My life and the things in it are truly overflowing. Because I am so passionate about many things in life it seems impossible to keep up with everything and find moderation. Some things unfortunately get left undone or lost because of it! Follow along with me as I try to enjoy the things that fill up my bucket and learn to keep more things from spilling out of it! Life is too short for missed opportunities!!
Would you like to join the Doodlelicious Design Team for the month of December as our Guest Designer?
Pop on in ourWhimsie Wednesday challenge, going on right now on Paper Craft Planet and play along. We'll be choosing our Guest Designer from the entries for this week's challenge! You have until Tuesday, November 24th at midnight, to upload and share your creations in our discussion thread on Paper Craft Planet... and we just can't wait to see what you come up with!!!
Hope you will join in with us! We would love to have you!!
Good morning to all of you! It is actually very close to noon here, but since I am still in my jammies (wow!) I am going to call it morning still!! LOL!!
Every month on the 20th there is a challenge given to the Dirty Dozen and the Dirty Dozen Alumni to complete. This month's challenge was to create a hanging ornament. The only stipulation was that it must have something on it to hang it with.!!
This was a perfect challenge for me and for this time of year, and one thing you will learn about me is that I love Ornaments!! I am a freak about them, I buy more every year and can't get enough of them. I love my tree just filled completely with them and I belabor each year about how to put them on the tree to make it look balanced and complete!
Here is a picture of one of our Christmas trees all decorated! I actually have to have two trees because I have so many ornaments. Since I also collect Santa Clauses, I have one tree that is completely devoted to just Santa Clause ornaments! (I told you I was a freak!)
So anyway, you get the idea!! I LOVE Ornaments!
Here is the ornament that I made for the DD Challenge this month. It is called Silent Night...
The main image on this ornament is a Unity stamp called All Santa's Reindeer. It was designed by Kristine Bents. The sentiment is from Unity's collection called Bitty Christmas.
Complete details on how I made this ornament can be found on theUnity blogon this coming Monday where I will be providing a Tutorial on this as Guest Designer for them this month. So if you are an ornament freak like I am, then be sure to visit the Unity Blog on Monday and learn how to make one for yourself!
To see the rest of the DD/ DD Alumni submissions for this challenge, just click HERE to visit the Gallery!
Have a great Saturday and may your bucket overflow with lots of Christmas Ornaments too!!
Each month one of our artists will share three different cards that use the current layout. Each card is a "step up" from the previous one, but they are all fabulous. It is a good way to show how SheetLoad is geared toward papercrafters of all levels.
Here are some sneak peeks to whet your appetite...
Hey there Unity peeps!! Welcome to Unity's Friday's Friends with Flair blog hop!! I just love checking out all the talent that Unity stamps promote!! I am always so inspired with new and fabulous ways to use their stamps each week when I visit your lovely blogs!! So thank you for that!!
Today's post is a Christmas card... and a quick and easy one at that. I was happy with how it turned out, but I do admit to feeling a little guilty when I don't spend a couple of hours on a card!! LOL! This came together in under thirty minutes and could be reproduced in far less than that!
I pulled out two of Unity's Christmas stamps for this creation. The beautiful pine trees are called Deep Woodsand they were stamped with Versamark for a tone on tone look. This is one of my favorite ways to stamp background scenes and images.
The sentiment is from Unity'sJoy & Wonderset designed by Lisa Hetrick. It was the perfect size and sentiment for my card. I used embossing ink and Opaque Winter Wonderland embossing powder from Stamp n Stuff by Stampendous to emboss the words and add the snow to the trees.
The DP is from MME and I had a recycled ribbon that was perfect to add for that extra pop! So what do you think? Not bad for a quick and easy card. It has a nice touch of elegance and could be the card I choose to make in mass quantities to send out at Christmas this year!
Be sure to head over to the Unity Blog and start at the top of the list of Friends with Flair! Have you found the blinkie yet?? Someone will be the lucky recipient of some FREE stamps just for finding it and leaving a comment on that blog!
Want to see some {Ippity} stuff too??? Then head over to the {Ippity}Opportunity Blog and see the latest creation I have to share with you today. It is a fun birthday card using several of the Ippity kits.
Need to buy some {Ippity}?? If you are interested in buying the full collection that was released this month, I have four complete sets to sell and will sell them for a very reasonable price to the first four people who contact me. Check out my {Ippity} blog for more details and the pricing...There's Ippity in My Bucket!
Have a wonderful Friday and a fabulous weekend! And may your bucket be overflowing with lots of inspiration as we visit our friend's blogs today!
