HAPPY BIRTHDAY EBONY....BBTB CHALLENGE

Well my daughters 13 birthday is next month, so I decided to do my bbtb project using the present from the POOH AND FRIENDS cartridge, which is the challenge cut for this week...........BUT GUESS WHAT I DID...............I GOOFED...I don't know what I was thinking, but the top part should have had black on it as well or at least the peachy color...........I thought about re-doing it or trying to get the black ribbon part off, but it was stuck like mad on it....SO........I DECIDED TO JUST LEAVE IT....I really don't think my daughter will mind....that's the beauty sometimes in giving out handmade things...us craftor will go crazy if it isn't JUST RIGHT, while the receiver will think it is the BEST CARD ever...so hopefully my daughter will love it.......It will be a card given to her from her daddy....See that cute little button..it reads DADDY'S GIRL...the tiny HAPPY BIRTHDAY font is a background stamp from the CUTTING CAFE...and the butterfly is a cuttlebug die.....I topped the card off with a few rhinestones...just the perfect bling for my soon to be 13 year old...YIKESSSSSSSSSSS...
On another note, did you know that the CUTTING CAFE sells customs HANDMADE JUST FOR YOU labels for the back of your HANDMADE cards....yes I know most of you probably have a stamp that you got made just for you, which I happen to have one myself, but when I go to stamp on the back of the card that I is made from BAZZILL paper, I always mess up the image..............so these labels are just perfect....and since I owned a XYRON machine, after I printed off a sheet of custom labels I ran the sheet through the XYRON machine....punched out the circles and put them to the side...now they are ready to instantly apply when needed...of course if you don't have a XYRON machine, you can just apply two way type or glue and the adhere to the back of YOUR HANDMADE CARD ...either way, you will get a PERFECT label...
click here for details...they also make perfect gifts, order some for someone else and then package them up all pretty in a cello bag or box.......

Magnolia Halloween box...... And A little bit of Christmas

My sweet and awesome craftor friend Sharon Caudle had sent me some Magnolia's to color and I couldn't resist coloring in this Halloween image...isn't this Magnolia stamp the cutest ever...AnyHoo, since I bought so much of the new American Crafts Halloween paper, I just had to dress her up in colors to match the paper....The box comes from the Cutting Cafe...it is the long window box..perfect size to put some black licorice in....then I used the spider from the HALLOWEEN THIS AND THAT set on the front...I also added some pretty purple glitter to the Magnolia's hat and boots....


No I haven't left creating for Halloween, I just needed to do a quick project so I decided to release a quick HAPPY HOLIDAYS background stamp for the Cutting Cafe...The awesome HOLIDAY JUMBLE in the middle is from a set called DB RETRO NOEL...(from scrapnfonts.com) and the yummy pattern paper with the hat is from the new line of Christmas paper by Cosmo Cricket..yummy yummy stuff I tell ya

BLOG AWARDS...............I AM THE WORST

I am the worst there is at keeping up with BLOG AWARDS...I am flattered and VERY honored to receive all the awards I get, but I must confess I am horrible at uploading them...So I wanted to take a moment and thank each of you that has sent me BLOG AWARDS in the last few months....I post all of my BLOG AWARDS at the bottom of my blog and on the right hand side....Take a look when you get a chance...and thanks again everyone...hugs.

BLOG HOP WINNER AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME....

AND THE WINNER OF MY BUG BLOG HOP GOODIES IS:

LORENA LLANO said...

I LOVE YOUR HALLOWEEN DESIGNS. THE PROJECT MADE WITH YOUR NESTING BOXES IS BEAUTIFUL, THE PAPER COMBINATION LOOKS AWESOME.
lorena.llanozamora@gmail.com

August 31, 2009 11:23 AM

LORENA...first off thanks for your sweet comments and I will be emailing you shortly to get your address....

I want to thank all 114 of you for leaving me sweet comments...be on the look out for the next bbtb bug blog hop on the 27th of this month.....

okay so like is isn't my anniversary today, but it was two days ago...happily been married for 19 years and hoping the Lord will bless us with another 50...YULP i'm pushing it....anyhoo, here is the card I did for my hubby.....I used the new HUGE ANNIVERSARY CIRCLE WORD from The Cutting Cafe and I used the I LOVE YOU background set as well....tied it up with some old style BASIC GREY paper....speaking of BASIC GREY...I wonder if my local scrapbook store has got the new HALLOWEEN PAPERS IN....way yummy...have you seen them...I would love to have some...(wink)

I GOT YOU UNDER MY SPELL...the bbtb blog hop

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE CURRENT BBTB BLOP HOP....CLICK HERE...and then come back and check out the post below.....

So I have been trying my best to get involved in different challenges and online sketches...I am becoming an addict and the ladies that run these sites are amazing...so with that said here is my first time doing a sketch for SFYTT....
I fell in love with this sketch and decided to make a halloween display that I can put on my fireplace at home....UNTIL.....I fill it with goodies and give out....I used the new stamps called HALLOWEEN THIS AND THAT from the cutting cafe and the NESTING BOXES from the cutting cafe......

BBTB BLOG HOPPIN ...HALLOWEEN GOODIES..LONG POST..

