Go Denver... Go Denver...

It's the Super Bowl.. It's the Super bowl... :-)  Whohoo!!! Well before we get to all the FUN and games of the Super Bowl this weeks Featured Stamper 365 is Sherri aka Kushabella! Congrats Sherri! I knew which one to case when I choose you. this Jammer Town Dilemma is perfect for this day as it is Super Bowl SuNdAy! Whohohoo!!! I kept the theme, a scalloped edge and designer paper. However had to make some modifications to the colors, team and papers.  hee hee  Hope you enjoy your week girlie!

This adorable guy is Football Brat from TS that is now closed. I dusted him off and added my colors and team number. The designer paper is from my scrap bin and I think this is probably the last of my orange paper. ha!  I know who will be getting this card on Monday!

Now for a bit of insight into this game today. Rather big game! Yes Manning is in yet again.. yes! We have the number 1 defense playing the number 1 offense and is it going to be a GAME! Truly want this to be a fair game and the best team win. I don't want another Steeler/Seahawks super bowl. I truly want the game to be fair! All this being said I have somehow put myself into a sticky situation this Super Bowl. Let me explain... Early on in the season a certain someone (who will be here today) was really giving me smack talk about the Colts giving up on Manning, and how Denver is this that and the other etc. He kept saying I should be a fan of my" home team" and that I haven't even been to Indy, I have been to Denver. So I... gulp said and I quote "Well if Seattle goes and WINS the Super Bowl then I will officially be a Hawks fan" GASP!!! So NOW... Oh my...I am in this awful position as they are in the SB. I really wasn't thinking they were going to make it this year. The only reason this is even an issue is because my boys heard me say this and obviously the one that is a hawks fan is totally excited. But as an example of my own teaching to them (darn parenting skills) I have told them, you stick to your word and don't say things you don't mean. Um... well does that count towards football?  As my husband says (mind you he is a hawks fan)  said "yes". What would I be teaching them if I didn't follow what I preach. Oh crap... So yes Manning NEEDS to win today! I will be sitting by myself this game with the REST of the crowd in here with all their hawks glory. However, I am comfortable with that.  :-)  if this is a lesson for me and the boys then God willing I will do it. Secretly I will also cheer for my teams.
 Good luck to both teams and may the best team win! Denver of course!!!  Have a great day.

MFTWSC117 Happy Retirement

I get a call yesterday afternoon from hubby saying "hey I need a retirement card for tomorrow night, can you whip something up for me." He likes golf and worked here for 35 plus years. Can I whip something up? "I said what is this your own personal hallmark shop." Sheeesshh... So here is what I *whipped* up. LOL  I grabbed the fun Gus Golfer that is from Totally Stampalicious that is no longer in business now. sniff... sniff.... However this was a bugaboo digi they turned into a stamp so check out bugaboo.com . Needed a quick sketch so I checked the MFT Wednesday sketch and used it for the card.
Gus is stamped onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink.  He is colored with various copic markers.  

Die cut using SPellbinders Standard circles and scallop circles that I popped up on dimensionals. My sentiment panel is suppose to look like the flag on the green and I scored around the green panel for fun. Swiss dots for texture on the base and voila. A retirement card done! Hope you have a great day!

Here we goooo Colts, here we GO!

Do you know what today is? That's right today is the first day of NFL Playoff's for the season. And guess who is in the playoff's? YEP! Both my teams... Colts and Broncos! I am so stinkin excited I can hardly stand it. The thought that the Colts will beat the Ravens tomorrow and then play against Manning next week is just too much. I seriously think that game will send me into a tizzy! LOL  If they do end up playing against the Broncos next week,  I will be cheering for the Colts of course as they are my true team. However... don't kid yourself I won't hesitate to squeel when Manning throws a touchdown. I seriously am super excited for the playoff's this year and its been a few since I was this excited. Who am I kidding, I guess with the exception of last season I am pretty much excited every year! ha! 

Fun little card today using Football Brat from Totally Stampalicious. I have stamped him onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. He is colored with various copic markers then popped is panel up on dimensionals. My background has the fun star textured embossing folder, then added a bit of grass from my Sweet N Sassy grass die and then a few stars with brads. Easy Peasy!!  WHOHOO!!!!  Go Colts!

