Tuesday SOG Digi Butterfly

Happy Tuesday!

Today is Tuesday and you know what that means. Right??? Digi release from Some Odd Girl!!  HOORAY!  I just love Tuesdays!  So today I have Butterfly Fairy and she is just about the cutest one of all.  I colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers and used my Jillibean Soup paper to form the card.  For my sentiment I used a clear stamps from Some Odd Girl!

Please be sure to stop by the store to check out the new releases!!

I am taking a little bit of a blog break this week (except for this post)  just in case you are wondering.  I actually don't have anything to share. LOL!   As I mentioned I am really scaling back my DT commitments and I really am enjoying life more. ( I actually sat on the couch with my hubby and boys for almost 2 hours and we all read books and watched a tv show.  I haven't done that in like forever!)   Don't get me wrong I have loved all my DT gigs and I cherish all the moments with them but life is getting more and more crazy.  I was spending HUGE amounts of time in my craft room or office versus hanging with my family.  My little one said " Mom, are you just going to live forever in your craft room?"  and I was like this is crazy!  So I have taken a little break.  I do have many new projects for March!  So I thought this would be a great week to take off any enjoy!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back on Saturday with the all new SOG monthly challenge!  Think Gold!!!  I have to say I made a layout for this challenge and I am in LOVE with it.  It was so much fun.  I can't wait to share!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day and week!
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Friday Jillibean Soup Placemat Challenge

Happy Friday

Last Saturday Jillibean Soup had a nother challenge to use their Placemats and I happended to be working on this placemat layout for awhile so I entered it into the challenge.

I used my Country Pumpkin Chowder Soup and was able to use up a TON of my scraps!  This is a photo of my little one playing in the leaves.  I just LOVE this photo of him!  He was having such fun!!

I made a video on how I made this layout.  Hope you enjoy!

supplies
cardstock- kraft
paper-stickers-jillibean soup
buttons- pti
silhouette
circle punches

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back next week with some new projects.  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
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Thursday Jillibean Soup Card Challenges

Happy Thursday!

As you know I have made a HUGE commitment to use up my stash and I have been trying to use up some of my Jillibean Soup paper packs.  So when I saw on the Jillibean Soup blog last Friday that they were having some fun card sketch challenges I about flipped becuase this is just what I needed to get rockin' !  They had three sketches and you can go HERE to see all of the sketches!

Here is Sketch #2- I used the spring collection from a couple of years ago.

Sketch #1- I used Country Pumpkin Chowder

Sketch #3- Again I used the Country Pumpkin

I am so excited becuase I finished off my second paper pack and used up enough of my Country Pumpkin to put this in the garage sale pile!!  Oh Yeah!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with another JIllibean Soup challenge using the Placemats!  See you tomorrow!  Have a crafty day!
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Tuesday SOG Fairy Release

Happy Tuesday!

Today is the new release over at Some Odd Girl!  If you love fairies than this release is just right up your alley!  I love Kristy's fairies becuase they are always just so cute and pretty.

First up we have Daydream Fairy ( I helped name this little one!).  She is just so cute dreaming about her love.  I colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers and my card is made using some yummy My Mind's Eye.  For my sentiment I used on of the Some Odd Girl clear sentiment stamp!

For the second new release we have Daffodil Fairy.  I just love her and that daffodil flower is just amazing! Once agin I used the My Mind's Eye paper and colored my little one with my Spectrum Noir.  I also used another clear stamp from Some Odd Girl.

For fun I made this little video for you on how I colored Daffodil Fairy.  In the video I list all my colors!  Hope you like it!

supplies
clear and digi stamps- some odd girl
paper- my mind's eye
spectrum noir
hero arts ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back Thursday and Friday with new projects using some Jillibean Soup.  They had some really fun challenges this past weekend and I was able to participate!  So I will see you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
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Monday Moxxie Sketch

Happy Monday,

Popping in today to share my February Moxxie sketch and layout with you.  First up we have the sketch:

For my layout I used an older collection Chillin' Out.  Love this collection becuase it is just so perfect for my photo of my boys "chillin' Out"!  I changed the sketch up a bit and went with a one photo but the idea is still the same.

I used a bunch of the stickers that came with the collection to add fun sayings and embellishments.  You can check out this collection HERE!

Just a quick post.  I am off today and I am hanging with my boys for a fun filled day!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with the new digi release from Some Odd Girl!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
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Friday Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!
I have a quick card today using some yummy Core'dinations.

I made a super easy card for my hubby.  He loves all my cards but he is partial to the CAS ones.  So that is exactly what I made him.  I started with my grey backgournd and then layered it with some Core essentials that I ran through my cuttlebug.  Next I cute out two hearts in my Silhouette using some core couture glitter and then added my alphabets.  Finally I cut my ampersand and lightly sanded it.  Very quick and easy!

So do you have any plans for the weekend?  We are pretty busy but much more manageable than last week.  I have tennis drills and practice and then on Sunday we are going as a family to see the Lego Movie!! I can't wait.  The boys and I have been so excited to see this movie.  It should be awesome!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back next week with new projects!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty weekend.
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Thursday Core HOme Decor #2

Happy Thursday!
I am bringing you today a super quick and easy home decor piece using Core'dinations.  We have a long counter/bar in our kitchen.  I have plants and a message board on it.  I wanted to change up my message board for Valentine's day.  Here is what I came up with!

(sorry for the bad photo- I tried and tried and I could never get a good one- if you look closely you can see my reflection in the glass- LOL)

I started with my Core gemstones for my base.  I then took some ruby red and pink diamond and cut them out using my Silhouette and then rand them through my cuttlebug using an embossing folder.  Next, I cut out my xoxo using Onyx and placed them underneath.  I still have plenty of room to message my boys in the morning or put up our schedule for the day!

Thanks for stoppign by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new Core card that I am giving to my hubby!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
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