Here I am...

Did you miss me? Sorry that I didn't get a post out yesterday. I wanted to but was, well, lazy. LOL.. You caught me.

I wanted to share our Valentine's with you, but first, make sure you pop back Monday to see some new changes here and see what else is changing. It won't be big, but it might involve blog candy. Will that bring you back? How about some fun projects I've done? That will really reel you in huh??




OK, here is the cards and pretty flower that we got. The kids got cards from the Grandparents, and I got the rose from my dad. He also sent McKinley a lil blue bear...she said OH WoW when the florist delivered it. It was cute!! This was for our dinner. I made steak and shrimp and some veggies, and we used the china. And the wine goblets...no one here drinks wine, so we used Koolaid! LOL... The lil bowls have our butter. My mom always did this for us, so I thought it was fun tradition to keep going with!!

I got some chocolates and a mug from my Valentine, plus a Papercrafts magazine (that I told RC to make dad buy me!)

And this is the card that Greg made me. Pretty fun huh?


OK, and my new love... This is pretty good, and does curb my chocolate craving. For a few minutes!! Thanks Ashley for getting me hooked!!

EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT ONLY AVAILABLE ON THIS BLOG

That's right, I have a never before seen tool that you may only see on this blog. Depends, tho...if you are crafty enough you just might see one on your craft table as early as tonight!




What is this crafty lil device? Well, for those of you who are reading and not scrolling down to see pics first, I'll tell you.

Last night I finally got my new SU! order. It's the A Good Egg set and the Spring Fling DP. So I told Greg I needed a StampaMaJig. Like any other Stamping Husband he knew just what the heck I meant.

Yeah Right.

So I tried to explain to him what it was and possibly he could make me one. OK, show me a picture said Mr. Crafty. ;)

Well, today I had to ink that set up and I wanted to play around with it, so I thought, man I need that StampaMaJig now!!! LOL... like everything else.

So I scoured my room and found some whittling wood (B/c you know I needed that once too!) and I nailed one end to a smaller black and Viola! My own Stampa MaJig.

Call me Cheap or call me crafty...it was free and I can use it!!

I can easly lay the plastic sheets up next to it to see if it's OK! (BTW...yep, I've scrounged for some lame plastic sheet covers to use!! LOL)
And here I was able to line it up perfect. Well, after a few tries and I realized I was stamping it upside down than what I stamped on the sheet. Ugh.
So I give you the Hick Chick StampaMaJig (Stole the name from Cowboy Troy)

Enjoy...please let me know if you would like to buy the rights to this... :oP
OK and seriously, why did SU! put 2 sentiment stamps on one block..you know that it's gonna be messed up somewhere!! Geesh. So I was more crafty and cut them out and put one on one side and one on the other. And I put them on this way b.c it's easier to hold the block than putting the words the other way.

Then I played for real...making this cute lil card.
And with the egg top on...
RECIPE:

Stamps: SU! - A Good Egg

Ink: Noir Palette Black, More Mustand; Certainly Celery

Paper: SU! - Certainly Celery; Spring Fling DP; White CTMH; Yellowish Bazzill

Other: markers; CTMH ribbon, American Crafts Brads

Aloha Sunshine.

Yesterday we really warmed up (33degrees F) so I was so ready for some more Sunshine.

I got these new stamps and paper from Martha's Choice in the mail, and inked 'em up right away. It looks like they sold out of the pengiuns...wonder why? LOL... I did find the complete line here...Imaginisce. I tried to get these bigger but it didn't do it, so click on them to see them closer. I saw this Tilt Card Tutorial on Charmaine's blog (CLICK HERE) and when I was looking at this Hula gal I had the light bulb go off. So it looks funny to show you how it tilts, but it's so dang cute!!

Wish my hips could tilt like that!! LOL...I'd hurt something I'm sure!!

I also used the cute lil boy too. Both of these would be fun for summer birthday cards. Or to invite to a party. RECIPE for both:
Stamps: Penguins by Imaginisce
Ink: Noir Palette Black
Paper: CS- SU! Barely Banana and Bashful Blue; DP - Shore Thing by Imaginisce
Other: Flower BRads; ribbon, markers, bling stickers.

(More Happy Mail)

More Happy mail today!! I tell you I didn't want to go out today either, but glad I did.

This Bella Babe RAK was from Carol Berthelsen - she was hoping it would make me feel warm...actually I think she needs goosepimples!! LOL... Beautiful coloring Carol...thanks!!
This one is from Kathea Kelley - I love these colors. Yummmy!! Thanks Kathea!!
And finally I got a box from my Bella Sister Julie Bock. Look at this yummy stuff. That lil body spray is wonderful smelling!! WoW!! Plus ribbon, bling, alterables and Wreathabella!! WOW!!!
The Bella Yahoo Group is taking sign ups for the next round - so if you want to get in on it, you can sign up now!!

