Hi Everyone!!! sorry for not posting Sunday and Monday....but I will tell you what happened on Sunday...I adopted a full breed Bulldog!!! and he is the cutest thing ever..and he sounds like a diesel truck..haha ..I can't wait to show you pictures of him! I will when I get back on Friday..so that is why I didn't post yesterday because we were on the road headed for Knott's Berry Farm and today is Universal Studios with the rest of the days in Disneyland..so since my parents are still living with us my Mom has agreed to spoil and love Rocky (bulldog) and Mica my beloved Chihuahua ...I bought Rocky a Skull & Crossbones hoodie,I can't wait to put it on him :) ...I am also looking for a doggie stroller but the one I fell in love with only holds 55lbs or lower..well he's 56lbs and after my mom gets a hold of him he will probably be 60lbs :)..so yep he's going to need a big time bigger stroller. :)I can't wait to show you pictures!!! I am also looking for a baby sling, the sling that goes over your shoulder and your baby lays in it, so if you know anyone looking to sell one please LMK... OK on to the card, this is my sketch and I also created this card from Sparkle's Christmas Challenge. Some exciting news from Sparkle she's opening up her own store and I can't wait to order from her..This image is from High Hopes...Sparkle asked that we use one ribbon, two buttons and three DP's plus use a transparency .....On top of Santa's image I stuck the transparency ..All the DP is from My Mind's Eye...The buttons and silk ribbon are from SU and the baby red brads are from CTMH....I hope you have a great week and I will be back tomorrow to show you another card :) Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! well today we are off to San Francisco again and tonight we will be at a Oakland A's game...so a fun filled day in the Bay Area...We have 4 new places that we want to visit that Yelp has recommended, so I will have pictures and reviews during the week ..hehe...O and Diana, cheesecake is on Almaden which means it's down the street from Scrapbook Island :) ...shhhhh! ...In San Francisco we are so looking forward to eating the best sandwiches ever from Ike's Place...another Yelp recommendation that we visited last time we were in San Fran and O boy...fantastic! I'm droooling!!!! ..OK on to the card..I thought of you Agustina when I made this card, nothing but Orange :)....All the DP is from Basic Grey (Green At Heart) my favorite BG DP :)...I need to buy another PP that way I can just play away with this paper instead of hoarding it...I used a sketch from The Sweetest Thing...The white brads are from CTMH...the orange flower is from Prima ...baby gems are from Taylored Expressions and the white flower is from my "stash"...the wings have stickles on them...this Pixie cutey is from C.C Designs and her name is Heidi...I hope you have a fantastic weekend and I will see you tomorrow with a Christmas Card from Sparkle's Christmas Challenges..... Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!!! OK so yesterday Tim had a doctor's appointment. that's why I was blogging from the car, well to give you a little bit of info first before I tell you what we discovered, Tim and I are big time food lovers, we like trying new things and new places that we find from Food Network and Man Vs. Food. So we find out where they have been and we hit them too...Well are newest passion is Yelp, yesterday we decided to try two new places that had rave reviews from people of Yelp..The first place was called Nothing Bundt Cakes and can I say OMG! delicious, melt in your mouth yummy goodness! O boy! we will be back....the second place is called Charlie's Cheesecake (cheesecake my fav) and it was so creamy and smooth, we will definitely eat there again..and to top it off, both of the owners helped us and they were so nice! it was weird because when I shop at places I never get treated good, maybe because of how I dress or all of my tattoos LOL! but 90% of my shopping experience nobody treats we nicely, so what a treat to be talked to, offered samples and get a discount for mentioning that we found them because of Yelp...so cool! So I highly recommend these two places...OK OK on to the card :) ...Today's card was made using a sketch from Friday Sketchers...all the DP is from Basic Grey ( June Bug)...the image is from Kraftin Kimmie and the red flower is from Prima, the white flower is from CTMH and the brad is from SU.....come back tomorrow for an orange pixie hehehe... Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! I'm blogging from my car, so this will be short and sweet :).... This card was made using a sketch from Sketch Saturday...all the DP, white flower and brads are all from CTMH....the silk ribbon is from SU and the metal sentiment is from my "stash" ....the pearls are from Recollections...I just love this sweet girl from The Greeting Farm....I will be back tomorrow with another card :) ..take care Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! Well I was on a roll for the last two days. I've made 6 cards and I like each and every one of them :) if I do say so myself LOL!....This card was made using a lot of challenges..first challenge was a sketch challenge from The Sweet Stop..they also asked that we put a spin on this sketch and decorate the inside of the card, well I did but because I normally don't I forgot to take a picture of the inside but it matches the outside without any of the embellies and of course the oval with image, I hope they trust me on that :)...The next challenge is from Sketchy Colors and they asked us to use Green, Blue and Pink..