AFA and CCCB

Hey all! Here I am again with my card for the Anyone For Anya Blog Sketch Challenge! I used adorable Hello Ian and Pretty Hat Anya for this challenge card, and I colored them in ethnic skin tones too! They are my little Hispanic couple today:I decided to use the ethnic skin tones to qualify this card for the Copic Creations Challenge #20 and because I've been wanting to expand my stamped images beyond the classic E00 & E21 Caucasian colored skin. Here is the card in whole so you can see the fabulous sketch:
I used October Afternoon DP from their Farm Fresh paper pack along with SU! very vanilla, kraft, chocolate chip, and close to cocoa card stock. The maroon colored velvet ribbon is actually a tab that I cut off some curtains awhile ago. I knew I'd use them in a project someday! Oh, I actually masked Ian and Anya so it would look like Anya was standing behind Ian. I got that idea from a challenge during TGF's big release, but didn't get a chance to actually participate in the challenge. I love masking though, it gives such an awesome affect! Also, the buttons on Ian are teeny tiny ones from my stash, there is a MM brad in his hat, Anya has Kaiser pearls for a necklace, and a MM heart brad on her hat. What do you all think? This card came out exactly as planned! Woohoo!

TGF Relay projects

Hello my dear friends! Well, as some of you already know, the fabulous TGF Relay had to come to an abrupt end. With the AMAZING amount of entries, the website couldn't handle it all and kept crashing! Hey, if a website has to crash, having too many people on it is a good way! I wanted to show you the other projects I made for the relay. The first image given to us was Mer-Ian!Isn't he wonderful? I am so happy to now have a partner for my Mermaid Anya Stamp! I used fun blues and green to color him in and then used him on another conversation hearts candy box.
I printed out the sentiment and cut it out to make it look "wavy". Then added pearls randomly all over the DP. Here is a pic of the candy box open:
The Third and final image given to the relay-ers (is that a word?) was adorable Toby Cub! I used him, along with some Cosmo Cricket Cardstock Stickers to decorate a picture frame:
I'm not sure if I'll give this to someone as a gift, or just use it for one of my boys' baby pictures. We'll just have to see.

In other news; tomorrow is my last day as Guest DT member with Anyone for Anya. My card will be posted on their blog tomorrow along with the new challenge for the week. I will post my card on here as well, even though it should be Scenic Sunday, because I haven't taken any good scenic photos lately. lol! Hope to see you all back here tomorrow, and thanks for stopping by!

Be Blessed!

TGF Relay!

Just a quick late LATE late night post! I really want to stay in the TGF CHA Relay, so I have to get this posted and linked up before I go to bed. Since the TGF Galleria has crashed (again! too many people playing in the relay!) I thought I'd try to post this here and have it still qualify for the next leg of the race. So, here is my card using the 2nd free digi, Charlotte:I love her sassy attitude and I thought this sentiment from TGF's "Talk Loud" stamp set fit perfecto! I better get this linked as the deadline is in about 15 minutes... and I'm about 3 hours late for my bedtime! Come back soon, I miss my Blogging Buddies... where are you all???

A Treat Box

Hey all! I couldn't get the video of Andrew's backflip to load so here is a consolation prize:I made this fun candy box holder for the challenge on the Club Anya and Friends blog, and while I had it done on time, I didn't upload it for an entry in time! Oh well. I loved making this and have since made TWO more! I plan on making these for the kids' class parties, but we'll see how intricate those turn out to be. Here is a view of the treat box with the candy popping out:
In order to get to the Candy Conversation hearts, you slide the ribbon up! That's it! It's so simple yet AWESOME! Here is a link to where I found the directions for the amazing treat holder: http://dianagibbs.typepad.com/stampin_with_di/2009/02/you-rock-sweet-tart.html

I actually found this last February, went out and bought 48 boxes of hearts on sale, and saved them for this year! Yup, i actually planned ahead... now I just need to follow through and actually MAKE all of the treats for the kiddos. Ok, it's super late here and I have work in the a.m. so I'll sign off for now. Hope to hear from you all (in the comments section of course) soon!

Be blessed!

ETA: I am so tired, I totally forgot to tell you! This is just ONE of the projects I made for my GUEST DESIGN TEAM spot on the ANYONE FOR ANYA CHALLENGE BLOG!!! How could I forget to mention that?!?! CRAZINESS!! This is my first EVER GDT Spot and I am so excited and happy about it! Pop over to Anyone For Anya and see what I'm talking about. I have one more challenge to participate in as the GDT too! WOOHOO!!!

