DTGD 2016 Day 3

Back for more cards.  Laila went to school today so I spent the morning stamping!  It was nice and relaxing.  :)   You knew I'd have to pull out the coffee stuff soon and here it is.  :)  I tried Copic no-line coloring which is HARD peole.  H-A-R-D!   I used a set of 5 E40 somethings to get some different, yet cooridanting shades of brown. 

Last week I watched an awesome technique video from Kay Miller and I just had to try it out.  It was so fun! I even made two cards because I had so much fun with it.  I used regular Stampin' Up! inks for the ink, so no special inks required.  The stamps are Hero Arts that I got after the holidays on clearance at Michael's.  I'm glad I picked up those up now!  

And lastly, a bit more fun with distress inks!  So fun.  I loved the idea of a stormy day, so I added some grays to my rainy way.  I have a friend who has been having a tough time, so I made this one with her in mind.  The stamps are from WPlus9. 

And that's all for today.  I don't know how much I'll get done tomorrow.  It is Eli's birthday and I never know how I'll wake up and feel about it.   I can't believe he'd be 8 tomorrow.  

Triple Cups of Hope

It's Wednesday and time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Cindy L has a fun sketch this week that will get you thinking in threes!   I wanted to do the PINKALICIOUS challenge for Hope You Can Cling To, so my choice was three coffee mugs.   For the challenge you had to unscramble 3-4 words from the challenge word and use those on your card.  I went with pink, ink, and cups.  

I'm still behind on my HYCCT cards but I'm slowly catching up.   I just need to keep on trucking and hope to finish them all before the deadline.  I hope to have them packed up and mailed by the middle of November.   :)

We decided we'd been cooped up in the house for too long, so we went to Chipotle for dinner tonight.   It was a fundraiser night for the non-profit that helps the animal shelter where we got Sadie, so it was something I didn't want to miss.  Laila ate great and we had a very nice time.  :)   She's feeling much better, but still coughing.  I hope it clears up tomorrow so she can go to Mother's Day Out on Thursday.  She keeps asking to go back and it makes me sad that she's missed it for a week and a half.  

Freshly Made Flower

It's my week as sketch designer at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm a bit unsure of this week's sketch, but I think it will be a challenging challenge.   That's the point, right?  lol   I made a few attempts before I decided to just go with this one.  I figure if it's a bad card, at least my flower is pretty.  :o)    The rest of the team totally rocked it, so be sure you go see their awesome creations over on the FMS page.

I still love banners, so this was a fun way to play with them.  I hope you will try it out and link up to the gallery this week!   Good luck! 

Laila has been enjoying her Koala Crate projects a lot more lately.   I was about to cancel it, but now she's actually sitting down with us to do it.   This was her snake she did over the weekend.   :)

Sparkly Coffee

When I saw the new challenge at Sparkle and Shine I knew I wanted to play along.  I don't get to do as many challenges as I used to, but I enjoy it when I can find time.   I haven't played along with this one yet, so I'm happy to finally get to do that.   :)   I love this coffee set from Create a Smile stamps and thought it would be a fun way to show off some green!  I'll probably add a little Starbucks gift card and send it off to a friend.

Today has been a good day.  Laila is still fighting a fever, but she's been playing and eating okay.   I hope she can sleep well tonight and kick whatever it is that's causing her to be sick.  We'll be giving her medicine all night again, so it will be another long night for us.   I'd rather do that than take a chance of another seizure though.   I was told they usually stop being at risk for febrile seizures around age five, so I'll be happy when we get there.   Here's her in her dance clothes on Monday.  So cute!  :)

Freshly Made Sketches Flower

It's Wednesday and I finally got my act together to play along with my Freshly Made Sketches team.  They've been so patient with me and my crazy life and I love them for that.   I know I've said it before, but they really are the best team and more like friends, maybe even sisters.   Jen M. designed our sketch this week and I LOVE it.   I have been in a huge creative funk so I was happy that an idea came to me pretty quickly.  I finally got my hands on this beautiful flower set from Create a Smile stamps and I just had to color it with my Copics. Because it is new and never used, I want to also enter it in the NBUS challenge.  If you have old or new stuff that hasn't had any love, you should totally use it and enter too!  It worked perfectly for the sketch.   I added a little sentiment from Altenew, some sequins, and a simple embossed background.   Easy peasy!  :)

I hope to get back on a better stamping schedule soon.   Sadie is still not feeling well and I'm working on adjusting to my new medicine, but I think we are both on our way to better days.   :o)  She went back to the vet today and we are doing another round of antibiotics.  She still has a cough and a runny nose, but her lungs sounded clear.   The vet thinks it is just an upper respiratory infection now, but still won't rule out distemper completely.   Keep sending good thoughts her way.  

My cats aren't sure about having a dog in the house, but they aren't being too awful about it.   It's an adjustment, but they are doing great so far.   Much better than I thought they would actually.   :)  

My other sweet girl.  Her eyes just kill me!  

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

My second post is for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop that's going on today!  I love the awesome group of crafters who also love coffee and coffee stamps!   I used a fun new set from Create a Smile and a sentiment from My Favorite Things.   I used my distress inks and a stencil to make another watercolor background.  I thought it might be a fun backdrop  for my little cup.  

Now I'm off to work on projects for a class I'm holding this weekend.   So much stamping, so little time!  lol  

My girl had her first lollipop today and if you can't tell, she loved it!   I found some dye-free ones at the grocery store so now she can have an occasional treat.  :)   

Tag You're It! Coffee

One challenge I've been meaning to play for ages is the Tag You're It Challenge. I'm not really so sure I like this tag, but I tried.  I don't usually make stand alone tags, but I am putting together a package for a friend and thought this might be a fun way to decorate it.

I'm not the best at these type of challenges, but I went with it.  I pulled elements like the theme (coffee), burlap, wooden element, embossing paste, etc and put them together in a different way.   The stamps are from Create a Smile Stamps and I love it.  I'm so addicted to coffee and coffee stamps! :) 

I worked in my stamp room cleaning all day on Sunday.  Laila came in to "help" several times.  This round she found some of our old college textbooks and was reading them. I think she was disappointed that they didn't have more pictures.  :)