How could I resist?>!

If you could please take a minute to read about Darrah HERE, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks

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That's it! I've had it! 

The Totally Tilda Challenge has thrown me over the edge to create a Magnolia Halloween creation! I used the sketch at Magnolia-licious Highlites blog to pull my card together. I can't even remember the last time I colored a Tilda?!? I kinda miss coloring them! 

 

I used a Tilda from the Your So Special Collection called Tilda with a small gift & is available at the Magnolialicious Store HERE. Except I made Tilda have a small spidey!! LOL The sparkly little spideys are from my stash as is the die cut spiderweb & spider running horizontal across the bottom. 

Since Halloween Challenges seem to be a big hit around blog land, I'd also like to enter this card into the following challenges

Magnolia Stamp Lovers- fall

Sweet Stampin- in stitches

Sentimental Sundays- anything goes

Stamptacular Sundays-so distressing

Magnolia Down Under- Halloween

Magnolialicious Challenge blog- photo inspire (see below)

August & September- fave things & a card!

(Quick note- I am gathering some stuffs for a few candy draws sometime before Christmas for my followers ONLY, so if you want to be in the running, you know what to do!)

I have seen people around blogland telling other blogger friends what their favorite things are/have been for the past month they've blogged. Do YOU find that you get comfy with one thing, do it for a while, then BOOM off to something else? I sure do. So here's my fave things for the months of August & Sept. I combined them!

{{I am putting a link at the bottom of my post for if you  wish to share your favorite things for the past month as well. I'd like to see what gets your motor running! }}

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Jute Ribbon- I LURVE my Jute from Really Reasonable Ribbons. I like it ALL year round, not just these two months! When I'm looking for a ribbon, this is what I reach for!



X-press it Blending Card- I recently purchased some from Simon Says Stamp. OMG I love the feel of this stuff. It is so soft & smooth & silky & blends so well with my colored pencils as well as copics!



Tags- I made these plus MANY more this month. I just couldn't get enough of them!

        

Copics- I am slowly expanding my copic collection. See that area of monotone browns; that's what my color stash looks like with a couple pinks, blues & reds! LOL Pathetic I know. I go to OOZAK to buy my copics. Their prices are great and shipping is amazing. (I did have a picture here....where'd it go?)

            

Butterfly Shaped Chipboard Album- I got one similar to this (without the design) from a local craft store and am making a wall hanging for my daughters room. I have two sheets done already. Slow & steady with some of my fave stamp companies!





Simply Sassy  Stamps- YES! My name is Corry & I am addicted to SASSY stamps! LOL A new obession!! UH! how do these things happen/!?!?! haha I follow the Sassy DT blog closely and hope to one day be a header girl. I purchase all my SASSY's at Funky Kits.





Saturated Canary- Saturated Canary Digis- AHHHH!!! ANOTHER addiction! Krista Smith is the illustrator of these digis as well as the SASSY stamps. Easy to see why I am addicted to both now right? .............well try explaining it to my husband will ya! lol

And speaking of the Saturated Canary and Sassy Stamps..........

I made a creation for the Saturated Canary Challenge #1. It's a sketch with an optional theme of Halloween. Well, I got the sketch part down anyways. In fact I switched it up a bit by putting the image on the other side. Yikes, I know.....I tend to live on the wild side sometimes. 

As per the SC rulz, you can use either a SC digi or a Simply Sassy Stamp & so I have used my Sassy Strike a Pose from Funky Kits. 

The ribbon is from my stash & I ruffled it up. The paper came looking just like that. Textured just like so. Neato hey? I rather like it. The wooden hearts (yes wooden, not chipboard)  are from a large package I bought at Dollaram. I brushed them with Tattered Rose crackle paint and sponged them with Vintage photo. The I stamped on them with my JUSTWORDZ everyday stamps. 

