Miracle Futtering.

Man, I've been slacking! At least on blogging. I've been very busy crafting making gifts and such for family and friends. We've had some snow, too! We hardly get snow! The kids are out of school for the holidays. We had parties planned for schools, but snow days made it so no parties where to be had at school. Bummer! All that cutting I did for Trey's teacher's crafts. I was bummed! I love those handmade items the kids make in school.

Anyhow, had a little bit of time to stamp since I've finished up some Christmas stuff. Saw a DT call for Flutterby Weds. Thought I'd toss my name in the hat. I do love to play along with them. Had to play along with Mojo Monday. Been ages since I've sat down and played both challenges.
Crazy how busy life gets sometimes. I love participating in challenges. I've enjoyed both DTs that I was on this year, creating for the challenges, and seeing what the other DT come up with for the challenges! Amazes me their take on stuff. Than going to blogs from bloggers who played along. So much talent out there!

My Magnolia card is an image given to me from Tammi. Such a sweet little image. The paper is from DCWV, Mango stack. It's full of bright colors, which is perfect for me! She's colored with copics and topped off with some stickles. The sentiment is from a SU stamp set.

My second card uses TAC supplies. The fairy is from a sweet set from Mabelle R. She makes such cute images. The paper is from More Mimi, which is one of my favorites from TAC. Can't beat that color palette! Greens, pinks, and browns! So nice! Parts are cut out and popped up. She's paper pieced, and topped off with stickles.

This is my second post for the day, so be sure to peak at the Party Time Tuesday post below this one.

Fluttering Birthday.

Had more time to play today. Trying to keep my mind off the stresses of life. I don't think it's working though. I'm feeling pretty stressed! LOL! I saw the challenge at Flutterby Wed was to make a window card. I haven't tried the tent card, and after seeing Danni's card, I just had to try. So much fun to make! And so cute, too! I think they are about as much fun at making an easel card! I followed the tutorial she put on her blog from SCS. Very easy to follow. Another challenge this card covers is All That's Scraps Wed challenge. Their challenge was to make a birthday card. Gotta say, I love how this card turned out. So bright and cheery! Perfect birthday card!

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Supplies: Copics, nesties, stickles, SU cardstock-cool Caribbean, melon mambo, SU Cool Caribbean ink, Verve Birthday sentiment.

Fluttering TAC

Got some new stuff in yesterday from The Angel Company! Was dying to get into the goodies and play! This was my first order with the new TAC catty. (I am a TAC demo if you need anything, I'd be happy to help you out!) Love, Love, LOVE the new paper lines. This one today is Maggie. Emma is just as pretty too! I'm sure I'll be playing with that paper this week! Along with some fun new stamp sets!

I fell in love with this new level two hostess set, Happiness Is, so I pulled it out to play with first. So sweet! Reminds me of Danni from Danni's Dreams. Since today is Wed, I just had to play along with her Flutterby Wed challenge, which is an open challenge today. I also did the Mercy Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I flipped my image, to show off the butterfly punch I found at Michaels. How cool is that punch? It's an EK Success punch. It punches out the butterflies too, so easy to add them as an embellie to the card.

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Supplies: TAC DP paper, and stamps, nesties, stickles, EK punch, Martha Punch, pearls, copics, SU cardstocks, and ink,

Fluttering Mercy

Today was a calm day! Meant had time to stamp! Today is Wed, so meant I get to play Flutterby Wed. The challenge there today is Christmas In July. Mercy had a wonderful sketch up yesterday, so I tried my hand at it too. I pulled out Cosmo Cricket's Holly By Jolly pack. Hadn't used it yet. Such pretty soft colors! Grabbed a digital image from CC Designs that I printed last year. Colored her with copics, topped her off with stickles, smootch, and popped out her ornament. Even used my Amy R's Winter sentiments, which hadn't been cut out yet!

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Supplies: copics, SU ink, PTI cardstock, nesties, stickles, EK punch, CC Design, Amy R sentiment,

Sweet Fluttering.

Had a fun day today! Went with the kids and neighbors to see dolphins at VA. Beach. Very cool thing to see. Even saw some baby dolphins! It was cool on the water, which was good because we've been hot. Came home and it had rained! Wonderful because we are in need of rain. Meant it was time to create. So, the kids played Bakugan, and I snuck off to the stamp room!
Followed the sketch at The Sweet Stop. There's a twist, must use a tag too. I've had that tag with the sentiment Happiness for years. One of those buys from HSN, or QVC. They did a great selling this set of tags to me, and they've sat for far too long in my sticker folder. I should pull them out more and try to use them up.

