StampIt Crazy Loopy Card

Well Happy Sunday....I can't believe the weekend is almost over with....where does the time go? Today I'd love to share with you my card for StampIt Crazy's Challenge....today is my last post for SIC. I have decided to step down from the team. I want to thank Barb for inviting me to be a part of her team. And to the rest of the Crazy ladies. You all are so sweet and very talented...Thank You for letting me a part of your team.....

Here are the deets for the challenge.......ENJOY!!!!!! 1...To make a Loopy Feeling Card. 2...Sentiment: (Any thing Goes) 3...All Entries must be in by 5:00pm Central Time January 29th and linked at SIC Winner will receive this great image Her Name is ALEX as USA Rubber Stamp or Overseas.. Digi from StampitCrazy

here's what I came up with....I used Alex digi from StampIt Crazy Store. I paired her up with some Making Memories metal tiles...these things have been in my stash like forever....and since we were making a loopy card, I decided to use the ribbon and loop it as a background mat....used Spellbinders dies and some other things from my stash.....this is actually how I feel right about now...loopy...dont know which way is up right now...lol...

Well that's all I have for today....I would also like to enter this into the challenge over at Macabre Monday.......it's not to often that I get to make a card for more than one challenge at a time...and it has been so long since I've been able to play with the Minions....so make sure you stop over there and check out the challenge and to see what their team has created....but make sure you stop back at SIC and see what the rest of my teammates made with this image....they are really great cards....Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a sunny Sunday....Hugs from Charm City....

StampIt Crazy--It's all about the Fairy

Happy Sunday Morning blogland...and what a sweet morning it is....last night's football game between the STEELER's and the RAVENS is a sweet victory.....LET'S GO STEELER'S...LET'S GO!!!!!! BIG BEN and COMPANY came through once again. ....and on another note, I see that the 17 year old girl from Nebraska won the Miss America pageant last night....wooty woot woot!!!!...gooo Huskers....she is the youngest in history to win the title also...... And since today is Sunday, that means we have another challenge from StampIt Crazy.....it's all about the fairies.....here's the deets...ENJOY!!!!! 1. Must have fairy on it 2. Pink and Purple 3. Glitter & Ribbon 4. You get to win this great digi from Stampitcrazy! 5. Have your entries in by Jan 22, 2011 5:00 p.m. central time at SIC

and here's what I made using this darling fairy digi....isn't she just darling....I kept this one simple...I colored this in using Marvy LePlume markers added some stickles, used prima flourish a spellbinder's die with Anna Griffin pattern paper.....

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Well make sure you stop on by at SIC and check out what the rest of the team has created for you this week. Not to mention, Miss Barb is offering 50 rubberstamps to one lucky person who signs up to become a follower...that's alata stamps there....... ************* Thanks for stopping in today....I hope that everyone has a wonderful day filled with sunshine....Hugs from a cold Charm City.......

StampIt Crazy Happy New Year's Challenge

Happy New Year blogland....did everyone survive the New Year's? We did. But we always do...lol..we just went out for dinner and drinks and was back home by10pm that night. We were both tired and just plain pooped from the holiday...I hope everyone had a safe evening and had tons of fun..... This week we have a great challenge from Stampit Crazy....it's a New Year's challenge...who doesn't need a New Year's card to send to that someone special wishing them the best for the new year.....here's a good time to make one...so come on over and play along with us this week and be entered for a chance to win the digi we all used for this week.........ENJOY!!!!!! Here's the deet's 1. To Make a New Card, Project, page. 2. Must have Happy New Year On it. 3. Entries must be in by Saturday th 8th, at 5:00 pm central time. 4. Winner will win Miss New Years DIGI

and here's what I made for the challenge...isn't she just lovely? She's Miss New Year's and she looks beautiful....she would be great for your cards to friends....

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paper from My Mind's Eye --Bamboo paper from Provo Craft--Heidi Swapp chipboard clock--Karen Foster metal flip top (tiny bubbles)--Making Memories staples-- other metal star, ribbon and alpha tiles....I also added stickles in silver and star dust (which is my fav...lol..)...used a Making Memories distressing wheel.....I used my copics again and really am starting to like them for certain things....I love the sofness they gave this but then I had the blue really pop...I truly love how this card turned out.....

just a closer view of the distressing from the wheel...I just used the wheel and the scor pad and just distressed the paper around the image.....trimmed the corners with a circle punch and added stickles.... and if by chance you have never seen one of these little darlings, here's a photo....I got mine in a kit from Making Memories a few years back, but I am sure they have these in the hardware section at the hardware store....

