My GSS submission

I finally found some time to enter PTI's GSS contest this month. I have no idea who won, the winners still arent posted. I am really pleased with my entry this time around. I love how this turned out... the pics don't do it justice.I used Lauren's Timeless Templates.  I traced it out onto PTI's vellum.  I made all the score marks and cuts and then I stamped it with the flourish from With Sympathy in ripe avocado.  I added flowers in berry sorbet and some crystal stickers too.  
See how pretty it looks as a votive holder?  Of course you shouldnt be putting flames in here!  Battery operated only!
I modified the template to make that little lid in spring moss.  That was the most challenging part.  Getting the lid just big enough, but not too big.   I tied on some pretty berry sorbet ribbon.  I love how it turned out.  Its kicking around my craft table right now but I think I really need to give it to someone.

Baby Shower Card

I made this for a colleague who is expecting a baby girl in just a few short weeks.  I love how it turned out!  I used birds of a feather (this is my favorite image from that set) paired with Birds of a Feather sentiment.  The celebrate is from Its a Celebration.  I used polka dot basics on the hibiscus burst strip on the bottom and the small single polka dot to go around the side.  Some hibiscus burst swiss dot and a little bit of stickles complete the card.  

Guess what?  Tonight is PTI's release night.  Now you all know I don't need anything... but they have so many great sets coming out tonight!  OMG I have no idea how I am going to narrow it down.  I can't buy too much though because I am going to run out of room soon!  YIKES!   I need to make a list.  Stop by the release party in PTI's forum tonite.  Its always so much fun.  Hope to "see" you there.

Aqua Mist Cupcakes! YUM!

I made this for a friend's birthday last week.  The card base is aquamist stamped with some aqua chalk ink (not PTI some other brand, I think MME- I got it from Bev at Precious Scraps).  I used PTI's polka dot basics.  Next I cut out some white with my nesties.  I stamped on these fab little cupcakes from MFT.  Then I stickled the tops with waterfall stickles.  The sentiment is from PTI's everyday classics.  Ribbon is aquamist grosgrain with a lovely aquamist vintage button.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a good one!

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge

Well heck, I missed the deadline!  *Edit*  Thanks to Bethie I realized I hadn't missed the deadline!  Yay!  I already had the project done and photographed though, so I thought I would share it with you anyways.  I love the colors Dawn picked out.  It was easy for me to use these.  I made a card and another little teabox, from the same sketch I posted yesterday.
The colors are smokey shadow, raspberry fizz, hibiscus, and white.  I used polka dot basics and fresh snow ink for the background.  I used Tea for two and the cup and bag from everyday classics.  Love how they turned out!  The ribbon is raspberry fizz and the buttons are from the hibiscus collection.

*** Did you moms have a nice mother's day?  Mine was the best!  Guess what the hubs got me??  An iphone!!  I am in heaven.  I am an internet junkie and this is just another great tool to feed my addiction, LOL!  My kids gave me some awesome homemade gifts... they both stamped me pictures, so cute!   Happy Monday!

Tea Box Template

I have a had a few requests for the tea box design, so I drew up a little diagram.   Its not to scale so you cant just print it out, if I knew how to do that I would have!  Sorry.   Anyway its just a little sketch of how I planned it out for myself.  Hope this helps you!  If you have any questions feel free to contact me through the comments or by email.  You can click the picture to enlarge.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.   Mom is the hardest job I have ever had... but also the best.  Being a mom is something I always wanted, from the time I was a little girl.   I wont lie and say I have enjoyed every minute... but for the most part its been a wonderful experience.  Those two kids have made me into a much better human being.  Of course I had a great teacher, my own mom, whom I adore.   Thats my mom in picture above, with my son and daughter and my teenage niece.  

Challenge Time- Papertrey Princesses!

