Scrapbutterfly

Another house mouse and CPS sketch

2012-02-12T15:06:00.000-08:00

Im in full swing Valentine day card mode so I made this card last night for the CPS sketch and the house mouse challenge. I just love this lil mouse and think she is perfect for Valentines.

Some peacocks and sketches!

2012-02-07T14:58:00.000-08:00

Everyone who knows me , knows that there is a few things in life I just adore. One of them is peacocks. I LOVE THEM!! I'm in the process of trying to convice Tony to let us get a couple but he says their call is too loud and annoying. grrrr. I'll ask him when hes in trouble . Maybe then Ill get one. Anyways I made this card for the CPS 5th anniversary card sketch Day 6 . I used my new mist for the scallop part and my new paper for under that. I also used my new Peacock feather stamp . Love this card. Its more artsy then I normally do .

Day 7 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration

2012-02-07T14:54:00.001-08:00

Here is my card for the Day 7 sketch over at CPS. I used the strength and hope set from SU. I love this set , its so versatile. My friend told me this card looks " old lady" hahah.

CPS 5th Anniversary Day 8

2012-02-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Its CPS 5th Anniversary Day 8 so I decided to do some more of their sketches to pass some time. I got this adorable stamp from my bestest pal Jammie . We have called each other pal for the longest time. I really don't remember how it started but it stuck . Even if we are having a very seriouse conversation we call each other that. I covered up the word friends with the word pal so I could send her this card. Love it!!! Oh yeah and shes a big fan of polka dots so I added some of them too.

Im crazy about some House Mouses!

2012-02-06T16:11:00.000-08:00

Isnt this image so darling?? I love it! I made this card for the House Mouse and friends Monday Challenge which is to make a card using more than one heart. I also went along with the CPS card sketch challenge for day 5 of a 15 day celebration! Hopefully I'll get more of these sketches done but Ive been busy working on my web page for the butterfly business. Busy busy!

Its all black and white ...with some red

2012-01-27T16:25:00.000-08:00

Two days in a row of posting?!? I know! I'm as shocked as you are. Lately when its get late at night and im sitting there thinking I need to get to bed I have a stampin thought. These are thoughts like I MUST USE THIS STAMP WITH THIS PAPER RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND. I dont know why it happens but it does. Last night at about 10:30 I was thinking of crawling into bed when I suddenly remembered this lace stamp I had but have never used. I ran upstairs to my craft room and dug it out ( I say dug because all of my lose stamps are in drawers and they are filled to top). I then thought of the challenges that needed to be done and decided to do the CPS sketch challenge and the House Mouse Mondays Challenge. The challenge for the mouse was to make a black and white card. Well this lace was perfect for both so VOILA! I even did the inside of the card and thats rare unless I have someone buying it right away.

Its taxes day!

2012-01-26T10:51:00.000-08:00

Its one of my favorite days of the year! Tax day! I know most people hate doing taxes but I do easy file with H & R Block so mine are easy peasy lemon squeezy. Plus I need the refund money for more craft stuff right? HAHAH I wish. We are actually using the money this year to put new tags on our truck so we can have two vehicles. Does anyone ever get to actually spend their refund on fun things???

Back to the important stuff. The stuff you read this blog for. The cards of course! I made this card last night for the challenge over at The Greeting Farm . The challenge was to use lace or a doily. I looovveee this lace I got from Wish RAK on SCS . Its kind of vintage looking and sweet. I colored in this Cheeky girl using my SU markers and a blender pen on watercolor paper. I really wanted her to have a watercolor look. Not to blended like I normally do. This paper also came from Wish RAK. Whats wish RAK you ask???? Only the best thing on the planet!!!! If you are a member of Splitcoast stampers you can join a group called wish RAK. From there you grant and make wishes. You get a credit for every wish you grant and in return can wish for something. I made a wish for baking paper and recieved these papers in the mail. Its AWESOME!!!!! You can wish for stamped images, papers, ribbons etc. So fun! My name on SCS is lena95469 , so you can find me.

Well wish me luck and big refunds!! haha

Amazing grace

2012-01-16T14:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Long time no post huh? I sure have missed all my blogging friends lately so I needed to post something new. The other day I was browsing Pinterest ( If you don't know what that is you MUST go there now and check it out. You must! Its a necessity of life) and I saw a card with flowers stamped on words. I loved it so I had to make my own. Since I needed a sympathy card I decided to go that route. The background is just Amazing grace that I printed off the internet. I then stamped some new dogwood flowers ( they are from Our Daily Bread) I got off wish rak onto the words and colored them in. I then ran it through my embossing folder. It kind of looks like old fabric and I love it! If you have Pinterest I would love to see it. Until next time , happy stamping .

Patriotic Christmas

2011-12-15T12:01:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends!!! I bet you all thought I ran away huh? I just have been so busy with the new job I have no time to post lately. I used to actually do it while I was at work but now there is just no time for that. Dang new job!
I made this card the other night for a friend for my brother and SIL who are very patriotic and love horses. I love it because it doesn't use the traditional red and green. Hopefully I can post some more stuff I have been doing later...

Cha-cha-changes

2011-11-27T19:44:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Sorry it has been so long since I have posted on here. I recieved a new job at work so I have been a busy girl. Two of the woman who work with me left and the company decided instead of bringing in new people for their jobs they would just give them to me. Whoo hoo lucky me ( sarcasm). For those of you who don't know I work at a newspaper as the receptionist. Well in the last few weeks I have became the receptionist, circulation bookeeper and the whole circulation department . Its been super stressful. Anyways this weekend was the first time I was actually able to get to stamping. Whooo hooo! Jammie and I made cards last night and in the midst of a The Greeting Farm challenge I ran out of glue so I went to the store today and restocked and VOILA! This is my challenge which was to be inspired by a tag on the site. I love tags, especially huge ones for big packages. This one would probably only work as a wine tag or on a bike because its 8 inches!!! I loved making it though and totally enjoyed the down time with my pal. Hope to see you more often as I just got a computer at my house ( have not had one in 6 years!!!) .

The greeting farm challenge

2011-11-26T19:30:00.001-08:00

I decided to take a break and do some stamping with Jammie so I did the greeting farm sketch challenge!

