Friends to the End

Hi Friends! Happy Tuesday to you!

I just returned from a wonderful vacation visiting a few of my Besties and I'm back with another fun card for you today for By LORi Designs!
This little cutie, named Dot is by artist Hannah Boyd from her Bug and Roo collection.

I've paired little Miss with papers from Basic Grey Two Scoops, twine and punch from Martha Stewart, ribbon from SU, button from Cosmo Cricket and sentiment from PTI.

Be sure and check out what all of the BLD Gals have in store for you today using these adorable immies! Have a wonderful day before Wednesday!  ;)

BLD Blog
LORi
Arielle
Cindy
Krista
Karen
Sheri
Simmone
Taylor
Tracy

Wish You Were Here

Hi Friends!
Welcome back for another bright and sun-shiney Thursday and a new sketch over at The Deconstructed Sketch! This week we're rolling out sketch #40 and it's definitely a fun one!

For my card I've used a new stamp that I picked up Amuse. I have the amazing pleasure of living a few miles away from THE Amuse store, so I couldn't resist popping in yesterday for my birthday. I know not everyone can live in Seattle, so if you find yourself longing for some Amuse stamps too, check out my friend, Jeanette's consultant site and I'm sure she would be thrilled to hook you up :)
Soooo, as I mentioned, yesterday I had myself a little B-day and I was so overwhelmed with LOVE and beautiful, kind wishes...it just really made me wish that all of you were with me!! I decided to make this card to let you all know that I'm so thankful, no matter the distance, that we're friends. And I oh-so often wish you were here physically, but am SO GRATEFUL every day that you are (here) in my life and out in blogland! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you'll join in the sketchy fun this week!

Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle
Jen Shults
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Pam Varnell
Sheri Gilson

stamp: Amuse Studio, Wish You Were Here
paper and buttons: Cosmo Cricket, Social Club

It's a Celebration

Hi Friends! Happy Tuesday to you!

I'm back with another fun card for you today for By LORi Designs!
This little cutie is Puddle Jumper Party Time Gabbi and she's jumping in on the scene to celebrate all things BIRTHDAY! :)
I've paired little Miss with papers from Fancy Pants, twine from PTI and button from Basic Grey.

Be sure and check out what all of the BLD Gals have in store for you today using these adorable immies! Have a wonderful day before Wednesday!  ;)
BLD Blog
LORi
Arielle
Cindy
Krista
Karen
Sheri
Simmone
Taylor
Tracy

Beautiful Life

Happy Monday!
I'm back with another super fun challenge over at The Pink Elephant!
This week for TPE#136, we have an interesting challenge for you. It's called PRINT IT.
All you have to do is use some sort of print on your card or project and then link back to the TPE blog.

Some of you may know, I've become quite the Pinterest addict in the last few months. And on Pinterest there are all sorts fun pictures and quotes and ideas that you can "pin" to remember for later, pin to share or pin to describe yourself. I spied this little message to God one day and thought it was a great reminder to love this beautiful life that God's giving me and be oh-so-thankful every day. So I decided to PRINT it and use it for my card today. And then I also wanted to pair it with this super adorable stamp from Some Odd Girl called Dancin Mae. And little Miss Mae certainly looks like she's loving life! The papers for this one are from My Minds Eye (shocker!), the ribbon is SU, the button is Cosmo Cricket, and the bling on her belt is diamond Stickles.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that you'll join in on the fun this week over at The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog! Be sure and check out all the amazing color inspirations that Ella's Girls have for you!

It's the Little Things

Hi Friends!
Welcome back for another bright and sun-shiney Thursday and a new sketch over at The Deconstructed Sketch! This week we're rolling out sketch #39 and it's all about the hearts!

For my card I've used a wee Sweet November Stamp (Fairwee Jilly's Candle) that can be found over at All That Scraps. I decided I wanted to go with a little celebration theme this week, since I know of a few Sweeties with Birthdays this month! I've paired this adorable SNS Fairwee (by artist Amy Young) with papers from My Mind's Eye, OOO La La, as well as twine from MME too, button from Cosmo Cricket Social Club, pearls from Kaisercraft and a touch of Stickles (not visible to the camera). Oh and the sentiment is Stampin' Up.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you'll join in the sketchy fun this week!

Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle
Jen Shults
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Pam Varnell
Sheri Gilson

L.O.V.E.

Hi Friends! Happy Day-o-Love to you and yours!! (and Happy Happy 29th Bday to my lil Sister!)

I get to share some love with you today via a new card for By LORi Designs!
This little cutie is Puddle Jumper Sara and she's jumping in on the scene to celebrate all things pink and lovey-dovey :)
I've paired little Miss with papers from Authentique, ribbon from PTI and pearls from Kaisercraft.

