Pushmobile 2012: Part 1

 

Happy Holly-Day Friday

Can you believe I made another Scrap Page?  I am getting all kinds of inspiration and motivation to do these from my Bloggy Friends, Yvonne and Tracey.  Of course they are at much more advanced levels than I am, lol.  But hey, I have to start somewhere, lol. 

It all begins with a great sketch for me.  If I have a starting point, then I can pick and choose my elements.  And even flip it around a little if I need to, lol, like the journaling tag.  I have so many pictures and events I NEED to Scrap and journal.  I am looking for a good photo printer.  It needs to be affordable, but print out decent pictures.  All my pictures are printing darker than what they are showing on screen and even if I adjust them, they are still coming out to dark.  So any suggestions?

 

I wanted to keep with this weeks Challenge at Loves Rubberstamps.  "Lets Get Krafty".  Kraft and one other color.  Most of my supplies are centered around cards, so I was so happy with myself that I had some 12X12 Kraft and some perfect designer papers in 12X12.  I added the light blue card stock as my one other color.  All are from S.U. My little Scout P.I. is from MFT's and I stamped him with Memento Black Ink and colored him with Copics.  I used a sentiment stamp from MFT's for my journaling tag.  I also used some Die-namic's: By The Letter Upper and By The Letter Lower Case, By The Number, and Tool Time.  I used my Ritz Card Candi Dots on the sides.  And I glued it all down with The Best Glue Ever!  Remember, if you do not see what you are looking for in the store, just send Laura an email and she will let you know how soon she can get that for you.

 

A couple weekends ago, our Cubscout Den got together to start building the Pushmobile.  Pushmobile races are next weekend.  My husband is the Den Leader and one of the gals at work saw the first picture and called him, The Pied Piper of Carpentry, lol.  Sometimes the Scouts bring their whole family and that is what's so great about all the Cubscouts Events, not only does it help the boys, it brings whole families together to do projects together.  And with every one's help, we got the base made and painted!  I don't know if you can see their feet, but that is my ghetto version of shoe protectors, lol.  Thankfully I save all my plastic bags from the grocery stores.  But with all things comes a lot of planning and a lot of work.  Sometimes my dear husband is stretched so thin he wonders if anything he is doing is making a difference.  So when he can't see the forest through the trees, that is where I come in to help him see that he has made a BIG Impact on their lives.

 

Today is the 30th, the last day in November!  Yikes!!!  It's also the last day to get in on a great sale! 

 Not valid with preorders, but wait til you see what's in the store!!!!
20% off Any Order

Just use the Coupon Code - NOVNEWS
in the shopping cart before checking out :)
This will be valid until 11:59 on Nov. 30th!

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!

Holly

 

Pamper Yourself

Hello There!

How is everyone doing this fine Thursday night?  I finished up this card yesterday but had not had a minute to photo, edit and blog it.  This is Relaxing Charlotte from Sparkle Creations.  I used Crate Paper - Farmhouse and flipped this the fabulous sketch challenge going on right now on Sparkle Creations Blog.  She is cut out of the box with a nestie oval and framed with a nestie label... okay I forgot which one, lol.  I colored her with copics and sponged around with Memento Ink.  I used a Spica clear pen to go over the bubbles, the drink and the beauty products.

Thanks so much for Looking and for you kind Comments. 

Holly

Simon Says - anything goes

Sisters

Happy Wednesday! 

It's time for a reminder post of the Anything Goes Challenge over at All that Scraps!
For my card this week, I am using the adorable Swiss Pixie Sisters Stamp that was released this month.  I added some dies and some Card Candi (Holly Berry) to the Jillibean Soup Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup 6X6 pad.  Love these colors.  Please remember to Read the rules, you must use a stamp that is sold at the store in order for your entry to count.  And you want to win a fabulous prize, so you want it to count.

These two reminded me of my Sister and I, when we were young.  And yes, she was always the fair complected one, (takes after my Mom) and I was always the brown berry one, (takes after my Dad.)  And at times, our Mother made us look alike dresses, lol.   And I always had some wild socks to go with any outfit, lol.   Of course my Sister is nearly five years older than I am, so these look alike dresses bothered her much more than it did me.  I colored these two up with my Copic Markers.

I cannot believe it's nearly the end of the month and NO, I am not ready for Christmas, lol.  Are you?  What Holly-Day will be celebrating this year?  Do you have big plans?  Any traditions?  I think there are only a few traditions we have and we are pretty loose on those.  lol.  Cookies out for Santa, with milk of course.  Santa brings things wrapped in his own special wrapping paper that is different than ours.  We let the little ones open one present on Christmas Eve and the rest on Christmas morning.  No opening presents until you have pulled the last adult out of bed, lol.  And then all those hours of shopping and wrapping unfold in about five minutes and there is paper everywhere and boxes being opened and games to play and oh....."what's for breakfast?" lol.  Breakfast is always Bacon and Eggs to go with your Chocolate that Santa brought. 

