Ahhh.... My Do-Over!

Okay well here's part 2 of this post as promised.

As I mentioned, I'm working on several different things... Two card swaps and a Loralie image swap.  One of my SOC sistahs contacted the fantabulos Loralie of Loralie Designs and we're doing an image swap with a twist.  Each of us were assigned a stamp and we're stamping the images, THEN creating something with one of the images to send to Loralie Designs!  How exciting is that??

I've been busy stamping away... Those of you that know me, know I am NOT a traditional stamper so this is a true struggle for me.  Good thing I have plenty of NEENAH paper on hand, right???  What's Neenah Paper you ask??  It's only THE best paper for Copic markers!!!! (okay, let me say neither Copic nor Neenah is paying me to promote their brands!  But if they decide... it would be nice!)

After some major wheeling and dealing... I am proud to say, I have Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White paper for sell.  Please see the PayPal button to the right!  They are packs of 25. I will ship it anywhere in the U.S. using USPS Flat Rate postage ($4.95).  This is truly a GREAT price.  Needless to say I'm very excited about this new little venture.  If you have questions, please email me. 

In closing... here are some pics for you to enjoy!

A gift for Chloe...



One of the inside pages



I {heart} pink ribbon!

  







Card for Mom

 

B-day Card



How about a "Do Over"?? (part 1)

Greetings Everyone!

Remember when you were little and you'd mess up?? First thing you'd ask for was a "do over".  As you've notice by the date of my last entry, I dropped off the Blog-O-Meter, again! Wanna know why??? Wish I could say because I've been busy crafting away but that wouldn't be all true. Honestly, IDK why... I just did.  That makes today: My official Do-Over!  

My creative mojo left me after Valentine's Day.  (insert "sad face" here)  That was a busy time.  I was the hostess of two back to back swaps over at SOC.  Both of which were V-day themed... afterwards... I didn't want to see anything pink or with hearts!  LOL  Seriously... here are a few of the cards that I created.  



Various B-day Cards



 



Embossed card base



Inside sentiment




My FAV card w/ matching envelope



Detail shot

There are TONS more pics where these came from.  Guess I should set up a gallery huh?  Right now I'm working on several things.  Find details in Part 2 of this post, later this afternoon.

As always...
Happy Creating

Soul Searching...

Good Morning Everyone!

Let me start by saying Happy New Year, being that this is my first blog posting since the new year.  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and you've recovered from all the decorations and food and.... blah, blah, blah.... :~)  I can truly say this has been an eventful 2011 thus far.  I started the New Year off by trashing my 7'ft tall Christmas tree with half of the decorations still on it. {WHY??} I know you all are reading this and wondering why. LOL... It's simple, that is THE same exact Christmas tree that I got when I first got married.  I remember how excited I was that year.  I searched high and low to find the perfect ornament to represent our 1st Christmas.

Year after year, from 1999 until 2004 (the last time I put a tree up while married.  I hung this ornament on that tree.  Christmas 2006 was my first year to put a tree as a divorced woman and for the first time... that ornament remained in it's box along with all the other ornaments I'd collected.  This past year, I decorated with new colors, but... it was still {THAT} tree.  You know how when you were little, you sit and dream what you want your life to be like.  Well let me tell you... at 35 this is NOT how I had it planned, but I am thankful to be here and thankful for the friends I have. 

Until now, I've stayed away from blogging because I never want to come here to my {Happy Place} and not be happy.  Turning 35 really SUCKED buttons, and it took me a while to be at peace with it. Not like I have to be placed out in the pasture. LOL  There is still some good life left in me, but it's up to me to embrace my life and all the challenges.  Seems like since I was little I've always known what I wanted out of life, but at times I was too scared to reach for it.  For once, I've connected with a group and ladies that LOVE crafting as much as I do and they support all my ideas and future endeavors.  You ladies know who you are, so THANK YOU!    Now... it's a New Year and that means lots of new stuff out on the market and new ideas running around in my head fighting to get out.  Having said that... stayed tuned for some exciting things to come!

Happy Crafting...

Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy Birthday to me!  Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birth-daaaaaay to Meeeeeeeeeeeeee!  Happy Birthday to me!

Yep, if you haven't figured it out, it's my Birthday today!  And..... (drum roll) I have a new looking blog!!! {Tadaaaaaa}  The colors are so bright and happy looking!  I will say HTML coding {sucks}, but it's kinda cool when it all falls into place.  I love my new fonts!  It can be found here along with tons of others. 

Anyways... I promised a new look and I delivered.  Pictures are coming!! 

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I know I did and my b-day wasn't so shabby either.  Bought myself some new COPICS!!  They were on sale at Scrap-Mart.com. Use the coupon code BLACK for an extra 20% off their already low prices!! Plus shipping is free!!!  Yep, F-R-E-E!!!

Shop with Caution!

Ummmmm....

Have you ever had one of those moments when all you can think of is, "Ummmmmm"??  Okay so I've been having one of those moments for a while.  Like two months and six days worth of it.  LOL...  It's weird because so much has gone on.  I've actually completed so much stuff, I'm amazed.  (pictures to come).  For some reason... I just lost the desire to blog. I {blog hop} a lot and there are so many COOL blogs out there, then I come back to mine and it looks dead.  The color combination looked good in my head, but it's NOT a true representation of who I am.  I am not walking around as a muted hue of gray, well some days.  Today... I feel like a pretty yellow. (Acid Yellow - Copic Y08)  It's amazing what a hot shower at O'dark-thirty will do for you. 

So, I've been thinking.... I think it's time for a BLOG Makeover....  My b-day is exactly 21 days away.  So I have 21 days to get the new blog up with current pictures and so forth!  Can I do it?  "Ummmmm"???  LOL

21 days and counting..... (insert clock ticking sound here)