Pass One Around because They are Two of a Kind!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Another week is just flying by. The week is already half over and I feel like I have a million things still to do! It is crazy!

Izzy and I had a relatively quiet day yesterday. We stamped and colored, played and even got to enjoy the beautiful weather outside. Izzy just wandered around the yard and looked at everything. Of course she took her shoes off without me noticing and now her socks are almost black on the bottom! Oh well, she was able to have a good time. We also got to see Aunt Tracy last night. Izzy was so excited. She just loved on her and loved on her. Poor Tracy, could hardly take a step without a soon to be two year old latched onto her! After Izzy went to bed, Tracy and I were able to work on some gift tags for a baby shower she is throwing. We have fifty of them! We are close to being done. I think I am going to work on them here and there and then Tracy is going to come by on Friday and pick them up. I really hope everyone likes them! They were awfully fun to make!

So it's Wednesday!!! Oh wait, is there anything that goes on on Wednesdays? Hmmm, let me think. Oh wait, that's right it is Watchadoin' Wednesday over at Storage Units, Ink and More!!!! Whoo, hoo! And it was a tough one this week. I swear, I think the challenge creators must know my weaknesses. LOL! This week the challenge is to create a monochromatic card. White and black are okay to add but you can only have one main color or varying shades of it. I am so proud of myself that I was able to do it. I mean I was sweating bullets there for a minute. LOL! Here it is! I used Jen Del Muro's Sketch For You to Try from two weeks ago for the layout.

Seriously though, there is something wrong with me. When I saw this set in the package and the little pint of beer all I could think about was that old song we used to sing on trips. Sick isn't it! LOL! So I started this card by stamping the beer from Blarney Stone by SUINK four times on white card stock and colored them in using my copics. I added some liquid applique to the foam to make it look nice and frothy. I then cut out my beer and some cream card stock and green Core'dinations card stock using my nesties. Following the sketch, I layered on green Core'dinations card stock along with two different pieces of yummy DP, sorry don't know the brands. I then added some satin ribbon I braided across the top and some that I folded in half at the bottom and added some pearls. I then printed off my sentiment on cream card stock and mounted it on some green and attached to my card with some ribbon. I really hope that cream is considered a neutral. I mean it is a shade of white, right?!

Anywhoo, if you would like to play along with us this week, just make sure you leave a comment on the SUINK blog and tag your awesome creation with SUINKWWC27 when uploading to SCS or PCP. Now be sure to check out the rest of the DT's creations! They are sure to impress!

Alex Maldonado
Alysabeth Johnston February Guest Designer
Amber Kroening
Carolina Buchting
Chat Wszelaki
Colleen Wold
Kristen Catalano
Laura Leonard
Leigh O'Brien
Mary Jo Price-Williams
Suzanne Dean
Tori Wild

Now I have another project to share. I have been dying to use my new digital stamp that I purchased at the last Greeting Farm release and now I finally had a chance! Oh, I was so excited to color it up! I actually have had it colored for a little bit but did not have the chance to make it into a card. Well that all changed when I saw the incredible sketch challenge posted by my awesome friend Jessica over at the Club Anya site! I just fell in love with the big circles and how they met in the middle! I knew my little fifties couple would be perfect!!!

Didn't I tell you about the sketch! So awesome! Anywhoo, when I went to pick out papers for this card, I was seriously thinking pink and black to match her little skirt. But then for some reason I picked up the black and white polka dot paper and that led to a similar paper and then to the stripped paper, and voila, I had my color scheme! I started this card off by printing off 50s Sweethearts by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and then colored them in using my copics. Next, following the sketch, I layered on white and black card stock along with lots of white and black DP I believe from Pine Cone Press but don't quote me on that. The large circles were cut out with my circle cutter. I then cut out and popped off my adorable couple and placed them on top of some white and black polka dot ribbon. I tied two little bows on each side to give it some character. To finish the card, I added three large black brads to the corner, stamped the Sentiment from Lily and Billy Sweethearts by Pink Cat Studio, cut it out with my nesties, drew in some music notes and added some black rhinestones! I think it is just so cute and I love the black and white!

Well I am outta here for today! Thanks so much for stopping by! Today is supposed to be rainy so it sounds like an errand day! LOL! Lots of smiles!

I Love to Twinkle and Glide on the Ice!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

Izzy and I had the best day yesterday! Melaina was over and the girls played and played! It was so cute! Poor Izzy wasn't feeling well though, so she was having a few problems sharing, but as the day progressed they became more and more used to each other. I think Melaina might come over every week! YAY!!!! I am so excited. It is funny, but I am actually able to get more done during the day because the girls keep each other entertained. It was so cute. I had them up on the table while I was coloring yesterday and they took turns handing me markers. Izzy already knows she cannot take the caps off and Melaina learned pretty quickly too so, it was really enjoyable. We talked about colors and did a lot of poking tummys with them. They loved it! I am so excited because I think I might have future stampers on my hands! LOL!

Well since it is Tuesday, that means it is Twinkling Tuesday! Even my husband knows. He sent me an e-mail last week asking me what I wanted him to make for dinner and he titled it "Twinkling Tuesday". Ahh, he is trained so well! LOL! Well, this Tuesday is a little bit different this week. Madelynn has decided to have guest sketch designers to help out with her challenges, and this week the "Temporary Twinklette" as we are calling them is none other than my good friend Heather's 6 year old daughter Piper!!! She really made up a fun sketch for us this week! Lots of elements and lots of hearts just in time for Valentine's day.

Isn't it fun! I have to say, I was a little worried at first but I made it and I was able to get all the elements in! I started this card by stamping Tilda With Hearts by Magnolia Stamps on white card stock and colored her in using my copics. I then added touches of white gel pen to create highlights on the different hearts. Following the sketch, I layered on brown and pink card stock, some of which I embossed with my swiss dots folder and my floral fantasy folder, and papers from Basic Grey's Bittersweet collection. I then wrapped a brown and pink striped ribbon around the middle and added lots of brown and pink hearts I cut out with my Cricut and a Martha Stewart punch. Tilda and the tiny hearts I popped off to finish the card. I think I might send this to Piper since she created such an awesome sketch! Don't worry though Heather, I promise to add a nose and a mouth! LOL!

Hey, don't worry, you can play along with Piper's sketch too! All you need to do is when uploading to PCP or SCS is attach the keyword MTTSC9 and also leave a little love out on the Twinkling Tuesday Team blog so that we know that you used Piper's sketch. Now, check out the rest of the design team's awesome creations!

Bonnie
Cassie
Christi
Danni
Debbie
Heather
Jacquie
Jami
Jen
Jessica
Kim
Kimmie
Rebecca
Sandra
Taylor

I have another quick little card to share before you leave. I just received my new Sophia stamp from Paper Pretties. This little beauty is January's Stamp of the Month. I so love this program. It is relatively inexpensive and every month I am guaranteed an awesome stamp in the mail! Love it! So, I digress. I wanted to create a winter card, since it was so chilly last week and when I saw this card by my good friend Jessica, I just had to case it!