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Well that's all I have for now...I'll have my post for Paper Cubed coming in a day or so....it's a cute one, so make sure you stop back......and I want to say many thanks for stopping by and for your comments....they make my day......Hugs from Charm City.....

StampIt Crazy Anything Challenge

Wooty Woot!!! It's Sunday blogland...and how is your holiday season going so far? Ours, way behind schedule...and I mean, WAY!!! Lol...I hope yours is better....and it's warmer in your part of the land....cuz' it's cold here....

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Well it's Sunday and that means FOOTBALL..lol....(go Steelers)......no but really, a new challenge from StampIT Crazy....I received this image from Barb and new it was going to be a Happy Happy project....doesn't she just make you smile....lol...anything goes for this challenge...so come on over and play along with all of us this week.......ENJOY!!!!!!!

she's so happy.....I used copics to color her in stamped some snowflakes--Inkadinkado...greeting-- Studio G...paper--Cosmo Cricket...

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Well have a wonderful Sunday...try to keep warm....Hugs from Charm City....

StampIt Crazy--Christmas with Shelby

Happy Sunday peeps....today is the day for a new challenge at StampIt Crazy. And lookie at the prize for this weeks challenge...yep, your eyes aren't deceiving you. A big WHOPPER 50 bucks Baby!!!! So come on over and play along with us....and here are the deets to the challenge.....ENJOY!!!!!! 1. This is a Free for all, Must be NEW,,,design a Card, page, project. 2. You must have one of StampitCrazy Digis, on it to win the BIG CHRISTMAS PRIZE! 3. All entries must be posted by December 18th at 5:00 p.m. Central Time at the challenge blog.... isn't this easy peasy....and I know you all have some of those wonderful stamps that Barb offers in the store....I simply just love them..... (click on photo to go directly to store)

and here is my card I made using Shelby. I kept this card very simple using Making Memories paper/greeting and Prima flower and leaves. Colored her in using Prisma pencils..... I hope that you will join us this week at SIC...make sure you stop over and check out what the rest of the team has created......Thanks for stopping in today and I hope that you have a sunny day....please send some our way...it's raining here....gloomy...yuk!!!!! Hugs from a wet Charm City.......

StampIt Crazy Challenge 16

I don't know what blogger is doing to me, but this was a scheduled post that didn't post...MWAH!!! Something weird is going on....lol...

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This weeks challenge is Snowcones and Snowflakes over at SIC. We would love for you to stop by and see what the team has created and to play along with us. It's that time of year...everyone has snowflakes and cones on your projects/cards....so show us what you have....ENJOY!!!!! Here's the Rules for the Challenge...

**************** 1. Must enter a New card, page or project. 2. Blue and White theme 3. Must have a Snowflake on the page 4. 1 Red Ribbon 5. Be sure to enter your card by Dec 11th at 5:00 Central Time at SIC 6. Winner will receive The Snow Cone Set ( Rubber) and a few goodies Barb is looking for one more Crazy creater......to be on our team....Up to it...send her an email for more information.. stampitcrazy@aol.com

and this is how I used this darling stamp....I printed and cut out the images (4 in total), added 3 of them to the front using fishing wire to suspend them between the opening...I used cuttlebug and spellbinder dies to cut the window...I used more of those snowflakes from the dollar store for the glitz behind them....and once again I flipped out the center for added dimension....simple but cute card (I think anyways..lol)...studio G for the greeting....

just a closer view and here is the 4th little guy....sorry I forgot to take a closer view of him but he is dawling....lol.. ******************** Well stop back once again, I do have another post coming....and stop over at SIC and check out the rest of the team's creations......thanks for coming by today...try to stay warm..it's a cold one here...Hugs from Charm City......

