A Mojo Thank You

Good Morning!! I hope your day is going well. I know mine is, the weather is as perfect as can be!!!

I made my card today following last weeks MOJO Monday Sketch. Some day I will get the sketch done in the week it is issued!! For my dp I used some DCWV Nannas Nursery Boy Pack. My image is from Paper Pretties. She is just so precious isnt she?? I stamped my image onto PTI cardstock and colored with my copics. I layered everything onto SU cardstock in Tempting Turquoise and one of the greens, I forget what I used. I added a bunch of silver brads, some primas in the corner, a swirl that was cut out from a sizzix die and my sentiment which was cut out using my oval punches from SU. Oh and I paper pierced around the main panel which is something I dont do that often but it is such a nice touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope your weather and day is fantastic.

Sophia says Thank You!!

Hi Everyone! My company is gone and now I am in the process of packing for my lake vacation. We are all sooooo excited to get there already. We have been taking the kids to the same place for the past 10 years so it really is like a home away from home for them. They know the in's and out's of the resort and can really come and go as they please as it is such a friendly and family oriented place. I do however bring alot with me as far as food goes because the supermarkets are some what expensive in a vacation community and well I just like what I like so I want to have it with me!! I have a huge 3' x 2' tupperwere box that I put MOST of the dry goods into then I have about 7 shopping totes that I put the rest into. THEN I have the cooler for the cold and frozen stuff. I know it really sounds like alot but we do not eat out because the restaurants really stink up there so I need food for all of us for the week plus snacks.

Then comes the crafting "schtuf" that I just MUST bring. I will take a picture of that later and post it tomorrow for you. You will think I am nuts but I really do bring alot with me. Another huge tupperwere bin plus my crafting tote. And then clothes???? Oh did I forget about that?? LOL!!

So onto my card for today. I made it with my brand new SOTM Sophia. Thank You Sophia. She is in my opinion one of the cutest put out and also the one that can really be used often because she is not "seasonal". I just know I will be inking her up often. I paper pieced her dress with paper from Making Memories Chloes Closet and then colored the rest of her with my copics. My dp is from Bella Bleu. Cardstock is Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla from SU. Sentiment was cut out with my oval punches and for the small NQN panels I ran them through the cuttlebug with my Swirls folder. Flowers are primas and cut out with a fiskars punch. Large silver brad is SU and the silver baubles are Stamping Bella. The tiny bit of lace is from Taylored Expressions.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you like the card and that I did not rant on too much!! Have a fantastic day and I will be back tomorrow with pix of my mounds of stuff!!

Fun in the sun

A happy and sun shiny day to everyone!! Boy am I happy when the sun is out. I am also happy that there is a long weekend coming up and that one of my sisters is coming for a visit with my niece. Fun Fun!! She lives in Ohio and we don't get to see her very often so I am looking forward to a nice visit and my daughter and her daughter text each other all the time so they cant wait to see each other!!

My card today is a simple and quick one. I used my Make a Splash stamp from Paper Pretties. She was a SOTM. Isn't she sweet. I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black onto PTI Cardstock and colored her with my copics. All of my paper, the colored cardstock and the designer paper are from one of Taylored Expressions Key Ingredient packs. They are so much fun because they have everything you need to make cards and everything is perfectly matched. I LOVE that!! The only thing I added was an orange polka dot button I had from Doodlebugs, some orange hemp thread a few baubles and some paper piercing.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are having a fantastic day also!!

Oh and one last thing. If you havn't noticed, I have been changing my blog background alot lately. I just could not get a good feel for anything I liked. What do you think of this one I am using?

Splish Splash I was taking a bath!!

Or swimming in a pool!! Either way this cute little Sophia is my newest SOTM. So adorable!!! I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black onto PTI Cardstock and colored with my copics. My layout is an old Paper Pretties Challenge. My dp is from American Crafts. It is a double sided paper which was great for this card. My cardstock is all SU. Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and I forget if I used Taken with Teal or Tempting Turquoise!! LOL. And last but not least my ribbon and brads were from my stash.

I spent the ENTIRE day crafting today. WHOO HOO!! I have so many goodies to share with you but I will not post all today. I will space them out but boy am I excited. I got in some serious copic coloring today.

Hope you are having a great weekend. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Kermie Green!!

Happy Monday and Happy May!! Well I thought the old saying was April showers brought May flowers....well we had such nice weather at the end of May that the Spring Flowers already bloomed and NOW in May, we are having buckets of rain for the next week. It is so dreary and chilly, but I know the grass really needs the water.

I worked a HUGE craft fair this weekend with my doll clothes. It was for 2 days and what a great community. There were hoards of people who came out to play and shop. EVEN in the rain!! I had alot of fun with these great people.

Before I get to my card I will keep you updated on my weight loss. Today is my weigh in at Jenny for the "official" count but as of right now on MY scale I show another loss of 3 lbs this week. YAY ME!! And I feel terrific also. Thanks so much to all of you for your kind words and support. It means so much to me!!

So NOW FINALLY onto my card. Did you ever have one of those days when you had all the time in the world to craft and yet NOTHING seemed to fall into place? Well that we me last week and todays and tomorrows cards are the results. Now mind you, this is not a horrible card by any means, I am just not "feeling it" for this one. I stamped my Paper Pretties image, Someone Special, onto PTI Cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with my copics. My paper is K & Company Wild Raspberry. Cardstock is white and rose red and my ribbon is rose red and white also. The three little white brads are from Basic Grey and I punched my sentiment from MFT with my oval punches.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are having a great day!!

