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A squirrel by any other name...

...would be just as nutty.  Oh my goodness, that was lame!  (My apologies for being so cheesy this early in the morning.)

Good Morning Sistahs!

I am happy to show you the next card on my list o' cards to make.  This one is for the Kitchen Sink Contest for Best Use of a Sentiment.  Now, looking at it in Photoshop, I realized that I totally should have made the green behind the sentiment chocolate instead.  Ahhh...such is life.  (If I knew how to spell "cest la vie" correctly I would have said that instead.) 

This is the card I made with my free set from last month.  I love this little squirrel guy!  Isn't he adorable?  I mean seriously!  And he's so low maintenance, just a few fake acorns and he's good to go.  Now, I must admit that I have never seen an acorn in real life.  GASP!  (Martha would be so disappointed in me.)  I had to ask my son what they looked like.  He informed me that my colors were off a bit, but I decided that it was close enough, so acorn people, please forgive me.   

The paper is from a Basic Grey 6 x 6 pad, so I don't know the name, but it's flippin' cute.(I found it, it's called Polished.)  I rarely use DP these days, (mostly because it scares me.)  I also used PTI's Dark Chocolate Cardstock, and it is heavenly!!  I highly suggest you purchase some if you haven't already.  It truly is divine.  I also used SU!'s new In Color Kiwi Kiss, which I didn't think I would like as much, but I have been diggin' on it for the past few days.  (I am still in mourning over the loss of Wild Wasabi.)

Now, you may think this is a belated birthday card, but it's not.  Nope, it's for my friend who just had her dog neutered.  LOL  Okay, I'm kidding.  It is a belated birthday card, (my son didn't think the neutered dog bit was one bit funny either.)  Now all I have to do is forget someone's birthday. Geez! Will it ever end? I must be in a mood. 

Well, I'd better get going before someone starts throwing tomatoes at me or gets one of those long canes and yanks me from the stage.  I hope you all have a fabulous week!

PS. Go check out the Kitchen Sink Blog!  Maria is giving away some fabulous goodies as Kitchen Sink gets ready to celebrate its First Anniversary!

Happy Stampin'

Chunky Pineapple

Good Morning Sistahs!

I have been so incredibly sick these past few days!  Darn kids and their germs.  LOL  Anyway, yesterday was my hubby's birthday and I made this card for him.  When we were dating we would go to Sonic Drive-In and drink Cherry Limeades in my car, parked under the fluorescent lights, looking at the bugs attracted to the fluorescent lights through my sun roof.  Sounds romantic doesn't it?  Well, every now and then he would order a milkshake with pineapple tidbits in it.  So I started calling him my "Chunky Pineapple."  Well, when Kitchen Sink came out with the Aloha set and it had pineapples in it, I knew I had to make my hubby a card with this set.  

   

I resisted the urge to add a ribbon along the top because, well, he's not into the froo-froo of ribbon so much.  For the "straw" I used an old candy cane embellishment I had and just colored it all red.  For the "umbrella" I drew it freehand out of a pineapple top I had stamped while I was trying to figure out which colors to use.  I cut some thin strips of cardstock and glued it to the back to create the stick and posts for the umbrella.  I mean, what's a drink without an umbrella?  Whaddaya think?  You likey?

Okay, I'm off to my Mother-in-law's to celebrate!  Then it's home again, home again, jiggety-jig because I have to rest so I can be at 100% for kiddos on Monday.

Chunky Pineapple Recipe:

Stamps: Kitchen Sink - 3-Step Aloha

Ink: Barely Banana, Summer Sun, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Kiwi Kiss, Garden Green

Paper: PTI - Stamper's Select, Barely Banan, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Glossy Accents, Copic Marker (for shadows), wire candycane, dimensionals, Scor-pal

Happy Stampin'

Hey Chick-a-dee

Good Morning Sistahs!

Let me start of the day by saying, "I finally got my grade for the first of my classes!"  Woo Hoo!  It was seriously killin' me.  I worked my booty off, and it has certainly paid off.  My grade rhymes with "Schmay-Schminus."  So my hubby took me to DQ and treated me to a Cherry Dip Cone.  (I'm so easy aren't I?)  Well, not easy....but....you know what I mean.  LOL

I know you're probably getting SICK of seeing this layout, but I love it, and I promise I'll try not to post another one like it for a while but....here she blows....

