CC Challenge #13 and some great big thank you's!!

Hello, hello, hello!! Sorry to be MIA for a whole week (Yikes!!)! I decided I wanted to give my blog a face lift so it has been under construction for the last week! More about that later though! :)

I wanted to stop by and share a few things with you today! :) Time for Crafty Critter challenge #13! Here are the rules:

1)My challenge for you all is to create a card using the Split Negative technique. Found here!
2)You can post your cards anytime between Nov 28th - Dec 7th.

I have never done one of these, so this was really a fun challenge! I figured since 'Tis the season' I would go with a Christmas theme to maximize my crafting instead of doing the laundry, dishes and mopping time! Big, cheesy grin! You know...multi-tasking by finishing my challenge card AND making another Christmas card! Giggles! I used red and white as my negative image colors and mounted the whole deal on a green base. I added gold cording and a white sparkly gem. The stamp set is Snow Swirled by SU! Here is my card:



Fa, la, la, la, la... :)


Recently, I was awarded a very nice blog award by several of my fellow Crafty Critter friends, Tracey, Colleen and Terria! Thank you so much for thinking of me girls! You guys are absolutely the best! Here are the particulars with this award:



1. Thank the person that nominated you.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link the person that nominated you for this award.
4. List 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 bloggers that you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

7 things about myself:
1)I am allergic to vinegar!
2)I like sunflower seeds on my cottage cheese!
3)My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving!
4)I am a choc-holic!!
5)I want to live at the beach!
6)I still do not know what I want to do when I grow up!
7)I love the color pink!

Since so many of the wonderful ladies that I blog with have received this award too I will refrain from passing it back to them, but please know that I think you all have amazing blogs and do wonderful work! :)

Finally, (you still with me?!) LOL I wanted to say a great big warm and fuzzy thank you to my wonderful (not to mention devastatingly handsome) IT guy for fixing my blog all up for me! I tried and fell pretty much flat on my face (read NO computer skill here!)! My IT guy rushed in and beautified (is that even a real word!?) it all up for me! Thanks hubby! <3

I hope that you are doing well! I will be back soonest becasue I have lots to share with you guys! Have a wonderful day!

Great big hug!

School is starting!

Hello! It was a yucky rainy Monday here today! The sky was gray all day and the rain was cold...just one of those days perfect for crafting! Unfortunately, I was only able to squeeze in a little bit of crafting time though. I made another back pack today, but this one is for one of my most very favorite people in the whole wide world! I made this one for my hubby! He is going back to school starting tomorrow and I just wanted him to know how excited and proud I am of him! I chose muted colors because those are his favorites and gold embossed little hearts on the main piece of the back pack. I used chocolate chip ribbons and gold eyelets for the holes. I had to laugh to myself today! My Crop-a-dile wouldn't quite reach in far enough for some of the eyelets and so I used a hammer to flatten them out. I was in my little craft cave just banging away and no one even batted an eyelash! LOL Guess my family has gotten completely used to my strange quirks! Anyhow, here is hubby's backpack! ((I know you will do great things!))






Sorry about the stinky lighting! I took these outside in between the raindrops! (You can see little raindrops in the picture!) I kept waiting for a break in the clouds and the sun to peek through, but it just didn't happen today!

Have a great night! I will be back soonest! :)

Snow people are so cool! :)

Hi there! How was your day?! :) I had a really nice day today! It was an absolutely beautiful day here! Warm and sunny! I went and visited with one of my most very special friends. We haven't gotten to visit in several months so it was really nice to just sit and chitter chat. Then when I got home my kids and hubby and I took out our cookie press and made a ton of butter cookies in oodles of shapes! It was so nice to just play with them uninterrupted without anywhere to rush off to! It is the simple things that make life feel so full! :)

I worked an another card from my card kit pile today! I just love this paper and the Cuttlebugged snowflake background! I added the snowflakes and bling! I colored just a few things on the image to break up all of the blue and am thinking now I should have added some glitter to the snow under the snowman! I just love snow people! They always seem so happy! Here is another card for the Christmas card pile:



Hope that you had a wonderful day too! :) I will be back soonest!

