A New Digital Company

While blog hopping I ran across this amazing new digital company called Karens Doodles and I have to say.....she has the cutest stamps!!  Right now they are having a blog candy giveaway on the Doodle Divas blog and you have a chance to win her entire line of rubber stamps!!  Too fun!!! Pop on over and follow the directions for your chance to win this FABULOUS prize!!!!

BTW....I talked to Karen on the phone and she is a TOTAL sweetheart!!  It was fun to learn a little bit about her and her hobby.  She has an amazing background!!!

Hope you'll hop on over and help spread the word about this awesome new company!!!

Thanks for visiting today and hope you have a great one!!!

A Holiday Party

At Michelle Perkett Studio this weekend we celebrated 100 members in our group by having a Holiday Party.  We was given this awesome sketch created by Carlie.

This is the card that I created using that sketch!

I just love this image from Michelle Perkett!!!

Starting the first of the year be on the lookout for challenges on the new Michelle Perkett Challenge Blog and be prepared for some fun!!!

Thanks for visiting today and hope to see you at Michelle Perkett Studio!!!

Have a good one!!

A Pixie Sketch

It's time for a new challenge over at The Pixie Cottage Blog!!  We are having a sketch challenge for this time around.  You know, I'm starting to like sketches more and more!!!  Here is the sketch for our challenge this week.....

And here's my card based on this sketch..........

I usually make my cards 5x7 so I had to revamp the sketch a little to fit my card.  I used a new image from Eileen Gutierrez for The Pixie Cottage.  You can find this stamp in Michelle's store here!


Isn't this just the cutest stamp!?!  I just love it!  I have colored with my Copics  and used stickles to give it some bling factor!!  LOL!  Oh, and I also got this new stuff called "Card Scents" and now my card smells like spiced apple cider.  It is just positively yummy!!!


I'm really excited to see who our random winner and our top 3 winners are this morning!!  See....we're kept in suspense too!!!  :)  Make sure you hop on over to The Pixie Cottage blog and check out what the rest of this fabulous design team has done with this sketch and see who our winners are this week!  They are all FABULOUS!!!

I want to thank everyone who participated in our last challenge....y'all made it very hard to pick a top 3 because I wanted to pick all of you!!!



I hope you will join us for our challenge and remember, you have until Sunday the 19th of December to have your entry in to be eligible for the prize and the top 3!


Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I'm able to visit your blog with your take on the sketch!!


Have a good one!!!

A Christmas Wish Blog Hop

Welcome to the Michelle Perkett Christmas Wish Blog Hop.  You should be arriving to my blog from Terri's AWESOME blog and if haven't please head on over to Michelle's wonderful blog so that you don't miss out on any of the wishes!!!  As you are hopping along please make sure you leave some love along the way because when you get to the end you never know what may be lurking!!  LOL!!  Also at the end you will have a chance to vote on your favorite blog.  I am so excited that you have decided to hop along with us!!

Okay, now it's time for my card and my wish.

First I'm going to show you my Christmas Wish Angel card.  She is just so beautiful!!  I really had some fun getting creative with her!!

Isn't she just stunning!?!  She is colored with Copics and you can't really tell by the picture but she has a glow about her!  I used Creative Inspirations paint in Fairy Dust and Distress Stickles Rock Candy all over her dress and wings.  I used sparkly fluff on her cuffs and collar and used a silver glitter pen to color in my stars!!  I used Diamond glaze on the stars in her hair and on her wings and also used Diamond Stickles on the dots in the sky.  It's a very sparkly card in real life and I just love her!!!

Now for my wish.....
I have a friend who's young granddaughter was diagnosed with cancer last year and in the journey of following her progress I started reading the stories of some of the children that were also suffering from various forms of cancer.  All of these stories were very heart wrenching and I found myself crying over children that I didn't even know.  Their wants and wishes are so small that it made me feel guilty for my wants and wishes!!  They are fighting the battle of their little lives and they enjoy every minute that they have yet so many of us complain about everything in our lives. So, my wish is that every child that is suffering or in pain for any reason have all of their dreams come true!! May God shower them with stars from heaven!!  As the song you are listening to says......A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes!!!!!

