Happy Owl-idays!

Happy Saturday!!!

It's been chilly here in Washington...the kids tell me it may snow next week. They are excited, me...not so much, I really don't like to drive in the stuff....especially the 30 miles to work.

We picked up a noble tree last night...the last couple of years I've been going to the same tree lot...they bag the tree and tie it to the roof of my car:) It's actually pretty hilarious seeing me 'unload' the tree...I roll it off the roof of my car...

Okay, onto some craftiness....I played with Laura's sketch #40:

I teamed up Graphic 45 with a new Cutting Cafe $0.99'er! OMGoodness...it's an OWL!!! I colored his hat and body with Copics and then glittered up the brim of his hat and the pom pom. I also went ahead and glittered up each of the scallops. I used that Stampin' Up eyelet border punch again...The ribbon is also Stampin' Up.

Yesterday I booked over to the Holiday Gift Sale that Paulina of Pretty Pink Posh was selling her fabbie projects at:

I had a ball...sooo many fun things...Here's what I picked up from her:

This one is for ME:

Aren't these fun?! I think they are about 3x3...



I actually bought a bunch of stuff from Paulina's sister, Krista of Bella Cafe. Hmmm....it's all pretty much gone:) I should have taken pictures before we ate everything...cookies, chocolate dipped oreos...chocolate dipped pretzels....DE-Lish! Thanks Krista!!!!

Today is the last soccer game for my boy's season...then tonight we celebrate my brother's birthday....he's going to be 45....good grief...that's old...I should tell you that he is my much OLDER brother:)

Okay, I'll be back tomorrow with my 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday Card!

Holiday Cheer!

TGIF!!!!!

I tell you...the days seem to get shorter and shorter and the weeks are flying by.

Check out Get Sketchy #17....soooo fun!!!

This week our sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs!!! Check out their site...they have super fun images to work with and YES, there is a Sassy Studio Prize involved in this week's sketch!

We got to work with a couple different images and I picked Cocoa Carol!

You know that really Carol is downing some serious caffeine...chugging the coffee not cocoa...oh that's right...that would be ME...not Carol...LOL. I love the image...she definitely gives me the sense of peace and calmness...I colored her hair, top and coffee mug {wink} with copics...her "yoga pants" are paper pieced...they kind of look blue in the photo but I used Stampin' Up Basic Gray.

I wanted to add texture to the card so I used the fabbie MM flocked paper...gotta love flocked goodness...the music paper is October Afternoon. The A Muse Holiday Cheer sentiment is glitzed up with Martha glitter...love, love, love that stuff!

I tend to do crafty catch up in the morning while the kidlets are still sleeping. It is a wonderful time in my household...quiet....peace & quiet...ahhhh...pros and cons to crafting before work...pros would include quality time...I do tend to get a ton done...cons are a plenty...quite frankly it makes me NOT want to go to work...I hate to step away from a project that I'm working on and the MOJO is flowing....but the realistic side of me knows that if I don't work...I can't afford to craft....there's this other thing too...I tend to be a glitter girl...gotta have a smidge of glitter on everything these days...the kids are always telling me that I have glitter on my face...how in the world does that happen...seriously? It's not like I'm slinging around the glitter in a mad frenzy...good grief....the peeps at my work are probably thinking that I'm dolling myself up for them...yeah, NOT.

I wanted to share another Holiday Trunk Show sneak peek:

I know...can you believe it???!!!!! I did some sewing on felt...felt ladies...

I dolled these tissue holders up with Maya Road Felt & Crochet blooms...along with some MM/PTI buttons...whaddya think??? I invested in some Fiskar pinking shears...I tell you, I'm slowly on my way to some serious Amy Butler sewing projects...that's my goal.

I actually have 2 other colors of felt that I'll be working with too...my projects for this weekend. J's had a sale on their felt...I went there at lunch the other day with my co-worker who is an avid quilter. She saw me in line and casually asked me how many yards I was buying of the felt...1/4 yard each? I looked at her with pure shock...1/4 yard? {it then kicked in that I could buy the stuff in smaller yardage...see, I'm not a seamstress}....I calmly told her No, I bought a yard each...oy, I'm going to be making a ton of tissue holders...LOL...a yard is a ton of felt...I know, I can use the felt for other things like flowers...my friend laughed at me though...

Good Grief, this is a montsa long post...I do want to show off my adorable RAK that I recently received from Elaine. Seriously, how stinkin' cute is this:

Thanks sista...I absolutely love it!!!

Well, I have TONS of 'homework' tonight. That's what I call my DT projects & various other paper projects:) Also, we're hoping to pick up our tree tonight so that we can decorate it over the weekend...not to mention adding more lights to the house...all the interior holiday decorations...time...I need more time.

Hey Cupcake!

Happy Thursday!!!

This week is rolling along quite quickly for me....

Today is my day over on the 365 Cards Blog.

We continue to celebrate KLM Designs Week!

Pam's challenge:

"You can't miss it"

Don't add color to the image, except for one element, which should be glittered. The rest of the image should be a solid color (any color is fine). I want that one element to really pop off the card.

I kept the KLM cupcake image all white...I decided that it would help to make the image POP off of the Speckletone Kraft base. I knew that I wanted the cherry to be the colored/glittered part of the image!

I layered some fabbie ribbon that I picked up at Jennifer Pebbles' garage sale with some PTI polka dot goodness. The button is PTI and the sentiment, A Muse, of course! I had to use silver Martha glitter on the sentiment banner...

Here's a close up of the image...am I cheater pants because I swiss dotted the frosting?

Muwahahaha...

The frosting and the cherry are both fussy cut. I used a dimensional on the frosting piece but just used a glue dot on the cherry.

I hope that you'll join me in the 365 Cards Challenge!!! I can't wait to see what you design!!!

Did you catch my tin from yesterday's post? Today's tin is a recycled watch tin...the lid is the perfect red...

I teamed it up with the delish flocked Making Memories paper {yup, another Jennifer Pebbles buy...}

I didn't want to cover up the flocked goodness on the body of the tin...but added a round MME diecut on the top..it says:

Do not open until the 25th

The striped SU ribbon finishes off the tin that is yet again filled with chocolate!

Tomorrow I'll be sharing my Get Sketchy card along with another Holiday Trunk Show sneak peek...

holiday trunk show and RAK

Hi ya!

Yes, it is me on my 'day off'....what can I say? I can't stay away:)

I thought I'd share some of my "Holiday Trunk Show" projects. For the last couple of years I've been hostessing a gift show in my home during the holiday's. This year is a smidge different, it will be at my friend's new home in Seattle....more deets on that later.

