FairyBlossoms & Life

NEW BLOG!

Hi Sugarbunnies!!

Please don't forget!! I am now posting on my new blog:

alexstamps.com

Thanks for checkin' out my new home and for updating your links!!

Hugs,

Alex

Movin' on!!

Hi everyone!!

I'm so excited to tell you that I have officially crawled out from under my rock and also to let you know I moved!!

After my little "vacation", I decided I needed a fresh new start and considering the lovely Amy Celona set up a wordpress blog for me literally eons ago, I figured I might as well use it!  Amy set up a feedburner subscription widget, so I BEG you to please subscribe as I plan on posting daily (or as close to daily) as possible! 

I am so excited about this new place, and Im more excited to get back on track!  I'm still working on setting it all up, but I hope you guys will consider joining me in my new HOME:

Fabu-Monday Featured Artist!! CDSWCC18

Happy Monday! I hope your weekend was fabulous and that you all enjoyed a lovely Mother's Day with your loved ones!

I want to thank all of the lovely ladies who played along with me this weekend!  It was so difficult to choose just one!! you must stop by and check out everybody's creations - really amazing and inspiring!! (What a bunch of show-offs!! lol...just teasin'!)

Anyhoo, without further ado, I am thrilled to share the card I chose from those submitted in the CDS Weekend Color Challenge!

I chose to feature the lovely Grace's creation today!  What a cool card!! There's so much detail and she used all of the colors in the challenge beautifully!  I am so impressed, especially because I personally though the colors were NOT the easiest to work with! lol.. Well Grace, you rocked them with style!! Thank you so much!!

Be sure to stop by Grace's blog and leave her some luv!!

Again, a big ol' smooch to all the ladies who played along!! The cards were all perfect!!

Congrats Grace!  

Thanks for playing!

CDS Color Fun!

Happy Friday sugar bunnies!!

It's time for me to host the Clear Dollar Stamps' Weekend Color Challenge!! Please join me!  I promise it'll be fun!! 

Of course since Mother's Day is right around the corner I figured I would pick a color combo that was both fun and would work nicely for a last minute Mother's Day card to show your luv!!  

If you want participate, please respond to the group discussion at PCP located HERE!

Here are the full "deets" if you wanna play!

1. Please use any CDS stamps, you can find them here.
2. Upload your creation to either your blog, or SCS or any other online community by Sunday 5/10/09 at 9 PM EST.
3. Please put CDSWCC18 in your keywords, no spaces.
4. Respond to this discussion (not the wall) with a link to your upload.
5. I will pick one card to feature on my blog on Monday morning!

Easy right?? well, get stamping!!

The colors I chose for this challenge are:

Riding Hood Red

Blush Blossom

Certainly Celery

White/Kraft  - Optional as a Neutral

**Of course, keep in mind I listed SU! color names, but you are welcome to use any brand of your choice in similar shades. 

Here's what I came up with!!

Probably NOT very traditional for a mother's day card, but why not?? It's all about showing some love to your best friend, your mom, your sister or any special "mom" in your life! 

Now let's kick off the weekend with some fun stamping!!

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: What a Hoot by Clear Dollar Stamps, LLC

Cardstock:  Kraft, Blush Blossom, Certainly Celery, White, Riding Hood Red from Stampin' Up!

Ink: VersaFine Ink Onyx Black, Timber Brown Staz-On, Stampin' Up! Riding Hood Red.

Accessories: Ranger Ultra Fine Detail Embossing Powder in Clear, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Stampin' Up! Twill Tape, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aquapainter, Paper Piercing Template and Piercer.

Happy Monday!

May 4th already!!  eek! It still is awfully quiet around here these days huh?

Well, my friend Yvette and I went to a crop last week (for the first time in a looooong time!!) and I was able to do some scrapbooking.  I'm feeling some new inspiration coming on and I even did a couple of challenges over at scrapbook.com so I thought I'd pop in and share my newest layouts!

Here's Rae smothering his daughter as usual. ugh. gag me  - I know!!

and here are "my boys" last summer.  I took this picture as we were walking towards the marina where that dreaded boat (Rae's wife) is kept!

Working on these layouts I realized how much I miss having my "mojo" flowing!  I am dusting off my stamps and looking forward to getting back to my toys!

Hope your May is off to a fabulous start!!

By the way, this Friday I will be hosting the CDS challenge over at PCP, so please check back in & join us!

Hugs,

P.S. Notice my "new" blog look?  It's actually an oldie - this is a design the lovely Courtney did for me years ago, but I felt I needed to bring it back for a change! I'm unveiling a very new one soon!!

Fabu-Monday Featured Artist!! CDSWCC14

Happy Monday!  I'm so happy to share the card I chose from those submitted in the CDS Weekend Color Challenge!

I fell in love with Sue's card as soon as I saw it, it's just so pretty all around!

Sue used all of the colors in the challenge, and she did so just beautifully!  I love the clean lines and the position of the sentiment is just perfect!!

Be sure to check out Sue's blog and take a peek at all of her beautiful creations!

A bif ol' smooch to all the ladies who played along!! All the cards were just so cute!

Congrats Sue!  

Thanks for playing!

Happy Color Day!!

It's time for me to play "Color Queen" (okay I made that up) over at the Clear Dollar Stamps' Weekend Color Challenge group!! Please join me!  I promise it'll be fun!! 

I really wanted to do something bright and colorful for this challenge, and I think it you'll agree this is one fun and bright combo!

If you want participate, please respond to the group discussion at PCP located HERE!

Here are the full "deets" if you wanna play!

