A Lil' of This, A Lil' of That!!

Happy Wednesday to ya Friends!! Hope you're having a fabby week so far, only a couple more days until the weekend! I've been diligently working out and have cut my coke consumption back to just a 1/2 cup a day (might explain my irritability & grumpiness, hee hee)! I guess if EVERYTHING on my body hurts, it means my workouts are burning lotsa fat cells dontcha' think?? LOL--that's what I keep tellin' myself during my workouts, "think of all that fat meltin' away, hee hee!!"! Been lifting weights & running sprints and speed walking 2.5 miles everyday & lots of crunches worked in too---owweeeeee!! Anywho, movin on as my painful body ambles on today, hee hee.............


First card up today is a Father's Day fishing card I made using a fabulous new set "Just For Dad" by H&M Stamps. You can mix and match the stamps in this set to make dad a fisher or a hunter--very cool! I'm not a big fan of hunting (don't disapprove, just not my thing) so I decided to make my "dad" a fishin' one, hee hee! I cut the fish out & popped them up with dimensionals & also stamped the fishies onto shrinky dink sheets and made a charm to match! The fun dp is from DCWV's "the Green Stack"--perfect for guy stuff! I wrapped some Scrapper's Floss around the dp and tied off with my tag.

The fish have a coat of mint Shimmerz on them, his boots have diamond glaze & those are Goldilocks Bella Baubles (love the metallic look--remind me of nailheads). If you're in need of a Father's Day card this one is for sale in my Etsy shop (cuz' I already made my dad's):o)

This is just a cute-fun card I made for a friend using one of my many Precious Moments stamps! I went on a buying spree on EBay last year and bought so many of these stamps that you don't even wanna know how much I spent--egads! Isn't she a cutie w/ her lil' doggie friend--love it! I really let the yummy dp (urban prairie by BG) be the main embellishment along w/ this beautiful Prima "dandy" and some Spellbinders swirls (15% off right now). The sentiment is a new Lockhart stamp!

Make sure and stop by Susana's store blog to enter for some yumm-o-licious blog candy. Only 2 more days to enter!!

Have a fabulous Day!

hugz,

Suzanne

A Birthday Pumpkin!

Happy Friday my friends! Ahhh...thank goodness its the weekend, right!! I lovee my craft room but I feel like I haven't left it much this week. I'm definitely taking a break on Sunday--no stamping--do you think I can do it, lol? We're going to a friend's house tomorrow afternoon for their annual Halloween party so that should be lots of fun. The kids are dressing up (Alexa is a woodland fairy & Riley is a 20's mobster/gangster) but hubby and I are not this year :( We just ran out of time so I'm going as a crazy stamper lady w/ ink stamped hands, ROFL!!!

Anywhoo, I just have one card for ya today cuz' I didn't get to take my pictures of everything else before I lost daylight (I hate it getting dark early--feels like my day is over too soon)! I bought myself one of those fancy lightboxes but whenever I use it at night my pics turn out pinkish and not true to color even after Photoshopping them. Anyone have any advice on that--I'd appreciate it?

I made this card for my sister's bday (she's 11 yrs older than me {giggle} & her bday was the 16th so I'm late, what else is new, lol). She loves Precious Moments and this stamp is so perfect for this month. For those of you who like these stamps head to Ebay cuz' that's where I got all of mine--for some hefty prices too! Stampendous stopped making them in the late 90's for whatever reason so they're hard to come by, but oh so cute! I used this weeks sketch challenge #199 on SCS--I actually made 3 cards with this sketch cuz' I loved it so much, very versatile & fun to do. The yummy dp is from SU's "Autumn Vine"--lovin' that Baja Breeze color! Image is colored w/ Copics and highlighted with my Ranger Inkssentials pen. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps "Wonderful Wishes Remixed" set. Hope you likee--I really like this color combo alot!

Hope you're all off to a wonderful, relaxing weekend! I have another blog candy alert for you--my Whiff of Joy DT sistah Camilla is having her blog candy giveaway starting today. She's offering up a WOJ "Charlie 007" for ya, so go enter for it! I'm edging ever so closer to 50,000 hits so keep your eyes peeled for my Xmas blog candy real soon! I'll be back tomorrow with lots of new goodies for ya!

hugz,
Suzanne

No Snow, Like Snow Business!!

Happy Columbus Day to my US friends and Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends!! Hope most of you have the day off today---the kids are home from school but my hubby had to work :( I am trying hard to get better, but it's getting the best of me it seems--I might actually have to go to the dr (gasp...yes I said "might" for those that know me well)!! Hubby took the kids to a pumpkin patch yesterday w/o me :( --I just couldn't rally my body. Hopefully we will get to go again to the bigger one next weekend!

Anywho, onto my Snow projects for ya today! First up is my Hot Cocoa Gift Box that I designed--remember this tea project I did--this uses the same accordian design I created but just bigger. I promise to have both templates/dimensionals up for you sometime this week--I'm slow I know. (Please remember if you use this idea/template to give credit where credit is due, thanx) I wanted my gift bag to hold 3 large packages of gourmet hot cocoa(picture below) and I wanted to use my new PTI stamp set "Made of Snow". The dp is from My Minds Eye "Be Merry" and cs is SU.


