Wish List Wednesday

I'm glad you enjoyed my Wish List Wednesday debut last week!  I really loved all of your comments!

Here's a few things I've found this week that I think it will be hard to live without!

1.  I need an awesome thumb drive to store all my digi images on!

2.  Ok, I hate cereal boxes... so I have little plastic jugs to store our cereal in.. it works - but these are COOL!

(have you figured out that my kitchen color is red?)

3.  Probably the very last thing on earth that I could need is yet another paper trimmer... but REALLY!  This one has a speaker, so you can plug in your Mp3 player and rock out while you craft!  Tell me, how AWESOME is that??

4.  The CAR.... don't really need to say more, do I? The Nissan Cube is super cute and fun!  (although Hubby hates it!)

5.  Flower by Kenzo - one of my perfumes, I'm out... :(

6. Here's a wish for my sweet friend, Callie!  I wish for her to win a contest that she wishes to win!
Can you help out??
All you have to do is click HERE, find a photo of a very handsome young man named RYEN, click his name and click VOTE!  You can vote as many times as you like, so go ahead and vote - Over and over and over again!
The contest ends at midnight tonight - so if you're reading this, please take a minute to vote?
Thanks!!!

Stamptacular Bonus Fun!

Hiya!  It's another fun-filled Stamptacular BONUS FUN Day!

I hope you are here from Sarah's blog, if not, you'll want to start at the beginning with Line, so you don't miss anything!

We're doing a Build-A-Card HOP and I just know this is going to be So Much Fun!!

So, let's move on to our next step!

Ok, so now you've got some brown and a rectangle...what should we do next?  Oh, I know, grab some cardstock in your FAVORITE color.  What you end up using this for will be completely up to you.  You can choose to add this to your card now or wait until you know exactly what you want to do with it...it's up to you.  Keep that adrenalin going because we've only just begun.  Pop over to Georgia's blog to see what she has in store for you next.  

 

BONUS...BONUS...BONUS...BONUS...
Before you go, here's another chance for you to win an extra prize!
Leave me a comment and let me know what challenges would you like to see us have at Stamptacular? Ideas?

One lucky winner will be drawn to win this awesome prize:
Straight from the Heart from {ippity}

 Want to see more {ippity} stamps?  Visit my shop:
{ippity} By Sprytebyrd

Please Vote!

There's an awesome challenge going on over at The Greeting Farm!

It's the Battle of the Design Teams!

My team consists of:

Callie

Carisa

Cass

and Me!

We are the Greeting Farm Mommas!

Check out our card - made by Carisa this week!  She did an AWESOME job!  

 And don't forget to cast your vote!!

Click HERE to vote, just leave a comment on our card.

Please, please and Thank You!!

SSC #52 - Flowers!!

I do hope you are playing in our fun Bonus Day hop today!!

If not, you'll want to start with LINE!

We have our weekly challenge posted for you as well - and this week it is Flower Power!

Create a project with oodles and oodles of flowers and only use bright and cheery spring colors!

Our Prize is coming to you from our very own Sarah!

Thanks, Sarah!

Here's my FLOWERY project!

What'd I Use?

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Stamps: unknown

Felt Flowers: from Walmart's Christmas clearance sale

Daisies: Yokes Fresh Market

You can find the tutorial HERE:

Karen's Doodles Kids Challenge #2

WoW!!

What an AWESOME turn-out we had for our first challenge! 

Thank you so much for joining us!  Emily and I LOVED visiting all of your blogs and thought that your cards were all just fabulous!

Congrats to the winners, I hope you all enjoy your prizes!

My sweet daughter Emily has drawn up a sketch for you to use this time!  The only other requirement is to use a Karen's Doodles image, of course - so have fun with it!  You've got 2 weeks to play, so take your time!  This challenge will end on April 9th.

You can see Emily's card on her blog!

And here is my take on her sketch,
which also fits the challenge at Sew Many Challenges - Tools "Let's Punch It"

What'd I Use?

Image: Karen's Doodles (of course!)

Markers: Copics, Sakura Gel pens

Cardstock: Bazzil Bling

Patterned Paper: K & Company

Border & Corner punches: Martha Stewart

Rhinestone brads, pearls and ribbon: from my stash

Don't Forget!!