You're My MVP

There is much dilemma talk in jammer town over on SCS lately about stamping or football. Sounds like some are having a hard time deciding, well not me. Football it is girls! HA!   This is a few months out of the year and I look foward to it each and every year. So here is my salute to the dilemma. hee hee  This adorable little guy is from Totally Stampalicious called Football Brat that I stamped out on classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. I colored him using copic markers. The little horseshoe tag is some ribbon that my friend Judy aka stampingqueenjar sent me awhile ago. Certainly fits the Colts fan that I am. I added stickles to his gloves, the star and the little horseshoe tag. So here is the question for you.... What would you choose? Stamping or Football? Cast your vote and let me know! hee hee  Have a wonderful day!

FS297 Balloon Girl

Before I get to the post for the FS today let me share with you how our weekend started. We spent all of Friday morning in emergency as one of the twins has broken his arm. This is a first for us and very scary. We keep hearing that we are long over due and our luck was bound to run out with the boys. HA!  Well we are very lucky and thankfully he wasn't hurt more. They were playing football in the back yard and he actually slipped on the wet grass. When he fell his arm went the wrong way to catch himself. Of course the pain and instant swelling were not good indicators of fun coming his way. Called our aunt and uncle who area  doctor and nurse for immediate advice till we could get to the ER. He has a temporary cast until we go to the orthopedic doctor on Wednesday. And to make it worse he is a righty and of course his right arm is the one this happened to. ugh... He is doing okay, but we would appreciate all prayers for fast healing.  :0)
Now for my card today. This weeks Featured Stamper 297 is Cheryl aka Elizgmom. Delightful gallery and I had a hard time choosing a card. I choose this Amelia Card to case. I stamped out my Balloon Kidz Girl from Totally Stampalicious onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. Colored with various copic markers, then die cut with Spellbinders Classic ovals that I have popped up on dimensionals.

I have kept the layout, stitching (faux mind you) button and ribbon combo, pearls and a kid card. Changed the papers and the image. Hope you get to play along with us this week. Have a great day!

Hip Hip Hooray

Today on the Totally Stampalicious Blog our challenge for the week is CAS. Clean and Simple creations. Hope you find time to play along with us this week. CAS are pretty much up my alley of cards. I pulled out one of the sets we released last week called Cheerleader Brat. Isn't she just so fun? Just a little bit of ribbon and lace and voila an easy peasy card.

On a personal note this last few weeks have been busy. With that being said I stepped down from the TS design team. Life is just busy and crazy right now. I had my schedule pretty cleared up and then my parents go and schedule some much needed surgeries and threw that schedule out the window. ha! Kidding ofcourse. My mom had arm surgery and is in a sling for 8 weeks, I will finish canning her pears for her when I do mine. That isn't as bad as the green beans thankfully. Did I tell you I had to toss 43 pints of green beans as my dad and I processed them wrong. EEK! Glad we caught it but such a waste and so sad as all that work pretty much nothing to show for it. I have some green beans and it will have to do for the year. Anyways, my dad is having his 3rd knee replacement and we are prayng this is the final one and he will just heal properly this time. My mom will head back to work and he will need some help while she is not there. If anything check on him and make sure he has lunch and is walking when he is suppose to. They got a new puppy so I am sure she will keep him up and running if anything. Kids start school next week. ACK! I can't believe summer is already over and they are in school. Happy and sad feelings as I know they are excited and seeing all their friends, the break will be good for me. Yet somehow they are growing up and I feel like its going by in a blur. Needless to say maybe letting my schedule be more free will help me use all these beautiful stamps I have and never seem to get to as all the new ones come out and I create with those. LOL I would say that is called addicted and I need HELP! LOL Seriously... I have a little pile of them sitting here from the last few months that have not been inked up. Gasp... what kind of person doesn't ink up new goodies right away? A busy one that is making a change. I am sure you are tired of hearing me babble about my woe's and such. I will leave you with this.... hoping your day is fabulous and ink filled! ;0)

TS August New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop and August New Release! If you are just joining us head back over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to start hopping. If you just came from Joanne's Fabulous Blog you are in the right spot!
We have FOUR BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist Jodie Mackrell!! AVAILABLE NOW at Totally Stampalicious!
As always we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!
1st Prize - All 4 New Sets
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate
All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way and maybe you will WIN!

