Need A Friend!?

Happy Wednesday to you all!  How are you all doing?  Can you remind me of my name again?  I think I may have forgotten LOL....that's caused from too much stress and too much to do this week oy!  And it doesn't get any better goin' into the weekend either.  Alexa's birthday is tomorrow (the big 17) and we are headed to Baltimore to celebrate.  Then Friday she's having a sleepover AND I have to have Riley at mall by 7 pm to meet the Washington Capitals hockey players.  Then Saturday we head to FedEx field for the Redskins Spring-Draft Event and then he's having friends over Saturday night.  And Sunday we will finish it up with a Nationals baseball game in DC LOL.  For those that say they would love to hang out with me...well you change your mind yet?? hee hee

Soooooo no down time for this girl....hubby asked wanted I wanted for my birthday next week and I said PEACE & QUIET LOL.  Well and the Tiffany silver earrings I really want...hee hee...every girl should get a Tiffany blue box once in their lifetime right?  I figure my 39th is a good time for one since its my last birthday.....I shall stay 39 for the next 6 years AT LEAST ;)  So there ya go....so if you email and it takes me awhile to email you back OR I email you blibbery-bloo that makes NO sense...well I warned ya ahahahahaha!

DON'T FORGET!!

Starting Friday we will kick off the 4 days of festivities and specials on classes and more!

Come join the Birthday Group HERE to keep up with the festivities....schedule of events will be up tomorrow night so you can prepare ;)

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Need A Friend?

Today is Wee Wednesday at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and I got a cutie to share with you all!  I have to say that this Wee Stamp "Goldie" by Whimsey Stamps/Sylvia Zet is my FAVE of them all....I love mermaids and her and her lil' friend are so CUTE I CAN'T STAND IT!!  I created a fun Circle Easel card for this one (see an easy tutorial for it here)...I wanted to mix it up a bit (that's code for I was bored with the square cards LOL).  And I pulled some oldie but goodie papers by Basic Grey out...its Ambrosia...one of my faves from years ago.  This pic shows pretty well the shimmer mist by Maya Roads on the white doily accent...its copper colored and makes a nice shimmery accent me thinks :)  You can see the other DT gals Wee Wednesday projects at the Challenge Blog HERE and join in on our current Tuesday Challenge too. 

**Come see the 49 NEW Memory Box Dies that Magnolia-licious got in...they are on SALE thru Thursday so come load up...I love them all...sighhhhh LOL **

AND

NEW DEAL OF THE DAY....every day Magnolia-licious will have a DEAL on the HOME Page of the store...for 24 hours you will get a certain product or stamp for a HUGE discount...so make sure to check those out!

This card has a TON of layers...I ain't gonna lie LOL...I loaded it up.  The large circles I cut out on my Silhouette Cameo then started using my SB nesties for the smaller circles & scalloped circles.  The white doily was done on my Cameo as well.  The gray swirls are a new Memory Box die "Val Flourish" and then I also accented with some tulle.  The flowers are by Prima that I layered and mixed up a bit.  The orange cs I inked with white Palette Ink to soften the brightness a bit.  The glass accents are Bella Baubles.

Entering this into the following fab challenges:

Make It Monday

Forever Friends (flowers)

Melonheadz Friends (fancy folds)

Ooh La La Creations Challenges (easel cards)

Paper Playtime (more than 1 fold)

Pause.Dream.EnjoyChallenges (friendship)

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge (circles)

Goldie was colored with Copics: YR18,YR16,YR01,Y15,YR20 / E11,E00,R11/ C9,C7,C5,C3,C1 / BG01,B000.  I added Diamond Glaze to the bubbles and then sprinkled in Glamour Dust to give it a suspended sparkle!

The sentiment is from Verve Stamps and it says "The only way to have a friend, is to be one"...I love that and its so true.  I love my BFFs and friends so much for always being there for me, listen to me whine on occasion, yell on occasion, laughs and giggles and so much more...my friends mean a lot to me and I hope they all know I'm here for them too!!

Ok, I'm off and running today....lots to get done and do before tomorrow...my baby girl is gonna be 17 sniff sniff!  Have a goody!

Red, White, Blue & Cute!

