Another Design Call Card

Hey, everyone!

I showed you a card yesterday that I submitted for the Design Call TAC had recently. Today's card is a lot different and to be honest it's my favorite of the two. It was not chosen, either, but it was still a lot of fun to create a card for this challenge.

I fussy-cut three flowers from the designer paper and popped them up in three corners around the elephant. The elephant is outlined with my Clear Gel Pen for some added shimmer and sparkle.
I just love the polka dots on the elephant, don't you? So cute!
I used my scrapper's floss to thread through my faux button. I just punched a couple holes in a circle I had made then used a pop dot to add some dimension. The sentiment and image are from the Wild For You stamp set. I really had fun with this card! Hope you like it, too!

Angel Hugs,

ATC Swap

Hey, everyone!

I was in an ATC swap recently over at Paper Wings. I swapped some Artist Trading Cards with other Angels and it was so much fun to see their beautiful cards. I'd love to share them with you now. First I will show you the ones I created.

Shaving Cream Technique... I used Burnt Umber and shaving cream to create the background. The pumpkins were stamped with my oval punch and inked with Orangerie. The sentiment is from the Tag Tidbits stamp set and inked up with Burnt Umber.

There was a category for a masculine card. I decided to use the Wild For You stamp set along with the Sprigs stamp set and below is what I came up with. The sentiment is also from the Tag Tidbits stamp set.

I also joined the birthday swap category. This was a fun one to create. The girl is from the Ice Cream stamp set. The sentiment is another stamp in the set called Tag Tidbits.

The fourth and final category I particpated in was feminine theme. I really love the Dear Friend stamp set from Serendipity. It's so fun to color!

I got some ATC's back. These are (masculine, feminine and technique called Faux Felt) and were made by Angel Shirley Hotop:

My upline, Rita Wetzel, created these sweet ATC's. It was fun to trade with her.

The swapping coordinator, Stacy Rogers, created this ADORABLE thank you card for me. I absolutely FLIPPED over this! It's beautiful!
I believe Stacy created these cards, too, but there was no label on it so I am not certain.
These are so beautiful...the pictures don't do them justice! The owl is cut out and popped up on dimensionals. Here's a closer look...

I am so glad we traded. I am inspired and will be keeping these for a long time! Hope you've enjoyed checking out my swap. I have lots more to share with you so hope you'll come back tomorrow!

Hugs,

Box Card

Hey, everyone!

I was looking online at some websites I hadn't visited before and happened to see a tutorial for a Box Card. I was curious as to what a Box Card looked like and when I saw it I was so excited to try it! The tutorial is by Chiaki Haverstick and here is the link. There are a lot of tutorials there that I haven't even looked at yet! Here is the Box Card I created.

I used Gentle Beginnings paper from The Angel Company. I just love this paper!
I inked the edges of my Premium White Cardstock box lid in Reflection Blue Hybrid Palette Ink. I stamped "think spring" in the same ink. The sentiment is from Tag Tidbits. The chicken is from the Wild For You stamp set from The Angel Company. I inked the image using my Tombow Brights markers and then using my yellow stardust glitter gel pen I colored in his head and wings. I added yellow fun flock to his belly!
Here is the inside. I stamped the sentiment using the Feel Better Hostess Level A stamp set.
I thought it would be nice to say "warm wishes" since it's turned cooler weather here and then the "think spring" on the outside is definitely what I am thinking...warm spring weather come quickly! LOL

Thanks for checking out my Box Card. I hope you'll make one, too! Don't forget about my contest! You can enter to win a free stamp set from the list above with any $30 purchase from me this month! Read all about it just above this post! Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you to those of you who have already placed an order!

Hugs,

Valentine's Day Recap

Hey, everyone!

Well can you believe that today is February 15? That means we are past the half-way point for this month! Wow! What a great month to celebrate...love! There are so many ways to celebrate and you know I remember my mom and dad making every single holiday just extra special with little treats and things. I try to do that now with my children, too.

