I measure up! Wow!!

Jessica is so sweet! She awarded me an award that I measure up! How cool is that! I've been given awards before and I hate to admit this, but I just recently learned how to display them. How simple and how silly of me to not know this.

Here are the steps for this award:

1. Say one nice thing to the man in your life: My husband makes me laugh! And he knows right when I need it.

2. List at least six ways you measure success in your life: my children, my friends, my health, being able to help others, finding time for myself, and being financially secure enough to have time for all the above! I kept Jessica's words, because I couldn't have said it better myself. But above all these others things, my faith in God. I know He's there and active in our lives and we are richer for it.

Who do I give this award to:

1. Joni because her blog is awesome, but because she's one of the most amazing people that God has put into my life. I want to be like her when I grow up.

2. Gabby because her blog is also very awesome and without her knowing it, she pushes me to do better in my art. I want to be able to color just like her!

Sweet Little Geisha

One of my favorite movies and books is Memoirs of a Geisha. Although my card doesn't come near the beauty of Sayuri or even Hatsumomo but I do love this sweet little Geisha image from The Greeting Farm. She's not available at the moment because she was a digi-image and recently voted to be immortalized in rubber. I created this card for a swap that I'm participating in. I have trouble with Asian design so I signed up for this swap to break me out of my box. And I decided not only is it for the swap but as my entry for The Pink Elephants next challenge: ribbons and die cuts.


The decorative paper is American Crafts purchased at Michaels. I printed Geisha Anya out wallet size and used my prismacolor pencils to color her pulling the colors from the paper into her Kimono. Then, with the help of my friend Joni teaching how to look up Kanji, I found the Kanji character for "love." This card displays the simple elegance that I like. I hope you enjoy it, too.

I love Fairies

Hi. Aren't you excited, you get to hear from me twice in one day! Haha!!

I have recently discovered Paper Makeup Stamps. Katie has a wonderful collection of fairies, monsters and a little something called Calliope. She also is very quick to ship! PMS has a great blog, too, and Katie's momma created a card for Katie that is now the sketch of the week. I was very excited to see that 'mom' used Chellie, which is one of the stamps I got last week. Here's my version of the sketch. I hope you like it and Katie, I hope I did you and your Mom proud.


I used PTI Stampers Select cardstock as my base. Then I ran a white piece of cardstock through my Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots and then inked them to bring them to life with Green Galore ink. I picked up the cute polka ribbon and shamrock from Michaels yesterday (when I went in for 1 piece of paper!). I colored Chellie with Kohi-noor pencils (love these) and used Green Galore cardstock for the mats. Super easy and I think it's adorable. The "good luck" sentiment is from PTI Mini-Messages.

Emotional Baggage - No this is fun!!

It's Saturday - happy weekend to you! And welcome to the 4th installment of Super Challenge Saturday. First of all, Joni - our hostess for this weeks challenge, has some great samples on her blog so be sure to check out her blog and leave her some love!

So this week's challenge is Emotional Baggage. Ladies, we all get attached to our purses. I have a friend who is obsessed with her purses much like some of us are with shoes. So the challenge is to let a purse/bag/luggage inspire you. Upload your creation on SCS using keywords BLOGC4 and be sure to leave a comment on any of the blogs so we can check it out! Have fun!!

A Sticky Situation
Confessions of a Stamper

Here's my challenge card. My inspiration is my purse that my sister gave me. Here's how the story goes, T came out here for a visit over the summer and she had the most awesome purse with her. I told her I wanted it. So after a couple of days, she said that if I bought her one like the one I had then I could have it. Off to Kohls we went! It's a Sherpani and you just can't get them out here. Let me know what you think.


I used Chocolate Chip for the base. Then to re-create the lining of this purse I pulled out an old punch and started punching the edges. Then I backed it with some green paper and then stamped the flower centers and outlined the flowers. The mats are Tempting Turquoise and Chocolate Chip and then picked the stamp that best represented how I felt when my sister said she'd give me the purse.

Have fun with this - I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Found A Great Blog

I was playing around today when I seriously needed a break at work and Googled "card sketches" and happened upon this blog. It belongs to a lovely woman named Heather Scott and her blog is Oz-somestamps. She has this great sketch up on her blog and it was fun to play with. Since she's a TAC demo I thought I'd show off one of the few TAC sets I have. I hope I'm not missing my mark. LOL



For the base I used Whisper White (I'm running low - yipes!) then I used Yo-Yo Yellow that I embossed with my very first Cuttlebug folder I ever owned. Gotta love the Swirls! Next is the layer with the image and since I chose white, the top part was begging for a bit of color. So I pulled out my PTI Polka Dots stamp set (which I still stink at using) and added some dots. Then the strip is Lavendar Lace with LL polka dots. This little cow, the set is discontinued, is so darn cute. I just love this little set. Maria introduced me to it and I got it from Melinda when she was selling off TAC stuff to make room for SU! stuff. Finally I finished it with a sentiment that comes in the set and topped it off with a flower.

Heather - I hope I did you proud.

Have a great evening!!

TGF and Melissa can be taught...

I am discovering so much more with challenges not only with my cards but with my blog. I'm learning how to add cute backgrounds and my newest is a signature! I learned this off of Jessica's blog.


But I wanted to share my card that I made for the sketch Marie at The Greeting Farm just had. I didn't win, but I did have fun making this card. I learned something else... how to take free clip-art and turn it into a digi-stamp! I found the seashells via MSWord and then changed it to black and white. Instant digi-stamp and then I painted them with Lumiere paint. I just wish I had something to give them a tinge of pink, but I was afraid of ruining them.

I did use my Twinkling H2Os to color Mermaid Anya. Sadly, the company that makes them is going out of business. I do hope this economy turns around soon.

And of course, all my cards have to feature Cuttlebug somehow. Ack! Did you notice?? Not a single thread of ribbon!!!

The sketch was fun to play with and it was one more attempt at WHAT THE HECK AM I MAKING FOR JONI'S SWAP!!! Yipes!! LOL

Have a super evening. And now, behold.... my signature....

The Pink Elephant Challenge #3

I missed The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog Challenge #2. Actually I did it and hated the results. But this time it's a sketch and I love sketches. They are sooo helpful!!


So this is my interpretation of the sketch. Don't you just love this adorable fairy? Actually this card contains lots of new.

For the base, I used Whisper White, not new, a trusted old friend. The new is the decorative paper which is digi-dp. How cool is that! I have never played with digi-paper before and GinaK is giving away 2 yummy designs for FREE. This one is from the Floral Elegance paper pack. It's so pretty!

Then the other new is my Lauren in Love stamp from Paper Makeup Stamps. She arrived on Saturday and I just think she's adorable. I've always been a fairytale kind of girl - love fairies, unicorns and other mythical creatures. I colored her using my Copics and Stampin' Up markers. Then used Iridescent Ice embossing powder on her wings and trim.

I hope you like my card.