Oops, I almost forgot!

Oh where does time go!? I had a very hectic week last week and ALMOST forgot to show you Meljen's New Releases for this past Thursday!

Here they are:


Aren't these just adorable!!!?
I made a card using the Noah's Loving Elephants...you can find it here at the shop:
Whimsy Stamps
And don't forgot to play along with us at Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog

Okay..now I'm off to find my image of my card. So sorry for the delay!

Ohhh....and don't forget today's freebie!!!
Go here to grab your free image:
Fuzz Bucket at Meljen's Designs

Have a wonderful Monday!

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

I love to Upcycle, Reinvent, Repurpose,  whatever you want to call it! LOL
The other day I found this super cute children's skirt at the second hand store. I was attracted to it because of 1. The pretty colors of yellow, grey and white and 2. all those awesome ruffles!!!!

So...are you thinking what I'm thinking????

Wouldn't this make a cute handbag??

I can just imagine it with some gray straps ( I even think I've got some in my closet!)

and maybe some rolled flowers sewn on the top corner!!!

Guess I should get busy, huh?

Or...should I just leave it as be? I'm not even sure what size it is! The tag only says 65CM.
I better get to sewing!
Have a blessed Wednesday!!!

Happy Birthday!

WooHoo! Today is Thursday! So many great things about today!!!

1. One more day til' Friday!
2. Meljen's New Release Day
3. A new Card Challenge

Here are the new releases:

And this week's Challenge #46 is to make a Happy Birthday card, and it must include a Birthday sentiment!
That should be easy, peasy with these new releases!

I had so much fun with yesterday's papers, I decided to use them on today's card:

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-My Mind's Eye, Circle and Scalloped Circle-Spellbinders Dies, Border Punch-Marth Stewart, Misc.-Crinkle Ribbon, button, floss, floral pins

I cannot wait to see what you create!!! Please hop on over and share your talent with us!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a blessed Thursday!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is a VERY special day! It is my Mom's Birthday! And I get to spend today with two Moms! Yep, it has become a tradition, that on this day, take my Mom and Mother In Law out to lunch and shopping for the day! Here is the card I made for her.
She loves the vintage, shabby chic look so I hope this card does justice! :)

Card Details: Image-Google search, sorry I didn't get the source. I was in a super hurry.

Pattered Paper-My Mind's Eye. Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Ribbon-Paper Prairie,

Flower-Handmade by ME! Misc.-Button, Staz-On for distressing

Okay...I'm off to shower and get dressed. We have a fun day planned for us!

Remember to check back tomorrow for a new Meljen's Challenge, my Card Sample,

and a peek at the New Releases! You will love them!!!!

Upcycled? Reinvented? Reborn?

I'm not exactly sure how to describe what I do with these outfits, but hopefully it will come to me soon!

You see yesterday, on Valentine's Day, I was home alone. Don't get me wrong, I love my hubby and kids, but after having my hubby home for 9 days (vacation days for him), I was ready for some "ME" time!

We celebrated Vday on Saturday night, so I didn't feel deprived at all. And lastnight I made him a really good Rib-eye steak dinner so he didn't feel deprived either! We had a wonderful night!!!

Anyway...during the day I was feeling creative and made these two outfits. Well, "semi-homemade" as Sandra Dee would say!LOL

I love shopping 2nd hand stores for good, quality denim, or super cute tops. And then I embellish the denim to create "one of a kind" outfits!

Like these!!!

I call this one the Cute Cupcake set! I found this adorable dress, but now it's a top. I paired it with some super cute jeans that have pink stitching. I made them capris, appliqued a handmade cupcake on the leg, and then embellished it with a button. The bows are removable for washing.

And then this one:

I found this cute size 4T denim skirt and appliqued a handmade Owl on it. I bought a tshirt at WalMart and ruffled some ribbon, and added buttons to it. Then I added more ribbon to use as a belt on the skirt.

