Scrapping With Vision

one more card for the weekend...

2010-04-25T18:43:00.004-05:00

I also decided to participate in the Go To Sketch Challenge Week over at Paper Craft Connection. Go here to see what others are creating. Here's the sketch:

My take....

ingredients: cardstock (AC, Bazzill), die cut (Nestabilities), metal images (Making Memories), Cuttlebug embossing folder, ribbon, buttons, black twine, sticker sentiment (EK success), ink (Craft Smart white), zots, brayer

I used my brayer for the first time today. After I embossed the red cs I rolled the brayer in white ink then rolled it over the raised portion of the red cs; I like the effect :D However, I can't decide if I like the 'cheers' sentiment on the card or if I like it better plain...what do you think?

I'm back!

2010-04-25T18:16:00.004-05:00

Wow it's been a long time since I last did a blog post or made a card for that matter. EEK! Well, now that school is winding down I had a chance to make a few cards this weekend. I made several cards from the Get Sketchy Challenge over at Moxie Fab World b/c I absolutely fell in love with it!

The sketch....

My cards....

Card#1

ingredients: cardstock (Bazzill, American Crafts), printed paper (AC Abode), speech bubble punch (Paper Studio), stamp (AC), ink (Craftsmart brown), popup dots

Card#2

ingredients: cardstock (Bazzill, American Crafts), printed paper (AC Abode), speech bubble punch (Paper Studio), stamp (AC), ink (Craftsmart brown), popup dots

Card#3

ingredients: cardstock (Bazzill, American Crafts), printed paper (AC Abode), felt embellishment (AC), speech bubble punch (Paper Studio), die cut (nestabilities), stamp (AC), ink (Craftsmart brown), popup dots

Card#4

ingredients: cardstock (Bazzill, American Crafts), printed paper (AC Dear Lizzy), copics, speech bubble punch (Paper Studio), popup dots

Card#5

ingredients: cardstock (Bazzill, American Crafts), printed paper (AC Abode), letters (AC Thickers), speech bubble punch (Paper Studio), photo corner punch (EK success), die cut (nestabilities), stamp (KI), ink (Craftsmart brown), popup dots

Love is in the Air

2010-01-29T21:09:00.007-06:00

Here are two more Valentine's Day cards that I made featuring Love Me Do by My Mind's Eye. The non-traditional colors are so fun! I also made these cards with the DCRU ribbon challenge #23 in mind.

card #1

ingredients:

pp - Love Me Do (My Minds Eye)
cs - Bazzill
ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Sizzix circle die cuts
AC Thickers

Card #2

ingredients:

pp - Love Me Do (My Minds Eye)
cs - Bazzill
ribbons - Hobby Lobby
Sizzix scalloped oval die cuts
EK Success circle punch
AC Thickers

It's that time again...

2010-01-29T20:52:00.003-06:00

....time for another Embellish color challenge with ribbon. The deets:

My take....

ingredients:

pp - Love Me Do (My Minds Eye), Love Struck (Making Memories)
cs - DCWV
bling - Basic Grey
ribbon - Hobby Lobby

More Valentine's Day Cards

2010-01-29T02:57:00.004-06:00

Card made for Embellish CC with hearts....

ingredients:

pp
cs - bazzill
crocheted flowers -
stickles
Sizzix emboss
ribbon
brad -

Valentine's Day Card #1

ingredients:

pp - AC
cs - AC
bird diecut - AC
ribbon - Hobby Lobby
die cuts - Quikcutz (scallop circle), Sizzix (circle)
EK success circle punch

Valentine's Day Card #2

ingredients:

pp -
cs - Bazzill
saying diecut -
ribbon - hobby lobby

Valentine's Day Card #3

ingredients:

pp - AC
cs - AC & Bazzill
bird diecut - AC
ribbon - hobby lobby
circle punch - Ek success

Embellish Color Challenge with Stripes

2010-01-27T23:18:00.004-06:00

Wow the new year has certainly started off to be a busy one! I was able to make some cards a couple weekends ago but then got a bad stomach bug so I didn't get the chance to post anything. I haven't had the strength to do much more than drive to school, go to school and drive home so I haven't touched my craft supplies in awhile. Today, however, I was able to make a couple more cards (to be posted later) so I thought I would participate again in the Embellish Challenge. I couldn't find any striped paper or ribbon that I liked for the card so I ended up embossing a piece of purple paper (it is much closer to the sample color than my picture depicts) with my ruler and the bone folder (at least I think it's called that...lol).

Here are the deets (click on pic to go to site):

Here's my take....

ingredients:

white 5x7 card - Hobby Lobby
cs - Bazzill
ribbon - Hobby Lobby
buttons - Doodlebug
vinyl letters - AC Thickers (totally in love with these!!!)

PS Hope you enjoy the super cute custom blog Michelle Laycock made especially for me :D

Testing the siggy

2010-01-10T23:40:00.001-06:00

test

Got a sweet tooth? :D

2010-01-06T02:16:00.004-06:00

Need to find a fix for your sweet tooth that won't break your new year's resolution to stop eating sweets....well I've got the solution! All Scrapbook Steals is starting the new year by hosting another fabulous giveaway. The deadline is Jan. 7th. Get the deets here. And check out the sweetness.....

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T14:00:00.001-06:00

Hope everyone has a blessed Christmas!

Cards by Michelle

2009-12-23T21:07:00.004-06:00

Here are 2 cards by my sister Michelle. The first one is for the same Embellish Color Challenge I participated in (see the previous post) and the second is a card for our brother.

Card #1

Card #2

inside says: Merry Christmas & Best Fishing!

Embellish Color Challenge

2009-12-23T18:35:00.006-06:00

I finally had time to participate in an Embellish challenge. Here's the deets:

Here's what I came up with.... Card #1: Let it Snow

ingredients:

pp - paper studio
cs - stash
ribbon - American Crafts Elements
snowflake die cuts - Cuttlebug
stamp - Autumn Leaves
ink - VersaMark
silver glitter pen

And here's Card #2: Merry Christmas

ingredients:

cs - stash
ribbon - Hobby Lobby (HL)
snowflake - HL
stamp - Bo Bunny
ink - VersaMark
clear emboss - Zing
glitter - Doodlebug
border punch - EK success

New stamps!

2009-12-23T18:29:00.003-06:00

I just got my new stamps in from Elzybells and I LOVE them! Here is the card I made with one of the navity sets....

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-23T18:11:00.005-06:00

Wow so school and illnesses took over my life and I haven't posted anything new in quite a while...oops lol. Well now that it's break and I had some time I was finally able to make some cards. Behold the many Christmas cards....

this last one was actually made by my sister...isn't it great?!

I won!

2009-10-11T01:34:00.000-05:00

I'm so stoked! To see what I won go here :D

WCMD: Trick or Treat Extravaganza

2009-10-03T23:32:00.006-05:00

The Halloween kick continues ... LOL.

Card #1

Ingredients:

cs - my stash, DCWV
pp - K&Co (Rob & Bob?)
nestabilities
embellishment - K&Co
sentiment font - Bleeding Cowboys
black ink - VersaCraft

Card #2

Ingredients:

cs - my stash, DCWV
pp - K&Co (Rob & Bob?)
embellishment - K&Co
scalloped sissors
purple ribbon - Michaels

Card #3

Ingredients:

cs - my stash
pp - K&Co (Rob & Bob?)
embellishment - stars (K&Co)
sentiment font - Bleeding Cowboys
ink - BV08 copic

Card #4

Ingredients:

cs - my stash
pp - K&Co (Rob & Bob?)
black ink - VersaCraft
stamp - Studio G
black stickles

Card #5

Ingredients:

cs - my stash
pp - K&Co (Rob & Bob?)
nestabilities
orange & black ribbon - Michaels
stamp - Studio G
black ink - VersaCraft
color - copics

Happy World Card Making Day!!!

2009-10-03T20:07:00.002-05:00

This is my first time celebrating and sadly I was in bed with horrific migraine for the majority of today. But I'm better now and still have 4 more hours in which to make cards on this special day :-) Stay tuned for today's creations....

Twisted Kitty?

2009-10-01T22:16:00.009-05:00

It's a new month over at the TT challenge blog which means a new theme! October's theme is.... Kitty Cats! And now for this week's Twisted Thursday's twist....use twine or raffia. I'll give you a hint if you can't find mine...it's on an object most use to clean with ;-) As you can see with it being October my Halloween kick is really starting to kick in. Some other cards may sneak in here and there but for the most part expect to see black cats, cute bats and slim broomsticks, oh my! Anyways back to the present....here's this week's TT sketch (click on the pic to go to the challenge blog to see what others have come up with)...

