Newest addition to our Family

Meet Buddy -

He is the cutest, smallest and most loveable little guy ever...

xo

tina

Pink Christmas

Good Morning Ladies....

It's Friday Christmas Card Making Day over at Christmas Stampin All Year Long (CSAYL)#42

This weeks challenge is to make a PINK card...

I think I met the requirements...

Here is a close-up. I added some mini pearls to the stars and some stickels to some of the flourishes. I had a flower ready to add - but just couldnt find a place for it. I used some fun basic grey paper - love the BitterSweet pack of papers - its so chocolately good...

Dont forget to check out the other DT members over at the CSAYL BLOG and hey if you have the time why not play along with us...

Ok. k. my stash of Christmas cards is starting....

Have a Great Friday everyone.

XO

tina

Flutter Fairy

It's Felicia - the fluttering fairy...I bought another stamp set just for Flutter By Wednesday's

Isn't she sweet? It was another open challenge - just use a fairy or butterfly and so I did. I also ruffed up the edges added some cutout embellishments (corners & flower in sentiment circle) and used some fun Prima papers.

Do you like? Don'tcha think this could use some ribbon? But where? hmmm

Don't forget to check out the Blog and see what the DT members created - so much eye candy!  you won't be able to stand it.

Gotta hit the hay

XO

tina

new minis

Thought I would share some of the new MINI scrapbooks I have been eagerly creating.

1 for a NEW "baby girl"

This one I am saying has a LOVE theme (but secretly/truthfully it was made for Valentine's Day) or should I say started for Valentine's Day...and just barely finished.

Anyway, what do you think?

I have another one for St. Patty's Day to share soon.

sleep tight

tina

You're the Best

I am so loving this cool card I made.

Do you ever have those moments when you see what you wanted to happen start to take shape right in front of your eyes. Well, tonight was one of those nights. It just all came together - the paper choices, the stamps, my coloring. Love it!

This is actually 2 different stamps...the flowers and the sentiment are 1 stamp (did some masking) and the vase is a totally different stamp. Yup, cool right?

Well, not sure if this card will work for any challenges but I am glad I made it anyway.

I sure hope you have one of those AH ha moments...

xo

tina

Birthday Boy

I went out to lunch with my daddy this afternoon and we were celebrating his birthday - so I decided to make him a card. Now understand that this card was rushed but I really wanted it to look manly. Not sure that I accomplished that but I did manage to make it work for

SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT challenge which was to mess it up - so I tore the paper around the clock and sheet music paper that served as the border and inked the edges. I think it will work and best part was that my daddy loved it. He says those are the best cards...dang right they are.

Happy Birthday Dad.

xo

tina

Christmas Stampin All Year long is BACK

Hey girls we are back once again with another year of Christmas- yeah!!!

So please be sure to visit the blog and see what all the other DT members have cooked up for the first challenge. This weeks challenge was a recipe: we were to use

2 layers

3 buttons and

glitter...

I meant for my tree to be 1 layer but it totally looks like a bunch - it is three triangles but I sewed them all together before gluing them to the card base so I consider it 1 layer plus the red = 2...

I am looking forward to another year of Christmas cards and hope that you join us...We have some more fun projects in store...stay tuned...

Happy Friday

xo

Tina

Cuppa Joe

I could really use a good cup of joe right about now.

I caught it - the flu. My entire family has had it and I was so hoping it would pass me by but no such luck...here I sit - miserable and achy.

I hate being sick. It sucks the life right out of you-worst part is that being a wife and mom-there really is NO rest time or take care of me time. I just gotta keep on trekkin'

yeah - boohoo-to bad so sad. I know. I know - comes with the territory but being sick gives you the RIGHT {wink} to moan and complain...please it's the least we are allowed.

Anyway, this cute image is from Squigglefly - I used some creative memories lined scrapbook paper, used my labels nesties to cut out the image and mounted it to some red paper by Basic Grey - then hand wrote the sentiment "LET'S DO COFFEE?"

added some fun prima flowers and ribbon and tah-dah - easy peasy card.

Hope you are all taking care of yourselves.

Stay healthy

xo

tina

Elegant Flutterby #97

Wow - I am feeling so grown up today {wink} at least when it comes to card making.

This weeks flutterby challenge was to use a butterfly or fairy with hearts...I wanted to play with this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch challenge too - so as I began pulling paper and stamps out and putting them together - I noticed that purple was becoming my predominent color and since I was using Anna Griffin papers - well of course Elegance would pop through.