I just had to use this paper again! I love the pinks and greens and blues! Sorry the picture is a little wonky, the sky was turning weird shades when I hurried outside to take this picture, it was about to storm. Anywhoo, I really wanted to try the distressing technique that Jessica uses, and I think I did okay. Of course I have a long way to go before I reach Jessica's level of talent! I started this card by stamping Gliding By by Paper Pretties on white card stock and colored her in using my copics. I added some snow drifts with my copic multiliner pen and my copics and then made it shimmer along with her ice trail using my glitter pen. I also flocked her ear muffs and her little hand muff using some white flocking and a glue pen. Next, I stamped the sentiment on white card stock and cut it out along with a piece of blue paper using my nesties. I then layered on blue and green card stock along with two different kinds of DP (sorry can't remember the brand). I distressed everything with a sponge and some creamy caramel ink. To complete the look, I added three green brads down the side and tied a delish green satin ribbon through my sentiment and added some rhinestones! I really think this worked out pretty well as a casing of Jess' card. I hope she thinks so too!

Well that is it for me! Off to check out the rest of the Twinkling Team! I really hope you play along! And don't forget my Pink Cat Challenge ends today over at PCP so make sure you get your entry in! Thanks as always for stopping by! Smiles!!

Irish Luck and Some Computer Love!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I am really hoping that today will be a little nicer temperature wise than yesterday was. Oh my goodness it was cold. I could barely take my pictures, because my hands were frozen solid. Luckily one of each of the projects I am sharing today came out okay, because I was not going outside to take another picture! LOL!

Jason, Izzy and I went out to dinner last night. It was a lot of fun. Izzy had mac and cheese for the first time. I guess we have never made it for her. She of course loved it and ate it all up. Then we went to Archivers. The restaurant and Archiver's are in the same mall so we luckily didn't have to walk outside again. Izzy was so cute, she held my hand the whole way and at times would even take a little hop in her step! Once I got to Archivers, Jason walked her around and he said she was so excited she was almost running! What a goof! Then we went through Cabella's to get to our car, so of course we had to look at the fish. She really enjoyed that until we got to the tank with the really big catfish. I think they scared her because she immediately started saying, "Bye, bye fishes. Bye, bye fishes." All in all it was a wonderful evening.

Alright, since it is Wednesday, you know what that means!!! It is Watchadoin' Wednesday over at Storage Units, Ink and More. This week is an awesome challenge, we actually have a sketch for you!!!! Can you tell I am excited, you know me and my sketches! LOL! When I saw this sketch, I told myself that I wanted to created something elegant. So of course I grabbed the new wedding set from SUInk. But I immediately put it down because I really wanted to challenge myself further and try to use my stamps in an unusual way. So here is what I came up with!

Hope you like it! I used this week's color challenge over at SCS for the color scheme. The challenge was creamy caramel, cameo coral, and old olive. I started out my card by cutting out a piece of green olive Core'dinations card stock for my card base. I then placed my scalloped nestie in the center and ran it through my CB machine. I stopped in the middle of my nestie and backed it up, because I didn't want it to cut out the full circle. Then following the sketch, I layered on brown and coral Core'dinations card stock along with some DP from American Craft. The circles were of course cut out with my nesties. To create the pot of flowers, I stamped the shamrock from Blarney Stone by SUInk and More several times to create a group of flowers. The pot the flowers are sitting in is a masked off pot of gold also from the Blarney Stone set. I colored all of my images in with my copics and then placed rhinestones in the middle of each flower. To finish the card, I tied a coral colored ribbon around the middle and then stamped the sentiment on white card stock in brown ink and popped it off the bottom. I really like this elegant take on a St. Patty's Day Card.

My second card for today is for tonight's My Favorite Things release party. The party starts at 9 EST tonight so don't miss it! Also my blog candy for the new Bling' Bet set is still going on so make sure you scroll down to this post to enter! For this card, I wanted to showcase how you could use the Bling' Bet set along with the new Digital Girl set together! I used this week's MFT sketch for the layout.

I really think Jason will love it seeing as how he is a computer programmer! I started this card by stamping the main image from Digital Girl by MFT on white card stock and colored her in using my copics. I then mounted her on black and red card stock. Following the sketch, I layered on red and black card stock along with some Valentine's DP from K and Company. I cut out the black and red heart using my Cricut machine and then stamped the sentiment in black ink in the middle. I tied a black and white polka dot ribbon along the bottom and the added my "www" sentiment. I created it by stamping the letter "W" from the Bling' Bet set three times in black ink on some white card stock, cut them out, mounted them on red and black and then placed rhinestones in the circles. I just love the glitter and romantic colors!

So that is it for me today! Don't forget that the Pink Cat Studio challenge is still going on in the PCP forum and a grab bag of Pink Cat stamps is up for grabs! Thanks as always for stopping by!

Add a Little Twinkle and A Completly Different Card!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

Boy is it cold here today!! It snowed through the night and supposedly we are supposed to get hit by a winter storm today. Lots of ice and snow. Luckily Izzy and I ran all of our errands yesterday so we are free to stay at home and relax!! It will be nice to get to play and stamp.

I think Izzy might be coming down with a little something. Yesterday evening she was super clingy and kept wanting to snuggle. She is a very loving child but this was a little out of the norm. She felt a little warm when she was resting on me so I am going to keep an eye on her today. I know that a whole bunch of yucky stuff has been going around lately, and so far we have avoided it. I hope we continue!

Well, we just received a call last night from Jason's parents wanting to know if we can come into town for his grandmother's 90th birthday!! I cannot believe she is going to be 90. She still looks so young and is very active for her age; it doesn't quite seem possible. I think they are going to have a small get together with a little dinner to celebrate. I am really looking forward to it!

Alright, onto the cards! Today is Tuesday and you know what that means, it is Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday!! Boy did she have a doozy for us this week! I have to say, and I told Madelynn's mommy yesterday, that I was a little scared when I saw the sketch. I had absolutely no idea what to do with it. But once I started my card and picked out my papers, I was shocked at how good it turned out. In fact it is one of my favorite cards of all time! LOL!

See what I mean, a little scary huh? Just goes to prove that you should try things because you never know what you will get! I started this card by printing off the digi stamp Pretty Head Lily by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and coloring her in using my copics. I then mounted her on red and black card stock after snipping off the corners with my slot punch. Next I printed off the sentiments on my computer using Microsoft word and placed them in black and red circles I cut out with my nesties. Following the sketch, I layered on red and black card stock along with Valentine's DP. I added lots of rhinestone diamond stickers and a few black rhinestones to finish the card off! I just love the expression on her face and the circles behind her were perfect for the sentiments I had in mind!

