A sick little buddy

is sleeping in my bed. Sorry for not posting these last few days. My 3 year old is sick AGAIN with a cold. I am pretty bummed because he seemed to be getting better but these last few days he is back to square one. So I haven't had a lot of time to make anything. I hope he feels better tomorrow. Anyhoo I do have two GinaK cards to share that I made earlier this week. I love her silly little sea creatures. I had a blast coloring them in with my Copics. The patterned paper in the crab card is from Scenic Route and the octopus paper is from Basic Grey "Two Scoops". The sentiments from both cards are from My Favorite Things "Essential Sentiments". Well that is all I have for you today. I will try and have something new for you tomorrow.
Hugs,
Ana

SU Friday!

I know I am a little bit late in publishing this post but the hubby and I went out for V-Day tonight. We had a great time. First we went to eat Sushi (YUMMY) and then we watched the movie Juno. If you haven't seen it then you really should because it's such a cute and funny film. I also got a beautiful bouquet of red roses and chocolate. I really love my guy *smile* Any who back to the card. Yesterday I got my new order of SU stamps. It had been a while since I was drawn to anything in the SU catalog but this Occasions Mini really blew me away. I especially loved the Bloomin' Beautiful set that featured my favorite flower, the Hydrangea. So for this card I color the flower blooms in with my Copics. I also used the SU Sanded background on the Guava card stock. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things "Essential Sayings". Patterned paper is from the Basic Grey "Perhaps" line. Accessories are SU ribbon, brads, circle punches, and a gold eyelet. Have a great weekend.
Hugs,
Ana

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy V-Day everyone!! Is anyone celebrating with something special? The hubby and I are going out to dinner on Friday because we have to help out with his mother's flower shop today. Its CRAZZYYYY this time of year. Any who before I head out there I wanted to leave you with a couple 4 x 4 cards I made using the Papertrey Ink stamp sets. Can you believe this is the first time I even opened the package. I made it a promise that I would stamp them before V-Day is over. I really love them I just haven't found the time to use them. I tried to go with something fast and simple for both of them. The first one is just a square of continuous stamping of the circular scroll image with the sentiment stamped on a oval scalloped nestie die cut. I used some SU ribbon and eyelets to complete the card. The ink used for the circle scrolls is Brilliance Copper. The second card was made using the Papertrey Ink "My Punny Valentine" set. I flocked the squirrel with some pink flocking. I added a rhinestone for the eye and tied a bow on her tail. The grass was stamped with Brilliance silver and platinum. Card stock used is SU Blossom, Sahara Sand, PTI, and Basic Grey "Two Scoops". Well that is all I have for you today but tomorrow brings a couple Gina K cards. Make sure to check back.
Hugs,
Ana

Twisted Tuesday

Hi All! Hope everyone had a great weekend. I managed to get some stamping done but mostly I just hung out with the family. Today I have a couple cards to share with you that feature the My Favorite Things "Twisted Sentiments". I love this set because it provides me with some fun clean adult humor that so many of my friends and family will get a kick out of. If you are interested in this set I will you need to click HERE. Kim has posted it on her site in a hidden area under the Limited Edition category so anyone who found them offensive didn't have to look at them in the regular MFT stamp area. The first card I made is a cute Whipper Snapper puppy stamp that went perfectly with the "Size Matters" sentiment. I had a blast coloring it in with my Copics and adding some bling to the hearts and bow. The patterned paper is from the "Hey, Sugar" Crate Paper line. The second card was made with the MFT "Soak up the Sun" mini set. For this card I used the adorable Basic Grey patterned paper "Two Scoops". I colored in the images with my Copics and did some doodling with a SU journaling marker. The layout is an old SCS sketch challenge. Well that is all I have for you today but tomorrow brings a few Papertrey Ink cards I made over the weekend. Make sure to check back.
Hugs,
Ana

Altered Goodies

I recently went to Target and stocked up on some of the dollar mailboxes. Unfortunately, I have only made one since then. So last night as I looked at the stack of them collecting dust I decided to make another featuring the super adorable The Cat's Pajamas Valentine's Day stamps. The mailbox is covered in "Hey, Sugar" Crate patterned paper. The cupid kitty is stamped with VersaFine Onyx black on Papertrey Ink stampers select. The circles are nestabilities die-cuts as well as the scalloped circle. I also highlighted and colored in the kitty and her details with my Copic markers. Accessories are SU red wide grosgrain ribbon and May Arts ribbon. Other card stock is SU Mustard, Pomegranate, and Kraft. The second project is one of those nugget tins made famous by Nichole Heady. I also used The Cat's Pajamas V-Day images. They work perfectly with the nugget Avery labels. I made a paper slider to adorn the tin with some more of the Crate "Hey, Sugar". I also used my new heart nestabilites die cuts to create a tag to hang from some wide SU chocolate grosgrain ribbon. Well that is all I have to share with you today but I do have some more projects to share with you. Make sure to check back tomorrow.