Stamp It Crazy Christmas

Well hello blogland---did everyone get enough turkey, pies and company these past few days? We had such a wonderful time with our family...but I have to say, this is our busiest week out of the whole year for us with work and it was abit hard....I ended up making dinner for us....so we had a great time...how about you? All go well?

This week we are back with a great challenge for you from the Crazy Ladies over at SIC.....the theme this week is Christmas...and ANYTHING GOES....Come on over and play along and show us what you've got...."ANY-THANG".....ENJOY!!!!!

here I made a Christmas box using this darling digi image from the SIC Store. Isn't she simply darling? I made this box using directions I had found on a site somewhere....I know I saved the link, I just can't remember where I had saved it to...but I will find it and share it with you....I have another project using these same instructions, but it turned out differently...2 looks from one great tutorial....lol......I thought this would be a cute little box to stuff a present in for someone.....the star is a cookie cutter from Melissa Francis....MS border and leaf punches..Tim Holtz flower...snowflake and bird from dollar store....stamps from Inkadinkado....

it's a pretty tall box...I like that it's abit larger than the normal sizes out there....

just a closer view of the birdie--snowflake and poinsettia made from the die cut flowers.....

and the little cookie cutter....this has been in my stash for a few years...I just loved them when they came out and I still really love them...she has many in different shapes...and needless to say I have a bunch just collection dust....lol....

Well that's all I have for today...Make sure you stop over at the store and grab yourselves some of those stamps....I love the ones under the not normal section in the digi's....they are so fun to work with....then stroll over to check out what the rest of the team did this week......Have a great Sunday...Hugs from Charm City

Stamp It Crazy--Snow

WOOT WOOT!!! It's Sunday and that means it's Craaaaazy Time....lol....This week at Stamp It Crazy we are making "SNOW"...know you all know how much I love snow....so this was a perfect challenge for me...It's a free for all with the exception you must use glitter........ENJOY!!!!!!

we were given this image to use for this week......and this quote is just so fitting for it to.....I kept this real simple and let the image speak for itself....Basic Gray paper--Sizzix embossing--MS border punches--distress inks and stickles....

just a closer view of the embossing.... and here's the inside......the rest of the quote....like I mentioned, a real simple card....and I like it....lol...... ********************** Make sure you stop by and check out the rest of the teams creations.....and then pop over to the store...Barb has some really great stamps, digi and rubber.........thanks for stopping in today...Hugs from Charm City....

Stamp It Crazy #13--Sketch Challenge

It's Sunday....and that means it's a new week for our next challenge over at StampIt Crazy....it's a sketch challenge and you must use red, green ribbon and buttons....I had alot of fun doing this challenge on a small canvas......ENJOY!!!!!!

here's the sketch...isn't this fun...you truly can do so much with it....twist it, flip, rotate...whatever you choose, just make sure you can still see the sketch......have fun with it.....

and here's what I came up with......we had this darling Santa face to use....one lucky person will win this.....he's such a doll to use for Christmas cards.....lil reindeer man ( I think Jesse James buttons) is a button that I just cut the shank off of the back so it could lay flat and wrapped some lights (EK Success) around his antlers...the sheet music was a download from the net somewhere...I can't remember where I got it from....sorry about that....

just a closer view of lil reindeer man....isn't he just dawling!!!.....well that's all I have for today.....make sure you stop over at SIC and see what the rest of the team had created....they always have some great eye candy.....Have a sunny kind of day.....hugs from Charm City....

Macabre Monday HDH063 - Freaker's Free-for-All

Happy Saturday everyone...well it's a little gloomy here....yesterday we lost a co-worker to an accident....she was standing in the back of her pick-up truck, fell and hit her head on the curb just outside of the bed..she had hit her head so hard that they could not revive her while waiting for the ambulance.......she ended up being brain dead when she got to the hospital and shortly thereafter past away...shortly just before that, we were chatting about life together....just about the weekend and the weather and all.....and then not even 5 minutes after I had left work, this happened....this is just another sign to live life to the fullest...and make sure you tell everyone around you how much you care and love them....to be the best possible person you can be.....it's a sad day here, but I am looking for the sun to be shining today as that's how our friend was....very bubbly, happy and always had a smile on her face.....May God be with her family in this time of need....please say a prayer for them.....

