Butterflies

Good morning and can you believe that it is Tuesday again? It is a little cooler in Wisconsin today and we are getting some much needed rain. It is GREEN everywhere! No more bare sad early spring scene. It's so nice to see all the spring colors pop back into the landscape. The farmers are busy preparing fields and it is wonderful to watch the evolution from winter to spring. Soon there will be fresh rhubarb for pies. YUM!

Today is Tuesday, so that means that it is now time for another challenge from Krista over at Cards & Things Challenge Blog. I have been asked to stay on as a blog designer over there so every Tuesday I will be posting my challenge card here. I hope that you will hop over to the challenge blog and play along with us. Don't forget to hook up with Mr. Linky and share your creation! :)


Here's Krista's Sketch #27:





Here's my card for this week's challenge:

Stamps: Season of Friendship

Cardstock: Pumpkin, Pie, Sahara Sand (inside), Chocolate Chip

Ink: Chocolate Chip

DSP: Sweet Pea Stack--Occasions Mini (hurry and get this stack--it's wonderful and will no longer be available May 1st)

Accessories: DMC floss (838), Butterfly Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslet (Occasions Mini), Scallop Edge Punch

Froggy Easter Basket

Good Easter Morning. I told myself I was not going to make an Easter basket for Evan. Evidently, I didn't listen to myself very well. ***Quiet Self!***
I woke up about 5:45 am and decided that Evan must have a little froggy Easter basket. I stuck in a couple candies, but after the whipped cream he really doesn't need much more in the way of sweets for a few days. :)

The Whipped Cream Addiction

Dinnertime at my house is always something of an event if my husband, Terry is home. Evan absolutely adores him...

Can you guess why?

Dani and Evan

Today, I was creating with my Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio. I know that I have talked about two of my children on my blog occasionally, but feel that I have neglected to tell you about oldest daughter, Dani. She and Evan are 16 years and 17 days apart in age, but I have to tell you that I was amazed that from the very start she has taken to the little guy. And as you can see from the photos, he is quite fond of her as well.
I have a lot of pictures of Dani as a little girl, but as she got older she wasn't quite as into posing for photos as I would've liked so it is a rare occasion I get pictures of her to share.
Well the nice thing about Evan is he is a great distraction and I took advantage of that and got some really priceless photos to keep and share.
MDS is going to be a lifesaver. Dani graduates high school in 13 months. Yikes! Where did that time go? Anyway, I have a lot of scrapbooking I would like to finish before then. I know that this page was made in about 5 minutes so if I sit down and sneak a couple in here and there it won't take long to make an album just for her. :)

Blog Candy Winner

Good morning! It's time to announce the blog candy winner and this is NO APRIL FOOL JOKE! LOL

The winner is Patrice Herrera! Congratulations, Patrice. :)

Cards & Things Challenge 26

Good Tuesday morning! You know what that means? It means another Cards & Things Challenge.

This challenge was a good one! I had a lot of fun with it. I have been wanting to make an Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie card--Krista threw Real Red into this color challenge just to give it a little more pop! :)

If I can sneak away today, I would like to make more cards using this great color combination. How about you? If you what to play along visit the Cards & Things Challenge Blog and use Mr. Linky to show off your creativity!

Here's my card for this week's challenge:

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Simply Said

Cardstock: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red

Ink: Real Red

Stampin' Write Markers: Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie

DSP: Sweet Pea DSP (Occasions Mini)

Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Square, Scallop Oval and Large Oval Punches, Library Clip, Red Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Aqua Painter (flower stems)

*~*20,000*~* and a little candy!

My ticker says that over 20,000 people have visited my blog.

Wow! That is so exciting! Thank you so much for coming to my blog!

I love to create and share, but my favorite part of stampin' blog is hearing your feedback through your comments. As a thank you to all of you who visit me here, I'm offering a little blog candy.

BLOG CANDY:

Short & Sweet

Designer Series Paper: Welcome Neighbor

The only thing that you have to do to be in the drawing is to leave a SHORT & SWEET comment with your name and email address before midnight on March 31st. On April 1st, I will have my daughter, Riley-Kate pick a number that will determine the winner.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Featured Stamper!

I have been featured on The Late Night Stamper Blog!
http://latenightstamper1.blogspot.com/


I'm so excited! I am one of the featured artists on Sherrill Graff's website today. She is an amazing woman and I couldn't be more honored.

What a great day!!! :)

Jellybean

This is my little chick I created. Her name is Jellybean. She's attached to a milkcarton full of what else.... JELLYBEANS! :)

She's pretty simple to make except for those little chicky eyes. Omgosh it was difficult to get them on her face and off my fingers! LOL

A little about Jellybean:

Her head is a So Saffron 1 3/8" circle

Her beak is a clipped corner of Pumpkin Pie CS

Her wings are So Saffron word windows

Her little eyes are Chocolate Chip 1/16" circles

Her cheeks and crest are Pretty in Pink and made from the Bold Cupcake die flower

Her legs are Chocolate Chip and are punched from the XL Bird Punch

She is sponged w/ So Saffron ink and it doodled w/ a Close to Cocoa marker.

Milk Carton

Milk Carton Die

Big Shot

Tea Party DSP

Almost Amethyst cs

Library Clip

Striped So Saffron Ribbon

Boy Toys

My husband, Terry's birthday was last Monday. He turned 39! WHOA!

Anyway, he loves all those boy toys that are in the Stampin' Up! set, Loads of Fun.

I couldn't help myself. I gave him just a couple toys to start with--just a little tease...

But when he pulled it open...wah-lah another snowmobile hiding inside! :)

He grinned..... not even the big boys can have too many toys....

Card Recipe:

Stamps: On Your Birthday, Loads of Love, Loads of Fun

Cardstock: Natural Ivory, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Staz-On, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: aquapainter, bone folder, cutter kit, watercolor wonder crayons, dauber and sponge

My Digital Studio

I finally decided to purchase the My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up!© I am so glad I did! I just installed it this afternoon and I couldn't walk away until I made something. Granted this is VERY SIMPLE, but I was amazed that I could sit down with MDS and create a layout in just a few minutes. I am hoping to figure out how to layer different dsp and cardstock and add all the other embellishments, but that will have to wait. My 'merry-hearted boy' is awake and I need to tend to him. :)

Cards & Things Challenge 25

I'm back after 5 days without a computer. It has been the longest 5 days--life without internet is a lot more difficult than I ever would have imagined. I can't believe all the things I look up and do online. I have my fingers crossed that the computer is fixed and that I haven't lost everything. :( Although I know I lost all my emails, several templates and patterns and all my software... I'm just glad that I can connect to the internet.

This is the color challenge this week on the Cards & Things Challenge Blog. Why not play along and get those creative juices flowing... :)

---REAL RED, BASHFUL BLUE and NIGHT OF NAVY---

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Pun Fun, Starring You (SAB)

Ink: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Night of Navy, Black Staz-on

Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Night of Navy, Whisper White

DSP: Night of Navy (Pattern Pack III) and Bashful Blue

Accessories: watercolor paper, aquapainters, clear button, DMC floss, dimensionals, word window punch, modern label punch, star punch, circle punch