End of another season

Hello everyone!!!I hope you all had a wonderful, happy, and safe 4th of July.  It was so nice to be away, with family. I am here to show you the card I made for my oldest son's baseball coach.  This is the first year he didn't have his dad as, at least, the assistant coach.  It was a difficult transition for him and to be honest me as well. I, of course, waited until the last minute to get something together. I started with spring rain cardstock, to match the team colors.  The main image is a Whimsy stamp and was stamped, once with staz-on and the other with versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I had hoped that would help with the bleeding when I colored the image.  It did with for most part but since it wasn't a clear stamp it was a bit difficult to make sure both images matched up. 

The chevrons were also stamped with versamark and clear embossed. I was done with all of that but after looking at it a bit I knew that it needed something else.  That is when I thought of doubling the buttons.  I think it added just the right finishing touch.Since coaching takes more time than you can imagine I figured it would be nice to give him a gift for the family.My mother in law a while back, gave us some popcorn plastic "bags" to eat our popcorn in at home during family movie night.  I thought that would be nice, who doesn't like movies and popcorn.Of course I added some hot cocoa mix to go along with it.  I know it is summer but if they don't to drink it now that can save it for the winter. I have some wonderful pictures I want to share with you soon as well.Have a great week!!!Thanks for stopping by!!! 

 

This tag I made for my son's class.  He had a book exchange at school.  Me being me, I couldn't just send him to school with just any old book and simple tag.  I whipped this up in no time.

The stamp is Whimsy and the PP was in my stash.

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Whimsy chips

Good morning everyone!!!  I hope you are ready for Christmas because this is the week it will get here.  Can you believe that Friday is Christmas?  It seemed to have snuck up on us yet again.  I really hope that I can get a better head start on the festivities than I did this year.  Of course that is what I hope every year.

Today is Monday, obviously, which means it is time for another wonderful Whimsy challenge.  This challenge with last for 2 weeks.  That means you have until Jan 4th 2010 to post your creative project.  Can you believe it, 2010, this is the last challenge of the year, simply craziness.

For this challenge you are to use chipboard.  You don't have to use chipboard on every square inch of your project, just one piece will do.

I have gotten burnt out on cards so when I sat down to make my project for this challenge I decided to do a wall hanging/ornament/whatever you want it to be.

I started off with some chipboard I had in my stash and cut it out using my biggest labels die that I got for my birthday.  Since the chipboard was "naked" and I wanted it clothed I cut out some enchanted evening paper using the same die and glued it on.

I used some more vintage paper from making memories and used a Martha Stewart punch to give it some lace feel.  From there I just used some silver paper in my stash to mat the adorable snowman on.  He was colored using both copic markers and koh-i-noor pencils.  The flower and buttons are also chipboard I had lying around in my desk.  The sentiment is from PTI but suits the cutie snowman so well.  I just love how it turned out.  So different than my usual stuff, in my opinion.  I am trying to jump out of my comfort zone here lately and so far it is suiting me, I think.

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Christmas is coming

I cannot believe it has been since last Wednesday that I posted anything.  I do have things to show you it was just one heck of a week last week.  I hope that this week won't be as hectic.  I am sure we will have to do some running around though trying to get things ready for Christmas.  Although, thankfully, we are almost done with our shopping.  Next is getting everything wrapped and in the mail, the things that need to be mailed.

So today is another Whimsy challenge that I was thankfully able to finish in time.  I completely forgot it was my week to participate until my mom mentioned to me that she was working on her project.  I do want to mention to you that as usual you do NOT need a Whimsy image to enter the contest but if you have one we would love to see what you can do with it.  Also don't forget that their special Christmas project contest is going on until Saturday the 12th.  So do not forget to enter.

This weeks challenge is to use die cuts.  I do have a cuttlebug machine but I am lacking in the tools to make die cuts and I don't have a lot of supplies so I struggled for a few minutes.  But then I looked on my desk and saw the cute new Santa image from Whimsy that my mom stamped for me.  So, I began coloring him.  Now it is Santa so I did need to stick to the traditional Christmas colors but did throw in a few more just to liven it up a bit.

I used a petite circle nestie to cut out a chipboard coaster, found a cute heart shaped green die cut I bought a long time ago, I think from Michael's, and then used the sentiment design that my mom cut out for me using her cricut.

