Hip Hop!

It's time for more hip Hop! :) What a happy Thursday this makes! Mine is a quick post today. We are one spring break and things are crazy here! Here is the card I made for this week....

I used this weeks sketch from Card Positioning Systems {CPS161}. The stamp is from the April KOTM. The paper is from Crate Paper.

Now head on over to the sweet Natalie's blog.

Hope you all have a wonderful day! I will catch you in the forum! :)

You Rock!

Hey Peeps! Back again with a quickie using The Stamps of Life. This one uses the new release Thanks 2 You. This is such a cute set! I LOVE the sentiments and the flowers....ADORABLE! I made my card this week using the current CPS sketch. You can view it over at the CPS blog.



The paper for this one is from Crate Paper. I LOVE this paper! It's one of my favorite lines. I'm sorry but I don't remember where I got the brad. It's one of those things that wound up in a drawer and I have NO clue from where it came. :(

Hope you enjoy. Be sure and check out The Stamps of Life website to see the entire set. It's a cutie!

I will post you soon!

One

Doing a little catch up around here and decided to put together a layout of my youngest. Ok...he's turning three pretty soon and this layout is from his first birthday. Hmm....a little behind? ;) Oh well, I am working on catching up. I was so excited to see that Crate Paper had a little contest going on. Create a layout using their product and you can be entered to win their new lines! ACK! I LOVE Crate Paper! So here's what I came up with......

You can check out the new Crate Paper blog here for all of the deets.

Thanks for stopping by! I will post you all soon!

Step On Out!

Taking a step out of my comfort zone. I love this type of challenge! Every now and again you can find yourself in a bit of a rut. You get in your 'safe' spot and just sort of coast through it. Thanks to Sharon this week we are all going to take a little detour. Are you ready? We are at ssnotime102 for this one if you are uploading to SCS.

Where do I begin? First I pulled out some of my favorite Crate Paper. Ok....not quite out of my comfort zone. I've really never met a piece of Crate that I didn't LOVE! Next up, Papertrey....? Yeah, yeah, I know....more that I LOVE! So far I'm sure your scratching your head wondering when I'm going to actually follow this weeks challenge. Well, take a peek.....

Masculine. That's a place I don't often go. I'm really not sure why I don't do that very often. One reason pops to mind....no ribbon! As in no big whoppin' bows! I live in a house full of boys so I will take any opportunity to slap a bit of ribbon on something and usually the only one is a card!

Take a closer look at the stars.....

I used Stampin Up's new silver paint. Being as impatient as I am I decided to dry it with my heat gun. I really love the way it sort of bubbles up. It was perfect for this. Don't you love it when something works out that way. ;)

Ok....now check out the rest of the team.....

Pat Adam, August Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny

I will post you all soon. Hope you 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! :)

Clean & Simple nO.7

It's time for another Clean & Simple scrapbook challenge. Ok...we are a bit early this week for two reasons. First, it's national scrapbooking day! Woohoo! How fun is that! Second, because this weeks sketch has a little something special. This week you have two chances to win. I've got some goodies for you and, if you finish your layout by Monday, Angela from Unity has some BIG goodies for you! To find out more about that please visit Angela over at the Unity blog.



Just the deets. Upload your project at SCS using the keyword CASSB07 for a chance at my blog candy. (Yup, true to form I need to photograph that and will upload that picture after todays ball game.) For Angela's blog candy you need to upload your layout to either SCS and add the keyword UnityJBS01 or upload to the Ning site using the keyword UnityJBS01...yeah, it's the same keyword...just didn't want to confuse.



So what's this weeks sketch? Take a peek....it's one of my favorite to date!....



I actually did a tutorial for this one at the Ning site. You can view it here.


Here's my sample for this weeks sketch...




One more view....



You can view AJ's sample here tomorrow May 3rd. I can't wait to see what y'all come up with!

One quick reminder. To be included for Angela's blog candy you need to finish your layouts by Monday. You can get all the info on her blog. I will draw a name for the CASSB07 blog candy and post the winner Saturday, May 9th.

Have a good one! I will post you soon!

Simply Sun & KOTM Challenge (well, that part is on the way)

***Edited 10AM 5/1/09

It's Stamp Simply time! :) Sharon's challenge this week is to use yellow. As much yellow as you want to let the summer sun in!....your card. ;) ssnotime85...is the keyword if you are uploading to SCS.

I used the new May KOTM for this one and some new Crate Paper. LOVE this paper. Take a peek...

You can view Sharon's card here. And you can't forget the rest of the Stamp Simply team.....

Janine
Julie
AJ
Becky
Dee
Tammy

I followed this months sketch for the Unity KOTM guest designer challenge for this one. Here's the sketch:


Do you want to be a guest designer for Unity Stamp Co? Well, then play along! What do you need to do????

