Just A Little Bit Longer

I know, I know, my blog has been very slow

lately and I haven't had much to share with you

all....but no worries, I've been creating like crazy

and I'm just waiting on reveals beefore I can

share with you all...hang in there, by the first

of the month I'll have tons to show you all!!! :)

Have a wonderful Thursday evening!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Triple Tiara Tuesday!!!

Welcome to this week's Triple Tiara Tuesday!!!

This week you have the chance to win a

$25 rubber stamp gift certificate to Queen Kat Designs

simply by playing along with us!!

This week's inspiration is from Crate & Barrel:

Here is my card, I was totally inspired by the colors:

Check out the QKD Blog for the official rules, to link

up your own project, and to find who the other

challengers and hosts are for this week's challenge!!

Have a fantastic Tuesday!!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Super Saturday with Queen Kat Stamps

Good morning everyone!!

I hope that your Saturday morning is off to a

fantastic start! I have another card to share with

you today using the My Furry Valentine stamp

from the Ash Evans collection that you can find

over in the QKD Store. I paired this kitty cat couple

with a pair of little love birds on top of the heart.

I just love how the kitties and birdies are in pairs

and everyone is just getting along so well!! :)

You can find this stamp My Furry Valentine in

the QKD Store along with a couple of fantastic sales!

You can get 250 12x12 sheets of pattern paper for only

$39.95 with shipping and all remaining acrylic stamps

are a whopping 80% off...you don't want to miss that!

Have a wonderful weekend!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Best Creation Recipe Challenge

Good morning!!

I wanted to share with you all this morning the

Best Creation Recipe Challenge that was posted

yesterday over on the Best Creation Blog.

This challenge was to use:

-4 papers

-4 ribbons

-4 pieces of chipboard

-4 buttons

-6 letter title

Here is my layout for the challenge using the

Surf's Up line from Best Creation. I didn't have the

chipboard for this line so to add that dimension I

used the Best Creation foam dots to pop dot up

4 elements on my layout....go check out the challenge

HERE to see what the other DT members created!!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

LOVES :) -Sarah

My Creative Scrapbook Guest Designer Call!!!

Just because so many of you have asked so many

times, My Creative Scrapbook is having it's first

every Guest Design Team Call!!! Check back on

the MCS Blog in the near future or over on the

MCS Forum for the upcoming details on Feb. 16th!!

You don't want to miss this!!!

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Super Saturday with Queen Kat Stamps!!

Hello everyone!!!

I'm back again this Saturday to share with you

a card that I created for my daughter for

Valentine's Day using the "My Furry Valentine"

stamp from the Ash Evans collection over in the

QKD Store. I wanted the coloring of the stamp to

coordinate with my title and the white background

without fighting too much with the colors on the '

pattern paper. So I just colored the edges of the image

with my Copic BVOOOO Pale Thistle just to highlight

the image. I finished off the title by handwriting the

f.e.c.t at the end of PURR and my daughter will love it!

Make sure you head on over to the QKD Store to find

this adorable "My Furry Valentine" stamp

at 25% off along with all of the other rubber stamps

and the remaining acrylic stamps are 80% off!!! Woohooo!!

Have a wonderful weekend and a Happy Valentine's Day!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Some Odd Girl Heart Challenge!!!

Hi everyone!!!

This is my first challenge with Some Odd Girl

and I have to say that I absolutely love creating

my card with the adorable Tobie and Buddy digi

stamp from the Some Odd Girl store HERE.

This challenge is a fun one and the first to use only

Some Odd Girl digis!!! You will definitely want to

play along because up for grabs as the PRIZE is a

$25 gift certificate to Oozak.com!!! Copics anyone?!!

Check out more about this challenge, link up your

creation, and to see the other DT's creations HERE!!

Have a fantastic Friday!!

LOVES :) -Sarah

My 1st Post for Simply Renee & Clip It Up

Good morning everyone!

Today is my first post of my DT term for

Simply Renee's Clip It Up!!! First, I'd like to

tell you how incredibly easy the Clip It Up was

to assemble. When I received my Base and

Upper Tier, I was shocked at the small box

that my Clip It Up arrived in, and there were
only a few pieces inside that simply needed

screwed together by hand. The entire process

literally took me only three minutes, and my

2 year old even helped to screw on the Upper

Tier. Now how easy is that?!!

Secondly, I'd like to show you how I altered my

Clip It Up to contain a storage box on the top of

my Upper Tier. I used a leftover box that I had lying

around the house, and I simply used some pattern

paper, lace, and ribbon to decorate the box topper to

coordinate with the decor in my scraproom. I started

by covering the bottom half of the box with one pattern.

Then, I used a second pattern to cover the top half of the

box. I cut each piece of paper just slightly taller than what

I needed for the box so that I could fold the excess paper

over the top edge of the box covering the raw edges of the

cardboard. (NOTE: the top flaps of the box have been cut

off to allow for open storage).

Next, I added lace and a decorative ribbon to the center of

the box to cover the edges of whre the two patterns meet.

I finished the inside of the box by covering the inside with

sheets of vintage book and dictionary pages.

I cut a hold using my craft knife in the center of the bottom

of the box in order to accommodate the screw post at the

top of the Upper Tier, placed the box over the screw post,

and simply screwed on the topper.

