fun stuff.....

so i have a bunch of random fun stuff for you today. first up is a LO I did at tech club #2:

i am in 2 tech clubs - one is all Stampin Up and one is Stampin Up and Close To My Heart (alternate months). The LO above is CTMH. The club met over at my friend Cori's house - she is the CTMh demo and there was a girl from the Cricut Board plus two girls from our Moms Club and it was lots of fun! i SO needed the night away after an incredibly stressful busy week. i think the LO is cute and it is about my weekend at CKC.

Next up is a card for the card sketch challenge over on SCS:

One of my new sarah miller stamps - LOVE these!! colored with copics and used the DCWV Nana's boy stack for the purple patterned paper.

Here is a closer look at the little girl...

Finally here is my favorite project from my favorite class at CHA - SEI's velvet paper class. As i mentioned before - this stuff is awesome! In fact i need to get some more! This project is not finished but will be soon.

It is two sided - first side

and second side

as I mentioned before - you can do anything to this stuff - Stamp on it, emboss on it (rust pocket),

EVEN apply rub ons to it!!! and they have prints too! (the pale brown fan looking piece at bottom is PRINTED velvet - dee LISH!)

lots to look forward to here this week - giveaways start tomorrow!!! and tutorials are back but thinking outside the block is on a tepmorary break.

stampy hugs!

Design Team - Woohoo!!

FAB NEWS!! i was chosen to work on a design team!! what an honor! the team is for a new online store - run over and check it out - Paper Patch Crafts. I came across this store right as it was starting out at the beginning of the year. it is small and specializes in a few things just like i have done in mine. anne has a GREAT selection of prima goodies and kaiser alterable items with more stuff coming in and being added all the time. i am part of a great group of talented ladies and can't wait for my first assignment! one of the greatest things about the store has been the message board. i have really enjoyed it - it is small and warm and friendly and the members are VERY creative.

in other news.....i was reading Amy's blog yesterday and she mentioned a contest on SCS for My Favorite Things stamps - well don't you know i was intrigued and just HAD to play along! the guidelines were that it had to be monochromatic - you could have neutrals like black or brown. so here is what i came up with:



the paper and stamps are Close To My Heart. I have had the paper for about a month and had been wanting to us eit. i thought of it as soon as i read the challenge. the flowers are primas - a gift *waving to anne at paper patch crafts* and i also got to use my new cinnamon stickles for the flower centers and the dots i added on the printed paper piece. the stamp is colored with prisma pencils and gamsol.

goodies

A package of goodies arrived yesterday - YAY!! my first order from Close to my Heart - adorable!! I am working on some classes in conjunction with my friend Cori who does CTMH - we both have lists of people interested in both CTMH and SU products so we are trying to make everyone happy by offering both :) anyway, I can't wait for my coffee to be done so I can go down and play! I have done some major re-organization down in my scrap area so it will be nice to work in. We are doing some Valentine cards featuring embossing powders so I will be working on getting those ready. No idea there were so many options in types of finishes :P And maybe at some point I will have time to catch up on my scrapbooking. Need to figure out how to get good pics of scrapbook layouts so I can post those as well......cards are so easy to just scan in.

I made alot of changes to my website getting ready to start posting my workshops and such - you can see it here http://www.pezadodle.com/. Now how to advertise and get those things filled up......always so much to do. Luckily Hollyn is a good baby and super cooperative yesterday. Even though she's cutting 6 teeth right now - YIKES! she woke up in the middle of the night and after a few minutes it was apparent she wasn't going to put herself back to sleep so I went in to rock her. When I picked her up she said "Tank oo mama" and gave me a big dramatic MMMMMwah kiss - SO cute. well coffee's done!