Still a young pup!

OK, first of all, this card looks waaaay better IRL than the pic, but my children bought me a new camera for Christmas, and I cannot figure out how to shut the flash off! This requires an IT degree, seriously! So that is not white drool on his chin, it is glitter........
This is an Inky Antics image, for one of my friends in MA (how's the weather Bruce, eh??) I am stuck in the house with a miserable cold, so thought I would make good use of my time in jail, and make some cards.......heehee any excuse will do!
I am going for the following challenges:
Outlawz (music inspiration)
Stamping/Scrapping Challenge (Punches/dies)
Ladybug Crafts (Anything goes)
Papertake Weekly (Anything goes)
Sassy Cheryl (New beginnings) OK, pushing the limit on this one, new AGE!
Tuesday Morning Sketches
Simon Says (New ink/old stamp)
Joanna Sheen (Celebrations)
Paper Sundaes (Old stamp/new ink)
Pile It On (Anything Goes)
TTCRD (Monochromatic)

I promise I will read the camera directions before the next post, LOL!

Weigh In~~

Yeah, Christmas is DONE! I hate to sound like the grinch, but I just needed to get through this year!! I am sooooo looking forward to 2012! Well anyway, I just got back from TN/GA visiting children/grandchildren, and made a stop @ Jerry's Artarama in Nashville. While there, I picked up a few of the Twin Touch markers, because I am looking for a less expensive alternative to copics.....(besides my beloved pencils) I couldn't really match up colors because I had an antsy three yr old with me (what was I THINKING?) However, I did pick up their blue/grays (coloring on the scales) and I must say, they blend really nice! I started out w/Prisma markers, and still use them for detail work, so some might  miss the brush tip, but I actually like a finer point.  I plan on going back in January (when I spend a week w/the antsy three yr old, LOL!) and getting quite a few more, they are $1.89 apiece, and I was quite pleased........So, four of us "girls" meet on Wed morning to weigh in and encourage one another, & I made this card for my BFF Judy. (She's lost 18 lbs so far, you go girl!) I am entering this into the following challenges:

Outlawz Greetings (Anything Goes)

Touch Twin Markers (Red/olive/yellow/dark green)

MFP (Anything Goes)

ODBD (Anything Goes)

Paper Playtime (Anything Goes/Sentiment)  Have a nice week everyone, and be safe for New Year's!

Happy B'day Billy

EEEK, a week before Christmas, where the heck did this year GO???? I was not going to post again, but made this b'day card for my son-in-law (no, I am not a monster-in-law!) and thought it would be a good opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.......I try to get to everyone who has commented on my posts, so if I missed someone over this past year, my bad! I appreciate every single person that visits with wonderful positive messages. I think we tend to be hyper-critical of our own work, so when someone actually affirms what you have done, oh it is sooooooo nice! So thank you one and all. This will be my last regular post, my "season" starts on January 10th with Sis visiting for four months, plus a few stragglers. I have the FL address, so they're all welcome! I have to admit it's getting lonely here, so I'm looking forward to the company! I will also be traveling to TN and GA for the holidays, Lord grant me patience w/four grandchildren, hahahaha! I hope you all have the merriest of holidays, and my 2012 be the best!
I am entering this into the following:

ShinHan touch markers (Furry friends) I am trying one more time, my last entries were #5 & #7 and number six won, LOL! I am looking for an alternative, the hungry Copic-saurus is increasing Jan 1st!
RRR (Anything goes w/ribbon)
Allsorts (Blue/brown)
Outlawz (Sketch)
Stampin' Sisters in Christ (Birthday)

Keeping warm~`

Good evening everyone~~first off, I must apologize, I took at least ten pictures of this card, and this was the best one, EEEEK! Sorry, it really does not do the image justice! This is a Sugar Nellie digi image I downloaded from Funky Kits, colored w/copics. They are so adorable, I cannot stand it! I am sure you will see them again (& maybe again!)
Well, after two pounds of fudge, too many cookies to count, and numerous other "bad" foods, I lost 1/4 of a pound........so not great, but I didn't gain either! I had three Christmas parties this week, please take me away! I am going to enter this into the following challenges:
CPS (Sketch)
Touch Twin Markers (Furry friends)
Outlawz (Snow)
Crafty Creations (Card w/sentiment)
iCopic (Holiday)
I wish my photography skills were better, because I am taking Suzanne Dean's Class V copics, and some of the instructions (fur) are incredible! Anyway, have a good week, I wrapped 54 presents yesterday, and now packing to go north (TN/GA) for the holidays!

