Mary Kay bag toppers

My friend Kim that invited me to her "Team up for women" Mary Kay event a few weeks ago, asked me to come up with some ideas for bag toppers that would glam up her product. She gave me three different sizes of bags she uses to work with. Here are some of the things I came up with. I'm waiting for CTMH's May Stamp of the Month, "Be yourself" to make ones that are even more appropriate so stay tuned for those.

Materials: All CTMH. Watermelon and white daisy cs, Buttoned Together ss, Say it in Style ss, Endless Love ss. Watermelon, black, chocolate, white daisy, blush and hollyhock inks, sanding kit, liquid glass.

Other: Swiss dots embossing folder and large flower die-Cuttlebug. Scallop edge punch, circle punches and flower punch-EK. Plaid paper-DCWV.

More earthy cards

Here's some more tree cards I made. That's all I have to say. ;)

Materials: All CTMH. Treetop ss, Say it in style ss. Cocoa, twilight, sweet leaf, and crystal blue inks, cocoa grosgrain ribbon, copper brads, liquid glass, sanding kit, edge distresser.

Other: Green Stack pp-DCWV, Labels One-Nesties.

Happy birthday to my "Popsicle"!

Here's the first posting catch-up item....a fun birthday card for my Dad's birthday today. Ever since I made those Earth Day cards, I wanted to create more with this fun DCWV paper. I thought it'd be fun to cut out a squirrel and beaver from one of the papers and created this whimsical card. My Nestie kinda stuttered through my Cuttlebug with the larger label, but I think it was a happy accident. On the inside it says "....to a crazy 'lo nut!" Hee-hee! Enjoy!

Materials: Green Stack pp-DCWV, sweet leaf ribbon and hemp-CTMH, cocoa ink-CTMH, Labels One-Nesties, Say it in Style ss-CTMH, pop-dots.

My internet is back...

Sorry everyone. My internet went down Thursday morning and the cable company couldn't get anyone out until today. :( So I have quite a few things to post.

I'm going to post them one day at a time because I'm dealing with my kitty's probable kidney infection. Another :( Almost a year ago I changed my cat, Simon's crunchy food to a new brand high and protein and low in grains. After reading the label and seeing how many natural and pure ingredients were in it, I thought it would be a better choice for my cat. He's strictly indoors. About two weeks ago, Simon stopped eating his kibble. I thought maybe he just didn't like it anymore--finicky cat syndrome. So I changed his food. That worked for a few days, then he didn't eat again. Then one night I made tilapia for dinner and he jumped up on my lap and ate right off my plate! He has NEVER done that before. He didn't even ever want tuna from the can. I then tried some softer food seeing if that would work.

Long story a little shorter....the crunchy food I originally changed him too was too high in protein that his body couldn't process the extra protein fast enough and it messed up his kidneys. He has also lost enough weight that the Vet is worried he might get a fatty liver, which is very dangerous and potentially fatal. The doctor took some blood work yesterday, so hopefully Monday we'll know for sure what's going on in his poor little body. I have to try and shove an antibiotic pill down his throat and also force feed him special food through a syringe. My poor little buddy. :( I really, really hope and pray that he makes it through this since I feel so bad for waiting so long to take him to the vet.

Happy Earth Day!! ....with a little Mojo.

I truly hope that you are all having a terrific Earth Day and are doing something great for our planet. And not just today, but everyday. Plant, recycle, carpool, conserve, re-use and re-purpose. Being from the great Pacific Northwest, all of these things have been ingrained in my brain since birth. It amazes me to see how many people across the country don't have recycling programs in their cities and towns. When I visited my brother in TN everything went into the trash because they don't have recycling. I almost wanted to take items home with me just so I could recycle them when I got back. ....I know, crazy huh?

Try and change the Earth for the better on your own, little steps at a time. Every little bit counts!

In honor of this great day, I decided to make an earth inspired card using a stamp set from the Summer Idea Book that comes out on May 1st. One of the first sets that was a "have-to-have". The set is called "Treetop", and it works perfect with this paper. Love it! This is also my version of this weeks Mojo Monday sketch found here. It's a 4.25"x 4.25" in case you were wondering. I added a bit more dimension to the trees by shading them with a marker and popdotting the center tree.

Materials: All CTMH. Treetop ss, Say it in Style ss. Colonial white, juniper and cocoa cs. Sweet leaf, juniper and cocoa inks, sweet leaf marker, hemp, sweet leaf ribbon round, sanding kit, sponge, popdots.

Other: The Green Stack dp-DCWV, Labels One-nesties, scallop punch-EK.

Color Chef Challenge #3

Yeah! I love this color combo! Kelly Jo's color challenge this week was Watermelon/Sunflower/White/Black. I had a lot of fun creating this card. I also had the perfect accent that has been patiently waiting in my stash. Aren't those flowers cute?! The two square epoxy stickers have also been chillin in my stash for-ev-er.

The Originals book helped with the layout on this. I used the "stage right" sketch. The only Sunflower paper was the patterned paper from the Magic Moments kit so I used my Cuttlebug paisley folder to match. Then I used my Spot on Backgrounds to make the custom dp stamped in watermelon and black then inked the edges in sunflower.

Hope you enjoy!

Materials: All CTMH. Black, white daisy, and watermelon cs, Magic Moments L2pp, Spot on Backgrounds ss. Black, sunflower and watermelon inks, sanding kit.

Other: Paisley embossing folder--Cuttlebug, flowers-Sandylion, epoxy stickers--unknown, black grosgrain ribbon--JoAnn's.

Tickled Pink layouts

Here are the two layouts that are made using the workshop guide from the Tickled Pink National Scrapbooking Day kit. They were really fun. The flower die cuts that come with the kit make these much more dimensional and special. I absolutely love the glitter paper. I was a little sad to use it; I just wanted to horde it forever and just look at it. ;)

To get your hands on this kit, check out the previous post and e-mail me!

Materials: All CTMH. Tickled Pink scrapbook kit. Blush, hollyhock and crystal blue inks.

I'm "Tickled Pink"!!

It's FINALLY here!!

You’re gonna love our Tickled Pink scrapbooking kit designed exclusively for National Scrapbooking Month in May. Our newest scrapbooking kit puts you front and center in your pages—with everything you need to create two beautiful two-page layouts all about the things that you love and that make you shine. And speaking of shine, you’ll also be tickled by the kiss of glitter on these fabulous papers! Perfect for Mother's Day layouts!

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The Tickled Pink Scrapbooking Kit Includes:

1 – My Acrylix® I Am Stamp Set (D-size)
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2 – 12" × 12" Stripe B&T Duos™ Paper (1 with glitter)

1 – 12" × 12" Blush Textured Cardstock

1 – 12" × 12" Crystal Blue Textured Cardstock

5 – 12" × 12" White Daisy Textured Cardstock (1 sheet with die-cut shapes)

1 – Mini-Medley Accents White Daisy Collection

1– Foam Texture Tool

1– Brochure

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