My take....Witchy Kitty (Flying By To Say Hi)

Ingredients

cs - DCWV latte stack
pp - American Crafts
digital stamp - Michu Flying on a Broomstick (Softpencil Designs)
3d star embellishment - K&Co
twine - Elmer's
color - copics

I heart punches...

2009-10-01T21:50:00.005-05:00

...the crafting kind that is! :-) I made this card for the Mystery Monday challenge over at Club Anya but I needed a sketch cuz my brain was all fuzzy so I used the sketch for this week's challenge over at The Sweet Stop. I altered Nurse Anya to become a trick-or-treater :-)

Trick or Treat

Ingredients

cs - DCWV latte stack
pp - K&Co
image - Nurse Anya (TGF)
pumpkin - digital stamp (Pink Cat Studio)
felt witch hat - QuicKutz Silhouette
nestabilities
glitter dots
black wire
copics
sketch:

2nd Blog Candy WINNER

2009-10-01T01:57:00.001-05:00

Since there were not many entries I was able to just throw everyone into a 'hat' and pick :-) And now for the winner.....Congrats to Alison!!!

*Alison* said...: I am already a follower.. HEHE. :) but I put your candy on my blog sidebar..
I couldn't live without my paper cutter..
HUGS

www.stretchnbubbles.blogspot.com

Alison leave me a message with your address or send me an email to kristynangela at msn dot com.

My 2nd Blog Candy .... celebrating confusion ;-)

2009-09-30T23:58:00.003-05:00

**This post is pinned. Please scroll down for current ones**

So yesterday (9/09/09) I was being my usual OCD self when I noticed that my blog hit counter was not only over 3K but over 11K!!!! Not quite sure how that happened but I'm going to go with the policy of 'don't knock it' LOL . So in celebration I'm offering a small blog candy giveaway.

What's in the candy? Well, lots of 3d embellishments and paper cutouts of flowers and butterflies and tags.
What do you have to do to win? Spread the word on your blog somehow (either by a post or linking me on your sidebar) and it's NOT necessary for you to become a follower. Then come back here and post a comment to this question: What is the one scrapbook/cardmaking tool or item you cannot live without?
When's the deadline? September 30th at 11PM CST (GMT-6)
Who can enter? Anyone with a blog all over the world :-)

Gradient is Radiant: The Next Moxie Fab World Challenge

2009-09-26T21:05:00.005-05:00

I decided to do one more card for today. For this Moxie Fab World challenge you had to create a project with a color gradient. After looking through all my papers I found a purple patterned paper that fit this challenge perfectly so I decided to use it as my focal point.

My take... A Very Purple Christmas

Ingredients:

cs - dark purple (DCWV), light purple (American Traditional Designs)
pp - squares & glitter stripes (My Minds Eye Cool Spectrums)
stamped sentiment - Hero Arts
color - BV08 copic, glitter pen
ribbon - all 3 purples (Michaels)
half pearls - Basic Grey
paper piercer

Double Double Toil & Trouble (can you guess today's theme?)

2009-09-26T18:08:00.010-05:00

Twisted Thursday #26 with S2G

So it's been quite a while since I last participated in the Twisted Thursday Challenge but I managed to fit one in this weekend. This week in addition to the sketch, the twist was to use the word 'Boo' somewhere on the card. And now for this week's sketch....

Die Cuts R Us Tuesday's Challenge #8

This card also qualifies for the 'create any Halloween project' over at DCRU Tuesday Challenge #8 which will be my first time participating ....so YAY for double the fun ;-)

My take.....Scared Silly Spider

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV Latte Stack
pp - green spiders (K&Co Halloween Whimsy Spider Flocked), striped (BG Eerie)
digi image stamp - Enjoy The Little Things (S2G)
sentiment - Boo (Bleeding Cowboys font)
ink - dobber colored with copic BV08 ... TECHNIQUE ALERT: don't have the right ink color to match your papers??? ink up a dobber or sponge with a marker/copic marker and presto change-0 instant matching ink!
circle nestabilities
glitter pen
purple shimmer ribbon (Michaels)
googly eyes (Michaels)

A New Magazine...SO FUN!!

2009-09-26T01:07:00.005-05:00

So there's a new magazine fixin' to (yes I said that, hey I'm from Texas..lol) come out this winter. It's called Embellish Magazine and I for one can't wait to get my hands on it!!!

What's this new magazine all about? Well read for yourself (taken from their website) ....

Embellish magazine is an interactive online publication that showcases handmade paper crafts using current trends in creative ways. The magazine highlights the designers and shares information and ideas to inspire other designers. Embellish looks for new designers with unique craft ideas and designs. The magazine is eco-friendly, only offering in an online format to save on paper consumption and storage. The online magazine enables interactive functions, such as direct links to designers blogs or galleries and to manufacturers to easily find supplies used in every project. Video instructions are also included in the magazine to showcase projects from beginning to end. From a traditional magazine perspective, Embellish includes two columns that cover color and paper crafting trends by two top designers.

They also have a blog that offers biweekly challenges. There's one going on right now and you can see what the requirements are here for their October 1st deadline.

Right now there's also a challenge call out for the first magazine issue and I decided to participate :-)

The details....

My take....Definition of a Friend

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - red (BG), teal (DCWV Recycled Stack)
image - Friend (Rubber Stampede)
ink - Chocolate Brown (Craft Smart)
ribbons - red (Craft Essentials), brown (American Craft Elements)
twine/cord - Elmer's Braid

I feel like Christmas :-)

2009-09-26T00:55:00.004-05:00

Here is a card I made for the Winter Issue call for Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine. I also entered the 2 Christmas cards in the previous post :-)

Vintage Merry Christmas

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - Basic Grey (BG) Wassail
ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
stamp - Hero Arts
embossing powder - Zing Clear
ribbon
half pearls - BG

One Sketch Two Cards

2009-09-25T20:15:00.007-05:00

Inspired by the sketch Cindy Haffner made for the current Farm Fresh Friday Challenge over at The Greeting Farm I made two Christmas cards :-) Card 1 is for FFF and Card 2 is for the Fancy Friday Challenge over at the Fancy Pants Blog.

Card 1: Peace on Earth

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - Pebbles Inc Legacy
distressed ink - Tim Holtz Weathered Wood
image stamp - Shepherd Boy (TGF)
sentiment stamp - Wisemen Seek Him (Treehouse Stamps)
ribbon - Making Memories Black Tie
half pearls - Basic Grey
embossing powder - Zing Clear
sketch - FFF sketch by Cindy Haffner

Card 2: Come Let Us Adore Him

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - Fancy Pants Happy Holidays
distressed ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
image & sentiment stamps - Wisemen Seek Him (Treehouse Stamps)
ribbon - my stash
color - copics
emboss powder - Zing Clear
sketch - FFF sketch by Cindy Haffner

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cut a 6.75" by 10" piece of cardstock, fold in half so card now measures 5" by 6.75"
Cut out the 2 upper patterned pieces to 2.25" by 3.25"
Cut out the bottom layer to 2.25" by 6.50"
Adhere the pieces to the card front
Cut 6.75" of ribbon and adhere to the card front
Cut the image cardstock to 3" by 3", stamp image and/or sentiment onto cs, & ink the edges
Adhere stamped cs to card front
Add embellishment

Sweet Tooth Addons

2009-09-25T16:37:00.004-05:00

Check out my SIDEBAR Candy Jar for the newest addons :-)

Jenn's celebrating finding out the gender of her precious little one.
Heather's celebrating her blogaversary and having over 35k hits :-)
Steph's celebrating her 7th Wedding Anniversary!!! (her & the hubby are too cute)
Doodle Palace is giving away Christmas themed goodies to one lucky person.

TGF News

2009-09-23T19:47:00.004-05:00

Have you been over to The Greeting Farm blog recently? Well if you haven't there some fun things in store. Stop over to check out the new cute animal digi previews that are coming out soon...I promise they are super cute! My fave is the one with sharing the candy cane :-)

Also if you stopped by today's post you might have seen a familiar card. Yup that's right my card was picked out the gallery by Marie as part of her cute card lineup. Go check out my card and the other cuties here ....

Okay that's it for now. I must get back to studying for my glaucoma exam tomorrow. Hopefully my fever will break and I will still have my lungs by then *stupid cough* :(

September is National Women's Friendship Month

2009-09-20T20:43:00.007-05:00

Celebrate friendship all month long during September! So send a card to all your friends or go here to send an e-card: 123greetings.com, Blue Mountain, and egreetings.com.

