.......A MONTH LATER......

Yep! It's been exactly a month since my last post and for that, I apologize. My life got pretty hectic there for a while. Not saying, it's not going to stay that way with WEDDING PLANNING and other stuff going on for the summer! Yep, wedding planning! We set a date - October 3rd. It's going to be AMAZING!

So I do have some shtuff to show you. Just a few things I've done in the last month.

I was really into stamping and coloring right onto kraft cs. What do you think? Each card's image is from Unity Stamp Co.'s May Kit of the Month. Aren't they fab? :D They are all colored with Copics.

This LO didn't quite turn out the way I had wanted, but I think it still works. I did the background, using a stamp from Unity's Delectable Delights set. It took FOREVER to color. I get writer's cramp pretty easily, so I had to stop and take breaks often. :D

Well that is all for now, folks! :D I'm going to try to stamp and blog in the afternoon's each day. We'll see how it goes! Stay tuned!

Whew!

Hey there! It's me! Remember me? Probably NOT! I know I've been out for a while! I had a lot going on with taxes, Vegas trips, sick kid, sick self, etc. But I'm back!

First off, do you like my new blog look? I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE it! :) Veronica at VK Design Co. did it. Click on her blinkie and go put your name down to get a new one! She can really do pretty much anything!

2nd off, my trip to Vegas was AWESOME!.....other than the fact the Matt Kenseth lost his engine in like the 5th lap or something.....but fun was definitely had! I have pictures coming as soon as I figure out how to get them to download onto my computer! :)

And...YES...I do have some things to share. I was going to share these before I left, but couldn't find the time! These are the cards I made for February's VSN! Although I only got a few done, I still had tons of fun!


So there's the lump sum of them! You can visit my SCS gallery HERE for the details of the cards! So, I'm out for now! I promise to be back later (or tomorrow)!

• Etsy Inspired #23 and SCS Sketch Challenge #215

Hey there!
Hope everyone had a great weekend and a fantastic time with their special someone! So I'm in a little bit of a rush, so I'm gonna cut this a little short.

OH! First...I'm sure you are wondering why my blog is full of black and yellow??? It's because in about a week I am leaving for Vegas for the Nascar race!!!! YIPES! I'm sooooo excited!!!!! Anyway....the black and yellow is for my driver....Matt Kenseth! He won the Daytona 500 yesterday (in case any of you care ;)) Ok...back to busines.....

This is my first time participating in Ashley's Etsy Inspired Challenge. It was pretty fun! So here's my card:


So I used Unity's Diva-lish set and Distressed Dots Background. The pink paper is PTI Raspberry Fizz (my fave!) and so is the ribbon! I also used Raspberry Fizz to stamp the image and I embossed the little diva, but the only way you can tell is because she's a little bit darker......so that is it for right now! I might be back later today! :)

• It's Hip Hop Hangover!

That's right...HHH....which means....IT'S FRIDAY! Hooray for Friday! Yesterday I got to Hip-Hop a little bit, but not really last night, so my hangover is gone....bummer....I like being hungover b/c that means I was at Hip-Hop all day! I guess I'll have to try again next week! :D

So..onto the card...here it is!


Ack! It's not the greatest....other than it does use Unity's October KOM. I just can't steer myself away from this kit. It's awesome.Check it out here. Also be sure and check out Unity's new releases. They released over 100 stamps yesterday and have some great deals going on until midnight central tonight! And....since we're on the Unity subject....my girl and Unity owner, Angela is setting up the WORLD'S LARGEST BLOG HOP! Check the details out HERE.

So that is it for my hangover post. I might possibly do another one since I am just not feeling this card.

• It's show time! :-)

FINALLY! I am back to my usual stamping addiction and blogging! Yesterday I finally got to put some ink on stamps and this morning I did again!

