Duplicity

Happy Thursday everyone!!!  I am so glad to be on the back end of this week.  It has been crazy and crazy and I just need it over. 

This is basically the same card from yesterday but done in different colors and added a few details.I started with Berry Sorbet cardstock and used my white gel pen to make 2 boxes on the base.  I like the way 2 lines make it more detailed and not much more work.  I messed up with some of the lines and went over but I liked it so I went with it and started doing it on purpose.The rest of the main image is the same as yesterdays as well.  The frame was stamped in berry sorbet and the butterfly image was stamped using stamping ups ink (bliss blue).  The ribbon is berry sorbet and the button is a vintage button from PTI.Pretty simple again so I will leave you with that.  Take care and have a great Thursday.Thanks for stopping by!!! 

Simplicity is the key

Hello everyone!!!  I actually have something to show you today.  It is very simple and it uses the PTI 3rd Anniversary set.  I think their best yet.

 

I used Enchanted evening cardstock and a white gel pen to make the base of the card.The main image uses the anniversary set in enchanted evening and SU! forest foliage on white cardstock.The sentiment was stamped using brilliance white ink and the sentiment is also from the anniversary set.  I did put some glitter in there but it is hard to see.I would have tweaked it a bit more if I had all the goodies I wish I could afford but for the most part I am very pleased with how this turned out.  I am interested in trying different colors and doing the tweaking I wish I could have done on this card.Thanks for stopping by!!!

Easter basket

Hello everyone!!!  Today is Wednesday and the 3rd day of my oldest son's spring break.  It is too bad we haven't really done anything.  I hope to get to the poppy preserve that is in a neighboring town before the rain comes back.I wanted to share with you the "baskets" I made my older boys for Easter.  They really are not baskets but still something that I thought my boys would like.  I also threw these together Saturday night after they had gone to bed.

I made them using Lauren Meaders template she made for PTI and the paper is SU!  I don't remember the name but I do know that it has been discontinued.  The circles are stickers in the same line as well as the sticker that goes up and down the paper as well.  The rest is pretty self-explanatory.  I will leave you with a picture I took of my boys on Easter.  I think it was the best I got, which is actually a sad thing.  The shirt my little Garrett is wearing is part of an outfit that my husband wore for his first Easter.  I got it from my Mother-in-law just in time for my second baby boy, Wyatt, to wear on his first Easter.  It actually makes me sad.  I have these outfits that are now going to be put away for as long as it takes to have my first grandkid, which better be many, many years down the road :)I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday.Thanks for stopping by!!!

Kindergarten Valentine's

Hello everyone!!!  I am so excited to be back home and crafting again.  We had to spend an extra day in the hospital since Garrett was a bit jaundice.  He still has it a bit but things are looking good.  He is such a great sleeper and allows me at least 3 hours of sleep in a row through the night.  I couldn't have asked for anything better.  He is just perfect.Today I am showing off the first card/project I have made since having my precious little boy.  And keep stopping by because I have a few thank yous to make up as well.This card I made for my niece's kindergarten class.  She lives in Wisconsin and her kindergarten class is celebrating their 100 days of school near Valentine's day.  Her teacher has decided to ask friends/family of the children in her class to send cards.  They will be studying the places on the map where the cards come from.  It is times like this that I truly wish we lived in Alaska still.  How neat would that be? 

This card started because of a card I saw on the cover of my PaperCrafts magazine.  I think it was a Dawn McVey card actually.  I just added a couple things and changed some of the stamp sets and colors.  The base is kraft cardstock.  I stamped the hearts border in brilliance white.  The scallop edge is scarlet jewel punched with my fiskars border punch.  The rest is hibiscus burst stamped with text in versamark ink.  The ribbon is some that was on a Christmas present I received.  I used a Vintage holiday button and tied it with pure poppy dmc floss.  The most exciting part is that the labes I found at Joann's.  It seems that Joann's has now decided to sell spellbinders products.  I have been eyeing a lot of the labels dies from spellbinders but since budget is extremely tight (especially now with 3 bosy :D  ) I had to wait.  So when I saw that Joann's had this set I had to pick it up because I had a coupon.  I love it.  I have more coupons too.  Since I will be spending next weekend at my sister's house we plan to make a trip to a very large Joann's and get some more.Okay, back to the card.  The cupcake was stamped with black staz-on using tiny treats valentine's (borrowed from my sister).  That is about it for this card but I am very please since I have been out of the craft area in quite a while.  I hope to see you back here tomorrow.Thanks for stopping by!!!

