Blog Hop moved

Hi!

Welcome to my blog.

If you're here for the Bella Blog Hop you are in the right place.

The post just moved down a bit. You can find it here.

Feel free to stroll through my blog and leave a comment or two. If you
like what you see please become a Follower.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Help Us Help Them

Hi!

In the month of July, Squigglefly will be donating 50% of all sales in the "Animals" category to the ASPCA.

The ASPCA is a humane organization seeking to eliminate cruelty to animals by removing them from cruelty situations and finding them new, loving, forever homes.

This is one of the images in the "Animals" section.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Friendship Survives

Hi!

Today's challenge over at MSB blog is to do a Sketch Challenge.

Those are always my fave because you aren't limited by color. Just your imagination because with a sketch you can always adjust the size as long as everything is where it should be.

The top image is a new release and the bottom is one of my faves from MSB. And the sentiment is one that I created myself. Still have to figure out what sites are good for typing my own sentiment at. It's tough since I'm currently limited to the fonts on paint.net and Google documents.

Oh, also if you could please vote for me over at SouthernBellaFMS for July Featurebella. I'm Contestant# 3.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd

Paper: Wausau paper, CM Cardstock Honeydew, Raspberry, Cotton Candy, Basic Grey Sultry 6x6 paper pad Ink: Copic E00 Skin White, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, R35 Coral, Sharpie, Bic Mark-it Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss, Tiki Hut Tan, Honey Brown, Woodsy Brown, Fandango Pink, Pink Flamingo

Accessories: Hero Arts Gemstones, Nestabilities Classic Inverted Scalloped Square Small

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

King of Pop is Dead

Hi!

I don't know if you heard or not but Micheal Jackson has passed. As a child
born in the late '70's and growing up in the '80's he had a lot of influence on
the music world in my lifetime.

This is a video with the late Micheal and his little sis Janet.

The pressure has now stopped for Micheal.

Rest in peace.

July Featurebella Contest

Hi!

Yay! The July Featurebella contest is finally up over at SouthernBellaFMS.

Please vote for #3. That's me.

Just in case my new logo is on the card.

Oh and because the voting was posted late they are moving the end of voting date to July 2nd.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Friday Showcase @ TCC Week 2

Hi!

It's Week 2 at The Character Cafe.

I think I'll probably try to shorten that to TCC or The Cafe in future posts.

This week we were challenged to use ribbon on our cards.

Since it's the Summer I'm trying to take it easy and not over exert myself
since we're experiencing a heat wave here in Central Texas. We've actually hit
a record with how many consecutive days we've been at over 100 degrees F
outside.

So I did use ribbon just not as much as some of the other girls on the DT.

But, I still think she's very cute.

Oh and if you're wondering where'd I find such small pearls I found them at
Micheal's. And they cost as much as the pearls that Hero Arts sells but these
come in 3 varying sizes as opposed to 2. So I get more bang for my $1.99 which
is nice.

I created this card to be for a birthday and decided I'd put the sentiment inside.

DH said all the card needs is a little Mario in the background.

Next week, on Wednesday 1 July, TCC will be launching the Work it Wednesday Challenge. One of the Design Team members will bring you a featured technique/theme and a challenge with a prize. I hope you will play along!

Also, be sure to go check out what the rest of the team did this week! >>>>

Materials Used:

Stamps: TCC Princess Ally

Paper: Wausau paper, CM Cardstock White, Imaginisce Mushroom Fancy Ink: Copic E00 Skin White, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, Sharpie, Sakura Souffle, Sakura Glaze, Bic Mark-it Honey Brown, Woodsy Brown, Hot Aqua, Polynesian Purple, Playful Purple

Accessories: DCWV All Dressed Up Modern

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Happy Birthday Bella Blog Hop

Hi!

Welcome to the Birthday Blog Skip, Hop & Dance sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

I just love all the Bella stamps. So much so that I entered the SouthernBellaFMS July Featurebella Contest. The card that I created for the Contest is here. But I just knew that I needed to have a completely different card for the Birthday Blog Hop.

Sorry the card's a little wonky, but so am I. haha

I noticed that after taking the picture.