Challenges for my card: 

Fabulous Friday at Frosted Designs- use 4 off the  list (color yellow, chipboard, ribbon, ink {disressing the hearts & paper that the stamp is on})

Simon Says Stamp- sparkle & bling

Try it on Tuesdays- make it minimal

Sweet Stamps- anything goes

Papertake Weekly- anything goes

Saturated Canary- sketch (see below) 

Sugar & Spice at Fairy Fun Friday

As you read this, I have comforted my 18 month old who has just gotten his 18 month needles, now we are probly visiting my ex-mother-in-law who is sick in hospital. 

Then we are off to go shopping for a few things, return a few things........& continue to run around like chickens with no heads for the remainder of the day! Yikes. I'm tired already! 

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The theme this time round  at Fairy Fun Fridays is

SUGAR & SPICE

....and everything nice right?

I have chosen the image called Dotty from Prairie Fairy Designs. Some people look at her & think Pink. Not me......well not today anyways! I went with some fall feel colors for this one. The jute & satin ribbon are from Really Reasonable  Ribbons. The sentiment frame is one of many I got a Dollarama a long long time ago. The vellum swirly frame I put around Dotty came from a candy pack I won from Marianne! I almost forgot I had these goodies! TY! 

 I encourage you to hop over to the FFF challenge & check out the other SUGAR & SPICE creations from the DT. They will make your mouth water!! 

Challenges for my card: 

4Crafty Chicks- monotone

DYSU- brown

PaperPlay challenges- autumnal colors

CLP sketch challenges- sketch (see below)

JUSTWORDZ sympathy

This is post #1 for today- stay tuned for my Fairy Fun Friday DT card. 

G'day my fellow bloggers. 

I just have to share with you what wonderful weather we are having here in Canada. +30 yesterday. The kids & I & my BFF raked leaves, mowed them up and cleaned up the yard, just to see a smile on my hubby's face when he came home. I don't think he noticed though, he's been so busy, he barely had time to say "hi" before he was out the door again on another tow. Oh, the joys of owning your own business! 

Anywho, the reason your here, right?!! LOL 

Today brings us another Friday, which means another inspiration post from the JUSTWORDZ DT girls.

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But before I get to that, I just want to let you know that Kimberley over at JUSTWORDZ, is having a DT call. She is looking for a team for the next 4 months. Not only will you be getting a chance to use stamps just like these ( a new Party Time set as well as a Christmas Season set) as part of the DT but you will also have the chance to work with some amazing digis from a NEW & EXTREMELY TALENTED lady named Sheryl Brown. If you want more info Please Click Here. This link also shows you an example of Sheryl Browns work as created by Kimberly. 

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Now onto our show......this week we are concentrating on SYMPATHY sentiments that you can piece together from the JUSTWORDZ Everyday Sentiment set. If you click the link, you will be able to see 2 brand new sets of stamps that Kimberley has come out with. (Party Time & Christmas Season). I have used a Prairie Fairy Design image called Poppies. The Jute ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbons. This is a very CAS card for me, but for a sympathy card it is simply enough.  

I am very pleased with the way this card turned out! 

Thanks so much for checking in this week to see more of the versatility of these sentiment stamps! 

Challenges for my card: 

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT challenge- no DP

Moving Along With The Times- autumn leaves

Try it On Tuesday- make it minimal

OLLCB- Sympathy

Bling it on- No PP

Some Odd SKETCH

This is post #2 for today, scroll down to see my CRAFT GDT card! 

HALO Soggy fans! 

It's Thursday & you know what that means.........another Some Odd Girl Challenge & this week we want you to get sketchy with this fabby sketch! 

Fun right? Don't you just love a good sketch!? I DO! Literally, LOVE, hug and kiss my computer when I see a sketch challenge! So let's see what I've made with all that love shall we. OOoooo......oooOOooo... can you see what i did. YUP! I flipped it & used Winter Mae as the center of attention! She is from the latest digi release and if you haven't seen all the images YET, you simply MUST head over to the Some Odd Girl Store & take a look around! 

For the circle on my card, I opted to use a snowflake that I cut off with my Cricut! Then I embossed it with my swirls embossing folder, then I brushed it with tattered rose crackle paint. It could not have turned out any better! I added Frosted Lace stickles to all the "fluffy" parts on Mae's outfit! The little snowflake and the  COLD word are from my scrapbooking stash! 

