Welcome To The Hop!!

Hey, and welcome to this month's My Favorite Things Blog Hop!! This month we are releasing 4 FABULOUS sets along with some VERY exciting stuff in the store...make sure you check out the My Favorite Things member forum for all the details!! The hop started at Kim's blog, so if you haven't started there, go there now and take the whole tour!! Hopefully you are now joining me from Holly's blog!! Okay, here are the details!! My Favorite Things will be having a release cocktail party tonight, Wednesday, January 8th from 9 to 10pmEST in the MFT member forum on SCS. For my peek today, I am using the new Stephanie Fizer set, Owl For All Seasons. It is one of my FAVORITE sets of hers so far...but I have a feeling she will continue to add new favorites to my list!! I used my new favorite paper from SU, Murifield. I paired it with Pacific Point and Baja Breeze. The owls were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then they were colored in using my SU markers, re inkers, and a blender pen. The image was cut out with my Oval Nesties and Cuttlebug. The bottom white panel was embossed with my Argyle folder after stamping my sentiment. I added some silver star brads from the Stylized Silver Hardware from SU. The stars were made with my SU star punches. All my ribbon is from SU too, the only thing that isn't is the spiral clip.

Well, that is it for me now...the next stop on the hop is Joanne B. and I am SURE she is gonna KNOCK your SOCKS OFF!!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of the hop!!

Eating My Words....

Eating my words isn't really something I like to do, in fact, if you know me at all, I HATE it. So I say this with a heavy heart....this color combo doesn't suck.....there I said it. Okay, so I thought it would be horrendous, and in "theory", it was, but all put together...me likey!!! It makes for an AWESOME boy or masculine card..so that works for me. As soon as I saw this color combo, I knew I would be using this image, Look Out World, from Paper Pretties...it just SCREAMS little boy to me!! I started by stamping my image on Gina K white with Memento Tuxedo Black. I colored it in with my SU markers and then layered it with the challenge colors, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, and Garden Green. The color panels were all run through my Cuttlebug with different folders: Spots and Dots(I think), Swirls, and Traffic Jam. I then added some large pewter eyelets and popped them up on my Gina K. white base. To finish it, I stamped my sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black and tied a piece of Pumpkin Pie striped ribbon around it. See, I told you, not bad at all!!

So, have you been to the Paper Clip yet?? Well, my SBFF, Jodi(kharmagirl), has been working her super talented tail off, and it is FABULOUS!! She posted her spotlight on shopping today, so go check it out and see what kind of deal she has cooked up for you!! Thanks for stopping by again!!

Anything is Possible...

with Cupcakes, LOL!! That is my version of "with enough caffeine/chocolate I could rule the world", whatcha think? I think it rocks too, LOL!! This card is for two challenges, Julee Tilman's Mojo Monday sketch (I just realized my clip is on the wrong side, so pretend with me, LOL) and the Looking For Love Release Challenges. If you don't already know, I LOVE release parties and celebrations...they are so fun, and at the end, I get to buy stamps and I LOVE that even more, LOL!! This week in the Verve Members Forum on SCS, they are having "Looking For Love Release Challenges". Day One's challenge was a color challenge to use Riding Hood Red, Blush Blossom and Kraft(or similar colors substituted). I chose my current favorite set, Cupcake Affair, and stamped it once on Gina K. white and once on some Kraft Patterns DSP. I then colored the top and flowers and paper pieced the cup. I added some Mark Richards pearls to the flowers and around the cupcake. It was then layered with Riding Hood Red, Blush Blossom, and Kraft. The DP is the same that I used on the cupcake. The sentiment is also from Verve and is part of their Here For You set. That is it for me now...I am off to tackle the HORRENDOUS color challenge(seriously Brilliant Blue-gag) over at SCS. I have a feeling this going to be an EMBRACING the white space kinda card, LOL!! Wish me luck!!

