Miss You! An Eyelet Outlet and Art Impressions Collaboration

I am very excited about this awesome collaboration week with Eyelet Outlet and Art Impressions!  I have made a super fun card to share with you today using the adorable Willie Front and Back stamp set.  I love these littles peeking over things!  SO FUN!  I combined that with three simple black mini brads from Eyelet Outlet for a CAS card.


Don't you just want to hug him?!!!  I do, dude.  I totally do.  I colored him with Spectrum Noir markers.  
Be sure to check in over at the Eyelet Outlet blog for a chance to win a GREAT prize from Eyelet Outlet and Art Impressions and to see even more inspiration from this collaboration!  
Have a Happy!

A Dapper Dad, Indeed!

Hiya, folks!  It's RELEASE week over at Fresh Squeezed Stamps and I have a SUPER fun card to share with you using the BRAND NEW Father Knows Best set!  This set includes something for every dad out there!  Love that! I decided to go with the Dapper Dad option for this fun card!


Is that tie not the CUTEST THING EVER?! It's stamped in Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Danube Blue Momento ink. I love it. HA! I combined the stamps with some great Authentique papers and a couple of fun brads from Eyelet Outlet for this Dad-worthy design.


Be sure to head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Blog to not only check out what the other girls have created, but also to ENTER TO WIN this super cute set!!! You can see the whole set over there, too! It's super fab! Check it!

I hope your day is super fantabulous!!!!

Have a Happy!

Happy Birthday! I'm Impressed!

Hello! Today. I choose to be happy!

Go ahead... say it...out loud... it feels good. For REALS!

I have a fun birthday card to share with you today using some super fun stamps from Paper Smooches and more mustache and glasses brads from Eyelet Outlet. Umm..I DID mention that it's an obsession, didn't I? I think I did. 'Cause, dude, it totally IS! They are WAY too much fun. Just sayin'.


Tee-hee!!!! Seriously, though... how could I resist that one? Yup. I know. I totally couldn't! YAY!


I added a bit of color to the image with Spectrum Noir markers and used super cute paper from Pebbles! LOVE!

AND...I am not sharing a birthday card for no reason today, my friends..I'm sharing a birthday card because today is MY birthday! Woot! Woot! I love my birthday. HA! No, but for realies... I do. So...I thought I'd celebrate by offering a gift to one of YOU!

I am giving away a $20 Gift Certificate to ONE of the following. Winner's Choice!
Simon Says Stamp
I {heart} Papers
Fresh Squeezed Stamps
Gourmet Rubber Stamps
Eyelet Outlet
Ummm...those are some pretty darned good choices! Use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter! (If you are reading from an email or reader you will need to click over to the blog to enter! Thanks!)

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This giveaway is in no way sponsored by any of the above listed entities. The prize is from me.

Have a Happy, folks!!!! Actually...today... have an EXTRA Happy!

Jingle Out!

Hipster Hippo Wants You to Be Mine!

Does that even make sense?  I don't think that makes sense.  Meh.  No worries.  Most of my titles don't make much sense anyway.  HA!

But...for reals... Hipster. Hippo.

How could that be bad?  I mean, for REALS, folks!  It can't be.  It simply cannot be bad.  Just sayin'.


Yup. Totally lovin' it. Totally. The hippo is one of the brand new Avery Elle stamps!!! I got mine from I {heart} Papers on Friday and couldn't WAIT to ink that sucker up! TOO MUCH CUTENESS!!!!

I added some fun brads from Eyelet Outlet along with stickers from SRM Stickers to make my card super fun! LOVE!


I colored him with Spectrum Noir markers...I'm starting to do this whole coloring thing a bit more often... not sure about my actual skills with it, but, alas, I do believe it's coming along. I plan to take a coloring class at CKC Manchester in April, so THAT will be super fun!

So, there you have my Hippo Hipster Valentine card. It makes me enormously happy. Enormously. Just sayin'.

Have a Happy!!!

Jingle Out!

Cheers!

So, here's the deal. I don't know if I shared here that I signed up for an adult Jazz/Tap class. Mind you, I have never taken a dance class in my life, so this was kind of crazy, but something I've wanted to do for a really long time, so I just DID IT! Wellllllll.... last night was my first class. I'm terrible. HA! BUT, alas, it was WAY fun and it's something new AND I'm totally hoping I get better because, well, I'm not sure I can get much worse. The shoes, however, those totally ROCK!!!! For REALS! Just sayin'.

Today I have another fun New Year's card to share with you using some super fun brads from Eyelet Outlet and another great SRM Sticker sentiment! Love those things!


This one is kind of fun! I started out with a black card base and rounded the corners. I then added the Martha Stewart decorative tapes, these are thicker than washi tape, but I still love them lots and lots. I cut a tag, rounded a corner, and stamped the 'rays', adhered the brads, and affixed the sticker. I actually used a silver Sharpie to create that cool silver border around the tag to match the border already on the sticker. I LOVE how that part turned out!


I added both the Gold Shimmer and Platinum Shimmer twines from The Twinery and then tied the little bunch with some awesome silver string from May Arts! Silver and gold can be really fun colors to play with!

I am also linking this card up to the fabulous CASology 'New' Challenge! New dance class, new year, new fun products.... there's lots of new going on, isn't there?! Well, now that's just FUN!

Oh...and don't forget to check out the Eyelet Outlet blog today for some more fun New Year card ideas!

I hope you have a super stupendous Friday, folks!

Jingle Out!

Happy New Year!

Yikes! Yesterday was a busy one! LOL! Three posts in one day! And...in all of that rush, I don't know if I got a chance to properly say HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you have thoroughly enjoyed your celebrations! I had a wonderful holiday season, overall, and I am ready to move forward! Usually I have a bit of trouble letting go of Christmas, but this year I'm good. I loved it, and now I'm good. Strange, but I'm going with it. HA!

I have a fun Runway Inspired New Year's card to share with you today! Here is the photo from the Runway Inspired Challenge Blog that set me off in the perfect direction for this fun card!

The design is from the Bibhu Mohaptra Spring 2013 line! Fresh and ready to go! YAY! Those colors, of course, stood out brilliantly, but I also wanted to capture a bit of that burst pattern. I found this stamp from the Market Street Stamps Shine On set to be a perfect fit!


I used several ink colors (four total, two blues, a green, and a yellow) to ink my stamp. I LOVE how that turned out! I then added a skyfield of twinkling stars by adding Eyelet Outlet Brads to my design! SO FUN! The sentiment is a perfect sticker from SRM Stickers! LOVE THAT!!!


I also have another fun card up over on the Eyelet Outlet blog using this same stamp set in a totally different way! You can check that out HERE!

So...I hope your day is pretty much AMAZING!!!

Jingle Out!