Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Buttons Galore & More on the CHA floor!


For my latest Buttons Galore & More Post, click here!
For my latest Want2Scrap© post, click here!!!




LOOK! Oh, JUST look! EYE CANDY abounds!



With buttons and ribbons, so much LOVE to go 'round!
I'm standing, I'm pointing, taking IN every sound...


The sights, the joy, I'm LOVING all that I've found....
In particular, I must tell you, such a glorious sight!

BUTTONS GALORE & MORE!
THEY have their stuff done, just RIGHT!


Patriotic and stunning {You KNOW, I love them so!}

O-M-G! I just love IT! Just WATCH them grow!

HOW adorable the booth and the happy folks, too!

Making button lovers giddy - it's WHAT they do!


SUCH selection, such COLOR - the whole crafty thing...
The booth, I'm not kidding, inspires me to SING!

{Thank goodness you can't hear me..}
But I'm hoping you can see...


Buttons GALORE is on FIRE!
{So GLAD I'm on the DT!}

So, for now, it seems, I'm heading back to the floor...
If I've left you... INSPIRED... check THIS post & more!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hope to check back in with more goodness {less rhyming, I promise}
tomorrow! Have a GREAT day!







Monday, January 30, 2012

Live from CHA!

For my latest Buttons Galore & More Post, click here!
For my latest Want2Scrap© post, click here!!!



Helloooooooooooo, friends!

I'm so excited to be reporting to you live from CHA!
{I'm HERE! I'm HERE! I'm REALLY here!}



Everything was sparkling and amazingly "L.A.", on Friday morning
when we checked in, here at the Anaheim Convention Center!
The architecture is stunning, while the weather is a perfect match:
not too hot and not cold at all! Palm trees EVERYWHERE,
our hotel is nice and close to the event... Joy! Joy! Joy!


So many things to share, but hard to know where to start...
...Okay, here's one!
Saw my, first ever, in REAL life, flash mob! Hil-ar-i-ous!


Attended the CHA breakfast and schmoozed with the BIG WIGS!


Got SO teary when Nikki Sivils received a "Service to Humanity" award,
for her amazing efforts to share craft supplies and support with the
dear folks of Joplin, Missouri, post tornado... {I'm STILL teary!}


MORE tears for this fabulous service woman and humanitarian,
Clara Vargas. I had not heard of her cause, but was SO moved
by the story! I hope you'll check out her site to bring aide, in the
form of clothing and blankets to Afghanistan -
but PLEASE read her story, here!



Additionally, it was fun to see and hear from the C.E.O.'s of
Michael's, Archiver's, the owner of DCWV, and some other
esteemed V.I.P's of this industry - I was riveted! {Seriously!}
The owner of PLAID was given the BIG award of the event,
he seemed positively genuine. Fun to see this industry
from that perspective! Lots to absorb!


But it wasn't ALL business, business!


FELT - has taken on a whole new level of love for me!



ONE little make-and-take and I am HOOKED!



Cute, cute, cute!

So MUCH to see and share! I'm going to cut it short so I can
get busy, but I had to share some goodness with my best of bloggy
friends - HOW desperately I wish you ALL were here!!!

I'll be back SOON with lots of eye-candy, less jabbin'!

Miss you!



Friday, January 27, 2012

JUST us GIRLS - 3D LOVE!

For my latest Buttons Galore & More Post, click here!
For my latest Want2Scrap© post, click here!!!

{Let's hope this post title doesn't get picked up by the wrong search engines...}

If YA know what I MEAN!


But that's not MY concern! I'm FEELIN' the love, sharing this fun
project, 3D Valentine wishes, via my darling peeps - Just Us Girls...
all comfy, coming to you live from L.A. California, the home of Mickey
Mouse... AND... CHA! Yipeeee! So, yes, friends - feeling the LOVE!


Got together this darling paper combo, to make a lil' somethin'
for MY sweetheart, whilst I'm away... {Great excuse to PLAY!}
Love "the GIRLS" of Just Us Girls - we sure know how to
enable the crafty fun!

