It's 5 O'clock Somewhere!

I am so glad it's Friday for several reasons. First, this week was the kids first official week of summer vacation and we survived it!! More importantly, today is my 27th birthday!! Usually my birthday doesn't matter, but tonight we are going out. 14 of us are going on the Booze Cruise. So, 5 o'clock can't here soon enough!! TGIF!!

For A Special Birthday Boy

Well, our 85 degree weather is gone. It is raining today. The only upside to that is I planted grass seed last night, so it needs to be watered. And because it had been so nice for the past 4 days my house has a suffered. Guess today is as good a day as any to catch up on housework. Tomorrow is one of my daycare kids 4th birthday so I out together this very simple card using the little boy from Stamping Bella. The sentiment came with it. I just colored my little guy with Copics, tied on some ribbon, and added some brads. Have a great day!

Pour Me Another Bartender

Yesterday it was a friend's 21st birthday, and knowing that he would be ''celebrating" I thought this card was a fun way to set the mood. lol I pulled out my Beerafella (Stamping Bella) and some old d.p. that I've had forever and got to work. The sentiment, pour me another bartender, was actually part of the paper. I just punched it out with a circle punch. The little charm is a beer can. The rest is pretty simple. Didn't want anything too over-embellished for this "manly" card.

Take Time For Yourself

My poor Bellas have been neglected, so I pulled one out to use for my Mojo Monday Sketch. I may end up selling my Bellas because I just don't use them as much as I should. If I end up doing that, you will be the first to know. Anyway, the d.p. I used is from SU's Good Morning Sunshine collection. actually, all of the products, except for Bella and the sentiment, are SU! Hope you all have a great Tuesday!

Have A Sunshiney Day

Well the sun is definitely not shining here this morning! It's been windy and raining for 4 days now. Getting kinda old! So I decided to dust off my Veggiebella and hope that garden planting isn't too far away! I went with a white card base for a clean look. I just added a few squares of dp and some paper piercing, along with 2 flower fusion flowers and there you have it!

For A Special Boy

Where did the week go? I'm not complaining. I'm so glad it's Friday, but there just isn't enough time to get everything done! Unfortunately, blogging hasn't been a priority lately. Sorry about that. But I do have a few things to share with you over the next several days. Today I have a card that I made for one of my daycare children that will be turning three next week. His hair looks just like this little boy's! This image is from Stamping Bella. As much as I'd love to, I can't buy all of them gifts. But I do make each and everyone a birthday card that is just for them. They seem to like that. TGIF!!

Merry Wishes

Let me just say that is so cold that my hands hurts to type! We actually had some snow flurries last night. So this card seemed fitting for my Mojo Monday sketch card. I pulled out my Wreathabella and matched her up with some of my leftover Figgy Pudding d.p. by Basic Grey from last year. I colored her with Copics. I don't have Nesties or any other big scallop circle so I had to do it the old fashioned way, with the Coluzzle and corner rounder punch! Maybe I'll put those Nesties on my Christmas list! Be sure to scroll down for my earlier post. Happy Monday!

Happy Winter

It sure feels like winter here in Ohio. I had to break down and dig out the winter coasts yesterday. I do not like winter! But I do like this card. I used Wednesday's SCS sketch challenge for the layout. I used SU!'s Frosty Day d.p. for my color inspiration. I've been so busy these past few weeks that my blog post are lacking content, but there are other things that have to come first. On that note, back to work I go!

Mouse Click

Over the weekend I visited our new LSS with my s-i-l and got some great new American Crafts paper. I paired it up with my Clickabella and a few of the new buttons from Stampin' Up! I colored Bella with my Copics and added the sentiment "I'm just a mouse-click away!" I'm off to try to get a card made for Julee's Mojo Monday sketch!

Happy Waiting!

I have lots of mommy-to- be- friends who are expecting babies within the next several months, so I try to send thenm each a card every few months to let them know I'm thinking of them during their pregnacies. I made this one using today's SCS sketch. I used more of Stampin' Up's new paper. This time from the Washington Apple collection. I paper pieced bella's shopping bags as well as her shirt. I wanted to use that print for her shirt, but the pattern on the original sheet of d.p. was way too big, so I shrunk it down on my printer. Then I cut it out and popped it up on dimensionals so she really looks pregnant. That's about it for this one! Happy Hump Day!

Orangy Javabellas

This card I made for last Friday's SCS Limited Supplied Challenge. We had to use coffee images and the color orange. I love the Hawaii Papaya paper. The colors are warm and fallish. I also used Taylor's Cupcake Challenge Sketch for the layout.

Witchybella

I've had Witchybella sitting on my desk for over a week now waiting to be used. I went through my scraps and pulled out some older Halloween patterned paper and went with one of Julee's anni-VERVE-sary sketches. I really didn't have anything in mind when I sat down to stamp, so I needed the inspiration from Julee's sketch. I colored my bella with Copics and used my Copic airbrush system to mist black marker over my main image. I hope you are enjoing your weekend. We are moving our camper to the fair grounds tomorrow, so I've got to get busy and get things packed.

