Arrrrr Your Perfect!

Happy Friday everyone!

I hope your week is going well! Ours is good! Sorry I haven't been around much lately. I probably will be pretty sporadic for awhile. Jason and I have decided to try to put our house up on the market. Of course there is no telling how long it will take us to actually get it ready to sell. We are more of the big dreamer kind of people rather than the completely finishing projects kind of people! LOL! Seriously, every room in our house has been remodeled and all of them still have a few things left to do. Even the bathroom we redid a year and a half ago still needs towel bars and 1, count it 1 piece of trim still to be put up. It is the story of our lives!

Yesterday we also opened our pool finally! This always happens though. It has been pretty warm the last week or so here and yesterday when we opened it, it was pouring down rain and it only got to 70. So if anyone needs some rain and a little cooling off just let us know and we will schedule the pool to be opened! LOL!


Izzy has been super funny about it. She keeps saying, "Izzy's pool. Izzy's pool." And when we went to Target last night she told me that she needed to buy a swimsuit. Like she doesn't have a million already. I told her though that it is too cold and gross to get into now. So now she is saying, "It's grossy! It's grossy! Daddy clean it!" I have trained her well!

Well I know that I am pretty late with this and I have actually had my card done since Tuesday but I am finally getting around to publishing my Twinkling Tuesday card. Sorry Madelynn! I adore this sketch and will definitely be keeping it for the future. It kind of reminds me of stacked presents! And I love presents! So without further ado here is my Twinkling Card!



Don't you adore this sketch! I love the look of the rectangles stacked on one another. I have to say I am a little disappointed in my card though. It didn't quite turn out the way I thought it would. I had this really awesome DP with sculls and treasure chests all over it, but I could get it to show up. I think it is just that my card needs a little something. Any help would be appreciated! Anywhoo, I started this card by first stamping Pirate Anya from Matey by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored her in using my copics. I then cut her out and placed her to the side. Following Madelynn's sketch, I layered on pink and black card stock along with DP from Fancy Pants I believe. I then popped off my Anya and stamped the sentiment and hearts from Pretty Hat. To complete the card, I added pearl stickers down the side along with some pearl heart stickers in my hearts. A fun but girly card I hope!

Now check out the rest of the DT's awesome creations. They will blow you away! Our featured stamper this week is none other than Heather R.! And don't forget all you need to do is type in the keyword MTTSC24 when uploading to SCS or PCP and be sure to leave a comment on the blog so we know you played along!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Darla
• Debbie
• Heather
• Heather R.
• Jacquie
• Jen
• Jessica
  
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra

In other news, SUINK will be showcasing the 5 new June sets with a sneak peek blog hop starting bright and early on June 1st. All you have to do to be eligible to win the stamps is to hop along with us and leave a comment on each designer's blog along the way. You will hop through 9 designer's blogs that will be showcasing the new sets and then finish off right here to leave your final comment telling us which stamp set is your favorite. That's it! And the whole sha-BANG can be yours.

And in Pink Cat News, this month, DT member Jodi will be hosting our card making challenge.

The challenge is to create a card using basic geometric shapes. Your card must be rectangular in shape and you must use 2 different patterned papers, one cut in the shape of a circle and the other in the shape of a square. So we have a rectangle, a circle and a square. You must also use a Pink Cat Studio stamp as the main image for the card. You can use stamps from other companies as well. So these are the minimum requirements for the card. You can add more shapes and papers as well as any embellishments you would like, so the possibilities are endless.

Date the challenge ends: Sunday May 31st, 5 pm EST

Requirements:
A Pink Cat Studio stamp must be used as the main stamp on the card. It is okay to use stamps from other companies as well. To be eligible for the prize you must leave a comment on this post on the Pink Cat Blog. In your comment provide a link to your card. Your card can either be displayed on your blog or in an online gallery. You may enter only 1 project for this challenge.

Prize:
This contest will be judged by the design team. Since this is Jodi’s challenge, she will select her 3 favorite cards and then the DT will vote for a winner. On June 1st, the winner will be announced on the PCS blog. The winner will receive a grab bag of Pink Cat Studio stamps. Some cards from the challenge may be displayed on the PCS blog.

Thanks everyone for stopping by!!! Lots of smiles!

A Little Something For You!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I hope all of you had a great weekend! We certainly did. It was amazingly beautiful here and we were able to go to the botanical gardens. Izzy had a great time looking at all the plants and walking around. In the Japanese garden they have these giant koi that you can feed. I thought that possibly she might be a little afraid of them but she loved them. We told her that they were kissing because they come right up out of the water with their mouths open hoping for some food. She actually didn't want to leave and keeps talking about going back!

Well yesterday was Izzy's performance at gymnastics. It was so cute. It basically consisted of free gym time for 10 minutes and then a little routine they had. Izzy did great during the free gym time but pretty much hid in my lap during the performance itself. So of course I have no pictures at all! The best part was that they each got medals at the end and Izzy was so excited to get her "necklace"! She carries it around everywhere with her and couldn't wait to show it to daddy last night. Of course we had to round out the day with a doctor's visit. Just a checkup but lets just say it didn't go well. The second she stepped on the the scale the crying started and didn't end until we walked out the door. I wonder how the pediatrician doesn't go deaf? I mean she is listening to a screaming kid with a stethoscope. I bet it is one of those secret work hazards that they never tell you about. Anywhoo, the whole kicker was she didn't even get any shots!!!!! I mean sheesh! If we could only go back to the days of not remembering things, that would be awesome! LOL!


