Easter Bunny Ruby

It's SATURDAY!!! 

What are you doing this weekend??? 

We're expecting some snow today and I'm wondering if I'm going to be able to keep my scrappy plans or if I will be spending the weekend locked up with my boys, snug on the couch with our favorite movies... either way, they're both my favorite things to do, so it will be a win/win situation ;) hee hee!!! 

Also, to start the weekend right - today is release day at 

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps!!! 

 And we have a sweet Easter stamp to share with you... 

"Easter Bunny Ruby" 

I colored sweet Ruby with my Copics and then had some fun with some matchy scraps that I found in my bin, all from My Mind's Eye... and I went a bit overboard with my pearls again! I just love this liquid pen thingy so much! Fun :) 

Sparkle is also sponsoring this week's Card Patterns Sketch Challenge!!! 

Be sure to visit our fabulous SCRS designers for more peeks of Easter Bunny Ruby. 

Sparkle will be giving away an Easter Bunny Ruby stamp to one lucky person! 

For a chance to WIN, you need to visit and comment on all of the designers' Easter Bunny Ruby blog posts (listed below) and then leave a comment on the SCRS blog. 

You have until midnight EST tonight to comment.

Alice Wertz
Amber Hight
Danielle Lounds
Kerri Michaud
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina (you are here!)
Pam Varnell {February Guest Designer}
Savannah O'Gwynn
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Happy "hopping"!!! 

and enjoy your weekend!!! 

xoxo 

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

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

"You've Got Mail"

Happy M-day everyone!!! How was your Christmas??? 

Ours was beautiful! I just love seeing my sweet boys faces light up with all the Christmas magic! It's so wonderful to be able to experience everything through their eyes :)  

I know that the majority of us are on our full-time Holiday mode :) 

I really thought that I would have a moment to create a card for today's 

Monday Fun-day challenge at The Greeting Farm blog today :( 

So sorry! I have been too busy playing with my boys and their new Christmas toys ;) hee, hee!!! So please be sure to stop over and see the fun "Song Inspired" challenge is all about, thanks!!! 

I do have a quick little happy card that I created last Thursday to share with you today!!! 

I dusted off another one of my MFT Pure Innocence stamps called Happy Mail... 

She has to be one of the cutest ones ever!!! 

The last time I went food shopping, I saw a little girl in a shopping card and she looked and reminded me so much of a Pure Innocence girlie! She had this beautiful straight hair cut right up to her chin just like this, and it was a bit static-y too, lol! I just had to give my PI girl some wisps of static hair too :) 

AND, did you see my pearls!? 

I used my new Viva Decor Opal Paper Pen from Taylored Expressions - and I am truly in shock with the awesome results!!! Look at all those little pearls!!! Yes, I did go a bit over-board with it, lol! but I just love the way this stuff pearled up and added so much sweetness to my card :)  I must get more colors!!! 

ALSO, I neeeed to try to get myself another one of these My Mind's Eye Love Me 6x6 pad! I'm just about almost done with mine! and it usually takes me about a year to use up my 6x6 pads!!! 

Thanks for letting me share today :) 

Have a wonderful M-day!!! 

xoxo 

"Open Me!!!" AND MY BLOG CANDY WINNERS!!!

Merry Christmas Eve!!!
I hope that you all are settling down for a wonderful holiday with loved ones :)
We are just about ready for the festivities to begin!!! I still have some cleaning to do and some gifts to wrap - but all is good and we cannot wait to spend some wonderful quality time around the tree :)

I am very late posting my card for the latest Friday Spy Day at 
The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog yesterday! oops!
and I also want to share who my two blog candy winners are :)

First, my card :)
I decided to have a bit of fun with my new TE December Key Ingredients Kit
and pair it up with sweet Amelia from my 'new to me' TGF Surprise Stamp Set!