So...this is what I did on  my Valentine's Day!!! Pretty productive day if I say so myself! LOL

Thanks for visiting today! Have a blessed Tuesday!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Just wanted to wish you and your LOVED ones a Happy Valentine's Day! I will spending the day home alone, cleaning and crafting!! Hopefully I will get to do a little more crafting and less cleaning! LOL
Here's a card to share with you:

Card Details: Digi Image-Whimsiedoodles, Patterned Paper-Cosmo Cricket, Ribbon-Hobby Lobby, Heart Button-Dollar Tree, Star Punch-McGill

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

The Perfect Pear

Hope everyone his having a fantastic Friday! I know I am!! I know this is a little late in posting, but my hubby has been on vacation all week and keeps me quite busy during the day!
I finally got some free time and got busy making some cards. I couldn't wait to use Meljen's new releases! This week she really has come cuties! The challenge is to make a "tag", but I really wanted to make a card with this image so here it is:

Card Details: Digi image--Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-Cosmo Cricket collection, Shimmery Cardstock-Bazzill, Nestibilities die, (I altered it by punching holes around the circle) Rhinestones-Studio G, Ribbon-WalMart

Here is the entire collection of this week's new releases:

Please visit Whimsy Stamps to purchase your new images. And....from Feb.11-Feb.13th, you can get 20% off your purchase of Digital Stamps! How great is that!? For details and to play along in this week's challenge visit Meljen's Designs DT blog.


Whimsy Stamps--20% OFF SALE

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Here is the Blog Hop Winner!!!

Wow! Our Blog Hop was such a great success!!! Lots of fun too!!!
Make sure and visit Meljens Designs DT blog to see if you are the winner of the Grand Prize!!!

One lucky commentor will win this image from me!!

And..don't worry. If you are not a lucky winner of this image, just jump on over to Whimsy Stamps and purchase one for yourself.

Okay....no more waiting! Here is the winner of "Hearty Hippo"

Congratultions for Commentor #44 ! Lisa R...you are the winner!!!!

I will try to reach this afternoon to email you your image, if for some reason you don't hear from me...please email me to claim your prize.
Have a great day!!!! And please....stay warm!
It's so COLD here today!!! Cold and sleeting! Ugh...Texas weather!LOL

WooHoo! It's a Blog Hop!!!

It's party time! This is an extra special blog hop! So many great things are going on...you will meet our 3 new designers, see some awesome new releases by Melissa of Meljen's Designs, win a free digi image from me here on my blog and..you will have a chance to win the BIG BLOG HOP PRIZE!!!

For more details, HOP on over to Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog.

Here is the card that I made using our newest Challenge #44--Fancy Folds.

I made a Trifold Card using the adorable Hearty Hippo image. ONE lucky commentor here

on my blog will win this image! How cool is that?!

Here's a look at the inside of my card:

Card Details: Digi Image--"Hearty Hippo" by Meljen's Designs,Patterned Paper-Basic Grey, Border Punch--Martha Stewart, Circle, Scalloped Circle and Scrolls--Cuttlebug Nestibilites, Misc.--Stickles and Felt

Ready to start hopping?! You should have arrived here from

Anita's Blog *fixed link

 if you need to start at the beginning go here:

Meljen's Design Team Blog

and after my blog you will hop on over to

Candace's Blog *fixed link

Here is a list of all our fabulous designers:

We have lots of fun in store for you, so get hopping, play along with our new challenge, comment to win images and most importantly...have fun and be inspired!!!!
                          Have a wonderful Thursday!

Blog Hop ends Feb. 8th. Winners will be announced on Feb. 9th.

Giddy Up Lil' Cowpoke!

As I have been talking about...my older computer crashed and I lost all of my digital images. Thank God I have been able to recover about 1/2 of them, but I'm still working on getting the others. Today I was going through my stash and found some images I had printed out.




This is one of them by Karen's Doodles:

Card Details: Digi Image--Karen's Doodles, Patterned Papers-Cosmo Cricket, Misc.--Ribbon, Button

Thanks for stopping by this evening. Have a  wonderful Tuesday!

Valentine's M&M Stix

Good afternoon!!!
We are having a beautiful day here in South Texas! The sun is shining and it's cool but not cold. So..you think with the sunshine I'd have tons of energy today...well, I don't. I've been so lazy it's silly!!!