I also used the CPS challenge, I think it is for this week.  I will check again and if it is I will be entering it in that as well.

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Birthday Boy "Knight Connor"

*Updated with card details and a little chat*

Details to follow soon.  I just wanted to get the picture posted so you have some eye candy.

This is the card I made for my son for his birthday party we had on Saturday.  It was a good day with family.  Very quiet.  Maybe a friends party next  year but this year we decided to do a quiet family party again.
I used some aqua mist cardstock (I think, from PTI).  the rest is all basically scraps from the goody bags I made for his class party.
I used PTI polka dot basics and borders and corners monogram edition to make the pattern on the colored scraps of paper.  The Knight Connor from Whimsy was the exact same one I used for the goody bag.  We had a few extras so I just took it off and retaped it onto his card.  My son seemed pleased with it and I was pleased with the fact that I was able to get rid of some scraps instead of just throwing them out or forgetting about them.
There is still plenty of time to enter the giveaway on the post here.  I hope to see your creations soon.
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'Tis the season

...for a Whimsy Christmas challenge.  I actually got to participate and had so much fun doing it.  I was able to get a little advice from my mom since she was here.  I also got to play with a new stamp I purchased from Whimsy from the new artist, Crissy.  The most adorable snowman you will ever see.  I am probably going to be getting more from her.  I love the Santa she drew as well.  Thanks to my mom, I have a few of those to play with as well for now.

So, this weeks challenge at Whimsy's challenge blog is to make a Christmas card.  No specific rules after that.  Just anything that says "Christmas" to you.  As usual, you do not need to have a Whimsy stamp to participate but if you do have one we would love to see you use it.

My little snow man was colored using Koh-i-noor pencils and baby oil.  I was just looking at my card and he is pretty self explanatory, in my opinion, but I also know what I did.  If you do have any questions for me though please don't hesitate to leave the question in your comment or you can email me with your question.  I will get back to you with an answer as soon as possible.

I have promised a giveaway a few weeks or a week ago and never delivered thanks to my internet going down.  So, this is what I am going to do.  If you want to win this card with a few other little goodies (I have to figure those out before I can announce it here) please leave a comment on this post and a link to the creation you have made for the Whimsy Christmas challenge and I will pick a winner via random.org next Monday the 30th of November.

So, what are you waiting for, get to making a lovely Christmas card.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Happy 6th Birthday!!!

Today I am a little late because I was volunteering for the first time in my oldest son's kindergarten class.  They had a half day today. His kindergarten is only half day anyway but he goes during the PM schedule.  So today was a little crazy for us.  We had to get up early and get ready for school right away.  I think all in all it went very well.  A friend watched my youngest son so I could spend some time helping out in my son's class.  It was a lot of fun and seeing them have their own little Thanksgiving "feast" of pocorn, fruit and cookies.  There were two classes there since we were combining.  My son's class was the Indians and the other class were the Pilgrims.  It was so cute.

Anyway, today I wanted to share with you the projects I made for my son's class yesterday.  Yesterday my oldest son turned 6 years old.  I am still in shock that he is one year older.  It amazes me how much he is growing and maturing now that he is in school.  I am so proud of his accomplishments and just know that he is going to grow up to be a wonderful man someday.

My son decided that he wanted a Knight on his goody bag tags(?).  It was quite the intricate project but it wouldn't have been so bad if I had gotten started on this part much earlier.  That is my procrastination coming into play here.  I kinda cheapened it up a bit with staples but the morning before I was supposed to take them in I just couldn't get the rope to work the way I wanted.  You will see in the picture. 

I am also adding a couple of pictures of my son. 

This is the day we brought him home from the hospital.  He was 2 days old in this picture.  The outfit is an outfit my Mother in law made for my husband when he was born to come home from the hospital in.  My youngest son also wore this outfit home from the hospital and now this baby will be coming home in the same outfit.  I just love tradition.

And this is my son on his 6th birthday.  I can't believe how much he has grown and how much of a young man he looks like now.

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Whimsy challenge

Oh my gosh!!!  Can you say behind?  I am scrambling to get everything done and still take care of my house.  It just isn't working that well.  But I did get a project done for this weeks Whimsy challenge.  The challenge is to make anything other than a card.  Please go to the blog and check it out and make something wonderful to share with everyone.  Remember, you don't need a Whimsy stamp but if you do have one we would love to see it on your project.