Birthday collage

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!  I hope you all had a great Martin Luther day off.  We are actually get a bunch of rain that is so needed.  I am a bit disappointed because we were supposed to get thunder storms as well and didn't.  I love thunder storms. 

We decided to take some much needed rest on Saturday and Sunday but went into town yesterday to do some last minute shopping.  It figures that is the day that the rain decides to downpour.  It was still nice to get out though.  I can't be couped up in the house for too long.  Of course I paid for it last night though.  I was having some major back pain and braxton hicks contractions.  Plus the baby was kicking some of my organs and causing me quite a bit of pain.  Good thing it won't be too much longer.  (Thank goodness for automatic blog saver.  My computer decided I didn't need to be in blogger and closed the page but since blogger automatically saves the post once in a while I didn't have to retype, at least something worked for me).
So I have been doing the blog hop thingie lately since I feel so out of the loop on things.  I have been visiting Kelly Lunceford's blog lately, thanks to my mom, and I just love her work.  She did a post last week that I just loved.  I am not good with matching or combining different PP with others but she got me itching to make a card that way.  I love what she did and although I wanted to do the same type of thing I didn't want to completely copy her so this is what I came up with.

(sorry about the not so great picture, but like I said it is raining here so pictures are hard to get)

The card base is SU! kraft.  I cut 4 strips of PP, they were actually in my stash so that is nice.  They are all from Making Memories "vintage findings" paper stack that I bought on clearance at Michael's a while back while shopping with my mom, I just love the paper.  I love vintage.  I taped them to some pure poppy card stock and then stitched them with my sewing machine (thanks again mom for fixing it).
The sentiment is PTI and stamped with vintage cream on enchanted evening cardstock and then framed with a vintage type frame I was given by Denise from Whimsy.  The brads I had in my stash and I just love how they are the same just different sizes, the ribbon is some that was in my stash also so I have no idea where it came from.
Okay the last of the details and then I will let you go check out some other eye candy out there.  I punched two circles and stitched some buttons onto them using DMC floss and the buttons are PTI holiday mix vintage buttons with a few mixed in from wal-mart.  You may not be able to see it but I also put some adhesive pearls in the top right corner of the card for some interest up there.
I am very please with this card but not in love with it.  I will be trying more ideas later.  I am itching to get things done before baby arrives. 
I have a doctor's appointment later today so we will know more about how the baby is and when/how it may be arriving.  I will keep you all posted.
Thanks for stopping by!!!

C.C. cutie

Hello everyone!!!  I am so excited to have something crafty to show you today.  It has been a long time since I have felt crafty at all.  I showed my hubby the card and even he commented about it being nice to see me create again and how it has been a long time.  Thankfully my husband is very supportive of my hobby.  But he really has no choice since I am supportive of his expensive hobbies as well. 
I am still not very talkative.  Maybe because I have been doing a bunch of talking with my husband, family, doctors, ect.  It has been quite the roller coaster lately and I don't see anything calming down after the baby arrives, especially if I have to do a c-section which I don't want but in this case I see it being the only safe option for me and baby.

So today I am showing you a card I made last night and it was so fun.  I actually didn't do any stamping last night either.  I have had this cutie pie stamped for quite a while from my mom or sister, I cannot remember which, and colored her in a LONG time ago. 
I used some kraft paper that I believe is actually SU! for the base and the rest is a mix of PTI, basic grey and making memories.  The flowers are Primas and the rest is just cheap-o's from Joann's or Michaels.  Oh wait, the "thank you" charm was actually something I got from Denise, the owner of Whimsy stamps, she sends them out with every order, isn't that just the sweetest.  Now I have to buy more of her stamps since I am out of the charms  :)
Thanks for stopping by!!!

Grandma's Birthday

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!  I am a day late and a dollar short.  Yesterday was my grandmother's birthday.  I couldn't even take a gander at how old she is.  I finally got a card made for her last night and going to get it in the mail today.