Vintage Christmas

2011-10-31T09:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween friends! I know this post does not look very halloween-ish but thats because Im in full Christmas card mode. I have to make a ton of them for a Christmas Boutique im selling at. I love vintage Christmas cards so I really wanted to make some vintage looking ones. I have a few cards from old family friends that I called Grandpa and grandma that are from the 30's . They Have music notes on them and old vintage santas . So adorable! I made this one using a piece of sheet music that I distressed with my Making Memories Distresser and some brown Close To Cocoa ink. The image of santa was also done the same way. I inked up my Baroque Motifs stamp and stamped it onto the Music also. The wreath has been in my collection for about 4 years. My friend Cassie gave me a bunch of them a long time ago saying " you'll figure out something to do with them". She was right . I love this card. The only thing it doesnt have is the vintage smell and I have no idea how you would acheive that.
I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge of Anything Goes

A gun cabinet for my papa

2011-10-26T10:00:00.000-07:00

Its a very important day! My dads birthday is today. I sat there wondering what to make for his card last night because all hes into is fishing and guns. Ive made him a gazillion fishing birthday cards ( ok hes not that old) so I wanted to switch it up. I decided on a gun cabinet card. This card was made using brown paper that I stamed with a wood grain stamp. I put the guns on the card base using some pop dots. I then made the "door" and put acetate in the middle to look like glass. It was then attatched to card using pop dots. I love the results of this card. In case your wondering about the pa , I call my dad Pa and my mom Ma. I am entering this card in the Simon Says "anything goes" challenge.

A little Brayering, a little cricut, a little stamps

2011-10-24T11:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday friends! Is there such a thing? I'm going to hope there is. I made this card on Saturday night in hopes that I could combine my new cricut with stamping. I LOVE it! I started this card by brayering Pacific Point onto white cardstock. The moon was a circle I had taped on there before brayering. I then stamped the trees from Lovely as a tree over it . The snow was made by tearing paper and then adding snow tec to it. Lastly I cut out the reindeer using the Cricut cartridge Wildlife and stamped the sentiment in Black ink. I know the brayering is kind of streaky but I like to think it looks like the northern lights. Right right?

Ive been Scammed :(

2011-10-20T10:11:00.000-07:00

How can some people be so cruel? I just don't get it . Let me explain. I just got a cricut and I'm looking for cartridges for cheap since I am on a really tight budget. I went to Splitcoast Stampers forums. Well I found a lady on the buy/sell/trade forum who wanted to do some trading of some of my stamps for some cricut cartridges. I was so excited because I had a bunch in my trade pile that she wanted and she had a bunch of cricut carts I wanted. She even had paper pups which is at the top of my wish list. So we agreed to trade stamps for 3 carts and then I pay paled her $20.00 for the paper pups . Well come to find out she was a scammer. She got my box of stamps and money and never sent a thing. She deleted her blog even. Well I can't just go out and spend the money on cartridges so now Im out the stamps, and the $20 not to mention the money it cost to ship the stamps to her priority. How can people scam other stampers? Thats like against the rules of the stampin sisterhood or something!!! I guess she did it to a couple people on there. ggrrrr.
Anyways I made this card last night for the SCS Sketch Challenge SC355. I recieved this adorable stamp from wish rak. . I paper pieced it with some paper I also got off Wish Rak!

Lovely as a tree is lovely to me!

2011-10-19T12:17:00.000-07:00

Another Lovely as a tree Christmas card! If you do not have this set your missing out!!! You can order it here . Its great for all your christmas cards, brayered scenes etc.

Embossing with nesties

2011-10-19T12:03:00.000-07:00

I learned a new trick! Ok well most of you probably already know this because you actually read packaging but I had no idea I could just emboss with my nesties until yesterday. I was using the folder thingy mabiggy that comes with nesties as a shim when the embossing word caught my eye. So I had to try it. Easy Peasy embossing squeezy! You just lay down the rubber tan mat and paper and then nestie and run through. Voila! I used the lovely as a tree set to stamp inside my oval. These are just the tips of the trees and I added some snow tech to the bottom. Loovvveee the results of this card!

Stamps and Cricut

2011-10-10T08:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday friends! Its pouring rain here and today is Columbus day so the banks and post office is closed. However I still have to work but its really dead today so Im posting this. I made this card the other day using my new stamps from Marks Finest Papers and my new cricut to do the Birthday Blessings. I love how it turned out even though I only used browns . The birthday blessings is from the George Cartridge and the nesting shapes behind the deer is from Accent Essentials.

Glittery Nightmare

2011-09-21T15:38:00.000-07:00

I HAAAATTTTEEEE GLITTER!!!!!!!! You know what I mean right? You open up the jar to use a tiny bit on a card and it gets everywhere! I was prepared this time. I took out my Stampin' Up! Dazzling diamonds and thought " How come I never use this? It rocks!!!" ( funny how we always forget why we dont use it all the time). I then pulled out my powder pal and a LARGE sheet of paper to cover my surface. I layed the paper on my desk with the powder pal on top of it. Hahah im gonna outsmart this glitter. I used a glue pen to mark where I wanted the fine little crystals of mass destruction. I then held card over powder pal and sprinkled lightly . I tapped the card and all the extras went in the PP . Whoo hoo this might work after all. I close the glitter, sit the card on the back of my desk ( where I take pictures) . Im amazed. I did it! Card falls. I reach over desk to sit it back up and hit powder pal . It goes to floor along with the glitter that still in it. After a few curse words I grab some baby wipes and get it up off the floor and all over my hands. When im done cleaning up I grab card and take it downstairs to show Tony my masterpiece. What does he say? " How did you get glitter in your hair?" gggrrrr. I hate glitter!

P.S. I still love this simple card though so Im entering it in the Southern Girls Challenge which is anything goes.

Im not southern but I loves me some challenges

2011-09-19T14:50:00.000-07:00

I did this challenge for the Southern Girl Challenges Blog which was to do layers. I just got this lil witch so I had to ink her up! I love how this card turned out so I'll be making 15 of them for my step daughters halloween party. So glad I got to play along !!!

Ats wednesday challenge

2011-09-13T19:58:00.000-07:00

It was anthing goes at ats so I used this darling girl to make a friendship recipe card!
lena

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ATS Challenge

2011-09-06T16:08:00.000-07:00

I made this card for the ATS Wednesday Challenge. She was colored in using Prismacolor pencils and oms.

Pin Up Waitress

2011-09-01T11:08:00.000-07:00

I just love this pin up waitress ( or at least thats what Im assuming she is) . So stinkin cute!!!

Your a classic!

2011-08-31T11:54:00.000-07:00

I told you all about how I got the classic trucks stamp set for a steal ( 4 bucks!) but I had yet to use it so last night I decided to make a fast simple card using these awesome stamps. This is what I came up with!

Earth tone relax

2011-08-30T21:18:00.000-07:00

I did this for the wednesday challenge for ats!
lena

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Mixing it up a bit

2011-08-24T09:11:00.000-07:00

I went to Big Lots! the other day to look for school supplies for my step-daughter and lookie what I found! If you have ever been to big lots with me you will know I have a routine. I walk in the door and head straight for the scrapbooking aisle. It doesn't matter if im there for school supplies. I just have to look! So the other day I went in there and made my usual beeline for the aisle. I stopped , I gasped! They had restocked!!!! There was tons of new stamps and paper. I got 3 wooden stamps for me and a clear set for for Jammie . I then was walking away when I saw boxed sets of stamps. Right on top was this horse set. It had 10 stamps and an ink pad. The horse wasnt originally silouette but with a sharpie marker any stamp can be . I grabbed the set and the rest of my stuff and went for the school supplies I was supposed to be getting ( which wasn't nearly as fun).
When I got home I decided to make this card for a customer. Her friend loves horses and she wanted a birthday card for him. I brayered not quite navy on white cardstock to get the sky. I then stamped my nature silhouettes with black ink. Stamped the horse and colored him in with sharpie and VOILA! Your probably not even readign the rest of this post. You probably dropped everything to go to big lots to look at stamps huh?

Your Berry Sweet!

2011-08-24T09:03:00.000-07:00

I have an amazing friend who is always there for me so I wanted to make her a card to show her how much it she means to me. She loves strawberries so this is right up her alley.I got this paper from Michaels and I couldn't wait to use it!!! Its been sitting in a pile of other paper for over a month. Yeah i'm that kind of person. Got to have it and then don't use it for a long time. Anyways last night I was stamping with Jammie and she suggested I do a gate fold card. GGRRRR. I hate gate
folds. They are not the easiest to make. But I love the result! Hope she loves it! I also entered this card in the Card Makin Mamas Pink Challenge.

Black Bliss

2011-08-17T08:39:00.000-07:00

Whats with me and red and black these last couple post? I made this card for the 365 challenge of mostly black. I LOVE this black paper with the polka dots and the ribbon together. It reminds me of the fluffy vintage skirts with the tuille underneath. Love how this turned out!!

Thank you berry much!

2011-08-16T20:29:00.000-07:00

I made this card for the CPS sketch and for the 365 Cards challenge which was to use mostly red and make it look vintage. Well It doesnt look much vintage but it is red !

Ink pad racks for sale or trade

2011-08-10T10:15:00.000-07:00

I have two ink pad racks for sale or trade. They each hold 24 ink pads ( if they are smaller pads you can turn them and it will hold 48). They are matching ( one looks shorter in pic because its on ledge but both are same height) . Make me offer!!
lena

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Tons of stamp sets for trade or sale

2011-08-04T09:17:00.000-07:00

I have a few stamp sets for trade that I would love to trade for nesties if anyone has some. I have :

SU Clear Mount
Something Sweet
Birthday Bakery
My Matryoska ( Pending)
Happy Moments

SU wood Mount ( most of these do not have case unless it says new unmounted)
Unfrogettable
Eastern Influences
baby jesus is born
Frogs and Flies
Simply Seasonal ( new unmounted)
Definatly Decorative Sunflower ( new unmounted)
Basket Of blossoms ( new unmounted)
Petite Posies(new unmounted)
Designer greetings
Petite Patterns
Brushstroke Blossoms
Dear to my heart
Hello Spring
Frogs and Flies
Sunflower ( new um)
Wildflowers
Flashy Florals
Petite Posies
Regal Rose
Hand Painted Petites
Happy Winter
Christmas Peace
Natures Christmas
Stitched Snowman
Snow Family Wishes
Woosh Snowman
Holiday Hannah
Seasonal Images
Quilts give comfort
fabulous flourishes
Perfect Plaids
Celebrate ( one tiny one missing)
Pasture Birthday
Stitched christmas
Santa Stars
stitched snowfriends wheel
teacups

Im up for suggestions on trade even if its not on wish list. Dont be shy I love all stamps
wishlist :
stamps ( different brands )
nesties
dies
embossing folders
Ancient art
zuni pottery

you can email me at fromlena2u@yahoo.com

Easy peasy lemon ...tea..sy?

2011-07-28T10:33:00.000-07:00

Yippee I finally got a big shot again!!! For those of you who missed the post, about a year ago Tony was wanting to use the big shot . I had my back turned and he asked if you had to push on it to get it to go through. Well yeah sometimes if your paper sandwhich is thick you have to push slightly on it to get it to start going. Well Tony took this as put all your weight into this push and well..It broke all the teeth in the big shot!! he felt really bad and swore he would buy me another one but since times have been so hard I havnt had one for a year. Well last weekend Tony said he wanted to go to Mikes so I could pick up more glue and so I go running over to check out new stamps and leave him to go get it. I find him later in line with a big shot. I tell him we dont have money for it, he tells me he does and insist ( I admit I didnt put up much of a fight). So anyways I ran home and unwrapped my new toy. I
made this tea folder first thing. You can make one of these by folding a piece of paper in half and putting it on your top note but not all the way to the edge. Then when you open it will look like this. Then I just used the scallop envelope die and made two pockets for inside . Easy peasy lemon ...tea..sy?

Splash of Color

2011-07-26T09:16:00.000-07:00

Hi friends! Sorry I havnt posted much lately but I've had company over ( my Step son, his wife and baby) so Ive been busy playing with the baby. Isn't she cute?

I did do the The Play Date Cafe Challenge which was to use just a splash of color. I made this patriotic card using just black , white and red. I love the end result!!

Yard sale finds!

2011-07-18T11:46:00.000-07:00

I love yard sales that have stamps!! I don't know if you know this but I work at a newspaper , and on Friday my friend who works in classifieds told me about a yard sale that said they were having stamps. whoo hoo!!! Saturday morning I dragged Tony out of bed and to the address ( I wanted to be there first thing so I didn't have to fight anyone for sets hahaha. When we got there the lady was unpacking the stuff and didnt have any sets out yet so I was looking at baby clothes and Tony was chatting with her and people were coming in. I have trained Tony to have an eye for stamp deals so when the lady pulled the Stampin' Up! Color caddy out of the box he took it right then and told her he wanted it. It had 25 stamp pads , some refills and some stamps on the top!!! He came and told me she said $10 for it and I was so excited but I told him that was probably without the stamp pads because most of them were sealed still. By then she had some stamp sets out and we took a look and snagged this one . Its called all aboard and its collectable!! The stamps look like they have never been used. Anyways we

went up to pay and the lady told us $10.50 for everything !!!! Score!!! I dont know who was happier me or Tony ( probably because he knew my stamp pads would not be all over the desk anymore). I got home and looked at the colors and there was the whole 2007 in color collection , still sealed. I finally got my buckaroo blue! Anyone else find awesome deals like this at yard sales?

