Bah! Humbug! Meets Peggy Loves Vintage

WooHoo! Another Christmas card for Bah! Humbug! I know you guys are giving me a hassle about doing Christmas cards all year, but guess who'll be laughing come December. Which brings me to this week's challenge: Father Christmas, either vintage or modern. I immediately thought of the the huge assortment of vintage Santa images on my Peggy Loves Vintage Christmas CD Volume 1. The hardest part was choosing which image to use. I printed it out and cut it with my Nesties Labels 10, backed it with a foil frame. The DP and and little tag is from the K&Co Christmas Cheer collection. The gorgeous bow is silk May Arts ribbon from Stamp and Create. This card went together in a jiffy but still looks really cute and professional. That's the beauty of using Peggy's fabulous images and there are loads of them on each CD (350 on my Volume 1!) , and not just Santa. She also has downloadable Cut Outs, for those of you who want immediate gratification. In any case, if you want to make a gorgeous card in a hurry, Peggy's got the goods for ANY occasion. And BTW, check out the Peggy Loves Vintage Blog and you might just find a freebie or two. If you're interested in the Christmas CD's volumes 1-4 you might want to act soon. Peggy will be retiring them shortly so be sure to check them out HERE.

Okay guys, it's getting down to the wire. 3 more days 'til our 4th of July party so I may not have any time to craft the rest of the week, be able to participate in my fave challenges or do much blog hopping. Sorry if I neglect you, but I promise to catch up next week. In the meantime, be sure to come back each day to see the rest of the fabulous previews for the new Fashionista Lil Lolitas, and you never know what else might sneak in. LOL

MPS DT SUMMER COLOR CHALLENGE

This is my entry for Robyn's Color Challenge and the end of my term as one of My Pink Stamper Designers.
Good Luck to new designers and have lots of fun with it. I sure did!!!!!

In a jam?

 I made this  Note Pad project and I sure hope you like it and maybe crack a smile or two. I used my Gypsy to weld some images. I wanted to recreate a gnome but it came out more like an Elf so I had to change my plans :-) 

I also used my Bind It All and a Peachy Keen Stamp.

The colors requested were: brown, orange, pink and green. I also added blue as a contrasting color.

 For the images I used the Paper Dolls cartridge for the body, ears, shoes and vest; the hat is from the Snow Friends seasonal cartridge.

In this project I tried to have a sense of humor since I have gained a few non-desirable pounds and no clothes fit right :(

  

In a jam?

...just perfect for my situation, lol.
(I know it looks more like a boy in girls clothes but remember that I had to alter my plans. :-)

  

In a jam? 

 is one of the new stamp set releases from My Pink Stamper called Fruit and Veggies.

As you can see you can use this one for other than fruits and veggies :-)

I also wanted to take this opportunity to say
Thank You So Much
for being so supportive and for all the love leave in your comments.
It means the world to me.
Love You All

Tickled Pink Fashionista Lil Lolitas Preview Day 3!

It's preview day 3 at Tickled Pink and today I have the adorable 30's Lylah. I love her so much, I colored her to look like ME! (Notice the resemblance? I WISH!) Anyway, I sort of dropped the ball on the vintage theme, I'm afraid, but I think Lylah is so stylish she could be of ANY era. I also think she's be perfect for any occasion so I made a thank you card (which is something you can never have too many of, don'tcha think?).

I colored her with Copics to match the sort of vintage double sided DP from Sassafrass. The mat is cut and framed with Nesties Labels Three. The cool border is part of the paper. WooHoo! Flowers are Prima and the sentiment is from a Cuttlebug Cardmaking combo, cut twice, and offset slightly for emphasis.

Both Lylah and the mat are popped and of course I used some of my signature adhesive beads. If you would like to WIN Lylah, be sure to leave a comment on the Tickled Pink Stamps Blog HERE and check out the fabulous creations by the Pink Ladies. If you'd like to win the WHOLE set, follow the leave a comment on each of the DT's blogs (including Peta's and mine) EACh day and you may be the lucky one to win ALL 6 of these fabulous stamps. If you've missed any of my previous posts, please scroll down. The winners won't be announced until after the final preview day so there's still time! Remember, Tickled Pink ships stamps (only) WORLDWIDE so NO ONE is left out! WooHoo! Preorders coming soon!

