And a Partridge in a ….!

Hello friends and a very happy TGIFriday to you all!  I am still down here in Charlotte, NC at the Southern Women’s Craft show and whooowheee is there a lot to see and do here.  You can buy food, get your makeup done, get new shoes AND be crafty all in one place---CHA needs this cuz at the end of the day I could use a MAKEOVER for sure LOL!  And yep I’m with my friends Dana & Pat and we couldn’t even get into the hotel without laughing.  Luggage falling everywhere, petite Dana trying to pull the luggage cart up the steep hill (not really but you would’ve thought it was) and into the lobby.  Then we TRY to get on the elevator and we are still laughing and the elevator closes before we can get on so Pat sticks her leg into the door and all I can picture is it closing and Pat slamming into the ceiling (chuckling here while I write this).  Now MEANWHILE I have got to peeeeee, like “Bridesmaid” bad kinda pee and I’m laughing my bum off trying to hold it in (remember I have a kidney infection so I’m in PAIN PEOPLE)!!  The door opens and Pat gets on and Dana & I are laughing so hard the door almost shuts again until Dana flies into the doors, by this time I’m almost on the FLOOR!   And the door shuts again—we finally load on the elevator making enough noise for about 20 people—I’m sure the front desk people thought we were INSANE!  Then we are standing there laughing and talking on the elevator for A WHILE when I look past Pat to see what floor we were on cuz it sure was taking a loooooong time LOL and she had NEVER pushed the button so we were just in the elevator NOT MOVING, LAUGHING and with me about to pee my pants—OMGoodness we really lost it at that point!  I ran for the door to get in as fast as I could.  And this is just in the first 15 mins, the rest of the day was a parody of sorts or comedy I guess.  Wait until I tell you the car story coming back from dinner, OH MY, but that will wait LOL cuz I’m still laughing and my sides hurt at this point!  So stay tuned…..

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-BTW, OMG OMG OMG!  You know my slight obsession with Luke Bryan (yes I love love him and I will be front row center in Oct at his concert-whoop whoop).  Well GUESS WHAT!???  I woke up at 6 am yesterday morning to a TWEET from Luke Bryan---OMG yes he directly tweeted me.  He had asked a question and I had tweeted him back an answer and he answered me back. I SCREAMED so loud I wok James and the kids up--running around like a crazy girl shouting.  Yes it got me that worked up---here is my son "wow mom that's great, I'm going back to bed" in a deadpan voice LOL! But that's HUGE to me, HUGE!  Like he touched me cyberlly !!! If you follow me on Twitter you can see his tweet :)

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Partridge In A Pear Tree!!

Today is the last day of projects for the new Gina K releases and the DT is showcasing “My True Love Gave To Me” and “Cool Beans” (the free with 3 set).  I am not in the Christmas mode yet but I sure had fun making this card LOL.  I love the combo of cream and gold for Christmas, a simple but elegant pairing.  I used no patterned paper (gasp) but I did use a lot of dimension and texture instead.

The gold cardstock and cream die cut (made with SB’s Labels 20) got embossed with CB folders.  The image was embossed with gold embossing powder and then colored with Copics.  The image was die cut with SB’s Scalloped Ovals and then I used Gold Stickles to outline the edge it for more sparkle.  The sentiment was embossed in gold too and then I made a banner style treatment that raises up over the image.  Some Gold Bella Baubles finish it off.


Next up is the Free With Three Set (buy 3 stamps sets and receive this for free) called “Cool Beans”.  If you love coffee or any hot drink in general (for me its hot cocoa or Starbucks Caramel Apple Cider…mmmmmgood) then this is a must have set for you.  Full of funky & fun images that you will have fun playing with.  The papers are by My Minds Eye “Paris & Co.”—love the soft creams, browns and aquas.  I distressed the edges for a bit of shabby-chicness!  The border was done with a MS border punch and the circle dies are Spellbinders.  A few pearls finish it off.


I colored the image with Copics E44,E43,E42,E40 and then added Crystal Lacquer over the cup and saucer for shine.  The spoon got a bit of Stickles for sparkle.  Perfect for a coffee loving friend!!

Now make sure to hop around to the DT blogs and see their beautiful work and for a chance to win!  Have fun!

• Gina K
• Janice Whiting
• Jennie Harper
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean (thank u 4 stopping by)
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith