Travel Time

Thought this cute little girl would be perfect in her sentiment about traveling. By now I should be back home from my travels so I look forward to sharing my adventures with all of you and showing you any crafty goodies that I might have found while I was on vacation.

As for all of you "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams."

Tim Holtz

Here's another one of the Hilarious Bird stamps from Tim Holtz. I got this fun set from my hubby for Christmas this year. I just adore them.  The funny sentiment comes from Riley and Company. They have a whole line of hilarious sentiments called Funny Bones.

Hope this card brings a little smile to your face this morning.  I am still having a little jet lag from the nine hour flight difference.

Cheers, Holley

Tag Challenge

It's time for a brand new challenge over at the SSS Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes with a challenge of making a Tag.  I used this fun tag, which is black and I got a fun Nurse stamp by Sherri Baldy that I colored up using copic markers.  I decorated my tag using red and white polka dot ribbons and buttons.

Doesn't she look like that candy striper you would love to come by and cheer you up?

Hope you are all having a great August. I will be home soon from vacation.

Cheers, Holley

Friends

We are having a wonderful contest this week at Outlawz for the Monday Greetings challenge.  This gorgeous image comes from The East Wind and is called . The theme for the challenge is Friends.  As always, be sure and put a greeting on the front of your card.

Drop by Outlawz and check out all the design teams creations and then share a lovely friendship card with us. We can't wait to see what you create. You could win a prize from SLS Lines or The East Wind this week.

Bearly Summer

Here's a wonderful image from artist Sandra Caldwell of Babycakes DND.  She is releasing several new images today including this adorable bear!  She's called 717 Bearly Summer. Check out the store later today.

We have a fun group on Facebook Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans.  Come by and join in.  We have regular contests and card sharing.  We'd love for you to share with us!

You are my best friend

We are getting ready for a brand new contest on Outlawz. Tomorrow starts a new Monday Greetings challenge, our theme will be Friends.  I made this lovely card using a wonderful image from SLS Lines, it comes from a wonderful set called Whimsical Vase and Flowers.  You get an entire 6 stamp set of images for just $5.35!

Please drop by and join us at Outlawz for the challenge starting tomorrow morning. We'd love to see your cards and be sure to add a sentiment to the front.  Remember, this week's theme is Friends.

Mini calendars

Here's some more adorable calendars that I made to handout this year. They are just super quick and cute projects that you can make and they are the perfect things to give people that they will use all year long!

You drive me nuts!

Here's a hilarious Squirrel stamp. I just adore this cute little animal stamp set with all their funny sentiments.  I thought I would share this card now since it's using some wonderful lace that I got while visiting Istanbul several years ago.

I totally look forward to seeing some lace stores when I go on my trip!  I hope you will love all the stuff I come across when I get home :)

Happy Anniversary

Here's a very elegant card that you can create with two basic colors for a special occasion, a 50th anniversary.  I am using Neenah Solar White Classic Crest and Basis Black.  Both are wonderful papers that you can get at Paper Temptress.  They are simple and very useful papers that you can turn into a magnificent card.

The background is embossed with a folder from Crafter's Companion and all the die cuts are layered using a set from Spellbinders Nestabilities.  The "50th" letters come from a Sizzix layered alphabet set.  I then added a whole set of small Doodlebug flowers in black and off white.

I think it turned out very elegant for such a wonderful occasion.  The customer was so happy with it and I hope the happy couple loves it.

A gift from John

Here's a gift that John gave me for Christmas. It's this awesome skull stamp.  You know I love skulls and I love stamps, so what a great pair for John to pick.  I added a great color combo of black and yellow to go with it.  I think it turned out sticking.

What a fun gift. (Oh yeah, and that anniversary gift where he bought me an overseas ticket for a little vacation).

Cheers, Holley

Life is like a cup of tea

Here's a sweet older image from Crafter's companion.  I thought this sentiment was just perfect. Given that I am in Turkey right now, I hope to be having the perfect cup of tea!  I hope all is going well and everyone is safe no matter where they are!

Have a blessed day everyone.  Have a cup of tea for me...

Rudolf Rabbit ?

Here's the cutest brand new image from Sandra Caldwell of Babycakes Dnd today. He's called 983 Rudolf Rabbit.  How fun that a kid in a bunny costume would then dress as a reindeer!  Too cute.  Be sure to check out all of her other adorable images at her Etsy store.

We also have a fun group online called Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans.  Check us out for more wonderful creations using her images.

Mastermind

Are you ready to have a new challenge over on the Outlawz Monday challenge group?  well the new game starts tomorrow morning and it's going to be a Tic-Tac-Toe game.  you need to drop by the Group to see the options and then choose which path you choose to follow to make your card eligible! This awesome image comes from Dr Digi and he's called Mastermind.

As always, be sure to include a greeting on your card!  We can't wait to see what you create. Join in the fun with us to win a wonderful prize from Dr Digi.  My tic-tac-toe options for this card are stitching, color red, and image.

Be-you-tiful

Sharing this lovely die cut card today. It's a sweet and simple set from Sizzix that you can use to put together a great sentiment for a card, perhaps on a gift bag or some other project.

I totally love some of their full frontal die cuts that will create a card.  Just perfect when you need a sweet elegant creation.

Cheers, Holley

Sailor Girl

Here's a wonderful image from Sherri Baldy for this week's contest over on the SSS Challenge blog. The current challenge is to create a summer theme card. We can't wait to see what you make. This stamp is just precious. I colored her up with copic markers and then added some summer theme sentiment and buttons.

Go by the SSS Challenge blog and share your latest Sherri Baldy card with us!  We can't wait to see what you have created.

