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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Heartsy Mae

Have you seen the new Valentines releases at Some Odd Girl !!

They are LOVELY- no pun intended!!

Today is no different with a sweet loving Heartsy Mae!

You must head over to the Some Odd Girl Store to get these sweeties just in time for the Valentines season! Show the one you love that you've got "that lovin' feelin' ".

TIP:

When using scraps of ribbon, particularly Jute ribbon, if you place it at an angle behind the image (such as I did above) it helps to make the image POP out at you !

This tag will be posted in my online galleries:

Challenges for my tag:
Top Tip Tuesday- anything goes (tip as well - see above)
Aud Sentiments- any sentiment & use scraps (all my ribbon are scraps)
Anything goes- anything goes
My mom's Craft Shop- here come the girls
Bunny Zoes- photo inspire

Color Create- photo colors

Monday, January 9, 2012

CAS or CASE

Ok so when the new Saturated Canary Challenge went up, I immediately had to make something for it ESPECIALLY after seeing the creation by Lori Boyd. OMGAWD! I love it! So not only did I do a CAS I also did a CASE job. Yup. I cased her! Thanks for the inspiration Lori!

This is Poppy the Circus Girl from Saturated Canary on Etsy.
I LURVE HER! so fun. so carnival. so birthday. so many things!
Colored with copics.
Misc scrap papers.
Wee bit of bling on the balloon.
Chipboard sentiment.
Done.

Challenges for my card:

Saturated Canary- CAS
Paper Sundaes- Saturated Colors
Whoopsi Daisy- pink & green
Cupcake Inspirations - photo (see below)

Saturday, January 7, 2012

My Sketch At Sketchy Challenges

YAY!!

It's my turn to host the sketch at The Sketchy Challenges!

Hope everyone's New Year is off to a great start.

Mine started with busing my cuttlebug into pieces (ok, maybe not pieces, but busted, dont'work no more, that's for sure). I feel a shopping trip!

As I said over at the challenge blog, I was so nervous and excited to be making a sketch for this challenge, I even misspelled my name on the watermark! LMAO!

OMG! Silly right!

So here's my sketch.

And here's my take.

Our sponsor is Prairie Fairy Designs who is offering up a $10.00 gift cert.

I have used Punker Gillian. Isn't she punkalicious! I went for a very colorful feel with all my layers of papers and ribbons.

I did some embossing on here, but that was before my cuttlebug busted! :-(

I did some crackle painting as well. The sentiment is recycled from a card my friend gave me. And the flowers were a gift from a fellow blogger!

Sure hope you can give my sketch a try this fortnight!

I promise my next sketch will not be as difficult! LOL

Challenges for my card:

Simply Create Too- layers layers layers

Challenge Up Your Life- BINGO - i have purple, die cuts and sparkle

Crafty Emma- anything goes

Kaboodle Doodles- celebrate

Stamps R Us- anything goes

Friday, January 6, 2012

Be Mine Forever

OH MY WORD!

I was so excited when I won Bettina's Blog Candy, as soon as she sent me the Bunny Zoes Gift Cert, I went straight away shopping and got this little wee Tilda from the recent Sweet Crazy Love Set. Meet Tilda with Wrapped Heart. Papers are Stella & Rose by My Mind's Eye.....I just Adore these papers. I gotta find more of them. (EDITED to add- I recieved the rest of Bettina's candy yesterday...HOLY CANDY! I wasn't expecting it to be that huge! thanks again Bettina! )

Flowers are a mix of misc topped with these beautiful blue ones I got a Micheals on sale, a long time ago!! The Die Cut leaves were a gift from my BFF Blogger Friend Dora.....I think I need this die too!!

Sentiment is made of sticker words.

My girl is colored all with copics and glittered to the max. I {HEART} my new copics!

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges for my card:

Deep Ocean Challenge- Lots of white

Simon Says Stamp- new (stamp)

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge- anything goes

Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog- anything goes

TOMIC Challenge- blue, white & glitter with a sketch

Thursday, January 5, 2012

SOG Challenge!!

