Stick Your Tongue Out!

Boy, yesterday I was in "this" mood! My day was hectic and busy, I had errands to run and jobs to be done!

I was basically on schedule until my new car decided to pull a "fast one" on me and break down!!! Yep, I heard this noise, looked around and saw GUNK all over my front tire. Long story short...my brake line, or axel line had come loose and leaked all the grease or GUNK (as I call it) out! It was not driveable! Luckily, my Mom lives in town, so she gave my daughter and I a ride home. Thanks MOM! :)

Anyway, I was so bummed when I got home. My car was towed to the car doctor ,I mean dealership for repair and I am now using my husbands gas guzzler, truck.

So I thought this card would be appropriate for today:

Card Details: Digi Image-Sassy Cheryl's, Sentiment-Create with TLC, Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye, Ribbon-Offray, Glossy Accents on Mirror, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Crochet Lace-Offray

I'm linking this over to Sassy Cheryl's #74 Challenge-Ribbons and Lace

This card makes me smile! Life can throw us some curve balls, we just gotta learn to dodge them and deal with them! But for now--I WANT MY CAR! Waahh!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

I Never Met a Cupcake....

I never met a cupcake I didn't like? How about you? I love chocolate on chocolate and red velvet with cream cheese, but really...any flavors are just lovely!

Hope you are having a wonderful Monday!
Wanted to share a card with you that I made over the weekend.

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Sentiment-Create with TLC, Patterned Papers-Pressed Petals (8x8 Paper Pack), Circles-Spellbinders dies, Rhinestones-Recollections, Stickles-Ranger, Misc-Ribbon

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Monday!!!

Happy Birthday to You!

Hi there! Today I am showing you a card I made for the new challenge over at Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is a "recipe". Challenge #68 is to use Ribbon, a Circle and 3 Brads on your card.  I love cutting my image out into a circle, I love ribbon, and I love brads, so this was a super fun challenge for me!!!

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Ribbon-Offray, Circles-Stampabilities, Button-Cosmo Cricket, Stickles-Ranger, Brads-The Paper Studio, Glittered Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye

There aren't  any new release's this week because Melissa has been on a much deserved vacation. But she has been busy creating Art Cards (ACO's) that can be seen here in her etsy shop: Meljen's Designs Etsy Shop.

Just look at some of these adorable ACO's:

She has a whole bunch one one-of-kind ACO's created just for you, by her! She is ubber talented, don't ya think?!

Have a great Thursday! Thanks for visiting, and I look forward to seeing what you create with this super fun challenge recipe!!!

I have a confession to make.......

I'm addicted! Yep, I'm addicted to Pinterest! I never thought I would be muttering these words, but I am! And I'm not ashamed to admit it!!!! LOL

I have found some super cute ideas, wonderful inspiration and some yummy recipes! So far I have tried 3 recipes and they have been awesome!!!

Lastnight for dessert I made these super simple Peanut Butter Cup Brownies and OH MY GOSH...they were beyond good!!! My family's favorite sweet combo is peanut butter and chocolate,so these were a hit! So yummy!!!!

I have also tried this recipe for a Jalepeno Cheese Popper Grilled Sandwich.  I will never see a grilled cheese sandwich the same ever again!


My next recipe to try will be this one:

French Chicken Brocoli Supreme!!! :)
and...to go along with it, how about some: Home made Olive Garden Breadsticks!
:

My kids are begging me to make these;


Mozzarella Cheese Sticks!!!

So you see, my addiction has made me a better wife, mother and cook!!!! Some things are just okay to be addicted to!

Hope these recipes have inspired  you to try something new. I'm usually a crafter not a cook. But Pinterest has made things a little easier for me these days!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!
I'll be back on Thursday for my regularly scheduled Challenge and New Releases from Meljen's Designs.

Life is Short

One more card to share with you today......
Because you can LIVE LIFE GLAMOROUSLY, as in my previous post, or...SHARE HUGS!!

