Dancing in the Rain

Awwww...It's Monday!  A new week & boy am I ready for it.  Actually, I'm ready for the kids to be in school for an entire week and full days!  They have had so many delays, cancellations and vacation days over the last 3 weeks that I'm having a hard time getting everything done during the day! 

My project today uses a cute little set from Lizzie Anne Designs called Spring Rain ~ I AM READY FOR SPRING!   It's appropriate for today since we actually had thurderstorms last night & it's raining today. I paired my images up with the floral paper from Jillibean Soup ~ super cute!  I entered this card for the Clean & Simple DT search last week over on SCS, but I didn't make it past the first round.  Maybe it wasn't clean & simple enough ~ lol!  Oh well...I love the card anyway...

Have a great Monday!

Bundle of Joy!

Bundle of Joy from Our Craft Lounge 

I'll update this post later today with the Blog Candy winner!

ETA:  My blog candy winner is Pam Hornschu!  Congrats Pam!

Still time for Blog Candy!

I hope you've enjoyed this week and all the wonderful samples that the OCL team shared ~ WOW!  There were some jaw droppers for sure!  My card today features the set called Build-A-Bouquet and I also used one of our older sentiment sets called Say it with Flowers.

It's not too late to enter for the blog candy ~ you still have all day today (12am PT/3am ET Sunday).   My blog is a FREE CHOICE Blog which means that if you win, YOU get to pick one of the new OCL sets as your blog candy prize!  WOOOHOOO!  How fun is that?

I will be picking a winner on Sunday morning (midnight PT/3am ET) from the comments left. PLEASE make sure you leave a contact email or you are signed into blogger (with your contact info in your blogger profile).  If we can't get in touch with you as a blog candy winner, we will need to redraw winners.

Have a great weekend!


Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Build-a-Bouquet, Say it with Flowers)
Sparkly Fluff ~ Rockin' Pink, Breezy Blue, Juicy Orange
Copic Markers ~ R08, YR09, YR04, YR02, B02, B04, B05, YG07, RV13, RV14, RV17
Embossing Folder ~ Quickuts (Polka-Dots Small)

Blog Candy Day!

Whew...take a deep breath... there's lots going on today!  IT'S BLOG HOP DAY & we have the weekly OCL Challenge today!  Here is the sketch I used for the sketch challenge...

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And here is my project using the ADORABLE new set called Circus, Circus!  This is yet another favorite set by Debbie Corbari!   This cute paper is called Alphabet Soup by My Minds Eye and I added Rockstar Red Sparkly Fluff to the red dot on the giraffe ~ so fun!  If you play along on the challenge this week, make sure you leave your link on the OCL Blog for your chance to win!

BLOG CANDY TIME!!!!
So now I know you want to hear which set I am giving away on the blog.  WELL.... my blog is a FREE CHOICE Blog today!  That means that everyone who leaves a comment today and tomorrow (or anyone who left one on Wed/Thurs) will be in the drawing to pick one of the new OCL sets as their blog candy prize!  WOOOHOOO!  How fun is that?

How do I win?
I will be picking a winner on Saturday (midnight PT/3am ET) from the comments left from Wed thru Saturday. PLEASE make sure you leave a contact email or you are signed into blogger (with contact info in your blogger profile).  If we can't get in touch with you as a blog candy winner, we will need to redraw winners.

Check out the OCL Blog today for challenge and blog candy information as well as a list of all the girls hopping today!


Amber Hillman
Bev Gerard
Broni Holcombe
Deb Felts
Debbie Corbari
Denise Marzec
Heather McNally
Jeanne Streiff
Joy Stagg
Kendra Wietstock
Kisa Peters
Latrice Murphy
Melyssa Connolly
Michelle Fowler
Pam Hooten
Stephanie Serrano
Tammie Edgerton

Have fun Hopping and don't forget to leave some love on each blog so you have your chance to WIN!

OCL Peeks ... Day #2!

It's day #2 of the OCL Sneak Peeks!  OH YEA ~ Don't you just LOVE when new products appear in Blog Land?   You are going to FLIP when you see this cool new set called Pins & Needles!   This set was also designed by Debbie Corbari.

For my first project, I had to use this adorable paper by Cosmo Cricket called Material Girl ~ it's perfect!  I also HAD to add machine stitching, pinking sheer edges and buttons ~ what else could possibly say sewing better than those items.

For my next project I did some paper piecing on my cute little tags and attached them to tubes of ribbon, buttons, and a measuring tape.  It's a fun little gift for the crafty girls in your life. 

Now here's the deal!  We will be giving away blog candy on each of the participating blogs on Saturday, but any comments you leave now through Saturday at midnight (Pacific time) will all count toward the blog candy drawing.  PLEASE make sure you leave a contact email or you are signed into blogger (with contact info in your blogger profile).  If we can't get in touch with you as a blog candy winner, we will need to redraw winners.

Check out the OCL Blog today for pictures of the remaining 11 sets & then make sure you hop around and see what all of the other talented ladies have come up with them!

Amber Hillman
Bev Gerard
Deb Felts
Denise Marzec
Heather McNally
Jeanne Streiff
Joy Stagg
Kendra Wietstock
Kisa Peters
Latrice Murphy
Lori McAree
Melyssa Connolly
Michelle Fowler
Pam Hooten
Stephanie Serrano
Tammie Edgerton

Happy Hopping!