My daughter has given school Valentine's for 4 years now because she had 2 years of preschool, then Kindergarten and now she's in the first grade! This year I didn't want to do the traditional Valentine's you buy at the store. She loves to stamp and scrapbook and do paper crafting just like her momma so I told her we could make her own special Valentine's this year. LOL What was I thinking? LOL

These cute little boxes are really easy to make. I love the color of the paper. I had originally put peppermint patties in these kinds of boxes but I wanted Kadesia to pick the candy to put inside. We picked up fun-size Butterfinger candy bars and they fit perfectly inside! I was so excited!!!!
I saw a tutorial from one of my favorite stampers, Dawn, and came up with these Valentine's for Kadesia's classmates. She only has 5 boys in her class. The other 15 (including Kadesia) are girls. Those poor boys are outnumbered! LOL
Kadesia is very creative. I couldn't just stamp the Valentine's in black or brown ink and let her color them in, I had to use specific colors that she chose for certain areas on each stamp! I was so happy to have them all stamped! She got to color them in and she helped me assemble them.
We combined a stamp set Happy Heart Day from Stampin' Up! with a stamp set from The Angel Company called Kid Praises (T-2686). I used Sunflower ink (TT-186) on the yellow cardstock and Belle Rose (TT-193) on the pink cardstock.

This is a look from the side. It is such a fun little card and I was excited we went with the chocolate hearts because Kadesia got a lot of non-chocolate treats in her bag!

Here are the Valentine's, all ready to go in a basket.
Here is Miss Kadesia putting treats in all her classmates Valentine sacks.
Kadesia loves, loves, loves to play Bingo, so you should have seen the excitement on her face when the head room mother announced what game they would be playing!
Oh yes, that is right! She just won BINGO! She got BINGO two times!!! That lucky duck!
Here she is with her treats and her Valentine sack sitting at her desk.
Can you believe the loot? My friend and I were talking the other night about how crazy it has gotten! It looks like she's been trick-or-treating! LOL
Just so you know, I hate to have my picture taken. A room mother came over to me after seeing the Mother Paparazzi (ME, LOL) taking photos of Kadesia and asked me if she could take our picture. Ugh...okay, Jany gets all the credit on this one. I normally would have said something like no, thank you or whatever, but she reminded me that it is important to get in FRONT of the camera sometimes, too, instead of hiding behind it. Now I know I am not photogenic, but I am so glad that she did this for me. It really made me feel good because I want Kadesia to always have special memories of times I spend with her. I love her so much!!!

Do you not love this photo? Here is my entire world in one picture! The kids got Paul a little box of chocolates. It says YOU ARE A WINNER on it and has a race car with a checkered flag on it. He loved it because he is a race car driver and fan and thinks it's great that his kids have motor oil in their veins, too! LOL Just look at Kadesia such a daddy's girl! I love that!! They have the best relationship...and of course she will always have him wrapped around her little finger! I also just love Javan's face! It's so cute and unexpected...like hurry up guys, I want to see what Mommy is hiding for me!
Here's my sweet little girl! She got a High School Muscial card that plays music when you open it up. She loved that!! Then she picked out a DVD that she wanted. I remember watching Alvin and the Chipmunks when I was little so I am kind of not wanting to see this movie. I just figure it won't be anything like the cartoons I used to watch on Saturday mornings and I guess I am a little resistant to change when it comes to things like that. LOL

Javan is trying to figure out how to open his card with the "dee-bwa" on it! LOL Paul finally helped him! This is the WILD FOR YOU card I made using the WILD FOR YOU (T-2727) stamp set and the WILD WEST (T-2633) stamp set.
There was a Walmart ad laying on the chair and "Melmo" happened to catch Javan's eye. It was the Many Kisses Elmo and Javan went crazy over it. He got so excited and repeated over and over, "Melmo! Melmo! Melmo!" He was pointing with his chubby little finger at Melmo and how could I resist? I decided to get it for him!
Isn't this so sweet? Javan's leaning in to give "Melmo" a kiss! This particular Elmo is so neat because it has a lot of sweet sayings and it even sounds like it's blowing a kiss when you put his hand up to his mouth. So sweet!

