Fun and Mental Changes

Alright, this is a long story that I'll sum up right here: I'm giving away one of my bottles of Gun Metal Pink FLASH (also known as My Private Jet by OPI). That will leave me with only two bottles, so it's almost as important as giving one of you a kidney... if I had three kidneys. Ok... so.... one day I posted a blog about my all-time favorite nail polish My Private Jet , after seeing someone else's post of the same polish that didn't look anything near the polish I have. The one I saw was a holo and mine WAS NOT. Mine was an AWESOME gun metal pink! So I posted a question as to why my My Private Jet looked so different. Well, I got some VERY helpful responses from some VERY helpful bloggers informing me that there are MANY versions of this particular polish and that no one had yet heard of MY version. I even got a request from Scandalous over at Scandalously Polished to let her know if I find another one, and I did find another three, so I sent one to her. Now my

A Little RAK For A Great Cause! I read a blog post the other day over at Paper Blessings about a free digi stamp that was created by one of my favorite artists. Not only is this digi stamp AMAZING, but it was also created for a very special cause. You all ready for a little RAK (random act of kindness)? The name of this stamp is called "Beach Baby Jayme". Jayme was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and her sister Lisa is holding a special event to help brighten the remainder of the time she has left. You can read the details HERE . In honor of Jayme, artist Crissy Armstrong created this adorable digi for Whimsy Stamps and it's free so EVERYONE can send Jayme a frog to brighten her day (she loves frogs). Please click on the link above to see how you can participate; and click HERE for the free digi download. Lisa's basically looking for funny cards to make her sister smile, so please, NO 'GET WELL' cards. Kudos to Crissy for being so freakin cool with her

Time for the MASTER CLEANSE!!! I start the Master Cleanse tomorrow morning. Well, actually I start it tonight with a cup of senna leaf tea! Yay (sarcasm)!!! I was scheduled to do this back in February, but foolishly skipped it, so I'm rampin up tonight to do it again. WHO'S WITH ME???!!!??? hahahahahaha! You know you wanna!!! LOL! I have been a "lemonhead" for the past four years working my way up to doing the cleanse twice a year the past two of those four years, so skipping my February cleanse kind of set me back, but I'm hoping to make up for it this time. Last August I did the cleanse for 25 days, maybe this time I can go for a full month.... fingers crossed! For anyone who is curious about the master cleanse, here's a link to The Master Cleanser by Stanley Burroughs in a PDF file: THE MASTER CLEANSER . The Master Cleanse, or Lemonade Diet as it's also known by, is the perfect way to clean your system, give your digestion a much deserved break, promote

I DO NOT own a Cricut Cake. I WILL NOT own a Cricut Cake (famous last words, I know)! I keep reading in my Cricut circles about all the delicious and decadent cakes and cookies that are being created with this new Cricut Cake fondant cutting machine... WHO IS EATING ALL THESE CAKES AND COOKIES!?! For my own sanity and waistline, this is one gadget that this gadget girl will have to pass on. But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy those wonderful Cake images in my own way. So here is my SUPER SIMPLE "Thanks a Bunch" card that I made using my new Holiday Cakes cartridge. YES! The cake cartridges work in a regular Cricut machine just like any of my other cartridges and the Cake cartridge uploaded to my Gypsy perfectly fine. I can't speak about all the other Cake cartridges, but this particular cartridge has some really amazing round frames (like the lace-like one that is pictured) as well as awesome borders and images. Pictured here is the pumpkin image I cut along with

Here is a card I made yesterday using Drucilla from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps ... un -altered and colored perfectly with my copics ... if I do say so myself! I'm getting better with those copics ! At least now my projects aren't hemorrhaging !!! GEEZ ! It's so easy with this particular stamp though because the image rocks and seems to almost have been MADE for copic coloring! I also made the background paper look like copper using Mica Gloss Inks from JudiKins . I love it when things are easy. These Mica Gloss inks are so incredible! They make any paper surface look metallic and the glossy paper I used got the BEST results. I only got 4 of the 18 Mica Gloss colors available (uh, why is green ALWAYS sold out???) with Rose Gold and Gold used for this card. You can see the video for Mica Gloss and how to use it HERE . And the sentiment came from THE AWESOMEST stamp set I have EVER seen. I just got this EK Success Multi-Dial Sentiment stamp off of Ebay and I LOVE it. It's

