And The Winner Is.....

The winner of the Clean & Simple n0.8 challenge is......

De from Stampin de Va!

Congrats! :) Please email me your addy so I can get your goodies in the mail. :)

A Unity Sneak....In A Pear Tree

It's almost time! Almost time for another KOTM release! I am sooooo in LOVE with the June kit! You are in luck today! So many samples with this super cute Pear tree stamp. Here's my sample.....

I opted to create a little Christmas...you can never get started to early! ;) I colored the with my copics and popped some of the pears up.

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow morning for the KOTM guest designer challenge....along with another little something, something!....new news! :) ....and AN ENTIRE KOTM view! Woohoo! How exciting is that! :)

Hope you all have a great day! I will post you soon!

Clean & Simple nO.9

It's that time again! Let's get busy with another Clean & Simple sketch! This weeks challenge....the sketch, just the sketch....only the sketch. ;) What do you think? Take a peek at this weeks sketch....



Here's my sample for this week....


I used one of my favorite photos of my middle son during this weeks baseball season. The paper and embellis are from Making Memories.


Want to know what you are playing for? Here is a shot of this weeks goodies....



Be sure and upload and link your layouts here by Friday night (June 5th) so that you can be entered for the drawing. I will announce it on Saturday. If you are uploading to SCS please use the keyword CASSB09.

Be sure and check out the fabulous AJ Otto to see what beauty she has created with this weeks sketch. :)


Hope you are all doing well! I will be back in a bit to announce last go around in just a bit. I cannot apologize enough for being so late. Is your 'end of the school' time as crazy as mine? I honestly do not know whether I am coming or going lately! Thanks so much for being patient with me! I really appreciate all of you.

Flowers!

How much do I LOVE flowers! I've spent so much time over the last couple of weeks working in the yard planting annuals and tending to the perinnials. There just can not be enough flowers for me every summer!

This weeks Stamp Simply challenge is right up my alley! This week we are picking our favorite flower stamp to create with. The hardest part for me was actually trying to narrow that one down! I have a few flower stamps and love every one of them! I opted to use this little something, something from Unity....

The stamps are from the November 2008 Unity KOTM. I so love these kits! They are always amazing! You can get all the deets about this weeks challenge over at Sharon's fabulous blog. Also, if you are uploading your creations to SCS please use the keyword ssnotime89.

Be sure and check out the rest of Sharon's team....Barbara, May Guest Designer, Janine, Julie, AJ, Becky, Tammy, and Deb.

Hope you all have a wonderful day! I will post you soon! :)

If You Give A Boy A Camera....and Hip HOP!

Happy HIP HOP! :) Hope you are all enjoying the hop so far.


While uploading my pictures for this weeks hip hop I found a few that I didn't take. Hmm......how could that happen??? Take a peek at some of what I found.


Caught in the act! ...and I wonder how all the dents make it on the table in the entry! The stairs look down on the entry way and now I know! Yikes!


.....poor kitty! Happy it was at least a soft something!


.....and the guilty party........

How funny is that! These pictures made my night! There were many more but I will spare you...and myself!...one was of my messy kitchen! Yikes! Don't want that one out! ;) This is his 'self portrait'....a little over exposed but such a riot! He cracks me up! I so needed this!

Now on to hip hop!

I'm loving this weeks theme. I've got a little something that we are going to be sending in to one of our favorite teachers. Take a peek.....

This one uses a sentiment from last years July KOTM and the flowers are from this months KOTM. Two of my favorites. I also used Crate Paper dsp and a little Flower Soft. The color is Baby Peach.

Now head on over to ***Chelsea Cook***

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your hip hop! I will catch you all later! :)

Celebrate!

It's Wednesday! Woohoo! :) Don't you love how the week flies when you've had a three day weekend! Is it bad that after that three day weekend I am already looking forward to another? Hmm....not sure I want you to answer that! ;)

Another quickie for me today. Tomorrow I will be back with a layout! Geez! It seems like FOREVER since I have scrapbooked! Something is seriously wrong with that! My poor pictures are sitting on this computer just waiting to be printed!

Today it's a simple little something something and a bit of news....well, almost news....hinting at news.... ;)

This one is all The Little Yellow Bicycle. I'm not usually a purple fan...not sure what my issue is with purple....but I really love the soft shade of this paper and it's perfect with the orange. So fun! The sentiment is from the fabric stickers and the paper is a paper pack. I also used Papertrey's Summer Sunrise card stock and ribbon.