Saturday Sketches With Bellas

I have two cards to share with you today. Both are using Lauren's Saturday Sketches. One from last Saturday and the other is from yesterday. I won't be stamping today because Dustin, the kids and I, my inlaws, s-i-l, and her kids are all going to Soak City at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio for the day. For most of you that's quit a haul, but for us it's only 20 minutes away. My father-in-law is a farmer and he provides the animals for the petting zoo at Cedar Point during the summer. In return he gets free tickets to Cedar Point and Soak City, so we have the opportunity to go there each year. Back to the cards. I love last Saturday's sketch. It is fun and funky. I love the color combo that came about from the ribbon I used (American Crafts from Target). I will definately use this sketch again. My favorite part of the card is probably the flower accent. It used to be pink, but I dyed it using my black reinker. This card uses Clickabella. The second card is from yesterday's sketch. I used Winobella on this one and another dyed flower. This sketch was clean and simple, so I added some Dazzling Diamonds to Bellas dress to livenit up a little. I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend. Tomorrow brings Julee's Mojo Monday Sketch!

Friendship Grows With Love

I enjoy visiting everyone's blogs that do sketch challenges. Sketches are my favorite challenge. This one comes from Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge. I always look at her sketches on Friday, but have never played along before. Today I plan on stamping all day and catching up on all those sketches that I love. I've neglected my Bellas for a while now, so today is Bella day for me. I'm going to make all of my cards with my Bellas. I've got to restock my card supply anyway because I'm having a garage sale this weekend and have sold LOTS of my cards! *And just a side note, if any of you are ever interested in purchasing anything you see on this blog, just send me an email and we can work something out!* The patterned paper used on this one is Basic Grey and Veggie Bella is coloered with COPICS. Wow, I am having a hard time getting the hang of those things! Any words of advise would be greatly appriciated! I hope everyone is having a great Saturday and I'll likely be back with Lauren's Saturday sketch!

Best Wishes

Tonight we have a wedding to go to. This is the card I made for the couple. So Billy is taking a break today. I have a few more cards I want to share using Billy, but they'll have to wait until we get home from vacation. This will be my last post until we get back. I hope everyone has a great weekend and week. Have a safe 4th of July and Happy 86th Birthday Grandma Payne!

Cheers To My Girls Erin, Kristy, & Reggie

This weekend the girls and I are going away for a long weekend, staying in a cottage, and working on scrapbooks. The best part- no kids or husbands! We're hoping to hit the pool, go to dinner, have a few big girl drinks, and maybe getting some scrappin' done too! See you tomorrow girls!

Leslie's Wedding Card

Today is a big day in our house. Our little Cam-man (he's 5) is in his cousin's wedding. He is really excited, mostly because he gets toys out of the deal. He looks soooo cute in his tux, or as he calls it- his costume. When she first asked him to be the ring bearer in her wedding he said yes if he can wear his fire fighter costume. He did WONDERFUL last night at rehersal. He couldn't have done any better. He has this smile that always turns into a giggle that is infectious. I hate to say it, but he might steal the spotlight from the bride and groom. It's not his fault that he's adorable! I'll definately post pictures tomorrow of the big event. Here is the card for the couple. I just threw it together a few minutes ago because with all that's involved with being in a wedding I forgot about getting a card made. Because of time restraints I'm going to skip the details on the card. We are heading out the door soon for pictures. Let's hope the 50% chance of rain we have will hold off until later! Have a great day!

How Sweet

It's been along time since I had used my bellas, so I thought I'd dust one one to use for Julee's Mojo Monday sketch. I also got a package of cherry bling and I wanted to use one of those on this card. I paper pieced Bella's apron with a piece of the d.p. by Bo Bunny. The How Sweet sentiment is from MFT. That's about it for this card. I hope to be back later with more to share with you. I made a trip to Michaels' the other night and have lots of projects to work on!

Happy Valentine's Day

Today's card is another Bella, Pregabella I think. I made this card to send out to those pregnant mommies who like to shop and buy cute baby things to pass the time during those long 9 months. I used the last of my Just 4 You d.p. I guess I'll have to host another workshop so I can get that SSk again. I paper pieced her shopping bags and added a couple little safety pins. The Retail Therapy sentiment is also from Stamping Bella. Happy Heart Day!

Bridal Shower

In a few weeks I have a bridal shower to go to for Dustin's cousin. Cameron is the ring bearer in the wedding. He's going to be sooo cute! Here is the card I made for the shower. I used Billybootabella. Her umbrella reminded me of a "shower, so that's why I chose her. I paper pieced her umbrella and boots with d.p. from the Level 3 hostess SSK- Just 4 You. I printed Bridal Shower for the sentiment on the computer. I added "pearls" to the corners and did a little paper piecing on the main image.

Today I'm having a Valentine's party for my daycare kids, so I better get going.