Here is my card:

 

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I'm back with Whimsy

Hello everyone!!!  I hope you had a wonderful week.  It has been crazy here not having the internet.  I really didn't realize how much I depend on the internet until I didn't have it.  I was going crazy.  But we are back for now and hope we don't have any more complications for a while.

When I realized my internet was down I was getting ready to log on here and show you a card I made for the Whimsy challenge.  I was very late in getting it done so I didn't get to have it posted on the Challenge blog but did want to get something done. 

There is still a few more days to get a project done.  This week is watercolors.  I haven't done much watercoloring but new I needed to challenge myself.  If you want to join just watercolor something, anything, and put it on a project.  We would like to see your Whimsy images if you have them but if you don't please don't hesitate to join us anyway.

Here is my project, a digital image that was designed for a good cause.

 

I didn't mention this earlier but my laptop is not getting internet access because our router is having issues so I don't have access to some of my editing programs.  I hope you don't mind settling for a very simple image. 

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Spread the Love Blog Hop

*This post will remain at the top of my blog until the 9th at the end of the prize giveaway.  Also remember you can send Jaimie a card at anytime.*

Happy Monday!!!  I hope everyone had a great weekend and a wonderful and safe Halloween.  I will do another post about Halloween.  I want to make sure that this blog hop gets the notice it deserves.  Here is a snippet that explains most of it.

"On October 4th, 4 teenagers armed with knives broke into a home in a small town in New Hampshire. Alone and sleeping inside were a mother and her 11 year old daughter. These 4 boys broke into this home with the intent to rob and kill anyone inside. They stabbed the mom, Kimberly Cates, to death and left her daughter, Jaimie, for dead in their driveway. It was a completely random act, their home was chosen only due to its secluded surroundings."
Our hope is that everyone hopping around today will stop for a moment and think about Jaimie and her father and what life must be like for them now. One moment in time has changed their lives forever. We are asking that everyone reading this message please take a moment to make a card and send it off to Jaimie. You can make something very simple or much more involved, but please share some words of hope and love and let her know that people do care and want the best for her.

The address to send cards to Jaimie is on my sidebar with the button about the blog hop.  There has also been a special blog set up and Jaimie and her story.  Please go here and check it out.  I know they are doing some special giveaways with some great sponsors.

If you came here first please go to Katharina blog here.

The card I made for Jaimie is in conjunction with the Whimsy stamp challenge for this week.  The challenge is round and round.  Use as many circles as you can or want to.  I have also added a heart for Jaimie as requested by Denise.  Here is my card.

From here you will want to go check out Leslie's blog here.  Thank you so much for taking a moment to look here and hopefully you can continue the blog hop and join in on the festivities.  This is a sad thing that happened and cards are a small gesture but they really do mean a lot in uplifting spirits.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

SNR Whimsy Challenge

Can you believe it?  I was actually able to finish the project that I mentioned yesterday.  This may be a first but my memory is so shot that I wouldn't even know for sure.

This is a challenge that they do once a month over at the SNR Card Universe/Whimsy message board.  I think I am late in getting this project done but I just took the time to get over there and get registered.  Yes, it is free to register, honestly, I am too cheap to do it otherwise.

the stamp you need to use for these challenges does need to be a Whimsy stamp, unlike the weekly challenges we have on their blog.  I decided on the hippo.  I am not sure what look I was going for.  I kinda just grabbed things as I went.  The colors are all weird and not sure if they "match", as well as all the patterns and elements I used. 

In fact, my husband was joking with me last night when I showed him the finished project.  He couldn't figure out what a hippo from Africa has to do with snowflakes.  I am not sure either.  I just loved the elements and put them together.  Without further ado:

 

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Another Whimsy group

You would think being a part of the Design Team for Whimsy challenges I would have already figured this out but I haven't.  I just finally decided to check out this other group that the DT members have been talking about.  It is SNR Card Universe.  In this group we can talk about Whimsy stamps and on goings as well as enjoy a special monthly tutorial challenge.

Right now they are having a challenge to make a image swap holder.  It looks easy and fun to make and is so much better than the plastic bag I have my images in right now.  If you haven't been there yet I would suggest you go check it out.  I will be sharing my image swap holder tomorrow, I hope.

