Love and Marriage....

I was thinking of a title for this card and love and marriage come to mind. Not that I wanted to use it, but now I have that atrocious theme song from "Married with Children" on my mind and it just won't go away! So it's staying, the title that is!

Anywho... quick post this morning for you. I have to run out and take a class this a.m. then I am meeting up with my girlfriends for a little lunch and a movie. We plan to see "Something Borrowed". I hope it's good. I just love Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin.  Plus I finally read the book last week and thought it was quite good. Then I read the follow-up to it this week (Something Blue) and really loved that one. So....thats the plan for today.

My card is for the Color Me Creative Copic Challenge. The theme/picture was a beautiful White Wedding Cake. I have used an image from LOTV.

I colored the image with Copic markers. I had the idea for a Circle card in my head and I was going to do a cute fancy border but it just wasn't working. So the other day I remembered my sweet friend Wendy made a circle card and used ruffled ribbon around the border. So I followed suit! I liked the way it turned out. It's a bit CAS for me...I had to stop myself from adding more as I was going for a Clean and Simple look.

If you have a chance this week please join us in the challenge.

Beachin' it!

Hello. So if you haven't entered my BLOG CANDY yet, you better get a move on it, there is only about a day left to enter!!  It ends tomorrow, but I will be announcing the winner in a few days. I am being "banned" from the blog world for about a week...hubbys orders! LOL We are going to be having some major family time...I'll tell you all about it next week.  I do have 2 other scheduled post...so I will still kinda be around!  I would still love to hear from you, but any questions probably won't get answered until next week.

Today I have another Mo's image!! They are SOOOOO much fun to color.  I just love them. It's also time for another challenge at Color Me Creative (CMC). The theme is "Spring Break or Beach". So I was racking my brain trying to think of what Image to use. I was going to use a Magnolia, but then I remembered this awesome image that Mo released not to long ago. I had to do it.

I know I sound like a broken record but I love these fuller figured girls. They have so much personality and you can tell they are just plain happy with themselves. This one reminds me of myself hehe In more ways then one too.

Isn't she adorable..just like me?? hehe  I colored her with Copics.  I did add a cloud background, it's really faint in the picture.   The papers I used are from an old paper pack by Close to my heart.

While I was coloring this I was inspired to add a little something to my gal!  Yup...I added a Tramp Stamp,  AKA - a lower back tattoo. Remember I said she reminded me of myself. I have a lower back tattoo and it looks just like this. It's a purple daisy with pretty flourishes coming from it. It's my only tattoo, but maybe not for long. I went with some friends last night to the Tattoo place. One of the girls was getting one and it kinda gets you in the mood, ya know! lol But, I am particular and I am professional, so I won't get any where they are seen in business attire.  But, I do like to party..I can totally be a party girl. I'm quite good at it too! hehe

So come on over and join us at the CMC Copic Challenge and play along in the challenge. See you in a few days!

Don't forget about the BLOG CANDY!!

Challenges:

Digi Doodle - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Bling

Paper Romance - Summer

Ambers Crafts - Use a Digi

Scrapbook Sisters-  Distress

Hugs,

So Sweet - CMC and Mo'

**Looking for my BLOG CANDY? Go HERE. Ends April 30th.**

Well hello, hello! Did ya miss me? It seems forever since I have posted but really it's only been like 3 days. I seem to go in waves in my posting!  I have another busy weekend ahead of me. It's my brother and my sis-in-laws bday so they have a big annual party at their house.  Plus I am going to make a super quick trip to Orlando prior to going there...I need to return something at the mall and of course shop some more (I do that best, trust me).  Maybe on Sunday I will get to sit down and enjoy myself in my room. Wait, on second thought...the family will still be here...so I guess thats out!  They have been REALLY good at making me feel guilty lately if I spend more time than needed in my craft room. I think Hubs should let me quit my job that way I can craft while he works and the kids are at school. Yes..I think that would be best!! teehee!

Anyways, enough about that, I do have a card to share.  Color Me Creative (CMC) is having a new challenge this week and it's pastels. I just bought this fab image from Mo Manning. I love her images...they are just tooo cute. So I colored her up with Copics and paired her with some Fab papers from prima (pretty sure). THe flowers are a mixture of three companies (Wild Orchid, Prima and Irene's garden).