I belong to this lovely little group of talented ladies who love PTI.  Its such a wonderful treat to hop over to their blogs each week (day...whatever) and see all the lovely PTI goodness.  This week its my turn to host the challenge... I am so excited.  I have never ever hosted a challenge before.  I wanted it to be something we could all do... so thinking it over my challenge to you is to create a card with a PTI stamp set you bought, and then sadly neglected.   Blow the dust off and get it out... bonus points if you create it using a monochromatic color scheme.  If you are not a PTI princess but still want to play... please join us, I would love to see your creation.  PTI princesses, I am looking forward to seeing your work and I will have a RAK at the end for one lucky participant.

I chose my background basics: stars set.  I never use this set.  I really liked it when I saw all the things the design team did with it... but I havent been so successful.  The majority of the stamps have never seen ink.  So I remedied that today.   I used a monochromatic color scheme with hibiscus burst and sweet blush.  I also used Everyday Classics for the sentiment.  Its my friend Tara's bday today, so this one is for her.  Have fun with the challenge and let me know if you played.

A Bit More Tea...

Another little tea bag box.  I dedicate this one to PeggySue... who is blaming me for her most recent PTI acquisition, Tea for Two.  Sorry PeggySue.... well I am kind of sorry, ok not really, you are going to LOVE it!  I made this box with some aqua mist card stock that I stamped with polka dot basics.  The ink is a chalk ink that came in a big set from My Mind's Eye (I think...) I got it from Beverly at Precious Scraps.  It is amazing ink, great coverage and a perfect match for aqua mist.  The focal point is from Tea for Two.  A few aqua mist buttons, some ribbon, and matching dp and we are good to go.  The picture below shows the backside.  The little cup is from the PTI anniversary set, Everyday Classics.

More Tea

I made this card and box for my friend Louise.  One of those wonderful coworkers I was talking about in my grateful list.  The box is quite small (around 3x3) and it holds 3 tea bags perfectly.  The card is 4x4 square.  I used plum pudding and lavendar moon cs and dp.  The stamp set is Tea for Two, Everyday Classics, and Polka dot basics.  I really enjoyed making this one.  I love that little tea cup it goes perfectly with that polka dot tea pot.  I added some crystal stickles to make everything sparkly.  Thanks for stopping by.

Time for Tea Box

I made this little box with the idea of putting some tea bags in it and giving it as a little pick me up gift.  I think the box is 4.5 x 4.5 or something close to that.  The lid comes completely off.  All PTI used here with the exception of a couple of copic markers.  The colors are summer sunrise and lemon tart.  Stamp set are tea for two and polka dot basics.  I really like the tea set, I was on the fence about getting it... I am a huge tea drinker but I wasnt sure what I would do with it.  I am so glad I went ahead and bought it.

Thanks so much to everyone who left me a comment on my grateful post.  I loved reading them.  Sometimes I just feel the need to put that stuff out there, your responses made it so worth while.  Blogging is something I started doing without ever really having a good reason... I think initially I just wanted to comment on other blogs.  Now I have this great place where I can be a big nerd and show off my creations to people who "get" the whole making stuff out of paper.  And also a place where great conversations can happen.  So thanks again for taking the time to comment... it really did make my day.   Have an excellent week... I have a bunch more pictures saved up so hopefully I will be back with another post tomorrow.

Top Ten Things I am Grateful For

10 Things I am Really Grateful for:

1.  My kids.  They rock.  They are the best thing I have ever done and they make me smile everyday.  (Yeah sometimes they make me scream too... but really the good really outweighs the bad.)

2.  My husband.  He is a rockstar.  He cooks. He cleans.  He watches the kids and does not think of it as babysitting (um, yeah you really can't baby sit your own kids).  He loves me even when I am a giant PITA.  I adore him.

3.  My job.   I am so lucky to work in a place where I truly love what I do and who I am with.  My coworkers are friends.  I get to teach what I love.  I have an amazing classroom. I get to interact with all the kids at school and watch them progress year to year.  I have been there 13 years and I still enjoy going there.

