Lovely Leah!!

Good morning.........well, really it's a yucky, rainy morning! But I'm in a good mood anyway!!! I'm goin' shopping with my girlfriend!!! We both have the day off so we are going to the Truckload Sale and then off to a couple of stamp stores and Michael's! The only thing that would make it better is if the sun was shining!!

Here is a quick card that is pretty self explanatory. I used a new Whipper Snapper stamp that I picked up at my last trip to the Town Scrapper and her name is Leah. I coloured her in with my Copics and used some nice, bright, springy dp!!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!! Happy stampin'!!!

A Happy Life......

I guess I'm still stuck on the 'Creatures Great and Small' kick!!! I've discovered that lots of my stamps have little creatures in them.....and this one is no different!

When I went to Petrolia last week for lunch with the girls and went to Phebe's store, I picked up a few stamps (really....only a few because I'm trying to stay on a budget). I just now realized that every image I bought has a little creature on it!! Guess I like cute critters or something!!!

This card features a new Whipper Snapper stamp that I love!!! It's called Birdhouse in Flowerpot and I think it's just too adorable. I've seen that birds are all the rage right now, but I don't have very many bird images. Hmmmm. What should I do about that?? *giggle*

I stamped the image on Wausau bright white using Archival Brilliance Graphite Black ink and coloured it with my Copics. The patterned paper I used is from the White Out Collection by We R Memory Keepers. I used Bashful Blue for the square card base and matted the main image on So Saffron and Ruby Red. I used my distressing tool on the strip of dp across the middle and added some striped grosgrain ribbon. I pop dotted the main image after I used my ticket punch on the corners and finished it off with some blue brads. The sentiment is one of my favourites from Papertrey Ink.

Well, today I am working the afternoon/evening shift from 1-8:30pm and I have to work on a birthday card for Emileigh this morning.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!!!

Whipper Snapper Best Friends

Here is a very simple card for you today. This one I made using the Whipper Snapper stamp called Best Friends. Aren't these little girlies cute?? I got the stamp and the glittery DCWV patterned paper at The Town Scrapper. I coloured the image with my Copics and used the sketchy colouring technique, not colouring to the edges of the lines, instead leaving some areas white to draw the eye. This is a great stamp for this technique. I doodled around the frame, added a couple of buttons and some wide pink grosgrain SU ribbon.

Today was quite CHILLY here in Florida, so no beach for us! Instead we went shopping!!! Our first stop was a great little sb store that I discovered online, called The Scrapbook Shoppe. It is a HUGE scrapbook store and I met a couple of super nice ladies in there who were very helpful. Unfortunately, Al and Emileigh insisted on staying in the car, so the whole time I was in there, I was thinking about them tapping their feet waiting for me. So I rushed. Do you know that feeling?? So I didn't buy a whole lot and then we continued on to a couple of big malls.

The first one was one of those with the big fancy richy rich stores and we totally felt out of place at that mall! Like people could just look at us and see that we couldn't afford anything in the place! So we went to another mall and had much better luck.

On our way back to the coast, we stopped at a Target and picked up a few things and then we happened to see a Costco. Well, I made a total score there!! You know these Tote-ally Cool Totes by All My Memories??



They are fabulous with lots of great pockets and they are on a lazy susan so they can swivel on your craft table for easy access. Well, in Canada they cost a minimum of $45 in our local scrapbook stores. I got one in Costco with a bonus of the mini tote as well....for.....get this......$14.97!!! Can you believe that??? It's such a high when you get a good bargain, isn't it?? I just hope it doesn't take up too much room in my suitcase!

Anyway, we've got something cool planned for tomorrow and I hope it works out okay. I'll take pics and tell you all about it!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!!

Kimmie's Kreation Celebration Challenge #4!!!

WOW!! We are on Challenge #4 already!! Woohoo!! This party is rockin'!! I'm so glad you are all joining in the fun!!

Today's challenge will be to make a Valentine or Lovey type card!!! I'm sure some of you still have some V-day cards to make and if not, just make a card or sb page telling someone that you lerrrrrrrrv them!!! Heehee!!