I decorated inside!!  haha I know that isn't a big deal, but it is for me. I get lazy and I'm usually pretty excited once I have completed a card so I just sorta stop and don't do the inside. However, I love when the insides are done. I was on a roll, my next couple of cards coming out all have decorated insides. Makes me so proud of myself!

That's all for tonight. Get on over to the CMC site and join us in the challenge! We sure would love to have you!

Challenges:

Mo Digital - Start of something new (New BLooms!!) ;-)

Digi Days Challenge - recipe

Digis w/ Attitude - Spring

Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Springtime

Stampin Royalty - Spring has Sprung

Digital Tuesday - Female Image

TIp top Tuesday - Spring

Hugs,

What's Cookin'

It's Monday...happy, happy, joy, joy! (Is the sarcasm seeping out of that?)  I do NOT like Mondays. Just sayin'.  My Sunday was filled with cleaning and Laundry....I have hardly been home lately and you can tell by looking at my home! Life doesn't seem like it's going to calm down any in the upcoming month either.  I need a stay-vacation. A week of just being at home.  Afterschool today I promised my daugther we would go swimming..she wanted to soooooo badly yesterday but there just wasn't enough hours in the day. So that's my big plan for the day - swimming!  Sorry all you in other parts of the country...but yes...it's been super gorgeous here in South Florida and the water is so nice and warm! The other day, it was actually almost too warm...didn't really cool us off but was still refreshing!

On to the card (I find I'm saying this alot lately...I guess it's my "thing" sorry you have to deal with my "thing".)  Over at CMC we want you to color (using your copics of course) metals.  Mo' Manning had this Fabulous little girl for a buck right after the Tsunami in Japen and had all the proceeds go to the disaster. So of course I snatched her up. She is just toooooo adorable. I love baking and cooking, so this was a no-brainer for me.

I know I could have used something a bit bigger to show off the metals...but they are cute pots! ;-) Everything is colored with Copic markers. I paperpieced her apron and then added copics on top of it to give it some depth. The oval is cut with a spellbinder and I used a Martha Border punch for to create the matte around the oval. The spatcula charm I believe is from Karen Foster. Not sure where the sentment came from...but I like it!  Here are those FAB papers from MME again. I think I need to buy some more pads! I can't stop using them. They are my current go to papers. Perfect for paper piecing too because the patterns are so small. Love them. The pearls were originally white and I colored those with my Copics too.

Come on over to the CMC site and join us in the challenge.  I also have BLOG CANDY - ends April 30th

Challenges:

I Did It Creations - Anything Goes

Craft your day Away - Spotty dotty

Shannons Sentiments - Use on Oval

Digis w/Attitude - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Use something Digi

Dutch Dare - Distressing

Scrapbook Sisters - Mom or special lady

Ms. Diva....

I am SOOOO very late posting this. It should have went up over the weekend, but I had a crazy - busy weekend!!  My girlfriends and I got together on Saturday and made 6 projects together. They were all adorable and quite different from each other.  Then we met up with some friends for a drink at a local lounge, it just happens to be near the beach and it was the night of the "Super Moon". That was pretty cool. We walked over to the beach and the water was up so high. When we walked up the berm we couldnt go any further because the tide was up the high! It was crazy. I have never seen it that high.  The ocean was strangely calm too...like glass. Which made for a beautiful night. The moon was glistening off the water beautifully! 

On Sunday I went with a friend to see "Red Riding Hood". I thought it was really good. I was pleasently surprised!  We intended on seeing "Beastly" but changed our minds. Then we did some shopping damage. It was a busy weekend that just flew by.

While I was busy with the weekend, I forgot to put up my CMC Bday Challenge post..;-(   Bad Tracy!!  I did get it uploaded so Suzanne could post it on the CMC site, but never made it to my blog!

The challenge was to use Purples, Yellows and Creams....I used Copics to color the image and the image is from Mo' Manning.  Speaking of, have you seen the new "fuller figure" woman she has release this last week? Omg  - So cute.  Not sure who I would give them to...but I LOVE them! I guess I like them so much because I am a fuller figured gal who happens to be  pretty comfortable with myself. I mean, of course I would love to lose a few lbs (ok more than a few) and I would be totally happy...but I am not going to sit around and feel sorry for my tubby butt with a container of Ice Cream. I think I am cute and thats all that matters!  I will go to a club and dance with all the skinny hotties...and not give a darn!  So check out these cuties...

Come over to the Color Me Creative Classroom to see all the other DT's work when you get a chance!

