Ooh La La!

Hi friends, hope you're enjoying your weekend! 

As for me, I'll be doing the happy dance all weekend.   A few days ago I participated in La-La Land Crafts' Summertime Collection Blog Hop and would you believe I won their entire collection!   I had to pinch myself when I saw my name--I won all 6 stamps and each one is so gosh darn stinkin' cute!!!    Thanks so much Irina and La-La Land Crafts, what a fabulous prize!

If you didn't do the hop, you should still visit the design team and see their awesome creations.   In fact, they were so inspiring they got me inking up my Sweetheart Marci!   Don't ya just want to pinch those chubby cheeks of hers, lol!    I colored her with copic markers, paper pieced her dress, and added glitter to her heart banner and Diamond Glaze to the baubles in her hair.     My papers are from the Little Yellow Bicycle Snugglebug collection, the stitches are rub-ons and the die is Dainty Lace by Die-namics.

La-La Land Crafts has a sale this Memorial Day weekend so if you've been as inspired as I,  this would be the perfect time to get their new summertime collection!   Ooh La La!

And because Marci is so cute & cuddly and pink & girly, she'll be perfect for these challenges:

La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery - May 2011

Fab 'n' Funky, #74 - Let's all go Cute and Cuddly!

Totally Papercrafts, #68 - Pink and Girlie

Have a wonderful and safe weekend 

Thanks for looking and for your sweet comments!

Celebrate Today

Hello friends!

The image that I used today is called Susan, by Elisabeth Bell.   I tried something a little different with her today--I colored her with prisma colored pencils.  I've been admiring Elise's beautiful coloring for some time now and was inspired to give this medium another try.  I had these pencils stored away for years as a lost cause but I'm glad I tried them again.   It was a fun change from copics and with a lot of determination and practice, it may prove to be a worthwhile purchase after all.  Thanks Elise!

I used another printed card stock from the Mariposa Matstack again.   I really love this paper pack, most of the pages are really beautiful.   The design on this piece made for a nice frame for my image and a clean and simple card.   My sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

And since I'm using an Elisabeth Bell image, I'll be entering my card in these challenges:   Belles 'n Whistles Anything Goes challenge and SCACD Friends with Heart Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by and for always leaving me such encouraging comments.  You're the best!  Hugs!

Sharing my RAKs

Hello!  It's been a while since I last posted.  It seems that every time I come back from a trip, it takes me a long time to get back into the groove of things and to find my mojo.    But by visiting your blogs recently, I've been inspired to craft again so I'll hopefully have a card to share in a day or two.

For today, may I share with you these amazing RAKs I've received for Spring, Easter, Mother's Day and "just because".    These thoughtful gifts are from some hugely talented ladies and I'm so deeply grateful for their blogging friendships and so honored to be the recipient of their awesome creations!   Thank you so much ladies, you're my inspiration and I love your creations! 

Thank you Maribeth!

Thank you Lynn

Thank you Elise!

Thank you Amy!

Thank you Brenda!

Thank you Joy!

Thank you Mama!

Please visit their blogs for some amazing inspiration and

thanks for visiting me today!

Happy Mother's Day

Hello and happy Friday!  Hope you're ready for a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.

My card today is my MIL's Mother's Day card with a picture of her and my DH.  The picture was first scanned, then printed on plain white cardstock, cut out with a nestabilities oval die and distressed with Black Soot distress ink.   The DPs are from the Webster's Pages Petite Papers pack and DCWV Mariposa Matstack, the butterfly is a Hero Arts digital image colored with copic markers and the stitchings are rub-ons. 

We went to Maui yesterday to spend the day with my MIL and at age 94 she's doing remarkably well.  I hope my DH inherited her good genes.

 Thanks for stopping by!   Have a great weekend and

 Happy Mother's Day!