This fun NFL schedule is for my sweet friend Angel. Sadly Angel is a Saints fan.... ;0) I made a fun schedule for her last season. No doubt she will need a new one made with the new Football Brat that we are releasing today. This guy moves up and down with the games just as the other one did. His helmet has liquid glass all over it so its shiney like a helmet, yet hard to see in the photo. Guess we will see how the Saints play this season without the lead coach and a few others. hee hee Good luck Angel!

Haven't gotten my NFL schedule all finished yet however I did get this fun card done using Football Brat. He is just so darn cute don't you think? Some fun dp from the local craft store was perfect for this card. I threaded some twine through the ball to look like the threads. Very simple!

Now hop on over to the Fabulous Angel's Blog for your next hop. While you are there tell her GO COLTS!!!! hee hee Love ya girlie! Have a great day everyone!

TS Monday all texture

Happy Monday! Well atleast it is happy in my house as today we get a break from picking and canning. Infact with the hot spell we just had this weekend I might be good through Wednesday. We will see how it goes. ha!
On the Totally Stampalicious Blog today our challenge is Textures. Now this was a very quick and I mean very quick card for the challenge. Forgive me in the simplicity but I was just plain tired! This is Chef Pierre from the TS Store of our Bugaboo line. He is so fun and hadn't been inked up in awhile. I ran this beautiful paper through the cuttlebug and added a few eyelets. Those were dusted off as well since they have not been used in ages.

Thanks for stopping in with me today. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Christmas in July Bugaboo Blog Hop

Welcome to the Bugaboo Christmas in July hop. The Totally Stampalicious design team is joining Bugaboo for this fun hop! YEA! Lots of fun, prizes, challenges and more! I hope you enjoy the hop. If you just came from Sammiebug's Blog you are in the right spot. If you are just joining us, head back over to the Catch the Bug Blog to start hopping. If you get lost along the way be sure to head back to Catch the Bug as the list will be there. Hope you get to join in on the fun!

My creation is going to show you the adorable Deacon Elf. Isn't he just so darn cute! I am going to let you in on a little secret... ssshhhh.... The challenge on the TS blog on Monday is all about Christmas, hee hee So this will fit perfect with the challenge. :0) This fun shape is using Spellbinders Nested Pennants. These felt snowflakes were screaming to be used and I added a bit of glitter to them for fun! You can WIN this digi by leaving a comment on my post. A winner will be picked on July 21 st at 11 am Eastern time. Good Luck! And remember you can win from each blog along the hop, so get hopping!

Here is the inside of the card. Easy Peasy and fun! Your next hop is over on to Sandye Curry's Blog. Don't forget Catch the Bug has a week full of challenges starting on Monday! Have a wonderful weekend!

TS Monday Favorite Embelishment ~Dies~

Happy Stampalicioous Monday! This weeks challenge over on the Totally Stampalicious blog is use your favorite embellishment. Be sure to post your creations back on the TS Blog so we can see your creation. Hope you can play along with us.Now this was a hard challenge as I think I have too many favorites. ha! However one that never seems to go away is shapes and dies for me. I adore all the different die shapes so I have several to say the least on this creation using Sean Dog. My dies are Spellbinders Grand Circle, classic circles and scallop circles. MFT cloud dies, Sweet n Sassy Stamps fence and grass die. WOW.... lots on there but look how adorable this is? hee hee I just think Sean is super cute with that puppy, don't you? My cloud has some sparkle around the rim and my wagon I added two tiny brads to the wood piece.

Thanks for stopping in with me today. A week full of things going on here at the house not to mention Flourishes new release starts tomorrow! YEA! See you back here tomorrow, have a fabulous day!

FS282 HoHo Merry Christmas

This weeks Featured Stamper is Loll Thompson. What an amazing gallery of CAS cards. Very hard to choose what to case as I liked them all. I finally choose this JOY card. I kept the theme, layers and colors. Changed the stamp to Deacon and Ava HoHo and added a sentiment to my twine. There is some sparkle on my letters also. What a fun image and easy peasy Christmas card. Hope you get sometime to stamp today! Thanks for stopping in!

