Meet Maggie!

I just wanted to introduce my brand new pride and joy...Maggie I've been waiting for her to be available for adoption for about 3 weeks and I finally got to go and adopt her and bring her home last night. She is soooo sweet and she's already doing pretty good with potty training. She's very snuggly and loves to cuddle. She loves the twins and is getting along with them just fine. She is a lil mutt- She's a mix of lab, beagle, and golden retriever. It's so wonderful to finally have a fur baby back in my life. Now I'm off to go enjoy my new little friend!

World Card Making Day Challenge Part Four: Australia

Finally we have Australia. I really liked this one. I've always thought that Aboriginal art was pretty cool ever since I did an Aboriginal art project in art class when I was in grade school. I happened to have a stamp that was made up entirely of dots- so it was perfect. I just went with an earthy color palette and put it all together. Easy Peasy!

World Card Making Day Challenge Part Three: India

Next we have India. This one was easy as far as colors and paper and I even had a stamp that I thought had an Indian feel to it, but I had trouble with the "bling" aspect. Indian design needs a lot of gold and jewels. I personally have an aversion to gold so I have NO gold accessories in my collection- not even embossing powder! So I just worked with the bling that I had and did my best- not my favorite card though...

World Card Making Day Challenge Part Two: Mexico

Next up in the WCMD challenge is Mexico. The ribbon that I used sort of reminded me of a Mexican tapestry and I chose the large rose stamp because it reminded me of something that I flamenco dancer might wear in her hair or something. These challenges are hard because I didn't realize how non-cultural my stamps are.

World Card Making Day Challenge Part One: Japan

This weekend I was inspired to participate in some challenges hosted by Papertrey Ink in honor of World Card Making Day. Each Challenge has a Culture/Country as it's theme. First up we have Japan.

Welcome October!

I love October! It's such a great month...mostly because it's when I was born :) Just kidding! It's just a lovely month. I love the weather and the leaves changing. I love to pull out the sweaters and hooded sweatshirts and get cozy. Other great things about October: World Card Making Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Month (which means I see pink everywhere- and that's ALWAYS good!), My birthday, and my Momma's birthday. This particular October is going to be great because I get to be in one of my best friend's weddings next weekend and it will be gorgeous. Plus this month I will be getting a new puppy! Yay! I can't wait. One of these little loveys will be mine in just two weeks :) They are a mix of lab/beagle/golden retriever. I'm not sure which one I will get, but whoever it is will surely be spoiled rotten. Since October is breast cancer awareness month, I will dedicate this post to all of the fighters and survivors as well as the wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends that we've lost to breast cancer. Needless to say I will be featuring projects in my signature color- PINK! First a few cutesy cards Here is a fabulous shadow box frame that I put together using a card front that I got when I participated in a swap at the Stampin Up! Cincinnati Regional conference last month. It was my favorite card that I got and it matches my bathroom perfectly. So I just embellished it a bit more and added some extra pieces of cardstock and stuck it in a shadow box frame. Cute huh?

I'm still alive...

In case you were wondering, I did not fall of the face of the earth! I just moved to Cleveland... I also have not stopped stamping. In fact I have been pretty busy with my friend Elly's bachelorette party invitations. I kept with what seems to be the"traditional" bachelorette colors of black and bright pink. I also threw in some cutey patootie polka dots and a hodge podge of bridal themed stamps. I used my two sizes of square punches and layered them. I love this look, but believe it or not I had never done it before because I only recently got both of the square punches. And you bet your A$$ that I would never take the time to tediously measure and cut several tiny squares...but with the punches it's simple and easy and looks perfect every time! Pretty sure you can't tell from the picture, but each of the images were colored over with sparkle pen, so it's very shimmery in real life. Here's my project...