Spring is in the air...

I'm getting in the spirit of Spring lately...tulips everywhere, flowers sprouting out, everyone out playing in the gardens, baseball... I love spring! Wish I could take the season off from work and play outside all day.

I chose springy/summer colors for this Tilda card. On its way to a far far away place for April Rain. Hope you like! hugs,T

Tilda card using Sugar Bowl sketch

I loved Tiets sketch so much over at the Sugar Bowl that I decided to use it for this Tilda card. Thank you Tiets for such a great sketch! Papers by Basic Grey. Little flower handmade by my friend Linda..isn't that flower so cute!

Sugar Bowl sketch challenge

This week over at the Sugar Bowl
Tiets has designed an awesome sketch for us to play with. I used a collection of DreamStreet Papers that I had been hanging on to..it just happened to match this Chick-a-Dee I colored up. The flower is die cut from pages from an old book, distressed a little with some Tattered Angels Mist and walnut ink and wrinkled up to give it a vintage look. I used one of the flowers from the PP cut out for the flower center. This was a great sketch and I'll use it again and again!
hugs,T

Sugar Nellie chick-a-Dee

I'm in love with this Chick-a-Dee by Elisabeth straight from the house of Sugar. She's perfect for spring cards! This is a little 4x4 card for my RAK partner over at LuckybugdesignerRAKs I'm loving my Martha Stewart lace punch, I'm wearing it out lately! Rhinestone flourishes by Prima (I need to restock on those soon) brown pattern paper by DreamStreet. Hope you like ~ hugs,T

Vera Bradley inspired cards...

These cards are simple..but sometimes I kinda like simple..Inspired by my Vera Bradley purse for a card swap. I LOVE Vera purses...I only have 3..but its one for every season except Spring..so I need one more, lol! Paisley card fronts made using Coredinations cardstock embossed with cuttlebug paisley folder then sanded to bring out the red in the core. Hope you like~ hugs,T

Roses on Paper challenge blog...

This week at Roses on Paper challenge blog the challenge is to create a candle using any of the stamps carried over at Roses on Paper store. I found it a little difficult coloring these little Tildas with copics on the tissue, so I used Prismacolors instead..not as bright but I kinda like the dusky colors. Soooo...I need a little practice! Next time I'll be brave and try gamsol, lol!

Creative Journey Freebie Friday RAK time....

Its Freebie Friday RAK time over at Creative Journey and you only have a short time to enter. So go let Christine know your favorite Paper Company HERE for your chance to win.
hugs,T

Carole's blogoversary

It's blogoversary time over at Stardust Gems and Ribbon and Carole has an awesome pack of goodies to give away in celebration of the big day! Head over and check out all her creations! hugs,T

Malin's Birthday treats

Go wish Malin a Happy Birthday and see what she has up for grabs as a Birthday surprise to us HERE. Happy Birthday Malin! Your creations are beautiful! hugs,T

Little bracket album

Shauna over at All Things Sweet and Shabby inspired me to make this cute little bracket album. You should definately go check out her blog..shes the queen of mini albums! I designed these pages for a demo for a mini album kit I made up for a kit swap. Most of the papers and embellishments are by Making Memories, I am digging their new lines! The bracket pages are cut from chipboard using the Top Note Sizzix die, exclusive to Stampin Up!

Sugar Nellie JATC's

I love this new Elisabeth Bell stamp 'fingers crossed', straight from the house of Sugar. I made up these Jumbo ATC's for a swap and used a little butterfly punch in place of the stamped butterfly. I know the blue/brown is not very springy...but I love that color combo, lol!

Its treat time over at Fran's blog

Head over to check out the awesome blog candy Fran is giving away. Check out Fran's beautiful creations while you are there. hugs,T

Caardvarks challenge

Its a sketch challenge over at Caardvarks this week and I designed this birthday card for my friend Karen using the sketch. Her birthday is actually today (Happy Birthday Karen, I love you!) so this card will be a little late getting to her..I hope she understands what its like to have two little boys playing baseball, lol!
PP~ Making Memories
Trim~ Making Memories
Cardstock~ Bazzill
Stamped image~ Sugar Nellie~ Elisabeth Bell
Flower~ Prima
stick pin~ Fancy Pants
Rhinestone flourish~ Prima

2 sketches 4 you

For the sketch challenge over at 2Sketches4You I designed this little stamped image holder for my friend Melissa. My very creative friend Heidi made one for me awhile back and I thought it was so very clever!
PP~Fancy Pants
Letter stickers~ Basic Grey
Stamped image~ Sugar Nellie~ Cozy Nellie colored with Prismacolors and Gamsol
Flower~ Prima
rhinestone flourish~ Prima
lace~ from my stock

