Knock my socks off

I've been bit by the painting bug. I love painting my little characters on canvas :)  I have so many ideas and so little canvas left! LOL Looks like I'm in need of another trip to the city for supplies.  For now I'm just so thrilled at how my Sock Monkey turned out, I wasn't sure if the black outlines would ruin or help the look of it.

Canvas size 16x20

I printed the sentiment and cut it up.  The I painted some paper orange and matted the sentiments and glued them with Mod Podge.  Outlines made using Gelatos from The Scrapbooking Cafe Online.

TSG day 3 peaks and blog hop

Welcome to day 3 of this month's TSG Blog Hop Challenges! We are showing you another cute sock goblin from Wendy Leach, Gloria!

Gloria is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 3 stamps and will sell for $9.00. This set will be available for purchase on Saturday, May 25th at 11pmEST.

I added the donut from Torico's set called Perk Up and the background is from Smarty Pants by Whimsie Doodles.

Would you like to win the new Gloria stamp set?

Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.
You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.
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TSG Sneak Peek Day 2-Dancing...

This month we have two new sets from Megan Suarez: Amalia Ballerina and Poppy. I just LOVE Megan’s style, and we hope you do too! Amalia is the sweetest dancer, and Poppy is the newest of our Spice Girls.

Amalia Ballerina is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 3 stamps, and will sell for $9.00. 

Poppy is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 5 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Both sets will be available on Saturday, May 25^th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win both the new sets from Megan Suarez? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Seas the Day!

Melyssa is back from a short break with a new set for us, and we were so excited about it, we had to show it off day one of our peeks!! She is getting us ready for summer with her signature style, and I’m just not sure if it can get ANY cuter than this!! With three adorable character images, and lots of accessories and sentiments, she will have you using this set for everything from party decorations to greeting cards!

Aquaholic is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 26 stamps and will sell for $24.00. 

This set will be available for purchase at 11pmEST on Saturday, May 25^th.

Would you like to win the new Aquaholic stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

She believed she had wings....

I know it's been a very loooong time since I posted anything, I've been drifting around looking for inspiration and dabbling in a few things.  Yesterday I finished a mixed media project I started a month ago.  I think I'm hooked :)  Boy was it fun, I'm dying to do more!! I started by painting a little girl then added wings made from pages out of a book (one of my husbands, shhhhh don't tell him) then I punched some daisies and glued some buttons and finished by printing off the sentiment and cutting it up and painting the big words.
Hope you like it

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Homemade Valentine Gifs

I'm so glad Pinterest exists.  I have to visit the site at least once a day and sometimes more when I'm looking for ideas.  One of the ideas I found was how to make goldfish hair clips.  So I made a couple and then placed them in card size clear bags and printed the topper from Whimsie Doodles to finish it.

Now that I have a Valentine gift for girls it was time to figure out what to make for boys.  So I made key chains for locker or house keys.  

Homemade light fixture

I saw these really cute light covers that were made out of antique tea cup and saucers and thought I love to have one but just couldn't bring myself to drill a hole in an antique so I thought I'd just stop by the Clay Cafe in Truro and see if I could make own.  When I told my husband what I wanted to do he gave that that look that said "it sounds crazy" but good luck.  So when I got the the Cafe I thought the ladies there would think I was loosing my mind when I asked them to drill a hole in the the tea cup and saucer.  Instead they were actually excited to see how it would turn out.  So here it is and hubby loves it!  And it's a good thing because I needed him to do the wiring :)

Front

 Back

 inside

 All together

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Elves are Watching

I keep seeing photos of those creepy little elves everywhere!  The photos are funny but the elf is just creepy. But this little Elf is adorable and I was able to put a card together pretty quickly using Winter Wonderland paper from Echo Park and the free digi from Whimsie Doodles.

Supplies

Digi stamp-Elves Watching-Whimsie Doodles

Paper-Winter Wonderland-Echo Park

Card size-5.5"x5.5"

Punches-Snowflake-Martha Stewart

Ribbon and Digi's oh my!

I'm seriously excited about today's post!!  Whimsie Doodles and The Ribbon Carousel are teaming up for a blog hop with some awesome prizes to give away.

Both companies are offering $25 gift certificates.

All you have to do is hop along with all the designers and leave a comment.  Two winners will be choosen at random to win a prize, one from Whimsie Doodles and one from The Ribbon Carousel.

I used Seashell Mermaid digi from Whimsie Doodles and Gold Silk ribbon from The Ribbon Carousel to make my card.

Now, lets talk prizes!   

Hop along with us today and leave some blog love for our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates and the Whimsie Doodle designers to be eligible to win one of the 2 prizes up for grabs!  We'll select 2 random commenters from 2 randomly selected designer blog, so be sure to spread the love around!

The Whimsie Doodles prize is a $25 Gift Certificate to the Whimsie Doodles store, and the RC prize is a $25 Gift Certificate to the RC store! 

Ready to Hop?!

Bird cage tags

The minute I saw the bird cage die from Poppy Stamps Dies I knew I had to have it.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I got it but I just had have it.  So today I was inspired to use the die and make some Christmas tags with it.  So I die cut and inked them with Antique Linen by Ranger and started decorating with the Winter Wonderland paper pad by My Mind's Eye.  I had some left over Poinsettia pieces (Spellbinders) and some snowflakes (Martha Stewart). 

I didn't have a bird die so I had to make one up.  What's your favorite bird die?  I think I may need to get one :)