Write This Show Me Down in the Book

Yep, it's Thursday, and I'm actually blogging and posting my workspace. You better write it down, because the chance of it happening again are slim to none, leaning heavy on none. If you've stumbled on my blog and wonder what I'm talking about let me explain. Each week nosey Sassy Cheryl sponsors a challenge on her Sassy Cheryl's Blog to show the rest of us nosey Sassettes(thank you Linda for the name) what's going on in our crafting space, or kitchen or yard or wherever we're working at the time. For being willing to share, you have a chance to win a free Sassy Cheryls' image from the Sassy Cheryl Store. The way I look at it, it's a Win, Win. After all who doesn't like being nosey, and who wouldn't want one of Sassy Cheryls delightful images. There's definitely something for everyone.

So here's my workspace this Thursday night. I really had planned on working on a challenge card that had to be done today. However, due to bad weather and a friend's computer getting fried, I had to forego the crafting hat and the crafting to put on my technical funnel(Do you remember Tom Terrific from Captain Kangaroo?). I had my image and my papers all picked out. I had my sketch book out trying to decide on a layout. It's all moot now, as I've run out of time.

Check back next week and hopefully I'll have something really creative going on.

Make it Purple and Teal at Phindy's Place

This week's challenge over at the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog was to create a project using purple and teal. I was so excited to be able to play this week, so it was a delight that I also get to use one of my favorite color combinations.

Add to purple and teal that you get to use one of the cute Wee Babbies, and color me happy. This image is called "Special Day", and it's one of the newest Wee Babbies to be found at the Phindy's Place Store. She's such a sweet heart with that little top knot of hair that just had to be colored red. She's colored with copics.

The paper is from a digital paper kit. I'm not at home while I'm writing this, and don't have access to the external drive where my paper is stored. I will come back and tell you who to credit for this great paper.

Hopefully, tomorrow when I get home, I'll have time to make a second challenge card.

Spring is HERE!

Spring really has arrived here in Mississippi. Even though we're still having some chilly days(after all Easter hasn't passed yet), but we've also had some days that were more like summer. You ask how I know Spring is really here. Simple, the pecan trees are leafing out and they're the very last tree to leaf around here. This week's challenge on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog is to create a Spring Project. I chose this image called Buttercup Suzy to use for my card. She actually looks a lot like I did as a little girl. Here's a pic of me around the second grade I think. My hair is pulled back in a pony tail, but you can definitely see the freckles.

My image iscolored with Copics. Sassy Cheryl has added a whole slew of new images, so picking one for the challenge was a bit difficult. Be sure to check out the Sassy Cheryl's Store.

Instead of buttercups, I went for geraniums. I love geraniums. They just make me happy. The papers are from a digital paper kit called Nanny's Garden from Raspberry Road Designs. I think it was free, but if it wasn't, it was very inexpensive. Don't these colors just scream SPRING to you(especially with using my Martha Stewart hydrangea punch to create the blooms for my geraniums. I free hand cut the leaves and embossed them, and then added the glass beads to the flower centers. This card is going in a package to a friend this week. She also makes me happy, so I hope that I can return the favor.

Thanks for stopping by.

Show Me Thursday #19

Have I got a Show Me Thursday for you all this evening. In January of 2003, I became a member of Weight Watchers. In July of that same year after making Lifetime, I discovered and became a member of the WeightWatchers boards. I found a group on there called the 10K Posse, a group that wears a pedometer and strives to get 10000 steps a day. They're the ones that gave me the nickname Taz, short for the Tasmanian Devil, to whom they often compare me.

In the Spring of 2004, two of the members came to visit me for a few days at our camp house, prior to the three of us travelling to meet some other WeightWatchers at a gathering in Raleigh, NC. One of them is a self-proclaimed non-cook, so she was amazed to see how easy it was to fix some WeightWatchers friendly recipes that actually taste wonderful. We also spent time on nature walks. In 2004, two more joined us and Camp Taz was born. All members of the 10K Posse are invited(there's not an axe murderer among us). We're all now in our late 50s and our 60s. We now do two camps a year, spring and fall, and it lasts from Wednesday through the following Tuesday. We hike, kayak, play Wii, do yoga, watch videos and do a whole bunch of talking and laughing(and laughing and laughing). We also eat some phenomenally delicious foods. These are pictures from this year's CT(Camp Taz) that ended this morning. It was a smaller crew than usual, but it was a fabulous camp. The picture above is how I love to start a day. Out on the water in a kayak with a LARGE Caramel Skinny Latte. I think my hat is going to require some elastic to keep it off of my ears. The picture above is a pic of the Sunday kayaking trip down Catalpa Creek into Tibbee Creek to the boat ramp at the Bluff(location of the family camp houses). This is our long run, about 4 miles. The woman on the far right is our newbie and is the neighbor of one of the regulars. She's just turned 40, has a 12 year old, a 3 year old and a 22 month old. She left them with her DH, and came for some girl time. Needless to say, she had a fantastic time. These campers are from Colorado, California and Alabama. Our photographer who doesn't kayak is from TX. Camp has become a Mastercard Weekend. The biggest expense is getting here. The rest, cost wise is ridiculously low, but the fellowship and support is PRICELESS. It's good to be home, and I'm looking forward to getting some crafting time in.