So today is Tuesday and that means it is Twinkling Tuesday time! Madelynn's seven-year-old brother, Jack, has this week's sketch for us and it is sure a fun one. Not too complicated but with lots and lots of detail. So without further ado, I present to you Jack's sketch and my card!

Sketch


Card


At first I was a little confused by the three dots in the circle but I made a happy little mistake by stamping my boy too close to the edge of the paper and voila, a place to put my brads!!!! I started this card by first stamping Oakley from the new Summer Kit by Whiff of Joy on white card stock and colored him in using my copics. I just received my kit in the mail over the weekend and have been stamping them up like mad! I love them! Any whoo, I then stamped him again and stamped one of the Beach Sentiments from All That Scraps in the center of the wood, colored it in, cut it out and popped it off the main panel. To create the log, I simply took my multiliner pen and drew it in then colored it in with my copics. Following the sketch, I layered on rust, yellow and brown card stock along with DP from A2Z. I finished the card off by placing jumbo eyelets in each of the four corners. I have to say I am pretty happy with this card except for all the white space around Oakley. I think if I made it again I would draw in some trees or something. You know me, terrified of white space!

Now it is time to head out and check out the rest of the fabulous DT's creations! This week's featured designer is Debbie and her work will surely knock your socks off. Don't forget all you need to do to participate is simply type in the keyword MTTSC23 when uploading to PCP or SCS and leave us a comment on the Twinkling Blog so we can check out your work!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Darla
• Debbie
• Heather
• Heather R.
• Jacquie
• Jen
• Jessica
  
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra

Thanks everyone for stopping by today! Lots of smiles!

Happy Twinkling CInco De Mayo!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

I know it has been a long time since I have posted, but for some reason I have no mojo for blogging! I have been super busy creating projects and have them stacked up ready to share but, I just haven't felt like typing. I think it is the weather. Spring has finally sprung and I guess I just have cabin fever! What I feel horrible about though, is that I have neglected all of you! I truly enjoy seeing everyone's creations and will be back out again I promise to enjoy!

Well yesterday was Izzy's second day at gymnastics. There was one extra kid there yesterday and it didn't seem to phase her. She headed right for the trampoline to "jump", i.e., march in place and then did the little balance beam again. She even crawled under the big cushioney circle! I am so proud of her! She really had a great time! Oh and real quick, her new favorite line is, "I came back!" She now says it any time she walks into the room! What a little drama queen!

Since today is Cinco De Mayo and Twinkling Tuesday, I decided to combine the two! Madelynn is back and has a great sketch for us this week. Although I did flip it and switch the sentiment, I still think she will like it! I hope so!!!!



Don't you just love this paper! I just picked it up from K and Company. It is so fruity and fun for summer I couldn't resist! I started the card off by first stamping Hola Chica by Paper Pretties on white card stock and then colored her in using my copics. Next I cut her out with my labels four nesties along with some yellow and orange card stock. Following the sketch, I layered on orange and yellow card stock along with some DP from K and Company. I tied a red and green stitched ribbon across the middle, stopping short of the edge and added three buttons to the top. (Doesn't the red one kind of look like a sombrero? Okay maybe if you are standing 20 feet away and squint real hard!) I finished the card off by printing off my sentiment on the computer and cutting it out with my nesties. I hope Madelynn likes it!!!

Now onto the rest of the DT! I know that they will have some great things in store for you today, especially our featured DT member this week Christi! Remember all you need to do is type in the keyword MTTSC21 when uploading to SCS or PCP and be sure to leave a comment on the Twinkling Blog so we know you have played!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Darla
• Debbie
• Heather
• Heather R.
• Jacquie
• Jen
• Jessica
  
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra

Thanks everyone for hanging out with me today!!! Lots of smiles!

Twinkle, Ribbit! Twinkle, Ribbit!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Well we are house full of sickies. I am starting to feel better, I think mine is just allergies, but poor Jason and Izzy have colds. Izzy had a bad fever yesterday and was pretty grouchy but her fever has broken and now she is just exhausted. Poor baby. Jason has aches and a sore throat so he might be staying home tomorrow if he isn't better! Aww the role of a mom never ends! LOL!

Izzy did feel well enough yesterday to go to her first ever gymnastics class!! She had so much fun! I was really worried because she is usually super shy around other kids but she got along really well with them and even cried at the end when we had to leave! Of course now we have to work on leaving won't change just because you cry! LOL! She did walk on the balance beam and even stayed on. I was so surprised. Of course it is only an inch and a half off the floor and made out of thick foam but beggars can't be choosers right! The best thing was that they get little bee stamps on their hands when the class is over! Can I tell you how excited Izzy was! Now all she wants to do is go to gymnastics. Try explaining to a two year old that gymnastics is only once a week! LOL!

So today is Tuesday and you know what that means it is Twinkling Tuesday!! Miss Madelynn is such a great big sister, that she has graciously stepped aside this week to allow her brother Nick to issue our challenge! He had quite a fun one in store for us, Frogs!!!! You must use frogs (or any other critter) on your card. I guess that Nick adores anything frogs and wanted to see tons of cards made with them. So this week I brought out my trusty Greeting Farm images and whipped up a little something for him!


What do you think? Aren't the eyes on the frog too cute and the adorable way he is smiling just cracks me up! Love it!!! I started this card by first stamping the frog and fish from Down By The Pond by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored them in using my copics. Following a Mojo Monday sketch from a couple of weeks ago, I then tore strips of blue paper and adhered them to a base of white to create water. I did the same thing again on another piece, cut it out with my nesties and placed my fish on top. I mounted them on blue and green card stock to give them some depth. For my frog, I cut out a rock shape using some DP from K and Company, mounted it on some more K and Co. DP and placed my frog on top. To finish the layers of the card, I followed the sketch, layering on blue and green card stock along with the rest of the DP from K and Co. I tied a bow across the cloud paper using brown ribbon and added three green brads down the side. To complete the card I simply went out into the yard, picked up a tiny stick and tied on a little fish button so that it would look like he was fishing. The sentiment I stamped from Down By The Pond, just to add a little character. I hope Nick likes it!