Card Details: Digi Image-Sassy Cheryl's, Sentiment-Create with TLC, Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye, Misc.-Brown Button and Chalk

Linking this to Sassy Cheryl's Challenge #72-Make Your Own Paper Ribbon

Live Life Glamorously

Good Wednesday morning to you! I've been up since the crack of dawn and working on cards! I probably should have been doing laundry or some other form of "domestic work" but crafting is so much more fun...and it keeps me in a good mood!

So today I'm choosing to LIVE LIFE GLAMOROUSLY...after all, we only live once!!! {wink, wink}

Card Details: Digi Image-Mo's Digital Pencil, Sentiement-Create with TLC, Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye, Pearls-The Paper Studio, Ribbon and Satin Flower-Offray, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Misc. Machine Stitching

Linking this to Mo's Challenge #90-Vintage Distressing and Lace

And also linking to the following challenges:

Lollipop Crafts-Anything Goes

Bearly Mine Challenges--Anything Goes

Simon Says-Anything Goes

The Emerald Faerie Garden--Sugar and Spice-All things Girly

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

You Go Girl!

WooHoo! It is Thursday, and I'm super excited to show you the newest releases from Meljen's Designs, these girls definetly have Girl Power!!

The theme for this week is 2 Layers. Challenge #66 was super hard for me this week, or should I say "challenging", I love using multi-layers.
Anyway...here is my card using a new image: Cheer Girl. I love this girly because my daughter is a Varstiy Cheerleader, so this image was super fun to use!

Card Details: Digi image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger, Brads-The Paper Studio, Misc-Bottlecap Art

Here are the rest of the girls:

I would love for you to join us in this week's challenge and show me what you come up with.

For now.......

Have a great Thursday!

Flip Flop Fun!

Hope you are having a fabulous Tuesday! It was a great, long weekend wasn't it?! But OH this HEAT!!!
Wow...it's been so hot in south texas!! All I can say is thank God for air conditioning and flip flops!!!

Speaking of flip flops, I was in a super fun swap hosted over at The Texas Darlings blog. This was their 3rd Annual Flip Flop exchange, but it was a 1st for me. I got paired up with Kristen from Georgia. She's got the cutest blog called blissfully insane. I love the way she talks about her three kids and her pregnancy. You see, she is pregnant with twin boys! Yep...twins!!!
Anyway, we got paired up together and she sent me the cutest flip flops by BeeBop:

She also sent me some yummy Red Pepper Jelly. This is my all time favorite jelly. I love it spread on cream cheese and crackers! And her town is so pretty!!!!

Thank you Kristen for a wonderful swap and thank you Becca-The Texas Darlings for letting me participate!

And so here I sit, blogging in my BeeBops!!!

Have a great Tuesday!!

My Flower Fairy!

I'm on a roll today! I got up at 5:30 am and was in the mood to make cards!!! I made 3 cards and it felt so wonderful! Instant gratification!

I just love this image from Mo's Digital Pencil:

I'm using this card for Challenge #89-Inspired by a Book or Story. We love the book Hidden Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker.

Card Details: Digi Image-Mo's Digital Pencil, Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Sentiment-Created with TLC, Satin Flower and Blue Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger, Misc. Crocheted lace trim, and floral pins.

I also made this card for a couple of challenges by Bugaboo Stamps. The first is their July-Anything Goes Challenge and their other challenge at

Paper Craft Planet-Wacky Wednesday Challenge

Card Details: Digi Image-Bugaboo Stamps, Sentiment-Created with TLC, Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger, Embossing Folder-Spellbinders

Again, thanks for visiting. Have a great Saturday!!

Cupcake Sweetness!

Well, what do you know!? I'm BACK!!!! Wow, it's been a whole week since my last post. I am so sorry for my lack of posting., I've been quite the busy bee!

I'm hoping to get back to my routine of posting every day. I've been working on lots of stuff lately, so I guess that's whats been keeping me from blogging.

Anyway, enough chatting. Here's my card using a new release from Meljen's Designs.
Available at Whimsy Stamps.

