My life at 40...

I just can't quit the cuteness

of this one. How could I deny her anything? You want a vulture Bailey? Mama will get one...hang on...

 

 

You want to use your vulture as pillow? Okay Baby, you go right ahead. You need Mama to get you a blanket too? I would, yep, I definitely would. LOL

I can't wait to get home tonight and see my Sweet Baby Bailey. I hope you have a little sweetie to come home to too!!

Enjoy!

 

Happy Birthday

To one of my favorite little monkies...

Love you sweetie!

Auntie Karrie :)
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Penguin Palooza

Yep, the penguins are going crazy over here. They all want to make an appearance on the cards. Perhaps I should feature penguins the rest of the month? Hmmm...now there's an idea!! :) 

I think this card is soooo much cuter in person. I wish you all could see it. Sigh...

Card deets: 

• Stamps: All from Memory Box
• Paper: Turqouise, Red, White
• Ink: Tuxedo Black, White Pen & Copic Markers
• Misc: Twine, Button, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, QK Die & Sewing Machine

Alright, I need to get going. See you all later!!

And hey, thanks for stopping by!

Scraps from the other day...

It's basically the same card that I made for the TCP Tuesday color challenge with a few minor changes.

The base card is a bit longer and the espresso background runs the width of the card. I moved the focal point to the right and used a different button. In addition, I used one of my own images, Bubba, that I designed for Odd Bird Planet. Isn't he the sweetest? My heart is swooning right now... 

Card deets: 

• Stamps: Odd Bird Planet (sorry, they are out of business)
• Paper: Metropolitan from American Crafts, Espresso, Melon Mambo, Pink & White
• Inks: Tuxedo Black, Melon Mambo, Pink & one, yes, only one, Copic Marker
• Misc: SU Scallop Circle Punch, QK Square Dies, Button & Ribbon 

Okie, dokie, I am off like a prom dress!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have an ice day...

I was all over the place with stamping yesterday. Birthday cards, random cards, just because cards...there was really no rhyme or reason to anything I was doing. What irks my jaw about that, is that every single card takes 3x longer to make than it should. LOL 

Here's a little card I made with some Odd Bird Planet stamps...

 

Sorry folks, OBP has been out of business for a while now. 

 

Anywho, here are the card deets: 

• Stamps: All from Odd Bird Planet
• Paper: DP from Martha Stewart, White & Basic Grey
• Inks: Tuxedo Black & Copic Markers
• Misc: Tiny brads, Snowflake lace die from The Cat's Pajamas, Stickles & Snow Globe die from Amuse Studios

Hope you all have a FABULOUS Monday!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

TCPTUES193 Challenge

There's a color challenge this week over at The Cat's Pajamas. I debated whether to play or not but my need for birthday cards won out & I figured I would take on a challenege while I was at it. :)

This weeks colors are: 

 

 

Here is my card for the challenege: 

I love all the new stamps that TCP has come out with but I decided to go digging for an old Sprinkle image. Poor thing, she doesn't get played with as often as she would like. I think I need get her a little cat nip and a new fluffy bed. LOL 

Card deets: 

• Stamps: All from The Cat's Pajamas
• Paper: Metropolitan from American Crafts, Espresso, Melon Mambo, Pink & White
• Inks:  Melon Mambo, Pink, Espresso, Certainly Celery & Sakura Glitter Pen
• Misc: SU Scallop Circle Punch, Button & Ribbon 

Alright, I am off to do some more stamping. Just need to get a little snack first. LOL 

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

This is a test, only a test.

Test, test, test, anyone out there? Just kidding. I am just messing with my custom CSS. Makes me sound like I really know what I am doing, huh? LOL

And the birthdays begin...

I already missed one (sorry Pancho) and will have to make a special belated birthday card for that wonderful, beautiful, sister of mine... but I am on the ball for a couple of birthdays next week. YEAH!! (Just so you know, I did make sure that Pancho had a couple bags of Cartel Coffee Beans just in time for her Happy Birthday though. See, I am not ALL THAT BAD. LOL)

So, back to the b-day cards...I decided to use some stamps that have never been inked up before (FOR SHAME!). I pulled out "Oh Chute!" from The Cat's Pajamas and came up with this little ditty...

I made sure the colors were bright & tons of fun! 

Card deets: 

• Stamps: Oh Chute! from The Cat's Pajamas & Snap Stamps from ??? It's been so long I have forgotten...oops!
• Paper: DP is Heat Wave from American Crafts, White, Cherry Cobbler & Pumpkin Pie
• Inks: Tuxedo Black & Copic Markers
• Misc: Cloud die from The Cat's Pajamas

Well, there you have it, enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!

TCPTUES192 Challenge

I am a little behind on my TCP challenges...oopsie! LOL

This weeks challenge requires you to do a little embossing on your card whether it be dry embossing, heat embossing or even using an embossing folder (which is what I did).