Now it is time for you to participate! All you need to do is leave a comment on Madelynn's blog and type in the keyword MTTSC20 when uploading to SCS or PCP. Cassie is this week's featured stamper and her creation will amaze you as will all the other awesomely talented girls on the DT!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Darla
• Debbie
• Heather
• Heather R.
• Jacquie
• Jen
• Jessica
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra

Thanks everyone for hanging in there with me. I am slowly (and I mean very slowly) trying to get caught up on all your wonderful creations! And don't forget the challenge running right now over at Club Anya!!! You don't want to miss your chance to win the new Miss Anyas! Smiles!

Twinkling Tuesday is Magical!!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

Sorry my post is late. I had my card done but yesterday turned into one crazy day and I wound up falling asleep pretty early last night. I feel energized today so hopefully I will be able to get a whole lot done!

Izzy had Melaina over all day yesterday. They had a good time, but are now in the stage where they take toys from each other. Melaina is more assertive than Izzy so she is the one that usually does the taking (she is also 6 months younger). So it was a day spent putting out little fires. It was funny though at one point. Melaina had taken some ribbon from Izzy and Izzy looked up at me and said, "Lainy night, night!". Lol! So I had to explain that it was not Lainy's night night time and that putting Lainy down for a nap wasn't the best solution!

Now to the task at hand! It is Twinkling Tuesday everyone! (A Day Late!) Madelynn has graciously asked her brother Jack to step in this week and give us a sketch. And it is so nice and clean and simple. I have learned though that for some reason the simple ones always trip me up! But hopefully I created a project that Jack will like!



It's a bookmark!!! When I saw the long rectangles on the sketch all I could think about was a book mark! I started my bookmark by first stamping Peter from the Never Ever set by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored him in with my copics. Next, following Jack's sketch, I layered on brown and green card stock along with DP from Stampin' Up. I stamped my sentiment, also from Never Ever on white card stock and cut it out with my labels 4 nesties. I mounted it on green and brown card stock as well. Brads were added to the bands I created and I popped off my Peter image using dimensionals. To complete my bookmark, I punched a hole in the top and threaded through a brown stitched ribbon!!! Hope it is okay Jack!

Now it is time to check out all the other Twinkling Girls!!! This week's featured stamper and now Dirty Dozen Girl is Bonnie!!!! And as always we would love you to participate this week, simply type in the keyword, MTTSC19 when uploading your creation to PCP or SCS and leave a comment on the Twinkling blog so we know where to find you! Here are the twinkies!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Darla
• Debbie
• Heather
• Heather R.
• Jacquie
• Janna
• Jen
• Jessica (a.k.a. Mommy :)
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra

Thanks everyone for stopping by today! I really have to apologize for not being by your blogs! My google reader is insane right now and it is going to take me awhile to get through it! I just hate missing everyone's incredible creations! Lots of smiles!

It's Showtime! And a Little Bit of Wild Twinkling!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Well yesterday was one of those horribly dreary days where all you want to do is sleep and lay around and do nothing! Seriously it was hard to get out of bed! It was either raining or simply cold and cloudy. Even Izzy was tired pretty much all day long! Poor baby, but good for me as we both cuddled for half an hour when she first woke up!

Well my sweet daughter has learned a new phrase (thanks Aunt Tracy) that she repeats constantly! Now every time I turn around she is looking and saying, "How 'bout that!" OMGoodness it is so hard to keep a straight face. Literally she was feeding Tuxy her crackers and apples yesterday afternoon, and when he accidentally dropped one on the floor she said, "How 'bout that?" It was too cute! Oh and she did the absolute sweetest thing yesterday! Usually she goes down for her afternoon nap around 2 and sleeps for a couple of hours. Well around 12:30 she came up and asked, "Daddy home soon?" So I looked at her and told her that he would be home after she woke up from her nap. So she looked at me for a minute and then said, "Izzy night, night." So I asked her if she wanted to go to bed and she said, "please!" How cute! She just loves her daddy so much!

As I said above, it is showtime at The Greeting Farm! Are you excited!!! Weren't yesterday's sneak peeks just amazing? I mean the DT girls rocked the sets! Well today it is time to sneak peek the newest Anya set called It's Showtime! And let me tell you it is the cutest set ever! Are your ready?!

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What did I tell you! Isn't Anya as the circus master the cutest! So, so adorable! And there are some great accessories and sentiments as well! I started this card by cutting out a popcorn container shape in red and white card stock. I then scalloped the edge with my fiskars punch and cut the red card stock into strips. I adhered the strips onto the front of the card so that it would look like the front of a popcorn container, then adhered my second sheet of white card stock to the back to create a pouch for my card to slide into. To decorate the front of my card, I stamped ringmaster Anya from It's Showtime by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored her in using my copics and a gold glitter pen. Next I cut her out and adhered her to the bottom. To create the whip in her hand, I cut out a small strip of black card stock and then attached some more black scrappers floss (Thanks Michelle!). The tickets were made by cutting out red strips of card stock, using my slot punch on the ends and adhering them to black card stock. I stamped the sentiment and stars from It's Showtime in blue and black ink then drew in the numbers. For the insert, I cut out pieces of white and black card stock slightly smaller than the inside of my container but longer so that I would have something to attach my popcorn too. I then punched out lots of yellow flowers with a flower punch I have had forever, placed them around the top and then added a lot of glitter. I just think this would make a really fun birthday card!

