Today We Say Goodbye

The day has finally come to bid my dear sweet mother-in-law goodbye.  She will be so greatly missed and our lives will never be the same!  I could not have asked for a better MIL.  She always treated me as if I was her daughter instead of a DIL.  I'm really going to miss some of the silly things she would do.  Hold your loved one close this holiday season and let them know how much they mean to you!!  We love you Mom!!!!

 

OUR HERO

My Therapy

Hi everyone!!  Today I'm going to show a card that I have been working on to keep my mind off the not so good stuff this week.  I have used Mo's "Hanging the Star" image and OMGosh...I just love this little cutie!  She almost looks like one of the Who's from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.  LOVE IT!!!  Here's my card....

Cute huh!?!  Of course she has been colored with Copics but on this one I also used some Prisma pencils on her hair.  For the star under my rose I covered it with red seed beads and then used some distress ink to darken where the white star showed through.  I have used my G45 Christmas Past paper pad and a MS holly punch.  The sentiment is from TLC Creations and they have the most awesome word art!!!

Copics used:
Skin - E000, E00, E13, E21 and R20
Jumper - R30, R32, R35, R37, R39
Star - Y32, Y35, Y38
Hair - E15, E17, E18

As you can see I went a little distress ink crazy.  I just love that stuff!  :)

I am also entering this card into the following challenges....

Cooking It Up With Katie - Layer Me A Red Christmas
The Pixie Cottage - Sparkle and Shine

Thank you for stopping by today!!!

Have a good one!

Sugar Nellie Competition - WOW

Hi everyone!!  Well....after waiting for 2 weeks for my new Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy stamps to get here so I could enter the competition that they are having on the Sugar Nellie Blog with a chance to win a new Grand Caliber from Spellbinders they have finally arrived!!  WooHoo....I've had my card made for a week now just waiting for my Sassy stamps to get here.  The card is always the hardest part for me anyway!!  :)  Sugar Nellie will also be offtering some positions on their DT.  OMGosh, how cool would it be to design for Sugar Nellie!?!  I would LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!  I may be begging for votes in the last round (if I make it) so be prepared!!  :)  Okay...for the details

Wouldn't you just love to have this!?!  I know I sure would!!!  :)  Here's the card that I have created for round one - WOW (white on white)....

Isn't this the cutest image!?!  She is callled "Bella Bunting" and she is too dang cute!!

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E13, E21 and R20
Hair - E15, E17, E18
Eyes - YG99, YG97, YG95, YG91
Dress - R32, R35, R37, R39 and YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99
Banner - YR24, Y15, Y11, Y000

Sure wish you could see the detail on the image but I had a really hard time getting a good picture.  My rose is handmade and the snowflake is from MayaRoad and covered with embossing paste and glitter.  The holly is from a MS punch and also the scallop

Thank you for stopping by today and wish me luck okay!?!  :)

Have a good one!!!

It's Winter at Phindy's Place

Hi everyone!!  Sorry I am late with my post this morning.  Life has been a little crazy.  As some of you already know my MIL passed away on Wednesday and it has been very difficult dealing with it along with the hustle and bustle of the holidays so I hope you will forgive me!

Our challenge at Phindy's Place today is "Winter".  Not too tough huh!?!  As a matter of fact we woke up to another inch of snow on the ground this morning.  It's looking like we're going to have another heavy snow year.  Oh...back on track!!!  :)  For this challenge I have used Phindy's new image called "Snow Glory".  This is a perfect image for this challenge.  Here's my card...

I have used the sketch from last weeks Friday Sketchers and just thought it was perfect for this image.  My ski's look like they clash but in reality they really don't.  I had to use my light box because it has been so dreary here lately.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will check out what the rest of the DT has created for this challenge.  Those girls have got some talent!!!  Hope to see you at Phindy's Place this week!!

Have a good one!!