So here is the card I made yesterday. I used Unity's January Kit of the Month for the main image and the little postage looking dilly...and I used the distressed dots background stamp. Don't you just love Unity? I do! :)

Here is today's creation. I did this for the Unity Addicts Wednesday challenge. The challenge was to make a tiny love note using one image and bright and cheery colors. Ok...I actually used 2 stamps (worn grid & image from Jan. KOM), but you get the idea! :-)



Well that is it for today. Tomorrow is HIP HOP THURSDAY IN THE UNITY FORUM! The blog hop starts at 10 am Central! Angela always has some great specials posted around 11 am. So go to her blog to check it out tomorrow!

• Thank God it's Friday!

I am sooo ready for the weekend! Know what tomorrow is? It's the mini Virtual Stamp Night (VSN) on SCS! Guess who's a hostess????? Give up????? It's me! :D I get to host the first challenge of the day tomorrow, so come check it out! There are challenges and chat threads every hour until 11:00 PM EST. My challenge is at 12:00 noon EST, so come play with us! It's going to be fun! :D

So yesterday I totally missed my posting for some reason? I don't know why? But I'm back on track, today!
So here is my page for Week 2 of the scripture challenge. The word was "kindness"...if you can't tell! :D I couldn't agree more with this verse. We are children of God. He loves us holy and dearly. Since He loves us soo much, why not act like we are His? Have compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience (something I desperately need to work on). All digi "stuff" is from Shabby Princess.

So these little dudes here are what I used for the Unity Addicts Wednesday Challenge and for Amber's sketch challenge. The Addicts challenge was to make a card, inside and out. This was a really good challenge for me because I don't usually do anything to the insides of my cards, so here is the inside.


Cute, huh? The stamps are from Unity's November Kit of the Month. Aren't they cute? I love these little birds!

So that is all I have for today. I don't remember if I told ya'll or not, but I started a Bible study blog. If you want to know what's it's about go here and check it out! Have a fabulous Friday! :D

• It's a Bella, baby! :D

YAY! Finally! I got another Bella Sketch Challenge done! This was Bella Sketch Challenge #63!


This beauty is miss javabella! Isn't she so cute? Like my sentiment? LOL. It's the only one I could find that sort of fit the whole java motif....ok...not really java motif, more like beer, but I think it will work :D
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Well I have a lot of stuff to do and a couple of other sketch challenges, so I am off! I am now counting down the days until I got to Las Vegas for the Nascar race! As of today, there are 42 days until we leave, but 47 days until the actual race! We leave on Tuesday, stay in Provo, UT on Tuesday night, drive to Mesquite, NV and stay there on Wednesday. On Thursday, we head off to Vegas then set up. When I say set up, I am talking about our camper. We stay right at the track for 4 days! There are 3 other families going, so they set their campers up in like a horseshoe then we park ours next to the horseshoe. So for the whole 4 days we have our little camp area.....let me see if I can find a picture.........

Ok....you can't see our camper it is actually more to the right.....but that is our little camp area! It is soooo much fun. Each family has a night to cook dinner....last year our night was on the night of the race and let me tell ya...either I'm not doing that night again...or we're doing something easy. Last year I cooked spaghetti....it was really good, just too time consuming........so that is what I'm probably going to be mentioning for the next 45 days! LOL!

Hope everyone has a fabulous Tuesday! Be sure to go give a shout out to Angela at Unity Stamp Co. It is her birthday today!

• It's ketchup time! :)

Oh....I mean CATCH UP! :D I've been stamping and I've been doing digital stuff. I just haven't posted! So bear with me as I show a few things!

Digi "Stuff" Used:
Paper: DSB Girls Night Out, Christmas in July
Accessories: DSB Christmas in July

This is a digi page I did for the first His Holy Name Challenge, put on by Patter Cross. The word was "holy." How appropriate! :D I decided to participate in these challenges because I am trying to build my relationship with Jesus Christ and become closer to my Saviour. Plus these challenges are going to get me to study my bible more and understand it a lot more. Patter is so inspiring when it comes to her relationship with Jesus and I want to be able to inspire people one day as well. First, I just need to work on getting building my relationship with Him. :D

With that being said, here is Patter's Scripture Challenge for week 1.