I am excited for you to join us for the Stamptacular Bonus FUN Day coming up this weekend!!

I'll see you there on Sunday, March 28th!!

There will be SO many prizes to win along the way - I think at last count there were 10 prizes PLUS a big GRAND PRIZE as well!  And, one of those amazing prizes is from ME!  Cool, Huh?  But, to see the prizes you have to join in on the fun!  So... 

Get READY!

It's ALMOST time!

See you Sunday!

Wish List Wednesday

I don't have a lot going on in the middle of the week to blog about... So, I'm going to try to start a weekly "blogisode" called Wish List Wednesday!

This is where I will post 5 (or so) things that I have seen in my internet/tv/shopping travels that I really think I should have!!  Not that I need them, or will ever get them, but they're COOL!

Just thought my readers would enjoy a little more of a peek into my crazy mind to see what really goes on in there!

This is totally random (like many things in my mind!) - it may be crafty stuff, baking stuff, clothes, kid stuff... whatever happens to catch my eye that week!

This week, for example, I've been in such a big baking and cake decorating mood, that I've been browsing lots of baking websites -
anyway this is what I've come up with for Wish List Wednesday!

Enjoy!

Oooh, I LOVE the bright red and the GLASS bowl - awesome!

Have you SEEN the Cricut Cake??  Forget the original Cricut - I want this one!

Oh - cuteness!  What more is there to say??

Anyone want to send me flowers?  The Happy Hour collection at 1-800-Flowers would be perfect for me!

This has been on my wish list FOR-EVER and will probably stay right there - this is a Tag Heuer watch, one of those "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it" watches... but it's pretty, isn't it?? 

What's on YOUR Wish List this Wednesday?

Exciting News To Share!

Guess what?

Melissa has invited me to be part of her first ever Design Team at Meljen's Designs!

I am soooo thrilled and excited!

To show my excitement, I have created a card just for this post, to say Thank You to Melissa for choosing me as part of her amazing team!

Be sure to visit the rest of the team, too:
Andrea - http://andreascreativepapertrail.blogspot.com/
Cheryl - http://shestamps.blogspot.com
Kim - http://piggyandminniemouse.blogspot.com
Kimberly - http://faerietaleswithpaper.blogspot.com/
Lauretta - http://passioncartesetplus.blogspot.com/
Lisa  - http://lisashandmadecards.com
Melanie - http://merniebug-abugsview.blogspot.com/
Nicole - http://gottahavepaper.blogspot.com/
Shana - http://twocutelittlemonsters.blogspot.com
Shannon - http://northerngirlstamper-shannon.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://creativek9s.blogspot.com/ 

This card also fits into a few challenges:
The Pink Elephant: Sketch
Secret Crafter: Spring Has Sprung
Pile It On: Furry Friends

What'd I Use?

Image: Meljen's Designs (of course!)

Markers: Copics
Nesties: Circle, Scallop Circle

Patterned Paper: Miss Elizabeth

1", 1 1/4" circle punches

Ric-Rak: American Crafts

Buttons: from my stash

SSC #51 - Scene It

Are You READY???

Ok, you've got another week to get ready!!  We, the team Stamptacular, are preparing to give you a day full of stamping F-U-N!  So, mark your calendars, clear your schedules and have some fun with us!!  

Who: The Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Design Team

What: Bonus Fun Blog Hop

Where: Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Blog

When: Sunday, March 28th

Why: Because we LOVE you!!

Hope to see you there!!!

And now, without further ado - our challenge for you:

SCENE IT!

Create a card or project in which YOU create a scene of some sort (stamps that already have scenes are not allowed)  So, use your imagination and show us a scene!  

The Design Team have really outdone themselves this week!  These ladies always amaze me!  Be sure to check them out and leave them some love!  

Our Sponsor this week is

Simon Says Stamp

and your prize is:

Plus FREE Shipping!

My card for you is rather simple... but I got to use a new toy!  Aren't those bunny ears the cutest??  :o)

What'd I Use?