MFTeasers-Ho-Ho-Ho

Jared has a Dr's appointment tomorrow, so I wanted to go ahead and post my peek tonight, but it is technically for tomorrow!! I gotta tell ya, I am on a ROLL this week. First it was the "wrestlin card" for Melanie's Blogaversary, and now this. Now, I know that Christmas is over, but do any of you watch Two and Half Men. Recently, I saw a rerun of the episode called Santa's Village of the D***ed, do you remember which one I am talking about?? Where Alan is dating his cooking teacher, they all get fat, and she loses her mind at Christmas?? Well, when I saw this stamp set, and I was brainstorming ideas, her "outfit" popped in my head and the plan was hatched!! I seriously GIGGLED the whole time I was making this card...am I the only one that does that?? Well, at least I cracked myself up!! Anywho, here are the details for the My Favorite Things release!


My Favorite Things (http://www.mftstamps.com/) is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, January 7th from 9-10 p.m. Eastern time. This month there are FOUR new sets being released including a Who's that Girl set that is Maid for You!Head over to the MFT forum on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night.

So, this is the new Maid For You set...and I totally am getting coal next year for this one, LOL!! Isn't this HYSTERICAL...hehehe, I am dying here!! Okay, calm down...here are the details!! I started by stamping the main image on Gina K 80lb white with Momento Tuxedo Black and colored it in. I then layered it with Real Red and Basic Black. The white scalloped layer was made with my Rectangle Nesties and Cuttlebug. I added some crystal effects to the TV screen and some Liquid Applique to the bottom of the dress and "Santa's" slippers. hehe. For the wall hanging, I took my Oval Nesties and first cut out the scallop layer, then out of the scalloped layer I used a smaller regular oval nestie and cut out the center so I just had the frame. The vintagey Santa image is from some DP in my K&Co. Christmas stack. For my sentiment, I used the " Who You Callin a Hoe?" sentiment from my Twisted Sentiments set(hehe)and colored just the HO in Who with my SU black marker. My DP is from the Imaginisce Twitterpated line which I just got from Paper Addiction. It is super shiny and SO CUTE in person. My black ribbon is May Arts that Julie sent me, and the red was a gift with purchase from an order I placed somewhere(can't remember where). The black panel was run through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss dots folder then layered with a white scalloped layer.


SOOO, what do you think??hehehe


Be sure to check out what the other designers have been up to!! You can see all the creations for this release here or check out their blogs(listed in my sidebar)!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

MFTeasers Are Underway!!

If you are here looking for my part of Melanie's Blogaversary hop, check out this post first, then go here(or just scroll down)!!

So, how excited are you for this month's My Favorite Things release??? Me, I am DYING!!! I LOVE the new sets, OMGosh!! Seriously, Kim and her fabulous team of Illustrators NEVER cease to amaze me with their never ending pool of talent!! Here are the details!!
My Favorite Things (http://www.mftstamps.com/) is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, January 7th from 9-10 p.m. Eastern time. This month there are FOUR new sets being released including a Who's that Girl set that is Maid for You!Head over to the MFT forum on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night.
For today's peek, I am showing you the new Stephanie Fizer set, Owl For All Seasons. If you can remember back that far, my favorite Halloween set had to be Stephanie's Monster Squad...it is SERIOUSLY cute. These little owls TOTALLY remind me of it..yayy!! For this card, I used my new favorite, Raspberry Tart DSP. I stamped my Owls on Gina K. 120lb cardstock and colored them in with my SU markers. The owl in the middle was stamped twice and popped up to give it some dimension. I then cut it, and its layers out with my long rectangle nestabilities. The hearts were stamped with Rose Red, Cameo Coral and Kiwi Kiss and then I added Diamond Stickles to all of them. I got those ginormous silver brads from my pal Jackie P. and the ribbon is from SU. I also used some Making Memories nested heart chipboard to make my heart embellishments. They were covered with some more Raspberry Tart DSP. This card measures 8x4...its HUGE, but I LOVE it!! Before you ask, I don't buy special envelopes for cards this size. I just send them in regular old business sized envelopes!!

Be sure to check out all the other MFT designers(their blogs are linked in my sidebar) to see their peeks, trust me, you WON'T be disappointed. To see all the samples in one place, check out this gallery!!