4.  A roof over my head.  That I can afford.  It may not be my dream home but its a nice place and it doesnt break the bank.

5.  My mom.  I lucked out.  I got the best mom ever.

6.  Artistic talent.   I love to draw, paint, scribble, color, cut, glue, stamp, and glitterafy (what? thats a word!)  I am good at it, I enjoy it, and I have a hubby that looks the other way while I drop wads of cash on art supplies.

7. My friends.  I have awesome friends, some I met right here on the internet.  My dh used to call them my imaginary friends.  No longer, they are awesome.  I have been blessed to have such wonderful people in my life.

8. Chocolate.  Really I don't think I could live without chocolate.

9. Science.  I would be dead if it weren't for science.  I thank God everyday for all the scientists, doctors, and researchers who made it possible for me to carry on a normal life.  With my insulin pump I am almost normal (well anyone who knows me knows normal might not be the best word to describe me... but that aside...).

10.  Cats.  Love my cats.  Even when I want to kill them (ruined furniture, pee on the carpet, shredded window screens) I still love them.  They are the best stress relievers in the world.

Well thats my top ten.  There are a million other things I am grateful for as well... lots are popping into my mind right now (books...computers... lol) but I don't want to bore you to death.  I make myself these lists when I am feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and stressed out.  Try to balance out my view and see the big picture.   I will be back with more pretty pictures tomorrow.  I am still loving that new PTI tea set... so lots more with that one.  Have a wonderful week!

Spots and Dots Mother's Day

Another Mother's Day card, speaking of which I ended up selling them all so I need to make 2 more for my mom and stepmom.  This one uses PTI's spots and Dots along with Heart Prints and Women of Life.  The ink is aqua mist and spring moss.  CS is white and aqua mist.  Spring moss grosgrain.  

In other news I am fully recovered.  Whatever I had is long gone, thank goodness!  I still can't believe I missed two days of work, never happens I tell you.  No I just need to catch up on a huge amount of chores and stuff around the house.  I also have a lot of school work, both grading and lesson plans for this summer course I am teaching.   So I really need to quit wasting time and get to it.  I also only hit the gym twice this week so that means double time for next week, starting tomorrow.  Hope you all are having a great weekend.  Catch you on the flipside.

Thursday

Another Tea for Two Card.  Once again all PTI supplies.  Another of the set going to my friend AJ.  I made all of these on the same day.  Last good day of stamping I have had!  I have been either too sick or too busy to stamp since.  Speaking of sick, still sick here.  I went to work this morning and came home at lunch.  If you know me, you know I am rarely sick enough to miss work.  Somehow I ended up with a super work ethic.  I am a good employee... even when I was a teen I never just called out sick.  Anyhow today at lunch the body was done.  Sometimes that happens.  So I left work.  My boss took one look at me and told me stay home tomorrow too.  So I am going to use that time to sleep and try to get better.  Hopefully by the weekend I will be good to go!

Guidelines Mom Day

This is another card that went out to my friend AJ.  I am just so tickled she ordered cards from me... silly tho, I totally would have given them to her.   Anyhow, guidelines 2 in use here.  I used melon berry, spring moss, and lemon tart ink.  All products PTI.  

In Other Randomness:

I'm sick.  Coughing and sore throat.  Probably just a cold but you know the news has convinced me I must have swine flu.  Y'all know I live in California.   Just a stone's throw away from Mexico.  And I teach.  In a school.  With lots of germy kids.  Eh its not swine flu, but whatever it is I need it to go away because I hate to be sick.

I have got a ton of work on my desk and its cramping my crafting style.  So much to do that I dont want to do, so I procrastinate alot.

My house is disgusting.  I need a maid or else a week off to really clean this place.  Thats what I get for spending my whole vacation reading Twilight instead of doing chores.

Happy Wednesday all!  May the weekend be here soon!!

