Happy Hello...

Hey everyone...I hope you are having a great week!!! My internet is still down so I will make this post quick while I am on my break!!!! :D Thanks for all your well wishes for my Dr.'s Appt. I really appreciate it!!! I am so happy the weekend is near...got lot's going on!!! Tomorrow at work we are having a crawfish boil (YUM) and then I am going straight home after work and having my CTMH catalog release/NationalScrapbooking Day Party!!! I am so glad the new catty is out, and it's one of my favorites that has been released since I have been a consultant.

Well now let's get to my card...I used my Boom-Di-Ada paper for this one. I inked all my edges with coordinating inks to the CS. For my sentiment I used CTMH's Stamp of the Month for May "Say With In Style". I stamped it on Colonial White CS using Hollyhock ink. I then matted it on a piece of Olive CS, added two Autumn Terracotta brads and pop dotted it. I also added three Autumn Terracotta brads to the bottom right corner, but now I am thinking I should have just added one to each of the bottom corners. We'll see...just may have to change it. :D I used the Cottage Floral stamp set for the flower and pop dotted it also. I added some twill ribbon and there you have it...easy peasy!!!

Not sure when I will get to post again, so if you don't hear from me tomorrow have a great weekend!!! I hope we can clear up this internet thing soon...I can't take it too much longer!!! (LOL)!!! :D

Stamps: Cottage Floral & Say It With Style (CTMH) Paper: Boom-Di-Ada Level 2, Hollyhock, Olive, & Colonial White CS (CTMH) Ink: Olive, Hollyhock, Barn Red, Buttercup, & Autumn Terracotta (CTMH) Accents: Autumn Terracotta Brads, Twill Ribbon, Clear Buttons, Colonial White Waxy Flax (CTMH)



Have a Fabulous Day!!! :D

Internet still down...

But good thing I can still check all the wonderful comments everyone leaves me from work!!! I am so lost without the internet at home...I guess that just gives me more time to spend creating instead of blog surfing!!! :D I hope to get a lot done...just still really busy. So I have been trying to figure out how to do an expandable post...but I am not really all that great with the computer. So if anyone knows how...let me know b/c I need some help!!! LOL!!! :D But I was trying to do it for the next paragraph that I have typed up concerning my doctor's appt. and I didn't want people to have to read it if they didn't want to. But here it goes...

So I know yesterday in my blog I posted that me and my husband are trying to get pregnant. I went to the doctor yesterday...got some news, but not really what I wanted to hear. In the beginning of April I had a Hysteroscopy done and the doctor removed some polyps. I got the results back about a week ago and the doctor said I had Hyperplasia focal atypia (mainly located in the polyps I had removed)and that they had found some pre-cancerous cells in the uterus. When I heard that I was freaked...I didn't know what to do. So I decided to do some research and found that there were many other women out there that suffer from this. So I went yesterday to see an oncologist that specializes in this and she explained to me that in some cases the best thing to do is have a hysterectomy...but she realizes I am still young (I'm just 30) and that my goal is to have children. My body produces too much estrogen and not enough progesterone, therefore explains the lack of my cycles. So she said the best thing to do is to do 3 months of Progesterone Therapy and after that I will have to have another DNC to see if that helped anything. If nothing has changed I will have to do another 3 months of progesterone and have another DNC done. So as you can see not the news anyone wants to hear, but I am praying that the medicine works after 3 months and that we will be able to try soon after.

Sorry for the lack of posts, but I just wanted to let everyone know how I was doing. I am hoping my internet gets fixed soon so I can post some pics!!! :D Tonight I am going home to clean house for my National Scrapbook Event I am having on Friday. Better do it now instead of the night b/f like I usually do. (LOL)!!! :D


Thanks for stopping by and Have a Fabulous Evening!!! :D

Hey There...

