Sewing for Baby Riley... Riley and Company Release and Blog Hop!!!

Good Evening Friends :) 

It's Riley and Company Release and Blog Hop Time!!! 

Woo Hoo!!! 

and this is one of the cutest releases ever!!! 

To start the hop from the beginning, please to to the 

Riley and Company Blog :)

Remember to leave comments on everyone's blogs, at every stop you can win a Riley stamp!!! AND, if you place your order within the first 24hours, you will receive a FREE Travel Sticker Stamp!!! 

AND, there is also FREE shipping until Sunday, January 29th!!! 

SO cool!!!  

Before you hop along to your next stop, here are my cards :) 

"Sewing Sophie" 

It seems that Sophie is a lot better at sewing/embroidering than I am! 

She doesn't have any band aids on ;) hee hee! 

and

"Baby Blocks Riley"  

Aw, doesn't Baby Riley bring the baby talk out of you?! 

I just want to pinch his cheeks and cuddle with him :) 

That's it from me!!!
Your next stop is Michele!!! 

Enjoy hopping around!!! 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

Let Freedom Ring!!!

Happy 4th of July!!! 

To all of my American friends, have a happy and safe day :)

I had a bit of fun the other day with some of my newer stamps!
It's been a long while since I've played along with a bunch of challenges at once... but it's pretty easy when there's a holiday hanging around, hee hee ;)

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
- Ribbon Carousel Challenge #9: Happy Birthday America
- Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #117
- Cooking It Up With Katie Challenge #68: Colors of your Flag
- Amber's Craft and Stuff Challenge #16: Red, White and Blue

Enjoy!!! 

Card Details: 

Stamp(s): Taylored Expressions - Apple Doodle Ink "Uncle Sam" Stamp Set 

Paper(s): KandCompany Americana DP, Taylored Expressions Snow White CS, PTI Navy CS 

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

Accessories: Taylored Expressions Medium Scallop Border Die, MFT Star Trio Die-namics, 

Small Circle and Scallop Circles Nesties, Ric Rac Ribbon

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



The Queen

Happy Tuesday, again ;)

It's been a fun-filled day in jammies for us today! An all-boy themed day! No cleaning or errands or anything!!! Just a day to just spend some good ol' fashion playtime with Legos, Genesis video games, ice pops and Toy Story play acting :) Moments to cherish forever!!! Love it!!!

After lunch, while the boys watched CARS for the zillionth time, I was able to create this lil card for MFTs August GDT Challenge - "Floral Flair"  :)

I used MFT's "Costumes From Wonderland" Stamp Set created by Stephanie Fizer!

I LOVE this Alice-inspired set! Y'all know I had to have it ;)

The card is entirely made from scraps! I paper-pieced her dress and did that cool nestie trick around her! All papers are from October Afternoon and the crochet lace ribbon is from MFT too!

The lollipop flower with feather is from K&Company! I tried to mimic my own to look like it, but I was short on time and was running out of patience, LOL! Maybe next time ;) Plus, I really thought that this flower was the perfect kind of flair that they were asking for ;)

I hope you likey!!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy :*)

It's a "Gnome World" Release!!!

Happy Tuesday!!!

It's time for another wonderful and sweet Pixie Dust Studio Release!!!

Welcome to "Gnome World"!!!

I'd like to introduce you to THE cutest gnome ever to exist...
"Gus the Gnome"

I wanted Gus' card to be a bit more simpler, not too girly, but he is a gnome! and aren't gnomes usually found in gardens?! Couldn't help with the flowers :) hee, hee!

The entire release can be found HERE!!!

You can purchase it as a WHOLE SET to save a bit of $

or as individual images too ;)

AND!

I am so happy and excited to say that Kathy has asked me to stay on as Pixie DTC for another round! Yea! Thank you so much, Kathy! I'm so honored to work alongside such talent :)

Please welcome the new Paper Pixies and August Guest Designer...

