Winner Winner Winner!!!!

HELLO everyone!

Thank you all soooo much for following along on my first blog hop! I had so much fun :o)
Please make sure you go over to Theresa The Scrapbooking Queen Royal Shoppe and get some of those awesome sentiment stamps!

Now on to the Big Announcement... I have a Winner from my Blog Hop Giveaway and it is...

BECKY - Fourth House on the Right

CONGRATULATIONS Becky!

I have sent you an e-mail so get back to me soon :o)

Again, Thank You to everyone who followed along and for all of the new folloers I have aquired over the weekend!

We have some more very awesome goodies coming soon so stay tuned :o)

Hugs!

TSQ Sneak Peek Day 3

Welcome to The Scrapbooking Queen's Sneak Peek Blog Hop

This is our 3rd and final day of our sneak peek blog hop, aren't you excited? So, how did you like the first two releases of TSQ stamps? I Love Them! Aren't they just adorable for that Little Royal Bundle and Prince? Well...if you loved those you are definitely going to love this next one :o)

 If you came here from Jillian's you will know that we're sneak peeking some AWESOME new stamp sets for The Scrapbooking Queen, which can be found in her AWESOME Royal Shoppe. 

If you just happened onto my blog today you will want to start at the beginning of this hop so you don't miss out on any goodies we have in store for you :o)

 Today The Queen's Royal Court is showcasing...

The Royal Princess!! 

 This is my last card for this hop but, don't think I won't be showing more soon. These stamps are so cute I want to keep going :o) After all, someone can always use a handmade Royal card ;o)

Supplies Used-
Cardstock- Recollections
Pearlescent Cardstock- Colorbok
Pattern Paper- K&CO Itsy Bitsy Baby Girl
Image- Digi Web Studio
Mat- Nestabilities Die Lacey Ovals
Sentiments- TSQ Royal Princess
Ink- Colorbox Shabby Pink and Memento Tuxedo Black
Pearls- Recollections
Glitter Glue from Michael's Studio G


We have a wonderful line up of talented ladies and one young gentleman here at the Castle, so if you get lost going through the halls you can click on any of them to help you with directions.


Theresa ~ www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Kathy ~ http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/

Michele ~ http://www.magicalcreativeinspiration.blogspot.com

Janis ~ http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

Jillian ~ http://paperalamode.blogspot.com/

Schell ~ http://schellscraftcorner.blogspot.com/ (ME)

Caleb ~ http://kidsforcards.blogspot.com/ (Up Next)

Lynn ~ http://bootsandblingtime.blogspot.com/

Sherri ~ http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com



We are all so excited about these new stamps, and know you will be too!  The Queen will be giving, to one lucky winner, the stamp set showcased for the day, and probably some other little royal goodies ~ but....here are the rules:

   1. Must be a Royal Follower of The Scrapbooking Queen's Blog ( We would love for you follow us also)
   2. Must leave a comment on each of the Royal Court DT blogs
   3. Come back each day of the sneak peek weekend and comment on all posts

To add to the Queen's gracious giveaway of this stamp set I am going to give away a (25) pack of wobbles! Do you guys know how fun these are?! Same rules as above and I will pick a winner at the end :o)

Since I am not the last stop on this royal hop, make sure you continue on to the end :o)

****At the end the Queen will be giving a Grand Prize of all three stamp sets****

 Hugs!

TSQ Sneak Peek Day 2

Welcome to The Scrapbooking Queen's Sneak Peek Blog Hop

This is day 2 of our sneak peek blog hop, aren't you excited? So, how did you like the first release of TSQ new royal stamps? I Love Them! Aren't they just adorable for that Little Royal Bundle coming into this world :o) Well...if you loved those you are definitely going to love what's next :o)

If you came here from Jillian's you will know that we're sneak peeking another AWESOME new stamp set for The Scrapbooking Queen, which can be found in her AWESOME Royal Shoppe. 

If you just happened onto my blog today you will want to start at the beginning of this hop so you don't miss out on any goodies we have in store for you :o)

 Today The Queen's Royal Court is showcasing...
 
The Royal Prince!!