The card sketch is from sketches! by {tamara}, it's Sketch# 100.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Lady Guinevere's Inky Faeries.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Stamping Bella elizabella, happy birthday mixed

Paper: Wausau paper, CM Cardstock Seaglass, Basic Grey Offbeat Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Spica Silver, Copic E00 Skin White, Sharpie, Sakura Souffle, Bic Mark-it Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss, Honey Brown, Pink Flamingo

Accessories: Target See Spot Save brads, CM Oval Custom Cutting System, DCWV ribbon

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

P.S. How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $40 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Look what's new at MSB

Hi!

It's release day over at MSB and I have just a taste of what's available.

You'll have to check the DT blogs to see the rest. It's under "the sugars" in the side bar. >>>>>>

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd

Paper: Wausau paper, CM Cardstock White, Basic Grey Sultry 6x6 paper pad Ink: Spica Silver, Copic E00 Skin White, R00 Pinkish White, W2 Warm Gray No.2, Sharpie, Sakura Souffle, Uniball Silver pen, Bic Mark-it Misty Blue, Midnight Navy, Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss, Tiki Hut Tan, Honey Brown, Woodsy Brown, Desert Rose, Prairie Berry, Polynesian Purple, Plum Purple, Petal Pink

I modified this book that I found at Micheal's it was on clearance and was previously $1. I
got it for 50 cents. Awful cute for 50 cents don't you think?

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd, My Sentiments Exactly! Y530 Multi Script

Paper: Wausau paper Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic W2 Warm Gray No.2, Sharpie, Bic Mark-it Polynesian Purple

Accessories: DCWV Ribbon, Laura Ashley Book

Lately, I just haven't had the right sentiment stamp or don't own the one I need, so I've been creating my own. Now if I could just figure out how to get the cuter fonts.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd

Paper: Wausau paper, CM Cardstock Honeydew, Raspberry, Cotton Candy, Basic Grey Sultry 6x6 paper pad Ink: Copic E00 Skin White, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, R35 Coral, Sharpie, Bic Mark-it Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss, Tiki Hut Tan, Honey Brown, Woodsy Brown, Fandango Pink, Pink Flamingo

Accessories: Hero Arts Gemstones, Nestabilities Classic Inverted Scalloped Square Small

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Blog Hops are coming

Hi!

I just wanted to prep you guys.

I've got a couple of blog hops coming up here on the blog. Here's the list just so you're
prepared.

1. Happy Birthday Bella Hop- tomorrow
   
2. Squigglefly Blog Hop - July 1st
3. 4th of July Blog Hop

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Catch you later, Bella!

Hi!

This is my card submission for the July Featurebella contest over at SouthernBellaFMS.

Just waiting for them to post the cards and voting on their blog.

There was a challenge this time for the Featurebella contest. The challenge was to use
the colors:

1. RED
2. BLUE
3. WHITE
4. SILVER

Also the challenge over at Our Creative Corner was to use STARS.

I created the sentiment.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Stamping Bella staceyfishabella

Paper: Wausau paper, CM Cardstock Royal Blue,Brick, Creative Imaginations Samantha Walker Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Spica Silver, Copic E00 Skin White, BV04 Blue Berry, W2 Warm Gray No.2, Sharpie, Bic Mark-it Blue Skies Blue, Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss

Accessories: Target See Spot Save brads, Creative Impressions Ribbon Impressions Red & Blue Gingham, CM Star Shapemaker, SU! Top Note

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

The Best is Yet to be Squigglefly

Hi!

I really liked this challenge technique that I used on the card.

It's Challenge# 7 over at Squigglefly.

I got a chance to use this ribbon that I had bought a while back from the Target See
Spot Save section and of course, this image and the clouds are from Squigglefly. Actually,
the clouds are a FREEBIE on Squigglefly.

Sorry but I can't recall which exact colors I used I forgot to write them down. I will try to remember next time.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Squigglefly Whee, Speechbubbles, SU! Best Yet

Paper: CM Cardstock Butter, Imaginisce, Wausau paper Ink: VersaColor 82 Black, Bic Mark-it, Copic

Accessories: CM Large Circle Shapemaker, Oval Custom Cutting System

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Happy Father's Day 2009

Hi!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.

