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!

Before I get started on this post, I just wanted to mention the new stuff that Jody has. New sticky tape, foam sheets and gorgeous ribbon, including grosgrain ric rac!!! YUM-O for projects!

Welcome to another edition of TCP Tuesday! Today I am your Hipster Hostess with the Mostess bringing you a challenge that could win you $25 in Cat Cash {see all those deets below}. Summer is obviously in full swing and I chose some bright, happy colors to work with for this challenge…

Here’s my card using 2 of my favorite TCP stamps of all time, Relaxing and What Part of Meow…

So, wanna play along with the TCP Tuesday challenge?…EVERYONE can! Here’s what you are gonna want to know…
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 THIS post on my blog.
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 TCPTUES65 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!

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!