Luckily, I have a co-worker that is addicted to this:

She recycles them to me and I do this:

Can't neglect the top:

It is filled with Mint Dilettante Truffles...need I say more?

I'm happy to say that I seem to be the recycling dumping ground to my co-workers...lol. That's okay with me...although some people have more faith in my altering abilities than I do...I had a friend try to recycle her plastic birth control pill containers...what?! LOL

Next up is a RAK that I received from Miss Ivy Pink!

Now how clever is this chickie???!!!! She used a file folder as the base to her card...layered it with cork and her Quickutz Instant Photo die....added her super cutie pie pic and her embellished pin!

♥LOVE♥ it sista!!!!

I can't believe it is already December 2nd...sheesh, I haven't even put my family/friend christmas cards in the mail...not to mention all the cards I want to send to my fabbie blogging friends.....so much to do!

♥♥Washingtonians♥♥

Email me if you want deets about our December 12th Holiday Trunk Show!!!!

woot woot!!!!

I'm thrilled to be a part of Schlosser Designs 1st Design Team!

Check it out here!

Thanks Erin and I look forward to working with everyone on the team!!!!!!!!!

Beanie and my Baby....

Lookie what I recently received as "Happy Mail"!!!!!

How perfect is the card that Carolina sent to me??!! I have two words for you:

Super Darling

I also 'won' her fabbie Beanie gift card holder:

cute, cute, cute!!

I met Carolina through Splitcoaststampers and then started following her blog. I actually had the opportunity to meet Carolina in person at a Copic Class we both attended:) This girl is filled with talent and is such a whipper snapper!! Go check out her blog!!

Thanks Carolina....I love the card and of course the fun beanie {& Starbucks card!!}.

I'm a huge fan of pictures...love taking them...love looking at them....There were a bunch of old ones over at my Mom's that we were looking at on Thanksgiving. My brother scanned a couple of them and sent them over to me....

This one makes me smile....

Yup, my girl is standing over a large heating vent...in our old house...our first house....bought it for a whoooping $114,000. I'd say the pic was taken over 10 years ago...check it out...she even has rubber boots on:) Things certainly have changed since then...my girl is about 5'8" now...LOL....I'm about 12 inches smaller than that.

Gotta love the look of complete joy on her sweet face...

I hope that YOUR day is FILLED with JOY!

Happy December Peeps!

My Cute Stamps...

Well, today is the last day of November. Sadly, that means it is the end of my Design Team gig over at My Cute Stamps. I wanted to thank Holly for the wonderful opportunity! I had a ball working with her CUTE images...

Happy Monday Peeps!

P.S. Haven't gotten very far with my Christmas cards...it is a photo holder...I'm trying to make it USPS efficient...translation...normal postage...LOL.

P.P.S. I managed to make some cute Gift Show projects...I'll share those in a couple days...

P.P.P.S. You knew that I couldn't stay away...right?

martha madness blog candy and the winner from last week...

Welcome to Week 3 of my Blog Candy Extravaganza!

It's just a small way to thank YOU for making my blogging experience so fabulous!

Deets:

Comment on any of my regular posts during Sunday through Saturday. I'll randomly draw a winner:) Only 1 comment per person per day will be put into the drawing. Internationals are welcome!

This week's candy includes:

Martha Adhesive foam

Martha rub ons {24 rub ons!}

Martha White 1/2 inch seam binding ribbon {5 yards}

Martha Pink 7/8 inch double faced satin {7 yards}

Yes, you're probably wondering who the winner of last week's blog candy is:

Perhaps I should let you know that I use random.org. I use it to pick the day of the week and the winner for that particular day.

The winner is:

Heidi Van Laar said...
SO gorgeous Amy!! All that stitching and bling is just awesome!I would love to be a part of PNW get together! It all depends on whether I can get away or not.(-: Heidi

Woot Woot Heidi!!!

I'll pop the goodies in the mail to you sista!!!

Evidently it is Heidi day on my blog:)

♥Just a reminder that I've disabled comments for this post...in order to be eligible for this week's blog candy you'll need to post on my 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday one♥

lily lemonade...

Welcome to 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday!!!

This week we are being sponsored by the super fun

KLM Designs!

Go check it out...there is a sale right now on all images...15% off...check out their website for more deets {hurry...it expires 12/01/09!}!

The 365 Cards Design Team had the opportunity to work with some very fun KLM images. This is the Sunday Sketch...whew...not too scary, right? LOL

I got to play with this very pretty Lily image...I wanted to keep the coloring true to life so I kept the color palette pretty clean & crisp. I 'made' up for the lack of nature's coloring with 4 layers of images!

Here is a close up:

I haven't used my Basic Grey Lemonade papers so I decided to use those for today's sketch...such a drastic change in pace for me since I've been all about the holiday's.

Typing about the holiday's....I should be working on my Christmas cards this weekend....I also need to work on some projects for an upcoming gift show so I've decided to reduce my blogging schedule for the next 2 weeks...I'll be "off" Monday through Wednesday and back again Thursday. I have so much to do...I'm sure there are probably a ton of other peeps in the same boat as me:)

Okay, wanted to leave you with another fabbie RAK that I've received....

I know...isn't it simply spectacular?! It's a Heidi Van Laar Original!!! Not only that but she included some goodies too...delish stuff that you'll see soon:) Thanks sista!!! I came across a vintage Heidi book and sent it to...Heidi...LOL.

Okay, my peeps...be on the lookout for another post today with my Blog Candy winner and a pic of this week's blog candy:)

chock full of goodness....

♥warning♥

This blog post is a big one...perhaps it is my way of getting a smidge 'ahead' since I'll be taking the next 2 weeks at a slower blogging pace...getting ready for another Gift Show. I'll be 'off' on Monday-Wednesday and back again on Thursday.

Okay, this is my take on Kazan's sketch 40...I had fun with this one:

Seriously, there is something about the Hero Arts Three Christmas Dolls set....absolutely makes me happy!

I love teaming up the Jillibean black and kraft line together. What is that I see... yes, I did find my Eskimo Kisses 6x6 stack...yup, evidently I actually put it away...LOL...something that I didn't think that I had done! Don't you love the word bubble? It is from Elsie Flannigan/Red Velvet Art...you'll see some other things from her in a bit...

Here's a project I put together using some goodies from The Cutting Cafe. I used the wine bottle shaped card...put it together with a bottle of sparkling cider {LOL...I'm not a drinker...have you heard of Asian Flushing Syndrome?}. I also used the Merry Christmas Huge Printable Circle Word set.

Next up is a project for My Cute Stamps. I finally bought some felt and picked up the fabbie Sizzix flower die that I keep seeing out there in blogland. I did a smidge of hand stitching...great way to adhere the pale pink felt to the cardstock...Isn't that My Cute Stamps Owl just a Hoot?!