Lil Lolitas Preview Day 2! 60's Mod Ivy!

Welcome to Lil Lolitas preview day 2. Just look at this MOD chick! Isn't she groovy? This is Ivy, the second of the Fashionista Lil Lolitas coming soon to Tickled Pink Stamps. Love her outfit, I swear I had one just like it back in the day. (And that was EXACTLY my hairdo AND color. Didn't know I was a natural blonde, did you? LOL) I tried to stay true to the period with a color blocked background and grahic black and whites.

Ivy is colored with Copics (don't look too close, I did this LATE at night) and cut with my Nesties. I couldn't help the sentiment. The boots made me do it!

Just a bit of popping and some punched flowers and beads and she was DONE! Now be sure to pop on over to the Tickled Pink Blog to see the amazing creations by the Pink Ladies and leave a comment for a chance to win Ivy. WooHoo!

Tiddly Inks Challenge 10

This is post # 3 for today (do you belive it?) so if you're looking for the Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Lolita Preview Day 1 or the BBTB2 Blog Hop, please scroll down. (Even if you aren't, you don't want to miss them because there are PRIZES to be had. )

I didn't expect to sneak this one in today but you know how I LOVE the Tiddly Inks. The challenge this week is embellishments, but not just ANY embellishments. We must use lace or buttons or BOTH. I hadn't used my Petite Q stamp yet so I printed her out and colored her face and hair with my Copics and them paper pieced the tiers of her dress in 3 different DP's. I cut her out with my Circle Nesties and popped her on a square cut with my MS Crown Punch Around the Page set. (I'm FINALLY getting the hang of those, WOOHOO!) Her crown and scepter are brads.

For the embellies, I wove ribbon through my lace and strung it diagonally through the punched square. The bow is topped with a clear button I made to match using one of the DP's from her dress. Again I'm about down to the wire so I better get moving. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see The Lil Lolitas Fashionista Preview Day 2.

BBTB2 Genie Lamp Challenge and Blog Hop!

Lots going on on my blog this week! If you are looking for the Tickled Pink Stamps preview, please scroll down and be sure to follow instructions for a chance to win. Now here for BBTB2 it's BLOG HOP time again. WooHoo! Hopefully you've come from the fabulously talented CAROLE'S blog, but if not, you might want to start at BBTB2 so you don't miss a thing. BTW, there's a Copic giveaway at BBTB2 too, sponsored by iCopic.com (fab prices there!) so be sure to leave a comment on that post as well. WOW! So many chances to win stuff today. Is your head spinning?

This week our lovely and creative DT sister Julia chose the cut and it was a fun one; the genie lamp from Paper Doll Dress Up. I created a shaped card in DS using the Casbah, a moon (from George) and of course the lamp. The warm sparkly paper is from K&Co Portabello Road. the lamp is cut from matte metallic paper by Recollections at M's and embossed with the folder from the Ironworks Cuttlebug combo.

"Wish" is also from my Cuttlebug. This time it's the Birthday combo and I cut it in 3 different colors to give it a bit more impact. Guess I went kinda crazy on the adhesive gems and pearls , too. (Big surprise! LOL)

Here's the dimensional view. Paper Doll Dress Up is one of those carts with no shadows which always is challenging for me. I did try to enlarge the Casbah a bit, but it still didn't work perfectly for a shadow because of intricacy of the cut, so I did my little off set trick again which at least allowed for the layering I like to do. Now off to HOP to JOANNA'S BLOG where you're in for a treat, but not before you leave a comment here, to be in the running to win a $30 gift certificate to Custom Crops. WooHoo! I'll be announcing the winner on Friday so you all come back, ya hear? xxD

I'm Tickled Pink to be a Guest Designer at Tickled Pink Stamps

WooHoo! Today is the very first day of the preview release of the NEW Lil Lolitas and I get to be a part of it. Thank you sooo much Kellie for inviting me to participate in this Tickled Pink Stamps Blog world wide event. Each day this week we'll have a BRAND NEW stamp to show you. I KNOW you already love the Lil Lolitas at Tickled Pink Stamps and now they're back for more stamping fun!

