Housecleaning is not my specialty!

Our challenge theme this week at Digis With Attitude! is:

Anything to do with Cleaning!

Well, my husband and I run a cleaning business, so I thought this would be a walk in the park!

But do you ever really give a person a cleaning-related card?

As you'll see at the Challenge Blog, there are lots of ways to interpret this, and yes, as a matter of fact, we did all figure out a way to give out a "Cleaning" card!

You'll have to go over to the challenge blog today and check out the work of the rest of the team! As always, they are inspired!!

So! That's our challenge to YOU this week... 

figure out a way to make a card that has "Anything to do with Cleaning" 

and post it for a chance to win

2 digi paper packs from our generous sponsor, Robyn's Fetish!

We were lucky enough to get this paper pack from our sponsor and I used it as a digital pattern fill for my image's headband. This is a fun and easy way to do paper piecing without all the mind-numbing fussy cutting... since my last birthday, I'm finding that focusing too closely on small objects for an extended period of time is not such a good idea, so using my big PC monitor to do my coloring and filling is much more ergonomic!

And printing digi papers is just as easy... I used the same paper for my background and punched a few flowers out it for my flower in the corner...

I am totally in love with the entire digital phenomenon and all its versatility and possibilities!!! 

This week at the Digis With Attitude! Shop, there are two brand new 'Tweens with 'Tude! joining our growing family:

Vacuuming Tween

Skateboarding Tween

Plus, our Monthly freebie, Shopping 'Tween is still available!

Shopping 'Tween

I sure do hope you'll get a chance to really challenge yourself this week and try, try, try to come up with a card about CLEANING!!

Something Looks Sketchy to Me at Fresh Brewed today!

With all the pink and red cards we've been cranking out for Valentine's Day, I just had to do one more!

This little cutie is actually an anytime card!

I used "Some Bunny Loves You" from the

Fresh Brewed Designs Shop.

You can find him in the Under $3 section!!

I can't believe how many stamps are available at the Fresh Brewed Shop!

I actually had to scroll to the THIRD page in the $3 section to find this one!!

Our challenge this week at the Fresh Brewed Challenge Blog is to use this sketch!

 You can flip it, flop it or, as Heather has said "Floop it", whatever that is...

But as long as we can see the sketch elements, you're good to go!!

Why not give it a try?

I had fun with it!!

Remember, this week's challenge is just for fun!

Our prizes will be awarded monthly!

February's MONTH LONG Prize Challenge is HERE

Fresh Brewed Reminders:

Wonna get a FREEBIE from Fresh Brewed Designs?
Read more HERE

<<<<<----- See That CUTIE in the badge at the top of my sidebar? 
She is going to be one of the stamps released on March 1
Grab the badge and help spread the word and SAVE THE DATE!!! :D

FUN NEWS!!!

Fresh Brewed Designs is now selling rubbah at a local scrap shop!!! WOOHOO!!! Congratulations, Heather!!! If you ever visit the Grand Strand be sure to add Scrapbooks by the Sea to your list of places to visit. She has a sweet little shop FULL of GORGEOUS paper crafty things and MUCH MORE .. including Fresh Brewed Designs Stamps :D! You can view her site HERE as well as LIKE her and Follow her on Facebook HERE 

Hearts and Flowers on Valentine's Day!!

 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!


I hope your day is filled with love and chocolate and flowers and all things lovey-dovey!


In the spirit of all things romantic, I have made a pretty, heart-shaped gift box... I left it on my desk so maybe when I wake up, it will be filled with goodies! (-: 




The challenge this week at Kaboodle Doodles is 

Hearts and Flowers! 

We are so pleased to be sponsored by
Pink Cat Studios!
They have graciously supplied FIVE Pink Cat Studio Digis as our prize to offer to you, our loyal participants!!
We were generously offered our choice of several of their adorable images to work with.
I chose "Birds on a Wire" which you can pick up HERE at the Pink Cat Studio Digi Store!
For my project, I used an SVG file I received from Brianna at Bea Originals. I loved the idea behind this box and the way it opens at the top by separating the heart. I colored my image digitally with Paint.NET and duplicated it 4 times before printing to make one strip that wraps all the way around the box. Now that I'm looking at it, I wish I had embossed the side panels. But, I still love how it turned out and I hope it has inspired you in some way to come over and join our HEARTS and FLOWERS challenge at Kaboodle Doodles!!


Thank you to everyone who entered our "Ribbon Stash" challenge last week!
Your entries were lovely and it was fun to see all the different ways ribbons can be used!


The rules for entering our challenges are very simple!! But there are rules, in order to keep it fair for all our participants and for our generous sponsors!!

We are sponsored by wonderful and generous businesses who have kindly offered their products as prizes in our challenge.  In the interest of fairness to all challenge participants, all entries that do not follow our simple rules (please see the sidebar at the Challenge Blog) will be removed. Thanks for understanding and playing along!

Be sure to visit Kaboodle Doodles tomorrow to see the winner and top 3, chosen by our Design Team! 
And speaking of our DT, be sure to stop over and show some love for all their lovely creations this week!

My fellow Kaboodle Doodles teamies:

Audrey

Cammy

Chris

Christy

Farrah

Jill

Lorie

Sandra

Stacie (that's ME!!)

Tina

This project qualifies for a few challenges:
Digital Tuesday, Use a Die Cut (my entire project was cut on my Cricut, except my Pink Cat Studio digital image around the bottom
Cute Card Thursday, Hearts and Flowers- I hope this qualifies, since the name of the challenge at Kaboodle Doodles (my DT for this project) is exactly the same! (-:









By the way, on a side note, to all my regular visitors... You're probably wondering why it is that every time you come to visit, my blog looks different.
Bear with me!!
I'm trying to find a layout/background/theme I like... I'm really not entirely happy with this one yet, either, so it's a work in progress!
Thank you for visiting and I hope ya'll are having a SUPER Monday!!

Sunday Sketch and Stamp

The challenge this week at Sunday Sketch and Stamp is "No Corners- Round and Oval shapes"... the challenge is being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique this week! There are tons of great images to choose from that you could use for this challenge.

For my project, I chose to work with TWO images:
the "Map" and the "Lantern".
I loved the rustic look of the two of them together. I used Paint.NET to color and layer them together...


The compass is from the SVG file I shared the other day. The Cricut has been working overtime this week.


In the picture, it looks like the sentiment is crooked, but it really is straight... the round card kept rolling while I was trying to take it's picture...


There's a lot going on this week, so I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Happy Birthday Mom!

I am having a BALL this week!
I have broke out the Cricut more this week than I've had a chance to do in months!!!


I found a "Survivor" logo online and used it to trace out my "modified" version in Inkscape. I broke out the torch the guy is usually holding and replaced it with a little cake...Then I imported it into MTC to cut it out. 


Wrapped around a little band of twine for that rough, exotic island feel, layered it all together and printed the sentiment inside! Long set up, but easy assembly, now that the file is made!


There is a FREE font I found online called "Survivor font" that I used for all the words... anyone who watches Survivor will probably recognize my "alteration" of the Survivor tagline ("Out Play, Out Wit, Out Last") Well, since my mom is turning 62 and always makes a point of sending cards about how "old" I'm getting, I made all the words past tense! 


She'll get it! And I think she'll find it amusing! She's a Survivor junkie like me and we're just waiting for Redemption Island to get started!

Here is the inside.

If you want the "Survivor Modified Logo" file, let me know and I'll zip it up and share it!


Have a great weekend!