Wendy's Whimsy

Blog Candy Thank You

2010-07-31T10:24:00.000-04:00

So are you wondering what happened to Wendy's Whimsy?

Nothing....I'm still here, and yes you're in the right place.

It's just a little name change that's all. Why?

Well, SugarPea is my daughters nickname and I think it describes her perfectly. Sweet, small and cute!!

That also is how I would describe my card making style and thought the name "SugarPea" suited this blogging endeavour of mine better than "Whimsy".

So there you have it...

I am going to have some FABOULOUS Blog Candy as a thank you to my followers who re-signing up as a follower on my new blog SugarPea Designs. (I'll have a picture up in a few days) This is not a get more followers type of blog candy, but a true THANK YOU GIFT to those of you who follow me and leave me such sweet and lovely comments. And if you have a link to my blog on your like a blog roll or something...would you change the link? If you do and you leave me a comment here, I'll enter your name twice into the drawing for the blog candy.

I debated switching my name and getting a new blog address because I really didn't want to lose the ~~followers~~ friends that I had made. (But my husband talked me into it....so I blame him!! LOL)

All of your comments mean so much to me and is a big highlight to my day.

Well, thanks for putting up with my nonsense. (In other words...I know this is silly and I appreciate you humoring me. LOL)

Wendy

Just "Bee"cause

2010-07-27T00:00:00.004-04:00

Good Morning Everyone!!

It's Tuesday and that means it's a 2 Cute Tuesday!!

I decided to FINALLY make an easel card, (now that it is "so last year" LOL) They are really a lot of fun and perfect for when you want to fit a little more stuff on your card. I've used Bumble Bee Cutie which is a new release from 2 Cute. I got so excited when I saw him and starting thinking of all kinds of fun ideas to use him for. I also remembered that I had this little wooden bee and bee hive that would be perfect. I have seriously had them for 15 years. And the button is most likely 10 years old. You know that stash that you just know you'll use some day? Well I can't tell you how good it felt to actually use them. LOL (Great, now I've made myself sound like a hoarder. LOL)

Challenges:

Your Next Stamp = #21 Easel Card

Meljens Designs = #17 Easel Card

Stamp Scrap Doodle = Digital image

CAS-tastic Challenges = #13 Inspired by summer

There She Goes Stamps = #65 Easel Card

Copic's Used:

Y15, Y13, Y11, C7, C5, C3 (Y00, Y000 Wings)

Cheeks: E000

Nose: R20

Outline: C1

There was such a great response for a tutorial on the gift card holder. I'll get one made up ASAP!!

Thanks for stopping by for a visit today!!

Wendy

Recipe:

DP: Recollections (Autumn)

CB Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots

Nestibilities: Oval & Circle, Oval & Circle Scalloped

Font: Computer Generated (Pea Carrie)

Ribbon & Button: Unknown

MS Border Punch: Arch Lattice

Accessories: Wooden Bee & Hive (Michaels), Dimensionals

Shimmerz: Pixie Dust

Shopping Willow Gift Card Holder

2010-07-25T17:56:00.003-04:00

This has got to me one of my most favorite projects ever!! I really needed a gift card holder that would be large enough for me to use this adorable Wiff of Joy, Shopping Willow stamp that I've been dying to use. Every template I had was too small for the image. After I stopped pouting about not having the Stamping Up Top Note die, I got to looking around at what I do have. I tried different but similar shapes with my Cricut cartridges, but didn't like the results. So I pulled out my new and never used before Nestibilities Label 8 and played around with it until I came up with this!!

It holds a gift card PERFECTLY!!

Yesterday was my niece's 18th birthday party. And it gave the family a chance to get together and see her before she leaves for college in a few weeks. I really wanted a pretty way to present her gift. And I was so happy with the way it came out, that when I was finished I had a hard time giving it away. LOL

I used my favorite paper, (DCWV Linen Closet) and also had my image coming out of the frame again. (That is such a fun technique.) And I paper pieced her bags and added a little Shimmerz to the tissue paper too.

I'm thinking about doing a tutorial on how I made this gift card holder. And may also do a tutorial on the image coming out of the frame technique too. If that sounds like something you'd be interested in seeing, would you PLEASE leave me a comment.

I tried to color my Willow to look like my Niece. :)

Copic's Used:

Hair: C9, C7, C5, C3, C1

Skin: E34, E33, E30, RV32

Dress: BG72, BG11, BG10, BG0000

Boots: E43, E42, Y23, E50

Outline/Shadow on bags: C1

Challenges:
Pixie Dust Studio = #32 Gift Card Holder
All That Scraps = Anything but a card
Craftalicious = #4 Birthday
Stampavie = #102 Anything Goes
Whiff Of Joy = #83 and DT Call :)
Paper Romance = #8 Color Challenge (Brown, Teal, White)
Crafty Creations = #77 Happy/Sweet
Creative Inspirations = #39 Anything Goes
Gingersnap Creations = #62 Supplies - Markers
Charisma Cards = #29 Anything but square

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Wendy
Recipe:
Stamp: Whiff of Joy, Shopping Willow
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: DCWV Linen Closet, PTI Cream Cardstock
Ribbon: American Crafts
Accessories: Nestibilities (Labels 8) Shimmerz (Pixie Dust)

It's Christmas in July

2010-07-22T00:00:00.012-04:00

It's Christmas in July over at Aud Sentiments for our Challenge #7. Yep, it's time to start thinking about Christmas and we all know it will be here before we know it. Our challenge this week is

Choose Your Own Christmas Sentiment.

We make it so easy don't we? :) So get out those Christmas images and get a jump start on all of those Christmas cards that you're going to have to make this year. This challenge will run until Aug 3rd.

Our Sponsor this week is

and they are offering a $10 Gift Certificate their store to our winner!!

The DT was graciously given images from Digi Doodle Shop for their sample cards. I have used Christmas Delight. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I love how it smells and the cute designs that you see made in the coffee with the cream. I'll be honest, this is not how I expected this card to come out. I originally colored the image on white cardstock, but didn't like the look. I switched to Kraft cardstock and still wasn't thrilled over the outcome but was running short on time and had to call it good enough. The only thing I really like is how the shading came out on the saucer.

I've used ton's of Papertrey Ink products...the paper (all of it), the ribbon, the ink and the sentiment.

Challenges:
Christmas Cards All Year Round = Anything Goes
Stampavie and More = #102 Anything Goes
Stamp Something = Digital
Digi Doodle Challenge = #17 Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sundays = #69 Christmas in July

Thanks for stopping by!

Wendy

Recipe:

Stamp: Digi Doodle Shop (Christmas Delight) Digital; Papertrey Ink (Stocking Prints - sentiment)

Ink: Papertrey Ink. (Ripe Avacado)

Paper: Papertrey Ink (Holiday Vintage Prints), Kraft Cardstock, Ripe Avacado Cardstock

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink (Ripe Avacado - Saddle Stitched)

Accessories: Nestiblities (Labels One), Jolee's by You (Flower), Dimensionals, Shimmerz (Pixie Dust)

Copics: R59, R29, R27, R24, YG95, Y19, E35, E34, E31, E50

Paper Sundaes - DT Call

2010-07-19T12:40:00.003-04:00

Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is having a DT Call and I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to be part of their very talented team. Here are the details...

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We are looking for two to three new DT members. Interested? Well, here are the details...

- DT members create a card for each Sunday

- DT members are responsible for posting their creations by noon on Saturday (day before) on our private blog

- DT members are allowed to combine their DT card with other challenges

- Challenge details can be provided a month in advance - allowing you to create your card on your schedule

- DT members must comment on half of the entries posted (DT is split into two groups and each group is assigned certain numbers)

- DT term is August 1st to October 31st

We are looking for someone who wants to have fun! We are not concerned about number of followers but will be looking at how often you post and the quality of your creations. You do not have to have previous DT experience.

Benefits:

- Have fun with a crazy group of girls

- Occasionally freebies

- Exposure for your blog

- Motivation to make time for yourself weekly

If you are interested, please post about our DT call on your blog and feature three of your favorite creations including at least two cards. DT call closes Friday, July 23rd at 11:59pm.

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Freedom & Fireworks

Happy Mother's Day

Follow Your Heart

Well, I hope they like what they see. I'm keeping my finger's crossed!!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today.

Wendy

Take Note!!

2010-07-15T14:40:00.000-04:00

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE notebooks!! It is a strange school supply attraction/obsession that I have. (I also have this same obsession with recipe books, day planners, and address books too, but we won't go into that right now. LOL) But, I really enjoy making my own. Here's a peek at the inside. I used sheets of chipboard and cut them to make my notebook a 5x7. The papers are October Afternoon (Fly a Kite) and the ribbon, buttons, and chipboard shapes are all from American Crafts (Dear Lizzy). I sanded the edges and then used Tim Holtz Distressing Ink (Vintage Photo) to give it that vintage/shabby look. I LOVE IT!!!! I used 7/8" O-Wire for my Bind-It-All and put it all together. The inside sheets are just notebook paper that I cut down.

I like having a little notebook nearby when I'm making my cards so that I can quickly jot down the supplies and Copic markers that I've used. Then when I'm ready to make a post on my blog, I just grab my notebook and I have all my info right there. This little notebook will be so fun to look at and use everyday!! Most of the supplies came from my friend Nana, who sent me some really yummy blog candy last week. When I opened the package I knew right away what I wanted to do with it. She has made some really cute notebooks recently and looking at her stuff inspired this little creation. (Not near as good as hers'....she does beautiful stitching on her projects - but I think she would like it.) Go take a look at her blog. You'll love it!!

Okay, I promised to share some vacation photo's from last week so here they are!!

Thanks for stopping by today!! :)

Wendy

I Sea it's your Birthday!!

2010-07-13T09:54:00.003-04:00

Good Morning!! I had a great vacation and I promise to post some pictures later this week. I wanted to thank everyone for stopping by last week and leaving me such sweet comments. (I would sneak a peek at them on my cell phone.) LOL

It's 2 Cute Tuesday which means it's time for another DT card.

I've created this under the sea porthole card for my brother-in-law's birthday using Sting Ray Kids. It's hard to tell from the photo above, but there is clear acetate in front of the image to really give it that feeling that your looking through glass. The porthole is also popped up with dimensionals to give it depth. I used my C3 Copic marker to give a very heavy shadow on the image so that it looks like the porthole is casting a shadow on the water. Don't they look like that they're in an aquarium? I added Glossy Accents to their eyes and Shimmerz to the coral and seaweed.