And to leave you with some cute lil bug-bug pictures. We played Dress up last night, and she even wore her Snow White shoes!! She's funny this one!!

Bunch 'O Cards

Happy Monday!! Aren't they lovely? We got another couple inches of snow last night. And I could tell our deer friend was over munchin on our bush again...saw his tracks. I had to shovel out so David could make it across the street to school! Sounds funny, but I watched him try to step in the car tracks to get across! He's funny.

These are the creations I made Saturday night. I love having my friends over, but I would rather gab and not have to think about cards. So these are all pretty basic - and mostly card fronts. I'll get them mounted on a card later.

I still have some Valentine's to finish, and cards/projects for this months Stamping Up! club. Plus all that other household nonsense.

Hope you had a good weekend...off to waste time and forget about the laundry mountain!

Happy Stampin!

Yay! (Bella Babe RAKs)

Finally made a lil topper that I like!! And changed around the look of the blog. Now I can forget about it for awhile!

**************************************************

Also thought I would post some RAK's I got Friday from the Bella Babe contest on the Yahoo Group. I got quite a few cards done last night, but I've been too lazy to upload them today. You know, enjoying the peace from no kids. LOL... They are back now tho. :( (lol)







This first one is from Ami Cook. I love the Valentini! Looks fun!

Thanks Ami!!






















This one is from Julie Kirk who was actually in a Swap I am hosting and she sent me those fun flower brads! I used a couple already too!!

Thanks Julie!!










And fianlly ArtaBella as the boys asked when I was ripping cards open...

Lynn Mercurio sent me this beauty! One of my favorite color combos!! Thanks Lynn!!


So that was Friday's mail. Tomorrow I will brave the cold to stalk the Post Office...I have some orders due in too! LOL....

CHILD FREE!!!

Yippeee!! I am child free for the night (Sorry Mom!) The kids are sleeping over at G&G's and my stamping friends are coming to play!! Yay!!

Yesterday I got to play too....It started getting cold again! :( I actually got to do a card for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. Although I drew it in my Sketch Book, I forgot to take that downstairs with me, so I was winging it. The DP in the middle isn't supposed to go all the way down. Oh well...not that it's the Law!! :oP RECIPE
Stamps: Flowabella from Stamping Bella (an Image Swap)
Paper: CS - Tan Prism, Chocolate Prism, Bashful Blue SU!; DP - SU! retired DP ??
Other: TAC - Mimi Ribbon; SU! - Clear Buttons (I love these!!!); markers

**********************************************

I also worked on my Birthday Swaps that I am in on the Yahoo Group. I had bigger ideas for this project and ended up with this. LOL... I like them tho. They are simple, yet they aren't trash. Right? Anyway, they are done and going postal on Monday. If it warms up. Gosh I am a wimp and won't leave the house if I don't have to.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Ipodabella by StampingBella (I do own her! LOL...); Paper Studio Sentiments

Ink: Noir Palette Black Ink

Paper: CS - tan Prism, Chocolate Prism; White CTMH; Tempting Turqouise SU!

Other: May Arts Ribbon; markers; Paper Peircer

Hope you are enjoying the weekend. I'll try and post what we do tonight in the morning before I go back to being a mom.

Cards to share

I have a couple cards to share today. I've been working on orders to get them done and delivered, and also made these. I am now on to some swaps that need to get out.

I got some more Bella Images from a swap the other day. (Thus needing a new Bella House.)
RECIPE:
Stamps: Dogwalkabella by Stamping Bella; sentiment from Paper Studio
Ink: Noir Palette Black
Paper: CS - Blue Prism, Pumpkin Pie SU!; DP - Crate paper
Other: Ribbon - WRMemoryKeepers; Rob and Bob metal tabs; Word Window punch; markers


I also had this image someone sent me before Christmas and I wanted to use it for Valentine's. I don't own the AMuse sentiment that reads this, so I hand wrote it. I colored this image with my SU! Watercolor pencils and then a blender pen, and I did another with markers and liked it better. Oh well...can't win them all.

RECIPE:

Stamp: Owl stamp by AMuse (RAKed image)

Paper:CS- Bashful Blue SU!; Chocolate Bazzill; DP - SU! various packs.

Other: WRMemoryKeepers ribbon; watercolor pencils; markers

{Super Sunday}

I hope you are all getting ready for the Super Bowl. I do like to watch football, just not with Greg. He likes to flip to all the games that are on. I like to watch one game and pay attention. But I love to watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. And then sometimes the crazy things they do at the half time. LOL...

We will be leaving here shortly to the party at the Lucky Bullet to watch the game. {I get to leave for awhile to go to my friend Khristi's for a Tastefully Simple party} I hope you have a great time...even if you don't watch.

