Gonna quit my job and move to New York...and tattoo my body with every Broadway show...

ETA: I changed my layout and blog appearance...whaddya think? I need opinions :)

Happy Friday, sistahs! It's time for another Bellariffic Friday Challenge...and what a fun one this was! For this week, Nicky gave us this photo from Crate & Barrel for inspiration:

Hmmm...I had to sit and ponder for a few days since these weren't "my colors"...but I found this amazing pale yellow and cream lace pattern in my new Basic Grey Porcelain 6x6 pad and thought, "Hey! This would be perfect for a baby card!" And away I went. Here's the card I created:
I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch for the layout, and stamped Bella Baby Bubble Bath in Brilliance Graphite Black ink on hot press watercolor paper and watercolored with reinkers and a waterbrush. The flowers on the rug were colored with a white gel pen, and I added some shimmerz to the bubbles for a little extra sparkle. The embellishments on the side are the large (7mm) glass pearls in Light Cocoa.

Once I had my card assembled, I took photos and began editing them. As I did that, I realized something was missing, and the card needed a little OOMPH. Hmmm....so back to the room I went. There wasn't really a place for a sentiment, but I thought some chipboard would look cool. So I cut the word "baby" out of chipboard using my Cuttlebug Red Tag Alpha. Once the word was done, I painted the letters in Antique White acrylic paint and sponged the edges with Close to Cocoa ink. Then I covered them with Ranger Crackle Accents and let that dry, and then sponged with ink again into the cracks to age it even more. The final step was a little circle tag from the Tiny Tags dies, and after I wrote the word "sweet" on it, I tied it to the B with cream crochet thread. By this point, I had been working on this card for almost an entire day, but I am super happy with how it turned out. Now to find someone to give it to! *grin*

Well, that's about all she wrote for me today. Don't forget to check out all the other cards for this challenge on Emily's blog post HERE. We're off to a local amusement place to celebrate Caleb's birthday, so be good and have a wonderful weekend!

But what do you say to taking chances, what do you say to jumping off the edge?

Happy Wednesday, yall! I hope your week is going great so far. I did manage to get my stamp room semi-clean (hey, I can sit and stamp!) so I sat down and made a couple of Bella cards last night. I don't know about you, but I keep hearing all about this Clean and Simple business...so I decided to give it a whirl. I did get 2 cards done, but don't let the "simple" fool you...they still took me a bazillion hours. *sigh* Here's the first one, where I used this week's Color Challenge and CAS Sketch.

Isn't this Funky Clothesline image the cutest? I have had it for quite a while and just now inked it up. I stamped it in Brilliance Graphite Black on Neenah Solar White cardstock, then colored it up with Copic markers. I cut and embossed the image with my Rectangle Nestabilities, then matted it on a black panel with a scalloped bottom edge. The sentiment was stamped in Brilliance Black as well, and the rounded corners were a perfect finishing touch. 

For the next card, I tried to keep that Clean and Simple theme going...look! I did pretty good!

This time I used an image of Kinibella that I already had in my stash of colored images. She was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics (yes, AGAIN! I promise I will do some more watercoloring soon, k?). I just gave her a little black mat to sit on, then popped her up onto a Cool Caribbean layer embossed with Swiss Dots embossing folder, and sponged with Taken with Teal around the edges. Whew! For clean and simple that's a long sentence! *grin* Anywho, I tried stamping the sentiment right on the card, but it just didn't show up, so I added a little white banner thingy. The flower was one that didn't make it onto the first card, and I thought it looked cute on this one. Super easy (still took me an hour...HMPH).

Anywho, I gotta sign off now. Don't forget...you still have time to make a card for this week's Bellariffic Friday challenge! You can see it HERE. Have a wonderful day!

If I were a boy...I think I could understand...

Hey yall, I'm baaaaack! I finally found my desk *grin* so I took a break to make a card for this week's Jacksonbelle Challenge. I knew I wanted to use this paper from the Fancy Pants About a Boy collection (love that stuff!), but I also wanted to use my new Chandelier set from Inkadinkado. And after some playing, I found a way to make it work (a la Tim Gunn...when is PR coming back on, Carole?)!

