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

"The Fluttering Royal Queen"

Gooooood mooooorning!!!

It's Thursday! and y'all know that Thursday's are fun challenge days for me :)

I have another card to share with you using another image from Pixie Dust Studio's latest release

"British Invasion" and for their new challenge issued today, must use something with Wings...

"Royal Queen"

I adore this Queen image! She really does look like her!

I just haaad to use some of my DCWV Mariposa DP, love the touches of glitter to the DP!

I added a bit of sparkle to her as well! and had a bit of play with my Die-namics!

{{{BTW, FYI, Here's a TIP!!!

DON'T ever use your Copics AFTER you've already added sparkle to your image...

sigh... don't ask, I don't want to talk about it... just trust me!!!}}}

I am entering my card into the following challenges :)

- Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #68: Must have wings! (Butterfly DP) 

- Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #148: Buttons and Bows with Butterflies

- That's Krafty Thursday #49: Must use Kraft CS

Happy Thursday everyone!!!

I'm off to do some 'secret project stuffs' for my sewing/knitting blog ;)

hee hee!

Later gators :*)

Card Details:

Stamp(s): Pixie Dust Studio "Royal Queen" Digital Image

Paper(s): DCWV Mariposa DP, Papertrey Ink CS

Accessories: Copic Markers, MFT Scalloped-Scallops and Open Scallop Die-namics,

Wood Button and Ribbon from TE Key Ingredients Kit, Baker's Twine

"BUTTERFLY" Blog Linky Party Today!!!

It's a Butterfly Party!!!

Eva of "For the Love of Live" has put together a Blog Linky Party!

For the master list, please visit her blog :)

A {huge hug} to Angie, for inviting me to play along :)

Even though I am sooo not feeling good right now....

cough, sniffle, sneeze... sigh...

I needed to get up from the couch and do something :)

{something other than dishes and laundry, ugh!}

And I ended up doing 2 somethings!!!

First, I dug out some of my fave Nikki Sivils "Flaming Butterfly" DP

and my TGF "Butterfly Wishes" stamp set...

Used my MFT Scalloped Die-namic too ;)

and some long lost bling!

I kept digging through my old stash

and found some more yummy papers (Sassafras Lass?)...

... and a few stamps from Susana's Custom Art and Designs (?) 

that I forgot I had and have never ever inked up!

This lil flutterby looked very Alice-esque to me :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges too:

- Flutterby Wednesday Challenge #145: Photo Inspiration + Butterfly, Fairy or Angel
- Sarah Hurley Challenge #33: Flowers

- There She Goes Challenge #97: Get Krafty!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy fluttering around :) :) :)

Just Because...

Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday!

Well, at the moment, my printer is on the fritz - or what hubs is calling it, a much needed vacay for the poor ol' guy! ha!

I don't have a new digi's to play with right now :(

So, I was 'forced' to dust off some old stamp sets and pull out some extra digi's that I have laying around - it's a good thing that I always print 2 or more of them at a time ;)

So you won't believe what I found at the bottom of my little stash???

I love Papertrey Ink! Y'all know I have an addiction to their Kraft CS ;)

I love their stamp sets too! I only own 2 sets... and {ducking!} I have never used them!

gasp! I know! What was I thinking?! lol!

I finally used "With Sympathy" today to create a requested 'Just Because' card that needed to have 5 of something on it to represent the 5 people that it's going to...

This was a bit difficult for me since it's not my usual style, but I think I like how it turned out :)

I used the following challenges for inspiration :)

- Cute Card Thursday Challenge #125 - Use trees or leaves

- Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #72 - Colors

- Flutter By Wednesday #117 - Use Butterflies, Angels or Fairies

Here's my card...

Be honest, what do you think?! :)

... and look! No designer/pattern paper! lol!

I used PTI Cardstock, Colorbox Inks and Tim Holtz "Peeled Paint" Distressed Ink and Prima Pearls...

I even pierced the corners so they wouldn't look so empty! Another first for me since I have never done that before either! lol!

I hope the requet-er likes it :)

I look forward to hearing your opinions!

Thanks for stopping by :*)

PS - If you love blog candy, please don't forget to check mines out and enter too ;)

Little Angel on Cloud...

It's Friday! Yea for everyone!

I have a super sweet lil angel to share today!