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Monkeying around

Hello everyone!!!  It is another Monday.  I am determined to make this a good week.  The weekend was wonderful.  I got to spend another weekend with my parents and some shopping with my mom, sister and my niece.  It was really fun and I hope to do it again very soon.

Well, as some of you may have guessed it is the week that I get to participate in the Whimsy challenge.  I am excited about this one because it is a sketch challenge.  Sketches can be difficult for me to come up with.  That is why I always have Friday sketchers and CPS sketch blogs on my favorites list.

This card is made using the Whimsy monkey that is absolutely adorable.  I colored in some of him with copics, kohr-i-noor pencils and some sparkly fluff.  I just love it.

As always we would love to see what you can come up with this sketch.  And as always, we do not require you to use a whimsy stamp but if you have it we would love to see it. 

Have a great week.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Whimsy Giraffe

Happy Monday everyone!!!  As I mentioned in my last post I am writing this up early and scheduling it so I am not going to have much to say to you this time.  That is probably a good thing so you don't have to listen to be blab about stupid stuff.

Today starts another wonderful challenge at Whimsy.  The challenge this week is punchy.  You are to use your punches and try to use them in a new and unusual way.  When I ran accross this cute giraffe I came up with the idea to use circle punches and make them look like the spots on the giraffe.  Now, silly me did the card up backwards compared to the giraffe colors but who cares, right?

I colored in Mr. Giraffe using prismacolor pencils and baby oil.  I bought some chalk a long time ago and used that to make the giraffe look like he was somewhere instead of just floating.

I am already at a loss for words so if you have a question please feel free to email or leave a comment with your question.  I do apologize for the picture.  I finished this card at night so I wasn't able to get a good picture outside and my camera seems to take horrible pictures inside.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

The same but different

Good morning all!!!  I am back and I am going to show you a card I basically showed you earlier this week.  I got the priviledge to go to a double baby shower last night.  Two wonderful women from my church had baby boys in the last couple of months and we got together last night to celebrate their birth.  I had some fun shopping for boys but I do hope that is the last time in a long time I have to buy baby boy things.

I made a special gift thingie for them which I will show you seperately.  Just in case I don't have time to get some other stuff done I want to give you something to see.  They are the same but decorated just a bit differently so it is like seeming something different.  LOL, that is a bunch of nothing I just spitted out there.

Here is the card that I made for the other ladies package.

So, it is pretty self explanatory so I am going to leave this a short one.  Got lots to do and not a much time to do it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Missy

Anya Birthday

Happy Friday everyone!!!  We made it to another weekend.  How rewarding is that, right?
I am finally getting to the card that I made for my step-niece.  Her birthday is the same day as my younger sisters birthday, September 6th.  The sad thing is that I am not sure how old she is.  I have only had the priviledge of meeting her and her sister, her mother too for that matter, once.  That was when my brother married his wife and became their step-dad.

I don't have a whole lot of time to chat as my boys are fighting over nothing as usual, my youngest still needs a bath and I need to get my oldest ready for school.  Oh, how I love the mornings around here. 

If you have any questions about this card please feel free to email me with questions or leave a comment with your question in it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Monday means Whimsy

Happy Monday everyone!!! This is going to be a quick post as I have a busy day ahead of me. First an appointment in a few minutes and then dentist appointments for my boys and then maybe a bit to relax. Tomorrow I have another OB appointment. This is the BIG ultrasound appointment so if you are lucky enough to know my husband you could possibly convince (apparently I spelled this wrong but even the spellcheck doesn't have the correct spelling) him to tell you what the gender of our baby is. I am secretly hoping that the baby is shy and won't even let him know. Hehehe, I am terrible, I know.

Well, today is Monday and we all know what that means, right? It is another Whimsy blog challenge. This week we are asking you to use your favorite fall colors. I know my card is not quite what most people think about when they think of fall colors but I tried to go with my gut on this one. When I think of fall I think of the colors changing first. The beautiful greens turning to yellow and orange first. I just love it.
The border punch as made using one of my mom's punches that she bought while visiting last weekend. She was testing it and it was just sitting on my desk when I sat down to make this card and had to use it.