Don't forget that we would love for you to play along too! All you need to do is type in the keyword MTTSC7 when uploading to PCP or SCS. Be sure to checkout the rest of the DT's work this week! It is awesome! Oh and we have two new members so give them a little extra love!

Bonnie Sharp
Cassie Larson
Christi Thorsen
Danni Bindel
Debbie Lee
Jacquie Peifer
Jami Bova
Jennifer Greco
Jessica Diedrich
Kim Ross
Kimmie Doktor
Rebecca Ednie
Sandra McLean
Taylor Usry

For a little bit of extra eye candy for you today, I have a card I made for the Try a New Technique Challenge over at SCS. This week's challenge was to use pleating on your card. For some reason I immediately thought of those gorgeous folded Dahlia flowers, because they look like they are made out of intricate pleats. This then led to the thought of trying to make a card that was a little out of the box for me and so I decided to use Stephanie Hargis' Sketch Challenge for Taylored's Expressions Cupcake Challenge for the layout.

See, completely different from what I usually make. When I asked Jason what he thought he said he liked it and that it was so different for me that it was hard to judge. Mission accomplished! I started off this card by stamping the heart lollipop from Sweet Things by SUInk and More on white card stock and coloring it in with my copics. I cut off the stem and layered a black heart behind it. I mounted it in the center of a folded dahlia I created with some doubled sided SU! DP. Instructions for folding can be found here. Following the sketch, I layered on black card stock, red card stock and two different kinds of DP. I added a black ribbon with a bow to the center, stamped my sentiment in black ink three times and added some pearls down the side. Since this is really out of the box for me, I would love to know what you think.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be posting my first Pink Cat DT challenge here and at Paper Craft Planet shortly so I would love it if you would come out and play with me! Lots of smiles and have a great rest of the day!

Shopping and My Sweetheart, All The Things I Love!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Boy this week is just flying by. I think it is because Jason had Monday off work and now I think that it is really Wednesday. I am not complaining though. It just means that he will be home with us a day sooner!

Well, Izzy has gotten onto the band wagon of New Year's Resolutions and trying to lose weight. Not for herself mind you, she isn't even two yet, I am talking about for me!!! Here lately she has been telling me when to eat and is even making me exercise! When she sits down to eat her breakfast or her lunch, she always looks at me and says, "Mommy eat! Mommy eat!". Which of course she is right. I need to sit and eat with her so that I am eating at more regular times. Then for the last three days she has been grabbing my hand and walking me around the house. We do loop after loop after loop. She is a slave driver I tell you! I don't need a personal trainer when I have my Izzy!! LOL!

Today, we don't have too busy of a day planned, of course lots of play time and hopefully lots of stamp time for me while Izzy is napping. Other than that, it should be pretty calm. Sometimes it is nice not to have a lot of outside things to do, especially when it is so cold outside!

So onto the cards! I have two to share today, one of which is a stamp that I have had for about a month but have not previously inked up!! I am really trying to be better about this. I have so many cute stamps that I want, then I get them and am backlogged. So my goal is to ink up all the wonderful rubber I have sitting around.

My first card is about something that I absolutely love to do, shopping. I think it all stems from my aunt who for our birthday's when we were little girls would take my sister and I out for a whole day of shopping. It was so much fun, we would go from store to store, trying on clothes, laughing, playing, having lots of fun and only stopping for lunch. We would only actually buy one or two things, but the experience was the best part. I think that is why I enjoy it so much now. It brings back all those happy memories. And I still don't have to buy something to have a good time. At least that is what I tell myself. LOL! So here is my shopping card. I used Jen Del Muro's Sketch For You To Try for the Layout.

Aren't the colors absolutely yummy!!! If I were hard pressed, I would have to say these are my favorite papers from Basic Grey of all time! I think it is the color combination, as this teal blue and brown are my favorite! Anywhoo, I started this card by stamping Suzie Q by Instyle Stamps on white card stock and colored her in using my copics. Using my brown stampin' write marker and a white gel pen, I added patterns to her shopping bags to match my papers. I then cut her out using my labels die from nestabilities and mounted her on a brown piece of card stock. Following the sketch, I layered on brown card stock along with my Basic Grey DP. I punched out a label for my sentiment using a sizzix die and stamped the sentiment from MFT's Say Charge. I finished off the card by adding a white grossgrain ribbon to the corner and lots of pearl stickers. I am just so in love with the colors. Maybe Jason will let me redecorate our bedroom in them!

The second card I have for you today is another Valentine's day card for Jason. I made him a more girl friendly card earlier in the month, but this time I wanted to make him one that was more masculine and sweet. I know that I used a girl on the card, but I think the colors are more male friendly! I used this week's Sketch Challenge on SCS for the layout.

See it is a masculine Valentine, right? Alright, alright, maybe not, but it was supposed to be and it turned out cute, so I am happy! I did have to adjust the sketch slightly and make my shape larger so I could add my image, but it worked out perfectly!! I started this card off by stamping the little girl from Will You Be My Valentine by Storage Units,Inks and More on white card stock and colored her in using my copics and cut her out using my labels nesties die. I sponged creamy caramel around the edges to age the picture. Then following the sketch, I layered on brown and green Core'dinations card stock along with some DP from DCWV. I added a chocolate brown ribbon down the side and tied a little bow. Next, I stamped the sentiment, aged it with my creamy caramel and mounted it onto my card with some pewter hardware and brads. To finish the card, I popped of my main image and added some decorative pewter brads to each side. I am so pleased with this card and I really hope Jason likes it!

Well, I am outta here! Off again to make my blog rounds. Everyone has really been rocking their creations lately and my notebook is so full of ideas it is bursting at the seams!! Thank you all so much as always for stopping by!

Sending Love and a Touch of the Orient!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

Today should be a lot calmer for Izzy and I, i.e. lots of play time for the two of us! I have some cards to make, but I get to be relatively lazy. I am just so glad we don't have to go out in the cold. I wish there was someway I could be out in the sun and air, but not experience any of the temperatures!! That would be heaven!!

I have to say, here lately I have been receiving a lot of e-mails from people asking me, ME!! questions about stamping. I can hardly believe it! I still feel like such a newbie to the stamping world. However, I love to help and to teach so it really has been a pleasure to receive these! The bonus for me is that I get to meet all these wonderful women who are amazingly talented themselves! So keep the questions coming ladies, if I don't know the answer, I will make something up that sounds good! LOL! Just Kidding!

Well Izzy has become quite the little mommy lately!! On Friday night we had her little friends over for dinner and play time and I had to get the portable high chair out for Melaina to eat. Well it is sitting on the floor by the dining room table still and here is why. The next day and everyday since, Izzy has been feeding her baby in it! She asks either Jason or I to place the baby in there and close the table top. Then she asks for a bowl and a spoon and a cup for her baby! The whole time she is saying, "Baby Eat. Baby Eat." It is so cute. The only problem is that she doesn't quite understand pretend eating yet. Jason made muffins for us and she kept asking for a muffin for the baby! I told her that Izzy can eat a muffin but the baby can not. I think she finally got it or she just asked for a muffin for herself so she could get it to feed to the baby. All I know is that the muffin was gone later, although Tuxy was hanging around quite a bit so I am a little suspicious! LOL!

