Who's That Girl Monday- Nature Calls

So, I know it is shameful, but here is yet ANOTHER My Favorite Things set that hasn't seen ink since I bought it!! That is what I LOVE about the MFT member forum challenges...they force me to ink up my unused sets. This weeks Who's That Girl challenge is being hosted by my friend Laura(lov'n life n vegas), and the challenge was to use the MFT set Nature Calls and to also use up some scraps. Well, since I have a TON of those laying around, that was EASY for me!! I didn't mean to end up with a monochromatic card, but I LOVE it. Recently, on Facebook, I have reconnected with some old friends, and I wanted to make a card to send to them to let them know that I miss them....get it, I MOOSE you, LOL!! The sentiment is from the coordinating, What's Your Sign set. Isn't it cute!! I stamped the moose image with Black Stazon ink and colored it in with my SU markers. I did the outline with my Cool Grey Copic(C3). The DSP is from the Close To Cocoa DSP(retired) from SU and also from the Ski Slope DSP, in fact, the Ski Slope is actually two small pieces I just have peeking out..yayy me!! I added a ton of white brads and some felt Alpine Originals ribbon from SU. The punches that were used to make my sentiment panel are all from SU. I was going to wait and post this til tomorrow, but I have to go to my sister's to watch Jared tomorrow...wish me luck. He is getting the second round of his vaccinations, and I am TERRIFIED he will have a reaction again*. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

*He had an injection sight reaction to the shots that they gave him the first time that he got vaccinated. He had skinny little chicken legs when he first got the shots, so we are HOPEing that now that he actually has some fat on him that he won't react. I am still terrified though..........

Featured Stamper Sunday

Here is my card for this week's Featured Stamper...and I am up WAY to late, so bare with me!! This weeks Featured Stamper is Elizabeth(ebethneu) and she has a FABULOUS gallery!! It is full of funky and fabulous creations that are AWESOME to look at...very hard to reproduce(or maybe it is still the whole up late thing)!! I chose this card of hers to CASE, due to the fact that I received this GORGEOUS image(bought from Sweet n Sassy, part of the Rachel Anne Miller collection, it is called Cute Kitty) from my pal Jodi(kharmagirl) in the mail today, THANKS JODI!!! I have been eyeing this paper that I got from Paper Pretties, so that is where I drew my colors. It is from the Paper Salon Pristine collection(which is still on sale for 75%off at Paper Pretties...AWESOME!!). I used Sage Shadow, Regal Rose and Close To Cocoa. My image was colored with SU markers and outlined with a Warm Grey No.3 marker from Copic. I followed her sketch almost exactly and TRIED to keep the embellishments the same. I added a bunch of pink felt flowers with silver brads to two corners and added some BLING from Mark Richards in the other corners as well as on her hair bows and the little star burst thingies....sorry, I have NO CLUE what they are supposed to be, but they are cute..LOL!! I went a little further and added my normal piercing and spiral clips, but hey...I TRIED. Isn't this CUTE!!! I can't figure out why I am getting that weird line on the hand, but I don't see it in real life(AGAIN, may be the up late thing). Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!! as I am typing this I just realized that this was a previous sketch challenge!! I REALLY try NOT to do that, but I loved her card, so oh well!!

Merry Christmas Weekend Sketch Challenge

Isn't this Cardinal Christmas set from SU GORGEOUS!!! I LOVE it and I have had it for awhile, so I was DYING to get it inky today!! I started by stamping my image in Black Stazon then I colored it in with my SU reinkers(Riding Hood Red) and SU markers. For the shading on the bird, I added some Ruby Red marker, but the body was colored with a blender pen and reinker. I outlined my image with my Copic Warm Grey marker(W3). I then layered it with Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, and Chocolate Chip. The DP is from the Ski Slope DSP and the ribbon is from the Alpine originals, except what is on the clips, it is RHR taffeta. I followed Beate's sketch and VIOLA..it was done...GORGEOUS!! Gotta go, DH is taking me to dinner...SHOCKING!!