Than I had to play along with Flutter By Wed. The challenge there is layers. At least three. I had gotten this cute image from Susana's Store a couple weeks ago, and have been dying to ink her up. She's uber cute, and I can see Gabi in this stamp. I cut out her shirt and layered it up, so that it gives the feel of the fabric flowing. I added some stickles to her and the puppies.

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Supplies: Basic Grey, primas, stickles, copics, Victoria Case for Susana's Store, nesties,

Fluttering Mojo.

My AC broke. Right smack in the middle of a heat wave in the Mid-Atlantic area. My house was 93 degrees! Icky! Lucky for me, we had a portable ac unit in the bonus room, so I took it to my room, which cooled it off. Than my neighbor lent me his portable unit. But the house has been hot for two days. My cats were melting. Maxwell, the doggie, hung out with neighbors because it was too hot for him. I wanted to stamp like crazy, but the bonus room was too hot. So, I grabbed my copics, and some images sent to me by friends, and colored. Today, the repair guy came, and fixed it! And it didn't break the bank! Woo hoo! So, it's not steaming in my house any more.

Meant, I got to my desk which is in the bonus room, and was able to put the image I colored onto a card. This sweet bear was sent to me by Tammi. Thanks, Tammi! He's darling! I had grabbed this paper pack at AC Moore by DCWV. Such pretty paper. Called Mariposa. It's filled with butterflies, glitter, and pretty colors. I grabbed the smallest pack size.

This card is for a few challenges.

Mojo Monday #146.

Flutter By #112-Any thing goes, as long as it's a fairy, angel or butterfly on the card. So glad they are back from their break!
Cooking It Up With Katie #21, Stitch me a Yellow Stitch

Supplies: copics, DCWV paper, SU cardstock, scrappers floss, stickles, smooch, Close to cocoa ink, dew drops, nesties,

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Fluttering Birthdays.

The kids have three birthday parties this weekend. Sat down last night to get a couple of the cards knocked out, instead of waiting til late Friday night! New concept for me! This card is heading to Gabi's friend who is turning 10. She looked sweet and sassy like her friend does. I had to play along with some challenges on my first card.

This is Flutter By Wed challenge for paper piecing.

Sweet Sketch Wed. #49.

My other card is heading to a sweet little girl who we've known for a long time. She's turning 6. Into bright colors, so I had fun making her card. I used all scraps on this card. Left over from scrapping lately. I've had that stamp for too long waiting to be inked up too. I added paper glaze to the cupcake to make the icing look shiny.

Supplies: PTI Raspberry Fizz cardstock, ink, Martha Punch, nesties, copics, primas, stickles, smooch, Basic Grey Paper, DCWV Blossoms

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Flutterying By Lily, and Scrapping Pages.

Hard card today! Make your own, no pattern papers were challenges at Cute Card Thursday, and Fab n Funky . So, I made the background for my little Lily Fairy. Difficult for me! First off coloring without a starting point from picking colors from the pattern papers. And I came up with blue?! How often do I use blue?! I am happy with how it turned out, but it did take me awhile to get there. Clean is simple was the challenge for Flutter By and that was a challenge for me! I've gotten used to pattern papers and layers. It was also Thank you at ABC.

Than catching up on scrapbook pages still. These are from Gabi's birthday party in Nov. She and a friend turned ten a week apart. We did it up at The Great Wolfe Lodge. Loads of fun there. Indoor water park, Magic Quest, and a very cool birthday cake were in store for their party.

A friend made the cake. The girls both love Littlest Pet Shop, so she made a cake that came apart, so each girl had part of the cake at the end of the night, and all the guest got to pick out some of the pet shops. Very cool cake. It looked like a park, and all of it was made out of frosting. And she made little carrots, and stuff for the animals.

Needless to say, Gabi disliked the green page. Girl is so funny! the other page is okay, cuz it was purple. But the cuteness factor of the cake page didn't win her over! It's another one that will be appericated when she's 25! I love the page, it looks great. Used the Cricut again on both of the pages. That tool is so much fun. Even got it to connect to my computer finally! So yippie for me!

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Supplies: copics, Taken with teal cardstock, misc SU inks, Lily Fairy stamp, nesties, stickles, DCWV papers for the scrapbook pages,

Ruby CC.

