Viva!

Woohoo...Viva la Verve is switching it up a little for the new year!  They are offering not only the sketch...but the new "twist" is a series of photos, all related to the home!  I was instantly inspired by one of the pics...and away I went!  here is my take on the challenge:

Supplies:  Cardstock and Paper - CTMH; Ink - CTMH Colonial White and Chocolate; Flowers - Prima; Flower Pins - Making Memories; Sentiment - Verve, Wishing You; Glimmer Mist - Wheatfield; Distress Crackle paint in Vintage Photo; Distress Stickles - Rock Candy; Pearls and ribbon - unknown

Happy 2010!

WOW!  Happy New Year everyone!  Over at the Shoe we are celebrating the New Year with a fun new Fashionista Friday (#16) challenge based on the number 10 (as in 2010!).  Your project must contain 10 of one embellishment, as in, 10 brads, 10 pieces of ribbon, 10 buttons, etc.  I had fun with this one!  My 10 are 10 flowers and 10 gems for the centers of the flowers:

Supplies:  Cardstock - Bazzil, Flowers - Prima; Ribbon  and gems- unknown; Cricut - Lyrical Letters; Stickles - Diamond; Glossy Accents; Dymo Label Maker

and so the decade ends...

SERIOUSLY??? It's been a DECADE?????  Freaking me out!  oh well...time moves on!  So for my final post of 2009...I wanted to give a shout out to my top fave goodies and memories of the year...

In true countdown fashion...here we go!

10.  My LSS...directly responsible for so many of the things on this list...every time I go in there...I walk away unbelievably inspired!  (Not to mention the stock of amazing stuffs you gals keep!)

9.  challenge blogs of all shapes and sizes...so much fun!

8.  Judy and the gals at Simply Scrapping! 

7.  Prima, Prima, Prima...need I say more...

6.  Verve stamps...oh how I love thee..let me count the ways!

5.  Grunge paper, distress ink, distress stickles...drool....

4.  Copic markers...why oh why did I fear you for so long?

3.  Studio 490...Wendy Vecchi is a regular dose of scrapspiration!  So lucky to have taken a class with her this year...and can't wait to go again!

2.  Having the opportunity to start a challenge blog and it still be running by the end of the year!  Woohoo Shoe!

1.  My very very very dear friends (much love to Tracey and Tanisha) and my most amazing family (my most forgiving husband who prentends every day to understand what it is I do...and my little monkey...who wants to do it too!)...couldn't do it without you!

I started playing with paper in May of 2008...never imagined myself still playing and loving it so much over a year later...never imagined I would start a blog and keep it active and it be about my love for the art of Scrapping and Cards...it's been a great year...looking forward to 2010! 

Be safe tonight!  And to all...Happy New Year...I hope it brings about many wonderful things for you and yours!

A little different...

...not quite sure how to categorize this particular card...I made it with a few challenges in mind...but not sure if it fits entirely...oh well!  it's all open to interpretation right???  I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch and Charisma Cardz "Celebrate" theme...and a new place I have only just visited today My Time to Craft Challenge.  The colors were inspired by a Splitcoast color challenge.
 
The front:

The inside (which I rarely do...but this card kind of needed it!):

Enjoy!

Challenges:

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge: MTSC54

Charisma Cardz: Celebrations

My Time to Craft: Challenge 72 - Anything goes!

Splitcoast: CC251

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzil; Paper - Basic Grey Ambrosia; Stamps - Verve, "Believe" set; Ink - Tsukineko Memento in Tuxedo Black and CTMH in GoldRush; Smooch paint in Pumpkin; Fiskars Lace border punch; Ribbon - unknown

My Craft Room...

...that I spent almost 5 hours cleaning today...seriously...I was so fed up with it...that I just started cleaning...had some assistance from my most wonderful husband and pretty darn awesome kid...i won't embarass myself by telling you how much CRAP got hauled out of here...but let's just say that my daughter's class will be receiving lots of crafty stuff to play with!  of course...i did have some help from these two:

                                                             




i don't have any pictures of how bad it was before the deep clean...but here is a general idea of how it looks now:

of course doing some cleaning revealed to my dear hubby what exactly my addictions are...like STAMPS...here are my CTMH stamps (and Studio 490 and TIm Holtz stamps):

and some more CTMH stamps:

my Verve stamps:

and some SU:

and then some of my other addictions...like idea-ology:

                                                         









and then there is my absolute fave diplay of the room...my "Shimmer Shack":

yeah...67 different colors of stickles (gotta get a handle on that addiction)...not to mention the glimmer mist....and my latest being the Smooch paints...oh wait...don't let me forget the paper:

oh...and the ribbon:

top 5 drawers are all ribbon...bottom two are cricut bits and punches...and then...my absolute most fave shelf in the room...

the stamps on it are pretty cool too!

Enjoy!  My New Year's Resolution...to keep the room at least somewhat presentable!

twuu lub...

totally have Princess Bride on the brain right now...maybe I'll have to steal the TV back from the kiddo and watch it!  heeheee!  anywho!  I have been so non-scrappy for so long now...that all of a sudden I'm feeling inspired and scrap happy!  I was checking out Pencil Lines for a little inspiration and came across their sketch #162...and had to give it a whirl! 

Supplies: Paper and Cardstock: CTMH - Grace; Stamps: CTMH - Neighborhood; Ink: CTMH - Chocolate, Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap, Old Paper; Embellishments: CTMH Grace Stickease, CTMH Clear Shapes; Copic E37; Tattered Angels - Caramel Apple; Smooch ink Siren; Cricut Lyrical Letters

Enjoy!

When I took this picture of my daughter back in the summer...all I could imagine was how much fun she was having sticking her toes in the stream running by our campsite!  So to me...this picture is just about enjoying the little things...I created this for the 3rd challenge of December at Simply Scrapping Crafts...

Sketch: Prima
Supplies:  Paper and Cardstock: CTMH; Pearls: CTMH; Flowers: Prima; Distress Stickles and Distress Crackle Paint in Walnut Stain; Grungeboard elements swirls; Glimmer Mist in Perfect Peach, Cinnamon and Wheatgrass