Challenges:

Sentimental Sundays = #11 I can see clearly now
Cupcake Craft Challenge = #99 Acetate
Ai Factory = #43 Green with Envy (reused acetate from packaging)

Copic's Used:

Sting Rays: V99, V95, V93, B97, B95, B91, R00

Coral: R14, R22, YG00

Starfish: Y17, Y13

Rocks: C7, C5, C3, C2

Seaweed: YG17, YG23, YG01

Sand: E30, E50, E34, E29

Porthole Shadow: C3

Water/Outline: BG10, BG0000

Thanks for stopping by!!

Wendy

Recipe:

Font: Computer Generated (Pea Carrie)

Glossy Accents, Dimensionals

Half Pearls: Recollections

Brads: Making Memories

Shimmerz: Pixie Dust

Your Next Stamp - DT Call

2010-07-10T15:22:00.000-04:00

I would LOVE the opportunity to create with the adorable images at Your Next Stamp, so this post is serving as my DT ~~begging them to pick me~~ application. ;) The DT call is open until July 31st.

They ask that you share 3 of your best creations with them.....well that is harder than it sounds. There are so many projects that I like for so many different reasons. So after thinking about which one's to choose all week, here they are....

I hope I have chosen well.

Wish me Luck!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Wendy

Aud Sentiments - Challenge # 6

2010-07-08T00:00:00.014-04:00

Wow, it's time for another Aud Sentiments challenge. This is our 6th challenge where we are mixing it up this time and challenging you to use...No Sentiment. Hey...could it get any easier?!?! So come on and join us, this challenge will run until July 19th.

Our sponsor is

I used a technique that I had never tried before by allowing the image to flow out of the framed nestibilities shape. It has such a WOW factor and is so easy. The image is a digital stamp from our sponsor called, Bonnie. This little sweetie reminds me so much of my daughter, Brooke. She doesn't have a bunny, but an Eeyore. Eeyore goes EVERYWHERE that Brookie goes. Thank God he has never become lost. I seriously don't think she'd survive without him.

Here he is unattended and sporting the mowhawk hairdo she gives him every morning. The second she realized that I was taking his picture, she snatched him from the table and told me NOT to take pictures of HER Eeyore. LOL

This is how Eeyore and Brookie normally look...attached!!!

I actually washed him once and she ~~screamed~~ cried the entire time. And if that wasn't bad enough, she laid down on floor in front of the washing machine until he came out. See what I mean? We can never loose him! LOL

Challenges:

ABC Challenges = Y is for You & Me
Your Next Stamp = #20 Flower Power
Little Red Wagon = #36 Nestabilities
Wee Memories = #13 Free for All
Paper Romance = #6 Let's get our GLITTER on!!
Craftalicious Challenges = #3 CUTE

Copic's Used:

Dress: YR23, YR21, Y13, Y21

Sash/Bow: Y26, Y19, Y15, Y000

Bunny: BG0000, E000

Skin: E00, E50, R00

Hair: E59, E35, YR24, E42

Thanks for stopping by!

Wendy

Recipe:

Stamp: Spesch Designer Stamps, Bonnie (Digitial)

Paper: PTI White Cardstock; Basic Grey (Green at Heart)

Ribbon: Offray, Ivory (JoAnn)

Punch: Martha Stewart, Daisy border

Accessories: Flower, Basic Grey (Green at Heart); Shimmerz (Pixie Dust); Dimensionals; Nestibilities: Oval and Scalloped Oval

Furry Friends

2010-07-06T00:00:00.014-04:00

Hope everyone (in the US) enjoyed their July 4th Weekend!!

My little family is on a mini vacation this week. We will be visiting the beach, Disney, and other little local attractions. I guess this is what they call a Stay-cation?! LOL Hey, I don't know about you but I LOVE my bed and no matter how nice the hotel, my bed is best!! So I'm totally fine with this

little stay-cation. :) I'll be sure to post some pictures later.

This card was made for a friends birthday using a digital stamp, Furry Friends by 2 Cute Rubber Stamps.

The DP is My Minds' Eye, Penny Lane, and the little box was paper pieced with the same DP. I then used my Copic C3 marker and added shading to give it dimension.

Challenges:

Everybody Art = #97 Birthday

Paperplay Challenges = #26 Card for Child or Teen

Craftalicious = #3 Cute

Alphabet Challenge = J is for Jewels

Lexi's Creations = #17 Layers/Decoupage

Copic's Used:

Dog: E43, E42, E41, RV32, R20, R11, R00, BG15, BG10

Cat: W5, W3, W1, R20, R11, R00

Outline/Shading: BG0000, C3

Thanks for taking the time to visit me today!!

Wendy

Recipe:

Stamp: 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Furry Friends (Digital)

Paper: My Minds' Eye, (Penny Lane); PTI White Cardstock

Ribbon: Unknown

Font: Pea Girly Girls Print

Accessories: Crystal Brads (Making Memories), Spellbinders (Oval & Scalloped Oval Nestibilities), Dimensionals

Freedom and Fireworks

2010-07-04T00:00:00.016-04:00

Happy 4th of July Everyone!!

My family is celebrating our nation's birthday in our nation's oldest city... St. Augustine. We go to the Castillo de San Marco Fort where we sit out on the lawn with our blankets and chairs (and of course food and drinks) play frisbee and wait for the fireworks. It is such a beautiful place to celebrate the 4th and we've been going for a few years now. It's such a sweet small town, it's the perfect place take the kids and spend time together as a family. (It also helps that my sister and her family lives there too!!)

See isn't it pretty?

Okay...back to the card. LOL

I was so inspired by my friend Kerri's card that I wanted to make my own. So when I won a challenge last week and received some really cute digital stamps from Digital Delights, I got to work right away on this little cutie. This is Luvin the USA Bongo. Isn't he adorable?!?!

Challenges:
Pile it On = #26 My Favorite Things (Coloring with my Copic's)
Craftalicious = #3 Cute
Lexi's Creations = #17 Layers/Decoupage
Beary Scrap = #5 Emboss it
Meljens Designs = #14 Red white & Blue
Pixie Dust Studios = #29 Red White & Blue
Stamp Something = Colors of YOUR Flag
The Crafty Pad = #78 Animal Fun
Raise the Bar = #25 Colors of YOUR Flag
Ai Factory = #42 Red White & Blue
Paper Cutz = #48 July 4th
Paper Romance = #5 Red, White & Blue

Copic's Used:

Dog: W7, W5, W3, W1, B26, B23, B21

Flag: B97, B95, B91, R29, Y26, Y23

Thanks for stopping by!!

Wendy

Recipe:

Paper: PTI white cardstock; DP- Making Memories (Kids)

Cricut: Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge (Star)

Cuttlebug: Swissdots Embossing Folder

License Plate: Karen Foster

Bring on the MONSTERS!!!

2010-07-01T00:00:00.004-04:00

I heard you gasp!!! That's right...I scrapbook too!! Not very often, but I do. Like most of you I have TONS of supplies and paper (it's a sickness) but very little time to actually sit down and scrapbook. So I've decided to give Digital Scrapbooking a try. I can do this laying in bed beside hubby while he watches all his Science and Discovery Channel stuff. I think I kind of like it. Not as much fun as actually playing with the paper and other elements, but at least memories are being recorded. I've resisted digital scrapbooking for so many reasons. But life is all about choices, and I've had to decided what I want verses how much time I have. This gets the job done and I don't have to feel guilty that I haven't "scrapbooked" that special birthday, event, etc. If you know me in real life then you know that it can take 8+ hours for me to do (1) little scrapbook page. So with the Digital Scrapbooking I've basically, decided to spend MORE time making the memories and LESS time recording them. So what do you think of this layout?

(Journaling Reads: This was our family's 1st Monster Truck show and thus began Nathan's love of big loud trucks. He was in complete awe as he watched each race and thrilled over how high they could jump. Before the night was over he knew the names of the trucks and had his favorite...Gravedigger! I was nervous that the noise would be too much for Brooke since she was only 10 months old, but she LOVED it!! She cheered and clapped all night long.)

I signed up with Heritage Makers where they have page templates or you can design your own. (Of course I would only be interested in the hardest possible way...making my own. LOL) Once you're finished, you just click a button and they print and ship your new scrapbook to you. Hey, if this works out I might be purging some supplies. Sounds like a lot of BLOG CANDY coming soon!! :)

So a quick heads up to all of you....you might be seeing more of my scrapbook layouts here too. :)

See you Sunday with a new card!!

This is my real note, but if you'd like to make one for yourself I found it HERE.

Thanks for Stopping by today!!

Wendy

BLOG CANDY!!!

2010-06-30T08:18:00.003-04:00

We've decided that it's time for some blog candy over at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog.

Here are the rules:

1. Become a follower of Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog- click HERE

2. Make a post on your blog along with a picture of our blog candy with a link back to Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog.

3. Post a link back to Aud Sentiments with a picture of our candy on your blogs sidebar

4. Leave a comment with a link to your post on the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog. Also stop by the DT blogs to say "hello" and become followers of them too! (This is not a requirement but we would love to see you at our blogs too!)

Please stop by and join in the fun!

The candy ends Tuesday, July 6th

2 Cute Manatee Friends

2010-06-29T00:00:00.005-04:00

I'm in a summer mood, are you? It is BLAZING hot here in Florida, actually it's too hot be be outside most of the day. Even so, we still try to go outside and enjoy the sunshine a little bit everyday.

Since it is so hot outside I was going for a "cool" refreshing feeling with this adorable Manatee Friends digital image by 2 Cute Rubber Stamps. Since this is a digital image I created a text box and did my sentiment right there alongside the image. Super Easy!! Don't know why I haven't thought to do this before.

I decided to embossed the DP with my Cuttlebug embossing folder to look like bubbles. I then twisted and glued my ribbon to look like seaweed. Not sure the satin ribbon was the best choice for this, but you get the idea.

Challenges:

Digi Doodles = #13 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp = Friends

Crafty Ann's = #17 Embossing

All Sorts Challenge = #58 Embossing

The Pixie Cottage = #24 Sketch

Caardvarks = Embossing

Sew Many = #19 Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad = #77 Embossing

Hand Full of Stamps = #33 Joys of Summer

Copic's Used:

Manatee: W5, W3, W1, R00

Seaweed: YG23, YG01

Rocks: C7, C5, C3, C2

Sand: E30, E50, E34, E29

Crab: R14

Water/Outline: BG0000, BG10

Thanks for stopping by!!