Click here for Facts on NWFM :-)

History of National Women's Friendship Month

National Women's Friendship Month first began as National Women's Friendship Day in 1999 (celebrated the third Sunday in September each year). Created by Kappa Delta Sorority for all women, the day offered a chance for women to celebrate their special bonds with female friends.

As a national sorority with a membership of over 200,000 women, the leaders of Kappa Delta were well aware of the importance of women friends. They also recognized that friendship was not exclusive to the sorority.

"All women find strength, comfort and inspiration from their girlfriends," said Melanie Schild, Executive Director of Kappa Delta and the brains behind the creation of the celebration. "In a time of increasing demands, we want to encourage women to take the time to nurture and celebrate these important relationships."

Following the 10th anniversary of National Women's Friendship Day in 2008, it became apparent that one day just wasn't enough, so the celebration was expanded to the entire month of September beginning in 2009.

For more information, contact:
National Women's Friendship Month
c/o Kappa Delta Sorority
3205 Players Lane
Memphis, TN 38125
friendship@KappaDelta.org
901-748-1897 or 1-800-536-1897

A Government Proclamation from Texas Governor Rick Perry:

Other government proclamations

What are the chances?

2009-09-20T19:31:00.006-05:00

That two of the challenges I frequently participate in would have the same exact challenge? LOL, guess it works out for me then ;-) The two challenges I'm referring to are the Basic Grey 2week Challenge and Farm Fresh Fridays over at TGF who's challenges are both to use an embossing technique.

So my grandpa's bday was on Saturday and being so busy with school and getting sick last week I didn't have time to make a card. I bought these papers a while ago and they ended up going perfectly with Fishing Ian from the Rock the Farm set. To make everything pull together inside the card says 'Fishing You Happy Birthday', cute huh? :-)

So where's the embossing you ask? Well, I used my nestabilites to emboss a circle edge around the image and I heat embossed the clear Zing embossing powder that I dusted Ian with. Because there was so much going on with the patterned papers I felt that doing a lot of dry embossing on a background paper would overwhelm the card. Anyways hope y'all (and my gpa) like it.

Fishing You Happy Birthday

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - Moxxie's A Fish Tale (get it in gear & the big catch), Reminisce's It's All Relative (grandpa)
stamp - Rock the Farm (TGF)
die cuts/embossing - QuicKutz Nesting Flowers, Nestabilities standard large circles
ink - Tim Holtz distressed ink vintage photo
color - Copics (G94, BG96)
heat embossing powder - Zing Clear
buttons - Basic Grey
Elmer's braiding cord
popup dots

Customizing Your Blog....

2009-09-11T23:29:00.004-05:00

There are several sites out there that can help turn your blog into a work of art. Here are some of the most helpful links and tidbits I've found:

Hide Your NavBar - Easy Custom Blogs
Viewing the website full screen - Press F11 for full view; press it F11 again to return to normal
Making Your Own Navigation Tabs: STEP 1 & STEP 2 - Easy Custom Blogs
Making Your Own Background - Easy Custom Blogs' way & The Cutest Blog on the Block's (TCBOTB) way
How to Add Images Next to Your Sidebar & Post Titles - TCBOTB

While your at those 2 sites look around you never know what you might find :-)

We Will Never Forget...

2009-09-11T22:02:00.004-05:00

I remember the morning like it was yesterday. It was my freshman year at Texas A&M and I was woken up by a huge charlie horse in my calf when my alarm to get up went off. However, instead of my alarm clock going off to the country radio station I realized I was listening to some urgent message. At first I didn't quite understand what was happening but then what the radio announcer was saying broke through my early morning foggy brain and I was stunned. I turned on the television, it didn't matter what channel b/c it was on them all, just in time to see the second plane hit the towers. I remember yelling at my roommate Natalie to get up and her telling me to shut up. When I finally got through to her she joined me in my state of disbelief. I didn't go to class that day but instead was glued to the horror unfolding on the screen. My uncle was a NY firefighter at the time and when those 2 towers came down I couldn't help but think of all the people they took with them; not only the workers and building visitors that day and the passengers on the planes but also the brave men and women in uniforms and out who's lives were extinguished in a single moment. So today like all the anniversaries that came before and all that will come after I will remember. I will remember all those affected by this unspeakable tragedy; the ones who lost their lives, the ones who's lives were destroyed in the aftermath, the ones who's families will never again be the same. I will remember. Freedom is NOT free and I will always stand behind those who fight for our country's.

Design My Sprout @ TGF

2009-09-10T21:49:00.006-05:00

Over at The Greeting Farm Marie is giving the fans a chance to design the next Sprout! So I decided to try my hand at drawing (eek). My 3 sprouts are Bobbie Jo (the Cutie Bowler), Bettie Sue (the 50s Sweetheart), and Sandy (the Skating Princess).

First I started off with the gray bodies Marie provided...

Then I sketched my ideas....notice the roughness :-P

Now finally here's the final product (I traced the images from my sketches). Meet my Wild Sprouts crew.... Bobbie Jo, Bettie Sue and Sandy!

Go HERE to see what the other fans are creating...

Finally Finished

2009-09-10T20:18:00.006-05:00

So I finally finished my altered canvas piece. It's made from a variety of baby themed patterned papers from various designers.

Free For YOU :-)

2009-09-10T14:54:00.002-05:00

Over at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Thursday is not only the day of new digi releases, but starting today they are now giving away a FREE digi every Thursday! Today's free digi is Cleo the Clownfish and she's super cute (for a fish that is ... lol). You need to get it fast, though, because come Friday, it will be gone! Be sure to spread the word! And while you're there check out their other digis including the 2 new sets!

What's Cookin?

2009-09-05T21:06:00.004-05:00

Pizzelles

Well, in my kitchen that would be the very yummy Italian desert cookie PIZZELLES. My 'Auntie' Kay made these every time we would go visit our relatives up in NY and we would literally shove them down they're that good (but then it could just be that I'm Italian...well 1/2 Italian so that counts). So about a year ago when shopping at Tuesday Mornings (LOVE that store), I found a pizzelle maker and just had to have it but as I was fundless I ended up getting it as my 25th bday pressie from my mom. They take awhile to make and make the kitchen hotter than.... well you know where.... but they are sooooo very worth it. Plus now I don't have to wait to go to NY and visit Auntie Kay ;-)

My pizzelle maker

Here's the receipe I modify from:

Traditional Italian Pizzelles

3 eggs, room temperature 1 tsp. vanilla (optional)
3/4 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. anise (optional)
1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1 3/4 cups flour
melted and cooled 2 tsp. baking powder

In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and sugar. Add the cooled butter or margarine, vanilla and anise. Sift the flour and baking powder together and add to the egg mixture. The batter should be stiff enough to be dropped by spoon. The batter can also be refrigerated to be used later.

It's a Party!

2009-09-03T18:39:00.001-05:00

Etsy Inspired is celebrating turning ONE! Come join in the celebration :-)

New look

2009-09-02T22:51:00.003-05:00

So while bored in dispensary early this morning I decided to play around with a new background. I made this with the free digital scrapbooking kit from Digi-Mac Designs. It's called 'I Bit A Pillow' and you guessed it...was inspired by Twilight (one of my favorite book series). So what do you think? I'm not totally convinced that I'm in love with my design. I'll give it a few days to let it grow on me. :-D

And the Winner is......

2009-09-02T08:33:00.004-05:00

#40 LINANNA DESIGNS said...

What gorgeous blog candy hunny. congratulations on your hits, although im not surprised as im loving your blog. I have linked your candy to my sidebar. Hugs Linda x

CONGRATS!!!! Please contact me with your address so I can ship you your goodies :-)

My own Sweet Tooth Add-on

2009-09-02T07:00:00.001-05:00

*** Blog Candy now closed... Stay Tuned for the Winner***

Okay so I've decided it's time to offer a blog candy; this is my first one so I'm super excited. What am I celebrating you ask? Having hit 1000 on my blog counter (I wonder how many are from me? lol) and the start of a new school year. What do you need to do to be entered to win? Well just spread the word and leave me a comment :-) (It's also not necessary to become a follower unless you really want to). The deadline is September 1st at 10pm CST and the winner will be announced on September 2nd. What's inside.....have a looksee:

What's in the sweet candy giveaway?