Okay, my peeps that know me will be proud...I actually baked on Thanksgiving! I had so much fun putting together these Red Velvet Cupcakes together! I got the recipe from Design*Sponge...it is the Waldorf Astoria one. I'll be honest, I didn't have much luck with the frosting...I followed the directions...it tasted good but it looked icky...almost curdled so I didn't want to chance it...I went to the grocery store and picked up some other frosting...I know, I know...for you bakers you are probably shrieking...appalled but hey, I'm not a baker and let me tell you, those puppies still tasted delish!!

I "had" to personalize one of the cupcake toppers...they are Red Velvet Cupcakes and Elsie is the queen of Red Velvet:) My boy helped me out alot...but I have to be honest...after the baking and frosting was over...my kitchen looked like a crime scene...red stuff everywhere!


We definitely had fun with the moustache's!

Remember to come on back tomorrow....I'll have my 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday Card to share with you all...also, I'll be posting the winner of my blog candy and sharing a pic of my latest and greatest candy:)

thankful 4 u...

Happy BLACK Friday!!!

Did everyone that celebrated Thanksgiving eat enough?!

Today is Get Sketchy #16!!!

Bonus Challenge:

theme: autumn

Our Sponsor for this challenge:

Craft Pudding

cute, cute, cute stuff!

The Prize is a Tea Party Stamp Set!

I dug out one of my favorite papers by Stampin' Up, Haiku. The colors and patterns are fabulous. I was able to team them up with the fun puffy thickers...those don't photog well..sorry about that:)

I'm really making an effort to send out RAK's...this has already gone postal to a gal. I've been sooo thrilled with my RAK's that I've received that I want to PIF.

My sewing machine seems to sometimes have a mind of her own...lol...I really need to concentrate more when I'm sewing...my mind seems to wander...you know, working on the mental "to do" list...remembering about another thing to add to that "to do" list...LOL. Seriously, I should have a notepad around my neck...on a lanyard...so I can jot notes down and then NOT lose them. People laugh at me but I do tend to write myself notes on my arm...not my hand because I wash them so often the notes would disappear.

Well, hopefully I'm out there doing my ninja shopping moves...how about you?

~side story~

I thought I'd share a slight pet peeve that I have at work...you know how people share food...leave a tray of cookies out on the kitchen table? A gal shared a tray of macaroons the other day...I think she picked them up from Trader Joe's...I'm one of the first people that get into work on "my side of the bldg"...On Wednesday morning I went into the kitchen area and guess what? Whoever took the very last macaroon left the tray there...it is a disposable plastic tray...the macaroon's were packaged on it...why or why can't peeps clean up after themselves? Seriously, how hard is it to just throw the tray away? I left a note next to it:

------

Seriously?!

How hard is it to throw the tray away?

You should have just taken 1/2 of a macaroon and it may have justified you not tossing the tray...

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muwahahahaha....

Yup, about 2 hours later...someone recycled the note and tossed the tray.

to wonderful you..from thankful me..

Happy Thanksgiving my friends!!!!

It's either going to be really quiet or filled with activity in blogland...one or the other...LOL.

Today is my day over on the 365 Cards blog.

Pam's challenge for today:

Thanksgiving inspired

Create a card for someone who you are thankful for, and be sure to tell us why on your blog.

Okay for those of you that follow the 365 Cards blog, you know that there are certain {ahem} rebels..I'm typically not one of them {wink!} but for today's challenge I have 2 cards.

I should first start off by saying that I'm thankful for everyone that is a part of my life. Seriously....I'm not who I am today if not for you...I do believe that there is a reason why people come in your life...I'm obviously super thankful for my kids...that goes without saying.

Here are the cards I made for today's challenge...basically the same design but just in different colors.

First up is my Pumpkin Spice version...

I consider this my feminine version...especially with the use of my Stampin' Up Eyelet Border punch. This card went postal to my Momma {smiles...remember, she doesn't like to be called Momma...just Mom}.

After my Mom and Dad were divorced, my Mom had to get a job to support me and my 2 older brothers. We moved from British Columbia to Washington State. I got 2 words to describe my Mom...Whipper Snapper. She worked hard to always provide a nice home for us. Sometimes she would work 2 jobs...not too unusual in an Asian household...I actually worked at 2 jobs for several years. She is highly entertaining...very animated. She has always been there for me when I needed her..especially during some difficult times a couple years ago. I wouldn't be the chicklet that I am if it weren't for her...Thanks Mom!!!

Next up is my masculine Night of Navy version...yes, I think a masculine card can have a bloom on it...I inked up the edges of the bloom a ton...love that look.

Yup, this went to my honey 'd'...what can I say? I'm sooo thankful that he is a part of my life...he is laid back, kind, funny, sweet, empathetic....everything that I'm looking for. He always supports my creative side...gotta love that....I'm truly a lucky duck!

Who are YOU thankful for?

holiday cheer...

I hope that I'm not scaring you away with yet another Holiday card...I know some peeps might be getting sick of them but I haven't...I love seeing what everyone out in bloggieland is creating for the holiday's.

I love CP42...

I really enjoy designing with coordinating/contrasting patterned paper. The green papers are American Crafts and the pink is KI.

Isn't that cocoa mug image a-dorable??? It is an Imaginisce image....speaking of Imaginisce...did you see their new DT? My Get Sketchy buddy Shemaine and 365 Cards Alum Tammy are both on it!!!

Psstttt...the marshmallows are glitter'licious!

btw-I did some woot woot'ing yesterday...check out the Caardvarks and Cosmo Cricket linkies...I create because I enjoy it...it's theraupetic...being recognized for it is icing on the cupcake!

I bet everyone is busy getting ready for T-Day tomorrow:) I'm lucky...we're having dinner at my Mom's and I'm in charge of a salad and I'm bringing a dessert...I have yet to make a turkey..LOL..Long, long time ago, I ventured and made Cornish Game Hens...that's another story...my family went home hungry because the studio apt that I was living in at the time had a tiny oven...I think everyone was able to partake in 1/3 of a hen...bahahaha...my brother still brings up the fact that he had to stop by some drive thru because he was still hungry. It's amazing how certain comments/situations 'stick with you'....now if I make dinner for peeps I tend to go overboard and make enough to feed an army.

I grew up in a household where Thanksgiving wasn't a huge dealio...New Years Day is much bigger...The family gets together and we eat tons and tons of Japanese food..love it! My favorite part is hearing all the family stories...I love hearing stories when my Mom was younger...she grew up in Japan...came to the good 'ole USA when she was in high school...that's where she met my Dad. {Unfortunately my Dad passed away in 1999, a non-smoker that died of Lung Cancer...sigh.} My Uncle is a fantastic story-teller..he was a banker all his life....you'd never know it when you become so engrossed in his animated stories.