I hope everyone had a great weekend!!! :D I had a super weekend with lots of fun!!! My brother had a cookout on Friday and me and my siblings got together with some friends and had dinner and played games. Not sure if I have mentioned this b/f but I am a triplet...I have a brother and a sister the same age and then I have a brother who is 6yrs. older than us. I would say we are a close family and hang out with each other quite often...FUN TIMES!!!! Has anyone played CATCH PHRASE b/f??? We played this game on Friday and it was soooo FUN!!! Girls against boys...the girls lost but it was still so much FUN!!!! Then on Saturday we had a company party and that was fun too. Dinner, drinks, and casino night...it was a blast!!! So I didn't get to work on anything this weekend and if I did I wouldn't have been able to post it anyway. My internet at home is down ( I can't stand it) and I don't know when it will be up again. :C So I am posting this at work on my lunch break and who knows when we will get it working...we have been having problems with it for a while. I wish we could change companies, but we live in an apt. and we have to use what our complex uses (I dislike this very much)!!!

Anywho, I hope everyone has a great Monday...I get to leave work early for a doctor's appt. My husband and I are trying to get pregnant, but have run into a few obstacles. I honestly didn't think it would take us this long, but I just know when it happens all of the things that I have been put through will be sooo worth it!!! Well hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!! :D

A Cupcakeabella Thank You & Bella Color Challenge #25...

Woohoo...Friday is here and I am soooo glad!!! :D This week has just been super busy for me at work and home. I have been trying to find a dress for my company party this Saturday...luckily I found one. Our company is celebrating it's 20th Anniversary so we are having a dinner and Casino night...should be fun!!! :D My internet has been down at home for a while and I can't stand it. I hope it gets fixed soon b/c I want to post more this weekend. And your probably wondering if my internet is down how am I posting? Well...I got to work a little early so I am posting this real quick (shhh!) LOL!!! :D Well enough about me...let's get to my card. This card is for the Bella Color Challenge that Sparkle does. Check it out if you want to play!!! :D

The colors to use for this color challenge were Cranberry & Amethyst. I got this new Bella from Laurel for a RAK challenge she was having...so a great BIG THANKS goes out to her for this one!!! This card is a standard 4 1/4 x 11 piece of White Daisy CS folded in half. I used all CTMH CS for this card. I didn't have any cute dp to use so I used my infamous new Spot on Backgrounds stamp (love it) for the Amethyst CS. And I also used it to paper piece my cupcake liner. I also used another background for Bella's paper pieced dress (gotta love paper piecing)!!!! I used liquid applique for the cupcake frosting and used a red sparkle for the cherry. I added some brads, a prima & some twill I was done!!! Great color challenge as usual Sparkle...now I just need to finish Marjorie's color challenge so stay tuned!!! :D

Stamps: Cupcakeabella (Stamping Bella), Say It With Style & Spot on Backgrounds (CTMH) Paper: White Daisy, Amethyst, & Cranberry CS (CTMH) Ink: Amethyst & Cranberry (CTMH) Accents: White Daisy Brads, Clear Button, Colonial White Waxy Flax & Red Sparkle (CTMH), White Twill Ribbon (Martha Stewart), Prima Flower, Liquid Applique

Have a Fabulous Day!!!

Enjoy...

Watermelon that is!!! (LOL) I thought the new stamp set called "Summer Sweetness" was so cute with the watermelons, so when I got my new stuff yesterday I just had to make a card!!! Everything I used is CTMH. I used the Boom-Di-Ada Creative Basics paper & Ric Rac and the black bitty brads. Now those brads are super small...but sooo cute!!! :D I also used the Spot on Backgrounds and Say It With Style stamps.

So I need your help out there...all of you in blog land!!! I need your help in deciding what else this card needs. Maybe you think it's fine the way it is, but I would greatly appreciate your suggestions!!! :D I feel like it's missing something. I feel like maybe I should have matted the watermelon, but not really sure what color to use. I thought about using black but I'm not sure that would really work. So if anyone out there actually reads my blog please, please, please tell me what ya' think!!! :D Thanks for stopping by!!!

Stamps: Summer Sweetness, Spot on Backgrounds & Say It With Style Paper: Boom-Di-Ada Creative Basics, Buttercup, Olive, Hollyhock, Colonial White & Black CS Ink: Hollyhock, Olive, Sweet Leaf & Black Accents: Hollyhock Ric Rac & Black Bitty Brads

Have a Fabulous Day!!! :D

So Excited...

