Tweetie Pie

Hi all and helloooooo weekend! We just got back from Kara's soccer game and it is SUCH a gorgeous day out there. I love it!  We're having one of Kara's friends over for a play date today and I think we'll all be outside enjoying the sun.

I was up early this morning so I made this card before we left for the game.  The stamped image is called Tweetie Pie by Whipper Snapper Designs, the sentiment is from My Cute Stamps, papers are Ooh La La by My Mind's Eye, and the layout is Deconstructed Sketch #52.  The punched sentiment and the kraft diamond-shaped panel are both up on foam tape.  Stickles were added on the dots around the image and to the pie.

Have a REALLY awesome day and I hope you get to enjoy the sunshine, too.  :)

You're a Hoot

I just ordered some Paper Smooches stamps for the first time (what has taken me so long??) and I can't wait to get them.  While waiting, I thought I'd print off a couple of their free digi images (yep, FREE!) and play along in this week's Sparks Challenge.  Here's what I came up with...

The sketch looked really cool and simple.....but oh my word, did I EVER make it COMPLICATED by trying to do these panels of DP.....seriously, it's embarrassing how long it took me to make this card because I kept messing up the panels....lol!  The owl and die-cut sentiment are up on foam tape and I linked them together with some twine.  Papers are Quite Contrary Jack and Jill by My Mind's Eye; they're all glued down together onto a panel of CS and then that panel was glued to the card base with foam tape.  Copics used:  E41, E42, E43, YR15, YR21, BG11, BG93, BG96.

Have a really great day!

Ants in a Picnic Basket

I LOVED yesterday's Mojo Monday sketch and just HAD to play. I used this Whipper Snapper Designs (Ants in a Picnic Basket) image that I colored over the weekend. 

Papers are Quite Contrary Jack and Jill by My Mind's Eye. The sentiment is from my MFT Essential Sentiments set and the ribbon die is also from MFT. The sentiment ribbon is popped up on foam tape. Stickles were added to the tablecloth, hearts, and random dots around the image for some sparkle. 

Copics used: E41, E42, E43, W1, W3, W5, R20, R22, R24, YG11, YG13, YG15 


Thanks so much for looking and have a great day!

Dry Debossing Challenge

Hi all!  My awesome friend Dawn Easton (TreasureOiler) is hosting this week's Technique Challenge on SCS and she chose dry debossing as the challenge.  HERE'S the link to the challenge. Head on over and check it out if you get a chance...it's an oldie but goodie.

She asked me to be a sample maker and I happily said I'd love to join in. :) I embossed the largest panel with my swiss dots embossing folder, sponged Certainly Celery ink around the edges, added some machine stitching, and glued down the whole panel on the card base with foam tape.  The floral panel is the "debossed" panel for the challenge.  I embossed it with a floral embossing folder from SU, inked up the reverse side with my Certainly Celery ink pad (rubbed the ink pad directly onto the paper), and added some more machine stitching.  Then I just added a couple elements like the ribbon dies, rhinestone, "hello" sentiment, and punched butterfly.

What are you up to today?  If the rain holds out, I'll be headed to Kara's "field day" at school to see her participate in a bunch of different physical activity stations.

Have a good one!

...and ANOTHER Turtle :)

Back to Kona again...this time in pink and green (our team colors....oops, I promised no more mud talk) and I used Sweet Sunday Sketch #158.

The circles were cut with Spellbinders dies.  They're up on foam tape, as is the punched (green) Aloha sentiment. Stickles were added to the water drops around Kona. Papers are Fine and Dandy Girl by My Mind's Eye and Kona was colored with Copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.  :)

Another turtle...

Here's another turtle card. This time I used a Great Impressions stamp (no name, just #E526 if you're looking for it) and Deconstructed Sketch #51 that was posted yesterday.

Papers are Fine and Dandy Girl by My Mind's Eye.  Stickles were added to the flowers around the turtle.  The main image and punched sentiment (from MFT Stamps) are up on foam tape.  The flag tab and ric-rac were made with MFT dies, the large oval was cut with a Spellbinders die, and the small oval sentiment was punched with a SU punch.  Twine is from The Twinery.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  :)

Cowabunga Dude!

Yesterday I colored up three turtle images (in the spirit of my mud team, the "Fast and Dirty Turtles".....but I promise no more mud talk....back to cards) and made the first one into a card using Deconstructed Sketch #50 and my all-time favorite OCL set, "Kona."

Kona is colored with Copics, I cut him out with scissors and popped him and the flag sentiments up on foam tape.  Papers are On the Bright Side-One by My Mind's Eye. Stickles were added to Kona's flip flops, sunglasses, and the flowers on his shorts.

I'll be back soon with another turtle card...or two.  :)

Have a great day, all!

How muddy we got....

OMG, the Dirty Girl Mud Run was SOOOOOOO much fun!!  We didn't want it to end and we CANNOT wait for next year's event!