Anywho's, I'm hoping to make these Red Velvet Cupcakes ala Amy Butler's Mom's recipe. We'll see how motivated I am...cripes the line at the grocery store may just scare me off..BUT I managed to pick up thee cutest wire cupcake holder at a g-sale at the end of the summer...I want to use that puppy:)

you're my cup of tea...espressing my thanks...and a RAK

So are you ready? I have a couple things to show you...

I finally played with the fabulous gals over at EBTKS!

You know me and my love for challenges:)

This is a small giftie...it is 3.5 x 3.5....the patterned paper is American Crafts...including that sweet owlie! Last week when I was out and about with Elaine, I discovered the AC pack of papers at M's for 40% off...{insert girl ninja pic here..LOL}. The striped satin ribbon is a vintage m's $ bin deal...

This already went postal to a gal...hope she thinks it is fun...hey happy mail is way better than bills!

This is the interior of the 'card':

Next up is CPS...I happened to put together my CPS143 project by accident...LOL. My dd's end of the season soccer party was Sunday afternoon.

I wanted to put together a Starbucks gift card holder for one of the soccer moms. She gave my boy a ride home one evening..I tell you..this gal IS super woman...super mom...super teacher...super everything. Anywho's...I wanted to put together something 'snappy' for her and happened to catch sight of the print out I made of all the challenges I wanted to participate in this week....BINGO!

You gotta love the There She Goes coffee set...Jessica, the owner is a fellow Washingtonian...woot woot!

Originally I was going to use another Eskimo Kisses panel for the circle but it just didn't 'look' right...so I used my SU Snowflake punch...you know, the one that I just 'had to have' and haven't used it much. I glitzed it up with Martha glue and silver glitter...topped it off with a PTI vintage button and SU twine.

Here's the interior...that small strip of BG is a scrap...it holds the flap down:) You'll no doubt be seeing a ton of these...I have yet another Gift Show in a couple weeks...guess what I'll be doing my Thanksgiving weekend inbetween ninja shopping? Yup, making projects for the show.

I wanted to share another RAK that I received last week...I tell you it was Happy Mail week!!!!

Check out the SWEET clean & crisp card I received from Steph:

She also sent me a bunch of goodies too! OMGoodness!!!

I know I've mentioned it before, I have a horrible memory...I was trying to remember how Steph and I met...I think she found me or did I find her? Anyways, I'm such a lucky duck...I was taking pics of the goodies but the packaging was glaring all over the place..yipes..but let's just say the girl knows me and you'll be seeing some new goods on some projects soon...thanks again Steph!!!!!!!

Hello...and an incredible RAK...

Hello!

I can't tell you how happy I am that it is a short work week...only 3 days...woot woot!!!

I was able to get a ton of crafty stuff done over the weekend..I try to do most of my week's cards over the weekend...it makes for a less stressful work week.

Today I'm sharing the latest RSCC#19:

The lavender was throwing me...I'm not a lavender kind of gal BUT I'm always up for a challenge:

The chippie tree is Maya Road...I colored the trunk with a copic and covered the other part with SU designer paper...The apples are Fancy Pants buttons {good for the Cards Magazine blog challenge to include at least 5 buttons!}. The cloud paper & hello rub on are American Crafts...Do you see my lavender? Yup, it is the Marvy butterfly!

The hello banner is actually kind of wavy...kwim? I anchored it down by the "h" and by the 2nd "l"...

I wanted to share another RAK that I received last week. I decided to hijack Yvonne's blog...her pic is gorgeous...check out the lovely piece of art she made me....I know, pretty incredible...it is quite the keepsake...please leave her some blog love...it arrived intact all the way from Singapore!!!!

Blog Candy Week #2 and Week #1 Winner!

Today starts WEEK #2 for my Blog Candy Extravaganza!

The Reader's Digest version of how it works...for the next several weeks until the end of the year, I will be slinging out Blog Candy..it runs Sunday 12:00 am until Saturday 11:59 pm {pacific time}. That means you have 7 days to comment on...totalling 7 chances to win the candy!!!!

You know, only 1 comment per day per peep...US and international are welcome to join in the fun. It is a way for ME to thank YOU for making my blog experience such a positive one...

I know...yadda, yadda, yadda..onto a pic of this week's candy:

I know, we're all card makers...don't think of this of a cheater pants way to get some of your Holiday Cards done...think of it as a way to add to your stash or heck, PIF it to someone...share the love:)

The commenting starts on my regular sunday post..PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST:

Post your comment here

Remember....you'll have Monday through Saturday to post a comment too!!!

Remember last week's candy??

Some delish Studio G holiday images...I know, I was surprised as you and get this...they stamp wonderfully....well, I know that the Winter Wishes one does.

Here's the winner:

Kay Sibley said...

Aww! Such a cute little bird wearing ice skates. I LOVE it! Great contrast using the kraft cardstock! ♥♥ Kay

November 18, 2009 6:26 AM

wooooooot woooooooot!!!!!

yahooo for Kay!!!!!!

okay, tooo much fun....all you gotta do is post a comment and you get a chance to win some ninja blog candy:) Yup, week #2 is another stealth ninja shopping score...

Please do not leave a comment on this post...I've disabled the commenting and will transfer the comments left on this post onto the regular Sunday post when I draw for the blog candy:)

housewife...RAK...deets about candy...

Welcome to 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday!!!!

Well, last week's sketch was a bit tricky...this week's:

This week's sketch is...oy.

I looked at it and looked at it....and decided to just take the leap and well, get sewing:
Yup, each of the strips of brocade Graphic 45 is stitched down to the red panel....I added the ZVA flourish to add a smidge of 'bling' to the 'lonely' side of the card...you know you are getting old when you can't really read what's on a die cut...good grief, the text size on the "housewife" piece is soooooo tiny...something about 'Our new doily...stamping outfit'....help...what does that translate to? LOL...

I'm actually going to be sending this to a friend of mine...she has made the decision to make a career change...so at the end of the year she'll be leaving her job....she'll take a couple months off and then do 'something new'....pretty exciting if you ask me...I'm happy for her...we have been cracking up about her becoming a housewife...if you knew this girl, you'd know that she's always been career driven. It will definitely be a huge change of pace for her. I know that everything will fall into place for her......shouldn't we all be doing something that we love?