I used a CPS sketch and some SU! paper that my mom gave me a while back when we visited.  I really don't have a whole lot to say or a whole lot of time.  More fun pregnancy stuff.  I hope to be back on later to add some more words to this post but I wanted to make sure and get at least some things written up and a picture up.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Gift card

Happy Wednesday all!!! We are almost to another weekend. It has been a crazy week. I will be glad when it is over. I am running a little late today. I have not been looking forward to today for a little while. If you know me I have no problems getting my boys and my husband to the doctors for check-ups, sickies, dentist, etc. But when it comes to me...I put it off for as long as I can. Well, I am dealing with some stuff right now and I HAVE to go see the doctor. It is nothing big, no worries, really but it is forcing me to see the doctor right now and I am hating it. So, needless to say I will be glad when it is over.

Today I am going to show you the card that I made for my son's speech teacher. I wanted something to go along with the layout of the box and make sure that it had all the elements as well. That is how I came up with this layout. Again, I don't have too many of the details so I am not going to get busy trying to remember. I will do my best if anyone has an questions but I am not going to post them here.

I am working on a Father's Day card today for a card group that I am going to on Friday morning. I am excited and nervous. I have never been to a card group like this before, believe it or not. So this is going to be a lot of fun but I am nervous about how everyone is going to receive my card and of course the explaining part. I really don't do well in front of a group, even friends.

I should be posting the Father's Day card tomorrow so if you are going to card group and want to get a sneak peek of what I have planned then by all means come back tomorrow and check it out.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks...

Yeah!!! It's Friday!!! Today is actually the start of our weekend. My hubby got a "Family Day" which means we have a wonderful 4 day weekend. I am so grateful sometimes for the few perks we get as a military family.

I promised a gable box and it is a gable box you will get. In fact, I will do you one more, okay 2 more. There are 3 gable boxes. I actually made 4 but I only took a picture of 3 because that is all I had finished before I had to leave for the party.

I don't know if you remember this post but it is the same thing, just changed up the embellishments. I am pleased with how it turned out. I just wish I had more time to think about how I was going to embellish it but it went over fairly well.

I am going to make this short. Lots to do and not a lot of time, as usual.

I realized too that this box qualifies for the newest Whimsy challenge. The challenge was to use flowers on your project. They have changed their rules too so go by and check it out, even if you don't have Whimsy stamps yet *wink*

Deets:
stamps: PTI polka dot basics, Whimsy Baseball Connor
ink: PTI summer sunrise, staz-on jet black
paper: PTI kraft, vintage cream, black; Joann's orange
Queen & Co., brads, Making Memories "Chloe's Closet" buttons, SU! linen thread, detail silver embossing powder for the bat, Micheal's cream twill ribbon, crop-a-dile eyelets, I can't remember where the flower came from.

I think that is everything. I hope you enjoy the eye candy. Have a great weekend. I may or may not be back on Monday depends on the weekend.

I do have something I started. I didn't mention it but Our Craft Lounge was doing a blog hop for all the sets they were putting out for the summer. With every blog there was a giveaway of one of the stamp sets. Well, I actually one of the new sets and I was so excited too. I am not going to mention which one but they are so fun to color. I hope to have some stamp time on Sunday and I can get you some new stamp eye candy for Monday.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

3rd note card for set

Well, good Tuesday everyone!!! What a crazy day it was here yesterday. I woke up to some dreary skies and high temperatures. My oldest had his second to last t-ball game of the season but by the time the afternoon rolled around I was wondering if that game was going to take place. The winds started sailing through the trees and knocking things around. Then it started to drizzle. I called my husband to see if he had heard anything about the game because one of his co-workers is my son's coach, nothing yet.

It wasn't until a little later that I get a call from my husband. I looked out the window and saw the rain coming down and just knew that they had cancelled the game. I went to tell my son. I told him since it was raining outside his game was cancelled. he looked straight at me, put his arms out and said, "I know". How did he know? He is just too cute and cracks me up everyday.

Well, 4ish rolled around and the winds calmed down to a light breeze and the rain had stopped. His game wouldn't have started until 5pm. His game was basically cancelled for no reason. Yeah, the field would have been wet and slippery but what 5 year olds would not want to get dirty? I know both of my boys would have thought that to be the highlight of their day.

So, last night I sat down to finish a name plate I had started for my newest nephew. I took out the rub-on letters I had bought specifically for it and then realized that the package may only contain one of each letter, his name has 2 "L's" in it. Yep, sure enough, only one "L". So now what?

Well, I had started making note cards a while back to make a set for something, maybe sell, I have no idea. Only two cards isn't going to do it so I set out to make another. I ended up using a different color than aqua mist because I wanted to use only scraps. This is the card I came up with. I was hoping for more of a garden look to it but I am pleasantly happy with the finished product. This is another 3X3 card.

