Pssst... lookie here :)

... taking my finger off the pause button!!! 

I've missed you all SO very much :) 

I've been coloring and getting crafty this past week and it feels SO good to get all inky again!!! 

I have a new post with Sparkle Creations coming this Thursday!!! Yaaay!!! 

Stay tuned!!! xo

Activating the PAUSE Button...

Hello everyone, it's been a while... 

You have probably noticed that I haven't been posting lately
and that half of my DT duties have either come to an end and unfortunately, with the other half, I have had to step down... 

there are a few reasons as to why,
but don't worry, I won't bore you with the details ;)

All is good! 

I have been creating cards, stamping, doing DT stuff and blogging
for over 3 1/2 years! 

And I have loved every single minute of it!!! 

But it is time for this chica to take a break... a long break... 

I want to thank you all so very much! 

All of my family, friends, fellow DT-ers, followers, supporters! 

Without you all I would not have lasted this long :)
I truly appreciate everything you all have done for me!!! 

I won't be far, but even so, I will miss you all SO very much!!! 

Big hugs to all, xoxo!!! 

PS, of course I cannot completely stay away from the computer! hee hee... 

You can find me on Facebook, Twitter and my book blog
until things start going on the creative side again ;)

Thank you!!! 

Just a random post... Daily December :)

Hello :)  

I just wanted to post that I have been trying to keep up with my December Daily too!

Like I said before, my sister created a book for me to help me out ;) 

I have everything, but haven't had the time to actually sit and put everything in, eeek! 

SO, what I haaaave been doing is taking my pics, uploading them in order and keeping a small journal of all of our daily things to do and add in later! I'm hoping to be able to do it by Valentine's Day, lol! 

It's just so busy right now! Holiday stuffs and some behind the scene stuffs that I've been working on and will probably be able to reveal soon ;) I just know that a February deadline on this will work :) 

So here are a few pics from this month so far :) 

Our family (hubs and I, kiddos, my sister and her hubs and my parents) all climbed into a limo and headed into Manhattan on the 7th to see Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular, dinner at Mars 2112 and a peek at Rockefeller's Tree since it was raining too much to go walk around... 

We finally finished our decorating!!! 

My happy BOYS!!! :) 

My sister gave me the coolest birthday presents everrrrrrrrrr!!! 

And for yesterday, my big boy, who will be EIGHT tomorrow {sniff!} got his first basketball tee!!!
He's SO happy to be playing this season!!! 

That's it for now :) 

Thanks for looking and all your sweet comments! xo

Just spreading the word ;)

Just hopping on to let you know of an ah-maaazing blog candy giveaway going on at Melissa's Blog found HERE!!! You definitely won't want to miss your chance ;)

My family and I had a wonderful day in Manhattan today, even with all the traffic we were stuck in trying to get in and then out, lol! We saw the beautiful Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall and had dinner at Mars 2112! The perfect place for the kiddos! and due to the rain, we were only able to drive by the Rockefeller Christmas Tree! We didn't want to miss a live viewing of it no matter what ;) 

Pics to come soon! Going to go snuggle up and watch 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' - one of my most fave girlie movies, and then heading off to bed! I'll be back tomorrow with a late post! 

Thanks for stopping by!!! xoxo 

G'nite :) 

Huh?!

Yup, that's the kinda day that I have had, oi! 

Didn't feel so good last night and woke up sick Tuesday morning - 

where the heck did that come from, lol! Dang germs! 

I have stuff to post, but trying to stare at the computer screen makes me a bit queasy - 

so I will try again tomorrow... 

In the meantime, do check out Riley and Company's sneak peeks!!! 

and Sparkle Creations latest challenge - it's a fun one!!! 

Thanks much! xoxo 

Claudia and Company News!!!

I have some wonderful news to share :)  

I have known Claudia of "Claudia and Company" for a long time, 

right from the beginning when she was opening her online store and I was just getting started with pursuing design team commits, almost 3 years ago! We share a love of papers and cardmaking, everything and anything to do with boys! Mainly, our own sweet boys :) and have been friends ever since! 