A Holiday Blog Hop at Simply Scrapping Crafts

Hey everyone and welcome to your final stop on the Holiday Blog Hop!!!  If you arrived here from Pryn's FABULOUS blog then you are in the right spot.  If you happened upon my blog....trust me, you will want to start at the VERY BEGINNING and that would be Mo's AMAZING blog!!!  There are so many wonderful projects, tutorials and prizes along the way that I'm sure you don't want to miss out on any of it!!!  Here's a list of blogs just in case you get lost along the way!!


Welcome to Simply Scrapping Crafts First Annual Holiday Hop! We have quite a line-up for you today filled with lots holiday inspired goodies! Our DT has been busy at work in Santa’s workshop creating a sled full of gorgeous holiday projects to help you decorate, scrapbook or use for gifts!. Be sure to comment all of the blogs along the way because we have "hidden" some extra special treats along the way. There is no way to tell where we have them stashed, so be sure not to miss out! Some of our hop hosts are giving an extra entry for becoming a follower. Who doesn't appreciate more chances to win right? All winner will be announced on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 via the DT blogs and also in the hop room at SSC, which can easily be accessed here . You have until 11:59PM EST tonight, December 4th, 2010 to comment for your chance to win. All you need to do is click on each link and leave a comment as you hop along to the end of the list. Are you ready for a Holly Jolly Holiday Hop? Let's get to hoppin'!
 
Maureen  http://stampandscrapwithmaureen.blogspot.com/
Theresa  http://procrastinatingscrapper.blogspot.com/
Nikki  --- http://gracie33.blogspot.com/
Rona  http://scraprona.blogspot.com/
Colleen  http://cardsdelight.blogspot.com/
Amy  http://amybeansblog.blogspot.com/
Clare  http://bearydocardsinc.blogspot.com/
Pryn  http://mochavation.blogspot.com

Tammy http://tmaynard.blogspot.com/  ***YOU ARE HERE***

Make sure you read to the very end as I am offering a prize here on my blog for everyone who leaves a comment.  Okay....I could be selfish and say that you have to follow me too but I won't do that although I would love it if you did!!!  :)  Okay...just a mini plug for me!  Okay, on to my project.  I have used this adorable stamp called "Starry Night"......

Isn't this just the cutest!?!  I have stamped my image onto this little onesie and then colored it with my Copics.  I have used some puffy paint on the fur of the hat and the ear muffs.  I have also used some Viva Decor Glitter Gel for the snow and it looks so awesome!  It took me forever to gather up the nerve to actually put stamp to material!!  I was having some serious anxiety attacks!!!  LOL!!

I have had a few of you ask if it is washable and yes....it should be washable.  I'm going to wash it today to see if the ink runs at all.  I used Memento ink to stamp my image and then used my iron (set to cotton) and heat set it.  I did handwash another onesie that I had heatset and the ink stayed on.  From what I've heard the Copics are washable and the 3D gel was washable too.  I'll let you know after I wash it!!  :)  OMGosh...now I'm holding my breath again!!!  :)



So...what do you think!?!  Leave me a comment and I will give the winner a $10 gift certificate to Phindy's Place!!

 Phindy has some really awesome digi images!!  I will have my hubby draw a name from the hat for the winner and it will be posted here on Tuesday December 7th so check back because you don't want to miss out if your the winner do you!?!  :)

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have enjoyed our Holiday Blog Hop!!!

**UPDATE**
After washing I did have some color fading on my onesie and I guess you have to use cotton socks (my DIL couldn't find any) because I had some serious yellow bleeding on them.  Everything else stayed put.  For no longer than what they are in them I think it will hold up.


This is stamped with Memento ink and then heat set.

I should have set up my photo box because our day is so gloomy here today that the lighting on this picture isn't the greatest.


Have a good one!!

Its a Frugal Freebie at Phindy's Place

Hi everyone!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week we would like for you to use one of those many FABULOUS freebies that Phindy has so graciously given us.  If you don't have one you can always join our group at PCP and grab one. 

For this challenge I have used the image "Join the Party" and have turned it into a Christmas image.  Well....kinda!!  Here's my card for this challenge....

