Use It Challenge #15

2 posts in one week! Don't fall over! My hours at work have finally been cut back to 16 so I have a little more time for my neglected friends Paper and Ink. (Between folding socks and keeping the little monkeys fed, of course!)

I made this card for the Use It Tuesday challenge...to use an uninked stamp. The only difficult part was choosing which uninked stamp to use! And if my husband is reading this, I only had 2 to choose from. If you are a crafter, you know I may have underestimated that number just slightly. ;)

At any rate, I picked up this sweet fairy from Paper Makeup a while back. I got her to use on birthday cards. She lends herself to coloring, which I love to do. :) And the sketch came from my friend Susanne at Scrap, Stamp and Doodle Saturdays.

We would love to have you play along with us at Use It Tuesday! Link a card using an uninked stamp to the blog by 23 Sept! You know you have an uninked stamp...or 2! We would love to see what you make!

SSDS 25 and Flutter By Birthday Wishes

I found a "new to me" challenge blog, Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays and decided to play along! This week was easy peasey...just to show a creation of any kind! Does it get any better than that? I also found another really cool open challenge at Flutter By Wednesdays, so this card is a two in one!

I chose to showcase a card I made for a 2 year old's birthday. I just love this image from PaperMakeup! And I used scraps for the background!

My little one calls dandelions "wishes". Isn't that cute? Not so cute when I am pulling them up from the yard...but cute when she gets such joy from blowing them...into the neighbor's yard! (kidding!) ;)

Stamps: Kirsten (PaperMakeup)
Paper: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, SU patterned paper, CM pattered paper, PTI White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: SU Ribbon & Scallop Edge punch, Stickles, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today! May all your wishes come true!

Out of this World!

Stamps: Paper Makeup; Paper: SU, Chatterbox; Ink: Memento, Copics; Accessories: Making Memories Brads

Paper: CTMH; Sticker: CM

Paper: CTMH, football paper I got at Archivers :) Cricut Cartridge: Cursive 101, welded using Design Studio

You may be wondering why I chose to post these particular projects tonight! ;) (You can see a story coming, can't you?) Well, stay tuned...this is a good one and has to do with our week o' fun!

You see...drum roll please...it is Girl Scout Cookie time in Japan! (Hence why I am a bit late in posting...we have been in delivery...and eating mode!)

And this is the heated conversation overheard between my son and daughter tonight.

Daughter: "Stop it! Move! I am sitting there!"

Son: "Fine! But you know what? Mom and I are cheating on you! We bought cookies from ANOTHER Girl Scout!"

Oh, the horrors! LOL And of course we DID NOT! But I did have to keep myself from laughing.

So, these projects reminded me of my kids: the alien is my son's favorite, the page of his smile is priceless, and the page of both of them "cheering" for one another is a testament to their love for one another...even during cookie time and fights over the "good seat" in the car!

Remember to smile today! And thanks for stopping by!