BIG NEWS and a card!!!!

Yes I know it is a little bit of a strange color combo but I had this really pretty ruby flower that I wanted to use and I just could not make it work, and still can't after the ruby was added oh well I love the richness it added to the very cool wasabi and soft sky the DP is SU and so are the button flower and CS! I used out on a limb it will stay one of my favs for ever!!!!!! the trees out side are starting to bloom so that was my inspiration and the sketch is a jacked up try at Beate WSC sorry beate I hacked this one all to HE** !!!! the ribbon is Martha Stewart it is just beautiful!!!!!!

Now for the big news get your mouse ready to click......... here!!!!

Did you see I got asked to be on the DT for H&M stamps due to open there doors May 10th!! I can not wait to start showing you all they have to offer!!!!

Alright peeps be sure to come back tomorrow I am off to do Jen's SFYTT

It is already planed in my head!!!!

TFL :D

jen's SFYTT

How about some happy spring colors today!!!! I got my two scoops in the mail yesterday along with the new CB folder. I am love'n them both. today we had to take Thatcher to the PEE PEE doctor to have the goods looked at he has some swelling but DOC seemed to think that everything was fine!!!!!! After we left there we could not leave Norfolk with out going to mikes and getting a few thing, the flower and the fake dew drops (hay they look good to me) on the card and the MS butterfly punch and the most beautiful ribbon to see and touch yep it is also Martha Stewart!!! I think that I might need to stop shopping for a while and just play with what I have for a while.......... well the 15 any ways PTI is always a must have for me!!!!

Okay let me talk about the card a minute ribbon and stamps are SU she's all that love this set but it is harder to use than I thought it would be and by that I mean look good!!!!

The CS is spring moss wild wasabi pretty in pink WW and cool caribbean, the DP is Basic grey two scoops and the buttons are some that fell off of some thing around here I stitched each of the corners with needle and EF the prago lady is stamped in regale rose

you can see the sketch here: http://iheart2stamp.com/2008/03/08/sketch-for-you-to-try-3/

TFL!!!!! :D

MOJO and some more new toys!!!!!!

This is this weeks mojo card you can see the sketch here:http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com/2008/03/mojo-monday-week-28.html the card is made using the DP and stamps seen below !! I love them both and could not wait to use them, so when the mail man dropped them off today, I want right to work on this killer sketch!!!

the CS I used is spring moss from PTI and choc chip from SU. I started by running SM through the CB (birds and swirls) then sewing the entire card frond> I think I counted 9 punches used on this card counting the crop a dile I would not have used the corner punch but I got a little off track with the sewing machine!!!! I sponged old paper ink by ranger on the CB BG piece and the mask under the bird who is stamped in mellow moss. I wanted something small for the sentiment that I was not going to put on the card but again I messed up and had to cover up.......ooooops!!!!!!! so I used mixed massages (PTI) , that is like the best sentiment set ever!!!! I cut the oval with my
Coluzzle and craft scissors this was a fun card to make, and I have tow other set of stamps to play with tomorrow!!!

you can find the stamps and DP here: http://www.shopverve.com/

thanks for looking!!!!!! :D

HAPPY BLOG DAY TO ME!!!!!!!

Hi all today my baby blog is one year old and I never really thought when I set it up that I would use it as much as I do! but now that it has been a year I can not stand the thought of not having it. I hate to call y'all cyber friends because you all seem so much more true than past real life friends, I feel like if I meet some of you in person I would be so star struck!!! dose any body else feel that way.

I will be the first to say I love to be seen I crave attention and thanks to this wonderful world of blogger and the super great stamping community I get what I need!!!! The high fives and way to go's keep me in the craft room, and I find myself loving this crafty life a hole lot more every day!!!!
speaking of crafting this super cute set of cards is something I made a couple of days ago it is a set of ten baby announcements I made for an old friend baby sis she is having her first and it is a little boy I am so happy for her!!! and I hope she likes them. I know that I would have loved to have made these when Jasmine was born but........ I had no clue what rubber stamping was 7 years ago I thought that the stamps in the craft store was for the teacher's out there I did not know that you could make something as cute as baby these baby cards I found the template here: http://laurenm.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/02/05/create-your-own-onesie-card-tutorial-and-important-note-please-read/
they are so easy and what a great gift I think they make for a new mommy!!!!

I started a set of girl cards just to have around but have not finished them yet!!!
I used some old SU DP and bashful blue CS the stamps on this project are Aida cloth BG stamp from SU and Just Hatched from PTI, I used 4 punches on this card, all 4 and the ribbon are also from SU! I got the button at walmart and adhered them with mini glue dots! the little circle says ten little toes!

