I have now figured out is one of my new addictions! I think I love it as much as card crafting! LOL! I went hopping along my challenge blogs and realised that both of my card's could be entered into, WOW quite a few more challenges. So her goes................

My Prarie Fairy Fairy Girl which is the card that I did for a Prarie Fairies first blog hop actually fits into four more challenges for this week.

1. Mo's Digital Stamps ~ Pink White & Red Include a Heart

2. Sew Many Challenges ~ Red Pink & White

3. Crazy 4 Challenges ~ RED

4. Delightful Sketches & Challenges ~ LOVE


This was my card for this weeks "SWEET STAMPIN" Colour Challenge! Which is truly the best challenge spot! If you like a good challenge and love to see really great work, hop on over to "SWEET STAMPIN" challenge blog!

However in hop'n along my card also fits into......

1. Charisma Cards ~ Male

2. Lexis Creations ~ Spotted ot Striped

So if you have a card that you recently made that looks like it may fit one of these fun challenges, hop on over and enter! You could be a winner, you never know!

HUGS

Rach

INTRODUCING MIKO & LINA FROM INSTYLE STAMPS~ THEY ARE FREE DIGIS BEING OFFERED AND A NEW RELEASE COMING THIS THURSDAY!!

Hop on over to "INSTYLE STAMPS" and meet Miko and Lina two super new Digis from a new Digi line that will be announced this Thursday at "INSTYLE STAMPS"!

These two stamps are two of the hottest new Girlie Digis on the digi scene from a FAB new line of Digi's ! You don't have to enter a challenge. Just make an announcement on your blog and link it back to "INSTYLE STAMPS" and let Virginia know if you would like Miko or Lina. That's it! And then watch for the release coming your way this Thursday!

Hop on over now! You really don't want to miss this generous freebe offer!

HUGS
Rach

PRARIE FAIRY HOP ~ FAIRY FUN ~ MY CARD

Prarie Fairy is having a blog hop that lasts til' 9pm Prarie Fairy time!

This is my card for the hop and the lace challenge!

I love this stamp!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!


HUGS
Rach

COLOUR CHALLENGE AT "SWEET STAMPIN"

"SWEET STAMPIN" is having a COLOUR COMBO CHALLENGE!


This is a great colour challenge! The colors are a little different when you look at them but wait until you see all of the DTs creations and how wonderful all of their projects look!
Super wonderful and fun!


Here is my card.........................................

I needed a Boy Thank You card, so here it is. All of the colours included.
I used Prince Ian from the Greeting Farm, a free Digi from the hop a couple of weeks ago. My papers are from Me & My Big Ideas. Along with some ribbon and embellies.


Hop on over to "SWEET STAMPIN" and join in this weeks Colour Challenge! You can enter with a Card, 3D project, Scrap Page or whatever your heart desires. This last challenge I was surprised by this incredible paper purse that one of the ladies submitted, so hop on over and surprise us! Just make sure that you use at least three of the colours from the challenge.


You could be one of our top 5 for this week! Now being chosen by the one and only Mr. Blinky!


"AND" when you create and enter you are elibable for the month end prize. Februarys month end prize is a pretty awesome selection of Stampin Up Paper's!


So get your mojo go'n create something from your crafty heart and hands and hop on over to "SWEET STAMPIN" and enter in this weeks challenge!


See you at "SWEET STAMPIN" !


HUGS Rach

FLOWER FRENZY CHALLENGE AT SWEET STAMPIN!

The challenge this week at "SWEET STAMPIN" is a flower challenge called Flower Frenzy!

Super Fun! All you need is to have flowers on your crafty project! Your project can be a card, 3D object, Scrap Page or whatever your crafty heart desires as long as your project has flowers!

This is my card for this weeks challenge..................................

This is my second post regarding this challenge so please read down to the first post and then hop on over to "SWEET STAMPIN" Challenge Blog and enter to be one of our top five!

See you at "SWEET STAMPIN" CHALLENGE BLOG!

HUGS
Rach

A FLOWER FRENZY IS HAPPENING AT "SWEET STAMPIN" CHALLENGE BLOG! AND TWO GDs!!! WOOHOO!

FLOWERS!

There is a Floral Frenzy go'n on over at "Sweet Stampin" Challenge Blog this week!

AND

Two Guest Designers! These two lovely ladies are super crafty and creative and have FAB blogs to top it all off!

Welcome for the month of February....................................................

Carrie ~ Carries Creative Cards

and

Jose' ~ Jose's Scrap Boat

These ladies won the DG award! I look forward to working with both of them this month! I urge you to take a look at their blogs and see their work! Get to know them for they are a part of the "Sweet Stampin" Team for the month of February!!

As I mentioned above.......
This weeks challenge is all about flowers! Yep! Flowers! Use as many as you would like just make sure that you have beautiful flowers on your project! That's right, project! You can create whatever your crafty heart desires for this challenge as long as you have flowers on it! A card, scrap page, 3D object, whatever your creative mind can get your creative hands and fingers to put together!

I love flowers so this was a fun one for me!

Here is my card!

As everyone knows I use Flowers on everything and Butterflies alot!

I decorated the outside of my card with flowered papers by S.E.I., and then embelished the heck out of it with a butterfly and flowers by Recollections.Can you see my little girl peeking out at you through the window?!? Well there is a surprise inside!