1 K&Co paper pack - Daydreams
1 Create & Treasure Blank Board Book - Tag 5"x3"
3 groups of tiles (4 in each) - summer, fall and winter
ShortCuts Clear Cards - 5 small
1 ink pad - Archival Brilliance Graphite Black
5 Studio G Mini stamp sets - mother's day, father's day, summer, spring, etc
3 baby ribbons 3yd each - blue, green, pink
Imaginesce Flowers - Pockets full of Posie
Pearl Beads
1 Queen Kat Designs Stamp - Asian Doll
Blue fabric covered brads
2 three dimensional embellishment packs - beach & travel

***Update: 8/12/09....Sold my very first card so I'm adding a mystery goodie to celebrate :-)

***Update: 8/20/09.....First custom order and some additional etsy sales so I'm going to throw in some flower stencils :-)

***Update: 8/21/09....Now have over 50 comments so I've added the Spooktacular stamp set from The Greeting Farm :)

***Update: 8/24/09...Now have well over 2000 hits on my blog. So I'm throwing in a baby rubber stamping set. Thanks y'all for spreading the word :-) Hopefully some of y'all like what you see and will stop by again in the future.

***Update: 8/27/09...Reached another 50 comments so I'm adding Birthday Anya from The Greeting Farm to the mix (this stamp is currently SOLD OUT) :-)

***Update: 8/31/09...Reached another 50 comments so I'm throwing in a surprise stamp set :-)

PS I will ship worldwide so everyone is welcome to enter even those without a blog. And for every 50 comments, I'll add another goodie :-)

More Midnight Madness

2009-08-31T00:00:00.004-05:00

I used this week's sketch to make my grandmother's birthday card and I'm planning on submitting it to the DT call at Club Anya b/c I figured why not? :D Anyways, hope GMa likes it :-)

Vintage Flare Birthday

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - My Mind's Eye
ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
dry emboss - Zing Clear
image - Hello Ian (TGF)
brown fun flock
Martha Stewart markers
bling - Basic Grey
2 ribbons - my stash
Sketch: MMSC16 (click to go to the blog)

Goodies I've Received....

2009-08-30T01:03:00.005-05:00

For winning the Grand Prize during the Week of Challenges over at Club Anya .....

The WHOLE August Release!!!

For being the random number drawn from Stephanie's blog ......

LOTS 0f Pink & Brown Ribbon and Flowers!

It's official ....

2009-08-24T23:36:00.003-05:00

.... I have the flu :-( so I won't be doing any crafting for the next couple of days. It's stinky too b/c today was the first day of fall semester classes....it's just starting and already I'm going to be at least 2 days behind (grrrr). However, on a up note I received my 'Grand Prize' package from the Greeting Farm and my assortment of crocheted flowers from SweetPeaToad (and they are just too cute!). I'll post pics tomorrow of my goodies cuz now I'm headed back to sleep (which is all it seems I'm able to do lately).

Getting ready for Halloween

2009-08-23T14:49:00.002-05:00

So I've been sick all weekend and didn't have much time nor the energy to make cards. I tried finishing up my custom bday invite order but ran out of materials (boo). Then I realized today was Sunday and I still hadn't done a card for the Midnight Madness Sketch challenge so I quickly scraped something together. With my brain in a cloud of fuzziness I miscalculated the image size so it actually covers up most of my card including the 3 separate rectangles that you can see in the sketch. Tomorrow I'll see if I can remedy this but here's what I have for now....

Best Witches

Ingredients

pp - Imaginisce Halloween
cs - DCWV
image - Dustin Pike
string - Elmer's
spider buttons - random
eyelets - K&Co
sketch - MMSC15

(the updated card)

Working with PSE7

2009-08-21T21:48:00.003-05:00

So I've been playing around with my scrapbooking papers and my photoshop elements 7 program. I love creating things with this! Here's a Halloween birthday digital invitation I came up with....

Ingredients:

pp - My Minds Eye Boo You
PSE7
font - SBC Whimsy Joggle

Sweet Deals Abound

2009-08-19T21:28:00.003-05:00

I have some sweet news to spread....

Julie at ABC Toys and Crafts is offering some awesome blog candy just cuz :-) Click on the image to take you to the details for how to enter.

Clear Dollar Stamps is celebrating a new website with sweet deals throughout...go check it out :-)

I can't believe it!!!

2009-08-17T09:04:00.005-05:00

I won the GRAND PRIZE over at Club Anya for participating in the week of challenges. How stinkin' cool is that?! See look....

What is the grand prize you ask? Well, it's the entire set of The Greeting Farm's August new releases. *jumping for joy*

BTW isn't the new shop purty??? I think so :-) Anyways, hop on over to Club Anya to view the super awesome entries that won for each day and then hop on over to the gallery to see why it was so hard to choose winners ;-)

Crafting Craziness!

2009-08-16T23:32:00.005-05:00

So today I started on some custom work for the private requests I've received on etsy.com....one request is for a one year bday invite and the other is a mini-note card set. When I finish these I'll definitely post them :-)

Now on to the card I made for the Basic Grey Challenge and Thursday's Smile & Shine challenge over at A Week of Challenges at TGF. BGC was to follow a sketch and TGF's challenge was to use lots and lots of bling ;-) Here's what came out of the crafting machine (lol me..hehee):

Purple Birthday Wishes

Ingredients:

pp - BG Eva
cs - DCWV
stamp - Princess Anya (TGF)
half pearls - Lavender (BG)
purple gems - misc
flower die cuts - Sizzix
flower w/gem - Petaloo Flora Doodle
ribbon - my stash
brad - my stash
ink - VersaCraft
sketch - BG Challenge Blog

Midnight Madness Take 2

2009-08-12T22:20:00.000-05:00

So remember when I tried to make a house front for the Midnight Madness Sketch this week....well I revisited the sketch and with the addition of the color scheme coming from the week of challenges over at The Greeting Farm & Club Anya I was able to produce something I deemed MMSC worthy ;-) When I ran out of permanent glue dots I had to improvise but yesterday I stopped by my favorite scrapbooking store to pick up my refill and all they had was the refill for the repositionable glue dots. While it's nice that if you misplace your piece that you're working on you don't harm your card in any way, the silly little things don't adhere well in the long run. In other words before I sell or give away this card I'm going to have to go back and re-glue down everything (boo). Anyways I give you my creation for the MMSC14 and the Wednesday Brown & Blue challenge......

Brown Blue Bride

Ingredients:

pp - My Mind's Eye, DCWV
cs - DCWV
border punch - EK Success
pearl dots - Basic Grey
ribbon - Michaels
flower - Making Memories
gem brad - Making Memories
color - watercolor pencils
dry emboss - Zing White
piercer
oval nestabilities - Spellbinders
sketch - MMSC14

I'm so excited! I'm so excited!

2009-08-12T09:51:00.002-05:00

I'm so....so... scared. LOL do you remember Jessie saying that on Saved by the Bell? The quote just popped into my head after I sold my first card today!!!! Why that quote...who knows but maybe it had something to do with the fact that the card I sold was my Spooktacular Halloween card (get it, I'm excited but the card is scary? LOL). Anyways just thought I would update y'all on my good news and in celebration I will add an extra goodie to my blog candy :-)

ummm...yeah

2009-08-12T01:08:00.004-05:00

So when I saw the new Midnight Madness Sketch for this week I immediately thought of a window and flower box....well what I envisioned and what I actually produced are TWO extremely different things (LOL). I don't think this is quite up to MMSC caliber so I'm probably going to redo the sketch with another card but I thought I would at least share the card I did make....

Welcome Home

Ingredients:

cs & pp - DCWV Indian Fall
stamp - Rain Snow or Shine Miss Anyas (TGF)
nestabilities - fancy square & scalloped oval
ribbon - Pebbles & Co
clear window - SheetLoad ShortCuts
candy dots (colored with copics to match pp)
color - copics
sketch: MMSC14

Another Sweet Tooth Add-on

2009-08-11T23:31:00.003-05:00

Gayle is celebrating her successful blog and her followers with an awesome blog candy full of CHA goodies! Stop by here blog before August 21st to enter.

A Week of Challenges at Club Anya

2009-08-11T18:21:00.008-05:00

So there's no TGF new release for the 15th of the month (*tear*) but there is a fun week of challenges to participate in :-) Monday's challenge was to make a card with a 'back to school' theme. I don't really have anyone I know going back to school so I made it into a thank you card. Here's what I came up with.....

Apple Thanks

Ingredients:

cs & pp - DCWV
stamp - Teacher Anya (TGF)
ribbon - Making Memories
black ink - VersaCraft
clear card - ShortCuts

Today's challenge (Tuesday) is to make a card with a 'crazy hair day' theme. As Halloween is just around the corner I decided to take inspiration from the new Spooktacular stamp set and my new papers from My Mind's Eye. I altered Nurse Anya and gave her a spider-inspired dress. Here's the final project.....

