Won't You Be Mine?

Do you have your Valentine cards ready for all your sweethearts?  I am building my stash and couldn't resist using this image called "Tommy Valentine Toad" from our fantastic sponsor Robyn's Fetish.  

Our sketch # 92 this week at Sunday Sketch and Stamp is courtesy of fellow DT member Emma.

I used some cardstock from my scrap pile and added a little embossing, everything is inked in black.  My image is colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Stampendous Changito Valentines set.  My patterned paper is from another one of my new 6 x6 stacks "Love Story: by Fancy Pants Designs."

Kaboodle Doodles #101-Fireworks + Sketch

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 Lollipop Crafts, or The Crazy Challenge please scroll down.

This is an exciting week for me as it was my turn to design a sketch for Sunday Sketch & Stamp, this is only the 2nd time I have created my own sketch. I hope you like it ans will come and play along with us and check out what the rest of the Sunday Sketch team has created HERE.

So I took this opportunity to kill 2 bids with one stone and combine my sketch with the challenge this week at Kaboodle Doodles. Our challenge this week is "Fireworks" and we have the wonderful Meljen's Designs as our sponsor this week. The prize this week is 4 images from Meljen's, so make sure to play along for a chance to win!  

I chose to use this adorable penguin image called "Party Penguin"- I love the sparklers in his hand and fun banner!  What a great image for a birthday or any occasion you are celebrating.  The papers are reversible and from TPC Studio "Party Hearty Candy Buttons" line. I have colored him using copics and then layered him up several times. I have framed him using my Nesties, then added a little bling and sentiment from CTMH.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Meljen's- stars (star on pennant, hope it counts)

Happy New Year + Thank You Card

Hope everyone's 2012 is off to a great start already, our starting off a little bumpy with a sick kiddo. My lil' Lucas started puking a little after midnight and continued until almost 7 am on Sunday.  Finally got him down to sleep and he was out until about 1:30 pm, one more round and then things finally settled down, he went to bed early on Sunday and slept until after 10 am on Monday.  Of course he work up and was raring to go, so we headed out to watch to movies to see "Chipwrecked" before having to head back to school today. So finally I think things are settled down, what a way to start the New Year right?

Well this allowed me lots of time to color and I have a stack of images ready to assemble, so be ready for some new projects soon!  I invite you all to come join us this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp, we have a wonderful sketch from our fearless leader Maggie.  I decided to work with this super cute lil' man from Jellypark called "boy with sign." I added the sentiment from a Stampin" Up set, I love the versatility of this lil' guy!  Make sure to check out Jellypark's new challenge this week HERE too!

I am entering this card in following challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp- sketch

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #83

It's our fearless leader Maggie's turn to host the challenge this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp

and she has come up with a great sketch that I decided to use for a layout. I dove into my CTMH papers in Holiday Red, Topiary, and White Daisy.  That fun pennants and letters are from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge.  I chose tradition as we will be starting a new one this year- I picked up Elf on a Shelf this weekend while shopping and he will be making his arrival for my Lucas this week.  I am going to wrap it up like it came from Santa just like in the movie that was on this weekend, we watched it last night and he loved it!

Make sure to play along this week as we have a new sponsor, Crimson Cloud and the winner will receive 3 die-cut packs of your choice.  Here is a little about Crimson Cloud:   Crimson Cloud is a mother/daughter venture - a way to indulge our joint passion of cardmaking and crafting. We only sell products that we have tried, tested and love using. We have developed our own exclusive range of dies cuts, digital stamps, svg files and "Make Your Own Card" kits which reflect our styles of card making - and hopefully yours too!

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #80

Sunday Sketch & Stamp has another wonderful challenge and this week our sketch was created by Mira.  We are being sponsored this week by one of my fave stores, The Stamping Boutique and up for grabs is FREE digis.  You will want to check out the TSB store as Tracey has drawn a brand new line called "Smoochies" and they are the cutest!!!  Make sure to join in TSB Monthly challenge on their challenge blog for additional chances to win images and maybe a Guest Designer position!

