Some people's kids....

I'd like to start off this post by saying how much I love my son.

He is 11 going on 25, and every bit the spoiled, only child
his mother was/is. 

He can't help how he was raised and who his genetic make-up
comes from, but he has a good heart and the comedic wit that makes me proud.

That being said,

Betty, from Simply Betty Stamps has a daughter named, Rio.

Rio is going to be turning 13 in a few weeks and is far from what you
might think a 13 year old is like these days.
This young lady has requested of her mother to take any monies used for
any birthday gifts/plans/celebrations for her,and to donate them
to the children of St. Jude's Children's Hospital. 

Doesn't that just tug at your heart? What an awesome kid!!

So, Betty has a special, limited edition Rio Birthday image , that her
daughter has no idea about. Betty is offering this digi image for $3
and will sell it only untilFebruary 8th, Rio's birthday.
All the proceeds from the sale of the image will go to St. Jude's on Rio's behalf. 

This is where you come in. Betty would like it if everyone who

purchases this image would be so sweet and kind to Rio and

make her a card with this image and send it to her 

by her birthday on the 8th of February. 

 Betty plans to pack all of the cards and tons of candy into their mailbox,
and then after her b.day dinner they'll walk to the cluster boxes
and let Rio open the mailbox to find an explosion of b.day greetings and cheer.
This kid will die!

She is very appreciative of the little things, so this is gonna blow her mind!
Send all cards and Birthday wishes to:
Rio
C/O Betty Roberts
PO BOX 132314
Big Bear Lake, CA  92315

Please purchase this image and help make a child's selfless wish come true.
Ahhh, it just warms your cockles, don't it?

Rio in Love

I am actually starting to get into the whole Valentine thing.

Maybe it has something to do with the fabulous images from

Simply Betty Stamps.

Or maybe it's the awesome digital papers from

Crafty Chaos Designs.

Either way, I made a really cute card using bits from both places.

Rio is one of the Valentine Emos over at Simply Betty Stamps.

LOVE the tongue hangin' out!

Notice that skully background paper? It is just one of six cool designs

in a digi set called, "Skullentine", from Crafty Chaos Designs.

I got a little fancy and broke out with the fleurs and then I added

heart eyelets to the centers and then added a rhinestone to the center of the eyelet.

Fancy.

I am not a "lacey" kinda gal and as a result I don't have much lace

lying around to use on my cards. I did see a technique on a friend's

blog where she used her lace punch on some card stock and

then crumpled it up giving the impression of ruffled lace.

I think it worked.  

Nothing special with the coloring. Same ol' same ol'.

I used Copics and I tried to match that funky green heart color to the

actual color that comes in the box of those Conversation Hearts.

I think I came pretty close.

Thanks for dropping by. I'll be back with more coolness tomorrow. 

 

HDH072 Hell Hath No Fury...

...like a woman scorned.

Who didn't know?

This is a late submission for this week's

Macabre Monday challenge.

Basically, it's to represent a bad ass chick on a rampage.

This is a bit mild (and pink) for me, but hey, I've been sick!

This is 'Cheyenne'. 

I entered the Kenny K, "Name that Krash Kitten" contest a while back

and this is the image that Kenny chose to go with the name I submitted.

As a prize I won this image and two others. You'll be seeing them pretty soon. 

This started out as a Valentine's Day card, but once the challenge went out

and then I found this killer "sentiment" to go with my cowgirl, it was on!

(Sorry for the blurry pic - still getting the hang of the new camera.) 

I am rather proud of the coloring on this one. It's in some colors I rarely use,

but I have found that I have the right combo for a nice blended effect.

I got to use some "destash"  which would be the black and white snakeskin ribbon,

and the pink snakeskin paper. I added some bling and some embossed paper, and then

popped some Sizzix corners on for fun.

Drop by the Haunted Design House blog 

to see what the other ladies have cooked up for your enjoyment.

Maybe even play along if you're feeling inspired. 

While I was out sick I was still being creative, but in ways that the snot

wouldn't run outta my face everytime I had to look down!

