My WISH Position!

Last week, when I thought things just couldn't get any better.......I got some more exciting news!

My reign on the Design Clique at Wish On A Scrap was coming to an end this month.....however, I was so thrilled when Loreen asked me to become a permanent member of the Design Clique! Of course I told her YES....I didn't have to think twice or even for a second at all!!!! Loreen and Deb are so wonderful to work with, and I am so ecstatic to keep designing for such a wonderful store! Thank you so much Loreen!!! You are the greatest and such a wonderful friend! I am so honored to be given this position!!!

Sorry I don't have any cards to share today! I have to take some photographs of the cards I made with my Gram the other day! We had was soooo much fun!!! A special thank you to Michelle for the wonderful class....I can't wait until next Thursday! Gram and I are taking 2 more card classes before my "real" classes begin!

Don't forget you only have today and tomorrow to get your entry in for the Wish Challenge! Remember the winning person receives a WOJ Lizzie with Chocolate Box stamp!

And a few fun blog candy alerts to share:
Bev has some VERY VERY delish blog candy going on right now...I so want to win because she has some awesome items that she uses on her fabulous cards!

My good friend Dannie has some super sweet Valentines candy....those chocolates look like heaven and I would love to get my teeth on them!

Jen has some terrific candy from many different places and the best part is IT'S ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE!

And Sally is giving away some wonderful candy....swing by and say hi to her...it's her VERY first blog candy! Woo-Hoo!

I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!

Lots of Hugs~

Magnolia Vs. Stampavie Challenge 8

I want to thank everyone who sent me congratulations and best wishes for my "Chick Status" (if you haven't seen....my exciting news post is below)! It means a lot to me to know everyone cares! I am very excited to create for Courtney! Thanks again Courtney for asking me to join the peeps!

This card goes along perfect with today's post! Over at the Magnolia Vs. Stampavie Challenge blog this week's challenge was a sketch challenge....but there is a small twist! You need to make your card a Thank You card....so this is for each and everyone of you out there who support me, inspire me, and challenge me! You are all treasured friends!

Here is this week's sketch: I decided to use my Tilda with rose that I got from my Secret Angel in the Magnolialicious Yahoo Group! Thanks again Lisa! I absolutely LOVE her! I colored Tilda with my Copics, added stickles to her wings and lace on her dress. Then I used some pink perfect pearls and painted on top of the rose for some extra shimmer! It gave the flower a beautiful irridescent effect! Papers used were Dovecraft from the Hint of Pink pack, DCWV, SU cardstock, and some clearance papers that I got from Michaels.

Flowers are primas. Lace, beads, and charms are from my stash. Punches used were the negative from my Heart Corner Punch (from Wish On A Scrap), and my Martha floral boarder punch which I made into cute corners. I got this idea from one of my idols, Suzanne! You can see her awesome idea here!She is so creative, and her work is absolutely amazing! If you haven't gone over to her blog, click on over there and take a look. You won't be disappointed!

And if you take a close look at my charm, you will see it says Thanks! I thought that was a perfect touch!

Then of course we have the finished inside! I think this is my favorites inside done so far!

Hope everyone is having a good week! Tomorrow I am off to go and craft with my Grandma! We are going to take a card class together! I am very excited, and it's so special to be spending time with my Gram doing what we both love to do! (She's a very talented card maker!!!) I can't wait to come back and show you what we make! It's going to be a real treat, I promise!!!! I saw a product of the class and it's amazing!!!!

And I have a few more blog candy places for you:

Stop over by Simon...there is some AMAZING candy there!

Mumur has some WOJ Herb candy!

Monika some some fab give aways!

Lim has some Hanglar candy! Woo-Hoo...can't get them here!

AND don't forgot to head on over to the Wish Blog and get your challenge card entered to with a WOJ Lizzie with Box of Chocolates stamp...you only have until Sunday, January 11th!

Thanks for stopping!

Sugar Bowl Challenge #1 & BIG NEWS!

At first I didn't think I would be able to play along in the Sugar Bowl Challenge....but then I remembered a few months back Gayle sent me some wonderful Sugar Nellie images to play with! Thank you so much Gayle! I so need to purchase some of these stamps so I can continue to play along. I really wanted to play along with this challenge as the prize is 3 sets of Promarkers! I would so love to get my inky hands on those! :)

This image is called Pickin' Apples. Isn't she just darling?! I had lots of fun coloring her with my Copics, and of course I added some stickles to her bow and hat. Highlights were made with my white gel pen. I used glossy accents on the apples, even though it hard to see it in the picture. Papers are a combinations of Basic Grey Euphoria, Creative Memories, and some scraps from my stash. Of course I had to use my corner punches (if you would like to get some, head on over to Wish On A Scrap)! I really do love them! I got some new spacers the other day, so I had to use one on my flower. Flowers, charm, and ribbon from my stash.
And the finished inside! I really like how the inside of this one turned out! Wish me luck on this challenge...I would LOVE to have some more markers to color with!