First up is 20's Evie. Tell me she's not a DOLL! I inked her up, colored her with Copics and Tea Dye Distress ink. My sentiment is computer generated, inspired by the song "You Oughta Be In Pictures" because doesn't she just look like little starlette fom the silent movie days? (So how many of you remember that one? LOL)

I was inspired to make a side step card and use the Graphic 45 Communique papers which are chock full of the perfect vintage images.

The typewriter key letters are also Graphic 45 and I backed them with larger black dots and added clear epoxy stickers on top. This was sooo much fun to embellish! Be sure to stop by the Tickled Pink Stamps Blog to see the fabulous creations done by the Pink Ladies and my Guest Design Team partner Peta. Leave a comment there and you'll be in the running to win your very own Evie. I'm sure you'll be just itching to get your hand on ALL of the Lil Lolitas stamps. So if you'd like to win them all, follow the instructions on the Tickled Pink Stamps Blog and you could be the lucky winner of ALL 6! WooHoo! Tickled Pink Stamps is the ONLY place you can get them, and I'm SOOOO happy that Kellie has decided to ship her stamps internationally. Don't worry though. Even though they come all the way from Australia, the shipping is better than most of the US online stores I've ordered from. New release is coming SOON!

BLOG AWARDS

Thank You my Friends

Here I have been awarded a few times and I am so very touched.

These "PRICELESS" awards come from:

Giselle 

Scrapping Stephanie

Gigi

K-E Creations

Scrapping Eyes Creations

Adriana

Some of these awards I had for a while and did not have time to post until now. If I have forgotten any of my friends who gave me any blog awards, please MY SINCERE APOLOGIES. I did not mean to ignore you. Sometimes I forget to save them or write down who are they from...you know I forget a lot :P

Love you all from my heart and for real and as I go blog hopping I will distribute the awards to different bloggers that I see fit....I mean we are all fit but some bloggers don't get to have awards for whatever reason or do not have some of the ones we have. I think is fair and I know the ones who gave these later awards won't mind.

Thanks So Much!!!!

Haunted Design House Noxious Toxins

I'm rushing to get this in under the wire. These week's Macabre Monday is Noxious Toxins so I made a shaped card using Cricut DS and The Summer in Paris cart. The label stamp is Inkadinkadoo and the sentiment is Bombshell stamps. Bat is a Rain Dot. I'll come back and edit, but I gotta get it in NOW! Phew, made it!

I'm sorry I've been sort of MIA on some of my favorite blogs but I've been crafting my little heart out. Besides my Cuttlebug Spot and BBTB2 next week I am also one of the guest designers for July at Tickled Pink Stamps! (WooHoo!) All next week we'll be previewing the NEW RELEASE of the Lil Lolitas so check back every day to see what's coming. They're SOOOOOOO cute!! You will NOT want to miss it!

it has never been more apparent

Good run........i guess

i was very much disappointed in Bob Bradley's selections for todays knockout game against Ghana. seriously, why wouldnt he put Edson buddle into the game today. he is only the most deadly striker on the team right now. horrible decisions. jozy looked like he was way too tired. he should have been pulled a long time ago.
very disappointing. time to re think the program Bob.

Greenwood car show today

PRESERVES

Hi everyone!

We have been Universities hopping, instead blog hopping, lol

Yesterday, we went to the University of Pennsylvania. What a beautiful place! The location is in the city too but for some reason it seemed a bit of a slower pace.

Anyhow, we still have a few more to go,  ;p

This card I made for My Pink Stamper's Summer Project.

Remember we did one Spring Treats on April; we did a Family project on May and this one below is the Summer Project.