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....this week over at Haunted House Designs it's a free-for-all....just dark and creepy.... I don't know if you would consider this dark and creepy, but this is what I ended up with.....ENJOY!!!!!!!

Poor Santa is down to his bones and has one last place to deliver presents to and realizes where it is....lol.....this turned out to be a gift box of some sort......no one in particular to give this to either....I have been dying to use this image from Stamp it Crazy....sorry though, I don't think I gave Santa justice......I also used the row homes from Starving Artist--stickles----grass, fence and trees cut from my Expression----- and MS branch punch layered the trees for added texture.....

here's a side view....it's a pretty deep box.... about 2" deep...I used black stripes with Tim Burton in mind......but I'm thinking it needs a trim around the top and bottom to kind of finish it off..... just a view on it's side together.......well that's all I have for today....I'm having dinner and cake (home made apple pie instead...lol) for my Father-In-Law today....he's up here from the beach for a few days and yesterday was his 72nd birthday.....so we wanted to celebrate with him.....I hope everyone has a sunny day....Hugs from Charm City.....

Stamp It Crazy--Challenge#12--Candy

WOOT WOOT!!! Another week so that means another awesome challenge from SIC.... 1. Create a NEW Candy Card, Project, or page. 2. To have your entry in by Saturday Nov 6th 2010, 5:00 pm central time over at SIC. 3. Winner will be able to choose this image as DIGI or Rubber!!!! Good Luck....ENJOY!!!! Now aren't these two just so cute....I loved this image instantly....I think of the two of them saying, I see you out there....I did however leave the greeting blank for now...I might just use it as a note card.....I used MS border punches, rhinestones and some black pearls....colored in the image with distress inks.... closer view of bottom..... side view....it ended up being a super simple card...so make sure you stop over at the Store and then pop in at Stamp It Crazy Blog and play along this week....who knows, you might be the lucky person who wins this stamp.......Hugs from Charm City......

Stamp it Crazy--Anything Halloween

Happy Sunny Sunday blogland....This week's challenge from Stamp It Crazy is Halloween....We were asked to use the haunted house background (scroll towards bottom of page)and the trio (also rubber) going my way digi's.......ENJOY!!!!!

this is the front of the stair step card....I printed the images and greeting onto water color paper, cut out and added to the card after I sued the Tim Holtz distressing tool....the tree is a die from DCWV that I traced and cut out for the second fold....I used MS/EK Success border punches...this was such a fun card to make.....

this is just a side view so you can see the layers.....

here's the other angel...you can see that I added some pop dots behind the tree so it wouldn't lay flat onto that layer.......

and here is a total different take on the Haunted House background digi.....I was just sitting at my computer with no mojo...this background image was on my computer and I just decided to play abit....I changed the bacground to gray scale and then using the negative filter in Paint Shop Pro, I changed it to negative....how cool is that...I added a gray rectangle over top of the image (this is where I added the photo of our little one)....imported this into MS Word and printed off onto water color paper....now how fun is that...you have your very own, one of a kind, photo frame card.....MS/EK Success border punches, Cricut tree (Happy Hauntings--pg 71--4"--flipped--trimmed way back)...

this is the back with the stand that I made using scrap piece of cardstock....

I left this blank....didn't know what I wanted to add......

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Well, I hope that you stop by and check out the rest of the teams creations. And stop over at the store to pick yourself up some digi's and stamps....there were some that already had the photo frames inside the picture so all you have to do is just add your own photo and print....easy peasy breezy....lol.....hope to see you.....hugs from a sweet sunny Charm City......

Stamp it Crazy--Coke vs. Pepsi Halloween Challenge

Happy Monday blogland....this week over at Stamp it Crazy, we have an awesome challenge for you. It's a Coke vs. Pepsi challenge with a Halloween theme....now let me tell you a little about this challenge....Barb over at SIC is a die hard Pepsi fanatic and I a Coke fanatic...so after checking out her blog with all of her Pepsi "stuff" I thought I would challenge her to a Coke vs. Pepsi challenge....now if you look at the rest of the DT's wonder and creative work this week, they all went for Pepsi...so I have to wonder how much she had to pay them to make a Pepsi card.,....lol....just kidding....and I know I'm late, but better late than never, right? ..... Enjoy!!!!!!! over on the side bar, I would love for you to take the Coke vs. Pepsi Poll......