My kids!

Hello! How is your weekend going?! I had a wonderful quiet day today! I didn't leave the house even once! It was a really nice break. I did some crafting and some reading and some lounging around and some dishes and some light cooking and that was about it! We had a quiet dinner and watched a movie and had homemade mixed berry cobbler for dessert...yummmm-o!

I finished up the scrapbook page that I made a couple of weeks ago and thought I would share the end result with you guys. You can see the first half of the page here. I did the first half before the photo was even taken! The picture was taken almost immediately after the kids got out of the pool so they all still have wet hair, but I thought the photo itself came out pretty cute! I actually have several 'posed' pictures of the four of my kiddos like this and I think I am going to compile them into one album. A project for another day! In the mean time though here is the most recent picture of my kids all scrap booked:




I am crazy about these guys! :) Every time I look at this picture it makes me smile!

Have a great night! Be back soonest!

Thankful Thoughts!

Hello! Well we had our fourth Thanksgiving celebration tonight! It was very nice and quite yummy! :) It is late and we just rolled in the door, but I wanted to share a thank you card I made for a friend! Since the card is to say thank you for hosting Thanksgiving I wanted it to feel Fall-ish! I used the fall leaves from a retired SU! set and went with all Fall colors. I stamped the leaves in Dusty Durango, More Mustard and Certainly Celery. The sentiment stamp is from Thoughroughly Thankful and is stamped in Chocolate Chip.




Ok, the turkey has made me ready for a nice long sleep so I am headed to bed! Hope that you had a lovely Friday! Be back soonest! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! We have had a wonderful day and I hope that you have too! Quick post tonight! I just wanted to share the little hostess gift that I made! We spent the day with relatives and I always like to bring a little something to say thank you to our wonderful host! I made this gable box and filled it with chocolate! Yummmmm! I gold embossed the Tango Tangerine paper and used the stamp set Pocket Silhouettes. I used markers to add color to the main image rather than a stamp pad. I added some sparkly bling in fall colors! Punched wide oval handles and tied it all up with Chocolate Chip ribbon!






I am truly thankful for my wonderful family and my dearest friends! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! See you soonest!

Thinking of you!

Hello! Happy almost Thanksgiving! Are you ready for the big day? I sure am! My oldest son is traveling home as I type and we will be spending the day with hubby's wonderful family tomorrow! I am really excited! Something just feels so happy to me about Thanksgiving. LOVE it!

Today I sat down to create something and was at a loss! I didn't have any swaps due or projects that I was just itching to try so I grabbed one of my card kits (Thank you again, Nancy! :)) and went to work! I am slowly trying to compile a box of cards to keep on hand for birthdays and gifts and little hello's! I made this card with my Grandma in mind! Thought it looked like a perfect 'Just Thinking of You!' (in January!) kind of card! I have been trying to get in the habit of sending more cards out and am hoping this will help! I used several of the goodies from the kit! Nancy did a beautiful job coordinating everything! The background is Cuttledbug embossed and I edged everything with my silver marker pen. I added Stickles to aa of the edges and used some leftover snowflakes from my rub ons from yesterday's project!

Here is a card for my box of cards:



Off to eat dinner and wait for my kiddo to arrive! Have a wonderful night! I will be back soonest! :)

Some days it just doesn't work out...!

Ok, so I was so excited to try this project! I ran out and got the adorable snowman rub ons and the pretty clear gold ornaments with the gold toppers! I figured how hard can this be, right?! Just rub the rub on onto the glass ornament (say that three times fast!) and fill them with a little snow glitter and there you have it! I was going to make oodles and give them out as gifts! I was going to hang them everywhere! It was going to be my mass produced give one to everyone gift...but nope!! This turned out to be a big ole' flop! LOL The rub on kit came with the three most adorable snow people ever! I started with my favorite and it ripped in half!! Yikes! So then I moved on to the next one and had to really work with it. It refused to lay flat on the ornament so it has creases. Not the quality project I was hoping for! LOL Some days it just doesn't work out! I filled this one with snow and will write it off as a dud. I kept one snow person and plan to find a flat surface to apply him to! I will keep you posted to his future! :) In the mean time here is my ornament:



