Limited Pink Leaves

So, for today's Limited Supplies challenge we were challenged to make a card with leaves on it and some pink somewhere but you had to use Autumn colors too. YIKES!! I decided to use my Branching Out set from There She Goes. I used my SU markers to color the leaves in, which is where my pink comes in...I used Cameo Coral with Really Rust for a few of the leaves. I then outlined my whole image with a Cool Gray Prismacolor 20%marker( I get asked this A LOT, and I always forget to say it, so there you go). The layers were cut out with my Cuttlebug and Circle Nesties. I added a spiral clip with some sage and chocolate grosgrain. The sentiment was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink and then it and it's layers were punched out with my word window punch. The DP is from the Autumn Vine DSP by SU, and I added some piercing, silver brads, and sage ribbon. The card base(sage layer) was run through the Cuttlebug with my new argyle folder. I did use Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge for this card too!!

In other news, guess who spent the night last night...that's right, my super sweet and cuddly nephew Jared!! I am EXHAUSTED!!LOL!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

I'm Pulling For You

Hello again, I'm BACK!! Jared has been SUPER today, so I was able to get some more stamping time in..gotta love that!! In fact, I was even able to get to the post office and get a ton of stuff mailed out....so happy he is getting bigger and starting to have more good days than bad. Anyway, I decided to work on today's My Favorite Things Sketch. This weeks sketch was created by Cindy, and is super fabulous!! On the actual sketch, there are three panels under the main image, I did two with my Bella Rose DSP and then left the "third" on blank so I could stamp my sentiment. Now I know what you are thinking, it looks like one big panel...don't blame me...blame that super wide FABULOUS ribbon!! I stamped my Flopsey on Whisper White and colored him in with my SU markers, re inkers and blender pen(okay, so by now, you are totally sensing a pattern...I haven't cleaned my stamp table since Tuesdays color challenge...baddd stamper, that is why ALL my cards have the same supplies mostly...LOL). I added a spiral clip with some chocolate chip grosgrain and pink gingham to the top corner as well as some flowers from the SU Felt Fusion 2 set. My white brads came from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts....did you know that they sell brads and ribbon to match almost all the SU colors....AWESOME!! I got the Neutrals set and got the white brads you see here along with Vanilla, Sand, and a couple other colors...VERY cool. Well, that is all for me for now...I have tons of commenting and blurfing and all of that to do, and Jared is still being good, so busy busy!! Thanks for stopping by again and have a great day!!! Oh yaaaaaa, this will be going to the SCS card drive too....be sure to check it out!! Details in my last post or at the SCS homepage!

Hope

So, unless you live under a rock, you are probably aware of the fact that this month is Breast Cancer Awareness month. On SCS, they are dedicated this weeks challenges to the cause, so it is Pink Week on SCS. All of the weekly challenges have a pink theme(optional of course), and if you choose, which I totally do, you can send your creations into the chosen organization, which is Chemo Angels. Since I am terrible about explaining things, here is the link to the front page story at SCS, and it will link you on further to the details. Today's Ways To Use It challenge was to focus on just one word on your card. You were allowed to include a main image too, as long as there was only one word on the card. I chose Hope(from my NEW Hampton Arts sentiment set Lee sent me), because honestly, it says it all. My image is from Stamping Bella, and is called Causabella. I stamped Bella twice; once on Whisper White and once on my Bella Rose DSP. I paper pieced the dress and then colored the rest with my SU markers, re inkers, and a blender pen. The colors on this card are Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red. I did a lot of piercing and added a ton of silver brads. The panel under the image is some more Bella Rose DSP and it has a piece of the new Pink Pirouette ribbon from SU as well as a piece of red taffeta. I used one of the ribbon slides from the Stylized Silver Hardware as well as a square frame. My sentiment panel was created using my Scallop Square Punch, a 1 in square piece of Pink Pirouette, and my white Hope panel that was punched out with my Large Oval Punch. By the way, my sketch is from Julee Tilman's Mojo Monday Sketch from this week. Hopefully, my nephew will stay asleep long enough for me to work on the MFT sketch challenge, it is awesome!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Some MORE RAK's!!