Man, I had a hard time with this card. Took me too days to get it done. I'm sure why. Last night I walked away, thinking I was done. This morning added the butterflies, and the sentiment. Looked forever for it, because I could picture it in a SU case, with SU set, and couldn't find it. Searched for about 20 minutes, only to than finally see it in the case on my desk! That sweet sentiment came from my friend, Kim. And I love it. It's a perfect sentiment from her!

Layout was done for me from Flutter By Wed. challenge. The color combo was done Cupcake Craft Challenges. I can't tell what it is, but this is just off for me. Just not even sure why it's off for me, because it's darling. I know exactly who this card is going too. Because it's perfect for a sweet little someone I know!

Other challenges I did on here:

Fab and Funky neglected stash. The sentiment, and papers have been sitting there unused for too long. Even the Martha punch I grabbed a month ago, and just used it.

Inky Impression- 3 layers, 2 DT papers-there's another sheet under the white trellis layer, and one ribbon.

Nut Crafters was Spring Theme.

Spoon of Sugar, and Creative Card Crew where for birthdays.

Supplies: copics, SU paper pack, real red cardstock, martha punch, stickles, CC design

Birthday Magnolia

A few challenges on this card today. I paper pieced her outfit. The pack of paper has tags, and I used the tags to get some different fun patterns for the clothes. Looks like her cheeks need to be blended better. I also ran out of room for my sentiment. I grabbed that swirl punch at Joann's last week. Thought it looks so cool, I'd add another row on the top of my pink sheet. Didn't like it so much afterwards.

JUGS-Pink, Green, Lavender, and yellow-optional. I thought this paper line, Angelee from The Angel Company was perfect for this challenge.

Just Magnolia-Sketch.

Cute Card Thursday-Touchy Feely-texture. I added flowers, embossed the nesties, and a fun trim.

ABC-Sparkle.

Flutterby-Open Challenge.

Working on scrapbook pages still too. These are of Gabi's dance recital last year. She's not overly pleased with these two pages. The Best Friends page was for her baton class, and she said it was "Too Green!" Um, kiddio, you're wearing green and black! Kids! I'm sure she'll appreciate it more in a few years! I used my Cricut to cut out the title. That black sheet is covered in glitter. I found those papers at Target. They have some fun colors. I used a silver sheet on the page below.

The ballet page is beautiful, as far as I'm concerned! She wanted me to use a purple sheet instead of the blue that was in the K and Co paper pack. But the photos looked prettier with the blue. (I think it was because it pulled out her eye color.) I will get good used out of this pack of papers, as all of her costumes this year will be black and white. I found this pack at a scrapbook store, but also saw it at Michael's in the wedding scrapbook area.

My friend took these photos of Gabi, and they turned out so good. She has three boys, so she doesn't get to play with girly photos too often.

Gabi was in Swan Lake at the recital last year. They have one big ballet dance during the recital, and a few classes are part of it. Her group was Russia, I think. Her costume was so pretty! I loved this costume. Made her seem like she was a little flower blooming out of her costume. I snapped some photos of her at the recital with friends, and will make a page with it. But these photos were too pretty not to make a page of them too!

I'm adding big photos of the Swan Lake pages, because my family hasn't seen these photos yet. Also, so I can let my friend see how pretty they turned out in a scrapbook page. Didn't she do a great job on those pictures?! Can I say again, how much I just love these photos?!

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Supplies: TAC paper, PTI and SU cardstock, perfect plum ink, Magnolia stamp, stickles, nesties, Blossoms and butterfly DCWV stack, K and Co stack, primas, Jolee's flowers, Martha punch,

Fluttering By with CC Designs

Man, this was so much fun to make! Took me some time though. This is my first easel card, so Tammi wasn't the last person to try it! I some how thought my paper was 8.5, when it was 11 inches long, so you should have seen me at first watching the video on SCS. My base wasn't looking like Beate's and I couldn't figure out why!

I combined a lot of challenges on this card.

Pile It On Easel card

Stamp with Fun recipe card- three flowers, three papers, two buttons.

Crazy Challenge Angel or Fairies.

Flutterby Wed Sparkle

Stamp, Scrap, Doodle Sat. Wings

Crafty Creations Paper Piecing-my little fairy on the inside is paper pieced.

Just Us Girls Sketch

All That's Scraps shape card, I hope easel works for that challenge.

For Fun Challenges April Showers May Bring Flowers, Spring, rain, or flowers.

Fab N Funky Challenges Neapolitan Ice cream.