I think this would actually work really well with tiny little rub ons like snowflakes! Maybe one day I will give it another try, but for today my glass ornament/rub on production line has come to a screeching halt! LOL

Have a super day! Be back soonest! :)

Crafty Critters Challenge #12

Hello and happy Monday! :) It is time for another fun CC Challenge! The challenge this time was to make a backpack! It was truly a challenge! This cute little guy required a lot of effort! I was pretty pleased with the result though! I made this for one of my niece's and will have to make a duplicate for my other little niece! These were supposed to be filled with goodies so it will wind up holding Reece's Peanut Butter cups! I didn't use any kid images, but made it very flower-y and princess like! I silver embossed the flowers onto the Rich Razzleberry and just love the contrast! I used lots of eyelets and Whisper White Ribbon for the handle and straps! This was a really fun project! The rules were:


This is technique TLC232 and you can find tons of samples.

Steps to this challenge:
1. make a backpack box
2. it must be a childrens theme.....superheros, animals, princess, prince....you name it you can do it....but it MUST be a childs theme.
3. fill it with goodies as a gift to a special child in your life
4. post your creations on your blog between Nov. 16th and 23rd. As you post I will link your name to your blog post!









Hope you are having a great Monday! I will be back soonest! :)

Fa, la, la, la, la...!

Hello! I have a few Christmas cards to share with you today! I made both of these from a card kit that I received recently from Nancy! She was a wonderful SS and spoiled me with several really nice kits! These cards practically put themselves together! :) Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner?! Not me! I just cannot get over how fast this year has flown by! I really wish I could figure out how to slow down the time!

Here are my Christmas cards:






Hope that you had a great weekend! I will be back soonest! :)

Silver Snowflakes!

Hi there! How is your weekend?! Mine has been very nice so far! We started our day with an early morning soccer game and my kiddo scored the last goal of the game and of the season!! You talk about a proud mom! He was awesome! Go Daniel! :) Then we spent the evening visiting with some of hubby's relatives! They are my absolute favorites!! They dropped by and gave my kids quilts that they made for them! They are my kid's surrogate grandparents and we are really lucky to have them! They said "These are not occasion gifts, they are just I love you gifts!" Awwwwwwww!! Makes me all misty eyed! :)

I have a simple project to share with you tonight! I have been trying to wrap my brain around the fact that Christmas is just a mere 4.5 weeks away! YIKES!!! I need to get some gifts made and stock piled away! It is tough to think about Christmas tough when it is warm enough outside for sort sleeves! LOL

I threw this little guy together in about 20 minutes! It only took that long because I heat embossed silver snowflakes on it! It is a simple 2-4-6-8 box with a few minor changes! I scored my 8.5 x 11 paper at 2.5", 5", 7.5", and 10" and then turned it and scored the 11" side at 2.5". I added the snowflakes and then folded it all up adhering it with sticky strip. I love the way the silver looks against the baby blue card stock! I added a bow and a cute snowman tag and viola'! This will hold a bag of chocolate nicely! :) Here is my little box:


Front view!


Back view!


Side view!

Hope you like it! :) Have a wonderful night! I will be back soonest! :)

Thanksgiving cards!

Hey there! My family celebrated Thanksgiving today and it was wonderful! My youngest helped me with all of the cooking and we made enough of everything to have leftovers again tomorrow night for dinner! :)I just love this holiday! We still have 2 more celebrations to have and I cannot wait!

I decided today to make a few cards to send out to some folks that I wish could be here with us. I used a retired SU! set (the name completely escapes me right now!) to make the border of leaves around the main image. I used Dusty Durango, Certainly Celery and More Mustard for the leaves. I really like the way it came out! I added a pumpkin on a pop dot to half of the cards and a turkey on a pop dot to the others! I used Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip for the card base. I rounded the corners of the white and orange for a softer look. The pumpkin was from Becky Robert's blog and the Turkey is from Flowerbug's Ink Spot! They are both such talented stampers!