The Celebration Continues....

So we are in Day 5 of my friend Melanie's Blogaversary celebration and I am pretty sure we are having fun, right??!!! That's what I thought!! For today's card, I decided to take a whack at CASEing JulieHRR again. I chose this card of hers and changed the image, colors, eliminated the scallops, and paper....that's it, Yayyy ME!!! I did it, LOL!! I actually think this card is super cute too, which is a change for me. Normally when I make something this under done( as compared to my normal 15 layers and GOBS of embellishments), I am not happy with it, but I think this card is sassy and cute!! I stamped my Hippo from Melanie's Hip Hop Accessories stamp set with Momento Tuxedo Black on Gina K. 120lb white card stock. This stamp set can be bought at Gina K. designs and is SO FUN. It was made to coordinate with her Just So Hippy/Hoppy sets, and it gives you a TON more choices!! Anywho, my Hippo was colored with my SU Going Gray marker and her nails were colored with my Regal Rose marker. I actually stamped the hippo three times, colored all three, then cut out parts of it to give it more dimension. I used my Circle Nestabilities to cut out the white and my Scalloped Circles to cut out the Soft Sky layer. The DP is from My Mind's Eye and it was layered on top of a piece of Soft Sky. The base is Gina K. white also....simple, easy and SUPAH CUTE!!

Well, that is it for me now...my nephew will be back here tomorrow so, FUN FOR ME, LOL!! Also, sneak peeks of the new My Favorite Things releases start tomorrow, so stay tuned..you don't wanna miss them!!

Be sure to blurf around and see what the other designers have created in honor of Melanie's celebration. And don't forget to stop by her blog and see what she is giving away today!!

Barb, Carolina , Donna, Emily, Jessica , Lee, Joanne , Kim, Pam, Theresa , Lori, Erika, and Melanie of course!!

Did You See???

Check me out!!!
I told you she was the best!! If you have come here looking for my "wrestling" card, here it is!!

Bow To The Queen

So, when I checked SCS this morning to see who this weeks Featured Stamper was, I was surprised to see that it was none other than Her Royal Rubberness herself, Julie Ebersole. I immediately had two questions pop in my head.

1. How the HECK has she not been the FS yet???

2. How the HECK am I, the girl who loves layers and embellishments, gonna CASE her???

I honestly ADORE her style, and how smart, witty, and downright talented she is, but as I said before, this was gonna be hard for me(and quite frankly a little scary). I had it in my mind to use the new Stamp Of the Month from Paper Pretties, Bunny Hop Sophia, so I had to find a card that would work with her. Well, it started out fine, I did add a layer, a sentiment panel, a few brads and ribbon, and I moved the spiral clip, but I still see her card in mine....okay, I suck..what can I say. It's a sickness ya know??? Anywho, my main image, the SUPAH GORGEOUS, Bunny Hop Sophia is the February Stamp of the Month at Paper Pretties. If you are not a subscriber, whatcha waiting for? The way the club works is this...the stamps are *mailed* to you the month before they are released to the public, which puts them in your hands before everyone else can even order them...how cool is that!! Be sure to check out all the details here, and let them know that Jessie sent ya!! Anyway, back to the card! I used a combination of Copic Sketch markers(I own 6 and they are ALL on here, LOL) and my aquapainter and re-inkers. The DP is part of the Cutie Pie DSP(retired) from SU. The Rose Red ribbon is from SU and the white ribbon with the polka dots is from a share that Jody Morrow had. Now seriously, isn't she FANTASTIC!! I just love her!!