Deets:

stamps: PTI little lady

ink: Tim Holtz distress ink-tea dye, PTI spring moss

paper: PTI spring moss, kraft, chocolate remix pp

flowers are prima, brad is from Joann's, buttons are from wal-mart and Making Memories-Chloe's closet, linen thread from SU!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Notecards

Happy Friday!!! I am doing the happy dance. I am so excited to have Friday here. This weekend is going to be awesome. Saturday I get to go visit family and have lunch with my parents and my sister and her family. What a great way to celebrate Mother's Day, right?

Today I have a notecard for you. This card also fits the bill for 2 challenges. One is for Caardvarks. the challenge there is to use a verse or quote on your project. The second is for A Spoon Full of Sugar. Their challenge is "touchy feely" that means that want to see some texture on your project.

This card was a fun one to make. It is a small notecard 3" X 3". There really isn't much else to say so I am going to stop now.

Today is the last day to enter my blog candy. I will be back tomorrow morning to post the winner.

stamps: PTI guide lines, out on a limb sentiments

ink: versamark and palette black, aqua mist

paper: PTI aqua mist, dark chocolate, kraft

ribbon: PTI aqua mist

button: making memories "chloe's closet"

linen thread, corkboard, kaleidoscope embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Almost all PTI for a non-PTI challenge

Happy day to you all!!! Thank you for the well wishes. My youngest is doing much better and just about over his sickies. My oldest is still in the mist of it but I think he is headed for recovery as well. He still has a bad cough but he is getting medicine and with the sleep I am making him get he should be done by the end of the week *crossing my fingers*.

My headache finally died away last night so that was nice as well. The only weird thing is that after my headache was easing up I got a bad case of the quesies. My headaches make me feel sick to my stomach but it seemed to get worse after my headache started to go away. That is very strange. I woke up still feeling a little sick to my stomach. I guess I will take some more pepto and hope it goes away.

I was able to get in some crafting last night though. It felt good to get back to my work but it was hard to get started. My sister directed me to a challenge blog "Caardvarks" that was offering some goodies from Taylored Expressions. A new stamp set called "Whimsical Wishes".

The challenge the posed was to make a project using a tree. I was excited because I have not yet got to experience any of Taylor's stamps. Plus, I have a tree stamp from PTI that I have inked up but has been neglected lately.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do but I did know I wanted to use my new cardstock from PTI and the new ink pad that I got in my last order as well.

I am happy with how it turned out but in my opinion it is obvious that my mojo needs a little help.

My goodness!!! I was doing some blog surfing and found this cool blog challenge called "365 cards" It looks awesome and I look forward to doing more with them. Their challenge is to use a leaf on a project. Well, since I made this tree card for "Caardvarks" that has leaves on it I had to enter it into that challenge as well. Go check them out here. It is great.

deets:

stamps: PTI father knows best, simple little things, boxes, bags and tags

paper: PTI guide lines II, spring moss, kraft, Joann's pink cardstock

ink: PTI spring moss, hibiscus burst, tim holtz distress ink (tea dye)

threading water border punch, spring moss ribbon, SU! linen thread

Have a great Wednesday!!! As always, thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Papertrey Ink First Blog Hop entry

Happy Weekend!!! Wooohooo!!! I am a little out of sorts today. My brain is having a hard time grasping the fact that I am blogging and it is Saturday. I am excited though. I love blogging and I love the things you learn and find out in the blogging world. I am so happy to be a part of it.

Anyway, I don't blog on the weekends because that is my family time but this time I am making an exception. Today is the 25th of the month which means that it is time for Papertrey Inks monthly blog hop. Every month Papertrey issues a challenge for anyone with a blog who wants to participate. You add your name to the list and post your challenge on your board. Every month this is tons of fun and prizes to be had.
The challenge for this month is to make ANYTHING with any of Lauren's templates. They do have two you can buy for free so there really is no excuses.

















So when I heard what the challenge is I had to figure out what I was going to do. I have EVERY one of Lauren's templates and have used almost every single one of them as well.
I figured since I heard about this challenge after this month's PTI stamp release I would use one of the new templates they just released as well.