Onto the cards!! Since today is Wednesday you know what that means it is Watchadoin' Wednesday over at Storage Units, Inks and More! Even Jason knew!! Yeah!!

Today's challenge was issued by Mary Jo and is inspired by this adorable kids bedroom. (I will be adding the picture later once it is loaded to the SUInk Blog. As many of you know, I am computer illiterate and can't figure out how to get the picture loaded onto my blog). Anywhoo, I was inspired by all the fun colors to create this card!

I just love pink, green and blue together! It just screams fun and playful! I created this card by stamping the envelope and conversation hearts from Will You Be My Valentine by SUInk and More on white card stock and colored them in using my markers and copics. To give it more of a playful look in the background, I sponged on some green galore. I then mounted it on pink and teal card stock alternated with DP from DCWV and SEI. I added a pink organdy ribbon behind my stamped image that I popped off with dimensionals. To finish the card, I popped of the sentiment I printed off on my computer and added three tiny teal brads in the corner. This is actually a 4 1/2 in. square card, my first ever and I just loved how quick and easy it was too make. It would make the perfect little Valentine for kids! Now it is time to check out all of the rest of the DT sista's creations! I am sure they will have some amazing creations to share!

Alex Maldonado
Amber Kroening
Carolina Buchting
Chat Wszelaki
Colleen Wold
Corrina Farrar
Kristen Catalano
Laura Leonard
Leigh O'Brien
Mary Jo Price-Williams
Suzanne Dean
Tori Wild

For my second card today, I used this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge for the layout. If you haven't checked out this challenge, you really must! They always have the most creative layouts and use lots of shapes to do it with! And of course they have my most favorite thing of all, LAYERS!!!!!!

See what I mean!! I would have never come up with this layout, but isn't it yummy!! I decided to use my brand new digital image called Geisha Anya by The Greeting Farm. I am usually not into Asian art, but I just couldn't help myself when I saw her!! She is just too cute! Anywhoo, I started off by printing Anya off on my computer and coloring her in with my copics. I then cut her out using my nesties along with a piece of black card stock and a piece of red card stock. Following the sketch, I layered on black and green card stock, some of which I embossed with my Floral Fantasy folder. I went ahead and colored some of the raised flowers in with my red copic makers to give them some depth. I continued to layer on some DP from American Craft that I punched with my Martha Stewart Edge punch. I added some green rhinestones to the side and to her hair and finished the card off by cutting out a green and red flower using my Cricut machine and attached it with a black brad. I just love the zen like colors! Such a fun image!

Well, that is it for me today! Off to blogland to catch up on all the wonderful creations out there! Thanks as always for stopping by! It really means a lot!

Layers, Layers Everywhere!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

It is supposed to be another cold one here. I have to say, I am kind of getting tired of this. I know it really hasn't been just awful this winter, but after over a week of nasty temps I am over it. I could never live in a northern state. Although when Jason and I went to Montana on your honeymoon I seriously considered becoming a rancher so that we could stay forever! LOL! The only thing that stopped me was that there was still snow on the ground in some areas and it was June!!!! So I guess all dreams have to come to an end sometime! LOL!

Anywhoo, Izzy and I have quite a day planned. I need to run to the post office and get all my swap images in the mail, I also have several challenges I want to play, so I need to get started on those and some great new releases are coming up for my design teams so I am trying to get a jump start on those also!!

Alright, so my daughter is absolutely hilarious! Last night I ran next door for a quick visit with my neighbor, Beth, (okay it lasted an hour) and when I got home Izzy had all of her kitchen equipment dragged into the kitchen and was helping Daddy cook. It was so sweet. Well of course she wanted to be picked up and cuddled since I had been gone, so we did that for a few minutes then I set her on the dining room table while I cleaned off all my stamping supplies. Izzy grabbed my empty coffee cup and was stirring the spoon in it and saying, "Coffee, Mommy Coffee!" I think she loves to say that word. Well I just let her play and when I looked over she was pretending to drink it and then she started singing into it!!! I think she liked that it kind of made an echoy, hollow sound. It was cracking me up! I have no idea how she figured it out but it entertained her for 20 minutes! I am not quite sure why we buy her toys when she can entertain herself with everyday objects around the house! LOL!

So now onto the cards!! Guess what today is!!!!! It is Twinkle Tuesday and boy does Madelynn have a great sketch today! I have a little story to tell before I post my card. As you know I taught a class this weekend and Thursday night I worked on my kits for 3 and a half hours trying to get them all finished. (I had already spend 2 hours working on them over the weekend, crasy I know) It was during this time that I actually counted the layers on each card and one of them had fourteen layers!!!! OMG!! I discovered I am addicted to layering cards. Well I shared this epiphany with the rest of my Twinkle Team Sisters and they were very sympathetic but instead of discouraging me from my distructive behavior they were more enablers than anything else! LOL! So imagine my surprise when I saw this sketch!! I actually e-mail Jessica back right away and said there are layers!!! She promised that she did not tell Madelynn to do it! LOL! So here it is!

I was so inspired by the RAK Jacquie gave me that I just had to print my little fairy off and color her up! Although I don't think my creation is anywhere near as beautiful as hers!! I started this card off by printing off my digital fairy on mushroom from CC Designs Gingersnap Hey Cupid by All That Scraps and coloring it with my copics. Following the sketch I then layered on pink, red and brown card stock along with my DP from Basic Grey's Bittersweet. I added pink, red and brown brads to all the layers' corners, popped off my main image and tied a big brown organdy ribbon around the middle. To complete the card, I added a metal swirl and cut out some white card stock, brown card stock and red card stock with my nesties, drew the "X's" and "O's" around the edge, the heart in the middle and colored it in with my copics. I just thought this was such a fun and unusual sketch!! I still can't believe that Madelynn is only eight!!! She is such a genius with these sketches!

Don't forget you can participate too and we would love to see what you create. All you need to do is when uploading to SCS or PCP is type in the keyword MTTSC6 so that we can find it. Now be sure to check out the rest of the Twinkle Teams fantastic creations!

Bonnie Sharp
Cassie Larson
Christi Thorsen
Danni Bindel
Debbie Lee
Jami Bova
Jennifer Greco
Jessica Diedrich
Kimmie Doktor
Rebecca Ednie
Sandra McLean
Taylor Usry

My second card for today is a quick card I made for this week's sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Planet. My goal in the new year is to use more of the stamps I have not inked up yet. Well this sweet little Sugar Nellie image has been dying to get some ink on her so I decided to use her!!