An Experiment

Hey Friends! I'm trying something out with my Picasa Program and a video of my son that I shot earlier today. Can you all see the video? He wanted me to record his backflip, so here it is! I have been getting crafty lately, but with limited time in the day, and my DH being out of the country for a bit, I just haven't been able to do up a good blog post for you all. In the meantime, enjoy the video and let me know what you all think! ETA: Well, it looks like the video didn't post. This is just a still shot of part of the video. I am going to try to load the video for you all anyway, in case you are curious...

Comment Moderation

Just a quick comment my friends. I had to turn the comment moderation/word verification back on. Sorry about that. I started getting spam comments and those aren't nice to read and I don't want anymore of those, so the word verification is on! I hope you don't mind, and I hope it doesn't stop you all from leaving comments!

Candy Winner and my first Digi Scrapbook!

Hello Hello! So... January 9th was my big 30th birthday and January 15th was my blogaversary and that means... Time to announce my blog candy WINNER! I used random.org and the winner is: MICHELE!

Michele said...

Happy Birthday Angie! I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Aloha,
Michele

JANUARY 10, 2010 12:10 AM

Michele, I will be emailing you shortly to get your contact info, CONGRATULATIONS!

So, I made a digital scrapbook for the first time EVER. I used Scrapblog, but I'm not sure how to embed the scrapbook into my blog post. If it doesn't work, I'll try again! Enjoy the digi-scrapbook and I'll see you all later!

Blingy Monday

Good Monday Morning Friends! It's a cloudy day here in Northern Italy, but it's supposed to be sunny the rest of the week, yay! Today I am showing you a card that I combined TWO challenges on. I used the digi image, Joyce (I think she was a limited release cuz she's not in the store anymore!):I actually made her blonde! I had never tried this combo before (wish I could remember it!) and it turned out quite nicely. The challenges I used were the Bling Challenge from the last Club Anya & Friends release as well as one of the Sketches from the 12 Days of Sketches on The Greeting Farm's blog. I added sakura glitter pen to Joyce's vest, pants and eyeshadow. Here is a pic of the whole card so you can see the sketch:
You can see that I also added glitter around the edges of the three back panels. For more bling, I punched these tiny butterflies out of paper with metallic gold in it and added some pearls behind them. The crochet flower is from Elena at Bearasaurus and has metallic threads in it! Here is a close up of those things:
Have you seen my Birthday/Blogaversary Blog Candy? If not, scroll on down! I hope you all have a wonderfully Blessed Week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Here it is! It's my big 3-0! I'm 30 today and it's time to celebrate! It's CANDY TIME!To be entered into the candy leave a comment on this post between now and January 15th (my blogaversary!) and I will post a winner on January 16th! That's it! Just leave a comment. You can spread the news if you'd like (I'd appreciate it!) but it is not necessary to win. I will ship ANYWHERE! Here are a few pics of the goodies up for grabs. this is what I currently have:
And these are on their way and will be included in the Candy winnings as well:


Do you like it? Do you want it? Just leave a comment! Woohoo!

3 Challenges in 1

Sorry for the absence! I'm now working 3 days a week, and while the third day isn't a full day, it's still another day! lol! I'm going to work out my schedule a little better and give myself more time to craft. I need it in my life, to keep me sane and happy. So, on to my card for today:I colored this adorable Twinkle Tot named Izzy awhile ago. I love her so much! There was a challenge to use the colors gray, pink, cream and green during Club Anya & Friend's release party and since Izzy was already colored in pink and gray, I used her with this fabulous paper to make this card:

I also dressed up the bow to qualify for the ribbon challenge, but since Izzy is a Twinkle Tot I don't think the card qualified. That's ok, I still love the way it all worked out. Not only did I use those two challenge, I also used Sketch 12 from TGF's 12 Days of Sketches. I don't think I've ever done 3 challenges at once!

I hope you all enjoyed my card today. Saturday is my birthday... come back for a YUMMY post!

Be blessed!

School is in Session!

YAY! The boys went back to school today! And they were ready ON TIME! YES!!! lol! I thank God for the little answers to prayer. heehee. Well, if you've been reading, you know that I was trying to complete the 12 Days of Sketches over at the TGF Blog. I ALMOST did it, but not quite. I got 11 of the 12 sketches done on time. I think I'll still do the last sketch today, even though the challenge is technically over. I just want to, you know? Here is a card that I finished up last night using these adorable images that Jo sent me:I have some friends expecting their first child and I had them in mind the whole time I was making this card. I used a few colors that I am not totally comfortable with but I love the patterned paper from October Afternoon so I had to go with it. Here is the card in whole:
This was for Sketch #10, and it gave me a bit of trouble. I couldn't quite figure out how to cut the panels to look right, but it worked out in the end. Thank you all for stopping by again on this Merry Monday! Oh, and did you see the previous post? Hmm? You should scroll down and check it out, then come back again, ok?