You will need the April KOTM. You must use that kit to create either a card or layout using this sketch.

Contest begins NOW!
Deadline: May 2nd 7PM Central/8PM Eastern
The winner will be announced on May 3rd.

Please upload your cards to SCS using the keyword USGDC01.

You need to link your card in this thread at SCS which contains all the deets.

Want some more examples using this sketch? Check out some of the design team that played along....

1.) Brooke Lien2.) Jennifer Buck 3.) Jeanne Streiff4.) Christi Snow 5.) Natalie Dever 6.) Amber Hight 7.) Maren Benedict 8.) Linsey Rickett9.) AJ Otto10.) Kimber McGray11.) Laura Williams12.) Heather Brown13.) Jimmi Mayo 14.) Wendy Chang

Lots of fun stuff for you today! If you use yellow in your card be sure and link to Sharon's challenge while you at SCS using the ssnotime85 keyword as well.

Hip Hop....Unity Celebration Day #4

It's hip HOP and day 4 of this fun Unity Celebration! Today is such a fun day! There are so many new stamps and more sneaks from the May KOTM. Ack! And you know tomorrow is the day! THE day! The day of the KOTM guest designer challenge! How much fun is this week!

First up for me a card using an image from one of todays new releases. I used Flower Soft again today on this one. Take a peek.....

Here's a close up of the bees stripes.....


This Flower Soft is amazing and it fit perfectly with the bee. Love that!

Next up, my KOTM sneak and more from Angela's new stamps. I used this weeks Clean & Simple scrapbook sketch for this one and new Crate Paper! I was so excited to find this at Archiver's yesterday. I LOVE Crate Paper! Take a peek....

I LOVE these! These are from the new scrapbook kit and this kit is AMAZING! I'm so in love with it! Are you having as much fun as I am this week!? LOVE this!

Ok....now it's time to head on over to......

***Natalie Dever ***

Also up today, a video tutorial from Maren. You can check that out over at the Ning site under DT Tutorials.

I will catch you all in the forum! Hope you are all doing well! :)

Stamp Simply

It's time for another Stamp Simply challenge. You can get all the deets at Sharon's fantabulous blog. This weeks challenge...to forget the rules. How much do you love that! I LOVE this! So let's get busy and create something without rules.

I opted to mix it up a bit with a little Crate Paper, the stamp is Papertrey Ink., and this BEAUTIFUL ribbon...that I just happened to pick up from Sharon! ;)....I mixed up the circles with the stripes...and as far as my mom would probably be concerned, you don't leave the house dressed like this...and yet, somehow it seems to work for me. I like it! Yeah...I tend to be pretty easy..... ;)

Be sure and check out the rest of the team to see what they have in store for you....Dee, Tammy, Janine, AJ, Julie, Becky, and our March guest designer Barb.

Hope you are all having a good one. I will post you soon! :)

It's Time To Hip HOP!

Happy hip Hop Thursday! :) Are you guys ready for another fun day of Unity goodness? Have you had a chance to check out the latest release? Soooo CUTE! I used this one this week for my layout.....

Fun! ;) I took these pictures after our attempt at a visit with Santa this Christmas. Evan and Carter are now officially to 'old' to sit in his lap and Hayden was scared to death of him! ;) Our formal pictures consist of the older two standing on either side...trying to look all cool and Hayden in the stroller right by my side...completely OUT of the picture! He wanted nothing to do with him! When we got home I decided I had to try and get a picture of them. They looked so cute in their matching shirts! Of course, as is always the case they started goofing off and the whole thing turned into one big giggle fest! You gotta LOVE that! ;)

Next up for me...another 'Valentines' card. I really LOVE this months KOTM! It's one of my favorites to date! I used the 'Love me' sentiment....
The pink mirrors are from Heidi Swapp. The paper is SU. I added pink stickles to the little hearts. EPLS! :)

Now head on over to the oh so talented and sweet Maren! I will catch you all in the hip HOP thread over at SCS! :)

Post you soon! :)


All Stamps Unity Stamp Co.
Crate Paper
Stampin UP
Ribbon - Target
Heidi Swapp
Stickles

Jacksonbelle Challenge Numer 3

And The Winner Is.....

Michelle (mla1111) said...
Very cute card. I dont want to waste my pretty paper so I save it....=) I just have to go ahead & use it already!

Thanks so much for playing! :) Hope you all have a great day! :) Please email me your deets, Michelle so that I can get your goodies to you. :)

Time for the third challenge. Are we having fun! I must confess, I am quite the challenge junky so this is such a thrill for me! Keyword for this one is JBENYE3.

Ok...number three....are you a New Year's resolution kind of person? I will confess that I am not so much. I never....NEVER stick to them. I do set goals for myself. I like it better when I can work with shorter time restraints....short attention span..... If you are like me you can create a card using some neglected stamps, paper, embelli's...anything like that.

