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The most BEAUTIFUL faces in MY world!

 

My start in this wonderful paper crafting world started with scrapbooking.  My favorite part of scrapbooking is how often my kids get out our various books and look through them.  When I started stamping a couple of years ago Scrapping took a back seat, but now it's time to get back into it.  My goal is to make at least 1 page/layout per week... we'll see how I do.  There has been a lot going on in this house hold the last few weeks and hubby has been mia, so I've been pulling triple time... my point is that I have NOT yet done a page, so today I dove in to some digi-scrapping.  Digi scrapping is soooooooo hard for me!  Forget the fact that I don't know Photoshop well enough to really  do alot, but the whole lack of layers, etc. really stresses me out! lol.  So anyway, here is a quick digi layout, I got the Scrap pack from Sweet Shoppe designs right after the HUGE Alzheimers function on Paper Craft Planet.  I'm gonna print this one and hang it in my office!  I am already working on my next layout (a "for reals" layout, hahaha) so don't give up on my scrapping abilities just yet.  These pictures are a few years old of the kids, but oh my goodness do they showoff the silliness of my offspring!  Thanks for popping in and Happy Sunday!!

Fourth (5th) Friday Paper Garden Challenge

**If you are looking for my PMS Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge, please scroll down a post (after of course reading this post {wink, wink})**

 

 The challenge for January 2010 is... "Pulling on your heart strings"

Our challenge to you is to create a Valentine or love themed project that includes ribbon. And if your projects also includes buttons, you will get a double entry!

You have till midnight (EST) of Friday Feb. 5 to add a comment to this post with link your project. We will draw one random winner for the prize.

The rules are:

• It must be a newly created project for this challenge - but feel free to combine this challenge with any other ones out there.


• We'd love to see all the art you care to share, but each person will only be entered in the random drawing once (well, twice if you have ribbon and buttons).
• The winner will be drawn randomly and announced the following Saturday.

The prize is a Hearts Bloom mini kit:

The prize includes:

• 12 - 6"x 6" pieces of Pink Paislee double sided patterned paper from the Cupid Collection. (4 spieces each of Bow and Arrow, Hearts Bloom, and Bullseye)
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Suede Brown Dark
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Frosted Teal
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Baby Pink Light
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Blush Red Dark
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Spring Willow Medium
• 5 yards of different coordinating ribbon including Sheer Pink organza, 2-tone aqua and green woven satin, red grosgrain, brown grosgrain, celadon green grosgrain.
• A packet of coordinating buttons and pearly Champagne Dew Droplets

Everything for my card is from the Hearts in Bloom kit, except for the image which is called "Psst Danni & Taylor" by Mo Manning!  My sketch is this week's Mojo Monday challenge.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope to see you back here soon!  Oh yeah, wait until you see the darling Girlie Valentines I made with this kit!

 

Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge #14

 

This weeks challenge is an inspiration challenge, and OH MY GOODNESS if this room isn't inspiring!!!

I would LOVE to just snuggle up in that bed with a nice book and read for hours!  Can't you just hear the ocean breeze outside that bedroom window?  This inspiration was brought to us by Christi Snow, thanks Christi for an awesome challenge!!!  I really LOVE these colors!!  My blue background is textured Prism paper, but still seemed like it needed a little more, so I took the "xoxo" stamp from the Hugs & Kisses Sentiment set and inked it with some VersaMark.  For the wordart (my absolute favorite!) I cut the same size rectanlge out of black and cut it at a diagonal, then used them behind the wordart piece (I just wanted a teeny mat around it).  Make sure you hop on over to the PMS Blog and play along with the challenge!

