Pretty, Punctual, Precious, Peaceful, Polite, Popular, Professional, Possible, Plesant, Perfect, Positive, Priceless and PROUD!

Or PAULETTE 😀

All of these adjectives not only start with “P”, but describe the person this letter was made for.

I told you yesterday I would share a great gift idea, and here it is.

For the person who has everything or anyone really-and you want to do something special.

I made these altered MDF letters for some friends recently. I purchased them at Michael’s.

They are part of a Secret Friend Swap. So if you got a MDF letter-the SURPRISE! Its from me:D

 I tried to make them  for each person so they would match their creative space!

I have 3 more to show you through this week. Each one special, and different from the next, to match the people they are made for.

This one was made with Paulette’s room color in mind, and her general peaceful, relaxed way.

Another important thing, she bought me this stamp from Penny Black. I LOVE it! What a way to showcase her gift to me huh?

For each letter I used Copper Foil, normally used when making Microscope slide ornaments, or stained glass wrap. It is sticky, so I just ran it along the edges of the letters, and ran my Scor-Tool over it to really secure it on, and smooth it out.

It really adds a much more elegant look than just PAINT!

The cardstock is River Rock textured cardstock.

I adhered each letter with Monomulti Glue, then brayered over each one for a nice seal.

Stamped the images and sentiment (from CTMH) with black StazOn (prior to adhering), and colored with my Twinkling H2O’s, and Lumiere. I also added some copper pen touches, to the flower centers.

I then added some gorgeous May Arts Satin ribbon-that will also be delivered to Paulette’s as part of her gift from Jody’s Ribbon share 😀

I needed “something” so I got a tag from Making Memories, and stamped the butterfly/sentiment from the SU! Priceless set. I colored the tag with my Sharpie markers, then sanded it.

 Another view

P-for PERFECT and P-for Proud!

I hope you enjoyed my little project.

My friend Erin is due THIS Friday to have a baby girl! They aren’t entirely sure it is, so I will alter one for “whatever” she has! LOL! Her baby is suppose to be named Avery-but Im not putting anything permanent YET!

I changed Amber’s name from Rebecca to Amber after to was born!

The other 2 were named, while I was pregnant too, and it stuck, but not her. She was almost Brielle, or Lily (now our cat’s name! LOL!), but those just didn’t fit.

Amber came out of no where!

Come to find out, when Jason’s mom was pregnant with him (at 17 and told no one till she was 8 months), she thought HE was a girl. She was going to name HIM Amber. She would “talk” to him by that name all the time. No one ever knew that.

So Amber’s arrives, and we had not agreed on a suitable name.

She reached out and grabbed his thumb, from under the warming lights.

Here is the photo-my most cherished I think!

He turned to me and said “What about Amber?”

I looked at her and knew that WAS it! She has soft blond hair, and a sunny look to her. She was so precious. Amber-A precious jewel-is the meaning. PERFECT.

When his mom came to visit in the hospital we told her we named “Rebbecca” – “Amber” instead. It was then that we heard the story!

Is that not the coolest thing ever! It subconsiously stuck with him, somewhere all these years.

Goes to show babies can “hear you” in there.

Thanks for reading.

I have a few more I’ll post this week.

Till tomorrow.

OK I got tagged, and Im wicked sorry! I cannot find WHO it was that sent me this email :C

I just went copy/pasted and went back later to find “you” and now it is stuck amongst my many INBOX messages-SORRY! Let me know WHO you were! 

1. Name your 2 favorite Scrapbooking topics.

YUCK! I hate to scrap! But I like Smileboxes so, it would me my kids, and I guess our dog-Daisy. She’s really funny.

2. What are the two best places you’ve been to?

Paris and Hawaii

3. Name two things you do every day. Clean and stamp

4. Name two things that pretty much everyone knows about you.

I love to stamp! AND I have a little OCD so try to keep the house as clean as possible with  kids.

5. What are your two favorite stores?

TARGET!!! And any craft related place to shop.

6. What are your two favorite accessories to stamp/scrap with?

Ribbon and BLING

7. What are your two favourite occasions to make cards for?

Thank you and Birthday-most commonly used.8. What are your two favourite SU! Cardstock colours?