Totally Stampalicious June Blog Hop

Welcome to Totally Stampalicious JUNE NEW RELEASE and BLOG HOP! If you just arrived here from Joanne's Blog you are in the right place. Just joining us, head back over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to start hopping!
We have FOUR BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist Jodie Mackrell!! AVAILABLE NOW at Totally Stampalicious!
As always we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!
1st Prize - All 4 New Sets
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate
All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way and maybe YOU could be a WINNER!!!! So are you ready to see the latest and greatest?!!! You're not going to be able to resist these!!!
First up for my creations is Sean Dog. Isn't that the cutest thing ever? That puppy just makes me swoon. hee hee The Pink Elephant TPE52 blog challenge is to make masculine cards and this fits a little guy masculine I think. :0) My panel is popped up on dimensionals and I added two little tags to the side just for fun. Easy Peasy!

Next I have the adorable dragon Clyde Bug. He is so so cute I want to hug him. Actually he reminds me of the dragon in a movie from when I was a kid called Pete's dragon. The dragon was super cute in that movie. I had a few pieces of scrap paper laying on the tabel so I made a few tag ends and layered them up. Some lime green ribbon and voila!
Hope you are enjoying the hop! Your next stop is on over to Angel's Blog. Have a wonderful day!

TS Shaped creations

Happy Monday! If you happened to miss last week's challenge on the Totally Stampalicious blog you may have missed our excited new Design Team Members! We welcomed 3 new DT last week Bonnie, Diane and Leanne. Be sure to give them a warm welcome if you missed it last week. Today's challenge is shaped cards. Make any shape you desire as long as it has shape! Yea I like shaped cards a lot.

For my creations I used the Spellbinders label eight for the shape. This adorable little girl is the new Ballerina Brat we released last month. So so very cute! Added a few of my primas from petaloo and the cheery lynn flourishes to my card. Voila an easy peasy card that will end up a birthday card this summer I am sure. Hope you can play along with us this week!

Summer Sports

Totally Stampalicious is ready for summer! Yep the challenge today is summertime. Create a summer themed creation. I bet you are wondering what is she thinking with this summer creation. WELL.... the boys are usually in sports for the summer and I make the coaches thank you cards. So I am ahead of the game as they say and have my first thank you card done. Only problem is we don't have them signed up for any sports yet. EEK! They can't decide what they want to play this summer. If I am lucky we might be sport free for the summer, whohoo! Bad mom I know, but sometimes a break is a good thing. We just got done with soccer as much fun as that was for two seasons I am ready for a break. Back to my creation, this is using the adorable A+ Bears for my card. The sketch is from CardPatterns sketch 167 this week. My main panel might be a hair smaller than the sketch but it works I think. Easy Peasy!
Hope you can join us this week! Have a great day.

Prima Donna, Blog Hop and New Release

Welcome to Totally Stampalicious MAY NEW RELEASE and BLOG HOP! If you just came from Joanne's Blog you are in the right place. Just joining us, head back on over to the TS Blog to start hopping.

We have FOUR BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist Jodie Mackrell! AVAILABLE NOW at Totally Stampalicious!
As always we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!
1st Prize - All 4 New Sets
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate
All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way and maybe. YOU could be a WINNER!!!!
My creation is using the new Bugaboo Brat. Darling isn't she. hee hee I added a bit of lace trim to her tu-tu and a few jewels. A girls gotta have her bling. After I cut her out I popped her up on dimensionals. Easy Peasy creation.

Before you head on over to Angel's Blog for your next hop. Here are a few details you might want to check out!!
DESIGN TEAM CALL!!!!
We are on the lookout for a few new designers for the Stampalicious Dream Team!! Think you might have what it takes?! We are a fun and fabulous group of ladies who love to color, create and, of course, LAUGH!!! ~We usually release FOUR new sets a month and we ask our designers to make TWO creations per stamp set that they choose! (You only pick the ones you want, but be forewarned....you'll probably want them all!!!) ~We also ask designers to participate in ALL of our Blog Hops and, as often as possible, our weekly challenges!
If you want to be a part of this incredible team, please send 2-3 samples of your current work, with at least one showing us your coloring skills totallystampalicious@gmail.com Please put DT CALL in your subject line. All entries must be in by Wednesday May 23rd!

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Stampalicious Design Team call and CAS

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday. Mine was relaxing and wonderful. Today on the Totally Stampalicious Blog the challenge is CAS aka Clean and Simple challenge. My creation is showing you a sneaky peek at one of the new sets coming out this Thursday at our New release Blog hop. Joy gave me the okay to show you a sneak peek. hee hee This new set is called A+ Bears. Isn't he adorable? Talk about a CAS and quick card this couldn't get any easier. Hope you get to play along with us this week.



