Happy Birthday Week at ABC Toys & Crafts

This week at ABC Toys & Crafts the DT is showcasing Birthday cards. I used this sweet Stampaive stamp but altered it by taking out the puppy. I added the balloons and love how it looks like she let go of them.

How about a SALE? As a reminder ABC Toys & Crafts offers free shipping on all clear stamps and carries brands like Stampaive, Hero Arts, Penny Black, My Cute Stamps & More


Click on any of the pics below to see more details of the items I used for my card. Thanks for stopping by today!

Sweet Mermaid

As some of you have seen Kelly at KLSNS has decided to close the virtual doors to her store. Kelly is such a wonderful person and I know what a passion she has for crafting so I'm sure this decision wasn't an easy one. I used this CC Design from the store. I absolutely love Amy's SNS stamps, they are always so adorable.

Stamp & Create's theme is stitching...which if you look closely I have done ;)
Also, SSS theme is Dots.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

The Sky's the Limit

We had such a great holiday weekend. The kids really loved seeing all the fireworks. We had a house full on Saturday for a cookout and lighting off fireworks. All the kids were so excited, it was hard to keep them safe and away from the fire!!

Happy Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment.

KLSNS Challenge SKETCh

Today we have a sketch challenge for you at KLSNS. Jodi provided the sketch this week. I used a couple High Hopes images from the KLSNS store. I made this card for my FIL for Father's Day. I kept it pretty simple since in was for a man. I don't know about you but for some reason when I make a guy card I always leave it kinda plain.

Kelly has an AWESOME sale going on at KLSNS. 50% off most items in the store. The code is CLEANUP.

Charisma Challenge is One for the Boys.
High Hopes Challenge is Anything Goes.
SSS has a Boy theme on PCP.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great Saturday

A Card and Candy Winner

Have you seen Squiggle Stamps? I Love them! They are so fun and whimsical. How cute it this little guy? and the sentiment is perfect. I used some Oh So Cute My Mind's Eye papers.

And the winner of my Candy is.......................................(wish I knew how to paste that random.org box here)

True Random Number Generator
Result: 24 Powered by RANDOM.ORG
Which after counting the entries is:


Stef H (Glitterbabe)


Thanks to all who played along. I have another candy I will be posting later this week, so check back.

KLSNS Challenge Sketch+ flowers

Today we have a sketch challenge for you at KLSNS. Kelly has provided us with a sketch and wants us to use FLOWERS. I used Sugarplums couple , some Green at Heart Basic Grey papers,
and some new Prima Flowers from the KLSNS Store. Kelly has a sale going for May, take 40% off one item in the store! Hop over to the blog for more details.

Hope you will take a look at the DT's wonderful creations and leave them some love! I also want to joing Stamp and Create's monthly challenge-Ribbon. Lacey carries all the best stuff in her store. Anyone for Anya wants to see 2 images. Paper Gardens theme is Girly.
Have a great weekend!

Happiest Birthday

I made this card using TGF Spotlight kit following the FFF sketch. I made this card for my BFF who just had a birthday and turned the big 30! I'm so lucky to have some really great friends, the kind that you can be yourself with and it's always a laugh fest when we get together. This sentiment is perfect for my BFF.

SFOS theme is Celebrations this week for their blogaversary.
Hope you are having a great week. Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Nutty Nutshells Challenge -- SPRING

I'm sad to say this will be my last Design Team Nutshell post for a bit. I have loved working with the talented Nutshells DT, Katie, Colette, & these sweet images. Thanks so much for having me girls!

Today our challenge over at Nutshells is SPRING. I used a new Cutie Pie "Birthday Girl Aster" from Nutshells. Don't have a Nutshell Stamp? You can play along with us using any stamp sold in the Nutcrafter store. Hop over to the Nutshell blog to check out all the details. As always there is a prize up for grabs. Thanks for stopping by today!

KLSNS Challenge #23 -- All Boxed In

Today at KLSNS we have a new challenge for you & it's a fun one. It's to make a box or basket. I used Sweet November Baby Bunny from KLSNS. I also used some Basic Grey Two Scoops. Check out the challenge details on the design team blog for KL Stampin N Scrappin by clicking here. Come on and join the fun for a chance to win a surprise Easter package this week worth $15-20!!