Card Details: Digi Image--Sweetheart Cupcake, Sentiment--Created with TLC,
Patterned Paper--The Paper Studio,, Ribbon--Offray, Glittery Dots--EK Success, Stickles--Ranger

I am also so thankful to God for his downpour of rain yesterday evening. South Texas has been in an unbelievable drought. We got a little bit of rain about a week ago. And today, we got a really good down pour. It was so wonderful!!!!

Have a wonderful Saturday!!! And thank you for stopping by!

Let's Play a Game!

It's a guessing game of sorts. I thought it would fun! You see, the other day I ran into the thrift store and found some really cute things! Problem is...I'm not sure what some of them are! LOL

So here's the first picture. I think it's a DVD holder, but some of the slats are not tall enough for DVD's.
?????? Your guess is as good as mine. ???????????

I think it's pretty cute...and it's unique don'ta think?

Okay, here's another cute find:

I thought this would work sitting on top of my new found lazy susan w/ scrapping supplies. But what is it really?LOL

Now...I know this is a mug rack...

But I was thinking of painting it and make it a "Bling Rack"!

And last, but not least. I found a really great desk for my daughter's room. It's solid maple, and for $45, I thought it was a steal! She wants to paint it black and add glass hardware.

I'll be back with "after" photos of this soon.

So..I have no idea what the top 2 photos are...but I had lots of fun thrifting!

Have a wonderful Friday!!!!

Meljen's New Releases and a New Challenge!

Today is Thursday! And you know what that means!!! It's time for the new releases from Meljen's Designs and a new Challenge #64 Stripes and Plaids. These new images are so perfect for our hot, summery weather!!!



I used the "Smokin' Hot" image and a freebie "Kiss the Cook". I just love those cute little red jalepenos on his man apron!!!!

Card Details: Image and Sentiment-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Papers-Cosmo Cricket, Misc.-Twine

Now I'm off to finish my snack....Cream Cheese and Pepper Jelly w/ Wheat Crackers! Yummy!!!

Linking to these challenges:
Bee Crafty-Challenge 51-Summer's Here
Crafting for All Seasons Challenge #3-Summer
Lollipop Crafts-Challenge #41-Inspired by a song-My Song: 80's Song.."Some like it Hot"

Thanks for visiting!!! Have a wonderful Thursday!!!

Happy Mail!!!

I have been stalking my mail box ever since I read that I won these awesome stamps!!! I love these images from All that Scraps. I love reading the ATS Blog and drooling over all the awesome creations!
To celebrate their June releases they were giving away stamps and images. I was so excited to win these!

So, now I have my new stamps and if you want some too, just run over to All That Scraps and get some for yourself! Aren't they THE cutest!!!?

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Monday!!!

#1 Dad-Gift Idea

Hi there! I meant to share this earlier in the week, but I have been quite the slacker! All apologies aside I'd like to share this quick Father's Day gift idea with you. You could make it larger and make it a gift basket adding your dad's favorites.

I found this case of Root Beers at World Market. I added some peanuts and Slim Jim's. The tag image was a freebie by Meljen's Designs.

Have a great Saturday!!!!

Vacation Week!

HI guys! I just realized it's been almost a week since my last post, but my hubby decided to take the week off to celebrate our 24th wedding annivesary. So we took an impromptu trip to the beach. It's been so super HOT in south Texas, but it was nice to get away!!

So, what have I been working on??? Not much. I have been getting some goodies together for my 100 Followers Giveway! Hoping to post that next week!

For now..I'll share some pictures from our trip.

Have a wonderful day!!!

From boring to fabulous!

I bought some boring flip flops the other day at WalMart, but I had plans for those babies!! I was gonna make them fabulous!!!

                                                              Super boring flipflops!

I had some Rosette Ribbon and I pulled out some velcro, but I'll use that for another project later.

I also found these hairclips in my stash. Got these at the $1 store!

Using some scissors and hot glue gun, this is what I did with my findings!