Wendy

Recipe:

Stamp: 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Manatee Friends (Digital)

Paper: My Minds' Eye, Penny Lane; PTI White Cardstock

Ribbon: Offray, Lemongrass (JoAnn)

Font: Architect & Pea Girly Girls Print

Accessories: Dimensionals, Glossy Accents, Half Pearls (Recollections), CB Embossing Folder

Follow Your Heart

2010-06-24T00:00:00.030-04:00

I am so excited about today!! Today is the 5th challenge over at Aud Sentiments where we are challenging you to use the word LOVE in your sentiment. We are having a great turn out for our challenges, but we'd love to see more participants....so would you please help spread the word? We have a new challenge every other Thursday, so you have until July 6th to play along with this challenge.

This challenge is being sponsored by Karen's Doodles where you can find the most adorable digital stamps!! The DT was generously given an image from Karen's Doodles to create with. I love love LOVE this little turtle image, Special Delivery. I could not wait to color him!! Isn't he just precious?

I can see myself using him again and again.

Check out what the other girls on the DT have created too with our sponsors super cute images.

Challenges:
ABC Challenge = X is for Xtra Dimension (the heart is cut out on the front of the card)
Crazy Challenge = All Things Spotty
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge = Ribbons & Bows
Sweet Stampin' Challenge = #31 Clean & Simple

Sentimental Sundays = #8 Your Favorite Sentiment
Everybody Art Challenge = #96 Pink & Green

Copic's Used:

Turtle: YG67, YG17, YG23, YG03, YG01 (Cheek R00)

Eye: B97, B95, B91

Heart: R85, R83, R81, RV10, RV000

Ribbon: RV95, RV34, RV32

Grass & Flowers: G24, G21, G82, YG11, RV21, RV10, RV000

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today!!
Wendy
Recipe:
Stamp: Karen's Doodles, Special Delivery (Digital)
Paper: DP - Bo Bunny, PTI White Cardstock, Alligator skin paper (Michaels)
Ink: Copics
Accessories: MS Border Punch, Ribbon, Stardust Stickles, Shimmerz Pixie Dust, Cricut (Plantin Schoolbook - heart), Dimensionals
Sentiment: Computer Generated (Pea Jeannie Script & Architect)

Have a FIN-tastic Day!!

2010-06-22T00:00:00.010-04:00

Happy 2 Cute Tuesday Everyone!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend with the Father's in your life.

I cannot tell you how much fun making this card was!! I think I was on guy overload, so getting to play with bright fun colors and sparkles was a real treat today.

I have noticed lately that Mermaids seem to be all the rage right now in the stamp world, so I decided to create something with 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Mermaid and Friends. Isn't she the cutest?!?! If you don't have any 2 Cute stamps you are really missing out on some really adorable and fun to color images. And don't forget that you can get all of the 2 Cute images 3 different ways, wood mount, cling mount and digital.

Challenges:

ABC Challenge = W is for Weather

Hand Full of Stamps = #32 Nothing Like a Little H2o

Stamp Something = Something Summer

Cute Card Thursday = #117 Sketch

Charisma Cardz = #24 All About Bling

Bunny Zoes Crafts = #1 Nice & Girly

Practical Scrappers = Glitter

Recipe:

DP - DCWV Citrus Stack

Shimmerz

Stickles

Pearls - Recollections

Copic's Used:

Hair: C7, C5, C3, C1

Skin/Cheeks: E00, E50, R00

Sand: E30, E50, E34, E29

Seaweed: YG13, YG03, YG01

Fin: BG15, BG11, BG10, YG01

Fish/Snail: V95, V93

Seahorse/Octopus: YR16, YR12

Crab: R22, R14, YG01

Water/Outline: BG10, BG0000

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Happy Father's Day!!

2010-06-20T00:00:00.006-04:00

I know, I know....enough with the Father's Day cards already!! LOL. But I have had sooo much fun making all of these cards. I guess I need to make masculine cards more often. :)

I hope you are enjoying Father's Day today!! My hubby is going to be enjoying breakfast in bed this morning made by all 4 of his kids!!! :)

I really love the way this card came out, I don't use red enough. The image is Lili of the Valley, Top Chef and the sentiment is from Taylored Expressions. This image reminds me of my hubby. He really is KING of the GRILL!!! Even his hotdogs off the grill are AWESOME!!! Even though it's Father's Day today, he will firing up the grill today for all of us! :)

Challenges:

Stamp Challenges Something Summer
Creative Inspirations = #65 One for the Boys
One Stop Craft Challenge = #85 One for the Boys
Magical Crafts = #17 Something for a Male

Recipe:

DP: DCWV Citrus Stack

Stamp: Lili of the Valley, Top Chef

Sentiment: Taylored Expressions

Bling: Unknown

Nestibilites

Copics Used:

Bear: W5, W3, W1, R00

Apron/Hat: R29, BG0000

Dog: E25, E35, E31, E30, E29

Grill: C9, C7, C5, C3

Hotdog: E37, R29, E39

Grass: G99, YG95, E31, G20

Outline: C1

Here's some photo's that remind me that my kids have the BEST DADDY EVER!!!!

Hope your enjoying Father's Day!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Boys Will Be Boys - 2 Cards Today!!!

2010-06-19T15:09:00.007-04:00

Real quick post with more Father's Day cards for you today.

Both images and sentiments are from Taylored Expressions, Boys Will Be Boys.

I stamped this image on Kraft cardstock and then colored it with my Copic markers. Copic Creations has a challenge going on right now to use your Copics on "other" paper and since I had never tried that before, I decided this image would work perfectly to give it a go. I'm pretty impressed with how it came out actually. It's different coloring on Kraft because your colors don't show up how you normally expect them to, but I liked it.

Challenges:

Copic Creations = #30 "Other" paper
Paper Play Challenge = #24 Something Old (Designer Paper)
Raise The Bar = #23 What a Special Guy

My Time To Craft Challenge = #95 Xtra Special

Recipe:

DP: Recollections, Autumn & Basic Grey, Origins

Kraft Paper: Papertrey Ink

Brads: Unknown

Copics: E57, E35, E31, Y17, Y15, R29, R46, C7, C5, C3, C2, C1

And here's card # 2

Again, a quick and easy card. Both of these cards were also made with my scraps!!! (I swear, I get such a big kick out of using my scraps!!!) The tie's were paper pieced and shaded with my C1 Copic marker.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Birthday Tyler !!

2010-06-18T10:24:00.005-04:00

Where does the time go? I mean REALLY!! I was holding my baby girls hand yesterday as she took a nap and realized that a year from now she probably won't need/want me to hold her hand until she falls asleep. She's so tiny that it's easy to still see her as a baby (she's only 2 1/2) but she is turning into a big girl and I won't even realize it until it's already happened. :( Not fair!! It goes by too fast. I've been trying to video tape silly everyday little things lately so that I will at least be able to listen to their tiny little voices and the cute way they pronounce things. (Oh, gosh....now I'm crying.....)

Anyway, I've been thinking about these things because my sister's "baby" is turning 17 tomorrow!! Tyler has grown up into a smart, handsome, kind young man. But I remember when he was still bald at 2 years old and how I let him eat brownies for breakfast when he would spend the night with me. That was only YESTERDAY!!!! It is impossible that 17 years have passed!!!

We've always been very close. When I sat down to make a card for his birthday, I thought, "Oh geez, he isn't going to want a handmade card from his Aunt". But then I realized....yes he will! He will honestly love it. He will love it because he loves me and thinks what I do is cool. He's not the embarrassed teenager type. He will love the cash inside more ;) and ask me why it doesn't have a monkey on it, (he loves monkeys) but he will love it. :)

The entire card was made from my scraps. (I love using my scraps!!) The DP is Wild Asparagus "handsome" and the buttons are tied with white twine that I colored with my Copic markers. The image is Lili of The Valley, Big Present. I distressed the edges and then inked them with Memento Eggplant chalk and used a CB embossing folder.. The present was paper pieced using the same DP just turning the stripes.

Copic's Used:

Shorts: BV08, BV04, BV02

Shirt: G99, YG95, YG03

Belt: E34, Y15

Shoes: E31, E41, E35, E42

Skin/Cheeks: E00, E50, R00

Hair: E59, E35, E31

Outline: C1

Challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges = #95 One For The Boys

Stampin' Royalty = #24 Masculine Theme

Raise The Bar = #23 What A Special Guy

Paper Play Challenges = #24 Something Old (Designer Paper)

The Crafty Pad = #75 Paper Piecing
Ai Factory Challenges = #40 Distress it
My Time To Craft Challenge = #95 Xtra Special
Lili of the Valley = #55 Sketch

Thanks for stopping by!

(Now, go love on a baby....because tomorrow they will be all grown up)

It's a Lazy Afternoon!!

2010-06-17T11:02:00.006-04:00

My new Lili Of The Valley stamps came over the weekend and I'm having so much fun playing with them. I've been using digital stamps so much lately that I almost forgot how much fun it is to play with actual stamps. (Get ready to see lots of new cards with these stamps, LOL) I thought this image, Lazy Afternoon, would make a perfect Father's Day card. I have 5 Father's Day cards to make!!! This was going to be for my Dad, but when my husband saw it he said he wanted to give it to his dad!! I was so flattered that he loved it so much.

I used my new Basic Grey Origins DP (that my sister made me buy, LOL) and a few brads...simple right? Well, this card stressed me the heck out!!! I could not get the coloring right, I wanted it to look softer, vintage like but I guess that's just not my style because no matter how much I tried it just wouldn't work.

Challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges - #95 One For The Boys

Cards For Men = # 12 Father's Day

Hand Full Of Stamps = #31 How Cute Is This

Stamp Something = Happy Somethings

Simple Doodles = #19 Just 4 you Dad

ABC Challenge = W is for Weather

Stampin' Royalty = Masculine Theme

CAS-tastic Challenges = #8 Father's Day

Copic's Used:

Hat: E55, E53, E50, Y23, Y21

Pants: E31, E41, Y21

Socks: E43, E41

Shirt: E57, YG17, Y15, YG01

Skin/Cheeks: E00, E50, R00

Hair: W7, W5, W3

Branch: W5

Newspaper: C5, C2

Leafs: G94, YG95, YG17

Grass: G99, YG95, E41, G20

Thanks for stopping by

Howdy!!

