Sites of the week

Happy Monday! I am so excited for this week! I get to see one of my bestest friends who is in from out of town tomorrow. Ellie turns 3 on Wednesday! Where did the time go? We have a party planned for Saturday. She has decided that she wants a “bug party.” She loves bugs right now! LOL! I am going to attempt a caterpillar {shaped} cake. Funny, because she doesn’t even like cake {or cookies}, just ice cream. I am sure that we will have tons of cute pics to share, as we have some surprises up our sleeves, too.

As for my card today, it’s a BittyBloom from Stamping Bella {Violet BittyBloom}. The sketch is from last week’s Bellarific challenge…

I had to change the location of the sentiment that was given on the sketch to accomodate by darker patterned paper and embellishments. Here is a detail shot…

I will be taking a lot of this week off. I might pop in once during the week, and I will definitely be here on Saturday for another Sketch For You To Try. See ya then!

Long ago, I saw Debbie Olson pop up the belly on this Bella stamp. I thought that it was such a cute idea and it was like a light bulb going off…why didn’t I think of that!?! I have had this stamp forever and keep saying that I am going to do that one day. Well, that one day is here! This is my version of the popped up Teddybella…

POP!…

I paired this image with some paper from the Twitterpated line, also found in the Bella store. The rhinestones are from the $1 section at Mike’s. They are really spark-a-lay for a buck! Not like Swarovskis, but they definitely do the job! As for the flower, it’s a Maya Road plastic flower topped with a couple Primas.

Have a great day! I actually have an ABC project to show you tomorrow! See ya then!

I had an AWESOME weekend! I already mentioned that we love watching the re-runs/DVD of How I Met Your Mother. It’s legen…wait for it…dary! Of course, that wasn’t the highlight of the weekend. Actually, there were several highlights. On Saturday night we went to the Rangers vs. Padres game. Except for the fact that it was 100 degrees when the first pitch was thrown at 7PM, it was great! We had spectacular seats…5th row, up the first base line. I ducked a few times as I cheered on the Padres…who won! YAY! Then, Sunday morning I had brunch with a bunch of SCS girls {Susan, Tex, Sharon and Jessica-blog coming SOON!} and eclectic Paperie owners, Joy and Daisy. Except for Jessica, I have met all of them before and it was so nice to see them all again! Thanks for the great time girls!! After that, I went swimming with Tony and Ellie. I am SO IMPRESSED with how far Ellie has come in the last 2 weeks with her swimming. I’m pretty sure that she’ll be a fish by the end of the summer!

This is another birthday card that I made to up my collection of birthday cards. It’s from last week’s Bellarific Challenge. I’m so into bright colors now and I love all these papers that I picked up in the Bella store…

I have to admit that I took a couple creative liberties with this sketch…that’s okay, right?…right!

Hey girls {guys?}! It’s the end of a crazy week and the beginning of a busy weekend. Tho…as I right this post, I am watching How I Met Your Mother re-runs. Love this show! We got the last 3 seasons on DVD and can’t stop watching them after Ellie goes nite nites. Anyone else a fan? We even had to go to Gray’s Papaya when we were in NYC just because of this show. Lame…I think not!

Here’s the sketch for this week…

My sample using one of my favorite sentiments from Stamping Bella…

A HUGE THANK YOU to Ashley Newell for playing with us this month. Each of her creations has been outstanding, and this one is no exception…

Want more samples? Check out the SFYTT Sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Susan Liles
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