Now you simply must head over to the Challenge blog and check out the other DT Girls interpretations of this sketch. OH & hey HAVE YOU SEEN THIS YET!?!? *very exciting*

This card will be posted to my online galleries: 

{{Splitcoaststampers Gallery}}

{{Scrapbook.com Gallery}}

{{Two Peas in a Bucket Gallery}}

Challenges for my card:
Papertake Weekly- anything goes
Bearly Mine- 3 DP need to be seen
Anything goes- die cuts or punches
I Brake For Challenges- girl power

CRAFT first GDT card

Hello all & welcome to my new followers. I am working on collecting some BLOG CANDY for my followers sometime before Christmas. There will be many prizes with many winners, so if you are not a follower already...........be forwarned .............THE CANDY IS COMING! lol 

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Not sure if you heard the news but I was chosen as STAR of the month for September over at the CRAFT challenge blog & was asked to be GDT for October. How could I refuse right?!!!

Well I got straight to work with this weeks challenge of 

BRIGHT COLORS.

This week, CRAFT is sponsored by MelJens Designs & In2Stamps. 

We got some fun images to play with from MelJens & I used Rudolf on the sketch from MoJo Monday. I sponged my white snowflake die cuts (that came in a scrapbooking set) with baby blue ink and littered them with glitter, not sure if you can see it! The sentiment is from SU and I punched it out with my SU scallop punch. 

Hope this gets you in the Christmas spirit!?

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Challenges for my card:

Fab'n'Funky- die cuts/punches

Forever Friends- use a sentiment & an animal

Simon Says Stamp- sparkle & bling

Mojo Monday- sketch (see below)

Sassy for your Soul

Hey there, yup I'm back again! Did I tell you my great news yesterday? No I don't think so. My daughter's soccer team, The Mavericks, (she's 10) won GOLD in their agegroup at the soccer tournament this past Sunday. I am so miffed that I was not there to cheer her on  (I had to work!! ), but soooo happy when she popped by the hospital to show me her trophy! YAY!! They worked their butts off for that! 

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Here we have another Sassy Girl. This is one of the stamps from the last set I ordered from Funky Kits called Lost in Music. This is one of those cards where I colored the image first, then matched my 'everything' around her. I don't think it turned out that bad!?

I used the Sugar Bowl sketch to work my card. All my ribbons for this card are from my Sept. Ribbon Carousel club kit. Metal clips holding the ribbon are from my SU Hodge Podge Hardware set! The sentiment is from Sentimental Sundays. I cut the center out of the heart doily to be able to see the music sheet & papers a bit more. 

Well, I'm off to craft a bit more and maybe do some laundry or feed the kids. Choices, choices. LOL 

Challenges for my card: 

Ribbon Carousel- anything goes

Creative Stamp Friends- autumn colors

Craft Your Passion- anything goes Plus ribbon

Cupcake Inspirations- photo inspire (see below)

Sugarbowl challenge- sketch (see below)

It's a Rainy Day

Boy oh Boy, some of you may have been wondering where I have been!

 A day off between posts.....I KNOW....CRAZY RIGHT!!! LOL 

I am officially off on my 7 day stretch......I simply love having 7-9 day stretches off of work so I can get into my crafty zone, creating til the wee hours of the morn while everyone is asleep! Like a mini- VA-CA every 4 weeks!! That makes me smile :-)

This is a card I made on my LAST stretch off from work using a Saturated Canary image. If you haven't heard of Saturated Canary then you MUST WAKE UP AND SMELL THE EMBOSSING POWDER. Saturated Canary artist Krista Smith is also the mega-mind & slight of hand behind the Simply Sassy Stamps. She does AMaZinG work & I have quickly fallen in love with her stuffs. 

This image is called Let it Rain. I immediately fell in love with her when I saw her. And after making the card front, I realized it would look great as an easle! So here we are. The blue papers are from one of my paper pads I NEVA got a chance to crack open yet......Stella Rose by MME!. 