I LOVE celery and soft sky

OK there you have it.

I dont sound very interesting-but hey that me! BORING 😀

Have you ever made something that you LOVED, but no one else seemed to really notice?

Doesn’t it drive you crazy?

This happens to me all the time. I think I have bad taste!

Even with submissions. There will be something I’m not sure about sending, and its the first thing picked! The things I LOVE-no go!

Well, I came across one of those creations today! An under loved piece of magic (:D)

I was scanning through my files, so I could update my published list, and found my VERY FIRST EVER Papertrey Ink card! I felt since I stayed up till 12:35 am, to get in my order-(YES! The site crashed AGAIN!) that I should share a sample with you.

Here it is-

 Butterfly Kissed Thoughts

When I saw the Butterfly Kisses set I knew that Papertrey Ink would KILL my pocketbook. I was in love.

So, back to my thoughts-I LOVED this card. I mean REALLY LOVED. I don’t think anyone ever noticed it. Its still, to this day, one of my most favorite I have ever created.

Now since I am in a spring mode, after our foot of snow-

I figured I’d share a tin I made with you (2 months ago!!!), using the NEW! Lizzie Anne Dreaming of Dots. Now I have to tell you how much I LOVE this set. Its so hard to “sit” on projects sometimes.

But now I can share away!

 Bloom dots tin  

 Click for larger view. Inside fits 4 Ghirardelli chocolate squares.

You have to LOVE Martha Stewart’s wide adhesive ribbon! That is what is on the bottom portion of my tin. It matched the SU! Guava ribbon PERFECTLY!

Now this tin can seriously be whipped together in UNDER 5 minutes! Minus the time for the liquid pearls centers of the flower’s to dry.

Is it not so cute?

These are cute for Easter-if you give Teacher’s anything.

Anyway-I must run. Got to run the kids around today.

Hope you enjoy the day.

I’ll be back tomorrow to share some WAY cool thing I have been doing! You really will want to see this!

Unless you don’t want to spend anymore $$$ (wink). Yes, its THAT good.

HINT-Another great gift idea.

Till tomorrow-

How can you resist this face? Seriously!

I know most of you can’t because I think if I breed Daisy just from the requests here she would have to give birth to almost 40 puppies-and that’s just online! Doesn’t include family requests 😀

She is getting fixed though on the 31st. A tough decision in some way, since I believe EVERYONE should have a Daisy in their life. How sweet would it be to spread the joy.

But we aren’t doing that. I’d feel so bad. Plus we would have to keep ONE.

Is she not the most adorable thing ever! Of course she JUST had a bath, and we get hit with A FOOT of snow. Heavy, wet, sticky snow.

Daisy LOVED to dive face first in the snowbanks.

Here she is coming up for air. She found a flyer under the snow and had to “rescue” it.

All this snow got me back into a Christmasy mood! LOL! We won’t acknowledge the fact that I have yet to Smilebox the kids Christmas photos!

OK Kidding about the Christmas mood- but I just got this Snowy House in from Em at Stamping Bella, along with my order of Valentine Bella stuff. I HAD to play with it ASAP! Plus since it was snowing-it was perfect! (for the record, Yes I also got the Bella House too)

I’m thinking simple-future Christmas cards perhaps-

DID YOU KNOW she had stuff other than the Bella’s?! GASP!

I feel like I have been living in a cave or something.

She has some rockin images, let me tell you. I can’t wait to ink them up.

I mean really cool stuff. I had no idea-then I stumbled upon some of it, and it became a MUST have.

So look for more of that in a few!

I colored this with my Copic’s and used some American Crafts paper. SU! Wide olive ribbon.

Had to have some bling! The lights are done with my cheapo Sam’s Club glitter pens. So pretty in person.

The sentiment and swirl is from the Cat’s Pajama’s

Sorry its a quick one today peep’s. I am a stamping machine-most of what has been “work” related, so cannot share-YET!

I will say I HOPE to make it for the Papertrey Ink release. Not looking too good, since I am wiped out.

If I dont PLEASE save me some sets and tins OK!

Till tomorrow.

