Flower Friends!

Good Tuesday afternoon everyone! It is HOT here today, no kiddin'--you will wilt if you go outside today :)!! At least it's sunny tho! I'm excited because I only have one more challenge to finish up today for the Dirty Girl Challenges on SCS--yippee!! There were 20 challenges total and boy did some of them take me out of my comfort zone for sure, but it was fun, now we'll see if I win (ha ha)! I am excited that I won a new stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy the other night randomly, so my luck must be turning (thanks Korin)! I also get to have a girl's nite out tonight--it's been awhile that I've gone out at nite w/ friends cuz' we're always so busy. I'm looking forward to a nice glass of wine and some "girl" talk!

Ok, my newest Sugar Nellie stamps by Elisabeth Bell came yesterday from Funky Kits and I had to ink one up today. This one is called "Planting Some Love" and I think its darling--it actually comes with a kitty chasing a butterfly stamp too, but I didn't add that on today. I colored her with my Copics and added a few stickles to the flowers on her hat. I added a few highlights w/ my Inkssentials pen too. The delicious dp is from Chatterbox's "Violet Dahlias" and I love the color combo--thought it worked perfectly with this image. I used the sketch challenge from the Dirty Girl challenges on SCS by Holly for this one (although she used a oval & I made mine a circle to fit the image in). The sentiment is from Gina K's "friendship blooms" set and I stamped it w/ SU's lavender lace inkpad directly onto the dp. For a final touch I layered a bazillion Prima flowers and leaves (lol) and adhered them w/ glue dots (the centers are Doodlebug brads). I'm pretty pleased w/ the turnout, whatcha' think?

Ok, onto my last challenge card and I will finally be done w/ all these challenges-hurrah!!! I'll see ya tomorrow--

Suzanne

PS--Jacqui over at Cats Wiskers is giving away some wonderful blog candy. Check it and all her fab creations out here.

Saturday Sun

Good afternoon ladies! Dontcha' just love the weekends, especially when its sunny outside--it makes me feel happy. This will be a short post today, because I've got lots of things to get done. I'll have some new projects tomorrow--I'm so excited on some of the things I'm working on & can't wait to share! By the way, "Sex & the City" was fantastic in my opinion--I haven't laughed that much at a movie in a long time. It's always nice to see a "big kids" movie with my hubby or friends--seems the only time I get to the movies anymore is to see "kids" movies. Not that I don't enjoy them but its nice to see grown-up ones too! We'll probably be seeing "Kung Fu Panda" next, so the next big kids movie will probably be on DVD (sigh...).

The first picture is just a cutie pie pic of my two boys (Riley & dh) at the Washington Nationals baseball game last night. They had front row seats behind homeplate in the President's box (perks of my dh's job)--so Riley & dh were on tv all night. Sadly the Nats lost, but they had a good time anyway!

The second picture is my card for the day. I finally got my Sugar Nellie-Elizabeth Bell images from Funky Kits from across the pond (UK)--I just adore these stamps. I got 4 and I'm waiting on 2 more that have been backordered. This card is for my grandma's birthday (I think--at least 1 option-I might make a different one). These images are so much fun to color with my Copics. Her hat bow & hair bow are paper pieced, which I love to do, but this one was pretty hard to cut out. The sentiment is from Hero Arts which I got from Stamp Desires along with a boatload of new stamps (House of Mouse & such)--can't wait to ink them up too. The dp is from Basic Greys "two scoops" paper pack (love the colors and it pairs well with SU's blue bayou). Ok, I'm done for the day--time to enjoy the weather and the family. We're going to the pool tomorrow for the day, so I will be posting late tomorrow.

Have a great Saturday!

Suzanne

Elizabeth Bell's "picking apples"stamp, Basic Grey "two scoops" dp, SU's blue bayou & pretty in pink cs, Copics, Nestabilities, Fiskars "threading water" punch, Hero Arts sentiment, Prima flowers, pearls