just wanted to espresso my gratitude...

He's hired...my boy as my new blog photographer:

Makes my point & shoot really seem lame...oh well, I guess I'll have to save up for a fancy smancy camera, eh?

The Clean & Simple Sketch:

...and CAS-ual Fridays

Jest for the Pun of it

The paper is Basic Grey...the brad is from Daiso, the japanese dollar store...and of course the stamps are Skipping Stones Design Funny Coffee vol.#1.

As always...thanks for stoppin' by!

believe.

happy saturday peeps!

Just gotta love saturday mornings...I managed to sleep in until 4:30...that's 2.5 hours later than what I've been usually waking up...{I know...crazy...it's my old age}

I whipped together this card...seriously as I'm live blogging...

recipe

LOVE the "believe." sentiment which is from The Craft's Meow The Merry Best set:

{although the jury is still out on the glittery white embossing powder...grrrr}

I was inspired by the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge:

I love to work with tags...such a fun small canvas to create with and makes it easier to create when you are low in time.

All the paper is ala Basic Grey Nordic Holiday...really diggin' that line!

The Clean & Simple sketch worked wonderfully with CFC28:

Anyone headed out to the CKC Seattle today?  I'm volunteering from 8 - noon!

I have my entire afternoon planned....volunteer until noon...power shop until 1:30 and then hit the new Hobby Lobby that is north of Seattle...dangerous for a girl that 'should' be on a crafty spending freeze:) 

productive multi-tasking...

I get a real sense of accomplishment when I'm able to multi-task when crafting.  I love challenges, they inspire me, so when I'm able to combine some FAB challenges, I'm a happy camper.  I wish that I had more hours in the day to be creative but realistically I do most of it during the weekend.  By the time I get home from work, I'm exhausted and just don't have the energy:(

So here's a card that I put together yesterday....

I love the latest Clean & Simple sketch:

I can seriously see myself using this again and again..

The colors are compliments of WPlus9's Color Cue:

Such a striking combo....I used PTI kraft, Stampin' Up Rose Romance/Baja Breeze.  I  managed to ink up and paper piece WPlus9's Woodgrain Silhouette.  The very versatile sentiment is Hero Arts.  I gotta say that I love the Stampin' Up Crumb Cake Seam Binding ribbon...LOVE it.

Check out the newest CAS-ual Friday challenge...Bring the Bling!

My bling is yellow which is the optional Color Cue color:)  I'm chuckling to myself now as I type up this post...I managed to lose one of the blings from upstairs to the garage where my ultra coolio photo studio is {not..it's cold and a mess}...cheap bling stinks.

Three challenges in one card...that's probably the max that I can ever manage:)

Talking about multi-tasking...check me out:

I managed to blurf and watch Tiff's fab demos:

{did you notice the sweet 'Mom' heart that the boy did for me?}

Saturday morning I spent 3+ hours blurfing....3+ glorious hours of blurfing...my idea of a perfect Saturday morning.  P.S.  I managed to pick up 3 pairs of shoes at the small size shoe event at the Nordstrom Rack:)  Dang there were a ton of Asian women....LOL...oh yeah, that includes me and my Momma.

be unique...

It is Tuesday so that means it is the Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Add black accents.

1 neutral color, 1 other color and black.

Easy Smeasy...

Ooohhh....do you likey my new Martha flower punch? I made the mistake of 'popping into' the Impress shop when I picked up my girl and her friend from shopping...mistake, big mistake...lol.

I used my October Afternoon paper on the new punch and popped a black PTI button on top! The sentiment is from the May Unity Store Kit.

Pssstttt....I've added a Brand New Unity March 2010 Stampin' Store kit to my For Sale page {$29 + shipping}.

I hope that you'll play with us over at Jacksonbelle...

Please check out the other Jbelle gals for inspiration:

Dawn Lusk

Julie Lacey

Heather Pulvirenti

Windy Robinson

Stephanie Severin

Pam Varnell

Lynda Benden

Tobi Crawford

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Shemaine Smith

Lindsay Botkin

Keyword JBE107 for SCS and PCP

♥♥Field Trip♥♥

We went on a fun field trip on Sunday....did I tell you I live in the 'burbs? Well only in the 'burbs can you see this:

OMGoodness...isn't he precious?!!!!! My cousin owns a couple Alpaca's and one gave birth on Saturday! We got to meet the new 'bundle of joy' on Sunday....

This is the Momma Alpaca:

..and older sister...

I dunno, I kept thinking about the "Emporer's New Groove"...bahahaha....I'm a true Momma:) Come on though, pretty entertaining movie:)

♥♥Whimsy Haven Alert♥♥

Lindsay over at Whimsy Haven is having a 50% off sale all week....go check out her fabbie digi's!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!

I wanted to do a birthday shout out to my man...

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

If you're reading this before you check your mail today...please step away from the blog post....

Okay, now that I have said that I can share with you all what I have for today...

I used the fabbie Clean & Simple sketch #81:

I've been on a slight yellow kick...there seem to have been quite a few yellow challenges lately...I love yellow teamed up with gray....I used Stampin' Up's Basic Gray and Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry line:

It almost seemed too clean & crisp for me so I added the white stitching and the PTI Fresh Snow ink...oy...I hadn't opened up the Fresh Snow until I made this card...I didn't realize that the ink had gone all greasy pork chop on me until I saw a greasy thumbprint on the card....GRRRRRRRR....I think I managed to clean it up...hence the white distress inking....

Here's the interior shot....I wanted to stitch all willy nilly through the circles but then it would have disrupted the view when the card was closed...

Anywho's, I did have fun making this...especially working with those colors...

My man will be receiving a whole platter of cookies for his birthday treat at work...his nickname should be cookie monster since he loves them so much...this is where I should enter my disclaimer, no the cookies aren't baked by me but are baked by a local caterer...LOL...

The Cutting Cafe Design Team Call!

Check out the deets HERE.

I love working with Regina & The Cutting Cafe...she cranks out some super stuff!!!! Come on back tomorrow and I'll be sharing a 2s4y card with some Cutting Cafe goodness:)

noel...

This Clean & Simple #72 just screams Amy Butler:)

Here you go:

The Noel is actually felt...oh how I love felt...

A totally clean & simple card...the best in my opinion because it translates to regular postage..LOL. You might not be able to tell but the thread that I used for the stitching is PINK! I love the contrast on the gorgeous Amy Butler patterned paper AND that was what was in/on the Janome:) {bonus ninja points!!}

Remember to stop by tomorrow...it is my day over on the 365 Cards blog.