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SOG Guest DT try-out!

Hi All!

It's been one busy and overwhelming week! I'm JUST NOW able to post after being MIA for a few days. How's everyone doing?

This week I had to co-op in J's preschool class while, at the same time, DH co-opped in M's class. Pretty fun. I love working with the kids.

We also had a "Thankful Feast" in J's class yesterday. Super cute watching the kids eat and play together for their "Thanksgiving" meal. And thankfully, J ATE lunch! He's always been my pickiest eater!

Anyway, I wanted to pop in with a card I made for Some Odd Girl's Guest Odd Girl Challenge. I've always been in love with SOG stamps so I thought I'd play along!

Here's my card!

supplies: CS: Solar White (Neenah); CS: DCWV; digi stamp: Dancin' Kaylee (Some Odd Girl); doily die: MFT Stamps; sentiment: Splashtastic Summer Set (K. Andrew Designs) oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); mulberry Flowers (iamroses.com); bling: Recollections; Copic Markers

I wanted to use a fun image for this challenge so I decided to color up Dancin' Kaylee. I'm a huge fan of Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance so I just love love LOVE this image! I also wanted to use up my stash so I used this Currant Stack of paper from DCWV for my card. I don't make cards with a lot of purple so this was a bit of a challenge - fun, but a CHALLENGE!

I used a bit of bling, a doily die and my new flowers from I Am Roses. NOW I know what the hype is about these flowers! So fun! And since Dancin' Kaylee looks like she's having so much fun, I decided to pair her up with a fun sentiment from my Splashtastic Summer Set from K Andrew Designs!

Wish me luck with this DT call! I'm keeping my fingers crossed too! :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

happy friday!

Hi there and Happy Friday!

Just wanted to pop in with a quick card I made last night... It's 1215 in the afternoon and I really need to get to bed since I have to work tonight, but I didn't want to NOT post today!

Here it is!

supplies: CS: white (Neenah), Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise (SU!); DP: SU!; digi stamp: Summer Mae (Some Odd Girl); sentiment: Paper Smooches; ink: Studio G; other: Copic markers, ribbon, Nestabilities, dimensional adhesive

For my card today, I used a new favorite from Some Odd Girl - Summer Mae! I thought she would be perfect for a bright and sunny card so I pulled some old DP from my stash and whipped this up. And thanks to my BFF and her enabling, I picked up a new sentiment set (love it!) from Paper Smooches the other day. I'm in love with the fun font!

Linking up to:

Card Patterns: Sketch 126

Have a wonderful weekend - I'd rather spend mine crafting, but I'll be working! :)

mahalo card.

Hi there!

I got a chance to play in my craft room and boy, let me tell you - it's a MESS! I seriously need to do some deep cleaning and re-organization in there! I've been watching a lot of scrapbook room/craft room tours on You Tube to give me some ideas. I've got a few, but I need to find the time and actually DO IT.

Ah, so much to do, too few hours in the day to do it.

supplies: CS: kraft (Bazzill), white (Neenah); DP: Echo Park; digi stamp: Hula Kaylee (Some Odd Girl); sentiment: Amuse; ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Broken China, Shabby Shutters  (Tim Holtz Distress Ink); other: grass border punch (Martha Stewart), cloud dies (PaperTrey Ink), Copic markers

I colored up this cutie image a few days ago and thought it would be perfect for this week's challenge at Some Odd Girl - Thank You Challenge! I must be psychic because when I purchased this image, I knew I wanted to pair it up with my "Mahalo" stamp that I had gotten a while back from Amuse. It's simple, but it's one of my favorite sentiment stamps. :) I love using it for Thank You cards!

Anyway, hope you all are having a very lovely week! My DS is in day camp Monday-Thursday this week and it's been quite busy driving to & from school and trying to run errands in between! I'm trying to get my craft on, but needless to say, it's been a challenge! I'm definitely trying though!

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

so sweet

Hi everyone!

Happy Hump Day! I've got another card to share with you today - gosh I'm on a ROLL! :)

supplies: CS: pink, lavender (Bazzill), white (Neenah); DP: Little Yellow Bicycle; stamp: Sweet Tiny Tia (Some Odd Girl), sentiment (Taylored Expressions); other: Nestabilities, bling, Copics

I thought I'd make another girly card to add to the stash. I wanted to keep it super simple as a Thank You card... I'm not *too* thrilled with the way it turned out - it was one of those get-it-on-a-card-so-I-can-schedule-a-blog-post kind of day. *lol*

Hopefully my mojo can pick up steam again.