Lastly, I used a circle cutter to create a piece to cover the

base of my Clip It Up that coordinated with my Storage

Topper. I cut the circle about 11" wide from a sheet of

pattern paper, and then I also cut a hole out of the center

of the paper about 1 1/2" wide in order to accommodate the

bottom screw post. I added a couple pieces of scrapbook tape

to adhere the circle to the base and screwed the Clip It Up

Base back together.

It's as simple as that, and here is my finished

and decorated Clip It Up Base with the Upper Tier!!

Now on to the fun part....ORGANIZING!!!!

I hope that you've enjoyed this Clip It Up Storage Topper

tutorial and that you'll try this yourself!!

Don't forget to head on over to the Clip It Up Blog to see

other fantastic Clip It Up ideas and storage solutions
along with the fabulous new All In One storage system

that was just shown off at the Winter 2011 CHA!!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Best Creation Blog Hop

We are having our very first Blog Hop of the new

season today and our theme is

"Creating Handmade Spring Flowers".

On each of the blogs you will find lots

of inspirational projects and ways to create and

use spring flowers that you can make yourself!

In order to win our GRAND PRIZE be sure to collect

all of the different kinds of flowers made on each

blog and send the list to teresa@bestcreation.us

Also be sure to leave comments along the way on

each of the design team members blogs and also

on the Best Creation Blog at the end of the hop.

Be sure to check out the Best Creation Blog for

the list of prizes you may be eligible to win!!

I'd like to share with you my Surprise Party card

that I created using the Best Creation "Let's Party"

line. I created the 3D Flower on this card by using

CIRCLES!!! It's just as easy as that...I used two

different sizes circle punches (one for the petals

and a larger punch for the flower center). I used

3 different colors of pattern papers for the petals

and punched 5 small circles from each pattern.

Then I simply pinched the small circles at one

end and that gave me my flower petals.

I glued the small pinched circles into a larger

circle on top of the card front making sure that

my larger punched circle that I was using for my

flower center would fit just perfectly inside.

I used the Best Creation 3D Foam Dots to pop up

the flower center just above the petals and added a

cupcake sticker to the center to complete my theme.

And here is my finished card.

I hope that you enjoyed this CIRCLE FLOWER

tutorial and that you'll give it a try yourself!!

Up next in our Blog Hop order is Tina McDonald!!

Have a wonderful Blog Hop Monday!!

LOVES :) -Sarah

My Creative Scrapbook Release Day with Echo Park

Good Sunday morning everyone!!

I'm super excited to finally be able to share

with all of you my projects that I created with

the My Creative Scrapbook Main Kit featuring

Echo Park's "Be Mine" line!! The MCS kits are

beyond gorgeous so make sure you head on over

the their site, click on design team gallery, and take

a look at all of the amazing projects created by their

DT and GDT's using all four of their spectacular kits!

I worked with the Main Kit, and let me just tell you,

it was sooooo stacked full of goodies and that awesome

"Be Mine" line from Echo Park that creating was just

so fast and effortless, everything you could have possibly

wanted to add to your layouts was right there in the kit!!

So, here are my layouts from the MCS Main Kit...

and also a little birdhouse for my daughter's room...

Don't forget to go on over and see the DT gallery at

My Creative Scrapbook...there's enough amazing

inspiration to last you all month long!!

Have a happy Sunday!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Super Saturday

Good morning everyone!!!

I'm very happy to share with you today my very

first post and project for Queen Kat Designs!!!

For my first project I was able to work with the

cutest pixie stamp designed by Terrell Dorfeo with

Meado Pixie Arts. She is absolutely adorable with

her delicate wings and two little kitty cats that sit

comfortably in her hands. I first colored her with

my Copics, and then I added patterns to the card

in blues, greens, and browns, just perfect for a little

fairy that I always invision fluttering around the

woods hopping from tree branch to tree branch.

You can find this stamp "Kitty Cat Fairy"

in the QKD Store at 20% off along with all of the

other rubber stamps and acrylic stamps are 80% off,

but you'll have to hurry because today is the final

day of this fantastic sale!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

LOVES :) -Sarah

Happy Groundhog Day, Some Sneaks, & A New DT!!!

Happy Goundhog Day!!!

Yay, for only the 16th time in about 125 years

Phil the Groundhog DID NOT see his shadow

which means we should have an early spring!!!!

For all of you with as much snow and ice as we have

here in Indiana, I'm sure you're as tired of it all as I

am and will believe in anything right now just to get

a glimmer of hope that it may all be over soon...so yes,

I'm taking Phil's word for it and believing that an early

spring is on it's way! :) Whatever it takes, right?!!

On another note, I have had the great pleasure of

Guest Designing for My Creative Scrapbook for the month

of February with the gorgeous and awesome Main Kit!!

When I received the email invite from Pam I was just

floored that she asked and jumped on this opportunity

immediately!! Go check it out, the kits are beyond amazing

and the talent over there is incredible!!! Here's my sneaks...

And last but definitely not least, I have awesome news!!

I was chosen to be a part of the Some Odd Girl DT!! If you

don't know these digi stamps yet then head on over and

check them out because they're absolutely adorable!!

I'll be designing along side some super talented ladies so

make sure you check out all of there blogs for lots of

great ideas and tons of inspiration. Some Odd Girl is also

gearing up for there new releases on March 1st so stay

tuned for that.....they're absolutely adorable and fantastic!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday and for those of you dealing

with all of the snow and ice right now like me, KEEP WARM!!

LOVES :) -Sarah