Cupcake days!

Hello! My title is cupcake days because in my family this is one of the busiest birthday weeks of the year. We have three birthdays in my family all in a row (Sister, Dad, and Grandma) and then mothers day the same week. I made this birthday card for the Who's That Girl challenge this week. It was a wild card using the colors pink, black, and white. I guess I was so tired Monday night that I didn't think that using Wild Card meant you still had to use one of the Who's the Girl set so I messed up and used the cupcake set from MFT... Oh well...silly me! Don't forget that MFT is having their release party tonight on Splitcoast! Yeah!

I found this ribbon at Hobby Lobby and love it. The colors are so bright and they fit this card pretty well I thought.

Have a great day!

So many new and exciting things.......

Hello everyone! There seems to be a lot going on this week! I just found out yesterday that I got on the main list to be a "swapper" for the TX card swap! I am so excited...now all I have to do is make and design 48 cards kits! Any ideas? Did you know...that MFT stamps is releasing Wednesday night or that Taylored expressions released this very morning? Also, Hanna Stamps released last night with their awesome new Riley fun in the sun style! Alright, on to the card post. I am sharing a sympathy card I made for a SU swap last week! I love the way this turned out! I love the elegance of this "Thoughts and Prayers set" by Stampin up. I knew I had to have it as soon as I saw it in the catalog. Hope you have a great rest of the week!

By the way the TCP (The Cat's Pajamas) challenge is today.... check it out at http://toniarmstrong.blogspot.com/
Oh...and you still have one more day to enter the MFT Who's that Girl challenge. I made a card last night that I really like! The challenge lets you use any set you want (wild card) and wants you to use the colors Pink Black and White. Great colors!

You Rock Margarita Ketto!

Again with the Ketto's...I know I hope you like em! I just love coloring them. When I first saw this image I pictured a black old school converse sneaker and that was my inspiration. I knew I wanted to participate in the way's to use it challenge (use as much black as you can on your card). I wanted black gray and sparkle. So here you go! Just think...if we all had as much spunk and gusto as Margarita does on a Monday we would all be running out the door to start our week! Hope you guys have a great week!

OH YEAH...TAYLOR is releasing a two new stamps sets tomorrow check out the design team's links for the cute samples for the releae! http://www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/

Things you can partipate in that come out today or tomorrow:

MFT bubble bin updates today (always a great buy) http://www.mftstamps.com/

MOJO MONDAY SKETCH http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com/

MFT Forum on Splitcoast to see what the new Who's that girl challenge will be...

Tomorrow TCP challenge with the Cat's Pajama's design team

HAPPY MONDAY!

I've gone KETTO CRAZY!!!

HAPPY SATURDAY everyone! In honor of National Scrapbook day Pez a doodle is offering 33% off everything while supplies last (coupon code is scrapit33). The sale is only for the weekend so make sure you check it out. www.pezadoodle.com

I thought the weekend would never arrive but luckily like it does each and every week it got here! I went to my friend Kim's last night and made three cards with Ketto's. I don't know if you got a chance to see it but Stamping Bella is being very generous this weekend with free shipping over $50 and they are giving away a gift certificate to their store if you participate in their two Bella Release Challenges. You can find out more in their forum. Have you seen the new release? I saw it, bought it, and am waiting for it! I love them all!!! The card I am sharing with you today is using my new basic grey Wisteria paper....love it! Hope you enjoy it and here's to a GREAT weekend for everyone!

If you haven't gotten a chance to...pop over to my friend Kim's blog (http://www.sewstampscrapbook.blogspot.com/) she will be posting some beautiful cards over the next week. I guarantee it! I have seen them in person...

Oohhh and one more thing, please go check out Susie's fantastic creations using the GIRL Friday collection from Cosmo Cricket---they will inspire you! (http://www.susiestampalot.blogspot.com/) she also just posted a fun card for Jen's Saturday Sketch...

Card Details:
Stamps: Flamenca Ketto (Stamping Bella)
Paper: Wisteria DP (Basic Grey), perfect plum CS (SU), pale plum CS (SU), basic black CS (SU), and white (Papertrey ink)
Ink: graphite black brilliance
Accessories: Copics, Oval Nestabilities (scallop and regular), swiss dots embossing folder (cuttlebug), black ribbon, lilac jewel tones, dimensionals, and adhesive

It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well...the weekend is here which means time for stamping, chores, stamping, errands, and stamping! I am really excited b/c my friend is coming over and we just got some new dp to work with! The card I am sharing today is from the Splitcoast challenge last Thursday called ways to use it! This is my first time doing this challenge. This challenge called for using all white....I thought that would be fun since I hardly ever use white unless it is the stamped on part of the card. I made this wedding card using the She's all that set from Stampin up. I love this set and use it often. I hope you enjoy the card...I am hoping my creativity level is kicked up for this evening!

Card Details:
Stamps: She's all that (Stampin up)
Paper: White CS and Black CS
Ink: Graphite Black Brilliance
Accessories: Swiss dot cuttlebug folder, scalloped rectangle nesties, white ribbon (SU), dimensionals, and adhesive

Kini Bella----mmmmm not so much in TX today

It's raining it's pouring....I used to love that little song when I was a kid. This whole week has been rain or the threat of rain. I don't think Kini Bella would be very happy about this weather! I made this card as part of the Amy Rsavy sketch challenge last week. Her blog is fabulous...check it out if you get a chance http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com Also I noticed she talks about sneak peeks for All That Scraps today....



Hope you enjoy the card and the weather where ever you are!

Paper Craft Planet challenge!

Hello everyone! Have you heard about Papercraft Planet(http://www.papercraftplanet.com/)? If you haven't you should go on over and check it out. It is another crafting community that you can join and it is tons of fun! Can you ever have too many crafting friends or places to share your creativity? Well...Hampton Arts is hosting the Studio G Paper Piecing challenge #7 on there and you have two weeks to enter. You can find it under groups-then Studio G. I have a bunch of the new Studio G sets that are available on www.pezadoodle.com for purchase. They have so many good ones that I decided to get a bunch of them! I plan on inking them up and creating sometime this week so stay tuned! I made a card using paper piecing that I want to share with you today! The set is one of my favs from My Favorite Things stamps. I really love this set and use it again and again. I paper pieced the raincoat, the ruffle on the coat and yes even that little dog's sweater. Hope you enjoy it! The cards also works for the MOJO84 sketch and the Who's that Girl Challenge this week. Hope you are having a great week!

Hope you have a great day Rain or Shine! (that sentiment just works can you blame me?) :0)

Card Details:
Stamps: Rain or Shine (MFT stamps)
Paper: Design Paper from SU (can't remember the name), Bashful blue, real red, and White (Papertrey ink)
Ink: Graphite Black Brilliance
Accessories: Copics, buttons, red striped ribbon (SU), scallop punch (SU), circle punches (SU), dimensionals, and adhesive