Girls Rule and Shopping!

Get your sunglasses out...you're going to need them!! How about this ultra-bright card? I just love those bellas!! A friend at work asked me to make a card for her niece - as part of her b-day gift, she's taking her shopping. How cool is that? I could be her niece, I'm available for shopping!

I took some inspiration from 4hounds at SCS. She uses lots of layers and the ticket punch quite often - hence, this card has more layers than I have EVER used before. LOL!!

All solid colors are by SU! The base card is Pixie Pink, layered with Certainly Celery, layered with Pixie Pink, layered with Apricot Appeal and FINALLY layered with some designer paper from DCWV - it's a huge 12x12 pad - I've never bought a pad of paper this big, but it's got some GREAT papers in it. This one has glitter and embossing with no work from me!

Emmybella was stamped on Whisper White and colored with Aquacolors and OMS; layered on Apricot Appeal, layered on Pixie Pink. I sponged Pixie Pink around Emmybella too. Gotta lotta layers going on! :) Added the pink stitched ribbon from Michael's and a jewel to Emmybella's purse.

Here's a close up of Emmybella:


Thanks for peeking in; hope you're enjoying the weekend. ~M.

Swirls

A couple cards I made this week; just slight differences.



Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great weekend!! ~M.

Turkey Anyone?

Remember "this" post (click on the word "this" to see the post)? Well...we sent that little guy (no, not our son) off to be mounted - full-size mounted. Six months later, the bird has arrived and our young man is so very delighted! It's beautiful; the taxidermist did a marvelous job.

Here's a side view of the turkey:


The pictures don't do the feathers justice, they have a green/bronze coloring to them. This is a turkey in full strut...which as Jared says "that's what he does when he's going to fight another turkey"...what he doesn't know? They do this when they're after a girl too! LOL

We have several other animals mounted downstairs - that's our unfinished basement in the background; hopefully we'll be able to get it finished and put all our magnificent mounts on display. Our children are blessed with a daddy that loves to hunt and has had the opportunity to hunt all over - British Columbia, Argentina, Alaska, Montana, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and a few others - from those places we have a Boone & Crockett white tail deer, a beautiful elk, Javalena, Dall sheep, moose, caribou, antelope, and a few other items.

Jim's dad loved to hunt, as do his two brothers. They've had some great times together.

Last, but not least, is the man with his turkey:


The turkey arrived yesterday; tonight when we got home I found Jared sneaking downstairs to take another peek at his turkey. :)

Hope you had a great week; thanks for peeking in!! ~M.

Kona & Sam say THANKS!

It all started with "this" card - a doggy thank you card! A dear friend asked me to make some doggy cards for 2 more black labs...even though my stamp doggy isn't a real black lab; they're still pretty cute aren't they?

They were to be a bit more Christmas related cuz they are Christmas gifts, but I couldn't resist doing Kona's (girl dog) in "pretty colors"; every girly girl deserves pretty colors, right?

Here's Kona card:

The background is a burgundy color - you can only see the top portion of the burgundy background card. It's then layered with SU's silver which I stamped with the Linen background stamp - a bit tough to see. I then layered on the beautiful designer paper and tied on some silver ribbon from SU. I stamped Kona on SU's Whisper White paper, layered on silver, layered onto a scalloped burgundy oval. I accented the scallops with a silver Marvy pen - my first time to use it - sure came in handy. And here is Sam's card; isn't he cute too?


His card starts with SU's Brocade Blue layered with SU's Night of Navy which I embossed with a texture plate by Sizzix. I highlighted the snowflakes with white craft ink to make them stand out a bit. I stamped Sam on SU's Whsiper White paper, layered onto SU's Brocade Blue layered onto some designer paper - just found it in the stash. :) I also used my new Photo Corners punch in the corner and added a white snowflake.

I sure hope Kona and Sam like their thank you cards; I made 3 of each.

Thanks for peeking in; I hope you're having a great week. Hugs, ~M.

I've been tagged!

WOW; I got tagged; I love Pink Lemonade (Keri); I love her work, go check her stuff out...and STOP drooling on your computer screen!!

Instructions:

1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself (on your blog, we all want to know them).

3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.

4. Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Ok so here are my seven weird or random facts:

1. My favorite candy is Toffifay - love it!!!

2. Our 3rd child was born with orange hair (mine is naturally blonde, Jim's is dark, dark brown (more gray now - tee hee)...does that count as being about me since I birthed him? LOL YES, we get LOTS of questions about where he came from. I always reply "the milk man"...yeah, whatever!!

3. I'm under 5' tall....um, yes, only 4'...the rest will be left unknown!

4. I can roll my tongue both ways in my mouth.

5. I love NASCAR and am passionate about it - headed to TX Motor Speedway next weekend!

6. I'm fiercely competitive (almost detrimental, particularly watching my children play sports)

7. Hubby's a Cornhusker, I'm a Sooner and we landed in KS - how'd we EVER get together??

8. I know, it didn't say give 8, but when I asked our oldest daughter what's weird about me..."she said, you have old fashioned clothes"...hmm.....