For my card today I have once again worked with my new fave Cricut cartridge, CTMH's Art Philosophy. I have used it to create these fabulous flowers as well a scalloped frame.  My white springs are actually from a snowflake and I have used CTMH papers in Lilac Mist and Indian Corn Blue.  I have embossed the white with my hearts folder and the border is using a SU' border punch.  The sentiment is from my Unity October KOM, which you can find HERE!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Inspire Me Fridays- anything goes

Rah Rah Rhonda

It's Homecoming this week here in our town, so everyone is gearing up for the "Big Game" as well as parade and dance.GO TIGERS!!! When I saw this image I thought it would make the perfect card for the challenge this week at The Crazy Challenge, which is to pick 3 colors to work with so I chose our school colors black/yellow or gold/white.  We are sponsored this week by Sassy Studio Designs and I have used Rah Rah Rhonda image from their store.

I am very excited to share with you that the overall layout of this card is my first sketch that I designed for the challenge this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp. We are honored to be sponsored by Kut 4 You and

one lucky winner will receive 2 chipboard albums and 5 sets of chipboard shapes. How cool is that!!!

My card is also for the challenge this week at Lollipop Crafts, where it's all about "anything goes" this week! Come check out what the entire team of Lollipop gals have created to inspire you this week!

Thanks Book Worm-Sunday Sketch & Stamp #73

With school back in session I have decided to build my stash of cards to be ready for when one is needed for a teacher. I grabbed this adorable image from Robyn's Fetish called "book worm" which is our sponsor this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.

We have a a wonderful sketch from Gry with lots of layers, which is exactly what I LOVE!  I raided my scrap stash and found these fun school papers from DCWV.  As you can see I has a little boo-boo with my red copic, but I decided it wasn't that bad.  Add a little embossing with my Swiss dots folder and sentiment is from CTMH.

Come on over and check out rest of girl's creations and join in the fun!

Sunday Sketch & Stamp

I picked up a couple new 6x6 paper packs at Archiver's this past week and could not wait to play with them, so what better time than with the sketch challenge this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.  We have a wonderful sketch from Donna and are sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Stamps.  I grabbed that "Happy Halloween" stamp in the $1 section at Jo Ann's and it's from Inkadinkado. The bat is from a CTMH stamp set.  Come play along and check out rest of DT's spectaculat project!

Think Pink

Isn't Princess Jennifer Latte looking GORGEOUS and ready for a evening our to celebrate?  She is a brand new image from The Stamping Boutique who happens to be sponsoring the challenge this week at

Sunday Sketch and Stamp. Our sketch this week comes from Maggie and I have rotated the sketch and been a little liberal as had to change shape to get my image to fit!

I just love this image, I have colored her pink using sparkly fluff and copics for Breast Cancer Awareness but she would work for any of the awareness ribbons! It's hard to see in pic, but I have used my special edition Sizzix  plates for embossing of "encouraging phrases" on white and "ribbons" on pink!  My cardstocks are from CTMH as well as that blingy brad!

Don't forget The Stamping Boutique is having a DT call and celebrating their 2nd birthday this month with lots of fun & prizes on their challenge blog. Check it out here and took pick up this image click here. They are also having a Labor Day sale where images are 35% off, but hurry it's only for this weekend!

I am entering this in following challenges:
One Stitch at a Time- use a digi
Stamptacular Sunday- anything goes
I Did It Creations- Girly Girl
Crafting When We Can-anything goes

Sweet Little One

"Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice, That's What Little Girls Are Made Of!"

Nothing is sweeter than an adorable new baby and I have lots of people I know are having new bundles of joy in next few months, so this card will be perfect for one of them.  This week at Cooking It Up With Katie we are sponsored by Meljen's Designs.  I used this adorable image called "baby bottle" which I have paired with the Claire's sketch this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp. 

The challenge this week at Cooking It Up with Katie is:

"Use a sticker, some pink, and add a little bling!"

Come on over and check out what our new DT gals have created for the challenge!

