You Rock!!

Hello again everyone, I was so busy showing off my nephew, I forgot to share my card!! LOL!! By the way, thank you so much to everyone who has been writing to check on me, and offering prayers, I truly appreciate your support!!

I made this card using my new Gina K. set Jumping for Joy. It was designed by Melanie Muenchinger and it is absolutely fabulous!!(She is having a contest using her stamps that will get you free stuff, so be sure to check out her blog!!) I love all of her stuff for Gina K., and if you haven't seen it, or bought it yet, you should go now, of course, AFTER you check out my card!! It was made using the zebra from the set. I actually stamped the zebra three times, twice in Black Stazon and once in Real Red. I cut out the whole zebra and popped it up and then I cut out just the heart on the last one and paper pieced it on the zebras forehead. The background paper is from the SU Prints Pack. I tied a big organdy bow around the whole card, and I added some spiral clips with black and red gingham on them. The zebra striped brads, aren't they fabulous, can also be bought at the Gina K. store. That is all for me now, I am off to see my nephew!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!!
stamps-Jumping For Joy
ink- Black Stazon and Real Red
paper-Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Prints Pack
tools-zoo brads, spiral clips, red and black gingham, black organdy, paper piercer

Meet Jared!!

I just had to share some pictures of my new nephew Jared. He was born on Thursday at 12:45pm. He is a tiny little guy weighing only 4lbs 7.5oz, but he is as healthy as a full term baby. His pediatricians only concern is making sure he gains weight instead of loses, so we have been feeding him around every two to three hours. He is starting to eat more and more with every feeding and is doing great!! Knock on wood, he hasn't spit up yet at all, and he rarely ever cries, unless he is cold(as you can tell from one of the pictures-I just got done changing his diaper and he was MAD!!) or wet, and he just lets out one little squeak, and he is done. And trust me when I tell you, his digestive system is working fine!!! He is also super alert, and has a full head of strawberry blond hair. I have spent the last two days at the hospital with him and my sister. I was supposed to be in the delivery room with my sister, but he came a day earlier than he was supposed to(she was scheduled for induction) and I missed it. Let me tell you, anyone who came into the PO in Macedonia saw me crying from around 1 to 3:30!!! I left straight from work on Thursday and got home this morning in time to get ready for work. Now I am taking care of my responsibilities, and I am on my way back. I am completely obsessed with him already!! Isn't he a CUTIE!!! In this last picture he is holding up his own pacifier, isn't it adorable!!

My Favorite Things Sketch

Super quick post or I am gonna be late for work!! My sister is doing fine, contracting heavily, but no change!! I am hoping-even though I know she wants to get to it-that she will wait atleast until I get off of work today at 4:30!! Wish us both luck!! This is the card that I made for this weeks My Favorite things sketch challenge!! I will try to fill in more details later!! All I can say is this new line of MFTpresents stamps are fabulous, and can you believe I used Bravo Burgandy and it isn't making me gag!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Prettie Wednesday

Hello everyone and welcome to Prettie Wednesday!!LOL!! Okay, I am in a HUGE hurry today, my sister was admitted to the hospital last night for monitoring for Preeclampsia. If she hasn't had her baby by Thursday evening, they are inducing her!! YAYYYY!!! I am so excited for him to be here, and I need to get my butt up to her house to get it clean for when they come home. I have to work on Thursday so I have today to get it all done!! I will probably spend the night on Thursday night in the waiting room and hopefully we will have a baby soon!! My sister isn't all that jazzed about having a Friday the 13th baby, but maybe it will be a blessing in disguise, I mean, he is the miracle baby!! Here is my card for today's Prettie Wednesday challenge. I used the very first set I ever bought from Paper Pretties, Look Who's Perky. I was enticed into going by all the fabulous cards Charmaine was posting and lets just say, the rest is history!! Jillian's challenge from two weeks ago was to make it new again, so I thought that was appropriate. I stamped the tea pot twice, once on Daisy Buckets Secret Garden Dp and once on Very Vanilla. I colored in the parts I didn't paper piece, used some SU paper, followed the SCS sketch for today, and added my big bow at the top, you know I love em!! Next weeks challenge is being hosted by me and it is to use BRIGHT colors including ORANGE-yuk!! Joni is this weeks challenger and she has challenged us to write it out-to use our own handwriting or drawing on a card!! Be sure to go around and check out all the other Prettie Girls creations-their links are in my sidebar!! Okay, sorry I didn't go into more detail, but I gotta run!! I have a couple of things that I haven't shared yet, so at least I know I have stuff to post the next couple of days!! I will try to keep you updated on her progress!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

P.S. I have had a few people ask for my sister's name so that they can pray for her. Her name is Mary and the new baby's name will be Jared. Thank you so much for including them in your prayers, and if you are interested in sending her a card, send me an email and I will get her address to you!! Thanks!!