Stamps: Sing, Love Dance (Paper Makeup Stamps) 

  

The funnest Happy Birthday Giftcard Holder

 

 I made this Birthday gift card holder for one of the girls in the office.  Her Christmas card to my family had Dragons w/ Santa hats, so when it came time for her Birthday, I knew this image form Paper Makeup Stamps would be PERFECT!  The warts on the tentacle are done with white Liquid Applique (so perfect!!), and I went over the ribbon on the present with a Spica Glitter pen to give it a little dimension.  I also recently learned that Sheri is almost as much of a button junkie as I am, so I just had to add a few on here.  Here is the inside.. --> 

I got the inside done and realized I didn't have anywhere for everyone to sign the card, so I added the white piece and since I REALLY have issues with plain white, I added some trim to the top and the bottom.  I did an accoridian fold to give us some room (there are a handful of us that needed to have room to sign the card).

The accordian isn't real easy to see, but you get the idea. This card was so much fun to make... Thanks Sheri for being YOU, huge Happy Birthday Hugs!

Stamps: Monster of a Gift (Paper Makeup Stamps), Birthday Cheer set (also PMS)  Paper: My LIttle Monster pp (Daisy Bucket), Black & white cs (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Black Buttons (PTI), Oval Nesties, Oval Punch &  Scalloped Oval punch (SU), White Liquid Applique, Red Spica Glitter pen

   

TGF CHA Relay, Day 2

 

This is Charlotte, she's the free digi for Day 2 of the CHA relay... I'll be back tonight to finish the deets for her and Ian from yesterday.  Happy Stamping!

**ETA**  Ok, Hair cut done, dinner done... time to get caught up on the blog posts!  This is the digi for day 2 of the TGF CHA Relay... she is so cute and way fun to color!  Like I said in my last post, I do NOT have any Greeting Farm images... I am liking them!!!  After I colored Charlotte, I cut her out and then popped her up on the Red mat (I just love my Prism paper, and am in mourning that Prism is no longer.  I am releived though that Bazzill will be carrying the Prism line... whew!).  All of the paper used here is from one of Taylor's Key Ingredients kits (I {heart} these kits!!).  Ok, enough babbling and back to work!  Make sure you check back often (or better yet, subscribe so you can get updates when I update {wink, wink}), cause I have some fun stuff I'm posting this week!

Stamps: Charlotte (digi from The Greeting Farm)  Paper: Penelope's Potpourri Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions)  Ink: Copics  Accessories: Penelope's Potpourri Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions), Black bling (Zva), Curved Rectangles Nesties

 

Merman Ian...

 

 This is a quick post to show off Mr. Ian.  I'll be back in a bit to post the deets!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

**ETA** My friend Shaela talked me in to playing along with The Greeting Farms CHA Relay.  I do not have any TGF images so this was a really fun way for me to play with something new.  The first day this digi, Merman Ian, is available for everyone.  Now in order to get the next free digi, I have to make something with Ian, upload it and then post a comment with my link.  This goes on for I believe 6 days or until I don't make the deadline.  I picked up this new My Minds Eye paper at the CHA SuperShow on Friday, and the colors were just too perfect.

Stamps: Merman Ian (The Greting Farm)  Paper: Playful Posies (MME), Enchanted Evening, New Leaf (both PTI), Neenah (to print the digi on)  Ink: Copics  Accessories: New Leaf button & ribbon (PTI), Melon Berry buttons (PTI), Deckled rectangle nesties, word window punch (SU)

Romantic Garden Walk...

 

  

 

 

Welcome to the Paper Garden Projects Romantic Garden Walk.

Valentines is such a fun "holiday", cause there are so many things to make someone to show them you love them!  What girl doesn't just LOVE chocolate?!?  This fun little package is filled with Hershey's Kisses and a set of cards.  Check back later this week and see the Teen Girl Valentines I made!!

Supplies for this project are easy peasy, and everything except the Kisses are available at Paper Garden Projects... Hearts Bloom paper kit, Clear Card boxes, Rae w/Journal image by Mo Manning 

Hope along and visit each of the Paper Gardners, while you visit, subscribe to each Gardener's blog and take note of each designer's name and their Romantic Word in their blog post. Once you finish your garden tour, send an E-mail to custserv@papergardenprojects.com with the list of designers and their Romantic Word.  My romantic word for you is... Kisses.