Here's my card for this weeks challenge: 

What do you think? You likey? Cause...me likey. LOL

Card deets:  

• Stamps: All from The Cat's Pajamas
• Paper: Love Me from My Minds Eye, Basic Grey & Kraft
• Inks: Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers & White Gel Pen
• Misc: Sewing Machine, Cranberry Seam Binding from TCP, Button & Big Scallop Die from TCP and QK embossing folder (whew, almost forgot that!!) 

I think I might have to give this card to my husband. Cause most of the time..he pops my balloons just to irritate me. LOLOLOL

Anywho, thanks for stopping by!! 

I couldn't resist...

I was messing around on the internet one night, browsing through some of the Lockhart Stamps and tumbled across these little gems: 

Don't you find yourself in this kind of situation a lot? Okay, so maybe not you, but me? It seems like I am in HOT WATER all the time. And why is that? I really have no clue. I am waiting for someone to shed some light on the subject for me. LOL 

Card Deets: 

• Stamps: All from  Lockhart Stamps
• Paper: Peach Parfait, Baja Breeze, Poison Ivy
• Inks: Tuxedo Black & Copic Markers
• Misc: Corner Rounder, Ribbon, Buttons & Twine

Alright, well, I am off to find the bottom of my desk and see if I can't whip out another card before I hit the sack. Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

P.S. Pancho, I hope your birthday today was a FABULOUS one!! Sorry I didn't get to talk to you. I guess your family was "hooking you up" with a fun day (at least I hope they were!!). I love you & miss your face!! xoxoxox

11:01pm and she pulls out a post!

I don't know about you but that is friggin' amazing! Especially for me!! LOL

I was determined to make a card tonight. I don't know what caused me to get all worked up about it but darn it, if I had to stay up all night to do it...I WAS!! 

I made this sweet little card based off Anna Wight's super cute card HERE. Now, I know my little guy is sitting off to the left a bit but you have to understand...this was my "copy/go ahead & make mistakes on this one" image. My coloring turned out pretty good on this one, my other one? Well, let's just say it looks like someone puked on him. LOLOLOL

Card deets: 

• Stamps: Bear & grass stamps from Rosie's Roadshow, saying from A-muse
• Paper: Love Me from My Mind's Eye, Bravo Burgundy & some blue color from my scrap pile, the cream color is Poision Ivy
• Inks: Markers/Copics & Tuxedo Black
• Misc: Heart die from Spellbinders, Button, Twine & Felt from The Cat's Pajamas

And...this is the mess I am leaving on my desk tonight...

How one person can make this kind of mess in a short period of time is beyond me. UGH! I think I will deal with that tomorrow! LOL

Anywho, thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my card tonight! 

Misc chores are done!

Whew! Thank goodness! Tomorrow night after work? STAMPING!!!

I will be sure to post to the ole blog as soon as my card is finished.

See y'all tomorrow!!

 

Howdy!

Well, I am back from a little Christmas/New Year sabbatical. Did you all have a wonderful Christmas & Happy New Year? I sure hope so!

My Christmas was uneventful but New Years was GREAT as my parents came down for a visit. You all know how much I love my parents so ANY time with them is a GREAT time!! :) 

We even ventured out and checked out Watson Lake up by Prescott, AZ. Look how gorgeous the rock formations were...

A close up...

And a semi-full view of the lake...

Amazing, huh? It was so quiet there, until someone came with their screaming toddlers, but we don't need to go into that. LOL 

Anywho, the weather was perfect (if you couldn't already tell by the pictures) and we had a yummy family picnic. It was a wonderful day!

So, do you want to see a card or should I wrap this post up? LOL Nah, card it is!

I made this card for a special friend (she loves western stuff) and had to wait until she rcvd it before I could post it. 

Sweet little thing, huh? I think so. 

Card deets: 

• Stamps: a-muse
• Paper: Kraft, Natural, DP is now a mystery to me (I will have to go through my paper to find it, sorry about that)
• Inks: Brown, Watercolors & Waterbrush
• Misc: Ribbon, Button, Twine, Spellbinders & QK Dies

Anywho, hope you enjoyed my post & hey, THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!!

Quick but cute tags...

I made pretzels dipped in caramel, milk chocolate and then rolled in chopped pecans for my co-workers. Oh mama, they were sooooo good! But enough of those tasty delectables...
How bout these cute gingerbread men tags I made...

Thank you Martha Stewart for making cute felt trim. I love you! LOL

Enjoy!

Karrie :)
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TCPTUES189 Challenge

I can't believe how late I am with this past weeks TCP Challenge card. I barely made it...we are talking hairs on my chin!! LOL

This weeks challenge for TCP Tuesday at The Cat's Pajamas was to make a Christmas card and use the Big Scallop Die. 

Snow reminds me of Christmas so... check, Big Scallop Die...check, check!! 

Card Deets: 

• Stamps: All from The Cat's Pajamas
• Paper: Dp from Martha Stewart, Pool Party & Basic Grey
• Inks: Black
• Misc: Big Scallop Die & Snowflake Lace Die from The Cat's Pajamas, QK Label Die for the cutout in the middle (doesn't that match perfect???), Ribbon & Crystal Brad

Well my friends, there you have it. Now, I must lay my pretty little head down & get some shut eye!!

Nighty night!!