So I stamped one of the chandeliers in Versafine Onyx Black on a lighter part of the Chillin paper, then I sponged around the image in Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip ink and distressed the edges. Then I created a base layer with the Expression paper (love this one!!!) and sponged the edges of it also. The strip across the middle is the Vivid paper, and before sponging, I punched the edge with my Martha Stewart Lace border punch. The ribbon is from May Arts, and it's nice and shimmery (of course), and I added some Spiced Cider Shimmerz to the chandelier image, which made it look even more antiqued and glam. I mounted the whole thing on my Cream card base, and then added the sentiment from A Muse to finish it off.

Check out the eye candy from the rest of the rockin' JBelle girls!

• AJ Otto
• Beth Thomas
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Jennifer Buck
• Jill Dunn
• Kimberly O’Rosky
• Kisa Peters
• Maren Benedict
• Melissa Bove
• Michelle Woerner

• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Rachel Baird
• Taylor Usry

Have a fabulous day, and I'll be back tomorrow with some Bella fun!

It's an age-old story of life, there are those depending on one brave soul...

Hey yall! I will be posting my Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge card soon, but until I do, here's a few pics to entertain you.

My friend Carole posted pictures of her stamp room a while back, exposing us messy crafters with less than perfect rooms. Well, mine is quite atrocious today, and I thought I'd let you have a peek, just to see that not everyone has a fantastic, gorgeous, perfectly organized room. Although I try, it just doesn't happen.

I am warning you...it's not for the faint of heart. NOT KIDDING! Are you ready? Here's my desk.
Yes, I'm quite aware that you can't see the top of the desk. My desk actually used to be a kitchen table. When we moved, it didn't fit in our dining room, so it got a makeover and is now my stamp desk. It's very sturdy and has lots of room along the back, you know, for random junk.

And here's the space to the right of my desk.
On the floor is my cardstock scrap storage, which is a plastic tub filled with ziploc baggies. Not very nice looking, but it's cheap and it works! Then in the cubes, I have more cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon (lots and lots), embossing powder, adhesive, and random inks.

And here's my sewing machine on top of more cubes housing random things.
The pile to the left is the bulk of my patterned paper (it seems taller in person), and then my background stamps all the way to the left. The stacking containers on the right are full of alterables, o-wires for the bind-it-all, and more random things. Apparently I have lots of random things...maybe it's time to purge!

Ok, so don't judge me, just wish me luck. If I'm not back in 6 hours, come in after me, ok? *grin*

Now, now, now, now once upon a time in the west...

Howdy, folks! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are getting back into the swing of things today. We're celebrating around here...it's Caleb's 9th birthday! So we spent last night baking and decorating cupcakes, which I'm taking to his class here in a few minutes. I thought I'd upload this card, which was featured on Alma's blog a couple weeks ago.

Isn't it the cutest? All of the images on this card are from the It's a Western Thing set, which I love love love! First I stamped Sprinkle and Poochie on my white cardstock. Then I masked them and stamped the little town in the background, and then colored the whole scene. I really love how it turned out. It was quite a bit of work, but worth it, I think.

And here's how I finished off the inside:
I realized when making this card how addicted to Kraft cardstock I've become. I have totally run out of my whole stash! So Mr. Postman has been stalked all last week and this week...he better bring me some more soon! *grin*

Well, I gotta do a cupcake run, so I'll chat with you later! Have a fabulous day!

It must be love, it must be love. I fall like a sparrow and fly like a dove...

It's a Bellariffic Friday, sistahs! I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to the weekend! I don't know if you saw Emily's blog, but Bella-Riffic Fridays are back! The challenge has moved to Bloggabella, so each Monday you will see a new challenge, and the cards will be posted on Fridays.

This week, the challenge was to use the photo below as inspiration for your card. Isn't it gorgeous?