Today is Unity's DT Blog Hop and as Guest Designer this month I have the pleasure of participating in it. If you aren't starting from the beginning, then be sure to head back to the Unity blog to make it through the whole list of those posting today! My post for today is for the ladies out there having a rough time with that man in their lives! It would probably be better if any men who read my blog would just hop over to the next blog! You might not want to see this! LOL!!
Disclaimer: I am not a man hater! I love my husband and am not in any way trying to be disrespectful to men.....
But, with that said, I think you all can agree that we have come across men in our lives that fit the solutions to this crossword puzzle! Am I right??
ACROSS
1. Pretentious
7. Foolish (slang)
8. Excessive wanting of Affection
11. Adult Male Person
DOWN
2. Stupid Person
The card I created is perfect to give to that BFF in your life who is having MAN problems. It will let her know that you are on her side... that women stick together, and that you understand her frustrations! I mean seriously, men can be frustrating some times!
Carrie from Sex in the City said it best....
Men in their forties are like the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle:...
(Then on the Inside)
"...tricky, complicated, and you're never really sure you got the right answer."
Now isn't that the truth ladies??
The stamps I used today come from twoUnity sets! The crossword puzzle is in theNovember KOM shown below...
Welcome to this week's addition of Sweet Sketch Wednesday!! We are up to sketch number 24 this week and we have an awesome sponsor which means there is a chance at winning a prize should you decide to play along with us. As always, Arlana has a great sketch for us today!
Here is this week's sketch...
Our gracious sponsor is Sally Ann from the Digi Stamp Boutique. Not only was she kind enough to provide the DT with an image of our choice to use today, but she is also offering up to $15 worth of digistamps from her store for the winner of this week's challenge. Can I hear a Woot Woot!!!
So please go to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Blog when you are finished here and see the rest of the DT's cards and also find out all the details about how to submit your card for this challenge! Good Luck!
The image I chose to use for today's Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch is called Jack and Snowman. Isn't he just the cutest little fella that depicts the heart of a child playing in the snow? I used Copics to color my images, except for the scarf which was paper pieced to match the DP.
The DP is from Karen Foster Designs that I pulled out of my unused Christmas stash from last year. I like how it is a masculine print and went well with the little boy! The brads are the smaller sized brads made with my I-top brad maker. It is so fun to be able to perfectly coordinate brads with my DP.
I found the sentiment as a free download from HERE. Donna offers a free collection of Snow related Word Art that was perfect for this image!
At this angle you can better see that I added Diamond Dust to the edge of the snowman and on the ground to give the effect of the icy shine that you get when the sun beams down on the snow! Even a FL girl remembers what that looks like from when she was a kid!! LOL!
Is it cold where you are today? I hope this might have helped to warm you up!! Please go by the SSW Blog and see what the rest of the DT has in store for you today. May your have a really SWEET day and your bucket overflow with fun childhood memories of playing in the snow!
Today I woke up feeling all motivated and raring to go!! I guess having all my projects done for what seemed like a million deadlines has lifted the heavy weight that was on my shoulders last week. This week I am ready to get going again and I am so excited about maybe even getting a little ahead!
OK, well that will probably never happen, but hoepfully I can get started and at least keep up! LOL!
While I took Tasha out to do her business this morning I looked up and there was not a cloud in the sky. It is beautful, bright and with only a slight chill in the air. It's perfect weather for mid November in FL!!
I thought it was a coincidence because the card that I made for the Unity blog today so fits this kind of day!! And to think I made it yesterday morning, not even knowing what today would be like!! Maybe it is kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy!! :-)
I am enjoying being a Guest Designer for Unity this month so very much!!! I really appreciate all the visits and sweet comments that I have been getting from the Unity fans too! Thanks so much!
The Unity stamps used on this card are from the Le Chic Vintage Scrapbooking kit (which is SOLDOUT at the Unity site, but can be purchased HERE) and theBevy of Butterflies kit.
I went with a collage style to make this card and was sent this direction because of a piece of Kraft paper that I had originally intended to use in one of my Dirty Dozen projects that I had "texturized." The Kraft layer above the blue base is actually made to look like leather. It has been crumpled and torn and then inked up. It left it with the neatest texture, look and feel and I just couldn't let it go to waste!
I added a piece of DP from foof-a-la and then this neat chipboard-like postcard that I think I bought at Michael's in a set of four. It also comes in Kraft and went very well with the other pieces. I thought the Postage stamp was perfect for a Post Card!!
I used Unity's Palette Ink in Burnt Umber and then added some color to the mix with my SU inks in Bravo Burgandy and Blue Bayou. The flowers are from MM and the brad is from Basic Grey.