 Mug Shot-

(I made the little “filmstrip” using my 1/4 square punch. Bkgd was stamped using Behind the Scenes. )

So as you can see, I did finally cave and get the Crafty Secrets Coffee & Tea set. I just loved the 1950’s look of it. Its retro, and fun, AND so not my usual style.

My friend Paulette took a trip to our LSS (without me! SHOCK!!!), and I had her pick it up for me. Thanks Paulette-you are the BEST!

I have to say I was VERY nervous about this purchase. I had put a lot of time and thought into debating on weather or not I NEEDED this set. Finally I said-To heck with it! Just suck it up, and buy it.

Now why the big debate you ask?

My “issue” is, that with certain companies, like Crafty Secrets and A Muse, to name a few, I get intimidated by their “style”. Now, while I love their products, “I” am not a creator who has their “signature style”.

 I KNOW you KNOW what I mean.

So, when I create with their products I feel I HAVE to design just like THEIR style. I know I don’t literally HAVE to, but that is my thought.

Well, that doesn’t work for me, and I end up NOT using what I originally loved. NOT GOOD.

So I made this set fit “MY” style, and you know what, I think I rocked it!

Yes, I said that “I” rocked it!

Now I don’t care if anyone else thinks that or not. Or if my stuff doesn’t look like “theirs”, because I created it to ONLY please myself. Isn’t that why we stamp?

If so, then why do we try to be like everyone else, or make sure everyone else LOVES it. Its awful!

I am proud I took a set I was “challenged” by and made it all my own. That I let myself go of the pressure to be like them. Or make it like anyone else’s. That I overcame that mental obstacle only “I” put there.

There is no disclaimer when you buy something, tha tyour creations have to be a certain way. Like I said, its something I created in my own mind.

Now I will also share the other cards I made-which yes, I rocked those too! LOL!

We as women need to give ourselves credit, and have pride in our accomplishments.

So before I share the rest of my stuff-Challenge YOURSELF today! Doesn’t have to be stamp related. Let me know what challenge you are facing, and how you plan to over come it today. No matter HOW small.

Today my challenge is to avoid chocolate like the plague. I start me “better living, and eatting” life today. Cross your fingers, and ONE day at a time right.

So here is what I did next-

  Gimmie some SUGAR!

Is this not adorable? Don’t you love my “sugar-cube”?! Just added some micro-beads to where I needed them to be. Not revolutionary, but I thought it was pretty darn cute.

The tab-extends past the card. I thought it was different than anything I have done before, so like that.

 click for larger view.

Next up is one HOT mama

 Perk Up!

SWEET & SIMPLE

I think it helped I watched the movie Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck, when I created these! LOL! It was on TV that night.

Again, I used my Scor-Pal to create the dry embossed border. Easy as pie.

Wanted to keep the 1950’s appeal so I added some gingham ribbon, and scallops.

Now LAST, but not least-

 Perculator of friendship

How cute is this image? I paired this with some scrap paper by Chatterbox. Not sure which collection though :C had to dust of my Scallop circle nestabilities for this one 😀

I do think I may have over did this one-but that’s ok. We will call it my version of shabby chic! LOL!

So there you have it!

In front of you-my challenge defeated. That was my it-to overcome my own SECRET hang-ups! We all have them, right?

Thanks for reading, and if you decide, sharing your thoughts 😀

 Till tomorrow

  So sweet!

Now I HAD to share this shocking story with everyone, since I’m still recovering from the possibility.

This card uses Gina K’s new stamp set for a cause-How Sweet it is. I love this floral image.

Notice my lovely clear button embellishment-courtesy of Foo-Fa-La. Well THAT button could have cost me $16, to mail this card to my friend Alli Miles.

Now you are probably wondering HOW a button could add enough to a card to make it cost $16 to mail.

Well, Alli lives in Canada.

I was sending her a little string of Target $1 spot ribbon-inside the card-very FLAT.

When I took this to the PO they weighed it, and made sure it would fit through the slot. I dont know, its this paper rectangle, that if your letter is too thick, it costs extra to mail, or if it exceed’s 1 oz, the price hikes up.

Well I passes on the “weight”-JUST BARELY!

Then she went to “cram” it into the rectangle tester slot-NOPE! Too thick.

Here is the KICKER! Now when anything is over these requirements, you have to ship PRIORITY to Canada, starting at $16!