Claudia has been wanting to spend more time with her family and has allowed me to join her little store as an administrator :) 

Thank you so much, Claudia!!! 

You will be seeing me on the store Blog, Facebook and Newsletter! 

and more!!! I am SO excited to have been blessed with this new adventure :) 

and so happy to know that Claudia will be trusting me in helping keep her store up and running smoothly! I cannot wait to get started!!! 

Please stop by and say HI!!! and follow Claudia and Company! 

She has always had the best products and prices I've seen around! and oh my, the sales!!! They're always outstanding!!! You won't want to miss what will be popping up in the next few months :)

Thanks for all of your love and support! 

See you all soon!!! xoxo 

My 1,000th Post!!! and Best Buds!

Good Monday Afternoon!!!! 

I've made it to my 1,000th post today!!! Woo Hoo!!! It's official!!! LOL!!! 

I would have reached it last week, but you know how real life sometimes demands some attention and time - 

it was nice to take some unintentional time off again and reflect :) 

Of course in celebration of my 1,000th post and 3 years of blogging, 

I will be having some giveaways and blog candy in next month, for October!!! 

Lots of fun stuffs going on in October!!! Every week I will have something to show my appreciation to all my bloggy friends and followers! Thank you to all for always being here and around! It's what keeps me going around here most of the time :) 

For today, I have the latest The Pink Elephant Challenge to share with you! 

"Alex and Noah" Digital Image by Wax Fruit Company 

Aren't they a cute pair!? Best Buds! Just like my boys :) 

This week, Ella is challenging you to draw inspiration from this pic:

AND, we are also being sponsored by 

Arielle Gordon of the Wax Fruit Comapny! 

One lucky random winner will win a $15 gift certificate to the

Wax Fruit Company Store!!! 

Yes, my card doesn't exactly match the inspiration pic for this week's challenge, 

but I did try to draw some inspiration from it by including some green and circles in the card.

I didn't realize until after I chose my image, that the colors where so girly with the green and pink combo;

so I replaced the pink with the red... sigh, sorry! but y'all know how to play along better than I do this week, right?! LOL! 

Please be sure to visit the rest of the DT and their absolutely out-of-this-world creations!!! 

Happy Monday!!! 

xoxo 

Just poppin' in to say HI!

Hello friends :)  I just wanted to pop in and say HI! Hurricane Irene blew thru here with a hissy fit :p and left us with a power outage! Luckily, my Mom and Sis have power, so we've been able to come here to eat and shower :)  So we've been blessed that that is our only prob! but it's such an inconvenience, lol! Trying to live in two different places, ugh! I hope that everyone else that was in Irene's path made it out well! and I hope that we get our power back on soon! (as of today, estimation time was Friday, eeek!) Kiddos start school a week from today, must try to get the rest of their stuffs ready ;)  I'm also hoping to grab my Copics and a few stamps from my home today, hee hee! It's the best way to relax from all this stress and running around, right?!
Many hugs to you all! Hope to see you all soon :) xoxo

It's time to take some time off!

Yes, it's time for me to definitely take some time off the ol' blog here!
For the last 2 weeks, I have had blogger issues, internet issues, camera issues and now the ol' laptop has decided to be difficult and I cannot get it to turn on properly, it seems like it's wiped itself clean of all programs, who knows what is going on in there... sigh...
It's been very stressful; and I have had to sit back and remind myself this morning that my blog is not a job to stress about. It is my hobby! My cardmaking helps me relax! My DT work is for inspiration and fun! and because of these tech issues, it has not been that way.
I will be taking the next week, or two, off from blogging, commenting and my DTs. I hope everyone can understand and be patient with me! I'm so sad, since I will also be missing out on some wonderful opportinities too... an e-magazine article and a Featured Artisit spot... snifff... 
In the meantime, I will definitely be getting my creative groove on! and I hope that all of these 'issues' will be fixed asap so I can share with you again! In a non-stress way! and on a regular basis again ;)
Thanks for all of your support!
Much love!!!

