BUUUURRRRRPPPPP!!!!

That was the original sentiment I was going to use with this card...LOL!!!! I combined three SQUIGGLEFLY images for this one....Kuruku bird (made reallly small), Kuruku Loo, and a speech bubble (free download). Nothing fancy about the layout, since there is a lot going on in the scene!!! The GREAT thing about Digital images is you have the power to play with them, make them smaller or bigger. It was really fun to make!!!!



I am heading out of town tomorrow, for a few days - shopping trip with my sister. We are heading south of the border, to Great Falls, Montana! The dollar is kinda crappy but she & I both want to get away! I have all the craft stores mapped out already but if you are from there, or know of any GEMS, please let me know!!! I need to do some Spring & Summer clothes shopping - since I lost the 35 lbs, nothing I wore this time last year fits - which is a good thing, but now I have to shop!!! LOL Ahhh well, such is life!!

I have a scheduled post for tomorrow, announcing CHALLENGE #2 on the Simon Says Challenge blog, so please be sure to stop by and check it out! I might even have a post or two for the other days I'm away!! Guess it depends how much time I get to create in between laundry and packing!!!! So, come back and check! I will be home Friday night - so I will catch up on blogs then!!!! THANKS for stopping by!!!
Chris

Extra Large Martini - shaken not stirred!

This image is from Squigglefly - I enlarged it so it fit on a 6x6 card. Can you tell I needed a drink that day?? LOL

I used Crystal Effects on the whole glass to give it a shiny smooth texture, and put stickles on the bubbles! I thought this would make a good GUY card so I kept the colours neutral! Here is a close up of the glass, hope it is not too blurry to see the glass!

You can get this image and LOTS more at www.squigglefly.com so head on over there and get started on your Digital Image Obsession!!! LOL

I wasn't sure at first if I'd like them, but once I started, I CANNOT get enough! They take up NO storage space in my room and they are CHEAPER than rubber!!!! Cannot go wrong with that at this time with the economy the way it is!

Thanks for looking - have a great day!

Chris

Magnolia overload

NOT that that is a BAD thing - I had a bunch of images coloured and when I cleaned up my craft room last weekend, I decided I would keep them out & close to my desk so I would USE them!!! HERE are the cards I made with them!

This is a Z-fold card with Edwin. I wanted a cute boy/teen card for my nephew's birthday, so I used shades of blue. Inside is a piece of blue vellum I used off the back of an envelope I recycled and attached it with brads. I stamped it with Stazon. Here is a top view of the fold:

Here is Tilda with Chicks - I used the Our Creative Corner sketch again - it seems to be one I go to often - I really like it!!!! There is yellow flock on the chicks too but you can't see it very well!!! The paper is from some pre-printed cards I got in a box from Michaels - I just cut them up and used the paper!

Here is a pocket card I made using Tilda with lamb. I saw TWO ROBINS on Thursday so I HOPE that is a sign that SPRING is RIGHT around the corner (PRAYING!!)

THANKS for looking!!! Have a GREAT day!!!!

Chris

One Day in May

Squigglefly has some exciting news - throughout the entire month of May, they are having an absolute blow out digital stamp fest! Every day in the month of May, they are going to release a new digital stamp. For a limited time, from now until April 30th, you can pre-order all 31 digital stamps for just $30. That's less than .99 cents an image! Head on over to Squigglefly.com and click the "One-a-Day in May" banner for details and ordering information.

RUN!!! GO!!!!!

(I have nothing to share today - I've been working on Easter cards for my family & never took any pictures of them...whoops!!!! Sorry!)

Simon Says Challenge!!! Come on everyone, let's do it!!!!

You only have until April 15th to enter this challenge. So get in your craft rooms and CREATE!!!!!!!! We thought that since this is the first challenge EVER, the challenge blog owner should choose the colour theme. Heidi's favourite colours are"YELLOW AND GREEN".

