A Wonderful Event for our Family!

I just wanted to share a couple of pictures with everyone from the wedding. Just a couple of things to share with you from the wedding. This is the beautiful bride and groom:



My Allie and her daddy, Chris:



I'll share the other pictures with you over the weekend along with two or three cards that are just itching to be put together. I've been picking up and cleaning for two days but it was back to work at school and the bowling alley tonight.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

IBFS Blog Hop!

I have missed stamping, but I hope you'll all understand that I was away from stamping and blogging while we finished getting ready for my daughter Nichole's wedding this past Tuesday. What a wonderful celebration it was! I'll blog about it later and promise to share pictures, but I want to do it justice and I'm still getting my pictures and memories together. Now on to the blog hop for Della at I Break For Stamps!



Isn't Moonlight Mermaid just stunning? I just loved working her up! She's my stamp to present to you for Della's Blog Hop! This blog hop is a shout-out & thank-you to Della of "I Brake For Stamps" who is a huge behind the scenes helper for Susana's Custom Art & Card Design--she makes all the stamps! All the DT's blogs feature a different project featuring a stamp from Della's store, so make sure and hop all the way through the end. If you've come to me from anyone except Teri's site, take a look at the list below and start with Suzanne! I would hate for you to miss out on the opportunity to win a great prize and to see the great variety of stamps that Della offers!For one lucky HOPPER there will be a prize, but you have to leave a comment on every blog in order for a chance to win. The lucky winner will be picked randomly from comments left on one of the DT's blog's--but it's a MYSTERY which blog it will be! The prize up for grabs is a brand new Ranger Heat Gun--it heats quickly & does NOT blow your embossing powder around--it's FANTASTIC! After you've left a comment here for me, make sure you stop by the outrageously talented Lorelie's blog for her stunning creation! Now go get hoppin'!!

Blog Order:
--Suzanne
--Danni
--Jennifer
--Teri
--Me!
--Lorelie
--Aud
--Maria
--Jami
--Anki
--Store Blog

For the hopper's that make it thru there is a prize ---one commenter from someone's blog will win a brand new Ranger Heat Gun! But the blog that I pick a comment from will be a "Mystery" so they need to make sure & leave a comment on each blog in order for a chance to win!!

Here's a close up of her showing the stickles and Shimmerz I used on her. The background is done with my favorite cuttlebug folders and I added a couple of charms and some gold pearls in the corners. Oh, my, she's just gorgeous!



Della is having a special code that is good ONLY at her store : coupon code is "BLOGHOP" for 15% off purchases there at IBFS (I Brake For Stamps).

Also remember that this is a mystery prize blog hop--one lucky commenter who comments on one of your blog's will win a new Ranger Heat Gun & 4 IBFS (donated by Susana!) stamps! But you have to comment on every blog including the store blog with the question to be entered to win!!

So get hopping!

Presenting Lil' Miss Poppy by Belles N' Whistles!

The time is finally here and Belles N' Whistles is now officially open for orders and cuteness! I was absolutely thrilled earlier this year when I found out that Summer was one of the stores chosen to present Elisabeth Bell's images and could hardly believe my good fortune of being able to presents these sweeties to you! I hope you enjoy them because to be honest, there's too much sweetness, cunninness (it's a New England word to mean adorable!), and adorableness in this collection!

I'd like you to meet Lil' Miss Poppy! Isn't she just the cutest thing? I just adore her hair and the sweetness she has about her. I was so excited to get to present her1 When I heard her name, I knew I wanted to use this vivid collection of paper from BasicGrey called Junebug! Perfect to showcase this cutie-pop!

I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black on GinaK Luxury Paper (gosh, I becoming a paper snob because I love working with her paper!) and colored her with copics. I love this weeks sketch from SCS so I followed that for her. I added a Prima Flower and ribbon to the layers and used my BasicGrey Bling in the top corner and put some stickles on the flowers and used a glaze pen on the ribbon in her hair to make it look like satin. Her basket of flowers are touched with a glitter pen and I love the brad in the middle of the flowers! I thought the paper needed just a tiny bit of dimension so I ran it through my cuttlebug using my dotted swiss folder. All in all, I think adorable comes to mind!


Isn't her face just the cutest? I could just pinch it all over!

Make sure you stop over at Belles N' Whistles and see the other sweet images just waiting to find their way to your stamping table! I'm sure you won't be disappointed!