Prettie Tuesday

Hello all!! I am sitting here impatiently waiting for my sister to call and tell me how her drs. appointment went!! I am so nervous!! While I was waiting, I decided to make a card for today's color challenge over on SCS. I used my Cuddle Me stamp set from Paper Pretties. I stamped her twice, once on Real Red DP from the Prints Pack and once on pearlescent white. I colored in the parts I didn't paper piece with my SU markers and outlined the whole image with my Prismacolor Cool Grey marker. I cut out my image and layers with my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities and layered it on some pearlescent white and So Saffron paper. The background is different strips of Dp with some red organdy and silver brads. That's all for me right now, I have more to share, but I can't concentrate until she calls me!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

stamps-Cuddle Me and All Holidays(SU)

paper- Regal Rose, Real Red, So Saffron CS and DSP, Prints Pack, pearlescent white

ink- Black Stazon

tools- silver brads, red organdy, SU markers, Prismacolor marker, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities

The SFYTT That Wasn't!!!

I had to laugh at myself yesterday. I sat down to do this weeks SFYTT, got my card base put together, used some new DP I had got from the Paper Pretties boutique, picked my colors, colored my image, and then when I went to put it together, my image was too big!! So here I sit with this super cute image, that IMHO is gorgeously colored with my SU markers, aqua painter and glitter pen, and it's too big!! So instead of scratching the whole idea, I made what I am lovingly calling the Non-SFYTT. What do you think?? LOL!! The paper is by Daisy Buckets and I used my Oval Nesties to cut it out. The main image is by Stampavie and I bought it at Sweet n Sassy stamps. I added some ribbon, faux stitching with my white gel pen, a spiral clip with ribbon, and brads in all the corners. The flower on here is a sheer blossom, and for the life of me, I have no idea how to use them, so I stamped my sentiment on it, and called it good!! It is attached with a brad from the Stylized Silver hardware. That is all for me for now. I have a house full of girls and I had to steal away to get this done!! Wish me luck, and hopefully I will get to stamp tonight when they go to bed!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

stamps- Stampavie and SU All Holidays

paper- Ruby Red, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Pearlescent White, Daisy Buckets DP and watercolor paper

ink-Black Stazon

tools-Cuttlebug, Oval Nesties, SU markers, glitter pen, aquapainter, spiral clip, silver hardware, ribbon, white gel pen, sheer blossoms

Sunday's Featured Stamper

Happy Sunday!! I am running really behind today, so this is gonna be a quick post. I made this card for this weeks featured stamper challenge on SCS. This weeks stamper is YLM. I chose this card of hers to CASE and I changed the images, colors, added embellishments and I added a circle sentiment. I used my SU set A Little Birdie Told Me. I colored it in with my SU markers and aqua painter and cut it out with my Nestabilities. I had dug out these wire flowers for the ways to use it challenge this week, but never got to make a card, so I decided to put them on here. I am going to my sister's house today to help clean her house and get the nursery ready. She is on semi-bed rest, so she needs help. I have a feeling Jared is going to get here sooner than she thinks!! Have a great day!!

stamps-A Little Birdie Told Me

paper-Ballet Blue, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Imaginations DP

ink-Black Stazon

tools-wire flowers, SU markers, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, taffeta ribbon, stylized hardware, 1"circle punch, rose wide grosgrain

RAK from Pickletree

I received this awesome card in the mail today from Amy Sheffer(pickletree). I swear to you my hands were shaking when I saw the envelope!! What's funny is the fact that I was at work(at the PO), and was sorting the mail, and there it was!! How stinking exciting is that!! The card itself is so gorgeous, and I can't even tell you how lucky I feel to receive it!! It actually arrived at the perfect time. The sentiment on the front says"you're destined for greatness", and it is so funny that it came the day after Christie Ortman from Paper Pretties asked me to be her Design Team Coordinator!! How awesome is that!! It also came on my first day of work by myself, so that was super encouraging too!! Thank you so much Amy, you totally made my day!! Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Easily Enabled

