Blog Candy Alert!!

And it's a good one! Taylor, another of the Royal Stamping Maids over at Queen Kat Designs has BLOG CANDY right now! It's good until Saturday for $25 of QK goodies - wow. Easy to enter too, so check it out.

Wish I could win...heehee!

Skiing Snowman With Extra Shimmerz!

HELLLOOOOOO....helloooo....{echo...echo...} LOL! Well hopefully it hasn't been *that* long that all my readers have completely abandoned me. heehee. I know I get the bad blogger award - and the sad part is I have so much to share. I just haven't been at the computer much lately to actually type up the posts! Sheesh!

But I'm here now so I'd better get to it! What do you think of this little snowman -- do you not loveeeeyyyyy him!? He's from Prickley Pear and I think he's just darling. The sentiment is from PPRS too. I made this card while we were down in FL, hence the super-bright glitter-n-Shimmerz portion of the photo. But hey, if that's my biggest complaint...

This was for CC186 over at Splitcoast {done while it was current even!} - Chocolate Chip, Really Rust and Baja Breeze. Since I wasn't at home I didn't have any Baja, but I did have Sage Shadow so I used that. Stamped the image, colored with markers, added Dazzling Diamonds glitter and Shimmerz Paints {Angel Wings}. Have I mentioned that Shimmerz Paints are my new most favorite thing(s)? I use 'em on almost every project now! It adds soooo much sparkle with so little effort; which I am allllll about. Added white gel pen snow on the treetops & some marker highlights at the end there, and I think it turned out pretty well {IIDSSM, right?}. Be back tomorrow {I hope} with more goodies - so have a great night!

Autumn Whispers

Happy Friday out there! I know I haven't been keeping up my regular schedule of "special" blog posts - like the Tipster Tuesday, Friday Favorites, etc. To be honest, I haven't blurfed in two or three weeks! Can you believe that? It's been so busy here with the family, then the vacation to Florida. I hope to get back to it, but we'll have to see how it goes - I don't seem to have as much time to play as I used to and it's not fun!

But anyway, I do have some weekend inspiration of my own for you. I made this card for a challenge that Belinda from Clear Artistic Stamps sent out - to make a fall-themed card. Well, fall is my favorite time of year (although I have to say, those trips to the pool and the ocean last week might have me rethinking that one!) so I was all over it. This card uses Saffron, Chocolate and Rust. The image is from Whispers of Dreams from CAS and I did the background with my Scor-Pal -- if you don't have one, you NEED one. It is a must-have IMHO. If you click the pic, a GIGANORMOUS version will load and you can see all the details. Have a great weekend!

Shimmerz Ornaments!

Happy Wednesday! Time for the Belli Challenge again. This week is #37 and the challenge is PAINT (keyword CBC37). Well, that was a no-brainer, let me tell ya! When I hear "paint" I reach for the SHIMMERZ. Love love!

So, this is from the Splitcoast sketch challenge SC196 from last week. I used this fabulous ornament stamp from Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps, colored with Koh-i-Noor pencils and Gamsol, then painted on Angel Wings Shimmerz on all three ornaments. Added some ribbon and hardware and viola! Be sure to link your creation to Chris' post for a chance to win! Also check out the other Belli girls' blogs for more painty fun - Holly, Courtney, Christi, Ceal, and Shelly!

Here is the original sketch (I flipped it, of course, LOL):

Supplies, etc.: Stamps - Ornament Trio from Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. Paper - Old Olive, Bashful Blue and GP 110# white cardstock, Holiday Thyme patterned paper, Bazzill Bling. Ink - Palette Noir. Other - White velvet ribbon from American Crafts, Antique Copper hodegpodge ribbon slide, Cool Grey Copic marker, Koh-i-Noor pencils, stumps, Gamsol, Shimmerz Paint in Angel Wings, mini glue dots for the ribbon.

In the LIMELIGHT Contest!

Ok, here are my photos for the Limelight Papercrafts WCMD "What's in your purse" game that Mandy ran. Unfortunately, since I am visiting my mom and dad in FL, I don't have a pic of "The Devil Wears Prada" DVD because....I'm not at home. But I have the others! In no particular order...

Candy - Tootsie Pops, my DS #1's absolute favorite thing in the world.

Breakfast - Just toast and Chai Latte (I had already drank some as you can see!) this morning because I knew we were having an early lunch before we hit the BEACH - 80+ degrees here today, no wonder my dad doesn't want to move back to Wisconsin.

Sleeping family member - I am so lucky I had this picture in my e-mail from when I sent it to my mom awhile back. This was taken in probably May of my DS #1, he's 3.5 in this photo. I stay up late and read or stamp while all my boyz are in bed, and check on them before I go to sleep. Around midnight one night I sneak in there and he looks like he came home from the frat party and passed out or something!! That CAN'T be comfortable!

Partially finished cards - I've been trying to figure out what to do with this image I colored and Shimmerz'd like 3 days ago and still haven't used it yet!! So I'd say that counts! I have been a stamping maniac on this vacation -- I LOVE IT!!

The mousepad on my mom's computer is not very exciting - but here it is! Cordless mouse with the laptop is cool at least! We need one of those at home.

Sadly, no Devil Wears Prada and DH isn't home to take the pic of mine for me, so that's it!