Don't you love Sugar Nellie? They have the most amazing stamps and the images are just so sweet. I love coloring them! Okay, so I started this card by stamping Flowers by Sugar Nellie on white card stock and colored her in with my copics. Following the sketch, I mounted her on pink and brown card stock along with Basic Grey paper I believe from the Blush collection. I had to rotate the sketch on it's side to make the image fit. I then cut out a brown flower with my Cricut machine and placed two buttons on top to make the center of the flower. I am so pleased with this card because not only did I use an uninked stamp but I used some of my buttons!

Well, I am off to check out all the blogs I follow and love! Have a great rest of the day!! And as always, thanks for stopping by!

Today is Taylor Made!!!

Hi everyone! Happy Monday again!!

I just got back from ArtMart where I picked up a new copic marker that I was in desperate need of, and a few other things. Jason is off work today so he has been running around with us! It has been so much fun!! It is super chilly here though so we couldn't be out for too long, but the sun being out sure made it feel warmer.

Before I share my cards I wanted to share a quick Izzy story since I didn't give you one yesterday. On Friday night, her and her two little friends, Lucy and Melaina got together for a little play date. They had the best time. Izzy was obsessed with Lucy's hair and kept pointing to it and touching it. Lucy had these two little pigtails that were sticking out from either side of her head it was so cute!!! Then they played house with Izzy's new kitchen set and completely cleaned my house. Alright, completely cleaned and dusted it to about 3 feet off the floor but hey I can probably handle the other five feet right?!! LOL! Seriously though I was so glad they got together because Izzy really needs to interact with kids her own age. I am hoping we can do it again this week.

Well like I said today has been a pretty busy day for me. I have worked on several cards and have cards ready through tomorrow. It feels good to be caught up and ready to go. The cards I am going to share with you today are both cards I made using Taylored Expressions Cupcake challenges. I just love Taylor's layouts and how different and unique they are. I know that I don't always submit them on time, but I always store them for future reference.

My first card I used Taylor's Challenge from last week. Once I saw the three circles on it, I just knew that my Sweet Things set from Storage Units Inks and More would be perfect!!

See what I mean, they fit so nicely into the three circles. The only thing is that I wish I had some silver ribbon. I think that would have really set it off, oh well, you make do with what you have. I started off this project by stamping the three chocolate boxes from Sweet Things by Storage Units, Inks and More on white card stock and colored them in with my copics and silver gel pen. I then mounted them on red card stock that I cut out with my nesties. Following the sketch, I layered on teal and red card stock along with some DP from SEI. Next, to mimic the silver in the paper, I used some white organdy ribbon and metal swirls to make it look like the chocolate boxes were hanging. I placed some rhinestones down the middle, stamped the sentiment on some white card stock and popped it off the back along with some red and teal card stock. It was such an easy to make and assemble card and I just love the color combo.

My second card for today is a card I created using Taylored Expression's Cupcake Challenge from this week. I have been dying to use my brand new Sarah Kay image (the first one I have ever used) and just knew when I saw this layout that it would be perfect!!

Couldn't you just die!! This little girl is so sweet and it is in my favorite color, green! I started this card off by stamping Fanny's Cuddle by Sarah Kay for Stampavie on white card stock and colored her in with my copics. Following the sketch, I mounted her on some green card stock and yellow card stock followed by DP. I added some jumbo burnished bronze eyelets down the side in place of the buttons. Because the image was so large I could not place a sentiment on the card, but I really don't think it needs one. I am just so pleased with the way this card came out! Not only was it quick to make, but the image worked so well with the beautiful DP I have been hoarding! I might not give this one away!

Now to share a beautiful piece of RAK I received!! Saturday after my class, I ran out to the mailbox as I always do and was amazed to see this wonderful card from a new friend of mine Jacquie!! I was so excited that I called her yesterday to thank her and she is just as sweet and amazing on the phone as she is on her blog!! Thank you so much Jacquie!!

Well, that is it for me today! I am off to finish up a few more cards before the Iz Biz gets up from her nap. Have a wonderful evening and I will see you tomorrow for Twinkling Tuesday!!

Writing Out My Valentines!!!

Happy Friday!!

Well, it is finally here and I will be honest, I am glad! I am a little tired today, so I am sorry this is kind of a short post. It has been the most unbelievably exciting week for me and it's not over yet! I will actually be teaching my first stamping class tomorrow at my local stamping store and afterward I get to meet with the amazingly talented Lynn Mercurio to discuss coloring techniques!! I am so excited but exhausted! So, I only have a quick Izzy story to share and a quick card too!

Like I said, this week has been really busy for Izzy and I, what with the Pink Cat Release , my MFT news and my class this weekend, we have been running around like crazy! Well yesterday, we went to the stamp store again to pick up more paper and then headed back home to play a little bit before she went down for her nap. As soon as we arrived home, she grabbed her little stuffed penguin and ran into her bedroom. I figured she must want to play in her kitchen, but when I followed her in, she was trying to reach into her diaper drawer to pull out a diaper. I thought she must need a change and went ahead and pulled one out. The sweet little thing then went and grabbed the wipes for me. I kept thinking to myself how wonderful it is now that she is so mobile and understands what is going on. With a warm smile on my face I turned around and she is wiping her penguin and trying to diaper him. I couldn't believe it. Now, the thing is, this penguin isn't large, seriously 4 of them could probably fit into the diaper, but I went ahead and praised her mommy skills and went on about my business. She played at diapering for like 20 minutes! I guess we do spend quite a bit of time doing that, now if she can only change her own without any help from Mommy!!! LOL!

Alright so my first and only card today is a card I created for a sketch challenge!!! Surprise!! I miss them okay, I have been really good all week and haven't been doing hardly any at all, and now I am having withdrawals. So I am getting hooked again! This time I used SCS Wednesday Sektch Challenge for the layout.

Can you believe it! I have had this stamp for almost a month now and haven't inked it up!!! What is wrong with me, I have no idea, but I am so pleased with how she turned out! She is just the cutest stamp ever! I started this card by stamping Sending You Love by Paper Pretties on white card stock and coloring her in with my copics. I then cut her out and following the sketch layered on pink, light green and dark green card stock along with coordinating DP. I did slightly alter the sketch by shifting her over to the side instead of putting her in the middle because it just looked better for this image. I used my Cricut machine to cut out some flowers and mounted them in the corners with some light green brads. I know this isn't the traditional Valentine's day colors, but I just loved the way they combined on this card!

Like I said, this is going to be a quick post! Don't forget you have until midnight CST on Sunday to enter into my Blog Candy in this post. Thanks as always for stopping by and leaving all of your sweet comments! They mean so much to me! Have a great weekend!

Pink Cat's Release, Great News and Some Bog Candy!!

Does Thursday get any better than this!!!! I think not!!

