Happy 2012 my friends—may it be joyful, happy, blessed and wonderful for you all!! And HEY HEY- get your minds outta the gutter, cuz I don’t mean “THAT” kind of quickies LOL--this is NOT that kinda site---I MEANT craft projects that can be done quickly I have posted below for you today!! Wowweee you guys are starting the year off right huh? Bwahahaha---just kiddin’ ya! I hope you all celebrated the New Year safely and in a fun way. We spent the weekend in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor ringing in the New Year for 2 nights--it was cold but lots of fun. There is store in the harbor and it's called "Sugar" & I believe it was created for me...it is filled to the brim with sweet stuffs and yep I got a whole bag of sugary goodness while I was there LOL (can u say GIGANTIC Sweetarts & Spree...yummers)! I was wound up that first night & so were the kids...hubby might have been a "wee" bit peeved at us LMBO! :) The kids and I were up till 3 am cracking stupid jokes, taking weird pics of ourselves on IPhoto and just being ODD and giggling. Hubby should be used to it by now but its ok...it was FUN & we did get him to laugh (and got some pics too)! There is short video below the slideshow pics of the teens & me having fun with iPhoto on my Mac---yes we are in our jammies & being silly...our usual mode LOL! The slideshow has some pics that we took with IPhoto--they NEVER fail to crack me up!! (if you get my blog by subscription you must go to my blog to see pics at www.scrapbitz.blogspot.com)
The next nite we had dinner one night in Fell’s Point at a great local pizza joint and I couldn’t have felt any safer because we had about 50 cops and cadets in there with us—they were patrolling the harbor for New Year’s Eve! The teens and I had the jukebox boppin’ with “Red Solo Cup”, Luke Bryan and some Eminem that I’m so SURE they appreciated LOL but we were singing & dancing (hubby assured me that they were not gonna sing along…but….AHA…a few did join in LOL…see I can get anyone to do a sing-a-long if the mood is right)!! I have a slideshow with pics below for you if you’d like to see….LOL! Then we basically froze (couldn’t feel my fingies or toesies at all) while we waited in the harbor for the fireworks….which were set to music and spectacular!! However coming back to our hotel at 1 am to watch Dick Clark’s show I wasn’t sure if I was walking because my feet were completely numb and apparently I looked drunk even though I’d only had Cherry Coke with extra sugar…and some hot cocoa…I swear on the bible LOL! We did see (or I saw…ewwwww…tried to shield the teens) a very large woman dump her clothes & streak down the street nekkid…yep nekkid like a jaybird….guess unlike us SHE was feeling hot…never know what you may see in the city ‘eh? TRUST ME I HAVE NO PICS OF THAT LOL! No worries…my goal in life is to always HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS I CAN, no matter where I am and what I’m doing. I’m hoping the kids are learning that lesson too…life’s too short to not smile, laugh & enjoy it and we had an AWESOME time in Baltimore (even the nekkid lady part hee hee)!
Then we had jammie day and spent it watching football and hanging out at home yesterday, I made a Mexican dinner and finished up with homemade Texas sheetcake brownies (ooohhhh so yummy indeed)! Although I had a wonderful break, definitely recharged my mojo & batteries I am happy to be back on track and schedule. And as much as I love my hubby and teens….I am THRILLED to have them back at work & school as I get NOTHING done when they are home…NOTHING I tell ya!! So I’m working on projects this week and some other surprise stuff that I will reveal over the next month for ya too—lots of cool stuff! Now to get my new craft room finalized and worked on and get geared up for CHA in a few weeks…yikes…cannot wait though!!
Slideshow of Pics:
NewsBitz:
-Still a few more days to enter the CMC Holiday Challenge at the CMC Challenge Group --- everyone is welcome to enter & if you don’t have time to make a project you can donate to a fabulous charity to get entered instead. A new Cricut Mini machine, Kindle and other craft goodies up for grabs!
