Red, Yellow & Orange

That is the challenge on the Stampavie blog to use Red, Yellow and Orange. Of course, you must also use at least one Stampavie image. I recently acquired Jump Into My Pouch from my win on KL Stampin & Scrappin Blog Hop. I colored in this cute image and wondered what I would use it for. While blog hopping I saw the Stampavie challenge and set out to create a card with the required colors. I also thought a sketch would make my life easier. It seems with me returning to school I have less time to paper craft...now why would that be??? So I happened across a blog I had never been to before and found out that they have fortnight sketch challenges. The blog is aptly named Sketch and Stash Challenge blog. My new stash is the wonderful Jump Into My Pouch stamp and Tiny Bubbles CB embossing folder. I used DCWV Citrus stack that I picked up earlier this summer.


That's it for now. I have a new link on my sidebar called Cards for Kate. Please check it out and see if you can participate. What a wonderful way to brighten a cute little girl and her family's day!

A BIG Thanks!

This thank you is a bit overdue. I won the Grand prize on the KLSNS Blog hop and received my goodies in the mail on Friday last week. Here is a picture of all the wonderful loot!

I just wanted to Thank Kelly and her DT for the blog hop and all the wonderful goodies I received. Kelly has an online store, so stop on over and see what she has. If you like Magnolia stamps I know they're up to 35% off selected Magnolias right now.

I also wanted to show you a card I made with the Flower Dragon stamp I won from KLSNS July Challenge over on Paper Craft Planet. Also the printed paper is Basic Grey's Lime Rickey that Kelly snuck in with the stamp. I should also thank Carolyn for talking me into joining PCP and the KLSNS Girls Group on PCP. So why don't you join too? It's fun to challenge yourself and always fun to win!


I just want to show you one more thing that I've made. Well not really made, but put together for a storage solution. The solution was for storing nestabilities (nesties to all of us papercrafters). I had been storing them in a 4x6 photo album. It was a good choice until I bought the scalloped sqaures that didn't fit. I was blog hopping and came across a blog where the blogger had made her own storage using her bind it all. She made a book with magnetic tape. I thought it was a pretty good idea. Then I came across another blog where the blogger used a small binder from Provocraft I think. I could be totally wrong, I thought I might have bookmarked the blog - but I didn't see it. Anyway she used magnetic sheets and attached them to chipboard to store her nesties. So I thought a day planner binder would work. I looked around the stores (since it's back to school time) and just thought spending $20+ was too much for this unemployed papercrafter. Then it occured to me to see if anyone on Freecycle had one. I posted a wanted and lucked out with this wonderful zippered binder! I actually got two the other one is smaller and I just may find a use for that one as well. I dug out some chipboard and cut it to 6"x8" I used one of the plastic pouches that came with the planner for the binder holes and punched those with my Crop a Dile. I found magnetic sheets at Michael's and of course used my coupon. I cut the magnetic sheets in 1/2 (8 1/2x 11) and trimmed off 1/2 inch and then glued them to the chipboard. I used Scotch 3M Tacky glue. I wanted the exact name and size of the nesties to be included and used the 1/2 piece of magnet sheet, glued it to the name. It didn't exactly stay in place so I taped down the name to the magnetic sheet. Here are photos:


All for under $4!!! Gotta love it. Well time for me to get busy. I started back to school this week and have algebra, eng comp, language of medicine and medical sociology. Two of my classes are online and two are on campus. Tonight is my first class on campus and it's language of medicine. The pork loin roast is in the crockpot making BBQ Pulled Pork, found the recipe here. She left the blog up - this is what she did last year. She does have a book coming out in October I think. Check it out!

Have a great Wednesday!

Sparkle and Thanks!

KL Stampin N Scrappin Blog had a blog hop this past week. You need to stop at each of the DT members' blogs and leave a comment, there is also a game to be played and finally you can create something sparkly for yet another entry into winning the prizes. On Paper Craft Planet I also am part of the KLSNS Girls group. Each month Kelly posts a challenge and you have a chance to win. So if you like challenges and winning stop on over at PCP. Well last month I entered this card and I won!!! Kelly is so sweet not only did she send my choice of a stamp, she also sent some ribbon hanks, a CB embossing folder and some BG paper! Love Basic Grey especially Lime Rickey! I know I should've taken a picture right then and there when I received it. But I thought nah I'll take one later. Well too much has happened since then and I've already used the stamp. Yes I decided to use the stamp for my sparkly entry. I love this little dragon, just sooo cute! I'll have to save up my pennies and see if I can order the party dragon too. This stamp reminds of a book I used to read the boys when they were little. It was called Hector's Birthday Surprise! Hector was a little dragon wishing for a cat for his birthday. Loved reading that book and for the life of me I can't find it online. Thanks Kelly for hosting such fun challenges and for my wonderful prize! Hopefully I'm not too late to enter! Here is my sparkly creation:

Yep, it's another box bag! I love, love, love creating this bag. Thanks Lauren Meader! I thought I'd try and incorporate all the colors from the paper onto the stamped image. Love Cosmo Cricket and this Cogsmo line is fab! I was hoping that this bag could be used for a boy, but it may be too sparkly. Maybe for a tomboy?? LOL