Time Can Fly!

Happy Friday to you all....its TGIFRIDAY....well its been that for us for the whole week since we are on vacation in the Keys LOL.  We are enjoying the time off that I can say for sure :)  We have been having a BLAST...and although its hot & humid here at least we are used to it coming from VA!  So far we've toured Truman's Little White House, the Butterfly Conservatory, the pool (lol), and yesterday we did the Dolphin Research Center which was awesome.  Alexa was able to talk to some of the trainers there about college studies and such which was good for her and of course the dolphins are super sweet too ;) Most of all we are enjoying the time off, being together and just hanging out and having fun.  Lots of laughs, memories and good time being had by the Dean family!  TODAY IS A FUN SCACD RELEASE...so check it out below!

love the aqua blue waters down here, gorgeous

the view of the Gulf & sunset from our master bedroom in the

townhouse we have at the resort...kids have own bed/bath so its nice!

Riley & Alexa at the southernmost point in Key West

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Monsters Fly!

Today Susana Loves Stamps releases yet another round of these FUN little pranksters the Oddly Sweet Curiosities!
With their universal appeal the Curiosities were just begging for another turn in the spotlight with a new release. These little guys are the perfect way to provoke a smile or a laugh.  We're addicted, and from the popularity of the previous sets we know you will be too!

Susana Loves Stamps is also showcasing a  fresh new line: the MechAnimals. This edgy but endearing range of SteamPunk animals will lend themselves to all sorts of projects and styles and earn a place in your crafty hearts.

SCACD Digital is a new adventure for Susana and will see the revival of "some" past releases available in rubber, and the addition of some fresh new fun! They are available now for purchase but watch out for some fun from the design team and friends to showcase the digital releases in the near future! SCACD Digital's first collaboration is Carmen Medlin for SCACD Digital.  Carmen's range will definitely have something for everyone, from elegant to adorable and everything in between. 

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Grab a cup of something yummy and enjoy the show!

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This cutie is from the NEW Oddly Sweet Curiosities set and his name is "Tick Tock"...cute eh? I love an aqua, black and white color combo and the papers from 7Gypsies "Industrial Gears" which fit in perfectly with this project.  All papers got a good distressing as well.  I added some die cuts in black with SCACD Die "Classic Timepiece" (one of my faves).  The sentiment "Time Flies" comes with this lil' guy too.  **the aqua paper is from PTI and it is usually just white polka-dots but I took a small dot stamp and added some black dots to the paper to customize it to my needs to match**

Tick Tock was colored with Copics:  W9,W5,W3,W1,W0 / BG75,BG72,Bg11,BG10 / R20.  Then I added Diamond Glaze to his talons, the clock face and the bells on his head for super shine!  I stamped around him with some Tim Holtz stamps lightly in pale gray and then inked around the image with BG00 & BG0000 copics.

That's all for me today...now I'm the last on the hop today so if you are starting with me, hop on over to the beginning of the BLOG HOP and get more hop details at the STORE BLOG HERE!

Monster-riffic!!

Hello everyone & a Happy Wednesday to you all!  I have been busy tearing through the house doing projects and more lined up for next week.  Today I have the vet coming to give dogs their shots & yearly check-ups....we are lucky to have a vet that has mobile service so they come to the house and the dogs aren't spooked or upset too much.  Then I have my new family furniture being delivered...finally after 3 mos of waiting...I'm so excited to get it.  Our family room furniture is over 10 years old...its held up really well but its time for it to be retired.  Still hunting for a new chair to replace the older one, but have yet to find one that fits "my idea" LOL.  I'm going to put the couch and an almost-like-new Lazy Boy chair on Craigs List and see if I can sell it and get rid of it. 

Next on my list is to paint my mudroom/laundry...its the ONLY room in my house that has never been painted is SCREAMING for color and and some fun decorations and organization.  I'm doing some batten-board on the longest wall with old hooks to hang stuff on.  I'm excited to start on that next week...and yes Suzanne is doing it ALL by herself ;)   Then we will get Riley's new bedroom downstairs done and painted and all set up.  So lots to do!

And this weekend is da-da-da-dum.....PROM...so lots going on this weekend too...no downtime for this gal!

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Monster-riffic!