I used "From the Desk of" to hold my list of families birthday's. I think it works great for that. In the front is the 12 months with a space to write everyone's birthday on and in the back is a few cards and envelopes that I can just grab, write a short note on and then get them out in the mail quickly.
I am so pleased with what I did. I wanted something that worked for me but a little different too. I am trying to go outside of my comfort zone with colors and patterns. I am glad I did. I think it turned out beautifully.

I wanted to point out too, after I finished putting it all together I though of something. If I were to do this again I would do it before it is all together so it looks neater. I cut another small piece of ribbon and glued it into the front part of the file. This now holds my pen in place so I always have one close.
Here are the deets:
paper: PTI kraft, spring moss, lavender moon, DCWV brown, PP from Me & my big ideas
ink:PTI ocean tides, spring moss, palette brown, Tim Holtz tea dye
stamps: PTI polka dot basics, floral frenzy
Lavender moon ribbon
making memories button
SU! linen thread

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Another 2-in-1

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I have a VERY busy day today so I am getting this typed up a little early so you don't have to wait until who knows when to see this.

I have another card that I used Lauren's Saturday Sketch for. I LOVE how this one turned out and it is awesome. I am really excited that Lauren is trying something new with her Saturday challenges and that she is opening up a design team call as well. I love what Lauren does with paper and it would be an honor to be able to work with her on a regular basis.

Here is her sketch:

Here is my card:

This is also a card I am entering into a Copic challenge. They are here. The challenge this week was to color jeans. Thankfully my sister has a LOT of copics (at least more than I do) and let me borrow some of her blues to color some jeans. The rest of the copics are mine and I LOVE how the coloring went. I also used some Spica Glitter pens as well.

Here are the deets:
stamp: Whiff of Joy, Verve stamps:petals and stems
ink: Palette black, PTI ripe avocado
paper: PTI spring moss, vellum, SS white, and Marcella K PP
Bridal flowers from Michael's, Making memories buttons, SU! linen thread

The cool thing to is that the copic challenge was to color jeans. When I was looking for buttons I happened to see that these buttons had writing on them. These buttons, since you can't probably read it, says "Faded Glory Jeans Co."

Well, I believe that is it for now. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Late Mojo

Happy Friday everyone!!! Wooohooo!!! Who isn't happy that today is Friday? Not me, I am so excited. I so need a break this weekend and that is all we have planned. Actually we don't have anything planned and I need a weekend like that before my life gets crazy.

T-ball is dominating our lives already. I cannot believe it is as bad as it is. I thought, sure a few days no biggie. Now I know what it is like to be a Mommy with a lot to do. I am loving it though. I love seeing my son so happy and excited about something.

I don't have a whole lot of time to post today. I have to go see the dreaded dr. Really, I hate doctors. It isn't the person really. It is just that I don't like what they may or may not find. I stress, about everything, and doctors are you of the things I stress about. My blood pressure is no good when I go to the doctors.

I didn't want to leave your eyes missing something so I am posting the picture and then I will be back later to post all the deets for it. I hope you enjoy it. I am pleased with how it turned out.

okay, I am back. The doctor's went over as usual so it took longer than expected to get back home. I am glad to be home though and can finally try to relax the rest of the day.

oh, and a side note, the layout is from a mojo sketch from Poetic Artistry that I didn't get a chance to participate in.

deets:

paper: SU! kraft, PTI lemon tart and $1 spot at target

ink: palette black and versamark, pti lemon tart

stamps: c.c. designs, pti boxes, bags, and tags

extras: OCL sparkly fluff, black fun flock, $1 ribbon at Michaels, crystal stickles, prima flowers, joann's brads

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Teaching gift

Happy Friday everyone!!! Okay, who else is so happy that today is Friday??? I am especially happy about today. For one, almost all my stress is about to go away. There isn't a whole lot more I can do about everything that I had planned, so whether it gets done or not is okay with me at this point.

For another thing, my hubby is home from work today. With everything we had to do with week he took a day off so we can make sure it all gets done. Who doesn't love a 3 day weekend?

Tonight is my oldest son's first T-ball opening ceremony. My sister and her family are coming with my Grandmother to share in his excitement. I do need to ask you all one favor though. The clouds are hanging around and there is a threat of rain so if you don't mind joining me in praying that the rain either holds off until after the ceremony tonight or that it doesn't come at all, it would be greatly appreciated.

Plus, tomorrow we celebrate my Grandmother's 91st birthday tomorrow. You know I will be bringing my camera so I will definitely be sharing pictures here on Monday. We are also celebrating Easter at my sister's house tomorrow as well. So that means lots and lots of pictures to share on Monday. That also means I might not have anything to share with you crafty-wise. Oh, yes I will. I will show you the baskets I made for my boys for Easter.