Presents~

Hi everyone! Gosh, these Christmas cards are going to make me crazy! Just when I think I am DONE, I need another one~~oh well! This is little Maggie (awwww!) hiding her present...speaking of presents, are we all done with our shopping (YES!) Well, moving right along, I am entering this into the following challenges:
iCopic (Black hair)
Creative Card Crew ('Tis the season)
Ladybug Crafts (Snowflakes & sparkle)
Flowersoft (Snow)
Designed2Delight (Snow)
Sweet Stampin' (Snow)
Just Magnolia (Anything goes w/sparkle)
Crafts and Me (Snow)
Tuesday Throwdown (Celebrate the season)
Papertake Weekly (Anything goes w/charm)
Paper Sundae (Red stripes/stitching/die cuts)
Crafty Pad Designs (Punches)
Outlawz (Sketch)
Cute Card Thursday (Anything goes)
Have a great weekend everyone, I will be wrapping!

Tiny Tots

Happy Monday everyone~~short post. I hope everyone had a great weekend, I went to see "Happy Feet 2"........OMGosh, how cute was that movie! I actually loved it more than the first. So this is my monthly entry for the Art Impressions challenge, they're the cute tots collection. Not a lot of embellishment, I did not want to detract from the image (not to mention the fact it took me a long time to color LOL!) It's a gate fold card, 5" x 7"........I'm entering this into the following:

Outlawz (Tall cards)

TTCRD (Holiday w/three embellishments)

Twin Touch Markers-(my last chance to win methinks!) (Red/beige/brown/yellow)

Art Impressions (Christmas)

Sweet Stamps (Gate fold)

Brrrr.............

Well, a happy weekend to everyone! Brrr is not for me, the weather today is absolutly gorgeous! I'm just finishing up some stragglers (cards to people I FORGOT!) This one is a Nellie Snellen image I bought from HERE...cute as can be, but deceiving! Whew there were a lot of parts to this! She is done w/Prisma's mostly, although some of it was based in copics. The bow is way too big, but I hate making bows, so that was that. My other picture is "the kids." They were not so energetic the other night, and curled up with each other. I thought is was so cute, I just had to take a picture. The one with his foot up is Charlie (Charles in charge) and the patient female is Cassie. (actually not patient at all, sometimes she can be pretty feisty!) So there you have it, and this is going into the following challenges: Outlawz (Bow/presents) Cooking it up w/Katie (Anything goes) Fab n' Funky (Anything goes) My Mum's Crafts (Keeping warm) Southern Girls (Ribbon) TTCRD (Three embellishments) Joanna Sheen (Holiday) Two Sisters (Punches/dies) Sundaysw/Crissy (Anything goes)  OK, time for dinner! Have a nice night!

Cute-ness alert~~

OK, I cannot believe I am doing two posts in one day~~this is a first! I'm lucky if I do one a WEEK! Well, I've been in all day, sneezing, coughing, etc~~nothing to do but color and read my new Cardmaker magazine! What a life....it's tough, but someone has to do it! So.... short post, this is going into the following challenges:

LOTV (Anything Goes)

Outlawz (Anything Goes)

Stampavie (Anything but Square)

IBFC (Four Seasons)

CPS (Sketch)

Totally Gorguss (Sparkle)

Not very many this time LOL! Have a great night, I'm getting into my jammies and watching NCIS, mmmmmmm!

