Whiff Of Joy Challenge #3 Entry!

This week's Whiff of Joy Challenge was to use a sketch from the wonderful DT member Heather. Seeing how I just got my Wish On a Scrap kit and was loving it so much I HAD to use the beautiful papers and kit contents for this challenge was well! Here is Heather's fantastic sketch: Of course I had to use my FAVORITE WOJ stamp Melinda Blowing Kisses....I love this stamp so much! She is just so precious!
And of course you all know I am into decorating the insides of my card now too! Although I am not to pleased with this inside either! I think I needed 2 different ink colors instead. Oh well what are you going to do right?

Papers:
BoBunny from Oct. Wish On A Scrap Kit

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:
Copics
Momento Tuxedo Black
Tim Holtz Clear Embossing Powder
Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Fired Brick & Worn Lipstick)

CM marker

Adhesives:
Glue Dots
Scotch Quick Dry

Stamps:
Melinda Blowing Kisses by Whiff of Joy
Baroque Motif by Stampin' Up

Embellishments:
Petaloo Flowers & Flora Doodles

Ribbon & Glitter from my stash

Tools:
Creative Memories Personal Trimmer
Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch

Hope you all liked this beauty! I love how this one turned out!

Bellaholics Sketch Challenge Entry

This week at Bellaholics Yahoo group Queen Sarah put together a fun sketch for us to do! Here is Sarah's sketch:

I used my BRAND NEW October Wish On A Scrap kit to make this fabulous card! These Bo Bunny papers are to die for! You have to go to Wish On A Scrap and check out this kit! It is by far my favorite kit that I have gotten! Loreen out does herself each month! I used my Weightwatchabella to make this card...I have a friend who is working very hard to lose some weight and she's doing a fabulous job so I am going to send this to her as a congratulations card!
And of course I had to decorate the inside a little. This didn't turn out as good as I wanted it to...but it works. I used my Versamark stamp pad and perfect pearls to decorate the little flowers inside.

Papers:

BoBunny from Oct. Wish On A Scrap Kit

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:

Copics

Momento Tuxedo Black

Tim Holtz Clear Embossing Powder

Versamark

Adhesives:

Glue Dots

Scotch Quick Dry

Stamps:

Weightwatchabella by Stamping Bella

Baroque Motif by Stampin' Up

Embellishments:

Petaloo Flowers
Rhinestone and Ribbon from my stash

Stickles (Platinum)

Perfect Pearls

Tools:

Creative Memories Personal Trimmer

Fiskars Treading Water Punch

EK Sucess Flourish Punch

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Happy Birthday to my Bro!

In order to be in my family you have to have a birthday in either June or October! My Mom and Brother's birthdays are October, and my Dad, Sister, Hubby, and I are all June babies! So the running joke to my brother and sister is they have to find significant others who either have a birthday in June or October. Hee hee! No, not really, we aren't that mean!


My little brother's birthday was Wednesday...he turned 24! He is a biker dude and has his own Harley! I decided to go with the Harley theme to create his card. I think it turned out really good....and my brother really liked it too so that was a HUGE bonus! Especially because I don't think guys care about handmade cards. I made him a nugget tin too with Harley colors! I thought it turned out super cute but still manly! I created this card to enter into TA's sketch blog candy. Here is the sketch:

And here is my card and nugget tin:

And of course I had to decorate the inside of the card too! I wanted to keep it simple but add some color. The little pocket on the left was where I put his birthday money in! I never know what to get him, so I just give him some cash! He always likes that!

Papers:

Creative Memories

Random cardstock in my stash

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (spiced marmalade)

Adhesives:

Glue Dots

Embellishments:

Ribbon from my stash

Tools:

Creative Memories Personal Trimmer

Stampin' Up Ticket Corner Punch
Fiskars Treading Water Punch

Thanks for stopping by to see my manly card! I usually don't like masculine cards, but this one was actually quite fun!

More Thank Yous!

I have a few thank yous to send out to some wonderful girls in blogger land! First, I want to thank Danette....I won her blog candy a while ago and she sent me a message last week that she found it on her desk and was going to mail it out! How sweet! I totally forgot about it! Isn't that card just beautiful that she made! I love it! Thanks again Danette!






Then I want to send another GREAT BIG HUG to Jacquie! She is so sweet! She mails me cards all of the time that are just so adorable! Her works ROCKS! Look at this beautiful Bella card she made for me! And of course she used pink and brown! How perfect is that for me! :) Jacquie has some blog candy going on right now so head on over to her blog for your chance to win!

I love it and have it hanging on my new card board that I just hung up on my craft corner wall! I smile everytime I see it! Thanks Jacquie!






Then I have to thank Gayle! This was a TOTAL surprise! One day I get an envelope in the mail and it is postmarked out of the country, air mail, no return address. I ordered some Magnolia and Whiff of Joy stamps, but knew they shouldn't be at my house yet. I open up the package and Gayle sent me is BEAUTIFUL card fild holder FILLED to the brim with images of Sarah Kay, Rachel Miller, and other stamps we can't get here in the states! I was so excited! I can't wait to play with all of these fun images! Thank you so my Gayle for the fun surprise! I loved it!!! Her cute folder is on my card board too!




