Sweep those dust bunnies away...

I made this card for someone who helped me sweep the dust bunnies out of my garage.  The images are from Paper Smooches!!!

I have so many of these bunnies!!! :)

Amuse-bouche:
And now I have a quail.... I'm hoping I can keep her.  (I think I'm allergic to her)....
LOL

Her name is Botwin... after the characters on Weeds.

Enjoy some good food for the 4th.....

Using my Paper Smooches stamp set and Lawn Fawn sentiment, I paid homage to my favorite dish... FRENCH FRIES!!!

LOL! 

See you tomorrow... with a Dog-Gone (get it??? hint hint) cute 4th of July photo!!! Oooh, you will just smile!!!

I can't wait until you see the photo! (No, it's not my motley band of fur balls... ).

Amuse-bouche:

I can't say enough how much I LOVE Fik-Shun.... Obsessed with his skilz.   I can't wait until he and Twitch do a duet!!!!

A gaggle of mini cards...

I needed to make a handful of 'congrats' type cards.  Using 4 main images (from Alley Way stamps and Paper Smooches), I created these mini-cards:
I colored the images with Copics.  The 'conversation bubbles' I created by hand.

Have a fun Monday!!!!

A PHATburger, courtesy of Paper Smooches

... to quote Britta Swiderski.... "nom nom."

I'm such a fan of her technique videos... and I like watching her vlogs.

SO, I made this cute card with my Paper Smooches set.  Doesn't it look yummy?  The sentiment was stamped with Jenni Bowlin.  The image was colored with Copics.

A quick birthday card... and photos from a tropical haven

I love these Paper Smooches images with the wild animals.  I used this cute giraffe to create a small birthday card.  The diecut is from a Spellbinder Nestabilities. I had these pink thick chipboard shapes that I put white enamel polka dots on and put some embroidery thread through.

The image was colored with Copics.

Amuse-bouche:

I went to an animal rescue fundraiser  recently.  It was hosted at this beautiful property (yes, people actually live at this home!)

I'll walk you up the way to the front door...

Here is my mother amidst the dinosaurs.

This was next to the door stoop...

A view from the patio!

Thank you card.... Stimpy has risen....

Another thank you gift card using Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn stamps. The blue background is a Penny Black set I had purchased.  WHEEEE!

The bird was purchased with Paper Smooches.






Amuse-bouche:

Stimpy has woken up from his winter slumber. Here he is, eating lettuce... And guess who is waiting for him to walk away, so HE can eat the leftovers---- Yes, that would be SamUL!




And here's Ezra... enjoying the sunset,... watching the front driveway

Bunches of flowers...

Here's another card using a coin envelope.  The image and sentiment is from Paper Smooches. The wood grain is from Hero Arts.


Amuse-bouche:

I've always wanted to do this, and in NV... on a stretch of road, I was able to become... road kill.
LOL

here are two photos we took at sunset at the Valley of Fire. 

Tomorrow.... Hoover Dam and a dog named Isiah.

Smile Crocodile... and good times...

Using a OWH (Operation Write Home) sketch, I used my Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn sentiment to create this card.  Copics and a Cuttlebug Embossing folder just added a bit of color and texture.





Amuse-bouche:
My "little" cousin came for a visit. It's been years since we saw him so the So Cal cousins got together to have a little Japanese food.

I think if he really had a sip of that beer he wouldn't like it.

The boys and Tommy...

I wanted to share with you this birthday cake that was made for my co-worker's dog.  It was made by a local dog bakery for Sydney's birthday.  It smelled SOOO good. The white frosting is peanut butter mousse.  It smelled heavenly.  The inside was a wheat germ/carob type brown cake.  My co-worker shared a piece with some of my other co-workers to take home for their dogs.
My dogs LOVED it.  [Her little Shih Tzu's name is Sydney.]

Lastly, if you haven't checked out a really cool video on Jenn's Cookies, Cupcakes and Cardio blog.  She hikes up to these frozen waterfalls.  Totally amazing. See below. You should be able to see the video...

Bees!!!!

Here's a Dude Time Doodles card.  I was sad to hear they closed shop. Their digi-images were some of the best around!

I used some copics and some distress pads along with my Paper Smooches sentiment stamp...
  :)

Amuse-bouche:

Look at this massive bee hive that was found on Saturday morning outside my gym.
I didn't want to get too close so I used my ZOOM on the camera.
The nest is UNDER the Target cart.

Wowsers!

A single layer card... You are UNIQUE!

I recently got this cute stamp set from Paper Smooches and this card popped into my head. Literally POPPED!!! Bam!
I used Rangers' Archival Ink.  Memento Ink just didn't come out dark enough.  ***Perhaps I might need a wee bit of re-inking?***

I used a sentiment from another Paper Smooches set :  "You are Unique." I stamped it inside the card (not shown).

The image was colored with Copics.

Have a great week.

10 Minute Challenge inspired by Christy Gets Crafty....

I wanted to take small break from my trip to Pioche because I saw this inspiring video from Christy Gets Crafty....
She cracked me up as she tried to make a card AND SUCCEEDED in 10 minutes.  I totally related to what she was saying.  So, I decided to try (minus the video).
Check her video out HERE by going to her blog posting.  Her video is great.  I'm sure we can all relate.


So, here's what my card ended up looking like (after 13:19):

THE SET UP:

I had preset out my 2 stamp sets (by Paper Smooches) and 1 5.5x4.25 craft cardstock and my Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad and Versamark... as well as my two Spellbinder dies and Cuttlebug.

I set my timer for 10 minutes and here's what I had at the 10:00 mark.
A mess!

Doh!!!!


AND HERE'S WHAT THE DESK LOOKED LIKE AFTER THIS HOT MESS WAS OVER.... AT 13:19.

WHY YES... THAT WOULD BE A BOWL OF YAMS ON MY DESK. LOL.

I should admit that while I was doing this challenge, I had my Netflix on... and snuck a few glances to see what was going on "The Tudors"... My bad.  Lost a good 20 seconds, right there!

Come back tomorrow to see some super special photos of Cathedral Gorge, NV.

"Tis the Season..."

Thank you Paper Smooches for these cute animal images.  I colored the with Copics. (The Tree is a Lawn Fawn tree.)  The snowflakes are from my Martha Stewart Punch and then I put glitter on them!!!


Amuse-bouche:
Do you recall the last scene of The Christmas Story?  The family at the chinese restaurant for Christmas dinner?  Well, we had our own version of a Holiday Dinner at Hop Li in Chinatown (Los Angeles).

Here are the photos to memorialize the event...

Leah and T

C and me

Dad and T

T, doing the 'angry bird.'

And now the food....

Duck on a bed of shrimp chips and the soft bun bread (like a cha shu bao)

More duck with Hoisin sauce

Honey Pepper Fish Fillet with Beans

Garlic Green Beans, Salt & Pepper shrimp, and Sweet Sour Pork

Chow Mein !!!! Yum!!!

Garlic Eggplant (my favorite)

Honey Shrimp with candied walnut

Me and Aunti Kimi

C and me

T, doing his best impression of Sheldon Cooper smiling, (Big Bang Theory)

Mom and Aunti Kimi

G and I, doing our Addams' Family impersonation

Funny photo!   G: I do not think a finger up the nose is FUNNY!

Leah and I, unaware of the Angry Bird behind us.

Normal family... NOT

Some of the male family members....

I thought this was supposed to be a nice photo!

The fight over the check.

Neal, G, and dad

Their impression of Sheldon Cooper