She said I’m sorry- it has to go Priority for $16.

 I said WHAT! For a freakin card?

Yes, Ma’am.

I said-Give me that for a minute-I ripped it open and CAREFULLY removed the button. YEAH! You’d never know it was there. I then asked for tape to re-seal the envelope-THEN it passed!

Is that NOT an insane policy?

The moral of the story is-if you mail something to Canada WATCH OUT! AND limit your friends in Canada! LOL! ————Just kidding. But I do have a bunch of fellow Canadian stamper friends.

I also just sent my friend Dawn ( also from Canada) some $1 spot Target Yummies (should arrive soon), and didn’t notice that it cost almost $18 to ship it. OMG! That is more than the stuff inside cost.

Anyway-onto a FLAT card.

This is a good ole fashioned 0.42 cents to mail kind of card 😀

This weeks blogger’s challenge was to use the layout on 37 of the NEW! SU! Catalog.

So this is what I came up with.

 Its going postal on Monday for a good friend. It’s pretty flat so, it should mail easy (wink).

I kept it pretty clean and simple. Its really a great layout.

I got these birds at out LSS. Not sure “who” makes them, as I am too lazy to go look right now :C

I think they are so pretty though. I love the sketchiness of them. Whimsical and elegant. I colored with my Copic markers (of course), then added some sparkle with my Atyou clear glitter pen. Its a subtle bling, but pretty all the same.

I used rub-on’s that my secret friend sent me. It was a really great pkg of stuff. I love rub-on’s.

The paper is from the Target $1 spot 😀 As is the paper in the card above it. Love that place!

Now for some tagging.

My PSF Dawn M tagged me yesterday-

I am suppose to tell you 7 -unusual things about me.

1) I HATE sports, ALL sports, and despite being a cheerleader in High School, I know NOTHING about them, nor do I care. The only sports I like are the one’s my children are in 😀

2) I LOVE “cheap” sterling silver jewelry. LOVE IT! You know, like the $16 sterling silver bracelets or $9 silver charms. It does HAVE to be real silver though. No expensive gems for me 😀 The only expensive things I wear are my wedding rings, diamond earring’s Jason bought me for a wedding gift (which I never take off-only to clean them) and a Sapphire ring, which was the first piece if jewelry he ever bought me, and its Alexa’s birthstone so I love Sapphire’s. Another thing-I often forget I have lots of cute pieces so I never/rarely wear them! LOL!

3) I LOVE waffles. Homemade waffles. Everytime we go out to breakfast (mainly pre-2 more kids, and vacation), I would ALWAYS miss the waffle time cut off. I would be so upset!  Jason bought me a Krupps waffle maker last year for Christmas (the ONLY acceptable kitchen appliance as a gift) so HE can make me waffles. He makes them for me every Sunday! Which leads to another WEIRD factoid-I cannot cook breakfast! I can bake, and cook awesome meals (when  I want) but cannot make a decent edible breakfast. Unless, you consider scrambled eggs. Who can screw that up?

4) My hair was blond and straight as a board till I hit 12 or 13. It then, got natural curly, and has been that way ever since! Curly hair runs in my family, on both my mother, and father’s side -everyone has it-except for my mom. She is the ONLY one who wanted it, but didn’t get it. She puts hot rollers in her hair EVERY DAY! When I was a kid she would make me sleep with “rags” (cut t-shirts, tied into your hair to make it curly/wavy-like back in the old days) in my hair or sponge curlers. So MY hair would also be curly. I HATED it!!!! When it turned curly she was ECSTATIC!  In high-school, I would STRAIGHTEN it, everyday-I wanted straight hair! LOL! Until I was about 19, I did that. Then I accepted the fact that my hair was curly, and people pay big $$$ for hair like that. Plus when I became a nurse, it was easier/faster to just let it be. Can I tell you how much she LOVES the fact that Amber has my curly hair? She is always like-You should twist it to enhance the curl. While I admit-she looks adorable, I am NOT putting her through that torture I went through as a girl! Alexa’s hair-when she had it (or long I should say) was straight as a board! I LOVED it. It was so gorgeous, soft and silky.

