Fun with digis- post two

Did you see my other post this am?  If not you can scroll down or click here to see more digi fun.

The second card for today is using another free digi.  It is amazing how many fabulous digis are out there!  This one comes from Clearly Besotted.  Again, coloring with my Prismacolors on this rocked!  I used 3 or 4 varieties of orange/peach, 2 pinks and 4 greens.  I don't have a blending tool, so I just use q-tips.  They may not be sophisticated, but they work!  The sentiment is from the Reverse Confetti Peacock Pretties set.

Yes, I have some challenges I've entered this in of course.  You may think I am challenge crazy...and you would be right...but I also find them to be an excellent source of inspiration!  Check out the three challenges I used and how came up with this fun card design:

#1- Clearly Besotted Challenge- Seeing Spots (polka dots)
#2- Pinspired Challenge #14- flowers (colors & texture)
#3- Sketchbook Saturday #101- sketch (layout)

So fun!  There are so many challenges out there!  I keep finding new ones every week if not every day.  I wonder if I can play them all.... ;).  So here is the 2nd Question of the Day- what is your favorite challenge and why?

Thanks for stopping...again!  Tomorrow is more digi fun because it is Hambo Hoedown time- woop!

Fun with digis- post one

Hiya!  I been having some fun with some new digi images this week.  Coloring is just so fun!  I have a ways to go with markers, at least on bigger images...the often look a little streaky when I am done.  Maybe I need better blending tools or markers (I don't have the coveted Copics), who knows, but I am working on it. :)  I used to color with colored pencils a lot, especially in high school art and college, but then I abandoned them for a while.  You know the saying, "if you love something, let it go.  If it comes back to you it is yours forever...." or something like that.  Well that is how I am feeling about my Primsacolor colored pencils about now, destined to be together forever!  I hope they don't mind- ha! 

So I got this super cute freebie image from Whimsie Doodles and the sentiment is from By LORi Designs.  The image actually had it's own sentiment, but I thought this went really well together and made the perfect baby card!  I love the base color of Calypso Coral from SU! and the DP from Lawn Fawn Pink Lemonade, it just works so well with that cute little worm!  For the layout I used the current Retro Sketch #73.  This is my first time playing over there and it was oh so fun! 

7/29/13 ETA- I am also linking to the 52 Card Pick-up for the first time.  Thanks for the invite Patrice! :)

So, for the Question of the Day- what kind of markers and blending tools do you prefer and why? 

I'll be posting another card with a digi soon, so stop by again please! :)

Litterally enjoying the fruits of our labor

This weekend my family and went to Beringer Farm and picked a whole flat of raspberries.  YUM, my favorite fruit!  We had a ton of fun too!  I had to bribe my daughter to actually pick some for the basket by making it into a game, "they play hide and seek, can you find them?!  For every 5 you find you can eat one!"  LOL!  It totally worked though.  I can't really say I blame her for just wanting to stand there and eat them.  They are best straight off the plant and warmed by the sun...mmmm!  So we litterally enjoyed the fruits of our labor this weekend, we ate plain raspberries, raspberry shortcake, my hubby and I had raspberry mojitos (one of my fave summer drinks!), tonight we are making raspberry scones, and the rest will be frozen for later use.  For good measure I am throwing in an picture of my adorable daughter with our bounty! :)

So today's card does NOT feature raspberries, but it features another summer fruit that is pretty darn tasty...strawberries!  Is there anyone who doesn't love strawberries?!  Probably but only if they are allergic I think, otherwise they would have to be Ca-razy! :)  So this card is for the Lawnscaping Paper Piecing Challenge going on right now.  I lurve paper piecing and had sooo much fun with the various shades of red and pink for the strawberries.  They just look delectable to me.  I struggled making the basket, but loved the idea and the DP seemed perfect so I worked my way through it.  I feel that the banner totally finishes this off nicely.  It will make a fun love or thank you card.