I also used the following challenges for my card:
- iCopic Weekly Challenge #61: Last minute Holiday projects
- Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #38: Anything Goes {with Twine}
- Wee Memories Challenge #80: Anything Goes
- The Sisterhood of Crafters: Celebrate the Holidays

I love her unruly hair! Kinda reminds me of my own hair - thick, wavy, messy! lol!
I tried to stick with the same layout as Beate's card, and a similar color combo - with different shades... and as you can see - I went a bit overboard with my Paper Pen again, hee hee! I am loving this stuff! More and more pearls everywhere!!!
It's not your typical Christmas card (hubs kept telling me to add green, lol!) but I love it! and I know that this little girly-girl will definitely love it too :)

Thanks for looking! and I hope you decide to play along with us this week!
Please be sure to check out the rest of the DTs creations too :)

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

PS - what do you think of my new blog makeover??? :) 

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And now it's time to announce my TWO birthday blog candy winners :) 

Prize 1 goes to #11 Ashley N Newell 

and Prize 2 goes to #13 April!!! 

Congrats to you both!!! 

Please email me at TheBumbleGirl at Rocketmail.com with your addresses 

and I will try to ship these out to you next week!!!

Lots and lots of fun new things are coming in the New Year!!!
My blog is going to be hopping with fun new projects and releases!!! 

Be on the lookout for more candies along the way too :)
So don't forget to follow and come back often, hee hee!!! 

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!!! 

xoxo 

Happy Snowman Tags :)

It's Wednesday!!!
It's also my big boys 8th birthday!!! and hubs day off!!!
So while our kiddos are in school, we're off to try to finish off our holiday to-do list!!!
And then after school, we will be taking them to go see Santa, and then big boy's choice of either the Disney Store or Build-a-Bear, and then his fave spot to eat :)  Fun!!!

And since it's the FIRST Wednesday of the month! It also means that it's time for another
Retro-Fresh Challenge at The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog!!! 
Retro-Fresh is when we get to dust off our older Greeting Farm stamps (at least 6months old or older) and play along with a challenge; and this month's challenge is to create a TAG(s)!!! 
AND, you have ALL month long to complete the challenge! Yay!!! 

I pulled out my "Keep Cozy" stamp set and old Greeting Farm Christmas DP to create a few holiday tags... which have disappeared onto our Christmas tree! lol! I wonder who stuck them on there ;) 

I had so much fun with this girly color combo!
and yet, the snow man makes it not so girly if I need an extra tag for something boy-ish ;)

Thanks so much for passing by today!!!
Be sure to check out the rest of the DT and see their amazing creations too!!!
Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Enjoy your day!!! xoxo

Scootin' by for a Special Delivery!

Good morning!!! 

Well, I have to admit, trying to make a Monday into a Saturday yesterday was truly unsuccessful, lol! Both of my kiddos woke up sick, and starting at 430am, the day just kept on going downhill from there, sigh... but at last, it seems that they are already feeling a bit better! So for today, we will be hiding on the couch with our crackers, juice and ginger ale, and will probably watch the Polar Express and Cars 2 movies :) Perfect way to rest and hopefully, finally get rid of alllll these germs!!! We have HUUUGE plans for tomorrow and everyone needs to be at 100% or there is going to be a lot of sad faces around here, hee hee!!! 

Today is the second half to Sparkle Creations last challenge for the year!!! 

Can you believe it!? and no, I have not started my Christmas shopping yet, eeek!!! 

Anyways, lol, for this challenge you are to use a Sparkle or Karber stamp and this sketch : 

I just have to ask, have you ever had one of those card/projects that looks good in person but you just can't capture it in a picture? Yup, that's what's going on here! I just couldn't get the lighting to work on this one... sigh... 

Here's Scooter Chloe... 

I used my newest pad of My Mind's Eye called Love Me! 

This is truly my most fave pad EVERRRR!!! There is not one sheet or pattern that I don't like! Don't ya love when you know you finally purchased the right thing to play with?! lol! 

To play along in our challenge, please upload a photo of your project to the SCRS gallery. If you haven't registered yet, it just takes a few seconds to create a login and upload your photo. Deadline for this challenge is Sunday, December 11th @ 9 PM PST.