I really had some mojo issues when I completed this card so of course...I don't care for it.  It feels to busy to me but I love this adorable image!!

I have used some of my Tonertex glitter around the glass and used one of my new ticket sentiments from Whimsy Stamps and I heat embossed it.

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you hop on over to Phindy's Place and see what the rest of the DT has done with this challenge.  Great inspiration!!  Hope to see you for our new challenge at Phindy's Place!!!

Have a good one!!  :)

Red and Green at SSC

Simply Scrapping Crafts Holiday Blog Hop is this Saturday December 4th!!  Hope you will join us as there's lots of fun and prizes along the way!!!

Hi everyone!!  I'm so happy that you have stopped by today.  You all don't know how much you mean to me!!  Well, it's time for a new challenge over at the Simply Scrapping Crafts Copic Challenge Corner.  I just love new challenge time!  :)  This month we are going to playing for fun as a lot of people are so busy in December and we don't want any of you to be stressed out.  So, if you can play along awesome (we love seeing your creations) and if you can't its not a big deal.  :)  Our challenge this week will help you finish up those last minute Christmas cards.  We challenge you to color with Red and Green.  For my card I have used this adorable Christmas cutie from Phindy's Place called "Downhill from Here".  For some reason I had a really hard time putting this card together but it finally worked out in the end!  Whew....I was starting to stress there for awhile!!  Thank goodness for a huge stash of embellies!!  :)  Here's my card....

I think this image is perfect for those From our House to Yours cards.  It's just too cute!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  We would really love it if you would join us at Copic Challenge Corner on Simply Scrapping Crafts.

Have a good one!!!

Elisabeth Bell's World

Hi everyone!  Today I have a little project (don't laugh because I suck at them) that I created for the Elisabeth Bell's World challenge.  The challenge was Anything Christmas (but not a card).  I used this darling little digi called "Edens 2nd Christmas" and she is absolutely adorable!!  Here's the banner that I created for this challenge...

This is the very first time I have created a banner so I'm not overly thrilled with it!!  It just seems to blah to me.  Sorry for the crappy picture but we are having a snow storm and the light is awful!!

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E13, E21 and R20
Hair and bear - E25, E31, E35, E50 and YG93, YG95, YG97
Jammies - BV25, V91, V93, V95
Gifts - Y000, Y11, Y15, YR24, YG63, YG67, R32, R35, R67, R39, B21, B23, B26
Christmas tree - G29, G40, YG63, YG97, R30, R31, R35, R37, R39

Hope you enjoy my little banner!

Have a good one!!!

Show Us Your Metal

My card won top 3 at The Pixie Cottage!!!  WooHoo!

Hey everyone!!  I'm writing this post while in a turkey coma so please forgive me any typing errors!!  :)

This week at Phindy's Place we are challenging you to use metal on your cards.  Okay....that one was a little difficult for me because I really don't have any metal and then I remembered that my friend Annika sent me some charms and stuff so I was hoping that I could find something to match my card and with a little altering...I did it!!  :)

For this card I have used Phindy's new image called "Cosy Cottage" and oh my....when I saw this image I was so inspired that I couldn't hardly wait to color it!!  This has got to be one of my favorite images evah!!  If you haven't check out Phindy's blog lately you really must.  She is cranking out some BEAUTIFUL Christmas images!!  Here's my card for this challenge....

Doesn't this just make the most amazing Christmas card image!?!  I love it!!!!

Copic's Used:
House and walkway - E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47 and E49
Trees - YG63, YG67 and G40
Lighted windows - Y32 and Y35

I've used lots of Diamond Stickles on this image and also used Tonertex foil and glitter on the Christmas wreath and the lights on the pine tree.  It looks so awesome IRL!!!  Almost like the lights are really twinkling!!!  I have used the Tonertex foils on the my snowflakes from Maya Road and used some metal bead findings and just smooshed them down to create a smaller snowflake for the center.  They look very pretty!  The background is done with Prisma's and Gamsol.

