Sites of the week

I was trying to wait until Emily posted the Bella-rific Friday post up on the Bella blog, but that hasn’t happened yet. I am going to go ahead and do this post, though. I usually don’t post my card that I did for the sketch on the same day that Emily posts all the cards. I decided to mix it up a little and go ahead and do that today. The sketch for this week can be found HERE. I went ahead and made a 4.25″ square. I like doing this size card because they fit into a regular envie and don’t require extra postage {bonus!}. Here’s what I came up with…

Can you tell that I am still in love with that Dream Street paper? It is probably my fave at the moment and I can’t get enough of it!! LOL! I think that I about to run out, so it won’t seem like such a re-run here. BTW, if you are not familiar with Bella-rific Fridays, you may want to check ‘em out, as Emily gives away some $$ to spend in the Bella store…helpful for weeks like this one where there was a super cute release.

Greetings from rainy North Texas! Last time it was raining, Ellie and I were singing “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring…” and when we got to the part about the old man bumping his head she said, “Wasn’t he paying attention?” It cracked me up. She does that on a daily basis, though! Makes me smile!

Today is TCP Tuesday and I am your Hipster Hostess with the Mostess bringing you a fun and summer-y color challenge. What do you think of these colors?…orange, pink and blue, with the option of throwing in some green {ya know, for color…LOL}.

Here’s my card using the new TCP release, By the Sea…

1. Each a week one of the The Cat’s Pajamas DT Members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, color, theme/inspiration, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until {this} Saturday night to complete the challenge.
4. Link your project on this week’s hostess’ challenge announcement. This week you will link your project on the TCP Tuesday post on THIS post.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. When uploading to SCS, please use the keyword TCPTUES69 for this challenge.
8. Alma will post the entries from the week the following Monday on her blog.
9. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the first of the month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.
10. Oh yea…HAVE FUN!

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Hooray for Saturday! I am totally excited that I am teaching my first classes at the new Scrapper’s Boutique. It’s the only non-corporate store that we have on this side of town. Lots of friendly SCS faces are coming, so I am excited about that, too.

Ellie is all better now, as noted by the sassy 3 year-oldness that has been heard around here. I have been getting a little more stamping done this week, although my room is a royal M-E-S-S!! I am just dying to get these Ikea workstation in there. Not gonna happen for a long while, though. The will-be-in-January nursery has to convert back into a play room {where all my current furniture will go}. So for now, all I can say is “some day.” Anyways, back to the sketch stuff. Here is this week’s sketch…

My sample using Stamping Bella stamps…

Detail shot…

Thank you to Regina for being this month’s Designer of the Month!! Here is here GORGEOUS creation…

Want more samples? Check out the SFYTT Sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Susan Liles
Kelly Lunceford
Carole Burrage