Quick Question and Doodlefactory!

Hey all! So I noticed that when I come to my blog, I don't hear any music. Then I checked out my player and it's telling me that because I'm in Italy, I am not authorized to hear the songs. POOH! Can you all hear the music? If you can, I'll leave it be, if not, I'll switch to another player. Onto other news! LOOK:!!!: Doodlefactory has NEW rubber and it's Halloween! How adorable are these images? I think the werewolf is my favorite in this set. To be honest, my DD stamps are getting a little dusty since they haven't been used in awhile, but I think I'll be dusting them off soon, now that I've been inspired on the DD blog. I would love to win this for free... but you have a chance to win it too. Go HERE and check out the details.

Be blessed friends!

NEW DOODLEFACTORY STAMPS!!!

AAGGHH!!! You have to go to this link HERE and check out these Amazing new stamps from Doodlefactory! I love the new dino family and the new forest trees!!! Here's some pics of the new stamp sets for your enjoyment (I stole them off the S.A. blog-I hope that's ok):

Now that you've fallen in love with them too, hop over there and check out the DT examples and the chance to win all FOUR of these!!! I'll be back tomorrow for a project post. The kids and I had a PJ day today and we just hung out and played board games until it was time to pull more weeds (yard inspection tomorrow from housing *bleh!*)

Now go win some DF stamps! Wait, don't, I want them, heehee!

Until next post, be blessed!

AH, Monday!

I'm so glad it's the last week of school! Andrew should be enjoying his "Field Day" at schooltoday, and then Thursday is their last day and a half day! We've already been in the mood for summertime activities and this weekend we went outside as much as possible (when the weather was cooperating). For your enjoyment, pics of my kiddos enjoying the outdoors: That was Ashton looking through a toy and being silly. He was enjoying the sidewalk chalks that my Mom sent to the kids. And here is Angel after playing with some PINK sidewalk chalk:

See all the chalk on the back of her dress and on her white tights? LOL! At least she had fun. Also, we were supposed to have the boys' final baseball games on Saturday, but the weather was too rainy, wet, and there was lightning, so all games were canceled. Instead, we just had Andrew's end-of-season party at the community center. Here he is getting his trophy:

He did so great this season and I can't wait to see him improve next year! Finally, I got to participate in the Twisted Thursday Challenge with Justine and the ladies from Shirley's 2 Girls. The challenge was to use the provided sketch (which I altered just a bit) and the twist was to use paper piecing! I paper pieced the dress and hat for Princess Winifred from the Doodlefactory stamps at Starving Artistamps. I've been wantig to participate in this challenge for weeks now and I finally did, and on time too!

Well, I hope you all enjoyed the pics of the kiddos and the card. I'll see you all in the comments section!

Until next post, be blessed.

DoodleFactory Home Sweet Home

I love DoodleFactory Images by Starving Artistamps. Have you been to their webshop yet? Go HERE to check it out, but come back, ok? I want you to see my very first clear card! I hope you came back, cuz here it is:

I made this card for Starving Artistamps' Clearly Cool Card Challenge on Papercraft Planet. This is the first Clear Card I have ever made. I used SA's castle from their Fairy Tale set and colored it in pretty girly colors with my copic markers. I cut it out and glued it onto some pretty paper by Imaginesce. Then I had to layer the paper inside to cover up the glue dots I used to stick it on the the clear card. Do you like it? I think I need to get some more acetate to make more clear cards cuz his was fun and I have lots more ideas!
So, did you go to StarvingArtistamps? Did you notice that they are giving away some new stamps? YES, they are! If you want to win some DF stamps, go to their blog HERE, read all about it, and enter to win!
Once again, thanks so much for stopping by, and until next post, be blessed.

Christmas Stuff

Oh my goodness, has it really been NINE days since I last posted??? I'm so sorry! Things have been SO busy. I have a lot to talk about, but I'll try to make it brief. First, here are some wonderful Christmas cards that I have gotten. This first one is from Shannon. I love that she didn't use traditional holiday colors! Thanks so much for the card Shannon. Next, this card is from Rina.

Look at all that dimension! She obviously spent a lot of time on this card, cutting out the different parts of the image, embossing, coloring, and even adding fluff (flock?) on the sheep! Thanks so much Rina! This next one is from Liann.

This snowman is so adorable! I love how she cuttlebugged the white layer and then put it askew to the other layers. Thanks so much Liann! And this card is from Curt.

Isn't it elegant? It's all sparkly silver and gold, with embossing, and glitter, and lots of shine! Finally, I have a project that I made to show you.

I made this little stocking holder using one of the FREE My Timeless Templates from Papertrey Ink. It was so much easier than I thought it would be! I used My Sweet Shoppe stamp set from Doodlefactory to decorate the stocking, and put an adorable little snowman (filled with chocolate of course) inside. Isn't it so cute! I loved making this and I will definitely be making more of these socks. Probably for Father's day... I'll have to brainstorm on that.

Well, if you've made it this far into my post and are still reading, thank you! I have some news to share. We finally got our orders!!! It took much longer than anticipated, and when all is said and done, we'll be in Italy just about 8 weeks AFTER we originally planned, but it's all working out regardless! I had originally wanted to give out blog candy in celebration of our orders, but with the craziness of the holidays and our move, I'm going to have to postpone the candy for a little while. Besides, my birthday and blogaversary are coming up! I'll start working on a really good blog candy to make up for not having one now, and then I'll give it away after the move. I hope you all come back soon!

Until next post, be blessed.