Sip and Relax

Over the weekend I finally got a chance to break out my new PTI sets and play a little.  I am making some cards for a friend of mine (Hi AJ!  This ones headed to your place soon!)  She likes matching envelopes so I made envelopes to go with each of the cards.  Such a simple thing to do but for some reason I never think of it.  I just love this little teapot.  Its from PTI's Tea for Two.  The patterned paper was made from PTI's Dots and Spots (something like that). I used Aqua mist and spring moss ink.   I am very happy with this one.  Hope you all are having a fabulous Monday.  In just a few I am off to take the kids to see the new Hannah Montana movie, hope its good enough that I dont fall asleep.

Owl in a tree

I have no idea what kind of card this is.  I couldnt decide where to put the sentiment so I didnt put one on at all.   The stamp is from a new spring set by Hero Arts.  I love that little owl.  I colored it with copic markers and cut it out with oval nestabilities.  The cs is plum pudding and new leaf by PTI.  The ribbon is new leaf bitty dots.  Embossed with cuttlebug swiss dots.  I hate that the swiss dot folder doesnt quite cover the entire card.  I wish they would come out with ta bigger folder.

How was your weekend?  I worked all day Saturday (I work with a group that is training teachers in science, its a three year program- we were finishing up year one).  Today I am going to take it easy... well I still have chores but other than that I plan to relax.  Hope you are having a good one!  Thanks for stopping by.

Wedding Thank Yous

Here is one of the thank you cards. All the cards are the same, with matching envelopes. I used all PTI cardstock, inks and stamps. The stamp set is With Sympathy. The thank you is from another set, Heartfelt Thanks.This the interior of the case I made.  Its made with one sheet of cardstock.  Its based loosely on a design I got from Samantha's blog (see my sidebar for the link).  I actually like her design better and will go back to it next time. (I was too lazy to get up and go find the instructions.)

This is the front of the card case.  I used With Sympathy, Wedding Day, and a random alpha stamp set I have- I lost the container and I have no clue who made the stamps- I think it was MM.  They white oval is PTI's linen cardstock.

More Mom's Day

Another Mother's Day card.  I really thought these would sell but so far no luck... aww well guess its good I have a Mother in Law, a Mom, and a Stepmom.  At least they will have a home somewhere.  This one is all PTI as well.  The stamp sets are With Sympathy, Wedding Day, and Heartfelt Basics.  Colors are Plum pudding and spring moss.  I made a matching envelope as well.  The white is more of the linen cardstock.  

In other news: 

** I was suppose to receive my PTI package today but of course stupid UPS refuses to leave anything on my doorstep. Gawd, I am so irritated with them.  I pray I am around tomorrow to sign for it otherwise I have another late night trip to the giant UPS depot in my future.

** Last year I wrote this post.  Nearly ever google search on my site meter comes from that post.  Hilarious.  Its that time again.  I sent the hubs down to the good aquarium to get us some more feeder fish.  One is already dead.  I am sure the PETA people will be all over me again.  I don't care.   The way I figure it these guys are getting a deal, they were meant to be food but now they have a stay of execution.  Some of the fish from last year are still alive, having been adopted by the more responsible students.  The students are really looking forward to this project.  I am excited for them.

** Its been a thousand degrees here!  I am running my a/c in April!  Its crazy, but I was so hot I couldnt take it anymore.  Hoping for that cooling trend to happen soon.

Mother's Day Card

I meant this to be a Mother's Day card.  I am selling a few at work, I give the proceeds to the 6th graders-they are raising money for 6th grade camp.  This card is all PTI.  Stamp set is With Sympathy (I just love that flourish!!) The sentiment is Heartfelt basics.  Paper is PTI Hibiscus burst and linen vellum.  Hibiscus ribbon as well.  A little bit of stickles for some glimmer.

