Sites of the week

It has been just in the recent months that I started submitting a few projects to various magazines. I have been fortunate to win contest and get a few things picked up here and there. I’m in the October issue of Paper Crafts {page 16 & 30} and I have some other stuff coming up. I can say that I am a lucky girl. When I first started submitting I knew that I would get rejected more than I would get accepted. The concept of that is not that difficult to grasp and I knew from the beginning that I should not let my feelings get hurt if stuff didn’t get picked up for publication. This past month I submitted A LOT of stuff. Two things got picked up. Any other month I would have been bouncing off the walls in joy that this happened. This month I was a little bummed that some of the stuff that I really liked didn’t get chosen. After giving myself a little pep talk, I realized that I am still a very very lucky girl. I needed to pick up my big girl panties and get on with it and not be throwing myself a pity party. I realized that I was submitting just to get published, not because I actually liked what they were calling for. Yes, I really like some of the projects I made, but some of them show that my heart was not in it. I made a little deal with myself to only go for the stuff that my heart is in. I know that some of that stuff won’t get chosen and I’m okay with that. I don’t want to have my name in lights just because I can come up with something based on what someone else wants. I want to submit and get chosen because the projects reflect what my chosen and cherished hobby {not my job!} is and that I love to do it and my heart is in it.
Anyways, with that said, here is one of the projects that did not get picked up. Now I get to use it as part of a gift to give someone. Something tells me that I will get at least the same amount of joy from that.

Happy Monday everyone! It’s pouring rain here…ick!!! A friend of mine just called me to ask me if I wanted Starbuck’s because she was about to go through the drive-thru. Does this woman know me at all?? LOL! Of course I do! Iced Carmel Macchiatto with whip cream and LOTS of caramel sauce. It’s all calorie free!! HaHaHa…only if you want to believe it and I am a believer!!

Before I get my Starbuck’s delivered {don’t hate me}, I figured I better get my post written. This is a card uses the sketch I came up with for Saturday’s “Sketch For You To Try.” {see Saturday’s post} Sidenote: I like saying ” better than “challenge” for some reason. Maybe just because it’s Saturday and you should just be having fun. **wink** I got to use my Janome Sew Mini on this card, too. This machine is AWESOME!! It’s super light weight {only 5 lbs!!!} and easy to use. The only thing it doesn’t have that my big ol’ honkin’ machine has is a light, so I guess I won’t be trying to sew in the dark!! The DP is from Making Memories and the flowers are Primas {from eP}. I got the little bling blings from Recollections, although I through out the brand label on accident!
I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Sending you Starbuck wishes from a true believer!!
Dimensions: Standard
Paper: PaperTrey cardstock base, Pixie Pink, Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamps: SU! Tiny Talk
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black
Other: Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals, Bling Bling, Prima Flowers, Punches

I’m writing this as I hop back and forth onto SCS commenting on cards for my VSN Challenge: Falling In Love…With Baby. I know that you are all absolutely floored that I wanted to make more baby cards…LOL! This is my first time as a challenge hostess for VSN and so far, so good

Anywhoooo…As promised, here is this weekend’s sketch. There’s no time limit on this “challenge;” it’s just something to jog your creativity. I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Last weekend it was raining; so, what’s a kid to do when it’s raining outside? Make your own fun inside!! Tony had brought me the box of Kleenex and when I saw the curious look on Ellie’s face, I gave her the box {fully knowing the picture taking potential}. She has a blast!! As you can see she is taking the Kleenex out of the box and tossing them aside. It didn’t take her long to completely empty the box. My new camera has a “rapid fire” feature that just lets me hold the button down and it takes picture after picture. I could actually make a pretty darn cute, action packed flip book if I wanted to {hmm..!}. When the emptying was complete, she decided she no longer wanted them in front of her and attempted to scoop them all behind her. Then, Tony gathered them all and made them rain down on her…what fun!!! She even tried to imitate me blowing my nose several times…that’s the Kleenex up to the face. That final picture is the official tasting of the Kleenex…kind of bland and a little lotiony.

TGIF!! I hope everyone has a great weekend. I will be posting a sketch here tomorrow morning. I am hoping to catch up on some much needed sleep. The other night Ellie woke up at midnight {just as we were going to bed} and could not fall back asleep. After determining nothing was really wrong, we gave her some Tylenol to help her teething pain and just waited her out {until after 3!}. I have to say that we are pretty lucky because this is probably only about the third time she has woken up in the middle of the night since she was 7 weeks old. {I know some moms are cursing my name right now!!}

This week My Favorite Things is the sponsor for the sketch at Card Positioning Systems a.k.a. CPS. Both design teams have come up with some great cards using this sketch and the new MFT set, Shower Time. Again {or should I just say “for the 100th time in a row”} I took out some American Crafts paper–which you may recognize as my scraps from yesterday’s project. I paper pieced both the umbrella and her shirt. I covered the umbrella in Crystal Effects to make it look like a plastic-y type umbrella, or at least make it look like she’s been in the rain {you decide **wink**}. If you get a chance, try out this sketch. I can’t wait to use it on some of my Halloween sets!

Tomorrow is THE KLEENEX INCIDENT here and over at SCS, VSN starts!! Saturday I will be back with a sketch {sorry, I kinda forgot last week…blame it on those Horned Frogs **wink**}

Here’s the sketch as shown on the CPS site:

Here’s the my card using the sketch and the MFT set Shower Time:

Dimensions: Standard
Stamps: My Favorite Things Shower Time
Paper: Stampin! Up Cardstock in Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink, Whisper White; DP from American Crafts “The Goods” line
Ink: Brilliance
Other: Cuttlebug, CE, Ribbon