sending joy

First off...thank you for all the good wishes on my workout. I actually did fairly well and burned a ton of calories (I wear a heart rate monitor that counts them for me). I definitely will be doing it again and again so that I can learn it all!

Soo...what do you think of Lattebella? Personally, I love this card. I love the old, comfy feel of the designer paper. The vanilla paper gives it a nice soft look. This is all made (minus the sentiment which is PTI) from the July 3 Little DReaMs kit. I forgot to order mine and when Katie asked me if I had...I freaked! Oh, my...please tell me you have more as I really wanted Lattebella. Anyway, aren't the papers and colors lovely? Katie did a great job of picking them out! I used my COPICs to color her and used a little bit of glaze pen on the scarf and coffee cup. Can you believe that there is no glitter on her? Crazy I know! I think the doodling gives it just the right look. Although I don't think you can see it I did sponge just a little Sweet Blush from PTI on the edges of the image.

I got an award from Sarah over at Scrampin' Mama! The rules for this are simple.

1. Only 5 people are to be nominated. (Yikes!)
2. 4 out of 5 have to be dedicated followers of your blog.
3. 1 has to be new or recently new to your blog or live in another country.
4. You must link back to whomever gave you the award.

With all those rules in mind I pass this award onto:

Courtney at Created by Courtney
Dani at Dani Gets Crafty
Katie at {Just Me}
Diane at ddnjoys2stamp
Missy at Missy's Creative Corner is my new comer.

If you look back at my comments you can find that the first four girls comment almost every single time and are so sweet and supportive off the blog too. Missy is new visiting my blog and is very kind too! Thank you so much Sarah! Your support and friendship means a lot to me!

Now for some miscellaneous things...Don't forget about my Thoughtful Thursday challenge to you all. You can check it out HERE. Oh, and I tried a new sandwich yesterday so if you like ham, mustard, and cheese all together and then made kinda like french toast check it out HERE. Don't forget Sarah's fun blog candy HERE.

Alright, girls! If you made it this far...thank you! I am finally done typing at you. Can you just imagine what I'm like in real life? Yep, I talk...a lot!

kindred spirits

Yay! It is Friday and I'm thrilled! I've actually scheduled this post for you guys 'cuz (you may not laugh) I am trying a new work out for the first time today and it always takes me much longer (I have to rewind and try things over and over until I get the moves correct) than normal. I've got about 2 hours to get a 55 minute workout in so I should be good...at least you'd hope huh? Curious what it is? I'll show you...HERE. I know some of you can probably do this in your sleep but I'm actually quite clumsy so...more work for me! I love step aerobics but the DVD's I have now have some sculpting and I really just wanted aerobics so...a new DVD. Sorry...probably way to much info but I'm truly excited to have something new! Wish me luck!

Alright, onto the card. This fun card was made possible by a blogging friend, Kim. She made THIS super cute card and when I expressed my excitement at the Kindred Spirits stamps she send me some! How sweet of her! I wanted to make a card to send to a friend and this is what I came up with. Very simple but I think it is cute. The little one walking by himself I think was supposed to be a girl but I made the skirt into shorts as my friend has two boys (no guessing who you are...you won't guess!). I just chose some patterned paper and used Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss and Pumpkin Pie card stock. They have their Keds on and are all set for an after out on a crooked street apparently. LOL! I guess I can't draw a straight line...even with a ruler. Still cute though, right?

So, whatcha all got planned today? I hope it is something great!

Oh, oh, oh...you must go check out Sarah's blog candy HERE! It is true blog candy and I'm sure you'll love it!

Have a super

how do i follow that up?

Well, thank you all so much for your wonderful comments about my Belli Challenge project yesterday. I hope to put it to good use soon!

This card is made with my new Halobella stamp with her accompanying sentiment "you're an angel." I didn't do a lot of coloring on this card and honestly the picture doesn't do it ANY justice AT ALL. It is all very light, very billowy, very soft. I used a sketch from Amy Rysavy (I think), and just went very minimalistic with it. The card stock is Purely Pomegranate (one of my all time favorite SU! colors...should order some more now!), the new Pink Pirouette, and I used some Berry Bliss DP. I colored Ms. Bella with COPICS, and added some Stardust Glitter Pen just on the outline of her wings and halo. Darn I wish the picture would have turned out better! Unfortunately I already sent this out to a friend that I really needed to thank for something, so I can't take another picture. Just picture a very lovely card here, k?!

Today is Thursday so what am I going to say? Yep! You got it...today is do something nice for someone else anonymously day! I decided to make this into a regular feature here at LLLC. So...each week I will post a Thoughtful Thursday reminder and you'll have until Sunday at 5:00 p.m. to comment back on the Thursday post what you have done nice for a stranger (anonymously) between Thursday and Sunday. And, yes...if you have played before you should still play again. Can you imagine how wonderful the world would be if we were all just kind to each other?! And, yes...I'll put a little something in the mail for the person whose name gets pulled out of a hat (box, hand...whatever). So...whatcha going to do this week?