I just loved this picture when I seen it on the net and had to make sure it ended up here....lol....that poor lil ol Pepsi can...it looks like he took a beatin....lol... and here is my card....now this is nothing like what I had intended...I was going with a 3-d project this week, but little Miss Barb threw in a monkey wrench and it had to be a Halloween theme....and then with being sick and DH changing his 50th birthday party to being held at our house instead of the restaurant (like it was planned) I had to compromise....but I have to say, I really do like the outcome....I used distress inks with a sponge, positive and negative circle cuts, Micheal's Stores puffy stickers, MS border punches and bear and bottle from Stamp It Crazy Store....I don't think these are in the store right now....but there are so many other digi's and rubber stamps that are awesome and must have's for your collection....

just a closer view of the border being wedged outward to give some dimension. Well I do hope that you join us this week for our challenge....come and show us which one you like.....and make sure you stop by to check out the rest of the teams work.... ************************

Have a wonderful day...... Hugs from a sunny Charm City......

Stamp it Crazy--Pumpkin Challenge

Happy Sunday blogland.....and a beautiful Sunday it's going to be.....today is the day for a new challenge at Stamp It Crazy....we were to use the sketched pumpkins along with a black and orange to make a card/project........ENJOY!!!!!!

Here I made a picture frame for the table....all I did was enlarge the digi to 6.5X5 for the bottom layer...but then I copy and pasted the bottom portion with the pumpkins for a second layer, cut them out and added pop dots behind it....cut a window, added transparency and a photo. The pumpkins were colored in using a sponge with distress inks...MS border punches, Zeva pearls and Recollections for that darling kitty...greeting was computer generated.....

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There are so many possibilities with this image.....why not copy and paste the image and have pumpkins running a border on the bottom....or corner to corner....you can find the sketched pumpkins in the store...scroll down towards the bottom and she's there....she would make for a great addition to your table top to.....

here's what I did to make the back....very simple...I used a piece of cardboard matted it twice with black, bent it in half and glued it down....that's it...easy peasy.... ***************************** We would love for you to stop by and check out the rest of the teams creations...and to play along.......Hope you have a sunny beautiful kind of day!!!! Hugs from Charm City

On the Third Day of Halloween

Welcome to the third day of Halloween my little pritties...lol...posted below are the details (as shared on SBS) for today's challenge and what the prize is....and below that is my project for the challenge.....ENJOY!!!!! Now this day's prize is: The Complete Haunted line from Reminisce what do you get? 12 papers (6 designs 2 of each) One Haunted Quotes Stickers One 12x12 Sticker Sheet One Chipboard Pumpkins Sheet and One Haunted Frames Layered Stickers! Check them all out here: http://simplybettystamps.com/category_23/Haunted-by-Reminisce.htm Wowie... so let's recap a bit, so far we have three We R Memory Keepers clear stamps, three Simply Betty Stamps Emo Halloweenies, and now add this awesome collection... boy o boy is this prize growing or what? Just remember to keep on playing you could be the winner of the whole Shebang! Woot woot! So, what's the challenge for the 3rd day of Halloween....let's see... On the Thrid day of Halloween my Ghoul love gave to me... Three Creepy Rags dolls to love and cherish each Halloween! Of course we all love this one Rag Doll all year round... you are to create a card using Sally as your main Rag doll! Please pop over the Simply Betty Challenges to see what the DT has created for you. Make sure to load your project over there to be apart of this SPOOKTACULAR Challenge!

As promised the other day, here's my on going project for the 12 day challenges...I used this darling image from SBS -Sally ....now isn't she just the coolest...I love all the stitching on the image...it reminds me of a doll I once had when I was a child.....and the other little cutie--Ginger- from Stamp It Crazy...the background is actually two different digi stamps merged together are from Tiddly Inks (Gothic Window--I cut the window background out and added vellum behind it) I also used the twisted tree......and Make it Crafty (Eerie Scene-only using the bottom portion--fence and pumpkins twice)......MS border punches, distress inks, Studio G web stamp and Recollections spider brad...and here we go again, lol...I added some more webbing..I just love the feeling this stuff gives a project...

