Ahhhh Beep Beep...

....Toot toot! Doesn't that make you want to sing! Well today I was singing to my own tune in my stamp room. I didn't know what I was going to make then I started humming and of course that led to this stamp. Of course now I have that song in my head...and of course I don't know all the words! Hee hee!!

Here is my little transportation set I made with SU's "By Land" stamp set. I stamped a few dump trucks and then cut them all apart and reassembled them. For my card I put the truck up on foam dots. I also used the lil' smoke from SU's Boatload of Love. I used my stamp-a-majig to help with the placement of my "beep". Then I used my slot punch for my ribbon.

Here's the set...


Lil' notebook...

Lil' luggage tag...

Charlie...

This is Charlie....shhhh he's praying. He wants his little plant to grow up big and strong. He planted a seed, gave it some water, sunshine and most importantly LOVE. I think in a few weeks it may bloom!! I guess you'll have to check back to see....

Inside...

I love the stamps from Clear Dollar...http://www.newcleardollarstamps.com/servlet/StoreFront . I especially love Charlie! He's one of my favorites! I made this card with all the things I love...this plaid paper from Hobby Lobby, these buttons, raffia, and my Spellbinders. So I guess you could say this card was made with love just like Charlie's little plant. I added the little sentiment to the inside...I thought it worked better there.

Here is some other things I have made with Clear Dollar Stamps.


"Happiness"...

Tooth Fairy container...

This was a container of Ice Cubes by Ice Breakers. I was in Wal-Mart getting a few things and thought hey I need some gum. So as I was reaching for the gum, this container caught my eye. I immediately went into craft mode and thought what can I make out of that?!?! Well after I got home with it, it wasn't long till my kids had devoured the gum and I could craft! The white "floss" really is embroidery thread that I just stuck in there to give it the affect of being a dental floss type container.

Spellbinders Challenge

No I'm not brewing up any spells but over at Spellbinders....http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/splitcoaststamperscom-contest-update/ they have a great challenge going on where you can brew up your very own master piece! All you have to do is make something creative with their die cuts. They have 3 categories...Cards, Scrapbook Layout, & an Altered Item. I came up with this for the card category and the altered items. I used the scalloped die cuts to make my flowers and the background of the card with the "fancy square" (as I call it.) I also used the Spellbinders dies to make the tags that are in the little case I made. This was a really fun challenge and if you are up for it pop on over to get all the details!

My card....
My tag carrying case....Side view of the tag carrying case...The complete set...

A Little Birdie....

Have you ever seen something and just had to have it? I'm like that with shoes, chocolate, craft stuff and paper! I love paper! I love all the things you can do with it and create with it. And I love love love this little birdie! I found this really cute paper and just had to make my own little birdie. The paper is "Happy Bird-day" from 3 bugs in a rug. Very cute, eh! I made this little box but I'm not finished yet...it still needs something...hmmmm....

I also wanted to get a head start on my Easter cards and thought this was kind of a cute idea. I was playing around with my spellbinders and came up with an egg. I think these cards are just too cute! The stamp I used for the sentiment is from SU's "Loads of Love Assecories".

Well thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Just Stuff...

I've been a slacker lately, so I thought I would post some pictures of some of the things I've been up to lately. So I thought I would post a few things I've done in the "recent" past.

Here one of the many of the cards I've made for my Lil' DSS (Dear Secret Sister) on Splitcoast Stampers. For those that don't know how that works, I have a BIG DSS, have no clue who she is, but will once the 3 months are up, and I have a Lil' DSS who she doesn't know who I am but will in 3 months. She of course has a Lil' DSS and I'm her BIG DSS and the cycle continues....ah kuna matata!

The stamp set is from MFT and I used copic markers and SU markers to color it...

I made this for a dear sweet friend. She also happens to be my neighbor, so I get the best of both worlds!

The sentiment is from Verve...I love the pattern paper, I think it goes good with the buttons!

I made these for Christmas for some of the teachers and staff at my girls school. Our mascot is a FOX, so the MFT fox made these perfect!!! I filled them with mints, and chocolate.

The stamp sets are: Fox- MFT, and the tree and gifts are from Doodle Factory.

I made this for another friend. Abigail & Mrs. E are buds...Abi always asks about her & is constantly wanting to go see her.

The stamp set I used is from Doodle Factory.

MFT Idol

Do you love watching American Idol? I love that show....so much talent! And speaking of talent there are a lot of talented crafters "auditioning" for MFT's Stamping Idol. The best thing about this Idol is no singing...thank goodness I'm not sure I could carry a tune in a bucket! MFT (My Favorite Things) is even giving away a grand prize to winner of MFT Stamping Idol...a $250 gift certificate! I know I had to sit down for that too! They they are going to have "judges" that will select the Top 12 out of all those entries. Each Wed., the MFT Idol contestants will post a new card or project that YOU, the people of the internet, will vote on! Each week the person with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated and on June 3rd, the MFT Stamping Idol will be crowned! Sounds fun huh! Well if you want to join you can go to....http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/ where you can learn all about it!


So here is my entry for the MFT Stamping Idol...So what do you think?

I did a little stitching on the trees and around the pattern paper. I think it turned out cute, hopefully it gets me a slot on the top 12, fingers crossed!

My Recipe: Paper: DCWV- The Pet Stack, SU cs; Stamps: MFT's "What's the Story?" & "Nature Calls, Ink: Copic sketch markers, SU pastel ink pads, Ancient Page archival ink; Extras: foam tape, red sticky tape, staple, beads, sewing machine.

What a way to spend the weekend...

Well our weekend was filled with excitement...not the kind that makes you say yay either. My little Abigail broke her arm. We were at this bouncy place where they have all kinds of inflatable things to jump on and apprently off. Well she was playing on one of those little bouncy things and fell off and landed wrong. My heart skipped a beat then I went into Turbo Mom mode. I told my sister to go get my husband, and then said your in charge. I left her in charge of my girls, Zoey and Lachlan, and all the guest. I think the girls were having too much fun to even notice we had gone and I know my sister took care of everything. Thank God for family!!! My sister doesn't know it yet, but now she has to be at any event that I have Abi...you never know when I'm going to have to go the ER again. Abigail is definately our wild child.