And here's the card I created.
Since the photo was clean and clutter-free, I decided to make my card clean and simple as well. I just stamped the Springtini image, colored it with Copics, and added some Diamond Glaze and Pixie Dust Shimmers. The sentiment is from Billboardabella's words...so perfect for this 'tini, I think! The final card measures 4 1/4" square.

If you want to see the other cards from Bellariffic Friday, you can check out Emily's post HERE. There are some fabulous cards...and even Em herself made one!

I hope you have a fabulously Bellariffic weekend!

Boy I hear you in my dreams...I feel your whisper across the sea...

Happy Thursday, yall! I have a busy day today volunteering for the Book fair at school and then to lunch with some girlfriends, so I thought I'd post another card for you to look at whilst (love that word) I'm gone.

I recently got this Cuddly Owlies image from Stamping Bella and finally got a chance to ink it up. This card came together in just under an hour (coloring included!) which is a serious record for me lately. I don't know about you, but it takes me FOREVAH to make a card!

I stamped the owlies in Brilliance Graphite Black ink on Fabriano Hot Press watercolor paper and watercolored them with a waterbrush and reinkers. My waterbrushes have been sadly neglected lately, and I need to use them more! Once I got the image colored, I pulled out with my new Basic Grey Marrakech papers...so yummy! The blue paper is from that collection as well. I stamped the sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink, and the final touch was some Chestnut Glitter Dots, stitching, and a little taffeta ribbon. Super easy, but I think it turned out pretty darn cute if I do say so myself! *wink*

A couple of things before I go...

First, check out this post, this one, and this one to find some fun stuff! I am lucky enough to get to play with the super fun Cats Pajamas stamps for the month of February, and those posts are my guest designer projects. I had a blast creating them, and I hope you enjoy them!

And second, if you haven't seen Bloggabella, Bellariffic Friday has returned! Read all about it HERE.

That's it for today, folks. I hope you have a wonderful day!

While I'm alone and blue as can be, dream a little dream of me...

Hi Yall! So sorry it has been so long since I've posted. I've been trying to get caught up on cleaning and design work, and cleaning has been winning! *sigh* I do have a couple fun things to show you today, though! These are the projects for my next Copic class at The Crafty Scrapper. Right now, they're scheduled for March 5th and March 21st. You can get all the info here.

We'll be using fun papers from My Mind's Eye as well as adorable Chichiboulie Fairies from Stamping Bella to create a card and a matching altered composition book. Here's a pic of the set:

Here's a photo of the journal:

And here's a close-up of the card:

I hope if you're close you can come join us. The girls at TCS are such fun, and the store is amazing! If you have any questions, feel free to email me at the address on the left side of my blog.

I'll be back tomorrow with more fun stuff. Have a fabulous day!

Meet George Jetson. His Boy Elroy. Daughter Judy. Jane his wife.

Hi guys! The winner of The Botz Family from Our Craft Lounge is.....Nicole!!

Nicole said...

I love the whispy blooms!! Of course they are all fab, though! LOL!! thanks for the chance to win! I have blog candy each wednesday if you are interested!! Your blog rocks, too, by the way! Hoosier Hugs, Nicole

February 13, 2009 8:32 AM 

Congratulations to Nicole! I will email you shortly. Thanks to all of you who came to visit me...I enjoyed reading each and every one of your comments!

Happy Sunday!

Their house is a museum, where people come to see 'em. They really are a scream...

Hey guys, I'm back with a sample of The Botz Family, which I have up for Blog Candy in -->THIS POST<--click. Last night as I was trying to go to sleep, I was thinking about this card and deciding what to make. Then I decided. It's called the Botz Family, why not make a family portrait! (yes, I'm insane). It really wasn't that hard as it sounds, though! Here's my card:
With a little masking and my handy dandy Stampamajig, this was (almost) a breeze! First I stamped Robbie (that's what I call him) in Memento Tuxedo Black on Neenah Cardstock. Then I masked him and stamped Rosie and Spotz using my Stampamajig to make sure I was stamping them where I wanted them. Finally, I masked Spotz and stamped Roboto Sr., leaving the mask on Robbie as well. Whew! I really like the final outcome though. What do you think?

