Sweet Dreamers' Challenge- ASC2

Here is my card for Aly's second challenge on her Sunday Sketch challenge blog. You may remember I mentioned Aly last week. She is the ten year old daughter of a blogger friend. Aly has started a blog with a new sketch every other Sunday. Her sketch this week was very challenging, and her sample rocks. So check it out if you have time! Our blog group, the Sweet Dreamers, decided to have Aly's challenge as our weekly challenge this week. So this card serves as both. And if you think the paper looks familiar, it's because I used it on the last card I posted. I had a lot left on my desk, so I just went with it!

A little family news... During Finn's birthday party on Sunday he started to walk. He's taken a step or two, but not really walked. He was taking about ten steps at a time during the party. It was exciting, because we had family and friends here to see it. He's continued with the steps all week. He also has mastered the tantrum, he throws himself down and kicks his legs, it actually is pretty funny, because he's so little. And it doesn't last long. It is just so amazing how they do new things all the time when they are so little. Really fun to watch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Card Recipe: Stamps: Magnolia
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: YoYo Yellow, Tempting Turquoise, PTI ssw, DCWV Citrus patterned paper
Embellishments: Nesties, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, copics, stickles, Primas, MM brad, ribbon, SU clear button

LuLu Blog Hop

Welcome to the LuLu Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you arrived her from Miche L Designs blog you are in the right place. If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

Here is my project for the blog hop. My sweet Bella sistah Lori just sent me this adorable Harriet LuLu stamp as a back to school RAK. How sweet is that. I thought she just needed bright fun colors, so I colored her to cooridinate with this DCWV citrus paper. Hope you enjoy my creation and all the others along the hop.

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $25 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Debi's Crazy Life.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping Bella Harriet LuLu and sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Tempting Turquoise, YoYo Yellow, DCWV Citrus paper pack
Embellishments: copics, Sakura glitter pen, nesties, MM brads, primas, foam dots, grosgrain ribbon

Sweet Dreamers challenge with MTSC40

This is my take on Mercy's Tuesday sketch challenge for this week. I also combined it with my Sweet Dreamers blogger's group challenge for the week. That challenge was to use buttons. I've got a little button centered in my bow. I love these holiday Magnolia images. They are so much fun to color! Her boots are glossed with crystal effects and her coat is fur trimmed with liquid applique.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you had a great weekend!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Magnolia
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Basic Black, Gray, PTI Scarlet Jewel, SEI patterned paper
Embellishments: copics, Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, MM brads, crystal effects. liquid applique, SU ribbon and silver cord, foam dots, SU corner punch, Sakura glitter pen, PTI button

Aly's first sketch challenge

Happy Friday everyone! TGIF! My husband has been traveling some this week, so we're glad it's the weekend and he'll be home. Having a little get together for Finn on Sunday, so that should be fun. Not cooking though, doing it the lazy way, take out!

Here is a sketch challenge I completed. It's from a new blog called Aly's Sunday Challenge Blog. This is the first challenge, you can see the sketch here. Now the really cool thing is that this sketch was done by a ten year old girl. She is the daughter of one of the stampers in my blogging group. She also made a card sample for her sketch, her stamping is amazing! She is a very talented young lady! She plans on posting a sketch every other Sunday, there will be a new one this week. I love to see kids involved in crafting! I plan to try to do more of her challenges. Check out her blog and give it a try if you can.

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend. Stop by tomorrow if you have a chance, I'll have a new Bella card up for their LuLu blog hop.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Magnolia
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Summer Sun, Choc. Chip, Pumpkin Pie, PTI ssw, DCWV fall stack
Embellishments: Prima leaves, Quickutz embossing folder, copics, crystal effects, foam dots

What a Finn-tastic year it has been!

Today is my baby's first birthday! As some of you may know his name is Finnegan, Finn for short. So I guess he'll be getting fish type cards for a long time. I always call him "Finn-tastic", so this sentiment was perfect, although spelled a bit differently. His first year has flown by so fast. I think this time around I enjoyed everything more, and worried less. I really have loved every minute of seeing him grow and develop a personality! He is so happy, he has a great big belly laugh, loves to crawl after his brothers and claps his hands when he gets excited. He is just the sweetest little guy.

I used the MoJo Monday sketch #105 for his birthday card. The fish is highlighted with some stickles for a bit of sparkle.
Finn on the day he was born.
A recent photo of Finn in his backyard swing, which he really loves. Happy birthday little man!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Cornish Herritage Farms Ocean Friends
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Brilliant Blue
Paper: YoYo Yellow, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, PTI ssw
Embellishments: circle punch, offray ribbon, Robin's Nest water dew drops, stickles, copics, cuttlebug Divine Swirls and Swiss Dots embossing folders, foam mounting squares

Rubber Romance treat holder

Happy Tuesday everyone. Today it's my turn to post a tutorial on the Rubber Romance blog. I posted a tutorial to make these little treat holders. They are quick and easy to make, and best of all they are inexpensive. I'm going to make some for the kids' teachers and bus drivers for Halloween. Everyone deserves a little treat for Halloween!

This adorable image is Sabrina the Witch from Rubber Romance stamps. I think she is such a cute witch! Who knew witches could be so cute?
This is a side view, so you can see how the treat holder looks filled with Hershey's Kisses. One bag of Hershey's Kisses will make 5-6 of these holders. That is if you don't snack on too many while your crafting.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Sabrina from Rubber Romance
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Only Orange, Basic Black, MME patterned paper
Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, mini brads, ribbon, Crop-a-Dile

Rubber Romance Sketch Challenge #2

Happy Monday morning! Boy the weekend goes fast, doesn't it. We had a great weekend, had some company on Saturday, the kids really enjoyed it.

This is my take on the new Rubber Romance sketch challenge. You can find the sketch and information on the Rubber Romance Blog. They've added a Mr. Linky for ease of entering the challenge! It's a fun sketch to try out. And, there is a prize involved! Everyone loves the chance to win a prize, right? So check it out and enter the challenge.

This image is Paige Has a Present from Rubber Romance. I paper pieced her with some Basic Grey Wisteria patterned paper. The sentiment is Rubber Romance also. I love the look of paper piecing especially for clothing. A touch of stickles finish off her bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Rubber Romance
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: River Rock, PTI ssw, Lavender Moon, Basic Grey Wisteria
Embellishments: copics, PTI ribbon, Grape Ice Stickles, Spica glitter pen, nesties, mini brads