I'm so Thankful for You!!!

A thank you card for one of the most kind, caring, and thoughtful people I know...my wonderful friend, (and teammate) Ermalinda.  She got me a gift card for my favorite stamp company, My Favorite Things!  For no reason at all, just because.  Who does that?!?!?!  This sweet friend of mine does!!!  I made her a card using one of the stamp sets I purchased with the gift card she gave me.

 I used CC777 for my color scheme...I ran out of Very Vanilla so I used Crumb Cake instead.  I also didn't have Rococo Rose so I used Regal Rose.  I stamped my Zebra image from the My Favorite Things Sweater Weather in Safari set in Memento Ink on Neenah card stock then used the coordinating die-namic to cut it out.  I stamped Knitted Sweater from My Favorite things in Regal Rose on Regal Rose card stock, layering it on Crumb Cake, then on Cherry Cobbler.  Die-Namic was a free $60 with purchase from MFT.  I sponged the edges of the circle with Cherry Cobbler ink.  Sentiment is from Sweater Weather in Safari as well.  Embellished with Stamping Bella Baubles. 

 CC777

 The goodies I got with the gift card from Ermalinda.

Me and Ermalinda climbing Mt, Lemmon.

Ranked as one of the top 30 hardest mountains in the world to cycle up.

Thank you for taking a peek.  

Happy Birthday Vicki...

My friend Vicki loves Flamingo's.  As soon as I saw the color challenge for the week I knew I had to make her a Flamino card for her birthday!!!

I'm honored to be selected as one the guest designers for the color challenge CC752 for the month of August. This week's colors were Pacific Point, Flirty Flamingo, and Daffodil Delight with a Dessert Option of an Embossing Folder.  As soon as I saw the color combo I thought Flamingo's. Flamingo is from Lawn Fawn Gnome Sweet Gnome set.  Sentiment from Skipping Stones Design.  My Favorite Things Die-namics.  I popped up the circle image, flamingo, sun, and cloud to give the card more dimension.

Thank you for looking!

Happy Birthday Sweet Eva...

Have you ever met a person that no matter what you do, that person is in your corner being your biggest supporter and cheerleader???  That would be my sweet and dear friend Eva.  She is always supporting, encouraging, motivating, and cheering for me and my teammates for every ride, race, and accomplishment we achieve.  She has such a huge heart of gold and I'm truly blessed to have her as a friend and nowI get to see her at my new gym.

I was honored to be selected as a guest designer for the Color Challenge CC751 for the month of August on splitcoaststampers, thank you design team! It was my first time being selected as a guest designer and totally made my day! The color selection for the week was- Rich Razzleberry, Pineapple Punch, Mango Melody, and Shaded Spruce with the dessert option of "anything goes", which I selected Smooch. I used the MFT die-namics Rose with Overlay and Layered Leaves. I put my copics to work...creating the Pineapple Punch and Mango Melody in the rose and Shaded Spruce for the leaves. I used Rich Razzleberry cardstock to make my ribbon and sentiment. I added some shimmer to the Rich Razzleberry cardstock and on the overlay on the rose and leaves with Smooch.

Me and my sweet friend Eva

Thank you for stopping by!

A Christmas Thank-you...

I made a few of these Thank-you cards to send to a couple people who put on my hubs Squadron's Children's Christmas Paty a couple of weeks ago.  Jessica, our spouse's group President always does a good job at planning everything and putting it all together.  Her husband was our Santa this year.  I wanted to let them know how much their time was appreciated=)  I also sent one to Santa's Elf.  He (Sgt. Manso) was such a good sport by dressing up in the little Elf costume, complete with tights and all=)  It was a fun evening for all, I think the kids had just as much fun as the adults did=)

This is for SCCC5, Christmas Thank-you's. I started off stamping the snowflakes from SU on Neenah with Memento Ink, then filled in with smaller snowflakes with Versamagic Sea Breeze.  Denami Design Iridescent Auquamarine and Black cardstock.  Tiffany Blue Ribbon from Michael's and sentiment from Silhouette Sentiments.

Below are some pictures from my hubs Squadron's Christmas Party...

Me and my daughter Mikaela.

Me and my sweetheart of a friend, Lindsey.

Connor making friends=) 

Wylie giving the Santa Beard game a go... 

Diving in... 

Not so sure about it, he pull them all off! 

Wylie wondering where his present from Santa is... 

Connor's reaction to seeing Santa for the first time, hehe! 

Me, my daughter, and grandboys...hubs was TDY=( 

Thank-you all so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

Group Hug...