Okay onto today's project. I am not sure if I mentioned this but I was asked to teach our Relief Society lesson in church on Sunday. I actually hold two callings right now, I think. I am the Relief Society teacher and the Primary Secretary for the little kiddos. I love both callings so I am excited about anything they ask me to do.

To go along with the lesson I am teaching I thought it would be neat to make bookmarks for all the ladies at church (since those are the ones I am teaching). I found a wonderful scripture at the back of the lesson that I think pretty much summed up what we were trying to get across. So, I typed it up in Word and printed it out and then made wonderful bookmarks for all the ladies. I am also going to give one to my Grandmother for her birthday along with a subscription to the church magazine since she isn't able to go to church anymore. I hope she is happy with it. It is just so hard to think of something for someone who isn't able to get out much. I have made cards and such before but you can only get excited about so many cards, right?

I do have to say, I am not sure about the deets though. I pretty much just started grabbing things since I had to make so many. In the picture there are 8 bookmarks but rest assured I have LOT more to make before Sunday. Good thing they actually come together fairly easy and all the stamping is done.

I do want to tell you though, the filigree stamp was stamped with a new stamp set I got at Michael's. I feel kinda bad getting it though. I feel like I am cheated PTI and Lisa Johnson out of some money. The set is by Autumn Leaves and is called Pretty Poppies. Of course I still want to get Lisa Johnson's Poppy set from PTI but this is nice until then.

Alright, I think that is it for now. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Whiff of Joy Challenge

Happy Thursday everyone!!! I feel like I haven't accomplished anything at all. But such is life. One thing got taken off my list so I shouldn't stress about that but I am thinking about adding something back on. It shouldn't really be a big deal but who knows.

Yesterday was a day I am glad that is over. Last night I think I figured out why things are all screwy in my house. I hope I have found the answer and after this weekend we will all be ready for the week again. Okay, I guess I can delve into it a little. Last weekend we didn't have church because of General Conference, I think I mentioned that previously. The weekend before that we didn't go to church because we were visiting my sister and my hubby was hunting. I think we need to recharge our spiritually batteries and then we should be doing better. So, with that said, I am so looking forward to Sunday.

Actually I can't wait for Saturday as well. Since we have church on Sunday and my family is about an hour away we decided to have Easter Sunday on Saturday. Also, Saturday is a very big day in my family. My grandmother will be turning 91 on Saturday. I am so glad that I am here to be able to celebrate with her. She is an awesome person and I am so glad to have her in my life and for my boys to know her.

I guess I should get on with the card right? I haven't been the best crafter lately so I needed something to kinda get me back into the swing of things. I started out making my boys their Easter baskets, they aren't finished, so I decided to check out the Whiff of Joy Challenge for this week. It seemed fun and plus I got to color another beautiful picture again.

Just a quick note before I get to the deets. I saw Nichole Heady mention this on her blog so I went with it. After I colored the girl with my prismacolor pencils I used my PTI snow white ink pad and dabbed it on the image. It softened the colors and I just love how it turned out. Also you probably aren't going to see this on the picture but I did use some Crystal Effects on her mug. I also used a white gel pen for highlighting and some steam coming from her "hot cocoa" mug heheheh ;)

Okay the deets:

paper: PTI SS white, SU! kraft, DCWV hot cocoa aka latte, and more DCWV (don't remember the name)

ink: palette black, PTI white canvas, SU! mellow moss

prima flowers, joann's brads, nestabilities to cut out the circle, cuttlebug floral embossing flower, ek success border punch, and making memories "funky with fibers"

As a side note, my laptop and completely gone capute (sp) so from here on out I am going to be using my desktop until we find out what is wrong or able to get a new one. That means I am not going to be able to do links. If there is something that you want to know how to get to, just ask. That also means that my watermark will not be used unless I am able to email the picture to my sister before posting it here. My desktop is old and cannot handle the requirements for Photoshop. Such is life. At least I gotta A computer that works, right?

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

2nd post for today/Whiff of Joy Challenge

Hi guys!!! I am posting a second post today to show you my Whiff of Joy Challenge. They are doing another challenge for a guest designer. This guest designer spot is only for 2 weeks. But how fun would it be to be a guest designer no matter how long the stint is. I just love their images and so need to get some of my own.