Images: Chick - Studio G, Grass - Unknown

Markers: Copics

Patterned Paper & Flower: From a swap

Egg Punch: EK Success

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Bunny Ears Punch (My new toy!): Martha Stewart

Leaf Punch: 

Is there a punch challenge going on this week?  I think I've got that covered!!  LOL!!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

My Daddy, My Hero, My Friend

Sorry that we can't be with you today - we miss you and are thinking of you!  We'll see you in just a few weeks!!

So, Dad challenged me (Yes, he gave me a card challenge!) to make a birthday card for him this year, that is better than the one I made him last year... hmmm.. you know, I've learned a lot in the past year and I've got my awesome Copics now... but I dunno, I still think that last years card was pretty darn awesome and it's going to be a hard one to beat!  Sooo.. let me know what you think - here's Dad's birthday card circa 2009:

And now onto this years card...

My Dad loves his truck and he loved the truck he had before that and he loved the truck he had before that... you get the idea, right?  I thought about making the truck gray, like Dad's Titan... but a blue truck just looked cooler on the card!

Hope this card makes you smile, Dad!!

What'd I Use?

Image: Bugaboo Stamps (digi)

Markers: Copics

Cardstock: Bazill Bling

Patterned Paper: Scrap Pile

Ribbon, brads, dew drops: From my stash

Oh Alice #4

There's an awesome sketch over at Oh, Alice this week!

I went with a large 5.5 x 5.5 square card, because I wanted lots of room to play with.  

It's a little busy with the patterned papers, but that's ok, because the whole thing just makes me

"SMILE" 

:o)

Here's my card:

What'd I Use?

Image: Shirley's 2 Girls (Digi)

Markers: Copics

Patterned Paper: K & Company

Corner punch: Martha Stewart

Letters: Thickers

Ribbon & Rhinestones: from my stash

I Love Digi #3

 

Is it time for #3 already?  Wow!  Time sure flies when you're having fun!

Before I share our challenge and my card with you, I would like to welcome a few new members to the I ♥ Digi! Team:

Jane C

Dawn

Ali

Jennifer

We are very excited to have these talented ladies join us!

Please give their blogs a visit and leave them a warm welcome on their first DT project with our team!  And don't forget to see what the rest of the team has to share with you as well:
Elaine, Callie, Karin, Paul, Bev,  Poppy, and Jane

Ok, Our challenge at I Love Digi for you is:

EASTER

You can make an Easter card or gift, or Both!  Any colors, any style, just remember to use a DIGI image and/or papers!

Our Sponsor this week is:
WINK, WINK, INK

And here's my card:

I've been wanting to do a Tent-Topper card for a while now, but I just never had an image "jump" out at me that I thought was worthy!  Now, I have one and I just received some awesome ribbon in the mail and couldn't wait to use it!

What'd I Use?

Image: Karen's Doodles (Digi) "A Present For Mom"
Markers: Copics
Nesties: Circle, Scallop Circle
Patterned paper: DCWV
Ribbon: Stamp Simply
Rhinestones: Target

There's quite a few Spring-y challenges going on right now - so let's enter this card into:

The Pink Elephant: Spring

Fab N' Funky Challenges: It's All NEW - my new ribbon!

Little Red Wagon: Copics

A Spoon Full of Sugar: Easter


The Secret Crafter: Anything Goes

Bee Crafty: Spring

Sew Many Challenges: Easter

Paper Cuts: Anything Goes

That should do it :o)

A wonderful sweet award from Melissa!

My wonderfully talented new friend, Melissa passed this award on to me today and truly made me smile :)

Here's what she said about me:

Dee Morris, also for sweet compliments and confidence she’s shown in helping point me toward sponsorship, so I can help share my digis with more people. Also for her interaction with me and our little exchanges we’ve shared in email and on Facebook. Thank you Dee!

Isn't she the sweetest?

Thanks so much Melissa!!

Part of receiving the award is sharing it with 7 other people, and then sharing 7 things about yourself... 

The 7 Beautiful Bloggers that I would like to share this with are:

My Sweet Friend, Callie - who never fails to make me laugh and smile!  Callie has always been so warm and welcoming.  She and I were both chosen to be part of the I Love Digi design team and we have partnered up to lead the Karen's Doodles Kids challenge blog, as well!  She is such a supportive and inspirational friend!  I Loves Ya, Callie!!