The new year is not starting off very smooth. Posts posting without cards on them! LOL

SOG challenge post, scroll down!

Some Odd Blingy, bling, bling

Happy New Year! Yay! Are you about sick of hearing "happy new year" already!?! Me too! LOL Well this is officially my first card for the new year!And it's for the Some Odd Girl Challenge!

Wanna know what we wanna see!?>!

This fortnight, we want to see.....................

LOTS O BLING!

At least two types.

Glitter, pearls, rhinestones, spritzing, spraying, foiling.........you name it. We want to see your bling !
Can you spot mine!?
I've gots pearls, gems, stickles and glittery white base cardstock. I've used In Stitches Tia clear stamp set available at the Some Odd Girl Store NOW!! I stamped her onto a heart shaped puzzle, yes the pieces came apart as I attempted to put this entire card together and thought it looked kinda neat; thus the little gaping area on the top right of the heart near the spool of thread. Then I went in & added some stitching to hold my heart together to go with the whole theme.

Overall I am pleased with how she came out! I colored her entirely with COPICS ! My Christmas present to myself (from hubby-lol). I have about 1/4 of the set now! BWahhaa!! I'm still happy with that!

OOOoooooooooooo I have a funny story to share. While making this card I was all set to use one of my die cut heart shapes and as I was running it thru my cuttlebug (with some paper shims) like this: (note the wee arrow pointing there)............

.........I heard a big "WHAP" & the side of the cuttlebug popped off. Like a cap! POP! I screamed. There were the gears! Hubby came running & at first we couldn't figure out why this had happened then upon further inspection we noticed this ........... a gaping connection! I busted my 'bug'!! (boohoo! )

The circular areas there are screw holes hubby tried a couple of "Macguiver" techniques to hold it together but I'm sorry to say, my bug is done! D-O-N-E....done!

I am now accepting donations for a new one! LOL

Not really, perhaps hubby will buy me one today when he gets paid!

Anyways, one last shot of the card that killed my bug!

There you have it, a ~~how to break your bug~~....uh....hmmm....glitter up your project blog post! teehee!
We hope to see your GLITTER, SPARKLE & BLING at the SOG blog over the next couple weeks!

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Don't forget to check out the Nouveau Girls Blog for some Nouveau inspiration! It's been pretty quiet over there for a while, but rest assured with the current SOG DT call, the pace will be picking up tremendously!

This card will be posted at my online galleries:

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Challenges for my card:
Charisma Cardz- over the rainbow
Really Reasonable Ribbons- sparkle & ribbon
The Paper Shelter- anything goes
Bearly Mine Challenge- anything goes
The Crafty Sentiments- love & romance

Monday, January 2, 2012

Winner Redraw, Thoughts & a WOOHOO!!

Seems not all the prizes were claimed from my candy so I am redrawing for that ONE!

That would be the SOG stamps and papers.

The redraw winner is:

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#6 KARYN

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A New winner reminds me that this is a new year.

Welcome to 2012.

What resolutions have you made?

How many have you broken already (Day 2-3 into 2012) LOL

Sounds funny but it's reality.

It happens.

What I wanted to put out there is encouragement that you can 'stick to your guns' IF YOU CHOOSE.

It's all a choice. Your choice.

I always resolute (is that correct english?!) to stop biting my nails.

Never happens.

I also resolute to 'be a different person'....try not to yell at the kids, get upset easily or sweat the small things'.

Hasn't happened yet, but I'm working real hard at it this year.

Perhaps I'll just share with you how I live my life daily.

"Everything Happens for a Reason"

My motto. Well, not "mine" but someone really smart came up with this, & I use it.

Someone pisses you off, tell them.

You love someone; they may not know it, tell them.

Something someone did made you very happy/glad/or smile inside......tell them.

You've just eaten a good meal, tell the Chef (heck give him/her a tip) & don't think of "do u know how much they get paid"......just do it, because.

You see someone who has dropped their bag of groceries....stop and help them pick it up.

And the list goes on and on.

