Blog Candy Shopping

Good afternoon everyone! I am a little missing in action these days, because my time it being consumed with setting up my new and exciting blog There's Magic In The Air. Then I am on vacation for a full week (YAH). If you haven't been over there make sure you at least go check it out. I just posted a tutorial for blending the Bic Mark-it markers too. Although the kick-off won't be until August 3rd, I am still posting and attempting to grow my followers. So for all stampers and card makers, please help me spread the word. I went shopping for some blog candy last night so keep an eye open, it is for the other blog so you won't want to miss out. I think shopping for supplies can be just as much fun as using them and personally I love to give things away! I don't think you will be disappointed either, I bought something I really wanted to keep for myself, lol, how many times does that happen!?! I will be posting that sometime in the next few days once I believe I have it all. Right now it stands just over a $50.00 value, so...... check out my blog and become a follower!

Lookie Here...

I just thought I would yank your interest some more with my digi stamp site There's Magic In The Air! I made this card for a friend the other day and of course I had to use one of my own designs. This is a peek of things to come! Although she will not be showing up in the month of August, she will show up at some point! Either in digi or Photo polymer. Like I said, I still have lots to work out, but have no doubt there will be some great images coming for the month of August.




















She is just colored with color pencils one of my personal favorite mediums! I don't own any copics yet, but I do love the Bic-Markets; if you can't afford the copics they are a good alternative.

So, if you haven't already cruised by There's Magic In The Air and checked it out, grabbed the icon and placed it on your blog or posted about it, you should at least consider it!! Help me spread the word!! Become a follower and I know you won't be disappointed!!

New Digi Stamp Blog

Good Day Everyone! Well, I hope a lot of you have seen my exciting news in the last post. I have been busy busy getting this all to come together, although I still have plenty more to do!! So.... I'd like to introduce you to the site:



you can find it here, so go check it out for more details, it still is a little empty right now, but not for long so keep coming back so you don't miss out!!

EXCITING NEWS!!!

For those who have visited my blog on a fairly regular basis, I hope you have noticed this for a few months now at the top of my blog:


Hot Myspace Generators

I am afraid it has been there a bit longer then I have wanted it to be, but I thought I would go ahead and share my exciting news with you. OH MY, I can't believe I am actually saying this out loud and to soo many cyber space friends...So, before I burst with excitement I just want to say that God has truly blessed me with an awesome talent in the drawing category and an awesome husband for support and encouragement. I have always love to express myself through drawing. And over the years I have done professional murals, paintings and animal portraits. Now I still love to do that but I have always wanted to do something to earn an income that I could more or less mass produce with my art and stay at home with my children. Now I know there are lots of things I could do, but since entering the paper crafting/scrapping world I just know that this is for me. So, without further jibber jabber and much bravery I am announcing to the world I am going to open my own line of photopolymer stamps! I am hoping to open with a website, so if there is anyone out there with great knowledge about that or has great input for me regarding a website I would greatly appreciate it. I have many many designs already drawn up, I have my company chosen to turn my designs into photopolymer stamps, but I am working on a budget to get started so even though I have many many designs I will only be able to produce so many in the beginning to start out with. So, I think I might be placing some designs on my blog to ask for input from all of you to help me decide which designs should go into production first as to help me in deciding what people will want. I have been around long enough to have my own idea for that, but I am sure there will be some that will be more favored then others. I will have a wide range all my own original designs; from fairies, to cute animals, to realisitic images that I feel you can use on an everyday kind of card. I will also have verses and sentiments. I will do sets and single stamps also. I should have quite the varity. I am soo excited and wish I had 5 grand to start this all out, but I don't, so starting out slow and positive I guess is not all bad. So, with all of your help I would like to start achieving a base of followers. I think I might start posting a free digi stamp once a week that you won't get in photopolymer, but I haven't gotten that all figured out yet. Starting this all up is like "which came first the egg or the chicken?" kind of thing... making me so crazy!! Although I still feel like I am moving forward in a daze. Below are 2 of my images that I have messed around with in making a card. I hope to be posting more soon, but man, 4 children, summer and working on all this my time really is consumed and busy. So, please keep checking back and please send other stampers my way once this gets up and going. I also will be looking for a design team in the future too for my site/blog. I would love to tell you my stamp company's name, but until I have that all worked out that is still top-secret..... So... sit back and eat a cupcake or something yummy and and help me spread the word once I get there....SOOOO if you made it this far I really truly appreicate all your support and encouragement!!