 Here is my card I made using this set. I have a special little guy in mind for this one who's birthday is coming very soon :o)

 Supplies Used-
Cardstock- Recollections
Textured Cardstock- Colorbok
Pattern Paper- Nikki Sivils- Something For Everyone 6x6 pad
The Prince- Paper Doll Dress Up cricut cartridge, Peachy Keen Stamps (PK-574), some EK success chalk
Sentiment- TSQ Royal Prince
Twine- TSQ Carriage Black (you can find it in the Royal Shoppe)
Rhinestone's- Michael's
Ink- Michael's Studio G and Memento Tuxedo Black


We have a wonderful line up of talented ladies and one young gentleman here at the Castle, so if you get lost going through the halls you can click on any of them to help you with directions. 


Theresa ~ www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Kathy ~ http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/

Michele ~ http://www.magicalcreativeinspiration.blogspot.com

Janis ~ http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

Jillian ~ http://paperalamode.blogspot.com/

Schell ~ http://schellscraftcorner.blogspot.com/ (ME)

Caleb ~  http://kidsforcards.blogspot.com/ (Up Next) 

Lynn ~ http://bootsandblingtime.blogspot.com/
 
Sherri ~ http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com



We are all so excited about these new stamps, and know you will be too!  The Queen will be giving, to one lucky winner, the stamp set showcased for the day, and probably some other little royal goodies ~ but....here are the rules:

   1. Must be a Royal Follower of The Scrapbooking Queen's Blog ( We would love for you follow us also)
   2. Must leave a comment on each of the Royal Court DT blogs
   3. Come back each day of the sneak peak weekend and comment on all posts

To add to the Queen's gracious giveaway of this stamp set I am going to give away a (25) pack of wobbles! Do you guys know how fun these are?! Same rules as above and I will pick a winner at the end :o)

Now, since I am not the last stop on this royal hop, make sure you continue on to the end and come back tomorrow for another sneak peek :o)

****At the end the Queen will be giving a Grand Prize of all three stamp sets****

 Hugs!

TSQ Sneak Peek Day 1

Welcome to The Scrapbooking Queen's Sneak Peek Blog Hop

I bet you're wondering what we're sneak peeking huh??

Well, if you came here from Jillian's you will know that we're sneak peeking some AWESOME new stamp sets for The Scrapbooking Queen, which can be found in her AWESOME Royal Shoppe. 

If you just happened onto my blog today you will want to start at the beginning of this hop so you don't miss out on any goodies we have in store for you :o)

Today The Queen's Royal Court is showcasing...
 

The Royal Nursery!! 

This is the card I made using this awesome set of stamps. I'm not quite sure who this will go to but, with babies coming all the time I will definitely have use for it :o)

Supplies Used-
Cardstock- Recollections and scraps :o)
Pattern Paper- K&CO Itsy Bitsy Baby Girl
Cutout- Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge cut at 3 inches
Rhinestones- Michael's
Ribbon- Hobby Lobby
Sentiment- TSQ Royal NurseryInk- Memento Dew Drop Grape Jelly and Tuxedo Black
Heart Tag- Tags Bags Boxes and More cut from Gypsy at 2 inches
Heart stamp- Hamton Art


We have a wonderful line up of talented ladies and one young gentleman here at the Castle, so if you get lost going through the halls you can click on any of them to help you with directions. 

 Theresa ~ www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Kathy ~ http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/

Michele ~ http://www.magicalcreativeinspiration.blogspot.com

Janis ~ http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

Jillian ~ http://paperalamode.blogspot.com/

Schell ~ http://schellscraftcorner.blogspot.com/ (ME)

Caleb ~ http://kidsforcards.blogspot.com/ (Up Next)

Lynn ~ http://bootsandblingtime.blogspot.com/

Sherri ~ http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com



We are all so excited about these new stamps, and know you will be too!  The Queen will be giving, to one lucky winner, the stamp set showcased for the day, and probably some other little royal goodies ~ but....here are the rules:

   1. Must be a Royal Follower of The Scrapbooking Queen's Blog ( We would love for you to follow us
       also) 
   2. Must leave a comment on each of the Royal Court DT blogs
   3. Come back each day of the sneak peak weekend and comment on all posts ( Three total )

To add to the Queen's gracious giveaway of this stamp set I am going to give away a (25) pack of wobbles! Do you guys know how fun these are?! Same rules as above and I will pick a winner at the end :o)

 Since I am not the last stop on this royal hop, make sure you continue on to the end and come back tomorrow for another sneak peek :o)

****At the end the Queen will be giving a Grand Prize of all three stamp sets****

 Hugs!