Hippity Hop

Birthday card I made with some new Hero Arts Stamps.  The sentiment is from PTI's pond life.  Paper is all PTI.  Colored with my copics.  I love to color with copics... best marker investment ever!  I buy mine from merriartist.com.  They rock.  The shipping is so fast.  I ordered on Tuesday evening and was coloring on Friday.  Does my picture look washed out to you?  I edited it a little in iphoto and on my laptop it looked fab but now it looks a little washed out to me.  Well happy Monday all!

Mother's Day Card

Don't know if this is the one that will go to my mom, but I really like how it turned out. I used everyday classics (PTI's anniversary set) and Women of Life. PTI bitty dot paper in spring moss and plum pudding.  Plum pudding ribbon and ink.  Also used lavender moon and spring moss ink.  I havent had much mojo lately.  Been doing other things but today I got down to work and busted out 4 or 5 cards plus some colored panels for future cards.  I will see if I can take some pictures tomorrow.  Have a great weekend!

Quickie Boy Card

All PTI supplies.  Ocean mist and Spring Rain.  I am back at work so I am short on time.  Happy Wednesday!

Perfect Match Monday

Its Perfect Match Monday over at Sara's place.  Today she has given us the color palette of dark chocolate, lemon tart, spring moss, and melon berry.  I loved this palette instantly!   I used the PTI sets borders and corners circles and Birds of a Feather.  The black sentiment is my own writing.  The big button is pti's melon berry vintage buttons and the little guys are from Making Memories Chloe's closet.  If you want to play along just click on the link in my side bar --->

Kristina Werner Color Challenge

I have never done this one before!  I think its the mother of all color challenges and it intimidates me!  Especially since all the colors are SU! and I dont own anything SU! so I am color matching from my screen which we all know can be incredibly wrong!  I included the swatches so you could see.  If you have never been to Kristina's blog, check it out here.
So here is my take. I used PTI's black and white dp and then colored it with copics. The flowers are from MM. The brad is a lovely green (photo doesnt really show that) and its from Reminiscence. The card base is bazzill, it came in a big color pack so I am not sure what shade it is. The happy birthday is from PTI's birthday basics. Thanks for stopping by!

Another Card with Guidelines 2

This one in black and white with just a little punch of red.  I made it special for a friend who liked another card I did but gave to someone else.  I love the simplicity of black and red.  All materials are PTI with the exception of the hero arts gems.  I colored on the guidelines with red copic marker (strong red I think...)  Haven't felt much like creating all week.  Maybe I will play a bit today.  Happy Saturday all!

Welcome Little One

I made this as part of a 4 card set for welcoming a little one. I recently sold a bunch of cards at work to make some money for the sixth graders to pay for sixth grade camp. I was actually shocked at how many people bought a card! My mom came and took a bunch more... I actually cleaned out a good deal of my stash! I meant to replenish it this week... but then I discovered Twilight. It was like heroin! hahaha! Anyway I finished up the last book on Thursday night. So I should soon be free of the Twilight haze. Out of the four books (all incrediably long by the way... like 500 plus pages) I think the first one was the very best. Something about it, it was just perfect. I did like all three, including the fourth one which I guess many people didnt like. I didnt really think they were "teenager" books but I could totally see the teenage appeal. The teenage heroine did wear on my 36 year old nerves on occaison. But really if you havent read them you should definitely try them out. Next up on my list is a book by Lisa Kleypas called Blue Eyed Devil. Its a sequel to her book Sugar Daddy. I love her writing. Total romance but deliciously yummy. How quickly I can digress! Anyway back to the card... Baby Card made with PTI's bitty baby... which I have to confess is not a set I use often, I have even contemplated selling it. (Shocking!) The sentiment is from the anniversary set. Card color is hibiscus. PP is bitty dot in sweet blush. Used a fiskars punch on the bitty dot. Picked up that punch for a steal at Tuesday Morning. Hibiscus ribbon and some dew drops round it out. Have a fabulous Friday!

