lily and candy winner

Saturday is here! It is an busy day all the way around that is for sure. Today, on my blog, I get to give away the silver Kaisercraft Rhinestones...more on that later in the post. Personally, today is the Princess Party at my church that I've been planning for a couple of months. It will be a fun morning for 30 girls of our community to learn about being God's princess. It should be lots of fun!

Onto the card. This cutie is called Enchanted Lily and you can find her at limeLIGHT Papercrafts. You can also find the fun Rhinestones and Pearls there too! You can see that I got a little anxious when I went to color Lily's smile as it smeared a little. Oops! I did quite a bit of piercing on this card along with some white gel pen dots. The Angel Wings Shimmerz on the wings of Lily just really add great fun to Lily! The layout is from CPS this week. Ack...I just really think this card is cute!

So...wanna know who wins the Silver Kaisercraft Rhinestones from limeLIGHT? Oh....Okay...It is Verda! Verda you have until Monday night to contact me with your mailing information.

Well, that is it for today. I hope you have a super Saturday...I'm off to play princess for a couple of hours. See you tomorrow for the Page Plans sketch!

easter blessings

Woohoo! It is Friday and that makes it...Jon's 17th Birthday! Jon...I love you and I'm so proud of the young man you've turned into!

Today's card is another sneak peak of a new release set from Sweet N Sassy stamps. This set is illustrated by Courtney Fowler and is called Easter Blessings. My second favorite flower is the Stargazer Lily and I've yet to figure out how to color one but I'm going to keep trying! There are several sentiments in this set that are perfect for many different occasions. The paper that I used is from the Basic Grey Bittersweet collection. All it took to finish this card was a sentiment and a lovely satin ribbon bow.

Aren't the releases you've seen so far beautiful?! What a wonderful selection you will have tonight...oh, and guess what? The fabulous Korin has some WONDERFUL surprises for you during the release party so make sure you are there!

Alright...have a super Friday! I'll see you tomorrow when I will announce the winner of the blog candy I have up for grabs (see three posts down)! See you then!

My final note for today...if you've been around my blog for long you know that today is also the day my mom died 11 years ago. Such a bittersweet day. So...what should you do today? Hug your kids, call your mom and never forget that there may not be a tomorrow.

day two

Good morning! Is this week going by slowly or is it just me? Tomorrow is Jon's birthday and he's been counting it down all week talking about how slow it is going...I bet that didn't help much!

Since today is day two of Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog hop I thought I'd give you another peak of one of the sets being released called Elegant Blessings. I have not even come close to tapping the potential with this set as it has many greetings and another image in addition to the one you see here.

The card size here is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4". The paper that I used is from the retired SU! DP called Holiday Harmony. And, although you can't see it well, there are several silver rhinestones on the cross that really give it some sparkle.

Now...if you'd like to check out all the ladies on today's blog hop just check out my sidebar for the links. You'll be starting with Cindy's blog today! Have fun!

blog hop day

Woohoo! It is a Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog hop! Today, tomorrow, and Friday you will get to hop around from one blog to another to see some AWESOME artwork!

Today you came here from Courtney's blog. What? You didn't? Well, then...head on back to the Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog to get started!

Today I get to show you the brand new, super cute set called I'd Pick You. Along with this cute image and sentiment, with the full set, you will find many fun way to use this set! Today I used some Basic Grey Urban Prairie patterned paper and some white twill. I added some dots around the image and the outside border of the card to carry through the dots in both papers. Really this is such an easy card to make but I really think it is cute!

So...are you ready to hop on over to another blog? How about you head over to the fabulous Faith's blog and check out what she has to show you! Then on Friday night how about you join us for the New Release Party that will be held in the Sweet N Sassy Stamps community HERE. It will be going on from 9:00 p.m to Midnight. I will not, unfortunately, be able to be there for the entire release as Friday is Jon's 17th birthday. I know you will just have a fabulous time though!

Please know that all of the blog hop information is listed in my sidebar so make sure you check it out tomorrow and Friday too!

Oh, and don't forget to comment to win some blog candy HERE. Read the entire post so that you know how to qualify!

shield your eyes

Okay, seriously...just what was I thinking? Is this card super loud or what? LOL! Don't you think that this flamboyant bird deserves something bright and out there though?

Today I got an e-mail from Mandy from limeLIGHT Papercrafts! She told me that I could give away a package of Silver Kaisercraft Rhinestones! With that information I decided I should probably make a card that has some of those super fun rhinestones on it...so, tahdah! This fun card is made with the Unity Stamp set called Hey Chick, some Urban Prairie paper from Basic Grey, and then of course the fun Kaisercraft Rhinestones! (could you please ignore the one stinkin' rhinestone that moved before I could get the picture...thank you much!)

While you are over at limeLIGHT checking out the fun stuff I linked you to you should check out the sale that is being run right now, yep...a sale! Between now and March 1 you can get FREE paper! For every three individual sheets of cardstock you purchase, you get to choose one more for free! For every three individual sheets of patterned paper you purchase, you get to choose one more for free! Just let them know what you'd like for free in the comments section of your order! Whew! That is a lot of free stuff for you!

Wanna know how to win the Rhinestones? Well, what I want you to do is go to limeLIGHT and tell me at least three of the wonderful paper companies that limeLIGHT carries. Just list them in the comments section and you'll be all set to go! You have until Friday night (5 p.m. Pacific) to go check out limeLIGHT and come back here to post. Only one comment per person and please leave me a way to get a hold of you if you win! I'll announce the winner on Saturday!

Alright...see you tomorrow! I am going to try a new workout today and I have this feeling I will be very sore tomorrow...wish me luck!

page plans

It's Sunday! Woohoo...that means it is Page Plans day!

Today's sketch lends itself to so many different things that you can do with it. I decided to play with my new Unity Stamp set called Be Owl Mine. I paired it with a sentiment from PTI called Handwritten Notes. The paper is from Basic Grey and is the Blush series. I love the blue/brown combination. You can find many Unity stamps and Basic Grey papers at limeLIGHT Papercrafts and with 10% off your order (ends today so hurry) how could you not go shopping? Use the code PRESIDENT to receive your 10% off.

So..what do ya think? I bet you have some fun things you could make with this sketch! Want some more inspiration? Check out the Page Plans blog HERE and see what the other design team members made.

Gotta run...have a super day!