Bon Voyage!

Dear Bloggy Friends! I am OFF for our VACATION tomorrow.. so for the next 11 days... my blog will be taking a nap! :)

I hope you all have a GREAT couple weeks! I will miss visiting you all.. but PROMISE when I get home to come catch up!

So I thought for FUN .. I would offer up a FUN little RAK.. if you want to play along.. here is all you have to do... Guess how many PHOTOS I take on our trip! :) I will draw a winner from all the correct answers! :) and you will get something FUN from me!!! Just leave your guess in the comment section!!

I am off to the TREADMILL.. one last workout... (unless I get up early tomorrow.. which is possible since I am worse then the kids on things like this.. and cant sleep at all! HA!)

THANKS for stopping by.. I will SEE you all soon!! dont forget to leave your guess for a chance to win a prize! :)

Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday!! Hope your having a GREAT weekend!! Ours has been packed full of fun!! and we arent done yet! LOL!!

Today is our PIO Challenge Share!! :) I have a fun little birthday card to share for mine!! Isnt that penguin CUTE!!! It is from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps.. and again I stamped up my own background paper! using lots of DOTS this week!!!

I got lots of fun challenges in this week.. Hope you will play along with us at PIO!
Our sponser is Simon Says Stamps!! Come join the fun and a chance to win a $20 in product from their store!!

Here is my card and the challenges!


Challenges
PIO- Furry Friends (Amanda said penguins have fuzzy bellies!)
Little Red Wagon- Copics
Cards and Things- Sketch
Your Next Stamp- Distressing
Charisma Cardz- Kids
Crafty Creations- Spots and Dots
Creative Card Crew- Going Dotty
Pennys- Birthday
Pixie Dust- The Power of 3
Scrappin Mojo- Create your own patterned paper

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a GREAT day!!!

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!! Where did last week go?!! I got NOTHING creative done.. sigh.. but I did get stuff ready for VACATION!!

So today I decided to create a little Easter Card.. this is for my grandparents!! This CUTE bunny image is from our sponser at PIO this week.... Phindys Place, such CUTE stamps... I used a digi image for this one!

Here is my card.. and listed below are all my challenges I am playing along with this week!! Oh and YES I did stamp that PP myself! :)

• Pile It On- Pastels Only
• The Shabby Tea Room #1- Elegant Shabby
• Pixie Dust #12- Buttons & Flowers
• Paper Cutz Challenge #32- Anything Goes
• Secret Crafter #74- Anything Goes
• Polly Craft #36- Sparkly Things
• Rosie Ds- Think Spring
• Susies Sassy Challenge #10- Easter

Thanks for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!!!!

Guy Cards... and the additions!

Happy Monday!! The sun is TRYING to shine today... after a night of RAIN... then it must have gotten very COLD.. our windows were icy when I took Justin to the bus.. a friend emailed me and said she heard the S word in our future... NOOOOO NOOOOO SNOW! (pretty please!... if I cant have one day in Jan.. I dont want any! HA!) ANYWAY!!

So this week I need THREE cards for the GUYS! :) I have such a hard time with them! I dont know why.. ok I do.. because I like to use flowers, and pinks, and frills and bling! and not to many guys I know will enjoy that! HA HA! So I put all that out of my brain and came up with these...

First off my brothers... he turned the Big 4-0 on saturday! :) Got to go have a FABULOUS dinner that THEY put on for us for HIS DAY! YUM! and sooo BEAUTIFUL!! (THANKS AGAIN Timmons Family!) (I got photos to share.. later! ) ANYWAY... I was out taking the photo of the card.. and as I did I decided.. ok it needs...
So here it is BEFORE!

and AFTER... with the PEARLS.. see they are MANLY.. colored with my copics to match the KRAFT CS! :)


Next up our good friends son turned 13 last week.... so I had to make up his card.. AGAIN.. when taking the photo it NEEDED something... so here is
BEFORE-

and AFTER.. just added some brown dots around the edges... KNOW what STEVE said.. wow this isnt like your style.. the brown dots are almost perfectly spaced.. so unlike you! HA HA!! Does he know me or WHAT! LOL!!! What can I say.. a moment of almost perfection was mine! ;) it wont happen again! LOL!!!

I used my Spicas on this.. I WISH you could see them better.. all around the star and the 13.. just for a little extra POP!

So for card 3 I thought.. I will make it just right the first time... but OH NO.. again.. taking the photo.. thinking... it needs a little more.. so here it is
BEFORE-

and AFTER! I added the black box around Happy Birthday!

For the center I traced around my fillable frame die from PTI... I LOVE new uses for things! LOL!!

Thanks for stopping by! I am off to grab lunch .. then visit some blogs!
Have a GREAT day...

PIO Challenge #9

Happy Sunday!!! We had a FABULOUS day yesterday!!! Now today we have a million and 2 things to do!!! At least the sun is shining (for the moment!)

Ok on with the show! It is PIOs challenge #9...The one you must... use one color and on neutral! The Stamping Boutique was our sponsor.. they have such CUTE stamps.. digi and rubber! I used this cute little gift for mine this week!

• PIO- The One You Must
• Creative Card Crew- Celebrations
• Crafty Creations- One Colour
• Cupcake Craft Challenges- Round and Round
• Little Red Wagon- Felt

Thank You for stopping by! Have a GREAT day!

Pink Saturday.. SPRING Style!

Happy PINK Saturday!! and a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER LARRY!!!! (big 40.. shhh dont tell him I told...or he will tell my age! LOL!)

We have been having such BEAUTIFUL weather here.. all the Cherry Blossom trees are in bloom.. I dont have one.. (I want 1 or 10 of them! LOL!) Each morning I talk my walk I see them everywhere.. I pass this line of them.. and thought I need to come back for a photo.. or 10! :)
So I did just that!! Here are a few I thought I would share with ya!



I alos have a crafty share for ya!! I made up this little baby girl set.. well just for FUN! I dont know anyone having a baby girl anytime soon.. but I will be READY if I do! LOL!!

That is my pink shares for today my friends! I am going to be GONE all day today.. visiting family.. Celebrating my brothers BIG 40!!! BUT I will be back to VISIT you all on sunday!!!
As ALWAYS a big THANK YOU to Beverly for putting all this PINK fun together! :)
Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!

2 Card Shares!

Happy Tuesday!!! :)

I hope your having a GREAT week!!! :)

I have a couple shares for you today!!! Used the same DP on both.. but the 2nd one I stamped over it! I like that look I will do it again!! :)

This is a birthday card for my auntie.. I HOPE she got it today.... (crossing fingers and toes.. it made it in the mail.. I always worry about those pearls!)

A little spring card for a challenge at Scrappin Mojo!!

Used a few PTI stamp sets for these, ink- PTI, Memento, and Tim Holtz, Ribbon, DP, CS all from PTI, butterfly cut from one of my FAVORITE cricut carts... Indie Art! Bling and Pearls!

Thanks for stopping by! have a GREAT day!!!