I'm Backkkkkk

So, I haven't posted a thing since Thursday...YIKES!! That is a long time for me...and I would love to say I was stamping away, but sadly no. After posting a couple cards Thursday morning, Jared and I went out to run some errands and then I went to his house and spent the night. It is shotgun season around here, so his dad was staying at my house to go hunt which meant that the boy didn't have a ride...instead of fooling with it, I just went there to stay. I got home last night, but sleeping with a baby is exhausting, LOL, so I went to bed sorta early. Before I went to bed, I did get a look at the Friday Limited Supplies Challenge and Saturday's Inspiration Challenge, so I did have all night to come up with a plan. The inspiration piece was the AMC show Mad Men. I didn't pick one specific person or picture, but rather the way the women dress...Lexi would fit right in with them!! This card is pretty basic, but I {heart} it!! Maybe that is because I also used four of my favorite things: Jen's SFYTT, Sweet Always DSP, Lexi from Paper Pretties, and my Swiss Dots folder. How could I not LOVE it, right!! So, since you know what inspired me, and where the sketch came from, you need to know what the LSC was. Well, it was to include Chocolate on your card, in any way you want....EASY PEASY!! Not only did I use Chocolate Chip paper(by far my FAVORITE color), but I also have Lexi holding this GINORMOUS box of Chocolates. To give the box some dimension, I glued the bottom half down and put the top half on a pop dot....LOVE the way that looks. The image was paper pieced with the Sweet Always paper and I colored the rest with my SU markers. I did outline the image with my new Copic Cool Grey No. 3 marker(C3). The ribbons are all from SU, but I think the Pink one is retired..why oh why do they do that to me!! I added some silver brads, a silver figure 8 clip, and the sentiment, which was punched out with my SU punches. Well, that is all for me now...I am off to stamp some more!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Oh ya, been awhile, so here is some Baby Eye Candy for ya!! He is wearing an outfit that my bestest pal Jodi(kharmagirl) sent him...isn't he a CUTIE!!

Celebrating MFT Day and Pearls

So, I decided to combine today's Ways to Use it challenge, to use pearls or something pearl related, with my celebrating MFT day card. The twentieth of every month it is Celebrating My Favorite Things day, so write it down!! Basically, it is a day to show some love to your MFT stamps....bonus points(fake ones but still) for using Pink and Black!! I decided to try to use one of my yet to be inked Annie LaPoint images called Rosemary. I stamped it on watercolor paper with Black Stazon ink and then colored it in with my SU markers. I cut it and its layers out with my circle Nesties. The paper is from SU(Rose Red DSP) and The Paper Studio(Black and White Stack). I followed this weeks MFT sketch and added some wide stitched Rose Red grosgrain, as well as some black GORGEOUS ribbon from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts. The flowers are by Spare Parts(Hobby Lobby) and I added some K&Co. pearl brads to their centers. The pearls in the corners are from Michael's. I did some piercing and it was done!! Thanks for stopping by again, have a great day!!

Thanksful Hearts DD/DDA Challenge

It is the 20th so it is time for another Dirty Dozen/Dirty Dozen Alumni challenge. This months challenge is being hosted by Sharon Harnist and here were the guidelines!!

Challenge Focus: Create a thankful card or gift, Thanksgiving table place card or treat holder, or Thanksgiving home decor item.

Required Element: At least one heart on your project.

Restricted Element: Nothing

I chose to use my new Season of Friendship set that Jodi(kharmagirl) sent me for my birthday!! It has been a long time since I did an SU only card, so I wanted to try to do that, and then went and screwed it up in the end by adding that silly(SUPER CUTE) button. I love the little button, so, consider this SU only MINUS the button. I stamped my tree with More Mustard and then again with Chocolate Chip. The leaves were all stamped separately and then cut out and glued on. I used Sage Shadow, More Mustard and Really Rust. I used some YUMMY Autumn Vine DSP for the corners and added some silver hardware to those as well as to frame my sentiment from All Holidays. Through the middle I added some wide Chocolate grosgrain, as well as some Sage and Mustard narrow grosgrain. The hearts are chipboard and are covered with more of the Vine DSP. Well, that is it for me now...thanks for looking!! OH ya, this follows yesterdays sketch challenge too!! To see all the other FABULOUS entries...check out this gallery!!

