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TCP Tuesday - Nuts about you!

I'm surprising myself today.  Not only with a post, but a card too!  I can't thank you all enough for all of your supportive comments about Alice.  I'm taking this pretty hard.  I miss her so much.  It also doesn't help that her 'room' was also my crafting room.  So being in there isn't the same. 

I did get some happy mail earlier this week.  I finally ordered the newest Cat's Pajama's stamp set - Happy Camper.  The Kitty Kat Pack is such a great deal too!

This week's hostess with the mostess is Susan Liles.  This week Susan has a stamp challenge and luckily for me it was using this set!

 

Do you like that woodgrain patterned paper?  It's from A Muse!  My LSS, Stamp on Over is celebrating A Muse A Palooza this week.  I popped on in there the other day to cheer me up and this paper jumped out at me and surprisingly the only thing I left with.  But it works with this little critter don't you think?!

Here's a close up of the sentiment.  I couldn't resist putting a twinkle heart (also by A Muse) on top of the acorn.

 

That's all for today.  Thanks for stopping by!  And even more so thank you for your friendship gals, it means a lot to me!!!

Goodbye "Little One"

Hello friends,

I just wanted to pop in and say HI to everyone.  Sorry I haven't been posting.  I've been enjoying my week off and giving Alice tons of love & attention.  I received confirmation yesterday that she has lymphoma.  And from the looks of things she's had it for awhile, probably even before she came to me.

This morning I said goodbye to my "little one" who was the sweetest, gentlest soul I'd ever had the pleasure of caring for.  I will miss her terribly.  I am completely heartbroken right now.

I'm going to continue my blogging break probably through the end of the weekend. 

Thanks for all of your well wishes for Alice.  For a kitty that was in my life for such a short amount of time, she has touched it forever.  I pray that she finds Smokey and that they can spend all day playing together.

Sneak Peek - Bumble B. Bear

I'm back with another fun sneak peek!  I have to admit that I squealed with delight when I received Diane's (Cookie Crumbs) set to work with.  She created this adorable set called Bumble B. Bear.

 

I used five of the images/sentiments from the set for this card.  Here's the inside...

 

As you can see I attacked my Stickles supply again.  I just couldn't resist.  There are more samples on the All That Scraps Blog for you to enjoy with your morning coffee.  Be sure to leave a comment if you want to want a chance to win a set of your very own! 

I hope that you can join us tomorrow night for the fun fun release party.  It all starts at 8 pm (EST), that's 5 pm for us California girls! 

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you enjoyed the sneak peek!

 

Stamps:  All images from Cookie Crumbs Bumble B. Bear sets, Ink:  Versafine heat set, Paper:  Cardstock from SU! & PTI, patterned paper from SU! & Heidi Grace, Other:  scallop border punch from SU!, Copics, Stickles, ribbon from SU! & stash, brads from stash, circle punches from SU!, twinkle sticker by A Muse (on center of flower) and dimensionals

Happy 4th & another sneak peek

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend.  We're not doing much just being homebodies.  Which is exactly what we want.  As promised I have a sneak peek for you.  And not just one, but two in one!

Today's sneak peek features images from Underwater Emma and the sentiment is one of Amy's fabulous Underwater Sentiments.  I absolutely *love* this sentiment.  Can't help but think of Dory from Finding Nemo.  I had so much fun with this card.

 

It came together all by itself practically.  I started coloring in the sand & seaweed, then I knew I wanted to add the fishes.  Then then needed something else - sparkle!  And out came all of my Stickles.  I used brown, green, purple and yellow on this card.  I also colored the 'water' and 'ground' with my Copics.

Here's a close up of the deets:

If you haven't already stopped by the ATS blog be sure to do that.  The design team rocked these sets with some fabulous samples.  And don't forget to leave a comment on BOTH posts to enter yourself in for a chance at winning your own set!

Deets:

Stamp:  Images from Underwater Emma & sentiment from AmyR Underrwater sentiments

Ink:  Versafine heat set

Paper:  Cardstock by Prismatics, SU! & PTI, patterened paper by Flair Designs

Other:  Dotted wavy border punch by EK Success, Dew Drops, Copics, Stickles, and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today girls!  I have one more sneak peek to share with you tomorrow before the BIG release.

Hugs,

Sketch Artist of the week!

Hi all!  Sorry today's post is a little late.  A lot has been going on with me in the last 48 hours.  So with that I have some good news and some bad news.  Not sure which you want first.  I suppose I'll start with the bad since that is what is weighing on my heart the most. 

