A lot to share!

Hi all! As my title says, I have a lot to share this Monday. First I want to let you know about some great causes going on right now. Dustin Pike is having his very first blog candy on his BLOG. But, you can't just leave a comment to enter to win, you need make something for a child on the POSTPALS site and send it to them! Then, post a pic of your creation on your blog or gallery and comment to Dustin' blog about it, and there you go! You'll be sending smiles to a child who could use one, and you're entered to win some yummy candy from Dustin! Just hop over to his blog and read the instructions if you want to enter.
Also, Jen Tapler from Jen Tapler Designs has teamed up with Susanna Boyd from Paper Craft Planet for her annual Stamping Out Alzheimer's challenges! I participated in Jen's first SOA event last year because it is a cause near to my family and it was fun! I actually won last year, but the postal system gobbled up my prize... Anyway, go HERE and read all about it. I already donated and registered, now I'm eagerly anticipating opening day for the website so I can get busy with all the fun! I also have a widget on my right column if you want to donate from my blog. I don't get any extra credit or anything, but I thought it would be nice to have the widget there for easy access.
And finally, here's my card for today: I really love the way this turned out. I used a sketch from Club Anya's release party last week. I paper pieced Flutter Anya's outfit and wings, colored her skin with copics, and colored her hair with old olive ink using a blender pen. The flourish in the upper right-hand corner is from Stampin' Up's Yummy stamp set (I think that's what it is called) and traced over with a green sakura glaze pen. The DP is Amy Butler and the rest is Stampin Up paper (oh, actually the top note die and punched sentiment panel are from the cardboard backing that comes with Stampin' Up! DP). I hope you all like my card and have a wonderful Monday.
Until next post, be blessed.

Muddy Smiles

Hi All! No, the title of this post does not mean I'm going to show you a picture of one of my kids with a muddy smile, lol! I have a muddy card and a smiley card to show you today. First up, a muddy monster truck! I had a ton of fun making a "boyish" card with this image. I got this image for FREE from Dustin Pike's blog! If you haven't yet discovered Dustin Pike's arwork, you have to hop over to his BLOG and check it all out. His stuff will soon be in rubber stamps! So cool! Ok, so here is a close up of the coloring on the truck:
I used my colored pencils and OMS to color these images again. Here is the Smiling monkey!
LOL! I think this image is hilarious! The first time Andrew saw it he said "What the heck???" Cuz he didn't know why the monkey was smiling so big I guess. I decided this image needed "smile" as the sentiment, and I've had these letter beads forever, so I put them on some twine and made a cool sentiment! Here' a closeup of my coloring on my happy monkey!
I hope you all liked the cards today. We have a busy Saturday ahead of us so I know I won't be posting tomorrow. We have 2 baseball games and a farewell bbq. And I have to prepare something to take for the bbq. I'm thinking a big plate of fruit will be nice. Hopefully the weather will be good too. Today is grey and rainy but yesterday was sunny and warm. You just never know what Spring in Italy will bring you! Oh, and the Primavera Bazzaar is in Hangar 3 on base! I helped set up yesterday and there is some GOOD stuff for sale over there. I hope we get a chance to shop.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and leave me a comment so I know you stopped by, k?
Until next post, be blessed!

Hello Hello!

Well, internet sucks here! I have access right now, but it keeps disappearing so I don't even know if I'll be able to post this. BTW, Jan has already read "The Devil Wears Prada" so guess what, it's yours Krystal!
Here are a couple cards made with digital images. This first one is an adorable turtle from Squigglefly: I colored him with Koh-n-oor pencils and odorless mineral spirits. The papers are all from Stampin' Up and the "Hey You" sentiment is from The Greeeting Farm. Here's a digital image from Dustin Pike:

Dustin draws the most adorable dragons! This is one of his FREE digital images that you can find on his blog HERE. Colored with the same pencils, sentiment from TGF again, and everything else is SU! Last but not least, my yummy Angel baby:

She's saying "What?" LOL! She is now tall enough to grab things off the table if they are close enough, as we discovered Sunday morning. Oh, and she LOVES peanut butter! LOL! Well, that's it for today. I better get this posted before I loose my internet connection.

Until next post, be blessed!

Happy Mother's Day! And the winners are...

Hey there peeps! Sorry for being MIA the last couple days. I had full intentions of posting the winners of the books on Friday evening, but we lost our internet connection! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We still don't have it back 100%, but that's boring blah blah blah, so I won't bother you with all that. So I had Andrew draw some names out of his baseball mit and the winners of the books are:
NICOLE: you get "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg" (I bet Jaqui would love it as a bedtime story,and the pictures are gorgeous)
CARIN: "Hannibal Rising" (I hope you haven't read it yet, you reader!)
JULIE: "Me & Emma" (I didn't rig this, lol, promise! I hope you like it-don't forget to have tissues close by.)
JAN: "The Devil Wears Prada" (I hope you haven't read this also, Jan. Please email me with your address. And if you've seen the movie, the book is so much better!)
Well, I hope you all enjoy the books and the bookmarks. Hey Krystal, I don't have anymore bespectacled Mooses, but I can make you a bookmark anyway! OR... What do you all think of these?