Happy Thursday everyone!! Today is the big day! It is Pink Cat's release day! But you know as always you have to bear through a boring family story until you get to the real goodies!!

So today was a kind of laid back day, I played with Izzy in the morning (she wore her new leg warmers). Her and Tuxy fought, she took a nap and then we played some more. Pretty uninteresting day, until she discovered Daddy's Nerds candies. That is all she wants now. I had to hide the box. Those little sugar crumbs are addictive and my poor little baby is hooked. I don't know if she just loves the taste or if it is the fun of eating them. I honestly think it is the fun, because I hardly gave her any and they pretty much lasted all day. It was so cute, she was carrying around this huge bowl with about 10 little Nerds in it and she wouldn't put it down for fear that Tuxy might steal them! LOL! Oh, the joys of being a parent to a daughter and a dog!

Alright, alright, fine I won't leave you in suspense any longer! Here are the new stamp sets that are available for purchase now over at Pink Cat Studio!!!!!

It was worth the wait wasn't it?!!! Aren't they just perfect! The Lily and Billy Sweethearts has so many possibilities for Valentine's Day but also for pretty much any occasion. The new Kiki Kitty set is a must have for all those quick and cute card that you need to make all through out the year. Make sure you hop over to Pink Cat to get yours today!!!

To commemorate the new release, I decide to make another Kiki Card and another Lily card, because, well I just love to stamp and color them up! Here they are!!

See what I mean about being so versatile! For the Kiki card, I stamped Kiki with the cupcake on white card stock and colored her in with my copics. I then mounted her on some Basic Grey DP and blue and red card stock. For the long strip of DP, I actually wove it through the blue DP along with some yellow ribbon I tied into a bow! I then added a felt button and the sentiment I stamped from the new Kiki set. To finish the card off, I added some blue bling and a little bit of swirls to the sentiment and voila, the perfect birthday or thinking of you card!

For my Lily card, I started off by stamping Lily with her hands on her face on some white card stock and then I drew a window around her with my copic multiliner and a ruler. I colored it all in with my copics. I then layered on pink and green card stock along with some Basic Grey DP. I punched out little hearts using a Martha Stewart punch and popped them off around Lily so that it looks like that is what she is thinking about. I finished the card by stamping the sentiment on some white card stock, colored it in with copics and popped it off in the corner. I added three green brads to the top to help balance it out!! I hope you enjoy!

Onto my next big news!!! I was chosen to be a guest designer for the February Release of My Favorite Things!!! I can't believe it! The entries for this month were incredible and I now it was hard decision as there was so many amazing women who applied!! So thank you to all the MFT team for choosing me!! I only hope I can live up to this honor.

Alright onto my last big news of the day and it is a good one!!! Would anyone like some blog candy?!!! Well you first have to sit through my Watchadoin' Wednesday Challenge for SUINK and More before you get to find out!! (I know it is Thursday, but I wanted to honor my candy which comes from SUINK!!!)

This week's challenge was to create a Valentine's Treat holder. Well, on Monday, the wonderful Lynn challenged everyone over at SCS to make an origami box for her Try A New Technique challenge. Well, it took me staring at the computer for an hour, messing up a whole bunch of times and finally watching a video, but I did it, I made one and I am so proud of how it turned out. (Do try this, It took me so long to make it, not because of lack of instructions but rather the user's lack of brains!! LOL!

Here is my holder with my Valentine treat cards!

Here is a picture of the top of the box!

Seriously though, it was simple to make once you tried. I created this origami box by following Lynn's instructions found here. I made the box out of my new Core'dinations Chocolate box paper!!! It was so perfect because one side is brown the other is fuchsia and the core is fuchsia so it matched my paper perfectly. I then made my lid with some light weight chip board and some DP, sorry don't know what kind it is! I decorated the top of the box by cutting out brown, white and pink card stock with my nesties. I stamped the cupid from Will You Be My Valentine by SUInk and More on the white and colored it in with my blender pen and SU! inks. I added some glitter with my glitter pen, went over the bow and arrow with a gold pen and then sponged over the image with pixie pink to distress it. I made a belly band out of fuchsia Core'dinations card stock and my DP and then added my delish Brazill Basics ribbon all around the outside and tied it closed. It is made to hold my Valentine's Day goody notes that I created by embossing some white card stock with a flowers embossing folder, and sponging it with pixie pink. I cut out a piece of white card stock and a piece of brown card stock and stamped the sentiment from Will You Be My Valentine and sponged over it with pixie pink! I think it makes such a great little gift box and could hold just about anything!

So do you like my cupid and sentiment? Would you like to own these adorable images? Well now you can!! Denise, the wonderful owner of SUInk and More has graciously allowed all the DT members the opportunity to give away the stamp set Will You Be My Valentine as blog candy!

Here is what you have to do to win. Simply leave a comment on this post by Sunday, January 18th at midnight CST, telling me what your favorite Valentine was as a kid! I will announce the winner on Monday.

I have to say my favorites were always the ones that had some sort of piece of candy attached, preferably chocolate. However, I would also accept any Valentine that had suckers in them. LOL! Okay so now it is your turn! Can't wait to see what your favorites were!

Thanks for stopping by today and sharing in all my good news! It makes me feel so good to have so many people to share in my joy!

Hearts Galore!!

Happy Wednesday again!

This is my first post of the day, so be sure to keep scrolling down to see all of my ramblings.

Well, today is the last day of sneak peeks for Pink Cat Studio, because the new stamp sets will be available for purchase tomorrow!!! Can you wait?! I know I can't. I am too excited! And it is all because of the wonderful sneak peeks from the DT. Man, they have been absolutely fantastic! I have so many wonderful new ideas to try, my poor notebook is packed!

So, on with the peeks! My first card is a final sneak peek of the new Lily and Billy Sweethearts set. I have to say, this is probably one of my favorite images of Lily and Billy ever. When Melissa first showed it to me, all I could think aout was how cute Lily and Billy would be inside a heart. I mentioned it to Melissa and she even sent me a whole bunch of hearts shapes to print out and try! Isn't she wonderful! So here is my card!

AREN'T THEY THE CUTEST THING EVER?!!! Yes, I am screaming because I am so excited. I just love their little faces and how they are back to back, they fit perfectly in a heart. I started this card by stamping Lily and Billy back to back from the new Lily and Billy Sweethearts set by Pink Cat Studio on white card stock and colored it in with my copics. I then cut out hearts in brown, white and some DP from DCWV, using Melissa's template she sent me and mounted my cut out Billy and Lily in the center. I then layered on two different DPs along with some brown card stock. I tied a brown and white stitched ribbon across the middle and then cut out several different sized hearts using my Cricut machine. I finished the card off by stamping the sentiment, also from the new Lily and Billy set on a white heart and place three brads in each corner! I just love the yummy colors on this card and the perfect V. Day image!

My second card is my final sneak peek of the new Kiki Kitty set by Pink Cat Studio. It too is a Valentine's day card, but has more traditional "love" colors. LOL!

