Color Me Beautiful Blog Challenge #1

These colors were such fun to work with! Come join us at Color Me Beautiful for fun color challenges!

Project Details
Stamps	Flowering Flourishes
Cardstock & Papers	Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder
Ink	Stampin’ Write Markers
Accessories
Tools	Scallop Trim border punch, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder

New Color Challenge Blog!!

I have the sincere pleasure of announcing the Design Team for the Color Me Beautiful Challenge blog!!  My friend AnnMarie Bryant and I have been working on this blog for about a month. We are soooo excited that you can now meet our wonderfully talented design team and.... TOMORROW you can play along when our first challenge is posted:) Please go meet our very talented team: http://colormebeautifulchallenge.blogspot.com/

All Kinds of Things!!

I just love this fold:)

Project Details
Stamps	Tea Shoppe
Cardstock & Papers	Always Artichoke, River Rock, Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Paisley Petals (retired)
Ink	Midnight Muse
Accessories
Tools	Scallop Trim Border punch, Houndstooth embossing folde

 I'm making lots of these for the craft shows:) This easel style is so much fun to make!

Project Details
Stamps
Cardstock & Papers	Midnight Muse, Razzberry Ripple, Paisley Petals (retired)
Ink
Accessories	one of Mom’s old buttons
Tools

 This belly band style holder is fun too! I'm making plenty of these for the craft shows too. The tags that will be inside are below.

Ink Pad Storage From Foam Core Board!

I love these storage units http://www.organizemore.com/ but they are a little out of my price range. On Pinterest I found Leslie's ink pad storage unit. She made it herself, and not out of wood either... out of foam board! I had a bunch of foam board that my son left when he graduated college and moved out. So I decided to try making one. Leslie has great directions and pictures on her blog: https://messageinafold.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/ink-pad-storage-from-foam-core-board-part-2/ I printed them out, took them to my husband's shop and went to work. This was quite a challenge for me, because I swear I do not have a left brain. Remember those aptitude tests we all took in school? Well, a monkey would scored better on the mechanical ability than I did!! lol Anyway, I could hear my friend Patty's voice inside my head telling me to measure twice, cut once, but for Carole, you better measure three times! So I did, and I talked out loud to myself and the dog the entire time while I was reasoning out how it fit together and how Leslie's measurements could be adapted to fit what I needed. My husband only had to help by lending another set of hands to tape the shelf supports on and then to tape the top/bottom and sides together. He did make one very valuable suggestion. Instead of just taping the sides/top/bottom together, he suggested using these rods (thicker than a pin but you could cut them with wire cutters) to insert into the top shelf and through the side shelf.

In order to cover up the silvery kind of metalish duck tape stuff, I used contact paper on the top and sides. Some of the foam board was ink-stained so I used contact paper to cover the edges of the shelves too. I can't begin to tell you how extremely proud I am of my creation! I've never built anything in my whole life before, and I did this all by myself. My husband always helps or ends up doing stuff for me. He is such a sweetie!!

Do You LOVE Color?

My friend, AnnMarie Bryant and I have been working on a new Color Challenge blog for over a month. We have some mouth-wateringly gorgeous color palettes to play with!

The Challenge Blog is called, "Color Me Beautiful."

Come meet our new design Team on Friday August 31 and check out our new color challenge blog! We will throw out our very first color challenge this Saturday, September 1st!! Be sure to come play along with us!

Craft Show

I've been working on packaging. I found these clear bags in the kitchen cabinet. I bought them at the dollar store the last year I taught. I put candy in them for the kids at Christmas. I found some more at Walmart and in my closet!! These are great for post it notes and memo pads, and they'd be perfect for the reindeer poop!

We Have a Winner!

Bet  you thought I forgot huh?  Bet you weren't sure my dog could pick a winner either huh?  She did, actually they both did. Cricket is the younger dog and I knew she would be interested. Sydney however is 15 and while smarter than Cricket has really become independent in her mature years.

 I'm trying to tell them to sit down and listen to what I want them to do. Sydney is nosy and wants to investigate.

 Cricket however, is more compliant and patiently waits for my instructions.

 Sydney really doesn't care, it's a supper dish and she thinks there might be food in there.

Cricket picking out a name, and it said, "Margaret."

Yes, I rewarded them both with dog biscuits. I know they both think their Mom is crazy, but hey, they got a biscuit out of it!!  Margaret, I'll get your address on the Color Challenge group at Facebook and mail the goodies to you.