oh my!!

Oh my goodness!! I haven't realized it's been sooooooo long since my last post :(
I've been so busy with my teenage girl, work & volunteering at school!! My daughter had finals this week, one of them Algebra (yikes), 2 projects and a speech!! I can't believe we survived this week without any of us going crazy hahaha Oh, I forgot to mention that the previous 2 weeks she had the CST state exams..phew!

During all this craziness, it was Ashley's best friend's 14th birthday!! She wanted to make something special for her friend. I was so impressed with the way it turned out. How rare is it these days that kids make something instead of the usual iTunes cards or t-shirts?? What do you think?

Also I thought I'd share a quick card for today. It's so darn cute :o)

That's all for now. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend.

~hugs~

Peachy Keen Challenge

ok This will be a quick post.

Here's my card for the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge

Can you tell I L*O*V*E owls??!!

Hope eveyone is having a great day :o)

update. . .

Hello blog buddies. I've been MIA for two weeks....there was no time for crafting!!
My first distraction was the book fair at my daughter's middle school the last week of March.
This is my third and last year organizing the book fair. It's plenty of work and very time consuming, but it's for a great cause. the kids! This event kept me away from my craft room for an entire week...oh my...

My second big event was my daughter's trip to Washington DC & Williamsburg, VA last week. I can't believe I survived Ashley being away on the other side of the country for a week!! But on a positive note my hubby and I spent plenty of quality time together and I took a break from making dinner the entire week, woo hoo!! .....and I also organized my crafting area :o)

Here's are some pics from Ashley's trip:



Card Cupids Challenge #17

We have a Spring Themed challenge for you this week! This should be easy for everyone as I am sure we are all busy thinking about flowers, birds and sunshine :o) Even though I live in Southern California, it has not been so sunny here lately...just gloomy rainy days...

I am so super thrilled to share our sponsor this week:
Scrappy Mom's Stamps 

OMG!!! If you have not checked out and already purchased stamps from Scrappy Mom’s, I cannot begin to tell you how amazing these stamps are and they are so reasonably priced! These are must have stamps for any card maker!

One lucky participant in this weeks challenge is going to receive the newly released “Kid’s Incorporated” stamp set!

I had so much fun using this set and I made the sweetest card.

Whatcha think?

CLICK HERE to join the challenge!!

Challenges:

Sugar Creek Hollow - Anything Goes

Pink Paper Paradise - Anything Goes

Paper Cutz Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Makin Mamas - Animals

Tuesday Morning Sketches - For Kids

Thanks for taking the time and visiting my blog.

Hugs!!

Card Cupids Challenge #16

You all are going to *LOVE* this weeks challenge! It is so appropriate for this time of year! The challenge is to create a “Green” card. With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner we thought it would be fun to see what green inspired cards you could come up with! We also have a brand new sponsor this week! Our challenge sponsor this week is Copic!
The winner of this challenge will receive this amazing prize from Copic!



Isn't this a fabulous prize?!?! Copic was kind enough to provide our Design Team with Spica Pens to use on their projects. If you are not familiar with Spica Pens you must check them out! They have such brilliant color and I cannot begin to tell you the amount of glitter they can put on your project!

Here's my "green" card.

I used A Child's Year cartridge for card base & hat.

The sentiment I found online.

I used spica pen (pitch black) on the sentiment & around the clovers.

Now it's your turn to create a "Green" card & join the challenge!!

CLICK HERE

St. Patties Card

Who doesn't love green??? Yup, it's almost St. Patties Day!!! No, I don't do anything crazy to celebrate the day, but I will enjoy a green beverage :)

I made this fun little card for my daughter. It turned out too darn cute lol

card recipe:

Simply Charmed cartridge

Pot card base (pg. 33, mirror & weld shadow feature, cut at 5")

Pot (grey card stock cut at 5")

super cute leprechaun buddies cut at 2.5"

peachy keen stamps (pk-490 & pk-460)

1" circle punch (for 'gold' coins)

stickles, spica glitter pen, white gel pen

sentiment is an image I found online

Challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion - St. Patrick's Day

Paper Cutz Challenge - St. Patrick's Day

Crafty Hos' Challenge - St. Patrick's Day

Send a Smile 4kids - Anything Goes
Crafting with Cristina - St. Patrick's Day
Crazy About Cricut - St. Patrick's Day

1 green card----->a few challenges

There are so many fun challenges going on out there in blog land =)

I made this adorable card this evening so I can join a few challenges.

Isn't this the cutest beaver? I love these chipboards by DCWV

Challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps - sketch challenge

More Than Favors - zoo theme

The Paper Variety - green card (at least 50% green)

Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - green theme