This is the card that I created for my dad and fil this year.

I just find it so hard to create a masculine card using the stamps that
I have. I'm going to try and see if sometime between now and next Father's Day
if I can find more masculine stamps that I like and can add to my collection.

I'm actually posting from my in-laws house just so that I'm sure to get around to posting
this. And I can't recall what colors I used to color this in. Sorry.

Materials Used:

Stamps: DRS Designs

Paper: CM Cardstock Cactus, Kelly Panacci Atomic Turquoise, Wausau Cardstock Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bic Mark-it, Sakura Glaze pen, CM Basic Fine Tip pen

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Cheater bow video

Hi!

I just found this great video on how to do bows while strolling through the blogosphere.



And just had to share with you. I know I should be working on Father's Day cards but I'm procrastinating.

It's tough since I'm not really into the whole masculine color scheme. But I've got to do better than I did last year. Which now that I've been concentrating more on card making I do hope that my cards turn out better than this.


This is last year's Father's Day card. The sentiment inside says Happy Father's Day.

The good thing about having 2 great dads

1. my step-dad
2. my father-in-law

is that they just appreciate the thought. Unlike my mom who is very critical.

I know you might be thinking what about my bio dad. Well, we don't talk about him.

And Father's Day is certainly not the day we are going to do it. Only my REALLY
good friends know about bio dad and my immediate family. Like my side of the family
and my mil and fil. I don't even think dh's siblings know about my bio dad.

My poor mil and fil have actually had the misfortune of meeting bio dad. And let's just
put it this way my fil does not want bio dad to know where we are.

My poor loving mother still feels some kind of loyalty to bio dad and probably would tell
him where we are. Which I still don't quite understand.

Well off to create my Father's Day cards.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Espresso-ly wonderful MSB

Hi!

This is definitely one of my favorite MSB images.

The challenge for Saturday over at MSB is a sketch challenge.

Yes! Those are my favorite types of challenges, that and recipe challenges.

And I finally got to use my Basic Grey paper pack. I'm not really a paper pad
type of person so this is actually a small pad, it's 6x6. I prefer 12x12. I got
the paper pad because I had been doing the Basic Grey blog challenges but realized
that I didn't have that much Basic Grey paper.

Also this sentiment is great don't you think? DRS Designs gave it to me for FREE
just for submitting a tip for their Tips and Tricks by You and Me segment.

Oh, I got a chance to use my new Sharpie markers. My only pet peeve with them is that
it does not say on them what color it is that I'm using. I can tell you that it is in their pack
of 25 markers.

You will find the sketch challenge here on Saturday. Also, if you're card gets picked you win 2 FREE digis of your choice. How cool is that?

Materials Used:

Stamps: MSB Precious Coffee Shop, DRS Designs

Paper: CM Cardstock Honeydew, Cactus, Raspberry, Basic Grey Sultry Ink: Copic R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, E00 Skin White, BV04 Blue Berry, Bic Mark-it Petal Pink, Desert Rose, Honey Brown, Prairie Berry, Lime Sorbet, Margarita Green, Woodsy Brown, Midnight Navy, Sharpie Accessories: DCWV All Dressed Up Lipstick, Recollections

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

The Character Cafe Blog Hop

Hi!

Welcome to the 1st Character Cafe Blog Hop.

It's our way of introducing not just the images but also the DT.

If you started the hop here you will definitely want to go back and
start at the beginning and make it all the way to the end.

Why you may ask? Well, because everyone along the hop with the
exception of me has a part of the key word that will get you a 50%
discount on The Character Cafe characters.

Now, you may wonder why don't I have part of the key word here. Well,
that's because I get to have our Freebie as a reward for everyone whose
made it this far along the hop.

So where do you start the hop? At the Cafe DT page.

Whose next on the hop? It's Heather.

Also, while your doing the blog hop be sure to leave a message on each blog because
in addition to the piece of the code that each person has. TCC is also giving away 3
FREE digis to someone on the hop but you have to leave a message on each blog.

Wait don't hop away yet. You forgot that I have a Freebie for you because you've made
it this far on the hop. And HERE it is.