Here are my cards:





Have a super night! Be back soonest! :)

You sit here and I will sit there!

Hi there! I am soooo excited! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving at my house! We always go to hubby's Aunt's house for the actual day and I really miss cooking (and the left overs!). Big grin! So, I decided this year we would have our own Thanksgiving at home! We are going all out and having a full menu! Turkey, gravy, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, mac and cheese (son's request!), rolls and pumpkin pie! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! I have to say though that this year I am feeling a little sad. Our oldest son will be driving down the day of Thanksgiving, but will have to drive back home that night. He also won't be able to make our dinner tomorrow because of his work schedule. I really miss him and it makes him feel really far away at times like this.

I wanted to do a little something special to sit at each plate! I just wanted my people to know how much I love them and that they are all very special to me! So, I made these little name tags to sit at each of their places. I kept them all simple and wrote little notes on the inside of each one. I was tempted to add some bling and flooooofy embellishments, but decided simple was the way to go! I used a retired SU! set called Kids at Play to make 3 of these and used Bear Necessities to make hubby's! I used my Just Rite Stampers to stamp the names. These were a lot of fun to color! I plan to leave a little chocolate bar along side each of these! :)









My day will start in the morning with making pumpkin pies!! Did I mention how excited I was?!!! I cannot wait! I hope that you have a wonderful night! I will be back soonest! :)

Turkey, Turkey everywhere!

Hey there! Happy hump day! How was your middle of the week day? We celebrated Thanksgiving today at my home school meeting! Thanksgiving is my very favorite holiday! I am thrilled to be celebrating it 4 times this year! Today was the first of four and it was really very nice! We had a good turn out and there was lots of yummy food!

I usually try to have a theme craft planned for the kids so this time we made turkeys! I found this adorable pattern here on Flowerbug's blog! She is a whiz with punch creations! I changed our turkeys up a little bit to make them simpler for the younger ones! I omitted the turkey feetsies and left the Hershey's nugget showing! I knew with these kids I would have to work fast or they would all eat their turkey bodies before they were complete! One of the little girls said her turkey wasn't a turkey at all...that it was a funky chicken!! Imagine that with a tiny little voice and an extreme southern drawl! Here are the turkeys we made and a photo of a few of the kids with their creations!







I plan on spending tomorrow cleaning so that we can have Thanksgiving #2 on Friday! Did I mention I just love this holiday! Have a good night! I will be back soonest!

Get well and a sweet puppy face!

Hey there! Quick post tonight! I have a wonderful friend that is going to be having surgery soon and I wanted to send her a little card to let her know I was thinking of her! This little mouse is such a cutie! I just love the way he is all cuddled up in his blanket with his tissues and soup! I stamped him twice and cut out his head and his feetsies and layered them on pop dots! I wanted the colors to be bright and cheerful so I dug through my stash of paper and then tried to match the patches on his quilt to the stripes in the paper. I cut leaves out using my SU! Big Shot Leave die and added some happy get well flowers and sparkly gems. I made a tiny white edge using my SU! Eyelet border punch and faux stitched along the white on the main image. This card was as close to a hug in an envelope as I could get! :)





This second photo is of my son's new puppy love! Her name is Ellie and she is a Jack Russell! We got to meet her on our most recent visit up there and let me tell you...she is wide open! She is a live wire! I was amazed at how much energy she had! She bounced from one thing to the next the entire time we were there! She is adorable!




Have a wonderful night! Be back soonest!

Holiday Gift Card Holder or nine!

Hello, well today was a typical Monday for sure! Had one of those days that stuff just kept going nutty! Ever have one of those days?!