Digi "stuff" used: Digi Scrap Boutiqe "Summer" Kit

You know, it's amazing the way Jesus Christ is. Over the past year or so, I had done some really stupid things and some other things happened where I was really beginning to question my faith in Jesus Christ. When Patter first announced when the challenges were beginning, I immediately knew I was going to do the His Holy Name Challenge. I figured the scripture challenge could wait.......UNTIL Jesus told me to peek at the Scripture challenge. The word was "faith." To tell you the truth, I almost wanted to cry because this challenge was so perfect for me! I am sooo glad Jesus Christ told Patter she needed to start with "faith" and I am sooo glad he told me to take a peek! Just in the last week, I tell you, my faith has grown to be 10 x stronger! I am soo excited to keep going with these challenges and understand the Bible and Jesus a lot better!

So onto real life stamping........

This is a card I did for Amber's Sketch Challenge in the Unity forum. I think this was #7, but it was a while ago and I actually did this the same week, I just haven't posted! :D


And here's a card I did, but hate. For a Bella Sketch Challenge on SCS. Once again, I'm not sure what number as it was a long time ago, but I'm wanting to say it was #59. I just love Stella with an Olive on Top. She is too cute. The sketch didn't turn out the way I wanted, so I was gonna re-do, but never got that far! And now I'm behind 3 challenges! :D

This card I done for the Bella Color Challenge last week. The challenge was to use pink, pink, and more pink! I LOVED this challenge as I LOVE pink! :D Once again the card didnt turn out the way I wanted it to, but I have no time to redo! :D


This card I did, yesterday for the My Favorite Things Guest Desinger Challenge. The challenge was to do a one layer card. This was pretty hard for me to grasp as I HAVE to have layers!:D I think I'm gonna go buy that boot, though! I love boots!

• Please do!

....Wake me when it's Christmas, that is! I am so ready for Christmas, but soooo tired! So, please, just wake me when it gets here! :D

As you can tell, I finally made it down to my stamp room! And I FINALLY got to ink up a stamp set from My Favorite Things! Isn't it so cute?! The stamp set is called Merry Christmas and I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I used DP from SU!'s Frosty Day packet! I used Ripe Avocado, Chocolate Chip, and Tangerine Tango Cs. The image is stamped on PTI Stamper's Select White! I ran the base through the Textile Texture Embossing Folder and mounted the images with Dimensional Adhesives!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Have a great rest of the weekend! Monday I will be gone for a doctor's appointment! I will post ultrasound pics of the little peanut when I get back!

• BeLlA sKeTcH cHaLlEnGeS 54 & 55!

Happy Thursday everyone! And HIP-HOP to the Unity peeps! If you don't know what Unity or Hip-Hop is...go HERE

So today I have last week's Bella Sketch Challenge (#54) and this week's 55th sketch challenge!

The first one is #54. For this card I used Clover Meadow and Sunny Yellow CS. The image is Tinkerbella and is stamped on PTI Stamper's Select White and colored with Copics. The glitter on the wings is Martha Stewart.


My card for this week's sketch challenge is probably a favorite right now. I used Emmybella for the image and stamped her in Archival Black and colored her with Copics. She's stamped on PTI Stamper's Select White. The sentiment is from MFT's E-Girl set and is also stamped in Archival Black onto SSW. I used Pale Plum, Certainly Celery, and Pretty in Pink CS. The DP is Basic Grey Euphoria. The ribbon is from Pebbles Inc.


So that is all for right now. Stay tuned for some Hip Hop Unity Challenges!!!!

• This is what I get, for not posting all week! LONG POST!

So I did stamp this week, I was just too lazy to post it! So here goes!