Now for something FUN! Have you seen this site yet? You know how much I LOVE Flower Soft! Well, the new blog is up! I just read that they have some news coming up next week. ;) I am so excited about this! You all should check out the site to see what's up. They have a little challenge with some blog candy that you will NOT want to miss! :)

Hope you all have a great day! I will post you tomorrow! :)

Jacksonbelle!

Happy Tuesday to you! :) ...and are you ready for summer yet? ;) The end of school has been CRAZY for us! There are so many functions and so much to do! What better break from all the chaos than a Jacksonbelle challenge! :) I needed something super quick for this one so I pulled out some Cosmo Cricket dsp and rub ons. Take a peek....

I LOVE this paper line. It's all from the Lil' Man line....which is perfecto for this household! :) You can find it all here at Lindsey's store.

Be sure and check out the rest of the Jacksonbelle team.....

AJ Otto
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jill Dunn
Kimberly O'Rosky
Kisa Peters
Lynda Benden
Maren Benedict
Melissa Bove
Michelle Woerner
Rachel Baird
Shannan Teubner

Hope you are all doing well! I will be back to post more tomorrow...with some fun news on the horizon! I cannot wait to share! :)

Smile

It's Stamp Simply time. This week Sharon is keeping it patriotic. Let's make a little something, something with a little red, white, and blue. For all the deets check out Sharon's blog. I pulled out a little Papertrey for this weeks card. I used Ocean Tides and the super fun Handwritten Notes. Take a peek....


I colored the star with Smooches. LOVE that stuff! The button is also Papertrey. Now be sure and check out the rest of the Stamp Simply team....

Barbara, May Guest Designer, Janine, Julie, AJ, Becky, Tammy, and Deb.

One more quick enabling alert....Lindsey is running a sale this weekend. All you need is this code...MEMDAY09....this one starts Friday and runs through Monday. Everything is 25% off.

Also, thank you so much for your kind words yesterday. I really appreciate it. My son is doing so much better. I think I am finally relaxed...that took ALL day! ;) lol....it's all good. Looking forward to the weekend!


And I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend! :) May it be safe and filled with lots of fun times.


Post you soon! :)

Red, White, & Blue Hip Hop Style

Hip Hop! It's that time again! Are you loving all of the patriotic projects this week? I love this time of year. Memorial day and soon 4th of July....celebrating all of the men and women in our armed forces who sacrifice so much to ensure our freedom. We are truly so blessed in this country due to these courageous people.

I have had the great privilege to know so many of these men and women personally. I have many relatives that have served. One of my cousins was actually on the USMC silent drill team. Have you ever seen these guys? AMAZING! I cannot believe how fantastic they are! My youngest brother....he's 19....just entered the army. My Dad was in the army. I'm so proud of each of them for all that they do and have done.

Here's one little project for the fourth....couldn't resist making this one....

I used this weeks Clean & Simple sketch for this one. You can find the GIANT 4th stamp here at Unity and the distressed star background here.

Some more of my heroes. My Mom, my Aunts, my Grandmother. Being a mom myself now, I have a whole new respect for all that she did while we were little.

Picture this, we are driving to school this morning....cause we missed the bus...even longer story. Anyway, we are in the car, one is teasing the other, as I am asking the one to stop a hand flies a nose is hit and BAM - a busted nose! I drop one off at school and take the other home to clean up. Then drop him off, which now means walking him in...with the two year old....all the while trying not to miss the repairman that is supposed to be at my house sometime between 7AM and 7PM.....

How did our parents make it look so easy!

The next one is using this months KOTM. I used the 'You light up my life' sentiment.

EPLS (easy peasy lemon squeezy).

Ok...off to clean the car. It's still a bit messy in there. Yikes! Hmm.....wish there was a detail service that came to your house....and was free! Oh, wait, that's me isn't it! ;)

Hope you all have a great day!

Now head on over to *****Jeanne Streiff *****

Are You Ready?

Are you ready for summer and cookouts? Can you believe that time is almost here? This weeks Jacksonbelle challenge is to make a card or project inspired by a cookout. What goes better with cookouts than bees, flowers, and butterflies! I pulled out my Girl Friday rub ons for this one. Take a peek....

How fun! Be sure and check out the rest of the Jacksonbelle team to see what they have for you.

AJ Otto
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jill Dunn
Kimberly O'Rosky
Kisa Peters
Lynda Benden
Maren Benedict
Melissa Bove
Michelle Woerner
Rachel Baird
Shannan Teubner

If you get the chance to play with this one be sure and upload your cards to SCS using the keyword JBE054.