Returning DT Members:

Kathy {Owner/Illustrator} - http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/

Beth - http://www.inkyfingersrule.blogspot.com/

Cat - http://catscraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Caz - http://aloadofoldblogocks.blogspot.com/

Joyce - http://jolaras.blogspot.com/

Karen - http://karenscards.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://creativek9s.blogspot.com/

Lisa F - http://stampinforsanity.blogspot.com/

Marsha - http://stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com/

Shelly - http://jaspere-jaspereslittlecorner.blogspot.com/

Suzi - http://mrsweyremaster.blogspot.com/

New DT Memebers:

Cyndi - http://scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://8ers.blogspot.com/

August Guest Pixie:

Taylor - http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Pixie Hugs!!!

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #29 and a Jammin' Sneak Peek!

Good morning! Are you ready for some Pixie Dust fun this week?!

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #29 is to create a project using the colors
Red, White and Blue

"Uncle Sam" couldn't refuse stepping up for this challenge ;)

Isn't he a cutie ;)

Pulled out some ol' Scenic Route DP, used my Slice to create a few stars and added another Tim Holtz sentiment ticket-thingy...

Did you check your calendars?!

There's another Pixie Dust release due tomorrow...

And here's a sneaky peek using "Jam and Jelly"...

I used my TE Key Ingredients Kit (October Afternoon DP and CS), added the K&Company Flowers and used my new MFT's "Scalloped Scallops" die :) The sentiment is also from MFT...

Hope you likey!

I'll be back shortly with more to share ;)

Thanks for looking!!!

Miss Evie Flowers

Yea! Finally back into the groove of things!

And before I get started on the rest of my week ;) I wanted to quickly show you this lil cutie that I found a few weeks ago... Miss Evie Flowers from Squiggle Stamps! Isn't she adorable?! I couldn't resist all of her "flower hair" and just had a ton of fun coloring her up in different colors! Took a bit of time, but it felt great to get my coloring groove on again ;)

I pulled out some cool Cosmo Cricket DP and the "Wish" ticket is from Tim Holtz since it's a "Birthday" Challenge at the Squiggle and Giggles Blog :) Used some swirls from Recollections and those gem flowers are from K&Company... my Slice has been coming in handy lately, made the giant flower and triangles with it ;)

Quick, easy and totally fun :)

Thanks for looking!

StampInsanity Stamps Sketch Challenge #14

 Woo Hoo! TGIF :)

I am thrilled that the weekend is just a few hours away! We have a fun-filled weekend all set up and hoping that the weather behaves for it ;)

I'm also happy to say that after this post, I am all caught up! {patting self on back, lol!} Feels so good to finally be up to date and with our new schedule kicking in next week, it's perfect timing!

I cannot believe that my 'big boy' is graduating from Kindergarten next week! Time just continues to fly along... my 'baby boy' is turning 4 next week too! Don't you wish you could freeze time for at least a few days ;)

Okay, sorry, enough rambling...

Today I'd like to share with you my take on Beth's awesome sketch from

StampInsanity Stamps

It's a bit different than my usual style, but I really feel in love with this sentiment from her "Simply Supernatural" Rubber Stamp Sentiment Set...

"A circle is round, it has NO END;

That is how long I'll be YOUR FRIEND."

Here's Beth's amazing "Dollar" sketch!!!

I'm also entering my card to Jeanie's "That's Krafty Thursday" Challenge #31!!!

Kraft cardstock is always my first "go to" for card bases! I love how it looks!

I used a 7x7 piece of Kraft; the wood circle and baubles are from K&Company, added some gorgeous ribbon from SEI and blinged it up a bit for the eye :)

What do you think???