Be sure and check out what all of the BLD Gals have in store for you today using these adorable immies! Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!
BLD Blog
LORi
Arielle
Cindy
Krista
Karen
Sheri
Simmone
Tracy

Big Girl Pants

Happy Monday!
I'm back with another super fun challenge over at The Pink Elephant!
This week for TPE#135, we have a photo inspiration...and it's a mouth watering one!!
All you have to do is use the below photo (c/o Paula Dean) as inspiration for your card or project and then link back to the TPE blog.

For my card I've used this adorable stamp from Mo Manning that I got in rubber from Stamping Bella, called Big Girl Pants. I've paired this cutie with some My Mind's Eye papers to match the colors in the photo. The sentiment also came with this stamp and I couldn't help but smile when I saw it! I can think of a few friends (and me too) that would find encouragement in this mantra. The ribbon is from PTI and the flower is Prima.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that you'll join in on the fun this week over at The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog! Be sure and check out all the amazing color inspirations that Ella's Girls have for you!

Love Note

Hi Friends!
Welcome back for another bright and sun-shiney Thursday and a new sketch over at The Deconstructed Sketch! This week we're rolling out sketch #38 and it's another AWESOME one!

For my card I've used Love Letter Kaylee from Some Odd Girl stamps, and I've also joined forces and used the colors of this month's challenge over at the SOG blog. :) I've paired Kaylee with papers from My Mind's Eye, Love Me Do and button from Basic Grey Wander. Kaylee is colored in Copics and the sentiment is from PTI (friendship jar fillers).

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you'll join in the sketchy fun this week!

Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle
Jen Shults
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Pam Varnell
Sheri Gilson

Love You Tons

Hello, BLD Fans!
I'm back with another fun card for By LORi Designs!

For today's card, I've used one of January's new stamps at BLD. LORi Boyd, has outdone herself again and created another extraordinary batch of Puddle Jumpers, as well as a new little line called Little Beans. And Puddle Jumper Suzy found her way onto my card today!
You can check them all out HERE!

Be sure and check out what all of the BLD Gals have in store for you today using these adorable immies and also please welcome Cindy Haffner to the team! Have a wonderful Tuesday!
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LORi
Arielle
Cindy
Krista
Karen
Sheri
Simmone
Tracy

Diapie Cake!

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Hi Friends!
I'm back to show you a little something something that a friend and I got together and made over the weekend...a Diaper Cake!!
I've made a little diapie cake before, but this has got to be my absolute favorite, so I just HAD to share!!
And now I want one! :)

So yesterday, us ladies got together for a little pampering (pedicures!) and then joined up with our Fellas to celebrate both BABY and Superbowl. It was a fun and wonderful day!

Here is another peek at the card I had previously made for a my sweet preggers friend. :) Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to!

Happy Birthday TPE!!

Happy Monday!
February is off to a very good start and it just so happens that this month marks a very special time for The Pink Elephant...it's TPE's 3rd Birthday!! And in honor of Ella (The Pink Elephant) this week's challenge is going PINK!!
All you have to do is use PINK in your card or project and then link back to the TPE blog.
And our sponsor this week, is By Lori Designs (home to Ella the pink elephant). So one lucky participant will win some BLD stamps of her very own.

For my card I've used Ella herself and paired her with some fun pink and plaid papers (I'm sorry, I don't know the company who makes the papers). I've colored up this fab image in Copics and paper pieced the ears, bow and tail. The ribbon is from Amuse, the button is Basic Grey and the sentiment is SU.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that you'll join in on the fun this week over at The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog! Be sure and check out all the amazing BLD inspirations that Ella's Girls have for you!

Saturated Canary Deconstructed

Hi Friends!
Are you ready for another Deconstructed Sketch Challenge? I have been on pins and needles for this first week of February, because I have been soooo excited to get to work an image from our sponsor this week: The Saturated Canary!
As you will see when you hop along with the Sketch Girls today, Krista Smith, the artist and owner of The Saturated Canary, is wonderfully talented and all of her images are ADORABLE!
And one lucky participant will win a chance to work with Krista's images too! Yay!

As you can see, I flipped the sketch again. I have a knack for doing that. It's usually not intentional, but when I start to work my papers and image, it tends to end up with a flip-a-roo too! :)

The Saturated Canary image that I've used is called "Thank you" and she can be found here in the Krista's shop on Etsy. I would love to tell you about the papers I've used, but I actually got them from this wonderful stack of 6x6 papers I have that are unidentified. :) The sentiment is from SU though and the hearts are Nestabilities.

I hope you will play along with us today. And before I sign off I wanted to mention one more VERY exciting thing!! Our Guest Sketch Girl this month is the AMAZING and lovely AMY SHEFFER!! Welcome, welcome!

Thanks so much for stopping by and Have a FANTASTIC Thursday!

Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle
Jen Shults
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Pam Varnell
Sheri Gilson