My granddaughters have a book that has a saying in it and I repeat it to them often.

Dreams and wishes,

wishes and dreams.

Sometimes they work

and sometimes they don't.

You never know how

they'll turn out in the end.

by Audrey Wood in Jubal's Wish.

May all of your dreams be your heart's wishes!!!

From here you will hop on over to Gini's amazing blog!!

Thanks for joining us in this amazing journey!!!  If you would like to join us we invite you to our group at Paper Craft Planet!!!  We would love to have you!

Have a good one!!!

A Pixie Christmas

Today is a new Pixie Cottage release and we was asked to create something besides a card!!  Uh-oh!!!   I decided that I was going to make a Christmas ornament and while I was making it my granddaughter Tailee decided that she wanted it so.....I guess I'll give it to her to put on her Christmas tree at home.  Better get busy because I'm sure I'll be making a few more!!!  :)

I used this precious new image from Alisa Ramirez that will be available in the store within the next couple of weeks!! 

Isn't that image just adorable!?!  I just thought they looked like they was waiting for Santa!!  I created my ornament with a round coaster and then just cut my DP out to fit.  I added my lace between my two sheets of DP and went from there!!!  I think it turned out really cute and my granddaughters love it!!!  As you can see.....I'm a big loser and don't have my Christmas tree up yet!!  Bah Humbug!!!  LOL!!!

Make sure you hop on over to the blog and check out what the rest of the DT has done.  They were so creative!!!!  You are going to love ithem!!!

You still have until Sunday night to enter into our latest challenge!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today and hope to see you at The Pixie Cottage!!!

Have a good one!!

Tomorrow Is The Day

As you can probably see (and hear) I am getting my blog ready for the Michelle Perkett Christmas Wish Blog Hop tomorrow.  I am so excited as we have 26 people participating in our hop and I know that you won't want to miss one of them.  I'm sure that there will be some tears shed tomorrow as we read everyone's Christmas Wish!!!!!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

BTW....We have a new Pixie Cottage release tomorrow too!!  FUN FUN FUN!!!!

Just thought I would post a few pictures of MayCee and Christian dancing to this song in competitions.  At Nationals they got second place in their division and won overall!!  Nana was so proud!!!!

Have a good one!!!

Phindy's Second Challenge

I am so honored to be the co-hostess of the second Challenge at Phindy's Place!!  I have created a fun recipe challenge.  The challenge was to use one of Phindy's images, red, 3 buttons, ribbon or lace and bling.  I really had a lot of fun creating my card for this challenge.  I used Phindy's awesome Mrs. Comfy Shopping image.  Here's my card....

OMG....isn't she simply mahvalous!?!  I just love her!!!!

We hope you will join us for our second challenge!!  The winner will be picked by a random draw and you can win your choice of one of Phindy's images!!!

Hope to see you there!!

Have a good one!

A New Design Team

I am so excited to announce that I have been named as a senior DT member for Michelle Perkett Studio!!  Hmmmm....I wonder if the senior is referring to my age!?!  LOL!!  We have a brand new challenge blog that will start up after the holidays.  If you would like to join us now you can come over to the Paper Craft Planet group.   Hope to see you there!!!

Thanks for allowing me to share my happy news!!!!  I love Michelle's images sooo much!!!

Check back on Saturday as we are going to be having a blog hop using Michelle's Wishing Angel.  She is so beautiful and along with the image we are all posting our wish!!!  It's going to be awesome!!!

Have a good one!!!

Dang.....

