The Sagittarius {A Sweet November Preview!!!}

Oh my goodness!

Have you seen all of the previews going on at Amy's Blog!?!? 

{A Thousand Sheets of Paper}

Amy has created a new line of Sweet November Stamps called

Zodiac Girls!!!

A stamp for every Zodiac sign!!! 12!!!

If you haven't seen them yet,

you must stop by her blog and have a looksie! They're gorgeous!

Plus!!!

Sweet and very generous Amy has blog candy going on for each of the 12 girls ;)

Today, Amy, Nancy Thomas, Alisom Heikkila and I are showing you the last 2 of the Zodiac Girls!

I was very lucky enough to receive my own sign to preview for you today :)

Sagittarius!!!

Sagittarius (November 23rd to December 21st), a Fire Sign,

known as the Centaur or the Archer...

they are very optimistic, freedom-loving, good-humored, independent, honest and straightforward (blunt!), intellectual and philosophical... they can also be blindly optimistic, irresponsible (Oi!) and restless (so true!)

Her signature colors are rich Purples, deep blues and pinks and their stone(s) are Turquoise and Amethyst.

Isn't she a true beauty?!?!

I love the size of this stamp!

I had SO much fun coloring! and really being creative!

I also love that I was able to use these flower-sequins

that I've been holding on to for a loooong time :)

and look at all the sparkle!

I'm saving this one for my Mom's b'day ;)

I saved this tag from the bottle that these Prima flowers came in ;)

I just had to use it!

Even though Sagittarius' flowers are Carnations,

Crocus and berried plants, hee hee!

Another awesome Birthday card for someone special ;)

Our family has a TON of birthdays in December! 

I am going to neeeed to make a whole lot more! ha! 

I hope you likey too!

Oh, and click any of the pics to make it bigger!

I finally realized that I have the right Copics to create a soft blush for cheeks!

I am loooving how this 'natural' look looks :) yay!!!

Amy's candies will stay open through Sunday, March 6th!!! 

Winners will be announced on Monday, March 7th.

Which also happens to be the official release date

for ALL of March's new stamps at All That Scraps!

A HUUUGE THANK YOU to Amy for letting me be a part of her preview week!

Thanks for stopping by again everyone :)
TGIF!!!

Card Details:

Stamp(s): All That Scraps/Sweet November Stamps "Zodiac Girls - Sagittarius" Rubber Stamp

Paper(s): KandCompany "Que Sera Sera" DP, Papertrey Ink CS

Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Chocolate Chip, Copic Markers

Accessories: Sequin Purple Flowers, Pink Gems, Butterfly, corner rounder punch.

Prima flowers and tag, Baker's Twine, The Robin's Nest Dew Drops, MFT Scalloped Die-namics



Bee Happy with Hansel

Happy Tuesday! I love Tuesdays -

it means we're done with Monday and heading into the middle of the week already ;)

Here's a bumble-y cute card I'd like to share today...
if you haven't guessed yet, I have a 'thing' for things that bumble around ;)

I'd like to enter my card for the following challenges too:

- All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge - Monochromatic {Yellow}

- Crazy 4 Challenges #46 - Buttons

- Flutter By Wednesday #114 - 3 or more layers
- Papertake Weekly "In The Garden Challenge" {Bumblebees!}

- Stamp Something Challenges - Go Digital! {Image}

I used Swiss Pixie - Bumblebee Hansel Digital Image from All That Scraps! Did you know that they had digital images?! Whoot! They do :)  - Hansel has to be one of the most sweetest boy images that I now own! and he's a Bumblebee!!! I totally adore him!!! It is so hard to find bumble-y things/images...

I had to use my Willowbee 6x6 pad and stamp set by Nikki Sivils, added in some matching layers and used my Slice to create these shapes to match the DP! Popped up some parts, tied on some ribbon and I was done! I really love how it all came together!  

I hope you likey as well :)

Stay tuned for Pixie Dust Studio's "The Nutcracker" release later today!

Smooches :*)

Banana-rific!!!

Banana-rific! I cleaned up my desk!!! I have a quick lil card to share... I created this card strictly from scraps leftover from the cards I made for the Caffinated Cropper Blog Hop today, hence, cleaning off my desk area ;) Lookie here - even the cards base is a scrap! This card measures almost 5 1/2 inches tall and almost 3 inches wide... I won this darling lil Sweet November's Fruit of the Month stamp called "Sweet Banana" designed by Amy of A Thousand Sheets of Paper, from All That Scraps April's release! This is the first time that I've had a moment to ink her up! Yea! I drool over Amy's creations and hope that I did her proud with this one ;)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges :)

- That's Krafty Thursday Challenge #29 - Use Kraft CS

- Charisma Cardz Challenge#22 - Flowers

I'm sorry about my pic, first, my pics were to blurry, and now they look too bright, lol!

