Sneaky Peaky

ok so I wasn't sure if I should at first but I figure why the heck not Here are some of the designs I've been doing for simply sista's stamps.

(please understand that these are my original peices of art and I maintane all rights to these images.)

Join in on Simly Sistah's Blog candy!

lol ok ok ok I know I do this too much he hee he, oh well I think its awesome when people give away great free goodies and I wanna share the love!

However this one is a litte more near and dear to me. Simply Sista's and Card Scents is the company I've begun designing for *toot* *toot* (hey i'm excited) anyways, Amy is offering up a great Blog Candy on her blog www.ScentfullyYours.blogspot.com check it out! Also she has created a great notebook project using one of my original stamp designs. so check out her candy and a preview of the new stamps and show some love!

Whiff of Joy Blog Candy

Once again I am sharing the word! There is another blog candy up for grabs through thursday, and you sooooo have to check it out over on Suzannes blog! It includes on of THE CUTEST stamps I've seen (it's by whiffs of joy) and check out the beautiful card Suzanne made with it for inspiration.
check out her blog at http://www.scrapbitz.blogspot.com/

More coloring! and a Swap page

Ok so this weekend was very busy! Between making a daiper cake for a baby shower, and some top secret crafting fro a top secret event coming up, I managed to color some of those great new bellas I was sent, and finish up a page for a disney ABC album swap I am doing. here are some pics.

I made 4 great sellabellas. ( 3 of the color combos represent local realestate agencies ;) maybe i can try and sell some of my cards tothem!)

And here are some more snowbunnybellas...i think these are my new fav! (oops top left wasn't finshed, my bad)

And last but not least 2 scissorbellas (I think i'll try to hit up some hairdressers and salons I know and see if they will buy any of my cards)

And here is my page for my swap. It is for an ABC book (disney themed of course!) my page is the back cover.

lots of mail!

yay! it was another fun mail weekend!

It started on Friday with this super cute card and bunble of snowbunnybellas from Ettiene.
Thanks you so so so so so so very much!!!












Also on friday a recieved this great set of scissorbellas and sellabellas from Theresa.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

















And last but deffinately not least on sunday when I got home I checked the mail and recieved this great bundle of javabellas from Claudette!
Thank you so very much!

Also on friday I got my first Stampin up catalog! I joined a Stampin up hostess group and am super excited to try some of their products!

Diaper Cake!

Ok so I find that I am at the age where all my friends are getting married and/or having babies, and I love giving gifts! I always spend waaaaay more than I should and I know it, but I can't help It because I love it! Anyway, I have a few friends who just had babies or are about to have babies (aug/sept) anyways one of them I made a handmade album for (but forgot to take pics of lol) and another I just made a diaper cake for. normally I like to do big gift baskets (laundry baskets) filled with all sorts of the little things the new mommies always need but sometimes people dont think to buy, but this time decided i needed to do something different something more creative! so here it is!

The topper of the 4 tiered cake is a cute plush monkey with a pooh bear hat and bib on.

side view of the cute little monkey wearing pooh bear bib and pooh bear hat

whole front view with my cute little monkey on top

side front silly little monkey onsies, little bath goodies,bottles sockies, binkies and a binkie clip (pooh bear of course)

Back side pooh bear onsies and bib and hat and sockies.

So much to do so little time

Good afternoon everyone! wel first off let me share with you all a few cards I created last night using some of those bellas I colored.

And then let me share with you..... I have been looking for local craft fairs to showcase some of my work and try to sell some of these cards and projects I have been working hard to complete....well I found one! Iemailed them a few images for approval and They got back to me today and said they loved my cards and boxes and would love to have me as part of their show! SO they sent me an application and I just have to fill it out and attach more photos of the types of items I will be selling (and I think I have to register my business as well) and then I am good to go!!! so hopefully october I can start!

And...one last bit of info, simply sistas and card scents is sending me my design team pack, so I should get it hopefully next week and be able to start on some great projects for Amy! And I am trying to finalize my first 5 illustrations for her and get them sent her way (hopefully today!) so maybe my images will be made into stamps and on the market by halloween and thanksgiving! (cross your fingers!)

Lindsay

More Blog Candy!!!

Jacqui over at Javablustamper is hosting a Blog Candy giveaway as well. stop by and check it out!
http://www.javablustamper.blogspot.com/

I love to color!

