Peachy Keen Guest Designer Week 22, Day 2!

---Day 2 Post from Peachy Keen Blog -- :)

Hello again! First things first... Remember yesterday how I mentioned the beautiful weather in Wisconsin? Let me take that back! We have heat advisories out for the next two days and then back into the 50/60's on Thursday. Apparently I spoke too soon. :) Okay, enough about the crazy weather...

Today I decided that I need to take a few minutes and make a baby card for one of my BFF's who just had a sweet little baby girl. This was a bit of a challenge because my friend does not love pastels and even more specifically, pastel pink. I kept it to a minimum by using brightly colored patterned paper with a very little sprinkle of pinks. :) What do you think?

Oh and the super sweet PK-222 Happy-Go-Lucky Elephant... one of my faves!

That bow on the card isn't just an ordinary bow. It is fully equipped with an alligator clip on the back and ready to be tucked into some of that new-baby-smelling hair. I make hairbows... it's kind of my 'thing'. So I have been adding a small one to baby girl cards that I have made lately. Every little girl needs a pretty hair bow! :) Even if you can't make your own hair bows, this would be a super easy gift to whip up for a new baby girl! Buy a few bows to add to the card and VOILA! But if you don't want to add bows... it's still a fun card with a super cute elephant!


Supplies I used:
PK-222 Happy-Go-Lucky Elephant
Little Girl (all patterned paper and cardstock sticker 'cutie pie') by Echo Park Paper
Kraft cardstock by Bazzill
Button by BasicGrey
Ribbon by Offray
gellyroll white pen
COPIC markers
Tuxedo Black Memento ink
Lilac Twine from the Twinery

That's all I have for today... but don't forget about that sweet candy!


To be entered into the drawing please leave a note on this blog post and also on my blog. You will have five days to leave a note, so that is five chances to win! :) I will use random.org to pick which day and post for the winner. I will draw and announce the winner on my blog on Saturday June 11th.

Have a great Tuesday! Thanks for checking out my project today!

Hello, Cupcake - Blog Hop!

Hey friends! Are you inspired by some tasty treats today?!! If you have arrived from Krista's page over at http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com/ you are in the right place. If you're jumping in the middle -- feel free to pop back up to the top of the hop and start at http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/, our lovely hostess Janis has some fabulous prizes in store for those who are hopping.

Speaking of prizes... some of you may know, some of you may not... Papercrafting is not the only crafty thing that I do. I also make bows and other hair goodies! (Hair pretties are NOT just for little girls... hehe.) Anyway - here's the prize that I have up for grabs for doing all of the requirements Janis has for you on the starting blog post. :)


Okay - prizes aside, for now ;) (pssssst, there's candy at the end of this post!)...

Here's what I did! Believe it or not... its NOT a paper craft this time! I've been meaning to purchase a fun cupcake pin cushion for a long time now... I drool over them on etsy and then I always close the window before checking out. WELLLLLLLL... I took my lovely little tomato pin cushion (which really - it has been a very trusty thing I've had for over 10 years now) and I made it fancy and cute now. :)

I made a 'base' out of some felt scraps and I decorated the top with some chiffon ribbon from Maya Road to create the 'frosting'. :)


Hope you like it!!! I'm excited to have this cute little pin cushion sitting on my craft table from now on! :)

And a quick card I made with a Close To My Heart stamp set... perfect for this blog hop! I used some of the smaller chiffon rose ribbon trims from Maya Road for the top of the cupcake on this card. :) A Maya Road heart pin adorns the top of the cupcake as the 'cherry on top'.



Here is the line up for the hop...
1. Janis - http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
2. Sheree - http://cravinscrappin.blogspot.com/
3. Sandra - http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
4. Mary - http://cardztv.blogspot.com/
5. Melissa - http://www.apaperjourney.blogspot.com/
6. Pam - http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/
7. Sharon - http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/
8. Corri - http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/
9. Theresa - http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
10. Kristal - http://kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
11. Krista - http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com/
12. Liz - http://skittles-and-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/ <--- you are here!
13. Mandie - http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
14. Laura - http://www.makinprettythings.com/
15. Christy - http://www.ladybugz-creations.blogspot.com/

Oh thats right... I promised blog candy too!
For those ladies who were "oooohing" and "aaaahhhing" over a stamp I used for a Valentine's day blog hop a few weekends ago, I found another one of those Unity itty bitty stamps (Rain or Shine)! I thought I'd give it out as blog candy since so many liked the stamps. Its one of my all times faves now... oh and some yummy chiffon ribbon (same style - different company) that I used for the 'icing' on my cupcake pin cushion!

To win these goodies - simply become a follower of my blog and leave a comment under this post with how I can get in touch with you. (PLEASE do not put your full e-mail address as is -- spell it out or whatever so you are not a victim of spamming.)


Your next stop along this super sweet hop is over to Mandie @ http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/!! Have fun hopping!

