Spring break

Hey everyone,

I had an amazing weekend, it was absolutely wonderful!!!!! My boyfriend and I went down south to San Luis Obispo for the weekend. He went to school down there so he knew all the cool places to check out. We visited his school and some of his old friends, hit up the local shops and beaches, and then went on two tours at Hearts Castle, which was absolutely gorgeous!!! Yesterday the weather was awesome, it was warm and everyone was playing in the ocean and on the beaches, but sadly for us we had to go home, but before we left we were able to snap a million pictures and take advantage of the great weather. It was so much fun, we didn't want to leave. Here are some pictures from our weekend, and some time later this week I hope to share some Easter cards with you all. Enjoy!!!!


View of Hearst Castle






Hearst Castle






Hearst Castle










Hearst Castle another view










Hearst Castle Garden







Hearst Castle Outdoor pool







California Polytechnic State University Garden, isn't it beautiful.







Avila Beach







Avila Beach Peir







Pismo Beach







Pismo Beach








Pismo Beach Pier







Pismo Beach and Pier








Sunset at Pismo Beach

Hi there

Hey everyone,

Sorry no card today but I want to share with you some pictures of beautiful Monterey, California. And later this week I might share with you guys some more picture of the rest of my spring break. Enjoy!!!




The shore by the wading pools, see the starfish at the bottom of the picture, the little orange thing is a starfish. There were a lot of mussels, and sea urchins and little crabs too.


A white peacock at a fruit stand on the way back home from Monterey. Isn't it beautiful and unique.

Thanks for stopping by. Check in early next week for card pics and later this week for more vacation pics.

Splish Splash

Hey everyone,

I hope you guys are doing great. I know I am, just today and Friday and then Spring Break yeahhhhh!!!! Test tomorrow first, then spring break but I'm still super excited even with a test.

I can't wait, my boyfriend has a surprise vacation set up for us and I think he might be taking us to the beach, I love the beach, especially the water therefore I share with you today a little summery card that has to do with water, yup Changito Pool guy, we will pretend that he's a beach guy just for me, lol. I love the beach, so if I'm not around I'm on my way to a fun filled weekend filled with lots of ocean and beaches. For this card I was inspired by Jen del Muro's Turtle Tots-Love is in the Air Bella Card. She is always inspiring me, she makes some great cards so I always check out her blog to see what shes up to and use her ideas on my cards. Enough about that here is my card. Enjoy!!!!




Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!

Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
Paper: Me&My BIG Ideas Fashion District Paper Pad
Stamps: Stampendous Changito pool guy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondak) Copic Markers
Accessories: Buttons, Nestabilities

Celebrating 300K--Day 2!!

For Julie's case I decided to case this card from her SCS gallery. I thought it was super cute and simple yet well put together. So I figured I could do the same thing with Baby Shower from High Hopes, I hope it turned out just as good as Julie's.

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: High Hopes Baby Shower, SU So Many Scallops
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack, Copic Markers
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy
Accessories: K&Company Adhesive Gems, Scalloped Ribbon, Nestibiliites


Details to the 300K celebration

How would you like to win Floral Symphony..and more! Well, yesterday Julie asked you to case Laura, and link your creation by comment to this post. So today, you are going to check out Julie`s blog or SCS gallery and pick a card of hers to case. This time you will link it to this post on her blog! You have until midnight Monday, March 30, and we`ll select a random winner on Tuesday, March 31. You can check out Julie`s blog to find out what she`s giving away, but Laura will tell you hers right now! For Day 2 of our Celebration, Julie at Verve has graciously donated a Fun With Florals bundle! That`s 5 stamp sets! Both Julie and Laura will draw a winner from all the entries each day, so there will be four winners in all!

Case Laura, and link to this post on Laura`s blog, or upload to SCS with the keyword CEL300L.

Case Julie, and link to this post on Julie`s blog, or upload to SCS with the keyword CEL300J.

Remember to link the card you cased in your post or upload, and change at least two things, and yes, you can case as many cards as you like, and enter as often as you like on both days of our Celebration!

TCPTUES51

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to share with you another baby card, this time using TCPTUES Challenge. Sorry I have to be short and sweet but I have to get to studying for an open book, open note, essay test on friday. They are always harder when they are open tests, so I need to start preparing myself. I'll have more for you later this week.

