Have a MICE week!!!!!!!!

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend so far,,,,,tomorrow is my 28th wedding anniversary, and so my DH, Jaime, and I are going to Disney World for a few days,,,,,,we're staying at the Port Orleans Riverside, and we LOVE that hotel!!!!! Even if we COULD afford something far more luxurious, we wouldn't LOL,,,,,,,,it's the atomosphere we love! Pray for good weather, please, it's supposed to rain quite a bit. We go to Disney World all the time, but it would be nice to have nice weather for our anniversary!!!!

Today I have two cards to show you. I got three sets of house mouse stamps (along with some new copic refills) in the mail the other day, and I have been playing with them! I love them! Just too adorable!

These cards are made with the smallest of the stamps,,,,,,,,,I was playing and wanted to practice coloring fur (easier than you'd think with these stamps!), and so I had a bunch of colored ones, and decided to put together a few simple cards so as not to waste them.

Mostly, I used the Preppy Princess stack,,,,,,,scraps, mostly, and they are FAR more clean and simple than I usually make,,,,,,but they were so darned cute, I couldn't resist just using some pretty paper and letting the stamps shine. The GORGEOUS stick pins are from my friend Glenda,,,,,,,THANK YOU GLENDA! I love them, as you can see!

I hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you in a few days! Have an awesome week!

A FOR ADORABLE!

Hello! Hope you all are having a good week! We're half way through it!

Today I have two cards, both made with adorable images from Mo Manning. I love her stuff,,,,it's fun to color, and her digis are CHEAP! Most of her stuff runs 3 bucks,,,,,with the occasional 5.00 item tossed in. I had the pleasure of choosing seven of her stamps to work with the other day (thank you DH!) and I want to show you a couple of the cards I made with her images.

I just couldn't resist her stamp "Patience". Patience is a virtue,,,,,,poor cat LOL. I colored the image with copics, OF COURSE, and couldn't resist making this sweet little girl a red head to sort of match the cat's orange fluff. I've cut her out with Labels 3. The paper is an old stack I've never used, so I am very happy that I managed to use a couple sheets! It's the "Pet Stack" from DCWV,,,,,,,,and as you can see,,,,I've not even used any ribbon or bow! Easy peasy, and sweet as she can be!

The other card uses Mo's "Kai in the snow" and I especially love this image because of the joy on this baby's face! Also, it's neutral sex,,,,,,,,your coloring will make it a boy or a girl, and I always feel like I'm getting two stamps for one price when I am able to do that! Colored with copics and cut out with Labels 3, and I've used an old DCWV stack here, I don't even know the name LOL, that's how old it is. the snowflakes are sizzix, and I've layered them and added pearls and it's done! NO BOW OR RIBBON TODAY!

I hope that didn't make any of you faint LOL.

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for looking,,,,,,,

If you'd love to get one of these adorable stamps for yourself, just run right over to Mo's, and they can be yours for a very reasonable price! Here's the linky! I THINK I've figured out how to do that!

Mo's Digital Pencil

Sweet As Candy,,,,,,,

Good afternoon,,,,,,hope you all had a lovely week and are looking forward to an even lovelier weekend!

I have a card for you today,,,,,,I'm entering it into the "Sweet As Candy" challenge over at the Pixie Cottage. I don't have any of their stamps YET (and how I'd love to have some!) but fortunately, that's not required ,,,,,, I really love how this turned out!

I used an adorable image I bought from The Greetings Farm of two mice sharing a candy cane, and I thought this CERTAINLY went along with the Sweet As Candy theme! Additionally, I used the optional sketch they provided,,,,,,,,,,very very cute sketch! so hop on over to the Pixie Cottage www.thepixiecottage.blogspot.com and check out their challenges! You still have 4 days to enter this one!

The paper is Recollections paper line,,,,,,,,it has tons of really bright traditional christmas paper, and the candy cane papers really matched well with my image.

I used 3 nesties for this one,,,,,,,,,,classic ovals large, eyelet circles, and the flourish from lacy doily motifs, a ton of pearls and bling (which I colored red with my R39 copic to match the outfits on these darling mice!) and I generated the sentiment in my computer and used my Happy Everything tag kit from JustRite to cut it out.

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for looking!

Random.Org

My winners are always chosen via Random.org to be as fair as possible,,,,,,,,,,


unfortunately, I do not know how to put the picture of the random.org results on my blog as I've seen others do,

If you know how to do this, I'd appreciate some help! Thank you!

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!

Thanks to all who entered to win the seam binding, but unfortunately only one of you could win,,,,,,,


and the winner is:

lotsakids6 said... Hi Love bug! You're my official 'first' blog that I follow! Love all your stuff, thanks for the chance to win! -Teresa

Teresa has 5 days to respond to my email,,,,,,if she doesn't respond, then I'll choose another winner.

Thanks for playing! I'll be back later with another card!

Pretty In Pink!

Hi everyone! Today I have a quick and simple card that gives (I think) a pretty big bang for your buck!

the image was free, and it's absolutely stunning,,,,,,,all precolored, I didn't even have to break a sweat to make this card!

5.5x5.5, and I used the Preppy Princess stack fromo DCWV for the various papers on this layered card. No coloring, no inking,,,,,,,,,,,easy peasy! some paper, dimensionals, a few pearls and bling and a classic oval nesty and the card is done.

But unmistakably, the shining star of this card is this gorgeous FREE rose wreath! Simply STUNNING. It was given away so generously by Nettie Baker at http://www.thequiltshow.com/bb3/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=4777. I believe it's intended for printing on fabric for quilts, but when she gave it away over at sb.com, she (rightly) thought that card makers would love it!

So generous! So go on over to the Quilt Show and get your free rose wreath!

Thanks for looking! Oh and btw, that pink ribbon is made from the same ribbon that I'm giving away! Hope you enjoyed the card :)

BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful week! No card right now (I've been finishing a paid order, so haven't had much time),,,,,,,BUT I do have some blog candy for you! It's just a little give away, nothing huge,,,,,,,,but I'm hoping someone will love it!

I've been wanting to do a give away since I started my blog,,,,,,but with working nights and then being out of work, so everyone else using MY car,,,,,,I haven't had a for sure day that I could get to the post office and mail :)

Now that I DO, however, my give away is pretty simple!

Four colors of hand dyed seam binding,,,,,2 yards of each color (that's 24 feet of dyed seam binding FREE!),,,,,,,,,and possibly more than 2 yards :) Depends on how much I have :)

The colors are a gorgeous medium blue,,,,,,,,,a medium pink, truly lovely, a peach/peachy pink, and a light orange,,,,,,,,,some of my favorite colors that I tend to use over and over again!

The seam binding is hot water bath dyed in RIT dye, so it's not crunchy like it can get when dyed with paint products or glimmer sprays,,,,,,,it's soft and makes the lovliest bows!

So, to win, all you have to do is

1) become a follower if you aren't already (if you are, skip to step 2)

2) leave a comment on THIS POST. Any comment will do,,,,,just say "HI!"

3) be sure to include your email in your post so that I can notify you that you won.

A winner will be picked Friday morning, so you have until Thursday night to leave a comment!

That's IT!

If the winner doesn't claim their prize in 5 days, I'll pick another winner!

I hope you enjoy the blog candy and thanks for reading! I'll be back later with some cards!