Mahalo!

Good morning :) 

I'm so happy to have a card to share with you today! 

Today starts week 2 of the latest Sparkle Creations Challenge... 

And here is the card that I made using... 

Karber "Hawaii" Clear Stamp Set

I really do love coloring her hair! She's such a cutie :) 

Please be sure to stop by the Sparkle Creations Blog for more details! 

and don't forget to say HI to these lovely ladies too :) 

Kerri Michaud 

Savannah O'Gwynn 

Simonne Clay 

Sparkle Smith 

Stephanie Kraft

Thanks for stopping by, Happy Tuesday!!! 

See Ya Later, TGF :)

TGIF to a bittersweet day... 

The day has finally come to see 'see you later' to The Greeting Farm :( 

Not a good-bye, because I plan on visiting a lot and seeing all of my girls often enough! 

But it is my last day as Team Captain, sniff!... 

And of course, I kept putting off my post for today - denial? procrastination? 

All of the above ;) 

SO, as I started out this post this morning, thinking that we were suppose to post our favorite TGF cards, lol, these lovely ladies surprised me with their beautiful cards and I am so deeply touched - 

You must visit their blogs and leave them some love today :) 

A big thank you to Jessica for EVERYTHING! ... to Marie too :) 

And a special thank you to April, Joni, Lisa and Sharette! 

Such sweet girlies, had a great time working with all of you!!!

Here are some of my all time favorites from this awesome team :) 

Jessica 

April 

Joni 

Lisa 

Sharette 

... and here are some of my own favorites from this term :) 

AND thank you to all of you who have supported me, The Greeting Farm, for stopping by and commenting and playing along with our challenges :) 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

See you later ;) 

xoxo 

I Dare You 2 Glimmer!!!

Good morning and happy M-day to you :) 

It's a new week! and we're looking forward to lots of good things!!! 

I'm starting off the week right with The Greeting Farm's 

ANYTHING GOES Fun Day Monday Challenge! 

Even though it's a bittersweet challenge for me, 

this is our last week as DT on the challenge blog :( 

I am going to miss working with these girlies so very much, sniff!!!

So for this challenge, I decided to use another newbie stamp - 

Glimmer Bean 

Here's a close-up... 

I added a bit of sparkle to her :) 

Hope you like my Glimmer Bean! 

Be sure to stop by TGF's Challenge Blog for all the deets! 

and then hop along to see what the DT created for the day too :) 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Have a fab day!!! xoxo 

Enjoy This Day :)

HELLO everyone :) 

Long... time... no... see! 

hee, hee!!! 

Hope you are all well!

I have a card to show you today, yippeee! 

There is another Friday Spy Day Challenge on 

The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Challenge Blog today! 

This week, we are "case-ing" Lou Mac's card... 

I tried to go with the same layout she used, 

and I also tried to be as decorative as I could with embellishments too - 

but, I am not as bold as she is :) 

Here is my card using the most cutest ckear stamp evaaa... 

"Shimmer Bean" 

I told you she was a cutie!!! 

Hope you'll play along with us this week! 

Be sure to hop along and visit the rest of the DT too :) 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Happy TGIF!!! 

Buzzing By To Say Thanks!

TGIF, friends!!! and a good one it's going to be :) 

I am back with my third and final post for today! 

Wow, shocking, right?! lol 

*Please scroll down to see my latest sneak peek card for Sparkle Creations! 

and my card for TGF's Spy Day Challenge, thanks!!! 

Well, it's time for another awesome sketch from 

Taylored Expressions!!! 

I decided to create a card size notepad for a friend :) 

I used my latest My Mind's Eye Pad from February's Key Ingredients Kit along with my new to me petite stamp set called "Sunflower Wreath".... 

Here is what this week's sketch looks like: 

Can't wait to see who plays along :) 

Be sure to visit the rest of the Sketch Crew to see what they've created for today!

Cassie Trask 

Jami Sibley 

Lisa Hjulberg 

Lori Craig 

Margie Cortina 

Monika Davis 

Rachel Sztonyk 

Tracy Clemente 

Taylor VanBruggen  

Linda Suarez, Featured Top Chef

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your Friday and weekend :) 

xoxo 

Wanna Sit and Chat???

Good morning, and hello again!

*Please scroll down to see my latest sneak peek card for
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, thank you :) 

I'm back to share with you the latest Spy Day Challenge
at The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog today!!!
This week, we are casing one of Sugar's Card :)

Here's my take on it... 