Hope you all have a great day! I will post you all soon! :)

Monday!

It's time for another Monday challenge. We've got a fun, EPLS challenge this week. This weeks challenge is to create a birthday card. Simple, right? ;) I pulled out a little Unity goodness for this weeks card and some super cute Jillibean Soup. Take a peek.....

I love that little tricycle. It's so super cute! Be sure and check out the rest of the Monday gals to see what super cuteness they have in store for you....AJ Otto, Amber Height, Brooke Lien, Jeanne Streiff, Maren Benedict, and Jimmi Mayo.

One quick share. It's always crazy busy here during sports season. I wanted to share one of my favorite picks from my middle sons game yesterday. Take a look....

How fun is that! He got to play catcher yesterday. It was so much fun! I think he would have kept the equipment if they would have let him! He LOVED it! ;) It was fun! Ok...thanks for letting this proud mom share. I'm off to another CRAZY! day! I will be back this evening. Hopefully to also update with my layout for this weeks CASSB challenge.

I hope you all have a wonderful day! :)

Clean & Simple nO.8

....and Where Have You Been!

lol...sorry, things have been insane around here the last couple of weeks. To fill you in:

First, the laptop died. That I shared with all of you a couple of weeks ago. Second, the car died while my hubby was out of town....of course! I've had a zillion and one PTO commitments to fulfill for the end of the year. Some samples for SU.

....Now...breathe.......

Ahhhhhhhh............finally time to rest! This has been the craziest few weeks on record for me! I'm happy to say that things have finally slowed down. Woohoo!

Now time for another Clean & Simple scrapbook challenge! Are you ready? I hope you all had a great holiday weekend! :) Mine was relaxing but still filled with so many deadlines! I'm so happy to be sitting on my deck typing this while enjoying a relazxing moment and some not so warm air. It's really chilly here this weekend!

This weeks C&S challenge is to use this sketch......

Create any layout with it and put your title wherever you want! I'm pretty loose and free with it this weekend! I can't wait to see what you come up and where you put the title. I love this sketch. It's one of my favorites so far.

I will be back in a bit to insert my title here. ;) I'm enjoying a little time celebrating the end of a busy PTO year and some wonderful time with the family! :) I hope you are all doing well!

Be sure and link to this post with the link to your layout and if you are uploading to SCS use the keyword CSSB08. Don't forget to link your projects by next Saturday. I will post a winner Saturday evening before next weeks CASSB sketch is posted.

You can see AJ's fabulous sample here.

Post you all soon! Have a great one! :)

***Edited to add: Since this weekend is a holiday weekend we are extended this weeks CASSB. You have until Friday, May 29th to complete and link your projects. I hope you enjoy your weekend and that you have a safe and happy one!

Also, here is the candy that you are playing for this week.

Have a good one! :)

Stamp Simply Time

It's that favorite time of the week. Time to see what fun challenge Sharon has in store for us. This weeks challenge is to create a masculine card with a knot or cord. You can get all the deets over at Sharon's blog.

This week I used Papertrey's Men of Life and a little Crate Paper for my card. Take a peek....

Be sure and check out the rest of the team....

Barbara, May Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Becky
Tammy
Deb

If you play be sure and upload your cards to SCS using the keyword ssnotime87. Hope you all have a good one! I will post you soon! :)

Hip HOP!

It's that time again and this week is going to be full of so many GREAT sales and wonderful opportunities for you over at Unity! :) My post will be pretty quick this week. I'm still finishing up a few volunteer things this week so things are crazy! Is it wrong that I keep chanting that it's 'almost summer, it's almost summer, it's....'? ;) Actually while this post goes live I will be hosting a thank you luncheon. I threw together a super, SUPER simple gift card holder for this. Take a peek.....

The stamps are from this months KOTM and from the July KOTM....

I had a bit of the paper left and was really loving the colors so I used it to whip up this one......

This one uses this months KOTM as well. How fun is this kit! I LOVE it! It's actually one of my favorites. Yeah, I know, I say that every month. What can I say! They just get better and better!

Now head on over to ********Jeanne Streiff *******

Hope you all have a great day! I will post you soon! :)

It's Jacksonbelle Time!

It's time again for another Jacksonbelle challenge! This weeks challenge is a sketch. Some of you will remember that I shared with you about my computer crashing. Well, it's gone! I'm still hoping that they are able to salvage my pictures and files but the computer is a lost cause. I am happy to report that I have a new computer. The problem is....and the reason I am sharing this rant! ;) ...is that I couldn't figure out how to copy this weeks sketch to share. ....but, you can view the sketch over at the Jacksonbelle blog. Be sure and check it out as it's a CUTIE!

