I Simply Adore Riley!

It's the weekend!!! Woo Hoo!!! 

and I am having SOOO much time getting cleaned/organized crafty today :) 

ALL of our Christmas decorations have been put away! and now with the huge tree in storage, I am trying to reclaim my crafty spot!!! Kiddos want the extra space in the living room for their new trunks, race tracks, etc, but this mama needs her big crafty table back so she can start using her sewing machine  and needs more space! It's hard to create in just 18inches of space, lol! 

Hmmm, I'm thinking that we may have to re-do the whole living area, just rearrange all the furniture... easy-peasy, right?! hee hee... and the kids bedroom... oh, how it never ends, lol! 

I created a fun little Riley card this morning :) 

and I used these challenges for it: 

- Sweet Sunday Sketch #149 

- TCP's Tuesday's Inspiration Challenge #191 

- The Ribbon Carousel Challenge #34: Anything goes!
- Crazy 4 Challenges #118: Use Something New
- Card Makin' Mamas Challenge: Use Something New
(My "something new" is the ribbon and flower button.)

I used Stamping Riley to make another Valentine's Day card :)

Have I mentioned how much I love to paper piece?!
Never-mind that it not only saves my Copics from wear/tear - it's also the perfect way to use up all of my little scraps! and I am a huuuge fan of that :)

Well, I better get back to getting crafty cleaning/organizing!
Wish me luck ;)
and enjoy the rest of your weekend!!! xo

Bridezilla and Popcorn!

Woo Hoo!!!

It's Day TWO and Day THREE of Riley and Company Sneak Peeks for me today :)

EIGHTEEN new Riley's are being released on Thursday, September 29th!!! 

And it's all about MOVIES!!! 

If you're a huuuge movie-aholic, this is a must have collection!!! 

First I have "Sophie as Bridezilla" 

I have to admit, I've never seen any of the 'Bride of Frankenstein' movies, 

but I have watched the show, Bridezilla's! LMAO! and their are some really scarey brides on there! 

Sweet Sofie is much too cute to be on that show! ha! 

 ... and for my next card, I have "Popcorn Riley" 

This adorable Riley reminds me of my boys! 

They sit in the theatre all proper, with their bucket of popcorn and soda just like this! 

Nice and comfy... I wonder what he's watching now... 

my lil guy says Riley must like the same movies that he does right now! LOL!

We've been on a Rio and Despicable Me marathon for the last day and a half, oi! :) 

So remember, the rest of the Moosemates are also sharing sneak peeks on their blogs 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! 

See you in a bit with MORE sneaks!!! 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

The power is ON!!! Must KETCHUP!!!

Seriously peeps! Three and a half days without power was something that we really did not expect! lol! Power started to come back on in our neighborhood really early this morning, around 1am... but we were left for last, we were starting to think that maybe they forgot about us, lol! But if finally came on around 10ish this morning! Such a releif! We were truly blessed that this was our only problem! Really made us appreciate the little things in life! How precious every minute is! and how spoil we all really are! hee hee! 

Now that we have done most of our errands today, grabbed some much needed groceries and a bite to eat! I've got a few crafty things to share with you :) SO grab a snack AND a drink, it's going to be a long post, I have a card and 2 - heArt Journaling entries!!! I really missed being online! But, priorities first! My boys will officially start school a week from today, 2nd grade orientation on Friday and Kindergarten orientation on Tuesday, busy, busy! Gotta get those sneakers too... digressing, sorry... here are my creations :)

This week, The Pink Elephant's Challenge is to do some paper piecing!!!
I heart paper piecing! and decided to use my Greeting Farm My Guy Stamp Set for it and My Mind's Eye DP...  

Such a handsome fella! I started this right before our lights went out, had to do the gluing parts with a flashlight, you can see that there is glue smudged everywhere, lol! shhh, don't tell ;)

I am entering my card into the following challenges that are still going on, lol!
I had created this card for 4 other challenges, but I wasn't able to post it in time ;)
- The Pink Elephant #114: Paper Piecing
- Crazy 4 Challenges #102: Male themed card
- Raise the Bar Challenge #72: Primary Colors (Red, Blue, Yellow)

Here's a close-up...

