Two Scoops Please!!

Happy September 17th my friends!! I want to run a poll and ask everyone "how much sleep to do you usually get a night" and "at what age do you start sleeping again?", LOL! I swear I could go on vacation and sleep for the ENTIRE week & not feel guilty about it either! No LIE! I'm such a poor sleeper anyhow (chronic insomniac) and then having a child with asthma/breathing issues does not help. I sleep with one ear to the door most nights making sure he's sleeping, hearing every cough & wheeze--I feel like I have an infant again (oh lordy no, two kids is enuff for me, hee hee)! I average 4-5 hours a night if I'm lucky & it's just not enuff' anymore--my ole' body is feeling it for sure and I'm not able to get as much done which is a BIG PROBLEM! My engine needs some gas I tell ya, lol! And I've started my new Dan Brown book which kept me up beyond a reasonable bedtime as well :o) Who can resist the draw of a fabulous book--not me!! Anywho, here's to wishing me and you a good nite's sleep tonight!

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Today I have a fabulously fun project to share with you that I just ADORE (YILM)! I love the colors, layout & image, so fun! This is a new stamp sold by CC Designs in a set or singly called "Kiki LaRue's" that you can buy HERE and I think they are just too cute! (Christine keeps making them cuter & cuter I tell ya)! The card layout is from yesterday's SCS sketch #246 and the papers are by Memory Box's Sugar Collection(I don't think it's available for sale anymore, bummer). I love the patterns & colors in these papers! The cute ice-cream is bubbles--aren't they fab? I picked a few up at Michaels or AC Moore awhile back knowing that a stamp would come along that would be perfect to use with them! I made a band around the middle w/ paper and then added some fun May Arts ribbon (double sided) and a fun tag made w/ my nesties! This would be such a great gift for a young girl's birthday or party favors!!

The SCS layout is so fun & perfect for so many cards--I will be using it again for sure! I added some diamond stickles to her headband, cherry & bowtie; diamond glaze to her shoes, eyes & chocolate ice cream scoop. The ribbon is from PTI and the bow was made w/ my fabulous Bow Easy--flowers are small Primas with Bella Bauble centers! The heart charm is from my stash but find similar ones right HERE. If you love this it's for sale on my Etsy shop which is sadly mostly empty so I gotta get around to fillin' it back up, hee hee! (I have the supplies to make one more, so if you REALLY want one & it's already sold, just email me--1st come)


hugz,
Suzanne

Party Time

Hi scrappy girls! Hope the day has gone well for everyone. We have had some scary weather here in VA today--severe thunderstorms & tornadoes sweeping thru the area have been very frightening. I'm sure that those of you in the midwest are used to more severe weather, but it's not very frequent here. They held the kids longer in school today because of the weather, so my kids were home late but safe, thank goodness. Trees are down behind my house & things are scattered about but we're all safe and the house is ok.

Onto my projects of the day! After all this heart-pounding weather I decided that I wanted to make a party set. (Please ignore the piece of tape on the bottom of my totebag--I had to pop that on to make it stand up properly while the glue dried so I could get a picture) My daughter is going to a birthday slumber party on Friday nite for a friend and we got her a gift card, so I knew I wanted to make some kind of holder for it. I had seen this little Land's End-like tote on Lauren Meader's blog (someone had given it to her as a gift) and I just had to make it. I have tons of these totes around the house that we use for everything for trips and such and I just love their durability/looks. I quickly ordered up the papercrafts book from Amazon that was mentioned and got to work (Paper For All Seasons). It definitely took some time, but once you have the template traced & cut-out and you do one, I think the ones after that will be easier. I had already made the card so I knew what colors I wanted to use for the tote handles/bottom. The stamp on my card is from Pink Cat Studio's "farm animal stamps" that I had ordered last month, but had yet to ink up. They're really fun and happy stamps & always versatile--I just love Pink Cat & Melissa the owner is beyond talented & nice!! The dp is from DCWV "blossoms & butterflies stack" (got mine at JoAnn.com), the ribbon is from American crafts. I love their sets of bright ribbons--I have a bunch but don't use them very often, I'll have to try & be better about that-lol! I made a matching tag for the tote bag just to coordinate the two--I think it turned out fun & fabulous myself :) If you're interested in the book, I will tell you it has lots of fantastic paper projects in it--I will definitely be showcasing some more over the next few days. I got mine at Amazon for $19.95 if you're interested.

CC Designs had their release party last nite & of course I ordered some more stamps (can't seem to help myself). Get on over to All That Scraps and check out the new sets, really cute, especially the "froggy & friends" set. My Favorite Things is having their big release party tonight too & I'm loving the sneak peeks I've seen this week--I'm sure I'll be adding some more stamps to my collection!! (I do not work for any of these companies, just love the stuff & like to enable others!)

Hope you likee everything! Have a peaceful & relaxing evening & I'll see ya around tomorrow.

**Blog Candy** entries are due by 11 pm tomorrow nite!!

Suzanne

Cardstock is SU, dp is DCWV(Die cuts with a View), Copics, MM brads, American crafts ribbon, stickles, nestabilities, dimensionals