Card Ingredients:

Lil' Miss Poppy by Belles N' Whistles, Junebug paper and brads by BasicGrey, Stickles, Prima Flowers, Glaze and Glitter pen by Jelly Roll, dotted swiss cuttlebug folder, BasicGrey Bling, copics, nestabilities

Roses on Paper Challenge - Hearts, and Belles N' Whistles release date!

First off, I just have to let everyone know that Belles N' Whistles will be open tomorrow to start taking your orders for these sweet new images done by the ever so talented Elisabeth Bell! The day is finally here that you can start picking out your papers and planning on creating with these sweet cuties! Look back tomorrow or Saturday for some great samples of my cards used with these stamps. You'll be able to start posting your own cards made with these sweet things towards the end of this week coming up, Summer is so fast with her shipping! I just had to tell you all about this before I went on about my card for this week's Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge! I'm so excited for all of you to get and enjoy these uber cute (as my girls would say!) stamps!



I'm so late with getting my card up for the Roses on Paper Design Team Challenge Blog that is being put out by our lovely, terribly talented Lim! She had us do a card with hearts and I chose my Tilda with Bunch of Roses for this. I so associate roses with hearts and love and just thought she'd be perfect for this challenge!

I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored her with copics. I stickled her flowers and used my glitter pen on the stems and leaves to give them just a hint of sheen. I used some of those great BasicGrey bling half moon pearls in the corners and in the center of my Prima flower and added a couple of heart charms and some dainty gold cord. It's hard to tell, but I used my Fiskar heart edger along the side of the pink flowered paper. Wish that would have shown up a tad bit better. And I added a hatpin for her. I love those things (Thanks Lim for your help with those!). I love how she came out!



Here's a close up of the flowers and that sweet face. Love these babies!

Make sure you stop by our Design Team Challenge blog and see the great cards my fellow stamping sisters came up with and pull out those Magnolias, A Lot of Rubber Stamps, The Greeting Farm or Rachel Ann Miller stamps and join Lim's challenge. Show us your heart! And don't forget to get over to Belles N' Whistles tomorrow and pick up your stamps. I can't wait to see what you've been inspired to create!
Card Ingredients:

Tilda with Bunch of Roses by Magnolia, copics, BasicGrey Bling, heart charms, SU corner punch, Glitter pen, Fiskar heart edger punch, Stickles, Prima Flowers, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Try It Out Tuesday #29 - A Gift for You!

Every now and then our furbabies need a little bit of attention. I tell you I could just eat my Hagrid up sometimes! Well, most of the time. He loves me unconditionally, only asks that I feed him and take him out to do his business and to spend time with him. He's the least demanding of my time and believe it or not, most days I get the biggest return on my investment from him!

For Try It Out Tuesday, our ever talented and creative Design Team Leader at SCACD, Suzanne Dean, challenged us over at Follow Your Heart, to make a gift and my neglected Hagrid came to mind. He's been so good with being shifted from room to room since Tiffany and Allie are here that I wanted to do something sweet for him. So I got him some doggie treats and reached for Rian from Elisabeth Bell for SCACD! She's just way too cute for herself sitting there cuddling her little puppy! I could just eat her up!



Here's a copy of the whole set. I stamped Rian with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored her with copics. Then I cut her out using my top note die from SU, trimmed around the edges and cut out another top note out of the plaid paper and the band around the blueberry container is from the Pets Stack from DCWV. I highlighted her hearts on the cuff of her pants with some glaze and her flowers around her hoodie with my Spica Glitter Pen. She's all spritzed with my Shimmerz Spritz and I added a big flower from the Mulberry Street pack from Petaloo and put some buttons on the bottom corner laced with Scrapper's Floss. I was really pleased with how she came out and Hagrid loved his treats!


Here's a side view and below is a copy of this cutie's beautiful, sweet face!



And for an extra special treat, you've got to stop by Brani's blog. She's the highlighted stamper for SCACD and my gosh, what's she's done to Spunkette is breathtaking! Don't miss it!

If you haven't picked up these sweet stamps, you're really missing out! They are such fun to color up and go with any occasion. I am just taken by them and the more I work them up, the more ideas I get! Make sure you stop over at the store blog and see the other creations that my Designing Sisters have come up with. They're all absolutely fabulous! And take the time to make something for someone you've been neglecting. It doesn't have to be big or grand, just something to let them know you were thinking about them. It just makes you feel good!

Card Ingredients:

Rian by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, Mulberry Street Flowers from Petaloo, Shimmerz Spritz, copics, SU top note die, Scrapper's Floss, buttons, The Pets Stack from DCWV, Spica Glitter Pen, Glaze pen.