The card I am posting for some inspiration is one I made using this adorable Tuxedo Kitty stamp by Whipper Snapper Designs that I snapped right up at The Town Scrapper!!! Oh and by the way, today's challenge is sponsored by Phebe!! But I'll tell you about the prize later......I love to make you wait!! *snicker*

The card is a very simple layout and design. I stamped the Kitty on Papertrey white cardstock and coloured him in using my Copic markers. I punched him out using my Mega Circle punch and then punched out the Basic Black layer using my Giga Scalloped Circle punch. The card base is textured Real Red by SU and the heart brads are from Hot Off the Press, which I also got at TTScrapper. I paper pierced across the bottom over to the sentiment which is from Essential Sentiments by MFT and punched out using the Word Window Punch! I pop dotted the Kitty, added some dots in each scallop using my white gel pen and tied on some polka dotted black ribbon! Super simple!

Now don't forget the rules for these challenges: your creations must be NEW creations, you have until Monday, February 11th at 8pm EST to link up your designs in the appropriate post on my blog OR email me with a small pic, if you don't have a blog or gallery. If you do upload your creations to Splitcoast please use the corresponding code in your keywords, so that we can all check them out!!! The keyword for today's challenge is KKCC4!!

In case you plan on joining in all my challenges this week (and I hope you are), I will keep a running tally of links to find each challenge:

KKCC1 - Altered Challenge

KKCC2 - Sketch Challenge

KKCC3 - Colour Challenge

KKCC4 - Valentine/Lovey Challenge - you're here!!!

Oh and the prize for today's challenge is.........the Mini Set, Be Mine by My Favorite Things!!! Wooohoooooo!!

Speaking of MFT, I'll be back a little later with a final MFTeaser!!!! Heehee!

Kimmie's Kreation Celebration - Day 2!!

This is gonna be fun, I can tell!! Sounds like you gals are up for anything!!!! I'm so glad.....'cause I am too!! Sorry my post is a little late this morning! I had to take Emileigh to school for her first day of the second semester of Grade 10, then go to the grocery store and pick up a bunch of 'South Beach Diet' foods and then go and get the sticker for my card renewed, as I forgot to do that before my birthday!!! So it's been a busy morning already and I'm draggin' because I haven't had any coffee....but more about that later!!!

Today's challenge is my favourite kind - a SKETCH challenge!!!! This card features the cute Whipper Snapper stamp called Kindhearted Bug and don't ask me how I came up with the colour combo, but it seems to work!! I like the starkness of the black against the soft colours.

Anyway, use this card as inspiration for the layout on your card or scrapbook page....your entry can be either! Don't forget the rules for these challenges: your creations must be NEW creations, you have until Monday, February 11th at 8pm EST to link up your designs in the appropriate post on my blog OR email me with a small pic, if you don't have a blog or gallery. If you do upload your creations to Splitcoast please use the corresponding code in your keywords, so that we can all check them out!!! The keyword for today's challenge is KKCC2!!

Also you can enter each challenge as many times as you like, but you can't enter one creation into more than one challenge.....know what I mean?

So do you wanna know what you're playin' for today?? Of course, you do!! Since these contests are helping to celebrate my birthday, the winner of the Sketch Challenge will receive a whimsical Whipper Snapper stamp, perfect for making those always needed birthday cards......Clown Car!!! Isn't he too cute?? And today's prize is generously supplied by Phebe from The Town Scrapper!!

Alright, well there ya have it!! Go off and create!! I'll be back later this morning with another post featuring a My Favorite Things TEASER!!! Heeheehee!!!

I {Heart} You!!!

You gals are just the bestest with your sweet comments and support!! You make me feel all warm and fuzzy!!! Thanks for all the congratulations and kindness....you gals rock!!! Maybe it's time for some kind of reward?? What do you think?? Maybe I'll post something on Monday!!! Hmmmm...

Anyway, I'm posting this early because I'm off to work at the library all day today...blech. I hate working Saturdays....it sucks. Plus we just got a new system installed yesterday for people to make their own computer reservations and I got stuck working alone last night with the new system and all the fun little glitches that came with it!! Yeehaw! At least today there will be someone else to work it with me. It's going to be an oh-so joyful day, I just know it.

So today's card is one I made for Julee's Mojo Monday sketch for this week....and yes, I did it on time!!! Not only that, I actually did it on the same day that it was posted because I had the day off!!! But I'm just getting around to sharing it now.

I just LOVE this little Whipper Snapper bug....he's just TOO stinkin' cute! I got him at The Town Scrapper a couple of weeks ago along with the DCWV paper, which you will notice, was on yesterday's card too. I'm lovin' all the bright, fun colours in these papers. This time I coloured my bug purple!! I used my Copics, my Marvy punches, my new Martha Stewart heart punch and a lot of white gel pen. Each word of the sentiment (which is a mixture of My Favorite Things sentiments) was stamped individually so that I could punch it out to go in the middles of the hearts. And of course I added some ribbon and some Stickles to make his little wings all sparkly!! You KNOW how I love sparkly!!