Has it really been two days since I stamped anything??Wow, no wonder I am having withdrawals!! That last card for the MFT GD contest really took a lot out of me!! I had my first day on my own at work, and I barely slept I was so nervous(so now I am exhausted)!! Who knew that a simple 2 1/2hr shift could make you that nervous!!LOL!! I checked the inspiration challenge for today this morning before I left for work, and I have had this card in my head all day. I decided after I made it, that when I die they are going to write "easily enabled" under my name on my tombstone. I mean seriously, my whole life I have not been one to follow the crowd. I always do what I want, no matter what, but for some reason after seeing all of YOUR(yes I am pointing a finger and WAVING it at you) beautiful creations with these fabulous flowers from Michaels made me have to have them. What's worse is that I have never really been able to work with dew drops, but the last few orders that I have placed have had some on them. Oh well, I think it's worth it-translation- I LOVE this card!! It turned out just the way I planned, maybe even better and I couldn't be happier!! I embossed the branch from Artfully Asian on Bashful Blue with winter white EP and then colored in all the flowers and leaves with my white gel pen. After the gel pen dried, I colored over the top of the flowers and leaves with my markers. I did the gel pen first so that the true color showed up, and not the marker color mixed with the blue of the paper. I then layered it with white, Certainly Celery and Rose Red. I then took a piece of taffeta ribbon and a ribbon slide from the Stylized Silver hardware and tied my ribbon through it. The sentiment is a rub on from the SU Sellabration Love and Happiness rub ons and is framed with some more hardware. I added silver brads to all the corners too. The base is the same colors, minus the blue, and it was run through my Cuttlebug with the distressed stripes folder. I put a piece of blue satin ribbon around it that I got from a ribbon share with Jody(texasjodylynn). I then placed three white flowers from Michaels with some hydrangea Robin's Nest dew drops and it was done. That is it for me now. I have an AWESOME RAK to share and I hope to get to stamp some more!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

stamps-Artfully Asian

paper- Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Rose Red

ink-Versamark

tools-oval punch, stylized hardware, rub ons, markers, white gel pen, white ep, white taffeta, blue ribbon, white confetti flowers, dew drops, Cuttlebug, distressed stripes folder

Oh Where, Oh Where....

has my mojo gone, oh where oh where can it beeeee!! This may have been the hardest card I have ever made in my LIFE!! I LOVE it, don't get me wrong, but I think by the time I got it done, I had every My Favorite Things set out on the table along with every black embellishment I could dig out!!! I made this card for the MFT guest designer challenge that was issued last night at the release party. The challenge was to use black paper and embellishments on your card. I used some white, and some black and white, but I think you get the point. I stamped this image early this morning to make some 3x3 cards for one of the other challenges from the party last night, but I just couldn't get inspired to do anything with it. I had already had both of my sheep stamped on watercolor paper with black Stazon when I started to "see" my card, that was almost 11hrs ago, and I am just now done!! I am pooped, so I am going to make this super quick. I colored the grass in with my Old Olive marker and aqua painter. The grass stamp is from the MFT set It's a Jungle Out There. I sponged in the sky with Bashful Blue. The sentiment(isn't it perfect) is from the Paper Pretties set Wade E. Bug. I wanted it to look like a thought bubble so I used my black brads to help create that . The sentiment was punched out with my SU oval punch and the black oval was cut out with my oval Nestabilities. It looked kinda plain, so I used my white gel pen to add some dots to the scallops. I put liquid applique all over both sheep and heated it to make it puffy. Then I stamped a separate sheep and cut out his head and popped it up to give it some dimension. The black strip was run through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder and then I used my corner rounder to make scallops. I added some black gingham ribbon and white brads and put that up on dimensionals. The SU Aida cloth background stamp was used to make the background. I added some photo corners and it was done. I really love this card, I just wish it hadn't caused me so much grief!! Wish me luck in the contest, there are always so many fabulous entries!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

stamps-Punny Farm&It's A Jungle Out There-MFT, Wade E. Bug by Paper Pretties, and Aida Cloth by SU

paper-Old Olive CS and DSP, Whisper White, and Basic Black

ink- Black Stazon and Bashful Blue

tools- black brads, black gingham, white brads, Cuttlebug, Oval Nesties, scallop punch, swiss dots folder, corner rounder, aquapainter, SU markers, photo corners punch, white gel pen, liquid applique