Jessica - who is such a fun gal!!  I just had the chance to meet her near her hometown and she took me to her favorite stamping shops and we enjoyed a nice cup of coffee on such a pretty day! I'm so glad we got a chance to meet and I look forward to hanging out with you again, soon!  Big hugs to you, Sweetie!

Priscilla - our Stamptacular Sunday Queen Bee!  With all that she has had going on this past year, she has always remained supportive and organized for her team and friends!  I have been with Priscilla on the design team for a year now and I am so honored to have her as a friend!  

Heather - another wonderfully talented artist, stamper and friend.  Heather has created an online shop of digi images that are so fun and easy to use and I am so happy for her success!  Heather is always there with a smile and a kind word on a rough day!  She is so inspiring and I love her tons!

Carisa - who also keeps me smiling and inspires me to create!  She has a collection of Greeting Farm stamps that I am so envious of and I really wish we lived closer!  Carisa is an awesome chick and I love being able to chat with her about stamping, kids and life in general!

Lisa - another beautiful blogger friend that I have actually had the chance to meet in person!  Lisa is such a joy!  She's always so positive and fun!  I love chatting with her on Yahoo, although we haven't had time for a while!  And I am hoping that I will have a chance to meet up with her when she visits WA again this year!

And lastly - my favorite Beautiful Blogger,

Emily - my sweet, beautiful daughter!  I love being able to craft and blog with my daughter!  She's so funny and makes me laugh every time we sit down to write a blog post together!  I hope her blog makes you laugh, too!

And now for 7 things about me... 

1. The 3 C's - Chocolate, Coffee, Cupcakes - need I say more?

2. I love to listen to audiobooks!  The longer the better!  I especially love anything by Nicholas Sparks, Nicholas Evans or Jodi Piccoult

3. I'm an Army brat.  I'm very proud of my country and every solder who has, is or will defend our freedom.

4. Other than card-making, I've also done some beadwork, sewing, quilting, cross-stitching and knitting.

5.  I don't like onions, peppers, tomatoes or mushrooms.

6.  I love all kinds of music, from Rascal Flatts to Metallica to The Beastie Boys to Lady Gaga

7.  I would love to be a C.S.I.

There you have it... a few things about me that you might not have known... I tried to think of things that might be new to some of you!

Enjoy your award, girls!  Thank you for all the inspiration and laughs!  What would I do without you?

Hugs!!!

SSC #50 - Sketch

We have an awesome sketch for you at Stamptacular Sunday this week!

There's a lot of room here to add some really cool embellishments and personal touches!  I can't wait to see what you create!

Please visit the other Design Team members - the current term is ending soon, and we are sadly saying goodbye to some truly amazing ladies!  I am excited to meet the new members, too!  So, hop on over, grab some inspiration and spread some love!  Our current Design Team is:
Sarah, Piali, Georgia, Carolyn, Aud Kirsten, Priscilla, Liza, Line, Janneke, Paula, and Me!

We have an amazing prize for you this week!

From our very own, Aud Kirsten (Thank You, Sweetie!)

Also - Don't forget - our BONUS FUN day is coming up soon!!  March 28th - mark your calendars for a day of FUN, FUN, FUN and of course PRIZES!!  I've got a prize for you that day as well as a few of the other Design Team members, not to mention a GRAND Prize!  You really don't want to miss it! 

Here's my card for you:

 What'd I Use?

Image: Studio G

Markers: Copics & Sakura glitter pen

Sentiments: 

Patterned paper: Daisy Bucket

Ribbon: From my stash

There's a new KID on the BLOG!

Let's all give a BIG, WARM Welcome to the new KID on the BLOG!

It's the Karen's Doodles KIDS challenge blog!

This is a challenge blog for all those KIDS who love to craft with their Mommies, like my sweet Emily!
Don't forget to check out Emily's blog to see her creation for the challenge, too!!

There will be a new challenge every other week - posted on Fridays and there will be prizes, games and tons of fun!!