Then I decided to create a frame with my square Nestabilities...something completely different for me (which is my 1st stretch for today's Limited Supply Challenge). Since I only have the Scalloped Squares, I had to cut the outside one with my trimmer. Then instead of sewing on my card, I did some doodling with my Inkssentials gel pen (Stretch #2). For the sentiment, I stamped the cake in Marigold Morning on Saffron cardstock, then stamped the HB2U (Happy Birthday To You) in Memento Black on top. I cut out a couple of circles with my Classic Circle Nestabilities and adhered those to the frame. A little orange ribbon and Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine paper and I was done!

Well, I hope you've enjoyed this card today as well as the festivities surrounding the Our Craft Lounge release. I know I have! Thanks, Joy & Cami for letting me share it with you!

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, mata ah-oo hima de...

Happy Friday the 13th, peeps! Hope you're ready for a great weekend! I've been busy making Valentines for the boys' classmates for their party later today...fun stuff! They loved coloring the images I stamped for them.

Today I have something really fun for you! To celebrate the ginormous release from Our Craft Lounge today (28 sets!), Cambria recruited some of your favorite bloggers and friends to give away some free stamps! WAHOO!!

I have the super cute The Botz Family Crafty Cling set to give away. It's deeply etched pink rubbah already cut and mounted on EZ Mount for you. Can't get any better than that!

Is that not the CUTEST? Love love love the robot ladybug...

Anywho, I will post another sample with this set later today (you can see another one in my post from Tuesday), but let's go ahead and get this party started, shall we?

All you have to do to get a chance to win The Botz Family is comment on this post and tell me which of the new Our Craft Lounge stamp sets is your FAVORITE. All the new releases can be found HERE. You can enter one time on my blog - between now and Sunday, February 15th at NOON PACIFIC TIME. After that, I'll post the winner!

But wait, Ron...there's MORE!!!! Our Craft Lounge is giving away ONE OF EACH of ALL 28 new stamp sets! Can you believe it?? Just check out the blogs below throughout the day today for your chance to win! OCL is da BOMB, baby!!

Laurie Schmidlin
Kisa Peters
Sharon Harnist
Dianna Gibbs
Beate Johns
Lila Holgate
Charmaine Ikach
Vicki Garrett
Joy Kennedy
Marianne Walker
Nancy Morgan
Kendra Wietstock
Cindy Haffner
Carole Burrage
Jeanne Streiff
Jane Bosi
Pam Hooten
Lisa Zappa
Broni Holcombe
Amber Hillman
Libby Hickson (sorry, girlie!)
Holly McMillen

See you in a bit with a card! MWAH!

I'm safe up high, nothing can touch me...

Hey yall, Happy Thursday! I hope your week is going great so far. I have had some good stamping time, so I have another Verve card to show you today! This week's SCS Sketch Challenge was calling my name, so I decided to play.

I was thrilled when Julee showed us this Jeremiah 29:11 set...it is one of my favorite verses and I am sooo happy to have it in Verve style. The size was perfect for the sketch, I just turned the layout on its side. Whatcha think?

Since I've been working with pinks so much, I thought I'd give myself a break and play with some different colors. My Ski Slope designer paper from the SU Holiday mini was calling my name, so I pulled out some Baja Breeze cardstock and went to work. This card came together in about 30 minutes (a total record for me!) and I'm super happy with how it turned out. I found a really easy way to layer the scalloped edges, too! First I cut my DP to size and used the scalloped edge punch. Then I took a larger strip of Classic Cream cardstock and punched the edge of it. Then I just adhered the DP to the cream layer and trimmed the excess off the sides and created a thin mat on the top. All lined up and super easy! The ribbon is from May Arts, and the pearl flatbacks are from Stamping Bella.

Well, that's about it for me today. I am having lunch with a girlfriend and delivering some class projects to Stamp Asylum, so stay tuned for those soon! The next class is Copic 2 on Feb. 28th. I've also been working on Valentines for the boys' classmates so we'll show you those when we finish! (um, today!) Have a wonderful day!

And my head I'd be scratchin' while my thoughts were busy hatchin' If I only had a brain...

