I have a few pictures to post! I went to my upline, Vivian's house yesterday and we were able to make quite a few projects. The first one we made was the bra and panty card. My husband liked this one.











Next was Vivian's famous center tie card. It is a real WOW card.















We made this neat post-it note holder. I really liked how it came out and will be making quite a few more for little gifts. Next is me holding the envelope pouch we made.
Make sure to click on all these pictures for an up close picture, well maybe not an upclose at me..just the projects :-) Lastly we made this beautiful card. I plan on using this at my first SU workshop. I have most of the 'ingredients' and it is gorgeous when it's done.

It's the weekend already! Gosh these days are just flying by.
I'm still playing with the Heartfelt Thoughts stamp set I just love it! I made this card for a new friend of mine. I think she will be happy to recieve it. You know who you are Miss Chrissy :-)
I am really trying to stay with all Stampin Up! products, but I need more!
I had to cheat on this one because I don't have any SU ribbon. I'll be placing an order soon and I don't think my husband will be happy about it.

Yay internet is up! We have been having crazy issues with our internet this week. Sometimes it's on and most times it's off. They are supposed to be fixing it tonight. We'll see.
In the mean time, I was able to create this card. The stamp is from SU Heartfelt Thoughts. I really like using this three step technique on the stamps. You just never know what it will look like but they always come out beautiful. As always, click on the picture for an up close view.
On a personal note, I visited my pain managment doctor today and he decided I needed some more steroid shots in my back. Now the first time I had these shots, I was put to sleep first. What a dreadful surprise when he decided to give them to me right then and there. ugghhhh. I gave him my best fainting routine and he said next time, he'll put me to sleep first ha ha on him!

Not much stamping going on this weekend. We went to see the Temptations Review. I had no idea that there was only one Temptation left. He was holding his own with the others with his singing. Good for him. Papa was a rolling stone.....la la la
I've been playing with my borrowed SU stamps and figured out how to do a three step stamped flower. Of course I had to go to Michael's to get myself a stampamajig first. The flowers were done with multi-colored markers onto the stamp. Then stamped again with versamark. And finally the yellow centers. Once they were all stamped, I added some glitter with my finger to the petals. I don't think it shows up on the picture.
I gave this card away already to my cable guy who was here for a couple of hours. Along with the SAB and mini-catalog. Are you proud of me Vivian?? click the picture for a nice view.

This was a challenge and a new technique from the Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers #7. The challenge was to create a card with a sketch challenge. The techniqe was to smoosh ink between plastic wrap. I didn't have any ink so I used some craft paint and smooshed that around. And then put your paper into the smoosh. Mine came out pretty cool. So combining both of these challenges was quite easy once I figured out the color scheme. Thank you to Vivian for letting me borrow her stamps. Again, click on the picture to see the card in detail....very pretty

I have been busy as you can see. My Stampin Up! upline let me borrow a 'few' stamps to play with. And play I will! The first card is from the set Fabulous Flowers. I have always loved the possibility of layering the petals. I cut out six different layers and popped them up. I also ran a gold leaf pen around all the petals and used the pen to put the line throught the brown in the middle. Fabulous look!
The next two cards were made from the Happy Heart Day set. I wanted to make some cards, using this set, that could be used for something other than Valentines Day. So they both became Thank You notes to
special friends. The elephant card was painted with stampin spots and a blender pen. I also used the nestabilities and some white dots. I used crystal effects on the hearts on both cards. The Mouse card was also painted using the stampin spots. White dots all around the pink, too. I used my cuttlebug for the background paper.
Everything in the photos is from Stampin Up! except the pink ribbon and the gold pen.
Thank you Vivian! You are awesome!!!!

Another day, another card. This one is made from the Hostess Level 3 stamp set ~ Time Well Spent. I think I spent my time well while making it. I didn't have a punch bigger than the scallop punch, so I colored the edges with marker to make the cut-outs stand out more.
You can see the card real well by clicking on it. I think it came out beautifully. Thanks for visiting my blog...toodles for now.

I received this award today from Dawn. Thanks heaps Dawn!

Now to nominate the girls who I think have great blogs!!! Give them a visit when you get the chance. It's well worth the visit :-)

Florida Stampin With Vivian
Twisted Chick
Amy Celona
Gadget Girl

Happy Sunday.
I have a couple of cards that I have finished, using Stampin Up! products. The first one is the Valentine I made for my daughter using the stamp set, Happy Heart Day. I used Crystal Lacquer on the heart and I love how it shines and adds dimension. The second card was just practice with the Time Well Spent hostess set. Lots of glitter on this one so my husband loves it. Secretly I do to :-)
Be sure to click on the pictures so you can see the cards up close. Have a great day!