I really hope that you can join us!  I know there are SO many of us stampers who have kids that love to help us "work" (as Emily says!)

Our first challenge is LIVE right now!  And it's super fun!  It's a RECIPE challenge using:

1 Karen's Doodle

2 Patterned Papers

3 Buttons or Brads

and something black

Visit the blog to view all the details - you know, the rules, prizes and other DT samples - and YES, we have KIDS on our DT!  Including, of course - EMILY! 

I actually have 2 cards to share with you today!  Both are for this challenge, because I was soooo excited to get started!  The card that I had in my head is actually the second one, but I didn't have the image yet when I sat down to play, so I made the first one.  Then I got the image and finished the second one.  Backwards, I know, but if you know me, you know that that's pretty much how I roll!  :O)

What'd I Use?

Image: Karen's Doodles - "Nutsy Fun"

Markers: Copics & Sakura Glitter pens

Patterned Paper: Daisy Bucket

Nesties: Scallop Circle

Ribbon, buttons, rhinestones: from my stash

Fastenator

What'd I Use?

Image: Karen's Doodles - "Apple Girl"

Markers: Copics & Sakura white gel pen

Patterned Paper: from a R.A.K.

Nesties: Labels Four

Ribbon & Buttons: from my stash

Come visit the blog - there's a HUGE grand opening prize up for grabs on this first challenge!

Puppy Power!

Who can resist the face of a cute little puppy?

Not us, that's for sure!!

Today we adopted this little darling from the local Humane Society - He's an 8 week old Chihuahua/Jack Russell Terrier mix and he is just a little sweetheart!  He loves to cuddle and has spent the entire evening on either my lap or Iain's lap!  Emily and Bradley just love him to bits, but they have to get use to him being so much smaller than Jasmine (our 8 year old Aussie Shepard mix)

We've named him "Perry"

Here's some pictures to make you go "Aaaaawww!"  Enjoy!

Movie Night!

Second Post for the day - scroll down to see my cute bumblebee card!

I've been having some fun playing with my Karen's Doodles!  And, there are new Karen's Doodles challenges blogs up now!  There's one for the US, the UK, Scandinavia and the Netherlands!  So, why not play along, right?  You are allowed to enter any country challenge no matter where you live!  So this card fits into the UK challenge - where the theme is ANYTHING GOES!  Although I'm not entering it into the challenge - you'll see why in just a few days!  Just wanted to share it with you!

By the way - the cute little fastenator staple says "FUN" - but you can't read it in the photo :)

This card also fits into the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant: Party Invitations

The Corrosive Challenge: Sketch

Digital Tuesday: Piercing 

Cute Card Thursday: Celebrations (what's a celebration without an invite?)

What'd I Use?

Image: Karen's Doodles (digi)

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Ovals, Scallop Ovals

Embellies: Brads, Eyelets & Fastenator

Patterned paper & Ribbon, from my stash

Bee Happy!

There's an awesome new digi artist out there... have you met her?  Her name is Melissa, but she goes by meljen and her designs are just the cutest!  You may have seen the Thank You card that I made earlier this week, I thought that little girl looked a lot like my sweet Emily!  There's also a little boy puddle jumping that makes me think of my little Bradley!  And there's an awesome Frog Prince that's so fun to color!  And a fishing kitty cat, who even though I'm not a cat person, is so much fun!  And then there's this cute, cute little bumble bee!  Isn't he the sweetest!  If you haven't visited Melissa's blog or her digi shop, you must!  Go, go now and have fun!

This card wasn't made for any special challenge - though I will have a look around and see if I can find some that it will fit.  I just made it because I wanted to play with Melissa's images and I wanted to send her a card to put in the gallery on her blog!  Hehehe :)  I've also been wanting to try this "recessed window" technique for a while, and thought that this image would be good for it.

Here are some challenges I found for this cutie!

Cupcake Craft Challenges: Flower Power

Here's a close up where you can kinda see the recessed window..

What'd I Use?

Image: Meljen's Designs (digi)

Markers: Copics & Sakura Glitter pens

Pattern Paper: from a cute shop in Portland, OR

Flowers and Ribbon: from my stash

Do you want the rainbow?