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4
Stamps: High Hopes Precious Cargo, Stampendous Tiny Toes
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Accessories: Fun Flock, Nestibilities, paper piercer



Wow. TCP Tuesday is 51! How did that happen? They are middle-aged.

Head on over to Leigh's Blog today.

She is the Hipster Hostess with the Mostess for this week. And she's hosting a fantabulous Sketch challenge. She's using this wonderful sketch to challenge herself and you. It's her last week as the Hostess with the Mostess. Won't you play along?


Here are the deets.
1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, color, theme, 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 HERE.
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 or PCP, please use the keyword TCPTUES51 for this challenge.
8. Alma (that's me) 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.

Precious Cargo Mojo79

My cousin is having a baby shower this sunday and she is expecting a little boy so I figured I would try something with my new High Hopes Precious Cargo stamp. I think it turned out nicely with the Mojo79 sketch, except that my coloring on the beek got a little to messy, I'll have to make another one that is cleaner. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by and don't for get to play along.





Recipe:
Stamps: High Hopes Precious Cargo
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Accessories: Sheer Ribbon, Martha Stewart Embossed Zigzag Border Punch, Fun Flock, Marvy Uchida Liquid Appliqué


To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch. Upload it to your blog or online gallery and leave a link using the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post, so we can come check out your creation. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but Mr. Linky will close on Sunday night at 8:00pm. That way there's no confusion which Mr. Linky is the current one. If you upload to online galleries, please use keyword/tag MOJO79.

Scrapnextras celebrating 300,000 hits!!

I already cased one card, but I though it was a little unfair of me because I cased that card back for Christmas so I decided to case this card from Laura's SCS gallery. I thought it was super cute, so I decided to give it a spring test and add a butterfly. I love these new butterflies combo from Cuttlebug they are just so cute and fun!!!

Enjoy and don't forget to play along, the instructions are at the bottom of this post. Thanks for stopping by.




Recipe:
Stamps: SU Upsy Daisy
Paper: Martha Stewart, acetate paper
Ink: ColorBox Fluid Chalk cat's Eyes Queue Wisteria
Accessories: Purple Gross Grain ribbon, silver brads, Spica pen, Cuttlebug Butterflies diecut/embossing combo, paper peircer, SU scallop punch



Celebrating 300,000 hits!!!
For day 1, all you need to do is page through Laura's blog or her gallery on SCS, find a card you would like to CASE. Put your own creative spin on it and then post a comment with a link to your creation on this blog post. You can also upload to SCS using the keyword CEL300L (L is for Laura!).

What can you win? Well, if you are loving the Key Indgredient kits Laura has been sharing on her Taylored Expressions projects this month, then here's your chance to win one! Taylor of Taylored Expressions has generously donated Birthday Boy Key Ingredients kit.! And, Flourishes is generously offering a stamp set of your choice! Well, off you go to case Laura!

Julie, who is also celebrating 300,000 hits, will draw a second person to win some goodies from her! She'll be giving away the fabulous Impression Obsession clear set that she used in her card today! So, find your inspiration and let your creative juices flow! You have until Next Monday at Midnight (Mar 30) to make and upload your card! We'll announce the randomly chosen winners sometime on Tuesday (Mar 31)!

Birthday Cake

Hey everyone,
I hope you guys all enjoyed your weekend, I know I did. I went to Pleasanton for the Scrapbook Expo and got a few cool things including some cool Shimmerz, I can't wait to use them. A bunch of friends and I celebrated by roommate and good friends birthday we had a blast. So today I share some of the birthday cards that I made for the event. Here favorite color is green so I did two different green paper in hopes that one would be the perfect one for her, and they both came out very nicely.

Enjoy, I'll hopefully have some more for you later this week. Thanks for stopping by!!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
Stamps: High Hopes Three Candle Cake, SU Upsy Daisy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Making Memories FabricBrocade Greenhouse Paperie
Accessaries: Prisma Flower, Buttons, Dew Drops, Stickles, Spica pen, Marvy Uchida Liquid Appliqué, Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch, Nestibilities



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
Stamps: High Hopes Three candle Cake, SU Upsy Daisy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Karen Neuburger sorbet:lime sprouts
Accessaries: Prisma Flowers, EK Success Retro Flower Punch, Marvy Uchid Flower punchGreen Gross Grain Ribbon, Rhinestones, Buttons, Stickles, Spica pen, Marvy Uchida Liquid Appliqué, Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch, Nestibilities

Changito B-day

Have a few Birthday's coming up so decided to get started on the cards. Enjoy, sorry for the short post but I need to get back to my studding.