I love this little stamp from Stampin Up! This time I made it so the egg top swivels on the mini brad. So cute!! I also flocked the little chick and used crystal effects on the egg shell. I couldn't think of anything approriate to put on the sentiment so I used the same 'You Crack Me Up. Also used my cuddle bug, I always seem to forget I have it.
I have created my Stampin Up! Website if anyone out in the blogging world would like to check it out...My site.
Now is definately the time to sign up to be a demo, email me for all the goodies you can recieve. Dinner time....toodles

Yay!! I get to post a picture today. Isn't it the cutest! You really should click on the picture to see the details. I flocked the cute little chick, used dimensionals on the eggshells that were cut out of DP and added some crystal laquer to make them shiny. I also paper pierced the edges for luck. The stamp is from Stampin' Up! the company that I just joined :-)
Anybody on the fence about joining, now is definately the time! They are offering 20% off the demonstator kit and some freebies. Send me a post or an email if you want more details.

Hello all. I have no pictures to post today because all the projects I have been working on are for people who read my blog. I do have some exciting news to share though. I have just signed up to be a Stampin Up! demonstrator. I am very excited and can't wait to get started! I put my order in for the starter kit yesterday, does anyone know how long it takes to recieve? I want it now!!! For anyone that is thinking about becoming a demonstrator, now is definately the time. They are having all sorts of freebies. Leave me a post if you want all the details.

Happy weekend! It is gorgeous here in Florida. Beautiful bright blue skies, the birds are chriping the temperature will get up to 80...so nice :-)
Here are a couple Bellas I did for the pajama party held at splitcoast.
The first one was a sketch challenge which I used BikiniBella. This cuddlebug embossing folder remineded me of waves. The second card was to use your favorite things. Well I had to have glitter of course, and a nice big flower. I like the looks of the layers being skewed and I used my nestabilities for the first time. It all came out pretty nice.
I took a huge step this weekend. I have decided to join Stampin Up! My recruiter is a great gal. I love getting e-mail and i'll have to count, but I think she sent me at least 30 e-mails yesterday. She is as excited as I am.
Now I need to pick out all those stamps I want through the catalog for my
starter kit. There are so many to chose from. Does anyone have any recommendations for a new recruit?

I've been tagged by Vivian for the middle name game. I am supposed to use my middle name letters for facts about me. My middle name is Ann so its an easy one to do LOL!!!

This is called the middle name game. Here are the rules...1. You must post the rules before you give your answers.2. You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name. Each fact must begin with that letter. If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name. 3. After you've been tagged, you need to update your blog with your middle name and answers. 4. At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for the details.)Well, here goes..

A ~ Artistic ~ I try to create something every day
N ~ Neat ~ There IS a place for everything!
N ~ Nice ~ I treat people as I would want to be treated.

Gosh that wasn't too hard. Good luck to Dawn Heidi and Jennifer these are the lucky ladies I have chosen. Visit their sites and give them a hollah!

Happy February! Spring is right around the corner, right?
Here's another card I made using my trusty computer. Miss JammieBella got some new jammies. This card was the results of a pajama party held on Splitcoast. Our inspiration was a picture of a cute nightie. I took the print on the nightie and gave Bella her new jammie bottoms. I think she looks pretty snuggley.

Here's an interesting color combination challenge that I came across. Brown, orange, green and some white. It was a tough one. I was going to give up on it then said to myself what is a challenge for! So I set my mind to making this fella. You can find the challenge at Stampin Mami's site. She chose the colors from the ingrediants in a drink she loves. Well now that I've done the card I think I'll try out the drink :-)

Well I've jumped on the band wagon, as they say. On two things actually. First being that I bought a crop-a-dile last night. I figured out how to use it on the bigger eyelets but still don't know how to do the smaller ones. I'll have to search and find some better instructions than what is on the packaging. And secondly I did my first Beate's Weekend Challenge today. I think its adorable!! But then again, anything with Bella tends to be.

I think Clickabella is my favorite Bella. Mostly because it reminds me of me. I'm always sitting at the computer, and I'm happy too. The layout on this card is from my first daily challenge on Splitcoast and I need to credit Genie for it. And the challenge can be found here. I think having someone dictate what your layout should be makes creating the card so easy. But then again, it was my first challenge. So I probably will end up with a pretty tough one next time I try it.
On a personal note. I have been having some major back issues with no answer to why. So today I was put to sleep and had some injections directly into the area around my lower spine. That was done at 8:00 this morning. Afterwards I felt great. Then 2:00 came around. I am guessing something started wearing off because I definately needed some asprin. Now it's 3:30 and sitting at the computer is not a happy place. :-( Back to the heating pad and watching TV.
toots for now!

