Happy New Year!! I am BACK!! Yippee!!

Hello and Happy New Year crafty friends!! I am back!

I seriously cannot believe how long I have been gone, seems like I just blinked my eyes and my life fast forwarded 6 months! 

High school cross country is no joke and it required 100% of my time. My schedule was insane!  It was worth it, my team qualified for the Arizona State Championship and we had an amazing season! I already signed on for next year so I will be working hard to squeeze everything in!

Sadly my craft room sat dark and quiet all this time, when I finally got in there I just could not make any decisions, it was overwhelming and I missed it so much! 

I will be working to once again find a balance between my responsibilities, my jobs, running and crafty time! I have a lot of catching up to do and I have to pull a winner from my last challenge! 

The DoubleClick Skittles are still up for sale in my shop and I can't wait to dig my hands back into them! I have updated the stock and lots of colors that were not in stock are now available!! I will be closing out the special release colors (I only have 1-2 sets left!)

Thank you crafty friends for your comments and emails, I am doing great and looking forward to catching up with everyone! Winston is still fighting his Valley Fever, it has been such a sad situation to watch our puppy fight for his life. He is so loved and we are grateful for this time that we still have with him.

My resolutions/word for the year is Balance. I have written out all my goals and hope to succeed in making them happen! Leave me a comment telling me your word or your goals for 2017 and I will send a lucky winner some DoubleClick Skittles! (sorry US only due to shipping fees) but I would still love to hear your goals for 2017 if you are outside the US!

I have to give a shout out to my bestie Georgiana for encouraging me to get back to blogging!

It felt great to pull out my supplies and get crafty! 
All papers from Crate Paper Hello Love Collection
Trim from Target
Stickers, gems, pearls,sequin, washi tape
Tag  
DoubleClick Skittles: Spots  
  

Entering into:
PDE Linky: Anything Goes  
Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
Really Reasonably Ribbon: Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes

 

Some See a Weed... Others See a Wish! Some exciting Shop news!

I have some exciting news to share! The So Suzy Shop is now carrying my Skittles Line!! How exciting is that?? Now you can shop for stamps, flowersoft, liquid pearls, Skittles and so much more all at once! 

They are also carrying an EXCLUSIVE color.... Can you guess what it is??

They carry amazing supplies! I just received my order of stamps, stickles and liquid pearls! I got right to work and made this card:

 

I try and see the wish!!  

Dandelion from So Suzy

Blue Fun fur

Sailboat blue Skittles by DoubleClick

Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles

Paper from K and Co0

Liquid Pearls, Glitter 

Entering into:

So Suzy Stamps: Something New Challenge ( I used my new stamps!)

Dream Valley : AG

Jo's Scrap Shack: AG

Little Scrap Pieces: Show it off

DL Art: Linky
Party Time: AG

 

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No "Lion" you're Great!! Roar from the Zoo! The Cutest Lion!

I could not resist this adorable lion from Miss Kate's!

Lion from Miss Kate's Cuttables
All papers are scraps from Graphic 45 stack
No "lion" you're great from an old wooden stamp
Cherry Lemonade twine from Trendy Twine 
Stickles
Pumpkin Glitter Skittles by DoubleClick

Entering into:
Die Cuttin Divas: Lions, Tigers and Bears
Exploring Cricut: happy Birthday + Sparkle
Seize the Birthday: Black and white or AG
Divas by Design: Happy Birthday
DL Art: Linky Party
Stampin Royals: Linky Party

Happy Birthday! Sweet Dragonfly using Paisley Cricut Cartridge

I am getting ready for my run and wanted to post a card I started working on yesterday. Pretty much everything that could go wrong while card making, went wrong with this card! From glittering the wrong side of the winds, to forgetting to glue down the shadow, to sticking my hand in the wet liquid pearls not once but twice, and the list goes on!! So needless to say I am happy that I was able to salvage it and get it posted!