Now it is time to check out the rest of the DT girls amazing creations!

• Jacquie Peifer
• Jessica Diedrich, Club VP/DT Coordinator
• Kristine Moldenhauer Biseth
• Michelle Oatman, Guest Designer
• Traci Porter

Today I have an extra special bonus for you! Since it is Tuesday and that means it is Twinkling Tuesday, I decided I couldn't resist using some more of my Greeting Farm images for this challenge! Madelynn has really come up with a doozy of a sketch for all of us and I couldn't resist playing along.

Sketch


Hidden


Peeking Out


As you can see I am really into these concept cards! LOL! I decided to fudge a little on the layout and use the branches of a tree for the bands and my Wild Things images for the stamps! I started this card by stamping the lion, the bear and the chicken from Wild Things by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored them in using my copics. I then cut them out and placed them to the side. For my card base, I layered on green and brown card stock along with some DP from Stampin' UP. I then free handed a tree trunk shape, added some brown lines for bark and a hole, then sponged over everything with some chocolate chip ink to give it some distressing. I cut a slit in the bottom of my hole and place the lion inside. The branches were done the same way as the trunk with two of them being attached to the page and the other two left free so I could make them swing. For those two branches, I simply attached my Wild Things, punched a hole in them and then ran a brad through the center so that they could swing. I placed the tree trunk on pop dots so that the branches could swing freely. I then completed my tree by adding some extra thinner branches and leaves I cut out with my nesties. For the rest of the card, I simply added three brads in the corner, printed out a sentiment on the computer, cut it out with my nesties and then attached it to my card. I think I might give this to my mom for Mother's day! LOL!

We would love for you to play along with us this week! Simply add the keyword MTTSC18 when uploading to SCS or PCP and be sure to add a comment to Madelynn's blog as well! Now check out the rest of the DT's creations!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Danni
• Darla
• Debbie
• Heather L.
  
• Heather S.
  
• Jacquie
• Jami
• Jen
• Jessica
  
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra

Well I guess I am pretty long winded today! Can you wait for the release tomorrow? I can't! I am so, so excited and the blog hop is going to be awesome!!! Thanks as always for stopping by! Smiles!

First Comes Graduation Then Comes a Twinkling Marriage!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

Hope everyone's week is going well so far. Izzy and I have quite a jam packed week in store for us. It is her birthday weekend so we are going to be running around trying to do all the last minute errands for her party. I am going to apologize in advance for being around sporadically this week. Family is coming in town so I will be cleaning the house like a mad woman! LOL!

Yesterday of course was filled with lots and lots of errands. My arm got twisted into going into Hobby Lobby, LOL, to buy ribbon and of course pick up a spellbinder die. We also went to Target to get candy for the thank you gifts. Izzy was so excited! All she talked about was going to Target! I think she just likes to ride in the cart. She calls it "Izzy's seat". I do have a funny story to share though. Izzy and I were sitting in the car, about ready to turn into the shopping center where Target is. We were stuck at the red light so I stuck my hand in the back and told her to give me kisses. She didn't say anything so I looked back in the rearview mirror and the little stinker had her hands over her eyes. I kept saying, "Where's Izzy? Where's Izzy?" She would just giggle and open her finger then shut them real quick. It was so, so funny!

Alrighty. So I bet you are wondering about my strange title. Well I have a special surprise for you today! Usually we release all the Anya and Ian stamps on the fifteenth of the month, but this month, we have a special surprise for you! Two of the six new releases will be released tomorrow on the first! No Fooling!!! How excited are you!! Marie at The Greeting Farm has two of the most adorable graduation stamps imaginable and since graduations can start as early as the beginning of May she wanted to offer the chance to all her wonderful customers to get them in enough time to create some spectacular cards!

So without further ado, I would like to introduce you to Grad Anya!!!


Isn't she the cutest!!!!! OMGoodness and there is also a Grad Ian! I am always looking for graduation stamps and these are perfect!! Like I said above Grad Anya and Grad Ian will be available in digital form starting tomorrow! The rest of the Anya and Ian release for April will be available on the 15th of the month like usual. I started this card by first printing off Grad Anya from The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored her in using my copics. I really wanted it to look like she was standing on a diploma so I curled up a piece of white paper on both ends and glued a ribbon and a gold sticker I had left over from when I was a teacher. LOL! I then layered on red and black card stock along with some DP from American Craft and finished my card off with some brads and a sentiment I printed off on my computer. I hope the graduate I give it to enjoys it!

Be sure to check out the other DT members awesome creations! You know, to wet your appetite for the release tomorrow! LOL!

• Jacquie Peifer
• Jessica Diedrich, Club VP/DT Coordinator
• Kristine Moldenhauer Biseth
• Michelle Oatman, Guest Designer
• Traci Porter

Now it is also Tuesday and that means it is Twinkling Tuesday!!! Yay!! And since our fearless leader, Madelynn, is on vacation this week, we have another wonderful guest twinkie to inspire and guide us. Let me introduce you to Jameson, the 8 year old son of our dt member Rebecca! This week Jameson has an inspiration picture and story for our challenge.

Picture:

Story:

Mickey is a Park Ranger working in the national forest. One day on his patrol, he hears a cry for help. He sees a beautiful girl mouse with tears on her face because she has fallen while hiking and broken her leg. The gallant Mickey comes to the rescue of the lovely Minnie, administers first aid, drives her to the hospital, waits for her to be treated and drives her home. They fall in love and the rest is history. However, a few months later, when Mickey goes to pick up his tuxedo on the morning of their wedding day, they have accidentally rented out all of the mouse-sized tuxes! So Mickey shows up anyway in his Ranger uniform. Minnie starts up the aisle and is surprised to see Mickey wearing his uniform but she doesn’t care because that is how he looked when she fell in love with him!

