Just saying hi!

Good evening everyone!

Just checking in really quick with you since I've not posted in a few days. It's been a busy week and a busy weekend. I do have stuff to share with you; but it's 8:30 and I'm just not up to doing all the scanning and editing etc this evening. I've been working a lot on the Verve Stamps Anni-Verve-sary 12 days of sketch challenges and will post some of them tomorrow. I hope everyone has had a good weekend, and I'll be back tomorrow with pictures and other chatter!

In Case you Haven't Heard.....

General Hospital's Max and Milo are getting a Dad. BTW, did you know that those two are brothers in real life. I didn't; but when I read that yesterday, a lot of things made a lot more sense...like why they look so much alike (LOL!) Anyhow, GH has tapped, none other than former Soprano's star Vincent Pastore. (He played "Big Pussy" on the Sopranos) How cool is that? I think he's a perfect cast as their dad. Apparently Mr. Pastore is a big fan of the show and was asked to tape a promo for ABC, and then one thing led to another; and viola! You can read the article and see the promotional video on soapnet.. There's also interesting information about other stars that are fans of GH.
I have been busy stamping the last couple of days. I know, I know, I said I was
taking a break; but you know how these pesky stamping addictions can be! I decided to jump in on the Verve Stamps "Anni-VERVE-sary" celebration. 12 days, 12 sketches and chances for great prizes. If you haven't heard about this, check out the forum on SCS to find out all the information. I've done 4 out of the 6 so far and I am working on the other two this afternoon. I posted the first 2 to my SCS Gallery.














The 3 and 4th are here for you to see. These have been fun sketches to work with and I really hope to be able to complete them all.
Ok, so that's all for me today. Have a great afternoon, and as always, thanks so much for visiting with me!

A New Week

Good Monday Morning everyone!

It's almost lunch time, so the morning is almost gone; but I wanted to get a post in before I got busy with other things this afternoon. I have been busy going through a lot of clothes and toys, trying to get rid of things that nobody wears anymore or uses. I really really hate clutter and disorganization, so when I feel like I'm tripping over stuff every time I turn around, I know it's time to make a trip to the goodwill.
I participated in my first Paper Pretties Pajama Party on Friday evening. It was loads of fun; but definitely fast -paced. An hour to create and post a challenge goes by really fast. I only have one Paper Pretties stamp right now, which is my bunny slippers Sophia. I've posted a lot of stuff with her on my blog lately, so I'm not going to actually put them here; but you can see them in my Paper Pretties Gallery, here and here. I only got two out of three done. By 10:00, I was ready to pack it in and call it a night. Congrats to Stephanie for being named the Cutie Pie. Her work is too precious and it was definitely a well-deserved win.
This card for today is one I made last week. I bought a package of stamps by Autumn Leaves called "Flowers" by Rhonna Farrer. I know, I know, I need more flower stamps right? But I really like these and they are different from the others that I have. The card is pretty self-explanatory. I used Ruby Red, Mustard and Wasabi as my colors.
I am planning to take a week or so off from stamping and concentrate on doing some scrapbooking. I need to work on Reagan's book and I have some other pictures I want to do as well. I'm also going to be busy helping my mom over the next week or so moving and setting up her new house. I may be a bit intermittent about posting during that time. If you check back for a couple of days and don't see anything new, don't worry, I've not gone anywhere. Just keep checking, I won't leave you all hanging for long.
That's it for me right now. Thanks for visiting with me today, have a wonderful afternoon.

Changes, A New Card and I've been Published!

Good afternoon everyone!

Well, I'm here at long last this afternoon. What a crazy morning! Had a doctor's appointment this morning, and grocery shopping this afternoon. I am so glad I already had cards made to share with you today. I don't know if I'll have a chance to do any stamping over the weekend, so I'm only posting one today and will share the rest next week. I used Mellow Moss as my card base and the patterned paper is from Basic Grey. I layered Ruby Red and Groovy Guava and wrapped a piece of Lil Davis Design ribbon. The main image is from Simply Said. I stamped it with black ink on glossy paper and then used sponges to layer Ruby Red, Mellow Moss and Guava Ink.
It's also the first of the month, so as you can see I've changed the template. I think I finally got it the way I want it and I hope that you like it.
It's been a crazy week, so I really haven't done any blog hopping or challenges this week. I am also thinking that I'm going to spend next week working on Reagan's scrapbook. She picked out her album this week, so now I finally have a place to put the pages once they are complete. Although I have ideas for cards rolling around in my head as well!
So, now for my exciting news! I'm please to announce my debut published online article. I wrote an article for Scrapbooking.com for August. I've also written one for next month. It really is exciting to see your name with your work. Click on the link and let me know what you think.
That's all for me, have a great weekend and thanks so much for visiting with me.