Wow Ladies...my mailbox runneth over!! I have received some of the most amazing birthday RAK's EVER this week and I want to thank each and everyone of you for your generosity!!

My first card comes from Mercy Kerin(mkstampin74), she is super sweet and so talented!! I am on the Great Swaps Girls. She also leaves me the sweetest comments on my cards at SCS. Thanks Mercy, I love it!!

My next card was sent to me by Nancy Riley(stampinat6213)...WHOA!! My jaw hit the floor when I saw this gorgeous card she had sent to me!! Thank you so much Nancy, I love it!!

This card was sent to me by my friend, and fellow Prettie Girl, Julie Masse(jmasse). Jules and I have gotten to know each other through Paper Pretties and I am SO happy to have met her. I have to admit, I am a tad bit jealous, seeing as she is on the Stamping Cruise, but this card made me feel a little better......acccckkk who am I kidding...I SO wish I was there!! Thanks Jules, I love it!!

My final card and super awesome bunch of goodies was sent to me by my friend Lee(luvlee). Lee is such a sweet person, and always leaves the best comments both here and on SCS. She is constantly showering someone with love and even sent a present for my nephew!! How cool is that??!! Thanks so much Lee, I love my card...that image is TOO CUTE!!

YAYYYYYY!!

So little old computer challenged me FINALLY fixed my laptop!!!!! YAYYYY!! I gotta tell you, having computer trouble or car trouble can just about drive you to drinking!! I hate it when something happens to either one, cause lets face it girls, when it comes to mechanical things, I SUCK!! However, if you needed a nice spiral clip or brad or maybe even a bow added to it, I am your girl!!LOL!!

So, Prettie Wednesday is back on!!LOL!! Two weeks ago I challenged the Prettie Girls to make a card that SPARKLED!! I wanted glitter and lots of it!! For my card, which is on it's way to Jules(tomorrow I promise) who is away on the cruise...lucky girl!! I stamped my Trim The Tree Sophia on watercolor paper with Black Stazon and colored her in with my SU markers. She was then cut out with my Oval Nestabilities and layered with Not Quite Navy and Whisper White. The GORGEOUS, and oh so SHIMMERY paper is from Heidi Grace...YUMMMM. I added some ribbon from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts and tied it in a bow. The flowers are from Michael's and are layered two together then a NQN brad was placed in the middle of them. Her dress belt and ornament are covered with silver gel pen and the whole image is coated with Perfect Pearls. Hopefully, you can see it cause we all know sparkle is hard to capture in a photograph!! This weeks challenger is Jackie Pedro, her first time as challenger, how exciting!! Now on to the real business....wanna know how you can get this stamp before it is released to the public....I thought you would!! Go to Paper Pretties and sign up for the Stamp of the Month club. By signing up, you will be eligible to receive this stamp a month before it is actually released in December. Make sure to tell them I sent you though!!

If you want to play along, and we SOOO wish you would, make your card and leave a link on one of the Prettie Girls blogs so that we can see it!! Speaking of Prettie Girls, be sure to check out what they have in store for you!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!
Julie Masse
Charmaine Ikach
Jillian Winters
Danielle Lounds
Jodi Collins
Jackie Rakoski
Jackie Pedro

We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties....

So, my new laptop has decided that it doesn't want to work....nice huh?NOT!! So, Prettie Wednesday has been postponed until tonight when I get home and either fix my computer, return my computer, or throw it in the back yard and stomp on it until it is in tiny pieces.


to be continued....

Some More Birthday RAK's

Here are some more of the fabulous RAK's that I received for my birthday!! This first one came from one of the Paper Pretties guest designers, Stephanie Hargis. Stephanie is one of the SWEETEST people I have ever met and super talented to boot!! Thanks Stephanie for the fabulous birthday wishes!!

My next card came to me from my friend, and fellow DD member, Carole Burrage(trucarma). This card is flippin FANTASTIC!! I have always admired her way with color, she puts together some of the brightest colors ever, and makes them look good...she even taught me to love Sage Shadow!! Anyway, LOVE that image, love the sentiment, LOVE the bling!! She sent it to me not only to congratulate me on getting chosen for the Dirty Dozen, but also for my birthday!! Thanks Carole, I love it!