Well, that is it for me now...gotta go work on some more goodies!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Day 4- Melanie's Blogaversary

So normally, when I see a stamp, I see it for what it is, not what it could be. I have never been one to think "out" of the box, I like the box, the box is just fine with me.....and then this card came to me. It happened by pure accident really!! You see, I got a Gina K. order in today, and all my new goodies were laying on my table staring at me. I had ordered Melanie's new Hand in Hand set and it just so happened to be on top laying upside down, and I thought to myself, why did she draw hands arm wrestling(or wrastlin' as we call it here in good ol' Southern Illinois)?? So, I went to the Gina K. gallery on SCS, no wrastlin' hands...looked at Mel's tip sheet (did you know she has a tip sheet linked in her sidebar for ALL her sets...she is an AWESOME) and she had them going this direction, but it was more for a "We Are the Champions" vibe. Could it be, did I come up with this on my own??? Say it ain't so, I CAN be original, LOL!! BTW, if you have done this already, and you REALLY feel the need to burst my bubble, you can let me know...hehehehe.

Anywho...I decided that I would make this as my DH's Valentine, which makes me WAY ahead of the game this year, hehe!! Now, the good person in me thinks that the good person in you is actually thinking arm wrestle....maybe even thumb wrestle??? Come on people, you know you went there, cause it's where I wanted ya!! ROFL!!! I think DH, seeing as he is in his mid 20's and male, will REALLY appreciate this, how about you??!! Okay, okay, I will stop the blah blah and get to the details!! The main image was stamped on Gina K. Pure Luxury 80lb cardstock and then cut out with my Oval Nestabilities and Cuttlebug. I colored them with my SU markers and added some Crystal Effects to the fingernails(which I drew on, yayy me). The image was layered with Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss. For the base, I used Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss along with some Raspberry Tart DSP. The white layer was run through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder. The layers were connected with some Rose Red wide stitched ribbon , as well as some Kiwi Kiss striped ribbon. I then took a chipboard heart from Making Memories and covered it with some more of the Raspberry Tart DSP. The button is from Button Extravaganza and was purchased in a big bag for like $6. It is part of the Vintage Rose bag and they are all GORGEOUS!! For my sentiment, since I didn't have one to say what I wanted(that I could find), was printed off of my computer and added to punched out with my word window punch. I then layered it on top of a Kiwi Kiss oval that had been cut and embossed with my Cuttlebug. I did some piercing, added some brads, a spiral clip with some ribbon, and some lines to indicate motion and it was done!!


Be sure to check out Melanie's blog to see what her CANDY is for today(ETA: Today's prize is sponsered by Scorpal...it is the scor mat and 3rolls of scor tape, wahoo)!! Also, while you are at it, blurf around and check out what these SUPER TALENTED designers have come up with in honor of Melanie's Blogaversary!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!


Carolina , Barb, Donna, Jessica, Julie , Lee, Rose Ann, and of course, Melanie!!!

Melanie's Blogaversary Day Three!!

So, today is day three of Melanie's Blogaversay Celebration and you won't believe the awesome prize she has up for grabs!! Today's giveaway is a HUGE assortment of colored CS from Paper Temptress , she has three packs to give away to different people. She is also offering 25% off the Pop tones assortment all month for everyone! Awesome right!! Be sure to go to Melanie's blog to get entered to win, and check out her color comparisons!!

For my card today, I wanted to use the Jumping For Joy set from Melanie's collection(available at Gina K,). It is one of my favorites, especially this super cute Zebra...I just love how she is kicking up her sassy heels!! I stamped the zebra with Momento Tuxedo Black and gave it a little shadow with my Cool Grey Copic No. 3. I then stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner, added some piercing, and layered it with Almost Amethyst and Kiwi Kiss. The spiral clips came to me from my super sweet secret sister, Jackie Pedro. I added some black and celery grosgrain. The DP is from 3 Bugs in a Rug and is part of their Seeing Stars collection. I added some YUMMY May Arts black ribbon that I won from Julie Lacey's blog candy giveaway(thanks Julie). I was gonna do some piercing, or more embossing, but I liked the way the black and white looked together so I left it. I used this weeks sketch challenge and the Ways To Use it challenge on this card too. I also used the Limited Supplies challenge, now that I think of it....yayyy me!!

Well, that is it for me now!! Be sure to blurf around and check out all the other designers who are helping Melanie out!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Melanie Muenchinger, Carolyn, Donna, Jessica, Lee, Michelle, Theresa, Carolina, Joanne , and Gina K!!