Please make sure to leave some love on everyone's blog and if you like what you see you could become a Follower of the blogs.

If you haven't hopped away yet and are interested in my card. I created it using the Mojo Monday Week 91 sketch. They've got great sketches on their blog. It's definitely one of the places I go to when I need a card sketch.

Materials Used:

Stamps: TCC Wedding Bling Set, D&D Get Married Set

Paper: CM Cardstock Raspberry, Pink Lemonade, Archiver's, CTMH Ink: Copic R00 Pinkish White, W2 Warm Gray No.2, Bic Mark-it Tuxedo Black, Stone Grey, Cloud Nine Grey, Deep Sea Blue, Blue Skies Blue, Rambunctious Red, Prairie Berry, Margarita Green, Tiki Hut Tan, Woodsy Brown, Honey Brown, Pink Flamingo, Fandango Pink, Spica Silver, Sharpie Accessories: SU! ribbon, Bazzill Basics Ribbon Black Dashed, Micheal's Rhinestone Stickers

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Vote for your fave on Squigglefly

Hi!

Squigglefly is sponsoring Sheet Load's ezine for July and they get to submit
a couple of cards from the DT. Isn't that too cool for school.

Since there are so many DT members we need you guys to help vote for your fave.

Which is why I'm posting on here for you my wonderful followers/readers to know about the voting.

The voting closes on Friday, June 19th.

How do you vote? By leaving a comment on Squigglefly, here.

You can vote for 3 - 5 cards but not more than 1 time per card.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Alcohol DP Technique Tutorial

Hi!

My first Tutorial for PCP was just posted Sunday.

Did you know that every week PCP has great Tutorials available for you.
And there's no cost to join PCP and get these tutorials emailed directly to
you in the weekly newsletter.

Visit PCP here.

And for you my followers here is the Tutorial.

It kind of made me miss the tutorials that I had been doing here but as
you may or may not know I'm on 3 DTs, plus the Tutorial Team at PCP. In
addition, to work and marriage.

But I promise that each time I do a Tutorial for the PCP team I will post it here
on my blog too. I have one already scheduled to post for them in July.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd I love my PDA

Paper: Wausau Bright White, CTMH, photo paper Ink: Copic BV04 Blue Berry, W2 Warm Gray No.2, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, E00 Skin White, RV13 Tender Pink, Bic Mark-it Petal Pink, Tiki Hut Tan, Woodsy Brown, Honey Brown, Midnight Navy, Margarita Green, Polynesian Purple, Plumtastic Purple, Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink Red Pepper, Oregano, Mushroom

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Have you heard of The Character Cafe?

If you haven't, you will soon because I just became a member of their First Design Team.

You should definitely go check out The Character Cafe blog or store.

And we'll be having a Blog Hop this week.

These images are super cute and yes they're digi. What else would you expect from a Design
Team that I'm on.

You've just got to check these ladies out they are super talented.

The Character Cafe DT:

• Billie
• Colleen
  
• Elaine
• Kendra
• Mary (that's me, so you're already here)
• Sara
• Shelley
• Stephanie
• Tesa
• Heather
• Kelly
  

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Yay! We have a winner ...

Hi!

Yes.

I know I'm sorry but you know how life gets in the way.

Well, we now have a winner for my anniversary blog candy.

It was picked by Random.org using their True Random Number Generator.

And who did they pick?

They picked Covered in Crafts.

If you know her or are her could you please shoot me an email so I can send
you these great goodies? My email is cmcmaryd_at_gmail_dot_com

If I don't hear back within by Wednesday, June 17th. I will pick another winner.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Day in the Garden

Hi!

Well, unlike me this cute MSB loves to spend time in the garden. So she reminds
me of my mom or mil. They both love to spend time with their plants.

Me on the other hand I was totally born with a black thumb. It's so bad that my
dh is the one who has to water my bamboo.

I actually killed cactus. Not on purpose it's just I'm not good with any type of
plants.

The challenge today at MSB is to do a Business Envelope size card. Obviously,
I didn't do that. But it does seem like a fun challenge. Plus, if you participate in the challenge, the winner gets to pick 2 FREE Digis of their choice. How fun is that?