Wow did that take a while to load all these pics! Thats what I get for waiting and doing them all at once! lol

Well like most children out there, I love to color! After going to kindergarten a whopping 5 times, I am well experienced! (I was a TA during highschool 4 of those times) lol

None the less back to school season comes around and the stores are filled with markers and crayons and I miss those long passed days where I could color all day. Which is why I because a fashion designer/illustrator lol JK... But a few years ago I did buy new crayond and markers and had nothing to color so I had to search out some coloring books lol I think I was 21 at the time and buying coloring books for myself!!! he hee he.

I do still get the urge to color now and again and do sometimes bust out the coloring books and crayons, but my new fav is coloring stamped images! Bellas of course!

This past weekend I colored some in my free time over the holiday, my best friend shannon even joined in! I love it!

And last night while watching the season premier of Americas Next Top Model (I was a bit dissapointed) I colored these beautiful bellas.

Last night - Cruisabella, loveybella, cuppacakeabella, wreathabella, cakeabella, feelabella and snowbunnybellas.

Over the labor day weekend - grumpabellas, minivanabellas, teddybellas, causeabellas, bridalpartybellas, bikahbabeabella, elizabella and imeldabella, and a few other images that were sent to me (bunny and sarah kay designs)

This Blonde Elizabella in the blue dress was colored by one of my best friends shannon.

Here are some hang tags/gift tags I have been working on as well (want to add scalloped ovals behind them and punch holes and add ribbon. - Causeabellas, stagettabellas, bubblebellas, teddybellas and expectafellabellas.

My new Bella Sistah

I am so excited to have recently joined the yahoo group Bellaholics annonymous!

But I am even more excited to have signed up to be a part of the bellasistah swap. and this morning I finally found out who my bella sistah is.... Lori Olive!

I've already had a chance to chat with her some and she is such a wonderful and amazing woman! And I am so happy to have her as a sistah I can't wait to spoil her these next 3 months! and with all these wonderfull bella images I've been swapped I will have to start on a card or 2 to send her way!

So who else got their bella sistah? and what kind of goodies do you usually send to your sistah? (as this is my first time i'm still a little unsure)

Great Mail Day

Yesterday was such a great Mail day!

Tuesday after the labor day holiday, first day back to work, and it was one of THOSE days!

After work I was so excited to get home quick but there was a terrible accident and the freeway was backed up as far at the eye could see. normally it takes me about 30 mins to get home, well after 45 mins of sitting in bumper to bumper and seeing teh congestion ahead i used my new cellphone with navigation to check on traffic, well there is a 2 hour delay from where i was stuck, after already being stuck for 45 mins...DETOUR!! lol so i set up my navigation to give me an alternate route that said it would take 12 mins and only had a one minute delay...well sorry to tell you this, but it wasnt correct! it wasn't until another hour later until I finally got home. By the time i swung by picked up the hubby and we went tothe grocery store it was past 8 pm by the time we got home. It was really one of THOSE days. SO I was cranky and tired and hungry and thirsty....but....there was mail! 3 lovely packages arrived today filled with stamped bella images! I arranged swaps with these wonderful ladies and they were all so kind as to send me images, so I feel I owe them some credit.

The first is from Cheri (1st names only for privacy) she sent me a wonderful stack of snowbunnybellas, wreathabellas, feelabella (with 2 different sayings) and cuppacakeabella, and a Beautiful handmad card!!

Thank you Cheri! I cant wait to color in all these beautiful images!

The next is from Lynn. She sent me this wonderful stack of muahbellas, loveybellas and fashionistabellas (with sayings) and a super cute handmade card!

Thank you so much Lynn! I will deffinately put these to good use making so great cards!

And finally from Suzann this wonderful stack of cosmobellas, PMSabellas, cruiseabellas, puppybellas, and cakeabellas!

Thank you Thank you Thank you Suzann the are so wonderful! I can't wait to use them!

I had recently engaged in many many swaps and these were the first 3 to arrive and I am super super excited! I hope you all recieve yours safe and sound, and if for some reason I missed anyones swaps let me know if they dont arrive (like i said I did a LOT! lol so it wouldnt surprise me if I misplaced or forgot one somewhere along the line)

Happy wednesday everyone! the weeks half way done (the one upside to going back to work after a holiday weekend...short weeks!)