5) We have caller I.D. When some annoying telemarketer calls, I let the kids answer the phone and chat it up till the people hang up. After they call and this happens no more than 4 times, they stop calling! Its pretty funny to watch.

6) I do my make-up EVERYDAY. No matter what. Even if I’m not going anywhere. My mother (again) taught me that. She said you NEVER know WHO is going to show up, or if there will be an emergency, and you have to leave the house. I HATE the days I get the kids on the bus before showering. You need to always look “made”. There have been MANY times I was so grateful for that advice. I will NOT leaver my house without make-up. Sorta like the “always wear clean underwear in-case you get in an accident thing”. NOTE: I don’t wear a ton of make-up, and its NOT caked on my face!

7) I have TONS of cards (which I donate alot of) and never send a pre-made for no reason one  to anyone. I have to make it special for them everytime. I will often be late, or end up NOT sending one at all! How awful is that? I don’t know WHY I do this. I have attempted to change that about me, but can’t.

Well now that you know all that, and definitely could have lived without it, I tag YOU! If you want to play, place it in the comments section!

Otherwise, say whatever else you  wouold like (if anything).

Thanks for reading/commenting. I’ll see ya back here tomorrow!

I think today I may work on some fellow blogger’s sketches! That is something I never get to do. We shall see.

OK Sorry, I’m SO late getting this Saturday Sketch post done!

I have been busy PLAYING, with my daughter’s new TOY. I also bought one to send out to my PSF Staci-for her “daughter’s”  Becca and Rachel 😀 She may not give it to them either! LOL!

LADIES TOYS AREN’T JUST FOR KIDS ANYMORE!

This is a toy that is STAMPER APPROVED! A toy that I never should have given them, and saved for ME!

I did confiscate some of it though 😀 Does that make me a bad and selfish mommy? Maybe. Will I get more use from it then they will-Um YEAH!!! LOL!

Do you to try this-YES! YES! You do.

Trust me-you will be thanking me, when you see what WICKED AWESOME thing I have to share with all of you today!

I am using my own wording and experience to type up this post! No professional Spotz person here, so keep that in mind as I use my own ” valley girl, stamper mom, with a New England accent to review this product”

It is a product I found at Target called SPOTZ (be sure you click the link OK!). Now you Canadians, don’t fret. I did a search and theyare sold at Toys R Us, and Walmart! Although after this post, they may sell out.

This Spotz maker is so beyond COOL, for the paper crafter. Its a machine (you don’t need the actual machine though), that comes with printed vellum sheets (that gets cut into 1 inch circles), and get’s put into funky cool plastic rims (some have BLING!!!), where you can have them viewed through the clear plastic side, or just the pretty rim side.

Here is the photo of the machine/supplies. You can buy the Spotz accessories separately.

Now you don’t need the machine (as stated above)-unless your kids are using it for play. I did buy the machine, and found the purpose of it is so the girls canSAFELY cut a 1 inch circle-then seal the clear plastic case on their Spotz tags.

YOU will just want the accessories pack.

 Click photo to enlarge

 1 inch circle punch-then the Spotz super cool rims, with clear window insert.

You can use/keep the printed vellum cardstock sheets or toss them. Some are pretty cool.

So upon viewing these and playing-as I said I found no machine necessary, I found you just put in your image, them pop in the clear layer. Pops in pretty easy. I will say you can’t really pop the clear lid off once it’s popped in. At least not without possibly injuring yourself! LOL!

I also wanted to find what ELSE these cool rims can do!

So here I will share my results.

NOTE: the MACHINE says to only use the Spotz images that come with it. I believe it says that because their Spotz MAKER, is only strong enough to cut through the vellum, not card-stock, patterned paper, or photos and whatnot.

The first card-uses my own vellum cardstock, and is this weekend’s Saturday Sketch! I hope you get to try it out.

Here is the Sketch   Click to enlarge. You know I LOVE circles!

  click photo to enlarge. Close-up view of Spotz

I stamped, then colored this butterfly (by Autumn Leaves from my Elf). Popped it into the rim, so that it would show through the plastic side. You can view it on both sides, since it is vellum card-stock. Adhered with a glue dot.

I had to combine these sets after seeing Lynda’s card, made with one of my sketches. I also had to get the paper, as you will see below!