So Kraftin Kimmie Stamps is having an "Anything But A Card" challenge and I JUST COULDN'T help myself. This doorhanger JUMPED into my head as I read the challenge title and away I went. The stamp that is pictured here is one of TWO of my favorite rubber stamps of all time and BOTH of my favorite all-time stamps happen to be Kraftin Kimmie stamps.... so this challenge is PERFECT!!! Now let me add, I altered the stamped image a bit. What makes me LOVE this stamp so much is how CRAZY Drucilla looks with her "cracked" smile while she's jabbing pins into her dollie. This stamp makes me laugh every time I see it (like I'm seeing it for the first time... every time)! But for the purpose of my "do not disturb" door hanger, that AWESOMELY HILARIOUS smile wouldn't work. But with her expression altered, little Drucilla would be just as funny on this project! So I taped over the mouth and the eyebrows with Scotch tape, stamped the image, colored it th

Have you ever been SUPER busy but didn't really get anything done? I feel like that's been my life for the past two weeks. So I figured I better get a shot of this mani up before I remove the polish. Typically my manis don't make it 5 days before I wanna change the color and with running 100 MPH while standing still... Well, I just better get it in! LOL! So I have gotten SOOOO much length from using the Ultra Rapid Growth from Nail Aid and this thumb nail is here to sing Nail Aid's praises. My nail looks like a false press on nail! HAHAHAHAHAHA! I assure you, it's real! So anyway, I used the Rapid Growth as a base coat followed by ONE coat of China Glaze Pink Chiffon (not lazy, just exhausted). I then put on a coat of Seche Vite for a quick dry before stamping the images from Konad image plates M79 and C01. The polka dots were done in Color Club's Laser Pink and the flowers and kitty were done with Konad's special black nail polish. I topped it all

And the winner is ...... Fay.H. Congratulations!!!! Thank you sooooo much to everyone who participated... some of you had a lot of entries! This was super fun! Next year's birthday give away is going to be even more fun... I'm already plotting!!! hehehehe! But in the meantime, feel free to click on the links below. They are the wonderful sponsors who donated MY FAVORITE THINGS to this year's birthday give away and I'd like to give a huge "shout-out" and "thank you" to them!!! I hope to see you all again at next year's birthday give away! :) OC Nail Art Nail Aid Soaptopia

Attention fellow scrappers: There is a HUGE give away happening over at Obsessed With Scrapbooking!!! Nicole, my new friend, stalker and fellow blogger of Canadian Nickel Scrap'N is out and about stalking others and she just shared the goodies being given away over at Obsessed with Scrapbooking , so now I'm here to share it with you.... I quote: "Hi, my papercrafting friends! I just got back from an anniversary weekend at the Hotel ZaZa in Dallas which was FABULOUS! And I was thrilled to see that I made it to a million hits! Woo Hoo! So, in honor of that, here's the BIG, BIG, BIG giveaway info: How about a: 1) Cricut Summer Vacation cartridge 2) Cricut Summer in Paris cartridge 3) a pack of SEI Happy Paper (12" x 12" size) 4) a package of Tim Holtz grungeboard AND....drumroll.... A Cricut GYPSY!! How can you win? 1) Leave a comment under this post telling what you would like to win and why! 2) Subscribe or follow the blog! For more chances: 1) Facebook about

WHY am I not getting this??? Some things I blend PERFECTLY with copics and others... not so much! Take this AMAZING dragon by Lisa Victoria... he looks incredible. Then the lettering done on THE SAME PAPER is bleeding like I stabbed it!!!! UGH!!! I need some serious help with using these copic markers. I checked into the copic certification classes done by Copic, but it's $120 and I missed the last class by a couple of weeks. DANG IT!!! I guess this is just ANOTHER situation where I have to be patient and put in the practice... blah, blah, blah, WHATEVER! hahahahaha! Alright... I'll do it! So below is another one that I did and THIS one turned out a little better. It took me a whole lot longer to finish, but I did a better job. * Now, as in my post earlier today, I'm using the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge and drawing the wording you see on these cards from that cartridge. I'm having SOOOOO much fun with this new cartridge!!! Here's a video on how to draw with

Attention Readers: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! MOM'S ROCK!!! Don't you just love the new Create a Critter Cricut cartridge??? This little dinosaur is ADORABLE!!!! The "Dinomite" is from the phrase feature for the dinosaur that I did using the Cri-Kits gel pens and then colored with Copics. I also took my metallic and star dust Sakura Gelly Roll pens and accented EVERYTHING. I just love those 10 minute cards, and that Create a Critter cartridge makes them easy. **** Apparently I've got Barney on the brain!!! What is with me and the purple reptiles??? Here's a purple dragon I also colored purple with the copics! And OF COURSE I had to bling this cute little guy out as well! :) Gel pens are the B EST!!! * * * * One last one... not so "Barney-ish"! hahahaha!