A jungle of flowers with Sunflower Tilda! Iused those old pencils I have to color her in and S.E.I paper behind her. Then I used a Recollections Butterfly and Flowers! The Left side of the card only had the Dream and the few flowers around it and my hubby said the top of the left side needed an arch of flowers and that I mine as well go all the way. LOL! I have been trying to figure out ever since, "when did he become a crafty guy"? So I put flowers across the top of the left side too! So if you were to give this card you now have to write on the back! LOLOLOL!

I have to say that I like this card!

So create with flowers this week and enter it with us at the "Sweet Stampin" Challenge Blog!

You could be one of our top five for the week. When you enter you will also qualify for the Month end award for February!

So get crafting! Hop on over to "Sweet Stampin" Challenge Blog and have a wonderful time with us!!

See you over at "Sweet Stampin" Challange Blog!

HUGS

Rach

OVER AT DIGITAL DOODLING ~ A COMPLETELY DIFFERNT KIND OF CHALLENGE!

First look at what you can win! SUGAR NELLIES!!

OKAY ~ SO CRAFTY BUT NOT TOTALLY!

DIGITAL DOODLING has this really different challenge going on. You go to MagMyPic.com
and create a FREE Magazine cover and then enter it in her challenge!

This is my fav sports pic of me in the past year so I used it! Looks pretty darn good if I do say so myself!

Just something differnt for a change of pace! FUN and EASY!

HUGS

Rach

OMG! I WON A SUPER PRIZE FROM THE TELLEN'S PLACE BLOG HOP! LOOK!!!

I JUST HAD TO SHOW EVERYONE!!!!


I joined in on the Tellen's Place Blog Hop! Another Fab Digi company and challenge blog that has just started up, and look what I won!

This box full of goodies was made by none other than the ~Lynn The Black Dragon ~ herself!

Isn't it just SUPER!!! I love it!

If you have not ran across either of these blogs, click on their names and go visit! Super fun and super creative!

I am so excited!

Thank you to The Black Dragon and THANK YOU to the Tellen's Place DT for such a fun hop!

HUGS
Rach

IT'S A FAIRY TEA PARTY ~ PRARIE FAIRY SKETCH CHALLENGE

Okay ~ I broke down and entered another challenge!

Everyone knows that I just love Prarie Fairy Digi stamps! I think that they are some of my fav. new Digi's on the block.


So this week is a sketch.

Here is my card. If you like this sketch, get over there quick because today is the last day to enter and the next challenge will start on Friday!

I would just love to have a crafting Tea Party where I could invite all of my crafting friends from around the world to come visit, have tea and craft til' our hearts are content! Maybe we could invite a few Fairies too! Okay Okay ~ It's Midnight my time and I need to go to bed!

BUT

I do believe in Fairies ~ I do I do!

HUGS

Rach

SWEET STAMPIN CHALLENGE ~ SCALLOPS!

Hello to all my crafty crafting friends!


Well its mid week, Wednesday and I just wanted to get a shout out reagarding the "Sweet Stampin" challenge that is happening this week!

We are just hav'n so much fun over at "Sweet Stampin" Challenge Blog!

It is all about scallops. You can use a punch or a pre-fab! As long as there is a scallop on your project!

This is my 3rd post regarding this weeks challenge. So it is a reminder post. Please scroll down for tons more information on this weeks challenge.

Oh Yeah, and enjoy every other post in between!!

If you haven't visited the other lovely ladies on the DT for "Sweet Stampin", I highly suggest you do so. They are all FAB artisit and really fun ladies!

HAPPY CRAFTING!
HUGS
RACH

SIR STAMP ALOT CHALLENGE AND BLOG HOP! YIPEEEE!

This Chellenge and Hop is going to be a fun one! Goodies sponsored by none other than......

SIR STAMP ALOT! Hop on over and check out this wonderful supply store!


For the Challenge and Hop...

First you have to create a card or project that has to do with Moving. Can also have a moving piece. It is solely up to the crafters imnterpretation. Pretty Cool, Ha?

Then of course you must link and make a post. Then you get to hop along the blog hop and enter for tons of differnt prizes. Then to top it off there is a letter search! SO FUN!

To start hop on over to FLORAL FANTASIES BLOG where you can read all about the challenge and hop and get started!

This challenge will last for two weeks, until Feb 13. Winners on Feb 14!

HAVE FUN!





This is my moving/movement card! This lil' dude is walking around (movement) searching for his puppy! If you look on the right side of the card I have created a sort of dangling lil' do-dad that moves (movement again). Hope he finds his pup!

Start at FLORAL FANTASIES, and then hop on over to SIR STAMP ALOT for some great crafting products!

Now go fetch yourself some fun!

HUGS

ONE CARD 5 CHALLENGES! Number of Challenges "REVISED"

It is truly 1:00am. I am pulling another crafters insomnia Sunday night!

This is a card I made for three challenges:

1. Fussy and Fancy ~ Must have a heart on it

2. Raise the Bar ~ Must use old paper stash

3. The Greeting Farm ~ Monochromatic/All one color scheme

4. Sophisticats ~

5. Lexi Creations ~ Valentines





So this is a weird one for me. I like it, But........................ I don;t know. I think because it is all in one color it just looks strange to me. AS everyone knows I like color and flowers and embellies and shine. So simply red it is.

Enjoy your week everyone!

HAPPY CRAFTING

HUGS
Rach

PS
I am always so impressed when people can make a card for more than two challenges! I DID IT!