Holy Pink Robots, Batman! What is that I spy? Yep, I did the SCS Color Challenge for this week! And it's still this week, and I didn't even cheat (much)! *grin* But to make up for it, I have a super secret sneaky sneaky peek at a new set from Our Craft Lounge! Is that a fair trade?

I fell in love with The Botz Family at CHA and couldn't wait to ink this image up. She reminds me of Rosie from The Jetsons for some odd reason. Isn't she cute?
Ok, she's a little skinnier. Maybe she is Rosie in her younger and thinner years? Either way, I decided to make her pink, which went perfectly with the color challenge. I stamped her in Brilliance Graphite Black, and then masked her and stamped some grass and flowers from the Dr. Pea-Nut set. Then I colored the entire thing with Copic Markers and sponged the sky with Soft Sky ink. The rest of the card is pretty self-explanatory...I did my banner a la Anna again, and the embellishments are Strawberry Parfait Dots from Stamping Bella. Yummy, huh?

Anywho, that's about all she wrote for tonight. 2 things...
1. This set will be available on Friday from Our Craft Lounge. You can also find it at eclectic Paperie.
2. Wednesday is the last day for the Free Shipping offer from Stamping Bella. All the details are in THIS POST.

Have a fabulous day!

The Dream Fairy's coming from Hush-a-Bye Land...a basket of beautiful dreams in her hand...

Hey guys! Happy Tuesday! It's time again for the Jacksonbelle girls to have another challenge...this week Lynda gave us a sketch to play with. It's super fun and easy!Now, before I show you my card, don't forget that that today is the last day of Lindsey's storewide clearance sale! Everything in the store is 30% off!! Just enter code Feb30 at checkout to receive your discount! Before you go shop, check out my card for this week's sketch:


This card measures 5 1/2" square. I cut out a 5 1/4" square of Pink Pirouette cardstock, sponged the edges, and layered it with Chocolate Chip. Then I cut a 4" square of my Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper, then cut it into 2" squares. Then I cut mats for all of those and adhered them to the Pink Pirouette panel. Super easy!

The main image is from Inkadinkado, from the Beautiful Fairies set. Isn't she pretty? I colored her with Copic markers, and then added some Diamond Stickles ('cause all fairies are sparkly, right?). After I matted the image with Chocolate Chip, I cut a scalloped square with my Nestabilities, sponged the edges, and mounted the main image on it. I then popped it up on my card with foam dimensionals. To finish off the card, I added some Primas and Daisy D brads. Super sweet!

In addition to the JBelle Blog, you can check out the rest of the JBE Girls Blogs to see more fun stuff with this sketch!

• AJ Otto
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Jennifer Buck
• Jill Dunn
• Kim O’Rosky
• Kisa Peters
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict
• Melissa Bove
• Michelle Woerner
• Taylor Usry

Have a fabulous day!

Viva las vegas with your neon flashin'...And your one armbandits crashin'...

Happy Monday, you guys! I hope your week has started off great. I've been stamping up a storm today, so I thought I'd show you some of my Verve creations.

The first card I created uses the Comfort Plain Jane. This card came from supplies already on my desk...would that be considered resourceful or lazy? Let's go with resourceful. *grin*
This paper from October Afternoon has been calling out from my stash for the last few days, so I decided to use it on this card. I stamped the Comfort stamp in Chocolate Chip Craft ink on Neenah Classic Cream cardstock, then embossed it with my Oval Nestabilities. Before I removed the die, I sponged the oval with Marigold Morning and Close to Cocoa ink, leaving a border around the edge. Then I layered it on a Chocolate Chip oval cut with a larger die. I cut the patterned paper to 3 3/4" x 5", then matted it with a Chocolate Chip piece, then sponged and stitched around the edges. On the corner, I attached the felt flower and leaves from Jillibean Soup (called Bean Seeds...how cute!) with a brad, then glued a brown Swarovski crystal to the top of the brad. The DP panel and sentiment are popped up on foam dimensionals. Super easy!