Sweet Wishes 

Watermelon Card

5 by 7 inch

Hello everyone...nothing says SUMMER to me like a nice, sweet and juicy slice of watermelon. Most of us include watermelon in our summer picnics and get together. We even make baskets with the watermelon hard skin to house some other fruits for our guests/host delight. Since I can't give you all the real thing I made this cute card for your inspiration.

It is a 5 by 7 inch card, the background paper is from K&Co and the solid textured cardstock is from AC. The watermelon is from the Preserves cartridge cut at 3.5 inches and the tag is cut at 1.75 inches. The sentiment on the tag reads: "Sweet Wishes" and the {made by me} is in the inside and both are from the My Pink Stamper clear stamps Sweet Occasions set. The card base is a kraft cardstock.
Enjoy my simple but sweet summer car. 
To see the other designer projects please click below:
My Pink Stamper

 
Love and hugs to all 

from flowerdisco.

the Circuit Gym is getting a new location

Our boys down at THE CIRCUIT GYM are opening a new location in northeast portland. congratulations guys. you are killing it. now start holding some ABS comps so we can all enjoy your joint!!!!

here is a letter from homeboy andy coleman
Dear Circuit Friends,

After starting this paragraph about ten times, I realize that it is very difficult to put into words the gratitude I feel towards all of you, my Circuit friends. Obviously we would not exist without customers, but you have given us so much more than your business. We are friends, we are family, we are a community. Thank you!

You deserve a giant thanks for creating and supporting such a positive atmosphere in the gym. It is all too common for climbing gyms to have weird egos, bad attitudes, and cliques. It is very uncommon for a gym to have such a welcoming, friendly, laid-back, and respectful bunch of climbers. Water it and give it plenty of sunshine- it is precious!

One of the greatest parts about the gym for me is to see people appreciating the fruits of our labor. It motivates the staff and I to make our gym the best, whether that means cleaning the floor or building a new wall, or setting a good route. We started by trying to make the best bouldering gym in the world, and have been improving on it for almost 5 years. You may have noticed some of the changes we have made since we opened- the mezzanine, the Wood Wall, the Big Roof, new floor, air filtration, the Smurf Wall, moving the kids boulder (a legendary night!), and more.

It’s time for another great improvement to The Circuit. There are more of us climbing than ever before and there is no room for more climbing terrain in the gym, so it is on to gym number 2!

We have just obtained a warehouse at a convenient and close-in location in Northeast Portland. We should have the new gym ready for you in the fall. Our new gym is not going to be a smaller, satellite gym- it’s going to be, without a doubt, the world’s largest bouldering gym. It’s over 40% bigger than The Circuit. Everything about this new gym will be designed around giving you more. There will be no changes to our rates, and your passes will get you into both gyms. There will be tons more top out terrain, more exclusive kids area, more room for slacklining, and more parking for bikes and cars. Details will emerge over time, but you can expect our best efforts.

Thank you again for making The Circuit such a wonderful place, and for making this second gym possible. Stay tuned for more information, and please contribute any ideas you have for the new gym, as we would love to hear them! (You can also expect a member party at the new spot really soon!)

Andy

________________________________________________________________________________

Andy Coleman - Owner

oh wow!!!!

Oh Alice! Crazy for Daisy Chains Challenge

Yesterday I did not craft. My room was such a mess that I literally couldn't walk around or find ANYTHING. It was causing me so much duress I HAD to clean it up (and believe me, I have a huge tolerance for clutter, LOL). Fortuanately this morning I was able to get right in and do the challenge for Oh Alice! which is a sketch done by the fabulous DT member Tasha along with daisies or a similar flower. I LOVE this sketch and remembered I had what looks to me like a daisy chain trim right in my stash (AND I was able to find it, WooHoo!) so I used it to create the swish from the sketch. I followed it quite literally with a few extra embellishments. The gorgeous stamp is a Sweet Pea by Elaine Cox, colored with my Copics, cut and matted with my Petite Ovals Nesties. The sentiment is from Sassy Studio Designs and the gorgeous crocheted flowers are hand made by Leah at Paper Blossoms. (I'm afraid it doesn't look like she's selling them anymore, but they're lovely!)