Candles

*If you are looking for the "Feel the Love" Blog Hop post - scroll down! Blog candy goes through Monday Feb. 7th at noon CST*

Funny thing... I've made a lot of candles in the last year for gifts and people have purchased them from me to give as gifts and such. These four candles were "commissioned" by someone who is a dear friend of my mother's, as well as a fellow member of our church family. I say church family because we spend so much time there that it truly is another family to us.

Anyway -- I just figured I'd snap a few pictures and share. I used some Prima flowers on a few and some pretty ribbons, blingy brads, pearl pins, all sorts of goodies. The stamps are mostly scripture verse stamps from Hobby Lobby and the candles are from Michael's. :)





And a few close-ups:



These are always so fun to make and I'm hoping to get a few moments to make more soon!

Thanks for looking!

Sugar and Spice and SPARKLES!

Okay, so I'll admit it... I may have gone a little glitter crazy with this layout. It sure was fun!!!

This is my little girl when she was around 2 and got her first tutu dress up outfit. She wouldn't take it off and in fact, we went out to dinner with friends that night and she wore it there too. I believe she cried that night when it was time to go to bed and she had to take it off. Goofy girl! She's still all about fancy and fru-fru things, so apparently this is when it all started!

Thanks for looking!


Some close-up shots of all the sparkles and fabulous glitteryness...



Patterned Paper: K&Company
Alphas: Thickers by American Crafts
Flowers: Prima and a few handmade
Bling Flourish: Recollections by Michael's Stores
Pennant Die cut: Lost & Found (Girl Collection) by My Minds Eye
Layered Stickers: Butterflies by K&Co.
Ribbons: Crocheted ribbon by American Crafts, Fringe by Maya Road

BoBunny Layout Challenge - ADORABLE

First off --- don't forget about the blog candy post HERE!

Wow... has it been less than 12 hours since my last blog post? I couldn't sleep... my little guy (who is seen on this page!) woke up in pain. I'm thinking 2 year molars, but not sure. Anyway -- I decided to scrap a page 'really quick'. Ha! Digging around in my google reader I found this Friday Layout challenge from BoBunny's blog, so I figured I'd try that, slap a few pictures down with some BoBunny goodness (hey, it was their challenge, I'll use their goodies!) and see what I came up with...
Here's the sketch:


and here's what I ended up with:


Some closer-up shots of some of that BoBunny goodness (along with a few other various and sundry scrappy goodies..)





All patterned papers: Block Party by BoBunny
Brads: Block Party by BoBunny
Chipboard: Block Party by BoBunny
Corrugated cardboard shapes: Jillibean Soup
Tape Measure Ribbon: Tim Holtz
Alphas: Tiny Type by Cosmo Cricket and Felt Alpha Green by Making Memories
Cardstock: Bazzill
Twine: Mandarin by The Twinery
Staples: Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz

Thanks for peeking!

Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge 43

Hey friends! Just a quick post! Over on the left is the sketch for the challenge over at the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge blog and I wanted to post it before I forget!
(Also - make sure you check out the blog candy below this post -- I have some pretty big prizes I'm giving away to celebrate my new blog makeover!)

And here's my take on it!


Patterned papers: Greenhouse by K & Company
Felt ribbon: Berry Sweet by K & Company
Twine: Mandarin by The Twinery
Bling: Crystal Stickers by Mark Richards
Brads: Lush by My Minds Eye
Punches: Butterflies by Martha Stewart Crafts, Circle and scalloped punches by EK Success
Inks: Chestnut Roan Chalk by Color Box, Rich Cocoa by Memento
Stamp Sentiment: Signature Greetings by Paper Trey Ink

The Day Before...

This layout is so special in so many ways. The picture is of my daughter and me (I don't get into pictures TOO often) sitting outside waiting for the Flag Day parade to start. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, or wind, or shade to be found... it was hot. I was 9 months pregnant. My mom talked me into going to the parade in the afternoon, because M loves parades. I worked that morning, went to the parade, got a bit of a sunburn, worked a little after the parade, went home and by then my husband was home from work. He fixed dinner, I took a shower and slathered on lotion for the sunburn. I remember putting on pajamas and feeling so relaxed, I was in bed by 9pm at the latest that night. It was a good, exhausting day. 5:45am the next morning my water broke. :)

This is a layout to remember the day before... I spent the afternoon with my mom and daughter at the parade. Its the day before we became a family of four and our lives changed forever (again)!

So if you made it through all of my ramblings, now you actually get to see it. Its a sweet memory, so I'm a little more chatty than I usually am in a blog post. Or it could be that its past 1am and I wanted to get this posted before I went to bed! :)



All patterned paper/journaling card: Fly A Kite by October Afternoon
Kraft paper: Bazzill
Rose ribbon: Maya Road
Button: Stampin' Up!
Ink: Color Box
Alphas: Thickers by American Crafts

Some closer-ups of the details:

Let's Face It - PKS Challenge!

Hey everyone!
Here is my thank you card for the Peachy Keen - Let's Face it Friday Challenge -- check out their blog for all of the challenges they have going on!
http://www.peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

I decided to do a little bit different shape, just for fun.