Another BC Dzyns Card For Ya!!

So, I decided to use the newly released BC Dzyns set, and then I said..., to make another card for the color challenge and for today's What's Up Wednesday challenge over in the My Favorite Things Forum. We had a HOPPIN release blog hop last night, so if you haven't done that yet, go to this blog to get started and see all the GORGEOUS samples made with this set. Along the way there are THREE chances for some blog candy, so you better get to hoppin!! This weeks WUW challenge is being hosted by our new Scrapbookin Sistah, Natalie. Her challenge was to use a white gel pen on your project in some way. Easy Peasy!! Since this weeks challenge is to use the white gel pen, Kim over at MFT is offering them up for FREE with the first fifty orders, so you better RUN!! They are going fast!! If your order number is below #7126 you automatically get the pen for free!! Also, as part of this release, Kim is offering up the most AWESOME bundle of goodies. There are only a few and when they’re gone, they’re gone, but just read through the list of all that’s included for $43.45!*The new and then I said… BC Dzyns set*A Complete Edition Peerless Watercolor set*1 yard each of our fabulous Glimmer Ribbons in 15 assorted colors (These won’t be released for regular purchase until December)*Our Glimmer Brad/Flower collection, which includes 6 each of all 5 Sheer Shimmer Flowers and 6 each of all 5 colors of our Glimmer Brads! (60 pieces in total)*Perfect Palette*My Favorite Things Clear Stamp Storage Case to house your bundle*A $5 gift certificate toward your next order!

Awesome right!! Okay, so onto the card...I used my new BCD set and stamped it on Whisper White with Black Stazon ink. I also stamped her on a piece of Real Read Prints paper from SU and paper pieced her shirt. I then used my SU markers to color in the rest of the image. I layered her with the challenge colors, Kraft, Real Red, and Basic Black, and added some white dots with my gel pen. The spiral clips are from Spare Parts and they have some Kraft taffeta as well as some gingham ribbon on them. The DP is some more of the Real Red DSP and I layered it on a piece of Kraft that had been run through my Cuttlebug with the Paisley folder. I added the sentiment at the bottom, along with three black brads and it was done!! You won't want to pass this challenge up because we will select 3 stampers who participate in the WUW challenge of the week and offer them a $5 gift cert. The selection is random, and will be the following Wed for the week before. You have until next Tuesday night (11/25) 9pm EST to add a project to the gallery, the three winners will be announced at the top of next Week's thread!Remember to use the posting codes "MFTWUW05" as well as "MFT" in the keywords category when posting your creations to the gallery so we can find them!!

Thanks for stopping by AGAIN and have a great day!

Prettie Wednesday- I Like To Move IT, Move IT...

I Like to Move It, Move It.....man, I just love that song!! It is so catchy!!LOL!! Anyway, welcome to Prettie Wednesday!! Two weeks ago, Charmaine challenged us to make a card that moves. You could do anything you wanted as long as something on the front panel moves. Jared took a long, good nap yesterday, so I was able to get my card done then. I have always wanted to try a waterfall card, and I decided that this was the time to do it!! I printed out the directions from SCS and got to work. I knew that this type of card would be PERFECT with the images from Sweets For the Sweet, so I got all my paper cut, and supplies ready, and got to work. Each image was stamped with Black Stazon on Whisper White and colored in with my SU markers. I put the card together then added some piercing, some ribbon, and FINITO!! Since there is no need to reinvent the wheel, I will just give you the link to the fabulous tutorial found on SCS, since they are who INSPIRE me everyday!! The colors are Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie and Pink Pirouette. I used some more of my Sweet Always DSP from SU and added a bunch of embellishments....the ribbons are both SU as well as the eyelets...the brads are from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts. So that you can see the whole project, I am including pictures of each layer!! This week it is Danielle's turn to challenge us, can't wait to see what she does!! Thanks for stopping by, make sure you check out the rest of the Pretties!!

