Summer Nights :)

It's time for MORE Riley and Company sneak peeks!!!
ALL 18 Riley Movie Stamps will be available on 
Thursday, September 29th at 10pm during the Blog Hop!!! 
and here's the bonus!!! 
All orders placed between Thursday, September 29th
through Sunday, October 2nd -
will receive FREE shipping!!! 

For today's sneak peek,
I am SO happy to create a card for one of my all time favorite movies...
GREASE

Let me introduce you to...
"Riley as Danny" 
and 
"Sophie as Sandy"

Swooon! 

My parents had RECORDS when I was little 

and this 'soundtrack' was my very first record, just for me :) 

I remember playing my RECORD PLAYER over and over again! 

Especially this song! I knew exactly where to place the needle to get to it ;) 

Oi! I feel old! LOL! and I'm really not that old, hee hee :) 

The rest of the Moosemates are also sharing sneak peeks on their blogs until Thursday too! 

AND, we also have a Guest Designer playing along with us for this release, 

Gina Lindsay of Makings and Musings

Be sure to check out everyone's fun movie creations :) 

Thanks for stopping by! 

I really do appreciate all the visits and comments!!! xo

Cindy Haffner
Frances Byrne
Silke Kittman
Laurie Clout
Therese Boyd
Michelle L
Kelly Santi
Heather Prince
Jovita Torres
Margie Cortina
Sarah Gough
Juliet Huang
Joy Stagg

Say Cheese!

Just popping in to share what I've been up to the last 2 days :)

Other than being sick {ugh!} I've been trying to get my things together for my Craft Fair that is on this Saturday! and have created some fun frames too!

These pics don't show the details very well - I painted the backsides, Modge Podge-ed the front sides and added acetate to the windows to keep the pics safe from dust ;) They are a bit on the simple/plain side, but I think that they turned out pretty well :) 

 My Mind's Eye and Prima products

 My Mind's Eye and The Robin's Nest Dew Drops

Creative Imaginations and Me&My Big Ideas

 My Mind's Eye

 My Mind's Eye and Me&My Big Ideas

 BasicGrey, KandCompany Flowers and Making Memories Ribbon.

Cosmo Cricket DP and My Mind's Eye Die Cut Stickers

 misc paper and 3D sticker.

 Bo Bunny and Prima.

misc. paper and 3D sticker.

Hope you likey! Did you find a fave?!

I've got to get to my lil sick baby boy and catch up on a few things!

See you tomorrow for some Thursday challenges!

I hope that y'all are enjoying your Wednesday :)

Back to School with Harry!!!

Hey! It's Wednesday already! How cool is that?! :)

I have a lil postcard to share with you today!

First, I'd like to mention that I would like to enter my lil postcard to the following challenges:

- Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #38: "Back to School"

- The Pink Elephant Challenge #83: "Back to School"

- Allsorts Challenges Week #68: "New Beginnings"

- Crazy 4 Challenges #53: Book Related

- Our Creative Corner ABCs and 123s: Use Letters and/or Numbers

- Fussy and Fancy Challenge #18: "Back to School"

I made this to slip into Nicky's lunchbox yesterday - a little note to let him know that we were thinking of him, a lil encouragement to get help him get thru the rest of his day and wishing him the best for first day of school ever ;)

He loves anything to do with Harry Potter! (Even though I haven't let them watch all the movies yet! Just the first 2!) I knew that Harry would be the best way to go... plus, it's small enough to use as a bookmark too ;)

.... sigh... I know, I have such bad handwriting! lol! But it's mine, and I know that he'll appreciate it more rather than seeing something from the printer ;)

These delish school-ish papers are Bo Bunny's "Learning Curve" Cut Outs and my (actually, lil sis') EK Success border punch and The Paper Studio's sentiment stamp!

No embellies, he doesn't like any kind of ribbon on his cards, lol! and I didn't want to make it any thicker than the layers that are on there already...

You can find Harry Potter and his friends from Hogwarts
 at the Pixie Dust Studio HERE!!!