My Card:

I couldn't help myself. I really wanted to use a stamp with mice and I love the color scheme of red, black and green. Well of course when I saw my Cup of Stuff stamp from The Greeting Farm I knew I had a great idea for a card! Of course when I was picking out my papers for my card that got me to thinking about Christmas and I decided to participate in Maria Bell's Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge! Yay me!! I started this card by stamping the two mice from Cup of Stuff by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored them in with my copics. I drew in the log for them to sit on and the bow that I cut out and pasted on her head. Following the sketch, I layered on black, red and green card stock along with DP from American Craft and Pinecone Press. To complete the card, I added three red brads and a red ribbon with a bow. I hope you enjoy my little tribute to Mickey and Minnie!

Now it is time to check out the rest of the DT's amazing creations! And don't forget you can play along too! Just remember to leave a comment on the Twinkling Team blog and type in the keyword MTTSC16 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

• Bonnie Sharp
• Cassie Larson
• Christi Thorsen
• Danni Bindel
• Darla Wilson
• Debbie Lee
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Heather Schlatter
• Jacquie Peifer
• Jami Bova
• Jennifer Greco
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kim Ross
• Kimmie Doktor
• Rebecca Ednie
• Sandra McLean

Well thanks for hanging out with me today! Lots of smiles!

Thinking of... Twinkling!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

Well it is certainly going to be a busy week for me, but I am uber excited about it! Today and tomorrow I am doing sneak peeks for Pink Cat Studio with the release on Thursday and later in the week I will be showing some sneak peaks for SUINK with the release of some new stamps for both SUINK and Club Anya on the first! OMGoodness I am so excited!!

Personally it is going to be a busy week as well. I am actually babysitting this week. Yesterday I watched Izzy's friend Melaina all day and will be doing it again today. The girls had the absolute best, best, best time together! It was so, so, so much fun! They played outside, went and got all sorts of toys out, played in the play kitchen it was too cute. I have to tell you this story though. Izzy and Melaina were both kind of doing their own separate things, with Izzy in the play kitchen and Melaina going through the stack of books. Well somehow, Izzy started to play with the door in her house. Usually when this happens I say, "Knock, knock," so she will open the door and come out. So I did and Melania happened to be on the other side. Izzy saw her and said, "Hi!" OMGoodness they both burst out laughing. They must have done that routine for twenty minutes, each one of them giggling hysterically every time. I so wish I could have caught it on camera, but I was laughing to hard to get a good picture. So to make up for it, I have a picture of Miss Melaina hamming it up!


Well, today is Tuesday and you know what that means!!!! It is Twinkling Tuesday time!!! This week we are back to a sketch challenge! Yay!!! You know how I love me some sketches!! But since Madelynn is on vacation this week, she has graciously asked another "Temporary Twinkie" to fill in for her! This week our special guest is none other than my friend Cathy's 9-year-old daughter Brittany. She did such an amazing job this week!! I just love her sketch and can't wait to play it over and over again!


See what I mean! I know I say this every week but I am totally blown away by the talent of these young people! So, so exciting. Anywhoo, I started this card by coloring up this amazing Sugar Nellie image called Daisy that I received from my awesome friend Danni. I then cut it out along with some black and pink card stock using my nesties. Following the sketch I layered on green and black card stock along with some DP from Bo Bunny to create the background. For the ribbon across the top and bottom, I used two pieces of black satin ribbon and placed a strip of small teal ribbon down the middle. I added pink pearls to the four corners and tied on my sentiment. My sentiment was created by stamping "Thinking Of" from For a Friend by SU! on white card stock and mounting it on green. To complete the card I added faux stitching around my image and sentiment and popped them both off. A fun spring card.

Now check out the rest of the teams' creations! They are incredible!! And some more great news, please join me in welcoming Heather Lee-Reppen to the Twinkling team! She is so amazingly talented and a sweet, sweet person so make sure you give her some extra love! Don't forget we would love you to participate! Simply type in the keyword MTTSC15 when uploading to SCS or PCP and leave a comment on the Twinkling Blog so we can find your creations.

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Danni
• Darla
• Debbie
• Heather L
  
• Heather S
  
• Jacquie
• Jami
• Jen
• Jessica
  
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra

Thanks again for stopping by today! Stay tuned for my Pink Cat Sneak Peeks I will be showing you shortly! Smiles!

Erin Go Bragh - A Day Late!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

I know I have been gone for awhile now and I am sorry! One reason is because my parents and my nieces were in town over the weekend and we were super busy just hanging out and catching up! We had so much fun and Izzy had a wonderful time hanging out with her cousins. They went to the park and climbed all over the jungle gym. They played in Izzy's play kitchen making us all sorts of creations to eat! They also read to each other and held hands! It was just so, so sweet! The girls were all so great together! I wish that we could all live closer so she could hang out with them more!

Well the other big thing that happened to disrupt my stamping time, sheesh, was we woke up Monday morning to vandalism on our car, garage door and fence. (We live across the street from a park and have green space behind us with access down the side of our house so people are always walking by). Let me tell you we were a little shocked to say the least! Of course in one respect this is horrible and sad (we weren't the only house hit) but in reality it is also a little amusing. The girls that did this (they fortunately stopped them the night before for breaking curfew without knowing they had done all this damage) were not exactly the brightest bulbs in the box! First they wrote all sorts of slurs against women on Jason's car, spelling several of them wrong, they actually wrote their initials on our fence in spray paint and the best part is they left the can of spray paint in the walkway!! LOL!! And one of my neighbors said they wrote a derogatory slur about being white on her mailbox, which would have been pretty upsetting except my neighbor is a beautiful African American woman! LOL! I have to tell you too, I have never seen so many people slow down in front of our house before! It actually became a little amusing! I started to keep a tally!