Everyone who sends the correct list of designers and words will be entered in a random drawing to win a sweet Valentine prize. You need to send an e-mail to the address above; please don't leave your list as a comment. You have until midnight (EST) on January 26 to sent your list.

And the prize? The super cute Penny Black clear stamp set called Every Which Way.

So enjoy the garden tour (feel free to bring along some Valentine treats).  Here is the garden tour guide list:

• Cathy


• Melissa (Mel)


• Tracy


• Amber


• Lorelie


• Tangii


• Tricia

Another Frosted Winter Paper kit card

The upside to being in the boonies... gorgeous scenery, peace & quiet; the downside... horrible internet! lol  Sorry, this was supposed to go up last Friday.

  This is another card from the Frosted Winter paper kit from Paper Garden projects.  I just love these papers, such fresh colors!  The sketch for this card, of course is one of Mercy's rockin' Tuesday sketches!  Can you see her little snowball in her hand?  It's a Dew Drop!  Love it!  And of course a splash of some Shimmerz for the snow under her feet.  The NEW Hearts Bloom Paper Kit is now available at Paper Garden Projects... get yours now before they're gone!

 

I can't wait to get playing with this great kit!  I'll have some peeks for ya this week! 

Stamps: Snow Much Fun (Eat Cake Graphics, available at Paper Garden Projects)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics Paper & Accessories: All paper and embellies are from the Frosted Winter paper kit (Paper Garden Projects) 

Stamp group

Well a couple of weeks ago I showed you my card and a notepad I made for my stamp group, but I don't often get to show you what some of the other gals brought.

This was from Marianne's shoebox... I love these colors!  And who doesn't love Verve images. 

This one was the idea of our newest member, Tara (using all SU!).  Love them both!!  I have all kinds of things that I've finished up to get posted, so make sure you come back soon.  Have a wonderful Sunday!!
   

Ahhhh, this is the life....

Shhhhhhhhh, do hear that? It's the rushing river about 8 feet away from the deck! Do you smell that? That's the smell of fireplaces ablazin' :) This is the life!  Hubby was in central Calif. on business so we all decided to meet him and head up to my in-laws house in Three Rivers.

This is the South Fork of the Kaweah river... right off the deck... so gorgeous!  So peacefull and quiet up here... I just LOVE it!  My MIL is HEAVILY in to weaving (as soon as she gets her blog, etc. up I'll have a link, {ahem}) so we had our "girls time" in her studio... she worked on some of her projects and of course I just HAD to fill in all the rest of the space with ink and rubber and pretty paper, lol!  Actually, instead of brining up everything I own for just a day and a half, I brough up the last of my stamps that needed trimming, and some clear stamp sets that needed to be put into binders.  Here's her studio...

It's really nice the way they just added this on to their garage (ya can't do that in Orange County!!).  Well I don't post about personal stuff very often, but I just wanted share a little bit of this VERY peaceful weekend with yall!  This weekend is certainly going to be WAY too short!

See ya soon with some more crafty stuff!  Hopefully soon I'll be able to show off some pics of my nearly organized and prettified stamp room!

Happy Blog Hop Day!

Happy Blog Hop & January Release day!  This is my most favoritest release ever!  First off, you should have come here from Dawn Knight's blog (welcome back Dawn!), if not you should start at the PMS Blog so you can get the scoop on how you can win this entire release as well as a how you can save a little cash!

 

 I love this Rose fairy, she is just too cute!  The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from the Birthday Cheer set at Paper Makeup Stamps!  Here is the inside of the card   

The sentiment is in a window and is actually stamped inside the card.

Make sure you join us tonight in the PMS FORUM for the Release Party.  Katie is always giving away the farm, she also LOVES to play games, and the winners from the Blog Comments will be announced!

Well let's get you hoppin' along here, your next stop is the oh so talented Amber Kroening.   Don't forget to take the letter "L" with you!  See you tonight at the release!

