Hello Again!!

Hello Friends! I'm back and feeling much better. The eyedrops are working wonders and my new glasses arrived on Thursday. It is so good to be able see clearly! I've missed coloring and crafting so much!! I've really missed reading everyone's blogs too! I'm hoping to check in with all of my blogging friends at some point this weekend.

Here is my card for yesterday's Blogger's Challenge. This week's challenge is a sketch from Lisa Somerville. Please visit her blog (www.lisasomerville.com) for all of the details to play along. (Apparently, Blogger is still not letting me add links to my blog posts.) My image is from Lili of the Valley stamps. These cute little mice are colored up with Copic Markers (C0, C1, C3, E11, E13, E40, E42, R35, R46 R83, YG93, YG95, and the Colorless Blender.) The sentiment is an oldie from Stampin' Up. All of the papers are from My Mind's Eye. The open scallops are made with My Favorite Things Die-Namics. The button is from Papertrey Ink and I finished this card off with lots of machine sewing.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit with me, and thanks to all of my friends for checking in on me. You are the BEST! Enjoy the rest of the weekend...Toodles! :D

Late Again!!

Good Evening Friends!! How are you? I'm scrambling for time lately. I just can't seem to get ahead of the game, but that's okay...at least I'm still in the game...right? This card is for yesterday's Blogger's Challenge. It was made, photographed, and all ready to post, but it just didn't happen. As you can see, this week's theme is birthdays. Please head over to Lisa Somerville's Blog for all of the details to play along. (I'm sorry...for some reason neither computer is letting me highlight the link.)

March and April are big birthday months in my house and for many friends too. My birthday is even this month! However, this is a birthday card for a special little guy. He loves video games, so I bought this image with him in mind. It is from Lili of the Valley stamps and the sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas. All of the papers are from My Mind's Eye and the sketch is from Monday's Mojo Sketch.

I'm off to check in on all of my blogging friends and see what they've been up to. Thanks so much for stopping by! We have some things to do tomorrow for church, but after that, I'm hoping to spend the afternoon stamping and creating. Until then...Toodles! :D

It's Friday!

Today's card is for this week's Blogger's Challenge (it's a sketch). I really think that Jessica's idea for "Forgotten Stamp Friday" is fantastic, so I found a stamp that is at least six month's old so that I could combine the two. Here is a picture of the sketch if you'd like to give it a try as well.

I started off with my "Forgotten Stamp". Her name is Rosie Posy and she is from Lili of the Valley. You can find her right here. Like my other LOTV stamps, she arrived last March in my birthday package to myself. Sadly, she has never seen ink. That is, until now! I paired this little sweetie with some Quite Contrary papers from My Mind's Eye. (Thanks Joanne! I just had to pull out my papers after I saw you use some of yours. You can see Joanne's darling creation here.) Her vest is paper pieced and she is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, E000, E11, E25, E27, R20, R81, R83, R85, Y32, Y35, YG63, YG67, and the Colorless Blender.) The Pink Pirouette panel was embossed in my Cuttlebug with my Swiss Dots embossing folder. All of the panels were layered with black. Then I added some Star Dust Stickles to her bouquet, a Papertrey Ink black button. and some Baker's Twine from Niki's etsy shop to finish this one up.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today! I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. I'm fortunate enough to be heading to Right at Home Scrapbooking for another fabulous class with Joanne Basile! I had such a good time at Joanne's last class. I'm sure that this one will be just as wonderful! Enjoy your weekend...Toodles! :D

ETA: We are trying something new over at the Blogger's Challenge. If you would like to play along with our challenge, you may link your creation below and you'll also get to see what everyone else has come up with. Hope that you can join in the fun! :D

A Few Challenges Rolled into One!