What do you think?

It kind of feels less like me but I still love it.

XO

tina

Sweet bird

Isn't this little bird just to sweet.

I received some stamped images from a swap years ago and have just been waiting to use them.

Well, if you can belive it - it was actually a beautiful day here in Southern California (hot actually) low 80's ---ugh!!! we can't even finish with Winter before the sun comes to dry it all up.

Anyway, I thought this looked Springy and I wanted to add a different spin to it so I used my circle nestabilities and my label nestie on top of a cuttlebug die on the blue - swirl I believe.

As I started to make my card I thought it looked like a sympathy card. But, I didn't have a sympathy sentiment...so I found this sentiment from paper trey ink everyday button bits???

I feel like I am coming down with a cold (Nooooooooo) so I think this card is perfect for the way I was feeling today...I hope this makes you smile and brings you a lift if you too are feeling poopy.

sleep well

xo

tina

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone

I sure hope your day was splendid. We got home today exhausted. Stayed up too late last night and ate way to much - we went to the Seafood Buffet at the RIO - it was superb. Gambled and played all night and only went to the atm once - YEAH!

I anted to make something for my mother-in Law for watching my kids yesterday so I went to the SPLITCOAST STAMPERS website and searched for the pattern to make small boxes to hold chocolate. It's called the GHIRADELLI BOX and here are what I came up with. Super fun and very easy box to make and quick as you can see from the 4 I made.

The round tags are from ELLE's studio on etsy. You can fit 3 candies in each box. Wow - I am not much for following patterns but I love this little box and you could add so much to them other than just the Ghiradelli candies...Possibilities are endless.

I sure hope you filled your bellies with yummy chocolates and got lots of love and kisses today.

XO

sending you some LOVE

tina

Sweet Boy

Happy almost Valentine's Day

I was running around looking for an image to use to make my little guy a cute card and wouldn't you know it THE GREETING FARM is giving this cute guy away. You must go visit them and get it - you only have until tomorrow...I made this card using scraps - cool eh? You can't tell but the hearts and the ribbon on the candy have glossy effects on them - so they are a bit raised.

I think it is alot of card for such a little guy but I will save it for him so that one day he can see the love I put into him :D

SO what plans to do you have for this weekend? Anything special with your one and only or the entire brood?

Me and the hubby are going to Vegas for the night---wish us luck.

Have a great day.

lots of love

tina

Gratitude

I  wanted to take a minute and share my gratitude with you.

To let you know that I appreciate you all for taking time to visit me and for leaving me comments. I wish I could talk to more of you. I wish I could meet you. I will continue to wish but for now - I wanted to make YOU this sweet card and let you know that I appreciate you.

Have a great night.

xo

tina

Flutter By #96 DOUBLE TROUBLE

This weeks challenge over at Flutter By Wednesday is LOVE. Well of course - as it should be. I had purchased this cute Pure Innocence image from My favorite things awhile ago...and thought how perfect for this weeks challenge. As I was making the first PINK version...I thought how perfect to give to my youngest daughter - then I thought - Yeah that wouldn't go over well with the older daughter...So me being the awesome mom I made two totally different cards using the same image...

One in purple for the older girl (see those dots- made them with my colorless blender-love that technique) that ribbon is from cosmo cricket their halloween set...

The pretty in pink card is for my youngest girl...cute? That there flower ribbon is felt and is from Michael's and was a whole $1.00 - cool deal eh?

Anyway, I love that I made handmade valentines day cards for them - made one for the hubby and now to make one for my little guy -

My girls are double trouble but my little guy is the mastermind of ALL trouble what do you call three "troubles"?

Well hope your Wednesday is going swell going to take a long walk and work out on the glider when I get back...

We Must - We Must - We Must reduce this muck (butt,back,arms,abs) oh so much to do and so little time.

Nite folks

LOVe me

Saturday Spotlight mini

Happy Tuesday to you!

This weeks challenge over at the Saturday Spotlight Challenge is to Teeny Tiny...and we could interpret that in our own way. Now I realize these lips look ginormous but I used it as my teeny piece in the scale of the card. This is a 5 x 5 card and the lips just look small on the card.

 Do you see it?

I love when there is a theme to the month (Valentines Day, Easter etc...) it makes making cards easier - at least for me. I have trouble coming up with a theme on my own.