Thanks for stopping by.



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4
Stamps: Stampendous Changito Bday
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Martha Stewart paper
Accessaries: American Craft Premium Ribbon 3/8 Pnk, Grn Horiz Strip, Rhinestones

MOJO78

Just wanted to share with you some mojo. Its been a while since I have participate and at the beginning of the year I said I was going to try to do every weeks, it's not going to well. I should actually be studding right now. I have a test tomorrow and Friday and a presentation tomorrow night, but I just had to take a break, my brain was getting fried. Now break time is way over so I'll see you later.

Oh and sorry that the second image is a little blurry, I'm kinda in a hurry to get back to studying before tonight's night class, so i didn't retake it.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4
Stamps: Stampendous Changito Bday
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Michaels Paper Slab
Accessaries: Joann's Ribbon, Martha Butterfly Punch, 2mm acrylic jewels

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! I hope everyone has a good one. I just wanted to quickly share another Maribelle Cow St. Patrick's Day card. Sorry I have to make this short and sweet but I have a presentation tomorrow and two midterms, one Thursday and one Friday, so wish me luck and off I go to prepare for my presentation and to study. Enjoy and Thanks for stopping by!!!!


Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
Stamps: High Hopes Stamps Maribelle Cow and High Hopes St. Patty's Day Hat
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Rhonna Farrer Paper Pad, Summer Ete,
me&my BiG ideas, Fashion District paper pad
Accessories: Green Button, Hemp

St. Patrick's Maribelle Cow

I just wanted to share another St. Patrick's Day card with everyone.

My computer decided to start up and just show a black screen yesterday so I had to bring it down to my brother to fix it again, so now my computer is functioning again, so hopefully it will work properly at least until the semester is over. I have way to much computer school work to do, so it can't break down on my anymore.

So here is another card, I guess you can say I have a thing for cows given that I've grown up around them my entire life so I decided to use High Hopes Maribelle Cow to celebrate St. Patrick's day. Enjoy!!!!




Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
Stamps: High Hopes Stamps Maribelle Cow and High Hopes St. Patty's Day Hat
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Rhonna Farrer paper Pad, Summer Ete
Accessories: K&Company Adhesive Gems, Brown Gross Grain Ribbon, Green Button, Hemp


Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Lucky Clover

I'm back, at least for now, just for St. Patrick's. Had to send out some cards so I figured I would share them with you. I have to be short and sweet cause I should be studding for two tests so I will see you guys later with some more St. Patty's cards. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by.






Recipe:
Card Size: 5 x 5 and 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Paper Makeup Chelly with Lucky Clover
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: DCWV Posies glitter print
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folders Floral Fantasy and Leafy Branch, Martha Stewart Arch Lattic Edge Punch, Marvy Uchid Flower punch (3 different sizes), Spica pens, Hero Arts Prisma Glitter, Rectangle Scallop Nestibilities, K&Company Adhesive Gems,(Ribbon) American Crafts white dots on orange 3/8

Happy Birthday...The perfect card

So of the three cards that I made this one was THE ONE. Absolutely perfect for my man's birthday, lol it's so him.

When we were younger before we knew that we were going to be together today, he used to help his family chop corn for my family, so when ever I knew they were over chopping I would jump on my quad and ride around looking for him and looking to see if I could catch his attention, silly me. So that's what the tractor is for and the pitch fork is supposed to symbol a rake because I remember specifically in, I think it was eighth grade, I got all dressed up, I think I was going somewhere but my mom says no, but I got dressed up and I pretended to go out and get the mail because he was outside my door on the big mountain of corn raking, it so again I wanted to catch his attention lol, and today I finally have it. I think its a funny story cause who would have ever guessed that we would be together today and happier than ever. Happy Birthday babe!!!

So here is the final card, enjoy!!!



Recipe:
Card: 5 1/2 by 5 1/2
Stamps: Tractor Riley Moose, Savy Stamps birthday set
Paper: Michael's Paper Slab
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessories: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Making Memories Charms-Farm, Making Memories Charms-Birthday, Hemp Cord, K&Company Rough & Tumble Metal Art-Hardware Brads, SU Scalloped Punch

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!