Spooktacular

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - My Mind's Eye (Spooked)
stamp - Nurse Anya
circle nestabilities
ink - VersaCraft
dry emboss - Zing Black
ribbon - Michaels

Farm Fresh Friday....

2009-08-10T21:04:00.005-05:00

It's that time again....time for another sketch at Farm Fresh Friday. I wanted to make a Christmas card b/c really you can never have too many :-) I used my new crochet ribbon as well as my new i silk ribbon that I just received from i {heart} paper. This card provided a little extra difficulty as I ran out of roller dot glue and had to use liquid glue & glue stick....um yeah not so fun :-P

Watching Over You

Ingredients:

cs/pp - DCWV Luxary Stack
cs - DCWV
stamp - Sheppard Boy (TGF)
ink - VersaCraft
ribbon - i {heart} paper
popup dots
sketch from FFF:

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #29

2009-08-06T21:31:00.004-05:00

So this was my first time working with a long card and I must say it was interesting. I really loved the sketch for this week and almost right away know what I wanted to do for my card....that all changed when my order of Verve stamps came in today. I decided to put my new butterflies to work ;-) Here's my take....

Thinking of You

Ingredients:

card blank - K&Co
pp - DCWV Whimsy
cs - DCWV
button - Basic Grey
butterfly stamp - Verve Fluttering By
sentiment stamp - Heidi Grace
black ink - VersaCraft
circle punch - EK success
popup dots
sketch - Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

This just in....

2009-08-06T19:48:00.006-05:00

...my newest stamps from The Greeting Farm!!!! I almost have the entire collection :-P

So today when I went to make a card for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge and decided on birthday paper there was really only one image to go with....so I whipped out my new Birthday Anya stamp! I totally love her; she's just that cute :-) Here's what I finally produced....

Anya Birthday

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp & tag - Me & My Big Ideas (Celebrate)
stamp - TGF Birthday Anya
ink -VersaCraft
gems - Michaels
punches - EK success (circle & square), Spellbinders Nestabilities
color - copics & watercolor pencils with some glitter pen thrown in
popup dots & dot roller glue
sketch - Midnight Madness

The Butterfly Project

2009-08-06T02:04:00.004-05:00

Got butterfly die cuts, stencils, punches or are just good with a pair of sissors??? Then you could help contribute to a worthy project of remembrance.

The Butterfly Project

1,500,000 innocent children perished in the Holocaust. In an effort to remember them, Holocaust Museum Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2012, for all to remember.

Instructions:

1. Create as many handmade arts-and-crafts butterflies as possible. This project may be completed by all ages as individuals or groups.

Butterflies should be no larger than 8 inches by 10 inches.
Butterflies may be of any medium the artist chooses, but two-dimensional submissions are preferred.
Glitter should not be used.
Food products (cereal, macaroni, candy, marshmallows or other perishables) also should not be used.

2. If possible, e-mail a photograph of your butterflies, to butterflyproject@hmh.org.
3. Please send or bring your butterflies to the Museum by June 30, 2011, with the following information included:

Your name,
Your organization or school,
Your address,
Your e-mail address, and
The total number of butterflies sent.

4. Mail or bring your butterflies to:

Holocaust Museum Houston
Butterfly Project
Education Department
5401 Caroline St.
Houston, TX 77004
USA

I just found out about this today so I'll get started on making my butterflies, how about you?

Sweet Tooth Add-ons

2009-08-05T23:21:00.005-05:00

The following crafty bloggers are celebrating with blog candy

Maria is celebrating summer
Rowena is celebrating making the DT for Sugarnellie
Rach is just celebrating :-)
Darlene is celebrating over 30k hits and her 1 year blogaversary!!
Don't forget my blog candy (see top post on sidebar for details)

See my sidebar candy jar for details and links.

Tweet little birdies....

2009-08-05T00:15:00.007-05:00

So I had some time tonight to make one card before I had to go to bed. I wanted to do some of the challenges I usually participate in but hadn't got the chance to recently. Tonight's card is actually for two challenges. The sketch comes from CPS127 and the colors come from The Corrosive Challenge #23.

Here's the sketch:

Here are the colors:

My take which as you can see is close to the color combo but not quite on the money though it was the best I could do with my supplies:

Ingredients:

cs & pp - DCWV Summer Stack
stamp - Imaginisce
ink - Versamark/craft (something like that)
nail file (to give worn look)
paper piercer
popup dots

ABC Toys & Crafts giveaway!!!

2009-08-04T03:29:00.002-05:00

$25.00 Giveaway at ABC Toys & Crafts

ATTENTION:"A Set a Day Giveaway"

Featuring the NEW sets from "MY CUTE STAMPS"

Starts August 3rd and ends August 7th.

Go and comment daily on the ABC Design Blog post and you could win the stamp set featured that day. Just go to ABC Design Blog for all the details.

Also, the store owner, Julie, has a $25 Shopping Spree to the STORE to give away this week. So check out the Store Blog and see how to win.

FFF Sketch III

2009-08-03T20:45:00.004-05:00

Time for another Farm Fresh Friday Sketch!!! I really liked this one as it had so many possibilities. I haven't used a ShortCuts Frosted card in awhile so I decided to break one out and use it for my card base. With so many friends getting hitched I thought I might increase my wedding card stash. To go with my wedding themed papers I decided to alter my Anya/Ian couple from the Cake Topper set. I made Anya a blushing bride and made the set up look like it was a wedding portrait photo with her smelling her bouquet. To make the flower embellishments I used 3 different flower punches and heat embossed my white brads to make them silver. I think I really like how this turned out....what about you?

I do

Ingredients:

pp -
cs - DCWV Metallics
card base - medium frosted card blank (ShortCuts)
sentiment tag - Making Memories
stamps - Cake Topper (TGF), Bella Topiary (Stamping Bella)
punches - Nesties, EK Success, other
brads - K&Co
embossing powder - Zing Silver
emboss folder - Swiss Dots (Cuddlebug)
pop up dots
adhesive gems - Michaels
sketch:

My DT entry....

2009-08-03T17:03:00.004-05:00

...for the Anyone for Anyas? Challenge blog. I honestly think 90% of the cards I make have some TGF stamp on them--I'm totally addicted! So when I first saw the sketch immediately I knew what I was going to do...well at least how I was going to alter it. Then today I decided to stop by my fav scrapbooking store to grab me some QuickKutz dies while they were 1/2 off. While I was eyeing things I really didn't need I came across an adorable pp from American Crafts with puzzle pieces on it and I just knew that was what my card's pp would be. I also got a nice surprise when I went to check out...apparently I had finally spent enough money to get a $10 customer appreciation coupon...WOOOHHOOOO! On that high I went straight home to make the card. I whipped out my Sizzix puzzle die cut, altered Teacher Anya and put it all together. I also tried a new technique....paper piercing....though I'm not sure I did it quite right (oh well you have to learn somewhere, right?). So without further ado, here's my submission to the DT call....

Love U To Pieces

Ingredients:

pp - American Crafts (Kids)
cs - DCWV
ribbon - Michaels
stamp - Teacher Anya (TGF)
colors - watercolor pencils & copics
tag - Me&my big ideas
brad - K&Co
die cut - Sizzix Puzzle
ink - craft smart (brick red & black)

Anyone for Anya???

2009-08-03T16:28:00.005-05:00

ME, me, me, me! Hee hee. Can you tell I LOVE Anya and all her friends over at The Greeting Farm?? I just found TGF stamps around May of this year and boy am I hooked. The stamps are just too darn cute :-)

Okay on to the important part: Anyone for Anya is a new challenge blog that has Anya and The Greeting Farm featured 24/7 seven days a week...LOL okay maybe not but at least there will be a new challenge every Sunday. So if you need your Anya fix stop on by to try out for the new DT by August 8th and then for the very 1st challenge on August 25th. I can't wait for this challenge blog to get rollin'!

For more details: Anyone for Anya?

Sweet Tooth Add-ons

2009-08-03T13:30:00.002-05:00

There are some yummy additions to my sweet tooth candy jar located on the sidebar. The deadlines for entering are coming up soon so stop by and send them some love.

PS I will be posting about my very own blog candy soon in celebration of 1000k hits and the beginning of the fall semester of my 3rd year in optometry school....keep your peepers open for details.

Happy Anniversary to The Greeting Farm!!!

