#1 Dad

Today is reveal time at The Cuttlebug Spot!!! Our challenge this week was in honor of Father's everywhere!!! I have to admit - this is not one of my favorite cards because I was totally out of my box (I don't do masculine real well) but I do like it. I just think I need to tweak it a bit but overall it is a nice Father's Day card.

I used my Cuttlebug Embossing folder Traffic Jam to emboss a piece of clear craft plastic. I then used my Scor Pal to create a crease so I could attached the clear craft plastic onto a card back. For the layout of the card I used a sketch at Friday Sketchers. Snoopy is a Stampabilities stamp and on the inside, which I didn't take a picture of like a dork, is a stamped image by Stampendous (if I remember right) that says #1 Dad (it is behind the snoopy) and I left the white side blank so I could write on it.

Here's my card:



Again, I'm not totally on board with this one but it isn't horrible - at least I don't think it is!!! LOL

Thanks for stoppin' by and come on over to The Cuttlebug Spot and play along with us!!!

Happy Scrappin'!!!

Thinking of You

I finally sat down and made another card - starting back to school this week and still working on unpacking (very slowly mind you :p ) has had me rather running ragged and hitting the bed early every night. This morning I felt the need to make a card for a dear friends wife who had back surgery a little over a month ago and it didn't fare so well. She ended up with loss of feeling and quite a few other things but is slowly recovering a little at a time. A lot of positive thoughts and prayers have been sent her way but I thought a card might brighten her week. This card is pulling triple duty for challenges today:


Just Magnolia - Paper piecing - I stamped the image 3 times: 1 on white to color, 1 on the green PP and 1 on the blue PP and then I pieced her dress together. I started to do her shirt sleeves and boots but thought it was a bit much when I got to looking at it. I am very happy with how it turned out!

Sketch Saturday - A fun and funky sketch!

Cardalicious - 2 flowers, 1 ribbon and the color blue!





Hope you like!

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the reveal at The Cuttlebug Spot - this week I went a bit out of my box but I liked it!!!

Thanks for stoppin' by and happy scrappin'!!!

Sweetness!!

More blog candy - all I can say is WOW!!! Check out Donkey Smiles who is celebration 75k hits on her blog and giving away an amazing package!!!

I'm working on a card but haven't had time to finish as school started back up last night - I have classes on Wednesday and Thursday nights so getting back in the swing of school is kicking my butt since it is 2 separate nights as I've been having it all on 1 night!

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin!!!

Bella-riffic!!!

I finally realized that the Bella site had a blog and get this.................CHALLENGES!!! DOH!!! Sometimes I swear I am blonde - no offense to anyone but I live with a genuine blonde (even though she stays dyed a different color) so I definitely know that the stereotype CAN be true in some cases. So anywho...........I found the challenges at the Bella Blog and since getting my first Bella in January I have started a love affair with these stamps. The challenge this week was a fab sketch challenge and I had so much fun with it!!!

My card:




Aren't these two girls just the cutest with their recent shopping trip and yummy ice cream???

I think I have a problem - no, not the one where I am obsessed with scrappy stuff......LOL. My sleep pattern is way jacked!!! This morning I was wide awake at 4 a.m. (5 Tx time) and the mornings I do try to sleep in I am up by 8:30 am at the latest. What the heck??? I'm typically a night owl and am lucky if I make it to midnight anymore!!!

Well, thanks for stoppin' by I love to see all the different places that come by just wish everyone would say hi!!! Happy Scrappin'!!!!

Just Magnolia - Week 8

Hi all!!! I am so digging my Magnolia Tilda stamps and want more more more!!! This is my first week to play along at Just Magnolia and I loved the sketch they posted to play along with!!!

Here's my card:



Hope you like my card as much as I do - I think she is so adorable!!!

Thanks for stoppin' by and happy scrappin'!!!!

Candy Anyone???

Blog candy that is??? Check out Maria's Blog for a chance to win some adorable stamps and gorgeous ribbon! If you win share with me ***giggle***!!! Good luck!!! I'll be back later today with a new card - I've spent yesterday helping kids look for a job and have to take them out again today so my time to craft and finish unpacking has been limited but..........it is getting a little easier to move around in my craft area!!! Now the living room, ugh, that is another story!!!! But, once the living room is done and I get the last few boxes of my craft area packed and the dining room table put back together we'll be done!!!

I have to share this cute video I saw while blog hoppin'. I hope you get as many giggles from it as I did!!!




Thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin'!!!!!


PS: I saw this on Maria's blog and had to snag it!!!

The Cuttlebug Spot #34

Hi all!!! It's Monday which means it is time for another reveal at The Cuttlebug Spot!!! June is a big time to get married which means lots of anniversaries to celebrate and that is the theme this week!!! My work this week is in honor of my Mom and Dad's 40th wedding anniversary.

My card, simple compared to my normal work but I really like it! I used a Martha Stewart card base that was pre embossed/edged that I got on clearance at WalMart - package of 40 for $3 and they had a simple "Thank You" on the front that was easily covered by PP. I then used my Textile embossing folder to emboss the dotted background paper by Little Yellow Bicycle, my Nestabilities butterfly die to cut out the gray PP butterfly and the transparency then I ran both through the Swiss Dots embossing folder and Stickled the gray PP butterfly. The Happy Anniversary was stamped using a Stampabilites stamp then cut out using Nestabilities for the sentiment and the background which is also Little Yellow Bicycle and the gems were from my stash.

Here's my card:




The next part of my reveal and gift for my parents is a simple glass coaster. I used the Textile embossing folder again on the background PP and cut a photo of my parents to place in the middle. I used my newer Cuttlebug Spring Florals die for the little butterfly and flowers, used gems and brads from my stash and Prima flowers to decorate the corner as well as ribbon by Little Yellow Bicycle.

