Wonderful Wednesday

First off, THANK YOU. Thank you all who have come by and read my little vent on this post. I truly appreciate all the support and kind words you have all given. I also love hearing how you all feel about the situation. I'm glad to see I'm not the only person feeling like this is a not-so-great situation. So, on to other business. I did the "I Wanna Be Just Like..." Lisa Hjulberg challenge on Club Anya. Here is the card: I used Pretty Hat Anya and The Greeting Farm patterened papers from the Sunny Glen pack and the special Birthday Anyaversary pack. Well, that's it for my short Wednesday post.
Until next post, be blessed!

Happy Labor Day!

2nd post for today, scroll down to read about new Doodlefactory Stamps!
Hello my friends! I hope all of you in the US are enjoying your day off of work and relaxing a little! Well, I know you all are getting a little spoiled with me posting something THREE days in a row, but don't get used to it! LOL! I just really wanted to with you all a happy Labor Day and to show you another card I made this weekend. I used the full size Tink from TGF on this card. Here she is:

I have been having a blast learning to color with my new red Copics, so that is why she has this hair, heehee! Here is the card in full:

I used the Anyone For Anya sketch challenge for this card. I didn't get it done in a very timely manner, but I did it anyway! And now there is a new challenge up. You all should head over there and check it out. The link is on my left sidebar. Well, have a fabulous day, and be blessed!

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!

Scenic Sunday...sorta

Hello there friends! So, today's Scenic Sunday is going to be a bit different because I still don't have the pictures I want to show you! David is supposed to be home next Sunday, so his computer will be home also with the pictures in it and hopefully I'll be able to show you the pictures then. For this week, I have a couple different types of scenes to show you! Here is a Card Scene that I made last night! I didn't start out this card with the intention of making it into a scene, but I love how it came out! I used the Never Ever set from TGF and the Trendy Trees Set from SU! I combined two challenges into this card. The cover of this card uses Tuesday Morning Sketch #9 only I turned the sketch on it's side. Here is a close up of Wendy: (at least, I think she's supposed to be Wendy)

My Mom is INCREDIBLY AWESOME and she sent me a BUNCH of copic markers! She sent reds and grays and some refills, so I decided to play with those. I tried to give Wendy black hair but Ashton says she looks like an old woman so I guess it's a little gray. Oh well! I'll just practice some more! Here is a close up of the mini Tink stamp from the same set as Wendy:

Here you can see the DP I used for the scallop behind Tink. The DP is from the Sweet Slumber Specialty DSP by Stampin' Up! And here is the bottom of the card:

I used the trees from Trendy Trees set and stamped them in Versamark on Sahara Sand cardstock. Then I went over them with my chalks to give them a little color. Oh, and I used my blender pen and some close to cocoa ink to draw in the little hills. The other challenge in this card is the Farm Fresh Friday challenge for this week called "It's what's on the inside that counts!" so I decorated the inside of the card:

Again, I used the same DSP and stamp set.

I masked off Peter's lower body and stamped him in Close to Cocoa ink to make it look like he's leaning on the edge of the paper.

And above is a close up of the right-inside of the card. I stamped mini-Tink in Close to Cocoa to decorate the corner a little.

Now Finally, another little scene for you all to enjoy today:

This was the breakfast scene at the table this morning! Fully candid, these are my kids chowing down on their cereal! LOL! I find it interesting that the boys are dressed for completely different seasons. Well, I hoped you like this Scenic Sunday, even though it was a little different than normal! See you all later, and have a BLESSED SUNDAY!

I need to vent a little

Hi all,
I don't have any pictures for you today because I'm on my new laptop and there are no pictures in it yet. But I need to vent a little and ask for your opinion. I will end up making my own decision of course, and I think I may already know what I want to do, but I would like some other points of view please. So I just re-signed up with Stampin Up. I had issues getting them to change my active status to a military status when we moved over here. According to the SOFA (status of forces agreement) that the AF has with Italy, I am not allowed to have a business. So, I can NOT sell Stampin up products while living in Italy. Not a problem for me at all since I am not a sales person and the actual "selling" part of the business is my least favorite part of it all. So, i finally got dropped as a demo because I hadn't met the quarterly minimum. I decided to go ahead and sign up again, order the special starter kit for $85, and just enjoy my discount on Stampin Up products for the next 2+ years with no worries about minimums. Ok, sounds sweet right? Well, I've been hearing a buzz about some new rule on not promoting other company's products. I finally went to the SU! website today and got the lowdown in detail. Well, I don't like it. Frankly, I just don't like it. In my case, I can not LEGALLY sell, promote, or engage in any in-home business activities while living here in Italy that could bring income in for me. So, I don't! I have no problem with the SOFA rules at all. I am not a salesperson. I just want my discount. LOL! But now I can't even enjoy and share that enjoyment for other companies. At least, that's how I feel I'm being restricted. I realize that promoting competing companies is bad business, but I'm not in this for the "business." Just the fun and the discount! Ok, so I LOVE my Copics, and I LOVE TGF's style of stamps. But because I just typed that sentence, I am now in violation of the SU! contract. I don't think I can continue with SU! if this is going to be the case. It's no secret that I want to be on the TGF or Club Anya DT (I didn't make it this time btw) but now I can't do that and be a SU! demo. So, I think that I will have to quit SU! before I've even received my new starter kit. It was a waste of my money, apparently, to re-sign. I just can't NOT promote other companies and products that I lvoe to use! Well, the saying goes, "when one door closes, another opens" so we'll have to see what happens. I'll enjoy Stampin Up products as long as I can, but I'm a little sad that I won't have easy access to the products anymore. Honestly, the style of stamps is not entirely my "cuppa joe" but the cardstock and accessories are things I really enjoy. Especially all the coordination. Oh well, things change and that's ok. Change can be good. What do you all think about this? Am I doing what I need to? Should I stick with Stampin Up even though I don't have the freedom to create with what I want? Ok, so I can use what I want to create, but I can't let you all know where it came from! Ok, enough blabbering. If you have made it this far on this extremely long post, thank you. I truly appreciate you taking the time to listen to (read) my vent.
Until next post, with pictures, be blessed!

IT's THURSDAY!

It's Thursday, and you all know what that means, right??? Blog Candy Winner!!! First though, I'm going to make you look at another of my BRIGHT cards: This was for the "I wanna be just like..." Pam Varnell contest over on Club Anya last week. I challenged myself to use the bright colors, and even though I don't entirely love the way it turned out, I think this card has personality. heehee!
So, I know you all didn't come here to look at a card... Without further ado, the winner of my blog candy is........ CARRIE!!!
Congratulations Carrie! Email me at: angie lilavois @ gmail . com (no spaces) with your mailing address and I'll get your winnings out to you asap!
I hope you all have a blessed Thursday, I'm off to soccer practice for the boys!

Candy Ends at Midnight!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know that you have until Midnight, my time to enter my candy! Scroll down to enter but first, check out this bright Ian card that I made: I don't usually do the birght colors; they intimidate me, but they worked out so well on this card! I used TGF's FFF challenge with was a sketch. I colored Ian with my Copic markers and highlighted his board with my white gel pen. The ribbon was too short, but I made it work ;) and the sentiment (from TGF's Hello Go Rounds Set) was framed by punching a scallop circle, then turning it and punching it again. I can explain more if you all need me too.
I need to get ready for my busy day at work so I'll talk to you all tomorrow!
Until tomorrow, I hope you are blessed.