Your Next Stamp - DT Call

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

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

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

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!!!

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!!!

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

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