Ok... here are the 10 followers that are in the running for the AWESOME prize haul pictured: 1.) fiery 2.) Fay. H. 3.) Blanche 4.) Tiskinha 5.) ART OF NAIL 6.) Ggggg 7.) Fisiwoman 8.) moonrabbit 9.) Wife2TJ 10.) Kat Now it's time to tally all the entries. Once I've tallied the entries, the winner can be drawn. I'll let you all know as soon as I know! Good Luck you guys!!!! Who's Gonna Win???? This is SO exciting!!!!

I WON!!!! The very first design challenge that I entered and I WON!!! I'm so excited I can't see straight!!! And here's the link to prove it! hahahahaha! LINK TO MY WINNER'S ANNOUNCEMENT ! Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!!! hahahahaha! Speaking of winning..... Random.org and I have a date tonight to pick 10 people who will go into the running for the BIG prize haul. There's still a LITTLE bit of time to enter! For details, click HERE ! Good luck everyone!

Wow! Today is a special day! Not only is today the LAST day to enter my Favorite Things Birthday Give Away (which is TOTALLY HUGE BTW!!!), but today is also my FIRST design for the Gyptians!!! YAY!!! So here it is... my Mardi Gras mask. I ordered a "Carnivale!" stamp, but it hasn't arrived yet, so this project isn't quite finished, but the Gypsy cut file is! Here's the link to upload the file: GYPSY CUT FILE So I used George and Basic Shapes for the basic mask/eye area, Storybook (my all-time favorite cartridge) for the flourishes as well as accent essentials. Accent Essentials was only used for one of the "feathering" flourishes, so if you are going to embellish with REAL feathers and don't have accent essentials, just delete the feather from the cut file. This file includes the mask and the shadow. Everything is already welded and ready to cut... just click the link above. I hope everyone here likes it. This is one of those cut files where once I

My birthday blog give-away is ALMOST coming to a close. Two more days to enter to win the AWESOME prize haul pictured here. To enter, click HERE for details! Good luck to everyone. Have a great one guys... and tune back in Friday when I post my FIRST gypsy design for the design team The Gyptians. I'm super psyched.... it's so time for me to get plugged in... literally! hahahahaha!

Pictured here is my all-time favorite polish... and the picture DOES NOT do this polish justice! This polish is actually a charcoal grey polish with tiny pink speckles in it and it's called My Private Jet by OPI. It actually looks like pink gunmetal... I LOVE this polish more than any other. But the other day, while viewing one of my favorite blogs, I notice that someone else's My Private Jet is a holo... WTH!!! First of all, let me just note here that I DO, in fact, have a holo on my nails here. You can clearly see that the Konad image I stamped on my nails (image plate M7) is a holo while the backdrop of My Private Jet is just speckled. BTW, I did the Konadicure with China Glazes OMG... THE most fabulous holo EVER made and PERFECT for Konadicures!!! But this polish is NOT a holo. And while I certainly love my holos (as much as the next polish addict), the My Private Jet that I own IS NOT one of them and I adore this color above all other colors. Now, my dilemma: Which color i

I often joke that behind my pink skin and red hair, there is a goth girl screaming to get out. I JUST LOVE the classic elegance of that dark ambiance; it's just romantic and mystic and unearthly. Yep, my goth girl needs out once in a while and it's challenges like the one The Greeting Farm is hosting that gives me that outlet to set her free. Their "Farm Fresh Fridays" challenge this week just so happens to be called "Goth Inspiration". My heart did a flip when I read this week's title and I just KNEW this was the challenge for me. I spent the WHOLE DAY today working on this card and I loved every minute of it. This is BY FAR the prettiest card I've ever made. And while I hope I win (of course), even if I don't, this card will be treasured. So here's a side shot because the front view just doesn't do this beauty justice. This thing is LAYERED and is the most dimensional card that has movement because of the dangling teapot charm. Did I m