Hello Friends!  Hope your week has started off well so far!  I got my Invisalign braces today and I must say my mouth is SORE and my jaw is throbbing...makes me not wanna eat...guess that's a good thing huh? LOL!  I had braces in high school but when my kids were very small my dentist took out my permanent retainer I'd had in since the braces had gone away.  Well in 15+ years time my teeth have mostly moved back to where they once were...the top isn't so bad but the bottom...oy vey.  So 9 months of these babies...new ones every 2 weeks and best part is you can't really tell I have them in.  So I figure I carried 2 babies for 9 months right...I darn well can do this for 9 months LOL!  After I'm done I will wear a permanent retainer at night for the rest of my life....so I NEVER have to do this again ugh!

In other news its a busy week...when isn't it right LOL?  Alexa's birthday is on Thursday and we are headed up to Baltimore's Jimmy's Seafood Restaurant for the Raven's Draft Party...we get in early, meet the players and eat some yummy crabs.  Did I mention the part where I embarrass the CRUD out of Alexa while we are there...oh yeah baby.  Her fave player is Torrey Smith and he will be there...so I'm gonna ask him to sing Alexa "Happy Birthday"...shhhhhh don't tell hee hee!  I will be videotaping that :)  I still can't believe she will be 17....where does the time go huh?

**And starting on Friday the CMC Classroom kicks off its 3rd Birthday Bash festivities as well.  So all can join in on the fun....lots of fun challenges, games, a blog hop and awesome prizes!!  I will have more details on Friday for ya!

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Red, White, Blue & Cute!!

Today I'm using another cute NEW Elisabeth Bell for SCACD from the "Fairydust Collection" and this one is called "Little Acorns, Big Dreams'.  Isn't she a lil-wittle-cutie?  My papers are a mix of PaperMania's blue pack and Bazzill Basics in red which is 15% off now (this Doodlebug Stars & Stripes paper would be a great alternative too).  I got new dies...I got new dies...lemme do the happy dance now ok hee hee AND I used them.  I used two of them anywho and both are Memory Box dies "Prized Chrysanthemum Outline" and "Lavish Branch"... I added some Stickles to the branch's flowers as well as inking them.  The sentiment die and sentiment are both from PTI.  Then I used some fab PTI ribbon to tie it all off.

I'm entering her into the following fab challenges:

Challenges 4 Everybody (anything goes)

Dream Valley Challenges (things w/ wings)

Penny Black & More Challenge (bows & flowers)

Card Makin' Mamas (ribbon)

QKR Stampede (punches/dies)

She's colored with Copics:  B39, B34,B21 / R29,R24,R22,R20 & W5 / E11,E00 / E50,E25,E31.  Stickles on her wings and trim and leaves.  I paper pieced her apron with matching paper I used on the card and then shaded it a bit with W3.  Diamond Glaze on the bucket for shine.

That's it for me today...see ya on Wednesday!

Just Swingin' By!

Hello again friends & Happy Sunday! Yes I'm reposting this since it kinda got buried on Friday...usually I don't have 2 posts on one day but it couldn't be avoided.  So here it is again for ya if you missed it!  I love this project because to me it says "innocence and summer fun" and after the events of the last week in the US I think we all need a little innocence & light-heartedness in our lives yes?  Thank god they captured the one bomber and will be able (hopefully) to find out WHY he did such horrible things and maybe for everyone to find some kind of closure at some point.  I have said in the past "boy I hope that's the last we see of things like that" but in my heart I know that it may happen again...but I refuse to let that fear rule our lives...you still gotta live and do it the best you can while you get the chance.  So live we all will do and let's hope the next incident never occurs.

So peace and love to you all, wherever in the world you may be.  Hug your loved ones & tell them you love them and most of all just be happy...find joy in whatever you can.  And live your lives the best way you know how :0)

 If you need MORE to read I have 2 new posts on my other blog "Bitz of Me" hee hee...just sayin'!
Have a goodie!

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Just Swingin'

So today is my last post as a guest designer for Little Darlings this month and I've had fun using these cuties and so happy they asked me!  This has been a rough week for us in the US and all I've been thinking about is making projects that make you happy & just smile...so that was the case with this one too.  This cutie is from the Little Darlings Collection "Just Swingin" and I knew I wanted to make a tent card (see tutorial here...I changed size to 5.5") to give this gal dimension as if she really WAS swingin' on that tire swing.  Tent cards are super easy to make and give such a realistic look & dimension..if you wanna change it up a bit!  I used Scor-Tape to hold all of it together!

See all the Little Darling Challenges and posts HERE!

So I prettied it up with papers from Prima called "Alla Prima Collection" and then used a MS border punch on the top, the swirls are a die by Memory Box.  Then I layered a mix of flowers, the grass on the outside and on the inside is from a MFT die..then I inked and added stickles to the grass.  The banner was made with a PTI die and then stamped with a PTI sentiment that says "You Make Life Fun!".