I worked all day long on the project I am about to share! I made 9 gift card holders for a swap that I am in! I am very attached to the wonderful ladies in this group and so it was a labor of love! I thought these would go super quick, but of course underestimated the time thing yet again! I used one of the Timeless Templates by Lauren Meader to make these. She is really talented! I used holiday colors plus a splotch of blue! :) I cut each one out and embossed it with snowflakes from SU!'s Serene Snowflakes. I used a gold marker pen to color the edges with a gold trim and made some holly berries to go on each tag from a leaf punch and red sparkle gems. The insert slides out to reveal a gift card and there is a Christmas sentiment once the gift card is removed! I used the slit punch to make a holder for each gift card. They were fun to make!












Nice thing about gift cards is that one size fits all! :) I am really anxious to send these out and get the swaps in return! I am sure they will all be amazing! :)

Ok, I am calling it a night. I am ready to put this stinky day to bed and am hoping to wake up to a much brighter one tomorrow! :) Have a great night! I will see you soonest! :)

Ho Ho Ho!!

Hello! How are you? Where did the weekend go?! Seems like Friday just rolled in and now Sunday is about to roll out! LOL I had a very full but nice weekend! I hope that you did too! :)

I had a SU! demonstrator's meeting today! It is always so nice to get together with those ladies! They are all a lot of fun! We just laughed and laughed and ate and ate and laughed some more!

Before I scurried out the door to the meeting I worked on one of my swap cards for my 6 month card kit swap. I am the December hostess which means I send kits out along with finished cards to all 5 ladies in my group. Since December was my month the image was a no brainer! :) I went with Jolly Ole' Saint Nic and greens and reds! I used some elegant (no name) DSP and SU! Real Red, Whisper White, Glorious Green and Soft Suede for this card. I tied a Whisper White bow around the bottom and added white gel pen to the scalloped edges of the Soft Suede. I added green sparkle gems to to top to pull everything together. Don't think you can really see it, but I Dazzling Diamond-ed (That really is a verb, I swear! ;) Santa's little glasses! I just love sparkle! :) Here it is:



My youngest daughter saw me pull out this image and immediately started working on her Christmas list! Only about 6 weeks until the big day! Yikes!!! Again I ask...where in the world has time gone this year?!

I hope that you have a wonderful night! I will be back soonest! :)

Snowman basket!

Hello! How is your weekend? Mine has been really nice! We had a wonderful day visiting our son yesterday! :) I miss him already though. :(

I spent most of today working on my swap for tomorrow's demonstrator meeting! The theme is "Use your Big Shot/Cuttlebug" somehow on your project! Project is anything goes! I decided that I would make something super simple and as usual my idea turned into a lengthy involved project! I used the Tope Note die and the fingers of the snowflake die to make the arms of my snowman! I made a little insert to turn the top notes into a basket and added a handle. I stamped snowflakes on the front, back and sides and added Dazzling Diamonds to the centers. I used the new snowman background stamp from the holiday mini, but cut out his middle! I used brads as button! You could stuff lots of tiny little things into this basket, but my choice would be something chocolate-y! :) Here is my Cuttlebugged snowman project:







Thanks for stopping by! I will be back soonest! :)

A blank slate and some reflection!

Morning! I am posting early today because I anticipate having another full day and I wanted to make sure I squooze this in! :) There is a small disclaimer that goes along with this simple post so consider yourself warned! If you are not one for mush you may want to scroll on down to the picture and check back in tomorrow! :)