Have a great weekend.

Hugs,

Ana

Release Day!

Today is the day!! My Favorite Things will be releasing three sets today at 10:30pm. We are also having another fun filled cocktail party over at the MFT SCS member forum from 9-11pm. Make sure to head over for some "serious" chatting. For my card today I am featuring the Eggstra-Special Easter set. I simply adore this little egg not just because its cute but because it's so much fun to color. I combined it with this weeks SCS sketch challenge. I used my Basic Grey "Two Scoops" patterned paper again. I am telling you I can't seem to put that 6x6 pad away. Its perfect for Easter, V-Day, baby cards, and more. The images were colored in with my Copics and the grass is made with some Christmas beads I bought at HL last year. The ribbon is SU and the other card stock is SU Pomegranate, Sky, Mustard, and PTI samplers select. Well that is all I have for you today on my blog but I do have a few more cards to share during the cocktail party. Hope to see you there!
Hugs,
Ana

Hoppy Easter

So today I have another card that features one of the new My Favorite Things sets called Eggstra Special Easter that will be released on Wednesday. Its a cute little bunny and chick set that I really enjoyed working with. The rabbit was colored in with my Copics along with the tulips. I love the bunnies big ears. It makes him look extra whimsical! Card stock used is SU Sky Blue, Regal Rose, Eggplant, More Mustard, and Papertrey stampers select. The patterned paper is from the new Basic Grey "Two Scoops" collection. The ribbon is SU certain celery and its attached to the large pewter SU eyelets.The little prima flowers are attached to a purple pastel scalloped binder clip from the Oriental Co. To complete the card I added some stickles on the bunny and flowers and did some faux stitching around the Regal Rose panel. Well that is all for today but I do have plenty more to show you so make sure to check back tomorrow.
Hugs,
Ana

Don't forget that My Favorite Things is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, February 6 from 9-11 p.m. Eastern time. Lots of fun is planned including finding out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. Head over to the MFT forum on SCS to find out all the details and join us there on Wednesday night.

MFTeaser

Happy Monday Everyone! Hope you guys had a good one. We celebrated our 3rd annual Super Bowl Party. It was so nice to have all our family and friends together. But now that it is over I have tons to clean up..yuck! So before I head downstairs for some serious cleaning I wanted to post this card featuring the new My Favorite Things sets. The main image is a Yoga girl from the "Serenity Now" set and the sentiment is from the new "Twisted sentiment" line. I am so enjoying them both. The twisted sentiments are so much fun and I am so glad that Kim came up with this great idea. It's nice to have some adult clean humor sentiments. I know I have plenty of friends that would get a kick out of them. Actually I am sending this one out today. The layout is the new MFT sketch challenge created by Cindy. I thought it went perfectly with this image. Well I have a few more cards to share so make sure to check back. You won't be disappointed.
Hugs,
Ana

PS My Favorite Things having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, February 6 from 9-11 p.m. Eastern time. Lots of fun is planned including finding out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. Head over to the MFT forum to find out all the details and join us there on Wednesday night.

I've been tagged & Awarded

I have been tagged by the AnnaMarie!!
Five things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. celebrating my 15th birthday
2. getting ready for 8th grade prom
3. preparing to graduate Middle School
4. hanging out with friends
5. sleeping as late as I wanted on the weekends

Five things on my to do list today:
1. go to Cracker Barrel for lunch
2. clean up after last night's Superbowl party
3. stamp
4. play with Josh outside
5. go to Barnes & Noble for a new book

Five things I will do when I'm a millionaire:
1. pay off my bills
2. get a Range Rover
3. buy my parents a new home
4. vacation all of Europe with family and friends
5. get a new dream scrap room


Five things I'll never wear again:
1. anything tie dyed
2. fringed clothing
3. different colored shoe laces
4. wedding dress
5. neon colored attire


Five of my favorite toys: (I am going to make this from the past too...)
1. my camera
2. Copics
3. SU wide grosgrain ribbon
4. crop-a-dile
5. chalk ink


Five banes of my existence:
1. rude people
2. smudging when I am coloring in with my Copics
3. the post office line
4. my forgetfulness
5. a stamping budget...hehehe




Awarded by Nancy. Thanks girlie!!