2010-06-15T11:02:00.004-04:00

Good Morning!! I'm late again, sorry. My sister and niece are visiting and I actually forgot that it was Tuesday!! Which is 2 Cute Tuesday, if you didn't know already!! :)

I made this card for my handsome hubby for Father's Day using Original Cowboy Kid Digi from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps. Isn't he ADORABLE?!?!? He's my favorite image from 2 Cute and I've been saving him for Father's Day. This was going to be a card from my son to Daddy, but I came up with a cute sentiment for the inside and made it from me instead. LOL

I was able to play with my new Basic Grey, Max and Whisker's DP, a few button's from my stash tied with jute and call it DONE!! This little guy was so fun to color too!! The sentiment inside and out are computer generated (font: Comic Sans). I had a really hard time keeping it simple to give to a man...I was dying to put ribbon on it. LOL :)

Challenges:

Crafty Creations - #71 Child's Play

Lexi's Creations - #16 Something Old (buttons)

Cupcake Craft Challenges - #95 One for the Boys

Cards for Men - #12 Father's Day

Hand Full of Stamps - #31 How Cute is This

Stamp Something - Happy Somethings

Simple Doodles - #19 Just 4 You Dad

Your Next Stamp - #18 Buttons

Copic's Used:

Hat/Boots: Y26, Y23, Y21, Y00

Bandana: YR18, YR16

Skin/Cheeks: E00, E50, R00

Hatband: BG15, BG11

Clothes: BG75, BG72

Horse: E25, E35, E31, E42, E41

Hair: E49, E41

Outlined: C1

Thanks for all the sweet comment's while I've taken my break. It's good to be back, and I hope you enjoy what I have for you today!!

As always.....Thanks for stopping by, it means a lot to me that you check out my blog to see what I've done. :) I know a lot of you come everyday but don't leave comments, I'd love it if you did, but I love it just as much that you came by!! (~~Hi Stephanie & Mom!!!~~) :)

Hello Friends!!

2010-06-10T00:00:00.002-04:00

Did you miss me? ;) I know my break has been a little longer than a week, but it has been much needed.

I'm happy to get back into the swing of things, and what better way than with a new challenge.

Aud Sentiments 4th challenge starts today with the sentiment, "Hello Friend". Remember that the only rule we have is you have to use the exact phrase (you can add to it if you'd like) on your card or project, but the words, "Hello Friend" have to be there.

I was so excited when I found out that our sponsor for this challenge is Soft Pencil. I love cute images and Elizabeth's images are really adorable. And one lucky winner will receive a $10 Voucher to spend in their store.

Thanks for stopping by!!

2 Cute - Thank You Cat

2010-06-01T10:05:00.006-04:00

Good morning everyone!! I'm a little late this morning getting this posted after a wonderful 3 day Memorial Day weekend. Hope your weekend was great too! My weekend started on Friday evening when I went to a crop and dinner with my friend Jennifer where we had a blast! The next morning my sister and I went to the Orlando Scrapbook Expo where I was able to finally spend the money that had been burning a hole in my pocket for the last few months. LOL :) So many new goodies to play with and to organize. I was also able to meet in person my blogging buddy Kerri. ~Hi Kerri!! ~ She is super talented and I was able to scope out some of her new goodies too. I finished up the weekend helping my adorable husband assemble a MEGA playgound for the kids. I'm exhausted, but a good exhausted. :) Okay, enough about my weekend.

I let my 2 year old daughter Brooke choose which 2 Cute Rubber Stamp image for me to use this week and she chose Thank You Cat. I've been wanted to use this image before it was even a stamp. How is that? Well, Heidi the Owner/Designer of 2 Cute Rubber Stamps shows her sketches on her Blog and asks her fans for feedback on them. It helps her to know what you'd be interested in seeing turned into a digital, cling or wood mounted stamp. When I saw her sketch of Thank You Cat, I let her know that I'd love to see it as a stamp...okay I begged. LOL But the point is, she listened and now here it is. :)

Make sure you pay a visit to Heidi's Blog where you can make comments and suggestions on her sketches. Your favorite just might be turned into a stamp during the next 2 Cute release. She also keeps you updated on everything that is going on with 2 Cute and showcases fan projects as well.

I'm going to be taking a bit of a blogging/crafting break. I've been doing so much playing that now all my work and other projects are all piling up on me. So I'll be using this time to catch up on housework :( and organize all those new goodies I got this weekend. :) I'll see you in about a week!!

Challenges:

Delightful Sketches = Texture
The Pixie Cottage = Sketch
Pixie Dust Studio = #24 Going Round and Round
Flutterby Wednesdays = #111 Anything Goes but with a butterfly

DP: My Mind's Eye - Home Stack

Doily: Wiltons

Punch: Martha Stewart

Diecut: Nestibilities

Shimmerz

Copics Used:

Cat - W5, W3, W1

Ears - R32, R20, R00

Flowers: R35, R22, R00, BG01, BG10, BG000, Y19, Y13, Y11, YG05, YG01

Thanks for stopping by!!

Guest Designer Today at Lexi's Creations

2010-05-31T00:00:00.013-04:00

Hope you're enjoying your Memorial Day Weekend!!

How sweet is this little duck?!?! This is a digital stamp called Lilli with Tulips that I won over at Lexi's Creations Challenge Blog. I also won a Guest Designer Spot and this is the card I made for her Button's & Bows Challenge. I never seem to know what to do with buttons so this really was a bit of a challenge for me. :)

The sentiment (computer generated font: Architect) was chosen because that's what I thought when I saw this adorable little duck. Make sure that you go and check out Lexi's Doodles for more adorable images and her challenge blog too.

Are you like me and keep ribbon that comes on packaging and other things? The orange sparkle ribbon I used here was tied around a beautiful bouquet of flowers that my dad gave me 10 years ago!! See I knew I would find a way to use it. :) LOL I laid a lace ribbon piece over it to tone it down a little and make the whole card a little more girly. The DP is from DCWV Citrus Stack and the buttons were from my stash. The whole color scheme fit perfectly for Color Throwdown's Challenge #94 to use these colors.

Challenges:

Cupcake Craft = #93 Summer Delights (The colors)
Lucy's Cards = Use at least 1 digital element (image & sentiment)
The Pink Elephant = Orange
Daisy Doodles = Anything Goes
The Secret Crafter = Buttons & Blooms
Ooh-la-la Creations = #54 Bright & Cheerful
Stampin for the Weekend = #39 Cheer someone up
Delightful Sketches = Texture

Copics Used:

Duck: Y15, Y13, Y11, Y000

Feet / Beak: Y26, Y21, Y11

Bow: BG05, BG01, BG0000

Tulips: YR07, YR04, YR21, YR000

Leafs / Grass: YG13, G03, YG01

Thanks for stopping by!!

Lilli Of The Valley Blog Candy

2010-05-27T16:24:00.000-04:00

How stinkin' cute are these new stamps!?!?!

I want them...I REALLY REALLY WANT THEM.

Lilli Of The Valley is having an amazing 72 hour long Candy giveaway that's running on their Challenge Blog. From 27th to 29th May you've got the chance to win a full set of the 12 brand new LOTV stamps that are being released next Tuesday (1st June).

If you would like a chance to win go HERE

It's Your Day!

2010-05-27T00:00:00.086-04:00

It's Thursday and that means a new challenge today over at Aud Sentiment's, and today your challenge is to use "It's Your Day..." as a sentiment on your card or project.

Our Sponsor is:

They have some darling images of there so be sure to check them out. They will be awarding the winner of our challenge 7 Digi Images!!!

This is my first project as a Design Team member for Aud Sentiments and I used Bugaboo's Scarlette Bubble Bath for my little spa gift set. The template for this little Gable Box was found on Splitcoast Stampers. I made my own double-sided patterned paper by printing digital paper from Scrapity Scrap and More (it's a freebie from her Think Pink kit) and My Time Made Easy. I added tiny light blue pearls as bubbles and Shimmerz on the suds. Her martini has Glossy Accents and a tiny dot of Stickles on her olive. Although it's hard to tell from the photo the image is popped up with dimensional tape, and the ribbon came from my stash.

I just love it. She looks like she is really enjoying herself. I know how she feels, a few days ago I was lucky enough to have a little spa time of my own and it was wonderful!! Facial, massage, mani/pedi.... I was in heaven!!

This is for the following Challenges:

Pile It On = #20 Out of the Box
Stampin For The Weekend = #39 Make someone Smile
Sew Many Challenges = #15 Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenges by Janet #65 Clean & Simple (CAS)
Tuesday Throwdown Any image you can color
Simple Doodles = #18 Anything but a card

Copics Used:

Bubbles: BG0000

Skin: E11, E50

Hair: E35, E34, E31

Lips/Cheeks: R35, R20

Towel: R20, R00

Olive: G82

Martini: YG00

Tub: C1

As always thanks for stopping by!!

Just Hatched Baby Gift

2010-05-25T00:00:00.017-04:00

Hi everyone, it's another 2 Cute Tuesday!!

I've made an adorable little gift box to give as a baby gift and used Easter Egg Chickie digi image. You can get your's here. This digi image comes 2 different ways, with the eggs left plain or decorated. You get both for the price of one!! The undecorated eggs are perfect to use for baby cards and projects.

The box is a PTI template designed by Lauren Meader called Rounded Wrap Up, and the polka dot paper is more digi paper from Lauren Meader at My Time Made Easy. I printed the digital paper on both sides so that the inside of the box has a finished look as well. The overlaid DP is DCWV Nursery. I finally used a little fabric covered brad in the center of the flower that I've had for years now!! I love when I actually use some of the stuff that I've had sitting around forever, don't you?

Challenges:

Pile It On # 20 Out of Box
Stampin for the weekend Make someone smile
Crafty Creations #68 Encouragement/Celebration
Sew Many Challenges Anything Goes
MelJens Designs # 8 Seeing Spots
Corrosive Challenges by Janet #65 Clean & Simple (CAS)
The Crafty Pad #72 Over The Edge (the flower)
Charisma Cardz #20 3-D
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #105 Celebrations
Tuesday Throwdown Any image you can color
Simple Doodles Anything But A Card

Copic's Used:

Chick: Y15, Y11, Y000

Eggs: YG03, YG11, YG00, R02, R00, BG10, BG0000, Y11, Y000

I hope to have that Teacher gift I promised posted later this week.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Teacher Thank You's

2010-05-20T16:10:00.009-04:00

Hi Everyone!

With a little over 2 weeks before school is over here in sunny Florida, I've been busy making a few Teacher Thank You cards. My step-children will be giving these to their teachers next week along with a little gift. Check back next week for a look at the gift, it's going to be super cute!!