I have finished my submission into the Splitcoaststampers Holiday cards. We are to create ten holiday cards each month. I had run out of the pink and red paper so sadly I had to go to the stamping store this morning to pick some up. I found a fabulous stamp, while there, to make my husbands valentine card. I wish I could show it to you, but yesterday I caught him reading my blog!
This is the Valentine card set I made for the challenge. It was a long process...First I water colored the hearts with watercolor pencils. Then scanned it into my computer and colored in the
ribbons holding the hearts. Printed them out and put crystal lacquer on the hearts. Of course I had to wait for them all to dry. Once dry I used layers of red and pink bazzill paper and offray ribbon and there you have it.
When I was working on getting a picture of my card to upload, Liyah saw the camera and just had to get into the picture. Thanks for peaking!

Here is a fun poem that really hits home to most of us~

If You Give a Girl a Stamp
By Tracy Harp

If you give a girl a stamp she‘ll want to make a card…she’ll need an ink pad to go with it. She will spend hours pouring over colors trying to decide just the right one to buy. In the end she’ll decide she just can’t choose so she’ll buy them all.
Then she’ll remember she’ll need card stock to match the ink so she’ll quickly add four packs of assorted paper to her list, oh and white, vanilla, black and kraft!
Thinking about certainly celery, purely pomegranate, pale plum and pumpkin pie will make her hungry so she’ll go to the kitchen for a snack. While munching on cookies she’ll realize she needs ideas of what to do with the stamp. She’ll go to her computer and google rubber stamping.
She’ll find a site called Splitcoaststampers. Wow!! So many techniques and ideas and a gallery that never ends. She’ll spend hours gazing at beautiful cards and projects. Her eyes will become dry from staring at the computer screen. She’ll go to the bathroom for some eye drops.
On the way, she’ll pass her family sitting at the kitchen table waiting for dinner. She’ll quickly heat up some leftovers and try to pretend she hadn’t forgotten. While talking about the days events, her son will bring out the school pictures he had gotten that day.
That will remind her she wanted a digital camera to take pictures of her cards so she can start her own SCS gallery. She’ll convince hubby of all the reasons the “family” needs a new camera. He will finally agree and she’ll head to the store to buy one.
On her way home she’ll pass by Joanns and remember she needs an Ott-Lite to go with the camera she just bought. While shopping for a light she’ll see aisles of paper, punches, embellishments and ribbon. She’ll pick out a cart full of items but realize they don’t carry THE punch she saw used on a card she saved to her favorites. She’ll return home and go back to Splitcoaststampers to find out where to get THE punch.
Her search will lead her to someone’s blog where she’ll see a Starbucks bottle made into a cute candy container. That will remind her she has some bottles in the recycling bin so she’ll go to the garage to rescue them from the trash.
While in the garage she’ll see her son’s bike which will remind her she needs to buy a new helmet for his birthday. Thinking about birthdays will remind her she wanted to bake some cupcakes for him to take to school.
As she walks to the kitchen she’ll pass by the table and see the stamp. The stamp will remind her that she wanted to make a card and she’ll probably want some…

Well here it is, my finished wallet photo album . It was the second challenge from our group at the Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers 7 The original challenge can be found on Splitcoast.
I decided to make the album for my daughter who is back at school. I have a gazillion pictures of her dog so that was an easy choice to use the pup. "Our" dog's name is Liyah and she is a Jackapoo. What is a Jackapoo, you ask. It's a mix of a jack Russell terrier and a poodle. We used to live in NH and Liyah loved to run and play in the snow. She would always chase snowballs and bury
her head in the snow. The first picture is her with her face covered in snow. Next, she's all snuggly with a blanket and pillow. Ciara often calls her Wubby and they snuggle together quite often.
Now that we are in Florida, Liyah gets to go swimming in the pool. Whenever her little heart, or mine, desires. The last picture is a classic Liyah look. Once I adheared all the pictures, then the fun began with decorating. I used little paper flowers with rhinestones in the middle.
I think Ciara is going to love this little album.

Happy weekend all. Here is a picture of my newly blinged phone. Ciara (DD) hasn't finished hers plus she has gone back to school, so no pictures of her phone.
As you can see I used pink rhinestones embedded with crystal laquer. Once that was dry I put more CL in the spaces between the stones and sprinkled microbeads onto the phone. And there you have it. Ciara is using Modge Podge on her phone. So it is going to look quite different than mine.
I haven't made any cards in 3 days! Gosh, have I lost my mojo?? Actually I recieved quite a few Bellas in the mail and have been working on organizing them. And at the same time my hubby is changing out my computer for his old one, which is better than the one I have been using.
I want to thank Dawn Marie for sending me a fabulous package.
ThAnk YOu DawN MaRie!!

