LIFE.........ENJOY IT!!!

While blog hopping I ran across this amazing new digital company called Karens Doodles and I have to say.....she has the cutest stamps!!  Right now they are having a blog candy giveaway on the Doodle Divas blog and you have a chance to win her entire line of rubber stamps!!  Too fun!!! Pop on over and follow the directions for your chance to win this FABULOUS prize!!!!

BTW....I talked to Karen on the phone and she is a TOTAL sweetheart!!  It was fun to learn a little bit about her and her hobby.  She has an amazing background!!!

Hope you'll hop on over and help spread the word about this awesome new company!!!

Thanks for visiting today and hope you have a great one!!!

At Michelle Perkett Studio this weekend we celebrated 100 members in our group by having a Holiday Party.  We was given this awesome sketch created by Carlie.

This is the card that I created using that sketch!

I just love this image from Michelle Perkett!!!

Starting the first of the year be on the lookout for challenges on the new Michelle Perkett Challenge Blog and be prepared for some fun!!!

Thanks for visiting today and hope to see you at Michelle Perkett Studio!!!

Have a good one!!

It's time for a new challenge over at The Pixie Cottage Blog!!  We are having a sketch challenge for this time around.  You know, I'm starting to like sketches more and more!!!  Here is the sketch for our challenge this week.....
And here's my card based on this sketch..........
I usually make my cards 5x7 so I had to revamp the sketch a little to fit my card.  I used a new image from Eileen Gutierrez for The Pixie Cottage.  You can find this stamp in Michelle's store here!


Isn't this just the cutest stamp!?!  I just love it!  I have colored with my Copics  and used stickles to give it some bling factor!!  LOL!  Oh, and I also got this new stuff called "Card Scents" and now my card smells like spiced apple cider.  It is just positively yummy!!!


I'm really excited to see who our random winner and our top 3 winners are this morning!!  See....we're kept in suspense too!!!  :)  Make sure you hop on over to The Pixie Cottage blog and check out what the rest of this fabulous design team has done with this sketch and see who our winners are this week!  They are all FABULOUS!!!

I want to thank everyone who participated in our last challenge....y'all made it very hard to pick a top 3 because I wanted to pick all of you!!!



I hope you will join us for our challenge and remember, you have until Sunday the 19th of December to have your entry in to be eligible for the prize and the top 3!


Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I'm able to visit your blog with your take on the sketch!!


Have a good one!!!

Welcome to the Michelle Perkett Christmas Wish Blog Hop.  You should be arriving to my blog from Terri's AWESOME blog and if haven't please head on over to Michelle's wonderful blog so that you don't miss out on any of the wishes!!!  As you are hopping along please make sure you leave some love along the way because when you get to the end you never know what may be lurking!!  LOL!!  Also at the end you will have a chance to vote on your favorite blog.  I am so excited that you have decided to hop along with us!!

Okay, now it's time for my card and my wish.

First I'm going to show you my Christmas Wish Angel card.  She is just so beautiful!!  I really had some fun getting creative with her!!
Isn't she just stunning!?!  She is colored with Copics and you can't really tell by the picture but she has a glow about her!  I used Creative Inspirations paint in Fairy Dust and Distress Stickles Rock Candy all over her dress and wings.  I used sparkly fluff on her cuffs and collar and used a silver glitter pen to color in my stars!!  I used Diamond glaze on the stars in her hair and on her wings and also used Diamond Stickles on the dots in the sky.  It's a very sparkly card in real life and I just love her!!!

Now for my wish.....
I have a friend who's young granddaughter was diagnosed with cancer last year and in the journey of following her progress I started reading the stories of some of the children that were also suffering from various forms of cancer.  All of these stories were very heart wrenching and I found myself crying over children that I didn't even know.  Their wants and wishes are so small that it made me feel guilty for my wants and wishes!!  They are fighting the battle of their little lives and they enjoy every minute that they have yet so many of us complain about everything in our lives. So, my wish is that every child that is suffering or in pain for any reason have all of their dreams come true!! May God shower them with stars from heaven!!  As the song you are listening to says......A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes!!!!!

My granddaughters have a book that has a saying in it and I repeat it to them often.

Today is a new Pixie Cottage release and we was asked to create something besides a card!!  Uh-oh!!!   I decided that I was going to make a Christmas ornament and while I was making it my granddaughter Tailee decided that she wanted it so.....I guess I'll give it to her to put on her Christmas tree at home.  Better get busy because I'm sure I'll be making a few more!!!  :)

I used this precious new image from Alisa Ramirez that will be available in the store within the next couple of weeks!! 
Isn't that image just adorable!?!  I just thought they looked like they was waiting for Santa!!  I created my ornament with a round coaster and then just cut my DP out to fit.  I added my lace between my two sheets of DP and went from there!!!  I think it turned out really cute and my granddaughters love it!!!  As you can see.....I'm a big loser and don't have my Christmas tree up yet!!  Bah Humbug!!!  LOL!!!

Make sure you hop on over to the blog and check out what the rest of the DT has done.  They were so creative!!!!  You are going to love ithem!!!

You still have until Sunday night to enter into our latest challenge!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today and hope to see you at The Pixie Cottage!!!

Have a good one!!

As you can probably see (and hear) I am getting my blog ready for the Michelle Perkett Christmas Wish Blog Hop tomorrow.  I am so excited as we have 26 people participating in our hop and I know that you won't want to miss one of them.  I'm sure that there will be some tears shed tomorrow as we read everyone's Christmas Wish!!!!!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

BTW....We have a new Pixie Cottage release tomorrow too!!  FUN FUN FUN!!!!

Just thought I would post a few pictures of MayCee and Christian dancing to this song in competitions.  At Nationals they got second place in their division and won overall!!  Nana was so proud!!!!


Have a good one!!!

I am so honored to be the co-hostess of the second Challenge at Phindy's Place!!  I have created a fun recipe challenge.  The challenge was to use one of Phindy's images, red, 3 buttons, ribbon or lace and bling.  I really had a lot of fun creating my card for this challenge.  I used Phindy's awesome Mrs. Comfy Shopping image.  Here's my card....
OMG....isn't she simply mahvalous!?!  I just love her!!!!

We hope you will join us for our second challenge!!  The winner will be picked by a random draw and you can win your choice of one of Phindy's images!!!

Hope to see you there!!

Have a good one!

I am so excited to announce that I have been named as a senior DT member for Michelle Perkett Studio!!  Hmmmm....I wonder if the senior is referring to my age!?!  LOL!!  We have a brand new challenge blog that will start up after the holidays.  If you would like to join us now you can come over to the Paper Craft Planet group.   Hope to see you there!!!

Thanks for allowing me to share my happy news!!!!  I love Michelle's images sooo much!!!

Check back on Saturday as we are going to be having a blog hop using Michelle's Wishing Angel.  She is so beautiful and along with the image we are all posting our wish!!!  It's going to be awesome!!!

Have a good one!!!