Not much else to say, I think that was long enough!!! 

Challenges:

Crafts n Me - Anything Goes

Spoonful of Sugar - ribbons, pearls, flowers

My time to Craft- Ladies day (young or old)

Papertake Weekly - Girly

Stamping Vacation - Playing Dressup

Catch the bug - baby or child

Hugs,

Hoppy Birthday - CMC Sketch Challenge ......

Well hello! I have had quite the busy week.  I have been working feverishly at working ahead for some commitments but everytime I think I am done...I see one I forgot! yikes! Like this one! lol CMC is having a birthday celebration this week and Suzanne has came up with an awesome sketch for all of us. I recently went crazy with some LOTV's and this is one of the ones that I picked up. I think this bunny is just SOOOOO Adorable. He makes me happy!

As usual I have colored it with Copic markers. The paper is from my stash. The little postage stamp sentiment is from Whimsy stamps.

Here is the sketch that Suzanne gave us to work with. If you get a chance you should hop over to the CMC site, you do have to join, but anybody can join. Suzanne is giving away a slew of awesome prizes for a few more days.

This next card I am putting in for the Make It Colourful Challenge . My little girl made it for her kindergarten teacher (last years teacher). Ms. N (her name was difficult for them to say, she had them call her Ms. N) took another job and is no longer at the school and my daughter is NOT happy about that. She misses her. Alot.

Here is the inside. My little one is 6 and she knows how to spell pretty well, if she would just take her time, she does even better. But I love when she writes how she thinks it sounds. It's just to precious. She made the most awesome restaurant menu with pictures and words. I love it. My son never really did this. Her on the otherhand constantly makes my husband and I cards and drawings. It's adorable.

Notice how she corrected "good" and "day". LOL  The rest says "Hi Miss N. I just want to say that I love you so much".

So adorable! That's my little Kare-bear (her nickname)

Don't forget I have BLOG CANDY!!!! Add your name to Mr. Linky HERE

Thats it for today. Have a great one! So glad that the weekend is around the corner!!

Challenges:

Craft us Crazy - Cupcakes

Crafty Sentiments - Animals

Stamping Vacation - cupcake

Tip Top Tuesday - birthday

Kaboodle - Birthday

CMC Birthday Bash and Blog Candy!!

Hello and boy do I have loads of "Stuff" to tell you today! LONG POST!!! Color Me Creative is having a 1 yr Birthday Bash and wait til you hear about ALL the prizes you could win!!! Holy cow- there are some awesome prizes. So be sure to participate. You have to join the CMC Site (helps to keep spammers away!), but anybody can join and participate. Here are the schedule of events and below a list of the awesome prizes:

March 15th---Kick Off Party
*Special Birthday Forum with events and fun will be on special tab at the CMC site starting at 1 am EST on 15th!
*some random prizes will be given to members of the site that day just for joining
*Sketch Challenge and you have until March 24th to complete it & upload it or email it to me (2 winners)

March 16th—Fun Scavenger Hunt and CHAT in chat box starting on main page www.scrapbitzcopics.ning.com at 7:30 EST – 8 winners

March 17th--- 5 fun questions that you MUST answer on the birthday thread forum here by email, 2 random winners that day (must be answered by midnight on March 18th)

March 18th---A Word Puzzle will be linked that you must print out and complete than take a picture or scan it and send it by email (sjdean0574@yahoo.com) so I can see it has been completed. You will have until March 24th to complete the puzzle and email it to me. 2 winners randomly chosen from those that complete & email word puzzle

March 19th—Color Challenge! Challenge must be completed by March 24th (CAN NOT be combined with the sketch) 1 winner chosen randomly

March 20th—Word Scramble unscramble the words and put together phrase & answers MUST be emailed to me by midnight March 24th. 2 winners chosen randomly!

March 21st---Party Conclusion CHAT and random prizes/questions at 8 pm EST on main CMC site chat box

PRIZES: we have gift certificates from SCACD, The Paper Temptress, 7 Kids College Fund, I Brake For Stamps, The Stamp Fairy and Mo's Digital Pencil. Digis from Tiffany's Doodles, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Stamps from Magnolia-licious, a Gilli Prize Bag from Anary Baumgarth, Paper from Bo Bunny, stamp set from Stamps Alive, Free CMC Classes, Free Magazine Subscriptions and MORE!