Here are 2 of my images I have used in making a card I gave to someone:








Since these are not actually stamps yet, these were brought into my printshop program and just printed off my computer. So REALLY, if you have any suggestions, input of what you would like to see or sizes that are your favorite or really just anything, PLEASE feel free to leave me some kind of comment and make me feel like I am alive and someone has interest in all of this except me!! ((smiling really big))

So, here's to a bright new future and a new line of original stamps from none other then little 'ole me!!

Father's Day Card

This is the card I made my father for Father's day, The pics aren't great, but oh well, this is as good as it gets since it is long gone. I will be making a tutorial on how to make this card in a few, so make sure you check back soon.

The stamp image is my own original. How exciting is that? Keep a eye on my blog because I will have way more where that came from!!

The Honest Scrap blog award...

Beth has once again graced me with yet another blog award and I have to say this one is alot of fun and I can't wait to give it some really fun bloggers today. It's the Honest scrap award and here are the details.












The rules that go with this lovely award are to:
a) Thank the person who gave it to you.
b) List 10 honest things about yourself.
c) Pass the award on to 7 people.
So here we go-

1. My faith, family and friends are what keeps me going and I am soo truly blessed with all three.
2. I am so very proud of all 4 of my children and love to brag on them.
3. If I couldn't do something artsie I would just die, fade away and feel depressed; it really is a big part of my soul.
4. I am blessed with a very supportive husband that not only stands behind me, but also lifts me up with encouragement when needed; he's my biggest fan.
5. I have a SOFT heart for animals.
6. I think my parents raised their children with much intergity, morals and values and I am thankful for that and pray that I am doing a good job of instilling that in our children also.
7. Dishonesty really gets my goat and I don't tolerate it well at all.
8. I think cyber space can be an awesome place to meet wondeful people, or scare you to death. I love my cyber space friends and their creativity that inspires me!
9. I wish I believed in myself as much as others believe in me at times.
10. I believe I have a really good genuine heart.

So now I gift this award to:

Calv
Jenny
Nilla
Elaine
Leigh Anne
Carmen
Ami

Thank you again ladies and I hope you enjoyed the little bit of me.

Another Award GREAT ATTITUDE AND GRATITUDE - lucky me!

Thank you so much Beth for sharing this award with me and now for my very favorite part giving which is giving it away some very deserving bloggers. So I would like to give this award to:

Marlene
Jordan
Curt
Ami
Tiffany
Tonya
Elaine












Now friends here are the rules for sharing this with others:

1-Comment on this blog.
2-Cut and paste the award logo and use it in your own blog.
3-Nominate 5 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude (yikes that was too hard I picked 7.
4-Link to your nominees within your blog post.
5-Comment on their blogs to let them know they’ve received the award.
6-Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation.

PAY IT FORWARD - Wanna play?

My friend Beth has given me several awards within the last few weeks, but I have been super busy and have had little time to update my blog so I am attempting that today. First I am participating in her "pay if forward" posting. I have done something like this once, but I think I only had 2 people post regarding this, so I hope I get more this time. I really enjoyed giving RAK's away so heck why not again. I love the play it forward kind of things, heaven knows plenty of people have graced me with such blessings. So I have decided to play along again this time. I always like the opportunity to give back so here is my way which is actually Beth's way, but it sounded good to me...of doing it. The first thing to share is the "Pay It Forward Challenge". If you're one of the first five to respond to this post you get a gift created by the blog owner that would be "Me". Now for the PAY IT FORWARD rules:

Here's the RULES:

1. The gift will be a mystery of my choice, created especially for the recipient.

2. I have one year to get all five gifts made, but I'm sure it won't take me that long. LOL!!!

3. If you're one of the five, you must make a post in your blog offering to make a gift for five people, spreading the joy of creation.