A few pics of the finer details.  I used my  SU scallop punch on the base & added a layer & a button. Made the dots with my white gel pen! OOoooo almost forgot I slid some pins in the lace there on the base as well! 

The next pic down shows some of the glitter I added to her dress & umbrella. 

The bottom pic is of a sentiment I got from Sentiments4You. 

Unfortunately I made this card before the new Saturated Canary Challenge blog kicked off (which is a sketch with an optional halloween theme). Instead I followed the sketch below and have also found a few other challenges to enter as well. 

Well, gotta go create, comment & cook (not really, I think I'll order out, I just couldn't think of another "c" word.........oooo............) call! LOL 

Have a good one! 

Challenges for my card:

Crafty Cardmakers- anything goes

The Outlawz- Paper A La Mode- Anything goes

365 cards- 5 or more layers

2 sisters- fancy folds

Bunny Zoes- sketch (see below) -

SPREAD THE WORD

This is something I really want EVERY STAMPER OUT THERE to read.

Mo Manning wrote a very touching post on her blog yesterday.

What I want to say is:

Please,

 READ IT.

Then tell other crafters about it.

Here's the link:

Mo's Digital Pencil Too- Letter to a crafter

Let's Ink It Up..............IS BACK!

I was so excited to hear that Let's Ink It Up Monthly Challenge Blog was returning & was even MORE EXCITED when Suzanne e-mailed me asking if I'd like to return to the 'new team'!! Of course I hesitated for like a nanosecond before telling her I'd be more than happy to return!! YAY!! She had a DT call & we now have a great new team who will be presenting you with monthly inspiration! 

To start things off for the month of October we have a challenge that is fitting to the fact that this is breast cancer awareness month. Our challenge is to : 

CREATE SOMETHING PINK! 

REMEMBER: You must use rubber stamps here at Let's Ink It Up! 

Our sponsor for October is Mad 4 Markers offering up a Prize Package Copicendium and stamp



Now, I'm not really a pink girl, but I think I was able to make you think otherwise with this little creation. 

This is Sweet Thinking Mae from Some Odd Girl & she comes with the sentiment & frame. What? Rubber? Yup, there are a bunch of clear stamps available at Some Odd Girl, really, you must head over & check them out!! Now I'm sure you think you must be having DeJaVu to, cuz I just used this little beauty yesterday on a tag. Truth be told, she is my fave stamp set I own! So very versatile and that frame can be used for ANY sentiment! 

I "attempted" my first no lines stamping. This stamp was inked up with memento black ink  & stamped off 3 times WITHOUT reinking. This is the result of the third stamp. Still you can kinda see the lines....I think I need more practice!! 

This shape of the card is from Susie Sugars Die Cut Dreams Store that I got a VERY long time ago....slowly I am plucking my way thru all the gorgeous shapes. Pink & white lace & flowers are from WOC. There is a piece of pink fabric behind Mae that I literally found laying around & thought "hey I should keep this". And the pink ribbon is a piece that came on a package of toiletries. I did not use any DP......rather I stamped some swirls from a SU stamp set. I added some stitching and Voila! 

Actually, Mae was colored ALL with copics too. I am slowly acquiring more (I've added more colors to my collection so as to get some diff hair colors). I'm pleased with how she turned out! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

And I hope to see you at the Let's Ink It Up challenge this month! 

EDITED- October 4, 2011

I  also just noticed the let's Link Up for Pink linky party going on at a few blogs in blogland. I found this out thru the Feline Playful blog and if I'm still eligible, I'd like to enter this into the LUFP link

What a great reason to gather together as bloggers & friends! 

 I'll be sending this card to the address found HERE in the hopes of making someone smile! 

Challenges for my card: 

Simon Says Stamp- anything goes
Simply Create- more than 6 months old (my die cut shape)
Dutch Dare Challenge- BINGO (ribbon, flowers, die cut)
The Outlawz- copic/promarker challenge- anything goes