Christ-moose~~

Hi everyone! Are ya all done with Christmas shopping from Black Friday and Cyber Monday??? Well, I did actually put a HUGE dent in mine yesterday, I braved the malls (everyone was home on their laptop!) I take these days VERY seriously! Why?? I worked for the PO for many years, and could never enjoy the fabby sales that went on, so now I'm right THERE, hahaha! BTW, if you still have some money, can I mention a few enabling sites?? LOTV is having a 10% plus FREE shipping until tomorrow, GB time. Oozak held their sale over for another day, and Sassy Cheryl's had a wonderful sale on her digi's. I'm a sucker for free shipping, Oozak has the BEST customer service on the planet, & Cheryl's images need to come w/a cuteness alert!---Sooo, moving right along, this digi is from Just Inklined, and done w/copics. One of the other sales yesterday was 7KidsCollegeFund, (10%) and a pre-order opportunity for new alcohol markers from Crafter's Companion. I bit the bullet and ordered the skin tones. I love my copics, but they are getting a bit out of reach for me in price (read: single, retired, old lady on SS) I'll let you know how I like them! I have a few Promarkers, and they're pretty good. OK, so enough chatting~~I'm in the house today (sick) so the upside  is coloring all day w/o guilt. I might actually get TWO posts in this week! I'm going for the following challenges:

Outlawz (Anything Goes)

Craft Your Passion ('Tis the Season)

Stamps R Us (Embossing) My sentiment is embossed

Papertake Weekly (Sketch)

Tuesday Throwdown (Male Christmas)

ScrapCreations (Christmas)

Sassy Cheryl's (Winter)

Delightful Challenges (Red/Green)

Moving Along w/the Times (Ribbons/Bows)

Totally Papercrafts (Christmas)

Cardmadfairy (Christmas)

Sweet n' Sassy (Fave Things, mine is animals)

MFP (Masculine)

iCopic (Distressing/vintage)

OK, few random thoughts: I spent many, many winters in NH w/the kiddo's, and I really don't think moose are two-toned! However, they're not the color I originally had, so fixed a boo-boo! Second, is there ANYONE out there besides me who gets annoyed because my programs do not DVR when football is on???? AARRGGHH! I've missed so many "The Good Wife" episodes! Have a good afternoon! I guess it's a good day, if that's the only complaint I have!

Bearly made it~

Hi everyone! Well Happy (belated) Thanksgiving, and I hope y'all had a wonderful holiday w/lots of FOOD! I was in GA, came home last night @ 12:00 midnight, and stayed up until 4:00 AM--then back up @ 7:00, what's up with that?? I have been trolling every website on the planet for a Leap Pad Explorer (I'm beginning to think they do not exist) for my granddaughter, and so far have been unsuccessful. In the meantime, I think my grandchildren gave me some kind of flu-ish thing, because my throat is sore, I'm achy~~OK, enough whining~~I'm ultimately leading into this image, which I loved, but couldn't seem to get it all together with a sketch. I just gave up finally, and tada, here it is\, sans sketch.  This is a downloaded digi from Cuddly Buddly (I am positive it is Pachela Studio)~~Oh my, they have the cutest digi stamps! So I am about to take my poor tired body for a nap, but before I do that, I'm getting this into the following challenges:
Outlawz Greeting Challenge (Presents)
IBFS (Four seasons)
Bearly Mine (Favorite things) Mine is coloring animals and children)
Ladybug Crafts (Winter blues)
Papertake Weekly (Festive)
Sassy Cheryl (Anything goes)
Cooking w/Katie (Punch/emboss/ink)
Repeat Impressions (Snowflake)
Cardmadfairy (Winter wonderland)
OCL (Cute critters)
Sweet n'Sassy (Fave things)
Totally Papercrafts (Christmas)
2 Sisters (Holiday)
Wee Memories (Christmas)
Crazy4Challenges (Snow)
Paper Sundaes (Winter wonderland)
Flowersoft (Winter blue)
Stamptacular (Christmas)
Ribbon Carousel (Holiday)
Sooooooo, that's it, now my eyeballs are falling out of my head, I need SLEEP, LOL!