Well, I am setting a goal for myself. I set this a few weeks ago. I have a hard time when I buy paper packs of never using the whole thing. There goes that short attention span again! So my card today uses one of my favorite new paper packs that I would have long ago put aside as this is just about my 5 thousanth card/layout using it! ;) Here it is....



The paper is from one of my favorites Crate Paper. It's the Mia collection. The ribbon is May Arts. The stamp is Inkadinkado. This one is called Dogs.

....AND! GUESS WHAT! :) .......

I've got some goodies for you! Courtesy of the oh so sweet Lindsey!

Take a look at this!

This is the houndstooth embossing folder from Cuttlebug...love it!

...and this one....

What do you need to do for this? Just leave a comment on this post by midnight January 2nd. EPLS! Good luck you guys! :)

Don't forget to check out the rest of the J'belle team playing with this one......
Jill Dunn
Kimberly O'Rosky
Kisa Peters
Lynda Benden

Lindsey
Maren Benedict
Taylor Usry

See you again at 9 Eastern for the next challenge! Hope you are all having a great night! :)

That's One BIG Butterfly!

Do you guys ever buy the whole paper package? You know, the packages that come with not only dsp but the little punch outs and alpha's? I have a really bad habit of buying them and never using all the little do-dads that come along with the dsp. I can't throw the do-dads out mind you...but they really never get used.

I picked up a whole package of Crate Papers Mia Collection from Jacksonbelle and it came over the weekend. I LOVE the paper. In fact I've used some already, but now I have the whole package. In an attempt to use up everything....will it even be possible?....I created this little number....

This is really such a quick and easy card. I used the GIANT butterfly that was on one of the punch out pages and then a couple of the border strips. The sentiment is one of my favorites from a past Kit of the month from Unity Stamp Co. This sentiment is from the July kit of the month and if you missed it you're in luck because it's available now!

I'm off to get busy with the things of the day. I hope you all enjoy yours! I will post you soon!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

The Full View...

A Dirty Dozen month! Can you believe how wonderful it is that this month is a freebie for all to see such amazing eye candy! I have been a fan club member for over two years now and have enjoyed seeing all of the amazing creations. I am constantly blown away by the creativity!

As promised, I am here to share the full view of my favorite project in this months gallery. Each month we have a theme that we follow. There is a sketch, an inspiration piece...we can go 'more is more'....'limited supply'...so many additions to the one central theme. This months theme is Obscure Holidays. I had so much fun researching this and found some really fun ones to work with!

This card is for 'Unlucky Day' which is December 31'st. I used Unlucky 13 from Unity for this one. I punched out and flipped the number part and then cut out the numbers on one of the circles...

The dsp is from Crate Paper. The ribbon is PTI and I used champagne dew drops.

Be sure and stop by SCS to check out the rest of the gallery. You will see the rest of my creations as well as the rest of the Dirty Dozen...and you will be the first to see the newest Dirty girls announced.

Thanks for stopping by! I will post you in a bit!

Bloom!

Oh how much do I love this set! This is one of my new loves. It's from Unity Stamp Co. The set is called Humble Bloom. I love flowers and I absolutely love the whimsy of the ones in this set. Here's the card I created.....

I used my liquid pearls for parts of the flowers. If I had pink they would be complete with liquid pearls but that color is not in my little box of stuff....yet! The paper is from Crate Paper and is still one of my favorite collections. I was completely bummed when they didn't have it at my LSS anymore. Why does that happen!

....I know....it's to keep people like me from going overboard with it! Can't help it. When I find something I love I just want to use it over and over!

The ribbon is SU. Love this color. I also used my new scallop border punch...also SU.

So many products...so little time! I am on sensory overload this week!

I hope you are all doing well. I better get off to some of the business of the day....and definitely some play time with the boys! I will post you all soon!

Have a great day! :)

Fragments...

Good morning to you all! I hope you are all doing well! Before I head off to a day full of kids and fundraising I thought I would share a quickie little something. Ok....this card was soooo not quick! But the post will be!

While at CHA I happened to lay my eyes on the little fragments from Tim Holtz. That man is a genious! Imagine my surprise when I found them at our Archivers! Woohoo! Well....I had to have them and then I used them for another card with the Growing in Unity kit from Unity Stamp Co.

Here's the card....

How cool are those fragments! LOVE them! They come in a package with a ton of them! I just kept stamping the image on different paper for this one and then put each tile where I needed it and then glued them on. Not that difficult but very time consuming! Love the effect though.

Ok....like I said....quickie post! Hope you are all doing well! I am off to get things done! Stamping in a bit! I have another quickie that I think I will share this afternoon. It's using this super cute stamp from Unity....Humble Bloom. LOVE this set! It's so much fun!

Post you all soon!