Jar of Happy

Thought I would share an anniversary card today. :) I've had this image colored for a long time, but could never get it to work on anything!  This is such a fun color combo that I couldn't bear to throw away the image and thank goodness for that!

Pretty much everything here is rescued from the scrap pile.  The circles are leftover from when I was making Easter cards last year.  The banner is from a miscut piece on a custom order in my Etsy shop and the white sprayed with Amuse inks was an experiment to see how the sprays looked. :)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope your Wednesday treated you kindly.

Seasons and Seafood

Oooo, I just know the season of lobster rolls is coming to an end!  I LOVE LOBSTER.  On a roll, in a shell, in mac 'n cheese, as a potato skin topping, in chowder- you name it and I'll eat it. :)  Now I must brace myself to fall back on my love of shrimp.  With cocktail sauce.  The kind with TONS of horseradish sauce.  Ya know so you have that sinus reaction a few seconds after eating it.  Some folks can't get enough jalapenos, me I'll stick to horseradish sauce.  And pepto bismal tablets.  LOL!

I've seen the leaves changing already here in New England.  They are already much prettier than I had hoped given the drought this winter & summer.  I feel bad for folks on leaf peeping trips this year though.  The trees put on a much more glorious fashion show when they have had lots of water. 

I've been cleaning again- or still?- anyway, this are bits 'n pieces from my other projects.  The color combo makes me think of summer and of fall which seems very appropriate for a day like today.  Sunny, a little warm, and a crisp breeze to remind you of the changing season.  There are times when I'm sad for the change of the season, but then I think "would I enjoy them as much if they never changed?"

What do you like best about fall?  What do you like least? (I bet it is raking!)

Deets (kinda):
Stamp- Lori's Lil' Shrimp/Fred Mullet
Card Base- Kraft/Memory Box
Zigzag paper- White Bread (back side)/Basic Grey
Ink- Twinkling H2O's(applied directly to the stamp)

Happy New Year to all my friends celebrating Rosh Hashanah!  May you all have a sweet and wonderful New Year!

I refuse to look outside!

 So instead I draw your attention to a lovely spring vignette.  :)

Fun and quick little card using a few bits 'n pieces.  If you are dying for deets, don't hesitate to ask, but I'm off to dig out my warm winter boots.  UGH!

I'm pretty sure there is some white stuff falling from the sky right now and I'm in for a heck of a commute to school today.  Oh well, at least it's Friday! :)

Nature Inspired

This week over at Top Tip Tuesday we are hosting a "Nature Inspired" challenge.  Fun theme just in time for spring!  Okay so these colors are more heat-of-summer, but a couple weeks ago we had the most glorious 60 degree weather here in New England and none of us has been able to let go of that glimpse of warmer weather (in spite of the rest snow showers).

I used one of my Penny Black stickers for the main image of this card (here's another version).  I'm not usually one for stickers, but these are so luscious!  They come sans bling, but a little bit of Stickles goes a long way to make this image spark. :)

The card base is Amuse and the rest of the papers are from the scrap pile.  Left this one blank on the inside so it'll be good for any occasion. :)

Head over to TTT and link up your Nature Inspired creation.  If you make something using the polished stone technique that Paula is tuting you are eligible to win a surprise package!!!

I'm hoping this card blooms here:
Cupcake Inspirations- Spring Flowers
Scrapbook Sisters: Card Challenge 28- Anything Goes
Stamping Vacation- No! No!
Crafts and Me- Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles- Floral Fantasy
IncyWincy Designs- Sparkle and Shine
Cupcake Craft Challenge- Flowers for Mum

Things that Niggle!

My friend Amisha (Gorgeous and Fun) is hosting week four of her "Being Creative" blog party.  This week she wanted to know what are the things that niggle.  Translation- what keeps you from being creative?

That's a mutlipart answer for me.  Sometimes it's simply that sleep overrules creativity.  For me sleep overrules pretty much everything. LOL!  You can only imagine the dread in my house when Spring Ahead rears it's ugly head.  Daylight, schmaylight.  I need sleep!!!  Of course if I spent time outside in the daylight I might have more energy...  ;) 

Most often my niggle is getting crippled with indecision.  Maybe I spent so much time with my "I survived the Depression" grandmother that it rubbed off on me, but I hate to use anything without a plan.  The idea of "wasting" the supplies weighs heavy on me.  I mean you have seen the number of creations that came about from my scrap pile!!  Many of the scraps are ones most of my friends would toss without a second thought.  Can you imagine what I go through thinking that I am about to use something, it may not work, AND I'll have to kiss those materials goodbye 'cause it turned out so yucky my DMIL(who really adores all my creations) wouldn't even like it (Hi Barb!).