Hello Fall~~

OK, I swear this is my last post for another week, but I needed to get my AI challenge in for November! Isn't she adorable?? Copics, Flowersoft~I wish my photography skills could do justice to this paper, it's by Kanban, and it is fabulous! (I wish my photo skills would do justice to anything!)
I'm also entering this into:
Stampavie (Anything but square)
IBFS (Four Seasons)
Twin Touch Markers (In the garden)
Art Impressions (Colors of Fall)
Flutterby Wednesday (Anything Goes)
Have a great weekend everyone!!!!!!!!!!

One more~~

This is my last Thanksgiving card, moving on to the next holiday. Three times in one week, are you amazed? I am.......good thing I don't have 597 followers, they would be tired of me by now. So for other 1%, here I am! It is finally cooling off,  which means I am too. Trying to tie up loose ends prior to travelling. Went to a comedy club last night, and the two guys were pretty funny! I've never been to one before, I guess there is a first time for everything! So things I am thankful for this week:
1) I haven't tripped and fallen (see Milton the Moose post)
2) I have not lost my debit card (see #1)
3) I'm not cooking
4) I have beautiful children and grandchilden (they cook)
5) I live in a wonderful country, I'm healthy, able to sit up and take nourishment........life can be good sometimes..........


OK, this image is from Sassy Cheryl, colored in copics and I used some of my very special Cheery Lyn dies. I'm entering this into the following:
Sassy Cheryl (Stump the Boss..(Anything Goes)
Midnight Madness (Sketch)
Scrap Creations (Thanksgiving)
Card Making Mama's (Be Thankful)
OCL (Thankful)
Paper Sundaes (Digital image)
TTCRD (Thankful)
Cardmadfairy (Digi w/texture, I used clear glaze on ther shoes)

Christmas #3

Wow, two cards in one day! That's scary! I obviously need a life....soooo, I said I was going to color up my Art Impressions stamp, but like any self-respecting divorced woman, I lied. ("Of course I'm not resentful, of course we can be friends, I hope you and what's-her-name have a GREAT life"....at that point I put the knife down, I was not sounding too credible heehee") This PB was in the "almost finished" stage, so decided to go ahead and get'r done. Me thinks that will be it for the week, I'm traveling to GA, TN and hope to God they have a cold snap! I'm entering this into: (drum roll please)
Outlawz (Sketch)
Bunny Zoe's Crafts (2nd entry, Christmas w/pearls)
Forever Friends (Christmas)
Stamping/Scrapping (Christmas using SB dies)
Sassy Cheryl's (Anything Goes)
My Mum's Crafts (Mix & Match)
PB Allsorts (2nd entry, animal)
ODBD (Metallic)
Stamptacular Sunday (Punches)
Twin Touch Markers (In The Garden)
Winter Wonderland (Christmas Mouse)

Christmas #2

Whew, my days got a LOT better after that last post~~I haven't fallen, and I have not lost the NEW debit card, things are looking up~~So I am inside today, because it is so freakin' hot here!!!!!!! I'm waiting for the humidity to stop, but SW is in the middle of a heat wave..........AARRGGHH! I colored my little Sugar Nellie up and I'm thinking this might fall under the category of non-traditional Christmas colors~~at least I hope it does.
I'm entering this into the following:
The Sugar Bowl (Sketch)
Bunny Zoe (Christmas w/pearls)
ABC Challenge (Dazzle)
Paper Pretties (Non-traditional Christmas colors)
AllSorts (Animals)
Truly Scrumptious (Christmas w/pearls)
Papercraft Journey (Embossing) (Hmmm, just noticed I was featured last week, need to grab the badge!)
Sweet Stamping (Gingham)

I guess that's it, but I will be back this week, it's almost time for the Art Impressions challenge!