Additionally, if you want to upload to use an online gallery (e.g. Splitcoast), please use the Keyword SparkleCreations (no spaces) so that your card will be included in the SCRS gallery. If you have a Facebook account and are a fan of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, you can also upload there. However, please note that contest entries will be pulled only from the SCRS Photo Gallery.

Please be sure to check out the rest of the DT's amazing cards for this week :) 

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Tuesday!!! 

Warm and Special!

SO happy to see you, T.G.I.F!!!

Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous week! 

... or at least, a much better one than I did ;) 

We must all go through our ups and downs, 

just remember to pack your fave headache medicine and in the end,

it will all be worth it!!! 

*** Be sure to enter to win my TGF Blog Candy!!! ***

Thank You :)

There's a new Spy Day Challenge up on The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog today!!! 

and this time, we are case-ing Jacqueline's Card!!! 

I love all the red that she used for her girly-girl card! 

So I decided that I needed to add some red, a sweet little girl and go to town with some scallops and here is what I came up with... 

I decided that this little girlie needed some snuggle time :)

HG Snuggle is a retired TGF stamp! and I cannot believe that I haven't used in her so long... 

I decided to use up some more of my MME Darling Dear scraps and had some fun with the layout - I know, I'm such a baddie when it comes to case-ing layouts, lol! I just can't help myself, sorry! 

Please be sure to check out the rest of the DT's amazing creations today!!! 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith  

PS... The Greeting Farm's 3rd Annual Customer Blog Hop Event is happening on
December 16th!!! Go HERE for sign up info!!!

I'll be back later around Noon with another fun post!!! 

See ya later ;) xoxo 

{Happy Thanksgiving!} Riley's Winter/Christmas Release and Blog Hop!!!

Good evening everyone!!!
I hope that those of you that celebrated Thanksgiving today had a beautiful and blessed one with your lovies :) 

It's time for Riley and Company's latest release and blog hop!!! 

If you just came here from Jovita's Blog, then you're on the right track ;) 

If not, and would like to start from the beginning - please go HERE!!! 

While you are hopping - don't forget to leave a comment on each blog! Each designer will draw one random name after 24 hours, from all the posts. The winner get's their choice of free Riley rubber!

When you are done with the hop - make sure you go back to our home page to shop because ALL orders placed in the first 24 hours gets a FREE limited edition MINI RIley stamp!

AND - there is FREE shipping all weekend on all orders! But hurry - it's only until Sunday night!

First I would like to share my card using "Riley and Percy Dancing"... 

and for my next card, I used "Percy Snow Angel" ...

and for my last card, I used "Elf Riley"...

and here's the inside to Elf Riley's card: 

Thanks for stopping by!!! 

Your next stop in the hop is Michelle L!!!  
Happy Hopping :) 

A Red, Black and White Congratulations!

Wow, a new week already! Good morning to you :) 

I am looking forward to having a good, stress free and healthy week! 

I am still coughing and feeling a bit ick, but so much better than last week... 

I just want to keep on going and get as much done before spending time with my family Thanksgiving weekend :)

There's is a super FUN Monday Fun-Day Challenge up on 

The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog this week :) 

SQUEEE-ing!!! 

Let the Twilight festivities begin!!! 

This week's challenge is to be inspired by the traditional Twilight Saga colors: 

Red, Black, White/Silver 

Just 4 more days!!! 

I decided I had to create a card for Edward and Bella's wedding :)

I used "Dressy Edward" and for Bella, I used "Dressy Joyce"... 

they're not wearing the traditional wedding attire, 

but wouldn't it be nice to see them in a color combo like this while out on their honeymoon??? 

hee, hee!!!

Please be sure to visit the rest of the amazing DT for more inspiration :) 

Jessica Diedrich

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith  

Happy Monday!!! 

My recipe: 

WS Dressy Edward

WS Dressy Joyce

Copic Markers

Neenah Paper

Echo Park Christmas

Echo Park

Banner Day 1 Die

Banner Day 1

InLinkz.com

Three Snowmen, HO HO HO!!!