I'm going to share a RAK that I received from the very lovely Elaine. We met through a ribbon share that she had on her blog...probably about the same time I started blogging...I feel like I've known Elaine for-ever. This gal CRACKS me UP!!!! I met up with her during lunch on Friday and we were laughing the entire time {we were ninja shopping..LOL}.

Anyways, here's the most fabbie card she hand delivered to me:

Isn't it absolutely fantabulous??!!! Check out all those magnificent flowers and all the details...pssstt....the girl can shop..LOL.

We've been actually talking about something to do to gather some ♥♥Pacific Northwesteners♥♥....a shoe box card swap? a mini garage sale {somebody's old is your new!}....whaddya think ladies??? What a great way to get together and have FUN! Leave me a comment and let's start chatting about it...I was thinking of something AFTER the holiday's...in January.

*****please look for a separate post today for blog candy winner deets & the week's new candy****

merry & bright...

Happy Saturday!!!

I tell you, that'll be something that I'll never tire of saying!!!

I have a couple things to share with you today...first up is

{miss} m's sketch challenge #4

Savitri calls this her "sad face" but I think she is just tooooo stinkin' adorable!

I flipped the sketch and came up with this:

All the patterned paper and the die cut is MME. I love their stuff...can't get enough of their stuff! Psstt....I was the lazy bones crafter and didn't want to change out my thread on the Janome so I went with what was already threaded...chocolate...okay, it works...the outline of the text on the die cut is chocolate too..whew..good way to explain that one..LOL. I went with the unexpected ribbon choice...chocolate...to bring out the other chocolate and well, I didn't have red polka dot ribbon...bahaha...

Okay, several weeks ago I told myself that I wanted to make more non-sketch challenge cards...this is one of them:

Ahhhh...gotta love those My Cute Stamps snails...especially when they are wearing their sparkly shells:) The 'rolling hills' have actually been swiss dotted and are on pop dots...the hills are 2 separate panels...seriously, who doesn't LOVE Eskimo Kisses? I have to tell you though, I seemed to have 'misplaced' my 6x6 pad after this project. What the heck? I know...I must have travelled with it or something...travelled as in, IN MY HOUSE...oy...yes, I should share a pic of my crafting hallway...it's a MESS'ola.

You all know how much I love a 'good deal'...I mean, who doesn't?? Well, see my background paper? It is MM and glittered...guess where I bought it??? ROSS...good grief ladies...I couldn't believe it! Here's the thing, there was only 1 pkg left and in my true stealth ninja moves I swooped down and made my way to the cashier as quick as possible...what's that? How much did it cost? $5!!! $5....can you stand it?!!! How many sheets? 24! OY....did the room just clear out? Stampede over at Ross!!!

Okay, I better step away from the keyboard...somebody's had too much coffee and is crackin' herself up...yup, that's me!

Come on back tomorrow for 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday and a pic or two of some recent happy mail:)

100% happy...

TGIF my Friends!!!!

Friday means fun over at the Get Sketchy blog!!!

We're up to sketch #15!!!!

Bonus Challenge: Paper Piecing!

Here's my take on the sketch:

If you know me...you know that I love to paper piece...love, love, love it. Today's card is full of Unity Goodness...why? It seems that I've been neglecting those darling stamps...I have to say that I'm pretty happy with this puppy....

Our Fabbie sponsor for this week is:

Pink Persimmon!!!

$25 gift certificate!!!

OMGoodness...the shop is chock full of goodness!!!! Here are some of my favs:

Big Banner with Rosettes

Tea and Cake

Wise Old Owl {duh...LOL}

This card is quite timely as I'm 100% happy...why? I finished off my parent/teacher conferences for both of my kids last night and I couldn't be more thrilled. Thrilled because both of the kids are doing fantabulous in school...There's nothing like hearing that your child is a good student, kind and polite...I totally am thankful for my lovely kidlets...I love them to pieces.

I've been slammed with happy mail this week...I'll share pics soon!!!

Okay, hope you'll join us over at Get Sketchy!!!

way to go...

Happy Thursday!!!

Can you believe that in 1 week it will be Thanksgiving? Time is just flying by...I gotta get crackin' on some gifts that I want to make...I tell you, just not enough hours in the day!

Well, today's challenge over at 365 Cards is:

Keep it to yourself.

Make this one a congratulatory card, so that the outside decorations help to convey the message, which may appear on the inside of the card.

Just so you know, this card is deceiving...looks easy smeasy but it took me a ton of time to do:) I actually hand stitched the edge of the Jenni Bowlin Crepe paper and pulled the thread to make it a rosette. Do you guys remember me saying that I'm your basic LAZY crafter...that's alot for me to do...search for a needle...get out the thread...yadda, yadda, yadda...LOL. The black striped SU grosgrain is actually the 3rd ribbon I used...hence the saying, third times the charm...

All the paper used on this is Jenni Bowlin...gotta love her 4x4 sheets...pure perfection....

The interior sentiment is an American Crafts rub on that says:

Way to Go!

I don't typically do interior sentiments but a rub on is a slam dunk. This would be a great graduation...promotion...or really any 'woot woot' kind of occasion:)

Remember that this week we are being sponsored by the fabbie:

Digital Delights

Be sure to check them out!

Psst...did you see the DT Call over at 365 Cards?

365 Cards Extra

I tell you, that Pam keeps us on our toes..LOL..It is such a fun crowd over at 365 Cards...hope that you'll submit:)

Okay, here's a Cutting Cafe update...due to overwhelming response to the FREE Christmas Daily Printable Stamp, Regina has set the file up as a free download...you just have to click on the link..easy smeasy!

Free Christmas Daily Printable Stamp Download

P.S. All you English Teachers {have you noticed there are a ton of you that craft and blog?!} must just cringe when you read my posts...when I do the 'ole spell check on my posts it totally lights up..LOL..I just look for misspellings...not errors due to spell check not 'understanding Amy lingo'...

tweet holiday...

Happy Wednesday!!!!

I have Laura's sketch #39 to share with you.

Everytime I looked at the sketch it looked like a window to me...

I finally broke out my Quickutz Instant Photo die...and made it into a window frame using Bazzill Swiss dot paper.

I'm super proud of myself...I used the Cosmo Cricket packaging and cut out the tiny snowman border and placed it above the cutie pie bird.

I wanted to share a picture of the fabbie free set that Regina is giving away for FREE:

Christmas Daily Printable Stamp Set

This set will be free until midnight Thursday (Nov. 19th 2009)....Pacific Time.

Please check out The Cutting Cafe site for the deets...

joy jar...and a freebie...

Well, we've been experiencing true Washington weather lately...rainy and windy..blech.

Here's a fun sketch for CPS142.