Please be sure to take some time and visit StampInsanity Stamps Groovy Girls for more "Dollar Sketch" inspriation ;)

Alison - http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/

Erica {June Guest Gurl} - http://www.inkedupandreadytoplay.com/

Jacquie - http://www.javablustamper.blogspot.com/

Jennifer - http://wannabecr8tive.blogspot.com/

Juanita - http://stampintwilghtmom.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://stampinforsanity.friendshavingfun.com/

Sarabeth - http://scraphappie.blogspot.com/

Suzi - http://mrsweyremaster.blogspot.com/

Have a fab Friday :*)

Oh, Alice! Chapter 17: Mad Watch...

Oh, Alice! Chapter 17: Mad Watch...

(taken from the Disney film adaptation, 1951)

"March Hare: Its going mad!

Alice: Oh, my goodness!

White Rabbit: Oh dear!

March Hare: It is going mad! Mad watch!

Mad Hatter: I don't understand, it's the best butter.

March Hare: Mad watch! Mad watch! Mad watch!

Mad Hatter: Oh, look! Oh my goodness!

March hare: There's only one way to stop a mad watch!

Mad Hatter: Two days slow, that's what it is.

Greetings, everyone! A VERY Merry Unbirthday to ALL! Well, at least, that's the scene this excerpt from Disney's 1951 adaptation of Alice in Wonderland was taken from! It's ALWAYS your unbirthday here in WONDERLAND :)

We are thrilled BEYOND WONDERLAND today to announce our sponsor this week, a company that we just adore: MY FAVORITE THINGS! We are so grateful to Kim and Jody for offering to sponsor our little challenge blog and with a HUGE prize, I might add! It really WILL be someone's un-birthday! MFT is offering a $25 Gift Certificate to the store PLUS a scalloped scallop die from their new Dienamics line! HOW exciting is THAT?!?

So, how can you enter to win? For this week's challenge, we have a beautiful inspiration piece, found on the CraftStylish blog. Actually, our Mad Hatter liked it so much that she tried to track it down but to no avail so far! The Mad Hatter NEEDS this piece, LOL! That beautiful flower, steampunk vintage gorgeousness and all the classic timepiece elements to this are just GORGEOUS and we know it will make a FABULOUS inspiration challenge- two days slow or not!

Your mission this week? Show us YOUR take on this "Mad" watch. You can use the colors, play off the time piece, blue flower, color combos, steampunk theme...the possibilities are ENDLESS!!!
To enter to WIN this awesome prize from MFT, just enter your entry HERE by Friday, June 18th at 8pm CST! Have a VERY MERRY time creating!

Be sure to check out the fabulous Thirteen ;)

Jessica of The Whimsical Butterfly {The Mad Hatter}

Erin of Stamp till u Cramp
Jen of Deconstructing Jen
Jimmi of Stamping & Shopping
Kim of Basement Stamper
Kristy of Delicious Papercrafting
Ky of The Bunny Nest
Lynne of Savvy Sisters Studio {June Tea Party Guest}
Margie of Oh Bumble Is Me {{Me!}}
Peggy of Artfull Journey
Randi of The Dark Mermaid
Sammi of Sammi's Little Bit of Blogland
Sara of Expressions of a Creative Mind
Suzi of The Manic World of Mrs Weyremaster
Tasha of Millie's Magical Moment



Enjoy your weekend!!! :)

Card Details:

Paper(s): Cosmo Cricket DPs; Papertrey Ink CS; Bazzill CS

Stamp(s): My Favorite Things "Costumes From Wonderland" Stamp Set

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

Accessories: My Favorite Things "Bakery Blend" Lace; K&Company Flower with Feather and Bubble Glass Flower; Making Memories Chipboard Clock; Recollections Gems; SEI Ribbon; CM Corner Rounder Punch; Spellbinders Small Oval Nestabilities

Sew Many Challenges Father's Day Challenge!

*Please be sure to scroll down to the next post for today's
Caffinated Cropper Customer Blog Hop!
Thank You :)

Oh my, my deepest apologies for being so late with my post!