The daisy chain created qite a bit of bulk so both the plaid mat (Basic Grey Kioshi) and the image are popped. (Who am I kidding? You know I would have popped them anyway. LOL) Thanks for another great challenge, ladies! xxD

The new website is almost up and Issue 002 is currently at print! Oh so good and oh so near now.

Yoshitomo Nara, Angelique Houtcamp, Anthony Lister, Kyotaro, French, Fergadelic, Word to Mother, and photographers SexySushi, Ben Rayner and Paul Barbera to name a few.

A L A C H A M P F E S T

TOURING EXHIBITION

Busy preparing for Bright Tradeshow Berlin 2010, where we have a media partnership and holding our art area! Including work from London's DFace, French and Melbourne's Nior, along with photography from Sanna Charles, Rip Zinger, Hamburger Eyes' Ray Potes and Jonathan Winstone, to name only a few......

The exhibition will then be travelling to London and Melbourne throughout the months of July and August! Probably one of the best tri-city exhibitions to hit 3 cities in a month. (!!!)

Don't sleep!

One of our favourite photographers + who can be seen in Champfest Issue 002, is Paul Barbera.

Currently busy travelling + shooting for Vogue Living, B East Mag and Eric Kluster, while also working on his personal projects Love Lost and Where They Create where he visited the office of Fantastic Man in Amsterdam....

I love this

You know where i will be next wednesday, Portscum away!!!!!!

driving down and taking mike helt and marlowe helt to the game. psyched for this.

Pigs peace

just got the latest newsletter from Pigs peace
it has some great little stories about some recent rescues and how they are adapting to their new homes.
as always the sanctuary is in need of donations of any kind. please, if you are able, make a donation to help with care for these animals.

Did you know?
• Pigs have developed food preferences. Just like us, they don't all like the same foods. Pigs can be very picky eaters.

• Most pigs love: cooked broccoli, pitted apricots, cucumbers, dark green lettuce, cooked potatoes, beets, grapes, pumpkins, all squashes, zucchini, snow peas, spinach, yams, kale, avocados, tomatoes, chard, carrots, pears, apples, berries, oranges, grapefruit, melons, pitted cherries, pitted peaches.

• Some like, some don't like artichokes, asparagus, raw broccoli, brussel sprouts, arugula, eggplant, mushrooms, radishes, peppers, sprouts.

• Most pigs detest cabbage, onions, corn husks, cauliflower. Favorite treats for visitors to bring: vegetarian dog biscuits, fresh fruit, uncooked pasta, wild bird seed (for chickens!), dried fruit, unsalted popcorn, unsalted peanuts, anything from the "Pigs Love" list.

• Some pigs salivate in anticipation of food. Their mouths will be so foaming it looks like they have rabies. What should visitors do if they see this? Feed them a treat!!

• All potbellied pigs have straight tails instead of curly tail like "big" pigs.

• Pigs wag their tails when they are happy and content.

• Pigs can bark an alarm call as a warning to others when they have been startled.

• Pigs are the cleanest farm animals. They keep their sleeping quarters clean and "go" outside in the toilet areas.

• Some pigs at the sanctuary have steadfast loyal friendships lasting for years.

• It is common to butcher pigs at 5 to 6 months of age. Sadly this means most pigs are deprived of 95% of their lives.

• The seasons affect the pigs like they do us. When we have long drawn out gray days of winter in the northwest with no sunshine for weeks at a time, the pigs may be irritable, depressed, short tempered and sleep more.

• As spring approaches they are friskier, more social and friendly, and energized. To help the pigs through the winter blues we make sure the pigs get extra treats everyday, such as dried and fresh fruits, peanuts in the shell, popcorn, vegetarian dog biscuits and different types of grains. Something new and different and tasty helps brighten their days as well as ours. Winter is the time of year when we especially treasure our treat bearing, tummy scratching visitors and volunteers.

• In a lifetime the average American meat-eater consumes 2,600 animals, including: 2,450 chickens, 118 turkeys, 33 pigs, 12 cattle and calves. You can make a difference three times a day to save animals by not eating them. You will feel better and the animals will thank you.

