A Recipe

***For the Hello Kitty Birthday Blog Hop, please scroll down.***

Good morning!!  It's time for another Stamp-N-Doodle challenge.  This week we have a recipe for you!  We want to see ribbons, die cuts/punches, and pearls! Easy, peasy, right?  =D

This week the DT got to play with an image called Yawning Otter.  I just love otters.  They remind me of kayaking in Santa Cruz, California...one of my favorite things to do!  The last time we went out there was an otter following us everywhere.  You're supposed to stay a certain distance away from the sea life when kayaking in the bay...but he could swim faster than we could row!  I'm sure other people had fed him in the past and he was hoping for a handout.  Still...he was just the cutest little thing!

Ok, sorry for the digression there!  Back to the challenge. =D  The image was colored using Distress Ink in Tea Dye, Broken China and Tumbled Glass.  (I know...no Copics!  Craziness.) I got to use one of my favorite edge punches, so that was fun.  =D

Alrighty!  Now that you've seen my card, head on over to the Stamp-N-Doodle Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the DT created.  Remember, you do not need to use a Stamp-N-Doodle image to participate, but we'd sure love it if you did!  If you don't have any Stamp-N-Doodle images yet, you can find some at the store here. See y'all soon!

Hello Kitty Birthday Blog Hop!

Aloha and welcome to our Hello Kitty Birthday Blog Hop!  It's Cely's birthday at Hawaii Paper Party and we're all celebrating by making Hello Kitty or birthday themed projects!  You should have arrived from the lovely Diana at DL. Art ...but if you've stumbled on this blog hop, please go back to Cely's blog at Hawaii Paper Party so you don't miss out on all the fun! 

Be sure to visit all of the blogs in the hop to be eligible for the Grand Prize!  All you have to do is be a follower of all of the talented ladies in the hop, leave each of us a comment, and go back to Cely's blog to link up with InLinkz and Mr. Blue Frogger!

Here's the lineup in case you get lost!

Donna at Kindred Kreations

Shar at My Time to Create

Kelly at Possibilities in Pink

Amber at My 3E Scrapbooking

Diana at DL. Art

Starla at You Could Be Wishing On a Star  <--------You Are Here  =D

Lori at Reflections from Granny

Before you move on...I've decided to give away a little candy in honor of Cely's birthday.  It's not much...but it sure does fit into the theme.  It's a Hello Kitty Sizzlets die!

All you need to do is leave a comment on this post before 11:59 CST Saturday, 8/13/11.  I will post the winner on Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by.  It's time to hop on over to Lori's blog (Reflections from Granny) for the final stop! Don't forget to wish Cely a happy birthday.  =D Aloha!

I am also entering this card in The Pink Elephant Challenge # 111 Butterflies

Christmas in...August?

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....well, not really.  But it is in Blogland!!  If you follow me, you know that last week I made a Christmas tag for Simply Betty Challenges, but forgot to do the color part of the challenge (cranberry red, hot cocoa brown, snow white and teal).  Whoops!  Well, now I'm back, and I'm using one of my favorite images from Betty's new Christmas release.

Meet Judy Present!  Isn't she adorable?  She's part of the Sweet Gothic Kids Christmas line, which can be found here.  I colored her with Copics....of course. LOL The flowers I made using a tutorial I found at Tammy's blog here...she did the tutorial for Catch the Bug Wednesday this week.  Aren't they fun?  I was really excited to try it out!  The rest of the papers, gems and ribbon were part of my scrap stash. (The background paper and small flower look a bit green...but they're chocolate brown IRL.)

Well, this tag is a bit different from my last Simply Betty tag.  =D  (I did promise I would make a happy one next. LOL)   I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  We'll see you soon!

Challenges:

Simply Betty Challenges: Tag You're It

PaperPlay Challenges: Christmas in August

Totally Gorjuss: Christmas in July

Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Sketch

I'm a Ninja!