Here's another card we made at the Stampin Up! party. The colors are beautiful. When I got home I had to give it some bling! I also recolored the flower to make it stand out a bit more.
Last night my daughter decided we needed to put some decorations on our cell phones. She used modpodge to adhere papers and sayings. I stayed safe and used rhinestones. Once she wakes up, I'll take some pictures to share.

I went to my first Stampin Up! party last night. There were eight of us and we got to make three different cards. I love the color combination we used on this one. And check out those cute gingham ribbons.

Another lovely Bella. I made this cutie as a thank you note to Wanda, who's website I am in charge of. Anyone looking to purchase a home in New Hampshire? Here's the place to look.
I love this clickabella, she is so me!

My blogging sister, Dawn Marie, nominated me for this You Make My Day award, isn't that nice? Well Dawn thanks so much for the award it was sweet of you to think of me. Now I'm supposed to nominate 10 other bloggers, wow 10! So many bloggers have already been nominated for this award so if I happen to nominate you and if this is not your first time consider yourself really loved!

So a big thank you goes out to Ms Dawn Marie for making me smile, today!
I pick:
Tina
Andrea
Caz
Chaz x
Mealya
Jennifer
Wendy
Ellie
Vivian
and back at you Dawn Marie!

Who needs a Bella fix? Here ya go! I had some fun paper but I thought the print was too big, so I scanned it then used Photoshop to shrink it down a bit. Added a few layers then Miss Bella and Retail Therapy. Who doesn't love a little Retail Therapy now and then. And ribbon and glitter were added last. I hope you can see the glitter because it ads a lot to the card.
I've had a busy weekend. My sister came for a short visit. My son is also here for the weekend. Then my daughter is coming home today. Hubby and I switched desks so now I can swivel my chair from computer to craft table. And the printer is also in an easy reach. I just need someone to bring me food and I am all set.

It's Bella time again. :-) This one I used PS to give her a new dress, put a smile on the puppy's face and shrunk down the background paper that I had. The argyle print was way too big for the card. I shrunk it down even further to create her spiffy new dress. Please click on the picture so you can see the card better. I am proud of this one and will have to make some more of them to pass around.
Enjoy your day
Time for me to clean up the mess I always make when I am creating.

Tag I'm It....
I was tagged by Annie this morning. So here are 7 things about me that you may not know.

1. I was born in Germany. Made there too...I should get that tattooed somewhere.
2. I hate that we have to eat to stay alive. I wish we could just take a 'chewable' pill once a day.
3. I can't swallow pills, I have to chew em up.
4. I love the summer time when I can crawl out of bed and go right into the pool with my nightie on.
5. I don't like to have projects hanging over my head, I have to finish things, like yesterday.
   
6. I am addicted to almond M&Ms. I'll make a special trip to the grocery store just to get some.
   
7. I don't like clutter...everything has a place ya know.
   
8. and one for luck I am very organized, because I have no clutter...see how that works

Here's my seven I've tagged: Sharon, Ellie, Tammy, Vivian, Emily, Chrissy, Kim
It was hard to narrow it down to seven though because there are several blogs that I visit and love!

I forced myself to stay away from Bella today and this is what I came up with. I wish I had the right size punches for the circles, but I don't think they came out to bad cutting by hand. The Fleur de lis is a stamp from Michael's dollar bin from last summer and this is the first time I use it. I guess I'll keep it. It certainly doesn't take up much room. The sentiment is from Hero and the ribbon from Arctic Antics, another Michael's dollar find.

Another Bella card to add to my collection. She is so much fun to create with. I only have the two Bellas, puppybella and flowahbella, but expect to be getting quite a few more through my trades at the new yahoo site I belong to called bellaholicsanoymous. And now I have another addiction over on Splitcoast. They have a crazy group that swap images with each other. It's call PIF images Stamped images are swapped in a game like setting. And while that is going on so are conversations. I warn you ~ it's hard to walk away from the computer once these ladies have sucked you in.

I've been negligent in posting as well as creating. So here is a Bella to tide you over. The rhinestones don't show well on the scan, but quite nice on the card.
Yesterday, hubby, Mom, Dad and I went to see Chubby Checker at Cyprus Gardens. What fun! I wasn't too sure that I would enjoy it, since it's a little bit before my time. But everyone knows oldies! He put on a great show by getting the audience to sing parts of his songs. He also came into the audience and lots of women got to give him a hug. Later on he had people come on stage with him to dance. Hubby was one of the wild twisting men up on stage.

Another card finished. I strung seed beads on wire and created these flowers. I think they came out rather cute.

I look like I am in a pink mood. Here are two cards that I completed today. Miss FlowaBella holding her bouquet of planted flowers. And the second, a cuddly robe that I added flocking to make it even more cozy.