introducing

Just a quick post to introduce you to my newest great niece Haylee Skye arrived at 7:59 am on September 16, 2010 weighing 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 19 1/2" long.

Welcomed into this world by her Dad (Joshua Sr.), Mom (Amanda) and brothers Joshua Jr., and Isaac.

I can't wait to head up to North Dakota and meet my newest great niece.

Happy Friday Almost

Last week I decided to step out on a limb and create something for a publication call. I had never done this before so was really nervous and being a person who hates rejection did not want to put myself out there.  Well I heard today that they sent out the acceptance emails and since I did not get one in my mailbox I thought it would be okay to share the two cards with you.

I guess rejection is not as bad as I thought it would be and am already planning my next publication submission.

Both cards are baby themed and I used digital images byLORIdesigns available at The Lollipop Shop.

If you did not see my post from Wednesday regarding my new Design Team gig and a blog hop scroll down you still have a few more days to play.

Enjoy!

Exciting News, TSSC139 and Blog Hop Too

(please scroll down for my Sasya's Sketches post)

I am so excited I finally get to reveal that Lori Boyd emailed me and asked if I would like to be on her new lollipops and sugarsticks design team! Well most of you know how much I love playing with them and now to be a part of the team is like a dream come true. The other members of the DT are amazing just wait and see what they have come up with.

To find out everyone who is on the team please stop over and check us out at the By Lori Designs at The Lollipop Shop or click on the links below.

Lori B. Andrea G. Arielle G. Hannah B. Jane B. Jayne M.	Linda L. Sheri G. sherryann ~ that's me Tanja H. Vera R.

To celebrate the grandopening Lori is giving away the new Grandparents set, the new Bride and Groom set, and any 5 other digis of your choice.

All you need to do to be entered is stop by each Design Team members blog and leave a comment. You will have until Saturday at Midnight to hop and on Sunday morning at 10 am Lori will announce a winner at The Lollipop Shop.

Well we can't have a blog hop without me sharing a card or two. This first card shows the new digi that Lori created for Grandparents day. It is absolutely adorable and comes with a cat and dog too.

Aren't they just adorable. I used the set without the glasses although it does come with or without the glasses. I stole the coloring idea for grandma's skirt from Lori. Papers are BasicGrey "boxer", button and twine are from my stash, stickers are Cosmo Cricket.

My last card is for the newest challenge at Techno Stamper and I have used "lollipop ella" along with some Cosmo Cricket "togetherness" papers.

Enjoy!

trick or treat ~

It is Wednesday and that means time for another sketch challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

While I was at work on Saturday I picked up the new Cosmo Cricket "matilda" 6x6 paper pad and chipboard. I thought they were perfect for this sketch.

As you can see I added some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon and some of the Cosmo Cricket "tiny type" stickers.

Here is the sketch that inspired me to create this card.

I hope you will take some time to check out all the DT samples and even play along with us this week.

Enjoy!

I Do

I have a sneak peek of a new digi stamp coming soon to The Lollipop Shop. Be watching here for a special announcement coming in a few days.

Enjoy!

Claudia and Co. Challenge #4 "Red"

This months challenge over at Claudia and Company is to use Red on your card. It can't get an easier than that.

For my card I used lollipop Hannah who happens to be one of my favorite lollipops.

For my card I used a cuddlebug embossing folder, american crafts and may arts ribbon, and a button from basicgrey.

If you have time stop over at Claudia and Company and check out all the little lollipops by lori boyd. You are sure to fall in love.

Enjoy!

ESS #100

I meant to get a couple of cards posted last night and as you can see that did not happen. My first card is for this weeks sketch challenge over at Eat Sleep Stamp.

For this card I used the new Cosmo Cricket "matilda" 6x6 pad along with the chipboard and some tiny type stickers.

Enjoy!

No Card Saturday

Yesterday I had the best day with my BFF Judy as it was her birthday and I took her out to lunch and her niece, nephew and great nephew joined us. After lunch we did a little bit of shopping. Those of you that follow my blog know that Judy is my other BFF Jeanne's twin sister and we lost Jeanne to Pancreatic Cancer last January.

I wanted to share a picture of them at one of the last retreats we shared together.

Judy is on the left and Jeanne is on the right. It was a great scrapbooking retreat and we were up there about a week. I will remember the fun times we had forever.

Love you Judy and Jeanne.

lollipop ella

I absolutely love these sweet little lollipop digital stamps by Lori Boyd and sweet Ella is one of my favorites. Don't you just love that polka dot dress?

There is a sketch challenge over at A Crafty Little Place and I thought she would be perfect for it.

I used some BasicGrey papers and buttons from the "Olivia" collection. The tiny type stickers are by Cosmo Cricket.

And here is the sketch that inspired this card.

If you get a chance I hope you stop over and play along.

Enjoy!

happy news

While going through my google reader today I saw that the card I submitted for the 100% Stamping Challenge was posted on the Cards Blog today along with a lot of other great samples.

If you have time check it out.

I really enjoyed making this card and need to sit down and make a few more for some upcoming birthdays this month.

Enjoy!

clearly twisted ~ happy fall

I have two cards to share with you today that I worked on while Skyping with my friend Michelle the other day.

The first card is for this weeks challenge over at Clean and Simple Stamping. If I haven't said it before I love these sketches. I think clean and simple is closest to my heart when I create cards or scrapbook layouts.

For this card I used the PTI "autumn abundance" paper pad from last year along with a quickutz leaf die and some cosmo cricket "tiny type" stickers.

This next card drove me a little bit crazy. I have never made a clear card before and the challenge over at Twisted Sketches this week was to make it clear anyway anyhow.