Be blessed!

Sorta Secret Scenic Sunday!

Hello Hello! How are you all on this fine Sunday evening? Well, I have something fun to show you all... See this:And this:
and this:
HEE HEE HEE! These are all things that I am giving away in my "Sorta Secret Blog Candy Giveaway"!!! I am not going to tell you what exactly it is that is up for grabs-yet, but I think you get an idea! NO, not everything in the candy is showing... but that's the "sorta secret" part! I am going to be celebrating my 30th birthday on January 9th and I want to share some of my festivities with you all! I truly appreciate all my blog readers and I felt that my birthday would be the perfect time to show you all how much with a candy giveaway. Not only is it my birthday on the 9th, but on the 15th is my One Year Blogaversary!

So.... this is how it's going to go:

On January 9th I am going to post an actual picture of all the goodies that are up for grabs in my "Sorta Secret Blog Candy Giveaway" (as long as they have all gotten to me by then-the post office is slow here).

That post will be the OFFICIAL post for the Candy.

In order to win the candy, you must post a comment on the JANUARY 9TH OFFICIAL POST.

I will leave the candy OPEN from JANUARY 9TH until JANUARY 15TH.

Anyone who comments will be entered into the drawing.

If you care to share the excitement on your blogs, that is fantastic, but not necessary to be entered.

Well, I hope you all are as excited as I am about this! So come on back between now and JANUARY 9TH to see what I have to show you (maybe a couple more sneak peeks along the way?) and until then, be blessed!

BTW, if you have any questions about this giveaway, just ask! I'll be happy to answer!

Happy Saturday!

Hello my blog readers, family, and friends! I've been so motivated to get some cards done lately! It's too bad this feeling wasn't around BEFORE Christmas! lol! I admit it, I still haven't mailed out all of my holiday cards. But I am going to. BEFORE my birthday! Oh, and speaking of my birthday... I'm going to have some blog candy coming up! I have a few things set aside just for this special occasion... but more on that in another post! For tonight I have 2 cards to show you. In this first card I used this handsome little guy named Joseph:For all you Twilight fans out there, doesn't he look a little like Jacob? Ahem? LOL! He's the Greeting Farm's variation of that handsome wolfy character. I used this little man in a card that qualified for 2 challenges in one! Here is the card in whole:
I used Sketch 5 from TGF's 12 days sketches and CA&F's 5pm challenge to use a color that is not my "norm". I have a hard time using orange (unless it's Halloween) but I love the color so I grabbed this wonderful paper from Cosmo Cricket's Boyfriend line and went with it! If you want to participate in any of these challenges and get a chance to win yummy goodies, then you have until tomorrow to hop over to The Greeting Farm's blog or Club Anya & Friend's blog and play along!

Also, I did this little card for Sketch #9:
I just couldn't get this card to look "done" to me! I ended up just adding the ribbon and the faux eyelets in the corners and calling it good. I think it's done now... what do you all think?

I hope to hear from a lot of you SOON. I'll be back tomorrow with a fun Scenic Sunday for you all.

Be Blessed!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It's 2010, can you believe it? I am praying for a fantastic year, for me and my family and all of you as well. I'm super excited to get this year started and I'm very anxious to see how it pans out. Lots of fun stuff planned, including trips around Europe! Woohoo!!! Today I want to show you the card I made for Sketch #8 using the adorable Miss Santa from the Xmas Sweeties set:
I colored her with my Copics and got the inspiration for the colors from the patterned paper. Here is the card in whole:
I love how this card turned out. I kept thinking it needing something, but I let it sit up on the entertainment center and admired it for a couple days and realized it was just enough. I really like how my bow came out, considering it was some ribbon off a gift I got a long time ago. Here's a better shot of that:
Well, it's late and I should be hittin' the hay. I plan on having a busy, BUSY crafting day tomorrow since Club Anya & Friends is having a super spectacular release party with lots of challenges to do! I have 6 more Sketches to do as well as the challenges, and I really want to get as many of them done as possible, SOOO... night night for tonight and hop on over to Club Anya & Friends and check out the fun!

Be Blessed!