The image was colored with TouchTwin Markers and then I added Stickles to her shirt.  I added a thick coat of Diamond Glaze to the tire swing and hung the image from the inside of the card.

That's it for me today!  I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Fairy Dust Magic!!

Happy TGFRIDAY....and phewwww what a long week...I am so glad to see it come to an end I must say.  Its been crazy busy for me and the world...sigh...the US is suffering right now that's for sure this week.  Thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected or hurt in Boston and in Texas...and let's not forget the horrible flooding & sinkholes that are occurring in the Chicago area too.  So sad and heartbreaking...so many lives changed forever...I pray for peace for them.  And then our area high school had a bomb threat yesterday...just not good...and if you follow me on FB you know why I'm just a tad outraged.  I won't go into it here but let's just say the school and school board are hearing from this gal today...and they ain't gonna like what I gotta say...and I say too darn bad!

So I'm looking forward to a hopefully "non-eventful" weekend of finishing the garden and getting some chores done.  We have mulch on order and have picked out 2 trees to be planted so lots to do still this spring.  And at some point I gotta get my bum to the mall to get some prezzies for my daughter's 17th birthday on Thursday....egads...I'm BEHIND!  And then my birthday is a week later...let's just say I will be 39 this year (for realzers)...and next year, and the next & the next ;)  Got it?  I already sent hubby my wish for my birthday...we shall see if he agrees LOL!  So I hope you all are blessed this weekend with peace and fun and laughter and rest!!

***NOTE:  My Little Darlings Guest Post is below this post today if you want to take a peek at my fun project there.  I will be re-posting it on Sunday as well!  Thanks!**

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SCACD Release Today!

Today SCACD is introducing the Fairy Dust Collection!!! These are 6 sweet and sassy Fairys that just make you smile and brighten the day :D  Elisabeth Bell sprinkled just the right amount of cute, charm and gorgeous on to these special little fairys. These are stamps for right now but also classics to use years from now :D

So today is release day at SCACD and we are introducing these beautifully cute stamps by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD called "The Fairy Dust Collection".  They are soooo cute you will want all 6 trust me!  I'm using "Me & My Shadow" and isn't she sweet with her lil' snail friend?  So the DT is having a fun Blog Hop today to showcase them all...make sure to hop around to see them!  If you didn't come here from Sandie Dunne's blog then hop to the beginning at Kathi's blog here.  I'm the last stop on the hop today!!!

I used papers by Carta Bella "So Noted"...I kept the scheme to white and aquas for a soft look.  The background white cs was embossed with a fabulous folder by Couture Creations (these are bigger folders and them emboss deeply...love 'em)...I love the look of white cs embossed, so elegant.  The branch elements at each corner and then under the flowers are a new SCACD Die "Breezy Branches Statement Die"...I LOVE to cut my die cuts apart and use them in different ways, makes them more versatile!  The sentiment is from PTI, flowers a mix and pearls to finish it off.

I'm entering her into the following challenges:

Make It Monday (anything goes)

Moving Along with the Times (fantasy/fairies)

Paper Crafting Journey (use sentiment) 

Shelly's Images Challenge (flowers) 

Addicted To Stamps & More (anything goes)

Creative Belli Challenge (pastels)

Flutterby Wednesdays (wings/fairies)

Isn't she a doll?  She's colored with TouchTwin Markers and then I gave that mushroom cap a nice thick coat of Diamond Glaze along with the snail.  Why do I pick Judikins Diamond Glaze out of all the glazes out there?  Well to me its nice & thick and wherever I put it...IT STAYS...it doesn't leak around and is easy to control...love it!  Then I added some Stickles to her wings and the snail...they needed sparkle KWIM!! LOL!

**These can be bought at Quixotic Paperie for overseas customers as well! **

That's it for me today...I'm the last on the Hop...have a great weekend!

Buggy Friends!