Then every once in a while my "I'm turning into a hoarder" complex emerges.  I give myself the creative kick in the pants I need and get to town making something- anything- 'cause what's the point in having these cool toys if I never use them?!?  Speaking of using toys- What's your favorite toy?  What keeps you from using it more?

PS- For those of you wondering how my reduced TV for Lent experiment is going- so far, so good!

A Little Love

I'm happy to say that it seems to have stopped snowing (for now).  Talk about a "Groundhog Day" experience.  As my husband said- "Oh it's snowing.  It must be Wednesday."  Well that about sums it up for us in New England this winter.

Despite the fact I drive like an escapee from NASCAR, this is not my car.  This was an accident on a stretch I have frequented on I-93 in New Hampshire yesterday (it's a pic that's been popular on the news here, but I borrowed it from Yahoo News).  Believe it or not, the driver was unharmed (or so it's been reported here).  It's pics like this that make me really glad to be a teacher that has school canceled on snowy days.

Good grief!  We need a little mail cheer!  Here's a quick little valentine to cheer you all.

The image is from PTI's Button Bits set and I layered it with scraps!  Yup still working my way through.  My cold put me a little behind, I got the yummiest set of goodies last week, AND I have the attention span of the 7 year-olds I work with, SO the scraps may go off to the side once again. :)

The yummy goodies in need of cutting and gluing.  Scraps to be added for next time... :)

Whoops!

Hi Folks, boy did I oops!  I thought I had this post all set to go for early this morning, but I guess not..

It's Top Tip Tuesday and we're looking for folks who want to make something with flowers.  Easy- peasy!

Leanne put together a fabulous tutorial on how to make these flowers from hearts.  Make sure to check it out! :)

Since the theme this week is Fabulous Flowers and Leanne made flowers from hearts, I thought I'd make a card with "heart" flowers. hee-hee

The stamp is a wicked old SU! stamp I had borrowed from a friend and the rest is mostly scraps 'n leftovers.  Still working my way through it all!

 

Still working on my Copic technique.  I think I'm getting the hang of it, but gosh I'd love to be able to go to a certification class.  If only one would come to Boston, Worcester, Albany, Portland, someplace I can get to in a car from here....  Well, a gal can dream. :)

Enter your own flowery project or wicked awesome tip at TTT!  The goodies up for grabs are listed below.

This week we are lucky to have 2 brand new sponsors and 4 prizes to give away!!!

Wink Wink Wink are offering 3 prizes of 3 stamps (up to $15) of the winners choice!

A bit about Wink Wink Wink:  *Wink *Wink Ink is a brand new digital stamp company as of January 2010.  Our images are original, well drawn, and clear with a style you won't find anywhere else!   If you like animals, children and fantasy creatures you will love our stamps!  New stamps are added to our store weekly, so there is always something new to see!  All images are 300 dpi and come in 3 versions- black and white jpg for coloring, transparent png for layering on all your digital creations, and a colored jpg for use as a coloring guide or print and embellish for quick beautiful projects in no time flat!  We hope you stop on by and visit us soon at www.winkwinkink.com!    

Our featured tipper prize this week is

Michelles Scrapbooking & More who is offering our featured tipper a $15 voucher to spend in her store

A little bit about Michelle: Michelles Scrapbooking & More is the home of The Pixie Cottage Stamps. In addition, we carry a wide variety of paper crafting products, including Copics, Spellbinders, Magnolias, Basic Grey, Kaisercraft, Sizzix, Provocraft and much more.  Customer service is a priority for our store. Stop by and see what we have to offer!

Remember, all you have to do to win a prize at Top Tip Tuesday is:

1. Create something using the theme of the challenge
   OR
2. leave a tip (using the comment section)
   OR
3. do both!!
   
   You can now only enter the challenge 3 times -  just as long as its a new creation - any back dating creations (before today's date) will be removed.
   
   You must also do a link to Top Tip Tuesday on your creation post.

Only someone leaving a tip can win the featured tipper prize - you can leave your tip via the comment section of the post.

