Someone turned 50 and a couple awards

Here's a card I made for one of my aunts that turned 50 although maybe she's not really 50 since she's a leap year baby ;p

I also rec'd 3 awards from some very very talented ladies that I will show you further down this post.



I love this Squeaky Baker from Whipper Snapper, he's so fun to color in with prismacolor pencils and gamsol:






Recipe:
-CS: DCWV “Smooth Poppy” and Bazzill Basics “Bitter Chocolate”
-PPs: SEI Chocolat Nougat
-Stamps: Whipper Snapper "Squeaky Baker"
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC943 Burnt Ochre, PC941 Light Umber, PC946 Dark Brown, PC929 Pink, PC924 Crimson Red, PC937 Tuscan Red, PC1034 Golden Rod, PC1003 Spanish Orange, PC1005 Limepeel, PC911 Olive Green and PC949 Metallic Silver
-Rub-ons: Scenic Route Paper Co "Birthday Rub-On Words"
-Blossoms: Prima Flowers Daisy Mix
-Cricut Cart: Celebrations for 50 tags cut at 2” and Lyrical Letters for Ann Marie cut at 2” and welded
-Misc: Adhesive, Gamsol

And onto the awards, this one I received from two very talented ladies, Stacey and Marina, please check out their blogs as they both are very inspirational. This award is something I would give them!



This award comes with rules, I have to I must share 7 exciting things about myself, which I can't really say I have anything exciting about myself, so I will incorporate this with the next award that has a similar rule. I also need to share this with award with 15 wonderful bloggers.
First I would give them back to Stacey and Marina and the other 13 go to these amazing ladies: Enfys Cashmore, Sharon Caudle, Carole Lowe Beath, Shelly Bobrowski, Regina Easter, Jane Sossie, Susan, Julie, Glee, Donna, Tracy, Kazan and Laura

The next award is also from Marina. She also gave me the Sunshine award that I've already received from another very talented and inspirational lady, Susan.



The rules to this one are to list 12 things about myself, here goes...
1. I’m engaged to an amazing man named Scott
2. I was born in upstate NY but raised in MA.
3. I LOVE the Twilight Saga
4. I’m also into the Harry Potter series
5. My favorite author is Dean Koontz (right now I'm reading his latest book, Relentless)
6. I miss being on the BBTB design team (when I left due to way too many things on my scheduled I had to stop crafting for awhile).
7. If I had to choose a food that I had to eat the rest of my life, it would be sushi
8. Last movie I saw in the theater was this weekend, which was Remember Me. I highly recommend it.
9. Favorite TV show right now is Private Practice
10. I love paper
11. I love so many rub-on, but hate trying to apply them
12. I would love to learn how to use Copics

Please leave a comment on my card, I love reading...

Lots of stuff - Overdue B-day Card, Updated pic of my nephew, Soon to have a new Crafting Station and finally back to posting

Hi everyone, sorry I've been so quiet, things have been very busy this summer and unfortunately not much too time to craft. :(

But anyway, I did get to doing a birthday card for my Aunt Joan, but of course it was a belated and I'm posting it much later than I made it. I made it mid-October and her b-day was at least two weeks prior to that. Oops! But at least she like it. :)

I actually used one of Taylor's sketches (#86) but unfortunately didn't finish it in time so I didn't fully stick to the sketch. I also used one of her stamps which is the Happy Birthday sentiment from her really beautiful Fresh Flowers set. You really should check out her store, Taylored Expressions, she has beautiful stamps that are unmounted so they are extremely reasonably priced and they come with an EZ Mount cling cushion AND they are already die cut, unlike SU! (which are great stamps too, but you have to cut them out yourself and mount them on blocks).