Zombie Witch

Here's a fun Zombie Witch image from Sandra Caldwell of Babycakes DND on Etsy.  She is having an event over on the Facebook group Markers! Papers! Digis!  Drop by that group and check it out.  So much fun to share your wonderful cards and general coloring techniques as well as check out everyone else's gorgeous works.

Drop by Sandra's etsy store and see all of her newest images, she adds images to the store every Monday morning.

TeaCup Love

Here's a gorgeous image from My Stitch back in Twine.  This adorable image is called TeaCup Love.  How lovely is this image?  I made this card for the current challenge over at Outlawz, the Monday Greetings challenge which goes on this week. The theme is Red, Blue, and Green.

As always, I have put a sentiment on the front of my card.  Drop by at Outlawz and join in the fun!

Bearly Floating

Here's the most adorable bear EVER!!  This cutie comes from artist Sandra Caldwell and he's called 768 Bearly Floating.  Isn't he precious?  Be sure and check out her store, Babycakes DND on Etsy to see all of the new images as they get added to her store later today.

We also have a wonderful group called Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans on facebook where we have regular contests.  Join in the fun there and check out all our creations, contests and chatter!

YSBP Challenge using Rick St Dennis

Happy August everyone!  It's time for a  wonderful new challenge over at the Your Scrapbook Place Challenge blog.  Our awesome sponsor this month is Rick St. Dennis.  I just LOVE his images, both the Halloween/skull types as well as his gorgeous lady images.  You can see which I picked for today's card.  This image is  Volupte

The theme this month is Anything Goes and you will get an extra entry in the contest if you use a Rick St Dennis image on your card.  We look forward to seeing what you create, so drop on by, check out the design team's creations and then join in!

Cheers, Holley

I'm wishing for something cool....

Well, given that we have had a record number of days over 100 deg F this year, I am certainly dreaming of some cooler weather right now!  Here's a wonderful image from Robyn's Fetish that hits the spot.  This image is called Home for the Holidays. We are having a challenge over on the Monday Greetings at Outlawz with a Blue, Red, Green color combo.

As always, be sure and add a sentiment to the front of your card.  We can't wait to see what you create this week.  Cheers, Holley

Red hot mama!

Here's one red hot mama, or at least she's brave enough to dress as such!  I don't know if I could dress as such at my age, so hopefully at her age I can dress however I want and look just as confident as she does!  This awesome image is from SLS Lines. She has some wonderful lady images and great quirky and unusual theme images too.  Check this image, Sexy Mom in underwear out in the new SLS Lines store. (I colored her up to be sexy grandma!!)

I should be in flight now, please keep me in your thoughts or prayers. I am not really worried, I suppose I am hitting Paris and Istanbul in the same day.   Looking forward to arriving and being on vacation!

Cheers, Holley

Happy Birthday Sandra!

Here's a gorgeous stamp that Sandra Caldwell gave me in celebration of her 65th birthday.  I used this stamp to create a card with some gorgeous papers from Paper Temptress.  I hope Sandra had a wonderful Birthday yesterday and I hope she had a wonderful day today.  Since it was birthday #65, I thought it deserved an extra card :)

Here's  an enlargement of her image, printed out on Neenah Solar White Cardstock.

The base of the card is gorgeous Mica/Metallic called Azalea.  I added some lovely Hambly Studious Overlays called Magenta Brocade.  There is a small stripe of Mica Metallic Flame at the base of the card which I matched by dusting the edges of the image in orange chalk ink.  I layered my image in a deep yellow as well as cutting out a Best Wishes sentiment paper called Gold Basis.

Sandra Caldwell Birthday Blog Hop

GOOD MORNING!
We are celebrating the very talented Sandra Caldwell's Birthday (which happens to be TODAY!)
with a birthday blog hop. Won't you please help us celebrate?!

We have each made a creation with images from her Etsy store.

Here's a sweet card I made her just for her Birthday.  She doesn't know it, but I had planned this birthday blog hop WAY long ago.  Before my vacation even.  Before she came up with the idea of an ATC swap.  It's been killing me to keep such a big surprise a secret for SO many months.
Happy Birthday Sandra!

Here's the ATC that I made for her with the Swap she had on her Facebook group

Next on the Blog Hop, CLICK HERE to go to Denise Pustelniak

In case you get lost, here is your line-up.
So hop on over to PERSON AND LINK AFTER YOU and see their wonderful creation.
Start at the beginning
Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans Facebook Timeline 
Holley Tondre Barnhart    <== YOU ARE HERE

Denise Pustelniak   

Cindy van Oorschot

Bonnie Irvine

Barb Poole

MaryAnn Samuelson
Dana Gebhard Johnson
Sharon Rogers 
Laine Kammeraad-Smith
Delores Miller
Cathy Preissing
Donna Mundinger 
End here and wish Sandra Caldwell a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans Facebook Timeline 

And, I have something else I made for Sandra coming with a little image she gave to us for her Bday, so she best check back on my blog TOMORROW!

Unforgetable

Here's a wonderful new bestie called Img976.  Isn't she just TOO CUTE?  I totally fell in love with this girl.  She's got a little bit of sassiness that I like.  I used several shades of pink on this card to just make her POP.  I hope you love this card

Check out our latest contest over on the SSS Challenge blog.  You could win some wonderful Sherri Baldy images.  We'd love to have you play with us!

Vacation Time

Vacation time has arrived and though I don't plan on wearing any swimsuits or laying out with umbrellas, It sure doesn't get any better than this.  I have huge thanks to everyone who helped me raise the $ for the trip and everyone who took all my classes, bought cards and supplies and helped me the last two months as I ran 200mph to get everything done. Thanks so much!!

Now off I go and I will see you all very soon.  Hugs! Holley