Happy Saturday!

Hello! I wanted to pop in and say hello! I have had quite a busy week. My friend Kim had her little baby boy. His name is Elijah (Eli for short). He is the most precious, adorable, little thing I have ever seen. I am sure she will be posting pics of him on her blog soon (http://www.sewstampscrapbook.blogspot.com/). Also, I am trying to get some quilting done. I did get a chance to check out Jen Del Muro's sketch today and it rocks! http://www.iheart2stamp.com/ Make sure you check it out. Well it is raining here in Texas but that makes a nice hot cup of coffee and a sweatshirt the perfect way to start the day. I am sharing an MFT card I made a little while ago today. I had a little bit of trouble getting it to work but I love the colors! I also got the flowers stuck to my hand b/c I couldn't wait for the crystal effects to dry so I had to re-do the flowers. Oh well...I guess I will never learn to wait for something to dry completely before touching it. This week I got some new stamps in from Stampavie that I cannot wait to ink up! My birthday is Wednesday so I am hoping my husband will have my new scrap room done. I will show you some pics then. Hope you have a fantastic weekend!

It's Tuesday already...

Labor day weekend and a friend visiting from out of town kept me out of my crafting room but I still had tons of fun. Below I have a picture of the twice painted craft room to be. I started with a greenish color that looked like toothpaste and then got to this color which I love. It looks a light blue during the day and a light aqua at night. Can't wait! My husband is going to start assembly of the furniture tomorrow....YEAH! The card I am sharing is using one of my favorite sets ever (from MFT)-Rainy Days. I love this set and knew I had to have it the minute I saw it! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!! Talk to you soon!

Beautiful card---thanks Carole Burrage!

Hello! Sorry I haven't been blogging lately. Nothing like a little sinus infection to take you out of the game. Anyway, I haven't had much time to create this week so I am going to show you a card I made last week! This card was part of the August Verve challenge which asked you to pick a card from one of their design team members and case it. The twist was that if they used patterned paper you had to use solid and vice versa. I have had this card of Carole's favorited forever and just decided to do it! Her hands must have been wore out from the cutting but her card is just gorgeous! Art worthy! You must check out her blog if you haven't already she is hillarious! www.motherslittlehelper.typepad.com.

On another note, I hope you got a chance to check out MFT's new release! Awesome!!! They always come up with the best sentiments (they make me smile and laugh).

I know I have been mentioning the construction on my new scrapbook room...I can hardly wait till its done. I thought I would show you some of the pre-paint pictures and then the pictures with tinted primer. The ceiling is done now we just need the final paint coat, the furniture, the decorations, and to move and re-organize everything....Fun Fun Fun!

Happy Monday!

Hello! What a crazy weekend...Kim and I hung out twice and had a blast. We are trying to squeeze as many visits in as we can before the little one arrives. My husband spent all of Saturday painting the upstairs room to turn it into an expanded craft room! I am so excited I can barely stand it. It will probably be a few weeks before its done but I will show you updates along the way...

In the meantime, I am working on a quilting project so I probably won't get a lotta card making in this week. Plus my good friend from NC is coming in next weekend to visit so I will be hanging out with her and doing some shopping and gabbing!

The card I am sharing today is from the Bella sketch last week! The stamp is so cute and my friend let me borrow it since I don't own it! Thanks Kim! I used the sentiment from the latest and greatest Halloween set from MFT...Fill your pumpkins to the top! The sentiment is just perfect and so is the stamp! Love em!

Card Details:

Stamps: Mummy, Witch, and Pirate (Stamping Bella) and sentiment (MFT)
Paper: Magic Spell by American crafts, Soft Sky CS (SU), Whisper White CS (SU), and Papertrey white CS
Ink: Graphite black Brilliance
Accessories: Corner rounder, spica glitter pen, copics, dimensional, circle nestabilities, and adhesive

Saturday...and such a great weekend so far!

Hello! I have been having such a great weekend...I had a party at my house yesterday for all my co-workers and it was just too too fun! Then my friend Kim came over last night and we went to the Scrappin Bunnies...we got enough to feel a little guilty. Two new nesties for me some awesome new paper from Cosmo and ribbon, ribbon, and more ribbon! Yeah! I cannot (let me repeat) cannot wait to stare at my new papers for the fourth time since last night and decide that I just simply cannot/will not/okay...someday will cut into them..... (feel my pain?)

Here is the card I made for Blogabella this week (Bellarific Friday)... I love this Henrietta Lulu! I used some old scenic route paper...and the sentiment came with the stamp. Seriously check out her site and get yourself one or three (www.stampingbella.com). I also entered the sketch challenge this week and won! Yeah...I can easily spend $15 online at Stamping Bella! No problem....in fact I am already figuring it out...but you have to spend $55 to get free shipping so might have to find a few more things!

I told the owner of our LSS that I was going to have to sign a temporary seperation agreement with her....I promised her it wouldn't lead to divorce but I probably wouldn't be seeing her for a little while...Boo!

Well hope you have a wonderful rest of the weekend...I am planning on partaking in my other favorite hobby Quilting...nothing like a baby about to enter the world to push you to the sewing machine to finish or start a baby quilt for a friend...don't worry Kim-e I will get it done...before your little one is 2---Just kidding.

Remember Jen Del Muro is hosting a sketch challenge for today: check her out on www.iheart2stamp.com

The weekend is almost here!!!!!

Hello! I sure have been busy this week. I even made a card at the 11th hour last night to do the Blogabella challenge. I really loved the sketch and already kinda had an idea in mind so I thought I would give it a whirl. I will share it with you soon! The card I am sharing today is another one of the Verve challenges for August. Wish me and my friend Kim luck...we both got all the cards done to be in the big drawing for all of their August releases! I really had a lot of fun making this one and it was my first time using this cuttlebug embossing folder. I really think embossing is so beautiful on a card. In fact I can hardly use bare cardstock anymore...it just looks naked to me! I hope you have a lot of fun things planned for the weekend...I know I am looking forward to chillaxin! Remember...

Taylor is having the Friday sketch tomorrow over at http://www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/ and

Jen Del Muro will be posting the SFYTT sketch on Saturday at http://www.iheart2stamp.com/

Card Details:

Stamps: Petals and Stems and Beautiful You (Verve)
Paper: Rich Razzleberry CS (SU), Bermuda Breeze CS (SU), Soft Suede CS (SU), White (Papertrey ink)
Ink: Bermuda Bay (SU), Soft Suede (SU), and Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Circle nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Soft Suede polka dot ribbon (SU), dimensionals, and adhesive

TCP Tuesday is here again!

Hello! I hope you all are having a great week! I will have to keep this kinda short today. This card was made using the TCP Tuesday inspiration from last week! I love this new TCP set it is so cute.... Well tonight I am going to try and meet up with my friend for the Blogabella challenge and the Bella sketch challenge. I have so many wonderful Bella stamps! I can't wait to ink them up and hang out with my friend! Check out her blog as she is posting some awesome cards this week...I know I have already gotten a sneak peek! (http://www.sewstampscrapbook.blogspot.com/)

Oh and by the way...don't forget to do the TCP challenge posted today (http://www.iheart2stamp.com/) posted by Jen Del Muro!

Stamps: You Sick Thing (The Cat's Pajamas)
Paper: Offbeat DP (Basic Grey), Chocolate chip CS (SU), Whisper White CS (SU), White (Papertrey ink)
Ink: Graphite black ink by Brilliance
Accessories: Copics, dimensionals, and adhesive