My DP is from the Jovial Collection by Basic Grey and it has been distressed with my Zutter Distrezz-it-All.  Totally love that thing!!!  My ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I have hand tied my double bow using the bow easy method without the bow easy.  I still haven't found that stupid thing!!!  :)

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you stop by the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has done.  FABULOUS!!!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - Christmas (x is for x-mas)
The Pixie Cottage - Let it snow

Have a good one!!!

Copics Plus

Hi everyone!!  Its Wednesday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Simply Scrapping Crafts Copic Challenge Corner!!  WooHoo!!  :)  This week our challenge for you is to use another coloring medium with your Copics.  Fun huh!?!

For this challenge I have used one of my new Bildmalarna exclusive stamp club stamps from Bilmalarna.com .  OMGosh...you wouldn't believe how cute these stamps are!!  I just love each and every one of them!!  Here's my card....

It's little Tossa just the cutest!!  For this card I have colored the image with Copics and then I used Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol to add some shading and the background to my image.  I have used Prisma's on my background before but was never brave enough to try it on my image!!  For this one I have used them on the peach color on her dress to add the shading.  It really does look awesome and my have to use this technique a little more often!!!  I have also used my new Tonertex foil and glitter on her dress and buttons.  WOW....that stuff is AWESOME!!!  I also used the foil on the snowflake under my rose.  Seriously people, you have got to get some of this stuff.  The glitter even stays put!!!  LOVE IT!!!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will join us at Copic Challenge Corner and show us your favorite coloring medium to use with Copics.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges....

Stamping Scrapping - Christmas
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything Goes
Bildmalarna Blog - Red

Have a good one!!!

Publish Post

A Sketch Challenge at Phindy's Place

Hey everyone!!  Well, have you ever gone to bed and right before your ready to fall asleep it whacks you in the head that you forgot to do your blog post!?!  OMGosh, I'm so sleepy so I'm going to keep this one short!  :)

This week at Phindy's Place we have this FABULOUS sketch for you to play with...

This sketch is from our very own Anne-Marije!!  Isn't it awesome!?!

Here's the card I created with the "Tango for Two" image...

Ahhhhh...two of my favorite people have finally gotten together!!  :)  I just love Mrs. Comfy and Mr. Brown and don't they just look so happy together!?!  LOL!!

Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you hop on over to Phindy's Place and check out the cards from the rest of the DT.  They are all FABULOUS!!  Hope you will join us this week and show us your take on this awesome sketch.

Have a good one!!

Anything Goes

Hi everyone!! This week at Simply Scrapping Craft's Copic Challenge Corner is anything goes.  Now who wouldn't want to play along in that!?!  :)  Simply Scrapping Crafts is such an AWESOME community.  I LOVE how friendly everyone is!!! 

Here's the card I created for this challenge using one of Mo's digital images called "Kai in the Snow" and OMGosh....I just LOVE this image!!

I decided that I had better justify a new large order placed at SCACD  (Hubby was really good to me for my birthday!  He just doesn't know it yet!!  I figured he could surprise me on Friday.) by using the Embossing Paste and snowflake stencil that I bought over a month ago.  Seriously....I must have MORE stencils!!  I love the look although if you look close enough you can see where my paste went underneath my stencil but I still love it.  I just took my DecoArt Glamour Dust and sprinkled over the top of my wet paste.  It is so fun and sparkly IRL!!!  I also used some Sparkly Fluff for the snow on the image.  I just felt so creative making this card.  LOL!  That doesn't happen very often with me.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you will join us at Simply Scrapping Crafts and then pop into Copic Challenge Corner and play along with our Anything Goes challenge.

I am also using this card for the following challenges...

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
Marks Finest Papers - Snowflake
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Glitter it up
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine
The ABC Challenge - H is for Holiday
Paper Sundaes - Pick your Sundae Toppings
Flourishes - Christmas
Crafts and Me - Glitter
LOTV - Anything Goes

Have a good one!!!

Christmas is Coming.....