Wobble Wednesday Challenge #7

This weeks Wobble Wednesday Challenge is all about Teachers! Any kind of teacher be it art, music, church, etc... Teachers make a huge difference in our childrens lives so lets show them some appreciation :o) This is the card I came up with with an Art teacher in mind...

The card...

The inside...

 A semi-action shot :o)

Supplies used-

Cardstock- Recollections
Pattern Paper- Scraps
Cut out- Simply Charmed at 3 1/2 inches using scraps
Sentiment- Printed from my computer ( I thought it would be cute to cross out the "my" and write "our" )

So go on over to the Wobble Wednesday Challenges and enter to win a prize :o) Just remember, your project must include a wobble :o)

This challenge runs from April 25th - May 1st so, get your wobble on, hee hee!

Hugs!

Note from Caleb :o)

My Little Boy Loves Me!

So when Caleb went to bed last night, he got up and turned his light on. Then he was writing on his white board so I asked him what he was doing...I'm writing you a note so don't look, he says. Okay, I'll read it in the morning :o) When he was done he went to bed.

This morning I went into his room to make sure he did what was needed before school and read the note. Melted my heart! I took this picture of it so I will always have it and then he erased it and said I should write him back, so I did :o)

 It reads...
You are the best mom ever.And because you help me when I get sick. And when I get hurt. And you also get me good papers for my cards. And also give me good ideas. And thank you for letting me do some fine arts. I love you so much mom
(fine arts is a before school program once a week he is in for PE)

Mine read...

Caleb, Thank you very much for my note! I loved it! I'm glad you think I am the best because I think you are the best too! I love that you like doing crafts with me and are having fun making cards and videos! I hope you had a super fun day at school :o)

I have had a really good day and it all started with this little note :o)

Hugs!

Baby Cutouts

A friend of mine had mentioned she wished she had a Cricut after I posted the Baby Boy caddy I made a few posts back. Well...I contacted her and told her I would make some and mail them to her so she can use for them for a couple of Great Grand Babies coming :o) Here they are... I love this cartridge!

These were cut at 3 inches from the Simply Charmed cartridge, the word "happy baby" was cut at 1 inch and the word "welcome little one" was cut at 1 1/2 inches. Aren't they just too cute!

Hugs!

Super Exciting News!!!!

Sooooo, I MADE A DESIGN TEAM!!!!

I have been wanting to be on a team for a few months now. I tried for a couple and didn't make it so I kept thinking to myself, better luck next time. When the next time came around I was scared to try because of the whole thinking I wasn't good enough thing going on in my brain. Well, I made it! And....I have my little sidekick, Caleb made it also! He is my little video dude for the team :o) He is considered to have a separate place on this team but, I still consider him my partner in crime :o) We are absolutely ecstatic about this opportunity and love the warm welcomes we got as we joined this group of ladies. So...you are probably wondering what team we made aren't you? We are part of ...

Thank you so much Theresa!

We have some pretty cool things coming up so keep your eyes open for some Royal Fun going on!

Hugs!

Summer Boy :o)

Here is another summer card I made from the digital set I used in a previous post. Link will be below :o)

Supplies Used

Cardstock- Recollections

Textured cardstock- DCWV

Patterned Paper- DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies Mat Stack

Image- Digi Web Studio

Mat- Nestablilities Lacey Circles

Sentiment- Heidi Grace

Ink- Michael's Dollar and Memento Dew Drop Bamboo Leaves

Twine- Homemade

Hugs!

Live.Love.Bark.

Today I am showcasing a couple of Tanner's (Mr. Cricut Crazy) stamp sets. Caleb got a few sets and we were playing with them this past weekend. Thank you Tanner! I got two cards made and Caleb is working on his, he only got the coloring part done :o) Here are mine...