Hello all, I am your first stop for the current BBTB BUG BLOG HOP going on....WOW what fun you are going to have hopping from BUG stop to BUG STOP and hopefully collecting some goodies along the way....The challenge this week was to use the RIBBON from the PAPER PUPS cartridge...I was at first going to do a HALLOWEEN project with my ribbon......BUT..my little Benjamin loves badges that we decided to do a little badge for his fathers birthday this coming Wednesday...He will have to where it all day...(yeah right)....I used lots of yummy kc company paper for this project...have I ever told you how much I love KC COMPANY papers....Okay I got some goodies for ya....this new paper from Cosmo Cricket called JOLLY BY GOLLY and some other goodies...Just leave me a comment by this Wednesday night and I will draw a random winner this coming Thursday...REMEMBER TO leave me your email address........but that's not all...I got more projects to share...keep reading below.....
Before I send you off to the next fabulous BBTB designer, I wanted to share a few projects I just did using some awesome new Cutting Cafe Stamps...
This first box and card uses the new set called: Thank you Background stamps and Thank you Thank you, I can't say it enough word circle....99 cent special...(I reduced the size of the circle)...I also used the Nesting boxes for the box...did you know that most of all of the cafe's background stamps are HUGE....they are at least 7 by 8 inches...with many be bigger then that....great for using on scrapbook pages and bags and boxes like this project....Next is a card I made using the new Halloween Background stamp....Next up is a cello bag, filled with Halloween goodies, of course....The cute spider comes from a new Halloween set called Halloween This and That.....Finally is a little card I made using the Halloween labels...this is a super fun set..

Be sure to check out all of the new sets and the also the recently released sets...Also today is the LAST day to get the I HAVE FAITH IN YOU SET for FREE.....CLICK HERE FOR THAT...........................okay...

Now I am going to send you to the way FABULOUS and oh so SWEET Krista Norman's blog....She is truly a beautiful person inside and out...(wink)....Also if you got lost in the hop...don't forget to go to this link and see all of the ladies that are in the hop...the list is at the bottom of the post.

b is for BIRTHDAY....365 CHALLENGE AND 2 SKETCHES 4 YOU

Well hubby's birthday is next week and I am trying to get a jump start on things....So I headed on over to 2 sketches 4 you for some inspiration and of course I found it...this card is based on this weeks challenge....AND....since the CUTTING CAFE just released another LETTER SHAPED CARD...the letter b.....(eventually the Cafe site will have all 26 of the letters in a set and the number 0-9)....I thought I would play along again over at 365....they had a monogram challenge going on, on Monday...I also decided to use the PARTY HAT template from the Cafe site....The inside of the card uses the HAPPY BIRTHDAY background stamp...love that font on that printable stamp....so what do you think...do you think the card and hat are MANLY enough....I so wanted to add some bling to the card and hat, but if I would have done that, I would then want to sew on it and ....boowhoo...................it wouldn't have looked so manly anymore...So I left it as is...

BLESS YOUR HEART.....365 MONOGRAM CHALLENGE

Gosh I tell ya those girls over at 365 ROCK.....here is a shaped Monogram card I did using two of the recently released items from The Cutting Cafe..The B SHAPED CARD and a new sentiment set called BLESS YOU...has 14 different sentiments in it....
I used some way yummy K&Company paper...love that stuff.....be sure to check out the cafe site later today for a few more letter shaped cards...eventually all 26 letters will be added..as well as 0-9....oh yeah must not forget.....that white crochet flower is from paper blooms...ooo I love me some crochet flowers....

DON'T BE A SOUR PUSS...LIFE IS TOO SHORT

This is one of those cards that you could ONLY send to your best of friends....Just a great card to remind those that LIFE REALLY IS TO SHORT to be a SOUR-PUSS...this stamp is from the recently released set called FOR THE LOVE OF LEMONS....over at The Cutting Cafe...

SO HOOS BIRTHDAY IS IT................

WELL IT WAS MINE...LAST FRIDAY......I must say it was a draining day...at first hubby and I were going to go to the California State fair; just the two of us and act like a bunch of KIDS....(smile)...but NO.........I said to myself it was my birthday and I should spend it with the whole family...(like I don't do that already)...so we took the whole GROUP....and oh my it was more like a birthday for them...we just watched as they rode their little hearts out...GOTTA LOVE HAVING KIDS....I would like to thank all of you that left me birthday wishes and sent me cards and goodies...thank you so much....I love you all and it is such a blessing to have friends from ALL OVER THE WORLD...how lucky can a girl get....One day I hope to meet you all...(smile)...
Question for you all, do you have one of those husbands that take the time to pick out just the right card for every occasion? Well my hubby is one of those types of guys...I mean the cards he buys me are just so heartfelt....and this birthday was no exception......besides he wrote me a little letter on the extra pages that were in the middle of the card...oh my it is a keeper for sure and another thing he did that actually was the best present of all is that right before him and the kids were going to sing me happy birthday...he told the kids to let him start if off first...and oh my he song to me in the most romantic voice....I wanted to just melt in his arms...you see my hubby is also a minster and he has that home town baptist church voice...if ya know what I mean...oooooooooooo la la...ANYHOOOOOOOOOOO.....enough of me.....

The new challenge is up over at the BBTB and the challenge was to use the OWL cut from the WILD CARD cartridge...I decided to use some old BAMPOP paper on my project...I also used the HAPPY BIRTHDAY BACKGROUND stamp from the Cutting Cafe.....you can check out the other ladies masterpieces here....

TEACHER GIFT.....

Well I finally finished up a quick little back to school teacher gift...I was waiting to see what the teacher needed before going out and just buying whatever I wanted...I already showed you all the PENCIL BOX that I decorated full of pencils...next I needed to wrap up some very colorful paper and just decided to wrap it in kraft paper and add some of the paper from the pencil box on the front of the kraft paper....then I found this adorable apple from scrapnfonts and cut it out using my Gazelle cutter....way cute.......added a new .99 cent special JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM ME TO YOU circle stamp from the cutting cafe....I also made a card that I showed a few days ago..(had my little Ben sign the inside) and popped a gift card in it...decorated the outside of the envelope with the same PENCIL BOX paper....and added the same circle stamp....ALL DONE NOW....I sure hope she likes it....

This is the decorated envelope.