just a note...

Happy Friday!!!

Today is a good day for many reasons...one is obvious...it is FRIDAY and the other is that the girls and I are getting together to celebrate a birthday...I think I'm going to get a pedi after work {love/hate thing with that since the bottoms of my feet are soooo ticklish}...then we're going to have Indian food....yuuuummm....

Okay, onto some craftiness....I've had this Tim birdcage on my work top for some time now...I cut it out for a different project and it wasn't hittin' me so it's just been kind of hanging out ever since....I've been really using the ole Gmund paper these days...I recently picked up the white variation but haven't ripped into it yet...gotta love those SRM stickers!!!

The glitzed up bird is from Schlosser Design's ...

Have a Tweet Day!

By the way...did you see that Erin is having a Design Team call for Schlosser Designs?

My card was inspired by the EBTKS Sketch Challenge:

Next up...another layout:) I was intrigued by the challenge over at These Are a Few of My Favorite Things....favorite toys. Hey, I play/run with scissors and thought of doing something with a crafty angle but decided to branch out:

Techie in Training

I had a pic of my netbook too but decided to keep it to the 2 pics....I constantly surround myself with my technology...being with a Tech Geek just helps enable all that:)


I'm going to take off my hoarding crown for a smidge...why yes, those are PTI buttons...all the paper is Sassafras {hmm...do you see a trend in that?!}...the tag {thanks Ivy!} is stamped with a Unity image and yes, I journaled..I embellished the tag with a Sassy fabric brad and some more PTI buttons..I do believe that it is the 1st time I've used those Basic Grey alpha stickers...LOL...I have tons of them...I just tend to gravitate towards my thickers..

I was inspired by this layout over at Creative Scrappers:


I've been REALLY enjoying scrapping...it's quite the challenge and I love it! Thanks to all of you for all your encouragement:)

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be unique...

It is Tuesday so that means it is the Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Add black accents.

1 neutral color, 1 other color and black.

Easy Smeasy...

Ooohhh....do you likey my new Martha flower punch? I made the mistake of 'popping into' the Impress shop when I picked up my girl and her friend from shopping...mistake, big mistake...lol.

I used my October Afternoon paper on the new punch and popped a black PTI button on top! The sentiment is from the May Unity Store Kit.

Pssstttt....I've added a Brand New Unity March 2010 Stampin' Store kit to my For Sale page {$29 + shipping}.

I hope that you'll play with us over at Jacksonbelle...

Please check out the other Jbelle gals for inspiration:

Dawn Lusk

Julie Lacey

Heather Pulvirenti

Windy Robinson

Stephanie Severin

Pam Varnell

Lynda Benden

Tobi Crawford

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Shemaine Smith

Lindsay Botkin

Keyword JBE107 for SCS and PCP

♥♥Field Trip♥♥

We went on a fun field trip on Sunday....did I tell you I live in the 'burbs? Well only in the 'burbs can you see this:

OMGoodness...isn't he precious?!!!!! My cousin owns a couple Alpaca's and one gave birth on Saturday! We got to meet the new 'bundle of joy' on Sunday....

This is the Momma Alpaca:

..and older sister...

I dunno, I kept thinking about the "Emporer's New Groove"...bahahaha....I'm a true Momma:) Come on though, pretty entertaining movie:)

♥♥Whimsy Haven Alert♥♥

Lindsay over at Whimsy Haven is having a 50% off sale all week....go check out her fabbie digi's!!!

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sew crafty...

Welcome to the Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

This week is one of my favorites:

Sketch Challenge!

LOVE this sketch....I thought I'd play with my Cosmo Cricket Material Girl papers! It teamed up so well with Unity April Store Kit that I hadn't inked up until I designed this card. I bought it over on Crafty Steals {I think that is the one..}

Instead of stitching the 3 panels of papers, I used my Janome threadless....I wanted the piercing instead of the thread to give the card a smidge of character...that and so I didn't have to worry about the stitching lining up with the 3 different panels:)

Do you see that fabbie button....JANE....I finally de-hoarded one of your oh-so-lovely fimo buttons...the waxed twine fit right through the holes..easy smeasy...oh-I-so love her buttons...

I hope that you'll play with us over at Jacksonbelle...

Please check out the other Jbelle gals for inspiration:

Dawn Lusk
Julie Lacey
Heather Pulvirenti
Windy Robinson
Stephanie Severin
Pam Varnell
Lynda Benden
Tobi Crawford
Jill Dunn
Heather Lee-Reppen
Shemaine Smith
Lindsay Botkin

Keyword JBE106 for SCS and PCP

♥♥DeNami Design Alert♥♥


Some of you may have remembered that I helped out in the DeNami Design Booth on Sunday at the Heirloom Productions show. Nami and her team were great....super organized and fun! I had the opportunity to meet and chat with a bunch of DeNami fans...gotta love fellow crafters:)

I'm actually typing this up on Monday morning to post for Tuesday and can I just say I'm beat'ola...it is hard work running a booth at a stamp show....Being on your feet all day is tiring:) It was hard work breaking down the booth...quite the work out and I wasn't even doing any of the really hard stuff...needless to say, on Sunday night I took some Alleve but I'll be moving slower today:)

Here's a peek at some of the goodies I bought at the DeNami booth:)
These Boutique Boxes are fabulous for putting together little gifties....nuggets fit in there like a dream but think of all the other possibilities!