 You made my day

This card is for my Elf, who sent me this butterfly image, used in the Spotz. Colored with my Glitter pens from Sam’s Club.

The Snag’Em flowers are by Imaginisce, and were purchased—HERE. They are colored with my Copic markers, and die cut with my rectangle nestabilities. My Atyou glitter pens add more sparkle 😀

Sentiment is Stem Sayings, by Stampin Up! Ribbon is from Michaels. I stitched the pink layer with my $4 Rite Aid sewing machine (loving that).

So that card showed you can make your won VELLUM images, like what comes with it-not it was time to try something else out!

 Sundae Sprinkles

Is this not the YUMMIEST of YUM? What a “sweet” card 😀

I decided I would try stamped CARDSTOCK-Papertrey Ink white (which is thick), and microbeads. Think SHAKER card. I also put in some glitter.

I will say the cardstock was an easy fit. So patterned paper would be a breeze. The beads won’t shake, but maybe if we used paper, or just glitter it would be perfect.

 Click for closer view

Now for the card-I used a favorite set of mine from ACWP-called Ice Cream Party! I stamped the “glass” sundae cup twice-once on my cardstock, then again on a window sheet (cut out, and layered over image) to look like glass.

 Liquid applique for the -whipped topping, and liquid pearls for the cherry.

Ribbon is from Michaels, and the dotted embossed vellum bkgd was done using my Fiskars texture plate assortment #1.

I also loved this layout too. The side panel is the bkgd block from that stamp set.

Now, I wanted to try something else. Putting items in there.

Prima’s in the tags! They are enclosed, with the clear cover. A wicked cute look in person!

 A little note

Now how super cute is that? Told you I LOVE little birds too.

The Spotz, are fit into circles, which are popped out with my 1 1/4 circle punch.

This bird is from—HERE, as is the For Peep’s Sake paper. Just scored the edges of the bird layer with my Scor-Pal! Who says you NEED every size nestabilities?

The grass is by Doodlebug- paper Frills. Ribbon is American Crafts.

WHEW! Was that ever the post that NEVER ends. I hope you enjoyed it though, and it wasn’t all blah, blah, blah.

I am so hapy when I can share cool things with the world.

I hope you get yourself some Spotz!

I hope you have time to tell me what you think.

If you get to try the sketch, send us all a link so we can see what your take is OK!

I’m off to stamp the day away! (After Jason get’s back from food shopping)

So I hope YOU find some “mytime” today 😀

Till tomorrow.

PS I do have my blogger’s challenge to share, but an too tired now-so maybe tomorrow!

 A get well note.

Oh so much on this creation to share! So I won’t “babble” to much OK!

My poor friend Dawn has been so sick for a while now.

Weird fever’s on and off and stuff like that. They aren’t sure WHAT is going on.

Anyway-that calls for a get well note! Its a true MIRACLE that I am actually getting this off in a timely manner. She is just the sweetest thing, so I want her to know I’m thinking of her.

I am including the COOLEST tin of tea I made with an upcomingMFT release! I cannot share it, because it’s getting published 😀 NEXT DECEMBER! LOL! Yes you read it right, almost one year from now. I have been making CHRISTMAS stuff-AGAIN for publications-CRAZY huh?

Ok the card-

When I think “note” I think “bird”.

This is yet another MUST have thing for me-these style of bird images. I just LOVE them. Elegant birds. Can’t get enough. Whimsical Birds-doesn’t matter-Love them.

This one above is by Inkadinkadoo. I got mine ——->HERE. To my knowledge Lindsay will be getting in more of these new images soon 😀 She is awesome to buy from too.

Did you see my SUPAH awesome embossed flowers?

After you pick yourself up off the floor, and catch your breath, REALLY look at the beauty of them.

THAT my friends, is a flower’s Spellbinder’s Nestabilities die! Can you scream GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe Christine from All That Scraps will be getting some in. I know she is getting the hearts in soon. I got mine at my LSS. Couldn’t leave them there.

The scalloped circle , that the birds are stamped on, is also a Nestabilities die. They add such elegance.

I use versamagic ink on most my solid creations. I LOVE the coverage and matte finish it has. I also love that they are SO close to SU! colors. They cover like a craft ink, but dry instantly. I own just about every color. Since they are dew drops they hardly take up any space at all.