So, with all this talk of food are you hungry yet?  Well if not yet, maybe you will be after the Question of the Day- Raspberries and strawberries are a fruit from my childhood, we picked them straight out of the garden.  We also occassionaly went into the mountains to do huckleberry picking!  DEVINE... but much harder to come by.  At Beringer we learned about tayberries, which is a cross between raspberries and blackberries- who knew?!  There are so many berries out there, some I've never heard of.  So....what is your favorite berry and/or what is a berry that grows in your area that might be new to the rest of us?

I also wanted to tell you I am LOVING the answers to the question of the day and I am going to have to post some of my favorite responses b/c they crack me up.  Not sure when I'll compile them yet, but how about a teaser for now....   In this post I mentioned I had a goat named goatie when I was a child and asked what your oh-so-clever pet names where...here are two hillarious answers:

From Lyn at mypurplehouse- My first pet that was truly mine was a basset hound that I named Norm(an) after the character in Cheers - and just like the cheers Norm when people saw my little guy, they would yell "Norm!!" HaHa I loved that dog!

From Monica- My kids won a goldfish at a school carnival, which they named "Flushie" because... well... yes, they had to flush him days later.


  Have a tasty day!

Curtain Call, 10 Minute Craft Dash & Simon Says Stamp Challenge

Happy, Happy, Happy Friday!  Can you tell I am excited it is Friday? :)  Well I get some girlfriendy craft time this weekend and that will be fun and family time in the sun too- woop!

Speaking of girlfriends and crafts...I had lunch with my friend Amy the other day.  It was super fun to chat and she brought me a birthday present, how sweet!!!!!!  She gave me this FABULOUS card and as if that wasn't enough she gave me some washi tapes and some Dear Lizzy embellishments (she knew I had the matching paper pack).  Thank you my wonderful friend, you know the way to my heart!

Now I want to share the card I made for the Curtain Call Challenge- Nautical Theme, the 10 Minute Craft Dash (see colors) and Simon Says Stamp Challenge- By The Sea.  My process- I was determined to make a card for the oh-so-grand return of the CC but hadn't come up with anything other than knowing I was going to use my anchor die and sentiment.  Of course the SSS Challenge was so similar, why not make the card for that too.  I am thinking and then I see the 10MCD colors- BAM!  Those are perfect nautical colors and I have some Dear Lizzy papers from the Atlantic collection that will rock!  Off I go to think up my design and get out my supplies.  I had everything laid out perfectly.  I had a few time savers by already having some die cut and embossed clouds (constantly using them so I make extra and put them in a bin) and I only used one tiny sentiment stamp from Amuse (with no coloring this time), the rest is die cut or embellishments.  PERFECT!  So....ready, set, go!  Here is my finished product made in 8 minutes and 4 seconds.  I hope you like it!

I have a short funny story for you.  When I was pregnant with my daughter my husband insisted that I smelled like peanut butter all the time, whether or not I had eaten any peanut products.  My daughter LOVES peanut butter.  I know that doesn't sound strange if your kid isn't allergic, but I swear to you that there are times when she can go through a jar (I am talking 16-28 oz size) in a matter of weeks!  I am convinced that this is related to the fact that I smelled like PB during my pregnancy.  Agree?  Which brings me to the Question of the Day... How about telling me what you eat with PB sandwiches...jam, honey, pickles, mayonnaise (yep, had a friend who ate PB and Mayo sandwiches...), marshmallow fluff (that would be my hubby), carrots (again, hubby- he dips them right in the jar- ew!)? 

BFBP

This is my second post for today.  If you are looking for my Hambo Hoedown card please click here or scroll down.


BFBP.  You might say, "what is that?"  Bona F
ide Benefit Plan?  Bureau Forest Bridging Plan?  Nope, BFBP stands for Bigfoot Birthday Party!  So you've never heard of one?  That's OK, I haven't either but I think I'd like to throw one some day...or have someone throw one for me since I love Bigfoot!

