Valentine Emo Preview - Lola

I have another Valentine Emo preview for you today.

Here is Lola, in all her purple and pink glory!

I am not a big fan of hearts or red in general, so I tend

to go with pinks and purples for Valentine projects.

I found this gorgeous ribbon on clearance at Mike's and it

was perfect for this card. I pulled the damn wire outta the stuff before

I attempted to tie it in a bow, this time.

Yeah, I can be a slow learner sometimes.

I am still getting the hang of my new camera so the pics are a bit

blurry(?), unfocused(?), washed out(?).

Not really sure what I'm doing wrong, but I'm sure the answer is buried deep

in the instruction manual somewhere.

Drop by the SBS blogs for more previews and release info.

HDH070 Nightmarish New Year

I am not a huge fan of resolutions. I very rarely keep them more than a week or

two after the New Year and I don't even bother to make them anymore.

That being said, the very first Haunted Design House challenge of the New Year is called,

"Nightmarish New Year".

The theme is to represent some horrific resolution that always falls by the wayside

before the end of January.

This card was inspired by the simple, yet elegant designs of my Masterful Mistress, Barb.

I really like some of her more simplistic layouts and her use of the score thingy.

I actually pierced the design with a cool template I have had for over a year and 

have never used it until now. I really like the effect.

I used the Gossmere "Toasting Properly" image from Tiddly Inks.

I also used the freebie sentiment from Christy's TI blog.

It was quite fitting for this challenge.

It would appear that ol' Gossy's got a bit of a drinking problem, but she assures me

she is going to quit first thing tomorrow morning.

Okay, Gossy, we'll see.

Let's kick off the first challenge of the year with a bang and

see how many newbies (and oldbies) we can get to join us!

I dare ya!!!

I double dog dare ya!

I triple dog dare ya!

Ya gotta do it now.

Simply Betty Valentine Emo Preview

**This is my second post today.**

**Please scroll down for my Oh Alice! card. **

Today is the first day of previews from

Simply Betty Stamps for the Valentine Emos line.

We are debuting Betty today, and another Emo every day until Friday, the 7th of January.

Betty and the rest of the Emos will be available in digi form on Friday, January 7th at 12 noon. Pre-orders for the Rubber versions will open at that time as well, however the rubber will start shipping Feb. 1st.

Betty is looking quite sweet and maybe, dare I say, "Smitten". 

I made a little tag for the sentiment and then I broke out with a Glow Skull

for my fleur centre. I added some gray pearls and a coordinating ribbon to finish it off.

I LOVE coloring these Emo images and giving them such

colorful outfits and hair and eyes.

I wish I could pull off pink hair and teal eyes.

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you'll drop by Simply Betty Stamps and

SBS challenges for another Emo preview tomorrow. 

Gotta go!

It's time for black eyed peas, greens, and cornbread!!

Wishing you a prosperous New Year!!



Welcome 2011!!!!!

                                                                     

Happy New Year!!

I've had this Alice image form Tiddly Inks for some time now

and when I snagged the 2011 freebie from Delicious Doodles

I immediately knew I had to put the two together for my New Year card. 

Alice was holding a clock originally and I added the 2011 medallion

to cover the clock face. I dropped an uncapped blue Copic on her face, so I just used another head from the digi image and viola! You almost don't notice that deep shadow surrounding her head /hair huh? It looks better than the blue mark did. I also broke out with one of my new embossing folders and ended up cutting it out of the paper as opposed to using the entire sheet.

I was not about to cover up this awesome DP from the uber generous

 Nikki Silvis.

Nikki is Oh Alice's very first sponsor of the new year, and she totally hooked us up

with some gorgeous papers and embellishments for each DT member to showcase.



Stay tuned for the first challenge of the new year from Oh Alice! coming Jan. 8th. 

Happy New Year's Eve!!!

Well, it's that time of year to start shredding old files and documents,

organizing and purging craft supplies, and like it or not, it's time for

my husband's (in)famous black eyed peas! He ends up eating them all himself

so it's not too bad, but the smell is a bit funky.

Anyhoo, this year is my husband's 40th birthday on the 25th of January.

I have this awesome image from Simply Betty's "Sweet Gothic World Kids" line
that I have been dying to use since I colored him up a while ago.

This is Alex. He is perfectly disgruntled.

Not sure where I saw this sentiment, but I thought it

was perfect for my husband, so I typeset it on computer. 

My husband can be rather, odoriferous at times, so this

little quip is beyond fitting for his aged ass.  

LOVE that scowl!!

So, I had a pretty prosperous Christmas.

 I got a new Cannon camera with 14.1 pixels (an upgrade from 6 pixels). I got some

new embossing folders and some new Nesties, plus a MS punch and some warm Hello Kitty slippers.

My husband and I came to an agreement a few years ago when I was very

upset by my lack of thoughtful gifts, that I would shop for myself from now on and just wrap the stuff and open it Xmas morning (well, actually, we changed that tradition this year) with everyone else.

This was my favorite gift this year (only 2nd to my new car!) .

I only have 2 other Living Dead Dolls.

I really don't care for dolls at all (thanks Grandma!), but I did fall for a

Series 5 LDD called "Siren" about 10 years ago and a mini LDD, but found them

a bit pricey to collect since I don't really like dolls anyway. 

And then she showed up....

Isn't she lovely?

The killer part about all of this is that I painted my face (unintentionally) very similar to hers

for Hallowe'en this year, and I really like the whole Dia de los Muertos theme so I HAD to have her. I was hoping she came with the mask too, but alas, it was just a tease.

I lOVE my new dolly!

On the 22nd of December, my '98 Accord gave up the ghost.

She barely made it for the trade-in at the dealership. I mean barely made it!!!!! 

So we went ahead and bit the bullet and got a new Civic. It's an '09, but it's new to us.

She came with her very own payment booklet too!

Boo.

But now we can actually plan a few road trips to the coast and up to

Lake Tahoe for our 15th wedding anniversary in August.

We are looking forward to making big plans for 2011.

Happy New Year!!   

  

What's cooler than cool?

When one of your awesomely talented and creative friends

makes your Christmas gift!!

Yupper! That's what I'm talking about!!

One of my favoritest gals in the world

painted this gorgeous plate for me!!

Now when I opened it she wasn't present, so I had time to

ponder and look at it and wonder. I had no idea it was hand painted by her when I

first opened it, but as I stared at it I noticed the similarities

between the gorgeously painted lady and well, myself.

This was my face for Hallowe'en this year.

MacKenzie, you are an awesome artist and a creative genius,

but most importantly, you are a beautiful person and one

of the most thoughtful people I have ever known.

I truly cherish our friendship and I feel richer for having

you in my life.

Thank you for the most meaningful gift ever!!

My Top 10 Cards of 2010 Blog Hop

Wow! This year sure did fly by! It seems like I was just complaining about

how Halloween was never gonna get here and now it's time to ring in the new year!

Here is a Top 10 (13) List of my favorite cards that I made this year.

Image from Hambo Stamps



Image from Stampotique

Hambo digital images

Hambo "One and Done" auction image


Image from Stampotique


Image from Sweet Pea Stamps 

Image from Simply Betty Stamps 

Image from Mo Manning

Image from The Greeting Farm

Image from Kenny K

Image from Google images

Image from Simply Betty Stamps

Image from Karber Digital images

Once I started compiling my list it became harder to choose just 10 cards.
I made it a Lucky 13 list instead.

It was also fun to see how my style has changed over the last year.

Thanks for stopping by!