(check did it :0)...Stamp Something asked us to make something Summery..(Yep did it :0)..A monkey playing in a inner tube is summery right? hehehe....All the DP is from I'm not sure..hehe..The pink brads and clothespin are from Recollections..the pink silk ribbon is from SU and the flower of course is from Prima..the image is from C.C Designs (Summertime Fun)... I hope you have a great day..Tim is finally home, so we are going out for Sushi tonight! Whoo hoo! my favorite food but it is tied with Pizza..yummos! see you tomorrow! ... Thank You!!! Come Again!!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! did you all have a great weekend?? Happy Father's Day to all of your hubby's :)....My hubby has been at work for 96 hours and tomorrow will be 120...that hasn't happened in about 10 years..so I will finally get to see him on Wednesday...The kids an I have been trying to keep busy. ....I have nothing to do this week so I am hoping to have fun and make a few cards because we are headed for L.A all next week..we are taking the kids to Knott's Berry Farm, Universal Studios and Disneyland of course hehehe...So should be a fun week next week....So I am going to finish this post and try to get at least one card done LOL! OK today's card features an image from Funky Kits this is Manga Girl 1....remember how I said that my cards have been weird lately, well this is one of them....I distressed and inked up all the edges...All the DP is from My Mind's Eye...All the flowers are from Prima...the green silk ribbon is from SU...The fuzzy buttons in the flowers and ric rac ribbon are all from my "stash".......I hope you all have a fantastic week....See ya tomorrow :) Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! Well I made a super easy card for my friend, who's surprise birthday party was last night...I knew that more then likely the card would be thrown away so I didn't want to put to many valuable embellies on it LOL! (you know what I'm talking about too) hehe..So I hope he at least smiled when he opened it..All the DP is Basic Grey (Hang 10)..this cute Manga boy I have had for at least a year and have never inked up, so that was cool to finally use him..(my friend is a martial arts instructor)...I also finally used my new nestie tags that I have had for quite a few months now...and of course I used me beautiful dew drops to finish it off ;)...sentiment is from CTMH...I hope you have a awesome Friday... Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy P.S... Diana I use Tack It Over & Over by Aleene's on one side of my clear blocks..It works like a charm but use a foam brush and just a little bit of the glue...it goes a long way and it's real tacky so don't get it on your fingers :O ...hehe
Hi Everyone!!! OK so I have been making cards lately that are kinda weird and I'm in between liking them or just saying there OK..Today's post and Saturdays are the cards I'm talking about :)....there is a lot going on, very busy front.....All the DP is from Basic Grey (Lime Rickey)...I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop.....The button,butterfly,ribbon and pink tag are all from my "stash"..the flower is from Prima..I did use stickles on the heart and her wings....I hope you have a great day :)..I'll be back tomorrow with a masculine birthday card :) .... Thank You!!!! Come Again!!! Mandy P.S Diana I hope you got my response about what I do to adhere my unmounted stamps to the block..if not I will reply here on the comments section... :)
Hi Everyone!!!! well I'm back and last night I created three cards so far. I was so excited! it was really kind of bittersweet though, it has been one week since Wallace died and we really, really miss him. I wish there was some way to bring back are animals or that they have a longer life span...OK let me get off that depressing thought and tell you about are trip to San Fran..In two and a half days we walked about 40 miles (no joke) we walked everywhere, we even unintentionally walked from Fisherman's Wharf to Chinatown..hehehe ..On our first day there we were walking on Fisherman's Warf and I hear Tim say O boy..and I'm like what??? I look over to see what he is seeing and Low and Behold! there was about 100 men and women NAKED! riding bicycles...yep what a sight to behold! dangly parts and all and all of them waving! bahaha! poor Cordell was so embarrassed he kept his head down and Chiy was having a hard time picking her jaw up from the floor..hey I was looking! hmmm ya let's just say some men should shave too! bahahha...I'm scarred for life! I wanted to post pictures but Tim and I agreed I probably would offend at least one person and I didn't want to lose any followers :)..So welcome to San Fran :) :)....We had a blast and would for sure go back........ OK on to the card...I have had this DP forever so I'm not sure of the maker :(...The yellow cardstock is from DCWV...The corner pieces and circle mirror are from Heidi Swapp...The image is from Pink Cat Studio...I love the ribbon threaded through Metal Fasteners, I haven't used that idea for a year now but I love it...the ribbons and sentiment are from my "stash"... .I hope you like it :) and I will for sure be back tomorrow :) come back and see a bright and summery card ... Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! I will be in San Francisco till Monday night..I tried so hard to create at least two cards but didn't get to it, so I think what I will do is post pictures of our trip for Sunday and Monday..I am so sorry! but I should have a card late on Tuesday to post..so please stick with me :) ...OK on to the card..All the DP and sentiment are from from SU...The brads are from CTMH..I also used a sketch from Friday Sketchers..the flower is from Prima...the ribbon and metal charm are from my "stash".....This cute girl is a Miss Anya from The Greeting Farm...I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone! I'm hoping to make at least a couple of cards today :) ...it's been a rough few days, so we had plans already to go to San Francisco this weekend and I am thankful. I really want to get out of the house and do something fun. I have to go pick a urn for Wallace today so that should be the last tough thing I do this week :(....I made this card for my SIL it's her birthday today...if you can't tell she's a red head :)...I did paper piece her whole outfit and hat.. I just noticed I didn't color in the candle, that would have been the time I was almost done and Tim came into the office and LMK that Wallace died..so I will color it and finish it before I give it to Liz.. I did use a sketch from Sketch Saturday..The sentiment is from CTMH...the hot pink bling is from Queen&Co...and the little baby gems are from Taylored Expressions....All the DP is from SU..with the solid pink cardstock from CTMH..I hope you have a great Friday Thank You!!!! Come Again!!!. Mandy
Hi Everyone! well we had a tragedy hit are family the night of the 8Th. We lost are beloved Mastiff Wallace...He was a awesome dog and just an all around good dog..He was so loving..I'm not going to write anymore then this because my heart breaks more and more each time I think about it..So I just wanted to let you know that I will have a card tomorrow.. Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! Well we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and bought season passes for the year, so I already broke my promise of, a card a day..sorry! we left fairly early and spent the day there..We really like Monterey so we will be going a lot this Summer..OK on to the card I made this card for my friend Diana's Hubby...He had surgery last week and I hope he's doing good..It took me awhile to come up with something masculine and fun but don't cha just love this image...I think it's a House Mouse image..I did heat set the color in, so the picture shows a lot of shine from the flash..I rubbed Antique Linen Distress Ink all over the background of the image ..All the DP is from My Mind's Eye (Complete Boy).....The ribbon is from CTMH..and the sentiment is from SU...I of course had to use dew drops since they have been so neglected lately..I hope to be back tomorrow :) Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! I'm so sorry! I haven't been around but starting today I should be back full time :) ....I had so much fun making this card...I have to tell you seeing this image makes me laugh (by the way it's a SU image) anyways when I look at it it makes me laugh because Chiy is so scared of bee's she runs screaming trying to get away from them..Now my girl has all these piercings all over her face and you know what that means right? it means someone had to stick a 10ft metal needle thru her skin and make a hole! and she's scared of bee's (shaking my head) .... :) ... All the DP is from Cosmo Cricket (DeLovely)..I did put stickles on her wings and the bee's wings..Looking at the bee on this card also reminds me that yesterday we were trimming are rose bushes and I see two bee's stuck together and I'm like Okkkkkk are they mating or are they stuck and I ask Tim and he says they're mating.. but let me tell you it was basically a tea cup Chihuahua on top of a Great Dane it was that disturbing LOL!!!!! Just thought I would share ..bahahaha! The flower brads are from MM...and the flower bling and pearls are from Recollections...this is my own sketch.......I hope you have a fantastic Saturday!!! Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
Hi Everyone!!! I am so sorry but I have lost my Mojo..I have tried and tried to sit down and create but nothing is coming..I don't know if it's because we have been keeping really busy and I am just plain tired but darn it..I want to make cards again..well I tried last night and I thought of myself :) I have a huge LOVE for COFFEE..All I drink is coffee and water...well last year my darling wonderful hubby bought me a Bubba Keg from 7 11..I go to 7 11 every stinkin morning and buy my coffee when they came out with this bubba keg I had to have one..It is 52oz of BLISS!! now sometimes I finish this pot of coffee in an hour and sometimes I savor it all day...It's beautiful! so I made this card after me ;) ..all the DP is from Basic Grey (Sugar Rush)....The flowers are from Prima...I love these metal clips from Making Memories...and I did use a rub on from MM for the Love sentiment...The hot pink gems are from Queen&Co...and this very cute image is from C.C Designs (Coffee Kiki La Rue)..I also used the sketch from The Sweet Stop ..This is a picture of my bliss ;) I hope you all have a great week and tonight is the premiere of Losing It With Jillian whoo hoo... Thank You!!! Come Again!!! Mandy