This lil one is from Marina Niera's new blog/store called The Stamping Bazaar! Most of us know her from those adorable images at The Greeting Farm!... and this lil cutie is called "Little Angel on Cloud". The moment I saw this image - I instantly fell in love with those freckles! I adore and love people that have freckles! Just love it!

When I was lil, I use to tell my Mom that when I grew up, I was going to marry a tall, red-headed, green/blue eyed and frecke-ly Chef! LOL! My hubs is a great cook, but he's a tad bit on the short side and 100% Italian! That's as close as I got to that one, LOL! ;)

Can you tell that I've been neglecting my other papers lately and really attacking my October Afternoon pad?! Love it!!! and I finally ordered some fresh Kraft CS! Yummmm! The rest is from an ol' cardkit I have laying about and some Prima flowers and pearls :)
Used my Copics, but the hair didn't come out to well, I am in need of some re-fills again... sigh... Oh, and I used my Clear Sparkle Spica Pen on the wings and clouds and forgot to take a pic! and the ribbon is covering up a slight boo-boo I did while using my Oval Nestie ;) Thank you!

I'm entering my card into the following challenges :)

- Cute Card Thursday Challenge #123 - "Texting Crazy"

- Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #69

- Flutterby Wednesday #115: Butterfly, Angel or Fairy

- Dutch Dare Card Challenges #83: Anything goes!

- PaperPlay Challenges '10-Week 30: Anything goes!

- Creative Inspirations Challenge #39 - Anything goes!

- Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #79 

(Sorry! I turned it sideways!)

Hope you all likey!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful TGIF!!! :*)

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 :*)

Love Is Friendship {Club Anime January Color Challenge}

Good evening! Sorry I'm late with this month's -
Color Challenge for (InStyle Stamp's) Club Anime
It's no surprise to say that I have come down with a bad cold again... and a sty in my right eye and I'm guessing that my left eye will be next since it's all hurting and blurry too... lol! It just never ends ;)

The prize for this month's challenge are 3 digital images and 2 digital papers of your choice! And just in time for our sneak peeks which will begin on January 12th and 13th with the big release on January 14th.

You have until 11:59pm PST, February 12th to post a link to your creation either in the comments of this HERE!!! An InStyle Stamp image is not neccessary but highly encouraged :)  The winner will be announced on February 13th.


Here is the color combo (Pink, Hot Pink, Red and White):
Perfect for a Valentine-y card!
... and here is my card!



Have y'all met Ava!? She is one of InStyle Stamps signature images :)
This is "Ava Holding Balloons"...

Isn't she a beauty!?



Card Details:
Paper(s):  Imaginatin Project Cool Columns Pink DP; SU DP; Neenah White CS; Recollections Pink CS
Stamp(s): InStyle Stamps "Ava Holding Balloons" Digital Image
Ink(s): Copic & Atyou Spica Pink, Blossom, Red & Clear Glitter Pens
Accessories: Doodlebug Gems; 7Gypsies Ink Love Rub-On Sentiment; Offray Hearts Pink Ribbon; CM Corner Punch


I'm also entering my card to these three challenges...
Flutter by Wednesday Challenge #91 - Use something new (the image and rub-on)
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #94 - Use something new (the image and rub-on)
Digital Tuesday Challenge #40 - Create a Valentine's Day Card for a loved one :)


Thanks for stopping by!!!
See you tomorrow :*)

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!!!

Fairy Eva & Back-to-School Stories!!!

While my lil guy was making a Lego tower and knocking it over all around my bedroom ;) and 'big boy' was enjoying his freedom ;) I got to make a quick lil card using Mojo Monday's Sketch 103 and Flutter By Wednesday #74 - Use Pink!!! and a butterfly or fairy...

Fairy Eva has to be one of the sweetest TGF stamps!!! Each stamp really has their own lil personalities that just shine through - and Eva seems like the type of Fairy to ease your day and make you smile :) Smile Card Details:

Paper(s): Making Memories Sabrina DP; Recollections Black CS

Stamp(s): The Greeting Farm Fairy Eva Rubber Stamp

Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Copics; Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Markers

Accessories: Stampendous Geo Shapes Sparkler Stickers; K&Company Alpha Glitter Stickers; American Crafts Ribbon
So, here was how our Wednesday went... first day of school!

Meet my Kindergartner!!! A day full of "first's" for all of us!!!

For Nicky - First time on the bus!!! First time packing his own lunch!!! First time picking out his whole outfit!!! First time having to go to the cafeteria!!! First time realizing that Mommy was actually not going to be following him anywhere! LOL!