I'm way on a time crunch, I thought I had 2 hours and 10 mins to post, turns out I have 10 min, eeek...should pay attention to the time zone posted!  This is for Bellarific Friday's Challenge, a sketch challenge and Christmas Card Challenges #2 doodling...
Ok, that's it for me, gotta upload!

Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge Week #6

 I am finally caught up with Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge...well, I still have week #8 to do but that's not due until Saturday.  Maybe I can squeeze in a bit of stamping inbetween my prepping and cleaning for Michelle Zindorf's visit.  Anyhow, our challenge was Snowmen.  I used Lulu's Snowman from Stamping Bella.  I started off using Mercy's FFF Sketch but ended up not using the whole sketch.  I colored in my image with Copics on Neenah Cardstock with Momento ink.  I put Smooch on Lulu's coat and hat, Stickles on the hat trim, and Glamour Dust on the Snowman and snow.  I used Versamagic Sea Breeze for the Shadowing. Maya Road Ribbon and the DSP is My Mind's Eye I believe. 

Thank-you so much for stopping by, hope you're having a great Tuesday! 



Sparkle's Challenge, Week#7

Two post for me in one day, yay!  I'm trying to play catch up since I got so far behind on challenges when I was sick.  It's really important to me to stay up on Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenges, that way my Christmas Cards are done before Christmas and I'm not stressing over the Holidays=)  Our Challenge this week was a sketch challenge, my favorite!  I put this card together quickly this morning so I can get it in the challenge on time.  I used A Muse Stamps, BG Figgy Pudding, Nesties, Copics to highlight the Ice Skates and went over them with some Smooch.

I may be MIA next week.  I'll be prepping my house for Michelle Zindorf to come and teach her Brayering Class.  I'm so excited!  Well, I'm going to get my hair colored then I get to go to work in my jammies=)  Have a fabulous day! 

Chocolate Snowflakes...

Even tho I was sick for Week #5 of Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge, I still wanted to do the challenge.  It was embossing.  I used my CB Snowflake Embossing Folder for this one and rubbed Craft ink over the top.  I had already colored an extra Winter Emma from the challenge the week before so this card came together rather quickly.  I love this DSP from Fancy Pants called Hot Chocolate.  I used stickles on the Marvy Snowflake and added a Denami Design Button.
My daughter and I are getting ready to take the boys to go see Tangled.  When I asked Wylie last night if he wanted to go to the movies he said, "NO!" lol.  This will be his first time to the big screen, I'm sure he'll love it=)  Have a great weekend!

Case'ing Christmas Cards...

For week 4, we're Case'ing any DT Members Card over at Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenges.  I Case'd Sparkle's Week #7 Card.  I used a CC Designs image, but changed the papers, and didn't do the stitching since this gal has yet to learn how to sew=(  I used my Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate Papers since they were still on my desk from my last post.  I just love those colors together!  I colored in Winter Emma with Copics on Neenah Cardstock.  I used a lil' Smooch on the ruffle on her shirt and some stickles on the snowflake. 
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.  I'll be catching up on some card making...I just picked up some super cute papers from work last night- I can't wait to play with them!
Thank-you for stopping by!   

Rootbeer Truffle...

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.  We had a nice Christmas morning watching our grandson Wylie open his presents.  I had the best gift of all, which was having my daughter and grandsons here with us.  We had a nice Christmas Dinner and have been spending the day hanging out together.                     We're now on week 3 of Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge.  Our challenge was to incorporate Holiday Travel into our card.  One of the guys that use to go to our VW Car Meet had a Golf that was the color of Rootbeer.  I loved it.  I picked up some Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate Paper at work the other day and thought it would go perfect for this challenge.  I colored in the A Muse Holiday Car with Copics on Very Vanilla Cardstock.  I embellished it with Smooch, Stickles, and a Glaze Pen. I used  SC312 and flipped it.                                   Thank-you for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your Christmas with your family!

Peace, Dreams & Wishes...

Another Christmas Card for 2011!!!  This is for week 2 of Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge.  This week we were to use an Angel on our card.  I've had this Elzybell for a couple of years now and this is the first time she's seen ink!  I stamped her with Momento Ink on Neenah Cardstock and colored her in with my Copics.  I used Smooch on the wings, halo and cloud and added some Glamour Dust to the cloud as well.  I put Stickles on the stars and gave her some sparkly red shoes=)  I used Martha Stewart and SU Punches and Denami Design Buttons.  The DSP is Provo Craft Holiday Slab.  My layout is this weeks Card Patterns Sketch 94. 

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!