My card is very Amy inspired ;) I used a lil leftover Jenni Bowlin Lemonad DP, mounted lil Miss Banana, added tiny Primas and Pearls and the ribbon is from Papertrey Ink - love it! Need to get me some more ;) Especially since I just ran out of their Kraft cardstock too!

I have to admit, I think that other than any of the Twilight themed stamps that I own ;) this one has become one of my most fave of all! She is just sooo cute! and we are huge on bananas over here! - my kids eat at least one or two a day! She's just the perfect addition to my lil stash here ;)

I can't wait to see what the next Fruit of the Month lil darling will be!  

Here is a close up of Sweet Banana - I used my Clear and Lemon Spica pens to make her sparkly wings, hat and tips of her dress...

Thanks for looking today :) I hope you likey!
Be sure to stop by Amy's blog and see her latest released stamps - Mermaids!

I'm a lil behind on my blog/stalking/surfing right now -
I'll be by soon enough!

xoxoxo

A Girly Baby Bud...

Good Tuesday evening to you :)

I have a sweet Girly Baby Bud card to share with you!

I would like to enter my lil card to the following challenges:

- All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge #27 - Pink and Brown

- Whimsical Wednesday, Diedrich Dare Challenge #34 -

Kaitlyn's Sketch and Ribbon

(I did the sketch from memory and got my ruffly ribbon wrong, sorry!)

- BasicGrey Challenge #29 - Photo Inspiration

Sweet Baby Bud Emmy!

Another lil Bud that I won from Krista!

{{Thank you again, Krista!!!}}

I was cleaning some of my papers out of my small shelf and didn't even know that I owned this BasicGrey paper, lol! I just had to use it and knew exactly what I wanted to use and do ;)

I hope you likey! :)

My Baby Bud Friend Card Details:

Paper(s): BasicGrey Sultry DP; Bazzill CS

Stamp(s): Baby Bud Designs "Emmy" Rubber Stamp; 

The Greeting Farm Butterfly Wishes Sentiment Stamp

Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Copic Markers

Accessories: Recollections Flowers; Making Memories Ribbon;

EK Success Border Punch; Spellbinder Small Tag Nestabilitie 

Enjoy your night!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and sweet dreams :)

Friends Having Fun Recipe Challenge #1 (ETA)

Good morning to you!
and Happy Monday...
or as happy as can it can get ;)
I have to bring my 2 boys back to the doc later today,
so say a lil prayer or wish us luck, please :)

Today is time for our first Recipe Challenge at...

Friends Having Fun

And it is being sponsored by...



Simon Says Stamp is offering $10 worth of products
to this weeks winner!!!

Here's the recipe:
- A Shiny Application (i.e. Stickles, Glitter, Shimmerz, etc.)
- 3 different types of Designer/Patterned Papers
- Must Handcut Your Papers!!! (No trimmers, hee hee!)
- Add a Funny Quote, Phrase or Sentiment

I'm also entering my card to the following challenges:

- All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge Week #25 - Distressing

- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Cutie Pie
- Stamp Something Challenge - Something Layered

- Hope Stamps Eternal Cupcake Challenge #55

- Scrap Pile Saturday Challenge #8 - ONLY use Scraps and Orange

Handcutting?! eeek!

Lucky for me, I had all these perfectly sized scraps laying under my desk -

LOL, don't ask! Maybe if I'm brave enough, I'll share a pic

of my disaster area, hee hee ;)

Even the card's base was a leftover scrap...

and then, I just tore it up! lol
Since it's a boy card, I wasn't aloud to put anything to glitter-y on it,
lol! So, I colored the sentiment in with my Orange Spica Glitter Pen
and added the dew drops ;)

Isn't lil Baby Bud Design's "Ashton" a cutie?!
Don't ya just love the lil belly of his?! hee hee

I won him and all his lil rubber stamp Baby Buddies from

Krista of Crafty Little Pigtail's Blog Candy a few weeks ago!
Yippee!!!
Thank you, Krista!

Cool Baby Bud Card Details:

Paper(s): Crate Paper DP; Prima Polka Dot Orange DP; Papertrey Ink CS

Stamp(s): Baby Bud Designs "Ashton" Rubber Stamp;

Studio G Sentiment Clear Stamp

Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Copic Markers and

Atyou Orange Spica Glitter Pen; SU Chocolate Chip Ink for Distressing  

Accessories: Dew Drops; Spellbinders Small Oval Nestabilitie

Thanks for stopping in and looking around today!

I hope you'll join in on the challenges :)

OH! and please don't forget to visit the rest of the

Friends Having Fun Recipe DT :)

Jeri

Juanita

Piali

Rebecca

Sarabeth

HUGS!!!