Give Thanks

Happy Wednesday! :) Only two more sleeps until my sweet husband is home and I can't wait! Anyway, I made this card a little while back for Gina K's World Card Making Day challenge! I have always been a huge fan of Gina K stamps. In fact, they were my very first non-Stampin' Up! company to try out and I haven't been disappointed yet! For this card I used Theresa Momber's Autumn Beauty set and paired it with some old Stampin' Up! paper and Wal-Mart ribbon! :) For the vanilla strip I decided to stamp some leaves and color them in with my Copics so that I could give the card a little bit more of an autumn feel. I just didn't feel that the patterned paper was doing it. I also felt it was a little too orange! I also colored the sunflower (and yes I know sunflowers are orange) with my Copics as well! The challenge was a color challenge to use orange, green, and brown and that is why I decided to go with an orange sunflower! Haha!

Well, that's it for today's card! Can you believe how much I have been posting lately? My week is finally slowing down and I feel like I can breathe! Hopefully I can continue to consistently post! Oh, and for those of you who are patiently waiting for that blog candy...sorry but you have to keep waiting. I am just not ready to post it yet! :) Ok, well I hope you have a fantastic day! Take care!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday: Easy as 1, 2, 3!

1 stamp, 2 embellishments, and 3 layers that is! :D I must admit that only 3 layers is not easy for me though! It was so hard to not include a 4th! Anyway, this is today's Jacksonbelle card and I think it's pretty cute myself! :) I used my new favorite Stampavie "Mistletoe & Mice" image again as well as some yummy Basic Grey ribbon!


Well, that's it for today's card! Make sure to check out this week's challenge details on the Jacksonbelle blog as well as the other Jacksonbelle girls!

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

Heather Lee-Reppen: Ink on my Ear

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss...

Keri Lee Sereika: Pink Lemonade

Moosing him already...

Lame title huh? Haha! I guess I should probably explain it. My husband left this morning around 4:00 to go on a work trip with his construction crew. Our winter came early here and the guys don't have much work lined up yet. They can't stucco when it is this cold so they have to build homes instead. It could be a long winter, we will see. If we could survive off of Nick's youth pastor income as well as my teaching income alone, we would. However, he only gets paid part time and I am still a fairly new teacher so it just isn't enough. Anyway, they somehow landed a job out in Kansas so they will be out there all week working on that. Boy am I going to miss him!

I love this Riley image from Hanna Stamps! It is Nick's favorite image too (he's obsessed with moose) so I am dedicating it to him today! :D I colored Mr. Riley in with my Copics and pulled the colors from the fantastic Cosmo Cricket line called "Mr. Campy". I cut out the circles with my nestabilities and sponged the edges of all my layers. I added some ribbon and some pearls for a completed look!

Well I sure hope you enjoy your Monday. It's back to school for us and hopefully this week is a normal one. We have had some crazy few past weeks due to H1N1 and the death in our community. I believe I only had 8-9 students all of last week! I can't even begin to tell you how hard it is to teach knowing you will have to do it again the following week! It's the pits! Anyway, we should have the flu out of our system (hopefully) by now!

Thanks again for stopping by! Have a great rest of your morning!

Life

I made this card quite a few weeks ago but I couldn't not post it! :) I love this Papertrey Ink set and it's the first time I have actually had a chance to use it! It's one I picked up at CHA this summer. Isn't it gorgeous? Anyway, I paired it with some Cosmo Cricket paper for an earthy color scheme. I stamped the flower and leaves on card stock and then sponged the edges for a different feel. Overall I really like how this card turned out!

I love this card.

It makes me happy and today I need happy. I won't go into details but let's just say it's been a difficult day. Do you ever feel like things seem to pile up all at once and then all of a sudden you are left with a world in shambles? That's kind of how I'm feeling right now. Thank goodness the Lord knows how to pick me up and dust me off. Who knows where I would be without Him. Anyway, I made this card a couple of weeks ago (it seems like years ago) and I haven't had time to share it with you. Such a tragedy huh? :) I won this fantastic set from Flourishes this summer and FINALLY found the opportunity to use it. I can tell you that it won't be that long before it gets pulled out again. What a fantastic set! Such beautiful images!

So are you wondering where that candy is? Well since my birthday was last Thursday and I promised you candy, I want to let you know that it's a pretty big giveaway, I just need to break out my camera! Haha! Hang in there! Hopefully it will be posted tomorrow afternoon!

Thanks so much for showing up today, especially to those of you who have stuck with me and not given up hope! I have had lots of lost subscribers this week so I really appreciate those of you who have forgiven my absence lately! It means a lot to me!

What a week...

It's been a week, that's for sure. I don't really want to go into a lot of detail but I will just sum up by saying that we have had a death in our community, my family came to visit, and we are in the process of buying a house. I will give more details on the house later. Anyway, I say all this so that you know I didn't forget about you. I was just busy.