Milton the Moose~~

Hmmmm, I THINK it's Milton! This is one of my last Thanksgiving cards, had thirteen of them this year. Now on to Christmas, EEEEK. So..........not a good day here. Up @ 5:30, hop out of bed ready for the gym, but first I need to feed the "kids." Well, it's dark out @ 5:30, so when I pounded into the living room, I promptly fell over my bag of copics that I had left on the floor the previous evening. BANG, right on my shoulder, and that should have been a clue TO GO BACK TO BED! But noooooo.....off to the gym, then to the bank to make a withdrawal, and lo and behold, my debit card is missing. AARRGGHH. So I went back home, checked the balance, and sure enough, I used it on Sunday to download some MP3's. I spent HOURS tearing this house apart (not that it's that big, Frodo would have a hard time living here) no debit card. AARRGGHH! Get the mail~~letter from a lawyer, about a house I have not owned in FIVE years, and a husband I have not been married to for SIX years. And then I find out that my fave show "Revenge" is not on tonight! Now I am all achy and thinking that the gym is out for tomorrow..........OK, enough whining. My image is High Hopes, colored w/copics. I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Outlawz (Sketch)
High Hopes (Anything Goes)
Stamps R Us (Male)
Anything Goes (Stitches)
Sassy Cheryl (Embossing)
Tuesday Throwdown (Favorite colors) Fall is my fave season!
AllSorts (Creatures)
Simon Says (Recycle) (I used my scraps
Cuttlebug (Anything Goes) They're back, check them out!!!!!!!
Totally Papercrafts (Stitches)
Cleary I Stamp (Color Challenge)
Craft Your Passion (Anything Goes/Brown)
I hate to end this on a sad note, but if you follow a lot of blogs you might be familiar with Katie Renz, who has been bravely battling stomach cancer. Sadly, she died a few days ago, so please say a prayer for her young children and husband. I lost a husband many years ago during the holidays, when my children were very young, and so my heart aches for this family. They will need every prayer they can get..................CJ

Thanksgiving~~

How is everyone on this bee-u-tiful Toooos-day?????? Well, guess what?? I lost 2 pounds this week, FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!  I am @ the gym everyday, and sometimes it gets discouraging I must admit, but I am committed to this~~I need to lose 15 pounds, so now it's only 13! Anyway, my card today is not a fancy fold, I had waaaaay too much on my plate this afternoon, but hopefully within the next two days, I will have another one for you. The image is from Sassy Cheryl (O M G! Is this adorable!) I CASED a sentiment from one of the blogs, the inside reads "I'm bringing a guest for dinner." BWAAAAAAAH! I nearly fell off the chair when I saw it. I used my Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish, some DP in my stash, and copics. I'm entering this into the following challenges: (Lots!)
CPS (Sketch)
TTCRD (Fall w/leaves)
iCopic (Thanksgiving)
Flowersoft (Turkey)
Sassy Cheryl (Embossing)
Craft Your Passion (Anything Goes w/Brown)
Outlawz (Thanksgiving)
Corrosive Challenge (Flourish)
Crafty Catz (Anything Goes)
Moving Along w/the Times (Anything Goes)
Digital Tuesday (Anything Goes)
Stampavie (Anything Goes)
Creative Card Crew (Thankful)
OK, another  one down the hatch! Have a great evening-tonight is NCIS, yeah!

Beautiful Fall~`

Oh, it is such a gorgeous day here!!!!! No humidity, no heat, and all is right with the world (sort of) Anyway, hope you enjoyed your week, and have some great plans for the weekend! I do a Zumba class on Saturdays, it is soooooo fun! Also have dinner plans for Sunday, so thought I would post today! Well, I made up my mind to do some fun folds for Thanksgiving, and here is the first one! It's called "Tunnel Card" and the directions are on SCS under resources. The Kitty image is from Serendipity Stamps & I'm pretty sure she is having a sale soon (free shipping, that always works for me) I'm trying this in the following challenges:
Flowersoft (Turkey/Animal)
CPS (Sketch)
Cupcake Challenges (Leaves)
Papertake Weekly (Anything Goes)
Scrap Creations (Pumpkins)
Tuesday Throwdown (Thanks)
Outlawz (Fancy Fold)
Card Making Mama (Die Cut)
Quirky Crafts (Leaves)
Stamping Sisters in Christ (Fall)
TTCRD (Fall)
Whew~~th-th-that's all folks!