Mostly I didn't do it because all The Sugars were given this background stamp to use
on their card. And I've had this digi girl since Round 2 of the tryouts for MSB. And once I saw this background stamp and knew that my MSB It's a Garden Thing stamp just had to go in there.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd It's A Garden Thing, The Potting Shed

Paper: Wausau Bright White, CTMH Ink: Copic BV04 Blue Berry, W2 Warm Gray No.2, YG11 Mignonette, Bic Mark-it Pink Flamingo, Petal Pink, Tiki Hut Tan, Woodsy Brown, Honey Brown, Midnight Navy, Lime Sorbet, Adobe Orange, Harvest Orange, Rambunctious Red, Lemon Bliss, Yellow Blaze, Cloud Nine Grey, Stone Grey, Uniball Silver

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Fresh Perspective for 6/12/09

"A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year." ~Paul Sweeney

I just got this quote this morning it's so funny and true. I just had to share.

I received this quote as one of my daily emails from A Fresh Perspective.

You should definitely check them out.

And yes, I know I still haven't called out my candy. I will be working on that
today and hope to have the winner by tomorrow if not sooner.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Howdy MSB!

Hi!

This sweet lil' gal is MSB's Precious Cowgirl.

I'm using her for the card challenge I'm doing over at the PCP MSB group. It's BINGO night tonight. That's right.

And I've been asked to help come up with one of the challenges tonight.

So what's the challenge I came up with?

It's a color challenge. I know if you read my blog regularly you probably read about how I dislike color challenges. Which is true. But I made this one so easy that anyone should be able to do it.

My challenge is to use RED, WHITE, and BLUE + a brad or 2.

Also, since it was my challenge I gave myself a couple of extra challenges to work on.

What are they?

1. Well over at Pile it On, the challenge was to use a non-stamped sentiment. Which is why I used the Quickutz Sophia alpha set for my sentiment.
   
2. I used the Card Sketch #99 over at Sketches! {by tamara}.
3. And of course the challenge that I came up with for the MSB BINGO over at PCP.

The last challenge won't be posted until 9PM CST tonight.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd Precious Cowgirl

Paper: Wausau paper, CM Cardstock White, Royal Blue, Creative Imaginations Samantha Walker Ink: Copic R00 Pinkish White, E00 Skin White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, R35 Coral, BV04 Blue Berry , Bic Mark-it Lemon Bliss, Yellow Blaze, Midnight Navy, Honey Brown, Woodsy Brown, Tiki Hut Tan, Rambunctious Red, Sharpie Accessories: Target See Spot Save brads, Creative Impressions Ribbon Impressions Red & Blue Gingham, Quickutz Sophia alpha set

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Have you seen the blog candy?

There's even more blog candy out there.

And I just heard about it and knew I had to share with you.

So go and check out the candy at Hand Stamped by Lacey.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Blog Candy winner to be announced ...

tomorrow.

Sorry, I still have to compile the names and then input into random.org

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Psalm 36:9

Hi!

This is the last image that I have to reveal for the big release that happens tomorrow over at MSB.

And don't forget that MSB's having a BINGO night to celebrate the new releases. What do you win in the BINGO? All the new release stamps of course. Get all the details here.

And I will even be providing a Challenge tomorrow night during BINGO. So you won't want to miss that.

For anyone that's curious I found the scripture quote through Google and cut and paste it to look just right. And the designer paper was in my scrap stash. I've had it since I started scrapping 4 years ago and don't recall who the designer is.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd

Paper: Wausau paper Ink: Bic Mark-it Lemon Bliss, Yellow Blaze, Deep Blue Sea, Blue Skies Blue Accessories: Target See Spot Save brads, Offray Stylish Accents C250Red

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Who likes Blog Candy?

I do! I do!

And I'm sure you do too.

That's why I'm going to let you know about all the great blog candy out there.

Check out the great candy at Pinkpuds.

Also there's some great candy over at Stamps, Paper, Scissors and Donkey Smiles.

Oh, and you definitely don't want to miss the candy at Enjoying The Journey.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

** Blog Candy Giveaway** is CLOSED

**This post will be up until June 9th, 2009 midnight CST. Scroll down for newer posts.**


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Hi!