Hello Friends & Happy Wednesday to ya!!  We are half way thru the week whoo hoo and today is my day of rest...now don't get all excited ok LOL.   I mean today is my no-workout day...I workout two days in a row and then take a day of rest.  So Thurs and Friday I will be back at it and let me tell you Jillian Michaels is KICKING MY BUTT!  No one gets me in shape or toned up faster than her videos I tell ya but man oh man getting back into it is hard.  I've been doing her Shred in 30 videos and the kickboxing vids...I already feel a difference and see my arms starting to sculpt out again.  I was in such good shape at the beginning of last year and I let it all goooooo...ugh...stupid I was.  I was traveling so much that I was just plain old tired when I was home KWIM but NO MORE.  My body feels soooo much better when its strong and lifting weights is good for me...keeps the aches away and gives me more energy.  But I HATE working out...you will NEVER hear me say "oh I love working out, it feels so good"....ummm yeah NO those words will never come outta this gal's mouth!!  I despise working out...seriously I hate it BUT I will be 39 next month and I ain't getting younger and that means I gotta be good to my body that God gave me.  So I'm yelling & cussin' at Jillian the whole entire time...if she could hear me LOL...but I do what I gotta do to get thru it hee hee!  Then after I cool down, drink a gallon of water and go about my business...I DO feel better, and stronger and just plain GOOD.  So for that its all worth it...I guess...check in with me tomorrow after I do another kickboxing routine...I might say somethin' else ;)

 Make sure to mark your calendars for the fun at CMC!!

Everyone is welcome to join in all the fun starting April 26th!!

Join the Birthday Bash Group HERE

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Buggy Friends!

Today is Wee Wednesday over at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog...so that means a few of the DT gals have created some fabulous & fun projects using those super cute Wee Stamps.  And YES Magnolia-licious now carries the Wee Stamps by Syliva Zet for Whimsey Stamps...so go check them all out HERE!  I love, love this image called "Sympathy Bugs"...we all have a friend or relative that has helped us overcome an issue, sadness or just a bummer of a day.  So I kept the colors bright and cheery to create a thank you card for someone that has brightened my day!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Make It Monday (anything goes)

Bearly Mine Challenges (spring flowers)

Cuttin' & Stampin' Challenges (thank yous)

Loves Rubber Stamps (colors of spring)

The papers are by Creative Imaginations "Loolah"...I loved the bright coral-pinks and greens...springy and happy!  The papers got some distressing with my Zutter Distress machine of course...there isn't a day I don't use that machine!  Then I got busy with some dies...I love me my dies as much as I love my Cameo LOL.  The green vine-leafs are a Marianne Designs die as are the leaves (all got inked with dk green ink) and the pink scroll pendants are from Memory Box "Quinn Flourish".  The flowers are from Bunny-Zoe's Store and I love those white tulips...added a few wire twirls to the mix as well.  The sentiment is from PTI.

These cutie pies got colored with Touch Twin markers!  Then I added some DoodleBug flock to the white puffs/blooms...Stickles to the wings and Diamond Glaze to the bottoms of their feetsies!

See you back here on Friday!!  Have a goodie!

SeaShells Can Bring Happiness!

Hi friends & Happy Tuesday to you!  I have an extremely hectic week of work and appointments so I'm tight on time and free-moments LOL!  And I'm very upset and saddened by the incident at the Boston Marathon yesterday...its heartbreaking and sickening.  I don't care what anyone says...you don't get used to it...its shocking and upsetting EVERY TIME!  Seems the world is short on basic human kindness & decency these days...when violence is your answer to a problem, you need to check yourself and find another solution...period.  Just doesn't make sense to me and this coming from a gal who scoops up bugs from inside and puts them outside...so the thought of physically hurting another human being is foreign to me.  And the footage that they showed..made me physically sick..can't get it out of my head so I can only imagine how those that were there are faring.  So my heart and prayers and love go out to everyone that was affected...may time bring both peace and healing to them all and may God bring some peace & understanding to us all.

NewsBitz:

-New release from SCACD this Friday whoot!  Go check out all the new yummy 6x6 paper pads in stock...yummilicious (and calorie free)

-The CMC Birthday Event will start April 26th so make sure to pop over HERE and join the Birthday Group so you won't miss a thing! The prizes are AH-MAZING!!!  Stay tuned!

-Stop by the CMC Challenge Group for the latest challenge featuring "REDS"...the DT did some beautiful work so take a look and join in the fun to win BIG!!

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Seashells Bring Happiness!

Today I'm sharing a card just to make myself happy...happy image, happy colors and happy theme.  I think we all need an extra bright spot of happiness this week don't you?  The paper is by Teresa Collins "He Said, She Said" (10% off here)...love her new line of papers and these colors just SCREAM SUMMER ya know!  I used this super sweet Magnolia stamp "Tilda in Key Largo" (wish I was there) from Magnolia-licious...she's from the 2012 Summer Memories Collection.

