27 Years

27 years ago, this little baby was born... Oh my how time flies!!! lol

I liked Care Bears then and still love them now. I haven't been posting much as I've been out and about with friends and I also have a full day lined up today. I'm having fun, but I can't wait to find the time to snuggle up with my laptop and catch up in the blogging world! ;)

Don't forget that I'm also celebrating with you by giving away some Birthday blog candy HERE

Have a fantastic Sunday!

RTB#33 - Huts!

(Apologies to Joni - fearless leader over at RTB lol - for not posting this sooner!)

The challenge this week over at Raise the Bar is using huts... homes!! It was inspired by my fellow Design Team member, Anita's blog name - The Hovey Hut.


Speaking of Anita - she's also got some fab blog candy going on as seen below. Follow the link to enter for your chance to win some great new supplies!


Hope to seeing you play along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB33 for your keywords.

To see what the other DT members created, click on all the links below:
Anita Hovey
Erika Taylor
Joni Wilson

For further information and to check out our Guest Bartenders, go to the RTB Blog.

Supplies:
Stamps - House (Old Island Stamp Company), Alphabet (Studio G), Polka Dots & Paisley (Stampjn Up)
Paper - American Crafts, Stampin Up
Ink - Stampin Up
Accessories - Copic markers, Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttllebug embossing folder (Provo Craft), buttons (Basic Grey)

Wrinkle Ribbon Blog Candy!

***Keep scrolling for my RTB Challenge post***

My friend Nicole is giving away this set of yummy ribbon! LOVE the wrinkle ribbon rage ;)

Head on over to her blog for more details and to enter.

Raise the Bar Challenge #32 - Sketch and Amber Ink August Release

*Doing a big happy dance* It's Friiiiiiiidaaaaaaayyyy!

First of all, it's the August Amber Ink Release Day!!! Remember all the creations I've been showing you the past three days; you can have your own to create now!

It's also the start of the Raise the Bar Challenge #32 this week. Joni created a sketch for you as seen below:

I'm starting to notice dead leaves falling on the ground and the weather has cooled off around the Vancouver area. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Autumn, but I'm not quite ready to give it up just yet. :( In honour of trying to keep summer around for longer, my creation is very hot weater based. I finally mounted all my Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps and got to colouring some of them!! YIPPIE. Thanks again for randomly picking me to be the winner, Sparkle! :D

Thanks for dropping by today. Have a great weekend!

Supplies:
Stamps - Swimming Lucy (Sparkle Creations), sentiment (Whimsie Doodles)
Paper - Imaginisce, Stampin Up
Ink - Creamybrown Colorbox (Clearsnap)
Accessories - Copic markers, Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Stampin Up), flowers (Prima), brads (Making Memories), button (unknown)

My Official Day 3 Sneak Peek for Amber Ink

Hey there, friends!!!

Thanks for patiently waiting on my project! Pam (Incredimombo/the other half of Amber Ink) may kick me for this, but I had to take a "mental health day" off from paper crafting yesterday. I do this once in awhile so I don't get burnt out or my mojo doesn't disappear on me. I also had things I needed to do around the house and if I had raced to make a card last night, it would have been poop and nothing I would be proud of; do you know what I mean?

I hope you stopped by the other Torchbearers' blogs to see what they came up with. These baby mermaids were so fun to colour! How about that ipaper from Amber Ink; goes perfect with these cute mermaids.

The card has been entered for the following challenges:
The Pink Elephant- Ribbon and Sparkles
Totally Gorjuss- Aqua
Creative Cards Crew- Sparkle and Shine
Tuesday Taggers- Sea, Water or Boats
Treehouse Thursday Challenge - Under the Sea


In case you missed my earlier post, here are the other DT members blogs again:

Shannan Tuebner (Coordinator)
Lisa Coe
Lynne Phelps
Tanis Palmer
Wendy Price

See you tomorrow for the Raise the Bar weekly challenge!

Supplies:
Stamps - Baby Mermaids - All About the Hair (Amber Ink)
Paper - ipaper (Amber Ink), Stampin Up
Ink - Stampin Up
Accessories - Copic markers, Top note die & ribbon (Stampin Up), flowers (Prima), Cuttlebug embossing folder (Provocraft), dew drops (Robin's Nest), button (Basic Grey)

Day 3 - Amber Ink Sneak Peeks

Hey all! I just wanted to pop in to say that it's Day 3 of sneak peeks at Amber Ink. I'll be working on my creation and you will see it later tonight but check out the other Torchbearers' creations:

Shannan Tuebner (Coordinator)
Lisa Coe
Tanis Palmer
Lynne Phelps
Wendy Price

Check up on me later this evening! See you then

Amber Ink - Day 2 Sneak Peeks - Back to School!

Happy Hump Day! It's midweek and the sneak peeks are coming out fast and furiously at the Amber Ink Torchbearers' blogs. lol Maybe I'm only speaking for myself! I'm having tons of fun creating with these Kiddos though.

Before I show you my creation, I wanted to give a shout out to my girl, Nicole Anderson!! {HI NICOLE!!! lol} I didn't know that she was the one that passed the Torch over to me until today and I wanted to say how grateful I am. If there was ever a time that my mojo was a no-go; I always clicked over to Nicole for motivation. Thank you to the amazing and fabulous Nicole!

It's Back to School!! I always remembered this being my favourite time of year... New school year, new clothes, new school supplies (mmm yummy!) and new friends! The hot pink dot Ipaper is from Amber Ink - I printed it off on sticky adhesive and applied it right down on the cardstock. :D When I first saw this image, I wanted to use school/Autumn colours, but I think this pink and green combo turned out quite well.

