Cherry on Top Award

I have been so bad about some blog awards I've received.  Cristi from Scrappin 5 Little Cupcakes gave me this award a week or so ago and Linda from Cards by Linda also sent this to me today.  Thank you ladies and I'm sorry it too me so long to post Cristi!! 

The rules in accepting this award are:

1. You must thank the person who passed it on to you.

2. Copy award to your blog.

3. List three things you love about yourself.

4. Post a picture that you love on your blog.

5. Pass this award on to five others.

I've done 1 & 2, but now I have to say three things I love about myself.  This one is hard! 

1.  I love that I have two wonderful children

2.  I love that I have a great husband

3.  I love that I have a job that allows me to be flexible for my children

Here's a picture I love.  It's our 17 year old dog.  She was a mess and not doing so well and we had to have her shaved.  She was so cold her teeth were chattering (and it was summer when this year when this was taken) so I went and got her this hoodie t-shirt.  Isn't she cute?  She's just old, and things aren't always great, but she's not in any pain and lives to eat--LOL!

Now I have to pass this on to 5 people.  I am so not good at picking!  I love to pick people who haven't recieved it yet, so I'll have to look around and try to add to the post this weekend. 

I'll have a card post Wednesday after I take the picuture in the daylight.  Have a great night!

Snow Place Like Home

Hi everyone!  My Pink Stamper is having a Winter themed Challenge this weekend.  Make sure to head over there to see her adorable birdie card, new stamps, and the prize for the challenge! 

I was planning to make a card with her Winter Punnies today anyway, so it was perfect timing!  I used Christmas Cheer for the house and the snowflakes came from Accent Essentials.  The house was cut at 4 1/4 inches and and the snowflakes cut at 1 3/4 inches.  The background paper is Very Merry from October Afternoon and ribbon is American Crafts.  I added Stickles to all the 'snow'.  Then I finished it all off with the stamp by MPS -- Winter Punnies.

I want to thank everyone for all your nice comments about my son.  He has a fracture in his wrist.  The gave him a velcro cast, not plaster and he'll have to be out of soccer for at least 5 weeks.  But they said it's a pretty straight fracture and shouldn't have complications healing--Yay!

Erin Lee Creative & OMC Challenge

Hi everyone!  It has been a crazy week here with soccer starting.  And tonight, my son broke a bone in his arm halfway through practice.  So we spent about 2 hours at the emergency children's place.  He only has a temporary cast and will need a better one.  What a week!

So, I was going to do a post before this one with a project for Emma's Throwback Thursday.  But it was not pretty--LOL!  I'm going to try to make a new project for it, but I have to go back to work tomorrow and fit in an Ortho appointment for my son :-)

But I am very happy with this project for Erin's challenge!!  She's having a Halloween challenge with Oh My Crafts--check it out! http://www.erinleecreative.com/

Her challenge was to make a Halloween themed project so I decided to make something in a frame.  I used the October 31st cartridge for all the cuts.  The Beware is cut at 3 1/2 inches high and 11.05 inches across. I found black glossy cardstock at JoAnns today.  I also cut out 2 others out in regular black and pop-dotted the layers to make it stand out more.  The bat was cut at 2 inches high with only one more black layer like beware.  The paper did not go all the way across--the frame is 14 inches long so I tapped aother piece and covered it with the ribbon.  So I needed something to go on that side and I realized the skeleton would be perfect!  It's 5.75 inches tall, if I remember correctly. 

To finish it off, I used the Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch--love that!  Then I sponged black ink on the orange background and the skeleton.  It still needed something so I pulled out my irock gems and found the purple and orange ones.  Oh and the frame was a little plain so I put some halloween ribbon on the outside of the frame.

I was having trouble getting a good picture with the glass in so the 1st is without the glass.  And the second has the glass in it.  My daughter loves it and wants it in her room--LOL! 

I hope you enjoy!  I'm going to try to get some projects made this weekend, but you never know :-)

New MPS Stamps are Tree-mendous!

I was determined to play with My Pink Stamper's new stamps yesterday.   This card was going to be tree-shaped, but it just wasn't working for me.   It took me about an hour, which is way too long, but I think it turned out better than if the shape did work!  Here are the details:

• Hello Kitty Greetings tree and all parts cut at 5 1/4
• My Pink Stamper Christmas Wishes stamp
• Swiss Dot Cutlebug Folder
• Yellow & Christmas Red Stickles
• iRock gems
• Gold cord
• White pen

I got the idea from the gold cord going around the card from Emma at My Creative Time--she rocks!  If you click on the My Pink Stamper above and it will take you to see all her wonderful new stamps!  I have to be at a work event this afternoon, so not much time to play today.  At least this is only once a year :-)

Throw Back Thursday at My Creative Time

I love to play along with Emma for Throwback Thursday.  But I had the hardest time today!  I was determined to make a Christmas themed card and tried out 2 that just weren't working for me.  So I ended up with Halloween. 

This week, we needed to use Paper Doll Dress Up and frame it.  At least I was able to use my new Peachy Keen Stamps with this one!

• Paper Doll Dress Up Monster cut at 3 1/4 inches
• Accent Essentials frame cut at 3 3/4 x 5 inches
• Make a Monster Face Assortment from Peachy Keen
• Black and purple Stickles

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!

My Pink Stamper New Stamps!!

My Pink Stamper just announced four new stamp sets coming out.  I am so excited--I was hoping she would come out with some holiday ones and she did!  Be sure to check out her post from today and see the new sets coming soon--they are really awesome!

 http://www.mypinkstamper.com/2010/08/new-release-my-pink-stamper-stamps.html

Her stamps are just the best, cute sayings and great quality.  If you don't have any yet, what are you waiting for?! 

St. Patrick's Day

Here's the March card--St. Patrick's Day.  I used the Paper Doll Dress Up Cart for this shamrock.  This cartridge has so many extras!  I cut it at 3 inches.  I used the D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder for the background.  The ribbon and gems are both self stick.  And the stamp is a Studio G. 

This was one more I completed on the weekend!  My kids are going to be at a church retreat this weekend, so I hope to get some scrapping done this weekend and take a break from cards.