Stamps for Trade Or sale

2011-07-15T12:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry I didnt get this up yesterday but I forgot names on most of them hahah. These are the stamps I want to trade or sale. These trades dont have to be Stampin' Up! as I am no longer a demo. Make suggestions. Show me what ya got!!! I love all stamps so im open minded. All stamps have been used so some of the wood ones might have some staining. You can email me here

cm - clear mount

wm - wood mount

you can click on them to see pic

cm Happy Moments

cm something sweet

cm button button ( only one button mounted but not used)

cm good neighbors

wm from the garden the one I have is mounted and used

WM Unfroggetable

wm baby jesus is born

wm of the earth

wm pola dot punches

wm marvelous morning glory two step stamps ( corner of clear plastic case is smooshed)

wm sprinkles

wm country morning

wm a tree for all seasons

Im from the country and I like it that way...

2011-07-15T12:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday Friends!!! This morning my friend Emily and I were talking about people who deny their roots. People who are from the country but claim not to be "hicks". Im sorry but if your from a small little town in the country, your a hick. Pure and simple. Nothing bad about that. I'm from the country. I love that I was raised in a small little town where everyone knows everyone and kids are taught about hard work and morals. Maybe Im just strange that way...

Anyways... what got us on this topic is I made this card last night for 365 Cards challenge ( Scallops, Sponging and Stitching ). This card is sooo me. I love the kraft paper ( of course!) , I love the distressing and I love the vintage pinup cowgirl. Its so Hick and so me . hahaha

Fringe, Chipboard and DP

2011-07-14T12:00:00.000-07:00

I actually did a challenge last night. Granted it was a fast one. This was for the 365 Cards challenge of using Fringe, Chipboard and patterned paper! I got this stamp set in the mail yesterday. I swapped it for Cheap talk!Got any stamps you want to swap? I'll be posting a list shortly of ones I would love to trade or sale. I love all brands so I'm open for suggestions. Check back here later !

Stinkin Cute Award

2011-07-08T09:01:00.000-07:00

I just recieved this award from the very sweet Claudia over at My creative corner! Thanks sweetie! Now whenever you get a blog award your supposed to pass it on so these are the ones I think are stinkin cute :

Bombshell Em's Artistic Exspression

Sweet Sentiment

Stampin With Lucia

Operation Shrink Charlies Big Butt

These are just a few of the blogs I read every morning. Wish I could list them all. Thank you everyone for inspiring me every day.

Best distress

2011-07-08T08:34:00.000-07:00

I know some of you are back here looking for the paper bead tutorial and I promise I will post one sometime in the next week. My Batteries on my camera are dead and although usually I take all my pics with my phone I think clearer camera pics would be better for a tutorial. I did however make this card for the challenge over at Cards For Men the theme was to do a wild west card. I just got this set ( ive wanted it forever and scored it for $4.00 ! Go Me!!! Fist pump) so I wanted to ink it up. This is a super simple card that just uses a lot of distressing . Ive tried a lot of things for distressing until I found this

little gadget at Beverlys for $1.49. I got mine two years ago and its still going strong. All you do is run it along the edges of the paper and the blade distresses. How cool is that? Speaking of cool I hope you all are staying inside keeping cool. Its been HOT here!

Shrinky Broads

2011-07-07T08:23:00.000-07:00

Jammie challenged me the other day to do the Greeting Farm Challenge which was a abc . Anything but a card. I received a key chain about two months ago from my sweet step daughter that used letters like these and the white beads like these. Since I had some of these beads myself from a kit I had I decided to snag her idea and make a bracelet. See those black and white beads? Those are my new hobby. PAPER BEADS! I've been using my scraps to make paper beads! Check back here tomorrow for a tutorial ! The girls were made by stamping on Shrink Plastic and then heating ( shrinking ) down with a heat gun. Love how this turned out! What Jammie forgot to mention to me was because this was a throwback challenge I can't use the cheeky shooter so I guess this is just going in the regular gallery.

Hotter than __________!

2011-07-06T12:50:00.000-07:00

Its hotter than h- e- double hockey sticks here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you guys are all surviving this heat. I hate it. I really am a fall/winter girl. Lets face it, sweaters are so much more flattering than tank tops and swim suits. Seriously I'm melting. My craft table is upstairs in our house in our bedroom and when I come home from work its over 90 degrees in there!!!! I have to open the windows and turn on all the fans just to be able to stamp . I did get these cards done the other day when I woke up early and decided to beat the heat. The top one is a birthday card ( obviously) and the bottom one is a anniversary card. I love the background paper I used for this. I got it in a K &company mat stack pad at Ross ( yes Ross) for $2.99!!!! Its textured too. LOVE LOVE LOVE!

The flowers are from a K and Company pad of punch out flowers I got at Michaels ( the happiest place on earth) .

Long neck card

2011-07-06T12:47:00.000-07:00

Here is another giraffe card I made for someone. I love this little guy I got in a digi kit. I also used my newest punch ( which is kind of old now) which was a a recollections brand to do along the edge of the purple paper ( her favorite color) . I love how this turned out .

New Stamps= Love

2011-06-30T10:41:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited to be back on here with new things to post ( besides pregnant girls) . I got this stamp from Paper Makeup Stamps .
I love this company and bought more of their stamps Ill be showing later. I'snt this girl the cutest?? I love how she looks so happy just enjoying the simple things , because thats the kind of girl I am. Love the little things in life. I decided to use the sketch from CPS for this card and it worked out great . I tried to kind of make a scene without being obvious.

Recipe :
Stamps ~ Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper~ Recollections, K and Co
Ink~ Memento
Other~ Primas , punches, pop dots Prismacolor pencils, oms

Where Ive been

2011-06-30T10:32:00.000-07:00

Ahhh I'm back ! Last time I posted I told you I was working on some baby shower invites. Well I finally finished them. 45 of them!!! This bella stamp which is called Teddy Bella is the only stamp I have picked up in a week. Isnt she darling? I love the idea of popping her tummy out with a pop dot ( thanks pal) . The lady who wanted these cards wanted Jungle theme but only Giraffes and Elephants and her baby shower colors are going to be lime green , teal and brown so this was a task! I made the Elly/giraffe paper myself using my scrapbooking program and a digi kit I bought . The bottom paper was also printed from the same digi kit. This is the first time Ive made hybrid card in a sense and ill be doing it a lot. I love that you can create your own paper using the digi elements and the colors people want. Its awesome!!! Now moving on to other stamps that have been neglected lately.

Recipe :
Paper~ Recollections, Digi created jungle paper
Ink~ Memento
Stamp ~ Teddy bella
Others~ Prisma Color pencils, oms, stumps, ribbon, pop dots

Long time no post....

