Good Times and Bum Times, I've seen 'em all my dear...And I'm still here

Seriously? Has it been a week since I last posted? I am a bad, bad blogger! I'm so sorry!

So I'm back now with this week's Sketch for You to Try. It's a fun one...and even though I had to fight myself (I really wanted to pull that ribbon DOWN), I stuck with it! And I'm pretty happy with the result. A quick, clean, and easy card. *wink*

Last night I dug through my box of pre-stamped images for something that would fit the sketch, and found these bees from AJ...perfect! She stamped them on Shimmer paper, so I colored them with classic inks and a blender pen and added some Diamond Stickles for a little extra bling. The colors came from a scrap of this striped paper from last year's Friends and Flowers Simply Scrappin Kit...yes, a scrap!

I spent lotsa time last weekend organizing my scraps. I had patterned paper and cardstock all mixed together...what a MESS! I've separated them all, put scraps of cardstock together in a ziploc baggie, then put them in a bin in order of how often I use the colors. You guys would not BELIEVE the amount of Chocolate Chip scraps I have. I could probably make 2 full packs of cardstock with all of them. UGH. Right now, the patterned paper is just in a big stack on top of my desk, and this one happened to be on top! *grin*

The next three weeks will be pretty hairy, but I am sooo gonna need some stamping therapy, so hopefully I'll have stuff to post often! I'm getting ready to go out of town for work in Feb, and then be home for 1 day, then away to CHA!!!! WOO HOO!!! I cannot wait!!! And yes, I will be carrying my camera and computer and will be blogging from CHA to give you all the scoop!

Have a happy Saturday and I'll see ya back tomorrow with some more goodies! Don't forget to visit Susan and Carole to see what they did with this week's sketch.


Stamps: Bee Trio (Stampendous), Many Happy Returns (SU)
Paper: Barely Banana, Chocolate Chip, Shimmer Paper, DP from Friends & Flowers SSK
Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Blender Pen & Classic Inks (Rose Red, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Cool Caribbean, Certainly Celery), Diamond Stickles, Pop Dots, White Taffeta Ribbon, Corner Rounder, Paper Piercer, Cropadile, Twine, unknown charm