These two cards are made from a very special stamp set called Flowers for Daisy.
For a very limited time, a portion of the sales of this stamp set will go to the American Cancer Society. There is a great story behind the design of this set. You can read all about it on Asela Hopkins' blog right HERE. I bought this set in honor of all the people I know dealing with cancer, but with Mary Miller being the person in the forefront my mind. Mary is one of my best friends' Mom. She's been a wonderful Christian influence in my life and currently is fighting cancer. Both of these cards that I made with the set use the DP from Basic Gray's Euphoria pack. I colored the daisies with my Copic Markers. Also, I used Taylor's weekly sketch challenge for the layout.So, wanna learn some italian? Starting with the basics, "Buon Giorno" means "Hello" and "Arrivederci" means "Goodbye". And another useful term is "Che Cose?" (pronounced Kay CoSAY) which means "What is this?"
So, I hope you all are having a great week, and enjoy the rest of it. Until next post, be blessed!
Well, I know birds like mirrors, but geez, these birds take it a little far! I have seen them checking themselves out on my car, Grampabob's car, the neighbors car, even a car parked at the park! I think they are funny because they will hang out at the side-view mirror of cars and just CHIRP away! And just so everyone knows they've been there, they leave poop behind! Yup, I've got bird poop in front of my side view mirror! LOL! 
See the poop? lol! Well, on to some crafty stuff. Jen Young is a local gal who has been doing some weekly challenges on her blog. Last week, the third challenge was to alter something from around the house. I chose to alter some baby food jars (got PLENTY of those!) to hold some of my Basic Gray embellishments. I think the pictures speak for themselves...
Next up we have the first card I made with my new basic Gray Euphoria paper. I love this paper and these hippos look great dressed in it!
I paper pieced the hippos, added some white signo gel pen to their teeth, and colored their eyes and toe nails with Copic Markers. The embellies are Euphoria as well. I hope you can click on the picture to get a close up view because the hippos are so cute in their pink paper and purple toe nails! And last but in NO WAY least I got some happy mail yesterday! Linsey Rickett (my bff from Washington state-Blogging Friend Forever!) sent me this Wonderful card! 
The dragon is from Artful Inkables. I never heard of this company until I saw this card on Linsey's blog. I will have to check them out... although the stamping budget won't be allowing a purchase from them, poo! 
I cut the arms short on the baseball type tee, and embossed a lightning bolt on both tees. Andrew said that his looks a little girly, but no one at school said anything to him about it, so we're cool! I covered the tags with some business card laminate that my mom had laying around the house and added a ring through a punched hole, and waalaa! Ashton likes his a lot; Andrew really doesn't care (but he hasn't taken it off either...).
It's some type of fowl; a chicken perhaps? I honestly don't know, but there is a family of them! A mom, dad, and FIVE youngsters. The mom and dad are a bit redder than the younger ones, so we can tell the adults from the kids. Quite interesting, huh? Well, thanks so much for stopping by, I truly appreciate it! Until next post, be blessed!
I used stamps designed by Kim Hughes for Cornish Heritage Farms. Kim's designs have a specific style to them that I really like. These owls are from her stamp set "U R A Hoot!" I used Lauren Meader's Saturday Sketch for this card, and it worked out so well with these buttons and images. I also decorated the inside of the card because it needed a little extra "specialness" for my Grandpa. 
The sentiment on the outside is from the same stamp set, but the sentiment on the inside is from a Gina K. Set (her owl one, maybe). I added glitter to the polka dots on the birthday hat with my Sakura glitter pen and I colored the rest of the image with my Copic markers. The designer paper is My Mind's Eye, the solid white is Georgia Pacific, the light blue is Paperbilitiesm and the buttons came from Wal Mart. They are some of my favorite embellishments because brown and blue is one of my favorite color combos! Oh yeah, and the ribbon is Offray. 
Doesn't it look like she was trying to do the Cha Cha? LOL! She was actually just trying to balance herself. She is learning how to stand on her own. I hope you all have a Great Thursday and Happy Birthday to Carin and Grandpa again! Until next post, thanks so much for stopping by and be blessed. Oh yeah! And Happy first day of the Olympics! 
I covered a mini composition book, made a bookmark, a magnetic post-it note, and a double pocket card. I used the little animales from Hip Hop Accessories and DP from DCWV's Nana's Nursery. See the plaque on the cover of the book? It's a plastic tag from Gina K. designs with Making Memories heart brads through the corners. Also, the ribbon is Stampin' Up.
Ashton was ready to go! LOL! This was Andrew's second week of school so he wasn't all that excited anymore...
He has a guy teacher for the first time this year and he likes his class. He says his teacher is cool cuz he's not strict! LOL! AND, the girl that Andrew has a crush on is in his class again this year. So far it's all been good. Also, it's been busy around here because we have a new member of the family! 
This adorable little guy is Einstein! He's a mini schnauzer, and the best little playmate ever! Angel baby adores him and loves to grab him. He doesn't seem to mind too much. I am trying to house train him... Yeah, that's a little bit of a task. It's going ok, but it could be going better if you know what I mean. Well, that's about it for today. Tomorrow I'm gonna post a pic of the card I made for my Grandpa for his birthday! Grandma, if you read this, don't let im see it until it comes in the mail! heehee!
Joanne is somewhat of a celebrity in my book as she's known for her 
I already had this frog colored and he fit perfectly with this paper. He's hopping and this paper has the "bouncy" looking design on it! And I think those flowers look kinda like waterlilies so it all coordinates (at least I think so). Also, for the 
I don't know why I like that, I just do. Probably because it was something different for me, and I thought it up all on my own... dunno. And then, I decided I needed to let the zebra do a little dancing on this yummy paper so I made this card. This one used a sketch for the July Release party too. 
This sketch was given by Julie 
She is a local girl who has a great blog and does the RAK groups that I'm in. This was for her first challenge. She currently has a second one going on but it ends today and I don't think I'll have time to get it completed. I love this image from Rupa Shevde's first stamp set that she designed for Gina K. Designs. It actually has another chair for the other side of the table but since I sent this to a coffee-loving friend of mine that I dearly miss, I left the other chair off. You can't tell but I outlines the image with a Sakura Glitter pen to give it shimmer. The DCWV pattern paper has glitter on it as well. The other DPs are from Daisy Bucket Designs. I love that they are reversible that way I know that they all coordinate! Next up is the other square card I made. This one was for a sketch challenge at the last Gina K. Designs release party.
I used more designer paper that is two-sided for easy coordination, only this is from Stampin' Up! and it's called Summer Picnic. When I found out it was going to be retired, I had to get a pack to play with. I really love all the bright colors and the animals from Melanie Muenchinger's stamp sets all look so great with the bright colors! I kept it pretty simple with the layers and just added some self adhesive rhinestones for some sparkle.