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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Fairy Kisses

It is a new year and I am ready to get back to crafting. The last half of the year was full of happiness, sadness and craziness always that didn't leave me with much time to craft and to be honest a loss of creativity. With a trip to Archivers in Austin today with my crafty friend Minette **waving hi:)** and a ton of patterned paper I am ready to get back into it. Now I just have to stay focused on one project at a time, KWIM?
There is a new challenge at the Color Me Creative Copic Challenge Group that is sure to take away those winter blahs. This time we want to see you color in Soft Pastels. The winners of the Holiday bash are also up so be sure to see if you are a winner.
We have a wonderful sponsor this time Katie Cotton from Paper Makeup Stamps. Paper Makeup stamps were actually the first stamps I purchased after finding out there were more out there than SU. I have a particular fondness for fairies:) this is Isabella and you can find her HERE.

The paper is Nature Garden by Jodie Lee designs and the embellishments are from The Paper Studio. I used my Cameo to cut out the flower vine. I am always amazed by the detail cuts it makes. I really need to take the time to learn everything it does because I love it. I added some Crystal Stickles to the vine and her wings.

Copics

Hair-E59, E25, E53 Skin- E11, E00, E00, E20 Clothes/Wings-R01, R02, R000, R00/G40, G82

Shadows-E41/W1

Challenges

Craftymess- #24 Show some Sparkle/Bling

Stampin for the Weekend- Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesday- Something New(new paper and digi )

Craft Us Crazy_ Something New(new digi and paper)

We have some new team members on the CMC team so please stop by and see their beautiful creations they are fabulous.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and is ready to start the New Year. The last couple of months have been so busy and crazy to say the the least. We just had my sons Harry Potter themed party on the 30th. A little advice...never have a big party at your house 5 days after Christmas,LOL. It was crazy but amazing and I can't wait to share the pictures of it and the Beauty and the Beast party that was a few weeks ago as well.
I just wanted to remind everyone that you have a few more days to join in on the amazing challenges and giveaways at the CMC Holiday Bash.

I wanted to share one of my favorite cards that I made in 2012. I love Saturated Canary as you may know and this crazy girl reminds me of the way I have felt the past month with all of the parties I have been working on:)

I am excited for things to settle down now and get back to crafting and blogging a lot more in 2013. Thank you all for sticking with me and for all of the inspiration that everyone gives in return.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Thank You Suzanne Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to a special blog hop for a very special lady.... Suzanne Dean.

Today the Design Team from Suzanne's site, Color Me Creative, are hopping along to give our friend and "fearless leader" a HUGE HUG and Thanks!!!

If you've ever met Suzanne, you know 1) what a HUGE heart she has and 2) how fun, witty and TALENTED she is!! Suzanne's site has tons of information and inspiration and WE get to help spread the word about her awesome classes by way of her bi-weekly challenges sponsored by some fabulous crafty companies! This month Suzanne is having a month full of challenges where you can win some wonderful prizes and have some fun along the way, but we wanted to take time to thank Suzanne for all her hard work and dedication for not only us but for all the members on her site and those who are lucky enough to have attended her classes where she shares her talent and coloring tips with us all.

Suzanne is not only a pleasure to work for, but a wonderful friend with a big love for zebras!! That's right... today we are sharing our "zeebie" (as she calls them) designs dedicated to a wonderful lady who we simply say, "Thanks". We hope you enjoy the hop and remember, the Holiday Bash at CMC is under way and you don't want to miss our on all the fun excitement and awesome prizes so be sure to stop in and enjoy the holiday spirit with us all. You can find all the information you need HERE.

I am so happy and honored to be on this wonderful team. Suzanne makes it so much fun and takes such good care of us. Suzanne is a riot as many of you know and anyone who loves country music and life the way she does is tops in my book:) Thank you for all you do Suzanne!! See the animal print on the suitcases? Well, I learned how to do that in Suzanne's CMC Class 5. This was my absolute first attempt at it...not bad if I do say so myself. I used Saturated Canary Pack Lite for my card.

Challenges

Bearly Mine- Anything Goes #65

Tuesday Alchemy-#44 Anything Goes

Love to Create-#45 Anything Goes

Enjoy the hop... here's a list of participants to help you get started:

Shelby Goolsby (You Are Here)

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Wednesday!!!