Alright...I'm off to check out my blogs and watch the Tour De France. Have a super day!

belli challenge 26

Good morning everyone! Today is the day for the Belli Challenge! This week's challenge is felt. Now, I must say that I had every intention of using felt that I had on my desk but...when I was at my LSS I saw this fun felt pocket and had to have it! So...it sat on my desk for 3 days before I used it...does that count?

Anyway, to make this gift bag I used the new SU! paper called Bella Rose (everyone is getting in on that "Bella" word, huh?) along with Riding Hood Red card stock. The scripture is from SNSS Jesus Cares set. Really, if you like scripture stamps...SNSS has a GREAT collection of them! Some chocolate satin ribbon forms the handle and white satin ribbon for the little bows on the pocket. The note card inside the pocket comes out so that you may write your note on it. A little bit of pink tissue paper finishes this bag off.

So...what is a Belli Challenge you may ask? Each week, Chris will give us a challenge that will use things we have lying around our stamp rooms! With a constant flow of new things coming out, we all tend to forget about the other things we have and they quickly become clutter! All you have to do is create a project using felt and post a link to that project on THIS post at Chris's blog and you'll have the chance to win an assortment of paper from Chris! Please have your projects linked up to Chris by Monday evening so she can choose a winner on Tuesday and post it on Wednesday. Should you upload your project to a public forum (such as SCS) please use the keyword CBC26 so that we are all able to see the wonderful projects!

You can check out the other belli team member's projects by going to the links below...

Holly Brown
Shelly Koskinen
Laurie Serino
Christi Thorsen
Chris Dickenson

Speaking of Chris...today (okay, I may be confused and it may have been yesterday...either way) is her birthday so when you stop by her blog please be sure to wish her a SUPER HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I hope you are inspired to use felt on a project today! Be sure to link to Chris's blog with your creation (I'll be checking them out there too!)!

Have a great

crazy bird

Good morning everyone! I just had to use this particular bird for my Doodle Bird stretch of cards...I just love the crazy feathers! Of course the crazy feathers are even more crazy with glitter on them! Anyway, the pattered paper is from a DCWV stack and has lots of glitter and shine. This is probably the most basic of the cards I've made and I just think it would be a fun little thank you note. Just for clarification...the purple color is PTI's Plum Pudding and the yellow is Barely Banana/green is Gable Green from SU!.

Tomorrow is the Belli Challenge. I will have a creation for you that includes something with felt so be sure to get your felt out and be ready to create!

Can you believe that I don't have much to say today? I know...amazing, huh?! I've got a couple of things I really need to make and do today so I best get busy!

Have a super day!

another one...

In case you haven't noticed I have a little bit of a theme going on here. One more Doodle Bird card and then I can move onto something else...won't you guys be thrilled?!

Anyway, this is with the same set only no bird but I think it is adorable! I went back and forth trying to decide if I should add something shiny (like maybe baubles) to the nest but then decided your house is empty when you move in so this nest will be too! The layout is from Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #25. Yes, I know...no cupcakes here but she does say that they are not required.

Anyway, the striped background paper is from My Minds Eye and I just coordinated the other colors to it. There is PTI's Plum Pudding and SU!'s Certainly Celery, Brocade Blue, and Pale Plum. I stamped little nests on the smaller circles and added the sentiment on the main panel.

And, after a very scientific way of choosing a name (pieces of paper in a box...drawn by Todd) Kimmie has won the note card from Thoughtful Thursday. Kimmie...I just need your snail mail address and I'll get this out to you! Thank you to everyone who stepped out of their comfort zone to participate in this little challenge! I probably won't have a prize every Thursday but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do something nice for someone else!

I hope that you make today a super Monday!

do NOT laugh!

I joined a summer swap for kids. Basically it is making, buying, or whatever a little card to send the kids in the in the swap group. I decided to try and make cards that the kids might really like in this first round and I came up with these cards. Thankfully, the boys that received them didn't think they were lame! I just Googgled Darth Vader and C3P0 then clicked on images to find these two images. The Darth Vader card is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 and the other card is a smaller note card size. Actually, I kinda think the Darth Vader card is neato with him being popped up on dimensionals and the stars in the background. The red card stock is the new SU! Riding Hood Red. The green and blue on the other card are also the new colors from SU! called Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze.

Don't forget that you must comment what fun, anonymous thing you did for someone else since Thursday by 5 p.m. today on --->THIS<---post for a chance to win the note card on the same post. There have really been some neat things you guys have been doing so keep it up!

Have a super Sunday! I'll see ya tomorrow and will announce the thoughtful Thursday winner then!