Still on vacation but a card to share

I'm just posting some older cards that I haven't had a chance to share. If you want more details, just email me and I'll get them to you.

Hope your July has been fun!

This card is from a Verve Friday Challenge from back in April...

Packing today

I'm getting everyone packed up today as we leave in the morning for our three week trip to Minnesota. I'd like to say that I'll blog while away, but I won't - I'm going to relax and do nothing (well, as much of nothing as you can do with four kids). I actually am planning to sew a lot. I will post a couple of older cards every once in awhile, but that's about it. Don't miss me too much : )

The card I'm posting today is one that a friend and I HAD to have as soon as we saw it - from My Favorite Things. Don't you love love love it?

Have a happy 4th of July and I'll return July 21st or thereabouts!

T Minus 2 days

I'm leaving for our summer trip back "home" to Minnesota in two days. Today and tomorrow I'll be cleaning and packing (today cleaning, tomorrow packing). I have my craft room pretty much cleaned up, and am almost done...but I thought I'd better blog (ok, so I'm resting : )

The card today was for the Bellarific Friday June 26th sketch. I bought this violet bitty bloom and had to ink her so here it is! I'm keeping it short and sweet as I don't want to lose my cleaning mojo just yet.

bffABUGG

One week from today my family and I will be in Minnesota (at my parents' house) for a three week "vacation." It is hard bringing my life into someone else's (even if it is my own parents), but I'm so looking forward to it. It's African heat here in Texas, and I'm just tired - just having another set of eyes and hands and sometimes more will be nice...and it's always nice to go "home."

Anyways, I'm organizing all my stuff so I can feel more productive. It's fun! I have made a few cards too this week! I thought I'd share today a card I used with the bffABUGG from Stamping Bella. I love the buggs! And if I'm not mistaken, I think there is a release from Stamping Bella today. Always dangerous : ) For this card, I used Amy Rysavy's sketch from this week (I'll try to load the sketch but I've been having issues with loading more than one picture!). Or you can go to http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/ to see for yourself.

Details
Stamp: bffABUGG (stamping bella)
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black
Paper: Lemonade (basic grey), purely pomegranate, kiwi kiss, regal rose, whisper white
Accessories: Buttons, Copics, dimensionals, swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder, nestabilities

YEAH!!!!

So first things first - thanks to anyone who voted for me the other day for the Ketto cards. I won!!! And will be receiving a new ketto image soon.

A second YEAH for making the cut to the final round for the Guest Designer call for Hanna Stamps - http://www.hannastamps.com/. If you visit regularly you'll know I use a lot of Hanna stamps - namely the adorable lovable Riley and Sophie moose. I'll be sent a not-yet-released image after July 5th, and get to make three projects to show off my creativity...the top six will be picked from that. I'm so excited. There are lots of talented ladies...I hope I have a style they like. I LOVE Hanna Stamps! and would love to be a guest designer for them. Wish me luck!

The card for today is from last week's TCPTues63 challenge. I had this "idea" for a card in my head ever since I received the new release a few weeks ago. It didn't come out exactly as I had pictured, but I love it nonetheless!

Details
Stamp: Happy Camper (The Cat's Pajamas)

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black

Paper: Whisper White, Black, Real Red, DP Basic Grey June Bug

Accessories: Copics, Prima flowers with pearl brad, ribbon, dimensionals

Hanna Guest DT Call

I feel sort of like my husband in the fact that Hanna Stamps has a call out for guest spots for their design team and the deadline is tomorrow (he's an attorney and if it's due on June 20th, you get it on June 20th). That being said, I've been wanting to play with my Hanna stuff - and today I finally got my submissions completed!

Check out the Guest DT Call Forum over on Splitcoast - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=14415281&posted=1#post14415281. And to see all the awesome stamps from Hanna Stamps, go to www.hannastamps.com.

So today I'm potty training a 3 year old boy - the pressure is on and he is a stubborn little thing. I've learned now with him that he has to be pantless/underwearless/diaperless in order to use the potty. We have only the starts of accidents today, and he's catching on. Needless to say, I've spent many minutes cheering him on in the bathroom - and in between, trying to be creative with my stamping! I wanted to use both a Riley stamp (since I LOVE LOVE LOVE them), and a Hanna stamp!

Here's my Riley sample for the guest DT Call -

Details
Stamp: Riley Train
Paper: Bordering Blue, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, White (Papertrey), All About Boys DP (DCWV)
Ink: Brilliance Graphite
Accessories: Nestabilities Wavy Rectangles, Dew Drops (orange), Copics, Dimensionals

And my Hanna sample (of course, the picture doesn't do it justice!)

Details
Stamp: Cafe (Hanna Stamps)
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Farmers Market, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, White (Papertrey)
Ink: Brilliance Graphite
Accessories: Dimensionals, Oval Punches (SU), Ribbon, Copics

Wish me luck in my personal goal of working on a design team. Hanna stamps is one of my favs and I'm so excited to even have the possibility.

Vote for me, and MFT challenge completed

OK - so first things first - I participated in a Ketto swap on Splitcoast. The cards have been posted on our blog host's blog - http://www.enchantedstamper.blogspot.com/. Go there now, and vote for my card - because remember, a girl can never have too many Kettos! My card is in group 2 under kjlowrey...of course, to be fair, I should say to vote for your favorite card...but I say vote for kjlowrey in your ear!

I finally got something new made! It was just in the nick of time for the MFTMFC3 challenge! The challenge was to make a tri-fold / gate fold card. I made the gate fold card - sorry the picture isn't the best but it was late and I had to get it in before the deadline. And I have to get this in the mail to my dad this morning!

Details
Stamp: MFT Let's Hear It For The Boys
Paper: Mellow Moss, Chatterbox Tie Plaid and Dark Tie Circles
Accessories: Copics, Silver Bella Bling, dimensionals