It's time for a NEW Think Ink Challenge!

There's a new Think Ink Challenge on the Artful Inkables blog and that means a new chance to win a grab bag of Artful Inkables Stamps. How cool is that?? This week, Emily has challenged us to make a Clean and Simple card. I love CAS cards but I rarely make them. Actually, I'm not sure that this card qualifies for CAS, but for me it is probably as close as I can get. I am going to send this card to my Dad to let him know that I am thinking about him and appreciate everything he has done for me. I hope he likes it!

Stamps: Artful Inkables A Friendly Light
Paper: Martha Stewart CS and PTI White
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Nestabilities, Circle Punches, Prismacolor Pencils, Hemp Twine and button

Thanks for stopping by today- I appreciate all of my readers!

Friday Fun # 60 - It's All About the Food!

Happy Friday! Are you ready for the weekend? I am. Sure, I am right in the middle of mine, but when I go back to work it's for 3 days and then I am off for 5! Woo hoo!

The Friday Fun challenges for the Month of December are brought to us by my BFF Jimmi. This week's challenge is perfect too- because I have gone way off my diet the past couple weeks. It's all good- I still lost 2 lbs....go figure. LOL.
So this week's Challenge from Jimmi is: Just because November and December are all about eating (for me at least!) and I can't stop eating or thinking about food...lets make a card about food or with anything relating to food or cooking on it.

For my card I decided to use the Diva Chef from Rubber Romance. I just love this girl- she is sooo Sassy! The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye that I picked up on an accidental shopping trip the other week (don't you hate it when that happens??). I apologize for the poor quality of the picture- I am having lighting issues. My wonderful desk lamp broke and Wal-mart doesn't carry that lamp anymore. I am trying different replacements without any luck.

If you would like to play along with the Friday Fun girls- just use keyword FFC60 when uploading to SCS or link back to one of our blogs. Be sure to check out all the Friday Fun girls' Blogs for inspiration!
Jimmi
Kimme
Sara
Christi

Thanks for stopping by- I hope your Friday is super fun!

Fun With Chipboard!

Happy Thursday! Today I made a project for the Artful Inkables Think Ink Challenge- to use chipboard. You can get more details on the challenge and learn how you can win a some stamps from Artful Inkables on their blog HERE. You can also see some great samples from the Awesome AI Design Team.
For my project I decided to use a chipboard coaster to make a Christmas Ornament. I am going to try and put my tree up this week, and this little guy from License to Chill is going to go on it! Isn't he cute?
The ornament was very easy to make- I basically glued some designer paper (I used My Mind's Eye paper) and cut it to size and sanded the rough edges with a sanding block. From there it was just attaching the ribbon and my images. Voila- a fun ornament to give away or keep for yourself!
Thanks for stopping by today- I hope you have a great day!

Friday Fun # 59- It's Black Friday! Woo hoo!

TGIBF!! This is my favorite day of the year. Black Friday- the best shopping day of the year! My best friend Jimmi and I are running around like maniacs hoping to get some great deals at all our favorite stores.
Today's Challenge is brought to us by Christi Snow and in honor of my favorite Holiday she has asked us to make black and white cards with one accent color. I made my card with images for Rubber Romance using the Glitter Window Technique. If you would like to see a tutorial on how I made this card please visit the Rubber Romance blog.
We would love for you to play along- just use keyword FFC59 when uploading to SCS so we can find your card. Be sure to check out the other Friday Fun girls' blogs for more inspiration:
Jimmi
Kimme
Sara
Christi

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Holiday weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day with their friends and family. I have so many things to be thankful for and my best friend is one of them. I am going to her house for dinner this afternoon and she is even going to let me help cook. (ok, really I am just going to do what she tells me to do...lol)


I just have a quick card for you today. This card literally took about 10 minutes to create (minus drying time). I saw this paper from Memory Box and knew I had to use this little guy from the Artful Inkables set, License to Chill. It looks like he's tubing down the hill! I covered him with Crystal Snow and I used Crystal Effects on the tube to give a shiny look

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Thanksgiving!

Think Ink Challenge- Time is running out!

Artful Inkables Think Ink Challenge is coming to an end tonight at Midnight Pacific Standard Time. You still have time to play for a chance to win a grab bag of Artful Inkables stamps (and who wouldn't want one of those??).
The challenge is to make a tag. Easy, right? Yes it is- so get to stamping! If you don't have AI stamps, that's ok too. Play along and you can win some! You can find more details on the Artful Inkables blog HERE.
For my tag I used the newly-released AI set, Love Ya Lots. The paper is from My Mind's Eye - have I mentioned I did a little retail therapy? It's the best kind, especially when you find a GREAT sale, and I got a great deal.

Thanks for stopping by today- I hope you get a chance to play the challenge. Have a great day!

Merry Christmas Card Tin

Happy Sunday! It's been a crazy week for me and my days off have been super busy- but with FUN stuff. I got to go out with my best friend and do some much-needed retail therapy along with eating fattening and delicious food. Sometimes you just have to be bad to feel good, kwim?
I actually made this project last week but didn't have time to take a good picture and blog it. Can you believe it? This tin wasn't that hard to alter, but due to my work schedule it took me several days- but in total maybe a little over an hour (not including drying time for the Flower Soft and Stickles and picking out the designer paper which always takes me forever...)

I used some Christmas Stamps from Rubber Romance to make this tin. I just love this Diva in the Santa hat and the sentiment.....get your mind out of the gutter! LOL. It's a cute and fun sentiment for Christmas. Robin has put some GREAT new stamps in her store including this Sassy Diva.
The tin is the perfect size to organize Christmas cards or give away some Holiday treats. I'm not sure if I am going to give it away or keep it.....I kind of like it.

Thanks for stopping by today- I hope the rest of your weekend is totally FABULOUS! :)