2011-06-22T12:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry its been awhile since Ive posted. Ive just been having one of those weeks where I just don't feel like myself. Most of those who know me are probably going huh? You see usually I'm a happy girl. Always in a good mood and positive and this week I'm just....not. I don't know why. Ever have one of those? Maybe posting on this will cheer me up ? Perhaps.
I got asked to do 45 baby shower invites with Elephants, giraffs, this bella with teal , brown and lime green as main colors. As you can see I'm straying from colors a bit. Youi just cant do all those request with three colors. I love this Bella ( I should hope so it was 11.00 to ship her to me!!) I think she will get tons of use. I colored these ladies in with Prisma Color pencils and oms. I then popped her prego belly on a pop dot . So stinkin cute!!! I hope she likes them !

Long neck card

2011-06-14T09:17:00.001-07:00

Jammie and I were making cards last night together via blackberry ( we stamp and chat on blackberry, snap pics and send each other) and decided to do the 365 cards Sunday Sketch, the Drunken Stampers Challenge which was to you Orange on a card and she threw in a challenge of I had to use some chalk. I had made some digital paper for some baby shower invites im doing so I decided to use some of those scraps on this card. I also had this girraff laying there so I decided to use it . I did the blue background using my chalks but then it looked like something was missing so I erased and E in the card so I could send it to my friend Emily who loves giraffes. I know the E is kind of sloppy but my eraser was square. Hope she likes it anyways.

Bob

2011-06-11T23:23:00.000-07:00

I made this card for the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge which was to use something new . I just got this green paper yesterday. I love it and it goes great on masculine cards like this. I had so much fun playing along
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13 Layers is too much work !!

2011-06-08T09:01:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I am the biggest dork ( hey stop nodding yes!) . hahah I made this card for the 365 challenge which was 13 of something. I have 13 layers on this card. I was so happy when it was done I hurried and gave it to the girl I made it for without taking a picture . ggrrr. Thats where the dork part comes in. She did take a picture in black and white and post it on facebook before she left to get hitched so I snagged that one. Its just not the same in black and white :(

A birthday card for myself?

2011-06-08T08:44:00.000-07:00

A card for myself? The challenge over at 365 cards was to make a birthday card that was fitting for yourself. This was harder than I though. Do I put fishing on it? Stamps? Western? As you can see I went with western because 1) I love this image and 2) I could keep it black and white to fit with the card. I adore this card layout which I found on The De constructed Sketch . This is the first time ive played along over there and I will for sure go back because I always need sketch INKspiration.

case of the creepers

2011-06-07T08:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I discovered a new challenge site ( and since I make so many cards I like to play along sometimes). The site is called Drunken Stampers and this week the challenge is to make a birthday card. Easy peesy! I decided to combine it with the, The Greeting Farm challenge which was to case the card on there . I used the Creeper girl from Sweet and Toxic to make this fun card for a friend of mines teenage daughter. Shes into the whole creeper, emo , goth look so this is the perfect stamp for her.

Recipe:
Stamps- Sweet and Toxic (The Greeting Farm), Sentiment (Stampin' Up!)
Paper- Recollections
Ink- Memento
Other- Punches, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, Buttons, Brad, Ribbons, Gel Pen

Sparkle365

2011-06-05T18:46:00.001-07:00

I combined challenges just now and did the sketch from 365 cards and the color combo from Sparkle creations!
Card recipe:
Stamps-Sparkle creations
Paper- k and Co and recollections
Other- glossy accents, pop dots
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Rocket

2011-06-04T19:43:00.001-07:00

I think this is my last card for 365 cards tonight ( I know your tired of me taking up the blog roll). The challenge was use orange, green and blue! These colors say little boy to me. I was so happy I got to use my pun fun set because its been forever since I have. My friend Emily comes over to make cards often and I always ask " what should I make" and she always replys " make an easel card so today I did. She would be so proud!
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Coke inspired

2011-06-04T19:02:00.000-07:00

I love 365 cards, they always challenge me! This card was made for the coke ad inspiration challenge.
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Buttons

2011-06-04T18:34:00.001-07:00

365 cards is trying to kill me today!! I was looking back at some challenges I missed and there is one to use at least 20 buttons on card and 6 have to be stacked!! Luckily my friend Emily " cut it out" Wilson gave me a big jar of buttons a couple Christmas ago and could rummage through there. I used a whole jar of .99 cent buttons and some of Emily's . This card will probably cost an arm and leg to send because its so heavy!! But I enjoyed the challenge !
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Bulletin board card

2011-06-04T17:53:00.000-07:00

A bulletin board card? That was the challenge over at 365 cards !!! This was a challenge for me because all I have on my board is boring work stuff so I wanted this one to be cute! My step son just graduated so I'm in graduation mode and went with that. Although I wouldn't send him this card because its kind of girly I did make this card where you could personalize it !! The "tacks" are brads that I just pushed in . I looovveee this !!
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Mint chip card

2011-06-04T17:18:00.000-07:00

I made this card for the 365 cards challenge which was to make a card in your favorite ice cream flavor colors. Mine is mint chip so of course this card had to be brown and light greenish color. I love this simple sympathy card and the colors together. Yummy just like the ice cream!
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4 ways to say it

2011-06-04T16:49:00.000-07:00

i made this card for the 365 cards challenge which was to use four different ways to put a sentiment on card. the yummy is a sticker, the ice cream on cart is digital,the handwritten ice creams in background and then i stamped the sentiment on his umbrella!

It goes so fast

2011-06-02T08:31:00.000-07:00

I can't believe its graduation time around here already. When I met Tony the boys had just turned 13 and now Shawn is graduated. Its amazing how fast the time went by. Anyways I needed some graduation cards so here they are. The one on the left follows the sketch over at 365 cards and the one on the right follows the sketch over at CPS -Card Sketches.
Recipe:
Paper~ Recollections, SU, K &Co
Punches~ Stampin' Up owl and scallop
Other~Pop dots, brads, embroidery floss

This is Tony and Shawn at the ceremony. We are so proud of Shawn congrats!!!

You have my full Support!

2011-05-31T11:47:00.000-07:00

I was trying to think of cards to make for the local store ( they sell my cards there) when I thought of the epidemic of cancer going around now days. Its so important for cancer patients and survivors to receive encouragement to keep their hopes up. My friend loaned me some of her stamps last time she was over so I decided to use one of them. I adore these Paper Makeup Stamps called Oo La La, corset and sentiment set its so adorable and comes with 3 corsets and 7 sentiments.
I paper pieced this adorable corset using K and Co paper (the best of Stack) . Then I popped up the top part with pop dots. The store loved this card and asked for more . Wahoo!!!

Diet? Whatever!