I eHat Blogger :p

I am having a blogger moment!!!

Actually, I've been having this moment on and off for over 3 weeks now, grrrr!

The most problematic issue right now is commmenting!

When I try to leave a comment, it says I have to log into Google...

I log in... it says "Anonymous" and kicks me back out again to redo my login, ugh!!!

and not everyone has the option to let you leave a 'url' instead... oh well...

I haven't been able to post since my last post either... so frustrating!

and to top it off, my fave camera ever has decided to take its last pic earlier this week :(

... {insert HUGE sigh here}...

So I've decided to take the rest of the week and weekend to relax and figure out what is up with Blogger, geesh!

Hope you all enjoy your TGIFs/weekend

and have a wonderful Father's Day with all the loves in your life :)

See you (hopefully) on Monday ;)

*smooches*

are you a NO-REPLY blogger???

http://www.pleasant-home.com/2010/12/so-exciting-less-no-reply-bloggers.html 

I usually don't have much to say ;)

but in the last week or so, this has become a bit of a pet peeve of mine... 

you may want to reconsider, some people don't even know about this option... it has many benefits...

did I mention that it's a pet-peeve of mine ;)

especially when I, ME!, gets yelled at for not being able to contact people and/or answer questions, share things, etc... sigh...

I just found this button on THIS marvelous blog! She explains EVERYTHING, and I agree!

It's really not a big deal to put an email out there for other bloggers to reply to your comments, etc...

"... the majority of "seasoned" bloggers will agree; It's good blogging etiquette to have an email associated with your blog. Especially if you're going to be blogging, commenting, asking questions, participating in Give Aways, etc..." ~ Jodi of Pleasant Home

just sayin'!  

Thanks for letting me share :)

Baby Jack

Hello everyone!!!

It's been a very peaceful, relaxing and amazingly sunny and beautiful day :)

Even though lil guy is now sick with the same thing that I have, we had some quality time before Big Bro got home from school :) Now, we had a pizza/chicken dinner {lol!} and we're cuddling on the couch watching Harry Potter on TV waiting for hubs/Daddy to get home from work...

In between the cuddles,

I was also able to cuddle up with this sweetie, Baby Bud "Jack"...

Isn't he 'cheek-pinching' cute!?!?

I looove his curly hair!

I used some October Afternoon DP scraps and just went with the flow :)

The sentiment is from a Close to My Heart stamp set that I found in my closet too! lol!

Baby Bud Designs latest challenge is to use Ribbons and Bows!

Go to their blog and get the latest deets ;)

While I was coloring Baby Jack, someone "borrowed" my camera...

He doesn't look sick, does he?! LOL!

and yes, this pic does not do my lil bud any justice!

He is waaaay cuter than this close up! LOL!

We watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse...

and played Star Wars Trouble...

He said he needed a close-up of my 'project computer', lol!

{He also caught me re-signing up for TE's Key Ingredients Kits!!!}

and he took a pic of my new {to me} toy!!!

My bestie from Cali sent me her Cricut!

She is the BESTEST bestie in the universe!!!

and I cannot wait to start using it :)

Thanks to all who have commented and have sent get well wishes :)

I appreciate and love you all!!!

TGIF!!! :*)

SMASH it!

I saw this on Little Birdie Secrets blog today!

I love it!!!

What do you think???

I've actuarlly  been doing this since I was a kid!

With my black/white marble notebooks ;)

but I haven't done it in a very looong time!

and I look forward to getting back into it and getting my mojo grooving at a 120%

:) :)  :)

It would be SO lovely to have one of these books too ;)

ETA - You will be able to find these SMASHing books at
http://www.claudiaandcompany.com/
sometime in April!!!

TGIF! and enjoy your weekend everyone!

oh my...

Tooth ache... very painful... dentist later... I fear that oral surgery may be in my near future...

I will see you when I see you... I need my couch now... later gators.

Finally, My One Word...

Be.

Be happy.

Be loved.

Be-lieve.

Be nice.

Be calm.

Be patient.

Be me.