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Well that's all I have for today....I hope that you stop by and check out the rest of the DT's creations and play along.....I'll be back in abit for the candy winner's name.....Have a sunny kind of day...Hugs from Charm City

Stamp it Crazy--Challenge#8--Halloween

Oh yes, I've been waiting for this challenge...over at Stamp it Crazy we have an awesome challenge for you by none other than yours truly, Mwah!!! ...lol....this week we would love to see your Halloween projects (sorry, no cards this week), using at least one image from the Store, and in return one lucky player will receive $25.00 bucks to use on digi's....now how cool is that......ENJOY!!!!!!!

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(This goes out to "you"....you know who you are...read it and weep baby....lol)

I used the darling Zoie that you can purchase from Stamp it Crazy Store....she is just wicked....and I also paired her up with the spider web background and the skull that you can purchase as digi's...on the globe I just printed that off a second time, made it slightly bigger and cut it out...then just pieced the web background on top of that....

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I made this project into a candy box...you can get the instructions here.....this is soo easy peasy to make....I would love to see what you make using this project with a stamp from the store....come on, you know you would love to have a new candy dish for Halloween....

here's the side view....if you looked at the link , the box in the photo is different...I just opted to only inset the sides partially. Instead of closing them in, to make a box.....I was thinking since Zoie is pretty large in size, that was a way to extend the front so it wasn't so boxy looking....did that make any sense?

here you can use it as a candy dish, or you can even fill it with candy wrapped in a baggie for a treat box...

here's the back view....I used a ribbon to tie the top together in case I want to use it for a gift box.....

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Well that's all I have for today.....make sure you stop over and see what the rest of the crazy ladies have made....they are just all crazy goodness....Have a sunny Sunday.....hugs from Charm City.....

Stamp it Crazy Challenge #7

It's Sunday so you know what that means...it's the crazy girls' challenge day......we used the lovely Diana from the digi section at Stamp it Crazy Store.....and we are having a free for all....anything goes.......ENJOY!!!!!!

Here I paired Diana up with a Starving Artist background houses image...I thought this would be a cool card to give DH....I love how sexy Diana looks in her gown, enticing good ol' hubby for a night on the town.......lol....wait til he opens it and really see's what it's for.....

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...I kept this card really simple and wanted the images to speak out....I used distress inks, stickles and a few rhinestones....you can't get any more simpler than that.....for me anyways....

and here's the inside....think he'll like this place better than a bar....lol.....I know my man would....you know how it is...just trying to keep that spark alive and come up with different ideas.......*smile*.....

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Well that's all I have for today....we are actually at the beach today (gotta love scheduled posts') for the pig roast....it's family day and we look forward to this jaunt every year....I hope that you will stop by the Challenge blog and see what the rest of the Crazy ladies did for this challenge....and then come and play along...we would love to have you......hugs from the beach....

Stamp It Crazy--Let's Go Green

This week at Stamp It Crazy the challenge was to go green/recycle/tie dye.....I used this darling digi image Ali that you can purchase in the store...but if you join in you could possible win it....last weeks winners were everyone that played along and Barb made all 24 posters a winner...so make sure you join us this week, you never know what Miss Barb will do.......ENJOY!!!! this weeks theme....lol...I used KandCompany Halloween glitter alpha stickers....

here's what I came up with....isn't Ali just darling...I chose her with a recycled tin can home from Make it Crafty...I also added some stickles to add some dimension......well that's all I have for today......have a great Sunday...and thanks for stopping in today....Hugs from Charm City....

Stamp It Crazy Challenge #5 Girly Girl

WOOT WOOT!!!! Happy Sunday blogland....This week the challenge over at SIC is to make a card/project that is a girly girl using butterflies -- flowers and glitter....ENJOY!!!!!!!

here I used the Savanna1 digi from the Stamp It Crazy Store......if you scroll down you'll see her....doesn't she just have the sweetest little innocent face......and make sure you check out the rest of the digi's....I know Barb has been adding new ones to the store....and then pop over and take a peek at the rubbah....there's some awesome ones there too.....Well that's all I have for this lovely Sunday morning....stop by and check out the rest of the teams designs at SIC.......have a sunny kind of day....hugs from Charm City......