I LOVE my PaperTrey Ink, Vintage Picnic Basket stamp set. (I really don't play with my PaperTrey stamps enough.) I decided to do a paper piecing for the basket on a green patterned paper that I had in my scraps. The yellow polka dot paper is digital paper from My Time Made Easy, the other DP paper, buttons, twine, sentiment, and ribbon are all from PaperTrey Ink.

I added shadows on the green patterned paper with my C1 Copic Marker to give it depth. And used my Ek Success Binding Edge Border Punch...perfect for teacher cards and school related projects.

Quick. Simple. Done. If they were all only that easy right?

This card is for the following challenges:

MelJen's Designs = #8 Seeing Spots
Ooh La-La-Creations #54 Bright & Cheerful
Practical Scrappers Patterned Paper
Crazy Challenge - Something New (Border Punch)
Crafty Creations = #68 Encouragement/Celebration
The Pixie Cottage #19 3-D/ Paper Tole

Sorry, no close up today...it came out too blurry and I didn't have time to take more photos.

Copic's Used:

Apples: R29, R27, R24, R20, YG01

Leafs: G07, YG03

Outline & Shadow: C1

Thanks for stopping by!!

2 Cute - To The Moon

2010-05-18T00:00:00.011-04:00

Hope everyone had a good weekend, I sure did! Just spent time with the family relaxing out by our pool, getting a little sun and reading a good book! Ahhhh, so relaxing!!

I don't do boyish cards very often so I decided to let my 3 year old son choose an image to make a card for Daddy. This is digi stamp is To The Moon from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps. Isn't this little guy and his pup adorable? My son calls him Astro Boy!! :)

I knew right away that I didn't want to use blue, yellow or red cardstock, that was just too expected on a spaceship card. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on a shimmery ivory cardstock for the moon and used pop up dots on the actual image to give it dimension. And my favorite part is that is got to use a few of the little star brads that I've had for oh say 5 years or more!! :) I crinkled up a tiny piece of scrap yellow vellum to create the flame and then cut it up. I then used an orange Copic marker to make a few stray marks on the vellum and I just couldn't help myself...I also applied a touch of Shimmerz to it. Glossy Accents on their helmets and rocket window and a white gel pen to create some stars. Lots of cute touches but still perfect for a guy.

For the first time ever, I also finished the inside of the card.

This would make a PERFECT Father's Day card!!!

Don't forget that at 2 Cute Rubber Stamps we are having our 3rd Challenge! Click HERE for all the details and get your FREE digi image. The winner receives a free stamp!

Copics Used:

Rocket: R29, R24, R22, Y17, B29

Face: E11, E00, E50

Pup: E42

Space Suites / Glass: B000

This card is for the following Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - # 112 Someone Special (Dad)

Stampin Royalty #19 Family
Crazy Challenge - #15 Something New (Image)
ABC Challenge - U is for Unused (Star Brads)
Your Next Stamp - #16 Cut It Out & Pop It Up
Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge #22 Cut It Out
Crafty Ann's - #14 Anything Goes
Hand Full Of Stamps #28 Get Your Shine On
Little Red Wagon - #28 Brads
Cards for Men #10 - Outdoors
Stampin for the weekend - Card for a Male
Our Creative Corner Masculine Birthday

Thanks for Stopping by!!

2 Cute Hula Hoop Hamster - Challenge #3

2010-05-13T00:00:00.007-04:00

Well today is the beginning of 2 Cute Rubber Stamps Challenge #3!! Heidi is offering this adorable digi image Hula Hoop Hamster FREE!!!.

This adorable hamster was quick and a lot of fun to color. He's perfect for all so many occasions such as Congrats, Happy Birthday, Hello, Thinking of You, etc.... He's so sweet and happy that it makes him perfect to use for just about anything!!

I played with my Flower Soft for the very first time on this card. I mixed a little of the 2 shades of green I had together to create the grass. I like it, but I don't see it being my "go to" embellishment. (Now watch, all my cards will have Flower Soft on them. LOL) I used Shimmerz on the hula hoop and on the little roses too. The DP is DCWV Citrus Stack and of course he's colored with my Copics. The font is computer generated (Big Caslon), and some Lemon Grass ribbon from my stash.

Make sure to stop by the 2 Cute DT Blog for your free digi image. There will be awesome DT creations for inspiration and details on entering the 2 Cute Challenge #3. I do so hope that some of my readers will participate in the challenge, I'd love to see what you create. Not only will there be a FAB prize but all entries into the challenge will be considered for a Special Feature Spot on the 2 Cute DT Blog!!! How Cool Is THAT?!?!

Copics Used:

Hamster: E43, E42, E50, E41

Ears/Cheeks/Nose: R20, R00, R32

Hula Hoop: YR07, YR04

Grass: YG05

Flowers: R24, R22, Y17, Y15, BG15, BG11

Outline: BG0000

This card is for the following challenges:

Pile It On 18 = Cute & Cuddly
Lexi's Creations 13 = Animals
365 Cards = Tri-Colored (Blue, Orange, Green)
ABC Challenge = "U" unused stash (FlowerSoft)
CAS-tastic Challenges - Circles
Cute Card Thursday - Someone Special

I also want to mention that today is the beginning of the 2nd challenge over at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog. The sentiment for this challenge is "Thanks A Bunch" and is sponsored by:

Check out the DT Blog for lots of wonderful samples and inspiration. Hope you will join us!!

As always thanks for stopping by!!

2 Cute - Cloud 9!

2010-05-11T10:43:00.003-04:00

Good Morning!! Hope you're have a good week.

I want to share a little sneak peek into our next challenge at 2 Cute that starts this Thursday (May 13). Make sure to check out the DT BLOG on Thursday so you can take part in our 3rd challenge and get your FREE new digi image. The DT is sure to have some wonderful samples to show you too.

I've used the Pet Angel Digi image which I think is simply adorable. I've used a computer generated font for my sentiment that says, "You put me on Cloud 9!" the font is a combination of Chancer Cursive & Edwardian Script. The DP and the flower blossom are both from Basic Grey's Cappella line. I love that stitched blossom. The ribbon is a beautiful chocolate velvet. I also used Stickles on their halos.

Oh....wanted to mention that I also used my Nestibilities Labels 1 die and my Vintage Labels stamp from PaperTrey Ink. They look exactly the same but they don't quite match up, which was disappointing. :( In order to make it work on this card I had to pop up the image on foam dots to give it dimension. Oh well, just thought this info would be helpful.

There's a little hint in the image that I used today as to the next FREE digi image to be given away this Thursday from 2 Cute. Can you guess what the new image will be? I will giveaway to the first person to guess correctly, my card using the new image to be seen on my blog Thursday. Good Luck!!

Copics Used:

Dog - E25, E35, E31

Cat: W5, W3, W1

Hamster: E43, E42, E41 (Colorless Blender)

Cheeks/Ears: R20, R00

Cloud: BG0000

This is for the following Challenges:
Pile It On 18 = Cute & Cuddly
Colour Create Challenge 44 = Khaki, Aqua, Brown & Cream
Paper Play Challenges 18 = Digi & Bling
Simple Doodles = You're on my mind
Lexi's Creations 13 = Animals
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge 1 = As you like it

Thanks for stopping by!

Mom You're The Best!!!

2010-05-09T03:00:00.003-04:00

Well, this has been a week of Mother's Day cards and I wanted to share one more with you. You know that his Charlotte stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie is a favorite of mine. She so reminds me of ME and I love to color that hair!!! I used some Basic Grey Sugared DP that I've had forever. I added a little Shimmerz to her headband and skirt to give it a little sparkle. And ribbon is a beautiful chocolate velvet from my stash. I punched holes in the embossed holes because there was a challenge out there for "holes" in your card...but I forgot where I saw it. LOL The sentiment is computer generated font called 2 Peas Scrapbook.

This is for the following Challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps = Pink Chocolate Vanilla
All That Scraps = Pink & Brown
Raise The Bar Challenge 17 = For Mom
If The Shoe Fits Scrap It 33 For Mom
Hand Full Of Stamps 27 Just a little dottie
The Crafty Pad = Punch (I used a hole punch)
Just Scraps = Think Pink

Copics Used:

Dress - R85, R83, R81

Skirt/Bow: G99, YG95

Dolls: G99, YG95, E25, E31, Y26, Y23

Doll Skin: E31, E30 E41 (Eyes E35)

Skin: E11, E00, E50 (Cheeks R00)

Hair: E57, E35, Y26, E31

Outline: C1

I also have MORE exciting news to share.....

How cool is THAT?!?!? I am so excited to join the DT. It's a BRAND NEW Challenge Blog that I think is fun and different than all the rest I've seen. Aud Sentiments will challenge you to use our sentiment each week on your card or other project. I hope you will come over and join us. Our next challenge starts Thursday, May 13. Please come and play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by and a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you Mommies out there!!!

A 2 Cute Mother's Day!!

2010-05-06T00:17:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone!! This is my first official card for the 2 Cute Rubber Stamps Design Team. I've used their images before and I always have a hard time choosing images to use because they are all just 2 Cute!!! :)

Please make sure you go and check out the 2 Cute DT Blog for great ideas and inspiration and the Store to purchase your 2 Cute stamps. Heidi the owner offers her stamps 3 different ways...cling mount, wood mount, and digi. You can have your images any way YOU prefer! How awesome is THAT?!?!? Oh, and all wood mounted stamps are 50% off off right now, so it's a great time to buy.

2 Cute will also have a challenge and a FREE digi image starting May 13th!! Please make sure to join us.

I've used the Owl Miss You digi image for my Mother's Day card. This little owl is perfect for any occasion. (Teacher Appreciation and the end of school is coming up) I also love that it's a digi image...I flipped this image so that the flower would be to the left of the owl instead of the right. It suited my sketch better that way; which is why I'm a huge fan of of digi images. You can manipulate them to fit your needs. Need it larger? smaller? NO PROBLEM!!

I LOVE this card. Don't you love when a project turns out better than you expected? Even my hubby loved it. When he saw it yesterday he said, "Oh, don't give that one away!" LOL

I want to share a quick tip with you....I didn't have the right colored flower to use on this card, so I found a little ivory rose in my stash and colored it with my Copic marker to match PERFECTLY!!! I love my Copics. :) I'm always finding new ways to use them.