I made this card for my hubby....he's been so great lately with stuff and I just love him to bitz..he really is my best friend and I'm so happy I got to marry him.  We have a fun quirky, banter, joking and loving relationship...and the sentiment "Do You Believe in Love at First Sight? Or Should I Walk By Again?"...is SOOOOO something I would say LMBO!  Cracks me up!  So this is my love card for him and I snuck it in his briefcase yesterday to find at work...just a small way to say I Love Ya and was thinking of you!  And these monsters from SCACD "Oddly Sweet Curiosities" and this cutie is "Loves Me?"  It just makes you smile doesn't it?  :)

Check out the NEW Art Anthology Colorations Mists at SCACD and all the NEW yummy paper pads too (that b/w Authentique is MINE)...mmmmm!

I used some fun papers from Echo Park "Paradise Beach" and kept the colors fun and bright...perfect for anyone including a guy!  I like the circle theme...I pulled in circles with buttons, polka-dot paper, and Swirls CB embossing folder.  The large orange circles are a cut file from Silhouette Cameo "Background Lace-Circle" and I cut them apart to add a few around the image.  Diamond Glaze on the monster cutie for shine and some Stickles on the scales and background for a sparkle factor :)

So hope this one made you smile or chuckle...hubby liked it, so I'm happy!  Enjoy your day!

Smile Like Crazy!!

Happy Friday everyone!  Hope you have a fab weekend planned...wow I can't believe how fast the week went by!  We have a quiet weekend, its supposed to be icy today (ick) and the kids are hoping to be off school (mom not so much lol).  Tuesday is Riley's 15th birthday...did I say 15...oh boy my kids are growing fast and I feel like I'm always playing catch up.  He wants to go to a hockey game in DC next weekend with his friends to celebrate...I'm not too into hockey this year with the half season..and the Caps, well they aren't doing so hot LOL. But if that's what he wants to do, then that is what we shall do.  Next month we are taking Alexa on her college tour of her top 3 choices and then a few days in Hilton Head for Spring Break as a family...I'm pretty sure I'm NOT ready for that either.  The fact that next year she will be graduating and heading to college makes me feel ill to my stomach, gives me a migraine, feel faint...well you know all those BAD things a mom feels when she realizes her kids are almost grown ugh.  But I will work thru it, I have no choice right? LOL And its not like I'm the first parent to be going thru this...just gonna take some time on my part to come to terms.  We have kids to raise them to be the best they can be and then fly free...but darn it, its hard to let them fly FREE!

So anywho, we are headed to see the new Melissa McCarthy & Jason Bateman movie "Identity Theft" on Saturday...love her, and sooo looking forward to some laughs.  And that's pretty much my only plan other than finishing up some work...sounds AWESOME to me :)  Now if Spring would get a move on here, things would be almost perfect!

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Smile Like You're Crazy

Today SCACD releases the sequel to the oh so popular Oddly Sweet Curiosities!!!
This is a fun and fresh stamp Collection from Susana Loves Stamps!!! We proudly introduce the Oddly Sweet Curiosities Sets 3 and 4 which house some of the cutest little Curiosities with matching sentiments. SCACD has continued with the appeal these little Curios have that are a combination of inspiration as well as happiness thru laughter as the best medicine!!! Each Curiosity comes with its own matching sentiment. So pick up one or the whole set so you can mix and match the sentiments. These are Fab and definitely year around fun!!!

And the SCACD DT is having a Blog Hop to Inspire You!! 
I have two projects to share with you today! 

So my first cutie pie Curiosity is called "Clueless" from Curiosities Set #3...isn't he cute!?!  And his little sentiment that comes with him says "I Smile Because I Have No Idea What Is Going On" bwahahahaha..I resemble that sentiment MOST days LOL!  I used fun bright colors and new papers from Simple Stories "Snap Life" and "Snap Color Vibe" (both 10% off)...Snap Life has great lil cards, borders and other paper accents in the pad, that is what is behind the main image.  I used a SBs emboss folder on the aqua cardstock, and CB swiss dots folder on yellow cs.  Just a fun layout and some buttons to finish it off.  He's great for any ole occasion :)

I'm entering this cutie into the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy (cutting/dies/fave tech)

For Your Inspirations (photo)

Creative Moments (buttons/bows)

Twisted Tuesday Challenges (anything goes)

He got colored with Copics YR18,YR15,YR12,YR00 / B06,B05,B02,B00 / YR23,Y15,Y11,Y00. Then I coated his horns, spikes, eyes, tooth & nails with Judikins Diamond Glaze (my personal fave glaze as it stays put where you put it, doesn't slide around) and Stickles on his wings.  He's just a bundle of fun!