See, what I mean, pinks and chocolate browns. I am embarrassed to say though that this is actually baby paper, but hey, it still works! I started this card off by stamping Kiki holding balloons from Kiki Kitty on white card stock and three different kinds of DP. I then paper pieced the balloons (isn't it great that they are heart shaped?!) and then stamped the sentiment on the first balloon. I colored in Kiki and then cut her out along with brown and pink card stock using my nesties. I then layered on two different kinds of DP along with some brown card stock. To finish the card, I tied a brown ribbon around the top. And the great thing about this image is that it doesn't just have to be for V. Day. It can also be used for birthdays, thinking of you cards, pretty much anything you can think of!

Well, tomorrow is the big day, the unveiling! Please stop back by and see the new sets!! Now, make sure you check out my second post and then visit all of the other wonderful DT creations. This is definitely what I am doing! Thanks for stopping by!

Becky Carafa
Jodi-Ann Lee
Lauren Meader
Lise Roy
Maria Bell
Mariska van der Veer
Nikki Fairbairn
Sarah Anderson
Vicki Garret

Day Two, Day Two, Day Two!!!!!

Happy Tuesday again everybody! This is my second post for today, so please keep scrolling down to see the rest of what I have to share!

So, can you tell I am excited about today's sneak peeks! I can't believe how wonderful the DT's creations have been, they are one talented group of ladies, and I am starting to wonder why I am one of them! LOL! Seriously though, after seeing their creations yesterday, I want go pick up both sets and I already have them!

Enough with the suspense, here is the second peek I have for you of the new Lily and Billy Sweetheart set from Pink Cat Studio being released on Thursday.

Isn't this stamp fantastic! And the best part is, there are little sayings included that fit perfectly inside the heart that Lily is holding!!! Can you believe it! I used the BFF sentiment since this card is going to my best friend Tracy, but there are also more romantic sentiments included. I can hardly type just thinking about all the possibilities! Anywhoo, I started this card by stamping Lily holding the heart from the brand new Lily and Billy Sweethearts set from Pink Cat Studio on white card stock and then colored her in using my markers and copics. Next, I stamped the sentiment inside the heart. I layered her on a piece of green card stock and a piece of pink card stock that I punched around the edges with my Martha Stewart edge punch. I then layered on pink and green card stock along with some sparkly DP from DCWV. To finish the card off, I threaded a pink ribbon down the side and tied a bow. And the best part is, I came up with the layout all on my own!!! I know, pick yourself up off the floor! I was in shock too!

Onward and upward. My second peek for the new Kiki Kitty set will really take you away, hopefully to a nice tranquil beach on a beautiful island. I present to you, Hula Kiki.

Isn't she so much fun. All I could think about when I saw were was that she should be on a post card. So that is what I created! I started this card by stamping Hula Kiki from the new Kiki Kitties set by Pink Cat Studio on white card stock and colored her in using copics and markers. I then cut her out and popped her off a brad so that she could dance!! (She actually turns back and forth). I then sponged on brilliant blue, tempting turquoise and taken with teal on to some white card stock, tore it apart and then reglued it together to make waves. For the beach, I sponged on close to cocoa, chocolate chip and creamy caramel. I cut a tree out of some craft paper and adhered it to the side and then cut out some leaves using dark green. I shaded everything in with my copics. I stamped Kiki's flower a few more times, cut them out and placed them at the bottom of the tree. I then stamped the sentiment, "Aloha", also included in the set three times. After I had completed my scene, I adhered it to some white card stock I cut with decorative scissors and then placed the whole thing over some brown card stock and some Hawaiian themed DP. I added paper brackets to each corner, made out of blue and green card stock and placed flower brads on them. To finish the card, I cut out two hibiscus flowers from some DP and attached them in the corner with a brown brad.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed my sneak peeks for today. Don't forget I have another post below and also that the Pink Cat Studio Contest ends tonight at 9 p.m. EST, so there is still plenty of time to play. After you have finished both posts, make sure you check out the rest of the DT's creations! They are amazing!!!

Becky Carafa
Jodi-Ann Lee
Lauren Meader
Lise Roy
Maria Bell
Mariska van der Veer
Nikki Fairbairn
Sarah Anderson
Vicki Garret

Thanks for stopping by and tune in tomorrow for another sneaky peeky!

Pink Cat is in the House!! Can I get a Whoop, Whoop!

Happy Monday everyone, and yes I know that I am totally lame!

I am so excited!!! today is the first day of the sneak peeks for Pink Cat Studios gorgeous, awesome new stamps!!! But first you have to hear a quick story about my personal life, oh come on, you know you live for these!!!

So, my daughter, Izzy, is now a child of the 80's. Here is why! (and no it does not have anything to do with my lameness!). For Christmas, Izzy received a pair of what I thought were cute tights. I know you have seen these for little kids, they are thick, but they have stripes all over them or they have funky designs or flowers. Anywhoo, she received stripe ones and ones that have vines with little red flowers all over them. I thought they were so cute. (BTW, if anyone knows where you get these let me know please!). So the other day, I was getting her dressed and had an outfit picked out that would match the striped tights perfectly. I opened up the package and out popped LEG WARMERS!!! Can you believe it, they are leg warmers! I just stared at the package, wondering what in the world I am going to do with these, because Izzy thought they were tights. Well, the first time I put them on, she didn't want anything to do with them. But the next day, it was all she could talk about and now she wants to wear them all day every day. She even tries to put them on herself! Maybe she will be trend setter when she gets older!!

Alright, alright, now for the sneak peeks!! Oh I am so excited!! There will be two new stamp sets released on Thursday the 15th, and both are must haves!! The first set that I want to show you a peek of is Kiki Kitty! This set has the most adorable little kitty images that are perfect for any occasion. In fact, with spring coming up, I wanted to give my husband a special gift to let him know I care. Since he loves to garden I decided this little starter pot would be perfect.

See, what I mean about how cute Kiki is!!! And she is really easy to color. Perfect for invitations, gifts and pretty much anything. I started this project off by stamping Kiki holding the flower pot on white card stock and then colored her in with my markers and copics. I stamped the sentiment and the butterfly, both from the new Kiki Kitty set, three times and then colored it in with my markers and copics. I went over the butterflies and flower with my glitter pen to give it some sparkle. Next, using a seed packet as a guide, I made a belly band for my Kiki out of red and yellow card stock. I wrapped it around the seed pack and attached a stick to the back so that it would stick up. I then filled a small clay pot I picked up from Michaels with potting soil and tied a green bow around the pot. (Don't worry, I didn't plant anything. I have a black thumb so I am leaving the planting up to Jason!) I think this will be a perfect gift and was really easy to make!!

My next project I have to share is one of my favorites!! Sometimes you have a project and it just all comes together and that is exactly what happened with this card. Without further ado, I present to you the first sneak peek from Lily and Billy Sweethearts!