I'm entering this card into lots of challenges this week: LOL

Mojo Monday Challenge 137 = Sketch
Your Next Stamp Challenge 15 = Going Dotty
A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge 102 = Furry Friends
Gingersnap Creations Spicy Supply Challenge = Found Object (Branch)
Gingersnap Creations Color Challenge = Kraft
Lil Red Wagon Challenge 27 = Pink & Green
The Pink Elephant Challenge 65 = Mommy I love you
Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge 36 = Flowers
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge 40 = Anything Goes
All Sorts Challenge 50 = Animals
Simple Doodles Challenge 16 Use something Old from your stash (Flower)
Aud Sentiments Challenge 1 = Happy Mother's Day sentiment

Trying something new with showing you a photo of the Copics I used rather than listing them, let me know if you like it better this was or the other.

Supplies Used:

Owl Miss You Digi - 2 Cute Rubber Stamps

DP: My Minds Eye - Home

Sentiment: Computer Generated - Arabella Font

Embellishments: Shimmerz, Glossy Accent, Pearls (Unknown), Branch - from my yard ;)

As always, thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the time you take to leave me comments too!

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-05T17:31:00.001-04:00

Hi! As promised I have a Mother's Day card to share with you. This is a digi image from Elisabeth Bell called Pat-a-Cake, isn't sooo SWEET?!?! I love her images and the minute I saw this, I knew it would make the perfect Mother's Day card.

My sketch is this weeks Stamp Something Challenge. I distressed the papers up with my Making Memories distressing tool and inked it with Tim Holtz distressing ink. I guess you could say this is my version of shabby chic.

This card is for the following challenges:

Stamp Something = Sketch
Gingersnap Creations Color Challenge = Kraft
Gingersnap Creations Random Redhead Challenge - Botanical
The Pink Elephant = Mommy, I love you
Dare U 2 Digi Stamp = Flowers
Pile It On Challenge 17 = Boyish Colors
Incy Wincy Designs = Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge = Digi image, 3 colors, 1 ribbon, 3 flowers
Aud Sentiments Challenge 1 = Happy Mother's Day Sentiment
Hand Full of Stamps 26 = something NEW (Digi image purchased 5/4/10) LOL :)
Simple Doodles = Use something OLD from your stash (Flowers & Ribbon)

Copics Used:

Dress/Pants/Shoes - B97, B95, B91, B000

Shirt - B91, BG0000

Shoes - E59, E35

Vest - E43, E42, E41

Hair - E59, E49, E25, E53

Skin/Cheeks/Lips - E11, E00, E50, R20, R00, R35

Outline/Shadow - C1

I appreciate everyone that visits my little blog here...Thank You. :) xoxox So would you do me a favor and PLEASE Please Please check back tomorrow to see the card I've made for my 2 Cute DT Debut. You'll love it...trust me!!

Supplies Used:

Elisabeth Bell Digi Image: Pat-a-Cake

DP: DCWV - At Home Stack

Ribbon - From my stash

Ink: Tim Holtz

Flowers: Prima

Punch: Martha Stewart

Exciting News!!!

2010-05-03T14:58:00.000-04:00

I am so EXCITED!!! I have been asked to be a Design Team member for 2 Cute Rubber Stamps!!! I am so flattered that they asked me to join their team. Starting this Thursday I'll be showing you a card or other project using 2 Cute Rubber Stamps.

And more exciting news....my nephew is graduating from high school in a few weeks and he asked if I would make his invitations for his party. I'm still not finished with all of them but wanted to show you what I've been working on. I know I disappeared for over a week but with mass producing these invitations, visiting with my mom, and going to Disney World twice last week...I've been a very busy girl! LOL

The stamps are Just Rite Stamps, and this is the first time I've used them after buying them over a year ago. (Hubby was happy to hear that the stamps I had to have finally got used!) Oh I don't want to forget to mention that this is a TOTAL CASE of Sharon Johnson's card at No Time To Stamp. I did change the ribbons and the medallion and now that I have I think it looks a little like a Blue Ribbon you'd win for the best apple pie! LOL

I am DYING to color so check back this week, and especially Thursday ;) for a Mother's Day card.

This card is for the Paper Cutz Challenge # 39 = Graduation

Thanks for stopping by!!

Mother/Daughter Tea

2010-04-23T14:16:00.000-04:00

Wow, has it really been a week since I last posted? I've just been spending time with the kids and trying out some new things, like digital patterned paper. This little note card box is the Card Catch All from Lauren Meader at My Time Made Easy. While I was buying the template I was checking out her digital paper and decided it give it a try. WOW! It was so fun and easy to do. I even made my own double sided paper to make this box! I'm now obsessed with digital paper and have spent too much crafting time scouring the internet for more paper. LOL

My daughter Brooke and I will be attending a Mother/Daughter Tea at the church and I'm going to donate this set for their silent auction. I'm working on another set but with a different theme that I might donate as well. This little project was so much fun to do and I think it would make a great gift.

Anyone for a Picnic?

2010-04-16T14:13:00.000-04:00

This is my new recipe box, isn't it adorable? I really love the way it turned out. I've always wanted a recipe box that looked like a Picnic Basket!

I LOVE collecting recipes and have a huge collection that I have to dig through to find what I want. I do have a "favorite recipe" drawer in my kitchen that holds tons of recipes that I have cut out of magazines or printed off the internet, basically it's a disaster. So I decided it was time to finally do something about it. I've put it off for YEARS because I was on the search for {the perfect recipe box}....well, for me it doesn't exist. Oh there are some really cute ones out there but they were always too small for me. I like my recipe cards BIG!! So since I couldn't buy what I was looking for I decided to make my own!

I made the entire box by cutting sheets of chipboard to the measurements I wanted. I used really strong tape to assemble it and then covered it with cardstock. I wish I'd taken a picture of it "naked", it was really ugly!! I was beginning to wonder what I had been wasting my time doing.

The entire box is 10" long 5 1/2" tall and 5 1/2" deep. (My recipe cards will be 8x5 - giving me plenty of room) I covered the inside with light yellow cardstock and used leather trim as the baskets handles that I purchased at JoAnn's. I attached the handles by punching a small hold through the trim and using decorative brads to hold them onto the box. It worked out great, you can actually hold the entire box using the handles and the box is very sturdy too.

Next week I hope to show you some recipe cards that I'm making from that drawer!

Thanks for stopping by!

Candy Candy Candy !!!!

2010-04-15T11:53:00.000-04:00

Sorry, no card today. Just wanted to alert you to this AMAZING blog candy giveaway. Go check out My Mind's Eye Creations for the details. Kadie has some really great cards so go take a peek at what she's got.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ruffles Get Well Soon

2010-04-13T15:20:00.000-04:00

Yep, another get well card. I have been wanting to use this stamp from Stampavie forever but just never got around to it. I LOVE IT!! Ruffles is so cute, the whole image was fun to color. I had to be patient because it gets a little tricky trying blend my Copic's around those little flowers. Are you wondering what possessed me to color the little sofa aqua green? It was Copics Colour Challenge, to use these colors on your card.
It wouldn't have been colors I would have thought to use together, but I think it really turned out nice. It had a masculine feel to it, now I want to make a girly one just like it. (You might be seeing that in a few days, LOL)

The DP is a combination of My Mind's Eye Home stack and Bo Bunny. The oval and scalloped oval were made with my Cricut Storybook cartridge. (They didn't seem to match up perfectly, but I still like it) My oval Nestibilities were not large enough to fit this image.

This card is for the following challenges:

Copic Colour Challenge # 59 = Use
chosen colors
Papertake Weekly Cutie Pie

Copics Used:
Sofa = BG75, BG72, BG34
Pillow = YR14, YR12, YR00, Y11
Bandage = E43, E42, E50
Ruffles = E25, E35, E31, E50 (Cheeks R00)
Flowers = Y26, Y21, Y11
Leafs - G21, G40
Slippers = E49, E25, E55, E31
Outlined = C1

Thanks for stopping by!

My Husband RAWKS!!!!

2010-04-12T12:22:00.000-04:00

And he's cute too!
My husband is the greatest, he really is. This man is an IT Geek who fixes network systems all day (whatever that means, LOL) but he can also build like nobody's business.

When we first moved into our new home almost 5 years ago, it was a 3 bedroom house with a huge loft area upstairs...now it's a 5 bedroom home with an office loft, and HE BUILT IT himself!!! He built my son's room when we found out that we were expecting and made me a dream office with this beautiful furniture right next to my son's new room.

Well, that didn't last long. When our son was 4 1/2 months old we were surprised with the news that we were expecting AGAIN!!! So my beautiful office became our daughters new bedroom, LOL! My husband knew how sad I was to give up my office and that I hadn't had much time to use or enjoy it; so he redesigned the ENTIRE upstairs to give me my own space. He took a HUGE 10x10 walk-in closet out of my step-daughters room, built her a new closet and added floor space over our open staircase. And it is AWESOME! He was even able to fit all of my furniture into this new space. Anyone who has ever seen our home always believes that this is how it has always been and not a remodel at all. That is just how finished and professional it looks. He is excellent!

So your probably thinking, "WOW, no wonder she's so excited, that's great!". Well you'd be wrong. It is great, it really is. He did all of that 2 years ago now and here is the sad thing...I never use it! Yep. Never. Why? Because I have toddlers, and they want to play downstairs. All of my supplies are upstairs, but I create downstairs at our formal dining room table. Upstairs is just not practical right now with a 2 & 3 year old. But what I've been doing just isn't practical either. I run up and down the stairs going for different supplies and leave what my husband calls "my junk" out on the dining room table for days and days.

So I convinced him to make me a new space. Neither of us wanted to make an "office" downstairs but I needed something. So he created this for me over the weekend.

Isn't FABULOUS!!!! I am so excited! I just keep looking in there and admiring everything. LOL It's like walking into a tiny scrapbook store. Everything is so organized and pretty. All of my stuff feels NEW! (Maybe if I can quit fawning over it I'll start using it)

This is the coat closet behind our front door.

It is PERFECT. Now, just so you know...all I did was show him all my "junk" and he built it to make a space for it all and decided how it should look. He did better than I could have organizing it all. I've actually NEVER been this organized.

He wasted no space. He even bought small shelves to put my stamps that I store in CD cases on. There's a hook that hold my ribbon organizer and he hung my Tonic cutter on the wall, and put my Cricut Cartridge organizer on small shelf too. I still will work at the dining room table, but all of my things have there own place and are within reach now. No more running upstairs because blue cardstock would be better to use than the green that I brought down. LOL

Everything I need, fits in here and he has ideas if/when I need more space. I just love it and I just LOVE HIM!!!!
Ok, off to try and get the little one's down for a nap and play with my new space.
Just wanted you to share in my excitement and to give my husband some LOVE on my blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Under the weather....