**Make sure and check out the NEW Once Upon a Time Collection of stamps and dies and Minis...they are so adorable!**

So what did I do to this card LOL:  I added some real seashells to the top right corner with Scor-Tape.  I distressed all my papers with Zutter Distress machine and all the papers and paper elements with PTI 'fresh snow' ink to soften it a bit.  The BEACHY sentiment and sea shells were done on my Silhouette Cameo.  I added Stickles to the BEACHY for sparkle.  The swirlies were done with a Memory Box die, the yellow is a die from Scrap Happy in Ohio called "Sweet Addie Doily" and I love it!.

I'm entering her into the following challenges:

Make It Monday

A Little Bit Crafty (anything goes) 

Heck of a Challenge (just add water) 

Card Mania (punches/dies) 

Crafty Bloggers Network (anything goes) 

Love to Scrap (dies/punches)

This image was colored with TouchTwins...that I love to use...amazingly easy to use and work with your other alcohol markers too!  Stickles were added to the water, around background and the yellow stripes of her dress.  Diamond Glaze on the shell!

** Check out the current Magnolia-licious Challenge HERE **

I wish you all a happy & peaceful week!

Plum Prettied!

Happy Thursday to you all!  How's your week going?  Hubby is away in NC and Georgia for business...ahem so he says LOL..since he's also attending the Masters Golf event in Augusta ;)  But that's ok, me and the teens are hanging out and eating dinner on the patio every night and bein' chill.  Last night I FINALLY took over the tv and watched the ACM Awards with Alexa!!  YES I missed them cuz we were at the hockey game in DC so I wasn't able to see 'em.  But me and Lex enjoyed em...and my yummy Luke Bryan.  Hubby was glad he said cuz' I wasn't drooling where he could see ahahahaha ;) (typed as I wipe it off my keyboard)!! 

I have some new posts up on my newest blog "Bitz of Me" if you need something else to read!!

Also the CMC 3rd Birthday Bash will be April 26th thru April 29th so go join the 

Bash Group HERE and get ready for the fun!!

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Plum Prettied!!

This is my prettied plum card using a fabulous Sherri Baldy Bestie digi stamp called "Big Eye Big Head Dolls"...isn't she a doll (hahahaha get it?).  I collect Raggedy Anne dolls...only vintage ones though ;) so I just fell in love with this image!  I actually colored this cutie while I was down in Florida with my BFFs Pat Jaynes & Dana Shaw but finally got a chance to put her on a project!

The papers are from PaperManina "Lincoln Linen" and then some shimmery plum cardstock my pal Pat gave me that matched the plum colors perfectly.  Lots of dies on this one:  the dark cream mat is a Spellbinders die, the photo corner is "Filigree Corner" die from La La Land Crafts, the swirls by the flowers and the cream swirls are both Memory Box dies (Elegant Scrollwork and Quinn Flourish) .  I like to layer and cut 'em up and use as much as I can without going overboard LOL!  Flowers are Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts..the plum flower is punched with a Nellie Snellen punch.  Papers were distressed with my fave Zutter Distress machine (if you get one here's some tips (1) face your paper away from you when you run thru to get it distressed on the right side (2) running paper thru it to the right gives you a light distress look, run it towards the left and get a heavy distress!)

  

She got colored with Copics:  RV69, RV95, RV93, RV91 / E44,E43,E42,E41,E40 / E11,E00,R20 / C9,C5,C3.  I didn't go as dark as I usually do with her black hair...I wanted to keep my colors lighter on this card so I kept the blacks a bit softer too.  Then I added some Stickles to her dress, headband and bows for pretty sparkle.  Diamond Glaze on her eyes and shoes for shine!

That's it for me today...enjoy the rest of your day!!

Sea You Later!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Hope you had a lovely weekend!  I must say I'm SUPER EXCITED this week because its in the mid-70's and 80's all week...WAHOOOO about darn time I say!  So I tried to get a bunch of work & cleaning done yesterday so I can sit out in the sun a bit and work in the garden...this gal needs some SUN-time!  Hubby leaves on Wed for work travel and then he's in Augusta, GA for the Masters (that's golf...hohum boring to me lol) so he can hobknob with Tiger Woods I guess LOL!  Funny thing is, it will be warmer here than in GA while he's there...heehee.  We also got to eat outside on the patio last night for the first time in 2013...I love, love eating outside and we try to do it as much as possible when the weather is nice.  Plan on eating out there tonight too!