Today's card is for this week's Your Next Stamp challenge which was to make a shaped card. I love my top note die so it was perfect for this challenge! I pulled out Windswept Fhiona and paired her with some new Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg paper. So what do you think? It's the only card I have been able to create in over a week. Sad, huh?

Well, tomorrow is my birthday and I hope to have some more eye candy for you as well as some yummy blog candy! :D Stay tuned for that!


Here is an inside shot of today's card too.

#1 Teacher!

Isn't this set adorable? It was one of my very first sets from Your Next Stamp! I just couldn't pass her up! :D If only I could look that cute when I taught! Haha! Anyway, this set is called Teacher Fhiona and she comes with a lot of other cute little sentiments and images too! I colored her with my Copic markers and paired her with some fun Cosmo Cricket Early Bird dp! Now all I have to do is give this card to it's intended owner and hope that she likes it! :) Thanks for stopping by tonight! No more school this week (or Monday) due to the H1N1 flu so I guess it looks like a 5 day weekend for me! Yippee! :D

Jacksonbelle Tuesday: Vellum!

Did someone just say vellum? Yikes! :) Guess what that means, today's Jacksonbelle challenge is to use vellum! Yes, I admit that this challenge scared me but I was bound and determined to complete it whether I liked the final results or not! Well guess what, I LOVE the final results! :D I used the new Stampavie image called "Bear and Robin" and yes I know I colored my robin blue! Haha! I colored it in with my Copic markers. I paired this adorable image with the fantastic My Mind's Eye paper called "The Merry Days of Christmas" and layered on a piece of vellum to tone down the colors a bit! After adding my vellum I decided to embellish the card with some ribbon as well as some pretty pearls!

Well, that's it for today's card! Make sure to check out this week's challenge details on the Jacksonbelle blog as well as the other Jacksonbelle girls!

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

Heather Lee-Reppen: Ink on my Ear

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss...

Keri Lee Sereika: Pink Lemonade

A Not So Scary Magical Monday!

I am VERY sorry that it has been so long since my last post! It has been one hectic week/weekend! Let's see, last week I developed a severe migraine and couldn't seem to get rid of it and then, to top it all off, we went to Colorado Springs to go grocery shopping and ended up getting stuck there for the rest of the weekend due to an ice storm! Talk about crazy! We didn't have anything with us but the clothes on our backs so it was kind of miserable but at least the hotel was warm and safe! :)

Anyway, this card is one I created for today's Magical Monday from There's Magic In The Air! This week the fabulous Leigh Anne has challenged us to use some sort of 3D coloring element so I choose to use stickles (a girl's best friend)! :D You can find this week's digital image for free on the TMITA blog and if you play along with this week's challenge you could win a prize! Why not? A free digital stamp plus a chance to win? Can it get better than that?

Jacksonbelle Tuesday: Black, White, and Pink! :D

Good morning! Today's Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge is to use black & white plus one more color! Obviously I was going to use pink! ;) Anyway, I pulled out the Inkadinkado Patterned Bugs stamp set for this card and heat embossed my image with black embossing powder. I then embellished the butterfly with some rhinestones and popped it up on the card. The sketch is from Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge and the paper is from Stampin' Up! +

Well, that's it for today's card! Make sure to check out this week's challenge details on the Jacksonbelle blog as well as the other Jacksonbelle girls!

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

Heather Lee-Reppen: Ink on my Ear

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss...

Keri Lee Sereika: Pink Lemonade

Magical Monday!

ETA: This was supposed to be posted first thing this morning but apparently blogger went down and erased my entire post! GRR! Sorry about that!

This week's Magical Monday image is so fun! It's just so cute! Anyway, Nilla is your host for this week's Magical Monday challenge and she challenged us to use black, orange, and one other color! :D Stop by the There's Magic In The Air blog to pick up your free digital image and participate in this week's challenge! You will love it!

Celebrate World Card Making Day with Your Next Stamp!

Well I don't know about you but I certainly plan on making some cards for World Card Making Day! :D There is so much happening today that it is almost overwhelming! First of all I wanted to let you know that Your Next Stamp is having a SALE! Karen has decided to give everyone 10% off for today only! Now as you all know, I am IN LOVE with Your Next Stamp so of course I was thrilled to be able to share today's card with you! Check out the cute spider? Did you know spiders could be cute? I didn't until I printed this one out! Yup, this is one of the new digital stamps that is being released on Oct. 7th. Now Karen usually prefers rubber but she realized that some of you like that instant gratification so she decided to do a few digital stamps in honor of the events taking place these next few weeks! So would you like to get a copy of these? If so, you need to make sure to leave a comment because I will be choosing a winner to receive 2 of them for FREE! :D All you have to do is tell me what your favorite stamp is from Your Next Stamp! Isn't that easy? Also, if you do the same on the other YNS design team blogs, you will have even more chances to win because they are all giving away some digital stamps as well! Well, that's it for this card! I may be posting another card later today. It depends on how busy things get. It's homecoming weekend here so we have been running around like crazy! Enjoy your Saturday!