Won't YOU, play along?

With US!

Pam
Dana
Lisa
Lynn
Maria
Vicki
Andrea

And please visit, our talented guest designer
for this month Kylie Kueter!

Thanks for visiting! I promise to be back, soon, with eye candy-studded
photos from the glorious sights of Anaheim, Ca. and CHA!

YEEEE HAAAWWWW!

{Can you hear me? All the way from here? hee hee}



Love is IN the air!

It simply MUST be! And you don't have to kiss a FROG to find love...



All you have to do is HOP on over to the Want2Scrap© blog to
learn MORE about how I blinged up this love-filled creation, and
I promise - I'll LOVE you, forever! G'head! Hop on OVER!

While you're there - save a few moments to hop around the
store
, as well - they have TONS of bling, ridiculously priced!
- CHECK IT OUT, people! Bling deals so good you'll think you
REALLY did marry a prince! {!}

~Ribbit!~

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

An unexpected journey...

So many of my projects take me somewhere, quite unexpected.

This one surprised, even me:


The most cheerful of buttons, some desktop doodling...




{And maybe a little sleep deprivation...!}

And THIS keepsake, Children's book ... HAPPENED!

{Eeeeek!}

I would be SO delighted if you would check out all of the
"enchanted" details on my latest post for Buttons Galore & More!

Hope to see you over there! It means SO much to me!

Have a MAGICAL day!

Friday, January 20, 2012

True LOVE gets COLORFUL!


That's the word from Just Us Girls headquarters,
where we are gettin' ALL kinds of colorful with a
sweet, SWEET twist - Valentine's colors! Yum-o!



Love, love, LOVE {alert the sweet tooth!} these colors!
So happy that our darling Vicki is inspiring the color palette
this week! SHE is the hostess with the MOSTEST!



Of course, I couldn't resist the addition of a lil' KRAFT - just 'cause!
But I had SUCH fun and THAT'S what matters! Wouldn't you agree?


If so, then YOU are ready! A contender for certain: PLAY WITH US!

Pam
Dana
Kathryn
Lisa
Lynn
Maria
Vicki
Andrea

And please visit, our talented guest designer
for this month Kylie Kueter!

We'd LOVE to see what you do with these!



Yipeeeee!

Play - WITH - us!

{And have a spectacular, CRAFTILICIOUS day!}


Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Basic Grey
Stamp - Wplus9 Design Studio
Butterfly - Want2Scrap©
Bling - Want2Scrap©
Tulle - My Stash!

Friday, January 13, 2012

Gettin' my STAMP onnnnnnnnn!


...With JUST US GIRLS! It's COLLAGE time, friends!


We're gettin' ALL inky, this week, folks! Lettin' the stamps run free:



And that means, for most of us, CELEBRATING the heart
of why we got ALL busy, making cards and having ALL the
fun we have, here, in the paper-craft-crazed corner of the
blog world... and I-AM-A-HUGE-FAN! STAMPING rocks!


Soooo, I busted out some of my VERY FAVORITE stamps
from the ever so stamp-a-licious source for stampy fabulosity,
dies & ideas-a-plenty... THAT would be Wplus9 Design Studio!
{Meow! Love those images!} Got ALL inky, and stamped my
heart out on some delightful NEW paper from Basic Grey, embel-
lished with PEARLICIOUS bling from Want2Scrap©, BUTTON fun,
from Buttons Galore & More and did it all with joyful LOVE of
our game - CARD CRAFTING! Yes, BABIES - such fun, such
FUN for all! Play with US! P-L-A-Y with US! {Cue, the enabling!}




{YUMMMMMMM! - Crafty MATERIALS!}


Assembling, masking, STAMPING, less masking, MORE STAMPING!



It's WHAT we were BORN to do! {Giddy up!} CHECK our the INSPIRATION
of our wonderful JugHEAD crew for this week! Stamping inspiration in every
style - AND THEN, you'll TOTALLY be ready to PLAY WITH US!