2009-08-01T20:39:00.005-05:00

TGF is celebrating its 1 year anniversary! So exciting! I am simple in LOVE with all of their stamps. Maybe by next year I'll have them all (I can do some wishful thinking LOL). Stop by the two official blogs to get started on the ANYAversary Blog Hop which is full of great blogs from fellow lovers of TGF and to grab your FREE digital image of Birthday Boy Ian (available for a limited time).

Club Anya
Splendid Stamping with The Greeting Farm

Couture Celebration

2009-07-30T00:01:00.004-05:00

So I wanted to participate in the Club Anya Summer Club Couture contest. I altered Ian and Anya to make a chic Anya...I'm not sure I got it quite right :-P I also decided to make it a birthday card which I will give to my sister in place of the original card I made her. Also, as it so happens Crystal over at Crystal's Crafty Creations is celebrating 10k hits on her blog (see my sidebar for details) and as a blog entry twist she wanted us to make a 'celebration' card of some kind. Well, I think this will fit the bill, don't you?

Celebrate Couture

Ingredients

paper & cs - DCWV
punches - EK success, Spellbinders nesties
ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
sentiment - Sizzix Clear Stamps
stamp - Hello Ian & Fairy Anya from TGF
wire - Hobby Lobby
color - watercolor pencils

Farm Fresh Friday Challenge

2009-07-27T01:54:00.004-05:00

So this is another entry into the FFF Challenge over at The Greeting Farm. I can't tell you how much I love these stamps!!! They are just so darn cute! The challenge this week was to create a card with flowers and at least one butterfly. Here's my take:

Thanks...You're such a dear

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - DCWV Garden Party
embossing powder - Zing Clear & Silver
stamps - Dear (forest friends by TGF), butterfly & thanks (my stash)
ribbon - Michaels
tag - my stash

Sweet Tooth Add-on

2009-07-25T22:05:00.002-05:00

Lilsweetpea is celebrating her 40th. Stop by her blog and wish her well :-) Drawing on Aug 21st.

Crystal is celebrating her popular blog with 10k hits with some candy and a blog candy challenge. Enter by July 31st for your chance to win.

See my sidebar for details.

long time no blogging :-P

2009-07-25T21:57:00.004-05:00

So I've been MIA for over a month...yikes! I didn't realize I had been gone that long. I've now made it a personal goal to post at least once a week about my crafting and optometric exploits.

Some exciting news....I just opened up my store on Etsy.com to sell my creations that I don't end up giving to friends and/or family. Now maybe I can offset some of this crafting debt...LOL. Just check out my sidebar for some examples of what's for sale.

Sweet Tooth Add-ons

2009-06-21T02:17:00.004-05:00

There is some more celebrating in the blogger world....

Martine is celebrating her new title.
Enfys is celebrating fun, friends, inspiration and her popular blog.

For more details see my Sweet Tooth sidebar :-)

It's a Two-fer

2009-06-21T01:39:00.003-05:00

I combined 2 challenges to come up with a baby boy card for my friend's new nephew...it ended up that way b/c I couldn't come up with a good sketch (maybe the ice cream I had right before gave me creative brain freeze...lol). The sketch was taken from the Sketch & Stash challenge and for my new item I used my stitched bunny stamp by Sandylion that I just got from Michaels. The other challenge was at Card-A-Licious and the instructions were to make a baby card with ribbon & stitching. Well, I can't do anything but faux stitching right now so I hope my faux stitched image border and my stitched bunny stamp will count ;-) When I was making the card I had all my elements picked out but ran into a problem when it came time to find a matching ribbon. As luck would have it I had white satin ribbon and a Copic marker that matched my color palette. I colored the ribbon, dryed it with my heat gun and *presto* I had matching ribbon. I tell you, those Copic markers are GREAT!

Baby Bunny

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - DCWV Nanna's Nursery
stamp - Sandylion (from Michaels) **new**
ink - VersaCraft Black
color - Copics
ribbon - Michaels
buttons - Doodlebug Designs
sketch -

TGF 3 Stamp Challenge

2009-06-21T00:44:00.005-05:00

I'm so excited that I actually got to make some cards this weekend. :-) I was sick earlier in the week and then went back to work and my classes down in Houston so I haven't had much energy lately to do any stamping or cardmaking. Saturday I started on 3 of the challenges I wanted to participate in this week. This post is about the newly named 'Farm Fresh Friday' challenge over at The Greeting Farm...the current challenge for the week is to use 3 TGF stamps. As it's the month for June brides, I decided to make a wedding card. After taking some time to figure out what pp I would use I finally ended up with this:

Old Fashioned Wedding

Ingredients:

stamps - TGF Cake Topper
cs - DCWV
pp - K & Company
ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
embossing powder - Zing Clear
circle punch - EK Success

I guess I just got into the whole wedding thing b/c I made an additional one with the same Cake Topper stamp :-)

Simple Wedding

Ingredients:

stamp - TGF Cake Topper
cs - DCWV
pp - Me & My Big Ideas
ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
embossing powder - Zing Clear
dew drops - Robin's Nest
paper flower sticker - Marcella

New Sweet Tooth Additions

2009-06-20T03:21:00.006-05:00

Some crafty bloggers are giving away some SWEET blog candy:

Michelle O(a fellow Texan) is celebrating over 75k hits on her blog with a prize on June 24th.
Michelle (a Next Level Challenge Lover like me) is celebrating summer with a give-away on June 30th.

For details on both of these great candies check out my Sweet Tooth sidebar :-) **Just click on the blog candy pics to take you to their blogs**

TGF Challenge - No Layers

2009-06-14T13:23:00.002-05:00

Gosh I love my layers! I didn't think I would be able to do this challenge without even 1 paper layering but I DID IT! :-) I used VersaMark watermark ink then added Zing embossing powder (clear & silver) to make a patterned background of Anyas. The ribbon was something I had laying around and the 'sweet' chipboard embellishment is from DCWV.

Sweet Anyas

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV latte
embellishment - DCWV
embossing powder - Zing (clear & silver)
watermark ink - VersaMark
ribbon - my stash
stamps - Princess Anya, Fairy Anya, & Mermaid Anya from The Greeting Farm

I also made this one just for fun:

Green Thanks

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
emboss - Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 1
embossing powder - Zing Black
color - Kimberly Watercolor pencils
watermark ink - VersaMark
stamp - Heidi Swapp (thanks), Autumn Leaves (corners), Teacher Anya (TGF)

Busy Busy Bee

2009-06-10T00:19:00.002-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted for quite a while...I've been busy at work (I work in an ophthalmologists' practice) and with my classes at night so I haven't had much energy to do much scrapping :-( But the good news is I have Thursday and Friday off so I'll get to have my fix then :-D

RIP Laptop Update

2009-06-01T02:20:00.004-05:00

So it turns out my entire laptop isn't dead just my 2nd replacement AC/DC adapter is. In hopes that maybe one of the 1st two adapters might on the off-chance work I went searching for them. Thank goodness I found them b/c the 1st replacement adapter actually WORKS again. Go figure?! Guess getting a year's vacation helped it revive itself...LOL

As for my posts on my Sunday card creations look for them later today as it's too late now to post them. I'll get them up right after I get home from work...promise :-)

SOA Cards....

Clear Card Challenge

Flower Friends - Button Challenge

Grad - Sweet n Sassy Sketch Challenge
*altered Ian Grad digital stamp

Cupcake Bday - Two by Two & Sketch Challenge

Butterfly Bday - Any Winged Thing Challenge

Pink Congrats - All in One Challenge

Get Well - Sketch Challenge

Oh NOES!

2009-05-31T23:05:00.002-05:00

My laptop DIED!!! :-( *tear*

It has all my pictures of my cards that I worked on today as well as all my photo editing software and all my school stuff....boo

Today's challenge....

2009-05-31T07:36:00.003-05:00

I've set the goal that I want to complete all the card challenges for SOA today (well they have to be finished today anyways..lol) but also all the challenge blogs I participate in (or at least try too). So, today's going to be a CARD MAKING FRENZY!!! Woohoo!!! Since I'm up so early on Sunday I can get stuff done way before EARLY church (wow I never am able to do that!) and then will have the rest of the day to work. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day. :-)

More SOA fun :-)

2009-05-27T02:49:00.003-05:00

The challenge I participated in this time was the Flip Flop Spin challenge. We were to pick a LO to case from the Flip Flop Gallery. I chose to do my LO spin on Kirstie's Mermaid LO which was just beautiful. I used a new digi kit that I picked up for FREE at Summertime Designs; it's called Easy Breezy.

