diva sketch challenge

happy saturday. i don't know about you but i'm lovin' the cooler weather that comes with autumn. it is my favorite time of year.

take a look at this week's sketch challenge here.


i love the vivid color contrast between the black and the pink, coral and red of this card. it just jumps out at you. i embossed the black image, made the greeting crooked and finished it off with a little clip and piece of black ribbon.

go ahead, give the sketch a try. it's not as hard as you think. ;)

diva sketch challenge

i love this week's inspiration found here and i took it literally. my little giraffe can stand up straight or bend over to eat from the low bushes and fit into an envelope. cool, huh!

the only part attached to the card is the body. the legs dangle and the head moves also. don't ya love the little tuft of hair and eyelashes also?

diva sketch surprise challenge

we had to make a monochromatic card to go with the sketch challenge on udi this week. i've been wanting to play with the new dsp in the mini catalog and decided that this would be a good time to do it. it is #3 son, Thad's 20th birthday today so he gets my black card. as the picture was loading i noticed that there is a boo boo on it. one of my dsp strips got reversed. oopsy. must have been distracted when i was laying them down. sorry the picture is a bit blurry. the greeting is from 'smarty pants' and embossed in black. looks better in person than in the picture.






i've added a second card today. my friend got some new programs for her cricket and we were playing with them about a week or so ago. i asked her to make me a cupcake for a very special friend's birthday card i wanted to make. i love how it came out!!! miss stef's 7th birthday is today so her cute card is late since it will be flying across the country to california. i think it will be worth the wait.

have a good weekend. xoxo

diva inspiration challenge

this week seems to have flown by! it's thursday already and that means another inspiration challenge on the divas.

here is my idea of inspiration: i SCREAM, u SCREAM . . .

i'm thinkin' this is already a "wish." who wouldn't want to dig into a five scoop sundae. (of course, mine wouldn't have any of these "colored" ice creams. chocolate all the way baby!!! hold the whipped cream and cherry also please)

it looks like the person that got this treat didn't even wash their hands before they started eating from the smears of "dirt" on the sundae cup. ;)

thanx to one of my diva sisters, sharon field, for her great idea on adding the new shimmer paint to alcohol. i sprayed the background with it. isn't it gorgeous!!!! if you "click" on the picture it will enlarge for a better view of the shimmer. great way for a simple WOW!!!

diva sketch challenge

here is this week's sketch from the diva's. i was a bit of a slacker this week and didn't complete it until this morning. sorry.

just a quick little jaunt through the big shot, some dsp, ribbon, punches and there ya have it. i love this skull and cross bones. it says, "bad to the bone." i'm going to send it to a friend, just cuz. it's too cool for halloween.

diva inspiration challenge

my card for this week's inspiration challenge doesn't seem to have anything to do with the inspired picture. maybe it was the the multiple colors, stripes or flowers. who knows?

my sister's birthday is saturday and she likes the quilted cards, so that's where my card came from. if ya think about it, it does have multiple colors, flowers though the stripes are replaced by the blocks. guess that's why it is only called an inspiration ~ leaves alot of room for interpretation. haha. hope ya like it. :)

chocolate

If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.

Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.

Problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in hot car?
Solution: Eat it in the parking lot.

Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less.

A nice box of chocolates provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn't that handy?

If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your chocolate, it may be a sign of a deeper problem.

If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge. Calories are afraid of heights and they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves.

Equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate is a balanced diet.

Two phrases: Money talks. Chocolate sings.

The preservatives in chocolate make you look younger.

Q. Why is there no such organization as Chocoholics Anonymous?
A. Because no one wants to quit.

If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose. An entire garment industry would be devastated.

Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

diva sketch surprise challenge

I love this week's sketch challenge found here on the diva site. the possibilities are endless with this sketch. there was a surprise added again to this sketch. the only stamping we could do was the greeting and the balance had to be designer series paper. with so many choices in our dsp it was easy to find something to use for the images. this is our new fall dsp in the holiday mini catalog that just started september 1st. i took three of the leaf images, cut them out and backed them with crushed curry card stock. i added a second piece from the dsp pack, added the crushed curry ribbon and then my greeting. quick and easy.

check back next week for another challenge.

diva inspiration challenge

can you believe september is here already? where did the last eight months go?

i took my daughter across town on monday to western michigan university. she is going to live in the dorm this year. while we will surely miss her, i know that the experience will be a good one for her. she will be home do to her laundry and i'm sure a meal now and then.

on to our inspiration this week at the utah divas' blog. i love the colors used in this picture. bashful blue and certainly celery are two of my most favorite SU! colors.

i liked the swirls and butterflies in the picture. the top note was run through the big shot for added swirly texture and then covered with scalloped circles, some swirlies and sparkly butterflies.

what is butt dust?

What Is Butt Dust???


What, you ask, is 'Butt dust'? Read on and you'll discover the joy in it! These have to be original and genuine. No adult is this creative!!


JACK (age 3) was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby sister. After a while he asked: 'Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?'


MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied she was so old she didn't remember any more. Melanie said, 'If you don't remember you must look in the back of your panties.. Mine say five to six.'


STEVEN (age 3) hugged and kissed his Mom good night. 'I love you so much that when you die I'm going to bury you outside my bedroom window.'


BRITTANY (age 4) had an ear ache and wanted a pain killer. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it was a child-proof cap and she'd have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked: 'How does it know it's me?'


SUSAN (age 4) was drinking juice when she got the hiccups. 'Please don't give me this juice again,' she said, 'It makes my teeth cough.'

DJ (age 4) stepped onto the bathroom scale and asked: 'How much do I cost?'


CLINTON (age 5) was in his bedroom looking worried When his Mom asked what was troubling him, he replied, 'I don't know what'll happen with this bed when I get married. How will my wife fit in it?'


MARC (age 4) was engrossed in a young couple that were hugging and kissing in a restaurant. Without taking his eyes off them, he asked his dad: 'Why is he whispering in her mouth?'


TAMMY (age 4) was with her mother when they met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her Mom knew. Tammy looked at her for a while and then asked, 'Why doesn't your skin fit your face?'


JAMES (age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: 'The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt.' Concerned, James asked: 'What happened to the flea?'


The Sermon I think this Mom will never forget .

This particular Sunday sermon...'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust...' He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'


Make sure you pass this one on and spread the smiles....