Thanks so much for looking! Have a fab day :)

See you tomorrow for a fun-filled day of challenges!!!

Summer-time FUN!!!

I have a quickie Monday post :)

We had such a busy weekend full of fun stuff and also got stuck under a freaky storm yesterday, feeling the aches and pains of being drenched in very cold water, LOL! and today we 2 lil friends playing over for the afternoon! I love seeing how these ages (3 - 6 1/2) interact with each other! Too cute :)

So, here are some more of the cards that I created during my time with InStyle Stamp's Promo DT :)

Some summer-y themed cards! I had so much fun creating these!!!

This is "Surfer Dude" (a Retro Rubber Stamp)... isn't he handsome!

Here's "Sofie" (an Anime Rubber Stamp)... I love how the gem swirl goes so well...

I really wish I had an airbrush system, would've made a really cool back ground to do some swirls or something... what do you think???

And "Tatiana" (an Anime Rubber Stamp)... I adore lil girls with any type of pony or pigtails! So cute!

That's it for now! I hope you likey them all :)

I have a HUGE scrappy mess to clean up! My mess is all over and under my desk, small shelf, a chair that I borrowed from my bedroom and now a quater of the living room floor! LOL! It's not fun to have to use my die-cutting machine on the floor! and I refuse to stretch out my mess even further, it's time to CLEAN UP!!! LOL!

Happy Monday everyone!!!

StampInsanity Stamps Challenge #7 - An Inspiration Pic

Good morning, Friends!!!

Are we ready for another groovilicious challenge today?!

First! Look! A new badge :)
Grab it!!!

Now, for this week's, StampInsanity Stamps Challenge #7 is to be inspired by this picture chosen by our very own groovy babe, Tonya... 

I was very inspired! Aren't those colors so bold and vibrant?!

So much so, that I re-dusted off my Slice again, and created these lil flowers :)

I love lil Maddie!

Her hair is so much fun to color!

I also used the following challenges for my card:

- The ABC Challenge - T is for Thank You 

- The Pixie Cottage Challenge #16 - Lots of Flowers and Guest Sketch  

- Our Creative Corner - Blooming Blossoms

Flower Maddie Card Details:

Paper(s): Bo Bunny "Kitchen Spice" DP; Papertrey Ink White CS

Stamp(s): StampInsanity Stamps "Maddie" Digital Image

Ink(s): Copic Markers

Accessories: Making Memories Slice "Animal Crackers" Cartridge for Flowers; Prime e. Pearls; Spellbinders Small Oval Nestabilities; Recollections Pearls; Raspberry-Ribbons ribbon

Challenge Deets:

- Each time you enter a challenge for the month, you will receive one entry into an end of month drawing for a free digi of your choice.

- If you use an SIS image, you get another entry. The drawing will be done on the first day of the next month.

- Then, the top 3 entries each week will receive an “I grooved with the Gurlz” badge to display on their blogs. We'll distribute the badges on the day of the new challenges.

Thanks for stopping by! Please be sure to visit the rest of the Groovy Gurlz...

Alison

Jacquie 

Jeri

Jennifer

Lisa

Sarabeth

Suzi

Tonya

Prairie Fairy Fun Friday Challenge #16 ~ Distressing

It's going to be a good ol' Happy Friday ;)

So, let's get this weekend started off a lil early with a challenge from

Prarie Fairy!!!

This week's Fairy Fun Friday Challenge

is all about... 

Distressing!

I always stress when I'm distressing anything!

But I'm quite pleased with the way my card turned out :)

I also dusted off my Spica Glitter Pens and added

a bit of sparkle-y stuff to the fairy's wings,

tea and sugar cube ;)

Here's a closer look of Roberta's image... 

I love how versatile these images can be!

I never struggle with finding the right colors and

papers for these gorjuss fairies! 

Tea Fairy Card Details:

Paper(s): Bo Bunny "Kitchen Spice" DP; MS Kraft CS; PTI White CS

Stamp(s): Prairie Fairy Digital Stamps "Sugar Fairy" Image

Ink(s): SU Chocolate Chip Ink; Copic Markers

Accessories: Prima Flowers and Pearls; Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilitie

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Please be sure to visit the rest of the Praire Fairy DT...