-A New Group over at CMC has been created too and its called “We R Smash Bookin’, Scrappin’ & Journalin’”—anyone can join us—click HERE! Its going to be a fun group to share ideas, projects, tips and some challenges to get us all going on our scrapbooks, smash books & journals. No supplies needed other than those you want to use, so come join us for some fun! I hope it gets me going on a few of my Smash Books & Journals I’ve been wanting to start this year! Kick Off Party will be Jan. 9th at 7:45 pm EST at the CMC Classroom!
-If you will be at CHA in Anaheim in a few weeks…guess what…so will I!! LOL—I will be teaching Copic classes on Jan.28th if you are interested in learning how to color/shade/highlight with those Copics---all details at www.cmcroad.com … I’d love to see you and it will be LOTS OF FUN I promise!
-Winner of my Gina K Blog Candy from this post is…..KonaRose of “Welcome To My Periwinkle Corner”! Congrats to you…please email me for details on how to claim your new stamp set!!
Today the Gina K DT is sharing projects all made with the NEW StampTV Kit “True Love” which includes a huge (fabulous) stamp set full of great images, papers & cardstock, ribbon & brads to create some fun projects. I decided to limit myself to my scrap pile for my projects and create 2 cards that would be simple and easy to recreate if you wanted multiples of each.
The first card I kept to all soft pinks and feminine papers and embellies. I used the heart images from the set to create 2 overlapping hearts—then pierced the one heart and along the bottom of my embossed cardstock. Some Stickles got on there too for some pretty bling. Just some scrap papers, embossed pink cs and some ribbon finish this one off.
The second card is done in darker tones of cream, black and soft aquas. I stamped the cute typewriter image first and highlited it a bit with Copics then I embossed the whole card (cream cs) with my Swiss Dots CB embossing folder for some fun texture. And yes the typewriter got a nice coat of Stickles to make it sparkly. I cut strips of patterned paper and adhered them to a piece of black cs & then added a few buttons to embellish.
These cards could be made easily & quickly for a set of notecards or Valentines. There are so many images and sentiments in this set that the possibilities are endless!
- Suzanne Dean (thanx for stoppin’ in)
Such beautiful cards. Love the use of strips of paper and the soft colors of the first card. Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh how I love the first card... I love the layout and the color combo and the ribbon and ... just everything about it. TFS
ReplyDeleteThese are fun and the new set is so versatile with applications for creating your own DP and great sentiments included.My favorite one is "pretty in pink".
ReplyDeleteHappy belated New Year too.
Suzanne, what cute cards! TFS
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful design, Suzanne! Love the verticals.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute. Wonderful CAS cards. So simple yet so beautiful.:)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty cards, love the cute glittery typewriter!!
ReplyDeleteVery nice cards! Soft colors in the first one - like it.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards! Like how the first and so soft and feminine. And like the colors on the second one.
ReplyDeletelove love your cards. the colors the quick and easy. wow can't wait to get my true love kit.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards - I especially like the first one - so purdy
ReplyDeleteI really love the soft colors of the first card and I love the idea of using scraps, but nothing I do with them ever turns out as great as these two cards did.
ReplyDeleteWow - what a great way to use up those little pieces that I can't bear to throw - Very inspirational! Thanks !
ReplyDeleteLove these cards and great way to use up scraps! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year. A nice way to use up some of the paper pieces from other projects. Very clever. Hugz, Dottie
ReplyDeleteWonderful card designs and looks like your family really had a blast for New Year's Eve. So happy for you.
ReplyDeleteTotal enjoyment today with photo's, video's and gorgeous cards! Happy New Suzanne!
ReplyDeleteI really like the pastel card, Suzanne!
ReplyDeleteawesome cards. thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a really fun weekend. You are right to enjoy every minute with your family. Love your Gina K cards, both the girlie and masculine.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great New Year's celebration! Good for you and your family!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the beatutiful card samples. Like the use of the scraps and that they would be easy to re-create.
Love both cards. Very pretty. I like the use of the strips. That will help clean out the old scrap drawer. :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty..I love the soft colors.
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards!
ReplyDeleteThe first card is so soft and pretty. I love both cards!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, gorgeous cards....
ReplyDeleteLuv the use of the multiple paper strips on the cards. Reminds of quilting :o)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Wow, Suzanne. Both of your cards are just fantastic. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteBoth the cards are fab and such simple efective designs and colors on both.
