Ahoy There!!!

I am just loving my new stamps. Today I am using a new image from The Cats Pajamas called A Whale of a Time. Isnt he just the sweetest thing? I also followed Mercys Tuesday Sketch MTSC86 for this one.

I started by stamping my whale image twice. Once onto cardstock and once onto the blue printed paper and I cut both of them out and glued them together. That way I was able to mount my whale onto the background cardstock and make his tale look like it is moving a bit off the paper. Can you see that? I hope so cause it looks so cute in person....My dp is a combo of Togetherness and Pixie Licious from Cosmo Cricket. I created a scallop border on my cork with my Die Namics from MFT. Then to embellish I added a big fun bow, a few brads and a few tiny twinkles. I need to go back to The Cats Pajamas and purchase the wave cut ups. I think it would have made a huge difference in this card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a fantastic day!!!

Another Awesome Sketch Challenge

I was browsing around blogs the other day and found this awesome sketch challenge on Jen del Muro's blog for The Cats Pajamas. TCPTUES59. I fell for it and had to give it a try. You can find all the deets for the challenge here.

My card was made with TCP images which were stamped onto PTI Cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black twice. On one of the images I colored with my copics and on the other image I just colored the cupcake, cut it out and propped it up with dimensionals. I cut my entire image out with my circle nesties. My gorgeous dp is from MFT. It is thier Spring pack. LOVE IT!! Then I found a great green ribbon in stash and used some more of those paper flowers I found at Michaels with green brads for the centers. My leaves were made with my Little Leaves die from SU. Fun challenge and a fun card.

Hope you are enjoying the beginning of your holiday weekend. Kids were home today so I did alot of "entertaining" them and of course they need to be feed atleast 10 times a day. LOL. Enjoy your long weekend and be safe. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy Life!

Hey Everyone!! I made this card using this weeks sketch over at SCS. SC226. My image today is from The Cats Pajamas. Now I just love this image because that one little birdie is just stepping out with her flowers and bows and having herself just a grand ol' time. Atleast this is how I interpret it today!! So what a better sentiment than "Enjoy Life" which I purchased from Stamping Bella. My cardstock is Bordering Blue and So Saffron. My image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto PTI Cardstock. Then the little bluish birds were watercolored with Bordering Blue and I colored the rest with my copics. My dp today is Bella....okay I forget whether it is Bella Birds or Bella Bleu. One of those Bella papers from SU. My ribbon is So Saffron and my baubles are also from Stamping Bella.

Now onto some good news. I am still exercising 45 minutes a day and my diet is going very well. I do not have the strong cravings for food like I did in the beginning. Along with my 6lbs lost last week, I have lost ABOUT 2 more lbs so far this week. My official weigh in is on Mondays at Jenny Craig but I cant resist getting on my scale to check my progress!!

Thanks so much for stopping by to say Hi!! Hope you are having a fantastic day!!

Cake anyone??

Hi Everyone!! So the diet and exercise is going very well. I have been on the treadmill everyday this week for 45 minutes and my eating (or lack of) is getting soooo much easier. I have been eating a bag of brussel sprouts a day as a snack. I steam them and put alittle salsa over them for some flavor. I found a really great salsa at Trader Joes. It is a Spicy Smoky Peach salsa. YUM!!!

So onto my card. For this one I just used scraps of dsp from my desk and worked my layout around them. My image is from The Cats Pajamas and was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Georgia Pacific cardstock. The cake was colored with copics and then I sponged the edges of both the image and sentiment with Pumpkin Pie. I used a few Pumpkin brads that I purchased at Pink Hedgehog on ebay. She has brads in ALL the SU colors. It is awesome, and my ribbon is from Michaels.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope your day was fantastic!! See everyone tomorrow.

Love this stamp!!

Aren't those little penquins sweet sweet sweet???? I am in love with this set from The Cats Pajamas called Smells like Cake.
It is just so fun and whimsical!!

For this card I started out by stamping my image onto PTI white cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black. I am on a search for an ink refill for this pad so if anyone knows where I can find that please let me know!!

Then I cut my image out with my circle nesties and mounted it onto a scallop circle. I colored my image with copics and then stamped the image again, colored the cupcake, cut it out and propped it up with a dimensional. My middle panel was cut with my brand new EK Fiskars punch. (I think the name was wave...not 100% sure.) I have no idea where I got this dsp and my white ribbon is from Michaels. Cardstock used is Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss and PTI white. That should do it for this card.

For those of you wondering about my accountant scenario... things went well and I love my accountant once again. (until next tax season!!)

Have a fantastic night and I will see you again tomorrow!!

Will we ever grow up??

I made this card for todays Mojo Monday sketch using my new and simply irresistible Cats Pajamas stamps. This set is just so much fun.

My base cardstock is bashful blue and is cuttlebugged with my Swiss Dots folder. My image is stamped with memento tuxedo black on PTI white cardstock. I colored it with my copics and spica glitter pen. My dsp today is SU's Washington Apple. LOVE THIS PAPER!! The rest, ribbon and brads were just in stash.

So my dh and I met with our accountant tonight. I have to say that besides a mamogram, meeting with my accountant is right up there with stress and anxiety. I always feel so intimidated and always feel I am going to forget something. All in all things went well and we will find out the end results soon.

Hope you have a great night!! Thanks for stopping by.

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.