All papers are from my Scrap Pile! (whoot whoot)
Dragonfly is from Paisley Cricut Cartridge
Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals small and Ovals Small
Happy Birthday Stamp Docerela
Bottle color Skittles from DoubleClick
Mini buttons from my stash
Liquid Pearls
Glitter: Recollections Snow
The Twinery Twine: Seaweed

Entering into:
Delightful: All that Glitters
Dl Art: Link Party
Just B Creative: Link Party
Cute card Thursday: Animal Magic
Pile it on: Animals with Character
Jo's Scrap Shack: Wings
Amuse Studio: Birthday
Die Cuttin Divas: Sketch
Hiding in my Craftroom: Super Scraps

Reminder!
Docerela Creations is having a Design Team Call! Check out all the details HERE! 

Strolling through the Park blog hop and Challenge!

Welcome to the Strolling through the Park Blog Hop and Challenge with the 

Creative Cutter Room!

How about a fun hop and challenge?

Theme: Create a project incorporating something you would see in a park and must include 4 elements! 

Visit each of the following 6 Design team members, find the required element from 4 of the DT members and submit your new project here or at the Creative Cutter Room for a chance to win a prize!

I do not have a required element for you, but I have all the required elements in my project!

I was totally inspired to make this after spending the day riding my bike at a near by park with my family!

Bike from Stretch your imagination. I added GLITTER around the flower and a fun flower CHARM to make the basket look fun.
Clouds are cut from April showers, they were inked then I ran them through my Cuttlebug with the Divine Swirls EMBOSSING folder and MISTED  them with iridescent gold Glimmer Mist.
The Grass is from Fiskars Border Punch Grass, layered and inked
Little butterflies are from a punch
Liquid Pearls
Bling
Twine

Submit your new project for a chance to win a prize!

THE PRIZE

Challenge Starts today March 22 and runs until April 4, 1012!

You will need to collect  4 elements total and include each element on your project and then submit your project at the Creative Cutter Room!

Follow the rules then submit your new  project here at the 

Creative Cutter Room!

Looking forward to seeing your creations!

Some Rules to keep in mind while playing along:

Project submissions must be new, no back linking

CCR must be mentioned in the description with a link back to here

Entry must fit theme to be qualified for the prize

Prize must be claimed within 2 weeks

Please link your project posting not just your blog

Please comment after linking

You have until April 4, 2012 to enter your project.

Here is the Line Up, 4 out of the 6 will have a required element:

Carri

Diana
Elaine

Jessica
Georgiana  

Tonya 

First DIGI Stamp!

After watching the tutorial on Dilsaver Designs on how to color a Digi Stamp using Crayola and baby oil I wanted to try it out!

My first attempt at the skin color came out yellow, so I started over using a different colored pencil. I used the Crayola twistables, baby oil, and blending stumps.

I enjoyed the technique and will definitely be practicing!

Here she is....

Oval from Tags, Bags Boxes and More

Paper from DCWV Mat Stack

Kraft Cardstock

Digi from Dilsaver Designs
Buttons, ribbon
My Creative Time: WOW! So many candles Stamp

Thanks Lucianna!

Entering into:

Dilsaver Designs:  Tutorial Digi

***UPDATE***

Here is the card my 10 year old daughter made.
I think she did a fabulous job!
She really enjoyed shadowing and testing colors!

Vase of Flowers

I just received these beautiful flowers from Viola's Boutique! They are so remarkably made and so adorable! I just had to make something with them right away!

The card is 5X7

My Minds Eye pattern paper

Frosted Paper

Walk in my Garden for flower pot and stems

Flowers from Viola's Boutique
Ribbon from scrap-ease

I used the ribbon to hide the glossy accents that I used to adhere the frosted paper to the blue vase.

Entering into:

Queen Kat Designs: Inspiration photo

2 Sisters Challenge: Flowers

Looking for quick tip Tuesday? click HERE!and be entered to win a Cricut Cartridge!