DESIGN TEAM CALL!!!!
We are on the lookout for a few new designers for the Stampalicious Dream Team!! Think you might have what it takes?! We are a fun and fabulous group of ladies who love to color, create and, of course, LAUGH!!! ~We usually release FOUR new sets a month and we ask our designers to make TWO creations per stamp set that they choose! (You only pick the ones you want, but be forewarned....you'll probably want them all!!!) ~We also ask designers to participate in ALL of our Blog Hops and, as often as possible, our weekly challenges!
If you want to be a part of this incredible team, please send 2-3 samples of your current work, with at least one showing us your coloring skills totallystampalicious@gmail.com Please put DT CALL in your subject line. All entries must be in by Wednesday May 23rd!
Don't forget about our May NEW RELEASE and BLOG HOP!!!! Thursday, May 17th at 9pm EST Join us and you might be the LUCKY WINNER of one of the awesome PRIZES we'll be giving away!!!

FS275 For Baby

This weeks Featured Stamper is Tracy Mac! I have appreciated Tracy's work for awhile as she has great layers, details and colors... I mean what's not to like! I chose tracy's sweet cow for my case. Changed the layers, ribbon, colors and animal yet kept it with a farm animal. I used the Moovelous lamb in the set for my card. I hope you get to play along with us this week!

Happy Mother's day to you all! Enjoy the day and hopefully it is relaxing and with family and friends.

Stampalicious Blog Hop and New Release

Welcome to Totally Stampalicious APRIL NEW RELEASE and BLOG HOP! If you just came from Joanne's blog you are in the right place. We have FOUR BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist Jodie Mackrell!! AVAILABLE NOW at Totally Stampalicious!
As always we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!
1st Prize - All 5 New Sets
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate
All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way and maybe YOU could be a WINNER!!!! We also have an incredible promotion going on...so even if you don't get a prize you can still be a WINNER!!

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Now this is pretty straight foward with not much fluff. This is the new Gus Hunter. Great for all the hunters in my family. Added a few brads, a panel that I pieced after I ran it down to mak the scallop edge. Popped the main panel up on dimensionals, pretty easy peasy creation! Your next stop is over to Angel's Blog! Happy Hopping!

Holstein Birthday

Happy Monday! Day one of Spring break at our house! :0) This is for the Featured Stamper challenge 269. I cased this card HERE as I liked the layout and simplicity and ofcourse all that white space. Kept the layers, textured background, simplicity. Vickie's beautiful card is now turned it into a cute birthday card for a friends MIL. She owns a farm and wanted a holstein cow (black and white) so I used Moovelous from Totally Stampalicious for my creation. I don't know the name of this embossing folder but I do like it. Added a few pearls and the birthday tag. Voila!

Thanks for stopping in today! Have a wonderful day.

Totally Stampalicious MooVelous Blog Hop

Welcome to Totally Stampalicious March Blog Hop and New Release! If you just came from Angel's Blog you are in the right place. If you are just joining us, head back on over to the TS Blog to start your hopping.
We are super excited to share another round of stamps from our witty, hilarious and just plain ol' adorable Bugaboo Line by artist Jodie Mackrell of Bugaboo Digi Stamps!
We have FOUR BRAND NEW SETS for you tonight and they are all available NOW at Totally Stampalicious!! As always we want you to play along in our Release Blog Hop so we're going to give away some PRIZES!!!
1st Prize - All FOUR New Stamp Sets
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate
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All you gotta do is comment your way through the hop and YOU could be a lucky winner!!!Don't forget that Totally Stampalicious also has an awesome promotion going on right now!
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The adorable set I am going to show you is called Moo-Vealous Bobble Farm. These two animals are so darn CUTE! My first one is a thank ewe card. ha! Very easy peasy with a fun shaped frame. Got some new lace in the other day and thought it went well with my little lamb.

I have to say that the cow is my favorite. DH even laughed when he saw him, just so cute with the grass in his mouth. hee hee Fun slim style card for this one. My cow is popped up on dimensionals after I cut him out. Again some new lace added to this one as well.

Your next hop is over on to JoAnn's Blog. Thanks for hopping along and happy shopping!