Hey all...hope you had a good Monday. Mine was slow and I just couldn't wait till 5 o'clock!!! My day seemed to just drag on and on. But I am so glad to be home and when I got here I had a package waitng for me from Vicki...you should check out her blog, she has some amazing stuff on there!!! She held a bling challenge a few weeks ago and I was one of the Runner Ups...I was so excited!!!! :D So check out all the cool things she sent me!!! I don't think she knew my favorite color was PINK and I got all things pink...yeah!!!! From stickers, rhinestone brads, a flower, and some Basic Grey Two Scoops paper and I just love it.

She also sent me this card that is amazing. I just love the elegance of it!!!

And wait, there's more...
I got a whole bunch of stamped images!!! These are great and I can't wait to use them.

So thanks Vicki...you are too SWEET!!! :D I might be back with something later this evening...not sure! I have tons I need to catch up on so we will see. Till then...have a great evening and thanks for stopping by!!! :D

I promise this is the last time...

That I use this stamp set today...(LOL)!!! I just heart it so much!!! Anyway, I will make this post short and sweet. Using the Life's a Jungle stamp set I made another card to give to a little girl. I used another color combo that I don't normally turn to...Hollyhock, Olive, & Honey. I used my watercolor brush and inks to color in this adorable lion, and I know lions done have pink manes, but I love it!!!! Ok, well off to cook dinner and then watch some TV!!! :D

Stamps: Life's a Jungle & Spot on Background (CTMH) Paper: Colonial White, Hollyhock, Olive, & Honey CS (CTMH) Ink: Hollyhock & Honey (CTMH) Accents: Flowers, Brads & Twill Ribbon (CTMH)

Have a Fabulous Evening!!!

No Lion, You're The BEST!!!!

Hey all, hope you are enjoying your Sunday!!! Sunday's are sooo relaxing for me. I got up, went to church, had some lunch, and then just got home and I am fixing to work on some cards!!! Then tonight I will watch Desperate Housewives and Brother's & Sisters!!! Anyone else watch Brother's & Sisters??? It's back on tonight...YEAH!!!! You're probably thinking...wow that's pretty boring, but it's how I relax. I don't look forward to Mondays at all. I get so depressed with having to go back to work...but what are you gonna do! Well enough about me...let's get on to this card!!!

I have again used the Life's A Jungle Stamp set for this card...I just can't get enough!!! I also tried a color combo I wouldn't normally do, but I really like how this card turned out. This one is going to my nephew who's 6. Kids really like to get things in the mail, and I am going to send him a gift card to one of his favorites places he likes to eat...he'll love it, at least I hope he will!!!

This card was pretty simple. It's a standard card using Colonial White CS as my base. I then cut a piece of Chocolate CS 4 1/4 x 3 and then used the Spot on Background stamp and stamped the circles in chocolate. This too is becoming one of my FAVORITE stamp sets!!! I then cut a piece of Ocean CS 4 1/4 x 2 and scored and sanded it. Next I cut a piece of Sunflower Textured CS 1 x 4 1/4 and stamped the dots in Sunflower. I distressed the edges and then layered some twill ribbon on top of it. I then stamped my cute little Lion in Chocolate onto a piece Colonial White CS and colored him with my pencils. I then matted him onto some Ocean, Chocolate and Sunflower CS that I lightly distressed , pop-dotted him and added some buttons. And for the sentiment, I just stamped in Chocolate on Colonial White CS and then matted it onto Sunflower Textured CS. I added two brads and pop dotted it in the corner. Easy peasy!!! Well I hope you enjoy what's left of your Sunday...I know I will!!!

Stamps: Life's A Jungle & Spot on Backgrounds (CTMH) Paper: Colonial White CS, Chocolate CS, Sunflower CS, & Ocean CS (CTMH) Ink: Chocolate (CTMH) Accents: Buttons from my stash, Colonial White Waxy Flax (CTMH), Brads, Edge Distresser & Sanding Block (CTMH)

Have a Fabulous Day!!!