2011-05-31T09:17:00.000-07:00

I was really wanting to do a step card for my mom the other day that I could give to her along with some goodies I made and this is what I came up with. I love this image from Paper Makeup Stamps. This is the PMS fairy and you can find her here. I colored her in with Prismacolor pencils and OMS. I wanted this card to be really girly so I went with the pink paper from K and Co and Recollections. Hope you all have a wonderful week !

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

2011-05-31T08:48:00.000-07:00

Thank you everyone who entered my blog candy! I wish I had one for everyone but since I don't the winner ( who I used a random number generator to draw) was Claudia W. CONGRATS!!! And since there was over 20 entries I will be adding some extra goodies to that box. I really appreciate everyone who takes time to read my blog and comment , it makes me feel so blessed.

touch of silver for a cool winter card

2011-05-30T14:09:00.000-07:00

i made this card for the stampin sisters in christ challenge which was to use a touch of silver and for the 365 cards challenge which was to be inspired by the word "cool" and the corrosive challenge which was to use Christmas trees . i think cool i think winter and cold weather. sorry for the bad punction im on my blackberry and for some reason its not letting me do caps in blogger

Who Wants Candy?

2011-05-30T11:10:00.000-07:00

Who wants some blog candy? I have been so very blessed these last few months with winning some blog candies and challenges that I decided to have my very own for my friends . Sound good? How about a blog candy that keeps growing? Yeah thats right! For every twenty people who sign up to win it I will add more goodies! All you have to do is put the picture in your side bar of your blog, become a follower (if your not already) and leave your name using the linker below and I will enter your name twice.If you do not have a blog but still follow then leave me a comment and I will add your name once. I will draw a lucky winner on May 31st Heres whats included so far

A Pail full of ribbons
Stack of papers ( Different brands like Stampin' Up!, DCWV, My Minds eye etc.)
A new unmounted Stampin' Up! Set called Punch Bunch
Two tubes of glitter glue
A container of embellishments (brads , buttons, primas, eyelets etc)
A Statement Of The Heart Stamp
Stack of stamped out images
Brand new sealed Versamark Pad
A piece of Cork board ( great for making lil messege boards)
Some Cards I made
And hopefully many more items..

Thanks for playing and good luck!

Light

2011-05-28T16:40:00.001-07:00

I made this card for the 365 cards "light" challenge. I love this image in just black and white. The sentiment is ippity. So glad I got to play along this week!!
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Breezy

2011-05-28T14:47:00.000-07:00

When I saw the word for 365 cards was breeze , I thought of baja breeze (the su color) its one of my favs!! I made this card for fathers day using paper that has baja breeze color ( well pretty close) and I stamped the sentiment in baja breeze! Love it!!
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Operation Write Home Blog Hop

2011-05-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog ! I's so glad your hopping along with us this weekend. You should have just come from Becca's blog Expressions . Isnt her stuff just darling? I hope you have loved what you have seen along the way and are full of creative ideas!!

This is my card

Isnt she just the custest? This girl looks like shes in deep thought , missing someone.

Card Recipe:

Paper : Recollections, K and Co.

Image: Sassy Studio Designs

Other: Pop dots

The next stop on our hop is over at The Craftin Cafe to see what Debbis doing! Thanks for stopping by . this card also follows the sketch for 365 cards

P.S Have you signed up for my blog candy yet? It ends May 31st!

warning: This post gets steamy!

2011-05-26T12:02:00.000-07:00

The word for day over at 365 cards was Steam so I knew I wanted to make another little tea bag folder ( Since my friend ordered a box of them from me anyways). I made these before and they were a big hit . You can see them here . I love this stamp wheel that I used in the inside because 1) its darling and 2) there is lots of steam so it fits with the theme. Hope you like ! Oh and by the way , have you signed up for blog candy yet?

Less than a week before blog candy ends!

2011-05-25T09:21:00.000-07:00

Last night I was supposed to have a card date with Emily ( hi love!) but I had a massive headache and cancelled. Then I got home and took some excedrin and around 7 I felt better . I made this card while I was watching the Biggest Loser Finale. Its for the 365 Cards Challenge which was to use Ruffle as inspiration. I never use ribbon on my cards so this is really different for me , but I love it !!!

Does life end after blackberry?

2011-05-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

Is it normal to be so attatched to a phone? Let me clarify . I used to be a person who never used a cell phone. I had one in case of emergencys but I could care less about the ringtone , wallpaper etc. Then I got me a blackberry. Hellloooo lovveerrr! Im so attached to this thing its scary. On Thursday night I was getting ready to post to my blog using email on my darling bb when all of the sudden the email stopped working. I could still go to browser on phone and use it but it wasnt delievering messeges straight to little envelope Icon. Those of you who have smartphone know what Im talking about right? Well I was gonna give it a couple days and restarts to see if it started working. By Friday I was panicked ( notice I said couple days and it had only been one?!?) . So I looked it up online and did every tutorial, troubleshooting, user suggestion known to man and woman. No luck. So Monday morning I went down to my carrier during lunch with darling bb in hand. They told me they would be with me in 10 minutes. It was an hour. Then when I finally gave them phone they said they were gonna try update and to come back in 25 minutes. I came back in 3 hours and she said it didnt work. So at 5:00 I went in and was at my carried until 8:15 !!!!!!!! They put us on to customer support, blackberry , than rim when they couldnt figure it out. Finally the sales lady who was helping me ( who was the best customer service person Ive ever seen ) broke down in tears and kept appologizing. She stayed after hours and was supposed to go on buisness trip at 4 am and she still stayed there !!! Anyways after 4 hours total of trying to fix it she talked to them about getting me new blackberry phone and they said no until she was crying saying id been there 4 hours with no solution. So im getting a new bb tommorow free of charge. Would anyone else sit in an office for 4 hours for a phone??? I like to say I did it so I could post on here from my phone but really I did it because I just love being able to check my email, weather, SF Giants stats and yes , facebook from anywhere . For those of you who say I should drop blackberry....well thats just crazy talk !!! This is the first time ive had a problem.
Ok i'm done back to the cards. I made this card ( yeah that one waaayyy up there above all the phone talk) for the 365 cards Challenge which was to make a card using the word Hat as inspiration. I love this Sparkle Creation stamp I have and shes wearing a helmet so Im takin that as a hat. hahaha

P.S . For those who were wondering about the sales lady at Phone carrier I asked her when she would be back from her business trip so I can take her flowers and maybe card and starbucks gift certificate. She rocked!!

Sparkle and Shine Wine

2011-05-23T15:55:00.000-07:00

aahhh I love wine stamps. Who am I kidding? I like all wine! I made this card for the Sparkle and Shine challenge over at Simon Says Stamp . I chose to do shine. I used Glossy glaze on the wine glass to make it look like glass ( well kind of like glass). I love how this turned out even though the stamp takes up the whole card.