Now, for my BIG NEWS:

I'm a CHICK!!!

I got a message the other day from Courtney asking if I would like to be a CBCC (Created By Courtney Chick)! I was so excited that she asked me to design for her challenges, and of course I said YES! I am so excited to be a part of the CBCC team! My offical start date is January 13th....so be on the look out for my CBCC creations!

Thanks again Courtney for asking me to be a part of your team!

***Don't forgot the Wish Challenge is going on and you have until January 11th to get your entry in to win a WOJ stamp!***

And finally, I have a few blog candy alerts for you:

My great buddy Rach is giving away some wonderful candy! Please stop by and say hi to her and check out her stunning creations! This girl is one of my idols her work is amazing!

And Michelle is also giving away some super sweet candy! Stop by and say hi to her and enter to win her fabulous prizes!

This is a card that I made for my near and dear friend Liz! We have been friend's since grade school! Her Grandfather passed away last week, and his funeral service was Friday night. It was somewhat of a blessing, as he had Alzheimer's bad, but it is still so hard to lose a family member. I was glad that I could be there to comfort my friend. I wanted to share the card that I made for her.
I used Basic Grey papers from the Wassail collection, and just red and black from my paper stash. Corner punches and Fiskars boarder punch were purchased from Wish On A Scrap. The "with sympathy" was stamped and embossed with Ranger embossing tinsel in silver. Ribbon is from my stash!

And of course we have the finished inside!

Don't forget to head over to the Wish Blog to enter for your chance to win a Whiff of Joy Lizzie with Chocolate Box stamp in our VERY 1st Challenge! You have until Sunday, January 11th to enter!

I have some SUPER exciting news to share with you tomorrow, I can hardly keep myself from shouting it all to you! So make sure you come back to check it out!!!

Magnolialicious January Sketch

This month over at Magnolialicious the Miss. Suzy Haglighi made a very fun sketch to play a long with! I loved all of the circles on it! That way I could incorporate lots of different patterned papers into my card! My papers are DCWV, Creative Memories, and SU cardstock.

I decided to use Standing Fall Tilda that I purchase from Loreen at Wish On A Scrap. I also created this card for the Wish Challenge that is going on RIGHT NOW, you can find the details HERE! The Challenge is running until January 11th, so go and check it out!

Tilda was colored using my Copic markers, and I used stickles on her wings! Ribbons were in my stash along with the charm, spacer, and heart brad. Flowers are Petaloo which I also got from Wish On A Scrap's November kit....yes, I am still using elements from the November kit! That is seriously how much stuff you get in the kits! It's amazing the stuff you get for your $25!
And of course we have the inside of the card! I used my martha floral lace punch, and my Fiskars treading water punch!

I really like this card....must be because I used mainly pink and brown....of course we all know that is my favorite color combo!

Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL week!

Wish Challenge #1

You need to head on over to the Wish On A Scrap blog! We have a VERY fun challenge for you to play along with! And the best part of it is......

YOU CAN WIN A WHIFF OF JOY STAMP!

But, not only 1 stamp....you have the chance to win 2 Whiff of Joy Stamps!

How cool is that? Loreen is being very generous, so click HERE to go see what the hype is all about! I can tell you that you won't be disappointed!

***One of the deadlines is Sunday, January 4th at midnight, so to make sure you get your chance at the TWO stamps make sure you go and check out the Wish blog NOW!!!!!****

Good luck, and I hope you have lots of fun playing along with us!

I can't wait to see what you all make!

Pixie Dust & Fairies!

I hope everyone had a great New Year's Day! We were lounging at our house today, after having a late night out with friends! I am looking very forward to 2009, and can't wait to see where my creations take me! :)

This week over at Sketch Saturday there wasn't a specific sketch to follow, any past sketch could be used. I thought I would use #27, shown below: My Basic Grey Eva papers were perfect to use with this fun fairy....her name is Bryony. I purchased her from Susana. Isn't she beautiful! I colored my cute fairy with my Copics, and I loved coloring her! I actually stamped her twice. On the 2nd image, I cut out her body, leaving her legs and wings off. Then I pop dotted that up to make it look like Bryony was leaning forward off of her mushroom. I added diamond stickles to her wings for some sparkle!

Ribbon, flowers, and charm were from my stash. I used my corner punch and swirl punch (which acted as leaves for my flowers) that I purchased from Wish On A Scrap.

Of course we all know that I love decorating the insides of my cards now too! Here I used more Basic Grey Eva papers, with the same corner punch as on the front of the card, and also my martha boarder punch. I decided to leave the note part of the card blank for now, as I don't know what occasion I want to use this card for...this way it can be altered as needed.

I love how this card turned out! Thank you for taking time to stop by!