The next card I made was for the Viva la Verve January week 3 sketch challenge. Amber challenged us to use a twist of pink on this one...which you know was sooo hard for me...*wink*
I worked from the bottom up on this card, and first up was a panel of Kraft cardstock, sponged with Close to Cocoa ink and matted on Chocolate Chip cardstock. Then I cut a piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock (so addicted to this color!) and sponged the edges as well. After I matted it with white cardstock, I stitched it to the Kraft panel using a large zig-zag stitch. Then I cut out the Chocolate Chip center panel and punched the edge with my SU Scalloped Edge punch. I decided to do a little Emboss Resist on the circles, so I stamped the small solid flower from the Meditations set in Versamark on Pink Pirouette cardstock, then embossed it with Clear Detail embossing Powder. After cutting the circles out with my Nestabilities, I colored in and around the flowers using Regal Rose reinker and my SU Blender Pen. Looks pretty cool if I do say so! I added some more brown-ish Swarovski Crystals, this time to the flower centers, and popped the circles up on dimensionals on the white center panel. The finishing touch was a little sentiment from the Sweet Valentine set, done in a little banner style a la Anna Wight. I'm really happy with this one...especially how the pink pops out next to the Kraft paper. Love this sketch, Amber!

Well, that's it for me today, folks! I'm off to clean up a little and work on some projects for upcoming Copic Classes. Hope you have a wonderful evening!

Party like a rock...party like a rock star...

Happy Saturday, yall! It's that time again...time for another Sketch for You to Try! We're also welcoming a new guest for February...the amazing Jody Morrow! I'm a huge fan of Jody's and can't wait to see what she comes up with.

I promised another announcement today, and I won't keep you guessing. Today marks the last of my adventures as part of the Sketch for You to Try team. I have enjoyed playing along with my girlfriends for a long time now, and I will continue that when time permits. But one of my New Years Resolutions is to simplify, and part of that means reigning back on some commitments to focus on my family and myself. Boy, that's hard to say! Now before you get all worried, I'm fine, and so is the fam. Just doing a little reorganization, that's all. K? Part of my new adventure, as some of you already know, is that I have taken a position with Stamping Bella as a wholesale rep. Fun, right??? Soon (hopefully) you'll see Bellas and Chichis and Tiddlys and Huggabuggs all over the place! I'm gonna be a bizzy sistah!

Ok, so enough jabbering, on with the card! Here's my take on this week's sketch.

Now, I know it's not my normal pink & brown (seems like I've been on a pink & brown kick for a while, right?), but it sure is fun. I recently got this Rock Star set (thanks to all my Jacksonbelle enabling sistahs) from Inkadinkado, and thought it would be fun paired with this Prima paper. Both of which are apparently gone from the JBE store...sad! But no worries, there are plenty of other goodies there to be snatched, and it's all 30% off! You can check out all the details HERE. The twill is my favorite part...I took it off of a Patron Citronage bottle and saved it from impending trash doom, knowing it would come in handy one day. Gotta love it! I also broke out some of my Distress Stickles which have been sadly neglected.

Well, it's late and I'm pooped, so I'm off to dreamland. You can see the sketch and Jen's sample along with Jody's on Jen's blog. Then, don't forget to visit my girls Amy R, Amy S, Carole, Kelly, and Susan for more eye candy with the sketch. As always, if you play along, use the keyword SFYTT to make your creations easy to find, k?

I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Sleeping in the beetle bug...With a hundred pounds of air in my heart....

Happy Friday, Sistahs! Today is a fun day...Emily at Stamping Bella has a new release and a great shipping special going on. Nothing better than new stamps and free shipping! You can check out the newly released stuff and the details on Em's blog HERE.

To celebrate, I decided to ink up my new LOVEbeetle Huggabugg. How cute is she???
If I do say so mahself...it's a pretty cute card. *wink* I combined this week's Sketch Challenge and Ways to Use It Challenge, which was to layer your embellishments. Super fun! The image was stamped in Brilliance Graphite Black on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, then colored with Copic Markers. After cutting and embossing with my Rectangle Nestabilities, I mounted the image onto my card base, which measures 5 1/4" square. The Pink Pirouette layer underneath was embossed with the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder, then sponged with Close to Cocoa and stitched to the Chocolate Chip base layer. I also added some of the striped paper from Basic Grey's Bittersweet collection.