Anyhoo, I'm going to think about something fun for Monday.....maybe it will include some Kimmie's Kandy, so be sure to check back in at 'The Korner'!!! Have a great weekend!!!

Hug a Bug!!!

I seem to have had quite a bit of time to craft over the last week or so and in turn, I have a lot of things to share!! So I am posting twice today!!! Once with the Magnolia stamp winner Marcie in the post below, and this post, with a new creation!!!

I played with a couple of new Whipper Snapper stamps yesterday and I just think this little Love Bug is the cutest thing!!! I use Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge, which I haven't been able to do in a while. It's pretty self explanatory but feel free to ask me any questions!! I used Copic markers and SEI designer papers and this time I used Black Stazon ink which worked really well with the Copics!!

Sorry this is short and sweet, but I gotta head in to work....yeehaw!! Have a fabulous day!!!

I Wuf You!! and I Miss You!!

Well, it's Friday and my honey is still in Calgary. They want him there for another week and he won't be coming home this weekend. Boo. And wouldn't you know it, last weekend when he was home, I had to work and this weekend when I have the WHOLE weekend off, he's in Calgary!! Oh well, I have a LOT of work to do!! I have orders for 85 Christmas cards and a bunch of notepads that I MUST get done, so I will hopefully put a dent in that pile!!

Here is a little square notecard that I will be emailing my lovey to let him know that I am missing him!! It is a Creamy Caramel base and the dp is Basic Grey Urban Couture. I stamped the little Whipper Snapper puppy on SU watercolour paper and coloured him in with my SU markers. The background is made using a pawprint stamp also by Whipper Snapper and I added some brown linen thread at the top. I finished it off by stamping the sentiment, which is actually part of the image stamp, I just stamped it separately...and then I added a bone shaped brad from a package that I picked up at the dollar store! The main image is then pop dotted!!

Well, I hope you get lots done this weekend and don't forget to take part in my Kimmie's Challenge #6 which is a great sketch....if I do say so myself!!! Happy Stampin'!!

Just Sittin' Here.........Missin' You!!!

As you know, my honey-pie is in Calgary working. He has been gone for a week and a half now.....and we miss him!! sniff, sniff! Over the weekend, Emileigh and I were able to talk to him on MSN. My laptop, which he has with him in Calgary, has a built in camera and microphone and we have a camera on our end too. So we were able to see each other and we could hear him and of course we were typing back and forth. We had a couple of long sessions and it was so much fun!! Then while I was at work yesterday, he called to check in and let me know that he will be flying home on Friday night!!! Yaaaay!!

So I made this card with him in mind and emailed it to him yesterday!! My good friend Donna loaned me this Whipper Snapper stamp and I stamped it on watercolour paper and coloured him in with my SU markers. Now I orginally started out with some Basic Grey designer paper for this card, but after colouring it and playing with the layout, I decided to nix the dp. I think it looks much better without it!

I used Chocolate Chip for the square card base and layered on Almost Amethyst and also used So Saffron for matting. I used my cosmetic sponge and CC ink to 'dirty it up' and distress the edges......hmmm....I seem to like things dirty don't I??? *giggle* I used my wide CC grosgrain ribbon and some Prima Flowers and also some Making Memories flowers and silver brads. The sentiment is made using my Karen Foster Snap Stamps but I know there is a matching sentiment from Whipper Snapper that says the same thing. I miss my honey!!

Now don't forget to join in this week's challenge and get 'dirty' too!!!

You Quack Me Up!!!

My good friend Donna loaned me a couple of her Whipper Snapper stamps to play with and this is one of them! I just love the little Duckie playing in the bathtub!!

I stamped him on watercolour paper and coloured him in using my SU markers. The colours I chose were from the Cutie Pie Designer Papers by SU! I added some Crystal Effects on all the bubbles and around the water to make it shiny and wet looking. It's a square card base from Rose Red matted on So Saffron. The sentiment is from High Hopes and it just happens to go perfectly with this stamp! I added some Rose Red eyelets, some scalloped corners, some Prima flowers and pop dotted the focal image!!

Well, I'm working the afternoon and evening shift today at the library, so I won't be home to enjoy the little trick or treaters. I'll be spending the morning preparing for my two workshops this weekend.

Have a great day!!