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

Check out Marlene's blogoversary candy!

Marlene is my favorite designer, I have been following her blog for a long while now and she continues to be a huge inspiration to me! Her blog is now 1 year old! Go check out her blog candy, you might win 2 of the very famous Hangler stamps we've all been drooling over but can't have! Marlene's blog

A couple more Tilda's

Ok..I promise these are the last two Tilda's dressed in red and green, haha! I just thought it matched great with the pattern paper.

Tilda all dressed up

Another Tilda dressed to match the Fancy Pants "Daily Grind" pattern paper. Tilda colored with prismacolor pencils and blender. Flowers by Prima. Cardstock: Bazzill

Its all about Tilda...

I dug into a new paper pack from Fancy Pants "Daily Grind", I just love the reds, greens, and blues. So I had to chop away at it and make up a couple cards. Here is Tilda all decked out in her red and green outfit...dressed to match the paper of course ;0)

Caardvarks sketch

I found a spot of time and took full advantage of it to put together some cards. I used the sketch over at Caardvarks. Check out the Designers cards for some great inspiration!
Stamp: Tilda holding lantern
Colored with prismacolor pencils and Tim Holtz distress inks
Pattern Paper: Basic Grey
card base: Shortcuts clear card
Flower: Prima

Karen's blog

My very talented friend Karen FINALLY started her own blog, whatcha been waiting on Karen?..so please go check it out and offer up some encouragement, she makes beautiful cards, pages, and altered art! YEA Karen!! hugs,T
K's papersnips

One more Christmas card...

Trying my best to get a few more Christmas cards out. I love these tag cards from Cutcardstock, they have a great selection of blingy papers and cards too..check them out!

Friday sketchers

woohoooo...I've got my groove back, lol! I'm on a card making roll, 4 in less than 2 days, its a record! This card is for Friday Sketchers I had to leave off the flower because this is a clear acetate card and it wouldn't close with the flower inside. This might have become my favorite Tilda image, I just love her! Thanks for looking! hugs,T

Merry Christmas! Paper take challenge and a Christmas card

So has everyone been a busy little bee like me? I've been rushing around trying to get last minute things done for over a month now and still don't have everything ready..where does the time go?? I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season. I haven't had alot of time to post lately but wanted to share a couple cards I just finished up. The blue Tilda winter card is for a Monochromatic challenge over at
Papertake Weekly Challenges. I love this Tilda image..she is so versatile and can be used for about any occasion, I believe.
I'll be working on some calendars, ornaments, candles, wall hangings and frap bottles for gifties..I'll try to post pics as I get them finished. Merry Christmas everyone! hugs,T

a little christmas album...

I added the last little touches to a little christmas album I've been working on for a Christmas partner swap. Here's a few pics of the finished creation..

Blog candy winner...

Woohoooo....I'm happy to announce that the stamped image blog candy goes to...

Here are your random numbers:

3
Timestamp: 2008-11-10 05:15:20 UTC (that's crazy...its 1219am here...wonder what UTC is?) anyway..on to the winner....

Heidi! Yay Heidi! Congratulations..I'll get your little prize pack out to ya soon! Thanks everyone for playing along! hugs,T

Heidi Walczak said...
I'm always up for some Blog Candy, especially the Tilda images :-) (even though you've been so kind to RAK them to me).

Anyway, I'm diggin' the countdown to Christmas projects at

http://iceescape.blogspot.com/

-Heidi-

October 26, 2008 9:35 AM

Fran's Blogoversary candy

The awesome inspiring Fran is giving away some blog candy. Go check out her site here and be ready to be amazed! hugs,T

Blog candy...don't forget....

Its my favorite time of year...FALL..I love the cool brisk air, sweater weather..the smell of the outdoors, vibrant orange and red leaves, snuggling up to the fire with a cup of hot cider, pumpkin pies. To celebrate my fav. time of the year I'm going to give away some blog candy. How about 20 various stamped Tilda images, and a grab baggie of other little goodies for your cards. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post with your name and a link to your favorite blog. That's pretty easy huh! Random Gen. will pick a winner November 10th.