Reminders: Only a few more days left to use the March code, and if you haven't already -- sign up for the mailing list to get special offers at Kelly's store that aren't always announced here on the blog.

I put some cadbury eggs in this box...so what I want to know is what is your favorite Easter candy? Mine would have to be Reeses PB eggs. You know the big ones with all the Peanut butter in them? mmmm
Fussy & Fancy's challenge is Easter this week.

Nutty Nutshells Challenge

Oops, I scheduled this to post a day late...but we have a new challenge at Nutshells Challenge --Easter/Spring. I used this new Easter digi from Nutshells. I used some Imaginesce paper and colored with my trusty copics.

There is a prize up for grabs. Hop over to the Nutshells blog to find all the details about the challenge and see the DT cards. You can use any stamp sold in the Nutcrafters store (magnolia, TGF, HH, Stampaive)

Every year my mom holds a HUGE Easter Egg Hunt at her house. The kids look forward to this all year! It's always a great day with great food, family, & prizes! My mom insists on even the adults getting in on the egg hunting action. Better start my "egg hunt training" now. Running and bending to pick eggs up, without falling over is harder than it sounds. lol

There are a bunch of Easter/spring themes this week so I'm entering a few.
S2G Challenge -- buttons .
Creative Inspirations - Anything but a card
Magical Crafts - Spring/Easter Theme
Stamp with Fun - Easter
Crafty Cardmakers - Spring into spring
Incy Wincy - Easter/Spring
The Crazy Challenge - Easter
Everybody Art Challenge - Easter
Simon Says - Easter or Spring and some glimmer
Charisma Cardz - "Spring has Sprung"
Colour Create - Pastels with the extra option of Easter/Spring
Cute Card Thursday - "Dimensions" - create a dimensional project
Paper Play - Easter
Daring Cardmakers - "How Egg-citing"
Easy Craft Projects - Easter
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Easter
Stampin for the Weekend - Easter
Crafty Calendar Challenge - "Flower Power" -
By the Cute and Girly - Spring is in the Air
ABC Design - Spring is in full bloom

KLSNS Challenge 13

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday. At KLSNS we have a new challenge for you. The theme is Dragon/Reptiles. Not sure if a frog is a reptile???? But I used a mosaic cuttle bug folder to give my card a reptile feel. lol. I used some yummy Basic Grey Paper and a High Hopes Stamp from KLSNS. KLSNS just restocked their shelves with lots of yummy new HH stamps and I hear there are more on the way!

There is a monthly prize drawn randomly out of participants. Also, KLSNS has top three blinkies to proudly display on your blog if you are chosen. Won't you play along??

Have a happy and safe weekend!

KLSNS Challenge #11

Here is my 1st DT card for KLSNS. If you are unfamiliar with KL Stampin N Scrappin, it is an online store with lots of awesome products. We have a sketch challenge this week. You have until Midnight, Friday, January 8th to get your entries in. There is a prize up for grabs, wanna see?
I used a Stampavie from KLSNS as well as some fun Basic Grey papers.

Thinking of You trees

Here is a card I did a while back using a Magnolia accessory stamp. I can always use more Thinking of You cards.

We had a wonderful Christmas at our house. My kiddies are just the perfect age for all the innocence of Christmas. I wish I could freeze time. They were so full of pure joy on Christmas. Today on my list of to-dos is start taking down decorations and get our house back in order. Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday with your family and friends.

Squiggle Stamps Guest Design Team

I'm so excited to be a guest Designer for Squiggle Stamps this month. I love the fun images. If you haven't seen their images you should go take a look. I used Snowflake Daisy for this card and some Imaginisce paper.

I borrowed the sketch from SFOS and the color combo from Copic Colour Challenge.
I didn't have R85 so I used R46. SSS wanted a Thank you. DD wants to see felt, like my snowflake.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Happy Monday!

Witchy Nutshells, Free Image, & Candy

Today is the first challenge for Nutshells and the theme is Halloween. This super cute image is free to download and play along this week. Hop over Here to find all the details and get your free Nutshell image. Wanna see the prize up for grabs? To win this prize, hop over to The Nutshell's blog, get your free image, make a Halloween project and link it to the Nutshells Blog.