At Phindy's Place this week!!  Hi everyone.  Yep, we want to see your Phindy Christmas cards this week!!

For my card I have used a new image from Phindy's Place called "Gingerbread Delight" and she is so precious!!!  I just want to squeeze her.  :)

Isn't she just darling!?!  I played with some different colors on this image and was happy with how it turned out.  Sorry the picture is not so hot because I had to use my Ott light because we have been so grey here the last few day.  It kinda washes out the colors.

Make sure you check out what the rest of the DT has created for this awesome challenge!!  I would love to get every single one of them for Christmas!!!  ;)

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at Phindy's Place this week!!!

Have a good one!!!

Thanksgiving Blessings

Hey everyone!!  It's time for a new challenge at the SSC Copic Challenge Corner and this week our challenge is "Thanksgiving".  I used this fabulous image from Karen's Doodles for my card this week....

I so love how the coloring turned out on this card but not overly happy with the design.  Oh well...some days are just like that!  :)  I was just playing around with my apples and totally didn't write down what colors I used.  Of course.....because I love how it turned out.  Never fails!!!  :P

I hope you will join us this week at Simply Scrapping Crafts and did you know that there are LOTS of fun challenges for you to play along with for prizes.  SSC is an awesome place to hang out at and everyone is so nice.  You will love it there!!!  I believe that there is still time to get in on the Free Copic Classes but you had better hurry!!!  :)

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope to see you at Copic Challenge Corner on Simply Scrapping Crafts!!!

Have a good one!!

Oh My

Hi everyone!!  I know that some of you are expecting to see my DT card from Phindy's Place but something has happened to the USB port between my camera and my computer.  I'm pretty sure that it's not my computers port because I have a mouse that works in all of them but my camera USB does not work.  It is driving me CRAZY!!!!!  Our challenge at Phindy's Place this week is 3-2-1.  Yep, you decided what your going to use but please make sure that you use an image from Phindy's Place!!  If you don't have Phindy will give you a freebie to play with if you just email her!!! :)   For my card I used this darling little image called "Downhill From Here".   Sure wish you could see my card!!  *sigh*  Hop on over to the Phindy's Place challenge blog and check out the awesome cards by the rest of the DT!!!

On another note I am thrilled to say that I have been featured on the Elisabeth Bell Digi Bell's blog today!!!  Did you know that Elisabeth Bell has a new digi challenge blog!?!  Yep...you outta check it out!!  And you can find Elisabeth's digi's HERE!!  OMGosh....has she ever got some cute ones!!  Thank you for featuring me today, Janiel....you totally made my week!  :)

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope to see you at Phindy's Place for our challenge this week.  Oh, and while your at it.....check out the Digi Bell's challenge blog.  Too fun!!!

Have a good one!!!

Spread Your Wings

Hi everyone!!  It is time for a new Copic Challenge Corner at SSC challenge!!  The Copic classes at Simply Scrapping Crafts started today but you can still sign up for them.  Remember....for now they are being offered for free so why not take advantage of it!?!  And while your taking classes why not join us at Copic Challenge Corner to play along with our challenges while you practice?  :)

This week at Copic Challenge Corner we challenge you to use an image with wings to color with your Copics.  Here's my card based on this challenge...

Isn't this image darling!  It is a digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil Too and I just love her!!

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21 and R20
Hair - E25, E35, E50
Dress and wings - R30, R32, R35, R37, R39 and RV32, RV34

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will join us for our challenge this week at Copic Challenge Corner!!

Have a good one!!!

Copic Classes About to Begin

Hi everyone!!!  Have you always wanted to learn how to use Copics or wanted to learn how to use them better!?!  Starting November 3rd Lisa Futch is offering classes over at Simply Scrapping Crafts and for right now there is no charge for this class.  This won't last long as there in an incredible amount of work that has been put into this!!!  The content being offered is out of this world top notch information!!!  Believe me, I have spent lots of money on Copic classes and I didn't get any more information from them than what is being offered in this class.  AMAZING!!!!  And....while your taking your class why not pop on over to the Copic Challenge Corner on SSC and play along with us while your practice your coloring skills!!!  :)

If you sign up after Nov 3rd you will have to play catch up with the class and be aware that once one week is posted the prior week will be deleted so you will want to print all of your info so you don't miss out while you catch up.

