Inkin' It Up!

Happy Friday and a Little Riley.....

I am so glad it's Friday!!! I am finally starting to feel so much better and just in time for the weekend!   My sister and I are spending the evening together - we are going out to eat and have a few cocktails.   She and I are both going through divorces, so this will be a great time to just spend together. 

Tomorrow is my niece Kelsey's baby shower and I am really excited about that - can't wait to see all the goodies she gets for little Brayden.   I am gonna take some pics. to share here with all of you.   

Saturday evening will be all about stamping.......I have lots of new sets to play with and several DT things I need to get busy on.

I created this adorable Riley card for the Hanna Stamps Challenge 4 on the SCS Hanna Forum (thanks Frances for a great sketch challenge!).   I love this gardening Riley - I colored him with my copics, added some white polkadots to his boots and then covered him in crystal effects.   I used my new cuttlebug dots folder for the background - love that folder! 

Have a great weekend!

Recipe:  Stamps:  Gardening Riley, Things Hanna Would Say - both from Hanna Stamps     Ink:  Palette Noir    Cardstock:  WW, Real Red, Polkadot DP     Accessories:  Gemstones, Photo Corner Punch, Primas, Cuttlebug, Dimensionals, Copic Markers, White Gel Pen, Crystal Effects.   

Easter Blessings

Here's another cutie patootie Gina K. Designs card.  I just love Gina's new easter set, Baskets of Blessings.   I decided to go with a softer color combo for this card - I normally love the bolder, brighter colors.    I whipped out my Copic markers, which I can't seem to be without these days, and colored the adorable daisies and egg basket image.  I then went over the eggs with stickles and used a clear gel pen on the pot of flowers.

I also used my new Polka Dot Basics from Papertrey Ink on the Pretty In Pink cardstock - yep, that set is a definite MUST!

I am still sick - ugggh!  I went to the doctor today, got a shot and lots of meds and can't go back to work until the end of the week.   This flu and upper respiratory infection are killing me.   If I am feeling up to it, I have more design team work to get busy on.

Recipe:  Stamps:  Baskets of Blessings, Gina K. Designs     Ink:  Palette Noir Ink    Cardstock:  WW, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose    Accessories:  Nestabilities, Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon, Copic Markers, Stickles, Clear Gel Pen, Liquid Pearls.

Easter Coaster Box

I felt somewhat better today and decided to pull out my new Easter Hanna Set that I hadn't gotten to use yet.   This is just an adorable easter set and I thought it would be perfect to use with my new DP that I got from All That Scraps last week.  I colored the cute bunny with my copic markers then added stickles for a little sparkle.   

I made a couple of these coaster boxes for my girls easter treats - I love making these and they are sooooo easy!  Here is the tutorial on SCS for the coaster boxes.  I got the adorable easter socks from the Target dollar spot!  Here is a link if you would like to get some coasters for yourself!

I hope I start feeling better because I have a lot to do and a ton of projects to get started on.  Have a fabulous day!

Recipe:  Stamps: Easter Set from Hanna Stamps,   Ink:  Palette Noir,   Cardstock:  WW, Polkadot DP from All That Scraps,   Accessories:  Satin Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Hole Punch, Dimensionals, Copic Markers, Stickles.   

Sickness and a Baby Shower Invitation

*ETA* My Feedblitz URL has been corrected and you shouldn't be receiving anymore those annoying emails.  You do not have to unsubscribe and resubscribe to receive emails when I have a new post here on typepad.

There has been so much sickness in my house the last two weeks it's driving me crazy!  We just can't seem to get well and have made about 6 visits to the doctor in the last two weeks!  I haven't been able to get much of anything done including my DT stuff.   

I have been working on Kelsey's baby shower invites for a couple of weeks now and finally decided on the one I wanted to use - then had to make fifty invitations - since I have been sick, it has taken forever!  I finally finished them up this morning and they are being mailed out.   I just love this elephant from MFT - he looks so cute colored blue.

I have been having issues with my Feedblitz and we are trying to get that corrected - I have contacted customer support and they are helping me resolve the problem.  My blog address has been changed on feedblitz and hopefully the problem will be fixed soon.

I am going to try to rest today and see if I can start feeling better.  I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Recipe:  Stamps:  MFT, Lizzie Anne Designs, PTI    Ink:  Palette Noir, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue    Cardstock:  WW, Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue    Accessories:  Copic Markers, White Gel Pen, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals, Brads, Grosgrain Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Baubles from Robin's Nest, Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Word Window Punch

Gina K. Designs Baskets of Happiness

This is my first card as a design team member for Gina K. Designs.    I received my stamps last week from the cutie patootie herself!  I gotta say, these are rockin'!  I used Baskets of Happiness for this card - isn't this image just the sweetest?  I had the best time coloring with my copics.  I haven't gotten to create in a week or so, lots of sickness in my house - it was great to get to sit down and stamp.   

I was stalking.....ummmm I mean browsing Beate's blog and came across the most adorable card/color combo!  I decided to do something I don't do very often............CASE her card!  I did change it up a little and I used a different image and sentiment.  Thanks Beate for the inspiration!

It is FREEZING here in Texas, we are in a winter storm warning this evening.  I will be staying inside, keeping warm and stamping.  Have a great rest of the night!

Stamps:  Baskets of Happiness - Gina K. Designs;  Ink: Palette Noir; Cardstock: WW, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red;  Accessories: 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Corner Rounder, Photo Corner Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punches, Copic Markers, Gemstones, Stickles, Liquid Pearls.

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

I hope you all are having a fabulous day!   My dad brought flowers to me last night - I guess he knew that he would be the only man I would be getting anything from!  haha    My flowers are absolutely gorgeous, but I haven't taken a picture of them yet.   

Here are a few pics of some of the valentines and valentine projects I completed a while ago.   My friend is giving this card to her "friend" tonight with a box of goodies - I just think that MFT Twisted Sentiment is just hilarious!!!  I used Crystal Effects on the dog image, but you can't really tell in the photo.   

These cute little bottles I purchased at Hobby Lobby for less than a $1 - I filled them with M&M's and decorated the outside with my Circle and Scallop Punches - they turned out sooooo adorable and my friends absolutely loved them!

I am hoping after this week everybody at my house will be well and everything can get back to normal - this flu stuff is really running rampant around here!

Recipe for Dog Card:
Stamps:  Stamps from MFT - Sentiment - Twisted Sentiments from MFT
Ink:  Palette Noir, Close to Cocoa
Cardstock:  WW, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Real Red
Accessories:  Copic Markers, Crystal Effects, Photo Corner Punch, Gemstones, Heart brads, Grosgrain Ribbon

Recipe for Candy Jars:
Stamps:  SU! Happy Heart Day!, sentiment from MFT
Ink:  Palette Noir, Real Red, Regal Rose
Cardstock:  Real Red, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Accessories:  Copic Markers, Paper Piercer, White Gel Pen, Liquid Pearls, Grosgrain Ribbon

I've Crossed Over

Yes, I decided to take the leap and cross over from Blogspot to Typepad!   Typepad has some really great features that I want to be able to use, so I am gonna give it a try.    I am going to keep my other blog around for a bit so that you all can refer to it for all my older posts if you need to.    It has taken me forevah to get this designed and up and running.   There has been a lot of sickness at my house and I am way behind in my duties but  I will have a few valentine projects to post tomorrow so check back.