Bittersweet Blessings

Woo! Hoo! I have some new goodies from Treehouse and that means a little sneaky peek!! I love this beautiful new set called Count your blessings. It has 2 crosses and several beautiful verses. I used the swirly cross for my card today. I also paired it with Basic gray bittersweet dp TH is now carrying. I have to say Ive been worried about using this set just b/c its not my usual style but I love how my card turned out!! Maybe oogling over Lauries and Amys cards have paid off!!LOL!! I added some primas and Kaiser chocolate pearl (available at TH) for my embellishment and paper piercing along the bottom of the card. I sponged all the dp edges with sahara sand ink (Thanks Laurie!!)

Treehouse will be having a release party on Thursday Feb. 12 from 9-12! Come join us here for the fun!!! Have a great day!!

Girly sfytt

When I saw the colors in todays challenge I thought GIRLY! So I pulled out this Livin the girls life set from H & M stamps. I used Jens sfytt for the layout. This little girl reminds me so much of my oldest daughter. She says she wants to be an artist. She loves sitting down with me and stampin up!LOL!! I still cant believe she will be 8 yrs old this Valentines day. Boy does time fly!!LOL!

I think I forgot to mention on here but Im so very proud of her!! She won the writing fair for her school. Her paper is now going to county. She is so excited b/c they took her pic and are going to put her paper and pic up in the mall. It was so funny b/c the day after we found out she won the writing fair her and another little girl were on the news where their school went to see an iced over farm down the road from the school. I have some cool pics the school sent me that I will post later.

Granny is home and well!! Yayyy!! Unfortunately I cant go see her b/c Ive still got this cold and she told me to stay away!LOL!! The kids were so excited to see her pull in her drive they darted out the door. Now that everything is fine I can tell you how very scared we were that we were going to lose her! It was a very stressful month and Im glad its over!! Have a great day!!

Polka dot Annabella

Yes I went crazy with the polka dots today. Maybe its b/c I have a head cold and being seeing spots all day!LOL!!

I colored this sweet Annabella image using copic markers and Im still trying to get the hang of blending and shading with them. The colors turned out more fallish than I wanted but I still think shes cute! I used High hopes sketch challenge for my layout. Sorry for the quickie post but my head is throbbing!! Have a great night!!

Giddy Up Outlaw

Congrats to Karen todays featured stamper! I love this challenge b/c I find new galleries! I cased this card of Karens. I really liked the layout so I kept it but I changed the piercing and pierced around the strip. I used this super adorable sugar nellie image my friend Lori (mwah!) sent me! Isnt she the cutest?!!? I distressed the image and sponged with river rock ink. I added a star embellie instead of the ribbon and clip Karen used. I also left off the side tab embellishment. I added two brads to the bottom of the card instead of a sentiment. I stamped the howdy sentiment from Cowboy kid on the inside. I also added in some extra layers. I kept some of her colors b/c when I saw her card I thought about this outlaw dp Ive only used once! I think this turned out so cute and she was so fun to color! Hey look I even remembered to take a pic of the inside of the card! Im on a roll I tell ya! A challenged card posted and a pic of the inside! woo hoo for me!!LOL! For all you Nascar fans out there...last nights race was unbelievable!! Go KEVIN!!LOL! I LMBO when Darrell said Kevin went through those cards like a hot dog slipping out of a bun!LOL! Have a great day!

Hunkydory OCC Love

Im having fun with this super cute set by Kim Hughes. I used the Love sentiment and heart image to make my dp which is something I havent done in a LONG time! I added some dots to the paper using SU tempting turquiose marker to fill in some of the white spaces in my dp. I pulled the colors from the ribbon and colored the images and my dp using gamsol magic. I added some highlights to the birds using my white gel pen. I used SU circle punches and circle nesties to cut out my images.

Im so behind on the OCC challenges that today I combined 3 along with todays inspiration challenge. For my OCC challenges I used my ribbon for todays embellishment challenge, last weeks crazy for hearts challenge, and this sketch. I was inspired by this candy striped lampshade b/c it reminded me of the paradise punch striped ribbon from doodlebug designs.

Have a great weekend! My plans for this weekend are to stamp away!!LOL! We are going out of town next weekend so Im going to try to pack all the stamping I can into this weekend.

Charmed Bees Pile-up

I got some new goodies!! Yayy!! I love this set from Kim Hughes! I saw a card Lori made when she was FS using the hexagon tile background paired with this set. Its looks like a honeycomb! Love it! I stamped the background onto more mustard and summer sun inked in more mustard. I used Jens sfytt for my layout. I used an acrylic button, gingham ribbon, and a charm I made using polyshrink and the heart image from this set for my embellishment pile-up. I wanted a colored button and dug all in my stash and came up with nada so acrylic it was!LOL! I colored the images using copic and prismacolor markers then I added diamond stickles to the hive and stardust stickles to the bee wings. Im so behind on my Valentines so I plan to try to work on those today! Have a great day!!

Raspberry Tart stems

I held off on this raspberry tart dp for awhile mainly b/c I usually dont make alot of flower cards and find it hard to use flower dp for some reason! Im a striped or polka dot kinda girl. When I saw the sweet stems paired with this dp I had to have them both!!LOL! Todays sketch was the perfect time for me to pull them out and use them. Dontcha just love it when that happens!??! Ive been missing seeing everyones beautiful creations and commenting! I plan to plant my behind in my computer chair today and catch up on everything Ive missed! My life has been getting in the way of my stamping time!LOL! I do have a couple of cards I finished over the weekend I just havent had time to take pics or post them. I hope to get them posted some time today!

Quick update on everyone...We are down to one still in the hospital and its Granny. She is scheduled for another CT scan on Friday so still no word on when shes going to get to come home. Have a great day!