I haven't played with my Sassafras stash'ola lately so I thought I'd use that on today's card. I picked up all the papers when Sassafras had their "online warehouse sale". I bought the smallest box they were offering and it was seriously crammed full of fun stuff.

What?!!! It isn't a Christmas card??

It's my Joy Jar:)

I combined the Sassafras goodness with Thickers and a Maya Road delish felt flower...Life is good!!

Typing about Life being Good...that Whipper Snapper Regina of The Cutting Cafe has decided to give out a ♥FREE♥ Cutting Cafe Set...free?!!! It is her way of showing her appreciation for her customers and Thanksgiving...you have until midnight Thursday (Nov. 19th 2009)....Pacific Time..

Christmas Daily Printable Stamp Set

Thanks for stoppin' by!!!

xo and the deets on my candy...

I multi-tasked all weekend...I got to visit with friends on Saturday and Sunday..and was crafty:)

Here's one of the projects I worked on yesterday...CP41:

The coloring is slightly wonky in the pic...you gals recognize Cosmo Cricket Early Bird...the Red & White polka dot panel almost looks pink'ish but it is red...like the felt 'XO'.

Seriously, how can anyone tire of the Early Bird line...it is just sooo 'happy'.

The felt 'XO' is K&Co...I love anything made of felt..

Okay, on to my blog candy deets...for the next 7 weeks I'll be slinging out some candy to a lucky commenter. ♥I know that you know that it is only 1 comment per day per person♥ The commenting will run Sunday 12:01 AM to Saturday 11:59 PM Pacific time. The winner will be posted sometime on Sunday...so for this week I'll post the winner on Sunday, November 22nd.

Remember this Tea Tin of mine? It seems that a lot of you gals thought that 'Winter Wishes' image was pretty coolio so I picked up that and 2 more!

So Good Luck to you all!!!

I cannot thank everyone enough for making this whole blog thing such a fabulous experience for me! I would have never thought that I was going to enjoy it as much as I have!! It continues to be a wonderful ride...

Have a super week peeps!

I've got a WINNER!!!

Okay, here it is early Sunday morning...I'm posting the winner for the Cutting Cafe set, Merry Christmas Huge Printable Circle Word Stamp Set!!!

Here's my card using the fabbie set:

Here's the actual set:

The winner is:

Louise said...
Love your card, Amy :) Thanks for the chance to win the Cutting Cafe set xLouise x

Woot Woot Louise!!!

Send me your email!!!

Thanks for playing ladies!!!!

Remember that I'll be slinging out the candy every Sunday to a random commenter...I have a great stash of goodies to share with you all...the fun starts a week from today and runs through the end of the year!!! I'll post a pic of the 11/22/09 candy tomorrow:)

frosty greetings...

Welcome to 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday!!!

I love sketch challenges, don't you?

Well, has Pam have a sketch for YOU!!!

LOL...when I first saw the sketch I went "what?!"....I can't wait to hear what Rose has to say...that chicklet cracks me up!

So, I pondered what to do...I always start off with my paper and then just "go for it"...that's exactly what happened with today's card. I hadn't used my MME holiday paper lately so I decided to play with them. The diecuts in the set really helped in my card design...the ZVA crystal swooshes topped it off.

Although I always seem to use my Heidi Swapp distressor, one of my crafty pet peeves is the perforated dealio that is left behind on diecuts from whole sheets...am I making any sense? They totally stick out like a sore thumb so I try to get rid of them by distressing the edges. You might not notice but I do have a smidge of Bo Bunny on the card..the blue polka dot circle...found it on my desk top and it coordinated with the MME...and it was already glittered up...look very closely...on the edges, there IS glitter....just a smidge, perfect since I have so many 'other things going on'....

Fabbie news...we're being sponsored by:

Digital Designs is chock full of fun images...go check them out!!!

Okay peeps...here's to a super fabby week...make sure to be on the look out for my separate Cutting Cafe Blog Candy post...

Also, remember starting today I'll be slinging out weekly blog candy to a random commentor...I'll do it once a week through the end of the year....That means anyone that comments from today through saturday is eligible for this week. I'll post the winner next Sunday and that is also when the new week of commenting starts. Just a fun way to thank you for stoppin' by:)

I have a ton of fun goodies that I've picked out to share with you all:)

cold hands...warm heart...

that's me....cold hands...warm heart.

My hands are always cold..I'm the girl that has to always wear a sweater at work...I also have 2 heating panels underneath my desk...okay onto business..

Just a quick card using Kazan's sketch 39:

For some reason I was challenged by it so I fell back on clean and crisp'ish. I have to say that Cosmo Cricket's Jolly by Golly makes me, well, Jolly!

I'm still using my Stampin' Up Felt snowflakes...love them..

Now onto some happy mail!!!

Look at this cutie pie of a card I recently received from Sherry:

Isn't that owl just thee cutest??!!!!

Thanks Sherry...you rock!!!

Just a reminder that my blog candy is open until 11:59 PM Pacific tonight...

easy breezy...

...TGIF...

Thank Goodness it is Friday...whew!

I'm soooo ready to start my jam packed weekend...I get to spend some quality time with my gf's tomorrow...we're spending the day together celebrating a birthday!

Well, Friday means we need to Get Sketchy!!!!

Check out GS14 with a bonus challenge of using markers:

Our Sponsor this week is Soft Pencil Digital Stamps..

The Prize for the week is a $10 Soft Pencil Gift Card!!!

I played with the Lets fly a kit image:

I teamed it up with delish Carolyn Gavin papers and chippie...easy breezy...so perfect for the kite image {patting myself on the back although it reminds me of CoverGirl make up}. I did a smidge of paper piecing and a smidge of Copics on the image...I don't do the fancy smancy shading...I gotta take another Copic class or perhaps check out youtube? You ladies with the fabbie copic skills...throw me some pointers...I tend to be a paper piecer so any tips will be most helpful:)

I hope that you'll join us for GS14!!!

sweet...

Happy Thursday!!

Today's my day over on 365 Cards...We're still celebrating Paper Popsicles week!

Today's challenge:

Picture This - use the photo of cupcakes as inspiration.

Now it's your turn to use the photo above to inspire your card.

You DO NOT need to include a cupcake on your card, but you are certainly welcome to.

Well, I was the lucky duck and had the opportunity to play with the Paper Popsicles Cupcake Card:

Although you can't see it, my card base is Speckletone Kraft. I layered it with Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink for the frosting...the 2 layers are swiss dotted with my CB and on pop dots. The 'cupcake liner' is vellum that I ran through my crimper...cripes...I had to dig that thing out...The cherry is a MM felt flower, topped off with a PTI vintage button and SU twine. Why yes, that is Pure Poppy Swiss dot ribbon that I've been hoarding..LOL. I layered another PTI vintage button, SU twine and an A Muse sentiment.