Now that paper is the Target $1 spot! I scored there BIG TIME the last few weeks.

The ribbon was found at Michael’s.

Now the “get well” tab, is by Making Memories. Its a tag curling thingy that secures to your ribbon???

All I know is they looked cool, and I was NOT paying $25 for something to close it onto my ribbon! I used my wire cutters to chop off the curling part.

Originally it was on my ribbon (closed using Pliers), but it was unbalanced looking so I moved it.

The scallop row of stitching at the bottom is anOnare template, I love using.

WHEW! Are you still with me?

Was that the most boring thing you read ALL week?

I didn’t realize there was SO much on this crazy card, till I began rambling along.

Well tomorrow is our Blogger’s Challenge. We are all doing a SU! Catalog layout case! So that should be cool to see everyone’s interpretation of it.

Till tomorrow.

OMG! I got this super amazing package in the mail yesterday from my secret friend!

Look at all the amazing stuff I was RAK’d! can you believe someone loves me THAT much?

HOLY! AMAZING.

So to re-cap what you are looking at-

The card was done with my favorite image-a Butterfly-with beautiful paper.

She made me a altered Starbucks travel coffee mug-to match my stamp room!!! Using the Hot Holiday Drinks, and included some nice bottle of happy juice-to add to my mix 😀

She made me a frame for my room!!! It matches my stamp room colors.

2 boxes of Tastefully Simple YUMMIES, that I have NEVER tried 😀 Including a few twizzlers.

A GORGEOUS purple shell type of silver butterfly necklace-really pretty!!!

2 neat stamps! 1 is a butterfly and the other is a butterfly bkgd.

Some mirrored coasters.

Purple Sprites! Can you believe I had NONE in purple. Along with some brads, and eyelets.

Paper and a winter stack by DCWV. Really great assortment.

Some cool embellishments-like scrabble blocks, assorted ribbons, rub-ons, metal charms and stickers!

Then she even added some stuff for Daisy!!! Some puppy cookies-which she is LOVING.

 Then this

 A purple squeeky, rope chew toy!

As you can see-she LOVES it!!!! In case you didn’t know-Daisy has her own toy basket. She takes stuff out of it as she pleases, and even puts it back in there when she is done!

Now that is my kinda dog 😀 She has been such a great addition to our family. I love her to pieces.

So who ever you are, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You made my day with your amazing and thoughtful goodies. I feel so special to be so loved!

I myself have a few Secret Friend things to get to the P.O.!!!

Thanks for looking.

Neapolitan Delight

Can you say YUM!! I know-its missing vanilla and chocolate ice cream, but that was my thought when creating this card. Its so 1950’s Diner appeal isn’t it?

Just agree with me-Like I say to Jason, just nod your head. 😀

I stamped and cut the bowl, so its on dimensionals. The syrup (YUM) and Cherry have a Sakura clear glaze pen over  them. Look so cute in-person with that small detail.

This card was made using Gina K’s NEW! Stamp for a Cause-How Sweet it is!

$7 from the sale of EVERY set goes to benefit the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

I personally love the wide spread appeal these set’s have, while at the same time raising money for important causes. THANKS GINA!!! YOU ROCK!

After punching our my Giga Scallop circle, I found this was “missing” something. I then remembered my Celebration Frames set by Lizzie Anne, and thought it was PERFECT! Just that lil something.

 I love scallops and circles. So I had to continue them throughout the card. Added some paper piercing and it was complete.

Hope you like it!

I am anxiously awaiting delivery of my Lizzie Anne sets (they got lost in the mail :C), and my New! Gina K! I got that punny birthday set, and the hippie set by Melanie. LOVE them. I also got some other YUMMIES to play with today, as I was enabled by my friend Lynda. DONT VISIT HER! Its bad on the wallet.

Because of her I recently ordered some Inkadinkadoo stamps/paper from Lindsay (who is the BESTEST/fastest ebayer-ever!!! She rocks!) and I shopped at Mother’s and Daughter’s and got the CUTEST stamps/paper.

OK I gotta run-its my 2 hour block to play with the kids-then its “mytime” 😀