Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Sponsored by There She Goes

Sorry I've been missing for a few days.  I just started a new job and I've been putting in a lot of hours.  Excited because I'm working with scrapbooking (oh you know how I love me some paper and embellishments!) and it just doesn't get much better than that!  Allie starts kindergarten next week so I need something to take up my time now.

I'm glad to be sharing my Tuesday with you showing off some fun things with my stamping sisters over at Tuesday Throwdown!  This week we're sponsored by There She Goes Stamps and they generously gave us some of their gorgeously fun sets to work with!  I was so lucky and got "Nutmeg" to play with and I think she's such a doll!  Our theme this week is Pastel Rainbow and I've got to tell you, I had to search hard for some pastels in my collection!

This little spicy thing is colored with copics and I added some stickles to her headband, stockings and dress.  The papers are from My Mind's Eye and I made the flowers using the Flower Shoppe cartridge from Cricut.  The pink branches are punched from the Martha Stewart branch punch and the seam binding is from Stampin Up (one of my favorite things to make ribbons with!).

I just love her little sassy heart on her cheek and the sweet little pucker of her lips!

Here's one more look at this cutie pie.  She was such fun to work with and I was thinking of my dear friend, Lynn, when i was working on her hair!

Make sure to stop over at our Tuesday Throwdown Challenge blog and see all the fabulous creations that my designing buddies have come up with for your enjoyment!  You know I never steer you wrong!  And pull out those refreshing pastels and come play along with us!

A Glorious Day, It's Allie's Birthday!

This is gonna be pretty quick because we're off to the beach to celebrate my granddaughter, Allie, who turns 5 today!  It's so hard to try and figure out where all the time has gone.  I look at her now and she's getting ready for kindergarten, Daisy Girl Scouts, a new home, so many changes coming up for her.  Then I sit and remember the first time I laid eyes on her right after she was born.  As I am with all my grandchildren and my girls, I was just taken.  Taken to a place I never thought my heart could go.  I didn't think I had much room left in my heart after I had my children.  It was so full of love for them.  But I think God totally enlarges our hearts and reserves a place that we're not aware of existing because it's held for grandchildren.

Here's a few pictures of her doing some of the things she loves best:

Swimming! I swear she was born a fish!

Playing dress up!  Gosh, she must change clothes 4 times a day!  And she does love her some high heels!

Coloring and painting!  This is her at Easter coloring eggs with my sweetie pie niece, Ella.  Aren't they just too sweet?

And showing off a card she helped me make.  She was so proud of this and let me tell you, she colors so well with my copics that it's a shame not to let her use them!

This child makes me laugh every day and you can't ask anymore of anyone than that.  I love her and know that I'm so blessed to have her in my life.  God is very good to me.

If you've read this far, I really appreciate it and want to post a card that I did for Elphine House Australia's last challenge but was so sick that I didn't get it posted. This is Emma Gifts of Love from Elisabeth Bell for Elphine House Australia and I love her!  

She's colored with copics, has stickles all over her dress and is cut out with Nestabilities.  The papers are from a gorgeous My Mind's Eye paper pack and the flowers are homemade.  The pearls are from Hero Arts and the seam binding is from Stampin Up.

This cutie pie is absolutely gorgeous and you can use her for just about any occasion.

Here's a couple more looks of her.

I hope everyone has a fabulous day and enjoys this cutie pie.  As for me, I'm off to the beach for some fun and sun!

Little Momma Blog Hop for The Digi Bells!

It is always so much fun to be able to show off a new Elisabeth Bell design!  That's what I get to share with you today!  I'm really glad you stopped by and if you came to me from the outstanding talented Rose's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, make sure to start at the very beginning, at Mary Lou's blog because I don't want you to miss a thing!  So here we go!

Please welcome ** Little Mama ** to our little family of Elisabeth Bell Digi's....

Blog hop starts on Friday, May 24, 2013, at 9:00am (Arizona time)

ending on Friday, May 31, 2013 at 9:00am (Arizona time)

I fell in instant love with this sugar baby when I saw her!  Isn't she just so stinkin cute you could eat her up?  She reminded me of a picture Tiffany took of Allie when she was playing dress up.  She put on her pokanot (polka dot!) dress and her momma's black suede high heels, grabbed her Baby and started strutting her stuff.  Here's the picture that reminded me so much of Little Mama.  

Can't you see the resemblance?  It's uncanny if you ask me!

This cutie pop is colored with copics and I added some stickles to her skirt, top, and flower in her hair.  The frame is the floral oval Nestabilities die and the papers are from DCWV and My Mind's Eye.  Love all of their stuff!  The Pearls and flowers are from Recollections with a couple of  hand made flowers thrown in, the ribbon is from Simplicity, and the flowers and hearts in the flower bunches are from my stash.  I got the charm at my local scrapbook store and the little pin and sentiment are from BasicGrey.

I thought I'd show the inside for Judy since it's been awhile since I've shown the inside of my cards.

Here are a couple more views of her.

She just makes me smile!

Here she is again.  I forgot to mention that I used some Distressed Ink on the edges of the frame and on the inside.