I had a bad day yesterday and this rainy dark gloom (while I usually love it) today is not helping my MOOD.

But the colors on this sweet card make me happy and bring a small smirk to my smile. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

XO

tina

Little Red

Out here in Southern California the rain has wreaked havoc on some of our cities. Truth be told I love the rain - I love the constant rain...the cold air and the gloomy dark skies. Weird? So when I saw this cutie from the Greeting Farm I knew I had to have her. I chose red as the main color - well to reflect my love for the rain and just so happens it reflects the LOVEly season.

I used my colorless copic blender to add little dots to the hat and coat - can't really tell here in this photo. and used it again to "take away" some color in the puddles at the bottom. I also used my nestabilities for the frame - they are so cute but hardly used tool.

I sure hope your neck of the woods is surviving the rain and snow storms.

Stay warm my dear friends...

Wishing you a happy day

XO
tina

Scariest day of my life

I made this adorable card for my little boy...bare with me this is a long post...

Today was probably the scariest day of my life. He had been up since 3:45 a.m. came into my bed and the hubby left...so we hugged and held each other for around an hour. At 5 am I finally started to tell him to go to sleep...he kept saying o.k. then around 5:25 am I tapped his head and told him to go to sleep and didn't hear anything...I looked over at him and his eyes were wide open and he was making a ticking noise (come to find out later that was him gasping for air) he was having a seizure. I paniced and started screaming for my husband and he came and picked him while I frantically called 911 - I was a wreck...crying and talking incoherently. The operator kept asking me "Is he breathing" and I in turn would yell to my husband who would say yeah, just barely...his little lips were blue...all I could think of is this really going to be the day I lose my little boy right here in our home...the ambulance and paramedics came and cooled him down - then they took us by ambulance to the E.R. to take some tests and find out why he had the seizure..

we got there and his temp was 103' - the fever came from NO where..he ate all day and played all day - nothing unsual...He has ear infections in both ears which is where the fever came from that caused the seizure...he is fine now but wow what a scare...

Isn't that the cutest tush ever.

He was so tired that he fell asleep while we were in the e.r. T

here is no other feeling than that of seeing your child in the utmost pain or life threatening situation - it's such a hopeless feeling.

I am a changed person now...life is so precious and I am so much more aware.

God Bless you and your littles.

XO

tina

FLUTTER BY late

I am a bit late on this weeks Flutter By #95 challenge - which was a free one - I wanted to make sure I play...Here is my card for this week. I also made it mono-chromatic and the coolest part is that the background - do you see there the yellow paisley looking paper - well it is from the ever fabulous Anna Griffin - it is actually a frame and I covered the hole up with the matted fairy - isn't she the cutest lil fairy ever?

I have to tell you a secret and it is that I bought a set of acrylic stamps recently specifically for the purpose to use in flutter by challenges...the funny thing is that they are a tinkerbelle/pixie set of stamps and they came with around 4 or 5 fairies plus the flowers you see...pretty cool and I think it is way cool that they don't really look Disney-ish that way they can work with more themes than just for kids.

Love it.

xo

tina

Sweet Heart card

A sweet card for my sweet heart...I bought these stamps by My Favorite Things quite a long while ago and have yet to ink them up so in honor of the upcoming LOVEly holiday and the desire to MAKE a card for my sweety I decided to use this cute stamp set. I paper pieced the heart and used a heart border from K & Co (self adhesive) and some fun prima flowers and a vintage button.

Can I also say that I just took a copic marker class (last saturday to be exact) and learned some great basics...and here are the fruits of my labor ---I love my girl and I added cheeks and well I think it looks amazing...{wink wink} doesn't she look like me/??

I hope my hubby likes it and you as well.

XO

tina

Boy or girl scrapbook layout

The reason behind the BOY GIRL title is - that I used some yummy girly Jenni Bowlin paper and added green lace and those fun and funky flowers to a page that I made for my oldest son (18)

So while I love the look of the entire layout I just wasn't sure if the girly parts went with a boy page  - but I guess that would be up to me and I say yes it goes...

The journaling reflects on the kind of year I have had with him. He is my little bit of sunshine but lately he has started to rebel and while everyone says that is normal for boys, it is so hard for me to get used to it. He is such a charming boy and I love him to death but I need to let him go and become who he was meant to be...hopefully an upstanding, job holding, respectable adult. Scrapbooking is a great form of expression when youhave something to say but perhaps can't say it TO someone.

thanks for stopping by

xo

tina