I love this new PTI stamp set--it allows you to create your own snowmen many different ways, soooo fun! I stamped him & then cut out along with the trees and attached to the bag with dimensionals. The sentiment and snowflakes (from PTI's "Snowflake Serenade" set) are embossed in white. I added some punched snowflakes to the front too. The front flap of the box closes with a hidden Basic Grey magnet and I finished it off with a bow with ribbon from PTI. There's of course some stickles involved too, lol!

The second card uses another Precious Moments stamp that I was able to buy off of the internet--isn't she a cutie! The sentiment is from PTI's "Made of Snow" set too and the image is colored w/ Copics with some spica pens used for shimmer. I used my CB embossing folder on the bg cs and layered circles with the MME dp and SU cs. I added some more punched snowflakes and the white snowflakes are buttons that I cut the back hook off of. I really like how this layout turned out---might have to use it again sometime.

Phewww, that was alot of work so now I'm off to lay down again, lol! I hope you all have a wonderful day and have enjoyed my projects! A big thankyou to everyone who has sent me "get well" wishes, it means alot to me--so big hugz to you all!

Suzanne

Welcome New Baby!

Happy Friday everyone! As you are reading this I am probably trying to herd my children and dogs outta the house to go to Grandma's. It's a 2 hr drive so I like to get there before Friday rush hour traffic starts (and if you know anything about Washington, DC traffic, ya know what I mean)!

I made this cute little baby card yesterday after I had recieved in the mail a new Precious Moments stamp I won off of Ebay. I thought it would be so cute on a baby card or gift with these sweet lil' boy and girl angels. I watercolored the image with my SU inkpads and aqua painter then added shimmer with my Yasutomo watercolors and some diamond stickles. The card base was made on SU's soft sky cs and I just used my scallop circle nestabilities to make the hinged card. The dp is from Basic Grey's "Lily Kate" paper pad. The sentiment is from PTI's "limitless labels" stamp set and it was stamped in soft sky ink and then cut out w/ the nesties. I added this wire satin ribbon (that's why it stands up so nicely) and added the sentiment to its center so it could be wrapped around a gift or giftbag. Just a quick and easy baby card--didn't take long to make at all. Hope you likee!

Ok, I will try to have a couple of posts set up while I'm gone so you don't miss me too much--LOL!! I will also try and post some pics of our trip---cuz' ya know my laptop and camera go everywhere w/ me! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Suzanne

Snow in July!!!

Hello everyone! Hope your Wednesday is going well. I have to say a big "YIPEE"--know why? Cuz' I FINISHED all of the 20 Dirty Girl Challenges today on SCS---yeah me!! I did it and can't believe I did it, it was fun, tiring and challenging that's for sure. I'll share some of the challenge cards with you over the next week or so.

So today I got some happy mail from my blogger friend Heidi. We swapped images--she sent me some oh so adorable Precious Moments images and I sent her Sarah Kay images. I want all of these Precious Moments stamps--LOVE them! I have alot of Precious Moments figurines, my mom started buying them for me when I was little and I have a ton!! Of course they're going for a small fortune over on Ebay, but I have my lil' eye on a couple that I want (don't ask me what I'm willing to pay cuz' you might faint away-lol)!! So, I'm sssssooooo thankful to Heidi for sending me a bunch, especially the Xmas ones--just darling.

Since I was so excited to get these PM images I just had to use one today. I decided to do the challenge over on Our Creative Corner this week--it's to make a Christmas card in July. Now I am definitely not one to get going on my holiday stuff early especially when it feels like 100 degrees outside--ya know what I mean? I love Christmas (I am a xmas addict and will have 9 trees in my house this year--yes I am a fanatic--I will post pics in December) but I just can't into the mood until fall when the kids go back to school--I want to enjoy the summer, not worry about how many days I have to make my xmas cards-lol!!

Ok, onto the deets of this card. I watercolored the image with my SU inkpads and Twinkling H2O's. I added some stickles to some of the Xmas decorations and put on liquid applique and puffed it w/ my heat gun for the snow. The yummy Xmas dp is from Basic Grey's "fruitcake" line that I got last year. I paired it w/ some Bazzill cs that I had. I used my nestabilities to cut out all of the circles (gosh, how I {heart} those things). The ribbon is from Michaels and those cutie-patootie white glitter dots I got from Gina K (love em--want them all)--don't they look like snowballs? The silver snowflake I got in a pack from AC Moore last year and I added a glitter dot to the middle and attached it to the ribbon center. For the final touch I used my Inkssentials pen to highlight the image some and add dots to the scalloped circle.

So there ya go--Merry Xmas in July!! It was fun to make, but I think I'll save my Xmas creations for the fall--I'm still on summer TIME people!! Until tomorrow...

Suzanne