2010-04-10T16:35:00.000-04:00

I figured since I have been under the weather, and I had no Get Well Soon cards on hand, this was the perfect time to make some. This is Rainy Day Emma from CC Designs. I was inspired to make a little rain puddle by Tori at Wild Sprinkles which was so easy to do. I love the little details... Glossy Accent to give her rain coat/boots tons of shine and I colored the jewels with my Copic marker since I didn't have any red ones.

Here you can really see the glossy shine to her rain coat and boots.

This card is for the following Challenges:

MoJo Monday Challenge #133 = Sketch
ABC Challenge = R is for Red
Paper Play Challenges = Shiny Happy People

Copics Used:
Hair: E29, E25, E31
Skin: E11, E30, E50 (Cheeks R11)
Coat/Boots: R59, R29, R24, R20
Umbrella: Y26, Y21, Y13
Cane: W3, W1

Off to enjoy the beautiful afternoon! Hope you have a great weekend!!
Thanks for stopping by!

Hi

2010-04-09T10:56:00.000-04:00

This card totally took me out of my comfort zone. I've never made a circle card, and honestly I'm not sure I like it. I wanted to give it a try because they look so pretty and dainty. But the circle cards I seem to be drawn to are those with sentiments on them only and not with images.

I also used paper in my "Ewww, what were you thinking?" stash. (We all have one of those right?) I seem to have more of that than I care to admit. So I promised myself that the next card I made to use something from that stash. So the fact that I don't like the paper is throwing me off too. Oh well, they can't all be winners. LOL

This is CC Designs, Cherry Emma and she is just darling! Both Emma and the stump are digi images and I knew right away that I wanted to cut her out and use pop-dots to give it depth. I added Stickles to the cherries and Shimmerz to the tops of the mushrooms.

This card is for the following challenges:

All That Scraps Week 24 Challenge = Shaped card and image sold at ATS
The Pink Elephant Challenge # 61 = Nature
Simon Says Stamps Challenge = Card for a Child
Stampin for the Weekend = Ribbons & Bows
Raise the Bar Challenge = Let's Spring for It

Copics Used:
Hair: E57,E35, E34, Y26, E31
Skin: E00, E50, (R00 Blush)
Shirt: R22, R11, R00
Pants: R24, R22, R20
Mushrooms: R59, R29, R20 - Y26, Y21, Y13
Stump: E59, E25, E35, E31 (Too close to her hair color - Won't do that again)
Grass: G99, G24, G40

I apologize for being MIA all week, I've been under the weather ever since Sunday. Hope to have something new to show you tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gift Card Holder

2010-04-02T17:00:00.000-04:00

I made this very simple gift card holder as my Mom's birthday card. Her birthday is this Sunday and with all the attention on Easter I wanted to make her something a little special. (I love this little gift card holder so much that I almost don't want to give it away!) When I finished coloring her I thought she looks a little like Wednesday from the Addams Family. hee hee :)

I found the instructions for this gift card holder MONTHS ago on SplitCoast Stampers but I never saved the link, I just wrote the measurements down. Sorry :(

The base of the card is 4 1/4″ wide x 11″ long. I used my Scor-Pal and scored at 3″, 4 1/4″, 5 1/2″, and 8 1/2″. I used my MS border punch and magnets from Basic Grey to keep it closed.

Here you can see that I covered the magnet with another decorative panel. The fun thing about this gift card holder is that it looks like a small card and you can decorate the inside too with a sentiment or even stamp another coordinating image.

I used CC Designs, Swiss Miss Rosalie (Digi) from All That Scraps. I cut her out and used Pop Dots and then colored the roses twice and popped them up again. Tiny little pearls on her dress, Accent Gloss on her shoes and a hint of Shimmerz on the roses. I just LOVE her!!!

This is for the following Challenges:

All That Scraps = Spring Bling
Your Next Stamp = Purple
Copic Creations = Flowers

Copics Used:
Hair - C9, C7, C5, C3
Skin - E00, E50 (R00 Blush)
Dress/ Shoes - BV04, BV02, BV000
Roses - V15, V01, V000

Thanks for stopping by!

Bunny Treats

2010-04-01T16:44:00.000-04:00

OK, just how stinkin' cute is this?!?!

Last week 2 Cute Rubber Stamps began their 2nd Challenge with another FREE digi image! Cute and FREE, how could anyone resist? If you want yours, HOP on over here. Heidi loves to give away free stamps too, so participate in their challenge for your chance to win.

When I saw this little bunny I knew he would be perfect on a project I wanted to make for my children's Easter baskets. I originally saw the idea for this Carrot Cone on Becky Roberts Blog. I wanted to use the Bunny Digi image from 2 Cute and some raffia rather than a ribbon. I didn't have a bag to put the candy in so I improvised....I used a Wilton's Icing Bag. LOL It was the perfect shape!

I made the treat holder using my Cricut and the Storybook Cartridge. I cut a 6" scalloped circle and (1) 2 3/4" oval and (2) 2 1/4" ovals for the carrot top. Used Scor-tape to keep it all together and filled with candy. (And it actually holds a lot of candy!)

This project is for the following challenges:
2 Cute Rubber Stamps = Use their Free Digi
Pile It On = Animal-Riffic - Challenge # 12
Fantabulous Cricut = Bling (I used Shimmerz on the lollipop)
Stamp Simply = Easter

Copics Used:
RV34, RV32, R20, R11, E41, Y17, Y13, Y11, BG0000

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter

2010-03-31T13:41:00.000-04:00

This is the Easter card that I will be sending out to family and friends this year. So I needed a quick, simple image and card design to make mass producing easy and fast. I had been running this design around in my head for a week or more and saw that Eat Sleep Stamp had this as a sketch, I knew it was the one I wanted to use!

The image is from Whipper Snapper, DP from Autumn Leaves, Glossy Accent on the bunny's nose, paws and ladybug, a light blue pearl and waterfall Stickles on the flower. The sentiment is from PTI (Mailbox Greetings) and so is the button.

This card is for a few challenges this week. I've recently discovered Pile It On Challenge Blog and I thought it would be fun to try it. They have challenge blogs listed by the day that the challenge starts. So it's really easy to find a challenge to play along with, and all in one place!

List of Challenges:
Pile It On = Animal-Riffic
Eat Sleep Stamp = Sketchy Thursday # 76
Cute Card Thursday = Challenge # 105 Dimensions
Paper Play Challenges = Easter
Stamp Simply = Challenge # 132 Easter
Colour Create = Challenge # 41 Your Choice of Pastels

Copics Used: RV34, RV32, R20, R00, YG17, YG13, YG03, B91

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Birthday Brooke!!

2010-03-29T12:11:00.000-04:00

Sorry no card today.....

Today is my baby girls 2nd birthday. I just want to stop time and keep her this little forever! She's a little chatter-box and has been ever since she was 12 months old. She speaks in complete sentences and boy will she tell you exactly what she's thinking along with the attitude. I swear she's actually 16 years old. LOL

We had her party over the weekend which was Paris themed and it turned out to be so adorable. We had family and friends over and everyone just enjoyed themselves so much. Here's a link to her invitations that I made.

I had French music playing throughout the house and a Bistro set up in the kitchen for lunch. Le Menu....Croissant sandwiches, mini quiche, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Chocolate Eclairs, Peti Fores, Grapes, Cheese, and Pink Champagne (Pink Lemonade LOL). The food was so YUMMY!!

The Cake was made by a friend of mine. It was so elegant and perfect!!

Brooke could not wait to dig in.

And wondering when Mommy will stop taking pictures while she drinks from her Eiffel Tower Sippy Cup. Aren't they so cute?!?!

Well, thanks for stopping by today. I'll have an Easter card for you tomorrow so be sure to come back. :)

Every Mom Needs A Day Out!

2010-03-25T19:18:00.000-04:00

Well I was going to post this much earlier today, but I couldn't pull myself away from playing with the kids outside. It was so beautiful that we even had a picnic dinner out by our pool. Just me and the "babies".... perfect evening and so much fun.

Six months ago, my son's doctor urged me to enroll him in a Mom's Day Out program. She didn't say it, but I'm pretty sure she thought I coddled him when it came to his speech and she wanted to force him to make himself understood to others besides Mommy & Daddy. Well, I give it to her...it worked like a charm! He talks so MUCH and so clearly now that I hardly remember how it was before. LOL

I found the perfect place (although it was 20 miles from home) and decided to include my daughter in the program as well. They loved it! A few hours every week I was able to run a couple of errands or go to appointments without dragging the kids along. I'd never realized just how much I needed that time for myself as well. But all good things must come to an end. The program served it's purpose and now it was time to take them out. So today was their last day. While there they had made friends and grown very close to their teachers. I LOVE their teachers! They really loved and cared for my children in a way that I had not expected, but soooo appreciated. (I wanted to include a picture of them with each of my kids, but I didn't ask them if that was okay, so I'm playing it safe by not posting it. )

So I made this card for each of them as a "thank you".

I fell in love with Charlotte by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps the second I saw her! To me she looks like frazzled little mommy who desperately needs a break! (Boy, can I relate!) I had to have her... those bouncing curls and little eye twitch are so adorable, not to mention, I think she looks a lot like me most days! LOL I had so much fun coloring that hair. Just wait 'till you see the number of colors I used...I just couldn't stop. :)

The photo was taken at night and I just couldn't capture just how awesome this card looks in real life. I'm entering this card for the Copic Creations Challenge # 24. It's their 1 year blog anniversary, and you are to use your favorite Copic technique. Mine is Brunette Hair.

It's also for the Color Throw Down Challenge # 85 to use these colors

Copics Used:
Hair - E57, E35, E34, Y26, E31
Skin - E00, E50 (Cheeks R00)
Dress - G99, G94, YG95
Skirt - BG75, BG72
Dolls - BG75, BG72 & Y26, YR21, Y23

Thanks for stopping by!

Welcome Baby!!

2010-03-24T11:24:00.000-04:00

My husband's nephew and his wife just had their little baby girl Malina!! She's almost 3 weeks old and I got to meet her yesterday. She is a little beauty! Mine are still "babies" at just 2 and 3 years old, but it was so fun to hold a tiny little one. Her mommy looked so beautiful, happy and skinny already! LOL. Since her mommy also keeps all of the cards I have ever made her (love, love, love her for that!!!) I came home and made a card to welcome her little girl !