For my 2nd card I used this fab gal from the Curiosities Set #4 called "Lovester"...she's great for mom's, friends, grandmas, aunts, sisters, etc :)  She comes with a sentiment that says "Young At Heart"...I used a different sentiment on my project though.  I paperpieced her apron and all papers are from the new BoBunny paper pad "Isabella" (10% off now)  I also used an SCACD die in a couple of fun ways...I LOVE to use my dies in many different ways...so I picked the corner die "Garden Corners" (2 diff dies come in a pack).  First I cut the heart element out of the day and added it over my sentiment with dimensionals.  The main doily die behind my image is from Marianne Designs, but I wanted it to be BIGGER LOL...so I took a corner die cut and added it to each side to make it more diamond shaped.  Also the cardstock I used for my diecuts is silver shimmer, so it has great weight and lots of pretty sparkle.

I'm entering this one into the following challenges:

Moving Along With the Times (girly)

Paper Crafting Journey (love)

Sassy Studio Designs (hearts)

The image was colored with Copics C7,C5,C3,C1 / RV13,RV11,RV00.  Her fun slippers have Sparkly Fluff on them (fuzzy AND sparkly-I used Cotton Candy Pink), Diamond Glaze on her bone-barrette and glasses, Stickles on her tail and apron trim.  The last pic is of the SCACD corner die "Garden Corners"...you can see the heart in the middle and that's what I cut out to put around the sentiment.  Just some fun & different ways to use your dies!

For International Customers you can find these at Quixotic Paperie HERE!

That's it for me...and I'm the end of the Blog Hop so if you want to start at the beginning head over to the Store Blog Here!!

And of course stop by SCACD to check out these new cuties!!  Have a great weekend!!

Gimmee Gimmee, Trick or Treaty!!

Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm posting early again today, cuz' I have tons of errands to get done. The kids need haircuts, new shoes and some more school clothes before school starts next week and my plan is to get it all done today (pray for me)!! My dd will be ok, but my son will start whining within the first 20 mins about how he hates trying on shoes, pants....etc.etc and he'd rather be playing and when are we leaving---ya know the usual stuff from a 10 yr old boy!! I will definitely return home with a migraine and exhaustion emanating from me--lol!

BTW, I finished organizing my craft room yesterday (took me 5 hrs) and I'm very happy w/ it now. I can find everything and everything has it's place--paradise for me!!

I've had this new MFT set for awhile and have been aching to ink it up. I know you all are probably tired of seeing my "gift sets", but I just love this one. I always make my kid's friends a "special card/treat" for Halloween every year and this will be the one I make for them this time. This stamp set is called "Monster Squad" by MFT and I used 3 of the images included in this set. Are these not the cutest lil' monsters you've ever seen? I based all the colors off of this fun Halloween dp by Imaginisce's "Hallowhimsy" line. I added some stickles to the trick-or-treaters and inked up the edges a little w/ some gray ink. I used my nesties to cut out the sentiment and the layers.

The little pail I got from the Target $1 spot--they were on clearance and I got 8 of them for $3; can't beat that! I just made a simple belly band w/ the dp around the pail. I stamped out the haunted house onto black cs w/ palette ink (new canvas) and then cut it out. I added a few strips of orange cs to the roof and some stickles in the windows. It's attached to the pail w/ dimensionals so that it pops a little. I made a matching tag and attached it with more Michael's ribbon. Didn't take long at all--which is good cuz I have 7 more to make, ha ha!!

Alright, I'm off to shop w/ the kids---wish me lotsa luck!! I'm working on the Copic tutorial, so hopefully it will be up on Wednesday. BTW, you can still vote for me (come on I need the votes badly!!!) over on the JustRite Stampers blog thru this evening. Even if you already voted, you can vote again today and I would soooooo appreciate it!!!!!!!

Until tomorrow...

Suzanne