Blog Alert!

Hi All! Well I just found out one of my good online friends just started her own blog! Her name Nancy and she is super talented and sweet. Go check out her blog and leave her some love :)
Hugs, Ana

Oh Baby!

One of my good friends is about to have her baby. I am so excited for her and since all we have been talking about lately is baby I thought I would make a cute baby shower invitation/card. She already had her shower but I still wanted to pull out my MFT "Shower Time" and make one up. I also wanted an excuse to pull out my Basic Grey "Two Scoops" patterned paper. I thought the pastels would go perfectly with a baby theme. The main image is stamped with VersaFine ink and stamped on Papertrey Ink card stock select. I then colored it in with my Copics and added some dots on the umbrella with some liquid pearls. The ribbon is a wide tan grosgrain color and the baby pin is a light yellow from Paper Studio. Other card stock used is SU Barely Banana, Pumpkin Pie, and Bayou Blue. The card is a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square. I also wanted to make the card non-gender specific so I went with both pink and blue. Well that is all I have for you today but tomorrow brings some more cards. Have a great weekend!
Hugs,
Ana

Birthday Surprise

Yesterday was my little sister's 21st birthday! We celebrated by having a nice dinner at mom's house. It was really nice to have everyone together. So since she turned the big 21 I knew I had to make her a special birthday card. I knew I wanted to use the My Favorite Things "Meet me at the Cafe" set since she LOVES Paris (and even visited a few years ago) and the two girls sipping wine fit the occasion perfectly. I colored them in with my Copics. I picked the colors for the image from the Basic Grey "Stella Ruby" patterned paper. The flower is cut out from a piece of patterned paper too. I added some jewels in the middle to give it some sparkle. Other card stock used is SU More Mustard, Pomegranate, Sky Blue, and Chocolate Chip. Accessories are SU brads, wide grosgrain ribbon, copper cord, and 3d glue dots. Stay tuned for some more cards tomorrow.

Our most recent picture together at my birthday last year.

TCP Tuesday

Happy Tuesday everyone! Hope your weekend was fabulous. Mine was spent reading my new favorite novel called "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He is a Colombian writer and winner of a Nobel prize for Literature amongst many other things. Being Colombian myself I always support all the talent and goodness Colombia brings since the news always does a "great job" of only portraying the negative. I love his books and this one has left me not wanting to put it down. I have a few pages left so once I finish I will be back with some more stamping. But for today I have a project I made earlier this weekend using my new The Cat's Pajamas Valentine's Day images. I altered one of those tea tins that were so popular during Christmas time. I took the same idea and did it as a Valentine's Day goodies tin. I altered it with some Crate Paper "Hey, Sugar" patterned paper. The stamped images are colored in with my Copics and stickles where added for a little bling. I also pulled out my scalloped scissors to adorn the trim. The heart tag is from the new nestabilities die cuts. The heart image was stamped with VersaMagic Plumeria chalk ink and popped on dimensional for a 3d effect. Well, that is all I have to share today but tomorrow brings some new cards. Make sure to stop on by.
Hugs,
Ana

Blast Heart Thursday

Hello All! I am back with some more The Cat's Pajamas today. Have you already ordered your sets? If so, and have a card to share, post a comment with a link so I can take a peek. I can't wait to see what you guys make with them. Any who today I have a card featuring the images. The rocket ship is one of my favorite images. It was tons of fun to color too! I used my Copics and added some stickles on the hearts. Card stock used is SU Sky Blue, Blush Blossom, Tempting Turquoise, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, PTI, and Crate Paper "Hey, Sugar" collection. The ribbon is SU and in Pink and Sky Blue. The eyelets are also SU along with the silver cord. I have a few more TCP Valentine's Day cards to share with you tomorrow so make sure to stop by again.
Hugs,
Ana

Tuesday Round Up

Hi All! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. I got a few stuff stamped that I will show you later on in the week but for today I have a cute little Basic Grey Chipboard Album to share. This album was part of a Embellish-It scrapbooking DT assignment. I had a blast and finally got the chance to chronicle these pictures I took of DS last year at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. I also combined it with the supah cute MFT "Punny Farm" set. But if that wasn't enough I also used this album as my SCS DIVA challenge. I challenged scrappers to create layouts with large letter cut outs. Here is the link if you want to play along. The paper and cut outs used are from the Crate Paper "Gretel" collection. I never know how to use those large letters that come in the patterned paper packets so I thought, how cute would it be to highlight the animal sounds with them. I have a few more pictures to add and which I will post when I am done. But for now I am pretty happy with how it is turning out. Accessories used are SU twill, ribbon, eyelets, cord, and Copic Markers. Stay tuned for some more stamping tomorrow.