P.S
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My Dads Chicken Coops

2011-05-20T14:56:00.000-07:00

Some people were wanting pics of some of the Chicken coops my dad builds so this was the easiest way to post pics online for them .

Sweet Find!

2011-05-17T12:28:00.000-07:00

I was at Mikes the other day ( I swear it was the first time in a week) and was scoping out the clearance for card making supplies when I found Jars of these little half pearls for .99 !!! There is probably around 100 or more half pearls in the bottle so it was a great find. Usually I buy the sheets of them that have around 20 on there for $2.99 . I made this card for the batch I'm going to be selling down at our local store. Its simple but I love the earthy browns and blues.

Using up my scraps

2011-05-17T12:08:00.000-07:00

I know I just made a card like this with the bison but hey I needed to use up my scraps. This sunflower barn image is from Impression Obsession and I love it. I colored it in using Prismas and OMS. I actually have a painting in my house that my landlord did that looks almost like this. Love it!!!

Butterfly Birthday

2011-05-16T12:11:00.000-07:00

Simple card I made for Darlene's Birthday. The paper is K & Co Que sera sera . I love these big butterflies I got from Mikes. I think they are K & Co too

Buffalo Roam

2011-05-16T12:01:00.000-07:00

I's so proud of this card!!! Sorry but I am! I stamped my woodgrain stamp on kraft paper ( yes I'm still on my kraft kick) and then cut it in strips to make the frame. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! I wanted the card to look like a wall in a man room or "cave" so I used strips of white to make molding and the striped paper to look like wallpaper . Love it !!

is it sleeping or is it....

2011-05-16T11:51:00.000-07:00

When I was at Marie's house on Saturday I was coloring this mouse when I sensed something weird. Maybe its just me but I kind of think of funeral when I see this card. This lil mouse looks so peaceful but is he sleeping or is it dead. I know I know , a lot of you are going "SLEEPING SLEEPING!!!" and i'm sure thats what its supposed to be doing but I almost want to put with deepest sympathy on top .

Bob and Lisa Anniversary Card

2011-05-16T11:39:00.000-07:00

why is it that when Im at work is when I have problems??? Today my "ear" is giving me feedback (yes i'm 30 and have hearing aids) at all times. I have never had feedback with them unless I have it turned all the way up and someone hugs me . Now its just sqeeking all the time and I can't hear people so I guess I'm going to take it in . So much for a nice peaceful Monday.

Ok I'm done complaining now onto the card. I did have a lot of crafting time this weekend . I went to my friend Marie's (hi hon!) and stamped with some friends. It was a lot of fun and its been way to long since we got together. I made this card for a couple who's anniversary is coming up. I love the way it turned out ! The names were made with a Martha Stewart kit I bought that you can spell out things. I curse every time I have to use it because you have to put these tiny letters in these little groves but it always makes the card look so much better personalized. Love how it turned out.

A recipe your friends will want but super easy

2011-05-16T11:27:00.000-07:00

I'm a big hit!!! I made some really simple Pretzel turtles for a get together with some friends and for work and they were a hug hit. People kept asking me how I made them so here is the recipe. When buying your pretzels get the mini ones they work the best.
You will need:

Take your pretzels and lay them on cookie sheet . Then put a rolo on top of them like in this picture.

Pop them in oven at 300 degrees just until the chocolate turns glossy but DOESN'T melt. This only takes about 2 minutes if that so keep an eye on them.

Take them out of over and imediatly squish (cant think of a better word) a pecan on top so it flattens rolo on top of pretzel.

This is what you end up with. Let cool and eat. Make lots because your friends will love them I promise!!!

Elk Butts Picture

2011-05-10T11:00:00.000-07:00

I hope all of you had a wonderful Mothers day last weekend. We had two of Tonys kids over for the weekend and we went and hauled wood. No fun but we needed it . At least it was sunny out and we got it done.
I also did a little bit of stamping ( of course!!!) last night. I wanted to use some of my new images and this was one of them.
I love this new image called Small Umbrella from Mo Manning. I love that this woman has actual curves and isn't a stick figure haha . I'd still give most of my stamps away to have her figure though! I guess it would be easier to give away most of my food than most of my stamps since thats what makes me not have a body like hers. hahah. I colored this cutie in with my Prismas and oms. Im entering her in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge!

Every morning when im leaving for work there is elk on our road so this morning I took a picture...of their butts! I tried for heads but they run fast when you bring out the camera ( like me) .

Dani's sparkle creation card

2011-05-08T14:22:00.000-07:00

Since its mothers day my step daughter decided to make cards with me! She wanted to play along with the sketch so here's her card!
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Knight In Shining Paper

2011-05-06T08:46:00.000-07:00

Remember back last week when I got all those little knights in the mail? Well last night I decided to get to work on a birthday card since im exactly sure how I want to do them. I admit this card isnt the best colored or put together ( they those little brick stamps are hard to line up!!) but its got potential . Maybe it needs a flag or banner with kids name on it? I'm open for suggestions. Anyone?

Beep Beep!!

2011-05-06T08:38:00.001-07:00

Happy Friday friends! Aahh Friday I have missed you!!!! I made this card last night for the Sparkle Creations challenge which was to use this sketch :
I love this Scooter Chloe and wanted to color her in to match this really funky paper I got last week from Mikes. I'snt she adorable? With the gas prices at $4.21 here this morning I might have to get me a scooter like this one too just to get to work. Hope all of you have a wonderful Mothers day weekend .

Shirts for dad

2011-05-05T12:10:00.000-07:00

I can't believe its almost time for Mothers and Fathers day! Where did a quarter of the year go???? I made this card for the Wish Rak Challenge of doing cards for OWH . I also made it for the Simon says Stamps paper piecing challenge. I love this little shirt stamp I got for $1.00 (studio G) . I paper pieced it to match the paper and voila! A fathers day card! This card would not be good for my dad since Ive never seen him in a tie but for the suit type its perfect. Thanks for stopping by and looking !

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Pink and purple sparkle challenge

2011-05-01T18:07:00.000-07:00

The sparkle challenge this week was a photo inspiration! I love how this card turned out!
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My little Pony

2011-04-28T15:57:00.000-07:00

You know what I love about my prismas and oms? I can use them with digis and that is perfect because the challenge over at The Greeting Farm is to do a card using one of their digis. This is the first Greeting Farm image I ever got!!!! I bought it to do my step daughters birthday cards . Love this lil Unicorn and its still one of my favorites!!!