Supplies Used -

Cardstock- Recollections

Patterned Paper- DCWV 8x8 scrapbook kit Dog

Textured cardstock- DCWV 8x8 scrapbook kit Dog

Image- #1 from set "Gus" and sentiment

            #2 from set "Gus" and sentiment from "Haley"

Crayola colored pencils

Mats cut using my Cricut and Gypsy

Ink colors- #1 Michael's Studio G

                  #2 Memento Dew Drop Rich Cocoa

Pearls- Recollections

Ribbon- Michael's

Twine- Homemade

Hugs!

2nd Update on Dallas

So we went to our follow up appointment from last week with the PA who did Dallas's cast. GREAT news! He is healing very well and got to take the full cast off and transition to a half :o) So exciting! He loves being able to use his elbow again! I think the guy who was putting the new cast on thought we were pretty entertaining. I was taking pictures of the process and we were asking a ton of questions. He just kept laughing so I said, "Can you tell this is our first break"? He answered, "Yeah" and laughed again. I think he will have this one for at least 4 weeks and then get his last one, it will be water proof :o) I am just thrilled he is healing so well!

Hugs!

Just for you

For this card I was still wanting a "Summer" themed card and this is what I came up with :o)

Supplies Used-

Cardstock- Recollections

Patterned paer- Nikki Sivils "Blueberry Hill"

Ribbon- Satin eyelet from Michael's

Image- Digi Web Studios 

Crayola colored pencils

Mat- Nestabilities Lacey Circles

Rhinestones I cut from a left over swirl by Recollections

Sentiment- Heidi Grace "Greetings"

Ink- Memento Dew Drops Dandelion & Paris Dusk

Hugs!

Chillin'

So...I was in the mood to make a "summer" card. I like spring but, we have had a few thunder storms, which I don't really mind, that have brought on the tornado weather. This freaks me out and where we live we have seen a few and one was only a few miles away a couple of years ago. Until this passes I will be nervous about dark clouds and rain :o) To make myself think better, I made this card. I think I am going to use it as an invite for a BBQ over the summer.

Supplies Used -

Cardstock-Recollections

Patterned paper-Me & My Big Ideas "Sanctuary"

Ribbon-Michael's

Image-Studio G

Sentiment-Cardstock sticker from Target

Embellishments-Flower bling and Pearls from stash

Action Wobble-From Tracy :o)

Ink-Studio G

Hugs!

How's it Rollin'

I got in the mood to color again so I pulled out one of my stamp sets that my mom got me for my birthday. This is from the Greeting Farm called Later Sk8ter. Such a fun set when you have boys :o) The papers are from two different paper pads from The Paper Studio at Hobbly Lobby and the twine is homemade. I colored the image with my Crayola colored pencils. I kept it simple, like most of my cards :o) After all, it is a boy card :o) I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend!

Hugs!

Disney Week Project #7

Welcome to my final project for this fun week!

My son Dallas wanted me to make him one of the note card boxes using Mickey Mouse. No problem! The paper used for this was in my Disney stash. The cuts came from the Mickey Font cartridge. The "D" is for his name and the "T" is for his girlfriends name :o) He likes it and that makes me happy!

Thank you all so much for stopping by every day to see my projects! This was a lot of fun, Thank You Janis for inviting me to play :o)

Hugs!

Disney Week Project #6

Welcome to project #6

I wanted to make something with this big Hello Kitty I had cut out from the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge a while back. It's too big to fit on a standard card so I thought another wall hanging would be perfect! I left the bottom blank so I can personalize it with a name, which I will cut from the Hello Kitty Font cartridge. I have not fully decided who I am giving this to yet so when I do personalize it, I will update the photo so you can see :o) This is the same size as my Tinkerbell one, 8x8. The polka dot background paper came from a pack of Valentine papers I got at Target in the dollar spot. The lace is the same I used on the Tinkerbell. I punched the flowers and sewed buttons on with some thick embroidery thread. The button on Kitty's bow is from my jar and I tied red embroidery floss through it to make a bow.

Hugs!