Coming Up for Air

First off I just have to say those Twilight Books are so good!  I am nearly done with the last one... about 2/3 of the way through.  I am sure I will finish it tonite sometime.  I had to take a little break.  Bella was starting to get on my nerves.  Sometimes she is such a teenager!  Some things about those books take me right back to teenager land.   Anyway if you haven't given them a try you should.... Onto some crafty stuff.  I made this last week.

 This is one of my most favorite Guidelines 2 cards ever. I made it for my mom's birthday this month. I did end up stamping a happy birthday sentiment on the bottom after I took the picture. I used Kraft cardstock as the base for my patterned paper.  I stamped the guidelines 2 grid in fresh snow.  The center of the circles is also fresh snow.  In between I stamped with avocado and ocean tides.  I used some light blue dew drops and stuck them down with blue (patina) stickles.  If you have never tried dew drops with stickles try it out, its gorgeous IRL.  I tried to get a close up for you so you could see all the sparkle.  I added some score lines to my Ripe Avocado base with my score pal and then tied the whole thing with some ocean tides ribbon.  A little more patina stickles as an accent and I was all done.  Hope you enjoy!  Now I am off to finish that book so I can stamp and think of things besides vampires!  LOL.  Happy Thursday!

Perfect Match Monday (And Why You Might Not Hear From Me for a Few Days)

Edit:  Yep I have  shown both these cards before!  Sorry!!  But I am knee deep in Eclipse (Twilight Book 3) You will just have to forgive me this time! :)derby
Top Card:  All PTI Flower Garden stamps, aqua mist ink, raspberry swiss dot ribbon, raspberry fizz cs, select white cs.

Bottom Card:  Stamps PTI Borders and Corners Circles, Birthday basics.  Hero ARts: hello birdy.  PTI raspberry fizz cs, aqua mist cs, unknown flower and gem

Sara has issued another perfect match monday challenge. If you want to play click on the link in my sidebar. This weeks challenge is Raspberry Fizz. I love the Fizz but not all alone and truthfully I really am not fond of the dp.  I kinda cheated here because I made both these cards a couple of months ago. I don't think I have ever posted them on the blog-o but if I am wrong, I apologize now. I haven't had time to make anything new and really I am shocked to be on the computer at all. Why you ask? A friend sent my Twilight for my birthday. I read it in one gulp (start to finish with a hour or so break to eat and put my kids in bed). Then I ran right out and bought the remaining three books. I finished number two today. So thats two huge books in 2.5 days. (My kids are in school and I am on spring break...lots of reading time). Tomorrow I imagine I will be reading book 3. They are so good!!! I totally rolled my eyes when everyone else was raving but now... now... sadly this 36 year old mother of two is a little Edward crazy. Is it wrong that I dont love Bella? Well I like Bella ok but I {puffy heart love} Edward. sigh.... why cant all men be hot, perfect, sparkly vampires?

More Guidelines 2

I am really liking this card.  Its a just because card.  Something to send off to a friend who is feeling down or something like that.  All materials are PTI with the exception of the little pearls which are Hero ARts.  The sentiment is from PTI's mixed messages.

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #3

Today we have another color challenge from the lovely and talented Dawn McVey. Love her color pics, so fun!  My card uses stamps from Hero Arts.  Its one of their new spring sets.  All my paper is from Papertrey ink.  Colors used are:  Kraft, Vintage Vanilla, Pure Poppy, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush Polka Dots.  The flowers are from American Crafts, I have had them forever.  The buttons are also from Papertrey Ink, the vintage vanilla collection.  I used inks in pure poppy and berry sorbet.  I also used copic markers to color.  I tried to make my bird look fuzzy by blending with my colorless blender.  I cant decide if I like mr fuzzy bird or if I should have left him alone.  The whole card is rubbed with vintage vanilla ink.  Have an awesome Sunday!