4. When you receive your gift, you should make a post on your blog and show everyone inspiring others to follow the chain and participate.

So if you think you want to spread the joy of creating please sign up and pay it forward.

Please if commenting you make it clear to me that you are participating and paying it forward so I know you are one of my five! I'm slow that way!

A Very Sweet Award

My very sweet friend Beth has given me the award a few weeks back and I hate to say, but I am now just getting around to posting this. I was so excited to receive it and can't wait to give it back to others bloggers I have recently met. Thank again Beth!!! Please stop by and visit Beth's wonderful blog here







Okay here are the rules:

* Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.

* Pass the award to 6 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award. If you can’t pass it on to 6 just pass it on to as many or as few as you like!

I am passing this on too:

EdytheAnne aka Dee
Krystie
Claire
Teesha
Helen
Marianne

Paper Wallet made Inspirational mini book....

Good Morning everyone!! Well, it is a bright and sunshiny morning after a few days of rain. So, I thought today would be a great day to post this cheery little inspiration wallet made into a mini book. If you have been visiting my blog you will have probably seen my tutorial on a paper wallet. Well, I got to thinking about this paper project and thought there had to be another way to use this vs. just placing cash and gift cards in it. So, one of my friends just had back surgery over at scrapbook.com and so I thought this would make a great little inspiration mini book to lift her spirits. So, this was my outcome. I chose to use some cheery orange with that lime/granny apple green which just shouts "Cheer me up"! Then I made some little tags with scripture as well as tags with positive and friend quotes on them. Each tag is two sided. I also decided to enclose a pic of me with a personal message on it as well as a mini card. I filled all the pockets with these and thought this would be a nice pick-me-up that she could pick up at anytime and hopefully bring a smile or good vibes her way. If you would like to check out my paper wallet tutorial just click on my title and it will take you right there. If you make one I would love to see it and if you would please link it back to my blog I would greatly appreciate it!! So, let your imagination run free, but mostly just have fun!!

House Mouse Challenge #41 - Red, White and Blue; any theme

This weeks challenge was a color one, although I threw in that brown for the cobblestone road and a hint of green for the trees, not sure if that is fair or not?! LOL.. but oh well, I guess I am one to push the envelop when it comes to color!! LOL... I figured if the mice could be brown, so could my cobblestone! I love this image and just bought it off the clearance at Hobby Lobby for just 2.00 so I was quite excited about that! I kept her white and added her acessories with the colors red, white and blue. Although her shoes kind of turned an orange color after I added the diamond glaze to make them look patten leather! LOL.. oh well, I used Martha Stewart x-mas stamps for those cute little houses, also bought on the clearance at wal-mart after Christmas, I think for 3.00! LOL... and then I used a cuttlebug embossing folder to make my cobblestone walk. The other little housemouse critters are actually stickers. Thought the street needed some other mice! I also stamped my trees in the background and added a hint of green chalk and then put this all together. I love fiber and I thought the perfect quote for this was "A road to a friend's house is never long" and that is what is on the tag.















well, that is it for me for this challenge, I think it turned out cute, so have a "mice" day!

More flowers in bloom

Well, I posted some flowers a few posts back that are popping up in my gardens and in my pots around my gardens/patio. I have had some new ones pop open this week and so since the first ones were soo beautiful, I thought I would post some more. It rained this morning so the drops you see are truly from the rain. Don't forget to check out my tutorial for my paper wallet just after this posting!

Pink Calla Lilies





















Pink Primrose


Avery's Dusty Miller (he planted them)


Dang.. can't remember


Hydrangea


Tiger Lily


Salvia




















Bee's Balm (not quite in full bloom, will have a bright red top)


Peach Hibicus


Geraniums and Petunias


4-leaf clover plant


Rose




















Chickens




















Flowering Bed




Amethyst Astilbe




















Some kind of Lily


Rose, isn't it just lovly?





















Can't remember?????




















I call these buttercups, but have never known the name, because someone gave them to me


Pink Gerber Daisy




















WOW... I just love color in this natural way!!