Okay that's all from me for now, remember to make a card and upload it to the Challenge Blog!

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!

Holly


Simon Says - anything goes

Let's Get Krafty

Happy Tuesday and Welcome to a new Challenge for Loves Rubberstamps.  This week we are sponsored by Eureka Stamps.   I would like to thank Eureka Stamps for providing the Design Team with their fabulous Digital Stamps!  They even let me pick out my own tree.  The Challenge this week is to use Kraft Card stock and another Color.  I interpreted that as another card stock color and then I used designer paper, lol.  So Let's Get Krafty! 

I love Kraft and had no problems using this color.  I love how it well it works as a neutral for most other colors.  I started out with this fabulous tree from Eureka.  After coloring it up with my Copic Markers, I stamped Christmas Elf Luka with my Memento Black Ink on a separate sheet of paper made to work with Alcohol Markers.  I colored Christmas Elf Luka up and fussy cut him out.  I added some Glitter to his hat and glued him down with The Best Glue Ever.  Which is a great glue because it won't cause your paper to warp or wrinkle.  I added a strip of MME Winter Wonderland.  Loved that there was a sheet with matching presents.  And I stamped the sentiment that came with my Christmas Elf Luka.  These come laser cut with the sentiments attached, but the first thing I do is cut out the sentiments, lol.   I added some brads I had in my stash and sat back and looked.  I decided that I was definitely not thrilled. 

Have you ever had those times of no mojo?  Stuff in your life happening and it interrupts the creative juices from flowing in your brain?  Well I've been there for a couple weeks now.  My coloring is not as great, my designs are not as sharp and clean as I usually like them to be.  So what to do?  Add a ton of stickles!  I stickled up my Angel, the candles, the trim, lol.   It definitely helped the situation.  I had been by my favorite blogs, blogged hopped, looked into some tutorials....anything I can to shake the funk.  What do you do to get your mojo back?

Anyhoo, I cannot wait to see what color you add to your Kraft Card Stock and your fabulous design... it will help me! lol. 

And in case you haven't checked in a few days, Laura has added some fabulous New Items in the store.  20% off Any OrderJust use the Coupon Code - NOVNEWS
in the shopping cart before checking out :)
This will be valid until 11:59 on Nov. 30th!

And

Save 15% off of your Saturated Canary PREORDER by using this coupon code in the shopping cart
SATURATEDCANARY
This can ONLY be used on Saturated Canary PREORDERS and may not be combined with ANY other offer.

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

You are Fabulous!

Oh I love these Flower Silhouette Stamps I picked up from Loves Rubberstamps!!!  I bought the matching die too!  I can't believe how quickly this one came together, about an hour.  I stamped in Memento ink and then used another stamp in this set to stamp over for the color.  The papers are Sweet Afternoon by Teresa Collins.  Another 6X6 I HAD to have and has sat unused, lol.  But I used them, lol.  The pearls are from S.U.

That's all from me, it's past my bedtime, lol.  Is it any wonder why I am always late for work?  lol.

Holly

One last Fall

Happy Holly-Day Friday.....OMGosh, it's Black Friday!!!!  Time to shop, shop, shop, til you drop!  How many of my crazy bloggy friends actually went out to the chaos to shop?  Did you find anything good?  Any good deals?  I am at work today :(  But I would have stayed home and shopped on line anyway, lol. 

Speaking of on-line shopping, There is a SALE going on!!! Not valid with preorders, but wait til you see what's in the store!!!!
20% off Any Order

Just use the Coupon Code - NOVNEWS
in the shopping cart before checking out :)
This will be valid until 11:59 on Nov. 30th!

And

Save 15% off of your Saturated Canary PREORDER by using this coupon code in the shopping cart
SATURATEDCANARY
This can ONLY be used on Saturated Canary PREORDERS and may not be combined with ANY other offer.

Okay, now that I've given you a reason to stay home and do some shopping, lol,  I will continue on with my card. 

It's the day after Thanksgiving, so technically it is still fall and what a better way to celebrate fall than with my cute little corn maze girl?  Love this image and I plan on using her quite a bit this winter.  I paired her with my picket fence die and some Authentique paper.  The Challenge this week is to use Ribbon, so I added a bit of twine and bowed it.  I airbrushed the sky and colored her up with my Copics Markers. 

Thanks so much for Looking and for your Kind comments.  It's time to get some Christmas Cards going! lol. 

Holly

Happy Thanksgiving

I would like to wish all my blogging friends, buddies and fellow DT members a very Happy Thanksgiving.  I am so grateful for all of you and all you have shared with me.

Now what you all really want is an early sale right?


There is a SALE going on!!! Not valid with preorders, but wait til you see what's in the store!!!!

20% off Any Order

Just use the Coupon Code - NOVNEWS

in the shopping cart before checking out :)

This will be valid until 11:59 on Nov. 30th!

 

Holly