Some of these things may not be so easy to do, like telling someone when they have made you mad, or just saying it like it is.....I have been in this position numerous times & it never gets easier. I've been in this position with my best friends & we are still friends. However some people don't like that about me, which is why I have only a handful of TRUE FRIENDS I can hang with & just be me with.

Speaking of just being me.

Anyone in love with the song "Someone Like You" by Adele as much as I am?!

Has anyone ever felt this way about someone?

I have.

Twice.

This song makes me cry, but also makes me happy knowing I would not be where I am today without everything happening in the past.

"Everything happens for a reason".

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Lastly my Woohoo for the day is the fact that I am officially on a new DT, thanks to Jo liking my work and asking if I'd be interested! Of course I am. Thanks Jo.

The Crafty Sentiments Monthly Challenge DT

Our first challenge will be on February 10th!!!

Crafty Sentiments Designs also has a great sale on!

hurry on over to check it out!

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Top 10 Faves of 2011 !!

Happy New Years Eve!!!

To some of my other blogger friends across the world!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing....I hope you are having one hellova time!

I am working out of town right now. Yup, that's how I'm ringing in the new year. WORK. By choice. While hubby it hopefully having a blast towing people all over town with their CAA memberships that allow for him to be a chaffeur on this night!

My post today is to say good bye to 2011......

To say good bye to all the creations I have made over the past year....

& to recall some of my bests.

Oh come on, you know you have them. Cards/layouts/3D items that just didn't "cut it" (so to speak).

Mrs. Waffle Winnell is hosting a TOP Ten linky-link-a-long............so head on over to check out hers!

But before you do, Here's mine!

I'll try my best to keep it to 10!

In no particular order......

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WAIT

I also just found this too! Another place to post my faves!!
Regina's blog.
EEK.

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Now onto our show! lol

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My Sketchy Challenges DT card using a Chrissy Armstrong image.

My fave part is the wee dolly.

My Saturated Canary Just for Fun card.

Fave part: Cool chic image & crackle painting EVERYTHING.

My Sassy (In the Spotlight) Doorhanger

My fave part...it was made for my niece, & she opened it at Christmas & LOVED IT!

My Tickled Pink Surfboard Card.

My fave part is all the extras I added & Stefan! MMMhhh dreamy!

My Prairie Fairy Designs Fairy for my CRAFT GDT spot.

Fave part- the image! This is my fave fairy EVA!

My Tilda LOVE book.

My fave part is naturally ALL the Tildas!

PS- the bride is currently in labour about to have her first child. YAY!

My Last Minute Easter Creation.

Fave part- Edwin & the center step card

Truth be told I'd choose all my center step cards and call them my fave!

like this one

and this one

The first page of my scrapbook for my brother and his family who had to put their dog to sleep.

My fave part: The title.

The pic is of my nephew Riley with Rousseau.

My Sweet Pea WOW card.

Fave part: All the white.

My SOG tag for my JUSTWORDZ DT.

Fave Part: The colors. & The stamp, next to my rubber Edwin (ok that sounds kinda bad)....This clear rubber SOGgy is my most used stamp.

Well if that wasn't the most difficult task EVA! I don't know what is!?!?!

Once again.............

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Friday, December 30, 2011

Sparkly Wings

Winners of my candy are posted HERE.

There is one unclaimed prize.

If it is not claimed by Jan 1, I will redraw!

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Almost 2012!!!

YIKERS!!

This is the official last challenge for 2011 for Fairy Fun Fridays.

Not forever.....just for 2011.

We will be back next year (that sounds so weird) with a fun new challenge!

The theme at Fairy Fun Fridays this fortnight is

THINGS WITH SPARKLY WINGS!

Don't have a winged image, pls hop over to Prairie Fairy Designs & grab one, cuz she has got some GOR-JUSS fairies hanging around. Thus, Prairie Fairy Designs! Right!

I have chosen the image Fairy Love . Perfect for a wedding card or new love card! I did some embossing, stitching, glittering & flowering. I don't do flowers very often, but once in a while I will bust em out. These are WOC flowers except for the golden accent there. I believe that is from a blogger friend.