This past week my foster kitty, Alice hasn't been feeling too well.  I had originally scheduled another check up appointment for this coming Monday, but called the vet yesterday to tell them what's been going on with her.  To avoid being too graphic, let's just say she hasn't been keeping her food/water down.  So the vet had me drop her off yesterday for an examination as well as keep an eye on her all day.  Upon his examination he felt something on her stomach that he didn't like.  A tumor possibly.  I had them take x-rays and unfortunately they were not conclusive. 

I was/am completely devastated.  Only someone like me would get so attached to an animal in 6 weeks.  I was not prepared to make any decisions on the spot, so I'm taking the weekend to see how she does.  The vet is having me stop her thyroid medication as some of the side effects are what could be preventing her from keeping her food down.

This is all so reminiscent of exactly one year ago and what I went through with my beloved Smokey.  And it's all just a bit much for me.  This little girl is just a ball of furry love and so incredibly sweet.  We need a miracle for her.  Please, please send her your love and well wishes that this is a reaction to her medication and not a tumor or cancer. 

Sooo the bad news is I need to take a break from this week's sketch.  Not only for Alice but for myself.  A breather if you will.  I do have some several more pre-posts that you can tune in for as we are still in sneak peek mode at All That Scraps, with the big release happening this Monday, July 6th!

I hope that you guys understand and will be with me next Thursday for another fun sketch!

With that said, I'm itching to share the good news with you now.  This week's featured Sketch Artist is ......... 

-------------------->  TERESA <---------------------------

There were several really fantastic cards submitted this week, but I kept coming back to Teresa's.  When I look at her card, I can actually feel this gal riding her bike.  And the ribbon just pulled it all together like a perfect wrapped present.  You can visit Teresa on her blog to see more of her wonderful cards.  There's a really cute picture on there right now too of her & her DH! 

 

  CONGRATULATIONS TERESA!!!

There is a sneak peek over on the All That Scraps blog today featuring Amy's new set - Butterflies.  It is a must have set if you ask me.  There are several different butterfly images and some wonderful sentiments included.   Also check out my fellow ATS sister's blogs for their wonderful creations using Amy's new set.

Tori Wild

Lesa Rapp

Julie Buhler

Lauren Meader

Dawn Easton

Jay Jay

Janneke

And the talented designer herself... AMYR

That's all for today.  Thanks for stopping by ladies AND for reading this far! 

Sneak Peek - Chasing Butterflies

I'm soooooo excited I get to share a sneak peek with you all today!  This is a new addition to the Itzie Inkies line called Chasing Butterflies.  Christine has lined up a new illustrator Diem Pascarella.  Diem will be designing animal images for ATS.  And you *know* I'm loving this being a cat person and all!

 

The layout for this card was inspired by this week's  Mojo Monday sketch #93.  And as you can see I pulled out my Dazzled key ingredients kit from Taylored Expressions again.  I thought it was perfect for my happy little kitty.

Do you like my little white flowers to match the green patterned paper?  I used my Copics to color in the pearls to match!  A neat trick I learned from my friend Rhonda. I also couldn't resist putting a real bell on my kitty's collar.    Can you tell I had fun making this card?  I hope you enjoy it too.

Dont' forget to check out the All That Scraps blog for more sneak peeks today as well as enter youself for a chance to win this adorable new set.  All of the July sets will be released Monday, July 6th at 10:00 CST.

Deets:

Stamps:  All images from Chasing Butterflies set

Ink:  Versafine heat set

Paper:  Cardstock by Prismatics & SU!, patterned paper by My Minds Eye

Other:  Nesties, primas from stash, Copics, pearls by Kaiser Craft, slot punch by SU!, ribbon from Taylored Expressions, bling by Hero Arts, bell from Michael's and dimensionals.

Have a wonderful sun-shiny day!

Review - Get Well Critters

Wow what a week, huh?  I'm still in shock over the death of Michael Jackson.  What a tremendous loss to the entertainment industry.  Anytime I hear any of his songs I can remember how old I was at the time the song came out and there's usually a fond memory to go with it.  I mean what tween wasn't in awe of the Thriller video?  And yes I did try to moonwalk in my socks on the kitchen floor! 

Today I get to share with you another image from one of my favorite Cookie Crumbs sets - Get Well Critters.  I just love this chicken. 

 

To create the card I used one of my new key ingredients kits from Taylored Expressions.  This one is called Dazzled.  I paired the kit with another fabulous sketch from Mojo Monday, #88.  This card came together so quickly.  It was nice to have the patterened papers already chosen for me.  That's usually where I spend the most time when doing a card.

Be sure to hop on over to the All That Scraps Blog to see more cards using Diane's uber cute set Get Well Critters.

And be sure to check back early next week for sneak peeks of July stamps being released at ATS!!

Have a wonderful and (hopefully) relaxing Friday!!