Sunday Sketch & Stamp

It's another challenge day over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp and although this is not my team's week after seeing the Sam's sketch I wanted to play along. and had this image laying on my desk already colored.  Don't you just love these cute little shy bears?  Well you can pick this image called Bearly Early Bears up and others at Squigglefly. I used scraps again which are all from CTMH Jingle paper pack and cardstock/brads in Juniper, ink is CTMH Tulip.  Surpirse sentiment is also from a CTMH stamp set.  Come and play along this week here and check out rest of team's projects!

Today was a fun and exhausting day for me as I competed in a brutal 5K race called the Warrior Dash, this race is decribed as 3.1 hellish miles and not only do you run the course but there are obstacles that you have to complete along the way. The end of the race commences with you leaping over fire and then wading through a mudpit covered with barbed wire.  This race was extremely hard with lots of hills and muddy trails along with temps above 100 and heat index/humidity were horrible.  Heats of 500 people took off every half hour and I was in the noon event, needless to say they ended up closing down last 4 heats due to excessive weather conditions and after sending almost 60 people to hospital. 

However I am so proud to say "I completed every obstacle" and although my time was not anything to brag about I am proud to say I finished and call me crazy but I would do it again.  I know it would have never been possible before losing the 50 lbs I did last fall.  I thought I would share a few photos, these aren't great beacause they are taken with a cell phone (I forgot the camera) but you get the idea!

I am entering this card in following challenges:

Come & Get It-anything goes

Merry & Bright Shy Bear

Blogger has not been my friend recently, however I am finally able to post this card I made using another adorable Squigglefly Shy Bear called candle bear . I started my project using the Mira's sketch this week my fellow DT member at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.  This week we are sponsored by  Digi Doodle Shop, so make sure to join us for youe chance to win! Also this week at Kaboodle Doodles the challenge is all about "embossing" and we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter. They have some of the most adorable images, so you will want ot make sure to enter challenge!

July has got me in the mood for Christmas somewhat, so I decided to keep getting ahead for the holidays with this card.  The image is colored with Copics and then I used my Nesties to frame image. My papers are once again scraps that I have paired with some inking in CTMH Ponderosa Pine and Vineyard Berry.  To create my golden glow around my image, I have used CTMH Creme Brulee using my Nestie as a stencil.  A few pearls in the corners to finish this one off!

Would love to also see you all this week over at The Crazy Challenge, where the theme is Christmas in July and sponsored by another of my fave places The Stamping Boutique.  Now what are you waiting for, head on over and check out all my fellow DT members creations at Sunday Sketch & Stamp, Kaboodle Doodles, and The Crazy Challenge!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Creations Ink-Christmas in July
Stamps+Fun=Creativity-digi stamp
The Outlawz-Christmas in July

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #60

Sunday not only mean the end to another weekend, but another great sketch challenge over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp and this week's sketch is provided by Kathrin. I cannot seem to get enough of working digitally, I think part of it is the fact that I don't have to drag a bunch of things out and make a huge mess, lol!!!  So for this week I have once again hit up one of my new fave places Pixel Scrapper to get all my elements, except the sentiment which came from Digi Scrap Depot.

Isn't my guy adorable?  This picture was taking during last couple weeks of school and his teacher planner as fun and educational water day in their classroom.  The kids got to wear their swim clothes and did all types of activities like bubbles, water balloons, etc.  Come on over and join the challenge this week!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Scrappy Frogs- use red

Card Creations & More- patriotic



Sunday Sketch & Stamp #58

Hope everyone has had a relaxing weekend so far, it has been extremely hot here so we have been soaking up as much a/c as possible. My kiddos took off for a small fishing trip with my parents so we were enjoying the piece and quiet, we are only a week into summer vacation and they are already on my last nerve with all the bickering and fighting- It's gonna be a long summer, lol!!!  Tonight we have Micah's HS Baseball banquet and then get ready for another busy week!

I am still working on getting my mojo back after surgery and have lots of projects in the works.  Today bring another sketch challenge over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp, which I am a design team member. I had this fabulous paper from last month's scrapbook club, it's from CTMH and called Fanfare.  The image is courtesy of The Stamping Boutique and colored with copics.  Head on over here and join us and check out the rest of DT's wonderful creations!