I used October Afternoon "thriftshop" for my card along with some rolled flowers and sizzix flower dies. I think I really like how it turned out ~ I just need to figure out how to write in it. I think I will just cut a piece of cardstock for the inside and write on that and the recipient can just pull that paper out and then reuse the card if they want to. This card was really hard to photograph so I apologize for that.

I hope you enjoy!

ho ho ho ~ sasya's sketches #27

When I saw the sketch for this weeks challenge over at Sasya's Sketches I immediately thought Valentine's Day, well I didn't want to rush the holidays so I changed it to a Christmas Card.

With that being decided I knew that I wanted to use some of my new BasicGrey "jovial" 6x6 paper pad and woolies for my card. I hate to say this but I think you are going to be seeing a lot of these papers in the coming weeks.

I kind of think the snowman is a little creepy looking and I kind of like that. lol

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

The embossed background is a QuicKutz die, the little snowflakes are from Spellbinders and the tiny type stickers are from Cosmo Cricket.

Enjoy!

Project Tuesday ~ Gate Fold Card

Well it is Tuesday and that means time for another Project Tuesday Challenge. This week we are creating a Gate Fold card. So I hope you will play along with us. All inistructions for making the card can be found here.

For my card I used this wonderful stamp set from Prickley Pear and it was a gift from my sweet blog friend Tesa.

 The papers are BasicGrey from the Oliver collection. I added ranger distress inks to the flowers and some PTI vintage buttons. I then added the same papers to the inside of the card.

I hope you will take some time this week to play along with us over at Project Tuesday. This will be my last week as a Design Team member, but I hope to find time to play along with everyone once in awhile.

Enjoy!

joy

This is my 2nd post today scroll down to see my TPE card.

I haven't played along at the Mojo Monday challenge for awhile and decided to do so today.

This is one of the new pure innocence digital stamps that I purchased recently and I thought it would be perfect with the new BasicGrey "jovial" papers and my handmade wrinkle ribbon.

I am really enjoying using the digital stamps and am trying to work on my coloring which I don't have down yet.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card and as you can see I altered the sketch just a little bit.

Okay, I hope you enjoy my card. Leave me a little blog love as you never know when I am goinng to sling out some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon again.

back to school - TPE83

Well tomorrow it is back to school for kids here and that means my Cassie will be starting the 5th grade this year. I always make her a card and mail it to her so she has it when she gets home from school.

I was so happy to find this cute digital lollipop stamp by Lori Boyd. Meet school girl Lacie. Isn't she just adorable?

My card today is for the challenge over at The Pink Elephant and the theme is "back to school".

 Enjoy!

~ supplies~

paper: neenah (natural white), cosmo cricket (the boyfriend)

stamp: lori boyd digital lollipop (school girl lacie)

accessories: copics, signo gel pen, cosmo cricket (tiny type stickers), ek success (border punch) quickutz (apple) embossing folder

Autumn

Yes, I have a second card for you today. Since the weather has cooled off it makes me feel like playing in my craftroom.

I just finished up an 8x8 album for my nephew Jason's new baby Adrian and then decided to create a card using the newest sketch over at Card Patterns.

For my card I pulled some fall papers that I bought from PTI last year and a digital stamp that I bought last year. You can't tell from the picture but that bottom "natural" cardstock is embossed with a leaf design from QuicKutz. I added some dewdrops and a few handcut rolled flowers.

Enjoy!

happy holidays

What a difference a day makes. Just a few days ago it was so hot up here in my craftroom that I couldn't stand it and now it is cold enough to shut the windows. I love this kind of weather and am so happy that Fall will be here before we know it.

I have a card to share with you today using the practicing creativity sketch provided by Dana. This weeks challenge was to pick one of the Design Team members sketches to work with and I picked the one from Dana.

Friday I met my friend Tami at Archivers for a day of scrapbooking/cardmaking fun and while I was there I picked up the new BasicGrey "jovial" paper pad and "woolies". Then we did a quick trip to JoAnn's to pick up the new BasicGrey embossing folders by Sizzix. The one in the picture is called "snow flowers".  Of course I had to add some of my new wrinkle ribbon that I made last weekend.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

I love the simplicity of this sketch and know that I will use it over and over. If you have time I hope you will play along.

Enjoy!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

I want to thank everyone who left a comment on my 50,000th visitor to my blog and I have picked the winner of the ribbon and flowers and that person is Pris. Congrats and please email me with your address and I will get your package in the mail.

Now I had so many lovely comments that I also picked a few more people to win some of my ribbons and they are Karen B, Dana, and Lori. Please send me your address and I will also get your packages in the mail.

Oh Happy Day ~ Ballet Mouse

I just got this new digi image "ballet mouse" from Lori Boyd and thought she would be perfect to use on this weeks challenge over at 2 Sketches 4 You.

Isn't she just adorable? I am trying to practice using my copics more and think I am happy with how she turned out. The sentiment is from a Lori Boyd Sugar Stick called "girl with kite". The paper and button are BasicGrey "Olivia". And the ribbon is some more of my handmade stuff.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

I decided to flip the sketch for my card.

Enjoy!

#26 ~ Sasya's Sketches

The days are just flying by and I can't believe that it is already time for another sketch challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

For this weeks card I pulled out some of my favorite BasicGrey papers from the "recess" 6x6 paper pad. I also used one of my new wrinkle ribbons that I made a few days ago for my blog candy that I am giving away on Friday. Scroll down to see that post.

Here is this weeks sketch that I used for my inspiration.

I hope you will join us this week. You have until next Tuesday to link up your card.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: basicgrey "recess", neenah "natural white"

ink: memento "potters clay", ranger distress "vintage photo"

stamp: unity

accessories: stampin' up punches, basicgrey "buttons", karen foster "scrappers floss", PTI scallop die, handmade wrinkle ribbon