Merry Christmas!!!

Just a quick post to wish you all a Merry Christmas! I'll be back on January first with a post for you. : ) Ske-doosh.

Stampin' Royalty #103- Ornament Noël

stamps: every little bit

ink: red, turq, olive, daffodil, black, sahara

paper: white, real red

accessories: 1" circle punch, blender pen, white signo pen

That's it. I'm done. No more Christmas stuff. I just can't do it anymore. LOL! Can you believe Christmas is on Sunday?! Insane. I'll be taking a blogging break for a bit but I'll be back in January with some nifty stuff to show. I want to wish you all a very Happy Holidays! I really appreciate my readers and am thankful that you guys continue to stop by and check out my stuff. Have yourselves a wonderful New Year!

Head over to the Stampin' Royalty Blog to see what the DT has come up with. Ske-doosh.

Inkspirations #100- The End of an Era

stamps: every little bit, short & sweet

ink: black

paper: crumb CS, brights DSP stack, white CS, red, pacific, olive CS

accessories: buttons #5 die, 1" circle punch, black journal marker

I can take ZERO credit for this amazing clean and simple design. As I was trying (read: failing) to come up with something über cute for the challenge this week, I came across a gorgeous card on Pinterest. I clicked through to the source and realized it was made by none other than the amazingly talented, Leanne Pugliese. Her blog is one of my top faves in my Google Reader. Do yourself a favour and go check out her blog if you haven't already. You're in for a visual treat. I really didn't change much at all on my card aside from the buttons and the base colour, so I thank Leanne for the inspiration in my time of dire need (I'm sure you can all agree that when I say "dire need", it's no exaggeration... having no mojo fits the definition, right?).

After much thought on the matter, Keesh has decided to shut down the Inkspirations Challenge Blog. I'd like to publicly thank her and my fellow Inkspirations DT members for such a wonderful time creating with them. I'd also like to thank my readers that participated in the challenges, as well. It has been a lot of fun! Ske-doosh.

Stampin' Royalty #102- Glitter Bobble

stamps: tiny tags

ink: black, olive

paper: red glitter paper

accessories: red brights button, tiny tag punch, linen thread, olive 1/8" taffeta ribbon, 

glue dots, 1/16" circle handheld punch, clear ornament

We have a really cool inspiration photo for the challenge this week. Head over to the Stampin' Royalty Challenge Blog and check it out! I've made a couple of Stampin' Up! ornaments for my tree every year that I've been a demo (5 years) so my tree is looking quite papercraft-y. This ornament took all of 10 minutes to make and is über sparkly in real life.

I'm home with the always lovely and entertaining stomach flu today. (insert sarcasm font here) I have too many things to do to have the stomach flu. ricka-fracka-ricka-frack. Ske-barf.

Yet another messenger bag...

(sad Blackberry photos again...my apologies)

Yes, yes...*another* messenger bag. Not very original but I haven't shared this one yet and everything else I'm making right now is for a future challenge. I don't want you guys to think I don't love you. So, who's done all the Christmas prep? Bwahahahahaaha! I'm not anywhere close. I've decided to stop stressing about it. Christmas will still happen even if my shortbread isn't made, right? I've got a blitz of handmade gifts to make this week and the baking will have to take the backseat. I'm zen, yo.

Ske-doosh.

Creepy Monkey Balloons

I have to confess that I'm tired of making Christmas stuff. It happens to me every year. Christmas burn-out before it even starts. So, I'm sharing a creepy sock monkey card instead. Merry Creepy Monkey Day, everyone!

Ske-doosh.

Stampin' Royalty #101- Primary Dirtday!

stamps: i dig you, woodgrain, a comme amie (retired), canvas BG (retired)

ink: turq, pumpkin, olive, daffodil, red, black

paper: turq, red, olive, black CS

accessories: scallop square die, oval punch, scallop oval punch, daffodil ribbon, dimensionals, my wicked awesome sewing machine

I made this card for my youngest son's friend's birthday coming up this weekend. He's an all boy kinda boy and loves all things trucks. I think he'll dig on this colour combo, too. I will never tire of this combination of colours. It reaches out and grabs your attention every. single. time. Love it.

Head over to the Stampin' Royalty Challenge blog to see what cool things the ladies have made with the sketch this week. Ske-doosh.

I'm the KAPOW Kreative Challenge Guest Designer! YAY!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

stamps: none

ink: craft white

paper: crumb, olive, red

embellishments: rhinestones, peacelovejoy die strip, simple snowflake punch, my wicked awesome sewing machine

Those of you in the stamping world, of course, know Carrie Gaskin. You know...the one that makes amazing cards with all the awesome details that have you shaking your head in amazement while thinking to yourself, "Why didn't I think of that?" Ya, that one. Well, Carrie recently started her own challenges on her blog, The Artistic Avenger (how *awesome* is that name, eh?) called the KAPOW Kreative Challenge. 

I'm honored to be the KAPOW Kreative Challenge Guest Designer for this week. There's nothing that Carrie Makes that doesn't absolutely wow me and she has surrounded herself in good company with the ladies on her design team. Head on over there and check out their gorgeous creations for this week. 

My favourite memory of Carrie from convention was her telling me that she was going to throw her underwear at me while I was giving a presentation at a demo booth. She's clearly a big fat chicken because she never followed through but I adore her anyway. 

We'd love for you to play along with us in the challenges! Maybe if I like your card enough, I throw my underwear at you? Ske-doosh.

Inkspirations Colour Challenge 98- Daffodil Hello

Hey! Guess who forgot to prepare her Inkspirations Challenge post again? I'll give you three guesses. ; ) Head over and see what the ladies have made this week. Ske-doosh.