Julie Masse
Charmaine Ikach
Jillian Winters
Danielle Lounds
Jodi Collins
Jackie Rakoski
Jackie Pedro
Jessica Diedrich

How'd They Do That..

So, if you didn't already know, over in the My Favorite Things forum we have a new forum called How'd They Do That? or HTDT? for short!! Each week there will be a fun project or tutorial posted there for your viewing pleasure!! I had the honor of doing the tutorial this week, so be sure to check it out!! Here is the sample I made for the tutorial. For more details on it, check out my SCS gallery or the HTDT forum!! Here is some more NEED TO KNOW info lifted directly from the boss' blog. Thanks Kim!!

In addition to the new set( the new BC Dzyns set in this post), this weeks WUW HOOK UP is a fabulous product bundle! There are only a few and when they’re gone, they’re gone, but just read through the list of all that’s included for $43.45!
*The new and then I said… BC Dzyns set
*A Complete Edition Peerless Watercolor set
*1 yard each of our fabulous Glimmer Ribbons in 15 assorted colors (These won’t be released for regular purchase until December)
*Our Glimmer Brad/Flower collection, which includes 6 each of all 5 Sheer Shimmer Flowers and 6 each of all 5 colors of our Glimmer Brads! (60 pieces in total)
*Perfect Palette
*My Favorite Things Clear Stamp Storage Case to house your bundle
*A $5 gift certificate toward your next order!
Can you believe all of that???
But wait…there’s MORE! We’ll have a new WUW Challenge, hosted by Natalie Dever and a new How’d They Do That? tutorial from Jessie!
And now that you are utterly chomping at the bit, it’s time to announce this weeks First 50 Freebie!
Last WUW, the First 15 lasted about that long in minutes, so we thought we’d make it easier, and give you a better chance at scoring a freebie!
This weeks First 50 is an Inkssentials White Gel Pen.
And you’ll definitely NEED one after seeing what Natalie Dever has in store for you today with her WUW Challenge.
You don’t need to do a thing to receive your goodie, just make sure your order number is below 7126 and you automatically qualify.
Now hop on over and check out all the lovin’ we’ve got in store!

BCDzyns New Release Blog Hop!!

Hey everyone and welcome to the BC Dzyns blog hop!! BC Dzyns is a line of stamps put out by My Favorite Things. If you are just now finding the hop, please go to Kim's blog(the MFT lady) to get started. If you are not familiar with the way a hop works, just go to the starting point and it will link you to the next blog and so on and so on. So, the new set from BC Dzyns is called "and then I said...". It features this GORGEOUS girl and several sentiments to go along with her. I stamped my image on Whisper White with Black Stazon and colored her in with my SU markers, blender pens and SU reinkers. I used my Cuttlebug and circle nesties to cut out the image and her layers. The colors on this card are Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette. I pierced a border around the image on the PP layer and then used my 1/16ths punch to create the holes in the scallops. The DP is from the SU Bella Rose stack and it is layered with some Riding Hood Red that was scalloped with my SU scallop punch. I added some RHR taffeta, Kiwi Kiss satin around the DP panel as well as on two silver spiral clips. I ran my Whisper White layer through the Cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder. I added some large silver brads to the corners and stamped my sentiment in the bottom corner. This card is pretty simple, but that image is so gorgeous I didn't want to take away from it. That is it for me now...Hop on over to Joanne's Blog(my fellow Dirty Girl, wahooo!!) to see the next sample with this AMAZING set!! I am pretty sure that she is has some BLOG CANDY for you to!! Thanks for stopping by!!