Aren't they the cutest!!! I just love this little stamp! Oh, I melted when I saw for the first time! How cute is it that Lily is in the basket?!!! Okay, enough gushing. I started this card by stamping Lily and Billy on the bicycle from Lily and Billy Sweethearts by Pink Cat Studio on white card stock and colored them in. I went ahead and drew in the background using my markers and a ruler. I added silver pen to the bike along with some crystal effects so that it would shine. I then cut it out using my nesties along with a piece of black card stock and a piece of red card stock. I placed it in the middle of large yellow, black and orange daises I cut out with my Cricut machine. I ran the yellow daisy through my swirls embossing folder to give it some texture. I placed the whole thing on a piece of DP from DCWV, added three red brads to the corner and added a piece of red and white stitched ribbon to the bottom. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment, also from Lily and Billy Sweethearts, on white card stock and cut it out along with some yellow and red card stock using my nesties. Like I said, I just think it is so cute, made possible by the adorable images!

Well, those are all the peeks I have for today! Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's projects, they are sure to stun!

Becky Carafa
Jodi-Ann Lee
Lauren Meader
Lise Roy
Maria Bell
Mariska van der Veer
Nikki Fairbairn
Sarah Anderson
Vicki Garret

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget the contest is still going on at Pink Cat until tomorrow so get your entry in! Thanks as always for stopping by and tune in tomorrow for another sneak peek!

It's An MFT Extravaganza and a Little Bit of Red, Riding Hood that is!

Happy Sunday everyone!!

I hope that your weekend has a been a good one. Mine certainly has. I stamped most of yesterday and have been able to get a lot accomplished today while spending time with Izzy. She is such a cutie. I have her so well trained! Everytime I show her a card or project she says, "Like It!" and then "Cute"! Oh it is so nice to have a good opinion and compliment at your finger tips! She is such a good girl.

Well, it is Tuxy's turn to be jealous of her today! Everytime Jason or I give her a hug, Tuxy is right there trying to squeeze inbetween. It is totally ridiculous. The really sad thing is that I am sure in a couple of years the two of them are going to be inseparable. I already told Jason to prepare himself that one day Tuxy isn't going to want to sleep with him any more, instead he is going to prefer Izzy!

Okay, well I am going to get to the projects since I have a lot to share today. As you know MFT released their new sets this week (I just received mine in the mail yesterday and I am so excited), and that means it is a weekend of MFT Challenges. Two ambassador challenges and a Guest Designer Challenge. I always try to participate because they are so fun and creative.

Well the First Ambassador Challenge this month was to create a card with some bling on it! All I could think about was how much I wanted to use my new Maid For You set, so that is exactly what I did. I used this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge for the layout.

Alright, so I know this is a little bit sexy, but it is going to my husband for V day so that is okay. I actually stole the idea for the fishnets from Candace who first came up with the idea. I was telling my mom about it and she suggested to make them not only fishnets but stockings with garters! Thanks Mom!! I started this card off by stamping Maid for You from MFT Stamps on white card stock along with several pieces of DP. I then drew on the fishnets with my copic multiliner pen and ruler and then colored the image in with my copics. The rest I paper pieced on. Following the sketch, I layered on black card stock and several different kinds of DP. I stamped the sentiment for the Maid for You set and mounted it on maroon and black and popped it off in the corner. I threaded through a black ribbon and place seven black rhinestones in the bottom left corner. For even more bling, I went over her fishnets with my glitter pen along with the pattern on the ottoman. To finish the card off, I cut out a flower, chopped it up a little to make it look like a feather and glued it on top of the feather duster with a black rhinestone. Sexy and sparkly, gotta love it!

The second MFT Ambassador Challenge was a Milk and Cookies challenge. You could create a milk carton or a project that featured milk or cookies. I opted for the milk carton and of course the first thing I thought of was how they put the missing persons on the milk cartons. And in my sick twisted mind I knew that it would be funny if I used one of the Who's That Girl sets since they don't have heads! Alright, at least I thought it was funny!

Front View:

Side View:

Side View:

See, isn't this a cute idea? The instructions for creating the milk carton can be found here. I first started my carton off by following the tutorial using blue card stock. To achieve the pattern effect on the paper, I stamped the flourish from Meet Me At The Cafe over and over using my versamark pad. I then stamped the main image from Meet Me At the Cafe by MFT on white card stock and several different pieces of DP. I paper pieced them together and then cut the image right down the middle. I created a belly band for my carton using blue card stock, black card stock and DP then mounted my images on the sides with blue and black card stock. I printed the sentiment off on my computer and cut it out along with the blue and black paper using my nesties. I plan on filling it up with milk duds! I hope my friend Tracy thinks it is as funny as I did.

Now for my last MFT card and it was for the MFT Guest Designer Challenge for this month. The challenge was to create a single layer card. Okay, I'll be honest, when I first read this, all I could hear were crickets. I mean nothing was coming to mind. You've seen my work, the more layers the better is my philosophy!!! So how was I going to create a single layer card!!!!! Yikes! Digital papers to the rescue! I used this week's MFT Sketch Challenge for the layout.

This was actually pretty easy once you figure out the sizes and how to make colored boxes. I started this card by opening up a word document and adding two papers from the digital pack Holiday Collection - Light Blue by MFT. I then added and layered on these digi papers along with some red and blue boxes I created in word. I finished the card off by placing a white text box in the middle for the image. I printed the card off on the computer and voila, a single layer card with faux layers. Next I stamped the image Snow Bunny Flopsey by MFT on the card and colored him in with my copics. I added faux snow at the bottom with my copics and liquid applique. I added three red brads to the left corner and three snowflakes to the right. One was a glitter snowflake, the middle was a ghost snowflake that I colored red with my copics and the third was a white snowflake button. I am just so glad I was able to accomplish this! This was really hard for me.

Now a bonus card. This is a card I created for the Anya Fashion Show over at The Greeting Farm, formerly Pink Poison Stamps. I wasn't sure if I was going to like Anya or not until I downloaded one of the digis they offer and now I am in love!!! They color up so cute!! I just love them. I used Jen Del Muro's Sketch For You To Try for the layout.

Isn't she adorable and so easy to color!!! I started this card off by printing off Ridinghood Anya by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored her in using my copics and markers. Following the sketch, I mounted her on red and black card stock and layered on red and black card stock along with some coordinating paper. I created a flower for the corner using a ghost flower, red card stock, DP and a black brad. I finished the card off by popping off three blue rhinestone flowers down the side. I just loved the colors and I think I might give it to my friend as a thinking of you gift.

Well, I am finally through. Thanks for bearing with me today. Don't forget the contest is still going on over at Pink Cat Studio and the sneak peeks start tomorrow!!!!! So be sure to come back tomorrow morning and check out what I have in store for you!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the weekend.