I did work on some stuff yesterday, and would like to share with you a super cute Valentine's Day treat. I can also see these for any special occasion!

I got this idea off of another blog, but my mind is blank right now, and I can't remember the name. So sorry.

Please forgive my "unprofessional" photos. I have a new computer, but it didn't come with any photo editting software, so I didn't get to crop them. I'm hoping when my college son gets home, he can help me out with this! LOL

Here they are:

On these, I used some mini valentine digi images from Whimsiedoodles. This is from last years collection.

On these, I used some layered, felt hearts I found at Hobby Lobby.

I bought these bags, measuring 1x8 online from:

http://www.gtbag.com/

Tomorrow, I'd like to show you a card I'm working on using today's new releases by

Meljen's Designs

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Valentine's Hairbows

Happy Saturday!! As promised, I wanted to show you some hair bows I made for Valentine's Day.
I found these cute felt embellishments at Hobby Lobby, they came in  bag of about 20 for $3.99, PLUS...they were 1/2 off!! WooHoo! I picked up some clips and then found this matching ribbon at WalMart.
Here you go:

Super simple, and really cute!!!
Have a great Saturday!!!

Hogs and Kisses!!!

Goodmorning!!! And happy Friday to you!!!
Today I'd like to show you some Valentine treat bags that I made using the "Hogs and Kisses" digi image from Whimsiedoodles. When I first saw this image, that comes in set with many other cute images, I immediately knew what I was going to do with it!!! I paired it with some yummy pink, Caramel Hershey Kisses!

 

Here's a more frilly version! :)

 

They were so cute, I made a basket full!!!

 Right now Whimsiedoodles is having a challenge called Hugs and Kisses! I'm going to be using these in the challenge!!!
Okay...back to my Valentine crafting! Check back soon. Have a blessed Friday and a super wonderful weekend!!!


Please check back tomorrow. As I will be showing you some more Valentine goodies. Like Hairbows!!!

I'm BACK! New Meljen's Designs Releases!!!

WooHoo!! I'm back! I am still having major computer issues, but my brother helped me figure out a  way to post my pictures. So, what could be better than "back to blogging"? How about some new releases from Melissa of Meljen's Designs?!
You can find all of her precious digital images here: Whimsy Stamps

I was trying to post an image of her new releases for today, but my computer wouldn't let me do that. (((sad face))) So click on the link above and it will take you right to them, and you really wanna see these...it involves bras and panties!!! Risque!!!!(((he, he)))

Challenge #42 this week is all about Pink and Red!
Here's my card using Little Phone:

 

Card Details: Patterned Paper--The Paper Studio, Image-Meljen's Designs "Little Phone", Sentiment-Open Office, Scalloped Circle-Nestabilities, Brads-The Paper Studio, Misc.-Stickles 

Okay, now it's your turn! Please join us over at our Challenge blog:

Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog 

and play along! I cannot wait to see what you create. 

And....be inspired by cards using bras and panties! ((he, he))

Have a blessed Thursday! And please check back tomorrow as I will be showing you a Valentine treat I made using "HOGS AND KISSES"!!

More Inspiration from Meljen's Designs!!

Well, I've got GOOD news and I've got BAD news. I'll give you the GOOD news first!
It's Tuesday!!! So I've got some wonderful cards to show you from Meljen's Design Team!! They are all so awesome!
Now for the BAD news. My computer is still "shot", not working, nada!! The ONLY thing I can do is get on the internet. My hard drive is "non accessible" and so are all of my Windows programs, files, etc.  So I haven't been able to post any new pictures, cards, or play along with our wonderful Meljen's Design Team. {{sigh}}

I've been so sad. I did look at new computers yesterday. And I narrowed down to 2 computers. I now just need the "go ahead" from hubby that we can afford a new computer. You see, my oldest got really sick at the beginning of December, so we have stacking medical bills. Not fun! Thank God he will be fine, but now to dish out the $$ for tests. :(

So please bare with me...I've been working on some super cute Valentine's projects and cannot wait to share them with you!!!



