Easter 2009 Family Picture

I am posting this picture for some of my friends who I was having a discussion with about short hair! I have my hair back in a headband, but it's pretty short!

And of course, you can see my big belly! And how can I not mention my adorable children?!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!!!!

We have a winner!!!!

Come on down Christyne aka Apple Blossom!!!!

Random.Olivia (my daughter) picked your name out of a hat!

You left this message:
Christyne (aka Apple Blossom) said...
HOLY GEEZ!!! This is beyond brilliant! TFS.

Congratulations!!! You win a free stamp set from the latest MFT Release!!!!


Thank you all for leaving comments!!!! For those directed towards my creation, thank you, from the bottom of my heart! Your comments mean the world to me!!!!
I, for one, am so glad that you all enjoyed the Blog Hop!!! I enjoyed being a part of it!!!!
Thank you Kim and Jody for giving me the opportunity!!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

MFT Blog Hop!!!!!

Let's go window shopping!!! Welcome to my blog everyone!!!! This is the last stop on the My Favorite Things Blog Hop! I hope that you have seen some AMAZING things done with "Text Ya Later" and "What a Girl Wants"! If you haven't been following the blog hop and come from the amazingly talented Ana, you should start at Kim's, and then come back to me!

For my sample, I really wanted to go all out for the blog hop, and I spied this frame in my chipboard pile, and inspiration struck!!! I stamped the purses w/ ends facing each other and then folded in the middle to make them 3-D. I added some sparkly bling to make them stand out, or ran them through the cuttlebug for a cool design! I put acetate over the "windows" so it looks like glass between the girl and those fabulous purses she wants!

Recipe:

picture frame, ruler, brown Creative Memories writing marker, "What a Girl Wants" by MFT Presents Amanda Baird (new illustrator!!!), cardstock: Night of Navy, Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy, Ruby Red, Almost Amethyst, Sahara Sand, and Choc. Chip; ink: Barely Banana, So Saffron, silver gel pen, Black Copic 100, skin color Copic E00; crystal stickers, metallic silver and gold ball stickers, Kaiser pearls, glue dots, white craft ink, clear e.p., Wild Wasabi ink, "It's a Jungle Out There" for the plant, and "Totally Witchin" for the planter.

I sincerely hope that you have enjoyed the blog hop and that you enjoyed MY sample!!! Please leave a comment here on my blog, and this evening at 9pm EST, I will pull a name, and post it in the MFT thread on Splitcoast, as well as on here, who the winner of some blog candy will be!!!! I hope it's you!!!!

Have a wonderful day! And if you would like to go shopping, let me help you out here, and send you directly to My Favorite Things!

Happy Stamping!!!

MFT Sneak Peek # 2!!!

Hello!!! Here's the second sneak peek of "Text Ya Later" by BC Dzyns, part of My Favorite Things. I changed the girl up a little bit. I used paper for her coat, and left her shirt white, & I cut her hair to give her a different look. The paper is MFT designer paper, as well as Sahara Sand and Whisper White. I used white taffeta ribbon, and Kaiser pearls. I also used my word window punch for the sentiment. This page was very easy to do, and probably only took me half an hour, once I decided what I was going to do.

Have a great day! Come back tomorrow for the Blog Hop!

Happy Stamping!!!

MFT Sneak Peek #1!!!

Hello!!! This week my blog is dedicated to My Favorite Things! I have been chosen to be the "Hot to Trot" Designer for the mid-month release for MFT! How exciting is that!!!

Here is the first sneak peek for one of the new sets being released Wednesday night at midnight! It's called "Text Ya Later" by BC Dzyns. I'm loving this set, and can't wait to use it again! Very versatile, and I can already see numerous cards in my head....!

I thought I would start out traditional and just do a simple card.

Recipe:
MFT background paper
Pixie Pink, Very Vanilla c/s
fabric for her clothes
copics for skin and hair
metal and crystal stickers
silver metallic gel pen
oval and scallop oval nesties
Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon

Thanks for stopping by! Come back tomorrow for another sneak peek!
Have a fabulous day!!!!

Gift Cards

Hello!!! Today I worked on a set of cards to give to my cousin who hosts an annual Easter Eggstravaganza! I always like to make her something because she so appreciates my work, and she (and her husband) work SO hard at getting everything ready and being so organized! So, I like to reward her with something special!

I have a little pot that I picked up in the Target Dollar Bins, so now I can decorate that! Can't wait to see how it turns out!!!

I used Garden Silhouette stamp set, and Night of Navy, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla cardstock. I used Night of Navy and Old Olive markers to color the stamp for the cards and envelopes. And Night of Navy ribbon as well as the Swiss Dots embossing folder to complete the card!

Happy Stamping!!!

Happy Birthday, Thera!

Hello! This card was made for Card Patterns Sketch No. 9, as well as a card for my sister for her birthday! Her name is pronounced like Tara, just a different spelling. She lives near DC, so I had to mail the card, thus had to make it early enough to get it in the mail! I even beat my mom at mailing a card, which NEVER happens!
As for the sketch, I kind of cheated, because the bottom of the sketch says that I need to have 2 strips of paper, but I chose to do 3 lines of text instead. This is my new set from Kitchen Sink Stamps that just came in this week! Whole Family (new) and Hearts and Roses (old). I put all the words on my block and stamped it. The flowers on the top are actually remainders from my card below for the MFT Judges submission for Build A Bouquet. I had these flowers and I didn't want to throw them away! The background paper is Pink Pirouette Designer Paper.

Happy Birthday, Thera! We love you!!!!
Happy Stamping, everyone!

Life In Full Bloom!

Hello! Today's card was made for the 4th week in the MFT Idol Contest. This is for the judges category. Since I was chosen as a finalist, I received Build A Bouquet for free! The challenge this week was to use Build A Bouquet or flowery stamps.

I wasn't sure what to do with this set, so I looked on Splitcoast and found this card by Pam Bassett: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1302405?cat=500&ppuser=149786. Very nice! I took her card and ran with it!

My card is like walking in a garden, over a bridge (handdrawn) with a gurgling brook surrounded by beautiful flowers and sea glass taken directly from the Pacific Ocean! I found a whole ziplock bag of sea glass on our honeymoon, and have saved it and used it for various things.
I stamped the sentiment, which is from Can Ya Dig It?, with pink stazOn on a clear piece of sea glass.

Enjoy walking through my garden!
Have a wondeful day!
Happy Stamping!!!

Shirley's 2 Girls second sketch!

Outside

Inside

Hello all! This card was made for Shirley's 2 Girls second sketch challenge being held at Karolyn's Paper Therapy blog. It's called Twisted Thursday sketches. She posts the new sketch each Thursday and you have until Sunday night to upload! If you are randomly chosen, you can win a free stamp from Shirley's 2 Girls store!

I just enjoy doing sketch challenges, and Karolyn is a really great friend of mine. So, I want to patronize her blog! And share it with all of you!

I used paper from Me and My Big Ideas Black and White Specialty Cardstock. I have no idea when I bought this. It's in a 12x12 stack. I also used Basic Black and Whisper White. I used a black flower from Sabrina by Making Memories. The basket and the flower inside are from Memory Of the Heart (retired) from Stampin' Up! and colored in Pretty in Pink. The flower on the inside is also from Sabrina.

I made this card for my great aunt who is celebrating her 85th birthday next week! Her daughter sent out an email to all of our family in hopes that my great aunt could receive 85 birthday cards! Isn't that so sweet?!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!!!

Window Flower Box Card

Hello! I have had this idea in my head for a few days and wanted to try it out! I wanted to make a cool thank you card for the owner of Kitchen Sink Stamps because she sent me the one little layer leaf that I had lost. I just thought that was really great customer service! She didn't get mad or anything! And speedy, too! I got it within a week of emailing her!

Anyway, this card is rather complicated, and there are no measurements. I just kind of made it to fit my card. One of the hardest things to put together was the window casing! Getting those mitered edges to fit perfectly was a little difficult! I got it, though! For the most part, anyway! I put acetate on the underside of the window casing to make it look more realistic. And the lace curtains are really just lace "ribbon". I wanted to do vellum, but paper doesn't bend!!!!! The lace softens it up, so it works! The roses and leaves are from Kitchen Sink Stamps 3 Step Hearts and Roses. The heart on the flower box is from that set too. The flourish on either side of the heart is from Pretty Tera Drops. The butterflies are from the 3 Step Hydrangea set. The Many Thanks is from 3 Step School Days. I used white taffeta ribbon, and an oval nestibility. The colors I used are Almost Amethyst, Pretty In Pink, Sage Shadow, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, and Certainly Celery. I used LOTS of sticky strip and tape! I used the same method for the roses that I used below for my MFT Cafe, with the paper clips. The "dirt" is actually hiding the paperclip levers. I had already closed the window box, and then thought about how I was going to attach my roses. Which is often how I think of things! DUH! So, I cut a strip of Close to Cocoa paper and sponged the edges and tried to make it look like dirt, and then punched little holes so the paperclip pieces could come through easily. I taped the levers underneath and then sticky stripped it to the window box so they aren't going ANYWHERE! LOL!

Have a wonderful day!!!

Happy Stamping!!!