I hope that you have a wonderful Monday and get your week started off strongly. May you bucket be overflowing with nothing but blue skies (be it literally or figuratively for you northern gals!!)
First I have a little housekeeping and then I will get right on with showing you my samples for today's Whimsie Doodles release!!
First, today is my Anniversary and I wanted to take a moment to publicly tell all of you how grateful I am to have a husband who allows me the time it takes in my craft room to pursue my passion and reach my goals in the stamping community! These projects don't make themselves and neither do the blog posts, so you can imagine the amount of time that I spend doing these things. I promised him the day to day and so we are going to go head out with no for sure direction in mind, but hope to end up at a local Ribfest where Zack Brown will be performing. (Turn your speakers up if you don't know who Zack Brown is! He is the guy singing the first song on my Playlist called "Toes") It will be a wonderful day!!
Secondly, thanks to all of you for your kind and humorous comments about yesterday's layout. I felt really rusty getting into doing a layout again, but you all were very encouraging and inspired me to try it more often! So that is what I am going to try and do!!
I was thrilled to death when I received a Facebook message from Marah Johnson(the lady who designed the Creative Imaginations paper called King of Rock that I used in my layout yesterday) asking me if I would let her put my layout on her blog! Are you kidding me??? It took me all of one second to decide yes!!!Of course you can!! I think she is posting it today, but go to her blog anyway because she has some amazingly inspirational creations on there that could leave you surfing for a while!! And check out her collections of CI papers, I think you will be surprised to see that you have a lot of them in your stash . I know that I do!! Thank you Marah for contacting me!!
And Thirdly, today is the 15th of the month which means that a newDirty Dozen Fan Club Gallery is officially open!! The theme this month was "In Touch with Texture" and all of the projects contain really cool textures on them!! You won't want to miss it!! And I can tell you that you will see {Ippity}, Unity and a Whimsie Doodles project in there! I hope you will take a look! You will have to be a Fan Club member to view it, but hopefully you will join if you haven't already!!
Now, onto the goods!!
Whimsie Doodlesis releasing four new stamp sets today that are perfect for the upcoming holidays!! Have you started your Christmas cards yet??? Now you have a great excuse to do so!!
Remember that the beauty of digistamps is that they can be resized and turned in any direction. I chose to horizontally flip my image for today's card. I colored the image with Copic markers in light girly colors and placed it on top of some cute glittery paper from MME called Winter Wonderland. The snowflake punches and border punch and the ribbon are all MS. The pink trim is from Joann's and I used the Nestabilitie Label 1 to cut out the shape.
Again I used the MME DP and some ribbon from MM and MS This image was cut out using Nestabilitie Label 6. The penguin was colored with Copics and a glitter glue was added to the frosting on the muffin!
At this angle you can see the glitter sparkle really well!
The sentiment I used is from the WD collection called Sweet Sentiments
The last two sets I didn't get a chance to make a sample for, but here they are anyway...
Sorry for the long post, but sometimes there is just a lot to be said!! I hope that you have a wonderful Sunday and by the time you read this I plan on being relaxed with my husband celebrating our first anniversary!!
Have a wonderful day and may your bucket overflow with fun ways to celebrate your day today!!
Today I have the pleasure of being part of the UnityDesign Team's blog hop that is showcasing this month's Stampin Store Kit called Believe in Fairytales.
Look at these beauties!! Every image is just wonderful! What a very useful kit!! I plan on using mine over and over again! Folow the link above to learn more about this kit and find a store where you can purchase it. This kit is only for sale in retail stores and not on the Unity site.
I have a scrapbook layout to share with you today!
Promise me that you aren't going to laugh at me!
You promise???
It has been a long time since I scrapbooked, but when I saw one of the images in this month's store kit I knew exactly what I wanted to do (even though I also knew it would put me in a position to be laughed at!)
One year ago tomorrow (20 pounds lighter and much tanner) I was in my BFF's hotel room getting ready to marry the man of my dreams Tom! Here's a picture of us!
We were all so excited for this big day that I had anticipated and dreamed about for so long. We were taking pictures of me getting ready in the bathroom while I was taking care of all the final details.
When I got the photos back I was shocked to realize that we had forgotten one small detail in all our excitement! So here I am, the Queen of the Day, in all my glory...
Now check out my throne....
OOPS!!! Didn't mean for that to happen!! LOL!!
OK you have my permission... you can laugh at me too!!
Here is what my journaling says...
Here are the Unity Stamps that I used to make this layout:
Crown, "If the Crown fits" sentiment and journaling block (November 2009 Stampin Store Kit:Believe in Fairytales)
Decorative border strip and corner (November 09 Scrapbooking Kit:Capture Life)
Other supplies: Ink: Amuse; DP: Creative Imaginations; Flowers: BG and Kaiser; Decorative Brad: Creative Imaginations; Rhinestones: Michael's; Title Font: Reprise Title; Arrow and Title words: Created in Power Point.