I will never forget this card! :)

Next up, I have my heArt Journaling with The Greeting Farm... 

Week 5: Pieces of Me
Assignment: Create a spread/page using layering and paper piecing techniques. 
Use any stamps you want, colors, etc.

There is a TON of layering going on here! LOL!
This was what I created 2 weeks ago, I just never had a chance to post it here on my blog...
First, I started to draw something, didn't like it, so I Gesso-ed over it...
I always like to add my DP with Modge Podge first! The DP and Stickers came from my latest TE Key Ingredients Kit! Once I saw these papers from Echo Park, I knew that I just needed to create a page about me and my bumble-y blog :)

Some close-ups...

What do you think!? :)

Week 6: Text Me! 
Assignment: Create a spread/page using mainly text and lettering! 
This includes numbers, symbols, handwritten or typed, phrases, etc. 
Use any stamps you want, colors, etc.

I started creating this piece on canvas at my sister house with some friends this last Monday :)
Originally, this lil awesome group was to meet up at my house, but with the power outage, we changed it over to my sisters... then, she lost power too! ugh! Everyone came to hang out anyways, and within 20 mins the power came back on! Yay!!!
I was able to get the majority of it done at her house...
and as you can see above, I brought it home to add some stickers, doodling and rub-ons via flashlight! lol!

Here she is! My "Pretty in Pink Me" on canvas!
First, I Gesso-ed the canvas, then applied my KandCompany DP with Modge Podge
and added the border of crackle paint by Tim Holtz...

I then started on my 'girl'... I used polka-dotted papers for her head, arms, legs and shirt.
I decided to use crepe paper for her skirt, super fun! but hard to stamp on, lol!

The paper itself had a ton of text in the corners,
I also used numerous stamps and Cosmo Cricket stickers and rub-ons all around...

I didn't doodle much this time, wasn't feeling it.
I really love all the rub-ons! I never had a thing for those and don't have anymore!
Must find some more asap! If you have any suggestions as to where I can purchase a bunch of floral, border  and butterfly rub-ons, please do let me know :) Thanks!!!

And here's a view at my messy desk, lol!
It was hard to find things in the dark, oi!

Thanks for sticking this post out with me!
I hope you're all do well! I cannot wait to catch up with everyone within the next few days!
I'm 'off like a prom dress'!!! Gots lots to bake and prepare for our shopping trip tomorrow :)
hugs xoxo 

Miss. Sunshine

'morning my friendly peeps!!! 

Hope all is well in your part of the world today :) 

It's MONDAY!!! 

Which means we have another awesome The Pink Elephant Challenge for you today! 

There's a photo to be inspired by this week, 

please go HERE to The Pink Elephant Blog to see :) 

I have also used the following challenges for my card! 

- Deconstructed Sketch #15  

- Flutter By Wednesday #167: Butterflies and add a die-cut or punch 

- Crazy 4 Challenges #101: Bingo! 

I used Square Card, Die-cut and 2 DPs 

- That's Krafty Thursday #53: Use Kraft CS 

It has been a very looong while since I've used a Miss Anya! 

Had a bit of fun with my scallop border die and added lil pearls here and there :) 

Jen's sketch made it super fun to put this card together! 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek! 

Be sure to visit the rest of the DT to see their amazing designs!!!
Enjoy :) 

xoxo 

Card Details: 

Stamp(s): The Greeting Farm Miss Anya Stamp Set 

Paper(s): American Crafts Happy Go Lucky DP, TE CS 

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

Accessories: TE Medium Scallop Border Die, Ribbons, Button, 

The Twinery Peapod Twine, Recollection Pearls, MS Butterfly Punch, Cricut Tag

Elfin Magic Morgan...

G'morning!!! 