It is time for another Sew Many Challenges challenge, and sweet Jeri was kind of enough to ask me to guest again! Thank you, Jeri :)

Father's day is quickly approaching, so for this weeks challenge Sew Many would like to see.....

FATHER'S DAY PROJECTS

WITHOUT USING THE COLOR BLUE!!!

That's right! NO BLUE!!! We know you can come up with something.

Don't forget your greens, browns, reds... 

This week's challenge is being sponsored by...

I used "Owen Dressed in Dad's Clothes" - isn't he the cutest lil boy!? I adore the huge shoes he's wearing!

I really thought that it would be easy not to use blue on a boy card, ha! I was sooo wrong! Being told NOT to do something always makes you want to do it even more!!! LOL!

I found this cool K&Company paper and paired it up with some star buttons and sticker eyelets that my lil sis gave to me :)

Don't look on the inside, you can see that the flip side of this dp does have a pinstripe of blue on it, lol!

Thanks for looking! Please be sure to go HERE and visit the rest of the talented Sew Many DT and enter you card :)

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!!!

StampInsanity Stamps Challenge 4!!!

Good morning :)

It's time for another StampInsanity Stamps Challenge!!!

For Challenge #4, we are to create a... 

Stair Step Card

I borrowed SCS' tutorial....

and created my first ever Stair Stepping card ;)

I loooove this sentiment!

And here is a close-up of my fave couple :)

I just had to make them matchy-matchy!

Sweet Loving Couple Card Details:

Paper(s): KandCompany "Sparkly Sweet" DP; Martha Stewart CS;

Papertrey Ink White CS

Stamp(s): StampInsanity Stamps "Maddie" and "Zeke"

Digital Images

Ink(s): Copic Markers

Accessories: The Robin's Nest Dew Drops; CM Corner Rounder Punch

Here's some deets:

1. 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.

2. 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.

I hope you'll join us and create your own stair step card this week! 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Build-a-Card!

It's still Sunday here, so, Happy Sunday!  

It was a lazy-pajama day for us :)

I've been catching up on my commenting and browsing...

I came across Stamptacular's Birthday Blog Hop!!!

and a very fun one it was!!!

It was a "Build-a-Card" Blog Hop:

You hop to each DTs blog and collect your recipe for your card!

Very cool and inspiring!

I just had to give it a try ;)

Here's the recipe, in blog hopping order:

- Choose something Brown (Papertrey Ink DP)

- Add a rectangle - Use favorite color cardstock (loving this minty one!)

- Include mounting - Image - Add 2 more colors (Pink and Grey)

- Ribbon - Flowers - Charm - Sparkle (Image and Sentiment Sparkle!)

and - Add a friendship themed sentiment

... and here is what I put together!

I hope you're not tired of seeing my fave lil Edward and Bella image ;)

from Pixie Dust Studio!

And the sentiment is from The Little Paper Shop!

He's sparkling!!!

... and I used my Clear Spica Glitter Pen on the sentiment too...

Just Friends Card Details:

Paper(s): Papertrey Ink Chocolate Remix DP, White and Kraft CS;

Martha Stewart Mint CS

Stamp(s): Pixie Dust Studio "Love Sparkles" Image

The Little Paper Shop "Friends" Sentiment

Ink(s): Copic Markers - E00, E51, E93, E17, E57, W3, W5, G00, BG49, B05

and Atyou Clear and Turquoise Spica Glitter Pens

Accessories: K&Company Handmade Stiched-Buttoned Flowers;

Recollections Flower Charm, Gem Swirls and White Lace;

Making Memories Chocolate Trim; Spellbinders Small Oval Nestabilitie

This was so much fun to do today :)

Stamptacular Sunday Challenges
have also changed their participation rules!

The main one being -
you can now combine their challenges with others!!!

Yea!!!

Here's to starting off the week right on track ;)

My boy is on spring break this week! and hopefully,
it'll be a fun-filled relaxing one ;)

Later!!!