Flip Flops and 2 Matching Hair Clips for about $5!!!

Super easy project and a great way to dress up some "boring" flipflops!LOL

Have a wonderful Friday!

Please check back tomorrow for a fun idea I made using Rootbeer!

Meljen's New Releases and Challenge #62

WooHoo! It's Thursday! Today I get to share our new Challenge #62 with you! The theme is Pinks and Pearls! So get ready to see some beautiful cards! Here are today's new releases available at Whimsy Stamps.



And here is my card for Challenge #62--Pinks and Pearls.

Card Details: Digi Image--Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-the girls' paperie, Pretty Pink flowers-Offray, Ribbon-Offray, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Pearls-The Paper Studio, Stickles-Ranger

Our last challenges have been great...so many wonderful, talented cardmakers out there! I cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with for this week. This has to be one of my favorite themes so far!

Have a great Thursday!!

The Sweetness of Summer is Here!

Sorry for posting so late today, but I have been so busy today. I have finally gotten a chance to sit down and have some quiet time!
Being in South Texas and being that it is summer we have fruit everywhere! From peaches, to cantelopes, to watermelons! This is what I love about summer!

I am linking my card to 2 challenges:

Simon Says Stamping--Get Fruity! and
Totally Papercrafts--Challenge #69--Get Fruity!

Card Details: Digi Image-Mo's Digital Pencil, Patterned Papers-Cosmo Cricket, Circles-Spellbinders, Ribbon-Offray, Brads-The Paper Studio, Misc.-Paper Piercing and Machine Stitching

I hope you had a wonderful Wednesday! Check back tomorrow for a really pretty set of new releases by Meljen's Designs!

Fun in the Sun!

Well, Summer has definetly arrived in South Texas! It's been extremely hot...since May! You can look over to the left of my blog and see my Weather Widget, it will give you our current weather conditions...most days...its says "HOT"!!!

Last week was a whopper and I shamefully missed posting my Meljen's Designs card for the week. So, today I'm going to make up for that and show it to you!!
But first I'd like to share a Challenge Card with you!  I am entering this card in a SEVERAL challenges. The first is over at All that Scraps Wednesday Challenge. The theme this week is anything goes.
I'm also using it  for the Wednesday Whimsie Challenge, their theme is Take a Dip!
So appropriate for our HOT weather days!!
And the last but not least, I'm also linking my card to Stamp and Create.com's "Summer" Challenge. Their prize for this month is a $25 gift certificate to Stamp and Create.

Linking this card to Papertakes Weekly Challenge for their "Anything Goes" theme.
And the challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar for their "Summer" theme!

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Patterned Papers-the girls' paperie and The Paper Studio, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Circles-Spellbinders, Ribbon-Offray, Twine-Kimberly Poloson, Misc-Machine Stitching, SeaShells were googled clipart that I found and resized. I colored them and tied them to the twine.

My next card is a SUPER cute image from Meljen's Designs available at Whimsy Stamps

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, RicRac-Wright's, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Cardstock, Bazill, Stickles-Ranger, Colored with Copics and Chalks

Here is  a peek at last week's Meljen's Designs New Releases:

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Sweet, Generous and Fun...that's YOU!

Happy Wednesday to you! I haven't gotten much done today...except made a few cards for friends! I should be doing laundry, dishes, sweeping,etc....but this is SO much more fun! LOL

I made this card for a couple of challenges . The first one is over at Tuesday Morning Sketches. This was the sketch sample to follow:



I was inspired by many of the design team's samples! They all did a great job~
Here is my version of this sketch:

Card Details: Digi Images-Heather Ellis "Pure Innocence", Patterned Papers-Basic Grey, Brads-The Paper Studio, Sentiments-Microsoft World

I also decorated the inside and added the following sentiment: "That's YOU!"

I am also using this card for All that Scraps Wednesday Challenge. The Theme for this week is Anything Goes!

I just love Heather's line of Pure Innocence images!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Wednesday!