Hope you all have a wonderful week! DH and I are off to see Harry Potter this afternoon! I'm so excited - can't wait! :)

finally finding my groove + lifting an Odd Girl challenge.

Hi everyone!

I think I've finally found my crafting groove... As long as I stay ahead of myself and have some images colored & ready to find homes on cards, I can get stuff done! I've found that if I don't have any images ready, nothing will get done and I would be sitting at my desk unproductive & with nothing to do. So... I try and color at night while watching TV with the hubs, or sneak some coloring whenever I can. I think it's working!

supplies: CS: Whisper White (SU!), PP: Echo Park; stamp: Dancin' Mae (Some Odd Girl); sentiment: Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!) ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); green (PaperTrey Ink); other: Copic Markers, bling, dimensional adhesive, corner rounder

So this week's challenge at Some Odd Girl is to "lift an odd girl." I actually didn't think I would be able to participate in this challenge because I thought it would be hard! But to my surprise, it actually wasn't - I just found a card that suited my style and lifted that "Odd Girl". So I lifted Robin who lifted Kristy. Easy peasy - and FUN too! :)

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Monday!

randomness + SOG Bright & Blinding Challenge

Hi everyone!

I thought I'd pop in and say hello before heading to bed. I *think* I've finally found my crafting groove!

I've discovered that the best time for me to craft is during M's nap... I have to be really careful with this time because of she naps from 2pm-almost 5pm. That's a HUGE chunk of time right? Actually, it's not. Once I get her settled, I have to find something for J to do since he doesn't take naps anymore (wah!)... So usually I let him watch something on TV or let him play Lego Batman for the Wii for an hour.

So that leaves me with an hour (or a little more if this Mommy is on a roll!)...only because, well, then usually I need to start making dinner... around 3pm since DH wakes up around 4pm (since he works nights)...(Which reminds me... I need to make better use of my slow cooker! It will leave me with more crafty time!)

AND, I can only craft Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays. When DH is off from work, I don't want to lock myself up in my craft room all the time (well, actually, that thought DOES sound good... LOL).

Anyway, I've found that if I can color some images at night after I put the kids to bed, I can have them ready for making cards (and hopefully participate in some challenges along the way...)...

So far it's working... Ask me again in a few months if it still is!

(supplies: CS: Stampin' Up!, Neenah; DP: Sassafrass Lass; digi stamp image: Ice Cream Tia (Some Odd Girl); sentiment: Best Yet set (Stampin' Up!); stamping ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento) other: Copics, ribbon (PaperTrey Ink), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), bling (Recollections)

I'm trying to be good and pay attention to the supplies I've been using!

AND I'm trying to be REALLY good and edit my pics better. What do you think? Kind of nice, right?

Anyway, I'm linking this up to this week's challenge over at Some Odd Girl. Like I've said - I'm totally in love withe fun stamps! This week's challenge is BRIGHT AND BLINDING... To use some bright colors! I I think my card speaks for itself! :)

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend! Thanks for stopping by! :)

new favorite stamps + challenges!

Hi everyone!

It's kind of a late post today. We got back from our Alaska Cruise (recap coming soon!) on Friday night and I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things here at home. We have loads of laundry to still fold and put away, I'm back to meal planning, and I'm trying to really & seriously get back into the world of crafting! To top it off, I'm back to work tomorrow night (boo).

Anyway, I wanted to share a card I made today while Lady M was asleep for her nap:

I used a digi stamp Beach Babe Kaylee from Some Odd Girl. Have you heard of these stamps? I've been SO out of the loop in the stamping world for the past 8 or so months that these stamps are somewhat new to me - she's my first one from SOG and I'm absolutely in LOVE!

There's an SOG challenge going on too: White/Kraft & Color Pops Challenge. Use white or kraft on a card with only 2 supporting colors. My 2 colors are blue and red. :) I thought it would be perfect for this upcoming 4th of July holiday weekend.

When I was making this card, I also thought of joining in on the challenge over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Make a red, white, & blue thank you card.

So yay! 2 challenges in 1 card - it's been a while and I'm pooped! Have a great night everyone!

supplies:
CS: White (DeNami Design), Kraft (SU!)
stamp: Beach Babe Kaylee (Some Odd Girl)
sentiment: All that Scraps
other: Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, dimensional adhesive