Here we are walking through the starting line....all clean...  :)

....and HERE we are all muddied up!...

Ahhhh, good times!!

Off Topic...

I don't have any cards to share today...just wanted to pop in, say "hi" and see what you're all up to today?  Here's what I'll be doing today....

Heeeheeeee!! Looks like some crazy fun, huh?! :)

Dirty Girl Mud Run

Have an awesome weekend!

Happy Cluckin' Birthday

Yes....I, of course, had to make a CARD with chickens...lol!

The chicken stamp is by Penny Black and the curved sentiment is from Anna Wight's Crazy for Chickens set.  The main panel with the chickens is up on foam tape.  Papers are Farm Fresh by October Afternoon and I added Stickles to the balloon, straw, and flowers. Here's a close-up of the curved sentiment...

In my last post, I mentioned that I'm doing a mud run this coming Saturday and that Hailey and I had made the shirts for everyone on our team.  Andrea said she'd like to see a pic....so here they are....

All I did was iron the shirts and iron on the turtle appliques.  Hailey did the lettering on all 9 t-shirts.  "Fast and Dirty Turtles"...lol!...that's us!  :)

Have a great day all! I'm off to go walking with my friend Dawn and then I gotta hit Walmart and Lowe's.  Go go go.....

Make a Wish

Hi everyone and happy Sunday!  We stayed up WAY too late last night watching the race, making t-shirts for a mud run we're doing next weekend, and playing with our new chickens.....that's right....we now have chickens....heehee! Too fun!

I made this card for Deconstructed Sketch 49.  The pink oval is up on foam tape and I added some sparkly Stickles to the cupcake icing and candle flame.  Papers are Fine and Dandy Girl by My Mind's Eye.  The stamped image and sentiment are from my Penny Black Critter Party clear set.

Sorry if my pictures are blurry. I recently got a virus on my desktop computer and Dan is still working on fixing it....so I'm using my little netbook to write up blog posts and I won't have Photoshop until the desktop computer is fixed.  I miss my Photoshop for editing pictures.  Anyway....enough about the virus.  On a happy note, here's a pic of the chickens....

Meet Eeeny, Meeny, Miney, and Norm (Dan wanted to name one Norm)....lol!

Have a great day, all!

Celebrate

Hey there!  We'll be headed to the playground later this afternoon for a play date with some friends and two of the kids (twins) have a birthday this week so I'm taking this card along for them.

Papers are On The Bright Side-One, the stars were made with Spellbinders dies, the flag was cut with my MFT ribbon Die-namics, the sentiment is a Delta stamp that I picked up at Mike's or AC Moore, and the ric-rac is cut with another Die-namics die from MFT.  All three stars are up on separate layers of foam tape and I added some quick machine stitching just to fill in that open area in the upper right-hand corner.

Okay, I'd better get going. Kara will be off the bus shortly and we'll be off to the playground. Have a good one!  :)

Baby Shower Gifts

Hi all! Are you having a nice weekend?  Ours has been very good.  I went to the farmer's market and grocery store on Friday, went out to breakfast yesterday with sweet Carol, had a play date with some of Kara's school friends at the playground, and today was my cousin's baby shower.  Here's what I made for her...

I saw this idea on Pinterest from the Little Birdie Secrets blog and just had to try it.  It's four receiving blankets and four onesies made to look like cupcakes.  I even bought a cake box at Walmart to put them in. I had a lot of fun making these.  :)

The card was inspired by Renee's "5 minute" baby card. I loved the simplicity of the umbrella and bow.

Have a really great night and thanks so much for stopping by.  :)

......and P.S.....what the hell is up with the new Blogger?....it's SOOOOOO hard to move pictures around now when writing up a post. Oye!

Fairy Sweet Day

Hi all. Kara's soccer game was SOOOOO much fun on Saturday. She impressed us so much. At her two practices last week, she had fun but she wasn't being real "aggressive" with the ball. Well, oh my word, she surprised the heck out of us on Saturday and was an AWESOME defensive player. She has never played soccer before so we were so proud of her for doing so well and she had tons of fun. :)

Yesterday morning I made this card with one of my new Wryn images. This one is called Fairy Wishes. Cute, huh?



The cool layout is Jen del Muro's SFYTT for April. I added Stickles to Wryn's wings for sparkle and she's colored with Copics (E00, E11, E13, E27, E31, E35, E51, W1, W3, W5, G21, G24, G28, G40, B0000, B00, B02, Y00, Y11, Y15, R20, R22, R24). Papers are Thrift Shop by October Afternoon. The three small stars at the top are up on foam tape and the large red star is doubled up on foam tape. Here's a close-up...



Alrighty......I'm off to the dentist for my 6-month check-up and cleaning. Do.not.feel.like.going.....

Have a GREAT day!