Last night I did some running

2011-04-28T08:56:00.000-07:00

Last night I did some running! On a card I mean!!!! You all know me better than that. Emily came over last night and we sat and made cards and ate cookies ( now that part sounds like me) . I made this card using a set she has from My Favorite Things, for the 365 Cards challenge which was to use Kraft. When I read kraft my eyes lit up, my ears perked up and I giggled. Everyone knows how I feel about Kraft cardstock. Its my signature color. I use it on almost every card so I loved this challenge!!!! I paper pieced this SkinnyIdontreallyneedtorun girl in teal patterned paper and kraft. I love the saying on the side ( If you cant read it , it says : Five more minutes and I can have that cookie!) Perfect for us sitting there eating cookies. haha

Emboss it!

2011-04-26T16:13:00.000-07:00

I made this flower pot card for my brothers MIL as a thank you for hosting us for Easter at their bed and breakfast. I Embossed the paper using an embossing folder from Stampin up! I love the results and she loved it!!

We need girl time

2011-04-26T15:59:00.000-07:00

Tony and I were talking the other day about trademark cards. You know what I mean? How someone says you have a style thats kind of your trademark? Well I told him " I dont have a trademark on my cards" . He argued that I do . I use Kraft colored cardstock somewhere on almost all my cards. I never really thought about it but yeah I guess I do. Looking back through my cards I probably use it at least 70 % of the time. Funny how I didnt notice but he did. I made this card (using some kraft cardstock haha) for a friend and for the Flutter By Wednesday Challenge.

Jocelyn is an angel!

2011-04-26T10:57:00.001-07:00

The other day I was looking through Splitcoast Stampers in a mad search for Knight card ideas for some cards that needed made and I came across this one by Jocelyn ( JoBear2 on SCS). Isn't that the cutest card ever???? So I messeged her and asked her if she would please stamp me out some of these darling images since Elzybells is out of business ( snivel snivel). Well not only did she say yes but yesterday I received all these images in the mail from her all the way from Australia! Shes soooo sweet! And all her cards are darling. You can check out her blog here! or check out her scs gallery here . Thank you so much for all the darling images and the ribbon Jocelyn your an angel !

Stamps for sale

2011-04-25T12:27:00.000-07:00

Button Button Clear mount set ( one button has been mounted but the rest are unmounted)
$15.00

Something Sweet Clear Mount Set

$10.00

Retired SU set $8.00

Dolphin

$3.00

Wedding Cake

$1.00

Christmas Martini Glasses

$4.00 (used twice) no staining

Retired SU single from Feathered friends

$3.00

Penny Black Gingerbread Border

(stained rubber but doesnt affect image)

$4.00

Stampa Rosa ( Rare) Polar Bear

(stained)

$5.00

Bella bloom

SU Retired

$15.00 Sold

SU retired Sprinkles

$4.00

SU jolliest time of the year

$10.00 Sold

SU Marvelouse Morning Glory 2 step stamping

$ 10.00

Polka Dot Punches $5.00

SU Love is in the Air

$ 8.00 (stained)
Sold

Sparkle Creations make your own embellishments!

2011-04-22T09:09:00.000-07:00

Ahhh Friday how Ive missed you!! We are headed over to my brothers tomorrow for Easter so we can spend time with my nephew Joe who is three. Im so excited because hes at that fun stage where he says and does funny things. Im even packing some stamp stuff!!
I did the challenge for Sparkle Creations last night which was to make your own embellishments. I chose to make a flower with my scallop circle punch. I love this Cafe Lucy image , she was soooo fun to color! I colored her in with my Prismas and OMS. Thanks for stopping by and have you signed up for blog candy yet?

Thats Distressing

2011-04-21T08:34:00.000-07:00

What a great challenge to do a distressed card over at The Greeting Farm. Its how I feel lately. I had the flu for two weeks and although its mostly gone sometimes I still have coughing fits. Last night when I was making this card I would color for awhile, cough a lot, color for awhile , cough a lot. You get the picture. I love this image that was a freebie on TGF so I wanted to use her before Easter was over!!! Shes colored in with prismas and OMS. The paper is new and from Michaels ! Isn't it just yummy?!?

P.S. Have you entered the blog candy yet?

Dani's card

2011-04-18T22:31:00.000-07:00

Dani's card for kid challenge
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Card for a kid

2011-04-18T08:45:00.000-07:00

Ahhh what a nice weekend ! Got some work done in the garden to get ready for tours of the butterfly farm . Seems like how much work you do there is always more though.
On Sunday night I actually stamped some and did this card. The challenge over at Simon Says stamps is a card for a kid so I wanted to play along. I love this In Style Stamp image and have used her many times. She is so adorable! I colored her in with my prismas and OMS. I put some liquid applique on her cake and heated it with heat gun. Its hard to see in pic but her frosting is fluffy.

Tonys sparkle sketch

2011-04-17T11:01:00.001-07:00

Tony played along with me for the sparkle sketch! Of course he wanted to do this halloween card when he found out I had cobweb paper
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Sparkle sketch

2011-04-17T10:42:00.001-07:00

This is the catd I did for the sparkle creations sketch! I love this cocktail Emily stamp she is so fun to color.
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Flutterby challenge

2011-04-16T20:29:00.000-07:00

I made this card for the flutterby wednesday challenge . I love this month manning fairy! She's curvy just like me.
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For the Boys

2011-04-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

Today the twins turn 18! Where did the time go? When I met Tony they had just turned 13 . For their birthday Jammie made them an xbox cake! It was amazing!!!! The challenge over at the Greeting Farm was to make a card for a boy. Now I admit boy cards are the hardest for me even though I have more boy birthdays in my family than girls but this was a super challenge. I used the boy from Sweet and Toxic and colored him in with my Prismas and OMS.

Emilys challenge for me!

2011-04-09T22:57:00.000-07:00

Emily threw me a challenge tonight to make a birthday card so this is it!! I made it in neutral colors so I can enter it in the Sparkle Creations challenge too which was make a card in neutral colors with a pop of another color! I love how she turned out.
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I have the sweetest guy!

2011-04-08T10:17:00.000-07:00

There is times in my life when I wonder how I got so lucky to have found such a sweet guy. Most guys would'nt be caught dead with a stamp or marker in hand but yet Tony sits and stamps with me just so he can spend time with me ( because when Im home usually im at my stamp desk) . So Tony put a round table in our bedroom ( we have a huge bedroom) with chairs so we can sit up there and stamp together. Sometimes he just draws digis for him and Anthonys site but other times he will make a card. This is a card he did because im a big Giants fan ( not just since they won the series either but since I was itty bitty). I think its stinkin cute! Hes so sweet to do this just to spend time with me. I think some other men could take notes on this behavior hahah.