It was a busy day for him :) and thankfully, it was a perfect day too!

For Matt - First time he didn't really mind Nicky being around for so long, more on that in a sec...

For Me - First time I let my baby go somewhere, on a big bus, all by himself AND didn't follow either!!! First time that I counted down every single minute of the day ;)

... and Matt and I ate lunch and had snacks when we knew that Nicky would be eating them too! hee, hee!

So, when Nick got off the bus, he had the biggest, goofiest smile on his face and said:

"I ate my lunch!!!"

LOL!!! I guess he didn't have time to miss us!!! Perfect!!! I'm so happy 'my big boy' is so happy :)

Sooo... Matt didn't feel very well the last night and this morning - he slept in and missed saying goodbye to Nicky... when he woke up, he asked about Nicky, I told him that Nick had to go to school today... Matt said, "Oh, I hope he haves a good day" - Awwwwwwww!

Other than that, I think that he liked having a quiet day alone... he's feeling better, so we'll see how tomorrow goes ;)

Thanks for letting me share!

G'nite :*)

Sassy Studio Designs' First Release & more challenges!

Today's Sassy Studio Designs' First Release!!!

(Click on the banner to visit the store!)

Let me introduce you to the 4 new Sassy's that were added into the Sassy family ;)

First, meet "Fabby Gabbie"...
Second... meet "Rockin' Roxie"...
Third... "Sassy Cassie"...

... and last, but certainly not least ;)

... meet "Dhyana"...Dhyana is one of my fave cards ever!

I used these challenges for inspiration:

Flutter By Wednesday's Challenge #65 (Ribbon/Bow, Buttons and Butterflies or Fairies) and The Color Dare Challenge #24 (Rosy Pink, Vanilla, and Moss)...

Doesn't she look peaceful? I wish that I could reach that point of relaxation right about now... instead, I have the first movie of Transformer booming in the background for the 2nd time today ;) Geesh... boys and their toys ;)

Dhyana Card Details:

Paper(s): Basic Grey "Cupcake" DP; Stampin Up CS.

Stamp(s): Sassy Studio Designs "Dhyana" Digi-Stamp

Ink(s): Copics

Accessories: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; Scenic Route Buttons; Stampin up Ribbon.

So, not it's time to see what the other Sassy's have created...

Deb of Paper Tree Designs
Jacquie of Javablustamper
Jen of Pieces of Me
Lelia of Green Goddess Creations
Piali of Touch of Creations
Valerie of Pixie Dreams

... and don't forget to sign up at PCP!!!

And be sure to check back on the Sassy Studio Designs' Blog Monday morning for our 1st Challenge!!!

Ssshhh... a lil birdie told me that their may be a free image to go along with this challenge ;)

Mark it on your calendars!!!

See you then :)

*** Please scroll down to today's 2nd post for more challenges and info ;) ***

Banana Split Sunday Challenge#01, Flutter by Wednesday Challenge#48 and Loonie Stampers Challenge#30

Wow! It's been a while since I've done a challenge other than my fave of all... you know the one... right?! Oh, c'mon now... Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenges!

LOL!, ok, ok... I can see my sis right now, reading that and rolling her eyes at me... ;)

I decided that I wanted to give the first new sketch challenge over at 2RedBananas a try... the Banana Split Sunday Challenge #01 <--- too cute to pass up!

... and then I noticed that I was able to include the Flutter by Wednesday Challenge #48 (use a butterfly and flowers) and the Loonie Stamper's Challenge #30 (anything butterflies)!

Here's my card...
Isn't this lil pup stamp adorable? Jami Bova of Stamp Happy with Sgt. Stamper created this lil stamp set (and others) for 2RedBananas webstore... Sentiment reads:

"To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with!"

~ Mark Twain

I'm still not very good at circles and ovals, even when using a circle cutter!!! lol!
I finally got around to trying out the dabbing technique using SU and Colorbox ink... the background was just too plain...
I also used my Copic blender pen... I'm happy with my coloring, but not so much with my dp color-combo, lol!

Doggie Card Details:

Paper: SU Windsor Knot DP; SU White Confetti CS.

Stamps: 2RedBananas "Value of Joy" Stamp Set

Ink: SU Close to Cocoa; Copics; Spica glitter markers; Colorbox Blue Lagoon.

Accessories: Prima flowers; dew drops; Making Memories ribbon; misc. buttons.

Thanks for looking... enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!