A Few of My Favorite Things

Here's my blog post from the Paper Maniac blog yesterday :)

Our theme is "My Favorite Things." The DT girls will be showing you their very favorite things from the Paper Maniac store this week! Isn't that fun?!

Now, this theme reminds me of the Sound of Music and the favorite things song. My friend was telling me a mom remade that song and the WHOLE song she said her favorite things are "bedtime and nap time and nap time and bedtime." I thought this was an appropriate thing to share with you since that's when I get to stamp everyday. :)

This card is FULL of my favorite things! I love Christmas! It's my favorite holiday! :) And I adore penguins like THIS ONE from Pink Cat Studio. My favorite thing to color with is myCopics. My favorite embellishment right now is burlap string. And my one of my favorite things is PRESENTS like the ones on this Jillibean Soup Chestnut Soup paper. (A side note about this paper, Patti put it in a bundle pack for you so you can try all the different designs, isn't that awesome?) I used this week's Card Positioning Systems sketch for this card.

Also, did you see this week's Deal of the Week section?! The deals are incredible! There are Nesties, stamps, paper, Sizzix folders, etc...

Card Details:

Card Stock: white

Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup Chestnut Soup

Stamps: Pink Cat Studio Christmas Penguins

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Coloring Medium: Copics

Misc: burlap string, polka dot ribbon, Stickles

A Tree For Sweet Henry

I copy and pasted this:

This week has been a very sad one as a fellow stamper, blogger, and friend Sarah Anderson's 3 year old son Henry passed away. Little Henry was unable to overcome a virus that made him ill last week.

Lorie Ames has organized a way to donate for a memorial for Henry. Henryloved his local zoo and visited it almost every day in the summer. As a memorial, trees will be planted there in his honor. Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has created a digital stamp to help raise funds for a tree for Henry. All proceeds from the sale of the digi stamp, minus Paypal costs, will go towards the tree. If you would like to donate towards the tree, please visit this webpage to purchase the digi stamp:
http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/DigiStamps/Animals/Zoo/GiraffeAndMonkey.htm

Please click on our DT blog members' links to see a couple of cards created with this adorable stamp.

Another way to donate to the memorial is to print out this form and mail in your donation directly:
http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/Parks/PDF/MemorialTreePamphlet.pdf

Please write on the form that the donation is for Sarah Anderson's son Henry. Once all of the money is collected, a tree and location will be selected. If you have questions about the form please contact our former Limelight DT member Lorie Ames. Lorie will be in contact with Sarah along this memorial journey to ensure that her wishes are followed. To contact Lorie, please visit her blog at
http://www.live-love-laugh-create.blogspot.com/

If you don't know Sarah and would like to learn more about her, please visit her blog: http://scrampinmama.blogspot.com/

Thank you for your help to raise money for a tree in memory of sweet Henry.

Limelight Baby Card

Oh thank goodness I can blog again! My keyboard was broken and Dustin just went to Staples and got me a new one with our Staples Rewards Dollars. It sure does pay to recycle your old ink cartridges!

Here's a card I made for last week's Limelight sketch and product challenge. The product focus was stickers. I used a Colorbok chipboard sticker. The stamp is from Pink Cat Studio's Dress Me Sweetpea. The designer paper is Stampin Up. I used Prismacolor pencils to color in the image. Easy peasy.

Scroll to the next post down for blog candy!

Limelight Sketch and an Awesome CAUSE

I made this card for the sketch challenge going on right now on the Limelight Blog. The product challenge is to use buttons. I love me some buttons! The image here is from Pink Cat Studio. The designer paper is from Doodlebug Design Inc. And the Cuttlebug embossing folder is Floral Fantasy. I also used Diamond Stickles on the pink frame around Lily to give my card some sparkle, because pink and sparkly is the BEST! :)

Also, you HAVE to go over to THIS POST on the Cosmo Cricket blog. They are donating $1 for every comment they receive up to $1000 to a local food bank. So, go over, leave a comment, and spread the word!

Heather, You Hug My Heart!

My sweet friend and EtsyInspired DT member Heather of Heather's Heavenly Stampations recently brought this set to my attention on her blog. I'll sum up really quickly being that I'm running on 3 hours of sleep and I should be napping. Pink Cat Studio has made this adorable digi set in honor of the sweet Ethan Weiman (click for his Caring Bridge site) who recently lost his two year battle with cancer. The proceeds from the purchase of the digi images are going to the Make A Wish Foundation Illinois Chapter since they made Ethan's wish of a barn and a horse come true. Buy the set, it's $6 or you can get the singles for $4 each.

On top of getting the images, donating to charity, and feeling good about yourself, sweet Heather is offering some blog candy too. If you buy the set and blog about it, you get yourself entered to win a $20 gift card from Heather. How sweet is she? You can see all the details on how to win HERE. ALSO, you can win a gift certificate from Vicki for doing the same thing, enter HERE.

I just bought the cowboy image a few minute ago so I don't have a sample for you but it's too cute. And since I have two little boys of my own, I'm sure that it will come in handy.

Limelight Sketch

I made this card for the Limelight sketch challenge on the Limelight Blog.  I'm super late though, I had to wait until Brady went to bed so hopefully, I made the deadline.  The product spotlight this time was metallic elements.

I have to say, I received my FIRST Limelight order this week.  I know!  Where have I been?  Well, I don't know.  But Mandy had a 15% off coupon which might still be on the site if you hurry.  Also, she's having a special where you get a plastic Easter egg with your purchase and they have prizes inside.  This offer is good until Easter.  Wanna know what was in my egg?  It was a voucher for THREE FREE bottles of Stickles!  Glitter heaven!!!  And my order got to me within 3 days!  WOW!

On to my card, my first ever circle card.  I used Pink Cat Studio's Dress Up Sweet Pea set that I got from Limelight.  I really felt like making a baby card today.  I stamped him on cream paper and cut him out.  I stamped the box on white paper and cut that out.  I added some star brads for my metallic element and some Baby Blue Stickles.  

Happy Monday Friends!