So anyway, here's the card:


Just love Stampendous' Scrumptious Shoes:


Here's the inside, the scrolly frame is from Cricut's Storybook cartridge with some doodling I did with a white gelly roll pen and some rhinestones:


And here it is again showing the back of the envie:


Scrumptious Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Brandy Wine" and "Rain"
-PPs: K&Company "Brenda Walton "Madeline"
-Stamps: Stampendous' Scrumptious Shoes "Sundae" (just the shoe) and Taylored Expressions "Fresh Flowers Set" (Just the Happy Birthday sentiment)
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Celadon"
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC943 Burnt Orchre, PC950 Metallic Gold, PC914 Cream, PC949 Metallic Silver, PC1005 Lime Green, PC928 Blush Pink, PC925 Crimson Lake, PC930 Magenta, PC916 Canary Yellow
-Ribbon: Offray "Kendra Lt Pink/Opal"
-Punches: MS "Doily Lace" edge punch
-Cricut: Storybook "Vine" (pg 51 of the manual) cut at 2 1/2" and the letters at 1" using the Shorty/Holes feature
-Misc: Black Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Adhesive, Gamsol, Rhinestones, Pop dots, Thread

PS - My DF is finishing my new crafting station today, FINALLY!!
He started it last summer, had all the materials but ran out of time. We both have the day off today and plan to not stop until it is done.
Currently this is what I have had been using, look at that tiny workspace! ;p
This is in my upstairs hallway:




This is one of the closets I've been using that is in the room that my NEW USER FRIENDLY station will be (No longer in the hallway!), I've also been using the hallway closet. All of this will be part of and/or in my new workstation:




So stay tuned for pictures of my NEW USER FRIENDLY crafting station!!!

And while I'm at it I would like to share a current picture of my cute nephew, Chase (sadly this is only the 2nd time I've had a picture of him with me), I plan to have more!:


TFL!!!

Another Aunt's Birthday this time with Scrumtious Shoes

I thought this stamp would an appropriate image to use for my Aunt Diana, who just celebrated a birthday. I do love these Scrumptious Shoes by Stampendous! Especially since they are fun to color in with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.



Isn't this shoe so yummy!!!


I popped up the frosting a little to give it some dimension:


My very good and generous friend, Tracy Gough, sent me these gorgeous pins with gems on the tips (I added a few more):


And of course I always have to embellish the inside:


Recipe:
-CS: TPC "Pastel Pink Texture"
-PPs: K&Company Scrap Pad to Go "K-Ology Peabody" and Anna Griffin Pink Playing Boys
-Stamp: Stampendous Scrumptious Shoes "Birthday Shoe"
-Primacolor Pencils: PC988 Marine Green, PC946 Dark Brown, PC994 Process Red, PC928 Blush Pink, PC1078 Black Cherry and PC1029 Mahogany Red
-Ribbon: Offray Sheer "Thelma Pink"
-Misc: Adhesive, brown thread, sewing machine, black pigment ink, embossing powder, heat gun, gamsol

TFL!!

Birthday for an Aunt...and Taylor's Sketch Challenge #56

My aunt (who just celebrated her 25th anniversary with my uncle) is celebrating her birthday this week. She was born on Feb 29th, so does she get a birthday this year??

I did this based on Taylor's Expressions Cupcake Challenge #56. You don't have to use a cupcake (although I usually do when I participate in one of her challenges) just as long as you go along with the sketch, which this is #56:

You really should check out her challenges, they're a lot of fun!

So here's my take on the sketch:


First time I got to use the cool clear stamp set from Stampendous:


Just a little embellishment to the inside:


And of course a little more embellishment to the envie (on both sides):




Cake Mix:
-CS: The Paper Co "Antique Rose" and Bazzill Basics "Tutu Pink"
-PPs: Sandylion Kelly Panacci "Daisy Stripes" and "Floral Crochet-Cream"
-Stamps: Stampendous "Feminine Friends" perfectly clear stamp set
-Cricut carts: Storybook for A & M letters @ 1 1/2"
Opposites Attract for the rest of the letters welded and cut at 1 1/2"
-Misc: Adhesive, Colorbox Black Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, Heat gun, mauve thread and sewing machine

TFL!!