To celebrate the launch of this new challenge blog Heidi and Jason have generously offered a fabulous prize of a $20 GIFT CERTIFICATE to spend in the simonsaysstamp.com store to a winner chosen at random from the entries :-)

So Simon Says he would like you to make something using those colours, though you can add other colours too ! You can make anything you like, a card, ATC, altered art, scrapbook page, anything you like :-)

Please see the challenge rules on the sidebar too. When you have made it leave a link on THIS blog post and we will come along and see your creations :-)

AND check back at the Simon Says Challenge blog on April 15th for the 2nd Challenge - MY IDEA this time....you're gonna love it!!!!!!

So glad we're friends!

This card is made for ALL of you who read my blog, have become followers and who comment!!! You always put a smile on my face & it's amazing the friends you make!!! I made this card using a digital image that Nicole, at Inky Impressions gave to us on her blog to use. She is cute eh? Nicole is gearing up to release her BRAND NEW line of stamps in the next couple of weeks, so STAY TUNED!! It is going to be great!!!!!
Thanks for stopping by!!!

SQUIGGLEFLY BLOG HOP WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!!!

I hope everyone who participated in the Squigglefly Blog Hop had fun!!! I know I sure did!!!! I'm excited to see the excitement build for digital images....they sure are easy!!! So, without further ado, I will announce the winner of MY blog candy. I used Random.org to help me, and these are the top 5 numbers it picked:


Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

14
1
4
52
24

Timestamp: 2009-04-05 23:38:12 UTC

Soooooooooo, that means the lucky winner of my blog candy is MSFREIDA!!!!!!!!!! If you would please email me your address, I will get your goodies out in the mail!!!! Congratulations!!!!!

Good luck to everyone else - make sure to visit all the blogs today and tomorrow to see if you are the lucky winner over there! AND, head to the Squigglefly blog to see if you are the GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Chris

SQUIGGLEFLY BLOG HOP!!!

Alrighty...come join the fun and HOP on over to all the Design Team's blogs and check out their FABULOUS cards. Here's what you have to do:
After you're done looking here,
(1) leave a comment on this post,
(2) become a FOLLOWER,
(3) rush to your blog and post about the SQUIGGLEFLY BLOG HOP to enter to win some AMAZING BLOG CANDY.

(4) If you don't have a blog, that's ok, just tell a friend, or better yet, tell TEN friends!!!!
(5) head to DEB'S blog when you are done here, check out her amazing cards, and then she will guide you to the next Hoppin' Spot!!!!!
(6) HAVE FUN & enjoy the beautiful creations!!!! Be sure to visit all 11 Design Team blogs and END at the Squigglefly BLOG to enter for a chance to win the GRAND PRIZE!!!

The Design Team links are in my side bar --> so make sure you check them ALL out - each one of us is giving away some CANDY!!!! The blog candy from EACH of the Design Team's blogs will be announced on April 5th. So you have until Sunday to make your posts at each of the 12 blogs!!!

Here is what you will win from me:
Black Licorice Opaque Liquid Embossing from All Night Media, Stampin Up! grosgrain ribbon (certainly celery) and some flower shaped rhinestone brads from Makin Memories.

On April 5, the GRAND PRIZE will be donated by Squigglefly - 2 FREE IMAGES!!!! WOW!!!!! Be sure to check out the STORE to see all the AWESOME images to choose from!!!

On to the creations:

This first digital image is Kuruku Loo - and he is CUTE!!!! I had so much fun working with this dude (or dudette) I made SO many cards to show you! These are all coloured with copic markers. Unless otherwise stated, paper is Stampin Up! And of course, GOOGLY EYES!!!! I love them!!


The first card is a SPINNER card - I got the tutorial off of SCS. If you haven't tried one of these cards yet, you SHOULD!!! It was so fun and this cat was perfect for the spinner! He is mounted on 2 pennies, and as you tilt the card, he spins along the track. So cute!!! I had a zillion sentiments running through my head too!!! I took 3 pictures of different spots as he spun across the card - I should have taken a video cuz they are sooooo much fun to play with!!!!