I was just going through my blog and noticed that the post I had scheduled for last Monday didn't post and it is mysteriously GONE!!  I am the hostess of the DZ Doodles color challenge this week.  The colors that I chose were Purple, Blue and White.  Honestly.....I had this new BoBunny paper that I was just dying to use!!  LOL!!!!  Here's the card that I created with these colors using a new DZ Doodles image called "First Time Skater" and it was perfect for this paper!

I really had fun making my snowflakes.  I saw this tutorial and honestly.....I can't remember where about layering snowflake together and using glitter.  I am really happy how this card turned out.

I hope you will join us for this challenge and show what you can do with these colors!!!

Now I'm just going to show you a few cards that I have been making.  Basically.....another this and that post!!  LOL!!

First up is this AWESOME new image that I got from Phindy's Place.  Phindy has some of the most awesome images!!!

This is my favorite color combination right now.  I just LOVE green and pink together!!!

Next up is a new stamp that I got from Sweet Pea Stamps.  WOW...talk about AWESOME fantasy stamps!!!  I LOVE this one!!!

I really had lots of fun coloring her!!!!

Next up is my challenge card for this last week (which I won BTW.  WOOHOO!!) at Michelle Perkett Studio!!!  Michelle has WONDERFUL fairies and mermaids and if you want you can check out the Paper Craft Planet group and sign up for our awesome Blog Hop happening on Saturday the 5th of December and she will even give you an image that you will use in the blog hop!!!  The Wishing Star Angel is so BEAUTIFUL so I hope you will join us!!!  Oops....hehe!!!  I got off the subject of my challenge card.  Our challenge for last week was a color challenge and the colors were Blue, Green and a splash of red.  Here is what I came up with..............

Okay....now that I have overwhelmed you!!  LOL!!!  I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!!

Thanks for visitng my blog today and hope to see you again.

Have a good one!!!!!

Stitches!?!

Eek....I had to blow the dust off of my sewing machine to do the new challenge for The Pixie Cottage.  Our challenge this week is called "Getting Stitchy"!!  I have seen so many talented gals that do fabulous stitching on their cards and I am unfortunately not one of them!!!  LOL!!

Here's my card for this challenge........

This was such a fun image to play with and can be used for so many different occasions.  You can find all of The Pixie Cottage stamps at Michelle's Scrapbooking and More.  This card is colored with my Copics and I used the excess rubber from trimming my stamps as my pop dots.  Waste not, want not!!  LOL!!!  My hubby would be so proud of me.

Okay.....the new challenge is to use stitching on your card and I can't wait to see what you do with this challenge!!

I want to thank all of you who participated in our challenge this last week and let you know that it was really tough choosing a top 3 because ALL of the cards were FABULOUS!!  I wish I could pick all of you.  :)

Stop by The Pixie Cottage Blog and check out the AWESOME creations that the rest of this fabulous design team has created.  You won't be sorry!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today and hope to see you join in on our challenge at The Pixie Cottage!!!  Blow that dust off girls!!  Bwaahaahaa......what, that's just me!?!  Just call me stitching stupid!!!  *giggle*

Have a good one!!!!

I Wish You Enough

Today I have a card for you made with an AWESOME image from Phindy's Place.  Phindy and I were chatting one day and I told her about my granddaughters MayCee (6) and Kaiya (1).  I was telling her how they like to fight over their Nana beings they are both HUGE Nana's girls!!!  Phindy came up with this image based on that conversation.

Isn't this just the cutest image?  I just love the look on the little girls face!!!  This is how I feel sometimes.  This card was based on this weeks Mojo Monday sketch....

I really love this sketch and I can see using it again in the near future!!  Mojo Monday has some of the most AWESOME sketches!!!!

You still have time to enter Phindy's "Holiday Glitter" challenge using her precious little "Hanging Stars" image on Phindy's Place at Paper Craft Planet!!!

Thanks for visiting today and hope you have a FABULOUS week!!

Have a good one!!!!

It's Pixie Cottage Day

You guessed it.....it's time for another Pixie Cottage release. This week I created my card with a brand new image by Alisa Ramirez.  I so love this little elf, he just has the cutest look on his face!!!  Are you ready to see my card!?!