Disney Week Project #5

Welcome to project #5

For this project I chose to make another card. You just can't have enough of these laying  around can you? This one actually reminds me of my dad :o) He plays the Smurfs Village on his I-Pad and is at a crazy high level. The image is another coloring page download that I re-sized and colored with my Crayola colored pencils. The sentiment I stamped with some alpha stamps I got at Michael's in the dollar bin a while ago. The background paper is from a Nikki Sivils 6x6 mini pad called Flaming Butterfly, cool name huh? The papers are awesome in this pad :o) I cut out the image with my labels 1 nestabilities die using my cuttlebug and the twine is homemade :o)

Hugs!

Update on Dallas...

So some of you know that my 14 year old son Dallas broke his arm for the first time last Wednesday afternoon. He was riding his skateboard home and a rock stopped his wheel causing him to be thrown off the board. Landing the way he did on his arm, to stop himself from hitting his head on the ground, his forearm broke. He was a trooper I tell ya. No tears at all, just a lot of pain. After going to urgent care and getting a splint and sling for a few days, for the swelling to go down, we thought we were good to go. Had an appointment on Monday to get his cast put on around 10:15 in the morning. Well... after another set of x-rays they told us he couldn't get a cast because the way he broke it. It wasn't going to line up and heal properly so he needed to have a reduction. WHAT? They sent us to another hospital, Children's main hospital. Hours, lots of them, went by and I was getting a lot irritated. Just get it done and over with!  Basically they had to sedate him so they could re-break his arm, my poor guy! He did really well in the long run and doesn't remember much from the sedation, thank goodness! They unfortunately were very busy in the ED department that day. He happened to be one of three kids with a broken arm but, first in line to get fixed. Our total hours spent taking care of this were around 7, yeah, I was pretty exhausted and emotionally drained right along with him. He still has a long way to go to heal and two more casts to go through, he really did a doozie :o) Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers that he heals well and gets back out there :o)

Hugs!

Disney Week Project #4

 Welcome to project #4

This project is for my room :o) Well...my door anyway. I have planned on making some cuts from the Tinkerbell and Friends cartridge to hang around my room. When I got the idea to make her sitting on a mushroom it turned into a door hanging instead :o) The background paper is from a DCWV 8x8 stack Doodlin' Around. I punched the flowers and added bling in the centers. I put mini pom poms on her slippers and added some crystal stickles to them and her wings. The swirl bling is Recollections and I just cut it apart to fit what I wanted. My name I cut out using the Tear Drop Font cartridge. The lace I got from my mom :o)

Hugs!

For Heather!

A good friend of mine had her little bundle of joy this evening! Baby Graham was due a few days ago and showed no interest of entering our strange world. Well... he was told he needed to come out today :o) All went well with Heather and Graham, thank you God! He is healthy and she is doing well :o) I made this to celebrate this new little man...

Welcome Graham!

Isn't he adorable!

Big hugs to Mommy Heather, Daddy John 

and Big Brother Christian! 

Disney Week Project #3

Welcome to Project #3

For this one I decided to make a card. I used a downloaded coloring page image and resized it to fit my card. I colored the image with my Crayola colored pencils. The background paper on this one is from my stash again and cardstock is from Recollections. The sheer lavender ribbon was purchased at my local Dollar Tree :o) I love finding ribbon in there! Tweety was my favorite character for the longest time when I was younger. In fact, my first tattoo is of tweety bird :o)

Hugs!

Disney Week Project #2

Welcome to my 2nd project for Disney Week :o)

I made these signs for the boys to put on the front of the dishwasher so they know who's turn it is to unload :o) I had some that we made out of fun foam and they decorated them but they started falling apart after a while. Well, I decided it was time for new ones and here they are...

All the characters were cut from the Mickey and Friends Font cartridge along with the names. The striped paper was in my scraps from a Hobby Lobby seasonal pack made by Paper Studio. All of the doodling was done with my Pentel white gel pen :o)

Hugs!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!

Today is also the beginning of Disney Week :o) I wanted to start off with not just a character but, to incorporate Easter as well. This is what I came up with...

I totally love the way this turned out! It took a couple of different cuts from the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge, the Doodlecharms cartridge and my Gypsy to accomplish this one :o) I love playing around! The paper is scraps from my stash and the cardstock is Recollections. The ric-rac ribbon is from my stash and of course I used my gel pen for her eyes.

Make sure you check out all of the great projects coming up this week from all of the participating bloggers :o) Enjoy!

Hugs!