It's Thursdaaaaay!!! My favorite day of the week :)
Why? Just because :) hee hee!

It's also time for a Pixie Dust Studio Challenge!!!
It's also Pixie's 100TH CHALLENGE!!!
In celebration of our 100th challenge, Pixie will be giving away a few extra prizes!

For this week's challenge, I used one of the latest images from the
"A Pixie Christmas" Collection called "T is for Trio"... 

Our challenge is to create a card/project inspired by Jessica's lovely inspiration pic:
This just happens to be one of my most fave color combos too :)

I also used Sketch For You To Try November 2011 Sketch:
I had to turn it on its side ;)

Don't ya just love quick and simple cards and posts :)
Got lots of housework to do today! eeek!
Enjoy yours!!! xoxo

PS!!! Calling all Twilight fans!!!
If you love Twilight! and your love Pixie Dust Studio!
Why not play along with our hop next week?!?!
Please email me by Sunday, November 13th for more details, thanks!!!

Taylored Expressions Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop!!!

Taylored Expressions is hosting a Holiday Hoopla today and I'm excited to be a part of it. You should have arrived here from Taylor's blog!!!  

Which is also the beginning of the Holday Hooplay Hop!!! Be sure to go to 

Taylor's blog first for the full list of participants :)

There are 22 designers showcasing Christmas/Winter/Holiday stamps sets from TE with samples that include all sorts of projects from cards to gifts and beyond!  We want to inspire you to get your holiday crafting and card making into high gear!  

Be sure to stick with me all the way to the end of the post to get a 

coupon code for 25% off holiday stamp sets at Taylored Expressions! 

The sets I'm showcasing today is the "Banner Holidays" Stamp Set and 

the Banner Day 1 Die... along with Moka Angel... 

I love the Banner Stamp Sets SO much!!! 
It is such a fancy way to add your sentiments and give your card/project that extra 'something-something' to it :)  

Here's my trio of cards...
I stamped Angel and my Banner sentiments onto Choice Buttercream Cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink... I did a bit of coloring on my Angels with Copic Markers...

Did some paper piecing :)

and added a touch of sparkle on their halos and wings :)
using my Spica Glitter Pen!

Here are all the stamp sets and dies that I used: 

While creating for this hop I decided to keep myself to using only a small amount of designer papers and cardstock; I knew that I was going to have to do something with my scraps and decided to keep going with another Christmas card using the Trim the Trees Die... a sentiment from the Banner Holiday Stamp Set, some Kraft Cardstock and the Medium Scallop Border Die too :) 

Are you getting in the mood to stamp?  

Be sure to check out Taylor 's 12 Days of A Handmade Christmas Video Series for lots of easy gift ideas. I especially love Day TWO of the series!!! 
I really do hope that I can create a fabulous calendar like Taylor's found HERE!!! 
I'm thinking of creating TWO calendar's, one for each of my boys! LOL! 
They have SO much going on, it would be a fun way to document all their fun-ness on their own personalized calendars :) 

Now, who loves a SALE ?  

Use Coupon Code HOOPLA2011 to get 25% off the following holiday stamp sets (released in 2009 and 2010) at Taylored Expressions now through November 2!!!

 Here are those sets: 

Christmas Blessings, Enjoy!, From the Heart, Hangin' Out -  At the North Pole, Holiday Wonder, Home Sweet Home, Keeping Tabs, Merry Little Cocktail, Penguin Pals, Season's Sweetings, Sparkle & Cheer, Tag Treats , Tag You're It, Take Note - Holidays , Wings of Joy, Winter Wonderland.

The coupon code is case sensitive. 

Follow these instructions to apply the discount to your order:

1. Add the desired stamp sets from the above list to your shopping cart.

2. Insert the coupon code into the Promotional Code box.

3. Click the Update Cart button.  Your discount should now be applied.

4. Proceed to checkout to finalize and submit your order.

Thank you SO much for stopping by today!!! 
Your next stop is Jami!!! 

Happy Hopping :)