Boom-Di-Ada Flap Card

Hey All!!! Can I just say what a BEAUTIFUL day today was. The weather was awesome here in Houston!!! I wanted to show you a quick flip card I made using Rose Ann's Tutorial on SCS. The tutorial was super easy to do and I just love the outcome of this little flap card. I used the Boom-Di-Ada paper and the Cottage Floral stamp set for the flowers on the flap. I faux stitched on the flap, piercing the edge and using my white gel pen.

I also wanted to show you the inside of the flip card. I cut a piece of cardstock for the middle and embellished it with the flower on the corner. You can either write something or stamp on the cardstock...I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do yet so I left it blank. In the tutorial Rose Ann used magnets, but I decided I would just used velcro dots to seal the card...either way it works!!! Well I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening...I am off to watch a movie with my hubby!!! :D

Stamps: Cottage Floral (CTMH) Paper: Hollyhock & Colonial White CS (CTMH) Ink: Autumn Terracotta, Hollyhock & Sweet Leaf (CTMH) Accents: Sunkiss Yellow Bigger Brad (CTMH), Twill Ribbon (CTMH), Hollyhock Brad (CTMH)

Have a Fabulous Evening!!!

Whoops-A-Daisy...

Happy Friday!!! I can't tell you how glad I am that today is Friday...YEAH!!!! I just hope to be able to relax and enjoy my weekend... and I hope to get some stamping done. Well I worked on this card last night using the new Whoops-A-Daisy Paper pack that CTMH will be releasing in May. As soon as I saw this paper I knew I had to have it...I just screams girly girl!!!

I also wanted to show you a side view of the card. I stamped the flower on White Daisy CS twice. I cut the second one out and added a pop dot for some dimension!!! I am really pleased with how this card turned out...I had a blast making it!!! Well I hope everyone has a great day and don't work too hard!!! :D

Stamps: Happiness & Say It With Style (CTMH) Paper: Whoops-A-Daisy Lvl 2, White Daisy, Watermelon & Hydrangea CS (CTMH) Ink: Ocean, Sweet Leaf, & Watermelon (CTMH)
Accents: White Daisy Bigger Brads (CTMH), White Daisy Small Brads (CTMH), Clear Button, White Twill (Martha Stewart), Pop Dots



Have a Fabulous Day!!!

Marjorie's Color Challenge #14

Hello...I can't believe we are one day closer till Friday!!! Where did this week go?!?! Well I promised you something new so here it is. This card is for Marjorie's Color Challenge #14. The colors for this challenge were Vineyard Berry, Hollyhock, Ocean and Topiary. I think this is my favorite color challenge so far, the colors were great together...who knew!!! :D


I just love the new stamp of the month set Life's a Jungle!!! It's super cute and I am sure you will be seeing more cards with this set!!! I love the new Spot on Backgrounds set. I used the small polka dot backgroud for my card base and I also used one of the backgrounds for the hippo. It's a short post today as I am just heading out the door to go to work. Thanks for stopping by!!! :D

Stamps: Spot on Backgrounds, Life's a Jungle, & Say It With Style (CTMH) Paper: White Daisy, Vineyard Berry, Hollyhock, Topiary, & Ocean CS (CTMH) Ink: Brilliance Black Graphite Ink, Hollyhock & Ocean (CTMH) Other: Marvy Scallop Circle Punch, Marvy Circle Punch, Hollyhock Brads (CTMH), Pop Dots, Paper Piercer

Have a Fabulous Day!!!!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You...

Look what I received today...

A few weeks back I had participated in Laurel's RAK challenge and this is what I got for participating. I always love Laurel's cards and I was so happy to receive this beautiful card she made. It was coming all the way from Canada to Texas...guess it got caught in some rain...but I STILL LOVE IT!!! I just love the More to Adore papers from CTMH (that is the first paper pack I bought!!!) I love the little hidden tag...super cute idea!!! And did you see what else I got!?!?! I got a BELLA!!! Laurel that was so sweet of you...all I can say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! She will get lots and lots of use.

Check back with me tomorrow for something new!!! :D


Have a Fabulous Evening!!!