Now I am posting my weekly kiddo fix and the funny things that they do!!!! Henry thought that he needed a snack so he got it out his self and went and sat by the back door....... for some reason he thinks that we can not see him there and he knows that if he is sitting that we will not take the food from him (I still like to have him sit in the high chair) he looked like a big gorilla he was running on all 4's through the cereal and just having the best time!!! I needed a good laugh and to hear him giggle made me feel great that is the best sound in the whole world music to my ears!!! He tried to do it again the next night with the Life cereal but I had to say no way little man!!!!!





Now Thatcher is getting huge my lord the kid is a giant he is not even 3 month yet and he is wearing (fitting a bit to well) 9 month cloths, it kind of makes me sad him being my last he is just growing to darn fast!!! Thatcher Love's to be held and with three others that need me as well it is a must to just put him down every now and then and one day last week he was crying in my room and I was trying to get dinner for every body else and out of nowhere he quit crying (he never dose that ) so I went up to check on him and no he did not cry him self to sleep Jasmine had gone in and picked him up and and he went to sleep on her how nice is that to have such a sweet big helper!!!!

this last picture is of Ava and just so you know the kids you see here were not in the mud until Ava got in arrrrrrg!!!! on the plus side they had a blast and then she took the best nap she has had in weeks!!!!!

well it is 3:pm and I need to get some stuff done before the DH gets hone and this has taken for ever (blogger would only upload 1 photo at a time) so thanks for looking!!!!:D

AND THE WINNER IS PAM!!!!!

So I bet there is 170 people out there dieing to know who won the super great blog candy and I cant wait to tell you

WHOO HOO FOR #162 AND THAT WOULD BE PAM SO PAM E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR INFO PLEASE AND I WILL GET IT RIGHT OUT TO YOU!!!!!!

Here is what Pam had to say

"Anonymous said...
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Sarah, Happy Birthday to you. You don't know how lucky you are that you didn't here that in person. As so many of you readers, I too loved "love you forever", but as my oldest started to read, we discovered the Magic Tree house Series. I credit this series in creating two book-o-holics, for it was easy to trick them to continue reading to find out what was going to happen next.Pam from Oromocto, NB"

tHANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERY BODY WHO COMMENTED i HAVE A GREAT BOOK LIST FOR THE KIDDOS NOW!!!

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THE KIDS LOVE THE CUTTLE KIDS!!!!!

Do you want some pros and cons to this cute little toy? First off if you already have a cuttle bug you will not need the kids cuttle you can use the dies for the baby in the big boy. to make the dies work you will need to use an A,B,C plate stack the B, B is not thick enough!

next here is a huge pro the dies are cheap, I got an alphabet set for $12.oo you cant beat that! con the handle might be a bit hard for the kids to turn on there own. Pro it is about half the size of your original CB and stores in much smaller spaces. I let jasmine play with it and she loves it she told me that she knows that it is mine but if I need her to store it on her desk she will what a sweet heart!! I think I am going to give it to her I have the big boy and we can share the dies!!! this is a lot of fun to play with and there were more dies than I think I could keep in my memory and they ranged in price from about $3.00 -$12.00 and the little bug was $19.99!!

Now I have to tell you my fav comment I got on the card I made with this, It was made by Cindy (mothermark) I got a good laugh out of it she said........." Yeah right you went to get milk....went to Walmart to look at what new things they have and picked up milk while I was there! Bwahaha!This is so awesome..I am going there! I just love the simple look of the flower...it is precious!You got the milk on your button run, girlfriend!" what a nut you just cant put any thing over on this lady!!!! alright happy stamping lady's and shopping!!!!

2 sketches

I felt like I was cheating on this card so I added as muck stamping and ink as I could with out over doing it!!!! I just love to find new toys and Jasmine thought this was a good one mostly cause I let her play with it, ans when it comes to my stamp room there is little I am willing to let the kids play with!!!! hay they have there play room and I have mine the kids cant have it all!!!! but it makes Jasmine feel like a cool big kid to play with my stuff and she needs that from time to time!!!!!

the card I used guava choc chip river rock and VV CS afternoon tea DP

the stamps are just hatched and polka dot basics the cuttle kids and buttons both from walmart the brads I got at mike's and every thing else is from SU! I flipped the sketch so that the flower would fit every thing just feel into place for me today!!!!

this is for MOJO27 and this one did not come together as easy as the first can you see the busted eyelet aaaarg and I thing that the colors are a bit mute for my mood today I used thyme Kraft VV river rock and cocoa the same with ink - Kraft the stamps are many...... print pattern, sanded, wonderful you, and define your life. I distressed the large panel and pierced it them added a straight stitch in a not so straight line foe what I think is kind of cool looking!!!! I love the SU ribbon and I HATE EYELETS AAAAAAARRRG again!!!!

