It's an Alien Party.

Hey there. Today is my day to post over at Meljen's Designs, so I thought I would share it over here.

I have spent the last few days planning my youngest son's 5th birthday party. The idea for the party all started with a picture of a cake from last month's issue of Disney Family Fun magazine.

Now AJ thought that this was the COOLEST cake ever and so the whole theme for the party revolved around the alien cake. Now in addition to coming up with fun activities and games I  had to come up with an idea for the party invites. Of course the first thing that came to my mind was the Alien and Monster release from last  September. I asked AJ which image he wanted me to use on the invites and he chose Squiggy the Alien. So now my task was to come up with something simple yet fun for a 5th birthday party. I found a fun paper pack that I got at the Dollar Tree (surprising I know) and the rest went together so easily. AJ had me make pink papered invites to go to the girls and the blue for boys. It was so fun to have him sitting at my desk with me while I made these for him. He made all the decisions for me. He chose the papers, the sentiment and the markers I used to color the image.

Now all I have to do is print up some of these in big scale for coloring pages for the kids to take home in their goodie bags.

Pretty in Pink (and Green)

Hey there everyone. It's almost Friday. YAY. 


I must apologize for my long absence from my blog. We had some  health issues with my boys that took all my focus and energy. Everyone is fine now so I will be back to blogging and bringing fun inspiration. 

It is CHALLENGE day over at Meljen's Designs. This week's challenge is: PINK & GREEN

My card for the challenge is made using "Springtime Candle". I love this image. I love that I can use it for a variety of different needs. This card is going to be sent to Mike's Step-Grandparents to say Thank You for the lovely Easter gifts they sent the boys. I used some fun houndstooth paper from Scrapworks. I paired this  with a variety of flowers and added some awesome new bling I got at the CKC this year. 

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I'm SMASHING

Hey there everyone. I have finally gone and did it. I have made my very first SMASH page. Now I don't actually have a Smashbook but my dear friends over at SMASH*aholics on FB said that I didn't need a book and that I could make my own. Well being that I am a bargain person I figured I could manage that.

I decided to make my first book about random things about me and what I love. Well I love everything about the band MUSE. I think they are amazing musicians and I could not wait to smash about it. I used some fun colorful paper since they like to have lots of color in their band art. Then I just printed off soem of my favorite lyrics to the songs Super Massive Black Hole, Starlight, and Undisclosed Desires. I attached the band logo and my ticket from the concert I went to. Then I had fun doodling and adding buttons for dimension.

I am also entering this into a challenge for the Smash Hop going on.

For Mom

It's the weekend, Hooray.

today I am  here to share with you a card I made as GDT member for the new challenge at Craft Your Days Away. They are being sponsored by Meljen's Designs and asked if a couple of us ladies would like to play along. I of course jumped at the chance.

Their challenge this week is Mother's Day / Special Lady. For my card I used the Victorian Bird cage image that can be found at the Meljen's Designs Shop. I used a wonderful double sided paper from the Stella & Rose collection from My Mind's Eye. I added twine and a Mother tag for embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by. Please leave me some love. Also head on over to Craft Your Days Away to check  out the challenge and the amazing creations from their DT and my fellow GDT Candace.

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring
Raise the Bar - twine

Happy Little Pinkette

Happy Friday to you all. I am here today because we have a wonderful new challenge over at the Card Makin Mamas Challenge Blog. What is the challenge you ask? Well it is..........

GREEN and use a colored image

The fabulous sponsor this week is DESIGNED TO COLOR, and the winner will get  their very own copy of the Premier issue of Designed to Color Magazine. And that 's not all, the winner will also receive a ONE YR subscription to the Designed to Color E-zine ($14.99 value). What an amazing prize, isn't it?

For my card today I used a wonderful image from Tickled Pink Stamps pinkette line of digi images. Isn't she so super cute. I used some great Authentique paper that I got last weekend. I topped it off with some green  twine and a metal brad that says "Happy". 

Thanks for visiting and  please leave me some love. Oh and don't forget to head over to  Card Makin Mamas and enter the new challenge. 


Challenges: 
Raise the Bar - Twine

Angel in Orange

Hey there everyone. It's almost Friday. YAY.

It is CHALLENGE day over at Meljen's Designs. This week's challenge is: ORANGE

My card for the challenge is made using a pre-colored digi called "Teddy Angel - Color". Isn't he  gorgeous. I adore the pre-colored digis because you can put together a beautiful card in no time at all. I used a gorgeous double sided paper from ScrapWorks and kept it minimal by adding a simple white ribbon and orange button.

Also, don't forget to go check out this month's new releases which are being  previewed all week at Meljen's Designs.

Thanks for visiting and  please leave me some love.

Happy Wednesday

How are you all this fine Wednesday. We have had snow off and on and the kids had a late start this morning so I got a chance to play with paper. YAY.

I wanted to share with you a card I made for the FINAL challenge over at Tickled Pink Stamps. I wanted to make sure to play along. I used one of my first Tickled Pink images, Lil Lolita Evie. I am trying to work through my scraps and I came across these fun glitter papers from DCWV. I added the glitter ribbon, some bling and a little doodling. 


While I am very sad to see the TP challenges go away and am thankful that I have been able to play along (and even win). I am also thankful that the images will be sticking around because they are some of my faves out there. 

Thanks for stopping by, please leave some LOVE.

Challenges:
Tickled Pink Challenges - Use a Lolita