Well, as my dad said you can't cry over spilled milk and luckily we have a very good insurance company so hopefully this incident will be behind us soon! I think Izzy has actually enjoyed it a little bit because we have been spending so much time outside! She has been having the time of her life, pushing her stroller around, dragging her little stuffed animals everywhere. It is so cute! I have to say my favorite part though is that after she has spent a day outside she smells so good! I call it her baby sunshine smell. So much fun!

Now onto my Twinkling Tuesday card that is of course a day late! Yikes! And the sad part is I have had this idea since the weekend! Oh well, I finally got it completed and I used my new labels two nesties!!!! Yay!!! So this week's Twinkling Tuesday challenge was actually issued by a guest Twinkie Miss Ava Grace, our DT member Taylor's daughter! In honor of St. Patty's Day she wanted to include a little green and of course brown much to my friend Heather's dismay who seems to be "allergic" to it! LOL!



I just couldn't' help myself with this little Ian. That little plaid hat and the coat and short pants just screamed little Irish lad to me! So, I started my card off by stamping Hello Ian by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored him in with my copics. Before I stamped him I masked off his flower with some tape so it wouldn't stamp. I then punched out 4 tiny hearts from green card stock using my Martha Stewart Punch and then placed them around to make them look like a clover. To create the card itself. I layered on brown and green card stock along with some DP from DCWV. I used my argyle embossing folder to create the texture on my green piece of card stock. Next I cut out my colored image along with a brown piece of card stock using my nesties and added white dots reminiscent of Marky's Mom using my white gel pen. To complete my card, I stamped the sentiment from Blarney Stone by SUINK on white card stock and mounted it on a ribbon tag I punched out with my nesties and threaded through some brown ribbon. I hope, a fun and festive St. Patty's day card!

Now onto the wonderful DT's creations!! They will surely blow you away!!!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Danni
• Darla
• Debbie
• Heather
• Jacquie
• Jamie
• Jen
• Jessica
  
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra
• Taylor

Thanks everyone for sticking with me this week and for stopping by! Don't forget you can play along too this week! Simply add the keyword MTTSC14 when uploading to SCS or PCP! Lots of smiles!

Pirates Twinkle Too!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

Hope your week has started off well. I had a pretty good day yesterday. Izzy and I had a great time hanging out. I stamped in the morning and Izzy sat either up on the table or in the chair. She loves to pretend to color with my markers. (I don't let her take the caps off of course). I offer her crayons to color with, but she likes to color with the copics instead. She did that for quite a long time. Then she played mailman for awhile and fed all of her books through her playhouse door. Wow, what a mess. We tried going outside for awhile, but it started to sprinkle so we had to come back inside. Although this really didn't seem to bother her. I actually had to pick her up and bring her inside. I think she is more tired of winter than I am. LOL! Finally we finished the evening off by me cooking dinner!!!! I know pick yourself up off the floor. I can cook I just don't want anybody to know about it. I just despise it so much! LOL! Anywhoo as you can see, it was a really good day.

Well, as you know it is Tuesday and that means it is Twinkling Tuesday here!!! And guest what, we have another guest Twinklette this week! The fabulously talented Jack Diedrich, who just so happens to be the younger brother of our amazingly talented founder of Twinkling Tuesday, Madelynn. Jack is only six, but boy did he come up with an amazing sketch. It is such a clean, simple layout, but with the added touch of piercing. My understanding is he loves the piercing tool his mother uses so he really wanted to include that in his sketch. I hope he approves!




See what I mean? I just can't get over the talent in this family. Maybe I can move in with them and some it will rub off on me!! LOL!! Seriously though, I am just blown away by this sketch and can't wait to ue it over and over again! I started this card off by stamping the pirate Billy image from Billy Plate 1 by Pink Cat Studio on white card stock and colored him in using my copics. I distressed the edges by sponging on some bashful blue. I then threaded through some red ribbon and tied a little tie on one side. Using my piercing tool, I went a little crazy. I not only added the piercing on the top and bottom but then I decided to sew around my two panels and pierced around them as well. I saw this awesome idea on Suzanne's blog and just couldn't wait to try it. Following the sketch, I layered on red and blue card stock along with some DP from Cosmo Cricket. To finish the card off, I stamped the sentiment on white card stock, distressed it with my sponge and bashful blue, cut it out along with a piece of blue card stock using my nesties, then popped it off under my ribbon. I really hope Jack approves of the piercing!!!

Now it is time to check out the rest of the wonderful DT's creations!! They are amazing and make sure you swing by the Twinkling Team's blog. Our guest Twinkie this week is none other than the amazing Kim! She has not been stamping for very long, but you wouldn't know it! Wow, her creations will knock your socks off. Oh and don't forget you can always play along with us, just be sure to type in the keyword MTTSC13 when uploading your card to SCS or PCP. Can't wait to see what you create!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Danni
• Debbie
• Heather
• Jacquie
• Jami
• Jen
• Jessica
  
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra
• Taylor

Speaking of Twinkle Team members, the wonderfully talented and sweet Cassie sent me the most amazing RAK!!! OMGoodness I was so excited to open my mail box and see this beauty in it!! The layout and coloring are so amazing and I just love the way she used her ribbon. I wish you could see it in person, it is so beautiful. And guess what? As if this beautiful card wasn't enough, she also included two packages of spiral clips!! In fact I used one of them on my bee card yesterday. She said she saw that I was asking people where they got them and wanted to send me some!!! Can you believe it??? I seriously almost cried I was so, so touched! What an amazing person and friend!