Last week I did a week long of Unity on my blog. I made these cards also, but was going to post them on Friday....obviously that didn't happen! The first card is for Bella Sketch Challenge #54 and the other card is for Bella's Favorite Stamper Challenge #1. We had to CASE one of Vicki's (giffysk8) cards from her gallery!



So for this week: here is Bella Sketch Challenge #54 and some Papertrey Ink cards. I used Amber's sketch on the owl one. I just got these stamps in, so I was very excited to use them!





Which brings us to today.......this is my card for Hip Hop Hangover Friday! I did get to Hip Hop for just a few minutes last night and had total fun doing so! If you didn't get to Hip Hop yesterday, be sure and take a look at all the Unity DT goodies they have on their blogs! They did so amazing this week!


So that is all for this week! I am off to Big Piney, yet again......roping tonight! Will try to get pictures! Toodles!

•Growing in Unity•Day by Day•All Week Long•Day Three

Day tres, baby, yeah! *said in Austin Powers lingo* :D It's my 3rd day of Unity all week long! I'm having such a great time with this! Here is the card I made for today!
This card is inspired by the Unity's Challenge Wednesday. The challenge is an inspiration challenge. Here's the inspiration.

So I didn't really follow anything, other than I was inspired to use a butterfly. Isn't it so prettiful? It's from Unity's Growing in Unity set. So basically I just ran Red Bazzill CS through my Divine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder, but only on the top and bottom. Then I stamped the butterfly and the decoration behind it, with Archival Black ink. Then I glued that part to black CS. I added some ribbon that I got from my Bella sistah, LeAnne, and voila! It's done! Oh! I used the scalloped edge punch on the sides, too!

A couple of other things......ARE YOU COMING TO HIP HOP, TOMORROW? Hip Hop, in case you don't know, is the biggest event of the week! It takes place in the Unity forum on SCS and starts at 10:00 a.m. Central Time and goes until MIDNIGHT! Unity gives away over $300 worth of prizes! It is such a blast! There's a blog hop that starts at Angela's blog at 10:00 a.m. and tons and tons of fun! PLUS, if you are a BRAND NEW customer and order $25 or more, tomorrow, you get a Growing in Unity Tree stamp! Here's an example of what the stamp looks like! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?! Angela is amazing!

ETA: I forgot to tell you.....I GET TO GIVE AWAY A FREE SINGLE TOMORROW AT HIP HOP TO SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN COMMENTING ON MY "GROWING IN UNITY" POSTS! BE SURE TO STOP BY TO SEE IF IT'S YOU!

Speaking of Angela and her blog.....be sure to check her blog out each week. She added an icon in the top left corner, showing the person that is showing Unity all week long on their blog.

So I hope everyone is having a GREAT Wednesday! Be sure to check back tomorrow for Day four and some HIP HOP creations.

**DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE COPIC GIVE AWAY! COMMENT ABOVE BY NOON (MDT) FRIDAY****

•Growing in Unity, Day by Day, All Week Long! Day Two

Happy Election Day! Did you vote, yet? I didn't! I left my wallet at my mom's house, with my i.d. tucked snugged inside and I haven't registered yet! UGH! I've been kicking myself all day long!

Onto more important things....today is Day 2 of my all week long Unity posting. Here's my card!
For this card I used Unity's Oct. KOM. Isn't this house so cozy looking? I used Amber's weekly sketch for the card. The base is Bamboo CS. I also used Orange CS and Clover Meadow. The image is stamped on PTI Stamper's Select White and colored with Copics. Speaking of Copics, have you entered to WIN 12 FREE COPICS? Do so in the post above although I'm sure you saw it before you did this one!

• Growing in Unity -day by day-ALL WEEK LONG! Day ONE!