Here's my take on this weeks sketch.....

I used Basic Grey's new Wisteria paper for this one. Everything except the sentiment is from BG. The sentiment is Pink Paislee. You can find it all over at Lindsey's store.

Be sure and check out the rest of the Jacksonbelle team to see what they have created with this weeks sketch and if you get the chance to play be sure and upload to SCS using the keyword JBE053.

AJ Otto
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jill Dunn
Kimberly O'Rosky
Kisa Peters
Lynda Benden
Maren Benedict
Melissa Bove
Michelle Woerner
Rachel Baird
Shannan Teubner

Hope you all have a great day! I will post you soon! :)

Happy Mother's Day....And the CASSB Winner Is....

Happy Mother's Day! :) ...for all the moms out there! I am planning on spending a day with the boys tomorrow so I won't be around much for stamping. I want to wish you all a wonderful day! I will be back on Monday.

I want to also share the winner of last weeks Clean & Simple scrapbook challenge. Take a peek of this layout.....

It's such a cutie! :) This one comes to you from Scrappypug. You can see more of her beautiful work at her blog.

Since it is Mother's day tomorrow we are taking the week off from layouts. Take lots of pictures for next weeks sketch! I'll be back then with a new one.

Enjoy your weekend! I will post you all soon!

Big cyber {{{{hugs}}}}!

Stamp Simply

It's time for another Stamp Simple challenge. You can find all of the deets on Sharon's blog. My card this week is super simple....the paper, however, is WILD! ;) I got it in my Studio Calico kit this month. Take a peek....

What do you think? Busy, huh! I LOVE it! The stamp is from Papertrey Ink. The ribbon and button are also PTI.

Barbara, May Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Becky
Tammy
Deb

Hope you all have a great one! If you get the chance to play be sure and upload to SCS and use the keyword ssnotime86.

Hip HOP!

Happy hip HOP Thursday! It's time for more Unity goodness. For hip hop this week let's get scrappy! Are you loving all of the scrapping sets this week? Unity has so many cute ones! I'm using This is the Time. This is one of my favorite Unity kits. I punched the circle out of the big oval stamp, it's in the corner by the heart.

Take a peek at my layout....

Sorry that my post is so short today. I am off to take care of a few things...one of which being my laptop that crashed yesterday! I am so hoping that someone will be able to save my pictures! I will catch you all in the forum this evening!

Now head over to......

****Robyn Weatherspoon*****

Post you soon!

A Little EPLS

Happy Wednesday. This is going to be a quickie post. I've got a zillion and one things to catch up on today. Ever have one of those days? It's kind of grey outside, though, which is making me want to curl up in bed with a book!

I have a little something to share. This one uses a little Unity goodness. You may recognize it as one of the 'guess the dt' entries from last week.

How fun is this tree! I popped up the tree top to add a bit of dimension and colored the rest with my copics.

Hope you all have a great day. I will be back tomorrow with hip hop. Post you soon!

Flowers

It's time for Tuesday's Jacksonbelle challenge. This weeks challenge focuses on these cute little flowers. They are adorable! You can get all the information about these little cuties over at the Jacksonbelle blog. They are available for preorder until the 15th.



Here's my card....

The pape and button for this one are both from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey line. The sentiment stamp is from Lizzie Anne.

Be sure and check out the rest of the Jacksonbelle team:

AJ Otto, Beth Thomas, Heather Lee-Reppen, Jill Dunn, Kimberly O'Rosky, Kisa Peters, Lynda Benden, Maren Benedict, Melissa Bove, Michelle Woerner, Rachel Baird, Shannan Teubner, Taylor Usry.

Hope you all have a wonderful day! I will post you soon!

Be Jeweled

Happy Monday! I cannot believe the crazy week I have planned! My post today is short and sweet. While y'all are reading this, I will be busy getting a few things taken care of at my sons school and readying a few things for a little surprise. Yup, I've got a little something in the works that I cannot wait to share! It's good! Really fun! Hmm....is that to much teasing? ;)

Ok, so on to today's post. This weeks Monday throwdown is to create a card using gems. That's it. EPLS! Just do something and slap a gem on it and you are good to go! Here's my card.....

Now let's see what the rest of the Monday chicks did ....AJ Otto, Amber Height, Jeanne Streiff, Maren Benedict, and Jimmi Mayo.

Hope you are all doing well and that you have a wonderful Monday! I will post you soon!