I made some cute earrings for my Etsy shoppe.

Cute coffin hearts for Valentine's Day.

Glitter and glass beads added to make 'em purdy.

And who doesn't love a coffin cupcake?

So cute, why not get two?

I made a bunch of coffin themed earrings and listed them in

my Etsy shoppe (link is in the sidebar) today.

I am open to custom orders and am willing to put anything on a coffin.

Anything.

Keep it creepy!

Chapter 46: Queen Alice

"Hush-a-by lady, in Alice's lap!

Till the feast's ready, we've time for a nap.

When the feast's over, we'll go to the ball -

Red Queen, and White Queen, and Alice, and all!"

~ "Queen Alice", Through The Looking-Glass

We here at Oh Alice, hereby cordially invite you to meet Iracebeth the Red Queen of Crims and Mirana the White Queen. Iracebeth and Mirana are sisters who couldn't be more different: while the White Queen is kind and gentle and is loved by everyone, the Red Queen's answer to everything is "Off with their heads!"

To honor our Royal Highnesses, we challenge you to choose which Royal Court you would want to have rule over you, the Red Queen's or the White Queen's???

So the challenge this week, if you should choose to accept it, is to create a card/project that is either mostly white or mostly red.

This week's Oh, Alice challenge is being sponsored by

 Baby Bud Designs!

I am working with "Josh".

He is such a cutie.

Some may even call him a "heart breaker".

Lots of fun working with the adorable image provided by Baby Bud Designs.

Drop by their site and check out their digital images.

Short post for me today.

I'm losing the fight against this heinous cold I've been given.

Must stagger away now... 

SBC Challenge #2 "Make it a Classic"

Today's challenge at Simply Betty Challenges is to create a Valentine's Day card

using black and white and silver (optional), with either

pink or red as an accent color.

You can't use both, but rather one or the other.

We can all thank the creative genius who is Eulanda for this little challenge.

Thank you Eulanda!

I decided to work with "Sally" from

SBS's Sweet Gothic World Kids line. 

I really like the whole black and white color scheme with a touch of pink for

a nice pop of color. It was a bit hard to limit my use of the pink accent color.

I couldn't resist using pink for her eyes, but was worried she'd look like an albino rat

when I was all done. I think it looks pretty cool.

I just had to use a Glow Skull for the fleur center since I made

this one with a heart for an eye special just for Valentine's Day.

Please join us this week for our "Classic" challenge, and if you are the lucky

winner you will win a gorgeous "Be Mine" paper pack from Echo Park.  

 

I do believe in Faeries!

This is "Ebony". 



I saw this fabulous image on my blog buddy, Tracey's blog and knew

that Ebony belonged in my digi collection. Then, once I was at Deb's Creations  and

I saw the other three "Emerald Faeries", I was hooked! 

I just love the artist's style. They remind of the faeries from the book of the same name.

I  used the Spellbinders fancy labels and some rhinestones for a little bling.

All of the DP is from Nikki Silvis along with those awesome corduroy brads.

The solid card stock is from my stash in keeping with my goal of de-stashing. 

HDH071 Bizarre Birthday

I've been nursing an extremely melodramatic eleven year old with a common cold,

and haven't had much time to create this weekend, so I just kinda tossed this card together

in between naps and vapor rub applications .

This week's Macabre Monday challenge is,

"Bizarre Birthday".  

I guess it depends on what you consider bizarre.

Then again, a zombie celebrating a birthday does seem a bit bizarre.

As soon as I achieve zombie status, I am throwing away my calendar and tossing

out my watch!

I found this image online somewhere a long time ago and fell in love and immediately

envisioned a really cool birthday card. Taa-daahh!

It was cool coloring a black and white image with my Copics to give it a subtle colored effect.

I left off any glittery bits and baubles and used some old stash items instead, like the brightly colored eyelets and the spiral clips. I am actually trying to stick to a goal this year of using my older stash items and tools.

Now I need to find that Stamp-a-ma-jig thingy, and my paper crimper.