It just dawned on me that my anniversary is coming up on June 8th and that weekend I know I'm not allowed to scrap.

It's sort of a deal between me and dh that we do our best to devote that whole anniversary weekend to each other.

And in the almost 7 years we've been married we've been pretty good about sticking to that.

So what does that mean for you. Well, that means that I'm going to be giving a little love back in the form of blog candy.

What's inside?

• container for holding punched shapes
• 6 mini punches
• Hero Arts Watercolor Heart I, II, III (slightly used)
• CM Color Cube Mats
• CM Serene & Energetic Photo Mats
• CM Pacific Treasures 2 mini albums
• CM Snorkel Cove photo mats & stickers
• CM Aloha paper & stickers
  
• CM Express Yourself Vellum Accents
• CM Paisley Passion, Petal Passion, Vintage, and Mod Photo Mats, Journaling Boxes, and Stickers
  

How do you get a chance to win the candy? I will give 3 chances to win for everyone.
1. Post a comment
2. Become a follower of my blog
3. Post about my candy on your blog

Oh, one other thing. Since my day job is at a UPS Store, I know how much it costs
to send things International. Plus, there's the whole customs issue of charging duties and fees, and trust me know one over here knows how much that is. And I have parents that are from the Philippines, so trust me it's not that I wouldn't want to ship International. You must be in the United States in order to win.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

MSB Hope

Hi!

I'm posting this card for 2 reasons.

1. It's one of the adorable new digis being released by MSB
2. She reminds me of ScrapPink which is a crop I will be holding in the fall. For more info check out this post.
   

Did you know that you could win this digi along with the other digis that are being released on the 11th?

Just by spending a couple of hours with The Sugars playing BINGO. Get the details here.

And for a sneak peek at more of the digis being released I highly recommend you visit The Sugars blogs. You'll find a link to each of their blogs in my sidebar. >>>

Oh, and the designer paper is actually a freebie over at Clear & Simple Stamps blog.

I really wanted to participate but it was our anniversary weekend and we have a standing arrangement that we do try to spend the whole weekend together. Plus, I couldn't reveal this card until today. Oh well, definitely next year.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd, inque Tid Bits Collection I'm a Survivor

Paper: CM Cardstock Black, White, Taffy, Wausau paper, Clear and Simple Stamps digi paper Crop for the Cure 2009 Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Copic RV13 Tender Pink, Bic Mark-it Fandango Pink, Pink Flamingo, Tiki Hut Tan, Woodsy Brown, Honey Brown Accessories: Micheal's Bandana Brights ribbon

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Save The Date

Hi!

I just wanted to let you all know that I scheduled my 2nd ScrapPink crop.

ScrapPink is held the weekend of September 26-27, 2009.

No place scheduled to hold it as of yet. But I will keep you posted of where.

But until then leave a message to let me know if you'd be interested in attending and I can save a seat for you.

Remember that $10 of the fee goes directly to ScrapPink.

Last year's fee was $20. $10 went directly to ScrapPink and the rest was to cover the cost of materials for the 2 classes that were taught. We also did an auction for some
adorable pink goodies. The proceeds of which went entirely to ScrapPink. And we raised $110 for ScrapPink.

If you're interested in learning more about ScrapPink check it out here. The money that goes to ScrapPink goes directly to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. To learn more about that check it out here.

To learn more about ScrapPink and how it impacts the scrapping community. Watch the video here.

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

Why Digital?

Hi!

I saw this video on Hog Wild About Stamping.

And just had to post it because as you know I do use digi stamps.

However, I have friends that still haven't tried it out yet because
they are worried about cost.

This video does a comparison between digi and traditional stamps.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

MSB Welcome

Hi!

This is one of the new digis that will be released for MSB's newest release which actually happens on the 11th.

We were given 3 digis from the new release and I will show them each day leading up to the actual release.

And I know you will love the new digis.

They are perfect for this time of year. And all year round.