Here it is...............

 

I know that he has a very nontraditional hat but I decided to mix it up a bit.  Hey....maybe he's a little bit of a rebel!!  LOL!!!  The card is colored with my Copics and then I used a doodlebug stamp for my sentiment.  I used white colorbox ink and bridal tinsel embossing powder.  It really has some sparkle in real life.  I used Sparkly fluff for my snow and the fur and pompoms.

Make sure you stop by The Pixie Cottage and check out what the rest of the DT has done this week!!  What a fabulous bunch of girls!!!  They are all very talented and I feel very fortunate to be working with them!!

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a great day.  Just a reminder....you have one more day to get in on the challenge for this week!!  It is an awesome sketch so why don't you give it a try!!!!!

Have a good one!!

Wags 'n Whiskers

What a cute name don't you think!?!  I have just discovered this new stamp company called Wags 'n Whiskers and let me tell you.....they are cute cute cute!!!  I just got may stamps today and guess what!?!  Just in time for my Birthday!!  hehe!!  Only good thing about today is that my new stamps came!!!

Well, beings my stamps came I decided that I was going to join in on their challenge.  You can find it on the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.  Here is the cutie that i decided to ink up today and the stamp is called Angel Whispers.

The challenge was called "stitch it up".  You must use a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp so I was really glad mine came today!  Okay....I'm so not into stitching but I did manage to do a little.  I used some hemp cord to stitch the inside circles of the flowers on my DP.  I tried to take the picture at an angle so you could see all the sparkle but not sure it does it justice.  I used Copics to color her and then used 3 different colors of stickles on her dress, wings, the hearts on the DP and the butterflies.  It is very sparkly in real life!!

Thanks for stopping by today and stop back in on Saturday for a new Pixie Cottage!!!  CUTE CUTE!!!

Have a good one!!!

Phindy's Place

Phindy's Place is a new group at Paper Craft Planet and Phindy is having her very first challenge.  If you join us at Phindy's Place on the Paper Craft Plant group you will also get this precious little angel called "Setting the Stars" .  The theme for this first challenge is Holiday Glitter!!  Come on.....admit it!!!  WE ALL LOVE GLITTER!!!!  We hope you will come and get all glittery with us!!!  hehe!  Phindy is giving away an awesome prize but I'm not going to tell you what it is, you have to come play with us to find out and trust me.....IT IS FABULOUS!!

Phindy's Place is also having a sale in her etsy store.   She has some AWESOME digi stamps so I'm sure you will not want to miss her very first sale!!!

Did you know that Phindy is a book illustrator!?!  She illustrates children's books.  Awesome huh!?!  And you have a chance to bring some of her fabulous illustrations to life!    You can check it out on her blog Phindy's Place!!!

Hope you all have an awesome day and I hope to see you at Phindy's Place!!!!!

Have a good one!!!

RED............

This week our challenge at Copic Buzz is being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish.  If you haven't been to Robyn's store then you really should stop by!  She has some of the cutest digital stamps.

She has provided each of the DT with a digi to use for this challenge and she is also giving you a free digi to play with in the challenge.  Our challenge this week was set by Annita and she chose a color challenge.  I bet you can't guess what the color is!  LOL!!!  Yep, it's red.  Here is the card that I created with my digi.....

Isn't this image darling!?!  I wish you could see my snowflakes...they are so sparkly and pretty.  I used my Copics to color a few of them.  WOW.....I am so loving that technique.  My embellishments always match my image.  Too cool!!

I hope you will join us at Copic Buzz for the challenge sponsored by Robyn's Fetish.  Make sure you stop by the blog and check out what the rest of our AWESOME DT has created!!

I want to thank Robyn for sponsoring this week and hope you will join us in showing support for this awesome digi store!!  Hope to see you at Copic Buzz!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today and join me here on Saturday for a new Pixie Cottage!!!

