April Shower Bring May FLOWERS ~ SBP Blog Hop!

Welcome to Scrapbook Place's monthly blog hop!  Our theme this month is "April Showers Bring May Flowers" so you will see FLOWERS featured in all of our creations.

I am the first stop on the hop, so be prepared to be dazzled by all the gorgous creations along the way =)

Here is my FLOWERY card! It was super-easy to make and I love it =) I used my favorite color combo (pink and green) and added a layer of sparkly flower petals and a sparkly center to the flower.

~*~ DEETS ~*~

DP: The Paper Studio Glitter Matstack, Misc. patterned paper.
Embellies: Sunflower Nestie Dies.


Have fun hopping along with us and if you get stuck, hop on over to the Scrapbook Place's blog where the entire hopping list will be posted.
Thank you for joining us in more inspiration!

In the group:

Lindsy
Leti
Allie
Annette
Shannon
Linda
Debbie
Teresa
Diane
Donna Pat M Anna
Rhonda
Holley
Jinky
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March Blog Hop at Scrapbook Place!

It is time for our monthly blog hop at Scrapbook Place. This month was "wild card" month, meaning you can create anything you want =)
If you came to my blog first, you are going to want to go back to Linda's fantastic blog and start from there. If you hopped here from Donna's creative blog you are on the right track.
So, since today is my sister's birthday ~ her golden birthday at that...27 years old on March 27th! And tomorrow is her hubby's birthday, I am featuring the cards I made for them =)

The first card is for my brother-in-law. He coaches high school football and baseball, but since baseball season just started this past month for him, I decided to get Kip out and make a card for my brother-in-law. (yes, in case you are wondering, those are what their baseball uniforms look like, and I drew a B on the orange hat, so it looks like their hats).
The card for my sister has one of my favorite girls on it ~ Bella! And of course since it was birthday, I got out some of my sparkly paper and got busy ~ I even paper-pieced a gift to add a little pizzazz to her card =)

~*~ DEETS for brother's-in-law card~*~
Stamp: Kip the baseball fairy
DP: Crate Sweet Branch
Ink: Memento Tuxedo ink, Copics (E00, E0000,Y23,RV11,R27.RV10, YR07,E37)
Embellishements: Star Dust Stickles.

~*~ DEETS for sister's card~*~
Stamp: Curly Surpriseabella
DP: The Paper Studio Birthday Extravaganza
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics (E00, BV02, E37, RV04, BG05, B95)
Embellishments: Bazzill "just the edge" cardstock.

To see some more marvelous creations, hop along to fabulous Anna's blog!


*******WINNER FROM LAST MONTH'S HOP*******
MARY K! Please take a stroll through the Funshine Vault and pick out something lovely on us. And THANK YOU for commenting on the blog hop last month =)
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This month, one of the uber-talented ladies who participate in the blog hop will win something special! =) This is a thank-you for all the time and effort you guys put into the blog hop to make it successful! =)

March Magnolia-licious Blog Hop

Yes, it is that time again ~ the 25th of the month, which means it is time for the Magnolia-licious Blog Hop!


If you arrived here from the Lauren's beautiful blog, you are on the right track! If you just happened upon my blog, you are going to want to start at the beginning, so you don't miss a single one of these lovely cards! And if for some chance you become lost along the blog, you can always head to the main blog which will have ALL the addresses of the participants =)

Now, onto my Christmas card of the year ~ which yes it still DOES feel like wintery Christmas around here (we are SOOOO ready for spring!). I decided to go with a simple sketch and tried to use minimal colors with some accent (can you tell the red is the accent?) I had originally planned on paper-piecing Tilda's dress with some beautiful glittery cardstock, but wouldn't you just know it (and yes, knowing MY luck.....), I cut my finger at pretty much the *end* of the paper-piecing endeavor and bled on the beautiful cardstock. So I ended up putting some stickles on her white dress and giving her gold wings instead =)

~*~ DEETS ~*~

Stamp: Christmas Angel
DP:The paper Studio Simple Elegance with Foil
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black, Copics (E00,E17,E18,E19,R37,RV10) Lemon Spica pen
Embellishments: Stardust Stickles, Snickerdoodle Smooch Accent Ink.
Thanks so much for stopping by ~ now hop onto the talented Monique's blog to see her Christmas inspiration =)

Feb. Scrapbook Place Blog Hop!