Hope to see you there!!!!   HURRY HURRY HURRY!!!!  :)

Have a good one!!

Partay At Phindy's Place

WooHoo...everyone loves a party and have we got one going on over at the Phindy's Place PCP group!!  You still have a little bit of time to join us and win some awesome prizes.  Today was my turn to hostess the challenge and I have issued the challenge of......Use a Phindy's Place Christmas image and NONTRADITIONAL colors.

Here's the card I created to provide a little inspiration!!!  :)

I have used Phindy's "Sweet Carol" image for my card and I just love her!!!

Copics used:
Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13 and R20
Robe - W0, W2, W4 and E53 with lots of colorless blender
Hair - E34, E35, YR20, YR21

DP - Basic Grey Capella
Sentiments - Stampin' Up
Sheet Music stamp - Unity
Distress ink
Stickles
DoodleBug Crushed Velvet

My bow is a bow easy bow without the bow easy!!  I keep misplacing that darn thing so I have just started using my fingers to do it.  If any of you would like me to do a tutorial....just let me know!  :)

I have made my roses.  I just love how those little ones turned out even though they were a lot harder to put together!!!  You can find the tutorial located in the tutorial section above.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will join us at Phindy's Place as we approach the end of our partay!!! 

Have a good one!!!

Show Us Your Shading/Shadowing

HELLO!!!  :)  I'm so glad that you stopped by today because have we got an awesome Copic challenge for you this week at SSC's Copic Challenge Corner!!  This week Colleen has challenged us to shadow and/or shade our image.  I just love my Copics and every little bit of practice I can get the better!  Here's the card that I created for this challenge.

OMGosh...aren't these S.W.A.L.K. images just the cutest things you've ever seen!?!  I even used my new Wonky Squares Spellbinder Nesties.  They are so cool looking!!!  I knew that I wanted to make my flowers for this card and I have had a few people ask me how I make my flowers to I took this opportunity to create a tutorial.  Can you guess how many times I had to start over!?!  :P  The one that I finally settled for (only because I wasn't going to do it 4 times) you can hear my dog just a sawing logs in the background.  Bwaahaahaa!!!!  Anyway, you can find my flower tutorial HERE and I hope you enjoy it.  I think I sound like a total dork!!!

I hope you will join us at the SSC Copic Challenge Corner for a super fun challenge and while your there check out the FREE beginner Copic Classes being offered by Lisa Futch.  Can't beat the price huh!?!  :)  Hope to see you there!!!!

Have a good one!!

A Fond Farewell

Hey everyone!!  With sadness I post my final Pollycraft Guest Designer card for you.  It has been absolutely awesome working with Paula and this AWESOME team.  I can't thank you enough for allowing me to join you for the month of October.  You all are amazing!!

My final challenge with this team was a sketch from Marit and OMGosh....I LOVE IT!!  Here's the sketch that you have to work with this week.

Now how fun is that sketch!?!  For my take on this sketch I used a couple of the adorable Cuthbert and Kiki images.  The first one is Cuthbert Skiing and the second one is Kiki Gifts and I absolutely adore both of these images.  You can find TONS of awesome images at Pollycraft Digi Stamps and More!!  Here's my card for this challenge.....

Aren't they adorable!?!  I had so much fun coloring them and creating this tri-fold card.

I hope you will join us this week and show us your take on the sketch and make sure you check out then FABULOUS inspiration from the DT at Pollycraft.  WOW....these girls have some amazing talent!!!!

Thank you for allowing me to be your Guest Designer for the month of October and I hope I provided a little inspiration along the way!!!

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at the Pollycraft Monday Challenge!!!

Have a good one!!!!