TFL! :D

PS: don't forget to comment on the blog candy below if you haven't already!!

BLOG CANDY!!!!!

this is a huge thank you to all who hang out here with me!!! today is my birthday and in 7 short days it is my blogs birthday!!!!! so I have some goodies for one lucky person!!!!!!

this is the biggest blog candy I have given yet there is 8 yards of 5/8 ribbon there are many pieces of 6x6 SU and PTI DP's

the just hatched box from PTI a new spool of gold cord 2 packs of rub-ons an embellishment storage box the paper piercing mat pack from SU 4 stamp sets 2 wheels and a handle mounting tape 2 tubes of micro beads and a tone of prima flowers!!!!!

now what I want you to do is tell me what your favorite children's book is and if you feel up to it use it as your inspiration for a card (optional) but I would like to know what you like to read to your kids!!!!

here is a sample.

the deets for this card are in the post below!!! TFL! :D

please only one comment per person!! Thank you again

ETA: CLOSED THANK FOR YOUR COMMENTS LOVE YA ALL

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cards cards and more cards!!!!

this first card is for Jen's SFYTT seen here on her blog http://www.iheart2stamp.com/ this was a fun sketch there were so many things I could have done with this sketch but it being Dr. Seuss's birth day, I went with one fish two fish red fish blue fish in his honor! I used the spring break DP from SU! along with soft sky, old olive, and pumpkin pie. I also used SS white CS there is a lot of sewing on this card and if I had it to do over I would tone that part down a bit!!!!! the ink is ruby red, soft sky, old olive, and pumpkin pie and the only other embellishment is the SU! ribbon!!!! I showed this to my DH and he did not get it them he told me he had never heard the story!!! man that rock had to be really heavy to be the only living person on earth that has not heard tone fish two fish!!!!

the stamp is from Bye sea from SU!

This card is for Beate's WSC seen on her blog http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ this one gave me a little trouble I was going to use the bird on a limb hostess set from SU! then I had seen that MJ Albright already had and then I just could not get her card out of my head so it would have been more of a CASE!!! so I let jasmine pick the set I should use and she picked this one, together forever also from SU! and then I also used sanded and french script BG stamps, and mixed messages from PTI. The colors are aqua mist and wild wasabi the is a scrap that I had left from Basicgrey and some SS white CS and so many embellishment that I will just let you pick them all out rather than list them all ( my hiny is falling asleep sitting here)!!!!
this card is for IC117 and I HATED the IC pic I truly felt sorry for the person that had to stay in that icey looking room and I also really dislike making sympathy cards so I made this as a joke for the pore sucker that pays to stay at that bed a breakfast poor guy!!!

the stamps used are essence of love from the occasions mini loved this set when I first saw it now I am kind of stuck!!! Oh well that happens!! the only color used was bordering blue and white and the sympathy stamp is again from mixed messages, I do don't know what I would do with out this set You simply have to have it!!!!

and this is one of many mothers day cards that I will make I have had many of my friend already ask about mothers day cards and I love to make them!!!

now my mom seems to be drawn to the beauty in the simple thing so this was made with her in mind and most of them will be pretty simple. most mom's I think just want to be told that they are loved and that is enough!!!! I know it is for me!!!

I used women of life and essence of love stamps groovy guava CS and Ink also true Thyme Ink and SS white CS
I put that beautiful ribbon on there some simple stitching and the afternoon tea DP center of the flower then I had to walk away or it was going to get crazy!!!!

TFL! :D

no card today!

Well I did make cards today but, we also had to clean our 50 gallon fish tank. it had been almost two years, and all the fish finally went to see the potty gods. so we thought it was time for a spring cleaning!! what I am getting at is I did not have time to take pics of the cards I made, so I will have three to post tomorrow maybe, 4 if I get time to do the FS challenge, IT IS A GOOD ONE!!!!

this week I have been showing off the beautiful faces of my 4 wonderful babies, and today I want you to meet Jasmine. I have nothing but great things to say about jasmine she is one of the most beautiful people that I have the pleasure of knowing! body, heart, and soul, she is simply wonderful!!!!

she dose great in school, has many friends, and is a huge helper around the house!!!! I don't think that I brag on her nearly enough!!! she spends as much time outside as I will let her, and most of the day she is running around sing high school musical song. (over and over and over)
and you should see how crafty this little girl is, she puts some of the SCS to shame (sorry I am bragging)!!!!
thanks for looking and stop back bye!!!!

2 more days till I show you the blog candy!!!

TFL! :D