On to the embellishments! All three Prima flowers were white to start with. I painted the largest flower with Hottie Pink Shimmerz, the medium one with Pixie Dust (my new fave), and the smallest with Pink Poinsettia. After they dried (I gave them a hefty coat), I added Diamond Ice Baubles to the centers of the 2 smaller flowers, and layered my sentiment and a button onto the large flower, tying it all together with white crochet thread.

THEN (yep, there's more!) I added some Pink crystals to the main image with my new Hot Fix tool. Love that thing!

Anywho, I hope you likey the card today! Stay tuned for a Sketch for You to Try tomorrow. Have a fabulous Friday night!

I've lived in this place and I know all the faces...each one is different but they're always the same...

Hey you guys! I just have a card and a quick something to tell you tonight, hopefully you've had a great week! Whew, there has been a lot going on! I hope you enjoyed all the fun with the MFT Bling Bet Bounce and the Blog Hop. Thanks for all your sweet words! They really make my day.

If you remember this post a while back, I mentioned I'd soon be taking on some new adventures in the papercrafting industry. I'll soon be able to tell you about some of those, but there are some changes going on to make room for those adventures in my life. Most recent of those is that as of this last release, I am officially an alumni of the My Favorite Things Design Team. I have worked with Kim and her fantastic stamps since January of 2008, and I have enjoyed every minute of it. The girls on the team are such an inspiration to me, both artistically and personally, and I love them all! I will miss them, but they know I won't be too far away. *wink*

So in honor of all my MFT girlfriends, here's a card I created a while back.
Call Me is one of my favorite sets (and apparently one of yours...it's currently sold out!), so I made a cute little card with it. The image is colored with Copic Markers, and the paper is from the Spring Digipaper Collection by Stephanie Fizer.

Anyway, I just wanted to keep you guys up to date on what's up in my life these days! Hope that's ok. *grin* Check back tomorrow for more fun stuff and another announcement! (NO, I am NOT pregnant!! LOL)

Picture you upon my knee...Just tea for two and two for tea...

Happy Wednesday, folks! I have something fun for you again today...yep, that's right, another blog hop! We're hopping along to bunny trail...ok maybe not, but this cute little guy is new from My Favorite Things, and he is sure close to being my new favorite! If you've just happened upon this post, you might want to start back at Kim's blog so you can see the whole shebang!

I created a cute little tag with this image and sentiment from a new set called Tea for Two. Love love love this set!
I'm thinking I'll give this to a tea loving friend with a nice sampling of herbal teas. I think she'll love it!

My Favorite Things (www.mftstamps.com) is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, Februray 4th from 9-10 p.m. EST. This month there are THREE new sets being released including a Who's that Girl set that is GOING DIGITAL!

Head over to the MFT forum on www.splitcoaststampers.com to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night.

Now hop on over to Toni's blog to see more eye candy! Have a fabulous night!

You're my Honeybunch, Sugarplum Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You're my Sweetie Pie You're my Cuppycake, Gumdrop...

Hey guys! How are ya! Sorry I'm late posting this...it has been a crazy day! It's time for another Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge, and this time we had to choose a card of Michelle's to case. Man, that was tough! I finally settled on this card. I wanted to use my new Little Cupcake set from Inkadinkado...how cute is this???

After I stamped the image on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, I colored it with Copic Markers and cut it out with some layers with my Circle Nestabilities. My main card base measures 4 1/4" square, and I added some October Afternoon paper from the Night Light collection to the bottom. Then I popped the image up on dimensionals and pierced around the top layer. To finish it off, I added some Prima flowers painted with Shimmerz and topped them off with Pearl Dew Drops. I also used Diamond Stickles on the little cuppycake for fun.