Well, that is all the photos but the gifts don't end there. My mother bought me a beautiful diamond ring. I love it!!!! It's beautiful!! Did I say that already? LOL It really is! Paul put in a new exhaust fan and light in the bathroom as our other one needed to be replaced. We had dimmer switches in different rooms and I would much rather flip the switch than mess with turning the knob, which then would fall off into my hand but only if I was in a hurry and then it would mess up my nails...it never failed! So he switched all that around for me and it only took 2 trips to Lowe's! LOL I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day! I know I enjoyed being with my family. That is what I truly LOVE to do! I also got my friend, Shelly's FunShop order in from the 50% off special. It was really neat to see THAT MANY stamp sets in one box! Cutting back on the clam shell cases saves a lot of room, let me tell you! LOL But I am so glad I could meet up with you, Shelly and I hope your mom has the best birthday ever! I am looking forward to her FunShop next Saturday!!! Well, thank you for hanging out with me for a while today! You'll definitely want to come back for more fun stuff I am eager to share with you.

Hugs,

WILD FOR YOU!

Hey, everyone!

It looks like this yucky winter weather is going to leave us for a little while. I heard it was going to be in the 50's this weekend so I know what that means...allergy headache for me! Ugh! Everytime the weather changes I get a horrible headache and my allergies bother me, but I finally have the proper medication combination down so it won't be as bad! I am looking forward to warmer temperatures!! Although it has been great weather for knitting! My daughter picked out some blue yarn and I grabbed a favorite pattern of mine from Bev's Country Cottage and I am making her a pair of socks. It's an easy pattern and I am eager to start a pair for myself after I make hers! I am not that far along on the socks yet but I'll share a photo when I get a little further.

I did make something to show you, though. It's pretty wild!!! LOL Take a look:
I used Heather's sketch for this card. Christina gave me the inspiration to try a new sketch and it was fun! Heather makes it so easy because she puts the measurements up on the sketches. I LOVE THAT! I had some designer paper in my stash that I thought would be fun to use. The stamps are WILD FOR YOU (T-2727)and WILD WEST (T-2633). I used Noir palette ink and my Black Tombow marker. I used my light blue Tombow marker for his eyes and my red Tombow marker for his mouth. I have a silver gel pen that I got at the Dollar Tree a while back and used it for some doodle dots.

I would love to hear what you think about this card. It's pretty shimmery and fun! I think it would be a great card for my son for Valentine's Day. He sure can be a wild little guy sometimes! LOL

Hugs,

Am I crazy or what???

Hey, everyone!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today to see what is new! If you haven't received your copy of my newsletter for this month, check your bulk folder and if you still don't have it, let me know. I would be happy to send you a copy of it!

This weekend has been full and busy! Paul had surgery on Friday! Everything went really well. We were sooo tired that morning and arrived an hour early, so we slept in the car (SUCH A NICE DAY!!!) for a little while before we had to go in. Here's a couple pictures of Paul just before he was going in. He is so tall his feet stick off the bed! LOL

That was a long day for both of us! He rested at his mom and dad's a while and then I took him home to rest for the night. Then I had to get busy! My cousin's baby shower was Saturday afternoon. I said I would help with the cake, favors and a special gift. I was up for 28 hours straight!!!! Am I crazy or what? Here's what I came up with:

30 homemade almond bark covered pretzels with blue sprinkles party favors that say:

Thank you!

Love,

DJ & Baby David

I made my own bow from ribbon!

This is the card and envelope I made using the TAC HELLO BABY stamp set and a few miscellaneous stamps, TAC Jumbo circle punch and scalloped circle punch.

The candle is a keepsake for the baby...a preemie and not home yet! DJ loved it!! I used the TAC WILD FOR YOU stamp set.

This is the cake I made! It had been over a year since I decorated a cake and I was really, really exhausted but it turned out okay. It tasted so good! Well thanks for stopping by! Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!!!

Hugs,

Bridgett