Pam
Dana
Kathryn
Lisa
Lynn
Maria
Vicki
Andrea

And please visit, our talented guest designer
for this month Kylie Kueter!

So, we'll wait, while you MAKE your CARD!

But, PLEASE, don't make us wait toooo long!
PLAY WITH Just Us Girls!
Thank you, for letting me entice you...
but in a GOOD way! I SOOOOOO appreciate
your visit! Have a STAMPILICIOUS day!


Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Basic Grey
Stamps - Wplus9 Design Studio
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Pearly Bling - Want2Scrap©
Button - Buttons Galore & More
Glitter Pen - Sakura
Seam Bias - Wright's
Decorative edge punch - Fiskars
Die Cut {for masking} Wplus9 Design Studio

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Bling in the BARN!

Alert! Alert! THERE IS BLING IN THE BARN!



... But while we're at it, there's BARN in the BLING- store!

That's RIGHT! I blinged out the BARN with BLING & BARN, straight
from Want2Scrap©! Isn't that the MOST darling album shape?
It's a little work horse - if you'll pardon the pun - a SUPER duper
shaped album, with SO many ways to pack it FULL of memories...!

Can you guess what I put inside?



Gosh, I'd love to tell you? But I'd MUCH rather show you...
So, here's the BACK SIDE of my barn album! For the INSIDE:

Check out MY POST on the Want2Scrap© blog for ALL of the
blinged out, embellished and sparkly details - I would be DELIGHTED
to share it ALL with you, so GIDDY UP! I'll meet you there!

Yeeeee Hawwwwww! {THANK YOU!!!!!}








Friday, January 6, 2012

Sketch action at Just Us Girls HEADQUARTERS!

For my Buttons Galore & More, Valentine's KID craft - I hope you'll click HERE!


We're gettin' our SKETCH ONNNNNNNN at Just Us Girls headquarters, friends!


And I thought of YOU!

Won't YOU play with us?



Our, ever so clever AND sweet Pam {but YOU can call her, PammyCakes!},
is hostessing our delightful challenge for this week...
PLUS - she designed this fabby sketch - isn't it DELISH!?!

And we're beckoning you - PLAY with us!

Pam
Dana
Kathryn
Lisa
Lynn
Maria
Vicki
Andrea

And please, make welcome, our talented guest designer
for the month of December... We are honored to have
Kylie Kueter, sharing her MAD talent ... {the girl is a MASTER
of the Copic markers, I'm tellin' you!} Bravo, Kylie!
So delighted to have your stunning inspiration with us this month!

I'm BRIMMING with crafty inspiration from these delightful ladies...
so this card was another one that ... pretty much MADE itself...!



I had SUCH a crafty BLAST using some of my VERY favorite
materials from Want2Scrap©, Wplus9 Design Studio and some
YUMMILICIOUS paper from October Afternoon {*Swoon!*}...

I COULDN'T resist dumping THIS fabby paper that I was,
BEYOND fortunate, to receive from a delightful and WAY
generous blog buddy, RaNae - Crabtree Creations... She
sent me the MOST luscious assortment of materials {AND chocolate!!!}
from some of her AMAZING local scrapbook stores - just BECAUSE!
~Thanks, DEAR!~

{Squeeee.....!}

Lucky ME!

Anyway, just goes to show - THE NICEST PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE
are CARD MAKERS and BLOGGERS! {I just LOVE us!!!!!!}

And THAT, also, means YOU! This IS your week -
PLAY with US!

I'm POSITIVELY delighted you stopped by! I love, love, LOVE it
when you do! Have a SPLENDID one! xo!


Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - October Afternoon
Stamps - Wplus9 Design Studio
Ink - Stampin' Up! & Colorbox Chalk
Die Cut Oval - Spellbinders
Die Cut Banner - Wplus9 Design Studio
Bling - Want2Scrap©
Chipboard Floral Image - October Afternoon