I have been tagged!!

I got a notice this AM that I have been tagged by Glitterbabe. Yeah!! So I am going to follow along with this and pay it forward. Here the rules as I read them on Steph's blog.

1)Link the person who tagged you (which I did above)
2)Mention the rules (which I am listing out right now)
3)Tell 6 things about myself (they will follow below)
4)Tag 6 other bloggers by linking to them--they are:
Christi
Teresa
Tenia
Betty
Lisa
Lori
5)Go to each person's blog and leave them a comment letting themknow they have been tadded.

So here are 6 things about me:

1)I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. I try very hard to make Him the center of my world. I am very involved in our local church--lead a small group of women and give direction to the preschools at our church.
2)I am married to my best friend. Stan is my other half--we have been married for almost 20 years--July 1st will be our 20th Anniversary. We share a fantastic marriage built around Christ, and filled lots of love and laughter.
3)I have 2 children: Kendall who is 14 and loves school, (go figure--maybe because he was previously homeschooled and is so enjoying the social part of school) playing soccer and being outside. Jordan is 12 almost 13--she is still being homschooled and is not sure if she wants to go to school next year or not. She loves to read, play soccer, and collect Webkins.
4)I have been a StampinUp demonstrator for 10 years. It started out like this--honey, can I sign up to be a demonstrator so that I can get all that stuff for a discounted price and when I have made enough to pay for the investment stop.....I paid for that initial investment within the 1st month and here I am still doing!! That's because I loved it so much!!
5)I love to go camping with the family!! We have a popup camper and enjoy taking several camping trips each summer. This summer we are planning a trip out west to the Grand Canyon--we are all really looking forward to this big adventure!!
6)I have one sister who live way to far away from me--she is in Florida--I am in Virginia. I miss her like crazy and so enjoy the time we spend together when we get a chance. We have so much fun together--she hates to shop/I love it--we both love to scrapbook our families--we both love movies! She is the best!!

So there you have it--I have completed the list of things that I needed to do because of being tagged!! How exciting to have been tagged--Thank you Steph!!

2 Sketches 4 You

I found a new blog (2 Sketches 4 You) with a fun sketch and I thought I would share it with you.

I just got my preordered set of Sale-A-Bration stamps this week so I have had fun using them to make most of my card. For this card I also am using the Designer Paper that is available during the Sale-A-Bration promotion. I used two different sheet of the DP and the heart from that set. The two ribbons are also part of the items you can earn during Sale-A-Bration. (I love both ribbons--they tie up so nice!!) I stamped the sentiment on the ribbon. The overlaying panel was cut out with my Nessties. The heart is part of the set--Polka Dot Punches. I attched it using a rhinestone brad. The colors for this card are: Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Sahara Sand, and matching DP. It is a Valentines card using unconventional colors--I kinda like it for something different.

Here is my card for today's SCS Ways to Use it Challenge--pull out the color wheel and use a combo that is new to you. I found this great site that puts color combos together for you using the Stampin Up colors. Here is a link to it: http://www.scraptitude.com/colorcombo/
It is an awesome site and the combinations are endless.
I used Brocade Blue, Really Rust and More mustard with Choc. CHip and Vanilla as my naturals. The trio of color panels were run throught the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder. Each panel was attached using a brad. The trio of flowers was stamped using color on color and then attached with a brad at the center. The flower image is from one of the coming Sale-bra-tion stamp sets: Polka Dot Punches. Sale-bra-tion is just around the corner, and they have some great items that you can get free.....wanna know how?? Let me know if you are interested and I will give you the scoop!!

This card is a combination of the Color Throwdown Challenge (Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, and Pumkin Spice) and the SCS Sketch challenge. I started with a Whisper White base and added 2 panels of Baja Breeze that I had run throught the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder. My main panel is layered on Certainly Celery--the main panel was stamped with the Inspired By Nature stamp set. I used Pumkin Spice for the flowers and and added Riding Hood Red ink to the flower heads, the leaves are inked in Certainly Celery. I also went back over the heads using my Choc. Chip marker and added tiny dots. I then sponged around a masked circle to create my moon. I sponged in Riding Hood Red first, then Pumkin Spice, and then Baja Breeze. My sentiment was stamped in Choc. Chip. I used Jumbo Brads and ribbon to accent my corners and give that element that the sketch called for. Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek--I hope your liked it!!

Blog Candy!!

No new card today--I have had one of those very busy days that allows you no time to stamp. I hate those kinds of day!! But......I do want to let you know of some blog candy out there that I have heard about. Stop in here to see what Elizabeth is giving away.

Yeah!! It arrived!!

I have been waiting for my new Join the Cheer die to get here since the day after Christmas!! I was getting so anxious. As soon as the UPS man left I was cutting open the box so I could play with it. I wanted the "love" portion of it for some Valentines day cards, but for my card today I used the "Cheer" section. I love that you can use the words individually or as a header across a 12 x 12 memory album page. For this card I cut the "Cheer" out twice--in Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy and then layerd them. The flowers and dragonfly are stamped in Not Quite Navy ink on Baja Breeze paper and then cut out and glittered. The Not Quite Navy background is Cuttlebug-ed. I added matching ribbon and brads to finish off the card. I hope you all like it--I sure had fun playing with my new toys!!

FUN is GOOD!!

If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good!! Love this quote from Dr. Seuss--it is part of the VERVE, Beautiful You set. I used the Mojo Monday sketch again to do the Color Challenge from SCS. Today's color combo was to use Kraft, Not Quite Navy, and Baja Breeze. The background panel I ran through the CB--the middle panel is some Kraft DP--embellished with ultra mini brads and ribbon.