JB13 - Too late to party

This card is too late to even link to the Jingle Belles, but I thought what the heck? I'll make it anyway. I have been soooo without mojo. Just the fact that I made a card is nothing short of a miracle.

I present my Hollyberry card:

There's not much ivy on the card, but there is some holly (I think). And there are poinsettias. For whatever that's worth.

It's not the best card ever, but I'm glad I finally got it made. Thanks to anyone who happens by. And an extra special thanks to those of you who have lent your support lately. I ♥ you.

All my best,

3.25.2011

Not feeling so great lately.



Seriously contemplating quitting all my social media...Facebook & Twitter. My brain hurts.

Anyway. Hope everyone has some sun & warmth wherever you are. Think we'll finally have some next week. I can't wait.



All my best,

Peace - Jingle Belles Style

I have been an absentee blogger. Oh, well. Been outta town, etc, etc. You know how it goes, right? But, at least I made it back in time to play in this week's Jingle Belles challenge. YAY!!! So much fun.

This week it's a sketch challenge brought to us by Allison Fillo. Stop by her blog and see all the inspiration, but first here's her sketch:



I had a TON of fun with this sketch because, well, I spent my entire morning in chat with my good friend, Leslie - The Crooked Stamper - and we played and played and played!! She created an amaaaaazingly gorgeous card and I got a little stuck. I think after seeing her pretty card I wasn't sure where to go with mine. I had to eat and then regroup before I could finish mine. HAHHAH!! Food is so important. ;)

So after knowing how beautiful Leslie's card was and thinking, "okay, should I just make a card covered in teeny little roses, too?" I just kept at it and came up with this:



I think the Webster's Pages paper does ALL the work for me. :) Love that stuff.

Thank you, Leslie, for another "squeeeeeee-filled" day! You ROCK! :) Hope everyone else has a squeeee-filled week! :)

{Supplies:
Paper: Cardstock - (SU, PTI, Gina K Designs & Paper Temptress), DSP - Sweet Season Sprinkles (Webster's Pages)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Stamp: Peace, Joy, Love (by Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday)
Die-Cutting/Embossing/Punches: Petite Circ. Nestability (Spellbinders), Swiss Dots & Snowflake Cuttlebug Folders (Provocraft), Snowflake Punch (Martha Stewart), Die-cutting Machine (Vagabond - Tim Holtz for Sizzix)
Accessories: Satin ribbon & rick-rack (SU), Pearl (Martha Stewart), Stickers (Webster's Pages), Crimper (Fiskars), Corner Rounder (We-R-Memory Keepers)}



All my best,

Yo! Cool Yule - Jingle Belles, Week 11

Weird day. My head and my heart are with the people of Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami that just hit. And then I spent the majority of MY day glued to the tube as WE were under a tsunami warning here in the Bay Area. So weird. It just feels surreal. I had to turn off the TV and I figured the best thing to do was make something - get crafty. What better thing to do but JINGLE BELLES?! :)

I am soooooo excited that this weeks prompt is guest hosted by my uber sweet, awesomely talented, and wonderful friend, Leslie (sometimes better known as The Crooked Stamper). She is so fun AND funny!! I love her and her blog is so much fun to visit. You should definitely go!! I won't be mad if you go there first, honest!!

Here is her cool idea:



Pretty, huh?

I wish I could've interpreted the palette better. I started off at least 3 times and kind of gave in. What you see is really "meh", but it's my final card. It's not my fave. My brain is just a bit fried.



Please be good to each other this week and if you can, maybe donate to the Red Cross. I'm sure they can use it.