I'm sooooo going to enjoy seeing everyone's take on today's challenge...

wishing you a joyful christmas...

Caardvarks...another challenge site that I've been behind on....I had to join in on the fun for their latest challenge:

Round card with pizazz

Some of you Target fans might recognize the glitter snowflake..oh wait, aren't we ALL Target fans? Anyways, I picked up a couple bunches of the snowflake ornaments last year at Christmas. The paper and epoxy embellies are Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses...sheesh, I love that name...just makes me chuckle. The snowflake epoxy sticker is stacked on top of a button for a little more omph..or is that a little more postage...more on that later.

Check out my latest happy mail...all the way from Croatia!!!!

These have got to be thee most darling fimo buttons...Thanks Jane!!!!

{speaking of Jane, the girl is on FIRE...check her out at Squigglefly!!}

Okay back to the post office convo....why is it that most of my cards are considered parcels...darn embellies...any bumps and bam...up goes the postage...I spent some 'quality' time at the post office on Monday...$15 later and I was on my merry way...sigh. On a postive note, I actually did NOT have to wait in line...wwhhhaaattt???? I know...karma...

Have you popped over to 365 Cards? We're celebrating with Paper Popsicles week!!! I'll be back tomorrow with my Paper Popsicles project...

tea for two...

I haven't had the opportunity to play over at CPS for a couple weeks. I was actually pleased to see the clean & simple sketch that they have up for CPS141.

It seemed to work perfectly for my project..

I have a TON of nugget tins...a TON...

I'm trying to come up with some clever ways to alter them...

Oh man, I do have to thank Savitri again for her fabbie bow tut...Isn't the Winter Wishes image just beautiful...it was $1...can you believe it? It is the Studio G line..I found mine at Paper Zone. The white swiss dot paper is Bazzill, the kraft is Speckletone.

Aha....now do you understand my title for today? I filled the tin with Trader Joe's Pomegranate White Tea Bags...I put a divider card in there to keep the tea bags nice & tidy:) It is actually a lovely surprise to open up the tin, the tea is wonderfully fragrant...mmm....tea for two.

Thanks for stoppin' by...

...winner...winner...chicken dinner...

♥♥bonus blog candy post...be sure to check out my other post for today...you don't want to miss it♥♥

Okay peeps....here we are again...drawing for some blog candy!

BTW, on one of my earlier posts I mentioned that the "winner..winner" deal was thought to be McDonalds marketing lingo...I've since read that it isn't...well here's what the 'ole Urban Dictionary had to say...

I used random.org to draw the winner of my blog♥o♥versay candy:

MicheleV said...

Congrats on 2 year anniversary! Great blog candy Amy ~ I would love to win some of your fav things ~ your cards are beautiful!

November 8, 2009 7:18 AM

Woooooo Hooooooooo Michele!!!!!!

Another 365 Cards fan....I hope that you're ready for some happy mail this week!

Oh boy, that was fun...I love giving away stuff...

pssttt....I'm giving away more stuff today:) Check out this post!!!

Okay, my memory isn't so hot but I remember reading a blog post from yesterday...oh sheesh, I can almost remember who it was written by....grrrrr....anyways, it'll hit me, like a ton of bricks...when I'm buying a latte or something and then I'll have to write it on my arm...my arm because if I write it on my hand I'll end up washing it off....anyways, sorry...the gal referred to Tim Holtz and something that he started to do....award blog candy to a random commenter {or is that commentor?}...I'm sorry ladies, I know a ton of you are teachers....

I think that's what I'm going to do start doing next week...through the end of the year...I'll pick one comment a week and send them a smidge of blog candy...keep it...PIF...hoard it...do whatcha want with the goods...I promise it'll be something fun:)

merry christmas...

Happy Monday!

Where has the weekend gone? I cannot believe how quickly it passes by...

Today I have a couple things to share with you...first up is Card Patterns #40:

I hope that you aren't getting tired of Christmas themed cards...It is a great way to work on my stash for this year. I'm sending all my family and close non-blogging friends the same card...I bought a bunch of eco photo cards from Target last year...after Christmas...50% off...The kids and I are getting our annual family photo taken this week...I'll order them in black and white and bam! those cards are all done...easy smeasy. All my various card challenge christmas cards will be going postal to blogging friends :)

Okay, here's my take on CP#40..love the sketch!

All the patterned paper is MME...I teamed it up with the Cutting Cafe Merry Christmas Huge Printable Circle Word...it is part of a fabbie set.

Guess what?! The ultra generous Regina has given me the green light to give away that fabbie set!!!

Leave me a comment on this post...I'll leave commenting open until 11:59 PM Pacific on Saturday, November 14th. I'll announce the winner on Sunday, November 15th.

Good Grief, it seems that my blog posts get longer and longer these days...call me Chatty Cathy:)

I thought I'd share my loot'ola from the magnificent Garage Sale that I went to on Saturday! It was by the ultra-super Jennifer Pebbles!!!

These are the non-paper goods:

Seriously, I swooped down like the stealth ninja and went to town ladies...I couldn't believe her ultra low prices and the fun stuff that she was selling!!! Check out that huge wide vintage picture frame...I'm going to put cork in it!!! Printer trays...3 of them..oy...

Here are my paper goods..plus a coolio tin birdie:
59 - 12 x 12 papers {MM Mistletoe-glitter/flocked..scalloped..delish stuff!}

11 - rolls of ribbon

2 - cards of ribbon

3 - A Muse stamps

4 - Jenni Bowlin Minis

2 - Jenni Bowlin Crepes

6 - Thickers

1 - Sassafras wee bundle

7 - American Crafts Rub Ons

1 - pkg felt flowers

8 - sticker sheets {sassafras}

Okay, this is straight from my sista Naomi's blog...I had the opportunity to visit her in Florida last month:

We then headed out to My Scrapbook Shoppe where I saw my sistah chica grab a stash of i dont know what it was and she just headed straight to the cashier. I was so intrigued and followed her right away. The girl found a nice stash of 50% of Jenni Bowlin stuff. She took it all. You should have seen her it was hilarious. "mine...mine....all mine" Nah she hooked me up with some 4x4 sheets and some journaling sheets too.

Naomi is actually referring to my ultra stealth Ninja shopping moves...bahaha..I think it's the Asian in me...LOL...I always hit the sale racks first when I go into a store...my kids know better than to ask if they can have something that isn't on sale...they know what the word expensive is in Japanese...I'm always telling them things are "too takai"...