SSDS's & SFOS & SSS theme is Halloween this week also. Anyone have a good suggestions for me as to what I should dress up like on Halloween? I have a party to go to this year and want wear a special costume.

Journal

Last year we started writing in a journal with my then 4 year old daughter. She would dictate what she wanted us to write. It's so cute that she can now start to form words into a sentence by herself. So she writes a few lines herself and then I write the rest for her. The last thing she had me write last night was "I can jump." It was so random that my hubby and I couldn't help but laugh.

I bought a cheap book at the dollar store for her to use. Yesterday I noticed the pages were falling out and so I decided I needed to make her a journal. I used the sketch over at the WofJ Challenge for the cover.

This week OCC wants to see a project inspired by a journal. SS wants to see a school themed project-aka reading. SSS wants to see Red & Green.

Hope you all had a nice Monday!

Baseball Pic & TGF announcement

A few months ago, I bought this image Baseball Ian, I printed a copy out and started to make a card. I had him all colored and then set my card aside to go cook dinner. The next day I returned to finish my card and the colored image was gone. I searched my craft space high and low and it was gone! So I'm imagining little tiny fairies that live in my house who steal things just to drive me crazy. I wasn't far off, except it wasn't fairies it was kiddies. I asked my daughter if she had seen a baseball pic and she said yes, ran to my son's room and retrieved it for me. The little beast liked this baseball Ian so much that he totally stole it. LOL I'll check with the kids first from now on, instead of creating fictional characters that live in my house and steal things.

So I decided to make him a picture for his wall with this little baseball Ian on it. I had stitched the red on the baseball, that's why they are going two different directions!


And now for my announcement. I've been accepted on The Greeting Farm Digital Creative Team. I'm super excited. I love everything about TGF and I'm sure the Digital items are going to be fabulous. Stay tuned!
Here are the other talented gals on the Digital Team:
Claudette
Joann

Whimsy "Folds" DT card

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend. I got a new spiffy bike this weekend and that lead to my kids harassing me about going for a bike ride all weekend. It was 106 degrees here on Saturday which is not my idea of bike riding weather. We waited til the evening when it was a very little bit cooler and took the kids for a ride. They loved it. I was dripping sweat by the end of it.
Today is a Whimsy Challenge and the theme is "Folds". You can join in even if you don't have a Whimsy image. Prizes will be drawn Monthly. I used some Basic Grey paper I won from Scrappy Frogs Challenge. Also, Pile it on's challenge is orange and Whimsy. Pink Elephant wants to see a animal theme project. I used Whimsy Narwal. I had a discussion with my hubby about whether this is a real or fictional animal. I said I think it's real. Anyone know the answer to this? LOL

Killing birds with stones...again

I haven't had much time to craft lately and I got my new summer Magnolia kit. I've been wanting to play with these for the past week and finally got my chance. I tried to fit in a few challenges when making this card. Stamp Something's challenge is pink, green, & yellow. I used the sketch at Sketch Saturday. Roses on Paper theme is Summer. And I paper pieced Tilda's Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow poka dot swim suit. Even though you can't tell from this pic, the yellow paper has a light print on it and I thought it would show up more. Paper piecing is Simon Says Stamps theme.

Sorry for the fuzzy pic, I'm gonna have to spend some time learning more about my camera. I have a nice camera and am not using it to it's potential. Thank for stopping by today.

My last Digi Shack DT card

Today is another Digi Shack challenge. The theme is yellow poka dots. My card is CAS, no design paper. I haven't had a lot of craft time lately, so I kept this simple.

This is my last card as a DT member for The Digi Shack. My term has ended and things have gotten busier for me lately, so I'm saying goodbye to Toni and the Maui Wowies.

SFOS's challenge is hearts, so I'm sending this their way also. Also, Creative Card Crew, want to see some ribbons.

Tomorrow I have a scrapbook layout to show you. Yep, I've actually been scrapbooking lately. And I am a guest designer for EAD Designs this month and want to show you some of their super products on my layout.
Thanks so much for stopping by!