Then the other day I get this other package in mail and here it is from my Bella Sistah Tiffaney! She sent me LOTS of goodies! Some bellas and stellas to play with! A bunch of fun leave embellishments, and some bella dots....these dots look like so much fun! I don't have any of these so I was all excited to see them in my package. Then look at the awesome ribbon she sent me! It looks like so much fun and has pink and brown in it! Woo-Hoo! Thanks so much Tiff you are the greatest Sistah!

And finally I want to thank Debbie. I won her blog candy the other week and she makes these awesome die cut creations! The paper is so cool (nice and thick) and the die cuts are just so darn cute! I love all the swirls that she sent along...as swirls are my favorite! Head on over to Debbie's blog to check out her creations for sale! The only stipulation to winning Debbie's creation was that I have to make something with her dies and send her a picture! I can sure handle that! These cuts look like so much fun!

Thanks again to everyone!

Bellaholics Embella-ishment Challenge

I am a member of the Yahoo Group Bellaholics Annoymous! They just developed a group of Queens who are going to be in charge of challenges and fun stuff to do every month. Leanne is the first Queen to kick off the fun! She is in charge of the Embellishment Challenge...or as I call it...the EmBELLA-ishment Challenge...hee hee! In order to play you needed to create something with at least 5 buttons and a bow, and of course a bella stamp!

I made a cute card holder. I used Flowahbella and colored her with my Copics. The flowers are my buttons with rhinestone jewels on top, and the bow holds the card file holder closed.

Papers:

Stampin' Up (Kiwi Kiss)

Creative Memories (other colors & DP)

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:

Copics

Momento (Tuxedo Black)

Tim Holtz Clear Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Distress (Walnut Stain)

Adhesives:

Glue Dots
Scotch Quick Dry

Stamps:

Flowahbella by Stamping Bella

Flower Flourish by Great Impressions

Swirl from Clear Stamps

Embellishments:

Doodle Bug Buttons
Rhinestones

Satin Ribbon (Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla)

Stickles (Gold and Star Dust)

Tools:

Creative Memories Personal Trimmer

Scor Pal

Circle Nestabilities

Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch

Fiskars Corner Punch

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look! I look forward to your comments, as they always make my day brighter! Tomorrow I have stamp club so I am very excited for it to hurry up and be friday afternoon!

A Baby on the way!

This summer I made a Dipolma bella card for my mom to give to her freind's daughter for her high school graduation, and my mom's friend fell in love with the card! Now, that same friend has a baby shower coming up this month and she asked my mom if I would be willing to make her a cute baby shower card! OF COURSE, was my answer! Seeing how she liked the Bellas so much I had to use Teddybella! The mom-to-be is having a baby girl so of course I had to use lots of pink on the card! The theme for the shower was ladybugs, patchwork quilt, and pink! I used the patchwork quilt and pink ideas and ran with them! This is what I came up with: My mom's friend absolutely loved the card too....so that made me happy! I loved how I came up with the envelope decoration...it compliments the card so good!

Papers:
DCWV - Baby Girl Stack

Bazill Bling

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:
Prisma Pencils & OMS
Brillance (Graphite Black)

Adhesives:
Glue Dots

Stamps:
Teddybella by Stamping Bella

Embellishments:
Prima Flowers

Pink Bauble
Ribbon from my stash
Stickles (Diamond)

Tools:
Creative Memories Personal Trimmer
Creative Memoris Square Punch

Stampin' Up Ticket Porner Punch

Martha Stewart Floral Lace Punch

Happy Birthday To My Mom!

My hero, best friend, cheerleader, confidant, sounding board,....My Mom....celebrated her 50th Birthday this weekend! We went out to eat as a family and had a blast! My stomach hurt when I got home from laughing so much! We always have fun wherever we go together!

Here is my Mom and Dad (can you tell my Dad doesn't like pictures...hee hee) Here are the Schroeder kids! My brother, me, and my sister!
And me and my hubby!
Here is the Tilda card that I made for my Mom...and she LOVED it! YAY! This was my first time playing with my Tim Holtz alcohol inks and boy were they fun!
And of course the inside of the card....I am really into heat embossing these past few cards!
Papers:

DCWV

Creative Memories

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:

Copic Markers

Momento (Rich Cocoa)

Versamark

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Inks (Butterscotch & Wild Plum)

Tim Holtz Embossing Powder (Gold & Holographic)

Adhesives:

Glue Dots

Stamps:

Tilda with Fall Bouquet by Magnolia

Autumn Leaves Flourishes

Hero Arts Sentiment

Baroque Motif by Stampin' Up

Embellishments:

Leaves from Hobby Lobby

Ribbon from Walmart

Stickles (Orange Peel)

Tools:

Circle Nestibilities

Creative Memories Personal Trimmer

Heat Tool

I hope you all enjoyed my pictures and my 2nd Magnolia creation! I love the Tildas! Thanks for stopping by! And Happy Birthday again to my Mommy!