Buttons...a staple supply for me:)

Solid Decorative Crest






Sparklets Glitter!

Sparklets Glitter!

More buttons:)

I have an all new appreciation of all the hard work it takes to put together a successful booth like DeNami Design! Check out when they'll be at a show near you...

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hi!

Happy 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday!

Here's the very fun sketch...I modified it slightly so that I could incorporate a certain stamp that I wanted to use...{translation = slight rebel}.

This is my take on the sketch...skinnified.

HA! I don't even know how skinny I made it...but it is 5.5 inches tall...it was all to accommodate that sweet Unity Owl image...

This 'lil puppy is chock full of goodness...the patterned paper is Pink Paislee..Hmmm...you can't tell but the paper that the owls are stamped on has monochromatic hearts on it...sweet stuff! The vinyl thickers were a Big Lots find @ $2..can't beat that and such a delish color! The chippie stars are part of my Maya Road Warehouse sale box...man, that thing rocks...a medium size'ish box filled to the brim with Maya Road Goodies? Oy! The button is from my PTI stash...the fabbie lace is from the J's clearance bin...I tell you...stealth ninja shopping moves:) See my fun stitching...LOL...yup, that was on purpose...nah, I think I started thinking about stuff...dangerous stuff to do...think...when sewing....at least for me...I need to concentrate on the needle not on other schtuff. If anyone asks, I call it "whimsical stitching"...gives the card character..LOL.

Did you see the new challenge site? I spotted it over at Allison's...

I chuckled because I sooooo need this...Everything Old Is New Again...you were suppose to use stamps that haven't seen the light of day for awhile...well, I bought this Unity image when I went to Florida...in October {?}....it has never been inked up...GASP! I'll be sharing some other projects this week...LOL

Hope you'll join us in the 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday fun!

P.S. Please be on the lookout for my 2nd post today...I'll be using random.org to draw for The Cutting Cafe 'Because Nice Matters' set...

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sweet pea...

Well, Happy Friday & Happy 2010....woot woot...I have the day off...whew.

Today I have my Get Sketchy Card to share...we're back on track with sketches again...number 19!

Oh you guys are going to love this week's sponsor:

The Unity Prize is 3 Free stamp sets...check the Get Sketchy blog for more deets:)

Here's the sketch:

BONUS CHALLENGE: Use an item at least a year or older

I chuckled at the bonus challenge...did you see my card from yesterday's 365 Cards challenge? I'm a hoarder...so it's almost challenging to figure out which hoarded embellie to use...LOL.

I got to play with the Unity set, Little Me. This is just thee perfect timing since we recently found out one of our former co-workers is pregnant:)

I really did try to make this a gender neutral card but one thing lead to another...bling? Can bling be considered gender neutral? LOL...I'm guessing you've probably figured out my bonus challenge item? Well, it is the bottle cap and sticker...both are way older than a year old.

I had tons of fun with this sketch...I'm still hooked on polka dots...they are just so fun & happy...

I do hope that you'll join us in the fun over at Get Sketchy! I can't wait to see what you create!

I have to share a "Momma Moment"...the other day I got home from work..and what were my darling children doing? They were taking the tree down...they had already packed away the ornaments etc...together they took the tree outside...my girl swept and my boy vacuumed...OMGoodness...I had one of those "I must have done something right" moments...I know that I've said this before and I'll say it again and again...I ♥love♥ my kidlets.

Here's to a year filled with fantabulous moments and memories...I have several items on my resolution list....I'll work hard to complete them:)

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celebrate one cupcake at a time...

Hello!

Do you remember me telling you that we were celebrating my "much older brother's" birthday? This is the tag that I made for his gift...haha...can you guess how old he turned...or will be turning this week?

Can you believe that I had yet to ink up that fabbie Unity Bingo Card? I was kind of checking out my stuff while thinking of something for my brother and noticed the number 45 on the Bingo Card....perfect-o! I highlighted the number by using a Stampin' Up felt snowflake. This tag is ultra glittery...all the sides have been glitzed up along with the cupcake banner. My brother had enjoyed the Red Velvet Cupcakes that I made for Thanksgiving so I decided to use that particular Stampin' Up sentiment. The snowflake is surrounded by red bling...maybe not the most masculine tag but hey, it had a costco gift card in a little envy attached to the back...honestly, I don't think my brother minded all the glitter:)

A little woot woot....did you see the Cards blog? My "hello" button tree made it on their blog...thanks paige!

I worked on altering a bunch of tins yesterday...ran out of chocolate {not for me...for the tins} so I had to make a Costco run...

Check out this super delish flocked Making Memories Brocade paper...