I am not going to get all wordy on you today. Just gonna show you the awesome card. I really love it. And then give you the deets. I did want to say that the PP on the bottom is from a new pack I bought this passed weekend while visiting my sister. We went to Joann's to get some mod podge for me. I had some but it has disappeared into one of the black holes in my house. I also wanted to see if they had some DCWV paper I saw on Geny Cassady's blog called Citrus. They did have it but I spied this paper pack also and it is just so me that I had to snag it instead. It is called Latte. I don't drink coffee so instead I am calling it Hot Cocoa hehehe. The citrus is lovely and I might have to go snag it later. Great summer colors.

Deets:

paper:SU! kraft, PTI vintage cream, DCWV latte and another DCWV pp that I can't remember the name of

stamps:Whiff of joy, PTI simple little things

ink: palette black and brown, PTI vintage cream

extras: prismacolor pencils, prima flowers, joann's brad, michael's twill ribbon, EK success border punch

I hope you like the card as much as I do. I am so happy with the way it turned out. The last day for the Whiff of Joy challenge is today. If you want to enter you better get going.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy!!!

The project I intended for yesterday

Happy Tuesday all!!! What a day it was yesterday. My boys were in full force yesterday. They drove me crazy. I don't know what it was yesterday, Monday? I don't know. My hubby also had a bad day at work yesterday too. Good thing it is over.

Of course we did end it on a good note. We are having some comfortable weather here so we barbequed and since my oldest is getting ready for T-ball he wanted to practice, especially since we got him some balls and a new mitt to play with. While my hubby was grilling I was helping my oldest to bat off a "T". My hubby usually just tosses him the ball and he hits it so this is new to him. Now we just have to work on the throwing. He always want to "pitch" the ball not just toss it to someone so this is going to be fun.

I was going to show you something else yesterday but stupid me forgot to take a picture of it. It was something I made for my sister so it was at her house. I had to ask her to take a picture of it for me and then email them to me. I figured I already had the pictures of the other project so I posted that first.

This is another Lauren's My Timeless Template. I love the little filed with flair goodies. My sister and I decided to play around with them this passed weekend. It was fun.

My sister is in love with pink so that is what I used as the base of the file holder. Here are the pics and then the deets follow. Enjoy!!!

Deets:

paper:PTI sweet blush, vintage cream, chocolate remix

ink: palette brown, SU! creamy caramel, versamark, PTI sweet blush, and berry sorbet

stamps: PTI life, borders & corners monogram edition

extras: PTI berry sorbet stitched ribbon, prima flowers, joann's flower brad, kaleidoscope embossing powder, treading water fiskers border punch, clear glitter pen

I also made a few mistakes on my last post. For the letters of my son's name we used a alphabet stamp set from SU! and the ink for the Connor baseball player wasn't palette black it was momento tuxedo black.

Well, that is about it for today. I hope you have a good day.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Brother-in-law birthday

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! Another early and busy day for me. Today is Tuesday so my oldest has speech today. Then I have a couple of errands to run before I pick up my husband for lunch.
The only thing I am dreading today is going to the clinic here on base. We have signed up my oldest for T-ball. He and I are so excited to get started. But we needed to have a physical to get him enrolled. That physical was done in Dec. so all I had to do was take a piece of paper to the clinic so his doctor could fill it out and get it back to me. Well, all of that was done over a week ago. Still no word from the clinic about it been completed. I went over last week and no paper. I NEED that paper or my son cannot play. So, if they still tell me they don't have it I might have to drop a name. I hate name-dropping. It just isn't fair to everyone else but I NEED this paper, last week. What else am I supposed to do, right?
Anyway, enough of my woes, right? I promised you yesterday I would show you the card I made for my brother-in-law and here it is. I was really struggling with this one after making a really girlie card for my niece. I had planned on using Peanut from Our Craft Lounge but it just didn't work like I had hoped. So I took some time, watched some TV and then decided I need to get back to the card. I am pleased with how this turned out.
Here are the deets:
paper: PTI vintage cream and spring moss
ink: SU! Creamy caramel and versamark
stamps: PTI guide lines, simple little things
buttons: making memories choloe's closet and the brown is from a baggie I got at Wal-Mart
string is from the jewelry section at Michael's
As always, thanks for stopping by!!! Tomorrow I have a fun project I made for myself using one of Lauren's templates.
Missy