Friday, December 7, 2012

CMC Holiday Bash Blog Hop

Hey everyone!! Welcome to one of the stops on the CMC Design Team Holiday Bash Blog Hop. If you are already joining the hop you should have arrived from Marie's wonderful blog.
Starting today the CMC Classroom will have its annual month-long Holiday Bash Celebration! Nothing more fun then having some fun challenges, games and prizes to start the season off right!

Details:
*Start here by joining the Blog Hop and leaving a comment at all of the stops for your chance to win some great prizes.
*Every week there will be a NEW Challenge and Prize...think scavenger hunts, puzzles, games!
*Charity Raffle - Suzanne Dean is giving away a NEW Silhouette Cameo machine to a lucky someone! How can you win it? Everytime you participate in a challenge during the month you get an entry for it. Also for every $3 you donate to the Charity (TBA) you get an entry.
Here is a link where you can get all of the latest details-
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/page/cmc-holiday-bash
This month's challenge is to Make it Metallic & Bling--Color silver, copper, gold on your image and use lots of sparkly bling..make it magical for the season!

Copics

Hair-E27, E25, E21/Clothes E43, E42, E41/YR23, Y15,Y11 Wings Outer-Y28, Y26, Y21

Inner Wings YR23, Y11, Y00

Details

Wee Stamps Digi Mountain Lily, Paper-Kaiser Craft Twigs and Berries, Snowflake Spellbinders, Swirl Memory Box Elegant Scroll

Now it is time to hop on over to Michele's blog and in case you get lost here is the order.

Mel

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!!

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Winter Blues

Did everyone survive Thanksgiving and the Black Friday Sales? Thanksgiving was a nice and small one here. We had a lot of yummy food and the kids had fun making decorations that morning. I made my first attempt at an after Thanksgiving Sale with my mom. We kept walking and walking to try and find the end of the line at Target and I just couldn't help but laugh at the craziness of people waiting so we left. The great thing is I got a lot of the same deals on line that morning with free shipping, that is my way to shop.
There is a brand new challenge up at the CMC Copic Challenge Group .

NEW CHALLENGE #57 will run until Dec 7th!

Your challenge this time is all about

**Non-Traditional Holiday Colors**color ANY image ANY way you like

but there CAN BE NO RED-GREEN HOLIDAY COLORS USED, WE WANT TO SEE NON-TRADITIONAL COLORS USED in the image somewhere!!

We want to see you use YOUR COPICS, ProMarkers, other alcohol markers or Colored Pencils!!

Our Challenger sponsor is Digi My World and I used this cute little Winter Blues Digi. The paper is form Bo Bunny Blitzin Collection and I finally got to use my Christmas Bulbs Die Cut from C.C. Designs. I cut them out with 2 colors and then added a little Diamond Stickles to the blue bulbs. For the record I did not use Red, it is actually rust colors (E18,E19)but it did not photograph that way.

Copics

Hair- E57,E55,E53 Skin-E11,E00,E000,R20 Clothes-E47,E44,E43/B95,B93,B91/E18,E19

Challenges

Going Grey with Scrap Creations- Winter

House that Stamps Built- DCC1121 Holiday Card Non-Traditional colors

Divas by Design- Use 2 or more Patterned Paper

There are a few more days to take advantage of the sale at the Color Me Creative Classroom. Why not treat yourself to a little holiday gift? The classes are so rewarding and no matter what your Copic level you will learn so many tips and you can get all of the details HERE.

Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!!

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Christmas Wishes

Hello crafty friends!! I know it has been way to long again. We have had so many family emergencies that have taken me away from crafting both physically and mentally I am hoping the New Year brings more peace and crafty time:)
There is still a few more days to enter the latest challenge at CMC "All About Kids". The Challenge runs until November 23rd and you can find all of the details right here.
Last year I started making the kids a wish list to give to Santa, you can see it HERE. Most of you know I have three kids and I am making them each one but that time thing got me so I am not yet finished with the other two but I will add that picture later.

I love these new stamps from Sweet November and this digi is called Evie. I used Flower Soft Polar White on her hat and the paper is some fun "kid" paper by The Paper Studio as well as the notebook paper stamp.