Wild For You!

   

I know it's been a while since I made a card but just have not had the desire or as I see everyone say "The Mojo"  It took everything I had to start this card but once I did start it everything came together easily.  So I went through all my challenges and picked 2 Sketches 4 You #54 Sketch Layout.  I had already picked the three stamps I wanted to use so the sketch worked out just perfect for what I had in mind. All three stamps are from Stampabilities.  The purple girl is Girl Alien, Mr Orange is Happy Alien and the Green Machine is called Blue Alien. Pile It On #21 is challenging us to Eat Our Veggies.  I colored each alien the color of some great veggies... Eggplant - Carrots - Peas.  Love all three. 

I don’t normally make the inside of my cards just so that I can use it depending on the occasion but I had the perfect embellis for this one and went with it.

Here are the rest of the challenges I’ll post it to:

Stampin Challenge – Pimp your Card

The Pink Elephant #69 – Bright Fun Colors

Sweet Stampin Challenbge – Pimp Your Card

Little Red Wagon  #30 – Birthday

Incy Wincy Designs #44 – For a little on

Dutch Dare Challenge #78 – Recipe: 2 DP, 3 colors, 4 buttons

Cas-tastic Challenge #005 – Touch of Green

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #105 – Celebration

I have to introduce you to our new baby at home.  Can you believe someone just let this little guy run around loose with nothing to say were he came from and in an area that has main streets, lots of traffic and pretty close to a freeway.  I believed he had no chance if I left him so I took him home.  I found him at my work.  He came up to our front door and was crying to be let in.  Poor thing!  Well believe me he is living like a king now.  Please meet ROCKY!

These are his new brother – Tyson and sister Gypsy.  They all get along great.

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Ice Cream, we all scream, for Ice Cream!

I have been thinking about these little bowls of ice cream for some time.  As I surf my blogs I see all sorts of different variations that others have done so I can't say I followed just one persons idea.  I took from everyone and put my own twist on the whole thing.  I used CPS #168 sketch to make my card.  I only used three squares I hope it will be ok.   I also used two other challenges for the color theme.  Colour Create #45 - Soft green and Aqua and Color Throwdown #93     The flower embelis are from The Paper Studio.

Other challenges submitted to:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #51 - Celebration

The Secret Crafter Sat. Challenge #84 - No Pattern Paper

Sew Many Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

Stampin for the Weekend #39 - Cheer them up!

The Treehouse Thursday Challenge #50 - Color Challenge

Papertake Weekly -  Flowers

Here's what I've been up to

Usually I post a card at the very least everyother day or so but as you see it has been a couple of days.  I know everyone must have been worried about me and what happened.  I can tell how worried you all were... LOL.  Well no worries  take that big sigh...  I am back and now I'll show you what I have been doing for the last 4 days.  I am pretty proud of it all and stupid, stupid, stupid me  I do not have any before pics.  Just believe me it was a disaster and very small.  I know.. I probably am getting a D- in blogging.

Well I have been redoing my work space and made a new craft table/area.  What do you think?  First I only have one requirement!  YOU MUST NOT ZOOM IN -  cuz I don't want you to see all the dust!  HAHAHA    No really .. I'm not kidding!

I am sure you're all familiar with the white cubes they sell at the chain craft stores. I already had the 4 you see right here that is holding up this part of the desk. If you see on the far left at the end a rounded corner piece.   Well that is what started it all.  I was at the Big "M" and saw the piece on clearance for $3.99.  Yea.. that's what I thought.. are you kidding!  It is originally $29.99.  They had 6 of them.. I bought all of them and called my girlfriend, told her my find and we were on our way.  The shelf  was on my old desk and I made it with a shelf piece and legs from Ikea.  Neither go with each other but it gave me extra space.  Can you see the peg board.  I have two pieces on the wall on the left and one piece under the desk on the left side.  All three came in one box and it came with some of the pegs.  It was one of the best things ever I invested in to hold my embelis.  All the packages are so organized that way. 

The desk tops are obviously two pieces.  One is 6 ft long and the other is around 4'.  I bought them in the "as is" section at Ikea for 7.99 & 4.99.  I know.. what a deal.  They work perfect.  Now on the other side of my room my BFF's gram-ma passed a few months back and she received a bunch of furniture from her home.  One of the pieces was a dresser with a hutch on the top.  I almost dropped when she asked me if I would like it.   AHHHH YES!   First I was honored that she trusted me with her gramma's furniture.  Second it is soooo perfect.  The dresser (which is not in the picture) has 3 drawers.  The top one is not that deep but fits my small to mid size punches.  It is very large in width and length.  Then it has two very large, very deep drawers that hold my dies and all the extras.

The hutch part is soo perfect to hold my paper, some stamps, and LOOK at my ribbon holder.  Also part of the boxes bought at the Big "M".  With my 40% off coupons each one was just about $12.99.  There are 28 different ribbons just on the bottom pole.  Can it get any better.  Well worth the investment.  Those black boxes were bought from Ikea all 4 for something like 5 bucks. 

Well, there you have it.  That is where I've been and what I've been up to.

p.s.  yes that is my wall in my bedroom and I did paint it that way on purpose, I did the same with my white ceiling fan.. hahahaha.

Heard you had a bad day.

 I didn't make the three card quota I was striving for yesterday but did finish it today.  As soon as I saw this stamp I knew exactly who I wanted to make a card for and what I wanted to do with it.  My daughter is having a bit of a rough time with being a first time teacher.  I guess these kids are a bit tough on her at times and hard to handle (on the upside she does call with some great stories of what is very typical of 1st graders) so I wanted to cheer her up.  This stamp is one I bought from Addicted and it's from Unity Stamp called Frazzled.   I went for the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches #45.  Stacey's Stamping Stage - Curtain Call #30 had the perfect colors for what I had planned for the card.
 
I stamped her twice and colored her with my Prisma pencils.  I cut her hair and socks out and popped them up.  I had a "screw head" brad for one eye and a little button for the other.  I should have tied some thread though it but oops.. too late.  The DP is from a Halloween pack by Recollections.  There are such great images on these papers.

The rest of the challenges below are just bonus on a very special card for a very special person.  My daughter. 

Other Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #112 - Someone Special
Fab N Funky #23 - Metal
Hand Full of Stamps #28 - Get your Shine On
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #83 - Metal