We also have some big news over at the Whimsy blog challenge. There have been a few changes so we have two openings on our design team. If you are interested we will be looking at those who enter the next 2 weeks challenges. All you have to do is enter and then type "DT" next to your name when you enter on the blog. Good luck to all. There really is a great bunch of ladies.

Remember those, this design team is for the challenges not for the stamps. You will be responsible for participating in the weekly challenges and using Whimsy stamps. Don't worry if you don't have any stamps now Denise makes it very easy to add them to your collection.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

The Explanation

Okay I am finally back but I don't know for how long so I hope I can get this post written quickly. I am not going to go into detail about all the personal stuff that has been going on in my life. I am sure it will bore you more than my lack of posting has. Just know that things are okay but not great. I guess that is how life is though. We have the good and bad and right now I am experiencing both all at the same time.

About the card I posted yesterday. It was for another wonderful Whimsy Stamp Challenge. I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful group of ladies and to be connected with such a great stamp company. I have said it before and I will say it again. Denise (the owner) and customer service is impeccable. I just can't believe how quickly you receive your orders and how nice Denise is.

So, the challenge over at Whimsy Stamp Challenge Blog this week is to create something that has texture. You can use embossing, felt, flock, etc. I had fun with this one. My little guy, the seal, was already colored and I couldn't help but use this cutie. I colored him in with copic markers and used my PTI spring rain to rub around the edges to give him the "in water" look.

The cardstock was either scrap or PTI cardstock. I used my cuttlebug to do some embossing on the blue cardstock and the spring rain to make the paper look wet. On the cardbase I used PTI's polka dot basics and used metallic embossing powder. The intent was to make it look like bubbles on the paper (remember we are in the water). I was hoping to use some kaleidoscope embossing powder but I either misplaced it or am out so I will have to get some more of that for sure.

I found my rope and thought that fit perfectly for the theme of this card. I actually bought it at our local BX (base exchange) in the tool section. I did tie a piece of ribbon around it to girly it up a little and the blue button just matched perfectly so I gave it some extra texture and a nice look to the card. I love how this card turned out and can you believe I used my own layout. I was actually planning this in my head while I was asleep one night. It wasn't exactly how I planned because I accidentally cut the paper the wrong size but I love how it works.

I actually got my son's first day of kindergarten scrapbook page done. I am so not very good at scrapbooking but I continue to do it because I want my boys to have a book of memories to share with their families some day. I look forward to making a new book for my little one coming next year.

The next two weeks might be even more sporadic for me as my husband has a busy schedule and then is taking a few days off of work to get some much needed things done around the house. I will try to get some things scheduled so it isn't as bad as it could be.

On another note, I do plan on putting all the Design team members for the challenges on my side bar. Please check back later today (hopefully) with a list and link to all the great ladies who participate in the fun challenges every week.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

So behind

Just a picture for now. I will be back later with more of an explanation.

Whimsy Croc

*If you want to read some babble from me there is a second post below this one*

Yeah, I made it. I actually got my project done and I love how it turned out. I do have to admit thought that I took the basic sketch from another blogger who is awesome. My mom mentioned her to me and I really like her stuff. Her blog name is "Flutter by atomicbutterfly".

With the crocodile I colored him first with a brown copic, then a light green, then darker green. After that I used a natural gray and colorless blender to get the different color shades showing. I think it really adds to the dimension of the crocodile.

The paper and ink are all PTI. The green button I get from my goodies through Whimsy and the others I already had in my stash. The ribbon I bought a long time ago through All That Scraps so I have no idea the company but I am thinking it is May Arts.

The card is a 4" X 4 1/4" rectangle card. I really like this size. Small enough so you don't have to do a lot but big enough where you can add a bit more stuff than you could on a smaller card.

I didn't make this card for anyone or anything special. I just really wanted to color the crocodile after I got him. When I showed it to my husband he asked who it was for and then asked if it was for his friend that is having his birthday on Wednesday. I think that is a great idea. I say friend but I should say brother. My husband and this guy have been friends since they have been toddlers. It really is amazing and I can't imagine what it would be like to have a friend for that long but I think it is awesome. Even after I met him you can tell he is part of the family and I truly see him as a brother-in-law than just my husbands friend as well.

Well, I am truly pleased with this project and hope you are too. I have more cards to make for family and friends so I am sure to have more projects more often.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy