So much to tell

Hello friends...

There is so much to tell. I have to tell you all about the rubberstamp show that I attended with my mom last weekend.

I will first start with an update on the ATC contest. Sadly... I did not win. I will honestly say I was really disappointed that I didn't even get Honorable Mention. But... there is always next year. Now for the exciting news, my mom won Second Place for her ATC. She did such a fabulous job on her ATC. I was so proud and happy for her. The funny part of this is that she wasn't even going to participate in the contest. I kept nagging her until she finally gave in. I am so glad she did. I think the judges were too. They really admired her work. Here is a picture of the gorgeous ATC she made.

The show itself was amazing. Wayyyy too much goodies for one place. The moment I walked into the building, I short circuted from all of the tables displaying what I can only describe as wallet emptying fun. I will admit that I left the building with a couple of bags worth of goodies.

Rubberstamp Convention this Saturday!!!!!

This saturday is going to be wayyyyyyyyy too much fun. I am going to spend the day with my mom and daughter browsing table after table of tempting fun all trying to empty my pocketbook.

There is an ATC competition to which the winners will receive convention money to spend on the vendors that day.

So... here is the ATC that I created for the competition.

Penny Black Spring and Romance Contest

Well I finally have my cards in the mail to Penny Black Inc. Cross your fingers and wish me luck. They are going to announce the winners on or around March 14.

I wasn't really thrilled with the previous two cards I had created. So I decided to create a couple of new cards.

Here are the cards that I decided to submit:

What's the Buzz? card

Inside of card

Daisy Showers Card

Inside of card

Bitten By the Bug Spring Cricut Contest

I just love a challenge:

Regina and Peachy Keen Stamps is hosting/sponsoring a Cricut contest where the theme is spring. http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/

Here is my entry:

Spring on the Farm



I wanted so create something fun and whimsical. The squirrels are playing badminton, the frog is swinging on a daisy swing, and the sheep and pig are enjoying some fresh picked watermelon. The ladybug is just sitting back and watching all the action.

The card was made using the following: Animal kingdom cart:Frog, sheep, pig, and squirrels Doodlecharms: ladybug and watermelon. I used a small punch to simulate the bite taken from the watermelon. My world: fence Accent Essentials: Sun Tree was made using a bare tree rubber stamp, colored using marvy markers. The leaves and flowers on the tree and ground were made using white liquid applique and hot pink perfect pearls pigment powder for the flowers and green perfect pearls pigment powder for the leaves. I then heated it to get the 3D look. The swing was made using punched flowers that were individually placed to form the daisy chain and used cotton candy stickles in the center of each flower. Animals, sun and fence were colored using Gamsol technique. Flowers were colored with markers and stickled with purple and yellow. Misc. embelishments: paper from stash and magic mesh. Finally, I used green and brown chalk to give the ground some dimension.

Penny Black Spring Card Contest

Well my webfriends, I am hoping you can help me decide which card to submit to the current Penny Black card contest.

Please mark your selection in the voting section on the top right hand side of the main blog page.

Here are pictures of the two options:

This one is called Spring Flowers.

This one is called Think Spring.