Happy Friday! I combined a few challenges for today's card. I started with Jen Del Muro's Sketch For You to Try. You can find Jen's creation and the sketch right here. This week's Blogger's Challenge is a color challenge (Brown, Green, and Yellow). You can find a list of the players here. Then I came across another challenge during my blog hopping travels. Jessica Rone has a new challenge over on her blog on Fridays called, "Forgotten Stamp Friday". Basically, you find a stamp that you haven't used in the past six months and give it a little love. What a great idea! You can find all of the details for that challenge here.

So here is my sweet bear from Lili of the Valley. I bought it last March as a birthday gift to myself and I used it last April. When I saw this week's Blogger's Challenge colors, I thought of this fuzzy little guy and his huge flower. He is colored up with Copic Markers (B21, B23, E29, E33, E35, E37, R29, Y21, Y35, YG63, and YG67). I paired him up with a green layer of October Afternoon paper, a piece of yellow Cosmo Cricket paper, and some Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip paper. My sewing machine was also used on each layer. The sentiment is from the Pure Innocence Flurry of Love set from My Favorite Things. (It seems to be out of stock at the moment.) To make the sentiment flag, I used my new die from Lil' Inker Designs. Oh me, oh my!!! I love this thing! Thanks so much Laura! It is wonderful to work with! The button is from my stash and I added a double thread of Chocolate Baker's Twine to finish this one up.

Thanks so much for visiting with me! I'm in the midst of cleaning up my stamping room, but I should be back with another creation this weekend. See you then...Toodles! :D

Blogger's Challenge Sketch!

Happy Friday! It is an especially happy one here because as of about four o'clock this afternoon, Spring Vacation has started around here!!! Lots of organization is going to happen in the Gajewski house over the next nine days, and I couldn't be happier! (I know it may sound a little weird, but I DO like to clean and organize. It's my thing. Just go with it. It truly makes me happy...lol!)

This week's Blogger's Challenge is a fabulous sketch from the very lovely, Lisa Somerville! I really loved this one because it's just a wonderful way to add patterned paper to your design if you want to. In this case, I used Lavender Rosebuds from Paper Pizazz. The colors worked perfectly with Stampin' Up's Lavender Lace and Cool Caribbean. My image is another one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps. It is called Story Time and I colored it up with my Copic markers (B0000, B21, B23, BG11, BG15, C0, C1, E000, E01, E29, E35, E51, E57, G24, G82, R20, R81, R83, R85, V12, V17, Y21, and Y32). Very simple card, but I already know who it will be perfect for.

At the moment, I'm still waiting for the cable guy to come and fix our television...ugh! With the extra time on my hands, I'm off to check out what the other Ladies have come up with for this sketch. You can find their blogs, if you click on the Blogger's Challenge logo in my right sidebar. Thanks a bunch for stopping by today! Enjoy the rest of your evening...Toodles! :D

Hello There!

Well, here it is Sunday, and I'm just posting my Blogger's Challenge that should have been here on Friday. Yes...it has certainly been one of those weeks...lol! I guess that the good news is that I've made it through that week. So here is my Blogger's Challenge project (Alter It), and as the saying goes, "Better late, than never"!

I decided to alter one of these little notebooks that I've had in my stash. It came from Big Lots and was a Kraft color along with the pen. It's covered up with Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety paper and then I added a new image that I got from Lili of the Valley. This little guy was just too cute and I HAD to have him, so he made the voyage across the pond to come and live at my house, and I'm so glad that he did...lol! A few of his friends traveled with him so that he wouldn't have to make the journey alone. Hopefully, I'll be able to share them with you very soon. He is colored up with Copic Markers (B21, B23, E29, E33, E35, E37, R29, Y21, Y35, YG13, and YG17) and layered onto a piece of Coordinations card stock. I added a matching piece of Martha Stewart ribbon to one of the notebook coils and there you have it...one Blogger's Challenge project, two days late...lol!

I'm off to check out what the other Ladies have come up with. If you'd like to join me, just click here. Enjoy what is left of the weekend, and thanks so much for stopping by for a visit...Toodles! :D