Remember, there is also the chance to be one of our Top 3 creations as well!! 

I'll see you there! :)

We interrupt this snowstorm...

To bring you something pretty in the midst of yet another New England blizzard....

Some pretties!!!  These are some more from the "where projects go to die" pile.  I colored these Lockhart flowers this summer.  My apologies that I haven't the list of which Copics I used. :(  Yup it's officially cold enough that my nails have turned blue. hee-hee.

 

You can never have enough thank you cards and to give the card a little "umph" I used the sentiment to stamp a pattern on the card base and then layered the patterned paper on top.

The total finished product is 3.5 X 3.5.  It so tiny and so stinkin' cute!!

Another point of view. :)  This one is 4X4 and still stinkin' cute at this size. :)

Maybe I'll see these colors again outside when the snow melts at some point in 2020!!!!  Did you notice that I've managed to make 2 more CAS cards?  I'm on a roll!  I may have gotten the hang of these CAS cards, but I think I can only do it if the cards are small.  The amount of empty space on bigger cards still freaks me out a little.

I hoping to have a guy card for y'all tomorrow, hope you can come by then.  In the meantime I return you to the regularly scheduled snowstorm, already in progress. (only 6 inches predicted this time)

I've carried these bouquets over to the hostesses here:
colourQ- #68 (Cherry, Poppy, Saffron, Artichoke & White- the first card)
Stamping 411- Colors (the first card again)
Claudia & Co.- Colors (the first card again)
Stampin' for the Weekend- Getting warmed up

Thankful for Green

Hi Folks!  Well they are predicting another 6-12 inches tonight and into tomorrow.  I like snow, but this is ridiculous even by my standards!  Well, time to think warmer thoughts...

 

Would you believe I made these trees A YEAR AGO!!!!!!  I actually used some of the other ones I made, but a couple got left behind until now. :)  I also had assembled the bases for about 6 easel cards LAST FALL.  Can you say failure to follow through.? LOL!  

Well my laziness patience to create just the right card *wink* paid off don't ya think?  I'm excited to have made another card that, for me at least, is a CAS card.  I can't wait to show you the cards I made for tomorrow.....

For now I am "leafing" to "tree" what folks think of this card here:

Sundays With Crissy- Ribbon

The Crazy Challenge- Buttons

Delightful Sketches- Easels

Craft Your Passion- Buttons

Dragonfly sympathy

This dragonfly is one of my favorites because it's so lovely and easy to color.  Clean and simple is tricky for me, but I've been practicing.  It's all about the layering for me on this one.  I think that helped me step away from the bling and flowers. :)

These are the Copics I used to color this Magenta stamp.  I actually remembered to post this for a change. :)

Hope this first project from the mini stash was inspiring.

Don't forget to stop by Top Tip Tuesday for this week's tip and challenge.  Carol is hosting a great tut on word shape books!  There are prizes from TTT and from Carol!!!!   Use a sentiment, make a work shape book, or leave a tip and you could win a prize from these cool sponsors...

http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/

http://www.catherinepooler.com/

I'm fluttering over to these places to link up my dragonfly cards:
The Shabby Tea Room- White and Bright
Our Daily Bread- Things with Wings
Stamp Something- Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations- Anything Goes
Pile It On- Anything Goes

Star Date 1.18.11

The Craft Room... the Final Frontier. These are the escapades of the starship Fuzzy Slippers. Its continuing mission: to explore the strange concept of completed projects, to seek out new supplies and new blog inspiration, to boldly go where I have never gone before - a clean craft area!

Seriously, my mission this week is to see how many things I can make from this:

And this too....

I cleaned my studio, I mean cleaned for me anyway.  The studio is the place projects have gone to die lately.  I have a ton of supplies here and half made projects that I can't remember what they were!!!  So I'm going to see what I can make from what I have in these piles.

At least I have a bunch of colored images to work with on this.  Time spent this summer coloring may pay off. LOL!  Hope you enjoy my weeks challenge.  I'm shuffling off to the salt mine studio to see what I can cobble together.  Stay Tuned. :)

Ooo-ooo, while you are waiting- would you pretty please vote for me over at Lamb Around??? I am so honored that Fuzzy Slippers has been nominated for Best in Show *blush* and now it's up to the viewers to vote for me.  As they say in Hollywood, "it's an honor to be nominated", but gosh it'd be pretty cool if I got some votes too. :)