BIG news!!!

Just a quick post with an announcement I have been DYING to make for about a week now...
I don't even have a graphic it is so NEW...

I am a new staff member of Scrapbook News and Review!! This makes me very happy ;) I will have more details later on but for now, if you haven't ever been to SNR...you should! There is alot of fun stuff over there to check out!!! Hope to see you there!

Lucky you!

Happy Friday!!! What better way to start off this BEAUTIFUL day than with a card featuring this FABULOUS digi stamp from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps! I made this card for our St. Patricks Day challenge over at Artistic Papercrafting, that is sponsored by Stitchy Bear ;) I used this darling stamp called Lizbit....i just LOVE HER! Talk about bringing sassy to a leprechaun eh??! One lucky winner of this challenge will win a 10$ GC to shop at Stichy Bear....cool eh? They truly have something for everyone over there! If you havent' checked out Artistic Papercrafting, you should! It is a small group of extremely friendly gals who like to craft and chat . There is always a challenge to do and lots of inspiration and comradely. Hope to see you there!!! It is a beautiful day here in Virginia today, so I will be out and about soaking it up (until later today when Brian Scott will qualify his car for Daytona and I will be glued to my tv watching ;) Thanks for visiting my blog today!

You warm my heart ;)

Quick post, cause I gotta go shopping!
This card is for the following challenges:
1. Some Odd Girl : hearts hearts hearts!
2. Artistic Papercrafting: color challenge!
3. Heart 2 heart challenge: show us your heart! ( the hearts and cardstock are CTMH!)
4. 365 Cards: day 350, super sketchy sunday

and that's it! thanks for visiting my blog, now off to the store i go ;)

Party with the Outlawz!

This whole week, the Outlawz are having a HUGE party! There are lots and lots of prizes to be won!!! I just finished my first entry in the birthday category...check out the cowboy sock monkey ;)



I used sketch #102 from Inspirational Card Sketches to make my card.

I linked the outlawz poster above to the group, so click it and come join in the fun! (or don't, more chances for ME to win! lol!)
thanks for visiting my blog today....hopefully I get more done to post today!

something different ;)

Considering I rarely make anything except cards and layouts....this was FUN! I made a bookmark because that was the 'early bird' challenge for Some Odd Girl's digi day challenge at SNR. Be sure to check it out!!
You don't think this is the ONLY challenge I am entering this in do you??? (of course not!)
This is also for:
Paper Sundaes #55, 2 or more images
Pixie Cottage #56, sketch and/or ribbon

Hope to get some more stuff done tonight and later this weekend, thanks for visiting my blog today ;)

Smile!

I made this for this week's Sketchy Thursday challenge. My kids went to their uncles for the weekend (so I could have my scrappy friends come over and get crafty!) and when I picked them up, he gave me this photo strip. They apparently had their first experience in a photo booth with their friend Loden! How cute!!! All supplies are Close to my Heart (of course!) I did alot of stamping on this layout, actually most of it is stamped ;) Here is a close up:

(some spots where it looks like i screwed up stamping, i did it that way on purpose i swear!)

and now i must run and pick my kiddos up from school, mommy craft time is over for today! Thanks for visiting my blog!

Hello Sunshine!

Last week, I found an email from SNR telling me that digi day was featuring a company called "Limited Runs". I had never heard of them, so thought I would investigate...glad I did! They have the CUTEST cupcake digis! A huge variety too!!! So...I decided to play along ;) Here is my card I made for their digi day, and of course, I combined a few more challenges in, all listed below!




1. Limited Runs Digi Day on SNR
2. Sketch from Unscripted Sketches, #92
3. Flower Power Challenge in Artistic Papercrafting
4. Color Challenge in the Outlawz

that's it! thanks for visiting my blog today, and for allyou football fans...go STEELERS!!

Too much of a good thing???

Is there such a thing??? Is it possible??? Well...if it is, I'm getting close to that point ;) In the past week, I've had an overload of all things BRIAN! (yes, I'm about to gush over my favorite driver again!) Last week sometime, he randomly tweeted about some 'special talent' of his that toyota racing had videod and taken pictures of.....hmmm...this had me intrigued. Never did I imagine what I was going to see when the link popped up though....oh wow! Check this out, Brian is ummmmm yeah....talented!

(i don't know how to embed the actual video, they put it on facebook, not utube...but HERE is the link)

This video had me staring at my computer for a while...pressing play over and over and over....we don't even have to go into what was going through my mind ;)

Shortly after the video was posted, this photo came next....WOW!

wow he must have a TON of upper body strength...this is amazing!

So if that wasn't enough to turn a ton of my focus onto Brian lately....today there was a package left by the big brown truck on my doorstep. It was from Brian ;) I had won a trivia contest he had on twitter a few weeks ago, and this was my prize. I thought I was getting an autographed visor from him, and couldn't imagine why it needed such a big box. When I opened it, this is what was inside:



yeah...it's a visor alright...but not the kind i was expecting! i thought he was sending me one to wear, i have alot of visors, that i like to wear to the track, but THIS is even BETTER! It is the visor portion of Brian's helmet! And...it is one he actually wore while racing ;) O-M-G right??? i love this...it is fabulous! My new prized possession! I feel like I need to build a shrine around it...LOL! Brian is the best ;) It makes me happy to be a fan of the most awesome driver ever! *sigh*
just a few short weeks until racing starts again....oh i can't wait! go Brian!!