(links are listed in my right sidebar!)

TGIF!

... and enjoy :*)

Fairy Fun Friday Challenge with JR Guest!!!

Happy Friday :)

No chit chatting in this post today, lol!

I must make it quick so y'all can scroll down to the

Junior Guest Designers Card asap ;)

Today, Prairie Fairy Fun Friday Challenge #15
is based on this beautiful inspirational picture:

I was inspired by the softness and tranquility of the pic -

the soft pink, reddish orange...

I used the kraft and chocolate cs for the weave baskets...

Here is a close-up of the "Helping Hand" Image...

Sibling Love Card Details:

Paper(s): BoBunny "Kitchen Spice" DP; Papertrey Ink CS

Stamp(s): Prairie Fairy "Helping Hand" Digital Image

Ink(s): Copic Markers -

Accessories: EK Success Jolee Poppy Paper Flower; Recollections Half Pearls;

Spellbinders Small Oval Nestabilitie

AND!!!

Here's Nicky's card!!!

Nicky is submitting his card to the 

Simon Says Challenge again :) 

Here's what Nicky has to say about his card...

"I like the green I saw in the picture... 

in between the bottom of the flowers...

and the orangey-red flowers are pretty.

I put sparkle on "Snail's Tale" shell to make it sparkle

like the water sparkles, there's water in the vase, you know...

Thank you for looking at my card again!

I try really hard to cut good and close to the black lines,

because I can now do it good.

Thank you :) "

Snail Card Details:

Paper(s): Making Memories DP; Papertrey Ink Kraft CS

Stamp(s): Prairie Fairy Digital Stamps "Snail's Tale" Digital Image

Ink(s): Crayola Crayon Scented Markers

Accessories: Making Memories Buttons; Fiskar Swirl Border Punch; 

Crayola Crayon Glitter Glue 

Thanks again for all your wonderful comments to Nicky last week!

He was thrilled to have so many comments!

He mentioned it to everyone who would listen :)

Thank YOU!

and a HUGE thank you to Roberta!!!

Thank you for asking and letting Nicky be a part of the team!!!

Oh! and don't forget!

Roberta is having a DT Call!

Please go HERE for more details!

Enjoy visiting the rest of the team for more inspiration :)

TGIF!!!

Hugs :*)

Happy Holidays with Die Cuts R Us Blog Hop!!!

Merry Christmas Eve!!! It's finally here! The...
Die Cuts R Us Design Team Holiday Blog Hop!!!

To start at the beginning of the hop, please go to the Die Cuts R Us DT Blog... otherwise, you should have just left my lil sisters blog, Sarabeth of Scrap Happie :)

Don't forget to leave a lil love on each of the DT's blogs and grab your "keywords" to unscrable the phrase and be entered to win a gift fromt he Die Cuts R Us Store!!!

The team was asked to use their fave products from the Die Cuts R Us Store... Do you know how hard this was to do?!?! I couldn't just go WITH (<--- keyword!) one product!

Now, if you know me, you know that I am a Twilight-a-holic ;) and lil' Edward from The Greeting Farm is my boyfriend! hee, hee! Especially when he is colored in with my beloved Copic Markers and Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Markers! Add in some Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DP and The Robin's Nest Dew Drops and I am in heaven!!!

See?! Edward always sparkles just for me :)
This card was also inspired by Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge 53!

... and then I did needed to take a lil break from the holidays to enjoy some December birthdays...
This is my first time inking up this handsome guy - The Greeting Farm's Twinkle Tots "Max" Rubber Stamp - paired him up with Cosmo Cricket's Boyfriend DP and Cuttlebug's Stars Embossing Folder!
Perfect birthday card!
This card was created using The Greeting Farm's Christmas Sketch #2!

Getting back into the holiday spirit... I always turn to my Memento Ink, Copic Markers and Dew Drops to get my mojo flowing...
I also turn to sketches ;)
This card was inspired by The Greeting Farm's Christmas Sketch #3!

