I'm hopeless.

I cannot pass up a cute snowman stamp! It just isn't going to happen! LOL!

Bad lighting in this photo, but I'm pressed for time tonight and the dog is barking at me to go to bed (spoiled brat!) So, I'm gonna make this short and sweet.

What I used: Scarf for Three from My Favorite Things, Memento ink, Copic markers, Shimmerz Paints (are you kidding me? how fabulously shimmery are these guys?!), Martha Stewart snowflake punch (seriously I'm so in love with this thing.), rhinestone brad, SU CS, Neenah cream colored stamping CS, DCWV mat pack stack, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Oh and don't forget to enter my blog candy for a $25 gift certificate to All That Scraps! ~~>CLICK HERE TO ENTER<~~ Just a few more days. I heard there were new stamp sets just released over there from Amy R. Might wanna go check them out! Everyone can enter!

So, about this card.

This card was created for Carolyn King's Heart to Heart blog candy. What an amazing and over the top blog candy it is...and for such a great reason, too. The cards that everyone is creating are going to caregiver's for Alzheimer's patients. Also all the proceeds from her set, Whimsical Autumn, at Gina K. are going toward the Alzheimer's Association in memory of her grandmother.

What I used: stamp from My Favorite Things, Memento ink, Copic markers, Spica clear glitter pen, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Prima flowers, stick on pearls, Basic Grey PP, SU CS, Neenah white CS, Cuttlebug embossing folder and ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to go over and check out her fantastic blog candy and make a card in order to make a difference to someone who cares for these patients.

Pink-a-licious!

Pink just happens to be one of my favorite colors...ever! And snowmen just happen to be another one of my favorites ever!

Allison at Stampin' When I Can, issued a challenge to use snowmen. I'm taking that challenge. LOL! And on the Stamp Something blog, a challenge was issued to embellish. Ooh how I love embellishing things!

What I used: Baby, It's Cold Outside from My Favorite Things, Stampin' Up CS, Neenah White CS, DCWV mat glitter stack, Memento ink, Copic markers, white gel pen, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Prima flowers, rhinestone brad, Word Window punch, Fiskars Threading water border punch, ribbon...and a generous amount of stickles!

Thanks for stopping by today. Have the best day ever! :)

Duuuude...Chill Out!

Okay, so yeah....not that kind of chill out. :D This stamp is from My Favorite Things. I love these! Love, love! And I love sketch challenges so I used the sketch challenge from Mothers and Daughter's Creations blog. It was a really fun sketch! I kinda went simple because I didn't want to take away from the image or the pretty papers.

What I used: MFT stamp, Basic Grey PP, SU CS, Neenah White CS, Copic markers, Memento ink, Spica Clear glitter pen, corner rounder punch.

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Sketch Challenge on SCS

I try to do these when I can. If I like the sketch and if I have time...anyway, this was for the sketch challenge 193 on SCS. I loved the sketch and had a lot of fun putting together things for this card. :)

I just love to pieces these Annie LaPoint stamps from MFT! You can dress 'em up or dress 'em down and they always turn out better than I expect. heh

What I used: Rosemary stamp from MFT, Basic Grey PP, SU CS, Neenah White CS, edge distressor, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder, stick on embellies (not sure what to call these), Memento ink, Copic markers, Prima flower, perfect layers tool.

Thanks for popping by today! Hope your week is the best ever! :)

This one was really fun to do...

This stamp is from My Favorite Things from the latest release. Actually it is BC Dezyns or something like that. I'm actually too lazy to get up and go look...but you can find it on the MFT online store. ANYway, this gal is SO fun to paper piece and color and decorate. :D

What I used: MFT stamp, Memento ink, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Neenah white CS, SU CS, DCWV PP, Perfect layers tool, Word window punch, Making Memories brads, stick on pearl for her earring. You can't tell by the photo but I used my clear glitter Spica pen to put glitter on her eyelids and some on her lips and then I went over her lips with Glossy Accents so they were shiny like lip gloss. :D

Thanks for stopping by today! I'm off to work. I'm so sad I'm gonna miss the C.C. Designs release party tonight. Darn sick people thinking they need drugs or something when CLEARLY I have better things to do like stamp and chat rather than work. LOL Later, y'all!

I know.....I've been gone

for a while. I had a V.V. important thing to do. :D It is a good thing and it is all settled now so hopefully I'll have time to get back to my normally scheduled life!

Anyway, I was recently inspired by a blog to use up some scraps. Simply Elegant Paper Crafts by June was just what I needed to make me stop cutting up a new piece of paper each time. OH I still will cut my new papers, but I do have a big pile of scraps that I LOVE that I can't bear to part with yet.