TCP Release Day & Blog Candy Winner!

Before I get to the winner don't forget that all these adorable The Cat's Pajamas are on sale now. So head on over and take a peak. They are supah cute :)


Alright ladies we have a winner!! Its lucky number 82.

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

82

Timestamp: 2008-01-19 18:54:27 UTC

Which means that the winner is

Lynn Mercurio said...

How cute is THIS set! I'm lucky that my DH loves to celebrate most any event with a nice dinner out (yeah...no cookin'), so most of our Valentine's Day are celebrated with a lovely dinner and the traditional exchange of cards. We don't really exchange gifts, but if we do, they are small and sentimental.

Thanks for the chance to play along!

Lynn

Lynn please send me your addy so I can snail mail your goodies. Thanks everyone for playing.
Hugs, Ana

Indians Blog Candy Wednesday

UPDATE: I am extending the entries until tomorrow afternoon. The winner will be announced at 12:00pm on Saturday. Don't forget that these stamps go on sale tomorrow as well.
Just as promised today I have another The Cat's Pajamas card to share along with a chance to win this adorable set that will be available January 19th. But before I tell you how to enter here is a little info on the card. I used some yummy Crate Paper "Wanted" collection along with some SU Kraft, Real Rust, Sky Blue, Chocolate Chip, and PTI white select. I stamped the images with Brilliance Black and colored them in with my Copic markers. I did some doodling around the edges of the rectangular nestabilities die. Accessories are SU ribbon, copper eyelets, and slit punch. So now for the details on how to win this adorable set. All you have to do is leave a comment telling me your favorite thing to do on Valentine's Day. (Make sure its PG rated...hehehehe) Good luck! The winner will be picked by random.org on Friday at noon.
Hugs,
Ana

Yappy Love Tuesday

I hope you'll are enjoying my The Cat's Pajamas Valentine's Day sneak peaks. Remember that all these images will be available in clear stamps on January 19th so don't forget to mark your calenders. Today I have a cute little puppy named Yappy and his flying love letter. I stamped them with Stazon black ink and colored them in with my Copic markers. The layout is from Jen's sketch for you to try. I absolutely love it. It's a great way to showcase yummy paper and still highlight your stamped image. Card stock used is SU Real Red, More Mustard, Regal Rose, and Crate Paper (Hey, Sugar) patterned paper. Accessories are SU ribbon, photo corner rounder, stickles, circle punches, and mustard brads. Well that is all I have for you today but tomorrow brings you another TCP card and a chance to win a set of the new release. Its going to be fun, fun, fun!
Hugs,
Ana

BTW Katie is having a TCP blog giveaway right now so make sure to enter. She will draw a winner on Wednesday so hurry and sign up!

TCP Monday

Happy Monday everyone! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. First I want to thank everyone who left a comment and sent me such good wishes on being one of the January Verve Visual designers. You guys ROCK! So for today I have something really cute to share with you. Its one of the new The Cat's Pajamas clearly swanky Valentine's Day images. This one features a few of the stamps that will be available to buy on January 19th. The cute little bird and tree are separate images but I thought they would go perfectly together. I did some masking so the tree would appear behind the love birds. They are colored in with my Copic Markers and accented with some pink stickles. The card base is SU Groovy Guava and its stamped with a circular heart image that is also from the set along with the sentiment. The ink used for those are Versa Magic Plumeria and Persimmon. Other card stock used is SU Pomegranate, Mustard, WW, and Crate Paper "Hey Sugar" collection. Accessories are SU ribbon, cord, and Maya Road clear blooms. The center of the bloom is accented with SU circle punches and a mustard brad. Stay tuned for some more TCP tomorrow.
Hugs,
Ana

Blog Candy Alert!

Hi All! Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Well I just got word from my The Cat's Pajamas crew that all the new stamps sets I have been debuting will go on sale January 19th. That includes the Cowboys, Indians, and some Valentine's Day sets I will be showing on Monday. So to celebrate the upcoming release Alma has given all the design team members one set to give away to our readers. My giveaway will start on Thursday but Toni and Karrie are already taking entries for their blog candy. So head on over and enter for a chance to win!
Hugs
Ana