• Our roosters always take care of the hens. If someone throws a treat out, the rooster will not eat. Instead they cluck and call to the hens as he shows them the treat by pointing at it over and over as he calls. Only after hens have eaten will the roosters eat.

drew doing Oxygen

here is some cool footage of drew doing Oxygen (13b). when i first heard he was working the route, i thought there was no way he could get past a couple of the sections. i have done this route, and if i remember right, there are a couple very blank sections. but as you can see here, he figured out a way to do it. good send drew, even though the second bolt was pre-clipped ;)

if anyone else, from any team, has footage of their kids redpointing routes, please go ahead and get it to me so i can post it here on the world famous Oldguy.com

Tommy Ton Snaps Milan and Florence Style: GQ.com

Tommy Ton Snaps Milan and Florence Style: GQ.com
although their boys have given the italian fans a reason to cry in the world cup, knowing that they look better than most in every day life should be some consolation. these slides, to me, define fun casual style. from the little flashes of color to the over the top patterns. the italian men know how to do it.

Cottage Cutz Thursday at The Cuttlebug Spot and a chance to win!

You all know I just LOVE the Cottage Cutz dies and this little froggy is no exception. Actually, on the package, he's hanging on a branch but I've turned him into a ballerina by repositioning the arms and adding a tutu! Too too cute, eh? I gave her a little added definition with my Copics and added some of those adoraable lidded google eyes I get in the kids crafting section of JoAnn's. You can find him (or her) at The Scrapping Cottage, along with loads of other adorable dies. Check out the new Summer release with barbeque and summer fun and the cutest bugs making off with the picnic food. Hilarious! Would you like to win some Cottage Cutz dies of your own? Well pop on over to The Cuttlebug Spot and leave a comment, then become a follower of The Scrapping Cottage Blog and you could win two of the fabulous Cottage Cutz dies. The blog features so many adorable ideas for using these wonderful dies along with tips and tricks you won't want to miss.

The Cottage Cutz dies work in your Cuttlebug (or Big Shot or the like) and I've used by Nesties Labels 11 to cut the frame for the front. It's popped along with the dancing frog for dimension. The photo corners are an EK Success punch.

The sentiments are computer generated and cut with my Nesties petite scalloped ovals. For once I actually finished the inside of my card. WooHoo! Now don't frogget to hop on over to The Cuttlebug Spot to see Nilda's fabulous assortment of Cottage Cutz cards (say that 3 times fast LOL) and follow the instructions for a chance to WIN!

and in the closing minutes...........

FROM THE KITCHEN OF...

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From the Kitchen of...

6 inches

       The card base is from Just Because Cards cart, page # 44, the recipes word it is from the From my Kitchen cart. 

The sneak peek is from Robyn's newest soon to be released clear stamp set called Fruit and Veggies Puns. You can see more info on them if you click  

HERE. 

Isn't the lady cute, she is from my stash and she was stamped in the beautiful red color called Chianti from a 

ColorBox pigment ink.

The green and white patterned cardstock is from the DCWV stack called Farmer's Market and the red and black ones are from American Crafts.

I hope you are enjoying this 

BUZZ CALL

for the soon to be released stamps from 

My Pink Stamper.

Love you all!

and thanks for all the love about my son's accomplishments.

xoxo

 

Bah! Humbug! A Child's Christmas

Okay, don't laugh. I know this doesn't look like me but I was scrambling today and didn't want to miss another challenge deadline. This week at Bah! Humbug! the theme was a Child's Christmas. I have this cute digital stamp set that I've been dying to use so I thought it would make a fun Christmas card for a little boy. It's already colored, so how easy is that, but for the life of me I can't remember where I got it. (Any help would be appreciated here, so if you recognize it, let me know.) The small bugs were cut with Nesties and backed with an MS snowflake punch and the gem "Fa La La" is from the M's $ bin. I thought the long thin card would be perfect for sending cash so there you go. I worked seriously hard today on something special for next week so I think I just ran out of juice. Sorry ladies. UPDATE: The adorable buggy stuff is from Lettering Delights.