You will definitely want to check out the DT's blogs because we all got different
images and they're all super cute.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd

Paper: Wausau Bright White, CM Black Cardstock Ink: Copic E00 Skin White, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, BV04 Blue Berry, R35 Coral, Bic Markit Midnight Navy, Oceanview Blue, Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss, Rambunctious Red Accessories: Quickutz Emily alpha set, Target See Spot Save flag

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

BINGO!

Hi!

I thought that might get your attention.

Well, I don't know about you but I know my scrappin' hens do love a good
game of BINGO.

And as with every game of BINGO there's gotta be a prize.

So what am I talking about?

Modern Sugar Blvd is having their own BINGO night on Thursday, June 11th
and you won't want to miss it. And the jackpot for BINGO night is that you will
get all the new releases that MSB has.

I have a couple of the new releases as do other members of the Design Team but
whoever wins BINGO gets them all. How cool is that.

For the details go check out the MSB Blog.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Just ducky

Hi!

Isn't this card super sweet. I created it for the Squigglefly Challenge #5
which is to use SU! colors Pacific Point, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss.

Which was tough for me. I prefer to work with a sketch or a recipe but a color
challenge that's a lot tougher for me.

Have you seen the digis over at Squigglefly, they're just super cute.

Anyway, well although I do have SU! items in my scrapbook supplies. I don't
really have any of their cardstock and I just recently started purchasing
their designer paper.

So I had to make a trip over to Archiver's. It's a good thing that I have an eye
for making color matches. So in case you want to try this challenge and don't have
SU!s cardstock either, these are the colors that Archiver's has that matches
very closely to these colors

SU! Pacific Point = Archiver's Huckleberry
SU! Pink Pirouette = Archiver's Pink Lemonade
SU! Kiwi Kiss = Archiver's Olive

Materials Used:

Stamps: Squigglefly Sharing Lunch

Paper: Archiver's Cardstock Huckleberry, Olive, Pink Lemonade, Kelly Panacci Atomic Turquoise, Wausau Cardstock Ink: Copic E00 Skin White, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink Accessories: Prima Marketing No.2 Forever Flowers, No. 5 Forever Flowers

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Yay! Our 1st Guest Designer ...

over at MSB.

Her name is Lisa Foster and she has an amazing blog.

She's on several Design Teams and will be the June Guest Designer.

You'll definitely want to check her blog Stampin' For Sanity.

Oh, and go check out the MSB Blog. There's some exciting news and events planned.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Modern Sugar Bride

Hi!

Well, just in case you didn't know I'm not at my computer posting this today.

You see I myself was a Modern Sugar Bride and am taking the weekend off to be with my dh. It's our 7th Anniversary.

Believe me it's a miracle we've made it this far. And in honor of our Anniversary we always take the weekend off to just be together and go wherever we want for a mini vacation.

Unlike, this Modern Sugar Bride. I'm not a blond although I do act like one at times. And I wish I were that skinny. I haven't been that thin since High School.

This new digi stamp will be available sometime tomorrow the 6th.

You should definitely check out all the cards that the DT created and the challenge.

I actually got to be the one who came up with the challenge this time.

And of course, I knew what weekend this was so I just had to pick something wedding themed as the challenge. You know the old tradition of something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.

So here is my:
something old - the designer paper, I've had it forever, just never got around to using this sheet. But, I have used the other sheets in this designer paper series.
something new - the digi stamp from Modern Sugar Blvd, of course
something borrowed- OK. Since this is cardmaking it's kind of hard to borrow something. So really this part of the challenge is to use something that was given to you. In my case that would be the Polka dot designer paper, it was given to me by my mil.
something blue - well, I could not narrow it down to one specific blue thing so I have blue throughout my card. On the designer papers and the bride.

I challenge you to create something using these guidelines. And if you do use a Modern Sugar Blvd image you can post it onto the blog. I heard a rumor that the winner of the challenge gets 2 digi stamps of their choice.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd, KI Memories, Studio G

Paper: CM Cardstock Taffy, Doodlebug, CTMH Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Copic E00 Skin White, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, Bic Markit Margarita Green, Lime Sorbet, Peach Parfait, Petal Pink, Polynesian Purple, Oceanview Blue, Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss Accessories: CM Square Shapemaker

Happy Crafting.
M.E.