Did you Hear it??

The big "c" word that uttered from my mouth?? I was trying to be all SuperBloggerGirl and get a post ready to just magically appear later this weekend when I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON! I think I managed to get it deleted before anyone saw it - but geesh! Guess I'll hold off on having a custom superhero costume made.

Why was I trying to be prepared - well, this weekend will be busy (aren't they all?) but I really want to make some cool gifts for the teachers at my son's Mother's Day Out. Next week is the last week before summer so I've got to get on the ball with that. Plus I have 2 retirement gifts I want to make - actually need to make 4 total, so I guess doing them all at once is best. And I need to work on another project that I can't really elaborate on too much here just yet. And that doesn't factor in the laundry and grocery shopping that I need to do. So I'm going to force myself to stay away from blogger until I get them done!



Or at least until Monday!!

Cupcakes Anyone?

Last night our local group got together. We swap ATC's every month and the theme for May was food. I find ATCs so hard because I want to have more space to add more embellishments. I really love how this one turned out - really high on the cute factor! The DP is from a DCWV Glitter stack - I think you can maybe see some of it in the photo. And what's a cupcake without a bling cherry on top?

Challenging Sketch

This weeks sketch over at Page Plans was a challenge for me. When I first saw it I was not sure if I would be able to pull it off. I never put things in my corners so those diagonal bits really threw me. As this card came together, I wasn't too sure I liked it. But it's been sitting here on my printer for a few days and the more I glance at it, the more I like it. I love the Live Your Dream set. I don't know if you can tell from this photo but the circle and the flowers are popped up. I wish there was more of the dp showing as I think the Le Jardin paper is so elegant.



Be sure to check out all the other creations over at Page Plans this week (Jennifer's mom-to-be card is so cute and a great idea. My sister cooked yesterday for my mom and I --- and I can't wait until she is a mom too. Maybe I'll get to make her a mom-to-be card on mothers day!) Link up the card you create using this sketch over at Page Plans - there is a drawing and you just might be the winner!!

Make it a beautiful day!

Just for Mom

The project at my LSS Creative Cafe this week was a Mother's Day card. My good friend Suzanne is in charge of this and she always laughs at me because I ALWAYS want to change *something* with the project. The original called for the really big chipboard pieces - but there weren't very many left. So she was so sweet to me and cut me these polka dotted flowers. Which I am in love with!! I added the button to the design and also put one on the envelope. Don't you just love that scalloped velvet ribbon - in CHOCOLATE BROWN!?!? I will definitely be going back to get some of that. This one is for my mom; I already mailed off one to my MIL.

On a non-stamping note, please pray for my external hard drive. I keep everything - and I do mean EVERYTHING - on it. It had a power surge earlier this week and is now not working. Please pray that the tech guys will be able to salvage my files off of it. I have 4 years worth of lia sophia business on there and at least 6 months of photos on there. I've got to run - I probably won't be back until Sunday with my card for this weeks Page Plans sketch!

Make it a beautiful weekend!

ShoutOut to SheetLoad - May 2008

That's right the May 2008 issue of SheetLoad of Cards is up. You can find it HERE.

It's full of really great cards. The sponsor this month is Stamping Bella - just love those stamps. Now, before you think I'm just sharing for the sake of sharing - which, I *am* but....I'm also being a little self-serving here. You see, by letting YOU know about the new issue, I'm being entered into a drawing for a new bella stamp. And it's one I don't have and would really, really like to have! Here's the cool thing - you can do the same thing and maybe *you'll* win - the runner up prize at least, because I am going to claim that Bella stamp for myself. God says to speak things into existence.......but hurry, you need to have it posted by May 11th!

I'd love to share a card with you today - maybe it will happen. My computer is not recognizing my external hard drive today and that is where all my photos are. I started to get down on the floor and de-tangle all the cords and mess with it. But then I realized that I don't really know what all the cords are for and that even though I vacuumed in here recently (2 weeks is recent, right?) that there is corgi hair on the floor and I don't want to mess with it. So I'm going to keep working on the laundry and bringing order to my stamp space = AGAIN!!

Have a beautiful day!!

iStamp. Do You?

Got that cool bling button over there from Freckled Fun Designs. You can get one too. She even has an iSCRAP one.

On another note, I logged on to share a card but have decided to submit it for publication consideration. I'm really proud of it - I mean REALLY proud of it. I just love every microscopic inch of it. Don't you love it when that happens?

I may have to frame it.

Make it a beautiful day!!

Sweet Baby Girl

If you've been here before, you know that many, many weeks ago I submitted some cards for the Page Plans design team. I didn't make the team, but they DID ask me to be a guest designer for the month of May!! ME!!! I was so thrilled and still find it hard to believe!! It was really cool seeing my card posted someplace else!! Very surreal!! I still get this really big grin on my face when I think about it - hubby will catch me and ask what I'm smiling about. He doesn't get it though...he just kinda nods and walks away.

Here is the sketch for this week, created by Renee. I came home on Thursday and saw the sketch after getting the baby settled and the dogs petted and the hubby cuddled. I needed to have it back to Chris and Lesli by 7 pm on Friday! As you know, I create cards that I need and my good friend just found out she is having a girl (after 3 boys, this surprise baby is such a treat!) and I bought some little scrapbook things to give her but I need a card to go with it. I went in to gather supplies and thought, "I can't make another baby card to post on my blog" so I tried to come up with something else - but it just wouldn't happen. Not with my time constraints. I think this is a new thing for me to work on. Make a card --- JUST BECAUSE!!
Here's my card:

I don't remember who makes the DP, it was in a big ol' stack. The felt ribbon is Rob & Bob, the letter stickers and small pearls were $pot from Target and the baby buggy I bought off of ebay ages ago!

Page Plans posts a new sketch every Sunday. So you have plenty of time to create something with this sketch. If you do, be sure to link it up over on the Page Plans blog so I can check it out!!
Make it a beautiful day!!

P.S. Those baby shoes in the photo were found at an estate sale...marked for $2, I paid $1. Aren't they just precious!! Hubby thought I bought them for D. to wear - ha! I wish his feet were still that small! But no, I bought them to use as "fluff" in photos (since baby cards are my most favorite to make). Although I am sad that they were at the sale. Nobody wanted those little shoes. I would love to have my baby shoes. That poor mama. I'm telling D. he has to hang onto the things I save for him. I'm such a sucker for family heirlooms. He has this music box horse on his crib that used to be his daddy's. I have lots of other little bits and pieces around too. They don't have any real monetary value but the emotional value is what matters to me.

What a Treat!

There is the most awesome blog candy HERE. Kitty is letting the winner choose from 4 Stamping Bella stamps! I would love to win that dogwalkabella!! There are some other goodies along with the stamp so head over and take a look-see!

Amuse Stamps

I don't own any Amuse Stamps but they just sent me a discount code as a birthday present. So I'm inclined to really go shopping now! While I appreciate cards I've seen made with their stamps - there aren't too many that just scream to me as "my style".

Do you have a favorite Amuse stamp/set that you'd recommend?

You Spin Me

Round, Round, Baby Round Round, like a record, Baby.....


We made it back from Oklahoma last night! It was a wonderful trip!!
I have much catching up to do in my Google Reader (my in-laws computer is SLOOOOOOWWW and incredibly frustrating to me!!)

The only thing I managed to get done was for an MFT ATC SWAP - so I'll wait several days to share that with you.

Here is a card I did awhile back. Part of some creations for a design team I tried out for. I think it's really cute and can't wait to use the same concept on a scrapbook page. Catch up with ya'll later!!