Today's picture is a very simple one! I made a semi-blank scrapbook page! It is 6X6 in size, but it is giant in my head and heart! I made it small and kept it plain intentionally! I made this yesterday with a specific picture to fill it up in mind. The only thing is that I have not taken the picture yet! I knew when I was assembling it though exactly what picture would need to go there! Last night hubby and I packed up the kids and we drove almost 5 hours to see our oldest son! He moved out about 8 months ago and we do not get to visit with him very much anymore. I miss him so much that I cannot even put it into words. He is such a great kid and he works all the time and it is tough for him to get home because of his work schedule. We only get to spend the day because we have other commitments that we have to get home for, but it is sooooo nice to see him! We went to dinner last night and will be spending the day with him today! It is so wonderful to be together as a family again! One of the hardest parts of being a parent is letting go, but it is part of the deal. We have let go, but I don't love it! LOL He is only 5 hours away but some days that feels like such a long distance. He is smart and funny and responsible and just all around wonderful! When we showed up he made certain to take an active interest in each of his siblings asking how they were and what was going on with them! He played with them and it was so wonderful to see them all together and laughing! As a parent, I question myself often! Always hoping that I am doing everything right and giving enough and setting all of the right examples. When you see your kids liking one another and getting along and sincerely concerned about one another it makes you feel like maybe you are on the right track! Our oldest son will be 20 next month (Gosh! Where does the time go!!) and I am really proud of him! I am really proud of all of my kids and made this page with a picture of them together in mind! Once I get home and get the page put together I will share it with you! :)

Here is the page waiting for a story to be told:



I am off to spend the day with my family! Hope that you have a wonderful day...I plan to! :) Be back soonest!

Yummy card candy!

Hello! Happy Thursday! I have a quick post for you today! My day has been jammed packed and time has gotten away from me, but I wanted to stop by and share a little something with you! I received one of my swaps back recently and wanted to show you some of the goodies I got back! The swap was hosted by one of my super sweet friends Melissa! *waving big!!* It was called Card Candy and was a lot of fun! You were supposed to make 3-5 pieces of candy for each theme you signed up for. They can be used as scrap book or card embellishments...fun stuff! Here are the candies that I made and here are some of the candies I received:



Winter!


Winter!


Winter!


Beach!


Beach!

Thanks for looking! Have a great night! Be back soonest!

Pickles and a friendly hello!

Hey there! Can you believe it is already the middle of the week? Sheesh! Where has this week gone...heck...where has this year gone?! Time is just flying by!

Have you ever had someone do something really nice for you out of the blue? It is such a wonderful thing to know that there are people out there that think enough of you to do a little something special for you! I had kind of a stinky day today...it has been raining for what feels like days! Several things have 'come undone' today and I have big stuff on my mind. Just one of those kinds of days and then a little something unexpected happened to brighten my whole day! I friend brought me a jar of pickles! What is so special about pickles you ask?! I am allergic to vinegar. It is in everything so I have to be very mindful of what I eat. My wonderful, sweet friend brought me pickles made with lemon juice instead of vinegar today!! Just because she knows I cannot have regular pickles! I happen to LOVE pickles and have really missed them! Who would have known that a pickle (well 2 actually!) could make a girl so happy! Big pickled grin! :) Thank you, Bridget!!

I have a quick and simple card to share with you today! I made this as a reveal card for one of the many Secret Sister swaps I am in! I just love this little ladybug paper! This card is quite simple and pretty self explanatory so I will let the picture do the talking! Here is my reveal card:



Have a great night! I will be back soonest! :)

Pumpkin Basket!

Hello! How are you? It is cold and rainy here today...a perfect day for holing up and crafting the hours away! Unfortunately my day was full of doctor's visits and errand running. I do have something to share with you though! I saw this on Becky's Robert's blog and thought it was the most adorable thing ever!! I couldn't wait to make one and was so excited with how it came out! You can find the original here. She is wonderfully talented! I think this is so cute because it is so tiny! I just love little bitty things! This is only big enough to hold a couple of mini candy bars or a couple of kisses! I thought these would make the cutest little Thanksgiving table place decorations! Maybe add a name to each or add a note expressing why I was thankful for each person! Lots of ideas! :) This was made using SU!s Wide Oval punch. I sponged the edges of each one and layered them. I added a couple of stamped leaves, a stem made from half of the word window punch and curled a thin strip of green. Did I mention how crazy about these I am! I plan to make oodles of them! :) Here it is:





Sorry about the stinky lighting! I took this in the rain today! Ok, I am off to do the dishes and figure out dinner! Thanks for stopping by! Will be back soonest!