Time for some OCL PEEKS!!!!

GUESS WHAT????  It's time for new stamps from Our Craft Lounge ~ WOOHOOO!  I can't even tell you how happy I am to be able to show you all the samples I've been working on for the past few months!  I was so busy working with pre-release stuff, I was getting desperate for cards to post here on my blog!

So for my sneaky peek today, I used a set called Tea Time and it's sooooooooo stinkin' CUTE!  My sweet friend Debbie Corbari designed this fabulous set last year & I've been bugging Cami to get it out ever since I first saw it!

I found some fun little Sweetheart Cinnamon tea bags at the store a few weeks ago and when I saw they were pink, I knew I wanted to pull out my cute pink polka-dot mugs for the photos.  I made a little heart-shaped tea bag tag to go along with the paper-pieced card.

Next, I had to include a tea bag inside the card, so I added some of the matching pattern paper and a cute little sentiment form the set to finish it off.

Now here's the deal!  We will be giving away blog candy on each of the participating blogs on Saturday, but any comments you leave now through Saturday at midnight (Pacific time) will all count toward the blog candy drawing.  PLEASE make sure you leave a contact email or you are signed into blogger (with contact info in your blogger profile).  If we can't get in touch with you as a blog candy winner, we will need to redraw winners.

Check out the OCL Blog today & then make sure you hop around and see what all of the other talented ladies have come up with for our great new sets!

Amber Hillman
Broni Holcombe
Deb Felts
Denise Marzec
Heather McNally
Jeanne Streiff
Kendra Wietstock
Kisa Peters
Lori McAree
Melyssa Connolly
Michelle Fowler
Pam Hooten
Stephanie Serrano
Tammie Edgerton

Happy HOPPING!

Time for a new class ...

Howdy Peeps!

Today the project I'm sharing is actually a class I'm doing tonight at my local scrapbook store.  It's called More Memories in New Paris, IN.  I have a regular group of lovely ladies that come craft with me each month & I think they are pretty excited to make this little purse tonight. 

I used the set called Tweet Thang by Our Craft Lounge and paired it up with some fabulous pattern paper from My Minds Eye called Fine & Dandy (Tickled Pink).

Time for a break...

Today it's time for a little break with a friend.  I used the new Bonjour set by Lizzie Anne Designs for this easy-peasy 10 minute card.

Have a great Monday ~ I'm off to keeps the kids occupied today.

I'm so Lucky...

Here a store display card I made for St. Patrick's Day using two sets from Our Craft Lounge ~ Irish Blessings & Shamrock Blessings. 

Valentine Photos

Sadly, I find that I don't have a project to show you today.  Believe me when I say, I have been crazy busy stamping for the past month or so; however, I can't show them to you just yet.  BUT...this week I will!  WOOHOOO!

So today I thought I'd share a few photos with you from Valentine's Day.

Best of friends ~ Meg and Jazz

My little heartbreaker with those dimples.

Have a great weekend!

LAD DT Challenge: Inspired by Lizzie....

Post #2 for today ~ scroll down for more Friday fun...

Today at Lizzie Anne Designs, we are having a Design Team Challenge.  This month we needed to find a card in the LAD Sketchbook from another designer & use the layout of the card.  I found this sweet card by Tricia (Lizzie) using the 2011 Winter Mix - Lucky in Love ~  Here's what I came up with...

I used the fun little Sixlet set called Dare to be Fabulous!  I used basically the same layout; however, I had to put the dress cutout on a mat because it got lost on the card.

Over on the LAD Blog, you can check out what the other girls were up to for this challenge and who inspired their projects...

OCL Challenge #53 Photo Inspiration

Post #1 for the day ~ stay tuned for one more!

 

It's Friday and time for another new challenge from the OCL Blog.  Today we have Photo Inspiration Challenge and I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for it.

I had a blast thinking "outside the box" for this card.  I had this fantastic pattern paper from Basic Grey (Marjolaine) that matched the color palette perfectly!  Then I started pulling out stamp sets.  I knew I wanted to use the flowers from Pretty Petals, and then ended up using images from Butterfly Kisses (word background), Vintage Swirls (leaf background) and Spring Sketches (sentiment).  I love how everything tied together so well.

Make sure you share your link on the OCL Blog so we can ohhhh and ahhhh over your wonderful project!

Supplies Used:
Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Pretty Petals, Butterfly Kisses, Vintage Swirls, Spring Sketches)
Pattern Paper ~ Basic Grey (Marjolaine)
Ink ~ Tim Holts Distressed Ink (Shabby Shutters), Palette
Copics ~ YG93, YG95, T3, T5
Trim ~ Maya Roads (Colored with T3 Copic Marker)

Clean & Simple Day

Yesterday I had a very long To Do list so I thought I'd try a super simple card ~ I kind of like it!  I used the Dandy Days set by Our Craft Lounge.

Well I'm off to work on more of my list ~ have a DANDY day!

Hip to be square!

I made a super quick 15 minute card yesterday using this week's Lizzie Anne sketch challenge.  I love the pattern paper by My Mind's Eye (Find & Dandy - True Blue).  I used the new Number Block Single from Lizzie Anne for the background and the sentiment is from the Tweens and Teens Little Bits set. 

You can see the sketch on the Lizzie Anne Blog and if you want to play along, don't forget to post your link on the LAD Facebook Page.