Dance with Me

Hi Everyone. Well we made it through the day. Everyone got off to school without any problems and I went to Jenny Craig. I cant say that was uneventful because I DID have to get on the scale. YIKES!!! Well I knew I put on a few but well like they say...the scale does not lie. So needless to say I have some work ahead of me. I did really good today following my meal plan and I exercised for 45 minutes on the treadmill. It is now at night that I am having the hardest time. I love to nibble at night. My fav is having a bag of Bare Naked Granola at my side. The banana nut is the best. Healthy yes but also pretty fattening. So I just have to grin and bear it and get over the night time nibbles. (although I am not grinning!! LOL)

My card tonight is from the Stamp of the Month over at Paper Pretties. This one is just so lovely and perfect for so many things. I stamped Sophia with memento tuxedo black onto PTI White cardstock. I then colored her with my copics and made her skirt shimmer with Shimmerz. I cut her out with my oval nesties and then mounted her onto a scalloped oval nestie in Regal Rose. I sponged the edge with Tim Holtz ink. I have no idea whose paper this is that I used. If I were to guess I think it came from my DCWV Nursery Stack. I used my MS border punches and layered them and cut my sentiment out with my oval punch and sponged the edge of that also. Easy Peasy simple card for today. Hope ya like it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great night and I am going to go watch Dancing with the Stars and make sure Lil Kim does not have any more wardrobe problems. (Can you imagine!! I would be mortified but that is just nerdy me!!!) Night Night!!

To the Moon!!!

Hi Everyone!! I hope tax day has been painless for all of you. Today is actually my sons 12th b-day. He hung out with a bunch of his friends and then my hubby took him to see a Knicks game. They are big fans. Then tomorrow if he still wants to, I offered to take him and a few friends to a hibachi restaurant for dinner. You know, the ones that slice and dice in front of you. FUN!!

So my card today is a fairly new set from Paper Pretties. Why I had not inked it up yet is a mystery to me because he is soooo adorable. Look at that sweet little boy face!! AWWW!!

So I stamped my little guy with Memento Tuxedo Black onto PTI White and colored him with my copics. My dsp is the delicate dots from the SAB catty. Ribbon is so saffron and cardstock is Certainly Celery. My brads were just in stash. Oh and I popped the sentiment up with dimensionals. After I made this one, I started a second one and as I was coloring it, my son said I should make the jersey blue and orange for the Knicks so I did and gave that one to him for his b-day. (of course with different dsp!!! LOL)

Thanks sooooo much for stopping by!! Have a great night!

Lacking the MOJO!!

Hi Everyone!! I have had little to no creativity flowing threw my head this week. Since the weekend, I have just been wandering around the house doing odds and end chores. You know the ones that stare you in the face saying "Clean Me" and you walk by all time. Well those. The china cabinet for example. UGGG. I am a tea set collector so I cant tell you how long it has been since I dusted out the china cabinet. With all those little cups it is a nightmare. But tackle it I did!!! Horray for me!!

The card I am showing you today I actually made last week. It is made with my new SOTM from Paper Pretties. Ballerina Sophia. I love this one because she can be used anytime during the year. Isnt she sweet? I colored her with my copics and sprinkled Art Institute Crystal Glitter on her skirt for the shine and sheerness. My cardstock is all SU and my dsp is a mystery. Just something I had laying around. My ribbon is a sheer white ribbon from Michaels that I colored with my copics to match the card. I learned this from Cindy Lawrence at SNE. Thanks Cindy!!

Hope you all have a fab day!! I am going to check out a few challenges to get my creativity flowing!!

Let them eat cake!!

Wow it feels so good to be blogging again!! I missed it.

So during the week I received my new stamps from The Cats Pajamas. Boy did I have a hard time narrowing down which stamps to buy. I finally decided on this cute set called Smells like Cake (along with others!!). So adorable!!! It is just such a fun and cheerful set to play with.

For this card I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black on PTI white cardstock. I colored with my copics and cut it out with my oval nesties and mounted that to a scalloped oval cut from my nesties. My dsp is from American Crafts and I purchased it over at Paper Pretties. She has some awesome paper and everytime I place an order I always pick out a few fun pieces. My cardstock is SU Pacific Point and Pumpkin Pie. On the Pacific Point panel I embossed with my swiss dots folder and cut the edge with my MS Arch Lattice Punch. Ribbon, buttons and linen thread were all in my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by. We are in the middle of a huge thunderstorm so I am going to get off my laptop now!! Have a great night and I will see you tomorrow.

Polar Bear Sunday here in Long Beach

Every year, here in Long Beach, on Superbowl Sunday, the Polar Bear club takes their annual "plunge" into the Ocean. They do it for the Make a Wish foundation and usually raise a ton of money. This year it was extra special because they were trying to break a Guiness Book Record. The news media was here and the people from Guiness were making everyone sign in to be part of it. Well my 11 yr old son and his best bud had to be part of it. Here they are after they dove into the ocean on a 35 degree day!!! So brave!! They had a blast but my son needed to defrost in the shower for about 1/2 hour!! LOL.

So now onto some card business. I recieved my new "Rainy Day Friends" set from Paper Pretties this weekend and just HAD to make a fun springtime card. It gave me such hope that warm weather is right around the corner (even though we are expecting snow tonight and all day tomorrow!!) Here is my card. All cardstock is SU. My DSP is SU Washington Apple. I love this paper!!! I embellished a Heidi Swapp Acetate Flower with my two way glue pen and dazzling diamonds. Then found a button in my stash to finish it off. My little tag was made with my new Slice Machine which I am having a blast with. So that is it for me tonight. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great night.

Ann