This weekend on the Bella Yahoo Group was the Bella Babe contest. This is the card I created. We were challenged to create a card for our favorite team or one of them playing this weekend. I'm a Cowboys fan...more from the Troy Aikman years tho. So I went with that color scheme and then used this fun Football paper that I had stashed from the LSS closing.

When I was planning this out, the referee bella came to mind, so I used MWAH bella and colored her shirt with the stripes. I paper pieced her skirt with some Blue Bazzill paper and then colored the rest of her. I also had this ribbon from the LSS and cut the megaphone out of one and then the football from another. I am so excited about the end result!

Enjoy!!!

Freaky Friday

Well it's not really freaky - I'm just glad it's Friday. I really wanted to keep sleeping today tho! Tomorrow!! Yeah!!

Last night I worked on my cards for the Bella Color Challenge. I knew I wanted this colors but I hadn't had time to make the cards before last night.


I got a new Glitter pen from American Crafts yesterday so I wanted to BLING it up! I paper pieced the dress and the cupcake liner, and out lined the liner with my new pen, and also the dots on her dress. Then I used Sparlkes on the cupcake top. Forgot the cherry on top tho! oops!!

Then when digging through my stash I found this paper that said CUPCAKES. So I wanted to highlight that. I used my CM cutting system to make the orange circle, highlighted it with glitter and attached it. Then added the brads to give some accent. I finished it by added some paper peircing in the corner.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Cupcakeabella by Stamping Bella
Inks: Noir Palette Ink
Paper: CS - Brilliant Blue, Only Orange, Green Galore, SU!; Various DP (don't know where it's from!)
Other: Glitter Pen, American Crafts; Sparkles; Brads, markers



Here is the second card for that Challenge. Kind of where it started. I thought these colors were sporty huh?

I used these images I got from Colleen and love them. It is the socks!!

RECIPE
Stamps: Teeoffabella by Stamping Bella; FORE from TAC
Ink: Versamark
Paper: CS - Only Orange, Brilliant Blue, Green Galore, SU!
Other: Brads, various ribbon, markers













These last 2 are for some card orders I got last week. I needed to make four with these bra and sentiment from Hambo Stamps. I was glad I wasn't the only one who liked these!!

My only mistake here is coloring the bra too dark...I think I'll change that today.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Hambo Stamps
Ink: Noir Palette Black
Paper: Brown Prism;Bazzill Bling; White Prism
Other: Oval and Scallop Oval punches; May Arts Ribbon; American Crafts brads, Markers

And finally another for this order. I got some new Prism paper yesterday too. I love the texture of this paper for cards...it adds alot with you having too. I stamped a row of the bras in Versamark on the background and then simply added some ribbon.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Hambo Stamps
Ink: Noir Palette Black
Paper: Prism
Other: various ribbon, markers


PS - My Blogger Spell Check will not work, so if there are mis-spelled words I am sorry. It's Friday right? LOL...

You know your Bellas!!

Or at least our all time favorite of CosmoBella!! That's what you all guessed. And yep, she's my favorite. She is so fun huh?

So for a winner - Well, I decided to send all three of my cards. So there is going to be three winners. And I used Random.org...and the winners are...

28 - Maren - gets Cosmobella

25 - Christi - gets Grumpabella

& 19 - Ami - gets Mwahbella.

I just need Ami's address and I'll get these out tomorrow!!



Now for the deets. Starting with my favorite card...the one using my favorite things.

Well, I started with Cosmobella...my favorite Bella. My favorite paper is Bazzill Bling. Can you see it shimmer? I love that!! I also LOVE DP...and my favorite now is this TAC Mimi paper.

I also love ribbon and brads...those are my 2 favorite embellishments. I should've used Paper Piecing, b/c that is my favorite technique, but I forgot. I love to color Cosmobella!!

Maren I hope you enjoy this card.












This card was for the Inspiration Challenge. Here is a link to the piece we used for inspiration. I just printed it on cardstock and paper pieced it for her skirt and purse. Cute huh? The rest of this CS was SU! and some TAC DP. The ribbon was from a fibers pack my Making Memories. And then found some random brads.

Ami I hope you enjoy this one!!













And finally the Challenge I hosted used this Sketch by Shannan. I figured I would show what I really look like in my PJ's....grumpy! LOL....

For this card I started the base with some Bazill, and this DP is from Wild Asparagus maybe...I don't remember and I didn't write it down. The brown CS is Prism. This is a pretty simple lil card.

I hope Christi enjoys it!!

I hope you all enjoyed the PJ party and the new release. HERE is a link to the new Cilla Rose line from Stamping Bella. Have to say the Row of Kini's is my all time favorite. LOL...