This card cracks me up!!!! I made Kuruku Loo smaller than normal (I think he is about 1.5 inches across) and stacked them on top of each other.

Here is another Kuruku Loo card - it ended up looking more like a Halloween card than a masculine card but I still think he's cute!!! The sentiment is from Pink Cat Studio. The DP is from Heidi Swapp.



Another Kuruku Loo - with sparkly paper from DCWV.

And one last look at Kuruku Loo - using Basic Grey "Figgy" paper.




The other image I worked with was Flower Bunny. Perfect image for Easter or Spring! Isn't this bunny adorable?

Thanks for stopping by.....have fun checking out the other Design Team blogs!!! AND good luck on ALLLLLLL that yummy candy that is out there to win during our VERY FIRST EVER BLOG HOP!!!!!!!!! Soooo exciting!!!!!! Have a great day! I will post the winner of my Blog Hop Candy on April 5th!!! Come back to see if you are the big winner!!!! :)

Simon Says ... YELLOW & GREEN!!!

Alrighty.....Simon Says Challenge blog has just issued their FIRST EVER challenge - a colour challenge to use YELLOW and GREEN, Heidi's favourite colours!!!! So, get on over to the blog and check it out!! We cannot wait to see your FABULOUS creations!!! Head on over to the CHALLENGE BLOG and see the other Design Team members creations! Here are mine:
Dreamy Tilda can be purchased in the Simon Says store - isn't she adorable? I paper pieced her little leggings to match the DP. Cardstock, DP & ribbon are all SU.


Here are the Changitos, Heidi's first love! I paper pieced the car here too...LOL...just for something different!!! I added Crystal Effects to the headlights, license plate and roof sign. I bought this stamp (& 4 others) and the sentiment from Simon Says store!!! CUTE eh???

So, now that you've looked, and left me a comment to make my day (wink wink), head on over to the challenge blog, check it out, and join us in some fun!!! Remember, there are some great prizes to be won!!!!! Good luck & thanks for stopping by!!! :)

BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALRIGHT EVERYONE - I am offering up some more blog candy! It will contain dew drops, prima flowers, 6x6 Basic Grey paper, a MAGNOLIA image (Tilda with watering can), charms, tags and buttons! I MAY add to the envelope as time goes on!!!!!

EDITED TO ADD THE WINNER: I USED RANDOM.ORG TO HELP ME AND THESE ARE THE TOP 5 NUMBERS:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
8
9
36
46
57
Timestamp: 2009-04-01 12:53:55 UTC

SOOOO, THE LUCKY LADY IS DIANE!!!!! CONGRATS DIANE!! PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS. IF I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM DIANE BY FRIDAY, I WILL OFFER THE PRIZE UP TO NEXT ON THE LIST!!!!!! THANKS EVERYONE FOR FOLLOWING, I HOPE I HAVE INTRIGUED YOU ENOUGH TO STICK AROUND AND VISIT OFTEN!!! CHECK OUT THE SQUIGGLEFLY BLOG HOP CANDY I WILL BE GIVING AWAY ON SUNDAY!!!! AND THE SIMON SAYS CHALLENGE BLOG CANDY TO BE GIVEN AWAY!!! LOTS OF YUMMY FAT FREE CANDY GOING ON RIGHT NOW!!!!! THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR GREAT COMMENTS!!! YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!


There is no reason for this blog candy - just felt like making someone HAPPY!!!!!!!!! I have had several GREAT things happen to me in the crafting world lately so why not share the happiness!!!!!

Here is what you need to do to enter:
1. Become a FOLLOWER of my blog
2. Post on your blog about my blog candy (if you don't have a blog - TELL a friend, mention it on your yahoo group, SCS or PCP, shout it from the mountain top!)
3. Comment on this post with a link to your post!
4. Smile at someone new today!!!

This blog candy will be open until April 1st, so be sure to pass on the news!!! This will stay at the top until April 1st so please scroll down to see recent posts!!!