My third card came to me from my fellow Prettie Girl, Jackie Pedro(strappystamper). Jackie is one of my FAVORITE stampers!! She has such great style(would you look at all those layers, how could I NOT love her) and is just all around a great person! She also sent me a bunch of my favorite goodies; bling, pearls, and yep, you guessed it, SPIRAL CLIPS, WAHOOOOOO!!! Thank you so much Jackie, I love it, and all the goodies you sent!!

My last card came to me from my friend Silke Ledlow(sparklegirl). Silke is INSANELY talented and does amazing things with white space. I seriously envy her ability to make such clean and GORGEOUS cards. When looking at the gallery at SCS, I can have a page of 96 cards in front of me and be able to pick hers out straight away. Her style is so distinctive and BRILLIANT!! Thank you so much for the wonderful card and birthday wishes!!!

Prettie Tuesday

So, today, on top of the normal color challenge, I decided to challenge myself to use a Paper Pretties set that has rarely seen ink...out came my Sweets for the Sweet set. For this card, I used the SCS color challenge, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip and Kiwi Kiss. I stamped my image on Whisper White with Black Stazon and used my reinkers, blender pens, SU markers, and a silver pen to color it in. The image was then cut out and layered using my nesties. I stamped the sentiment directly on the white layer and then ran it through the Cuttlebug. The DP is from the Bella Rose DSP and was layered with a piece of CC cardstock, on which I made scallops with my SU scallop punch. I added some pink gingham, chocolate grosgrain, and kiwi satin ribbon around the DP panel.

So, my computer was acting SILLY this morning, so I am just now getting this posted. So far, Jared is content in his jumperoo, but probably not for long...it's almost feeding time at the zoo!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! I have a bunch of birthday RAK's to share soon!!!

My First DD/DDA Challenge!!

I am SO excited, today is my first time posting in the DD/DDA(Dirty Dozen/Dirty Dozen Alumni) challenge!! This months challenge is called Spook or Treat. The challenge was to make a card or treat holder with a Halloween theme. Also, you were to use googlie eyes on your project and the only restriction is that you were not allowed to use pumpkins. "This means no images with animals on pumpkins, holding pumpkins, thinking about pumpkins, growing pumpkins, going to their Mom's for pumpkins .... don't even think about it! No pumpkins!!"(that is a direct quote!!!) I decided, since it was also Celebrating My Favorite Things day(just thought I would let you know that if you do make a card for this, it is supposed to be Pink, Black and White to be entered for the prize...I always forget that part, LOL), that I was going to use my Monster Squad set. I paper pieced both the roof and the house with some Ghostly Greetings DSP from SU. I stamped the house again and cut out just the windows and the door and glued them on top. For the spaces between the railing and the scallop on the roof, I used my white gel pen. This sketch is also the MFT sketch from this past week( that I just now finally got time to do!!). I used my googlie eyes where I would have normally used brads and as the "O" in Trick OR Treat. Isn't it CUTE!!Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! Check out the other girls creations right here!!

stamps-Monster Squad

ink- Black Stazon

paper- Old Olive, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White and GhostlyGreetings DSP

tools-white gel pen, googlie eyes, Cuttlebug, Circle Nesties, circle punches from SU, ribbon from SU and Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts

Wanna See My Cake?

Here is the diaper cake that I made for my stepmom to take to a shower as her gift!! I used a ton of Offray Baby Boy ribbon, SU buttons, silver brads, the blue DP's are from American Traditions Designs and the yellow DP is from the DCVW Baby Boy stack. The yellow ribbon is from Papertrey. The stars were made with my SU star punches. I used ribbon to tie the pacifiers around the bears legs. The ruffle at the bottom is quilt binding. The bear and pacifiers were purchased at Walmart. Isn't it CUTE!! My friend Susan gave me all the wonderful instructions to make these, so if you wanna make one of your own, here is the link to her tutorial!!