Phindy's Easter/Spring Challenge

First off I have to apologize to the DT team at Phindy's Place. They selected me for Guest Designer of the Week, something of which I consider that greatest of honors. I failed however to get my blog written and posted by the deadline. I had plenty of time to get it done last night, and I tried and tried and tried, but the internet at the camphouse, would not let me connect. I even tried at 3:30 this morning. I could receive e-mail, but couldn't send it and also couldn't connect to any sites. Finally I'm back on and playing catch up.The challenge this week over on the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog is to create a card or a Project with a spring or Easter Design. Since it's April, and here in the South, it seems to be raining on a more than regular basis(in fact we had a tremendous storm the afternoon I put this card together), I chose an April Showers theme.

This delightful image is called "Rainy Day Friend" and is perfect for my spring April Showers bring May Flowers card. This is a great image for lots of different sentiments, from sympathy to get better soon. You can find it and a world of some of the cutest images(and I'm not just talking about the wee babbies) at the Phindy's Place Store.

The papers are from a kit called April Showers from Just So Scrappy Too. The kit wasn't free, but it was inexpensive. It had so many great papers in it, and I was also able to use some of the elements like the rainbow and the clouds. I created the sentiment in Photoshop and then Printed it on the Cloud. The sketch was one I had saved, but since I'm not at home, I can't remember who to credit for it. I cut a white picked fence out with my Cricut using my MTC software, and layed it out along the curve. I cut the flowers from the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge to "plant" along the bottom of the fence. The last touch was the sun shaped background for my image.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks again to the Design Team at Phindy's for my making my week, and maybe even my year. It's back to camp.

Sassy and Sketchy

It's a sassy sketch challenge over on the Sassy Cheryls Challenge Blog this week. Here's a picture of the sketch that Tracy came up with for us to use this week in making our challenge project. This little cutie is called Sweet Indulgence and you can find her at the Sassy Cheryls Store HERE. I love a person that loves her ice cream, since it's a favorite of mine. She's, of course, colored with Copics.

The papers are a from a lot of different places. The plaid background paper is from the Paper Studios So-So Sweet Glitter Paper Stack. All the other papers are from my scrap box. I created the Word Art in Photoshop, and I alternated the color of the letters to match the colors of two of my favorite flavors of ice cream, strawberry and chocolate.

While I'm blogging, I decided I'd also do my SMT challenge, since I didn't seem to get last week's posted. When I finished with the card above, I cleaned up my work space(putting all the Copics in their space) and filing all my scrap paper. The photo book that you see on my table is where I file pictures of card sketches. It helps me when I'm trying to come up with a game plan for a card.Don't forget all you have to do is post a picture of your workspace over on the Sassy Cheryl's blog and you're in the hunt to win a free image. Hey you don't even have to clean up your space. In fact, some of us like it better if you don't(makes us feel better).

Okay, off to get this uploaded to the challenge sites and then on to finishing fixing dinner(the hot meal of the day).

Red, White and Black

That's the color combination that the TIddly Inks DT came up with for this week's Blog Challenge. Christy has designed some new images that really work well for this challenge. Be sure to check them out at the Tiddly Inks Store.The image I've used is called "Heartbroke Happy" I think she's quite gorgeous, and I colored her with my Copics.

The black and white heart background paper is from the Doodle Me Hearts Paper set from Tiddly inks. The other papers are from the Dance With Me Kit and the So This Is Love Kit by Summer Driggs. The word heart was included with the image from Tiddly Inks, and I chose to break the hearts for a little more emphasis. The satin flowers are some I found at WalMart and were perfect with the rose background paper.

This was an easy and a fun challenge to do.