It was also a person challenge from my friend, Debbie, who sent me some supplies to use the next time I did a big challenge card. She sent ribbons, the heart gem, and the heart brad.

I saw the pearls lined up like that with a sentiment on Sparkle's blog, and thought it looked so pretty. So, I had to case that idea.

With the kids on Spring Break I also have been working on scrapbook pages. Trying to catch up some while the crafting bug has bitten me! I got done their Halloween pages last night. Posting them for family to see. Gabi was a pretty butterfly this year, and Trey was Jango Fett. All his little friends seemed to be that this year. This baseball page is so girly, which is funny to me. But Gabi's dance group dances to Put Me In Coach, and it's a dance routine. Seems ironic to make baseball girly. I'll make sure not to show Trey, as he'll think I committed a serious crime!

Supplies: Basic Grey Bittersweet, Rose Red, Creamy Caramel cardstock, close to cocoa ink, stickles, Martha punch, copics, SU felt flowers, CC Designs, TAC sentiment.

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In love.

Man, I love how this card turned out. So flipping cute, don't ya think?! I just got these stamps in last week from All That's Scraps. This butterfly image was too cute not to ink up as soon as I had time. Ack! Just saw a new stamp on there as I was getting their link!

Looks like I need to get copic refills for two of my favorite skin colors. Where have you all had good luck with getting supplies for refilling copics?

Today I did some challenges on here.

It's Mojo's Monday's Sketch.

Pile It On, Enough Winter Colors.

Crazy for Challenges Lollipops. My paper has lollipops on it at the bottom by the ribbon.

Rachel's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge. She had some yummy candy cupcakes this week.

Crafty Card Makers Hearts and Romance. I used heart brads. I'm gonna use this as a V-day card for Gabi, I think she'd love this.

La La Land was to use hearts too.

Flutter By Wed was an open challenge to use a fairy, butterfly or angel.

Crafty Creations was wings.

ABC Challenge was N for New. My stamp was new.

Pink Elephant was to use the color pink.

Supplies: CC Designs stamp, Pixie Pink cardstock, Cool Carribean, DCWV Sweets stack, stickles, shimmerz, copics, nesties.

Like, Adorable!

Been a crazy week! No time to stamp this week. At least it feels that way! Here's a quick card I finally got done. Did a few challenges on this one.

Mojo Monday sketch.

Flutterby Wed open challenge.

Cupcake Inspiriational Challenge.

Cute Card Thursday-Teen Terrors.

JUGS-Dry embossing and birthday.

Pile It On-5 pearls, and three flowers.

Cupcake Craft Challenge-digital image. I got my image from All That's Scraps, it's the digital version of it.

Supplies: Basic Grey Nook paper line, SU Cameo Coral cardstock, and ink, Close to cocoa ink and cardstock, nesties, TAC sentiment, one is retired, stickles.

Thankful Willow!

I'm giddy right now. I ordered a Cricut Expression and it just arrived! I can't wait to play with it! I have a few scrapbook pages waiting for a title! Anyhow, this card covers a few challenges.

It's Flutterby Wed's Thankful challenge.

Pile It On, leaves.

Pink Elephant, Be Thankful.

Whiff of Joy Challenge, which was a color combo-orange, brown and ivory.

La La Land was to use punch/die cuts. I punched out two leaves buried under the flowers, and nestie.

Mojo Monday's Sketch.

Supplies: WOJ stamp, TAC sentiment, shimmerz, stickles, copics, Reflections paper and brad, Queen and Co brad, More Mustard cardstock, more mustard ink, choco chip ink, scrappers floss.

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Stamping and Family Fun Times.

Finally had some time to create today. It's been a busy few days, and it's been a while since I've played some challenges. I hope everyone had a blast for Halloween. Halloween was fun here. Will have to post a fun photo of that in a moment. I embarrassed poor Gabi and it shows all over her face in the photo. Cracked me up when I saw it later! Our cul-da-sac did a theme of Rednecks for Halloween, and I embellished myself with tattoos, big hair and heavy makeup. Not to say those are redneck things, but that combined with our neighbors and yard, it made me blend in well. Gabi seems to be a bit conservative like her momma, so it was over the top for her! My neighbor's helped decorate our front yard, which had Halloween, Nascar, lawnmowers, kid's toys, and other items thrown about. We added some lights just for fun! There's a photo below of that at night.

This is my Monday Mojo Card.

My take on Rachel's Cupcake Inspirational Challenge.

Pile It On's, Thank you.

Flutterby Wed's free challenge week.