Have a good one!!!!!

A DZ Doodles release

Today we have a new DZ Doodles image release and the image that I got was just simply adorable!!!  I loved coloring this image!  Here's the card that I created with one of the NEW DZ Doodles images!!

Isn't this image just one of the cutest ever!?!  Make sure you check out the rest of the DZ Doodles design team cards.  I'm sure they will be awesome as usual!!  While you are on the DZ Doodles blog make sure to check out the DZ Doodles Color Challenge and also the Friday FREEBIE!!! 

I hope you will grab the freebie and participate in our challenges!!

Thanks for visiting today and hope you have a great weekend!!

Have a good one!!!

Just an Assortment

I'm not feeling all that well today so thought I would make a new post on my blog beings I can do it lying down!!

I have found a new source for digi's!!   Phindy's Place has the cutest digi's!!!  She also has a group on PCP if you would like to join.  Phindy gives us some awesome freebies every now and then so, what have you got to lose for joining us!?!  Hope to see you there!!!  Here are a couple of cards that I created using Phindy's images......

This was our very first freebie on Phindy's PCP group but unfortunately it is no longer availabe for free but you can get it in her etsy shop here. 

I so love this little Christmas elf!!!!  Are you ready to join us now!?!

Next up I have a card that I created with a sample of Cryogen white paper from CutCardStock.com and OMG.....I am so in love with this paper I had to order 8 packs of it!!  I ordered 4 packs of the text and 4 packs of the cover.  I can't wait for it to get here because I have never colored on anything that my Copics have blended so well on!!!  It doesn't take the best pictures because it has a shimmer in the paper that shows through with your copics and it really catches the light when you take a picture!!  It doesn't look that bad IRL!!!

I used a stamp from The Pixie Cottage and also used a sketch from The Sweet Stop.  Isn't this stamp just the cutest!?!

Well....that's all I have for you today but make sure to stop back by tomorrow and check out the cutie I have for the new DZ Doodles release!!  Cute cute cute!

Hope you have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow!!

Have a good one!

A New Pixie Cottage Challenge

It's time for Once Upon a Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage!!  This week we have a sketch for you to play with.

This is an awesome sketch don't you think!?!  Here's my card based on this sketch.

 

I think this stamp is FABULOUS!!  You can find it here.  I had lots of fun creating this card and I have to confess....the candy machine malfunctioned just a little.  LOL!!!  My image is colored with Copics and I used flower soft for the snow.

Make sure you stop by The Pixie Cottage blog to see what awesome creations the rest of the DT have created and to get all of the details on the new sketch!!!

I hope you can join us on the Pixie Cottage Blog for our challenge this week!!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a great day!!!

Have a good one!!!

The Copic Buzz Challenge....

this week is sponsored by The Pixie Cottage!!  I am the hostess of this challenge and I decided to mix it up a bit and throw a sketch challenge out there!!  I used a sketch from Sketches! {by Tamara}.  Tamara has some awesome sketches for both cards and scrapbook layouts.  She also has some fabulous recipes if you just need something to get the mojo going!!

 Here is the card that I created with this sketch.

Isn't this stamp just the cutest!?!  I love the versatility of it!!  Anything from Christmas to any occasion.

You should see the prize that Michelle from The Pixie Cottage is offering!!  WOW!!!  You can win a $10 gift certificate to Michelle's Scrapbooking and More and also this fabulous stamp!!

Isn't this an awesome stamp!?!  You can find it here.

I want to thank Michelle and The Pixie Cottage for sponsoring this week and I hope that you will join us on the Copic Buzz Blog to participate in  our challenge this week!!  We look forward to seeing what you create. 

Hope to see you there and make sure you return tomorrow as it is time for the  "Once upon a Wednesday" challenge at The Pixie Cottage.

Why not join us for both the Copic Buzz challenge and The Pixie Cottage challenge this week!!

Have a good one!!