FINALLY!!!!.....Flossie's BLOG CANDY is on its way!!( left The Bee Hive Studio on thursday!)...I LOVELOVELOVE the whole AMY BUTLER line....so much so....I just purchased a TON of fabric from this ETSY shop to make my APRONS, BAGS, Pincushions and assorted other sewing projects!....Awesome service!!!...Beeeee sure to check her out!
OK....so, if you've been reading my blog...you know already that I was offering a set of monogram cards made from the yummy-licious AB patterned papers....and after creating them for Flossie...I placed them in a box from Papertrey Ink...and added a bellyband to match.....BUT WAIT!!!....I could not STOP the creative flow.....so, I ALSO created an altered clipboard...minipost-it key fob (see tute on Angie's Stampin'Academy) AND a super sweet altered frame!.....I will be adding similar items to my ETSY shop withing the next few weeks....If you'd like your OWN personalized AB gift set ...please contact me!
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.......of The NESTER'S Window MisTreatment Club.....Whoooowhoooooo!.....at least, I am hoping this Vintage Quilt Window swag in my living room qualifies!.....Oh...and as a cheesy form of advertising for myself ( it is my blog, and all)...PLEASE visit my ETSY shop, where YOU TOO can purchase one (or more) of my VINTAGE QUILT WINDOW SWAGS!!.....But wait!!!(...ok...too many dark thirty info-mercials for me!)....BUT WAIT....(louder...you know how they can get??)..My Vintage Quilt Window swags can ALSO be used for Holiday decorating!!!....More BANG for your BUCK!!
AND.......ALSO available in my ETSY shop, are these FUN FOLK-ARTY birdies!!...perfect "nesting"!!.....Anyhoo...beeeeeeee sure to check out The Nester....and looklooklook at the EASY button on the side of my blog...YOU TOO can have one!!....they are free!!!
Lucky, lucky me...lookie what Alex sent me!!!.Thanks so much, my sweet friend!..I LOVE blog candy!!...both giving and receiving!...as a matter of fact...somehow...someway, I have OVER 10,000 HITS!...so, I need to celebrate!...Hmmmm......gotta do something REALLY special!
I am sure MANYMANY of you will recognize this SUPER SWEET onesie card ....I CASED this from Lauren....she is a MOST awesome designer, and so generous to share her ideas. I have decided to make this for my stash ( trying to build up my GO TO cards...hmmm...now I need a GO TO BOX!!....will work on that!)
Sooooooooooooooo....beeing Iam the QUEEN BEE of little ( I always shrinky-dink down designs)....I made this itty bitty onesie to fit on one of my CD Envie cards ( MY Favorite size!!).I used bits & pieces from my hoard stash...pp from a RAK, teensy buttons I found in a baggie...in a box....on a shelf ( yes, I am determined to use it up!)...and a few SU items.
And here it is inside the decorated CD envie....I think it is stinkin' cute....and am gonna post in my Etsy shop.....I will definitely beeeeeeeeee making more of these....the ideas are just a BUZZIN"!!!!!!!!!!!....Thanks for looking today!
Whooooowhoooooo.....beeeeeeeeeeeeee sure to head over to Sheet Load of Cards....for some most awesome inspiration....and YUMMY candy.....mmmmmmmmmm GREAT!
Wilna, over at http://www.wilnaf.blogspot.com/ has the following request:
"I have a friend, Lois. She is 40 years old and has cancer. She is in pain and needs positive, uplifting people to remind her continually to live and that life is worth living. She has an amazing husband and four beautiful kids. The doctors are not giving her long to live, but I believe that God is the author of life. And I know you believe that too...
If you want to be entered into this awesome draw for a RAK(and if anyone want to contribute prizes, big or small, please email me) then this is what you are going to do: take 10 minutes of your time and create a card for Lois. A card that speaks of life and laughter, of fun and flowers. A word of encouragement, maybe your favorite scripture. Take a picture of it and upload it HERE for all to see. Then you post it to her. I visit her every day and I will make a list of all the cards she gets and I will let her draw names out of a hat for winners. The deadline for all the cards to reach her in Canada is March 20th. So, if you want to play (and I hope every single person that reads this will) make her a card, and post it. THAT's how simple it will be.
Please email me: wilna71@gmail.com if you want to participate. I will email you her address. Those who are willing to add this little he{ART} flower to your blog to help me get the word out, will be in my good books for life. You can just right click the image and save it to your computer and add it to a side bar. Please link THIS post to it."
OK...well at least I was when I made this card yesterday....BUT, ( no pun intended)...after creating this STINKIN'CUTE Hippo named Hettie from PINK PETTICOAT, I miraculously finished a TON of orders and stuff from my TO DO list!....This is an awesome UK company...and I got Hettie in one of those ZIPPY file thingys...so, if I can do it...so can you!! This first picture is the card inside a CD window envie...which has become one of my most FAVE card design ideas!
.....and here she is...outside of her envie....I paper pieced and colored & layered her using assorted Stampin' UP! products...and others...which is what makes creating sooooooo fun...just change up the colors...and you have a totally NEW look!...whoooooowhoooooo....more bang for your buck!
Yep....Mr. Lowes has been at it again!!!....How Cool Beans is THIS WALL ART piece????.....beeeeeeeeeeelieve it or not, I actually had a blank space on one of my walls in The Bee Hive Studio...and since both Mr. Lowes & myself are in a USING IT UP mode, he created this unit for me....I can change out my cards as I please...so not to get bored with the "view"!.....I am sooo blessed.....this man just "gets" me!!
These pics are from CKC in Nashville at Opryland Hotel ,Spring 2006.....We took 9 classes...did ALOT of shopping...and had a BLAST! Its so funny...although we are decades apart in age ( Laura is the age of my youngest child!...and I am older than her MOM!)....we have so much in common....People ALWAYS ask..."Are you Mother & Daughter???"...and we both grimace, and say ( smiling thru our teeth)..."No, we are Bestest Friends!!".....We met at Hobby Lobby in the scrapbook isle( where else??) 3 years ago...and just CLICKED!.....We both have different styles...but, then again very similar...does that make sense?....ANYHOO..( rambling )....We JUST "GET" each other!
I am actually coming out of my" fear of journaling box"..and trying to do more on the page..instead of my secret tag spots. The picture on the right side of this page was when Laura Re-Up'd......Seriously...I dont know what that stands for, except she signed back up with the US Army for ANOTHER 4 years of service to our country.....she is MY Hero!!....I always get a kick out of all the "letters" the military uses...ya know like ABC....WXYZ....oh, & my fave...TCBY (oh, sorry...thats yummy frozen yogurt!...lol)
OK...better late than never....Visit my friend SANDY, who is constantly bizzzzzzzzy doing Cards for Heros, SCS, blogging, saving the world (she must be doing this!!)...talk about MULTI-TASKING!....anyhoo...like I said...please go see Sandy's blog, A Colourful World, where she is doing a Hoarder's Anonymous challenge. Here's one I have come up with.....the PROJECT has been on my design table for way too many months now.