I also wanted to remind everyone about a brand new Yahoo group that I have recently joined, its called LuckybugDesignerRAKs If you love to create and share your cards this is the place you need to be. Each month you receive and send a handstamped designer card, a handful of stamped images and a small gifty. Its been a great inspiration to me!
Find them here

Check out this blog candy

Ok guys..head over to Bubblebee Creations blog and check out the awesome blog candy! You could be the lucky winner of a gift certificate to www.rosesonpaper.com check it out Here Good Luck! hugs,T

Spoon Full of Sugar Halloween card challenge

Last night I made this cutey little Tilda card for the Halloween challenge going on over at Spoon Full of Sugar. Take a peek over at the site
here and I promise you'll find lots of inspiration awaiting you there.

Caardvarks~monogram theme card

I just love monograms! I have a box dedicated to them, both big and small...Basic Grey monograms are my fav's, they are so big ya gotta love 'em! I was super excited to hear the theme over at Caardvarks this week is for Monogram cards, wooohooo...It got my creative juices flowing again. I created this Fall card for my luckybugdesignerRAKs partner for the upcoming month. The fall Tilda is so cute and so much fun to color!

2sketches4you Bonus sketch

Woohoooo...I finally created something! I've been in a slump lately, been so busy haven't really had time for my creative side. But I had the entire night to myself so I got busy and created some cards..Yay me! Here is a card I created for the Bonus sketch this week over at 2sketches4you I know its a little Summery for the season, but I loved this scallop semi-circle and it wemt with the sketch so I had to use it! Hope you like! hugs,T

I've been tagged!

I've been tagged by Summer
Here are the rules:

1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Answer the five sets of five.
3. Tag 5 people in the last section by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here are the 5 sets of five...

Things you love...
1)Thunderstorms
2)The smell of fresh cut grass
3)lazy days snuggling up with my 2 little guys
4)Hot cider
5)The ocean

Things you don't love...
1) Mornings!
2) Being in a hurry
3) grouchy people
4) traffic jams and road constuction
5) High gas prices, lol!

Songs on your iPod/Playlist...
1) Creed
2) Michael Buble
3) Aerosmith
4) Chris Brown
5) Chris Daughtry


Favorite Foods/Drinks...
1)Cucumber Orzo salad
2) Cavatappi Ametriciana pasta
3) Chicken Marsala
4) Greek Salads
5) Sushi

5 people I'm tagging:
1)Heidi
2)Lindsy
3)Maria
4)Dannette
5)Pat

Check out this blog candy

Dannette is giving away some very awesome blog candy for 3,000 hits. Go check it out here ... hugs,T

Hello everyone..

Just wanted to pop in and say hello...nothing creative from me lately, I've been working like crazy the last few weeks. Hope to slow down now and enjoy the fall and do a little catching up with my scrapbooks and cards. So stay tuned! hugs,T

Sugar Nellie and Shortcuts...

I picked up some of the cool clear acetate cards from ShortCuts and I couldn't wait to play with them. I love this Elisabeth Bell image from Sugar Nellie (www.funkykits.com)and its new to my stash also so thought she deserved the spotlight. Colored with Copic markers, she is actually behind the first acetate layer thus making her look blurred. Hope you like.. hugs,T

2sketches4you and Caardvarks

Well, It was my Anniversary and I needed to make Hubby a card. I wanted to use my little owl diecuts because I thought it was "kind of" masculine, lol! I loved
Laura's sketch this week so I gave it a whirl and this is what I came up with. I'm doubling up and using this for my "die cut" card on www.caardvarks.blogspot.com as well, thanks Laura for introducing me to the site!. The theme this week is die cuts! Hope you like..and hope he does too, lol! (Like Men ever really pay attention to the cards anyway, haha!)

My take of Kazan's sketch

I colored this cutesy Tilda and wanted to try out Kazan's sketch this week over at 2sketches4you. I don't always have the time to join in but I always jump on the site to see everyone's creations. Its a fabby site and if you haven't been there you should definately check it out!! Hugs,T

Some digi layouts to share..