Today is my last day to get a few things done before my big boy is off for a 5 day weekend and my lil guy is off for 7 days straight! I love having them home, but I have to admit, there are some things that are sooo much easier to get done when they're not around ;) Gotta get groovin' quick today!!! 

Guess what?!?!

StampInsanity Stamps has released another NEW image today 

just in time for the holidays!!! and your going to loooove her!!!

Meet "Elfin Magic Morgan"...

Isn't she a sassy-gorgeous elf?! 

I just love her outfit, so much fun to color! So many different styles to go with for her!

I colored Morgan with my Copics and used some more of my hidden stash of Making Memories "Mistletoe" DP ;) I also used this week's Mojo Monday Sketch 166; I kind of flipped the sketch - you know me, I can never leave a sketch alone, hee hee!

I also used the following challenges for my card...

- Mojo Monday Sketch #166
- iCopic Color Challenge #8: Red, Green, Yellow and include a Christmas Ornament

- Crazy 4 Challenges #64: Use Circle(s)

- MFP Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #30: Use Circle(s)

- Elephantastic Challenge #19: Christmas

Check out all the latest new images

HERE at the StampInsanity Stamps Store!!!

AAAAAAND!!!...

StampInsanity Stamps will be having a 30% off sale

on Black Friday (11/26th) through Cyber Monday (11/29th)!!!

Use coupon code: CyberBlack2010

Thanks so much for stopping by! and enjoy shopping!
Happy Tuesday :)

Card Details:

Stamp(s): StampInsanity Stamps "Elfin Magic Morgan" Digital Image Set

Paper(s): Making Memories "Mistletoe" DP, Papertrey Ink Kraft CS, Neenah White

Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: MFT Scalloped Scallops Die-namics, Recollections Red Gems, Ribbon, Spellbinders Small Circles Nesties

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!!!

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 :*)

Busy like a Beee!!!

Hi again!
First, if you would like to meet my "Princess and the Cherry" please scroll down to the next post too :)
Thanks!!!

I had a lil fun last night while watching a movie with DH :)

It was a lil before midnight, so I decided that I just had to play some more with my Beeez Kneeez Kit!!!

I needed a lil something extra to stay awake ;) 

So I decided to use the following challenges...

When I started my cards, I was using this challenge -

- Whimsical Wednesdays: Diedrich Dare Challenge #32: Color Challenge

But, I missed the midnight deadline, LOL!
So, then I moved on to their next challenge for this week :)

- Whimsical Wednesdays: Diedrich Dare Challenge #33 - Spring

The Bumble Bees will be buzzing around soon enough ;)

Also used these challenges ;)

- 2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch #51 

- Crazy 4 Challenges #34 - CASE it! (I CASEd Barbara!)

- Die Cuts R Us Challenge #36 - Double Duty (Create 2 projects!)

- Papertake Weekly - Do Something Different!

(My 2nd time stamping directly onto DP

and trying to keep it plain and simple, lol, so not my style!)

Everything is from the kit, except for the black base of the cards...

To be honest, I wasn't too sure about the above card...

it was plain DP, but then I just had to add the flower to the center of it ;)

What do you think?!

Should I have left it CAS???

I love these sparkly handmade dictionary paper flowers!!!

This was my last one :( sniff!

I may have to try to copy and create some of my own :)

Bumble Bees are bumbling!!! ;)

Hope you likey!!!

Thanks :*)

Here are the deets - Beeez Kneeez Kit:

Paper(s): Jenni Bowlin "Lemonade" and "Crosshatch" DP,

Bazzill Pineapple Bliss and Kiwi Crush Smoothie CS  

Stamp(s): Nikki Sivils Willowbee Clear Stamps

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

Accessories: Green Grosgrain Ribbon, Handmade Dictionary Paper Flowers,

Square Ribbon Bracket

Sweet Easter Card

Hi everyone! Hope y'all had a beautiful weekend!!!

The weather around here was absolutely gorgeous!

and we tried our best to make the most of it :)

I have a quick lil card to share with you ;)

I purchased this sweet image from Heather Ellis' Etsy a few weeks ago to create a few Easter cards...