This adorable deer is from The Greeting Farm. The paper is Basic Grey. I colored her with my Copics. Here we have Tink from TGF on Basic Grey papers and a sentiment from Starving Artiststamps:

And finally another Deer and more Basic Grey:

Anyone want one of these adorable bookmarks? I figure that I need to start sending my stuff out since it's just accumulating in my stamp room and with my limited square footage I should share my creations! So, let me know if you want one... first three request get them! Oh, and let me know which you want. I've made a few cards WITHOUT TGF stamps, so come back tomorrow to see some of those! YEA! Oh, and I have some adorable pics of a yummy Angel Baby to show you too....
Until tomorrow, be blessed!

It's Friday Already?!?!

Wow, this week is already over! It hasn't necessarily been a fast week, but I feel like I missed out on a couple days somewhere! I thought I had posted on Wednesday, but it must have just been a dream since there is no post here. LOL! Well, today is the day I said I'd let you all know who gets which book, but I'm going to do that later. For now I'm going to leave you with a couple pics. This first one was taken on our way home from a canceled baseball game a couple weeks ago. The game was called on account of lightning, and on our drive home we saw this: That's HAIL! It wasn't even all that cold and yet there was hail. Also, there was only hail for about half a mile! Wierd Italy weather, I tell ya! And here's a pic of my latest Rock Star Anya card:
I stamped and colored this RockStar a long time ago when I was making my trading cards and she's been hanging out on my desk ever since. I decided she needed a card to call home, so I whipped this up really quick.
I hope you liked the short post and I'll be back later with the giveaway list! If you haven't commented to get a book, scroll down and do that quick!
Until then, have a blessed Friday!

Believe in Magic

Happy Monday all! It's a nice quiet day around here. I dug in the dirt and fixed up a little garden I have in my yard, I put dinner in the crock pot, and I cleaned up the house... now I'm just relaxing and enjoying my Monday evening! I hope you all have a nice Monday as well.
Here's the card I made a few days ago for a CASE challenge: The card didn't come out as planned AT ALL. I really wanted to use these Basic Grey patterned papers with Tink the Fairy because they seem "fairy-like" to me. Well, I got this far and just couldn't figure out where to go next. So I just left it! I think it came out ok, just not as originally planned. And Tink is colored and layered about 5 times! I think the technique is called paper toile, but I'm not sure so don't take my word for it. The picture doesn't show the depth of the image at all... sorry about that.
And just to leave you all with something perfectly adorable to look at, here's my Angel Baby enjoying her Pink Sunglasses:

She loves those things! LOL! Thanks for stopping by, and if you haven't left a comment on the previous post for a free book and bookmark, scroll down!

Until next post, be blessed.

Happy May Day!

It's May Day! How are you all enjoying this springy day? We've been outside a lot today and I've decided it's the perfect day for a giveaway! First up, bookmarks that I made using an image NOT from The Greeting Farm, lol!
I received these adorable bookworm Riley images from an image swap I was in a long time ago. They have just been sitting in a folder being neglected so I decided I needed to use them. I promised Andrew that I would make a bookmark for him so this was the perfect opportunity. I colored the Riley's with my copic markers and used a bunch of scraps to put the bookmarks together. Andrew actually helped out by cutting the twine and setting the eyelets. So, about that giveaway... Want a book? LOL!

I have a few books that I've read, enjoyed, and would like to end on to new homes. You get a bookmark with the book too! First up there is "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg" by Gail Carson Levine. Next we have:

"Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris. Then there is:

"Me & Emma" by Elizabeth Flock (such a great story, but be prepared to cry!). And finally we have:

"The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger. If you've seen the movies made from some of these books, the book is better! I loved reading these books, but it's time for the stories within the enlighten others' lives. So, want one? All you have to do is leave me a comment, tell other people about the giveaway, and come back on Friday, May 8th to see if one of them is yours! Actually, if you don't tell other people about my giveaway, that's ok. I'll still put your name in a hat to get one of the books. Also, if you have a preference of one book over another, let me know. I'm going to draw four names. The first name will get first choice, then second name-second choice, etc. OH! And before I forget, I discovered a new (to me) blog with amazing cards! And... she has a surprise giveaway going on. Her name is Trudy and her blog is True Gift's From the Heart. Go check her stuff out, you'll love her big cards (it looks like they are all 6x6 as opposed to the 4.25x5.5 cards that I usually make).

I hope to hear from a bunch of you! And how do you like the bookmarks? Thanks for stopping by and until next post, be blessed!