Now it's time to head on over to my dear friend and oh so talented leader, Lynda's blog and see the fabulous project she has in store for you!  I can't wait for you to see it so hurry on over!  Time's a wasting and Little Mama doesn't have a minute to spare!

Theodora Sassy, Full of Strength and Confidence

Are you sick of hearing from me yet?  I sure hope not because I've got a lot more to show and say!  I won't bore you totally today because I've got a pretty busy day planned.  I am off to look at a few apartments and still on the hunt for a job.  For that, I need some confidence and strength.  When I first saw this gorgeous image, Theodora Sassy, from the Oz the Great and Powerful release from Sassy Studio Designs, those are two qualities that I saw in her that I just admired.

Today, Crafts 4 Eternity is being sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs and their challenge calls for 3 patterned papers.  Well, I gave them 3 for sure!  If you follow me at all, you know I love me some papers!

Theodora Sassy is colored with copics and fussy cut.  I framed her on some Nestabilities and the kraft card stock is from Stampin Up and the patterned paper is from a gorgeous paper pack called Discover from My Mind's Eye.  The Lace is from Cloud 9, the pearls from Studio 112, and the highlights are done with my Jelly Roll Clear glitter pen.  and her ring is a fun diamond flower gem that Tiffany got me years ago.  I think it's perfect for her!

Look at that stunning face.  Just love it!

 Here's a couple of views from the side of her.  I love her body language!

I plan on entering her in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - polka dots
Diva By Designs - movie inspired
Simon Says Stamps - anything goes
Cuttin and Stampin Challenge - cinco de Mayo
Sketch N Stash - Sketch

Come on over and join in the fun and show off some of that paper you know you've got stock piled somewhere!  Put those layers on and show them off!

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for our new release from Sassy Studio Designs!  It's gonna be yummy!

A Sweet Emma from Elisabeth Bell for Susana's Custom Art and Card Designs

Sometimes I think you just need to go back and revisit some good times in your life.  In my creative life, it brings me back to when I first saw a Whiff of Joy stamp that Elisabeth Bell had designed and I fell into instant love!  There was such a sweetness and purity about her designs and I knew they were for me!  One of the happiest times for me was when I was first started on a couple of design teams and Susana's Custom Art and Card Designs was one of my first design teams and I absolutely loved it!  In got to work with some wonderfully creative people, some of the best in our field, Suzanne Dean, Danni Bindel and lots of others.  When I heard we were going to be doing of of Elisabeth's brand new lines, I was so ecstatic that I jumped up and down and yelled and hollered!  Crazy, it may have been, but I just couldn't believe my good luck.

For our challenge over at Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge Blog, Lynda has challenged us with a theme of "April Showers Brings May Flowers", and asked us to use lots of flowers and springtime colors.  I pulled out my sweet "Emma", who is one of the gorgeous images from that first release with Susana's Custom Art and Card Designs.  You can see all of Elisabeth's available stamps at Susana's shop here.

She's still one of my all time favorite images of all time!  I love her innocence and sweetness.  She's colored with copics and has some stickles on her pants and top, and some Diamond Glaze on her headband and ribbon on her top  She's cut out and framed with Nestabilities and the gorgeous papers are from My Mind's Eye.  The ribbon and pearls are from my stash and the flowers are handmade and I added some Martha Stewart branches to her.

Here's a couple of close ups of this cutie pop.  I could just eat her up!  I am going to enter her into the following challenges:

Link Up For Pink - Breast Cancer Awareness, inspirational, healthy reminders, "celebrate more birthdays", you're in my thoughts, encouragement, etc.
Crafting by Design - Anything Goes
Nutcrafters - Anything goes
365 Cards - Soft
Color Throwdown - color challenge
Creative Card Crew - handmade flowers

Stop over at our Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge Blog and see the beautiful creations my sisters have come up with for your viewing enjoyment.  Inspiration and flowers and spring colors are popping up all over the place over there!  Hope everyone has a fabulous, springy day!

Sweet New Girl from the Sunshine Set from Elphine House Australia

I may be a little ahead of myself, but Elphine House Australia has a couple of new cuties coming out from the Sunshine Set and I just can't help myself!  I had to use one of them!  So while I don't have a specific name for you, I'm giving you a preview of this cute pie!

Our challenge today over at Elphine House Australia Design Team has a theme of "Lace and Pearls".  If you know me, you know I love me some pearls and lace is right up there with one of my favorite embellishments!  Well, I decided to give this beauty a twist and used Baker's Twine as well my lace, but I hung tight with the pearls!

Isn't she a beauty?  I love yellow and orange together and thought pearls were so appropriate for her!  She's colored with copics and has some stickles in her hair, n her top, pants and I added some Diamond Glaze to the apples.  The paper is a beautiful pack from My Mind's Eye and the flowers and pearls are from Recollections.  She's cut out with my Floral Oval die from Spellbinders and the Baker's twine is from The Twinery.  I ran the layered paper through my BigShot (my poor cuttlebug finally died on me :(), and used my dotted swiss folder to add some texture to the panels.  I also used some Scattered Straw around the frame.  This layout is from The House That Stamps Built and I love it!  I'll use it pretty often.

