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I made this card using the fun sketch #180 at Mojo Monday http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ and the colors from the Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 71 http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com/. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

P.S. Tomorrow is Celebrate the Occasion's Tuesday challenge, fun fun ;)

Recipe:

Bazzill Cardstock

My Mind's Eye paper

ek success punch

Martha Stewart punch

Fiskars circle punch

Tim Holtz Distress ink

Chatterbox brad

Danelle Johnson art warehouse stamp

The Paper Company Studio stamp (Circle saying)

Versamark

Embossing powder

ATG gun

pop dots

M.A.G. Challenge Guest Designer

I’m elated to be the guest designer over at M.A.G. Challenge by the page. One of my most favorite challenges because it makes me REALLY get creative. Today’s challenge is from the Wild Card cartridge, page 65. I took the stethoscope and made it into a flower, see image below. It turned out to be a really great flower, I was super excited about it. If you haven't been to the M.A.G. site yet it is a must, hop on over and join this weeks challenge http://magchallengebythepage.blogspot.com/. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Cricut Wild Card cartridge

Bazzill cardstock

DCWV cardstock

Recollections Gem Brad

The Paper Company Studio stamp

Versamark

Black Embossing Powder

Happy Birthday Nyaira!!

Today is my daughter's 8th birthday and she wants a dog themed party. Hmm I wonder if she is trying to tell us something ;) I used the wonderful digi's from Tiddly Inks, http://www.tiddlyinks.com/. They fit perfectly with her theme and they are really adorable! I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Tiddly Inks digi's

Prismacolor pencils

Martha Stewart Grass Punch

Bazzill Cardstock

Glossy Accents

Enamel Accents

Mark Richards crystal stickers

Photoshop for saying

40th birthday surprise

The wonderful Christy Croll at Tiddly Inks has a dear friend turning 40 and asked 40 volunteers to make her a birthday card. I was so happy to help with this fun project and this is what I came up with. Her favorite colors are red, black and white. The cute little digi and background paper on the front by Tiddly Inks was made especially for her! The cupcake image on the inside is also Tiddly Inks.

I used the fun sketch from the Peachy Keen Challenge #46. I don't have any of there wonderfully cute stamps yet but this challenge is open to all so hop on over and join the challenge!! I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day J

Recipe:

Tiddly Inks digi's and paper

Bazzill Cardstock

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Enamel Accents

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Prismacolor pencils

Flocking powder

American Crafts eyelets

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Red embossing powder

Versamark ink

Pop Dots

ATG Gun

Happy Birthday

I made this birthday card with the Mojo Monday 179 sketch in mind, http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/, what a fun sketch. It seems a lot of people born in February are partial to purple, maybe due to there birthstone ;) So another purple card for you!

Also it is Challenge #3 time at "Celebrate the Occasion" http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com//, this weeks challenge is "Anything goes Birthday". Hop on over and see the newly picked design team with there projects and join in on the challenge!! I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

I just realized my card would be perfect for the

Recipe:

Colorbok paper

Bazzill cardstock

Chatterbox embellishments

Stampendous stamps

Spellbinders Impressionables

Spellbinders Nestabilities

Colorbox ink

Tim Holtz distress ink

Gala yarn

Offray ribbon

Queen & Co. pearls

White Uniball gel pen

Pop dots

ATG gun

Fishing you

This card I made by combining two digi's together, one from Hambo Hoedown http://hambochallenges.blogspot.com/ and the other Whimsie Doodles http://www.whimsiedoodles.com/. I used the layout for Sweet Sketch Wednesday http://www.sweetsketchwednesday.blogspot.com/. I got my inspiration from the picture at Sentimental Sundays http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/. Wow that was a mouthful but I wanted to give everyone credit for the inspiration of this card!! I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful evening :)

Recipe:

Hambo Hoedown digi-Pelican

Whimsie Doodles digi's (beach scene and ocean)

Coredinations cardstock

Colorbok paper

Enamel Accents

Prismacolor pencils

Copic Markers

Liquid Pearls

Colorbox ink

Gstudio chalk ink

Our Craft Lounge stamp

Enamel Accents in white

Twine

M bellish eyelets

Photoshop

Pop dots

Atg gun

Pop dots

Sweet Birthday

I made this birthday card for the Papercraft Star Challenge #33. I have a lot of birthdays in February and this is for one, purple and green are there favorite colors. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Bazzill Cardstock

Kaisercraft paper

Basic Grey paper

Tim Holtz Distress Inks and distressing tool

irock tool and gems

Hero Arts stamp (flowers)

Inkadinkado stamp (sentiment)

Gala yarn

Stampendous embossing powder

a la mode embossing powder

Corner punch

Versamark

Office max tag

pop dots

ATG gun

Umbrella Tutorial

Okay so this is my first try at the video tutorials, so please be kind ;) This is just the tutorial for the umbrella, I will be doing the cart soon. I didn’t do measurements so I have to come up with a template for everyone. I saw a picture of something like this on a blog or a website of a flower cart a long time ago and just went with what I remembered and made up my own measurements. It is in the works and will be up soon though. Below the tutorial you will find the link to the umbrella template. I hope everything is in working order, lol

Here is the umbrella/parasol template below to work from, just paste and go to the site.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/2juNvbZn/umbrella.html

***Please do not share, pass off as your own or sale for personal gain. I ask that you please send them here for the link. Thank you for understanding.***

If anyone has any suggestions, comments or constructive feedback :) please leave it on this post. Or if you think I should never do a video again, that is okay also, lol. I hope this helps in understanding the umbrella portion of it. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Update!!!! I found the blog where I saw the flower cart and they actually have tons of templates and more wonderfully cute carts for download, including the measurements and template for there flower cart. Sue Berker put these wonderful templates together, http://scor-pal.com/cart/index.htm.