I'm so glad you decided to join us for our Feb. Scrapbook Place Blog Hop!
The theme for this month's hop is L-O-V-E {and it doesn't have to be the ooey gooey kind either ;-)  }

If you happened upon my blog by chance, you are going to want to check out the beginning of the hop, which starts at the fabulous Pat M's blog!
If you arrived here from Diane's creative blog, you are on the right track!

Now onto my card!
If you click on the picture below, it will make it larger and easier to see.

~*~ DEETS ~*~
Stamp: I Do Love
DP: BG Sugar Rush, The Paper Studio Glittered cardstock (which I think is SERIOUSLY fabulous! Some of the most gorgeous glittered cardstock I've come across)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Spica pen in pink
Embellishments: Nesties

One lucky commenter will WIN a PRIZE! So be sure to leave a little love on each blog you visit and maybe YOU will be the lucky winner! =)


Now hop onto the uber-talented Teresa's blog to see what delicious eye candy she has for you =)

This Is The Stuff Lyric Video

This is a great song....I love it when it comes on the radio when I am driving to and from class.....always makes my day go brighter....lately there have been quite a few "dim" days.

Manly Card

I'll admit it.....I'm not real good at making "manly cards" ~ all my cards tend to be sparkly, flowery...you get the picture =)
But then I saw the Corrosive challenge to use buttons and it worked oh so perfectly with the sketch from Sketch Saturday and I found some not-too-sparkly paper that I could pass off as manly =)

Yes, crappy scanner picture, I know ~ if anyone has a good idea of where to look for my camera battery charger (that has been MIA since right after Christmas) I'm ALL ears! =)

~*~ DEETS ~*~

Stamp: Mark Twain
DP: DCWV The Linen Collection
Inks: Memento Chocolate
Embellishments: Misc. ribbon, Misc. buttons, brown waxy floss.

Mojo Monday ~ on Wednesday!

Yes, it is Wednesday ~ and since we had a lovely 18 inches of snow fall overnight (yup, we most definitely had a blizzard!) the boys don't have school today, I don't have school today and my husband doesn't have work today! You know it is bad when the snow plows are getting stuck!
So, while I am "stuck" at home, I thought I'd create some cards! Heaven knows that I don't have much time for "me" this semester.....that is what taking Microbiology does to you....the only pretty colors I get to see are the bacteria I am staining and examining under the mircoscope!
I used the sketch from Mojo Monday to create my square card =)

I promise you it looks much better in person....but until I can locate my blasted battery charger, I have to keep using the scanner =/

~*~ DEETS ~*~
Stamp: Where flowers bloom so does hope.
DP: Bazzill, BG Kioshi
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black
Embellishments: Prima flowers, Hero Art Pearls.

First Valentine's Card of the year!

On the Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge, the challenge was to make a Valentine's card with NO pink and NO red! Sounded pretty good to me....until I realized just how many DPs have pink and/or red in them! Oh my!
I did finally find some DP I liked, so I paired the challenge from Fussy and Fancy with the Sketch from Scrapbook Place Challenges blog~ and ~ voila! My first Valentine's card =)

Sorry about the picture.....I STILL haven't found my camera battery charger (ARGH!) so I am having to scan everything, and the scanner just doesn't do as good of a job as a camera =( The hairbows, skirt and heart are paper pieced with the prettiest glittered cardstock, but unfortunately it is really hard to tell.

~*~ DEETS ~*~
Stamps: Priscilla, I just love you
DP: BG Kioshi, The Paper Studio glittered cardstock
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black, Palette Black, Colorbox Fluid chalk inkpad in Wisteria, Copics (Eoo, E57, G21)
Embellishments: Nesties, Kaiser Rhinestones, Prima flowers.

First Ever Scrapbook Place Blog Hop!

I'm so glad you decided to join us for our first ever Scrapbook Place Blog Hop!
The theme for this month's hop is Birthday! So put on your party hat and get ready to see some fabulous birthday inspired creations!
This is your FIRST stop along the hop, so if you ever get stuck or (heaven forbid) a link doesn't work, just head back here and I'll have the blog order as well as links to those blogs at the end of this post =)
I decided to make a Birthday card for the hop ~ after all my birthday is in January =)
One lucky commenter will WIN a PRIZE! So be sure to leave a little love on each blog you visit and maybe YOU will be the lucky winner! =)
If you click on the picture below, it will make it larger and easier to see.

