Sunday, April 17, 2011

Simple!


I seem to be stuck on clean and simple cards lately.  I've printed out several random digi stamps and have been playing with the few copics that I have and am just having a lot of fun!  So, I've got a few more simple cards to share. 

I also made a few more cards with the cute owls I cut from my cricut using the Paisley cart. I'll post them later, I'm hoping to get a more clear picture, for some reason they keep turning out a little blurry.

Now, a question for all you cardmakers/scrapbookers......regarding challenges.  How do you keep track of which challenges are open, which ones you've entered, all the many challenge sites/blogs out there.  Whew, it seems like there are sooo many and I never can find them all or re-find them once I've come across them. Do you bookmark them all?  Follow them all, use a certain tracking program, write them down?? I'd love to know how you all organize this, so if you have a certain tip you've come down with and wouldn't mind sharing.....I'd be very grateful!  :)

Alrighty, I'm out for the night, got some reading to do and then get ready for the week.  Oh JOY! ;)

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Hoppy Easter


So I made these cards using this cute free digi stamp I found over at Bugaboo Stamps, they have a lot of really cute stamps there, and they add a new freebie one each Friday!!  How cool is that?    Then I  made the cards for the 2 color challenge over at Card Cupids. You can check out the challenge HERE.   I only have about 9 copic markers and so I'm hoping these don't look too Christmasy with the red and green.  I think the frog is adorable though! 

And since it's almost midnight, I'm keeping this short and sweet!  Hope you all have a great Friday and a great weekend!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Monster Love

I finally played with my Make the Cut and some SVG files.  I really don't know what I"m doing, but I followed a tutorial over at Under A Cherry Tree............easy!!! And look what I made!  So cute...I love it, and am now looking forward to playing around a lot more with different SVG files.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A must need read!

I subscribe to the Kind Over Matter blog, and the post today I feel would be very beneficial for every person, everywhere.  How much nicer would our world be if everyone practiced this kind of compassion.  Words for thought, and maybe words to put into practice.  I'm going to go forth today with this in mind and hopefully be kind and loving to those who at first encounter might not seem to deserve kindness, but usually those are the people that need it the most. 

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Owl always love you!

I decided to play with this fun challenge over at Cupcakes Inspirations, they have cool challenges based on cupcakes!  Now how fun is that?  So, here is my card that was inspired by this weeks cupcakes!

I used the Paisley cart for the owl, sparkled her up with some Icicle Stickles, added ribbon and put it all together. I think she turned out cute and can't wait to send it to someone special!

Brought to you by the letter "L"

My husband is gone for two weeks to annual training with the National Guard and I've had a long weekend and had all these plans to scrap as much as possible, HA.......... I've made a total of two cards and 1 page layout using the Project Life idea, you know slip your pictures in, write a little journaling, cute it up a little and you're done.  I did get one project done though, a monogram plaque representing my new last name.  I used a wooden plaque from Hobby Lobby, some light blue acrylic paint, a scrap of light blue from Basic Grey, a damask rub-on, and the L chipboard, also from HL and then just tied a ribbon to hang it from.  I really liked how it turned out and it was super easy!!!  You should totally make one for yourself....really you should! ;)

Friday, April 1, 2011

thank goodness for templates!

It's been such a long time since I did any digi stuff and I've about forgotten anything and everything I learned. I'm going to have to go back through the classes and refresh myself on all the techniques and steps so I can not take so long just trying to put a template together.   Holy cow, just doing this simple template took me an
hour...........UGH!  I love it though and really need to take the time to learn it better.


I received this blog award from Steph over at BZBCREATES and Laurie from Scraps by Sissy, thanks so much girls!!! 

Now the rules for this award are as follows:

1.) Thank the person who gave it to you
                                                         2.) 7 things about yourself
                                                         3.) Send it to 15 other bloggers
                                                         4.) Leave a comment so they can pass along the recognition
 
 
Seven things about me...I will try to think of something different this time!!!
 
1.  I was on America's Most Wanted for about a mili-second!  (Not I'm not on the Most Wanted List, sheesh people, the worst thing I've done is get a speeding ticket!)  ;)
 
2.  I am a little addicted to bejeweled and am totally irritated when one of my "friends" gets a higher score than I do........I gave him my hints and tricks.  NOTE to self: don't share game secrets with anyone!
 
3.  I don't sleep well and have a hard time getting up in the morning. 
 
4.  I wish I could travel the world and take breathtaking photographs.
 
5.  I am constantly trying to lose 10-15 lbs, right now I'm losing that battle.  UGH.
 
6.  I was divorced for 9 years and just got married less than a month ago!  Yay for LOVE!!
 
7.  I love to look at other blogs, I have sooooo many that I follow and not enough time to visit them everyday.
 
Now.....I'm supposed to send this to 15 other bloggers.  The problem is, that most of the blogs I have followed for awhile already have this award, so I'm going to pass this along to some new blogs, some blogs that I have just recently found and started to follow.  I hope you'll visit them and share some love. 
 
Also......thank you to all who visit me and leave comments, I have made some great new friends and have enjoyed sharing creative time, scrappy inspiration, lifes moments and great new ideas!!
 
ok, here is a list of blogs that I am passing this award to.  I'm not sure I will hit 15, but will do my best!
 
Shawna-http://twokidspaper.blogspot.com/
ScrappnBee-http://scrappnbee.blogspot.com/
Stephanie-http://www.iwannabelikemartha.blogspot.com/
Christina-http://seechristinascrapbook.blogspot.com/
Cynthia-http://cyndiscrap.blogspot.com/
 
 
Ok, that's only 5 so far, but I have to get off the computer, take my lunch, go pick up my daughter and get her home.  Whew..always something!  Have a great Friday and a great weekend, I'm hoping to get some scrapping time in this weekend, but Ash has three, yes 3 soccer games tomorrow.........ugh, there goes my whole day.  I think I will take some images to color, I've been playing a little bit with my copics and prismacolors.......I think I LOVE them! ;)