Kirstie's Mermaid

My Spin: Friends

More SOA Action...

2009-05-26T23:28:00.007-05:00

SOA has made their goal of $5000 and then some and we're only at day 2!!! So super AWESOME! I'm glad there are so many who are donating to this worthy cause and participating in the challenges and conversations. :-)

So I've finally finished one card for one of the several card challenges I wanted to participate in. Originally it was suppose to be for the Sweet 'n Sassy Challenge but apparently I overlooked the sketch requirement so I added some more texture to my flowers and *wallah* the card is now ready for the Flower Soft/texture Challenge :-P

Thinking of You

Ingredients:

pp - DCWV Summer Fun, s.e.i Poppy
cs - DCWV Latte
color - Copics, Kimberly watercolor pencils
texture - flower wire (Michaels), black glitter by Doodlebug Designs, Robin's Nest Dew Drops
hot glue gun/sticks
border punch - EK Success
flower digital stamp & saying - Sweet 'n Sassy 'Forget Me Not'

Stamping Out Alzheimer's Week

2009-05-26T06:12:00.006-05:00

So yesterday was the start of SOA week and boy have I been busy creating stuff for the great challenges that have been posted. For as little as $5 you can participate in this awesome event and help to raise money for finding a cure for Alzheimer's. See my sidebar for a direct donation (you can also find this on the mainpage of SOA).

I haven't had a chance to finish any of my cards for the card challenges b/c I became addicted to using my pse7 to make digi scrap pages :-) Here's what I've come up with so far....

Splash - For the 'Show Me Whatcha Got' Challenge

All ingredients are from free digi kit for SOA = Flip Flop Tan Mini by Libby Weifenbach

Let's Dance - Template Challenge #2

Ingredients:

flowers - SF
papers/kit - Remember When by Bren Broone Designs
template by Tracey Howard
pse7

Danny - Remembering Someone You Love Challenge

Ingredients:

stars - EM
spiral - SF
photo frame - Vintage Garden by Nicole Seitler
papers - Linen Paper Pack by Marie Stones & Remember When by Bren Broone Designs
making memories - SF
pse7

Sweet - Use an Old Photo Challenge

All ingredients came from the free digi kit = Sweet Sugar by Marie Stones or pse7

Sweet Tooth Add-on

2009-05-21T01:06:00.004-05:00

Queen Kat is giving away some deliciously sweet blog candy. Stop by her blog before May 30th to enter and while you're there check out the awesomely cute stamps in her store! I just got mine today and fell in love with them all over again :-) I actually used one of the new stamps to make the card in the previous post (Butterfly Bday)...super cute stamp yes?! I KNOW! :-D

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #18

2009-05-21T00:34:00.005-05:00

So when I first saw this sketch I immediately thought 'picture frame' and then that was about it. It took me 2 more days to actually figure out what the rest of it was going to be. Today I received my shipment of stamps from Queen Kat designs and completely forgot what I bought so when I was pulling them out I spotted a beautiful butterfly stamp that I knew I wanted to use on my next card. My next step was to plan my color scheme to go along with the butterfly and my idea of a picture frame. I went looking through my pp to see if I had anything remotely that looked like wood and sure enough in my DCWV Green/Recycled Stack I found one! In another DCWV stack (whimsy I think it was) I found a pp with pink & brown butterflies and that sparked the rest of my design even though I didn't actually use that pp.

Putting together a card is always so much easier once you have a game plan so after I got all my supplies together I got down to it. I stamped the QKD butterfly on to white cs with brown pigment ink from Craft smart, added Zing Clear embossing powder and some heat and out came a glossy outlined image :-) I have to say that doing that first really helped control the bleeding of my copics as I usually leave off the embossing powder & just use dye ink which tends to run when I color the image with any medium be it copics, watercolor pencils or regular colored pencils (the problem usually arises after I add some sort of wet medium). Since my aunt's birthday is this week I decided to make this into a bday card for her and I used a stamping technique I had seen elsewhere -- where the stamped image is not fully on the paper. After I finished that I turned my plain wood cs card into a frame by using a copic marker to make corners & more wood grain marks and then distressed it all. I'm really pleased with how this card turned out; it's definitely one of my favorites ;-)

Butterfly Birthday

Ingredients:

cs & pp - DCWV
butterfly stamp - Queen Kat Designs (QKD)
saying stamp - Stampabilities
brown pigment ink - Craft Smart
embossing powder - Zing Clear
color - Copics
wire - Hobby Lobby/Michaels? not sure
heat gun

Sweet Sunday Sketch #18

Dutch Dare Card Challenge #48

2009-05-19T01:40:00.004-05:00

This week the challenge was to make a card using the colors blue, white & your choice. For my 3rd color I chose silver. I ended up picking out some pp from my DCWV stack 'Blossoms & Butterflies' which was how I actually decided on my silver color :-) I wanted to try something I hadn't yet done on my cards so this card took me a bit longer to complete as I played around with several different layouts before deciding on the final one. I'm pleased how this card turned out and hopefully you'll like it too :-)

Blue Butterflies & Buddies

Ingredients:

pp & cs - DCWV
ribbon - Michaels
silver dots - Michaels
corner punch (inside) - EK Success

Inchies & Presents

2009-05-19T01:17:00.004-05:00

Strawberry, Green & White Inchies

I made these inchies originally for the Inchy by Inch "F" theme challenge but after flower and fruit I discarded that idea and went with strawberry, green & white. Strawberries are one of my favorite things to eat and one of my favorite flavors that's added to things (ie popcicles, sherbert...). I used all DCWV pp & cs along with some Sizzix embossing folders & pop dots.

Graduation Gifts

So my friends graduated this past Saturday and are now officially doctors. For part of their gift I made these magnets out of clear mosaic marbles, DCWV pp & 3/4 magnet adhesive dots. Each friend will get a set of 10 in either a blue/green combo or red/black combo.

I can't believe it!

2009-05-18T05:40:00.003-05:00

I won :-) I never win ;-P What did I win? A personalized blog banner :-) Sweet huh? Check out the Corrosive Challenge Blog for details :-) This is the best Monday EVER!

I also won a WIR card over at There She Goes Clear Stamps :-) WOW! I can't believe I won once let alone twice in one day :-D What card did I pick? I chose Joanne's card about shopping, money & shoes :-)

In other great news, I received an honorable mention for SL ShortCuts May Inspiration Challenge...so what only 5 people entered :-P They didn't have to give me an HM if they didn't want too :-D (I'm totally milking this...LOL)

More Sweet Tooth Add-ons

2009-05-18T00:41:00.002-05:00

Laurel's giving away some great toothachingly sweet candy HERE
Maria's blog is turning 1! Check out the sweetness HERE
Nikki's also doing some celebrating with some sweet lip-licking candy HERE

Some of these are ending soon so stop by give some love & enter :-)

ICSketches Challenge #16

2009-05-15T23:59:00.005-05:00

Boy Birthday

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - Jacqueline Addison's Celebration
buttons - Basic Grey
stickers - Marcella by K&Company
stamp - TSG Holiday Galore
border stamp - Autumn Leaves' Doodles

ICSketches #16

Paper Therapy COF Challenges

2009-05-15T23:46:00.004-05:00

Gosh this first one is almost 2 weeks overdo :-P Oops! But hey at least I finally finished it.

Christmas Gift Card Holder

Ingredients:

stickers - Jolee's Boutique
button - Basic Grey
braid cord - Elmer's
emboss - Sizzix Holly
pp & cs - DSWV
idea: Reader Idea @ SheetLoad of Cards

Birthday Card

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV
pp - Jacqueline Addison's Celebration
buttons - Basic Grey
stickers - Me & My Big Ideas
stamp - TSG Holiday Galore
border stamp - Autumn Leaves' Doodles

Sweet Stop Challenge

2009-05-15T21:45:00.007-05:00

Happily Ever After

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV Metallics
pp - S.E.I Poppy, Silver Dress by Stemma
stamp - TGF Princess Anya
silver ink - Craft Smart
color - Copics
silver dots - Michaels
emboss - Zing Clear
veil & inside sticker - Jolee's Boutique
altered Anya idea - fellow TGF Stamper

Sweet Stop Sketch:

VSN with Club Anya

2009-05-15T03:08:00.004-05:00

So tonight was Club Anya's 1st Virtual Stamping Night (VSN) on Paper Craft Planet and guess what came just in time?! My new TGF stamps!!!