~*~ DEETS ~*~
Stamp: Sneaky Tilda
DP: BG Kioshi
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics (E00,E11,E35,E37,E39,B32,B91,B93,B95,RV11,R29,BV00,BV02,BV04)
Embellishments: Diamond Stickles, misc. ribbon.

Thanks so much for hopping by! Now it is time to see what the fabulous Leti has to share!

And remember, if you get lost along the hop, just come back here and click on the name and that will take you to the blog =)

Lindsy

Leti
Anna

Teresa

Tricia

Donna
Allie
Holley

Diane

Pat

Annette

Linda

If you like what you see on the blog hop, you will want to check out the Scrapbook Place Blog for more inspiration and challenges!

A Couple of "Just Because" Cards

These are two cards that I created a couple weeks ago ~ they are going in my "just because" bin of cards that I can pull out to send a little note along to someone special =)

~*~ Deets ~*~
Stamp: Coffee Kiki

~*~ DEETS ~*~
Stamp: Dryabella


Sorry for the lack of details ~ for some reason I never wrote down what I used. Also, I had to scan the cards (as my camera battery is dead and the charger has been MIA since Christmas ~ YIKES!) and I'm not real wild about scanned cards ~ I think the camera does a better job =)

Sketch For You To Try

Over at SFYTT they have the January sketch posted.
I decided to ink up a new stamp ~ well, sadly enough I've had her for awhile, but this is the first time she has gotten some inky love!

Isn't she cute? I can relate to her, as I feel like all I do is laundry....it is amazing the amount of laundry three little boys can make!
I paper pieced her hair band and a couple pieces of laundry.

~*~ DEETS ~*~
Stamp: Hope & Grace (I can't find the exact stamp, but she is from that line)
DP: BG Nook & Pantry, DCWV Glitter matstack
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics (E00,E35,E37,YG00,YR23,RV02,B29,BV02,B32)
Embellishments: Prima flowers, Doodlebug jewels.
Sketch: SFYTT

Magnolia-licious Blog Hop!

Yes, it is that time again ~ the 25th of the month, which means it is time for the Magnolia-licious Blog Hop!
If you arrived here from the talented blog of Lauren, you are on the right track! If you just happened upon my blog, you are going to want to start at the beginning, so you don't miss a single one of these lovely cards! And if for some chance you become lost along the blog, you can always head to the main blog which will have ALL the addresses of the participants =)
Now, onto my first Christmas card of the year (yes, it does seem a little crazy to be making Christmas cards when Christmas was *just* a month ago...but in the long run, it will make my life sooooo much easier when December rolls around again).

~*~ DEETS ~*~
Stamp: Snowman with Snowflake

DP:Crate Snow Day, DCWV Glitter matstack
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black, Copics (E000, BG10, E59, RV29)
Embellishments: Polar White Flowersoft, MS snowflake punch
Sketch: Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge


Thanks so much for stopping by ~ now hop onto Monique's beautiful blog to see her Christmas inspiration =)

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yes today is my birthday...but it isn't just ANY birthday, it is my 29th birthday (really it is!) ~ next year will be the "decade" year for me ~ I'll celebrate my 30th birthday, celebrate my 10th wedding anniversary and become the mother of a 10 year old son! Oh boy!
But how I decided to celebrate my birthday was by creating a card! I haven't had much free time as of late since I'm back in college and I watch a couple extra kids (for a friend) in the mornings, but today at naptime, I decided it was ME time!
I decided to use the sketch from Mojo (love it!) and make it really sparkly and bright (I love sparkles and bright colors!) ~ and I paper pieced the cherry and cupcake paper.
So without further ado, here is my latest and FIRST creation of the year!


~*~ DEETS ~*~

DP: DCWV glittered cardstock, DCWV Birthday Extravaganza, Bazzill "Just the Edge"
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Palette black, Copic (E0000)
Stamps: PMS Cherries and Sprinkles
Embellies: Diamond Stickles, Prima Pearls, Nesties

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Scrapbook Place Blog Hop

Welcome to the Scrapbook Place Blog Hop. If you just happened upon my blog, please go to Teresa's beautiful blog and start there, if you arrived here from Linda's blog, you are on the right.
As you hop along make sure you leave a comment because ONE lucky person will win a free snag from the Emerald board!

~*~ PICTURE GOES HERE ~*~

~*~ DESCRIPTION OF CARD AND DEETS HERE ~*~

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my creation! Now hop onto to Lelia's fabulous blog!