ReplyDeleteOk, I am sulking now.... could I just have 1/2 thimbleful of you ladies' talent, 1/4 thimbleful, 1/8 thimbleful, 1/16 thimble...? Really, utterly, beautifully, gorgeous cards !!!
ReplyDeletesuch cute stamps! and lovely use in your card.
ReplyDeleteYour first card is my favorite. I like your take on the patchwork look. Very pretty. Thanks
ReplyDeletei love the CAS look and color combos of both cards.
ReplyDeleteCute cards! Great stamp set and I like using the dot impression folder for my cards too!
ReplyDeleteClean and simple is the way to go! Love the embossing.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful cards, rellay love the second one, those colors are FABULOUS!
ReplyDeleteLove the soft colors - I would love a Valentine like either of these. Can my hubby contact you for a card?Heehee
ReplyDeleteLove the use of your scrap paper. 2 great cards.
ReplyDeleteOh sooo cute!!!
ReplyDeleteOh a couple of CAS cards for you!! WTG!
ReplyDeleteVery fun quick cards! Looks like your New Years celebration was a hoot!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThey are both beautiful cards, but I especially like the sweet, feminine pink card. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards and I love reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteGreat use of scrap paper. These card creations are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis set is so versatile thanks for saring our lovely cards with us
ReplyDeleteLovin' all those layers! I particularly love the pink with green strip . . . one of my favorite color combos.
ReplyDeleteAdorable projects, Suzanne. Love the colors and patterns.
ReplyDeleteAdore both of your cards. Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI really like the second card you posted. And I got quite a smile from the 'silly' pics video.
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea to use scraps to embellish the cards! I love then both!
ReplyDeleteI am making cards tomorrow!!
ReplyDeleteI like your second card, but love the softness of the first!
ReplyDeleteYour use of scraps is fantastic! I love the pink shabby chic look. And the aqua card is really great.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! Fantastic use of the new stamp set.
ReplyDeleteI love the dotted embossing folder.
ReplyDeleteVery nice cards, nice colors and layers with the paper, cool effect.
ReplyDeleteI love the true love card. So pretty and feminine!
ReplyDeleteThis is truly evidence that blog hops work! I have "liked" Gina K and Stamp TV on FB now..I had not yet heard of her stamps (I'm a newbie) but this set is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSuzanne, I love the softness of your first card. Loved the stickles on the typewriter on your second card.
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards, as always!
ReplyDeleteGreat "quickie" cards - thx for sharing
ReplyDeleteAwesome cards, Suzanne. Sounds like you and your family had a wonderful time in Baltimore. Happy New Year and I am so glad you're back to bloggin' cuz I so enjoy reading your posts. :)
ReplyDeleteHugz,
Cathy Lee
Thanks for sharing these cute cards.
ReplyDeleteI love the femininity of the first card and the slightly masculine look of the second one! Very clever.
ReplyDeleteVery nice...TFS!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards! What a great way to use up some scraps! Glad you and your lovely famiy had a fun New Year's!
ReplyDeleteLove love love your first card clean simple and beautiful. Hugs, Teresa
ReplyDeleteTerrific CAS layouts on both of your cards Suzanne, I like the touch of sparkle you added to the typewriter too!
ReplyDeleteThe first card is my favorite! TFS!
ReplyDeleteKris in Alaska
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both are gorgeous cards! lovely colors and design
ReplyDeleteLuanne
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Beautiful card, great colors! I love the use of scraps! I am inspired...TFS!
ReplyDeleteVery feminine first card in pinks and pastels (beautiful!), and like the way you turned the typewriter card masculine. Very creative on both.
ReplyDeleteI totally am digging your designs! Great colors!
ReplyDeleteGood work
ReplyDeleteGreat cards Suzanne. Awfully funny pics too!!!
ReplyDeleteOh Suzanne, who thought that such a pretty face could look so dorky!
ReplyDeleteLoving the simplicity of the cards and thanks for sharing a funny family moment. It is so nice to see there is another crazy family on this planet.
Very Cute Suzanne ...i love your work
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