Tuesday Trigger- Comfy Cozy

For the challengeat Moxie Fab World http://www.moxiefabworld.com/ I tried to take the different textures in the picture and incorporate it into the card i.e. the throw, couch and the shelf behind. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Bazzill cardstock

Hero Arts Stamp

Studio 112 stamp for sentiment

Tim Holtz Checkerboard embossing folder

Tim Holtz Distress inks and distressing tool

Versamark

Red Embossing Powder

irock tool and gems

Martha Stewart Punch

Colorbox ink

Popdots

ATG gun

CTO Challenge #2

It is time to "Celebrate the Occasion" again. This weeks challenge at CTO is to create a “Masculine” birthday card, layout or whatever other project your heart desires!! I chose to do something a little different and fun. I found this diamond fold card on the web, http://www.making-birthday-cards.com/diamond-fold-card.html and thought it was such a great use for the masculine card. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Don't forget to hop over and join the challenge and see what the other DT has created and there is still time to get in for the next DT call, ends tonight so hurry!!

http://www.celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/

Recipe:

$1 bill, lol FYI you can do more if you are feeling generous ;)

Steel, green and gray cardstock

Photoshop for sentiment

Paperhouse productions sticker

Happy Valentines Day and Blog Hop Winner

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I made a card today to follow the Mojo Monday week #178 http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ and the colors red, pink and white for the Sentimental Sundays challenge # 42 http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

P.S. scroll down to bottom for blog hop winner and recipe ;)

Okay so here we go...... The winner is #39 "A Scrap Above", please email me your mailing information and I will get the prize out to you. Thank you all for joining in on the blog hop and leaving all the wonderful comments!! I am trying to get a video ready for everyone to watch for the umbrella and cart. Just don't judge me, I am a video newbie and I do not enjoy hearing my own voice, lol. I will try to get my brain wrapped around it all as soon as possible, so be on the look out in the next few days. A template will be provided also!!

39. A Scrap Above said...

OK, now this is YUMMY looking, I love this little cart, I would love to know how you made it..beautiful card too.
I am a new follower of your blog
TFS and a chance to win
Bonnie
http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com
ascrapabove(at)col(dot)com

February 12, 2011 7:53 PM

Card Recipe:

DCWV paper stack

Red, pink and white cardstock

Marvy Circle and Scalloped Circle punch

Great Impressions Stamp (frame)

Studio g $1 bin stamp (sentiment)

Colorbox ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

K & Company chipboard

Red embossing powder

Ribbon

Recollections bling

Stickles

Pop Dots

ATG Gun

Be Mine Blog Hop

Welcome to the Celebrate the Occasion's “Be Mine Blog Hop.” If you arrived here from Adrian’s blog you are on the right track. If you are visiting and want to start at the beginning, which I highly recommend so you can enter in all the blog candy J then you will want to start at the Celebrate the Occasion blog.

* *Also, you don’t want to miss going to the Celebrate the Occasion because they are having a design team call, so hop on over for more details on that!! Onto the card J

I made a little Valentine candy cart for all of you to enjoy along with a matching card. Looks really yummy :) Sorry for some reason when you put more than one pic up below the writing you can't click on it for a larger image. I hope everyone can see it okay, any questions please feel free to ask ;)

Now to see what you can win!!! Well today’s blog candy is a compilation of Basic Grey items because I love them so and some of those fabulous brads that I used in my “Shades of grey or is it gray” card. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I would absolutely love for you to become a follower or let me know if you already are one and you will have a chance to win it! Winner will be picked on Valentine's Day, ahh how sappy ;) So that means you will have until midnight on the 13th to leave a comment and a way for me to get a hold of you!!

Your next stop is the wonderful Nicole!

Don’t forget to stop and leave a comment on all the blogs for a chance to win their blog candy, there are some good prizes to be won!! Happy Hopping J

Here is the list of the blog hop line-up just in case you have lost your way:

1. Celebrate the Occasion Blog

2. Melissa

3. Nicole

4. Gloria

5. Ivette

6. Gigi

7. Adrian

8. Lucianna- Here

9. Nicole

Follow the ways....

It is SSW time and Sentimental Sundays time and they both went so well together that I used the layout from SSW and there sponsor is Whimsie Doodles so I used one of there digi's and the sentiment from Sentimental Sunday's.