We had a crazy Sunday...we were at the Orioles game in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon and it was beautiful weather and fun even if we lost (boohoo).  Then we stopped by a local crab-place in Baltimore to pick up CrabFest-NFL Draft tix for the 25th...its Alexa's 17th birthday on the 25th and she wanted to spend it at Jimmy's Seafood watching the NFL Draft.  Why you ask???  Well she's obsessed with sports like the rest of us AND some of the Ravens football players are hosting the event AND we get to eat crabs and that's what she wanted....'nuff said? LOL!  Then we hauled arse down to DC to catch the Washington Capitals hockey game Sunday evening...we have front row seats along the glass so good seats AND I get to yell loudly.  I'm a loud fan...I'm a passionate fan...and I don't give 2 poo-poos who is there, if I gotta yell I gotta yell LOL.  I yelled at the refs that night for a HORRIBLE call and got us on TV...not once but a few times AND a highfive from one of the players thru the glass hee hee.  Hubby just sits to the side and claps cuz' he says I handle all the trash-talkin' and yelling for him ;)  So we didn't get home until 12:30 am so I must say I'm still a bit drowsy from all that craziness.  Never a dull moment here I tell ya.....

Pics from the weekend:

Starting April 26th thru April 29th the CMC Classroom 

will be celebrating it's 3rd Birthday!  

So all are welcome to come on over and join us in the fun festivities!  We will have lots of fun games & challenges along with some AMAZING prizes that you can win!!  

Go HERE and join our Birthday Group to stay in the "know" :)

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Sea You Later!

This is my project for today's

 Magnolia-licious Tuesday Challenge at the Challenge Blog.  

Its all about "Buttons, Bows & Beads...or All Three"!  I used 2 outta 3...I did a bow of sorts (mine is a frayed one) and beads (aka pearls) on mine!  I used "Dangling Sea Tilda" from the 2010 Bon Voyage Collection (seen here)...I had never used this cutie before but I had used the one with Edwin.  The Bon Voyage Collection remains one of my all time favorite from Magnolia.  You can hop over to the Challenge Blog Here and see the DT gals fabulous projects and join in on the fun too!

I'm entering this into the following fab challenges: 

Make It Monday (anything goes)

Card Mania Challenges (punches & dies)

Crafty Bloggers Network (anything goes)

Lexi's Creations (punches/dies)

MarkerPOP Challenge (anything goes)

Mema's Crafts Monday Challenge (anything goes) 

Stamps + Fun= Creativity (girly) 

 

I kept the style a bit shabby-chic and antiquated...love that look!  The papers are by Prima called "Printerly"...loved the mix of aqua, cream and blacks in this pack of pretty papers.  The tag with the frayed bow in the back is from 7 Gypsies that I inked a bit.  All the papers got inked with Distress Ink in Old Paper.  The fun clock cut-out is an SCACD die called "Classic Timepiece" and the sentiment is by Magnolia as well.  The ribbon is some tea-stained ribbon I got a bit ago on Etsy...love the crumpled, vintage look of it.  The black photo-corners were done with a Spellbinders oval tag die I had...I diecut it out of black cs and then cut it in half and glued it to my paper.  Then I added my "beads" ala champagne colored pearls to the inside....I love to use my dies in many different ways like this.  The aqua mat behind the main image was die cut and then embossed with a ledger-embossing folder and inked.

"Dangling Sea Tilda" was colored with Copics:  BG75,BG72,BG11,BG10 / E11,E00,R20 / W9,W7,W5,W3,W1 / E43,E42,E40 / E47,E31,E50.  I added some Stickles to her shirt and shoes and then Diamond Glaze to the anchor and hat band for shine.  I also inked her a bit around the edges with the DI Old Paper too!

That's all for me today...hope you liked this cutie pop and please stop by the Challenge Blog to see the DT's work and to join in on the challenge!!

Wedding Bells Anyone!?