Sketchy Thursday #43

It's time.... to annouce a new Sketch Artist, a winner AND a new sketch!  Are you guys ready?   

So let's cut to the chase and annouce our fabulous Sketch Artist for this week.  Let me first show you the FUN-tastic card that won me over.

-------------->  KRISTIE < -------------

There were so many things that called out to me on this card. The fun blue background paper and the sentiment just had me.   Kristie on being this week's featured Sketch Artist!  Be sure to stop by Kristie's blog, Kreated by Kristie to see even more fabulous-ness!

And of course there WILL be blog candy today since we reached our goal of 10 participants to play along with last week's sketch.  The lucky winner is......

 

Random Integer Generator

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 -------------->  SHERRY  <------------------

Woo-hoo!!! Way to go Sherry.  Please email me your snail mail address so I can mail off your blog candy!

THANK YOU to everyone that played along and shared their love for my little ol' sketch challenges!    I love  you guys!

This week's sketch is again simple, but definately lends itself to endless possibilities, that I know only you guys can create!

 

My card was inspired by the Share Your Spark goddess herself, Heather Meeson!  If you are an A Muse addict like I am then you know Heather from her awesome blog One Little Spark.  She is also an A Muse designer extraordinaire.  Heather's love for everything Halloween is very contagious too.  I think she had me doing Halloween cards for 2 months before Halloween last year.  I *love* to do Halloween cards now.  Stop by her blog to see what an incredible card she has up today.   HI Heather!

Here is her original masterpiece ---> CLICK <----

 

Hopefully after this weekend my pictures will look much better.  I bought myself a tent light to take photos of my cards.  We'll see if it was worth it.   

So what will inspire you for this challenge??

I'll choose the most clever, creative, and cute creation from the submissions this week to be the next Sketch Artist. Your design will also be featured on my blog next week!

You have until next Wed. 7/1 to play along.  When uploading to SCS please use keyword ESS43 for the challenge.

See ya' all tomorrow!!

 

ATSDTC53 - Summertime Fun!

Time to dust off those flip flops if you haven't already.    There's another FUN challenge over on the All That Scraps blog.  Lesa gave us a really fun theme for this week.  Create a summery card.  Easy peasy, right?  I recently picked up this yummy new collection from Bo Bunny, called Mango Luau.   

 

Deets:

Stamps:  Sugarplums Emma Waving by C.C. Designs, sentiment by AmyR Beach Sentiments

Ink:  Versafine heat set

Paper:  Cardstock by SU!, Bazzill & PTI, patterned paper by Bo Bunny - Mango Luau collection

Other:  Nesties - inverted scallop circles and classic circles, Copics, brad & flowers by Bo Bunny, ribbon by May Arts, EK Success wave dot border punch and dimensionals

I was surprised that this paper called out to me so much considering it's not my typical go to color choice.  But I think I like it.  I hope you do too!  There were so many fantastic summery releases recently that I hope you'll join us and play along with this HOT challenge!

Remember Amy is always looking for future guest designers!  So if you do play be sure to post your creation to the Wednesday Challenge Gallery.  Amy does look here when she is on the lookout for guest DT's!  Here is the link to the gallery just in case...

http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/showgallery.php?cat=537

When uploading to SCS or ATS galleries please use keyword ATSDTC53.

Be sure to pop back in tomorrow for another fun Sketchy Thursday and we already have more than 10 participants so that also means another blog candy winner!!

Cupcake Challenge

Monday, Monday, Monday...  Yes it is.  Did everyone have a good weekend?  And a nice Father's Day?  We had a nice quiet day around our house.  Just like DH wanted. 

Quiet is always a good thing for me cause it gets the creative juices flowing.  I started by playing with Taylor's Cupcake Challenge.  As always Taylor had a fantastic challenge for us to try.

 

I never seem to have enough birthday cards in my stash so narrowing it down was easy.  I also had several of these pieces of cardstock and paper already laying out on my desk.  I love it when something I discarded in my attempts at a card (at some point), resurface to finally be used!  Like this embossed very light pink cardstock I used as a base.  Just sittin' on my desk.  A previous gone bad portion of another card, works perfectly here!

 

I tried to make the main image look like a present with the ribbon bow and sentiment as the tag.  Can you tell? 

Deets: 

Stamps:  Image from Sweet Celebration, sentiment from For the Love of Cupcakes by Taylored Expressions

Ink:  Versafine heat set

Paper:  Cardstock by Prismatics, Memory Box & PTI, patterned paper by Bella Blvd. and KI Memories

Other:  Copics, spica glitter pens (chocolate part of cake), Stickles, Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder, black pen for doodles, gingham ribbon by May Arts and dimensionals

Well I gotta run.  So much to do this week already! 

Have a WONDERFUL day!