So, for those of you that don't know, I started a sort of blog hop - I guess you can call it. Michelle challenged herself a couple weeks ago to post a Unity creation all week long. This gave me the idea to do it myself, but have other join in doing so. So I am starting this week and next week I will pass it on, to one of my Unity peeps and the next week they pass the torch to someone else, so on and so forth! Unity is going to be showcased on people's blogs, EVERYDAY, through March! Isn't that FANTASTIC! So here is my first day's card:


This card, I made for a special friend and Unity DT member, Amber. Amber had to have surgery on her ankle! This is for her!



For this card I used PTI Spring Moss CS and ribbon. The butterfly is from Unity's Sept. Kit of the Month. Did you know you can now get past KOMs? Check them out HERE. The sentiment is from October's KOM and is stamped in Spring Moss Palette Ink. The DP is also PTI. The butterfly is stamped in Archival Black onto Baby Pink CS. So there you have it! Stay tuned for another Unity card tomorrow. Also, on Thursday, during HIP HOP THURSDAY, I get to choose someone that has commented on my blog all week to receive a free single, of my choice. I'm not telling you which one, but let me just say, it's from Unity, therefore, you won't be disappointed! :) HAVE A GREAT MONDAY!

***DON'T FORGET TO ENTER TO WIN 12 FREE COPICS!***

•UnIty ChAlLeNgE WeDnEsDaY # 10

Happy Hump Day everyone!
Sorry I'm so late on this post. I've had a crazy morning/afternoon! Hope everyone is having a great day.

So this Wednesday's Unity challenge is to do a card with a "HOPE" theme. We had to use ribbon, lots of pink, and something that starts with the letter ~m~ for mammogram. Also, Unity is sponsoring Card Positioning System's (CPS) sketch this week, so I used that sketch.For this card I used Unity's Floral Fantastical set. Isn't this butterfly so pretty? I like it a lot. I used Copics to color the butterfly and I stamped it in Archival Black onto PTI Stamper's Select White CS. I keep forgetting the name of the green CS I used and for the base I used PTI Stamper's Select again and ran it through my Divine Swirls CB Embossing Folder. The ribbon is from Pebbles Inc. Now you may be wondering where the ~m~ part is. Well....teehee....I used Tombow's Mono Multi adhesive! Do you think that counts? :D Probably not, but I couldn't come up with anything! Well have a great rest of your Wednesday and THANK YOU all for the warm birthday wishes. It means so much!

• HiP hOp HaNgOvEr FrIdAy(and cards from Thursday)

....are you hungover? If not, it's probably because YOU DIDN'T COME TO HIP-HOP THURSDAY! It was soo much fun. I always have fun with the Unity peeps! So here is my card for HIP HOP HANGOVER FRIDAY! If you want to hang out and chat with Unity peeps go to this thread.

For this card I did a gate-fold card. I used Beate's Tutorial on SCS. It was so much fun to do! I just got my Scor-Pal in the mail, yesterday, so I decided to do something with it! If you don't have one, I think you should get one. They are {heavenly}. So I used Taffy CS for the base and I just forgot what color the green is in the Spring Harmony Colors.......anywho....I used my Cricut to cut the main circle and I stamped the image from Unity's Oct. Kit of the Month....isn't it fab? It's stamped in Archival Black on Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select White and I colored the image in with copics and I added some ric-rac and baubles at the end of the card!

I didn't post yesterday so here are my cards from the Hip-Hop Thursday Challenges:



This challenge was to make a stripey card. I had some Crate Paper DP that is stripey, so I stamped some images from the Giggle Grove set on it. After I cut them out, I realized it didn't look to stripey.....hence the stripey ribbon. :D For this card I used Baby Pink CS and Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select White. As I mentioned before, the images are stamped on Crate Paper DP....I think it is called the Caitlin Collection?