This is fun...let me see who I can tag?


Creating Impressions by Toni

The Pink Stamper (Robyn)

Chic n' Scratch (is that not the CUTEST blog name)

Alison's Angelic Whispers (check out those super cute ornaments!!)

Out of the East (Manna is a doll)

Taylored Expressions

Stamping and Stuff


I've left my 7 comments; hope they play!

Pretty Girls!

Not often do I post up-close pictures of our kids; but this one of the girls is cute...I think. It was taken at a 50th anniversary party we attended this summer - see how dark the oldest one is (with glasses). We had a great summer with lots of swimming and playing outside; both our girls get so tan...but that red-headed little boy we have? HA - he doesn't tan a bit!!!

Notice anything else? I "think" I might have my watermark where I want it - boy has this been a painful process!! It's still more noticeable than I would like...but for now, it'll work I think.

Hope you're having a great weekend; thanks for stopping by!

~M.

Still trying!!

Oh my; I have had 3 different people try to help me and still no luck...but we're getting closer! :D

I have all these watermarks and I've never been able to use them...this is as close as I got tonight!

It's still not as transparent as I need it to be...but it's a start. I've got to get to bed or I'll be miserable tomorrow. URGH...tomorrow, I'll play again.

Have a fabulous Friday and thanks for peeking in and tolerating my ramblings as I try to get this watermark 'thing' to work!! ~M.

Greetings friends; how's everyone doing? I've had some great play time (stamping) this week; ah...what relaxation it brings!

We had a co-worker pass away at a very young age; I made this card to send to her family. The base card is Bazzill paper - I love how it's ultrasmooth on one side and textured on the other. I stamped "With Sympathy" in Chocolate Chip in the lower right-hand corner.

I then dry embossed a softer shade of Bazzill paper with one of my new texture plates from Sizzix (it comes in the starter kit). I lightly sponged pink passion onto the flowers; then mounted this onto a thin frame of pink passion cardstock.

I then used a Clever Lever Mega Scalloped Circle Punch and a Jumbo Circle punch for the main focal point. I colored the solid flower in with pink and SU's Mellow Moss (leaves & stem); stamped off once b4 stamping onto the light pink circle. I then colored in the outline of the flower with Chocolate Chip and Mellow Moss and stamped directly onto the prior image - I didn't stamp off or anything. You can certainly see I didn't get these two lined up real well, but I still think it looks nice. Added the really beautiful pink, chocolate and white ribbon, put it all together and voila - I like it! Do you?

Remember, life is very short; don't forget to tell those you love how dear they are to you as we never know what tomorrow may hold. We're quickly approaching the one year mark of the passing of my DH's dad; how quickly the tears still come for all of us - including our children - even though we know he's in a MUCH better place and is no longer in pain. THAT brings us comfort, but the missing him goes on forever.

Thanks for stopping in; I hope you're having a great week! ~M.

Martini Anyone?

I don't even drink...but I love this stamp (which I purchased from Inky Antics). Isn't she a hoot? The paper is identical to the bella card I made last week; just changed it up a bit...but not much! What I love the most is the inside quote, it says "One Martini, Two Martini, Three Martini, Floor!"; that makes me laugh!

The flowers in the lower right hand corner of the image were punched with Stampin' Up's trio flowers; one in each color, layered on top of each other and then some pink bling/gemstone added to the top of the flowers. I colored the martini mix inside the glass and the girl with a combination of crayons, markers and odorless mineral spirits. Also added some green bling to the bubbles coming out of the glass. She's having a really good time!!!

I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend - thanks for peeking in!! ~M.

Altered Junior Notepad

I saw this great tutorial on Mish Mash's blog (<------ Click Here to Check it Out-scroll down a bit). I finally got some notepads and had a chance to make one last night - very quick and easy. THAT I like!

I gave this to my dear friend today...and the inside shows the purse card I made earlier this week that is "so her".You can see when you open the cover up that there is a small pocket on the left-hand side. Perfect for holding coupons, stamps, envelopes to mail, etc. Great little notepad for the grocery list and then put all your coupons on the left-hand side, wouldn't that be snazzy? The top of the junior notepad is covered with decorative packing tape - it has polka dots, just like the outside paper!

The outside of the holder has the word "friendship"; I think the picture below shows that a bit better. There are also 4 pink jewels in each corner which this picture shows better (click on any picture to get an up-close view). I colored the huggybellas with a combination of crayons, markers and odorless mineral spirits.

I can't wait to make a few more of these; they were fun and have endless possibilities.

Thanks for stopping by; have a great weekend. Hugs, ~M.