The layout I used comes from Mercy's latest sketch #87 as seen below:

See you tomorrow for Day 3 of peeks and don't forget the Release Day is this Friday, August 20th! HUGS.

Supplies:
Stamps - New Girl; Kiddos (Amber Ink) sentiment (The Angel Company)
Paper - ipaper (Amber Ink), K and Co, Stampin Up
Ink - Creamy Brown; Colorbox (Clearsnap)
Accessories - Copic markers, baubbles (Stamping Bella), Nestabilities Circles, Fresh Fruit Borders (Spellbinders), corner punch, ribbon (Stampin Up), white pen (Inkessentials), Stickles (Ranger)

Some {Amber} Inky News!!!

G'day friends!!! I've got some fantastic news to share with you today!

A few weeks ago, I was asked to join the design team for Amber Ink for a month of fun and frolic. Yes, that's right - I'm a Torchbearer for a whole month and then it gets passed on! I couldn't be more pleased and excited to join the other ladies in this journey this month. :D Before I introduce the other August Torchbearers, I wanted to say thanks for the inspiration during the month of July to the previous Design Team: Karin Martin, Nicole Anderson, Patricia O'Hagan (Pinky), Suzi McKenzie, and Taylor Usry.

The other Torchbearers are listed as follows; please give them some love:

Amber Alvarez
Lisa Coe
Lynne Phelps
Shannan Tuebner (DT Coordinator)
Tanis Palmer
Thanh Vo (oh wait, that's me! lol)
Wendy Price

What's an announcement without kicking it off with some sneak peeks! All the ThINK Tank Torchbearers are showing off some sneak peeks for the August 20th Release. My peek features the "Turned My Head" image. I just think this little guy is so funny... so hard at work right!! lol

I'll be back tomorrow with another peek into the latest Amber Ink Release. Have a great day!!

Supplies:
Stamps - Turned My Head (Amber Ink), alphabet (Studio G)
Paper - Basic Grey, Stampin Up
Ink - Colorbox (Clearsnap)
Accessories - Copic markers, letter stickers & eyelets (Making Memories), spiral border punch & ribbon (Stampin Up)

RTB #31 - ABC... 123... lol

Woooooooooooohoooooooooo!!!! FRIDAY the 13th!!!! :D

I'm actually not superstitious; my roommate and I live on the 13th floor. lol

This week's challenge over at Raise the Bar is inspired by our ABCs:

A - animal
B - brown
C - clean and simple

I have been wanting to get this image since I saw Sherrie's card in person at my Copic certification in 2008. I don't know why I hmm'd and haw'd about it for so long but yay for finally making the purchase. It's SO perfect for masculine cards but the possibilities are limitless.

Hope to seeing you play along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB31 for your keywords.

To see what the other DT members created, click on all the links below:
Anita Hovey
Erika Taylor
Joni Wilson

For further information and to check out our Guest Bartenders, go to the RTB Blog.

Supplies:
Stamps - Focal image (Cornish Heritage Farms), sentiment (The Angel Company)
Paper - Stampin Up
Ink - Stampin Up
Accessories - Cuttlebug embossing folder (ProvoCraft), top note die (Stampin Up), brads (Making Memories), distressing tool (Heidi Swapp), sinamay ribbon (Carlton Cards)

Best Fishes!

Howdy!! Hope your summer is going well. :D I finally was able to make some summery projects!

This particular set of ATCs was done for a swap at the Stamp Shack and the theme was "Under the Sea." Anytime I see this kind of swap come up, I can't help sign up because the possibilities are endless. I have so many different sea elements and as you can see here... my kitty is swimming with clown fish. All he needs is a pair of googles and he's good to go! lol

I'll be posting again tomorrow for the Raise the Bar Challenge of the week and I finally took a photo of my blog candy and will hopefully get it up on Saturday. Take care for now. :)

Supplies:
Stamps - Cat (Great Impressions), sentiment (Stampin Up)
Paper - Stampin Up, Colorbox (Clearsnap)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsuineko)
Accessories - Copic markers, Nestabilities Circles (Spellbinders), starfish die (Quickutz), scallop border punch (Stampin Up), Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

RTB Challenge - Pearl Girl

Another Friday already?! Hoorah!!!

I know I keep saying this every post, but summer is flying by, my friends! Michaels had their Autumn deocorations out a few weeks ago and I think just last week they were already starting their Halloween display. All the other stores have Back to School supplies all stocked and ready to go. Eep!

I'm trying to find the time to play with my new stuff, but that hasn't quite happened yet. Poor blog... not getting much love. Hugs to all of you who still stop by! ;)
This week's challenge over at Raise the Bar is Pearly Whites. Bring out all your pearls and come play along with us! If you upload to any online galleries, please label RTB30 for your keywords.

I wanted to make something soft and feminine with a hint of vintage flaire. ;)

To see what the other DT members created, click on all the links below:
Anita Hovey
Erika Taylor
Joni Wilson

For further information and to check out our Guest Bartenders, go to the RTB Blog.

You should also note that we're saying farewell to two Design Team members, Darlene and Audrey, this week. All the best ladies!

What does this mean for you? Joni will be looking for two designers to join our team. If you're up to playing along with all our weekly challenges every Friday, you can find further info on the RTB blog.

Have a fantastic weekend... check back with me soon; I predict some yummy blog candy in the future!!

Supplies:
Stamps - sentiment (My Sentiments Exactly), floral background (The Angel Company)
Paper - Stampin Up
Ink - Colorbox (Clearsnap), Stampin Up
Accessories - butterfly die (Sizzix), embossing folders (Provo Craft, Sizzix/Tim Holtz), border punch (Stampin Up), pearls (Kaiser), ribbon (unknown)