On Vacation

We are relaxing in sunny California!! This is our third year we visit wine country, a smaller area called Temecula, it has around 40 wineries and the area is divine!!! Beautiful country, winding roads over looking the vineyards. I will post pictures later today or tomorrow......we will be out tasting today.

Kristina's color challenge

This weeks colors were bashful blue, rose red, so saffron, wild wasabi and whisper white. I love the challenge because these are not colors I would have ever put together.....so here is what I came up with, a cute card for some lucky little 4 year old. I used the Crazy for Cupcake set from SU! along with the Take a number wheel. I am not sure if you can see the Dazzling Diamonds on the cupcake, looks better IRL.

I'm baaack!

For anyone that has ever viewed my blog, I want to get back on the stamping wagon. I am trying to find time to do what I love (stampin' & scrappin') and as you all know it is hard to balance everything! I will try to post a miniumum of 3 times weekly (vacations are unpredictable) but my goal is to start playing along with the many color challenges and layout sketches I see in all the wonderful blogs I look at everyday with my morning coffee. Hope to hear from anyone that may be surfin'.

challenges

Good morning everyone, hope all had a fun and relaxing 4th! I am catching up on some challenges this morning (my son is sleeping in after being up so late for fireworks) First card is the sketch challenge 131 from SCS. I used the new In Colors; Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, and Groovy Guava. The stamp set is 'Polka dots & Paisley, then I stamped a paisley background stamp on the Twill tape just to break up the Guava a bit.
Second card is the color challenge, using Choc. Chip, Old Olive, and Pretty in Pink. First time using the chip board I covered it with a glue stick and using a sanding block you sand the edges and the excess paper comes off, looks slightly distress at the edges. The stamp set used was 'Looks like Spring', the coordinating punch and some brads.

Bug Swap

Here is a view of my first ATC (Artist Trading Cards). These little cards are 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 and can fit in a baseball sleeve. I am part of a swap through SCS, Amanda also known as Tropicalchick is putting on a swap for these ATC's. I signed up for the Bug Swap, so we were to use any SU bugs and at least 2 layers of cardstock and 2 embellishments. This is my first swap, so I can't wait to see what I get in return. Which also reminds me that I best be getting super busy to get swaps done for the CONVENTION.....I can't wait!!!!

New Catalog

I just placed my first order from the new catalog, so exciting, like a small gift to me!! The most anticipated items are the textured paper, photo corner punch, and the.....oh, who am I kidding? Every order is equally exciting, however, I do love the catalog and stamp sets! Feel the need to get up early and start the Monday challenge......

Winner.....

The winner to my blog challenge....How do you fit it all in? Is Cheryl from Engineered expressions. Thanks, Cheryl~~I hope you like the candy.

Thanks to everyone that wrote in, I love hearing about everyone that is as busy as I am, jumbling everything all together is just LIFE!! More importantly LIFE is great! Please keep reading my blog daily, there will be more cards, getting some scraping done, and the more my hits climb....there will always be more CANDY!!!! Jennifer