Okay, there you have it...thanks for hanging out with me:)

card deets

card sketch: Card Patterns 40

card stock: speckletone kraft

patterned paper: MME

misc: Martha glitter, SU felt snowflake, PTI vintage button, SU striped grosgrain, Kaiser bling

brewing up some fun...

Welcome to 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday!!!!

This week we are being sponsored by:

The Design Team was able to play with some super fun digi images and some other goodies:) Okay, onto my card...

Here is the sketch.....ooooh...I love tall cards so I rotated it....I can see using this, a ton... I was able to play with the Paper Popsicles September Monthly set! It is chock full of home♥ish items...lamps...tea pots...cup & saucer...so I decided to go the caffeine route...big surprise, huh?

Grrr....sorry about the funky photo....but I cringe when I have to photog tall cards...

I used the Paper Popsicles tea pot/cup & saucer images {they are both on pop dots}....the "brewing up some fun" sentiment is by A Muse. The patterned paper is from Graphic 45...I've been really lovin' their stuff lately...so I went funky and combined the gorgeous damask with the red polka dots...These days I seem to have polka dots on all my cards. I didn't actually realize it until the fabbie Sandra commented that one of my recent cards had 3 different polka dot papers on it!!

I do tend to hoard my ZVA crystals...love, love, love the stuff but check it out ladies...I dehoarded and used the flourish completely intact...no snipping...no clipping...haha

I stitched the card all the way the damask panel..

Well, there you have it...I hope that you'll join us today for the Super Sunday Sketch and all week for Paper Popsicles goodness...

pssttt...remember I'm slinging out some bloggie candy...you have until 11:59 Pacific tonite to leave me a comment to be thrown into the random.org drawing...

Yesterday I had quite the check list of things:

1. Jennifer Pebbles' G-Sale
2. Soccer Game
3. CK Seattle!!!!

Well, unfortunately I only accomplished 2 of 3 things...any guesses?

wwwwaaahhh....I didn't get to #3....Let me start with #1...

Jennifer Pebbles

Okay, so I may have been the first person to arrive at the sale...yes, she is at least 30+ miles away from me but I was on a mission:) I have one word for you:

SCORE!

I'll share pics tomorrow but thank goodness it was a worthwhile trip {although I knew it would be}...because the soccer game was absolutely FREEZING....on a totally MUDDY field...there were a ton of parents grumbling...one was kicked off the field...good grief...by the time I got home, I was thoroughly cold, muddy {hmm...the soccer ball kept gravitating towards me..almost hit me twice!} and exhausted...I just couldn't bear the thought of driving 20+ miles to CK Seattle....waaaaahhhh.....I missed meeting up with Ginny...

On a positive note, I spent quality time with my boy...my girl was recovering from a sleepover last night...she didn't get much sleep so she went to bed at 5 pm last night!

I give a hoot...

Happy Saturday!!!

Today is chock full of fun...I want to try to fit in all this today:

1. Jennifer Pebbles' G-Sale

2. Soccer Game {only 1 today the other one is tomorrow!}

3. CK Seattle!!!!

Okay, now for my card...I combined Laura's sketch 38 and the Embellish Color/Owl Challenge!

This is my first Embellish challenge and don't be surprised if you see me creating another owl card for this particular challenge:)

I used the Stampin’ Up colors:

cameo coral, chocolate chip, and certainly celery

This card has already gone postal to this whipper snapper of a gal. I am sooo glad that I got to meet Sherry via 365 Cards. Shhhhh....she celebrates her birthday today...LOL....

We as women need to celebrate and embrace our birthday's...not dread it...I always ♥♥♥ celebrating birthday's....anybody's including my own!!

Tomorrow starts Paper Popsicles week over at 365 Cards...don't miss it!!!!

...lucky...and some sugar-free candy...again...

Woot Woot for Friday!!!!

Friday means a new challenge over at Get Sketchy!

This week is Get Sketchy #13!

Bonus Challenge: Dry Embossing

I've been on a red and blue kick....today is no exception:

I used my CB on the PTI Aqua Mist panels...{CB compliments of Paulina and the CB folder thanks to Sparks! Thanks Ladies!!!}. The K&Co 'Lucky' is flocked...I just ♥♥ my Hero Arts Big Owl:)

I hope you'll join us over at Get Sketchy...this week our sponsor is:

Check out Glue Arts' website!!

There are actually a couple different prizes up for grabs...

TOTE, Glue Glider + Refills

More deets on the Get Sketchy blog! You are NOT going to want to miss this ginormous prize package!!

Sugar-free Candy...what? Blog Candy again??!!! Well, guess what? Today is my blog♥o♥versary!!!

I have been blogging for 2 years...2 years...I can't believe it.

Blog candy is just a small way for me to thank YOU my readers...if you're a lurker...this is the time to 'speak up'! LOL...first things first...my blog candy:

1. Stampin' Up Hodgepodge Hardware-Pewter

2. Hero Arts Clouds Stamp

3. 7Gypsies Velvet Flowers

4. American Crafts Details

5. American Crafts Flair

6. MME Abbey Road Chippies-2 sets

7. Martha Stewart 1.5 inch Moire ribbon

8. Carolyn Gavin Designer Mat Pad

So whaddya think? A few of my favorite things...{is that song stuck in your head now?}...

Here's the scoop...leave me a comment on this post...only 1 per person please...internationals are welcome:) I'll leave it open until 11:59 PM Pacific on Sunday, November 8th, 2009.

I'll post the winner sometime on Monday...btw, there are a couple other blog candy give-a-ways:

Paulina of Pretty Pink Posh

Ginny of GinnyLou Studio

Paulina is having a fabbie Making Memories give-a-way...I decided against entering this time since I was the big winner of the Cuttlebug! OMGoodness...check out all the goodness that Ginny has going on...

Okay, have a super Friday...I'll be back tomorrow:)

season's greetings...

Today is Thursday and we're going to have a 365 Cards art lesson.

Marvelous Mondrian

Use the geometric paintings of Piet Mondrian as inspiration.

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan, after 1912 Mondrian, was a Dutch painter.

He was an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement and group, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. He evolved a non-representational form which he termed Neo-Plasticism. This consisted of white ground, upon which was painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colours.

(information compliments of Wikipedia)

I picked this particular painting as my inspiration:

I've got one word for you:

Rebel

It was totally non-intentional though...I didn't {a-hem} read about Mondrian until after I created my card...tsk tsk Amy....I used his painting as the inspiration to my creation...you might notice that there isn't any white space or primary colors...LOL.

Personally, I blame Basic Grey and Eskimo Kisses for not having the primary colors and white space...nah, I adore Eskimo Kisses' color palette and wouldn't want them to change anything about it.

Hope you'll join me in today's 365 Cards Challenge!!!

Signed,

The Rebel