{Supplies:
Paper: Cardstock (SU!), White (Gina K Designs)
Transparency: Don't remember! (Ack! - cut the name off!!)
Ink: Night of Navy (SU!), Distress Embossing Ink (Ranger)
Stamps: Framed Greetings (My Favorite Things), Holiday Sayings (Hero Arts)
EP: Iridescent Ice (SU!)
Die-Cutting: Framed Greetings Die-Namics (My Favorite Things), Die-cutting Machine - Cuttlebug (Provocraft)
Accessories: White satin ribbon (stash), Silver cord & rhinestones (SU!)}




All my best,

Home for the Holidays - Jingle Belles

So what do you think of when you think of "Home for the Holidays"? Snow? Bundling up? Maybe some kind of family tradition? Or something special your mom has always prepared for Christmas? This is our prompt for the week from the Jingle Belles and this weeks guest star, Rose.

I call Southern Nevada home. The suburbs of Las Vegas. I am, and will always proclaim myself, a desert rat. I miss seeing the first snow fall to hit the Sheep Mountains...knowing the likelihood of it getting to us in the Valley would be very slim. (No shoveling for us! Yay!) I miss the temperatures hitting the 30's at night and 60 during the day. Brrr.... Heh. Don't be a hater. :) But, seriously..I miss my family. We are a VERY small, tight-knit little group. And I miss them with all my heart. And, they are there. So, gathering with my mom and pops for any reason is always a blessing. (My sis moved to Germany when she was in the military and has stayed on. I don't get to see her often enough. Boo! )

I really wanted my card to represent what I love about Nevada. So I took a little print my mom gave me by a local artist named Mark Vranesh and I scanned it. This little piece of work shows the beautiful red rocks, mountains, blue skies, bottle brush, and petroglyphs. I added some Frosted Lace Stickles to the scanned piece and gave my mountain-tops some snow. :) And, hey! What is Las Vegas without a little glitz, right? So, my rhinestone bling on a vellum circle gives us the date of Christmas.



I hope that the next time any of you find yourselves on a trip to Vegas, please don't spend too much time on the Strip. Get out and see the beautiful desert. It's sooo amazing! And heck, let me know you're going! I'll be your tour guide!! :D


{Supplies:
Paper: Cardstock, Vellum Cardstock (SU)
Print: Mark Vranesh
Accessories: Liquid Applique (Marvy), Frosted Lace Stickles (Ranger), Circle Punch, Linen Thread, Satin Ribbon (SU), "25" Rhinestone (Mark Richards) }



All my best,

MFT Wednesday Stamp Club 9

I love MFT. I really do! I love their dies with wild abandon! ;) So, it should come as no surprise that I would want to participate in their Wednesday Stamp Club.

I thought I'd break out a VERY old Designer Paper by Stampin' Up that I'd hoarded...I mean, SAVED, for this occasion because I thought it would look super cute with the image I knew I wanted to use. The "Miss You a Latte" is just too stinkin' cute and the browns that run through the "Sweet Always" I just thought would be a perfect compliment to a set about something near and dear to my heart... COFFEE!! :D



And, let me tell you a little somethin'-somethin'...if you don't have any MFT dies? You should. They are the BEST!! They cut like buttah!

So that's my card! Cute, eh? Aside from the lousy coloring. SOMEONE PLEASE TEACH ME HOW TO USE COPICS ALREADY, WOULD YA?! Rant over.

Happy now, ummm, Thursday!!!! One day til Friday!! Woooo!

*All supplies listed over on Splitcoaststampers link here: Miss you a Latte Stripes & Dots



All my best,

Jingle Belles, Week 9 - Getting Texty!

Oooh! I am cutting it soooo close! Only about an hour left to blog and upload! ACK!!!

I love the theme this week - "Text Me" and if it weren't for VSN and card-making overload I would have gotten this made waaaaaaay sooner. :(

Anyway, I had this idea in my head already (kinda), but had to mess with it a little (as I am prone to do). I wanted to play with my MFT dies, but I just didn't have enough time to do that. Waaaah!! :( I haz a sad. Some other time I 'spose.

Hope y'all find it worthy of the prompt anyway:



There's a LOT of texty goodness going on here: I used text paper, text embossed on vellum, text tissue tape, text music background stamped on my chipboard TEXT!! ;) you get the idea.

I'll update my supplies list later, but I gotta get this baby uploaded to Jingle Belles NOW!!! :D

All my best,