I've had this image for a while... colored and ready to use, because it's just too darn cute.. but I haven't used it yet!  

Finally, I had some time today and Emily wanted to play in my craft room with me, so I got this one done!

This is for the challenge at:

Totally Gorjuss: Sketch

I hope you like it!

(inside, you get the rainbow!)

What'd I Use?

Image: The Greeting Farm (digi)

Markers: Copics & Sakura white gel pen

Sentiment: Paper Makeup Stamps (digi)

Nesties: Oval, Scallop Oval

Patterned Paper: oh... can't remember :(

Inside paper: Daisy Bucket

Rainbow: Jolee's

Ribbon & Buttons: from my stash

Oh Alice! #3

Chapter 3: Painting the Roses Red

One of my favorite parts of Alice in Wonderland!  

Wish I felt the same about my card!  Not a huge fan of this one... Oh well, here it is:

Entering this one into:

Oh Alice #3: Inspiration

Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch

What'd I Use?

Stamps: {ippity}

Ink: Brilliance Opalite

Sentiment: Sassy Studio Designs

Cardstock: Bazzil Bling

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Silver Cording: from my stash

Like these stamps??  You can only purchase them from an {ippity} chick, like me!  View my {ippity} shop HERE!

A Very Special Thank You

This card is for the surgeon who helped us at the hospital last weekend with Emily.  For those that don't know, she had appendicitis and we had to quickly get her into surgery to have her appendix removed.  For a 5 year old who has never had any health concerns other than a cold, this was a lot to take in!  She was very brave and is recovering amazingly well.  She has a follow up appointment with the surgeon tomorrow afternoon and I wanted to make him a card to thank him.  He was very gentle with her and he explained everything to her and us before he did anything.  He was very friendly and compassionate and I really appreciate having him there to help us through all the decisions that had to be made.  It was a scary time for all of us and I'm thankful that we had such an understanding and caring Doctor by our side.

I'm entering this card into:

Stamp Something: Girly

Dare You 2 Digi: Pearls (and digi)

Stampin' For The Weekend: Monochromatic

What'd I Use?

Image: Meljen's Designs (Digi)

Markers: Copics

Sentiment: Unknown stamp

Nestie: Labels Four

Papers: Daisy Bucket

Pearls: Martha Stewart

Ribbon: from my stash

Tuesday Reminders

Just popping in to remind you about:

1.  The Stamptacular Sunday Bonus Fun day is coming soon - March 28th!  Be sure to check in on the blog to join in on the fun!  There will be prizes (including one from ME!), lots of inspiration and of course fun, fun, fun!  You don't want to miss it!

2. You've still got time to enter the Stamptacular Sunday challenge this week!  The theme is You and Me and Baby makes Three!  We have a wonderful prize for you, so don't forget to join in!

3. You've also got time to enter the second I Love Digi Challenge!  We have an awesome sketch with a theme of "Card for Mom" along with an awesome prize available!

4. I've sold a few more sets of stamps in my Stamp Sale - but I still have LOTS available!  Check it out here!

5. I have {ippity} stamps IN STOCK!  If you want to order, let me know and I will ship your stamps out to you asap!

6. Check back in here on Friday, March 12th - something new and exciting is coming up!!

And...

7.  My Daddy's birthday is next week!  (Must.Make.Card!)

Have a wonderful week and I'll see you soon!!!

SSC #49 - You and Me and Baby Makes 3!

Don't forget to check out my Stamp Sale HERE!

It's another fabulous Stamptacular Sunday!

This week is all about Babies!  Ooooh, sweet, cute, cuddly little babies!  There's a lot of babies on their way, so this should be a pretty easy challenge, and we'll see lots of participation, right?  :)

Our sponsor this week is:

Magnolia Down Under

and their prize for you is:

Here's my card - and don't forget to check out the DT - they've come up with some amazing cards and projects to share and inspire, so go visit and don't forget to leave some love!

What'd I Use:

Image: The Greeting Farm "Toby Cub" 

Markers: Copics

Patterned Paper: DCWV "Nursery Baby Boy"

Border Punch: Martha Stewart Loops

Pearls: Martha Stewart