Elisabeth's Super Scrummy blog candy Alert

Elisabeth has some blog candy up for grabs on her BLOG and you do not want to miss this! It's the entire set of her new release Whiff of Joy stamps. Most of us missed out on the chance to preorder these as a set...so here is your chance! While you are there, check out her sketch gallery...she is soo very talented! hugs,T

Tilda~ die cut challenge

I've created another card for the die cut challenge over at Luckybug and Friends. This die cut is from the Sizzix BIGz scallop card die. I only used a small portion of it because its a HUGE die..and I just love scalloped edges! I had some left over cards and pp pieces from some previous cards using Fancy Pants Fall collection, so this card was a quickie. Hope you like. hugs,T

Line's blog candy

Check out Line's blog for some beautiful card inspirations and a chance to win some yummy blog candy. You'll want to stay awhile because her cards are amazing! hugs,T

little mini album

I made up this little mini album today for both a challenge and a demo for a quick mini album kit. The challenge was to use die cuts from sizzix, cricut, quickutz,etc.. I have cut flourishes and scallop squares both from my cricut. Also the tabs and circles are from punches. I have little black and white butterfly tins that these little albums fit in...but i won't show those and ruin the surprise for those receiving the kits. :0) Hope you like! hugs,T

OH MY...Hanglars and some new MM goodies

Ok, so how long do you think I would have to vacation in Sweden before I can order some of these Hanglar cuties? Wahhh...and do you think this calls for some sort of 12 step program if you are willing to use all your savings to go to Sweden to order some, hahaha! Too funny! I just joined the Hanglar Blog group at Paper Craft Planet and it has me drooling.

On another note, i just returned from Michaels (big mistake) where I found one of the lace Martha Stewart punches I have been searching for..woohooo! AND..it was 30% off, which was an even better surprise. The bad news is while I was there I ran into lots of other goodies on sale that I couldn't live without. That's why I try to avoid that place!! Anyway...I am totally in love with the new MM Chloe's Closet and Sabrina lines! I picked up a few of the items for some cards and mini albums. And they have matching pins!! woohooo! I love hat pins! Good grief do I ever need that 12 step program! haha...so here is a pic of my new loot, lol! hugs,T

Triple Play challenge

I made this card for the Triple Play challenge over at Luckybugcreations The challenge was to use green cardstock, green ink, and green glitz. I used my new Luvvie stamp from Sugar Nellie stamps. Green cardstock bracket die cut stamped with Olive CTMH ink swirls and butterflies. The pattern paper with the "glitzy" circles by MME, was my inspiration for the pink, green, and brown..love that color combo!

Check out Christine's RAK

Christine over at Creative Journey has an awesome March RAK. You'll want to check it out for your chance to win.

Christmas layouts, Basic Grey Wassail

I received the BG Wassail collection in the mail today, so I finally can start my 2008 Christmas pics, lol! I won't mention that I haven't finished 2007, or 2006 Christmas layouts yet..haha! So here is a 2 page layout of my extended family. We spent the 3 days before Christmas in a cabin in Gatlinburg this season. It was marvelous having my siblings and my Mom and Dad in one house at one time and I know my parents were thrilled as well!

All pattern paper is Basic Grey, Cardstock: Bazzill, Felt reindeer: Prima, Stickers: Basic Grey

Digging for hidden treasure...

My son is an expert at finding little treasures. His "treasures" consist of little feathers, little acorns, rocks, sticks, pieces of shell, bugs..and all sorts of other things boys find fascinating. While cleaning his room I found this little "treasure box" with some of the items he deemed "keepable" I thought it was precious and snapped a photo of it.
Quote:"There comes a time in every rightly constructed boys life that he has the raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure"~ Mark Twain

Show us your Sheetload...

YAY..I received runner up for this card sketch challenge! How very exciting!


I have this cute pack of Making Memories paper I've been hanging on to, and I am trying to overcome my paper hoarding obsession, haha! For this card I used the Feb. sketch from Sheetload for the Show us your Sheetload challenge. Check it out for your chance to win some pretty awesome Unity Stamps!

Kara

Meet Kara...my little cousin. While at a family gathering I caught her licking the screen on the porch. Heehee, she's a mess! For the srappin survival quote challenge I quoted her Mom when she said: "Anyone who thinks girls are sweet and innocent has never met my Kara" She is such a doll!

Another quote layout

This layout if of the boys first day of school this year, Jeremy's first day of K and Jake's first day of 2nd grade. My quote: "Promise me you will always remember: you are braver than you believe, stonger than you seem, and smarter than you think" ~Christopher Robin to Pooh

Supplies:
Pattern Paper: Fancy Pants All Fall collection
Words: All Fall die cuts
Ruler: Leaving Prints
Cardstock: Bazzill
Alpha letters: Basic Grey
Photos by me with Nikon D40

Why do birds suddenly appear...