The image is Whipper Snapper Designs, Bella. I love this image because it is perfect for a boy or a girl. I used Stickles (cotton candy) on her bow, but it isn't showing up well in the picture. The tag was once again made with my Cricut, Storybook cartridge and computer generated sentiment. Quick coloring with my Copics (I think I use too many colors. LOL) and it was done.

Once again here's a close up.

Copics Used:
Hair - Y21
Bow - RV32, R20
Skin - E00, E50 (Cheeks R00)
Diaper - BG0000

Thanks for stopping by!

Cute Card Thursday - 104 Challenge

2010-03-18T17:27:00.000-04:00

Hi again!

Today's card I did for the Cute Card Thursday challenge blog. It's Caz's 21st Wedding Anniversary and so that is the theme this week.

I have had this ADORABLE digi image that I got for FREE from Dustin Pike's Blog forever, but could never think of how to use it. When I saw the challenge today on Cute Card Thursday it just hit me how perfect this would be. Don't you just love inspiration like that?

For the cobblestone road, I tried a technique I learned on Marianne Walker's blog, I Like Markers on using the Colorless Blender. She's brilliant with Copic marker's and art design in general. If you want to learn more about using your Copic Markers, you should check out her blog.

Copic's Used:
Armor - C7, C5, C3, C2
Lance/Shield/Saddle - BG15, BG11, BG10
Horse - E43, E42, E50
Horse Mane/Hoofs - E47, E25, E55
Bear - E57, E35, E31
Nose - E47, E25, E35
Road - E39, E35, E33, Colorless Blender

Thanks for stopping by!

Oh Baby!

2010-03-17T14:06:00.000-04:00

I've been swamped with doing baby shower invitations so I thought I would show you what I've been working on.

The mom wanted pink and brown colors with butterflies and flowers...so this is what I came up with! I don't have any butterfly or flower stamps. I guess I like the cutesy stamp images rather than the realistic ones. So I turned once again to my Cuttlebug for help.

The ribbon is actually a lace ribbon laid over a satin ivory ribbon. I used my Storybook Cricut Cartridge for the tag. (I told you I use that cartridge a lot. LOL) And since I had to mass produce 35 of these invitations, I decided to engineer a "template" on my computer for the Cricut to cut out the pre-printed sentiments for me. So here's what I did...

First, I had the Cricut cut the tag to fill an entire 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. I just used regular copier paper to do this since this was going to just serve as a template, no need to waste precious cardstock. (Just set the Cricut to the lightest pressure.) The Cricut had cut the tag 4 across the page and 7 down. Now I knew how I needed to set up my Word document.

Next, I opened a blank Word document with the margins ALL set to zero. I chose my font, and typed the sentiment. I started spacing the sentiments evenly in rows just like the Cricut template. (It took only about 4 test prints of the Word document before I had the spacing perfect, so it was really easy to do.) I knew it was perfect when I laid the cut out tag template over the printed sentiment sheet and it all lined up. When I had it all just right, I printed the sentiments out onto cardstock, placed that cardstock sheet into the Cricut and Ta-Da!!! Perfectly printed sentiment tags cut for me!!! Isn't that so cool? It really saved a lot of time.

Thanks for stopping by!

I WON!!!!

2010-03-15T13:08:00.000-04:00

I won, I won, I won!!! (Doing little happy dance) I am beyond excited!!! I just found out that I won 2 Cute Rubber Stamps first challenge. Click HERE to see my card that won.

Okay, I know I've been a bit of a slacker in my posting but I've been so busy with daily life stuff. For the last week I haven't touched any of my crafty stuff. I promised myself when I started this blog that I wouldn't let "home" suffer, so I've been keeping that deal. I'll have things to show you this week, so make sure to check back, okay?

For now I wanted to show you my February page in my calendar.

Isn't she so cute? I don't normally buy background images from Magnolia, but I had to have that scroll love letter the second I saw it! The heart was cut with my Cricut - Storybook Font. If you have a Cricut, you NEED the Storybook font! It has so many beautiful shapes that are just perfect for using on cards. Lots of scalloped shapes too! I tend to use my Cricut more that my Spellbinders because I just don't enjoy cranking my Cuttlebug and I can pick any size I want with my Cricut too.

Oh, and forgot to mention that I didn't really want to use any embellishments on the calendar like ribbon, buttons, etc. because I wanted it to lay/hang very flat and not be too heavy or bulking since I was hanging this on my fridge for everyday use.

Copics Used:

Dress - RV95, V95, V93, RV000 (RV34 for Shadows)
Sleeves - RV000, V93
Socks - V93, RV000
Hair - E53, E25, E59, E49
Skin - E00, E50 (R00 Blush)
Letter - C1 (RV34 Heart)
Scroll Letter - E43, E42, E41, E50 (Colorless Blender in open area)

Thanks for stopping by!

Tilda Calendar - January

2010-03-10T16:45:00.000-05:00

Thought I would show everyone my 2010 Tilda Calendar. I love Magnolia stamps, all of the Tilda's are just so sweet. I go crazy when they have a new release...I want them all! I'm being VERY good this recent release and I haven't bought any. Some of my Magnolia stamps have never seen ink. My plan is to not buy anymore until I have used the ones that I have at least once. So I decided to do a calendar so that I could enjoy them all year long and put some of them to use.

I used PaperTrey Ink's craft cardstock as the base for all of the pages (which was a perfect neutral) and used my Bind-it-all to put it together. I have it hanging on my fridge with a magnetic strip from an older calendar. I created the actual calendar pages in a Excel document with all of our families birthday's and special occasions. The calendar is an 8x8 size

I don't remember what DP I used because it was in my scraps. (I love using scraps, don't you?)

I used Dinner Tilda and the champagne glass is from A Lot Of Rubber Stamps. I used Shimmerz and Stickles on the confetti.
These are the Copics I used:

Jumper/Shoes/Socks - BG75, BG72, BG0000 (Blender for hightlighting)
Sleeves - BG0000
Hair - Y21, YR21, E34, E35
Skin - E00, E50 (R00 Blush)
Champagne - Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19
Glass - C5, C3, C2, C1 (BG0000 Highlights)
Confetti - C3, C2, C1 (BG0000 Highlights)

Thanks for stopping by!

Ooh La-La DONE !!!

2010-03-06T17:32:00.000-05:00

Finally! I finished my daughter's birthday party invite. It's time consuming to mass produce 20 of them, but I love it and that's all that matters. I can't believe how much time I've spent agonizing over this; but it's such a relief to have it finished. We are going to a family party tonight and I plan to enjoy myself!!

Her party theme is Pink Poodles in Paris. I think the invite fits that perfectly. Don't you just love the Eiffel Tower card holder?
The stamp is a cute set from Pink Cat Studio, it was the perfect poodle! I used a Martha Stewart border punch (but I don't remember the name and it's not on the punch) and then used the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The Designer paper is Recollections Light Pink Damask and the ribbon is from Michaels.
I used rhinestone on the collar and tiny self adhesive pearls around the scallop. Oh yeah, and I used Shimmerz again on the poodles fur to give it a little more glitz.

I love it! It's done! I'm happy!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm working...

2010-03-04T20:04:00.000-05:00

I haven't disappeared, I'm working on my daughters 2nd birthday party invitations. I have the theme, stamp and colors all picked out but I am still coming up with the layout and none of them are wowing me. I'm a perfectionist anyway, but when it comes to my kids stuff I go into overdrive. I've made 6 or 7 now, you'd think I'd like one of them! Sometimes something I created and hated one day, I will totally fall head over heels in love with a few days later. So forgive me for not posting but I can't "move on" until I get this invite done. I have to make over 20 of them so I have to factor the cost and time of making each one. So I need simple but FABULOUS! I keep coming up with so-so and time consuming. LOL

Okay enough whining. I hope to post tomorrow with her invitation and spend the weekend creating them and getting them in the mail.

See you soon.
Thanks for stopping by!

2 Cute Challenge

2010-03-01T09:42:00.000-05:00

March already? It was just New Years a few days ago, I'm not even sure I remember February it went by so fast! Well I'm looking forward to Springtime and the warmer weather that's for sure.

Today's card I used the Happy Crabby digi image that Heidi, the owner of 2Cute Rubber Stamps is giving away for free and for their 1st challenge. I love her stamps and jumped at the chance to use one for FREE!!! Isn't he cute?

The designer paper is Citrus Stack from DCWV and has glitter in it. I love the colors, so fun and summery. The embellishment is Teardrop Rain Dots by Cloud 9, and of course I used my Copic markers. The sentiment is computer generated using the font Chalkduster. Oh and I used Shimmerz (Pixie Dust) on the crab. I love that stuff.

Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!

Copics:
Crab - BG05, BG02, BG01, BG0000
Bucket & Shovel - YR14, YR12, Y15, Y13, YR000
Sand: E33, E31, E30, E35

Surf's Up Dude!

2010-02-26T17:11:00.000-05:00

I know we have a long way until Summer gets here, but I just had to use this Whipper Snapper Designs stamp. The stamp is The Big Kahuna. My nephew, Jordan is 12 years old today and I had to make a card to give him for his party tomorrow. He lives right across the street from the beach, and he loves to surf; so this seemed a perfect fit.

I was so excited to play with my copic markers today that I started coloring before I chose my paper. So after wasting precious nap time (i.e. Mommy time) looking for paper to match what I had already colored, I came up with nothing. Can you believe it? Nothing! I had adorable paper with orange and brown that would have been perfect, but I had no time to recolor. So frustrating. (That's why you pick you paper first and color to match the paper). Besides, I really thought he was cute and didn't want to redo it. Anyway, I went with no designer paper at all and opted to put my Cuttlebug to use. I think it worked out fine. The card design is a little boring, but I love the coloring job I did!

Thanks for stopping by!

Copics:
Surf Board - B29, B23, B21, Y17, Y15, BG11, BG10
Shorts - Y17, Y15, BG11, BG10
Mouse - C5, C3, C2, C1
Ears & Nose - RV32, R20, R00
Sand - E31, E30

I'm new at this...

2010-02-25T17:37:00.000-05:00

Well, this is my 1st official blog post. Not real sure I know what I'm doing, but I'll get it figured out soon (I hope).

I've wanted to create a blog for about a year now after I started following some really great stamping/cardmaking blogs. I thought it would be a great way to show my family and friends all my new creations.

I hope you will like what you see.