2012 365 #149 - my favorite things

This weeks challenge at Shopping our Stash is "my favorite things" and this challenge was a snap for me (well, not really cuz there are just soooo many favorite things)...by far, my favorite paper is Chatterbox and I will have you all know that two brand new pieces of paper were sacrificed to make this card ***gasp*** - have been working with the scraps for ages, but broke out two new ones for these cards! I bought the hot air balloon dies yesterday (because I just can't resist dies - another of my favorite things- and they looked so cute with the clouds I bought last time I was at my LSS) so they are new stash and not old - the paper balances it out because it has been hoarded over 6 years...another favorite thing is making multiple cards quickly and I did two of these ones (maybe more coming though cuz they were super quick and easy)...oh and Tim Holtz distress inks are also fun and a necessity...wow there are lots of favorites for me...let's see what you so love and what you can do with it to complete some more projects!

****EDIT HERE*** :) CARLA WHO RUNS THE SOS BLOG IS ALSO STARTING UP A NEW CHALLENGE BLOG CALLED ANYTHING BUT A CARD (ABAC) WHICH FOLLOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE TITLE IS...SO IF YOU ARE A SCRAPPER, AND ALTERER, OR SOMEONE WHO JUST MAKES STUFF OUT OF THINGS THAT DON'T END UP BEING CARDS, THIS IS THE CHALLENGE FOR YOU!!!  SHE IS ALSO OFFERING SOME BLOG CANDY, SO CHECK IT OUT!!!  TO WIN CANDY, LEAVE A COMMENT AT ABAC AND FOLLOW ALONG!!! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FIRST CHALLENGE!!!  SEE YOU THERE!!!

2012 365 #148 - me and my camera

This week's Opus Gluei Challenge is "Me and my camera"...I love taking tons of pictures when we go on vacation (there were more than 2500 taken when we went to Alaska - however the trip did take 10 days so that is really only averaging 250 per day or 10 and hour or so - not too ridiculous when you think of all the things to see there). I took this picture of my mom and my daughter on our Alaskan Cruise during disembarkment. (I snuck in behind the pro photographer and snapped this pic)...my mom saw it for sale in the lobby after the first night and went to buy it...then it went missing and no one could find it...she was so disappointed cuz it was a great picture and when we got home and I developed mine, there it was!  So this page had to get made!  I did the circle inking with Tim Holtz inks and then splattered mists around in similar colours for some fun on the whitespace...

2012 365 #147 - Bearly Afraid

These pictures were taken in Ketchikan on our Alaskan cruise last summer...it was after Lauren had the run in with the bear and was now deathly afraid of them...it was hard to even get her to go in the store with this fake bear in the doorway, but then she came around and posed for a picture anyway...I am entering this in the Artful Delight sketch challenge...after all, it is their sketch and I think I made it just under the wire!!

2012 365 #146 - use a sketch

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use a sketch...I love the sketches from  Delightful Inspiration and I really just don't play with them enough, even though I love their blog...so I decided to hunker down and actually complete one of their sketches in time for the link...wahoo...I just got this stamp in the mail and when I saw it I had to have it...all the papers were scraps from a 6x6 pad that I won at a crop a while back and the sentiment was in there too...really trying to use that stuff up!!  I keep replenishing though, so it kind of defeats the purpose, but what can you do?  Let's see what favorite sketch you use and link up to it so I can play along too!!!

2012 365 #145 - forgotten techniques

The challenge for Shopping our Stash this week is to use a technique you have always wanted to try or one that you have forgotten about...as we were discussing ideas on the design team, the topic of Washi tape had come up between Carla and myself...she tried out a technique and didn't like her results and changed her mind on her card technique...so I swooped in and decided to do it myself...I had learned a quick tutorial of it at a crop and decided to give it a go...I used 5 colours of tissue paper and stamped on it and then made co-ordinating flowers out of the same tissue...I haven't made tissue flowers in a while either...used up some ancient Basic Grey brads that I just "had to have" about 3 years ago....and a virgin stamp set with heat embossing...another forgotten technique...think I got them all in there...why don't you play along this week so we can see some other new techniques...

2012 365 #144 -red hot

I found this Opus Gluei challenge super hard...I never work in just one colour and I find red one of the hardest...but here is my attempt (had to have a little green in the centre of the flower, but otherwise I "followed the rules"...not quite sure if this is too summery for a Christmas card or what yet, but I will have to find a use for it somewhere....let's see your Red Hot Creations!!!

2012 365 #143 - Monochromatic martians

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is Monochromatic...for those of you who have never done a monochromatic card - the idea is to do a card in different tones of one colour on the colour wheel and a neutral or two are allowed....but the only "colour" should be your one choice...this is a really hard challenge for me...I very seldom buy one coloured papers...they usually all have an alternating colour in them...these were all from my scrap bucket, so it worked out great for a green card....inside the card reads "put on your big girl panties and deal with it".  Love this alien/monster set...it had 14 stamps and was super cheap when we went down to Fargo last...couldn't resist...the corrugated paper, however is about 10 years old or so....and I coloured the pearls with my copics just to make them match the green theme...come on out and let us see what you can do...in just one colour of course!

New puppy pics - This is Penny

This is our new puppy Penny...she is cute and not too much trouble (so far...).  She is sleeping through the night and goes to the bathroom outside (my two most important features in a pet)...she is about 12 weeks old and my girls are just smitten by her...