I need to keep plugging away on Valentines and cards for orders. It's still pretty cold here...we haven't seen above zero all week. Yuck! The kids are still sick, so we will be hanging out, staying warm.

Pajama Party {wanna win??}

Tomorrow Night on the SCS Forum is the Bella Pajama Party....Em is releasing a new line. No new Bella Sistahz, but I am sure they will be just as good.

I've giving a sneak peak at one of my cards I made for the challenges. If you can guess which Bella this is, I'll send you the card. From all the correct answers I'll draw a name on Thursday and pop it in the mail to you! One guess per person.

I hope you can stop by there and play with us. Wear your jammies....I'll be in my flannels!! LOL...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tonight is our Stamping Up! club meeting. I know I posted that 2 weeks ago, but it's been canceled - TWICE. Yep. So tonight, even tho it's almost 30 Below and every other thing is canceling, we are not. Die Hards. I know.

Tomorrow I have a busy day planned, so I most likely won't post again til Thursday. Make sure you stop by the Bella Forum tomorrow night and play along!!

Making Valentines and Coffee

Yesterday we were stranded at home and needed something for RC to do, so we made his Valentine's for pre-school. I had seen these Trident Gum Holders at Halloween and they are so easy.
I cut and scored the paper, RC punched the holes with the Word Window punch and then he put the frogs on front. I had colored those the night before while we watched TV. He was super excited to take them already, but we put them up to wait.
Since we were home bound all day, I got quite a few cards done. This set was still out & I thought it looked nice and warm. Esp. since I was enjoying my coffee all day yesterday. Sorry that the picture is so bright. Ugh.
This was pretty simple. I stamped the images (cup and foam) with Stazon and then cut out. Mounted on some Brown Bazzill that I stamped the steam in White Kraft ink. I stamped the straw separately and cut out and glued behind the cup. You can't see it well, but I stamped the coffee beans on the bottom part of the card.
When I was done, I used Crystal Effects on the cup and Liquid Applique on the foam. Looks sooo yummy!

RECIPE:
Stamps: I Like it a Latte - SU!
Ink: Stazon; Real Red - SU!; White Kraft
Paper: Kraft card (unknown); Black Prism; Chocolate Bazzill; white Prism
Other: Liquid Applique; Crystal Effects; May Arts Ribbon

Beautiful Bride

Talk about a Mood Swing. Yesterday it was nearly 40 degrees (F) and today it's below zero with a nasty wind....wind chill at 30 Below. Yuck. I have no reason to leave the house, so I most likely won't today.

This weekend was busy and fun, but only was able to stamp this for a Bridal Shower on Saturday. Talk about last minute cards tho! What is happening to me?!!?
This was my first time inking up HitchedaFellaBella. I had got this gift and wanted to color the images like the wrapping paper. Luckily I matched all the other wrapping paper too - the wonderful side effect of living in a small town...we all shopped at the same place! LOL.... I found this Vellum card stashed away too...thought it was super pretty. Very simple card.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Hitchedafellabella by Stamping Bella
Ink: Noir Palette Black
Paper: various white; Pink - Crate Paper; Grey - something from a wedding pad of paper; various vellum
Other: Markers; paper piercing.

Have a great Monday!!

Happy Friday

It doesn't feel like Golfing weather at all, but I am sure there are Die Hards that would go if asked. I am married to one.



I really shouldn't have been messing around yesterday but I was and this card came about. I swapped Golferfella images with Colleen Gallagher for some Teeoffabella images. She's fun!! I had some Golfing themed paper from Karen Foster, this cool ribbon my brother and SIL gave me at Christmas and the felt flowers from Colleen also. I love the way it turned out.

RECIPE
Stamps: Teeoffabella from StampingBella (Images from Colleen)
Paper: CS - Bazzill; DP - Karen Foster
Other: Felt Flowers (American Crafts); various ribbon, various brads.
I hope you enjoy the weekend. I have a Bridal Shower tomorrow and lunch with friends after church Sunday. I hope I get something else accomplished too!!

Thanks for stopping in.

Pooh

Oh Pooh! Can you believe that Thursday is almost done? This week has flown by. I guess it doesn't help I've been busy - but the weekend is almost here. Yeah!!

So this <------------ has been where I have been part of the time instead of at my craft table. Over the weekend the boys and I started this Pooh puzzle. I like to start with the outer edge, but they were all blank!! So we started at Pooh himself, and finally completed it last night. I had to take a picture to prove it.

I was asked to make something for a Door Prize for a friend. So I came up with this lil beauties today. I used some Prism Cards, Crate Paper, WRMemory Keepers Ribbon and my Bellas. All 6 are different yet alike.

You can click on the smaller ones to see more detail if you want.

Now I have to get back to the To Do lists that keep growing.

Enjoy the rest of the week!!