And last, but certainly not least! I finally digged into some new faves!!! Bo Bunny DP, Neenah Paper, May Arts Ribbon and my Nestabilities!!!  I don't think I'll ever created another card without using my Nestabilities ;) and I used The Greeting Farm's Christmas Sketch #1!

There ya go! Now you know my favorite must haves when I am getting my scrappy groove on!!!

OH! Don't forget to also enter Die Cuts R Us' Epic Six Die Cutting Tool Contest HERE!

Your next stop is the very wonderful, sweet and talented Jessica of The Whimsical Butterfly 

Happy Hopping!!!

and

Merry Holidays :*)

InStyle Stamps "Love & Romance" Blog Hop

TGIF!!! and welcome to the InStyle Stamps December Blog Hop!!!

This month's theme is...

Love & Romance

We're hopping a week early this month since the last Friday in December is Christmas, and we know you'll be much too busy opening presents to come play with us. The design team has created some lovely projects to inspire you. So, if you didn't just arrive from Virginia's Blog you will want to make sure that you start at the beginning of the hop HERE!!!

Oh, and yes, there will be a Grand Prize to one lucky Blog Hop participant and also have a prize for one lucky design team member.
To enter, hop through the design team’s blogs, (leaving a comment at each stop, of course!) and then go back to the InStyle Blog Post and vote for the designer who's project inspired you the most. Then, in order to be entered into the drawing to win the grand prize, leave your name with Mister Linky. Easy Peasy ;)
You have until 11:59pm EST on Sunday, December 20th to enter, and the winners will be announced on the InStyle Stamps blog on Monday.
 
I hope my Xmas/Anniversary card inspires you :)
I also used Friday Sketchers Sketch #82 

Meet Tiff and Mitchell, the kissy couple ;) A new image coming soon to InStyle Stamps!

Love & Joy Card Details:
Paper(s): Bo Bunny DP; Bazzill CS; DCWV CS; Papertrey Ink White CS
Stamp(s): InStyle Stamps "Mitchell & Tiff" Digital Image
Ink(s): Copic Markers
Accessories: My Mind'e Eye Sentiment and Tree elements; The Robin's Nest Dew Drops; Prima Ribbon; Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities.

Your next stop is Piali of Touch of Creation

Happy Hopping and enjoy your weekend!!!

Oh! and don't forget to vote for me ;)
Hee, hee

Die Cuts R Us Challenge ~ A Gift

Good Tuesday morning to you all!!!
... and boy, do I have a busy fun-filled day to share with you!!! This is the first post of 3 for today :)

Today's Die Cuts R Us Challenge is to create a...

Handmade Gift

This is why I love our challenges so much! They really do challenge me in such a good way :)
I couldn't decide what to create and had so many ideas... I finally settled on altering this wood box I've had for a while...


The box measures approximately 9x11, I know! odd measurements, lol! Mom's birthday is tomorrow, I'm planning on filling the box with some of her favorite goodies and a few cards and drawings made by our boys :)



I used my BasicGrey Eskimo Kisses 6x6 pad and finally opened my secret stash of Bo Bunny flowers ;)

And if you know me, I LOVE using dewdrops and/or gems... the new dew drops are a lil larger, but perfect for anything too!


Here's a close up pic - I was trying to capture the light on where I used the Diamond Glaze on the Candy Cane ;)

Goodie Box Details:
Paper(s): BasicGrey Eskimo Kisses 6x6 DP; Bazzill CS; PTI White CS
Stamp(s): The Greeting Farm "Candy Cane Snack" Digital Image
Ink(s): Copic Markers; Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Markers
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities; Bo Bunny "Tis the Season" Flowers; The Robin's Nest Dew Drops; Corner Punch; Diamond Glaze; misc heart ribbon

Hope y'all likey ;)
Please go take a peek at what the rest of the Die Cuts R Us DT created for this week!!!

Thanks for stopping by! See you in a bit with more fun stuff!!!