Paybacks are a BLIPPPPP!!!

Ok, a little bit of a different post today and I need to sort of explain this first so you get the entire story. My baby sister, Jenny, is a horrible prankster, always has been. For instance she took my underwear once (while I was at work) put them in a big plastic bag and put water in it then stuck them in the freezer. So of course the next morning, no clean undies! She has also stolen my parents Christmas tree once and since she delivers mail she will routinely stuff all the extra sales flyers in my brothers mailbox so they explode at him when he opens it. You get the point. Well, my niece who is 4, loves to get mail. She even has her own little mailbox so I periodically make her a card and send it to her with stickers for her to use etc. She told my sister the other day she was "very disappointed" because she hasn't gotten any mail lately so my sister handed her an ad that looked like it had stickers in it and told her it was from me. So she opened it and it had one sticker with a cell phone on it. She promptly went and handed it to her brother and said she didn't want it because it wasn't "good mail". So now she thinks I sent her crummy mail. Now, me being the good sister I am, saw the challenge this week at Cupcake Craft Challenges was to alter something and I figured my niece needed something nice from her aunt.

So here is the little bucket I altered. It originally had flowers in it from the bridal section at Michaels. I took some dp and punched a border on it then made a couple of felt flowers to hide the seams. A cute kitty cat with some glitter around the edges and a bunch of ribbon across the handle. What 4 year old little girl wouldn't like this? Especially when filled with a bunch of whistles, stickers and anything else her aunt can find that will make noise and irritate her mother! Maybe some of those sugar sticks to get her good and wound up! Ahhh, the joys of payback...

Cute Card Thursday challenge

First off, before we get to my card I need to vent a little bit. I am trying to grow my hair out and it grows realllly slowly. Well, decided it really needed trimmed so went to a local salon a friend had recommended and now I have uneven layers and the right side is longer than the left! I guess you get what you pay for but now I am really peeved cause it will have to be cut again to make it look right. I tell ya, finding a good hairdresser is so difficult around here. My last one did a good job but it took her 2 hours just for a haircut! Okay, just needed to whine a bit..

My card today is a lotv image and I am entering it into the Cute Card Thursday challenge which is a sketch.

I am not wild about this card either so I guess my mood is rubbing off onto my work! Mostly I don't like the inking around the sentiment but I never seem to get that right, too much, too splotchy blech! The papers are from gcd called Cloisonne and I got them on sale at Michaels. Ok, hopefully tomorrow is a little better cause I really dislike (how many times have I said really?) being in a icky mood.

LCI Bloghop is just around the corner...

Just wanted to announce that next Tuesday, September 6th (September already?!), is the next Ladybugs Blog Hop. Please be sure to post this emblem on your blog for a chance to win and make sure you hop to everyones blog to see what they have designed. And if you are "getting older" like me, make sure to take some aspirin before hand...

Magnolia challenge at Paper Sundaes

Happy Sunday everyone and time for a new challenge at Paper Sundaes. This week we are being sponsored by Stamp and Create and the challenge is to use a Magnolia image on your project. Well, this was quite challenging for me as I don't own any Magnolia images but since one of my bestest buddies ever, Patty, was able to send me a few images I was able to participate.

Now I apologize cause I have no idea what the name of the stamp is but I went with some fall colors since temps here in the mornings are dropping into the 50's. Paper is by a company I just found called First Edition and the name of this stack is Summer Breeze. Half glitter paper and nice small designs for cardmaking. The flowers are WOC and the little flower border is a Memory Box die. Boy, do they cut nice!  Alright, that is it for me today, have to work but hopefully you can get started and join in this week!

I am entering this card into the following challenge
Pixie Dust studio use or make a tag

SFYTT challenge

I made another card for this months SFYTT and used a Kraftin Kimmie stamp because after their blog hop I really wanted to pull out my only Halloween stamp by her and get busy.

She is lightly layered but again, hard to tell in the picture. I only layered the hat and her skirt and the wings on the bat. For some reason it feels as if something is missing in the card, I think the fact I don't have glitter anywhere is throwing me off! Enjoy your weekend!

Time for a Sugar Bowl entry!

Well, Sunday evening and almost time for another week to start. We have been pretty slow at work so it has given me a little reprieve from being so busy and I have taken advantage of it and had a chance to make another card today. This image is from the last Sugar Nellie release and this is my second Christmas card of the season.

I have added a ton of glamour dust but unfortunately I just can't capture it well in the photo but it is on all of the hats and the stockings, very pretty irl. The poinsettia in the corner is by prima from a few years ago and the acrylic one is from Michaels. I am entering this into the Sugar Bowl challenge which is a sketch which was a lot of fun to use, not too many layers and the option of blue which I was able to squeeze a smidgen in! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great week!

Paper Sundaes Sundae bar challenge

Good morning everyone and time for another challenge from Paper Sundaes. This week our challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. They have a ton of stuff there, just got some new papers this week from them as a matter of fact. Our challenge this week for our Sundae Bar is to use 2 or more of the following on your card, green, buttons, twine and a banner. I managed to get all 4 on mine but I think it might be a bit of overkill.

Papers are "For The Record" by Echo Park and I just punched out some circles, folded them in half and attached twine and decorative paper to them to make my banner. I should have gotten out my silhouette machine but it was late and I was just too brain dead to fiddle. Some stitching and some buttons and we are good to go. I just love the Nellie Snellen fairy image, which is also from Simon Says Stamp. Faye used it on one of her cards awhile back and I had to get them, just HAD to have them! Ok, time to sort thru your stash and make us a card to win a gift card from Simon Says Stamp!  I am entering this into the following challenges:
Flutterby Wednesdays punches or diecuts
SFYTT monthly sketch