I know the chicks look a little blurry, but they aren't in real life.  Go figure.  I used Lemon Tart and Summer Sunrise from PTI.  (Although the Summer Sunrise looks more like Pure Poppy in this photo. HMPH!)  Anyway, I absolutely LOVE the chick in Kitchen Sink's 3-Step Hey Chick! set and I resisted the urge to make them all different colors. (Even though I think they're cute when they're green, blue, and purple.)  I thought about entering this one into the Kitchen Sink contest, but I'm not sure right now.  I'm going to have to sleep on it. 

As much as I'd love to babble, babble, babble about all the happenings in my world, I know you just come and visit me for the cards.  *wink

So I'll babble tomorrow.  I'm KIDDING!

Hope all is well with da sistahs!

Happy Stampin'

Mahalo

Good Morning Sistahs!

I had a fabulous time this weekend stamping over at Scrapbook Destination.  Saturday was the Frenzy and I met some wonderful ladies who had fun recreating the cards I designed.  I was also treated to a delicious Red Velvet Cupcake because it was Rachel's Birthday.  I had so much fun that I can hardly wait for next month's Frenzy!  A big THANK YOU (Mahalo) to the gals there who always make me feel loved!!

Now, on with the card.  Of course I had to play with Taylor's Cupcake Challenge this weekend, and here it is:

 
****Disclaimer**** The tiny white writing on the card is my feeble attempt to put a "watermark" on the card.  (My computer is on the fritz again,) so please bear with me as I figure out how to get my cards posted without my beloved Photoshop.

I love playing with my Kitchen Sink Stamps!  This set is so flippin' fun!  I actually stamped her 3 times to get this card right.  First I stamped her in the browns as the base, then I stamped her in the greens and cut out her skirt, finally I stamped her in the pinks for her flower and lei.  I had originally planned on having her skirt sway back and forth, but because I was having way too many issues, I decided to just glue her skirt on and color it with a clear Spica.  I also stamped the flowers, ( I believe they are plumerias, but I could be wrong,) and added them to the corner.  The of course I added the BLING!  No card is complete without the BLING.

I was totally worried that I wouldn't get her finished in time,but I ended up really liking how she turned out.

TECC33 - Mahalo Recipe:
Stamps: Kitchen Sink - 3-step Aloha
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Pixie Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Mellow Moss, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Wild Wasabi
Paper: Kraft, Pretty Ink Pink, Pretty In Pink DP, Palm Tree DP
Accessories: Bling, Dimensionals, Spica - Clear

Mahalo and Happy Stampin'

Cupcakes Anyone?

Good Morning Sistahs!

So I made these cards this weekend, and I was so stinkin' excited to actually make them that I forgot to post them.  DUH!  I'm so having one of those weeks.  Am I the only one?

So for these cards I wanted to make a RAK for one of the gals in the PTI (Papertrey Ink) RAK group.  I wanted to stick with all PTI inks, paper, and stamps so this is what I came up with.

 

You probably recognize the sketch from Taylor's cupcake challenge a few weeks ago, I loved it so much I just had to use it for this card.  I stamped all the cupcakes first then punched them out with circle punches.  Then I added glitter to the tops of each cupcake, because you KNOW I love bling.  Then I added the cherries on top with Pure Poppy, which I must say I totally love.  It's a great red color.  I used Aqua Mist, SS White, and Pure Poppy for the cardstock, and the Eat Cake set for all the images.  Of course, no project is complete without the Glossy Accents on the cherries. 

Then...I remembered it's my Dad's birthday, and he's not much of a sparkly cupcake kinda guy, so I decided to CASE this card from Mary Jo Albright.  I loved how she used the letters from BIRTHDAY to fill the circles.  It's so stinkin' adorable that I had to use it for the card I needed for Papa Eddie!

 

Yes, this card is so incredibly simple, but if you know Papa Eddie, you know this is perfect for him.  Also, I needed to mail it, so I wanted it to be as simple as possible.  I absolutely LOVE the Aqua Mist/Pure Poppy combo from PTI so I used it again here.

I received my free stamps from Kitchen Sink so I'll be posting some of those cards soon.  I love to play with the Kitchen Sink Stamps!!