Happy TGIFriday...short week for me but I have managed to get everything done that I needed wahoo.  Today I'm cleaning the basement real good and baseboards...Riley has friends coming over and Alexa is off to a friends house for a sleepover.  Saturday is chore day...lots of things I want to get done to the dismay of my hubby...but the chore list calls and I won't feel good unless a few things get marked off.  And I gotta get some furniture up on Craigs List to get rid of it...we got new family room furniture and I gotta make room for it LOL.  I'm also working on front porch/door redo so lots to do for that too...hope to have it all done by end of month.  My hubby is procrastinator-EXTRAORDINAIRE so I gotta be on him all the time...seriously he will start a project and be content to not finish it for months.  It drives me NUTTY...if I start it I want it finished ASAP so I can start the next one.  I like the sense of completion and fulfillment...obvs he does NOT share my love of those things LOL.  So I'm like a bull...charging ahead...dragging him along with me usually unwillingly hee hee but that's just how it goes in my house ;)

Then on Sunday we will be at an Orioles game in Baltimore during the day and finish up the evening in DC at a Wash Caps hockey game...yeah a full day of sports.  Might sound terrible to most of y'all but sounds like a GREAT day to me!  ONLY thing is I miss the ACM's that night hosted by my Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton..but I'll be taping it so no worries.  But no play-by-play commentary from me on Facebook during the show like I usually do...I know I know...y'all are sad...boo hoo...hahahahaha!  So make sure to tune in cuz I'll be watching LATE when I get home on Sunday no doubt!

NewsBitz:

*If you missed our vacation pics & wanna see...they are at my other blog "Bitz of Me" (scroll down to see the slideshow).

*The CMC Classroom will be celebrating its 3rd Birthday Bash at the end of this month (26th - 29th) so get prepared for lots of fun games and challenges and of course some yummy prizes!!  All are welcome to join in the fun!!  Join the thread HERE so you're ready when we kick it off!

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Wedding Bells!

Today I'm sharing a wedding card I made using a beautiful Saturated Canary stamp from Little Darlings Stamps.  I'm the lucky guest designer this month for the Little Darlings Challenge and the shop is owned by my lovely and talented friend Angie Hunt.  The challenge is Anything Goes so hop on over and check it out and join in!  This beautiful stamp is called "Rebecca" and is only available in rubber stamp form.  I think she works fabulous for a wedding card don't you?  I kept the colors soft and shabby chic-like...feminine and romantic.

Crafty Ribbons (anything goes)

4 Crafty Chicks (charms)

Saturated Canary Challenges (pastels)

The Play Date Cafe (picture/neutrals)

Inklings & Yarn (anything goes)

Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge (shabby chic)

Stampin' Royalty (ribbons & pearls)

My papers are a mix from Docraft's Papermania "Lincoln Linen" and Pink Paislee's "London Market" were used.  I inked and distressed them all with my Zutter Distress machine (luv that thing..it can make a racket but it works soooo good).  I used a few dies on this...the doily mat behind the image is from Marianne Designs and the swirls at the corners is Memory Box "Quinn Flourish", corners are made with a die from La La Land.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the keys are from Tim Holtz and hatpins I made myself.  The sentiment is from Verve Stamps and a few pretty pearls finish it off.

She got colored with Copics...the dress is the E44 thru E40 range and hair is E59,E44,E15,E31,E50.  I also added a soft background with Copics E41,E50,W00 and then added some Stickles to the background and to her dress for sparkle.  Diamond Glaze on her eyes and ribbon.

That's all for me....hope you will pop over to the Little Darlings Challenge and join in on the fun!

Have a great weekend!!

Saddle Up!