If I could, I would buy every single image from her Etsy!

They are all so sweet and full of personality :)

Have I told you lately how much I adore BasicGrey!?

... and my Copics!!!

Which I finally got refilled! Yea!!!

... even though, they forgot to refill my one fave color...

the one that I use to color my lil Edwards with... sigh...

Here's a close up...

I love love love these papers sooo much!

I had to complete the inside too ;)

Sweet Easter Card Details:

Paper(s): BasicGrey "Sugar Rush" DP; Papertrey Ink CS

Stamp(s): Digi Stamp Characters - Pure Innocence 025 Digital Stamp 

by Heather Ellis

Ink(s): Copic Markers

Accessories: Prima Flower; Prima e. Pearls; SEI Ribbon;

Spellbinders Small Oval Nestabilities; Fiskar Swirls Border Punch;

CM Corner Rounder Punch

And my Challenges!!!

Allsorts Challenge Week 44 - Spring is in the air

CCEE Stampers Inspiration Challenge -

(Easter Theme, Cracked Egg, Color Blue) 

Charizma Cardz Challenge #11 - Something for the kids

Crafty Catz Challeng #24 - Spring

Crazy 4 Challenges #29 - Spring Theme

Creative Card Crew Challenge #46 - Going Dotty

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #6 - Green

I Love Digi Challenge #3 - Easter

Little Red Wagon Challenge #20 - Copics

Our Creative Corner - Think Easter

Secret Crafter Challenge #75 - Spring has Sprung

The Pink Elephant Challenge #58 - Spring

Have a Happy Monday!!!

It's suppose to be a rainy and chilly one - so I'll be sipping on hot cocoa, catching up on laundry and my comments for most of the morning ;)

Hugs!!!

Fairy Dusting... TTSC17 and more!

I'm dusting off all my much horded designer papers and unused digital images too!
It's time for an awesome Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge from the very talented Dani :)
Here's sketch 17...

I also used these challenges for my card:

Crazy 4 Challenges 18 - Polka Dots

Pile It On Challenge 29 - Anything Digital

Flutter By Wednesday Challenge 90 - Use a fairy, butterfly or angel

Stamp Somethings Challenge - New Somethings
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge 1 - New (Image)

... and here it is :)

This is a different kind of card for me :) I usually try to keep my cards on the simpler side and concentrate more on my image... and this one is a bit busy... but I like it, hee hee! ;) 

What do you think? Too many butterflies fluttering about...?

Fairy Card Details:
Paper(s): BasicGrey Indian Summer DP; Papertrey Ink White and Kraft CS

Stamp(s): The Greeting Farm Autumn Fairy Digital Image and Butterfly Wishes Rubber Stamp Set

Ink(s): Copic Markers; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Copic Atyou Spica Clear and Pink Glitter Pens

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities; Martha Stewart Butterful Punch; Fiskar Circle Punch; CM Corner Punch; May Arts Ribbon

Can't wait to see what everyone will create :)

Please visit these awesome diva's blogs for more inspiring ways to use this sketch:

Dani 

Erica 

Rebecca 

Tonya

Thanks for stopping by :*)

See y'all tomorrow for some more inspiring challenges from Twilight Tuesday and Die Cuts R Us!!!

I'm still bumbling...

Hello friends! It's me! and yes, I'm still bumbling around :) I've missed y'all!
I was trying to catch up and finally realized that I just cannot do it... it was stressing me out, and with finally starting to feel better - I took a few days off and figured that it would be better to just pick up were I should be without worries :)

So here I am :) and ready to show you 2 cards I was able to finish today!


Today is Club Anime's Monthly Color Challenge 

Red, Green, Forest Green and White


This month's prize is 3 rubber stamps of your choice. You have one month to create a project using these colors. Once you finished it, post a link to Club Anime's post or via Mr. Linky no later than 11:59 pm PST, January 8th, 2010. The winner will be announced on January 9th.