Love, simply adore her face!  I think she looks so pretty and self-reliant, out there picking not only some apples, but some flowers to go with it!

I like the clean look of the inside.  And I love that Baker's Twine!

I am planning on entering her in the following challenges:

365 Cards - Welcome Spring
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - A card for a child or teen
LEJ Designs Challenge - Emboss it
Loves Rubber Stamps - Spring colors
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Make it girls (flowers are over 6 months old)
Riley and Company - Think Spring
Try It On Tuesday - Spring has sprung
ABC Challenge - L is for Lovely Lace
A Little Bit Crafty - Anything goes
House of Gilli - Anything goes and lace and pearls
Ladybug Crafts - Jump into Spring
Oozak - Anything goes with lace, pearls and ribbon
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Spring is in the Air



So head on over to our Elphine House Australia Design Team blog and show us your pearls and lace!

France Honey from Sassy Studio Designs

Just a quick post because the power has been going in and out for the last few days and I keep losing the internet connection.

I wanted to share my first easel card, France Honey, from Sassy Studion Designs, that I did for a challenge SSD is sponsoring for Brown Sugar Challenge.  They are looking for a step or easle card and I thought I'd finally try an easel card.

What fun I had making this!  I'd be making them for a long time if I knew they were this much fun and so easy!  I followed the instructions on splitcoaststamper and it was so easy I could hardly stand it!  She's colored with copics and I added some Stickles to her hat and top.  She's cut out and mounted on the floral oval die cut, and I added some swirls, all by Nestabilities.  The button and pearls are from Studio 112, the butterflies are from my Martha Stewart punch, and the flowers are homemade.  I love this gorgeous paper from My Mind's Eye.  Michael's has some beautiful 6 x 6 pads and I think I have most of them!  I love the greys and peaches together.

Here she is up close.  Isn't she just stunningly gorgeous?  I love that european look she has!

Here's a side of the card.

And this is a close up of the inside.  Gosh I had fun making this one!

Make sure to pull out your stamping and scoring stuff and head on over and join in the challenge.  Go have some fun!

April Showers for Sassy Studio Designs

It's time to start a new term with Sassy Studio Designs and I'm so excited to be starting term 2!  Everyone knows how much I LOVE me som sass and I'm just thrilled to be presentibng with my designing sisters again.  I'll miss the ones who have decided to move on and am so anxious to work with our new family members.  More about them in the next few days!  It's Thursday and that means that it's Dare To Be Sassy Thursday and this week Kathy challenged us to create something with the April Showrs theme, using anything liquidy or with the rain theme.  Here's my sassy:

This is Glenda Sassy from our Yellow Brick Road Release and I think she's fabulous!  I colored her in copics and lathered her up with all kinds of stuff!  I used Stickles on her dress and wand, Smooch on her gems, Diamond Glaze on her collar and ribbon, and my clear Jelly Roll glitter pen on her crown.  Whey, it took a long time for her to dry!  The papers are from a gorgeous pack from My Mind's Eye and the rose is from Recollections.  The ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

Doesn't she have a beautiful face?  Just love her!

Here's a couple of views of the inside.

I tried to keep it simple on the inside.

I love yellow and green together.  They just look so springy and the flowered paper gives it a spring showers feel.

I'm entering her in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - CAS
Crafting for all Seasons - Floral delight
Digistamps 4 Joy - Anything goes
Inklings & Yarns - Always anything goes
Jen's Digi Stamps - Spring
Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter/Spring

Make sure to stop over at the Sassy Studio Designs blog and see the other fabulous creations my designing sisters have in store for you!

Merry Weather Blog Hop from the Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection

Welcome to The Digi Bell's fun blog hop to introduce you to Merry Weather, our newest addition to the Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection!  It's time to reveal another beauty from the ever talented Miss Bell and are you ready for  some cuteness to come your way?  If you came to me from Pami's blog, then you're so on the right track.  If not, make sure to hop back to her blog and start there!  With all the spring weather coming there's new buds and flowers popping up everywhere and cool puddles of water that just can't be resisted!

Isn't she just a baby doll?  I'm just absolutely taken with her!  This is the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketch that I followed:

Now here's a close up of this baby doll!

She's colored with copics and has some stickles added to her dress, bloomers, water, and headband. The papers are from a gorgeous My Mind's Eye pack.  I used my Clear Jelly Roll Pen to add some shine to the flowers and butterfly. These gorgeous pearl swirls are from Close To My Heart and the pearls are from Studio 112.  The flowers are handmade and the branches are a Martha Stewart punch.  The lace is from my stash.

Just a couple of side views for you.

And the full inside.  I know I said I was going to try and shake things up a bit but these papers were so gorgeous I didn't want to take anything away from them.  

I'm entering this beauty in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Forever Friends - Lots of flowers
Moving Along With The Times - Spring is in the Air
Crafting For All Seasons- Spring
Inklings and Yarns - Always anything goes

Now head on over to our fearless and oh so talented leader, Lynda's blog and see what she's got in store for you.  Inspiration is sure to be waiting there for you!