Love Like Crazy

.. is one of my favorite songs.

And my friend Jess and I were lucky to go backstage and meet Lee Brice last summer ;) 

The Bo Bunny "Block Party" papers were perfect for this photo, embellished with Cupcake Poppies from Precocious Paper!

I have been so lucky to design for Precocious Paper the last few months! I know I'll be sharing many more projects, as Tessa is so generous in providing product for her design team. Speaking of which, have you sent in your application?!

Either way, be sure to stop by Precocious Paper and treat yourself :) You WILL NOT be disappointed!

A "ruff" day

Welcome to another great challenge at The Paper Variety!

You never know when you will need a "get well" card. It's so nice to have these on hand to send an uplifting message to a friend in need! This week's challenge is...

We have a NEW sponsor to introduce too! Dana Swadling is a super sweet Close to My Heart demonstrator! Click HERE to go to her website.

She has generously donated this beautiful "Sophia" kit! Doesn't that make you smile?!

Be sure to stop by The Paper Variety to see the cards and gifts the design team created!

I took a different take on this challenge and created a layout about my little guy being sick. Unfortunately, he has had seizures for the past year or so. Luckily, with the right medication dosage he is doing much better!

I just love how this layout came together! I wanted to include a lot of journaling and the latest sketch at Artful Delight was the perfect design.

I am lucky enough to be guest designing for Leanne and playing with this month's kit!

It is full of Jillibean Soup and Little Yellow Bicycle. See THIS post for all the details.

Enter your "get well" paper projects at The Paper Variety for a chance to win the CTMH Sophia kit! :)

Cricut Cardz Challenge #65

There is a really fun challenge this week at Cricut Cardz! This week we are creating cards that fit in a business size envelope - approx. 9x4".

I cut mine at 9" x 6 1/2" inches and scored at 4 inches. I used my Martha Stewart doily lace punch on shorter width.

I just love how it turned out! The little baby is cut with my New Arrival cartridge with an adorable Peachy Keen face. I embossed the green mat with my Cuttlebug swiss dots folder and my Paper Trey Ink sentiment with white embossing powder.

Head over to Cricut Cardz to see what the rest of the design team created and enter your tall cards today :)

Blog Hop Winner!

First off, WELCOME new followers!

Abby and I and the rest of the design team at The Paper Variety are SO thrilled at the response of our "GREEN" challenge and blog hop.

We had over 100 entries! I was GREEN WITH ENVY over the gorgeous paper projects.

I wanted to say THANKS again to Emma at MY CREATIVE TIME for sponsoring my blog this week. She has generously given away her St. Patrick's Day stamp set "I Believe in Leprechauns".

And thank you for all of the sweet comments you left about my layout :) You can see the original post here.

And the lucky comment/follower is...

#84 was Ange!

 Ange said...

Great lo! Love the title!!

Please email me at suzyq28024 at gmail dot com with your snail mail address :)

Be sure to check The Paper Variety and the rest of the DT's blogs to see if you won our grand prize or blog candies!

Stop by in the morning for a brand new challenge ;)

Exciting News!

I'm so excited that my "Golden Gate Bridge" layout won the February sketch challenge at Artful Delight! See my post HERE my entry.

Not only did I win the FABULOUS March kit, but Leanne invited me to be a guest designer this month! :)

~HAPPY DANCE~

You MUST check out the March kit:

this kit will include

Little Yellow Bicycle - Twig Collection 12x12 double sided paper
(1 each)
Leaf a Note/Topsy Turvy
Wordy/Petaled
Woods/Pleased Plaid
Wood You Be Mine Sky/Diamond
Bird Song/Wood You Be Mine Fern
Twig Die Cut paper

Jillibean Soup - Spotted Owl Soup 12x12 double sided paper (1 each)
2 Cups of Confetti
4 Unwrapped Presents
5 Totally Fun Tunes
6 Silly Owls

Bazzill solid cardstock 12x12 (1 each)
Jacaranda
Vanilla
Walnut
Leap Frog

Embellishments - size and color may vary per kit
1 package Marjolaine collection Woolies - felt stickers from Basic Grey
3 - Marjolaine collection - Small details decorative stickers from Basic Grey
2 - Capella collection Bloomers - Basic grey
1 sheet - Marjolaine collection Mini Mono Stickers - Basic Grey
3 - Twig collection 3D stickers (butterflies) - Little Yellow Bicycle
3 - Twig collection Canvas Border stickers - Little Yellow Bicycle
1 package - Bean Blossom in Brown - Jillibean Soup
4 - Journaling Sprouts in Brown/White - Jillibean Soup
1 package - Corrugated Alphas in Kraft - Jillibean Soup
10 feet (approximately) - jute twine
2 - chipboard owls - Glitter Dust Designs
1 - chipboard tree - Glitter Dust Designs
2 - chipboard leaves - Glitter Dust Designs

HOLY COW! Leanne has put together a great kit packed with great product!

You will be all set for spring pages, cards and projects :)

Check back in the morning for my first project, featuring this month's sketch:

Until then, check out ARTFUL DELIGHT for all the details on kits, challenges, and projects :)

Somebunny Special

It's downpouring and cold here in PA today, I thought I would make a very springy card to hopefully bring some warm weather my way ;)

I used the latest sketch from Peachy Keen Stamps:

I just love this little bunny on the Simply Charmed cartridge. I swapped out his face of course with an adorable Peachy Keen face. And I cheated a bit and instead of cutting out all of the pink tiny pieces, I chalked them ;)

I used my new "Color Me Happy" stamps from Emma at My Creative Time. I just love the fonts! They fit perfect in my new EK Success Photo Label punch.

Thanks for stopping by today! For a chance to win one of Emma's stamp sets be sure to check out the Paper Variety blog hop on THIS post :)

Hope you're having a great weekend!

Endless Love :)

So, it may appear that I'm a little late for Valentine's Day ~ but I can profess my love all year long right, lol? 

I created this card, for the Paper Trailmakers blog, inspired by the song Endless Love.

I used my Sweethearts cartridge to cut out the scalloped heart and "date night" silhouette. The stamp "true love lasts forever" is from Emma's "You Had Me at Chocolate" set.

TGIF!