Our VSN started at 8pm CST and went until the 12am when the new releases were finally revealed and put up for sale. I didn't really get to participate much until after 10pm as I was watching Grey's. Is anyone else upset at the season finale?! I got so mad I sent a letter to ABC immediately after the show ended. Why do the writers have to go and kill off any of my favorite people?! Ugh. Anyways back to VSN. Our first challenge was to create a monochromatic card which sounds a lot easier then it is. I had a hard time trying to pick out papers that went together all in the same family of color but finally managed to and created this:

Friendship Garden

About this card: Grr...this is suppose to be variations of RED. I just couldn't get my camera to take a good photo and then couldn't adjust it with my photo software to my liking but hopefully you get the idea what it looks like. I used all DCWV pp & cs. For Dorothy Anya (digital stamp), I printed her off my computer then I colored her in both EK Success Writer markers and memory pencils. I gave her hair ties made out of Elmer's braid core and a bouquet of flowers made from Petaloo Flora Doodles and jewelry wire. The saying is from one of the TGF stamp sets inked in brick red by Craft Smart. You can't tell from the pic but the really dark paper is a metallic red embossed with Sizzix Tiny Flowers. The last embellishment on the front are red dew drops from Robin's Nest. The inside of the card has this saying:

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. -Marcel Proust (Get it, Anya's suppose to be a gardener :-D )

Go here to see what others created.

The second challenge from VSN was to create a card based on this sketch:

In My Prayers

About this card: I altered Angel Anya to look like a regular girl praying and colored her with Kimberly watercolor pencils. The dark pp's I picked all have a star or cloud-like theme as these are 'night-time' prayers. I used my mesh white flowers (from MM) to make Anya look like she was on clouds (and also hide my poorly cut oval...gosh I really need to get a die cut for those..lol). I cut the stars out the star paper and wrote my own saying in my own handwriting with an EK Success Writer then edged the saying in ink. I used pop dots to make Anya above the flowers and for the big star to give the sky some depth. The pp & cs are from DCWV Fun in the Sun.

Go here to see what the others created.

So since I was watching Grey's (as I already mentioned) I totally didn't get either of the challenges finished by the time VSN ended but since I have until 8am CST to post my creations, I stayed up to finish them. So, um, yeah I think that's it. :-)

PS While I was scrapping, this is what my kitty was doing (he's laying on a USPS priority box):

Huge Scrappin' Give-a-way!

2009-05-14T20:03:00.003-05:00

Over $100 worth is being given away over at Adams Acres Scrapin: http://adamsacres.com/2009/05/02/scrapbook-giveaway-starts-today-enter-to-win-bo-bunny-art-bin-tote-ally-and-more-for-nsd/

Just some of what's being offered:

ArtBin: Super Satchel Series
In Stitchz by Bazzill Floss in Pink and Yellow
Tim Holtz Ornate Plates
Making Memories Magnetic Stapler and Color staples
Stickles: Pink, Turquoise, Yellow, Cinnamon

Sketch Saturday Challenge #50

2009-05-14T01:01:00.008-05:00

So a couple of teachers my mom knows are retiring and she asked me to make some retirement cards. I thought cards that thanked them for their service would fit the bill nicely. Since I still needed to complete the SS Challenge for this week I figured to combine my to-do list ;-)

SSC#50 Retirement Card

inside

Ingredients:

cs & pp - We R Memory Keepers 'Madame Royale'
border punch - Fiskars 'Treading Water'
buttons - Paper Studio
stamps - Kelly Panacci
black ink - Marcella by K&Company
frosted A2 card blank - SheetLoad ShortCuts

Sketch Saturday Challenge #50

For my 2nd retirement card I decided to try out my new corner rounder. It works pretty good except for thicker papers you really have to press down extremely hard :-(

Retirement #2

card closed - notice you can see the inside stripes

inside

Ingredients:

cs & pp - s.e.i. 'Poppy'
round corner punch - McGill
flowers - Petaloo Flora Doodles
stamp - Kelly Panacci
brick red ink - Craft Smart
frosted A2 card blank - SheetLoad ShortCuts

PS You might have noticed I changed my blog design once again...LOL. Yup I'm addicted. This design was made with the free digi collection add-on Sweet Sugar by Marie Stones. ***edited*** the design has changed again for more info see my 'about this blog'.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #6

2009-05-12T03:06:00.004-05:00

I adapted this sketch since I was using a 4.25" x 4.25" card (it's a tiny square...lol). I made the image also the sentiment so I could just layer a few times instead of a million :-P I also took the 3 small strips (you'll know what I'm talking about when you scroll down to see the sketch) out and replaced it with a printed paper (pp) that had 3 different sections so it mimics the sketch but again less paper layering :-)

Graduate

Ingredients:

cs - American Crafts, Best Occasions
pp - DCWV All Dressed Up
stamp - Studio G
black ink - Marcella by K&Company

SSC6 Sketch

CPS Challenge #115

2009-05-12T02:33:00.004-05:00

I went for simple for this card design using the CPS115 sketch. I'm actually very pleased how it turned out. The inside of the card (not shown) has a white insert with 2 more circles of travel icons cut out and backed on black cs....maybe I'll take a picture of it later. Speaking of pictures I tried to get the front of the card to come out but didn't really have any success. The one I finally managed to take is okay at best which is why I took 2 more pictures at different angles so you could get a better feel for the look.

Bon Voyage

Ingredients:

cs - Paper Reflections
pp & cutouts - American Crafts Travel
ribbon - K&Company
word stickers -EK Success Label Lingo
circle punch - EK Success

CPS115 Sketch

Our Creative Corner Challenge

2009-05-12T02:15:00.010-05:00

So I adapted this sketch just a wee bit as I don't have a oval punch or die cut as of yet and I couldn't seem to cut one out neatly with my scissors :-P I did, however, have fun using my Big Shot again to do some embossing (it's on the pink paper - butterflies & dots)...gosh I love that thing!

Thanks Bunches

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV Spring Cardstock Stack, Paper Reflections
pp - DCWV Spring
digital stamp - Sweet'n Sassy
pink ink - Craft Smart
markers - Marvy Le Plumme II
emboss - Sizzix Texturz In Bloom Collection Kit#19
flowers - Petaloo Flora Doodles
inside stamp - See-D's

OCC Sketch

Sweet Sunday Challenge #17

2009-05-11T20:35:00.006-05:00

I made this birthday card for the Sweet Sunday Challenge based on their sketch. I used a new technique that I haven't yet tried on anything else....WIRE WORDS. Goodness trying to get the words to stay in their shape and then to try and get them to stay on the card was like trying to pull teeth :-P

Spring Happy Birthday

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV The Spring Cardstock Stack
pp - DCWV The Spring Stack & The Stack 6
jewelry wire
EK Success Memory Pencils
digital stamp - TGF Dorothy Anya
emboss - Sizzix
inside stamp - Stampabilities

Sweet Sunday Challenge Sketch #17

2 Challenges in 1 Card

2009-05-11T18:41:00.007-05:00

I made this card for the Pink Birthday Challenge at Stamp Something using the sketch from the Corrosive Challenge #11. All the stamping detail is from Cupcake Mix & Match by There She Goes Clear Stamps.

Pink Cupcake Bday

Ingredients:

cs - DCWV The Spring Cardstock Stack, Paper Company
pp - DCWV The Sweet Stack
EK Success Memory Pencils
stamp - Cupcake Mix & Match TSG
sketch - Corrosive Challenge #11
embossing - Zing Clear, Sizzix

Corrosive Challenge #11 Sketch

Sweet Tooth Add-ons

2009-05-11T13:43:00.005-05:00

Jacqui is celebrating 90K hits on her blog. Congrats!
Sassy is celebrating her birthday and getting over 60K hits on her blog. Fantastic!
Crystal is celebrating her new blog. Welcome to the bloggerhood!
Debbie is celebrating her birthday...Happy Birthday :-)

For details see my Sweet Tooth Sidebar :-)

Blog Changed Again...

2009-05-11T03:44:00.004-05:00

So my first blog theme I used was black/red/white/gray, my second (made by me) was teal/pink/brown, and finally comes this newest blog of green/brown/peach/aqua. All of the elements I used to make this blog pretty came from Melany Violette's designs (Simply Clean Digi Scraps) from the pack Forever Memories.

Check out the new blog look!

2009-05-10T03:06:00.002-05:00

So I utilized all the free digi downloads that I have linked on my sidebar and used a few to create my new background and title. I'm loving my PS elements! Now that I know what I'm doing my blog will probably change as often as I change shoes...LOL. B/c of this little project I was unable to work on any of my challenges but no worries there's always tomorrow! :-)