A little anime

So is everyone still stuffed from Thanksgiving?
Yeah....me too.
I used a couple of vegetarian recipes from The Pioneer Woman and they were DELICIOUS! And since my family was still eating left-overs all weekend, that meant more time for Mom to stamp!

Here's one of the cards I came up with... My friend let me borrow a couple of new stamps that she got from Sugar Nellie. You can see the other card I made here. Since I used so many colors on the first card, I decided to make this card look completely different.
I colored the main image with my grey Copics and just a hint of pink on her cheeks and the bow in her hair. I dug around in my black and white scrap bin (yes....I have my scraps organized by color) and was thrilled to find a small piece of patterned paper from an old collection by Love, Elsie. I thought it worked perfectly for the whole "anime" look that I was going for.

To finish it off, I did some hand stitching around the border and added some thick felt ribbon by Creative Imaginations and layered on a cute patterned ribbon on top.

This isn't my usual style, but I was really happy with how it came out. Sometimes it's hard to step out of your comfort zone, but give it a try sometime. You may surprise yourself!

A Black Friday surprise from the Pink Cat

Okay I lied. I wasn't going to post until Monday, but a little birdie told me about this great deal and I had to share it with you!

Want to know how you can get this adorable digital image for FREE?? All you have to do is go to the Pink Cat Studio website and spend $3 on rubber or digital images. Yes, a whopping three bucks and this little sugar plum fairy is all yours!

Isn't she sweet?

Have a super weekend!

Just poppin in to let you know that I'll be taking a mini break for the rest of this week. It's Thanksgiving week, my kiddos are out of school and I've got alot of things to pack into just a few days. For those of you in the US, I wish you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving. And for those of you brave enough to venture out on Black Friday....you're crazy, but best of luck!
I'll be back on Monday.
Hugs,

Knocked Up?

My dear friend Gloria bought me this fantastic image for my birthday and I had to ink it up right away. Let me introduce you to Charlotte... Even though she's been sitting on my desk for almost a week now, I still giggle every time I look at her. Those giant crazy eyes remind me of Kari, the babysitter from The Incredibles.
As I was looking through all of my sentiments for the perfect one to use on this card, I came across my "Twisted Sentiments" set from My Favorite Things.
Oh admit it.....it's perfect!

Thanks for stopping by today.
I hope my weird little creation made you smile.
Hugs,

A cheerful Pixie

I have a friend who needed some MAJOR cheering up, so I grabbed the brightest papers I had and a cute image by CC Designs. I used Karen's sketch and came up with this... Isn't this little gal adorable?
She's officially known as "Heidi among the flowers". I added some orange jewels to her pig tail holders and some doodlebug sugar coating to the center of the flowers.
(super SPAR-KA-LAY in person) Here are a few more detail shots...

And these are the Copics that I used...

I think that's the brightest card I've made in a long time! Not my usual colors, but I think it made for a very cheerful card to perk up my friend.
Hugs,

Talented Friends

I've got two good friends who both had exciting news to share today.

First up, my friend Lauren has a HUGE announcement.
Click here to read all about it!

And in other news, my good friend Maria is the guest designer this week over at Character Cafe! As part of her guest design spot, she posted a sketch challenge. For those of you who know Maria, you know she creates THE BEST sketches! And for those of you who know me, you know I can never resist one of her sketches!

Here's what I came up with for her guest designer sketch challenge. My friend picked up this cute image (I think from Sugar Nellie) and I swiped it from her stamp room when I stopped by earlier this week. Isn't she adorable?
I used a green Copic marker to color some Scrappers Floss and then tied a button onto my ribbon.
And yes, this is another Japanese card for my mother-in-law. She watched the kiddos so my hubby could take me out to dinner for my birthday yesterday.

When you have a chance, stop by and wish Lauren good luck on her latest endeavor and then head on over the the Character Cafe Blog to join Maria's sketch challenge!
Thanks for coming by.

Friday Faves!

Today I decided to share some fun Thanksgiving ideas that I found on the web this week. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Fruit Gobbler centerpiece - this would be great to do with the kids!

This sounds like a yummy vegetarian side dish for me!

My kids will definitely be wearing these on Thanksgiving.

Apparently this is THE BEST turkey recipe in all the land.

Sweet potato balls - These are a tradition at my house. I roll them in chopped nuts instead of coconut.

Thanks for stopping by today. I'll be back on Monday.

Birthday Giveaway Winner

And the winner of a Pink Cat digi image from today's release is........

SARAH W!!!

I'll be e-mailing you shortly!

Pink Cat Digital Release and a birthday giveaway!

Happy Thursday!

As you know, today is Pink Cat digi release day!
This week Lily and Billy are feeling a little under the weather... But at least they get to sit on the couch and watch movies all day!
And as always, there are FREE sentiments waiting right here for all PCS customers!

Here's poor sick little Lily hanging out with her kitty...

In addition to being able to stay in your jammies all day, fuzzy pink bunny slippers are must-have for any sick day.

Here's a detail shot.....

just remember dimensionals are your friend.

So guess what?
Today just happens to be my birthday. Not something that I would normally announce, but since today is Pink Cat release day, I thought it would be fun to do a give away!

Leave a comment and tell me the worst birthday gift you've ever received. I once got a CASE of chicken flavored Top Ramen.......have I ever mentioned that I've been a vegetarian for 22 years?

I draw a random name at 10pm TONIGHT (pacific time).
The winner will receive their choice of one of the above images!
Good luck!

Hambo Hump Day

Have you checked out the Autumn release over at Hambo?
Lots of cute new images to play with!
For this card, I used:
Crows #3820 and
Just Be-Caws #3808

And everyone has a corn shaped button in their stash right?!

Be sure to check out the "One and Done" auction on the Hambo blog each Thursday! That's where you get your chance to bid on an exclusive digital image that is yours, and ONLY yours!
Bidding starts at 1¢!!!

And for those of you who will be ordering Hambo goodies soon, be sure to place your order by TOMORROW. Hambo will be closed for Thanksgiving from November 20th - 29th.

This one's for Kale...

I was thrilled to hear that my design team pal Alicia gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Friday! She and her family have been through so much this year and I was brought to tears looking at pictures of sweet little Kale. Here's the card that I popped into the mail for her. Making cards for boys can be tough - even if they're only 4 days old! No ribbon, no flowers, no glitter. Luckily Jen had a great sketch posted over the weekend and I came across an entire unopened case of SU hodgepodge hardware - perfect!

Here's a close up of this sweet digital image by Pink Cat Studio.
Aren't those little toes THE CUTEST?!

I printed out his name from the computer and punched it out with a small oval punch. Then I adhered it to the back of the metal frame and attached it all to a chipboard star.

Be sure to stop by Alicia's blog to give her some love and check out pics of her new cutie-pie!

A little surprise from the Pink Kitty!

Do any of these cuties look familiar?You may recognize these Lily images from a digital release that Melissa did not to long ago. Today Pink Cat Studio is releasing three “Lily in Winter” themed mini rubber stamp sets! Each set has 3 stamps which include a large Lily stamp, a small coordinating stamp and a sentiment.

My sister-in-law is going to be THRILLED because she doesn't have a computer - can you imagine? These will be a great addition to her rubber stamp collection, not to mention an AWESOME stocking stuffer for some of those special stampers on our Christmas lists!

Here are the samples I made when these were a digital release.
What a fun way to start the week!
Visit the PCS website to check them all out!