GRAND PRIZE INFO: For those that COMPLETE EACH DAY's CHALLENGES you will be entered for the GRAND PRIZE!!
GRAND PRIZE - A NEW 2011 Provocraft Cricut Expression (limited edition) and $50 of Copic Supplies!!

**If you do not complete each day's challenges but want to ENTER for the grand prize there is another way to enter! Suzanne Dean is collecting money for Global Giving here and earmarked for Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami Relief through a FirstGiving site (will be up on March 15th). She uses FirstGiving since they are a secure way to donate monies and you can see EXACTLY where your money has gone. (if you still do all the challenges you can still buy more chances to win of course by donating!)

For every $3 you donate thru the site *raffle will run until March 30th* you get 1 entry for the Grand Prize---Grand Prize winner will be announced on March 31st.

**Donations can be given starting on March 15th**

Now - on to my card! 

Perfect little birthday card, isn't it? I have used Tilda w/Ballons from the So Special Collection. You can purchase her up at Magnolia-licious.  I have colored her with Copic markers. Do you notice anything else? Yep...I finally did a little paper Piecing. My friend Wendy does some beautiful things with paper piecing and I thought I would give it a try. I have to tell you, I LOVE it. I have a couple other things that I have started to paper piece now too.   I also added some liquid glass to the balloons and shoes.

The paper is from My Minds Eye. I bought several packs a couple of weeks ago and I am so in love with them all!! It's kind of hard to use them!! I thought the banners would be perfect for a birthday card. Flowers are Wild Orchard Crafts, Ribbon is CTMH and the Sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Please sign up at the CMC Classroom and join in on the festivities - those prizes are sooooo worth it!

I have my own little Birthday prize going on. I can hardly believe it but I have been steady blogging for a year now. So hop on over to my BLOGOVERSARY post to sign up to win some Blog Candy!!!!

Challenges:

Bunny Zoe - Happy Birthday plus pearls

Kaboodle Doodle - Happy Birthday

Shabby Tea Room - Birthday

Aly's Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Dies, Dies

Fun With Shapes - Birthday (use die)

Off the Wall - Colors

Exciting News!!!

Hello Everybody!! I'm back!!!!!!!!  It seems like forever since I have had a post. I think that was the longest since I started blogging a year ago. Which reminds me.......be on the look out for some birthday Candy...coming this week! ;-))  

So here is my exciting news!!! Well, I have lots really...but the first one is - I am on Suzanne Deans Color Me Creative DT! Yeah!! Our first challenge as DT is a photo color/inspiration. So use something with pinks/greens/creams or white along with your interpretation of the photo.

This is a digi image from Heart Song Designs. I do not have much in terms of "Baby" and what I love about Digis....I can find one, print it instantly in most cases and I'm good to go!  They also do not take up space in my craft room which is always great. I don't have enough space in there as is! I have of course used COPICS to color this image in. I'm sorry...since this DT is based on Copics I had meant to record which ones I used....but I put them all away and then it dawned on me. I can't remember them all offhand either because they are not my usual color combinations!  The DP paper that I have used is from Crate paper and the solid CS is from CTMH. I believe the buttons are also from CTMH.  I kept it simple mostly because it is such a large image. Being a digi I could have sized it smaller but I liked this size. I also thought this would look really cute as a wall hanging. Hung with ribbon and a bow. Cute.

So I do hope you join us in the challenge, check it out at the Color Me Creative Copic Challenge Group! Challenge goes until March 18th. There are some yummy prizes including a pack of cryogen paper!! I have to tell you, I have been using Papertrey Ink paper pretty much since I starting coloring. I have tried a few (neenah, xpress blend, and Gina K) with so/so results. However, I FINALLY tried Cryogen last night and I LOVE IT!  I can actually see myself using this paper regularly. Not only does it have a nice shimmer to it, but it blends so nicely. I'm a fan.

So on to my exciting weekend! Last night I got the pleasure to meet my new bosslady, Suzanne Dean! ha!  Suzanne is in town this weekend to teach some Copic classes at my local scrapbook store. Ten of us went out to dinner last night to a Japanese Restaurant. We had a very nice time and I got to meet a few other bloggers.

Tomorrow I will be taking Suzannes Copic class and I can't wait. Lots of blogger friends will be there, some I already know and a few I can't wait to meet.

I have a few post for this week...so be on the lookout! I was away but I wasn't totally slacking!! ha!

Hugs and have a great weekend,