Happy Thursday friends?  Did ya miss me? heehee....well I'm backkkkkk!  I didn't post while I was gone because 1) internet on Hilton Head Island is almost non-existent most days/nights and 2) We were running around so much that I was exhausted LOL!  Plus a few weeks off every year from blogging is good for my soul I have found ;)  We had a great Spring Break although it was very busy and not as warm as I woulda liked..but we got to spend time together so that's what is most important.  I have some pics below of the Luke Bryan, Florida-Georgia Line, and Thompson Square concert that me, Alexa & my mom went to in Charlottesville, VA.  And I got a fun story for you..well it wasn't funny at the time I must say.  I pre-ordered my tickets thru the Luke Bryan fan club months ago and got pit tix for the 3 of us.  I had a printed receipt that said exactly what I ordered right...right yes LOL.  So the box office opened at 3 pm on Saturday and we got there at 3 pm so that we could stand in line to run in and get good position around the stage...duh...I will stand for HOURS if need be to get good spots ;)  Got the tix and looked in envelope...they were for floor tix not pit.  Ummmm someone made a big oopsie...so I go back to the window and tell them I should have pit tix and show them my receipt.  The lady calls the manager who comes and looks at my receipt...NEVER looks at me and says nope she has floor tix cuz that's just what she got.  UMMMM WTH???  No, no, no...I got pit tix lady but she wouldn't do anything, good thing there was glass separating us cuz I woulda jumped on her no lie ugh and so rude..PAH.  So I was PISSED...yes PISSED BIG TIME and yes I just typed that...you won't wanna know what words came out of my mouth at the time.  Alexa is about ready to cry because she was so excited to be in the pit and I'm steaming.  So I start emailing everyone I know about the tix that may be able to help.  The fan club, credit card company, the venue, etc.  Then I started tweeting...I'm big on Twitter, I love it...and I'm lucky to say a lot of the country stars follow me on Twitter....what does that mean?  It means you can DIRECT MESSAGE them folks...yep like a text.  So I start tweeting Florida Georgia Line cuz they follow me, Luke Bryan fan club and Luke Bryan's tour manager and everyone else I know in country music land LMAO.  Now the tour guy just started following me a month ago...and I suddenly remember that he followed me and I'm like "let's see if he responds".  So we sit outside with everyone that has pit tix...boo hoo...and wait..and wait.  No one has responded by the time they open the doors so sadly we walk to our seats...which are only a few rows from the stage BUT STILL NOT WHAT I PAID FOR KWIM.  But I told Alexa at least we were there and its all good, you just gotta make lemonade from lemons sometimes and put on a happy face!  So about 10 mins later I get a tweet from the tour manager...OMG...he asked where we were sitting...so I immediately tweet him back with our row and seat #'s.  No response...SIGH...pouty face...LOL!  Then about 15 mins before the show begins a lady comes out and asks my mom if she's "Susan"..Alexa says "you mean Suzanne?" and she says "yes"...I'm like "that's me, that's me"....well she came out with 3 pit tix armbands for us...YEP sent by the tour manager to us.  OMGEEEEEEE IS RIGHT PEOPLE!!! So my mom is a bit confused...she thought it was just one ticket for me and she was still sitting LOL and I'm like "MOM, get up...goooooo, move quick, gooooooo".  I was so excited I almost kissed the gal...she hadn't known what happened so I explained it to her...then we RAN to the pit to get a good spot.  Amazingly we were 2 people from the stage for the entire show....it was AMAZING...and Alexa got Luke Bryan's guitar pic so she was ecstatic.  What a NIGHT I TELL YA!!!  So the moral of the story is.....Tweeting regularly on Twitter can pay off when you need it to LOL.  AND HEY BOX OFFICE MGR...YEAH YOU....GUESS WHAT...I WENT ABOVE YOU AND GOT MY TIX SO HA HA HA IN YOUR FACE...yes my childish self could not resist cuz she was just soooo darn rude ugh!  So if you don't follow me on Twitter (Suzanne J Dean)....well you can...but I will warn you its a "personal" account so there isn't any crafting or stuff on it...its all about sports, life, random thoughts and music on my Twitter...not like my Facebook ok...so don't be surprised hee hee!  Anywho I owe that tour mgr a lot and I tweeted him many thanks...I still can't believe it happened but SO HAPPY it did!

If you want to see some pics of our Spring Break...then hop over to my new blog "Bitz of Me'...I've posted them all there!!

Concert Pics:

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SADDLE UP

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy!!

(in honor of my Lukey Bryan, the title is a country song if you haven't heard it heehee)

So in honor of my country concert fun I present a Saddle Up & Rock It Country card using a fun Mini Magnolia "Cowgirl"...seemed appropriate eh? LOL!  She's so cute and fun to color I couldn't resist!  The newest collection of Magnolia stamps "Once Upon A Time" is coming (preorder now) and GUESS WHAT? There will be mini Magnolia stamps to match as well....yayyyyyy...so stay tuned!  I used some fun papers by Farmhouse Paper Company called Fair Skies and roughed them up with my Zutter Distress machine and inked.  The kraft cs mat behind the image got embossed with a wood grain folder then inked and flowers made with my Nellie Snellen punches.  I added some fun swirls (Doohickey die by Magnolia), sheriff-like stars and pinwheels and buttons.  The sentiment is a fun one from Paper Trey Ink's set "On the Farm"...its a fun one!

She's my Mini Monday card for this past Monday at the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog...no internet meant no posting so I apologize for being late with this.  See the other DT gals cards HERE and don't forget to join in our Tuesday Spring Challenge HERE!

She got colored with Copics:  B39,B34,B21/ C3,C1 / E25,E31,E50,YR20/ E11,E00,R20.  Some Stickles on her boots and around on the Copic colored background for sparkle.  I stamped some airmail/postage stamps around the image for a fun look.

See you back here tomorrow with another fun project!!  Have a goodie!