Well that is it for me today! Pretty gloomy here but I really need to run some errands this afternoon. Thanks as always for stopping by!!! And don't forget the Club Anya Sketch Challenge and the Name that Cutie Patootie Challenge at Pink Cat! Smiles!

Deer Friend!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Wow, this week has gone by lightening quick. I can hardly believe tomorrow is Friday. Well I am feeling better thank goodness. Still really tired and groggy but I actually stamped yesterday and picked up the house. So I think I am slowly getting back to normal. The bad news is, Jason is now sick. I feel bad for him because he still has to go to work. Today is supposed to be really nice outside so I am hoping that Izzy can get outside and play for awhile. I know she will just love it!

Well yesterday Izzy and I had a close to normal day. Only two baths for me and a little nap, but we were able to get reading in and a little bit of playtime. Izzy I think secretly likes it when I am sick because she gets to roll around in mommy and daddy's bed. I put her up there so I can rest and she just rolls around and crawls in and out of the covers. Of course Tuxy doesn't like it because he is under the covers trying to relax and Izzy is bothering him. I guess that is part of the joys of having a little sister. At least that is what I try to tell Tuxy! LOL!

Like I said I am feeling better but I only have one project to show again today. I am hoping I will be feeling up to par tomorrow and can get back on schedule. So this card is actually another card that I made using Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday Sketch. I just loved the layout so much I had to make another one! The clean and simple layout just called to me so I decided to create a card with my brand new Greeting Farm set!!



OMGoodness isn't that deer just the cutest! He reminds me of Bambi, one of my all time favorite Disney movies. Seriously when I opened the package in the mail it was all I could do not to ink it up right then. I figured though that I had to be a good mommy and actually feed my daughter lunch so I had to wait a half hour! LOL! Anywhoo, I have decided to go back to safe territory and make a layered, busy card, something I feel I can do! LOL! I started this card by stamping the deer from the new Forest Friends stamp set from The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored him in using my copics. I drew in some grass with my multiliner pen and colored it in as well. Following the sketch, I layered on green and brown card stock along with some Kaiser paper I picked up last weekend at our girl's weekend. I then cut out a tree shape and some branches from a piece of brown card stock, sponged it with some chocolate chip ink and drew in bark with my copic marker. I popped it off the corner and added some little leaves I free handed out of green card stock. Next I stamped the sentiment on white card stock and mounted it on some green card stock I cut out using my nesties. To complete the card I punched out a butterfly from my Kaiser paper using a Martha Stewart punch. I just couldn't help myself. I love that scene where the butterfly lands on Bambi!

Well, sorry my post is so short, but I am hoping I will be back to normal tomorrow! Thanks so, so much for stopping by! Lots or smiles!

Some Very Exciting News for Me!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I hope you are having a good week so far! I have to say I am. I received some wonderful news yesterday!!! I am honored to say that I was chosen as one of the design team members for Club Anya!!! I can hardly believe it! Truly, I went through the gallery out at The Greeting Farm and after seeing all the amazing creations that were out there, I honestly don't know how they were able to make their decision. I am just so glad I didn't have to! LOL! I just feel so honored to be chosen. Here are all the other amazing ladies who were chosen for the team.

Jessica Diedrich, Club Anya VP

Jacquie Peifer

Kristine Moldenhauer Biseth

Traci Porter

We also have three wonderful guest designers!

Michelle Oatman March-May 2009

Joni Wilson June-July 2009

Rosette Camilleri August-September 2009

What amazing talent!

So it is also Tuesday and that means it is Twinkling Tuesday! I am so, so excited! You know how much I love my Twinkling Tuesdays! Well today is no exception. I love the fun, fun sketch that Madelynn came up with! The brads in the corners and the use of the ovals is just perfect! She is so amazing and to top it all off, my good friend Heather is this week's featured stamper! She has a great card in store for you! So without further ado, here is my Twinkling Tuesday card!

See what I mean about the amazing sketch! So versatile! I actually made two cards, but will only be showing one today! And in honor of my exciting news I decided to create an Ian card. How could I resist! I just love how cute he looks in his little sheriff's hat!! Anywhoo, I started this card by coloring up one of the adorable Sheriff Ian images by The Greeting Farm that I stamped up from my friend Jessica this weekend with my copics. She was kind enough to allow me to stamp up whatever I wanted. Well of course I grabbed this cutie and now I think I am going to have to get him! He is too, too adorable! Next, I mounted him on some red/brown card stock and green card stock I cut out using my nesties. Following Madelynn's sketch, I layered on red/brown card stock, brown card stock and some DP from We R Memory Keepers. I then cut out red/brown, brown and white stars using my Cricut and stamped "Howdy" using an alphabet set I picked up for a dollar at Michaels. To complete the card, I distressed everything with a sponge and close to cocoa ink, added brads in all the corners and to the points of the stars and finished the card by tying on a bow. I just love all things southwest and this card stock and adorable image just screams southwest!

Now it is time to checkout the rest of the awesome DT's creations! And before I forget, help me in welcoming Darla as our newest Twinkle Team member! She is new to blogging but not stamping and boy are her creations amazing!