The other challenge was to make a pink card. Once again, mine isn't that pink, but I think you get the effect? :D If you can't tell I am really into square cards right now. I make them 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. This card is pretty basic....I used Black CS and Stamper's Select White and the pink DP is from the same collection of Crate Paper. The image is from Unity's Growing in Unity set. I LOVE this tree! So I think that is it for this card....... I had so much fun at Hip-Hop. If you haven't participated yet, you NEED to! It's every Thursday and starts at 10:00 a.m. Central time and is in the Unity forum.

• HiP hOp HaNgOvEr FrIdAy

Shut up, it's true! There now is a hip-hop hangover! We all have so much fun at hip-hop and CAN'T get enough of it, so on Friday's we have a chillax day! Here is my card for the hangover!
So for this card I busted out the Cupcakes A'La Yummy set. Isn't it soooo yummilicious? I colored the images w/ me Copics and stamped them on PTI Stamper's Select White CS. The other CS used is Clover Meadow and Orange. I used K&Co. Glitter DP for the bases of the images and ran them through my nesties. The ribbon you see if from Pebbles Inc. So there you have it!

Be sure to go to Angela's blog and check out HANGOVER stuff from other UNITY CUSTOMERS! Yes! She showcases her customers too! What a sweet, sweet lady! :D




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•HiP-hOp!

Ok...I know I'm late on this, but yesterday was Hip-Hop Thursday! For once, I completed both of the challenges that were given! The first challenge was to do a KID CARD. Here is mine-----
Ok..so it's not the best.....I don't know why, but on Thursdays I lose all my mojo. I think it's just the excitement of Hip-Hop! For this card I used PTI Stamper's Select White for the base and to stamp the image from Unity's Diva-Lish set. I don't know if you can tell, but I also added some Martha Steward glitter (love this stuff) to her tiara. I ran the base through my Divine Swirls Embossing Folder. I also used Watermelon and Black CS. I used Copics to color the little diva and I stamped the image and sentiment in Archival Black! That just reminded me I need to order some different ink! I use CTMH Archival Black and it works good, just not with Copics. Oh! Like my little additions I added into the picture? TeeHee....it's silly, I know.


So the next challenge was to do a card and use flowers. I immediately knew I was going to use Unity's Floral Fantastical set for this one! It was one of my first sets and YESTERDAY was my first time to ink it up! Can you believe that?! So for this card I used Hydrangea, Watermelon, Ocean, and PTI Stamper's Select White CS and also some DP from the Whoops-a-Daisy Collection. I ran the base through my Bloomin' Dots Embossing Folder and I colored the image with my Copics! I added some Primas and Pebbles Inc. Ribbon to finish the card off!

So that is all for right now...I will return later with some Bellas...I have been slacking heavily in the Bella department, so I need to figure somethin' out! :D Have a great Friday!

• Unity Wednesday Challenge #8

Happy Hump Day! :D
Today is Unity's Wednesday challenge. I loooove Wednesday challenges. They get me all fired up for Hip-Hop Thursday! :D

The challenge this Wednesday is to make a masculine card. I know, mine isn't very masculine, but it's for a VERY special someone who is.... :D I don't really like how the card turned out, so I think I'm off to try and create another one before my DS wakes up from his nap! TFL!

• JuSt Be

Happy Monday, everyone!
Usually, I hate Mondays, but today has surprisingly been pretty good! I am soooo enjoying the cold weather and the snow. I know, most people think I am crazy, but what can I say? I've grown up around it!

For you, today, I have a card that I made in a jiffy. I used Unity Stamp Co. Just Be -Single and colored it in with Chocolate Chip Ink from SU! I stamped it onto Crate Paper DP. I forgot what the name of the collection is. For the strips I used Bamboo CS for the base then cut out strips from the same Crate Paper collection and ran them through my Cuttlebug, using the Divine Swirls embossing folder. You can't tell, but the 1st and last strips are raised with foam dots from SU! (what are they called?) The base of the card is Chocolate Chip CS and the ribbon that is ran through is Pebbles Inc. So that is all for you today. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their Monday.