I just had to use my newest stamp set from The Greeting Farm's last release,
"Sitting Casual"

Isn't Ian the handsomest boy ever???
I paper pieced his couch and was inspired by Sugar's layout and use of polka dots :)

Please be sure to visit the rest of the DT for more inspiration!

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

See you later on with my third and final post for today!
xoxo 

Miss. Love

Good morning!!! and Happy M-Day to you all :) 

It's been a while since I've been able to post anything here - 

I just haven't had much time to create anything :( 

But I managed to squeeze in a bit of time late last night, yay! 

Just in time for a super fun Monday Fun Day Challenge at 

The Greeting Farm today!!! 

It's an "ANYTHING GOES" challenge, 

the best kind of challenge to play around with, right?! hee, hee 

and I also decided to use the current TGF SCS Sketch Challenge too!!! 

Here's my card using one of the Miss Anya's from the 

Miss Anya Garland Stamp Set... 

... and I also used my latest Key Ingredients Kit from Taylored Expressions! 

I just looove these My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads!!! 

This one is called "Rosey" - and I did some fun paper piecing with it :) 

Oh! and here's what the sketch looks like:

Please be sure to check out what the rest of the DT has been up to too! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

AND!!! Don't forget - it's sneak peek time at The Greeting Farm!!! 

You don't want to miss seeing what little "beans" are sprouting up at the farm on March 1st ;)

Thanks for stopping by! 

and enjoy your M-Day!!! xo

Tea-rrific!

Good morning friends :) 

Did this week feel like the longest one ever to exist? lol, it really did to me! 

I am so happy to be able to post something today!!! 

Real life has been keep me so very busy, doesn't it understand that this girl need's to get her bumble-y going on as much as possible! lol! 

The Greeting Farm - Farm Fresh Challenges 

has another Spy Day to play along with today!

It's all about 'case-ing' Lori Craig's beautiful Kraft-y card! 

I just had to use the same stamp set that she used, Tea-rrific! 

I also tried to stay true to the layout and elements she used too; 

krafty cardstock, scalloped circle, button/twine :) 

All good happy stuff to play with!!! 

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my teammates came up with too! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Have a fab TGIF!!! 

xoxo 

Mr. Bunny says you are wonderful :)

Happy Valentine's Day Eve!!! 

It's M-day {yea, me and M-day still don't get along, lol!} and I have now declared M-day to be an extension of the weekend! M-day used to be my 'cleaning/organizing' day for the week - I have now switched it to Sundays and M-days are now my days to just get the kiddos to/from school and relax with a good book or crafty-time :) hee hee!!! 

To start the week right! Let's play along with The Greeting Farm's 

Farm Fresh "Monday Fun Day" Challenge!!!

This week, I challenge you to use Red and Pink on your cards/projects :) 

Here's my card using my Lucky Bunnies Clear Stamp Set... 

Oh! and I'm entering my card into The Spotted Chick's 

That's Krafty Thursday Challenge #58 too :) 

These bunnies are just so darn cute!!! 

and this sentiment is truly a favorite! 

I paper pieced Mr. Bunny with Kraft CS and WeRMemory Keepers DP... 

total sweetness!!! 

Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the DT has been up to! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Enjoy your week! 

See you later on this week ;)
xoxo 

TOUCHDOWN!!! {SCRSC72}

Good afternoon crafty friends :) 

Is it really Tuesday?! It feels like a Thursday already, lol ;) 

One can hope, right?! 

Not that I want time to fly by, 

but I really do look forward to our weekends that are schedule free and full of family time fun! 

Don't we all :) 

I have a really fun card to share with you today! 

I am, by no means, a sports fanatic at all! So, if the colors I used by any chance support any team out there, my bad, lmao! I wasn't going for that ;) hee, hee! 

However, I was boo-ed by all the boys in my family that I should have gone with the Giants colors... I'm thinking that if I would have, they wouldn't have won ;) So there! ha! 

Any-hoo! Here is the second half of 

Sparkle Creations Challenge {SCRSC72}:

Create a card using any of your team colors, or anything football related! 

I, of course, used "Football Josh" for my card :)  

Please forgive any smudges you may see, it seems that a certain lil guy around here was quite interested in the sparkly stuff on today's card ;) 

I colored Josh with my Copics and then found some scraps of My Mind's Eye to put the card together, easy-peasy! Love how it turned out!!! 

Please be sure to check out what the rest of the DT came up with for today too!

Kerri Michaud

Margie Cortina 

Savannah O'Gwynn 

Simonne Clay 

Sparkle Smith

Thanks! and enjoy the rest of you day :) 

xoxo 

My Sweet Angel Card...

