oh NUTS!

So where have I been?? I have made alot of new things lately, just haven't uploaded them!!! So...here is a start! I made this card for a few different places, as usual! First, it is for a card challenge on Cafemom, in the Scrap n moms group! Lissa, the owner of Scrap n moms, celebrated a birthday this past weekend, and we threw her a suprise CROP! Come on over if you are feeling like cropping, it goes until friday! The challenge was to make a birthday card, that from the outside, didn't really LOOK like a birthday card. Hence, the squirrel! I picked the squirrel set because, well....I recently won my very first blog challenge over at Kitchen Sink Stamps blog, and that is the set I won! I LOVE THEM! I had to use them! Huge shoutout to Kitchen Sink Stamps! Check them out if you haven't already!
I recently found another blog by checking out the Daily Dare, called The Pink Elephant! I love that title, so I checked them out, and found a color challenge! This was quite easy as their challenge is to use your personal favorite color combo! Hence, the red, black and white! I LOVE those colors together, so that is what I chose!
Then, I went to Pile it on, since, I was, well...piling it on! I had to use 4 buttons for their challenge, and pair it with at least one other challenge. The buttons...hard to figure out where to put them, but I settled on putting them on the ribbon. They are holeless buttons, but they are buttons nonetheless!
And, lastly, I used this weeks Mojo Monday sketch:

So, there you have it! 4 challenges, 1 card! Thanks for stopping by! Now I just need to forget someones birthday so I can use this card!
~tracey

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C is for Clearly...

Yes, Clearly the Xbox is the DEVIL! This is the subject of my newest layout. It isnt' like any of my other typical layouts as in it isn't fancy, and flowery, or, well, pretty. This one is just for me, well, and you as I am sharing! It is part 3 of my year in the life of art journal. C was for Clearly, and well....this is what I came up with. The fact that the Xbox is the devil is one of the most crystal clear things in my life right now, so, that is what I chose to scrap about. Like I said, it may not be pretty or flashy, but it is true, and it is me.
thanks for stopping by today!
~tracey