Birthday #2

Hi there, so I said I was going to post my ideas up until my boyfriend's birthday tomorrow so here is my second card. This was really the third card that I made but I'm posting because the second card that I made was THE CARD, lol, the one just for him.

So here it is, it turned out nicely, I just wasn't to fond on the paper, I think maybe it's a little to much and it takes away from the image, but it's growing on me.

...So I'm currently at school, I had a 2 hour gap between classes and decided to hit up the lab instead of take the bus home and then come back, so i have class in 15 so I better head off so that I can get a seat before all the good ones are taken.

Enjoy and see you tomorrow with the final card.




Recipe:

Card: 5 1/2 by 5 1/2
Stamps: Tractor Riley Moose
Paper: Michael's Paper Slab
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessories: Making Memories Charms-Farm, Making Memories Charms-Birthday, Brown Gross Grain Ribbon, Hemp Cord

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your weekend!!!

Birthday #1

So my boyfriends birthday is on Saturday and I decided that I needed to cram out some cards. I had two options...well there are more if I included my cupcake and cake stamps but I wanted to get more personal with it and make the card just for him. My two options were to use Full Fluffles or Tractor Riley Moose. He loves cats but I know he doesn't do sweats, and then he is totally a country boy like I am a country girl, his family owns a chopping company and every year he comes to my family's farm and he chops our corn, so the tractor Riley would work for him too. I decided that I would make several cards using both stamps.

So I know he loves cats so here is the first one that I made. In the process of making it, he called me so he got to help me make the card. I asked him if he preferred chocolate or vanilla cake lol and he said he preferred vanilla cake with chocolate frosting so I did brown liquid appliqué for the frosting. Then I went on and asked him if he would rather have a cat and a cake or a moose and a tractor lol this really confused him, he had no idea what I was talking about but he ended up choosing the moose and the tractor. So here is the card that I had already started and until his birthday on Saturday I will show you the two other cards that I made.





(this pic shows the balloon with the diamond glaze for a 3D look)


Recipe:

Card: 5 1/2 by 5 1/2
Stamps: Stampendous Full Fluffles, SU So many scallops
Paper: Michael's Paper Slab
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessaries: Diamond Glaze, Marvy Uchida Liquid Appliqué, Stickles, Nestibilities, Brads, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Scallop Border Punch

AMYRS52 SWAK

So last night instead of catching up on some reading I decided that I would work on a Valentine's Day card for my boyfriend. I was inspired by a card made be Amy at Prairie Paper & Ink which also went with her sketch: AMYRS52.

It took quit a while to put this card together but it turned out real well and I think it's just the right one to send to him, Im super excited, it's just tooooo cute!!!! There is one thing that bothers me a bit and thats the upper right hand corner where there is a big white area, I'm debating weather I should leave it or if I should put a sentiment there. What do you think, should I leave it as is or add a sentiment????

Here it is, enjoy!!!!


Recipe:
Card: 5 by 6 1/2
Stamps: Paper Pretties Sealed with a kiss
Paper: Adornit Carolee's Creations Valentine Strip DP
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessaries: Spica glitter pen, Martha Stewart Valentine Lace Edge Punch, Rhinestone Stickers (diamonds, Michaels), Prima flowers, Buttons, pearl brads, Nestibilities, hemp cord

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!

TECC41 Sending you Love

Hey everyone, I hope everything is well. Everything is great here is Sac, I just had my first week of school and I think this one is going to be another good one!!! I'm excited but I have a feeling that this semester is not going to allow me much time to stamp so I will try my best. Sometimes I would totally rather be stamping than doing my homework which is totally what I am doing right now, I should be reading for all of my classes and staying on top of everything but that's not happening with Valentine's day come and my boyfriends birthday this Saturday. I still have to make cards, so here and there before this weekend and Valentine's day you will see some cards and I will probably be procrastinating with school, so while I'm posting I hope you are enjoying my creations. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!!!!

This card is a TECC challenge from a while back but I thought it would be perfect for Sending you love.



Recipe:
Card: 5 1/2 by 5 1/2
Stamps: Paper Pretties Sending you love
Paper: Basic Grey's Bittersweet hand-dipped, Basic Grey's Bittersweet mousse
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessaries: Stickles Fruit Punch, Spica glitter pen, The Robins Nest Pointsetta Dew Drops, Martha Stewart Valentine Lace Edge Punch