For those that know me...here's one of my favorite color combos...

blue & red

Who can resist a gorgeous chocolate brown velvet 7gypsies bloom with a pti button and kaiser pearl? I glittered up the A Muse sentiment...

I'm trying to be productive every night after work and doing a production line of projects....tonight is sewing on felt:)

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100% happy...

TGIF my Friends!!!!

Friday means fun over at the Get Sketchy blog!!!

We're up to sketch #15!!!!

Bonus Challenge: Paper Piecing!

Here's my take on the sketch:

If you know me...you know that I love to paper piece...love, love, love it. Today's card is full of Unity Goodness...why? It seems that I've been neglecting those darling stamps...I have to say that I'm pretty happy with this puppy....

Our Fabbie sponsor for this week is:

Pink Persimmon!!!

$25 gift certificate!!!

OMGoodness...the shop is chock full of goodness!!!! Here are some of my favs:

Big Banner with Rosettes

Tea and Cake

Wise Old Owl {duh...LOL}

This card is quite timely as I'm 100% happy...why? I finished off my parent/teacher conferences for both of my kids last night and I couldn't be more thrilled. Thrilled because both of the kids are doing fantabulous in school...There's nothing like hearing that your child is a good student, kind and polite...I totally am thankful for my lovely kidlets...I love them to pieces.

I've been slammed with happy mail this week...I'll share pics soon!!!

Okay, hope you'll join us over at Get Sketchy!!!

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summer goodness

Okay, today is chock full of goodness for you!!! I made 2 Quarter fold boxes with Lids from the Cutting Cafe. Here's the beauty of Regina's projects, you can print them out on solid cardstock and then embellish them with your lighter weight pattern papers. I bought a whole box of gorgeous K&Co papers but those papers are fairly thin so I printed the boxes out on my favorite Kraft paper by Speckletone.

The "Sweet Summer" box is topped off with Regina's New Sweet Summer stamp. I added an American Crafts details for a bit of fun :)

I used the I Love Summer stamp on my 2nd box. I thought the Kaiser pearls added a nice smidge of bling!

These boxes are great...I was able to fit 4 cards & envies in them. I made it like a DIY kit..I wrapped ribbon around 1 of the cards but left the others plain. I coiled the ribbons for the other 3 cards and popped them into the box.

So you wanna see the cards? They are 4x4's...I made them clean and crisp. I just used some fun American Crafts rub ons:

They make a nice all-occasion set of cards. It's a great gift for a co-worker, yup, these went to some former co-workers of mine that will be celebrating their birthday's soon.
I have another card to share with you but I wanted to let you know that Regina is letting me give away the Quarter Fold box w/Lid along with the 2 summer stamps!

Leave a comment and I'll pick a winner sometime on Sunday. I'll close up the commenting tonight at midnite Pacific Daylight time.

On to my Limelight Papercrafts Sketch Challenge Card! I was thrilled when Mandy contacted me to see if she could base this week's sketch on my bloom card.
Here's my take on Mandy's sketch:

It's a nice combo of Amy Butler and October Afternoon papers along with Unity and Impress stamps. Those cute Unity mushies are on glue dot pop dots...

Okay, thanks sooo much for stopping by!!! Remember to pop by tomorrow, it is 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday!!!

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home...

Happy Monday!!!

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend...I did!

Well, I didn't think I was going to have time to create something for Moxie Fab World's

It's All Green To Me Challenge

but here you go!

Why yes, I DID stamp!

LOL...

in an effort to justify joining the Unity KOTM club I'm trying to get my stamping mojo in check. I was able to buy the May KOTM from a gal and I knew I wanted to paper piece that adorable house. The recycle sign is a Hambly rub on..the heart in the middle of the "o" is actually cut out, I colored the heart on the kraft base :) The red ink is from my Marvy Twinklette pen...it is a gorgeous deep red color and has the added bonus of glitter!

Thanks for stoppin' by!!!

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Giggling Sunshine

{patting myself on the back}...I love that title "Giggling Sunshine"....just makes me warm inside.

I'm typing up this blog post on Sunday morning....the kids are still asleep and the house is quiet {& cold}. Yesterday the local news was saying that we are in for another winter storm tonight. {sigh} I'm so tired of the snow...I was just enjoying the ability to pop into my car and drive where I wanted...I knew that I wanted to create a happy {translation = warm} card...

I've started to break into my goodies...can you believe that it has taken me this long to order from Unity Stamps? I have always admired their images but just never taken the plunge...well, they were having a fabulous sale so I picked up Giggle Grove, Becoming Butterfly and So & So Loves...it was super difficult to not order more...but Mrs. Claus did a good job :) So I teamed up the Giggle Grove trees with Stampin' Up Haiku designer paper & the perfect A Muse sentiment. I did a smidge of sewing on the So Saffron scalloped panel {much to my kids' dismay...it interrupts their tv viewing...rollin' my eyes..}

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stamps: unity stamp company, a muse ink: memento rich cocoa paper: stampin' up haiku/so saffron, speckletone kraft accessories: misc wired gingham ribbon, janome

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