To see the rest of the DT members posts using the November Stampin Store Kit,
Also remember that there is a 30% off sale going on all weekend at Unity!!
What a great time to stock up on some of those stamps you have been dying to have!!
Thanks for all your help yesterday helping me choose the card I will give to my husband for our Anniversary! 70% of you chose yesterday's collage card and so that is what he will be getting!!
Scroll down for sneak peeks of some of the new
Whimsie Doodles digistamps
being released tomorrow.
I will be back tomorrow with samples using the new WD's but for now I am off to finalize my Dirty Dozen projects for this month's Fan Club Gallery that goes live tonight at Midnight!!
Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with lots of laughter, even if it is at yourself! :-)
If you know anything at all about Whimsie Doodles digis then you know that they are some of the cutest stamps out there!! And tomorrow's release is NO exception!!
Think Christmas and then be prepared to buy some of the best digistamps at very reasonable prices that will be exactly what you need to finish (or start!) your Christmas cards this year!
Any guesses??
Come back tomorrow so you can see a full version of these stamps made into cards.
You are going to love these!! Trust me!!
If you got here early today, then please come back after 10am EST to see what I made for today's blog hop for Unity's November Stampin Store kit!!
Have a wonderful Saturday and may your bucket overflow with anticipation for lots of good things to come!
Hi there Unity friends!! How are you doing on this wonderful Friday? I am so happy that it is that special day of the week when we all get to share our Unity creations with each other.
Since I consider you guys my friends, I am going to ask a favor of you at the end of my post. I am going to need your opinion on something. But I will get to that later!
The card I am showing you today might be given to my husband for our 1st anniversary which is this Sunday.
Do any of you find it difficult to make masculine cards? I sure do. So I am always afraid that the stamps I choose are too frilly for a guy, or I have a hard time finding embellishments that aren't too feminine!
My card today uses many Unity and even one {Ippity} stamp. The "It's Love" stamp, and the Months and Day strip stamps come from Unity's November Scrapping kit.
The "Celebrate" stamp is from the April 09 KOM. The "simply be who you are" strip is from the November KOMand the Love words collage is from the {Ippity}Because of You" set.
The martini glass was cut out of Designer paper from Creative Imaginations twice and layered onto the card with pop dots. The black strip of DP is from BG's Eerie paper pad collection. I had a happy accident of sorts when I dropped my ink pad onto the clean white surface of my nearly completed card. I felt like crying but then realized that I could distress the whole card and probably still make it work, and I ended up liking it even better!
So I need your help!! Which card do you think
is better for me to give to my husband??
The Just My Type card that I made last week or today's card???
Thanks for your help!! I hope you have a great Friday and have fun visiting all our friends with Flair. Be sure to stop by Angela's blog to get a list of all the great blogs to visit today.
And if you want to see some {Ippity}, head on over to the {Ippity}blogfor a card sample made by me using the Because of You set!
May your bucket overflow with lots of Unity inspiration today!!
As this month's Guest Designer for Unity StampsI have been given the huge honor of sharing in today's blog hop with the fabulous Unity DT who are showcasing a brand new stamp set that was created by the wonderful Donna Downey!
Her set is called the Artist in You and contains the most striking silhouette images and fabulous sayings that are perfect for many of your paper crafts projects.
If you visit Donna's blog not only will you be blown away by her incredible talents, but you will also be inspired to create. She has taken a pledge and even started a campaign to encourage others to allow their inner creative selves to come out! You can read more about this campaign on her BLOG!
I can definitely tell you that I was wonderfully inspired to create something as soon as I saw her stamp set. Using the Artist in You I created the following card...
The effect I was going for with this card was to create the idea that there was a sunset behind the foliage. Using my Scor-Pal I embossed a square for my image to be stamped in Then after stamping my image and sentiment onto the cardstock, I sponged four different colors of yellow and orange to created the gradated coloring behind the silhouette.
Here is a closeup of the silhouettes with the sunset behind them. The ribbon is from Michael's.
Here is a closeup of part of the sentiment and shows where I added three tiny crystals for an accent.
Be sure to visit the Unity Stamp Blog today so you can see this set in its entirety and learn how you can purchase it, and also find the links to all the DT member's blog so you can be incredibly inspired. Also don't forget to stop by Donna's blog to be inspired even further!
Have a great Thursday and may your bucket overflow with creativity that flows out from within the Artist in You!
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