Border punch: Double Loops by Martha Stewart Crafts
Watermelon AND Face stamps: Faceless Fruit and Princess faces by Peachy Keen Stamps
Stamp Sentiment: Signature Greetings by Paper Trey Ink
Patterned Paper: Lime Rickey by Basic Grey
Cardstock: Core'Dinations
Bling: KaiserCraft
White Pen: Gelly Roll
Ink: Tuxedo by Memento
Markers for stamp coloring: COPIC

Some Closer-ups...



This was my first LFIF! I'm going to try to do more of these this year... what fun! :)

Holiday Cards and Gifts Blog Hop

Merry Christmas! The holidays are that time of year when papercrafters are going crazy, trying to finish all of their last minute projects for gifts and cards for those special people.

Join all of the lovely ladies in the Holiday Cards and Gifts blog hop to get a little inspiration for those last minute ideas. If you aren't joining me from Nicolette at Beyond Scrappin's page -- feel free to hop back to the beginning so you don't miss anyone.



My project is a fairly simple card that I made for my sister-in-law-to-be's Christmas/ornament-themed shower on Sunday! I didn't use a big sentiment just a tiny 'for you' in the corner so that it would be versatile towards her shower theme and yet still be a Christmas-y card. :) I'm rambling... so here it is!

Supplies used in this fun card:
Cardstock - CTMH
Patterned paper - 'Making Spirits Bright' stack by Hobby Lobby (an old stack!)
Stamp - Hero Arts
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Markers - Copics
Ribbon - Celebrate It (Michael's)
Border punch - Martha Stewart
Bling - KaiserCraft
Pen - Gelly Roll Medium

Popped off one of the ornaments for a little dimension and fun! :)

A little close up of some of the stuff I have going on towards the bottom...


Before I forget --- here is the entire line-up of crafters so you don't lose your place! :)
-Jamie at Glitter, Stamps, and Paper, Oh My http://www.glitterstampsandpaperohmy.com
-Jessica at Overjoyed Scrapper http://overjoyedscrapper.blogspot.com
-Jill at The Scrapoholic http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com
-Stacey at Stacey's Creative Corner http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com
-Mandy at the Polka Dot Spot http://stamping4u.blogspot.com
-Nikki at The Glamorous Side of Scrapping http://www.theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
-Crazy about Cricut at http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
-Nicolette at Beyond Scrapin www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
-Liz at Skittles and Scrapbooks http://skittles-and-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/
-KarelJ at One by One the Flamingos are Stealing my Sanity http://karelj.blogspot.com
-Sandra at Sandy's Scrapbooks http://sandysscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
-Kristin at Lil Sweetpea's Place http://lilsweetpeasplace.blogspot.com/
-Meighen at Scrappin_3rdeeschik http://scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/
-Ellen at Card Monkey http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
-Jennifer at Crafty Card Gallery www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com
-Denise at Dee's Designs from my hearthttp://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com
-Jesi at Jesi's Things http://jesisonaroll.blogspot.com/
-Dorly at Moderna Art & Designs http://modernadesignsart.blogspot.com/


Click here to go over and check out KarelJ's project next!!!
Thanks for hopping by! :)

Pure BLISS!

For those of you who know me or even for those who have been following my blog for a bit, you may notice that I have hardly any themed stuff. For instance, wedding, Christmas, or most holidays... I have this major aversion to Holiday or themed paper. I like it, I think its pretty. I have a really hard time getting it to come out how I see things in my head without being what I would consider something to be over the top (*gasp* Did I just say that I'm over the top sometimes??? haha).

I've been married for a little over 7 years now and just recently someone introduced this site/blog to me suggested trying it for a challenge. (Scrapbooking From the Inside out has a lot of great challenges, check out their site!) I'm always up for a good challenge, so I figured I could do a wedding layout and really challenge myself. :)

Here is the end product --- I like it! What do you think?


I don't come right out and say that I love a page that I make myself too often, but I really really do love this one!

Here are some close-ups of details:



And for those of you straining your eyes trying to see what I wrote - I'm not ashamed of my love for my husband... so I'll share!
"This picture is taken with one of the few throw away cameras we had around during the reception. Granted its not a great picture of the two of us, but you can certainly tell just how happy we were this day! I love you!"

We just celebrated 7 years last week Monday, Sept 20th. You know how we celebrated? It was a normal day.... but thats okay. Its a nice reminder of how far we've come and what we have with our family and most importantly, our beautiful children. (We did go to dinner on Sunday night, the 19th to Buffalo Wild Wings, nothing fancy - but we used to go on a date every Tuesday night-Wing night when we were dating and first married.) Oh, and a leak in the basement... minor drama for the evening running to Home Depot before they closed to get the parts needed to replace some valves in the basement so we wouldn't have water leaking all over the floor. Yep, just another day in paradise. :)

And now I'm done being mushy for today... I promise. :)