I hope everyone has a Wonderful Wednesday!

Happy Stampin'

Moonlight Harvest

Good Morning Sistahs!

Wow!  What a weekend it has been!  I have actually been at home in my craft room stamping.  I know...shocking isn't it?  I love love love being there!

So, first things first...have you been by to check out Taylor's Blog?  She has the most exciting things going on over there.  She has a new design team called the Baker's Dozen, and her own line of stamps called Stamp a Sweet Impression.  They are some of the cutest cupcake stamps I've seen.  You have to pop on over and check them out.  

Now, onto the card:

As you know, I absolutely LOVE playing with my Kitchen Sink Stamps.  Well, I have the cute pumpkin as part of the 3-step Turkey Trot set and since pumpkin season is just around the corner, I figured I might as well use it.  I wanted to create a scene where it looked like pumpkins were sitting in a field in the moonlight.  (Hence the purple pumpkins.)  I used the grass stamps from the 3-step Honey Bunny set to create what I hoped looks like dried grass or even straw.  (But ever since the *stuffing* card, it looks a little like fire to me.  LOL)  Taylor's sketch looked absolutely perfect for what I was going for, so how could I not try to bring my vision to life?  The half circles are supposed to be the moon, giving the pumpkins their dark feel.  I was going to submit it to the Kitchen Sink Monthly Contest, but because I used the SU! Sanded background, I'm not able to.  DOH!  Oh well, I should be getting my free set later this coming week so I'm not going to stress out about it because I have some great ideas and I'll use those sets to create with.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek, I'm off to finish up my designs for Scrapbook Destination's Frenzy next Saturday.

TECC32 - Moonlight Harvest Recipe:

Stamps: Kitchen Sink Stamps - 3-step Turkey Trot, 3-steap Honey Bunny, SU! - Sanded BG

Paper: SU! - Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Green Galore, Bazzill - Black

Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant

Accessories: Circle Punch, Circle Nestabilities, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Bella Dots

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Heat up the Turkey!

Good Morning Sistahs!

Didja hear the good news?  I WON!  I WON! I WON! Yep, remember this card?  Well the Kitchen Sink Design Team picked it as the winner in the category "Thinking Outside The Box."  I had so much fun creating this card.  Head on over to The Sink to see the winners in the other categories.  They are all great projects!

I'm so stinkin' excited I just had to share it with my Sistahs!

Thanks for the love!

Happy Stampin'

Retail Therapy

Good Morning Sistahs!

Wow!  Can I just say that I am so glad my American Lit class is over?!?!  Jeez-ma-neez.

I am so happy that I have a new Bella card to share with you, since it feels like forever since I've had time to ink anything up.  I actually started this card on Friday when Taylor's Sketch came out, but I didn't have time to finish it until tonight.  I ran home, locked myself in my stamp room and wouldn't come out until it was finished.  Now, I'm not too incredibly thrilled with it, but it will definitely do.  

As part of my ongoing commitment to create a card with each of my Bellas, I used the Shopabellas (large size.)  It's hard to see the details, but they each are wearing some sparkle after just having shopped at Vicki's Drawers (better known as Victoria's Secret.)  I tried to imitate the VS shopping bags by putting pink stripes  on the bags.  What do ya think?  This is also my first time using one of the new In Colors, Kiwi Kiss.  I definitely like it with the PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock.  I know I should use some DP, but I just couldn't find one that made me smile, so I opted for the Kiwi Kiss background and Cuttlebugged it with the Paisley Folder.  Of course, no card is complete without BLING!  So I added some along the scalloped edge.

Thanks sistahs for taking a peek!  I am so excited to have more time on my hands and ink on my fingers.

TECC31 - Retail Therapy Recipe

Stamps: Stamping Bella - Shopabellas and sentiment

Paper: SU! - Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, PTI - Dark Chocolate

Ink: Memento-Tuxedo Black, SU! - Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Satin Chocolate Ribbon, Rhinestones, Oval Punches, Dazzling Diamonds, Glossy Accents, Copics, Slit Punch, Cuttlebug EF Paisley, Dimensionals

Don't forget, Saturday September 13th I'll be featuring two Bella Cards at Scrapbook Destination's Make-n-Take Frenzy.  I hope to see you there!

Happy Stampin'