Top 5

Time is such a funny thing!  Often I feel there is never enough time in the day but other times things seem to move much more slowly then I want them too.  Maybe it is just what I am doing with my time to much of certain things that I "have" to do and not enough time doing what I "want" to do.  Oh well, this is what I've got, so I'll just have to spend it the best way I can right!?!?

There are a few ways that I really love spending my time most.  Here is my top five list:
5. Sleeping.  I know it seems like a waste, but I am ALWAYS tired, so it feels like a good use of time to me.
4. Reading.  A good book is the perfect escape for me when I need it, and it can be done on the bus!
3. Laughing. Laughter is such good medicine, especially when done with friends and family!
2. Crafting.  I love stamping and making cards.  It is a good escape, creativity heals, AND you can easily spread your creations to others and share the job.

1. Loving.  First and foremost on my list is spending time with my family, especially cuddling my hubby and kissing my sweet pea Soph.  Poor girl gets so sick of my kisses! 

So what are the top 5 things you like to do?  Maybe I am missing something I didn't even know was out there!?

While you are here, check out this fun card I made for my friend Jessica for Handmade-Pay-It-Forward-2011.  Jess always makes me laugh, she is a fun, bubbly and predictably- unpredictable person.  She loves all things bright and enjoys sewing.  I think this was the perfect card for her.

Spectrum Stamping

Usually when I am stamping or making cards, my process starts with some product I want to use, like a specific stamp or paper.  Last weekend I  *REALLY* wanted to make something because I had some free time, but I wasn't feeling all that inspired.  What to do?!  Well, in the most recent issue of Stamp It! Magazine, they featured some fun techniques and so I decided to try my hand at a little spectrum stamping. 

I am not sure if I actually "Spectrum Stamped" in the true sense of the word, but I think you can see there is definitely a band of colors here.  When trying to pick out my paper and stamps I went for my Fox & Friends set that hadn't seen the light of day for a while.  It was fun to color and cut these little guys and out and stack them on top of one another.  Now that I think about it, this might be a good thank you card with some sentiment inside like, "thanks for giving me a lift" or "I can really count on you!", that would be cute.  Anyway, here you have it, some funny colored turtles smelling flowers. :)

What's your sign?

Have you been paying any attention to the news about the 13th planet Ophiuchus (Opi-what?!?!) and possible changes in horoscopes?  Well, I've checked it out, not because I take a lot of stock in it, but it is interesting.  Although I will say, I do feel that Cancer (yes, I am crabby!!!)  fits me well and the potential thought of being a Gemini doesn't site well with me, but I suppose if it were to happen the world woulldn't end!  If you do take a lot of stock in it, don't freak out yet!  It seems that we here in the Western Hemisphere subscribe to a different astrological theories than the Eastern Hemisphere.  Ours correlate with the sun and seasons...blah, blah, blah....so there are no changes to your sign!  You can read more about this in a fun newspaper article here.

So today, I have a card for my friend Jan, who was (and still is) born of the age of Aquarius!  Are you humming along with me?  Jan is a very giving person and has such a big heart.  She loves to sew and makes quilts for just about everyone she knows, so I thought this was appropriate. :) When I started with this card it was rough going for me, but I was able to put this together and am happy with it. So here's to you Jan, you are SEW sweet! :)

Mojo Monday 174

I don't have any turtle stamps, but I realized after I used this pre-stamp image (Thanks Tracey) that I am doing a  blog hop in March in which the theme is birthday and turtles.  I should have saved this, but oh well, I didn't.  I guess that means I'll just have to buy one.....DARN!  I made this card using the Mojo Monday 174 sketch.  So fun.  Thanks and hope you enjoyed your weekend!

What is your favorite color combo?

I have been out there blurfing (blog surfing) and am enamoured with some of the color combos I find.  I am so often stuck inside my little box that I forget to venture outside and then I come upon something fabulous and....BAM!  it shakes up my world.  It is so fun wonderful to look at the work of others and be inspired.  One of the items I am currently covetting is Paper Crafts current color inspiration magazine.  Some of these combos have my mouth watering they are so yummy!  I haven't yet gotten a copy of this mag, but I will have it, mark my words!  Isn't the cover alone to die for?!

So, with that in mind, I have been over at Moxie Fab World playing some of there color combo challenges to try to absorb all the wonderful Moxie Fabness they have to provide.  Check it out.... 

This is the first color combo I came across.  I have to be the first to say that this is definitely out of my comfort zone.  I look at these colors and I think ooey-gooey valentines and it is instantly too much for me.  BUT....all the more reason to see if I can pull of a card with them. 

So here is the card I came up with using these colros (or whatever seemed to be closest in my SU! collection)...

The next combo I found was the Jewel tones.  Now I LOVE this color combo, but incidentally, it was harder to work with than I thought it would be.  ...  I think my colors are a little off here as well, but I was doing these from memory so I think I did pretty well.

Last but not least is the metalic combo.  I really enjoyed working with this one.  This is my fave card of the three as well.  I am not sure you can tell from the picture because I still can take a decent photo to save my life.  It is all about the lighting, or so they tell me, but I work from O'Dark-thirty am to O'Dark-thirty pm, so not sure how to rectify that.  Any way, I think this is a nice color combo and a sweet card for a new baby girl.

So what is your fave color combo of these three?  What is your fave color combo period?  Do you have go to colors you immediatly pick up?  Bop on over to Moxie Fab World and check out these combos and other's for yourself!

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Story

I want to make this post fun and witty, but I don't think that is gonna happen.  I am shot right now, 10 hour days are....well...they are looong.  See I can't even think of what to say.  So as not to bore you with my half-constructed run-on sentences, I just show you the picture of the card I call Love Story.  I was in a scrappy kind of mood when I made this one and wanted something a little different from my norm.  What do you think or this card and/or this style?

Gray is the New Black

Hello folks!  Just wanted to share a fun card I made for Moxie Fab World's Gray is the New Black Challenge.  I was trying to think of a card that I would typically make with black cardstock, ribbon & accessories and then just replacing that with gray instead.  I actually put a different twist on it and went with silver rather than gray because I am running low on gray.  I think these colors worked out really well together.  I love this patterned paper and the bling is a nice touch.  This is one of my very fave stamp sets too, I {heart} Greeting Card Kids!  This was fun to make and color (I also {heart} coloring, one of my favorite techniques!!!!).  Per usual, my photography needs a little work (darn shadow!)  This challenge made me realize I need to do a little shopping and I definitely want some gray ink because it looks so cool! 

Check out the challenge and tons of other fun stuff on Moxie Fab World.  They really are Moxie FAB!  Enjoy your day!