A Love for Halloween Colors

Hi everyone!!  It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Place and this week our challenge is "Favorite Color".  Of course Pink is my favorite color but I decided that I would use one of my favorite color combos.  I have a love for Halloween colors but not so much for Halloween itself.  I'm just a little spook and freaky things send me over the edge!!!  Eek!!  I tend to embarrass myself by uncontrolled and unexpected screams.  My hubby just laughs!  Anyway, here's the card that I have created for this challenge using the image "Hurry Up Heidi"....

I just love this image!!  I love green, orange and purple together!!! 

Make sure you pop on over to the Phindy's Place challenge blog because we have a new guest designer today.  Viv has created the most beautiful card!!!

If you haven't heard the news....the Phindy's Place group on Paper Craft Planet has reached its 1000 follower milestone and we are HAVING A PARTY!!!  WooHoo!  We have lots and lots of fun planned for you this next week and we would love to have you join us there.  Lots of AWESOME prizes to be won but I'm not going to tell you what they are!!  LOL....I guess you just have to join us to see but I guarantee that they are all FABULOUS!!!!  One in particular will rock your world!!

Thank you for stopping by today and we hope to see you at Phindy's Place on PCP  for the fun next week and also on the Phindy's Place challenge blog for our "Favorite Color challenge!

Have a good one!!!  :)

Wha???? A Magnolia!?!

:)  Hi everyone!!  Today starts a new challenge over at the SSC Copic Challenge group and I hope you will join us.  Our challenge this week is to color Caucasian skin and brown hair with highlights.  Fun and easy huh!?!

Well, for this challenge I have used a Magnolia that my friend sent to me.  Wasn't that sweet of her!?!  I just love Magnolia's but for some reason have never taken the plunge to purchase them.  I see that changing in the very near future!!!  LOL.  Shhhhh....don't tell hubby.  My granddaughters always stress because they have no mouth!!  Yesterday Tailee said "Nana, you forgot to do her lips!".  Silly girls!  :)  Here's my card using a Christmas Tilda (sorry but not sure her name)......

Okay, I know I'm not as good at coloring them as most Magnolia lovers but hey....I can learn!  :P

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13
Hair - E25, E29, E31, E50
Dress - R81, R83, R85, R89 and YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99
Present - R32, R35, R37, R39 and G40, YG63, YG67

Hope you like her and we would love to have you join us for some fun at SSC!!!  BTW...you have the chance to win a prize and you can also sign up for Copic classes too but you better hurry....class starts November 3rd.  What are you waiting for?  Hurry hurry hurry!!!  LOL!

Thank you for stopping by today and hope you have an awesome day!!!!

Stupid Cat

Hey everyone!  Well today was supposed to be the post for the new challenge at Pollycraft but unfortunately I have had a little mishap involving my hubby's cat!!!  I had my image all colored and ready to take a picture but didn't have time to do it before I left for Idaho Falls to pick up my granddaughters and while I was gone my hubby's cat jumped onto the TV tray that my project was sitting on along with my coffee mug and spilled it all over my image!!!  Totally ruined it!!  Here's what's left after I was able to salvage some of the nonpaper embellies.....

What a mess huh!?!  I hope to get a chance to redo my card and post it for you but I had my 2 month old and 2 year old granddaughters this weekend and oh my....I'm not as young as I used to be!!!  :)  I will post a couple of pictures for you but in the meantime make sure you check out the challenge at Pollycraft this week and see the fabulous inspiration from the DT!!

Here's a picture I took of Kaiya and Briley.  Oops....not very good at holding little sis up yet and would you look at the wild hair on that child!!  Guess she got her Daddy and Nana's curly hair, poor girl!  :)

Little miss Briley with her big gummy grin!!  :)  I just love when babies smile!!!

Don't ya just wanna squeeze her!?!

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at the Pollycraft challenge this week!!  I promise that I will have a card for you next week.  How do you ground a cat from jumping up onto stuff!?!  :)

Have a good one!!!