Christmas???????????

Just popping in today w/a Christmas card..........I know, I know, sorry! If you're anything like me, you have a loooong list and short wallet! Every year I tell myself I'm going to save for the NEXT year, but here I am again, still short on cash, still trying to lose weight, still single (OK, I digressed!) So anyway, this is a LOTV stamp, one of my fave, fave companies. I try to enter their challenges when I can (OK, add loser to the above list!) It's done w/copics & Prisma pencils, and I added some MS glitter & clear glaze. I am going to try and do my Christmas cards this year in different folds (this one not included) I have a folder really unique folds, and think I'm going to attempt them!

Anyway, have a nice Wednesday~~It's still beautiful here in FL, I can actually open all the windows and doors now and there is no humidity! (except the condo maintenance just put down lawn fertilizer ewwwwwww!) I am entering this into the following:
LOTV (Sketch)
Forever Friends (Bling/bling)
Outlawz Twisted Thursday (Copics & pencils)
Cupcake Challenge (Leaves)
Anything Goes (Stitches)
Papertake Weekly (Anything goes/bling)
Ribbon Carousel (Anything goes)
Pixie Cottage (Christmas)
Cuttlebug Spot (Anything goes)
Color Create (Burg/gold/green/cream)
Totally Papercrafts (Glitter)
RRR (Christmas)
Card Makin' Mama's (Die Cuts)
Sweet Stamping (Anything goes)
One Stitch @ a Time (Christmas)
Whew!!!!!!!!!! Love, love, love the "Anything Goes" challenges! Bye for now!!!!

Beautiful Fall Day!

Well...........not really! It's still hot here, but not as bad as last week! It's "use it or lose it" time at my house, which means I need to utilize these scraps of paper I've been collecting forever! There are a lot of neutrals, which is good because I will be starting on Thanksgiving cards shortly. I'm such a hoarder with paper! So my little kitty is an image by Penny Black, colored in copics. Pretend the flowers are mums, OK? I used flowersoft for the centers, and clear glaze for the pot (complete w/my thumbprint!) Ribbon, charm, copper butterfly and we are set to go! I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Stamps R Us (Nature's Gifts)
Twin Touch Markers (Fall colors)
Flutterby Wednesday (Scraps)
Penny Black All Sorts (Autumn)
Really Reasonable Ribbon (Fall)
Wags & Whiskers (Fall)
Totally Papercrafts (Layers)
Designed2Delight (Cute Critters)
The Sweet Stop (Sketch)
Dutch Dare (Photo inspiration)
CMC (Fall or Halloween)

I hope everyone has a great week! I have been going to the gym every day for 1 1/2 hours, and
O M G, am I sore!  It's not exercise though, it's live-a-cise! Take care!

Happy Hedgehog!

Hi everyone! Well, it's that time of the month again~~my Meals on Wheels clients get b'day cards! This is for one of the gentlemen on the route. It's a cutie PB stamp, colored w/copics. It's still hotter than Hades here in FL, I'm feeling very, very homesick for the north right now!!!!!!! I know it's a short post, but gotta run!
Have a great week!




Challenges:
Paper Play Challenges (Cupcake)
Outlawz Monday Challenge (Anything Goes)
Stamps R Us (Natures gifts)
Woodware (Anything goes)
Sweet Stamps (Lots of layers)
My Time to Craft (Punches & dies)
My Mum's Crafts  (Food & drink)
Sweet Stamping Challenge (Male)
Stamptacular (Anything Goes)
I Did it Creations (Animals)
Sentimental Sunday (Anything goes)
All Sorts (Fall colors)