You can check out a tutorial on Shimmerz by Michelle on the JBE Blog. Then check out the rest of the team's projects:

• AJ Otto
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Jennifer Buck
• Jill Dunn
• Kim O’Rosky
• Kisa Peters
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict
• Melissa Bove
• Michelle Woerner
• Taylor Usry

Thanks for visiting with me today! Check back in the morning (or late tonight!) for more MFT Blog Hop fun!

Bounce baby out the door...get up and move...

Happy Tuesday morning, folks! I have a fun post for you today, cause the MFT girls are doing a Bling 'Bet Bounce! Doesn't that sound fun? If you've just come here, you'll want to start at Kim's blog and bounce down the end, where you just might win a prize!

I am totally IN LOVE with this new alphabet from My Favorite Things. It will be available to order on Wednesday night at 10 PM Eastern, and for $16 it's a total steal! Today we're bouncin' to give you tons of tips and tricks and ideas for using this set.

I decided to make a thank you card for my project today. Since I don't have a Hot Fix tool yet, I'll show you how I applied my crystals with some tweezers and a handy dandy Quickstik.

When working with a clear alphabet set, you can make sure your word or phrase will fit, lay the letters stamp side down onto your cardstock.

Once you're happy with the placement, press your acrylic block onto the stamps, sticking the back of the stamps to the block. (hmmm...methinks it's time to clean my blocks...)

Now you're ready to ink up your stamps and stamp! I've assembled the tools for my project - Swarovski Crystals, Tweezers, Quickie Glue Pen, & my Quickstik.

Ready to go? Add a bit of glue to the first circle with a Quickie Glue pen. (Sorry for the blurry pic.)

To use the Quickstik, remove the cap and twist the top until the green adhesive starts to push out of the top. Once there's a little TINY bit of adhesive showing, loosen the top to stop the flow of adhesive. Then pick up the crystal with the adhesive.

Next, place your crystal onto the adhesive. Hold the crystal in place with your tweezers and lift the Quickstik away. Make sure before you start that your tweezers are clean and free of adhesive residue (learned that the hard way). Otherwise, when you move the tweezers, the crystal will come with them!

Don't worry if your crystal shifts a little. You can move it back into place with your tweezers.

Once you're finished applying the crystals, you're ready to assemble your card! I made a little card measuring 3 1/2" x 5 3/4." I added a couple of primas and a button, and layered the main panel onto the striped Spring Digi Paper. Do you likey?

I hope you've enjoyed my project today and all the fabulous stuff you've seen so far. Next stop is Janna's Blog where she has something fabulous for you! Enjoy!

And if all my dreams come true...I'll be spending time with you...

Yes, now you'll be singing that song all day. ;) Sorry! I do have something fun to share today...no, you have the right blog! I know...I scrapped!! YAY ME! It has been a super long time since I did a scrapbook page, but this one came together (almost) painlessly.

I created this for the Verve Project Parade for the "Kid at Heart" theme. I immediately thought of creating a scrapbook page, so I set out to find a photo that spoke to me. This one of Caleb (my 8 yo) was perfect!
See? Aren't you proud of me?? *grin* I'll try not to hurt myself as I pat myself on the back.

This is a pretty simple little page measuring 6" square. I embraced some white space, see? Keeping my layout clean and simple, I cut a white square to 5 1/2" square and stamped the row of hearts from the Hundred Hearts set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The center hearts are colored with a my R29 Copic Marker. I then stamped the sentiment from the same set in Tuxedo Black ink in the top right corner.

After looking at it for a while, I decided to add a little vertical interest on the left side, so I cut three strips of ribbon to 5 1/2" and adhered them to the page. I couldn't completely embrace the white space, so I took a circle stitching template and pierced a half circle (or maybe it's a 1/4 circle?) from the ribbon to the row of hearts. The photo and a mat were cut with Nestabilities Label 1 dies, and I mounted them both on foam dimensionals and placed them in the left corner. The final step was a 6" square black panel as my mat.

I hope you enjoyed my little scrappy-ish project today. If you want to play along with us in the Project Parade, there's still time! Check out all the details on the Verve Blog. Hope you have a fabulous Monday!