1. Please use any CDS stamps, you can find them here.
2. Upload your creation to either your blog, or SCS or any other online community by Sunday 4/12/09 at 9 PM EST.
3. Please put CDSWCC14 in your keywords, no spaces.
4. Respond to this discussion (not the wall) with a link to your upload.
5. I will pick one card to feature on my blog on Monday morning!

Easy right?? well, get stamping!!

The colors I chose for this challenge are:

Baja Breeze

Pixie Pink

Certainly Celery

White

Optional: Tangerine Tango

**Of course, keep in mind I listed SU! color names, but you are welcome to use any brand of your choice in similar shades. 

Here's what I came up with!!

Now kick off the weekend with some happy & bright stamping!!

Supplies:

Cardstock:  Baja Breeze, Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery, White, Tangerine Tango.

Ink: VersaFine Ink Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo, Stampin' Up! Certainly Celery.

Accessories: Ranger Ultra Fine Detail Embossing Powder in Clear, Stampin' Up! border Punch, Distress Tool, Color Spritzer Tool, Stampin' Up! Corduroy Brads, Copic Markers, Fabric Flowers, Paper Piercing Template and Piercer, Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker.

a lil' mermaid bling for..

...Sandra! (see...I listen to you - mwah!)

I managed to unearth myself just in time to wish everyone a Happy Tuesday - and heavens it's the end of March already!! where did the month go?? I swear I'm so far behind in everything I can see my rump up ahead!!

I thought I'd pop in and share a card I made a long time ago and I completely forgot to share!  Isn't she divine?

This is Mermaid Anya, from The Greeting Farm (formerly Pink Poison), isn't she just too cute for words??  I have totally fallen for these stamps, they're all just so cute, it's hard to pick a favorite one!

This was the first time I used my little mermaid, and I decided to make her all blinged out:

This is a 5 1/2" square card, and it really was quite simple to make! I cut out the "waves" in the background from scraps of disney princess paper had laying around from eons ago!  It actually matched my Making Memories noteworthy paper (polka dot panel) perfectly!  I was glad to use that up! 

Anya is colored with Copics. I made her up of 2 layers mounted on dimensionals and the flower is from Prima Fancies.  She really is just so cute and easy to color! 

Thanks for visiting, and thanks for all the well-wishes and patience while I work on getting get myself back together!

Hugs,

 

So Blessed!

I am trying desperately to dig myself out of this funk and just trying to get better.  My chest is giving me such a hard time, but as they say, this too shall pass!! (right?? )

I'm so sick of hearing myself whine, so in an effort to get myself moving I finally made my way into my "cave" and I literally had to dust cobwebs off my stuff! lol.. so anyway I decided to make a scrapbook page I "envisioned" ever since I got the new SU! catalog in January!  I was so thrilled that it came together so easily and I just could not wait to share it!

I literally have been hoarding Nicholas' Communion pictures for almost 2 years now - it seemed that no matter how many different patterned papers I bought nothing really seemed "good enough" for them!!  Not to mention the never-ending search for the right embellishments!  Ever have that feeling...that you just want something to be perfect, and yet nothing really grabs you??  Well, I am so glad I waited this long!

Aren't these papers just divine?? I even love the way they smell!! (please don't tell me I'm nuts -I'm sure you know exactly what I mean!!)  The colors are just BY FAR my absolute favorite! sigh...

I cut out the roses and mounted them onto the Kraft DSP and cut a slightly larger layer around the shapes.  The entire panel is mounted onto my background using dimensionals, and I also did the same for the leaves.  One of the flowers on the leaf stem is stamped on Whisper White CS, and the other is a flower from the pretties kit, embellished with a pearl from the pretties kit as well.  I also used our Sizzix die to cut out the butterfly, and embellished it with small pretties pearls.  I used my blender pen to add color to all the flowers, just to give them a little more depth.  I am really happy with the way this layout turned out and I am working on a few more coordinating layouts for the rest of my pictures, so I will defnitely be sharing those as well!!

This is definitely a keeper! I hope you like it too, and I hope you're inspired to use our gorgeous DSP for accents and anything else your little heart desires!!  Also - wouldn't this make a great layout for a number of occasions?  Weddings, Christenings, Special milestones, endless possibilities I tell you!!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: **All Supplies from Stampin' Up**

Stamp Set: Fifth Avenue Floral #113734; Sentiment from Embrace Life #114958

Cardstock: 12x12 Kraft, Whisper White.  Other: Urban Oasis Designer Series Paper

Ink: Staz-On Black, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss.

Accessories: Kiwi Kiss/Veri Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Kraft Corduroy Buttons, Beautiful Butterflies Big Shot Die, Pretties Kit, Billboard Alphabet Die, Ovals Big Shot Die, Horizontal Slot Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Blender Pen, 2-way Glue Pen, Snail Adhesive.

Who said Chocolate??

Bunnies that is!

If you haven't already - you must stop by to visit the SUINK blog for the most delicious bunch of stamps being released tomorrow!! 

You can see my full card using this little cutie over there! 

Thanks for stopping by! I can't wait to show you the rest of my projects with this (and another) new SUINK set!!

(such an enabler right??) 

Smoochies!!

Home decor!

I am completely in love with my mixer.

And clearly I am not going to be making cookies with this little mixer anytime soon, but boy do I love it!!

I decided I would go very bold with this one since it's just so fun!!  This totally hip and retro appliance is part of the Ageless Antiques set being released tomorrow by Clear Dollar Stamps and wait, because there is more - I decided I needed some new furniture too...

Is this a hoot or what? This is SO my dream "Mrs. Roper" sofa!!  I paper-pieced my flower cushions, and they really are funky huh?

This set is completely full of fun stamps that can literally be used for everything!!  Don't forget to check them out at the CDS store tomorrow, along with all the other wonderful goodies they have in store for you!

Thanks for visiting & happy Saturday!!