Ok, no I'm not.  I just thought it would be a fun title.  =D  I just wanted to say sorry I haven't been posting any new cards the past few days.  Our power was out for 12 hours on Monday due to some strong winds and big tree limbs. To entertain ourselves, hubby and I played Uno by candlelight for a few hours before bed.  It was a blast!!  It reminded me that as much as I love crafting and cardmaking...I also love my husband and should really spend some time with him.

A while back (almost a year ago!!) we had DVR'd a show called "American Ninja Warrior".  Ninja Warrior is this insanely hard obstacle course in Japan.  As of last season over 2,500 people had attempted to complete all 4 levels...and only 3 people had ever succeeded.  They've been doing this for a number of years.  Well, in 1993 they started having a competition in California called American Ninja Warrior.  People try out (last season 300 people tried out) and the top 10 are flown to Japan to attempt to beat the Ninja Warrior course.  (As of the end of last season no American has ever beat the challenge.)  Anyway, it's really fun, and the challenges are just insane...people falling all over the place crazy.  To get back to my story, we had DVR'd the entire last season.  So, for the past few nights we were finally watching the show.  It's so addicting!!  Luckily this season has already started (which we're also DVRing) so we have a few more episodes beofre we have to wait a week for each new episode to air. 

Tonight I should have an hour or two before hubby gets home.  I'll make a few projects (one of which is already colored) right when I get home so I'm done before he arrives.  =D

Thanks for listening!

Heads Up!!

Hey y'all! Just giving you a heads up...there's going to be a SUPER fun blog hop coming up on Monday.  Don't forget to check it out.....talented people, fabulous projects, kitties everywhere...there might even be some candy to win!  =D  You're not going to want to miss it.

**Help Needed**

****Edit: Thank you everyone for your help. I have come up with something I think will work. Thanks again!****

Hello all my blogland friends!  I am working on some ATCs in preparation for the 10 year annivesary of the events that occured in New York on 9/11.  I am desperately searching for a fire helmet digi (just the helmet, no person in it), ESPECIALLY if it is a FDNY helmet.  I have been scouring the internet, but am having no luck.  Do any of you know where a firefighter helmet digi might be found?  **Quick update** I am looking for a black and white image because, unfortunately, my computer is almost out of ink and I don't know when I will be able to buy more, so for right now every colored image I print is coming out purple.

Thanks so much for any help you can provide!

Mmmm...Candy!

The lovely Brenda over at Brenscraps is giving away some AWESOME birthday blog candy!! 

Fabulous, right?!?  You know how I love the Tim Holtz stuff!! =D  Head on over to her blog to check it out and for a chance to win!  (Also...don't forget to wish her a happy early birthday!  =D)

Anything Goes!!

Happi Monday, everyone!!  It's Monday, so that means another Happileigh Scrappin' challenge. Woot woot!  This week's challenge is....anything goes!  Yay!  How simple is that?

Leigh released this lovely set a couple of weeks ago.  It's called Bassinet Bows and can be found here. 

I think it's just adorable, and had to print and color it right away.  I love the sentiment that comes with the set. Image was colored with Copics.

Ok, so now it's time to skip over to the Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge Blog to check out the *amazing* creations by the rest of the Happi Sisters.  Remember, you do not need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image to enter, but if you do....your creations will also be entered into a separate drawing for just HLS images! If you don't have any Happileigh Scrappin images yet, you can visit the store here, or find some fabulous freebies here.  Don't forget, it's always buy three, get one free.  There's also the Summer Celebration Sale, where you get this image FREE with any purchase!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you enter our challenge this week!

At the Beach

Good morning!  It's time for another Stamp-N-Doodle challenge.  This week's theme is At the Beach!  A perfect summer challenge, right?  

The DT got to play with this adorable image named Sand Castle.  Building sand castles was always one of my favorite things to do at the beach.  What do you like to do?

Remember, you do not need to use a Stamp-N-Doodle image, but we would love it if you did!

Thanks for stopping by and we'll see you soon!