Good Friday everyone!!! 

Wow, another week just blew away and it's February!!! 

I have to be honest, I was actually a bit afraid to post for today, lol! 

It's been so long since I've posted anything here, I'm thinking that people have either forgotten about me or are mad or both! ha! Sorry! 

I had to step back for a bit and figure out why my mojo has been lacking so much lately. It's never been this bad before and I have felt so overwhelmed and sad by it. I've been blogging and doing my thing here for 3 1/2 years now, and I have never stayed away for more than 3 days at a time. 

It's time to make some changes! and have some fun! 

So for now, I want to share with you the card I made for today's

Spy Day Challenge at The Greeting Farm!!! 

This week, we are 'case-ing' Jas' card!!! 

and this is what I came up with: 

This is my first time using my sweet Angel Anya rubber stamp!!! 

Isn't she gorgeous!?

I used a scrap of Echo Park DP, found a paper silver doily and colored her up with my Copics... even did a bit of distressing there, lol! Quick simple card... wondering what occasion I could use this one for...??? 

Here's a close up at her sparkly halo and wings :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

I truly do love my visitors and comment-ers :) 

Please be sure to check out the rest of the DT and see what they've been up to!!! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Don't forget that tomorrow TGF will have another 

sketch challenge posted on their SCS forum!!!

Happy weekend!!! 

xoxo 

You Warm My Heart! {TESC151}

Happy TGIF to you!!!
Let's celebrate!!! Woo Hoo!!!
It's a rainy cold day out here on Long Island, but I'm not going to let it get to me since I'm in such a good mood this morning! It seems that my mojo has decided to stop by for a visit, so I'm going to take advantage of it and try to crossing off as many things as I can off my to-do list today!!!

Let's start the TGIF celebrations with a NEW
Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge!!! 
The first challenge for 2012 is here!!! Yippeee!!!
I'm SO happy to be back with the Sketch Crew this year :)

There have been some changes to the Sketch Challenges,
please be sure to visit Taylor's blog for all the updates, thanks!!!

I decided to finally ink up my newest stamp from TE,
"Polar Pete" 

Doesn't Pete make a sweet Valentine!?
I'm going to give this one to my 5yo, he'll adore it!
I used my Copics to color him in and the water - I was trying to test my blues out, lol!
and I used one of my fave Valentine paper pads,
We R Memory Keepers "Love Struck".

I better crack out some of my TE penguins for my 8yo's card today, I don't want them to sneak peek and not find one for himself, lol! Yes, I'm running out of hiding spots!  

Here is Taylor's sketch:

Please take a few minutes to visit the rest of the Crew to see their sweet creations too :) 
Cassie Trask 
Jami Sibley 
Lisa Hjulberg 
Lori Craig 
Margie Cortina 
Monika Davis 
Rachel Sztonyk 
Tracy Clemente 
Taylor VanBruggen 


Have a wonderful Friday!!! xo

He's Just Not That Into You...

I'm a sucker for sappy girlie movies! 

I fall for most chic flicks!
I just love a swoon-ie kind of story :)

{I'll give you a few seconds...

... 

... 

... 

okay, you can stop laughing now, hee hee!}

The concept of this movie was taken from a (sort of) self-help book called: 

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

When I received my new TGF Flutter Heart Clear Stamp Set,
and saw this little guy/girl image, this movie popped into my head, lol!

The 'love banner' is also from this set...

Here's the movie trailer in case you need a refresher ;) 

Enjoy!!!
xoxo

Love!

Good Tuesday Morning to you!!! 

SO, it seems that I am a huge fan of creating Valentine's Day Cards :) 

After all these years, I finally found my favorite time of year to create cards, lol! 

There is just something about pink hearts, doilies, flowers and lacy things that really just calls to me - makes me happy!!! Which means, I have a ton of Valentine's Day cards, lol, which also means, that I should get thee to thy post office soon ;) hee hee! 

Today is week 2 of Sparkle Creations latest sketch challenge: 

You have until this Sunday, January 29th 9pm PST to play along!! !

I decided to use the latest released Karber Clear Stamp Set, Fashion... 

Here is the other fashionista that comes in this stamp set! 

I decided to do some fun paper-piecing and Copic coloring... 

The sentiment is actually a part of a stamp that says: 

Love! Smile! Enjoy! 

SCRS Challenges are open to everyone, 

BUT, in order to win the prize, you must use a stamp from the 

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamp Store! 