Everything on this card (except the base) was a scrap. I love the simplicity of it. I'll have some fancier things later to show. :D

What I used: MFT stamps, SU! CS, DCWV PP, Memento ink, Copic markers, Making Memories brads and hardware, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by today! :)

Sharing a few...

Well, even though I am still sneezing and I feel the need to plug up my nose with a feminine hygiene product, I have been having some fun with paper. :)

The first one is for the cute sketch challenge on Mothers and Daughter's Creations challenge blog. And for a girl at work because she looooves pirates and she loves black and red. *rolling my eyes* LOL (The lighting was a bit weird on this one so the colors look "off".)

What I used: Ollie and Oliva stamp and sentiment, Memento ink, Copic markers, SU paper, Neenah paper, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Crop a dile, Cuttlebug embossing folder, brads, Perfect Layers tool, ribbon.

This next one is for the My Favorite Things sketch challenge on SCS. I have been hanging on to this piece of Crate patterned paper for a while so I figured I'd use it. :)

What I used: My Favorite Things stamp and sentiment. (I cut the lavender part off the bottom of the image stamp and the grande off the Thank you sentiment. I mangle stamps that don't fit how I want them to. LOL) Memento ink, Stampin' Up CS, Crate paper, Neenah CS, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, perfect layers tool, prima flowers and a brad.

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Sketch challenges...

I love sketch challenges. I've told y'all before that I do. I like color challenges a bit also but sketch challenges are what I really like.

Anyway, this is for the MFT sketch challenge 41 on SCS. I liked the sketch and I hadn't ever used this stamp set so I sat about to playing and this is what I made!

What I used: Stampin Up CS, Neena CS, Basic Grey PP, MFT stamp-Punny Farm, Cuttlebug, Embossing folders, Nestabilities, Prima flowers, stick on pearls, a twee piece of ribbon, Memento ink and copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by today...hope you're having a great weekend! I've got some sort of allergy or something as my head is all stuffy and my throat is sore. No fevers or anything so I don't think it is a cold. Whew! I can deal with allergies. :D

I think I have a new favorite...hehe

I am in LOVE with this sketch. I love the square and the circles! This is for the MFTSC40 on the My Favorite Things forum on SCS. Do you not love this sketch? Gah! Right up my alley, y'all! And if you participate in their sketch challenge, you have a chance to win the August mini stamp set. So go play (or wait, no, don't...that would decrease my odds...y'all just stay here. LOL)

What I used: My Favorite Things stamp (I cut the be calm off the bottom of the stamp. It was annoying me being there); Stampin' Up cardstock; Nestabilities; Cuttlebug; Fiskars embossing plate; stick on pearls; ticket corner punch; ribbon, prima & hero arts flowers; perfect layers tool.

Thanks for stopping by...I know, I should have combined this card with the one below but I didn't! LOL

Lazy Sunday...

perfect for making things! Right? Having a bit of fun today with some things.

Anyway, I saw on the Our Creative Corner blog a beautiful dining room as the inspiration challenge this week. No rules or sketch were given, just that we were to take whatever elements or colors or whatever we liked from the room and create a card. Okay! :D

Here is what I made:

Supplies I used: Stampin' Up CS, unknown sourced DP, MFT stamp and sentiment, cuttlebug & nestabilities & swiss dot folder, May Arts ribbon, Memento Rich Cocoa ink and copic markers.


And I made a cute Riley card, too. :) I loves me some Rileys...I do, I do! I was just futzing around with some circle cards and put this little guy together. And since his floatie has dots on it, I carried the dots theme throughout. hehe (Oh and a note about his floatie. After I took this picture, I remembered to use my glossy accents on it so it was shiny...so pretend you see it there, okay?!)

























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The card that almost wasn't.

I made this card for Mojo Monday Week #45 and the sketch itself is LOVELY and a real pleasure to view for sure. However, everything I did for this card, I ended up doing AT LEAST twice. SO frustrating! My cuts were wrong...I smudged the coloring or the ink...I cut it with the wrong Nestabilities die...I stuck it wrong and then when I went to pull it up, I ripped the cardstock. MY WORD I was nearly in tears when it finally came together! LOL

So HERE is the card that I nearly scrapped, not because of the sketch, but because of my own stupidity.

Supplies I used: MFT stamp and sentiment; River rock, Summer Sun, White CS; K&Co DP; Memento cocoa or whatever the name is ink; Copic markers; Ribbon from Michael's; American Craft white brads; Crop-a-Dile; Paper piercer; Scor-Pal; Inksentials white gel pen; Summer Sun ink sponged around the edge of the sentiment; Copic Atyou Spica clear glitter pen. Blood, sweat, tears, a few curse words and LOTS of patience. :)

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