To be, is to be free :)

Life's Little Mishaps...

... sometimes they are little blessings in disguise...

sometimes...

they are just a great pain in the ass! LOL!

AND a HUGE thanks to my Cousin Jean for giving my boys her old laptop!!!
Who knew that I was the one that was going to be in such need! LOL!

I have to admit, I have enjoyed spending less time online and spending more time with my family and crafts :)

No cards yet since I mostly work with digital images... but I do have some new ones and I also have some actual rubber to play with too :) 

Let's hope that my mojo will jump right in with me tonight!!!

and that I can finally find my own balance between Family, Work and Play!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!!

My HUGE Bumble...

Hello friends!
This is going to be a super-duper post since I don't know how much life-time is left for my poor lil laptop :(
The other day, I half-dropped my laptop, tried to hold onto it and ended up with the keyboard part in my hands and ripping the screen part off! Hubs has managed to piece some of the wiring - enough for me to barely see the screen to get as many pics/digis off and to do a quick post to let y'all know that I don't know when I'll be back online to check emails, blogs, etc :( For now, the only thing I am capable of doing is tweet from my kiddos DS games {LMAO! don't ya love modern technology!} and hopefully I will be able to get to lil sis' house to check in again over the weekend ;)
Thanks to ALL who have helped me spread the word already (Thanks again so much Ky!!!)
I miss y'all already SO much! I don't know what I'm going to do with myself! eek! I guess I can use my extra time to start putting the Xmas stuffs away and get to creating a ton of new stuffs, right?! hee, hee!
Much love to all! Happy New Year!!! :*)

Come meet "The Bumble Girl"...

If you love yarn, fabric, needles, knitting and more...

come visit the other side to me...  

The Bumble Girl

In NEED of more Chocolate!!!

Hello my dear bloggy friends :)

It has finally dawned on me that I am a gal that really just can't do it all right now...

I've been struggling for the last few months to keep up with my boys, home, blog, cards, DTs, etc. that I have been neglecting me, my needs, even my small daily dose of much needed chocolate ;)

For the rest of the year, there will be less posts from me during the week - especially since most of my DTs have given us the holidays off :) and I am looking forward to the new year with new projects, fresh ideas and lots of fun :)

So, here's an update to some challenges, and then I will have another post up in a few minutes too ;) 

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #53

Create a "Get Well Card" 

StampInsanity Stamps Challenge #39  

Create a Holiday Card in your own way - in your own style!

I hope you get to play along!

I sure wish that I could!!!

Be sure to check out what the awesome Pixies and rockin' Groovy Gurls created today!!!

Thanks SO much for stopping by!

Hugs to all :*) 

Thank You!!!

Good morning :) :) :)
It's Wednesday!!! My Oh My!!! Where have my days gone?!

Thank you all SO very much for my birthday wishes!!!
I had a fabulous day, and weekend! So did my Big Boy who officially turned 7 yesterday :)
We had a fun time at Boomers on Saturday! Sunday was our pj/relaxing day! and last night we had a small cake for Nicky's 'real' birthday :) It's been a wonderful and very memorable couple of days :)

I can proudly say that I already have all of our Thank You cards made!
I just need to address them now ;) Hopefully I can get that done just as quick!

Today I am going to share Nicky's 'Thank you's'...

Nicky searched and dug through my box of stamps and found this sweet (and never been used) Recollections "Robots" Stamp Set (that we received from Erica a while ago - thanks again Erica!) to use for his cards...
I kept it simple since I had to create 15 of them!

He insisted that I stamp something on the inside too -
it was too plain white and boring, LOL!
Thanks for stopping by!
I will be back tomorrow - it's another 3 post day!!!
and one of those will be my Thank You cards!

Enjoy your Wednesday :*)

Card Details:
Stamp(s): Recollections "Robots" Clear Stamps, The Greeting Farm "My Guy Ian" Sentiment Stamp
Paper(s): Papertrey Ink Cardstock
Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black, Colorbox "Bisque" Chalk Ink  
Copic Markers: B00, C1, R35, YR04