• Bonnie Sharp
• Cassie Larson
• Christi Thorsen
• Danni Bindel
• Darla Wilson
• Debbie Lee
• Heather Schlatter
• Jacquie Peifer
• Jami Bova
• Jennifer Greco
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kim Ross
• Kimmie Doktor
• Rebecca Ednie
• Sandra McLean
• Taylor Usry

OMG, I almost forgot my Izzy story. Nothing too special happened yesterday. We are both under the weather still so there was a lot of laying around and snuggling. She did have a great time herding Tuxy toward the back door though. She kept asking me if he wanted to go outside. Nevermind it is only 30 degrees and Tuxy is a totally spoiled, indoor kind of dog. Oh I do have to say though that I have decided she is completely out to embarrass me! Yesterday I got her dressed and she was looking through all her clothes when she pulled out some little bottoms that go under her dress. She asked me to put them on her. And I am not talking about pulling jeans off and then putting on her undershorts, no, she wanted them over her jeans. She wore them the whole day like that. LOL! If she does it again today I am going to try to get a picture!

Well thank you all for stopping by and sharing in my news! It really means a lot to me! And I am still trying to catch up from the weekend, so if I haven't been to your blog, I am hoping to get that done today! Thanks for your support and lots of smiles!!!

Cupcake Twinkle and The Luck of the Irish!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

I hope that your week is starting off well! Izzy and I had a pretty busy but fun day yesterday. I was able to watch Melaina in the morning for an hour or so and then her mother Dawn and Lucy's mother Melissa, the kids and I all went out to the Olive Garden for lunch. It was too funny because I don't think they knew what to do with three women and three kids. They actually annexed us to a semi-private room at a table that fed 12. The best part is the kids were very well behaved and simply ate their food. I guess they were expecting the worst!

So how fun was the Pink Cat release? Were you not blown away! All the creations were simply stunning!!! I just can't believe how talented my fellow design team members are! I hope that you were able to get your Enchanted Lily set yesterday.

Well, it is Tuesday and you know what that means!!! Twinkling Tuesday!!!! I have to say, I think this was the hardest week for me. Madelynn did not issue a sketch challenge this week, but rather an inspiration challenge. I was so shocked when I saw the picture! You know me and my sketches so then I had to hurry up and find a sketch to work with the inspiration challenge! LOL! Although I have to say, everything came out just the way I wanted, so I can't complain. There is just something about Madelynn's challenges; they always seem to work out that way! Anywhoo, I decided to use the Mojo Monday sketch for the layout.



Okay, so is the cup not good enough to eat! I can so see why she would be inspired by it!! Yummy!!!! When I first saw it though, I immediately thought of some pepperment striped paper I had left over from Christmas. I had a dilemma though. I didn't want the card to be a Christmas card but I really wanted to incorporate the paper and the red ribbon. Well, low and behold, what should arrive in my mailbox yesterday but Ian the Chef!!! I am telling you it was kismet!!! So I started this card by stamping Happy Chef by The Greeting Farm on white card stock and colored him in using my copics. I then stamped his hat and 5 cupcakes on white card stock, colored them in with my copics, cut them out and popped them off my main image. Following the sketch, I layered on black, white and red card stock along with my peppermint swirls DP from American Craft and some other black and white DP from Quick Quotes Paper. I punched out the scallops with my threaded scallop punch from Fiskars and replaced the brads with a big red ribbon. I hope Madelynn approves!!! This was just such a fun card to make and I can't wait to give it to my dad who loves to cook!

Now don't worry, you can play along this week too! All you need to do is type in the keyword MTTSC11 when uploading your card to SCS or PCP. Also leaving a comment on Madelynn's blog will help! Here are the rest of the DT girls' creations to inspire you! Awesomeness at it's finest!!!

• Bonnie
• Cassie
• Christi
• Danni
• Debbie
• Heather
• Jacquie
• Jami
• Jen
• Jessica
  
• Kim
• Kimmie
• Rebecca
• Sandra
• Taylor

So did you happen to notice one of my fellow Twinkies is Jami Bova? Yeah, I am talking about the incredibly talented Jami Bova who just so happened to be last week's Featured Stamper on SCS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it!! I was so excited for her! Let me tell you, it was incredibly difficult picking out a card to case. Everything was so, so amazing that I wanted to try them all! And not only was it hard to pick one, it took me forever because I just kept staring at all the awesome creations and going back and looking and looking! Wow!!! Anywhoo, I really wanted to play along and step outside my comfort zone so I decided to case this stunning creation. I just loved the simple layout and color and the beautiful way everything worked together. So here is my humble attempt at her stunning creation!


Simply beautiful right? I think I could spend hours if not days looking through her stuff! So I started this card by first stamping my sentiment from Blarney Stone by SUInk and More on white card stock in handsome hunter (my first change). I then mounted it on some dark green and light green Core'dinations card stock (my second change), snipping the corners out with my slot punch. Next I embossed a piece of white card stock with my argyle embossing folder (third change) and punched and set pewter eyelets throughout the pattern. I then mounted it on a piece of dark green and light green Core'dinations cardstock. To finish the card off, I attached a large bow to the corner and stamped and colored in the some shamrocks. I popped them off the corners of my sentiment and applied crystal effects so they would look shiny like brads (fourth change). A quick and elegant card that my friend Tracy can make for her family for St. Patrick's day! Thanks Jami for the awesome idea!

Speaking of SUInk, tomorrow starts the first day of sneak peeks for March's stamp sets. And can I tell you they are awesome!!

Now a parting picture of Izzy. As I told you Sunday, Izzy had an amazing time with her great-grandmother and really enjoyed sitting on her lap and reading with her. So here she is, my bookworm enjoying some great-grandma time!


Thanks as always for stopping by! Lots of smiles!