My coaster:



And both:



This week's challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot is sponsored byThe Craft Barn - trust me, you WANT to win the gift certificate here because they carry some great stuff (I won this not long ago before I got on the DT and ordered 2 stamps and the shipping time was amazing from the UK to Texas!!!).

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin'!!!!

Happy, Happy, Happy...................

.........Birthday and Anniversary!!! Yesterday (6/6) was my 37th birthday and today (6/7) is my parents 40th anniversary!!!

I woke to this:



The card was so amazing it had me in tears!!! He said he searched and searched to find the perfect card that said everything he wanted it to say - let's just put it this way, he is an AMAZING husband!!! I've always known it but man, this card just blew me away!!!!

Then, he surprised me with a trip to the mountains to go hiking and sight seeing with the kids!!! What amazing sights did I get to see..................everything except for that darn snake that scared the bejeezus out of me!! I screamed like a girl and ran - my son got the biggest kick out of that!! LOL Let's just say I was going down a trail that apparently the snake was sunning him/herself on and "it" did not like the fact that I was interrupting the lounging time!!! It took off the other way and my ferocious daisy (***giggle, ferocious***) went after it - luckily she came back with just a couple hollers as I would hate to have seen her get bit!!!

Here is a slide show from our trip - I'll try to put labels on the pics later but I'm still unpacking - it is slow going because we are sorting while we unpack and of course my scrappy area is taking the longest because I'm trying (key word trying) to organize myself the first go around instead of pulling it all out later LOL - I really need Aymee to come visit me and help me, she is so freaking good at organizing!!!!

OK, thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin' - don't forget, tomorrow will be another challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot. If you have never played along with us you should definitely do so - fun challenges and amazing inspiration from all the DT!!!!

Scraproom Disaster

UGH!!! It looks like the Scraposaur (a scrappy dinosaur...LOL)threw up in my dining/scrap room!!! I have a lot of space but it is such a pain deciding where to put things ya know??? I spent a few hours today getting about half my boxes unpacked and put away then I gave up for a while!!! LOL

Here is my mess right now:



Trust me, you don't want to see more than this corner right now!!! Hopefully tomorrow or Saturday I'll have it finished up and be ready to get busy again - I've missed creating!!!

I did take an hour tonite to make a card - I had enough stuff out and was feeling the pull to my Copics and couldn't resist!!! I made this card for 2 challenges: Mojo Monday's sketch challenge and House Mouse Monday Challenge Blog wedding/anniversary challenge.



I used some of my Basic Grey Mellow scraps, my Copics, House Mouse stamps, Stampin' Up sentiment stamps, Prima and Heidi Swapp flowers, Paper Studio gem brad and Prima gem flourish.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Scrappin'!!!

PS - Another DT card will be revealed on Monday for The Cuttlebug Spot so make sure you stop back by!!!!

Oh Goodness!!!

Well, moving has gotten the best of me!!! I set up a post to automatically go up today with my DT cards for Am I A Scrap Addict - Sketches and The Cuttlebug Spot and blast it, it didn't work!!!

So, my card for Am I A Scrap Addict - Sketches was inspired by this fab sketch De gave us to work with this month. I told her that she keeps outdoing herself as I think this has to be my fav sketch of hers so far!!!

Here's the sketch:



And here is my card - isn't this MFT stamp just too darn cah-yute???? I am loving it!!!



And my new DT spot that I am just thrilled to be a part of at The Cuttlebug Spot challenged us to bring out the stamps and boy, Nilda sure picked a great challenge for my first reveal because we ALL know how much I love my stamps!!! I used this darling Magnolia stamp - Tilda is just the cutest little girl, I can't get enough of her. I only have two Tilda stamps right this moment but you KNOW that I am gonna get more right??? LOL

So, here's my card:




I'm kind of disappointed in how the photographing of this card turned out. You can't hardly tell I used my CB Embossing folders and that just stinks because up close it is just so cute!!! On the checked background paper I used Bloom & Dots while on the layered flower I used three different embossing folders then spritzed it with my home made "glimmer mist" using Ranger's Perfect Pearls. Overall I love love love the card but wish my embossing would have shown up better.

On to the moving news:

We didn't leave Texas til after 3 pm and we were already whooped when we headed out. About midnight we decided we needed sleep something crazy like!!! We stopped in Tucumcari (spelling????) for the night but ended up pulling out of there around 4 am because we just couldn't sleep anymore - we all wanted to just get to our new home. We pulled in Albuquerque around 7:15 am and started unloading. By 11 am we were feeling the lack of sleep and showered off and took naps til around 2 pm then finished unloading the truck. Slept like a baby last night let me tell ya - I am NOT supposed to work that hard..............LOL!!!! Rob and the kids were amazing. With my back I just can't do what I used to and I hate to freaking admit it but after this move it was a big slap in the face that my back has gotten the best of me!! Oh well, what's a girl to do right???

I am off to help Rob finish getting the screen put up in the bedroom so we can watch TV tonite. We have a ton of unpacking to still do but with him working I am taking it slow. I did get our bed moved into the bedroom (with the help of the kids, it's solid cherry wood and HEAVY) and the night stands and dresser. I managed to get it all put together (again with the help of the kids) and started putting our clothes up where they belong. I have my suitcase and another bag of clothes left and I'll be done. Rob got our washer and dryer hooked up tonite so I have some of his clothes going since he's been here with no washer/dryer for 3 weeks and has only ran to the laundromat for necessities!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin'!!! I am so excited and can't wait to get my scrap stuff unpacked and in my new scrappy area (aka the dining room closet....LOL) and to get creating!!!