I was moved by the pale blue in Rachel's Cupcakes, and the mushrooms. I added a little ladybug, but I think its hard to see in the photo. I used a Cosmo Cricket line from Rachel's store. I added Angel Wings shimmerz, and stickles to her wings. I popped my wagon, and masked her to add the mushrooms. The mushrooms are from a Doodle Fairy set.

Other supplies: CC designs, TAC sentiment, So Saffron cardstock, Red Riding red ink, stickles, copics, nesties.

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Flutterby Birthday

Man, a work in progress today. Hard to get back into the swing of things with the kids starting school. I like to help out as often as I can, so I'm trying to balance two schools. Fun part, both kids start/end at the same exact time and are about 15 minutes apart this year. So, I started this card this afternoon, and just now finished it!

Here is my Mojo Monday challenge. I flipped it. It's also a Pile it on Challenge, which was birthday. And Flutterby Wed, which was pink card. Exciting news, I won some fun blog candy from Danni! Woo hoo, and a big thanks, Danni! I didn't have time to stalk a lot of other challenges today. Only three, that's a short list for me! LOL!

Anyhow, it's TAC's pattern paper, More Mimi, Mimi-retired, and a Mabelle Rose stamp set called Fairy Wishes. So cute. She's got a new one out too, that's even cuter! I almost used it, cuz I got it, but remembered, fairies! No fairies in that set. My cardstocks are SU's rose red, and creamy caramel. Colored her with copics, paper pieced her, and used some fun paper from Target, the major glitter layer. Than she's topped with stickles.

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Here's a fun shot of the kids for the first day of school this past week. Gabi was all about the bling! I found her whole outfite, outside of the leggins at Justice. I made her wear black to try to not look like bubble gum so much! This card is so her in fact! Trey was a cool dude, cuz Daddy was saying Momma goes over board with photos. I don't think so!

Doodles FlutterBy

Man, made a cute card today! I'm so pleased with how this turned out. It's several challenges in one today.
Flutterby Wed-make a birthday flutterby card. It's Danni's birthday on Friday, so a big Happy Early Birthday to her!

Pink Elephant-recipe card: 1 ribbon, 2 squares-the image has a square package, the nesties is square, and it's a square scallope , sparkle something-stickles on flowers, gift and wings.

Cupcake Craft Challenge-3 buttons, a ribbon, and two papers. Hoping my third paper, which is actually just the flip side of one of them won't count against me!

Whimsy Stamp Challenge-some texture. I added scrappers floss, flowers, and dry embossed my green sheet.

Crafty Creations-3 designer papers.

It's also Sketch and Stash Challenge layout. My paper is new, buttons are new, everything else is from my stash. Used new pastel Copic colors on this too. The wings, and the outline-hard to see the outline, it's the opal green.

Supplies: K and Co paper, stickles, nesties, scrappers floss, primas, SU punches, Martha punch, doodle fairies, copics.

I used a RAK from my sweet friend, Tammi. Those doodles are so cute! Gotta love their round little faces!

So Not A Holiday Card.

Okay, well, this started as a holiday card for me for my regular Sunday Challenge on Sparkle's blog. Seems like Sunday's have been busy for the last few weeks, so I'm getting them done later in the week. Since it was a fairy image on my card, it was also my Flutterby Wed challenge card, which was to use a favorite quote. I love this quote in TAC's Dream set.

Mine and Paul's wedding theme was castles, so we had the song being sung by Cinderella "A Dream" when we entered our wedding reception. So, it has a special place for me when I see it because it makes me think of Paulie. However, that quote totally changed the direction of my card! It's so not a holiday card any more! Still so cute though!

Anyhow, this is my Cupcake Inspiration Card. I was moved by the blue and red in the cupcakes. Also, being balloons on the cupcakes, I had to have something in the sky. I don't have alot of things in the sky! Decided I want a Santa in a hot air balloon stamp.

This is also my Pile It On Challenge- Good things come in threes. Three pearls in a row, three types of glitter, three types of punches/nesties, three scrapping floss, three inks to make my sky behind my cute fairy.

Pink Elephant's sketch for the week.

Whimsy Stamp Challenge-Some Bling, I have glitter, pearls, and fun flock with glitter on my cloud.

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge was to use pearls.

Supplies: Copics, Martha glitter, DCWV Christmas stack, Martha punch, scappers floss, TAC sentiment, PTI cardstocks, nesties, SU Baja blue, ballet blue, bordering blue inks.