My Jeremy loves to sing..he sings in the shower, in the potty, while getting dressed, in the car, while trying to go to sleep...All the time! So I bought him a little bear for Valentine's Day that sings "Close to You"....he memorized it in no time and now it's his new favorite song.

Lim's blog is 1 year old!!

Lim's blog is 1 year old..and she is celebrating with some very yummy blog candy! You must go check out her
BLOG "The Voices in my head" Lim has tons of talent and you'll be amazed by all her beautiful cards!

Quote challenge layout..

I made this layout for a quote challenge in a scrappin survival contest over at Luckybug I love this picture of Jacob playing baseball...the look of determination is so very evident on his face. My quote: "Invincible determination can accomplish almost anything"~Thomas Fuller

Pattern Paper: About a Boy~Fancy Pants Chillin', and Rockin'
Buttons: Scenic Route
Tags: Daisy D's boy journal tags
Photo: by Julie Chen

Shortcuts clear cards and Tilda...

I am so totally in love with these Shortcuts clear cards I love how you can layer them up and create dimension... And they also look very pretty in a clear envelope, lol! So here I've created 2 more Tilda cards using the clear cards and Basic Grey Blush pattern paper.
Stamps: Tilda with Lattern colored with Tim Holtz distress inks
Tilda with Tag colored with prismacolor pencils and Gamsol

Hope you like! hugs,T

more Basic Grey Blush

Stamp: Tilda with Tag colored with prismacolor pencils and Gamsol
Pattern paper: Basic Grey Blush collection
Scallop frame: Sizzix
Tag: Basic Grey
Button: Basic Grey
Flower: Prima Hydrangea
Cardstock: Bazzill

Friday sketchers card

I just love pink/brown color combo, that and blue/brown are my fav color combinations! So...as I was rummaging through my shelves of paper, I found an unused pack of Basic Grey...woohoooo! Its the Blush line and I just had to dig into it. So you'll be seeing alot of pink/brown cards in the next few days, heehee! This card I designed using the sketch over at Friday Sketchers this week. You'll want to check out the blog because Summer from Roses on Paper is hosting this week with a yummy gift certificate as a prize.

Stamp: Tilda with heart colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol
Pattern Paper:Basic Grey Blush collection
Cardstock: CTMH chocolate brown
Flowers: Prima Hydrangeas
Rhinestone flourish: Prima
Buttons: Basic Grey

Wedding pics..photos by Julie Chen

Rachel's blog candy

Rach is offering up 2 of the awesome Martha Stewart punches that we would all love to have..go check out her blog and leave her a comment for a chance to win!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's day! My sister's wedding was beautiful and Julie did a wonderful job at taking the photos. I can't wait to see them! Happy Valentine's day!

hugs,T

Creative Journey RAK and crop house

If you live near the West Coast, you must go check out Christine's Scrapbook retreat ...Everything you would ever dream in a retreat..plus lots of tools and space to boot! Check out Christine's blog
here for more info on this fabulous retreat home! While you are there, don't forgot to check out the awesome RAK she is giving away...
hugs,T

My baby sister is getting married!!

My little sister is getting married...and although we have tried to get her married off for several years now..she has chosen this Valentine's Day for the big day...as in just a few days away Valentine's Day, haha! So we have been running around like crazy people trying to get it all organized. I wanted to share a few of her bridal pics with you guys. These were taken by my friend Julie Chen and I think she did a beautiful job! So if you are in the TN/NC/GA area and need a photographer..she is your gal! hugs,T

OMG...I need Hanglar images

I'm totally in love with the Hanglar stamps! If anyone has any images they would like to trade for Magnolia's, Sugar Nellie's, Penny Blacks, Bellas, etc... Please drop me a line. I must get my hands on a couple images to play with..they are soooo cute. Otherwise, I may need to take a little trip to Sweden or Norway..hahaha! hugs,T

Shabby Princess screensaver

You must check out ShabbyPrincess Blog and snag yourself a copy of the free Valentine screensaver. I love these calendars and faithfully change them out monthly! Here is the current month featuring my two little munchkins,lol!

Nugget boxes and Scor-Pal

I made these cute little winter nugget boxes for my Mom and sisters, they would make cute little teacher gifts for Valentine's Day. You can find the instructions here

Heidi did it again...

Heidi sent me some pretty awesome gifties in the mail. A baggie of goodies for a blog candy prize, a much needed black CTMH ink pad, a beautiful Tilda card...and my favorite, my very own sparkly Edward..teehee! Isn't he the cutest! If you haven't jumped on the Cullen bandwagon, you must run out and buy Twilight today! I read the first 3 in 3 days and couldn't put them down until I finished, sucks ya in!
So thank you Heidi, the other Mrs. Cullen..lol!
check out Heidi's blog here