Funky Card Sizes

I made this out of scraps, so its a total random sized square, would definitely need a special envelope.   I don't know about you but I usually stick to A2 when making cards.  I like that you can get two cards out of one piece of 81/2 x 11.  But sometimes I have scraps to use up and I come up with something different.  So here I was using a scrap piece of Ripe Avocado, a piece of spring moss dots, some left over guidelines 2 stamping.  The sentiment is from out of the box and the buttons are from Making Memories (The Chloe's Closet line- I went back for more and the were gone!  oh well).  Sorry the picture is a little dark, definitely not my best photography effort.  Have a good weekend!

Hi!

Hi there and happy Thursday! Only 2 more days until my spring break and then a whole lovely week off! I can't wait. In the meantime I have this card, I made it when I first got my EK success bubble punch. I wanted to show those bubbles off, so I backed it with PTI's dp, bitty dots in spring rain. The flower stamp is from PTI's Flower Garden. Those stickers were in my stash, I am pretty sure they are bo bunny.

Something a little different

I have a ton of primas.  I buy them and buy them and then put them on a shelf.   I bet you wouldn't do that, would you?  I decided I needed to use some up and this is what I came up with.  Lots of lovely primas, dew drops, and some cute PTI honey bees stamps.

Black and Blue Thanks

I made this a few days ago, trying to use up some of my spring rain cardstock.  It was a mistake to buy the huge pack!   Its pretty but just not my personal favorite shade of blue.  In any case... trying to get it down to a reasonable amount.  I used PTI's out on a limb stamp set.  If you have never tried PTI this is one of their best sets ever... I highly recommend it.  I used palette beaux art blue ink and palette noir for the branch.  The black is PTI's true black, along with their true black satin ribbon.  That big button I got from Making Memories.  It was a really great button and flower pack that I picked up at Michaels.  I don't usually buy stuff like that from Mike's because I try to support my LSS... I want to keep them in business.  I save Mike's for big expensive stuff I can use a coupon on, like cuttlebug dies or cricut cartridges... stuff like that.

Perfect Match Monday

Its Monday! Time for Sara's Perfect Match Monday! Today's color choices were black, hibiscus, summer sunrise, and new leaf. I used my newest PTI set, Wishing. This set is so springy and fun. I love all the sentiments, even though this card is sentiment free. The dp is PTI as is all the ink. I made the pink bubble border with the new EK success line of border punches. Those punches are so much smaller than the fiskars. Awesome way to save some space, and as we all saw here... I need all the help I can get. If you would like to play, hop on over to Sara's blog. Link is that way ------>

Dawn's Color Challenge

Dawn McVey has issued another Raspberry Suite Color Challenge.  This week's colors are from Pottery barn teen (man I wish I had the bucks for Pottery barn.).  A very nice color palette.   The majority of my supplies are from PTI, except for the teal.  The teal is bazzill.  I am not sure which color.

I stamped the design in Dark Chocolate using PTI's original guidelines.   I colored with my copic markers.  I added the white with my gel pen.  The sentiment is also in Dark Chocolate.  Its from PTI's wishing you set.  The button is from Making Memories (I think!).  Hope you have a great Sunday.  Thanks for stopping by.

What a Difference a Year Makes

Or maybe I should have titled this: Come Look at My Mess! The first picture is a picture of my scrapbook corner (circa Jan of 2008). Its in my living room... you can see it from the front door. I am sure this is a decorating don't, but we have no spare rooms and I was tired of having this all over my dining room table.

Now here we are, same corner, a year later. Wow have I added a lot of crap to this mess. You will also notice picking up my stuff has fallen by the wayside. I am rapidly out growing this corner. Unfortunately I have no where to move up too. I had thought we would be buying a new house by now, however the economy is in the toilet, I am layed off as of September, so there is no money to buy a new, bigger house with a nice scrapbook/craft room. Sigh. Just thought I would share.