Crafty Critters Challenge #11

Hello! How are you today? I am doing well! I have had a very full, busy day! I broke my day into 30 minute increments and went back and fourth between craft projects and house projects! I was surprisingly productive! I got two swaps finished up and two other packages ready to mail! I got a third swap designed and started and managed to get the fridge, freezer, pantry and microwave all cleaned out and scrubbed shiny! :) We stay so busy with all of our running any more that these chores wind up getting put on a back burner. I was happy to get them caught up! :)

I also managed to get my latest Crafty Critter Challenge card finished! I must say I LOVED THIS CHALLENGE!!!! Tracey hosted (Hiya Tracey!!). This was an awesome challenge!! Here are the details:

Use SCS Card Sketch 240
No Red or Green
Use Stickles and Ribbon
Use Any Christmas Image

I was going to go with a baby blue right up until the last minute and then this silver and pink combo screamed out at me! I used SU! Pink Pirouette as my base. I stamped the flower from Delightful Decorations in Pretty in Pink and added Stickles to the center of each. I used Whisper White punched with my eyelet border punch as my panel #2. I used one of the ornaments from Delightful Decorations as piece #3 and 'hung' it with ribbon. I made panel #4 using the deer from SU! Winter Post. I sponged blue on top and sponged a moon using the masking technique. I lined the edge of the white with Dazzling Diamonds to create a glistening snow-y effect. I mounted it on pink and white and outlined all of the edges using a silver marker. Here is my challenge card:




I want to make all of my Christmas cards in pink now! I just love the way the pink and silver look together! :)

Ok, lots to do tonight and an early day tomorrow! Hope that you have a wonderful night! I will be back soonest!

Welcome babies!

Hello! How are you today? I hope that you have had a wonderful weekend! We went to a baby shower today! My hubby has an uncle who has 4 boys (his cousins) and the last few years have been very eventful for them! So far we have celebrated 4 graduations, 4 wedding showers, 4 weddings, 3 baby showers and there are 2 babies on the way! Very busy time for hubby's uncle and aunt! :)

I wanted to share 2 of the baby cards that I made with you! I used stamps from a set called Zoo-licious and used my Cricut to cut the onesies out. I stamped different images on the onsies and added brads for the snaps. I made my own background paper by stamping a soft looking rose from SU!s Watercolor Mini's onto Whisper White card stock. I used my Eyelet border punch to decorate the binder edge and mounted the whole thing on a mint green color and then on to a Pretty In Pink base. I tied a Whisper White bow across the onsie to break up the pink. I thought they came out pretty cute! :)

The shower was very nice and it seemed like everyone there brought a baby! There were babies all over the place! It made me a little sad that my kids are all growing so fast. I am so proud of them though! They are all growing into such nice people! Anyhow, here are my Zoo-licious cards:





Ok, well I am off to get some things done! Tomorrow starts another busy week! I will be back soonest! Have a great night! :)

Birthday Wishes!

Hello there! Hope that you have had a full and happy day! Our day started with an early morning soccer game and then errands and then ended with a birthday party! My son's team won their game and I had just enough time to run home and make a bday card and get the kids to the party!

It is always such a challenge to me to try to make a masculine card! The only thing harder than making a masculine card is making one for a 17 year old teenager! LOL I went with blues and browns but couldn't resist using a yummy cupcake image with some sparkle! The teenager in question is a really great kid would appreciate anything we did for him so I wasn't too worried about the sparkle! I stuffed a gift certificate into the card, because those are one size fits all! I used the sets Crazy for Cupcakes and Sincere Salutations, both from Stampin Up! I added some chocolate chip ribbon to make the card feel balanced and then some sparkle gems! The designer paper behind the cupcake image and the card base are both from a card kit I received recently. Here is the finished card:



I am embarrassed to admit that I was able to make this card without getting up from my chair even once! LOL I had all of the needed supplies piled (very high!) on my desk! I guess I will be spending some time tomorrow cleaning up my space! :) Ok, long day so I am off in search of some zzzzz's! Hope that you have a good night! I will be back soonest! :)