This post is about the decor I was making for just such an occasion.  I was inspired by this weeks challenge over at The Alley Way Stamps.  I saw this picture and immediately thought of my TAWS set Deep in the Woods, and of course the set's star attraction is Bigfoot.  I decided to take that inspiration and couple it with the Moxie Fab World's Birthday Ensemble Challenge where you were to create 3 items for a birthday party ensemble.  So TAWS Challenge + Deep in the Woods + Birthday Ensemble = BFBP!

For my party ensemble I created a Bigfoot X-ing/Party sign, some cupcake toppers and some trail mix snack bags.  First, you have a Bigfoot Crossing sign.  Of course our furry friend is getting his party on by wearing a birthday party hat.  I mounted my 5X5 sign on a popsicle stick and used another thick layer of cardstock for the back to sandwich it in.  I LOVE the way the sign turned out, it just makes me smile.  Second, the cupcake toppers, on one side they have BF's footprint and on the other it says "Wild Thing!"  Last, you have the trail mix bags

(get it...trail mix!) that also have a foot print.  They all have coordinated papers from the Shine On pack from BasicGrey and coordinated ribbon from SU!   I don't have the room or set up for the large photo so it isn't great, but you get the jist.  So I hope you likey.

Since there are two posts today, maybe there should be a second Question of the Day!  You get to see my secret (well not so much any more) geek love for Bigfoot.  What is something geeky that you love that maybe not a lot of people know about you?

7/18/13- Updated to add- I am also including this in the Seize the Birthday Challenge. :)

Kick your heels up....

...because it is time for another Hoedown!  Hello, hello friends!  Thanks for stopping by today!  So much fun in store because it is Wednesday and that means that Hambo Stamps has a new challenge over at their challenge blog the Hambo Hoedown!  Yee-haw!  Each week with their challenge they have a fun new digi that comes out!  If you win you get to woop and holler about it AND you get a free digi from their store.  So come on folks, come play along!

This weeks challenge is a fun sketch.  I myself don't often make cards that aren't standard size, but this sketch was a tall card and I had oh so much fun making it!  I used the adorable Kangaroo image.  Um, just look at that little baby kangaroo popping out of the pouch...ACK!  So cute!  If you are wondering,
yes, I did use a high pitched voice like I was talking to a baby even as I was typing that....  I love this little digi set because there are tons of fun sentiments in it for many occasions.  I myself never have enough birthday cards though, so I went with birthday and "Hoppy Birthday" for my sentiment.  I had fun with the coloring, using my colored pencils and found some fun glittery papers I hadn't used yet to set the stage.

It's Question of the day time!  When I was a kiddo we had inherited a goat from a neighbor (we won't get into that story now...I am just focusing on the pet...).  I was soooooooooo clever that I named it...wait for it....Goatie! Brilliant!  So the question is, did you have any pets as a child?  If so, what kind of pet and what oh-so-clever names did you come up with for them?

So there you have it folks, this is my card for this weeks Hambo Hoedown.  Won't you come play along?!?!  Just head over to the Hambo Hoedown blog to check it out!

7/18/13 Updated to add- Why didn't I enter this into the Seize the Birthday challenge?!  Dur!  I am now though!

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!

Hi folks!  So sorry I am late this am on getting my post up.  But welcome to the DeNami blog hop.  I had a rough night's sleep and finally got a few hours of straight sleep from 5-8 am.  Sooooo now I am like the little white rabbit jumping down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland, late for a very important date!   So I won't bore you with more excuses or chatter but will get on with the post. You should have come to my blog from Tina's blog- Tina Milbourn.

Of course DeNami is giving away PRIZES! Um...THREE $20 gift certificates to their website! They'll be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then we'll also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop!  So make sure to stop by each to leave some love! You have until 11:59 pm PST on 7/15 to do so.

...And the next stop is Deb W.  If you get lost on the way just head back to DeNami to get it straightened out.

Thanks for stopping and putting up with my lateness! (Due to that there will be no question of the day).