Here is my card using InStyle Stamps "Christmas Tree Chick" Digi Image :) 
I also used 2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch 41!!!

Xmas Tree Card Details:
Paper(s): My Mind's Eye DP; Papertrey Ink CS
Stamp(s): InStyle Stamps "Christmas Tree Chick" Digital Image
Ink(s): Copic Markers
Accessories: My Mind's Eye Tags; The Robin's Nest Dew Drops; misc. ribbon; Nestabilities; K&Company Gems; JoAnn's White Lace



I couldn't resist lil Jana and using up some more of this pretty paper :)

Last Wednesday was InStyle Stamps Wednesday Challenge themed... Snow!!!
One lucky participant will receive an InStyle Stamps digital image of their choice and a WINNER BADGE. If you have an ISS image please be sure to use it but it is not neccessary. Leave your link HERE by 12pm PST, December 15th.


I also used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge 51 (I rotated the sketch to the left)
and
Crazy 4 Challenges Week 15 - Snowmen or Snowflake holiday themed card.
Snowflake Card Details:
Paper(s): My Mind's Eye DP; American Crafts White CS
Stamp(s): InStyle Stamps "Jana" Digital Image; SU Sentiment & Snowflake Stamp
Ink(s): Copic Markers; Colorbox Chianti Red Ink
Accessories: American Crafts Brads

Yes! It feels good to be getting into the groove again :)

My lil Nicky turns 6 on Monday :) and we're celebrating small today (Sunday), going to see Santa, stopping in at Build-A-Bear workshop and his choice of lunch... later on small dinner and cake with family!
His "real" b'day party with more family, friends and schoolmates will be share with his lil bro next month ;) With all of this past years chaos, my boys missed out on quite a bit and we feel that they deserve a big bash for being such sweet lil boys - even at their age, they are so well behaved and patient! Our lil angels ;)

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!
I hope to be back on Monday morning with some of our b'day pics and RAKs :)

I {heart} Snowmen!

Good morning! Is it a fabulous Monday yet??? ;)
I have a quick post of 2 cards to share with you today! I have so much scrappy stuff to finish by tonight! I'm starting to wonder if 3yo can manage running a few embossing folders and nestabilities through the Epic for me ;) LOL!

Now, if you know me, you know that I {heart} Snowmen as much as I {heart} Edward ;)
Here are two adorable digital images that I found...

First, is "Snowman Chick" from InStyle Stamps!

I was inspired by Spakle of Sparkle Creatons Christmas Card Challenges -

I am waaay behind on my list ;)

Mr. Snowman Card Details:
Paper(s): American Crafts White CS; BasicGrey Red & Green CS
Stamp(s): InStyle Stamps "Snowman Chick" Digital Image
Ink(s): Copics
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Making Memories Charm and Ribbon

... and the other digital image I found through Tammi's blog, Tropical Dreams... they are created by Heather Ellis and she sells them in her Etsy Store called Digi Stamp Characters ... for a bit of help ;) I used...

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge 24 - No squares allowed shaped card and...

Crazy 4 Challenges Week 8 - It's all Geometric! (Use 3 different shapes)

I wasn't sure if those shape can be incoporated other than ribbon since my shapes are the card itself, the star and the circles in the ribbon... so my lil card may not apply to this challenge, lol!

We shall seeeeee ;) Sweet lil Snowman Girl:

Paper(s): BasicGrey Red CS; Papertrey Ink White CS; SU Kraft CS

Stamps(s): Digi Stamp Character by Heather Ellis - Pure Innocence 010

Ink(s): Copics

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder; Making Memories Charm and Ribbon

Thanks for looking today!

Don't forget! Tomorrow is Twilight Tuesday Inspirations One Year Anniversary Blog Hop and another challenge by the Die Cuts R Us!!!





Also, starting Friday, is my sisters Halloween Blog Hop for the weekend!!!




So much fun stuff to get ready for :)
Hugs!!! :*)