Once again don't forget the blog hop tomorrow, great stuff to be given away ;)

Sweet Sketch Wednesday: Sketch #88 with Whimsie Doodles. com as the sponsor

http://sweetsketchwednesday.blogspot.com/

Sentimental Sundays: Happy Valentines Day Challenge #41 http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/

Die Cuttin Divas: Love is in the air Challenge #2

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/

Recipe:

Whimsie Doodles digi http://www.whimsiedoodles.com/

Sentimental Sundays for Sentiment http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/

Sizzix tipsy hearts die

Bazzill cardstock

Prismacolor pencils

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz distress ink

irock tool and gems

Stickles

Photoshop

Recollections brads

Pop dots

ATG Gun

I've got my eyes on you

Hambo Hoedown is having there challenge and this is the weekly digi or you can use another one of there's with a heart, http://hambochallenges.blogspot.com/. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

REMINDER: Tomorrow is the Be Mine Valentine's Day Blog Hop with a lot of blog candy including mine, hint....... Basic Grey :) You'll want to join us for that tomorrow!!!

Recipe:

Hambo Hoedown for digi and saying- Eye Monster

DCWV paper

Potpourri cardstock

G studio Pink and light pink flocking powder

Googlie eyes from the dollar store

Enamel Accents

ek success punch

K & Company chipboard

Pop dots

ATG gun

Photoshop for saying layout

Miss you

My Pink Stamper is having a challenge and this is what I thought of when she said something Springy, Valentines or just something that makes you happy. I hope this is able to brighten someone’s day because when I see it, it sure makes me smile J I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

P.S. Don’t forget to hop on over to the Celebrate the Occasion blog for the first challenge and blog candy J Design Team 1 has come up with some wonderful projects!!

Recipe:

Cricut Give a Hoot and Kates ABCs cartridges

My Pink Stamper stamps

Studio g chalk ink

irock tool and gem

Tim Holtz Distress inks

Martha Stewart grass punch

Markers

Glue dots

ATG gun

My heart takes flight

I made this card to go with the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge, Challenge #97. I got the cute little owl digi from Pop “N” Stick and colored it to match the colors of the cupcake challenge. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Pop “N” Stick owl digi

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Bazzill Cardstock

Marvy Scalloped circle punch

Marvy Circle punch

Enamel Accents

Prismacolor colored pencils

Copic Markers

White Uniball gel pen

Pop dots

ATG gun

Saying from the $1 bin- g studio

Colorbox ink

I still love you

It is time for M.A.G. challenge by the page #13 http://magchallengebythepage.blogspot.com/. The challenge was to use your Tinkerbell cartridge, pg. 51. So I used the outfit button, which is the layer you see above, and for some reason saw crabs, lol. Remember it never hurts to think outside the box :) I also used the shift, flesh/hair button and enlarged it and got the hearts. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Cricut Tinkerbell cartridge

Googly eyes

Recollections heart bling

Stickles

Sandpaper

white, red and orange cardstock

Tim Holtz distress ink

Photoshop for saying

pop dots

ATG gun

All bets covered

Many are getting ready for Super bowl and so I thought it fit perfect to do a card for it. Hambo Hoedown has a challenge going on using there digi's, http://hambochallenges.blogspot.com/ and this is the digi for this week. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Hambo Hoedown digi- Football girl

Prismacolor pencils

Tim Holtz distress ink

Tim Holtz Crackle paint

Photoshop for saying

Welcome to the world- SSW # 87

Sweet Sketch Wednesday time #87, http://sweetsketchwednesday.blogspot.com/. The sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs, so I got her cute little butterfly with fairy on her site http://www.meljensdesigns.com/ . I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Meljen's Designs Digi

Me and My Big ideas paper

cream, white and green cardstock

M.S. punch

Prismacolor pencils

Prima flower

Tim Holtz distress ink

Enamel accents

Stickles

irock and gems

Nestabilities

Versamark

Stampendous embossing powder

Studio g chalk ink

Uniball white gel pen

Liquid pearls

Dollar stamp

pop dots

ATG gun

Congratulations

Today my daughter had one of her State tests and I always make her a card, so I made this for her. I used the Mojo Monday layout "Round or Square?" and actually chose round, amazing huh ;) http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/. This could also go to the giveaway winner but I am going to make one of her very own. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Cricut Florals Embellished, George and Basic Shapes and Paisley cartridges

ki memories paper

DCWV paper

Sgtstamper ticket sentiment

Tim Holtz distress inks

Uniball white pen

pop dots

ATG gun

Giveaway Winner!!!!!!

I am so excited to announce the winner of the giveaway!! I feel like I need some drums playing to announce this :) Random.org picked the winner and I did it through 30 because 2 were deleted out of the 32, just so you know why I did it through 30 ;)

Whoo, Whoo, Congratulations #7

Victoria said:

Congrats on your 100 followers I became 101. I loved your Masculine Birthday Card. I am always making girlie cards i need to make more Guy Cards. Thanks for a chance to win. Yeah i made it to 40 followers today and am excited about that. Have a good day and thanks again. Victoria

January 25, 2011 1:29 PM

Victoria if you can send me your information that would be great.

I thank all of you for following and I will have more giveaway's to come. The next giveaway will be for the blog hop on February 12th, so mark your calendar's.