Paper Makeup Stamps January Sneak Peek Day 3...

 

 When I saw this quote, I thought of the most perfect project to use it for!  You will have to check back this weekend to see the project, but this is the tag for it!  I had a chipboard tag from SEI that was the perfect size!  I just love this quote... perfect for Valentines, Birthdays, Anniversaries and "Just because I love yous"!  Head over to the PMS Blog to see more of today's Sneak Peeks and to get all the deets on how you can win some of these NEW stamps!  Tomorrow's blog hop will give you the opportunity to win the whole stinkin' release!  How sah-weet is that?!?  And don't forget tomorrow night is the Release Party in the PMS Forum.  Hope to see you all there!

Stamps: William Shakespeare quote (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Two Scoops (Basic Gray), Vanilla & Black cs  Ink: Brick (Vivid)  Accessories:  Pearls, Black Glaze pen (Sakura), Red & Pink glitter pens (Spica), White sheer/silk ribbon, Sweet Blush button (PTI), silver cording, .3 Multiliner pen (Copic)

Paper Makeup Stamps January Sneak Peek Day 2...

 

Today's Peek theme is "Birthday's"!  What a fun idea for a kid's birthday card!  I LOVE it!  Make sure you go over to the PMS Blog to see some other Birthday peeks!  Sorry for the quick post, but if I stay too long I may just fall asleep on my keyboard, lol!  Don't forget there are some giveaways for blog comments so make sure you leave a little love on the DT blogs (more details on these giveaways are on the PMS Blog).  Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you tomorrow for Peek Day #3!

Stamps: Cookie Monster, Birthday Cheer set (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: My Little Monsters pp (Daisy Bucket), Bermuda and Black cs (SU), Stampers Select White (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Brick (Vivid), Copics  Accessories: Black Glaze Pen (Sakura), Red brads (Paper Garden Projects), Black ribbons (SU)

 

Paper Makeup Stamps January Sneak Peek Day 1...

Wow!  It's the first release of 2010!  And I have to say OMG!  This is an amazing release!!!!  Today is "Love Day" so we are peeking some Valentine, Anniversary and general LOVE images...

 

Do you love this paper??  I do, it's the NEW Juliette line from SEI and it is YUMMY!!  Oh so perfect for this "Romantic Robot".  Make sure you pop on over to the PMS Blog to see some more "Love Day" peeks!  See you tomorrow for some more peeks!  This month's release will be on Thursday the 14th... there'll be lots of fun stuff at the release party on the PMS Forum!  I used Black Onyx ink to stamp the sentiment because it is such a solid black, I love it!  I got it on accident, and once I used it I am so GLAD I got it!  I also went over the I {heart} and U with a Black Spica Glitter pen

Stamps: Automation the Robot, Hugs & Kisses set (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Juliette pp (SEI), Basic Gray & Blush Blossom (SU), Stampers Select White (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Black Onyx (VersaFine), Copic markers  Accessories: Black & Pink Glitter pens (Spica), Pearl Brad (American Crafts), Black Brads, Doily and ribbon (SEI Juliette collection)

  

Paper Garden's Frosted Winter paper kit...

 

Have you seen the super yummy Frosted Winter paper kit over at Paper Garden Projects?  I love the colors in this kit!!!  Everything on this card, except for the image is from the paper kit.  The image is from the Snow Much Fun set from Eat Cake Graphics (also at PGP).  I just love these images!!  This card is also for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch (of course!).  You can't see it in the picture but the blue cs is Prism, the texture is just perfect!

Stamps: Snow Much Fun set (Eat Cake Graphics, available at PGP), sentiment from Oliver (Kraftin' Kimmie available at PGP)  Paper: Frosted Winter paper kit (Paper Garden Projects), Neenah White for the image piece (PGP)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: brads and ribbon from the Frosted Winter paper kit, Circle nesties, scalloped circle nesties