For now...here's some inspiration from Meljen's Designs DT Blog.

From Andrea:

From Cheryl:

Please click on the Whimsy link above and go check out more inspiration!!!

And please send good thoughts my way that I may get a NEW computer  VERY, VERY soon!!! Thank you!!!

1/11/11--Meljen's Designs Inspiration!

Well, my computer is still "out of service", I think I may have to take the plunge and buy a new one. I will start "looking" today. I was trying to avoid that expense but I really want need a computer!!!!

Today is 1-11-11, not sure if that's a special date, but it sure does look neat!!!
Wanna see something else that's really neat? How about some inspiration from the Meljen's Design Team??? I"m on this team, but haven't been able to post any new cards. :( This is why I NEED a computer!!!!

In the meantime, please visit Meljen's Designs DT Blog to see some wonderful cards and get inspired to make your own!!

Have a blessed Tuesday. Stay safe and warm!!!

Meljen's Designs New Releases!!!

Yea!!! It's time for another release from Melissa of Meljen's Designs! And with that comes another fun challenge!! What an awesome way to end the year!!!
Please forgive me for not having a card. I'm still having major computer issues. {{{sad face}}}

Here are the new images:

You can find them here at Whimsy Stamps

and don't forget to play along in our Challenge #39. Please visit 

Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog with all the details.

Thanks for visiting this evening. Have a wonderful time celebrating the New Year! Be safe and enjoy yourself. I am hoping for some cardmaking time this weekend so please be sure to check back.

Until then, God Bless!!!

It's "that" time of the year....again!

Yes, it is "that"  time!! Time to end the year and begin a New Year, and with that comes New Year's Resolutions!!! Each year I say I'm not going to make any resolutions because I don't want to have to worry about keeping them. But this year...is gonna be different. I am going to make a couple of New Year's Resolutions, and try my hardest to keep them!!!

Here is my list:
1. Simplify my life. (If I simplify, I believe I will have less stress, and more time to enjoy the "important" things in life like family, "me" time, helping others, etc.)
2. Help people more. (Do random acts of kindness, smile more, lend a hand from time to time.)
3. Read more. (This means my Bible and a list of books to follow. I love to read, but lately have read more blogs than books.) I now have a new Ipad so I can carry my books anywhere with me--no excuses!
4. Be Healthier. (This is the hardest one. I would really like to eat healthier and excerise more. This is gonna be a toughy, but I can do this!)
5. Focus on ME! (For many years my life has revolved around me being a mom and wife, with this new year, I'd like to focus on myself more. Take better care of myself, do nice things for myself, etc.) I love my family, but I have to happy and healthy to care for them.

Here is my wish list of books: (all of these books can be found at Amazon.com)

I will be back to post soon. I'm hoping to get back to my cardmaking and crafting. My home computer is still "out of commission", so I'm having a hard time posting pictures. Basically my hard drive is giving me a "hard time"! Grrr!
My brother, the computer geek  genius, says it's fixable, but will take time and effort. He worked on it all Christmas day...but still, no hard drive. I'm praying I can save it, I've got my whole life so many important files on there.

Thanks for visiting!!! Have a blessed Wednesday!!!!

Happy Holidays!

I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday season. I miss my daily blogging and posting my cards and crafts. You see, my home computer is sick. :( it won't do much and I don't know how to fix it. I am waiting on my brother to come to my rescue...he's a true computer geek ( but a really cool one!) I am writing to you today from my Ipad. I thank God for this Ipad because otherwise I'd go crazy without Internet access.

So, hopefully I will be back to blogging in no time. Until then....

Have a wonderful Friday!!!!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells.....

Jingle all the way........Sing with me!!!!
I'd like to share with you one of my favorite blogs: it is what it is. Beth has some of the cutest ideas, projects and free printables!!!!
I used her Jingle Bell printables on some little bags filled with Reese's and Butterfinger Bells.:

Close up view of Bells:

These would be great for your kids to pass out in class, give to teachers, friends, coworkers, the mailman, the bus driver, heck...just about anyone!!!!LOL

Have a great day!!!!!!!