...and here is what is up for grabs this week: 

"Snow Angel Ruby" 

Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT created too :) 

Kerri Michaud

Margie Cortina 

Savannah O'Gwynn 

Simonne Clay 

Sparkle Smith

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Have fun!!! xoxo

You Make My Heart...

TGIF!!! 

Oh my, you all don't know how happy I am that today is Friday and that the weekend is just minutes away to starting :) 

It's been a very looong week! and my mojo decided to go on vacay without me :( 

I am have finally climbed out of my major cleaning/organizing/rearranging mess, woo hoo! 

and with a little help of some yummy I received yesterday, I am hoping that mr. mojo is ready to move back home!!! 

To get back into the groove of things, 

I created a card for today's TGF Farm Fresh Friday Spy Day Challenge!!! 

I used THREE different stamp sets for this card, lol! 

and very surprisingly, I ripped into my newest kit from Taylored Expressions too! 

No hording this months kit at all! Love it too much ;) 

First, I used my Copics to color up Creeper Crew Madden to match the colors to Crate Paper's "Paper Heart" DP... then, I knew I needed to add some sort of sentiment - so I used my new Flutter Heart Clear Stamp Set for that... and then I couldn't figure out what to do with my corners, lol! The card didn't seem complete even after I added the heart buttons that also came with the TE Kit... and then I found these little hearts on the Made By Clear Stamp Set... 

Oh, BTW, you won't see just 'hearts' in the set, sorry! lol! 

I used this stamp to get the hearts, and just wiped away the 'handmade by' sentiment part ;) 

Pretty sneaky, huh?! ;) hee hee! 

I had SO much fun putting this card together! 

It really feels so good to finally be back 'in the game' and blogging again :) 

Please be sure to visit the rest of the DT to see what they've been up to too!!! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Enjoy your TGIF too!!! 

and thanks for stopping by :) 

xoxo 

Snow Dancing!

Hi again :) 

Miss Forgetful is back to post her Riley Challenge card! hee hee! 

*Please scroll down to see my card for this month's 

The Greeting Farm Retro-Fresh Challenge :) 

Thanks!!! 

This week, we are being challenge to create a winter themed card! 

Oh, how I love Riley and Percy together!!! 

The cutest Moose and Penguin duo in the universe :) 

"Riley and Percy Snow Dancing"

They need to dance a bit more and harder! I still cannot believe that we haven't seen any snow around here yet! It's definitely been cold enough! We could really use a snow day already ;) 

Please stop by Riley and Company's blog for more challenge details! 

and take a peek at the Moosemates creations too!!! 

Cindy Haffner
Frances Byrne
Silke Kittman
Laurie Clout
Michelle L
Kelly Santi
Jovita Torres
Margie Cortina
Joy Stagg

Happy Hump Day!!! 

{hugs!} 

Bees and Cutie Pies... w/MFT!

Good Tuesday to you :) 

It is freeeeeezing! and wiiiindy!!! 

I am hiding on the couch with a warm blanket and my Copics with a few images to color until I have to pick up my boys from the bus stop later - and I will be taking the car there, lol! It is waaay too cold to be walking anywhere... which reminds me, I should make a stop at the mailbox too ;) 

Today, I decided to join in on My Favorite Things latest sketch
and January Guest Designer Contest!!! 

For the sketch challenge {MFTWSC52} I decided to finally ink up one of my favorite Bee stamps, Just Bee Yourself by Claire Keay... I had a bit of fun paper piecing too using my new to me 6x6 pad from my sister, My Mind's Eye Jack/Jill Quite Contrary - to which I just learned is retired! Eeek! 

and then did some Copic coloring over the DP too :) I really wanted to make sure she looked like a bumble-y bee! 

Here's the sketch and Die-namics that I used: 

My next card is for this month's MFT Guest Designer Contest... 

the theme was to do some Paper Piecing!!! My favorite!!! 

I just had to use this sweet Pure Innocence little girl, 

"Being Cute Is What I Do" 

She makes the perfect Valentine, especially with those little pigtails :) 

I used my most fave 6x6 pad right now, My Mind's Eye Love Me and 

a few of MFT's Die-namics, Flower/Leaf Trio and Open Scallop Edge.
And of course I went a bit crazy with my Paper Pen again ;)
Love this stuff for pearls!!!
and don't look to closely! because if you do, you can see that in the left hand corner I smudged a bit because I always forget that this is wet stuff that needs to dry before taking pics, lol! 

I had so much fun trying to stay warm while creating these lovelies!
I hope you like them too!!!

Good luck to all who are playing along :) 

and thanks for stopping by today!!! 

xoxo