It's a beautiful day...

...but it was a horrible night!  I've been suffering from ghastly insomnia coupled with waking up 4-5 times for no apparent reason.  Oh so annoying.  But, it's a beautiful day here, I have BLOG CANDY, and I have tons of cards to show you!!!  Okay, really just four.  But I'm only putting 2 in this post--any more would be overkill with all the detail photos you know I take! ;)

Here's the first one~

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For these fabulous challenges~

CAS-ual Fridays: Put a Bling On It

I Like To Cut & Paste: 4th of July Cards

Charisma Cardz: BLING!

I used kaleidoscope embossing powder on my two tone sentiment to give it a bit more of a bling factor.  I've been trying to use up some buttons, so I used a large blue one and tied it to the card with some red & white baker's twine.  Bits of patterned paper, a punched border, and some dry embossing complete this one! :)

Second card~

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For this fabulous challenge~

ABC Christmas Challenge: K for Keep it simple

Holly Jolly Christmas: Tweet Christmas

Jingle Belles: Christmas Music/Carols

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge: A Right Royal Purple

For this 5" square card, I utilized patterned paper, hat pins, punches, silver elastic cording, and some flat back pearls.  I LOVE the way it turned out--the fabulous music stamp is from 7 Gypsies and I hope you can see the words--"Deck the halls with bows of holly. Fa la la la la la..."  LOVE it!

So there are the first 2 cards I have to show you today!  I'll be back a little later on to show you two more.  Then I'll be out of cards and will have to craft! ;)  Happy stamping, friends!!!

Make My Monday: June Celebrations/Pearly Birthday Card

Welcome to a brand new month at Make My Monday!  Our lovely and fearless leader, Jacqueline, is our hostess, and she is giving us the theme of June Celebrations!  This week, she wants us to make a birthday card with pearls, the June birthstone.  It's Make My Monday's 1st birthday this week!  AND, since HER birthday is this Sunday, I made this card with Jacqueline in mind!  Happy early birthday, Jacqueline, and happy birthday, MMM!!!

Here's my card~

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What do you think?  I went for a pop of purple with black and white and lots of pearls!  They're all around the sentiment.  Do you like how I layered the flowers/sentiment?  I discovered it a while back while making a thank you card.  I LOVE the way it looks!!!

Thanks for stopping by.  I can't wait to see what you create this week!  And please leave some love at the other DT members' blogs!  Happy stamping, friends!!!

My AD{H?}D Lifestyle...

WOW.  It's been a roller coaster ride today!  I do have another card to share, but first I wanted to share a bit about my crazy "organizational" skills that people think I have.  I LOVE being busy.  I LOVE having things to do (as long as they're mixed between enjoyable and less-enjoyable).  A lot of people think I'm organized.  GUESS WHAT?!  I'm not!!!  Ask my OCD sister.  SHE is the one who has taught me to be organized.  SHE was the voice of reason (Are you REALLY gonna use that?) for YEARS before she went to college...and left me all alone!  I had to step up at that point.  I did.  BUT I do it  MY way.  Which is scatterbrained.  If I am blogging and happen to need to go to the bathroom, as soon as I'm out of the bathroom, I do some other task in another part of the house.  Today, I have gone from laundry to eating to blogging to Primary lesson prep to laundry to eating to bathroom to laundry to cleaning to bathing dog to....YOU get the point.  I don't think I honestly do something for more than 10 minutes UNLESS I LOVE IT.  I could make cards for hours.  I DID last night!  But today, my ADD is kicking in BIG TIME and it's been really scary...thanks to my DH for keeping me on track at times!!!  When HE doesn't do it, I have to FORCE myself to do things right away that I've promised other people I'd do...otherwise it literally never gets done.  Unless they give me a deadline.  And then I DO get it done.  Open ended things have never worked well for me!  Self study classes, nope.  Challenges that never really end--don't do 'em even if I intend to!  I'm crazy.  I NEED STRUCTURE!!!  But I can't really create it for myself I guess...unless lists count.  I make TONS of lists...I have TONS of notebooks for different things--ask my DH!  This is getting too long, so I'll stop now.

Okay, so personal share time is OVER, so let's talk about the card I have to show you.  I have 2 more, but I'll save them for another day...THIS card is one that was inspired by my love for strawberries dipped in sugar.  YUM!

Here's the card~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Charisma Cardz: BLING!

clean&simple: Sketch

Clearly Inspired Challenges: Fruity

The Play Date Cafe: Color inspiration

Since I was long winded up top, I'll be short down here!  I hope you like what you see--got questions, email me!  Thanks for stopping by--happy stamping! :)

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown: June Sketch Challenge

Welcome to a new month at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown!  First of all, I want to let you all know that we are having a DT call!!!  We've already got one new fabulous DT member, Ruth from Flower Sparkle, and we are looking to add a couple more of you to our team!  If you're interested, please see the challenge for more details! :)

Now, back to the task at hand!  Jacqueline is the hostess this month, and so she's got a fabulous sketch for us to work with this month.

Here's the sketch~

Here's my card~

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LOVE that you can make this sketch CAS or as detailed as you want!  I went for a happy middle. :)  I hope you come and join us--and I cannot wait to see your creations! Don't forget to say hi to the other DT members, Jacqueline and Ruth, too!!!  Merry stamping! :)

I've been a busy bee today...

I really have!  I created a few projects to share with you and have spent most of the day studying gospel topics, posting on my digital art blog,  and reading inspirational stories from other bloggers.  I feel so blessed to live in an age where it is so easy to uplift those around you, and I'm so grateful to those who share their stories! :)

***WARNING: PICTURE HEAVY FROM THIS POINT ON***

Okay, let's get down to brass tacks, though!  I've got a lovely tag to share with you!!!  It's taken a couple of days to complete, actually, as I've had a lot of other responsibilities to attend to, therefore I've lost the chance to link up with Christmas Stamping All Year Long and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge. :(  But it was worth the wait!  Inspiration for this tag truck in the night! ;)

Here's the tag~

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For this fabulous challenge~

Crimbo Crackers: Color Inspiration

Winter Wonderland: Holly

So, what do you think?  I stamped a portion of a large poinsettia can image onto my small square, colored in the berries, glimmer misted it and then it sat.  And then I decided to add crackle accents!  And then it sat. And then in the middle of the night I realized how I wanted the ribbon at the top to look.  And then I decided to add MORE glimmer mist to all the elements and put the dag blasted tag together!  I really think it turned out quite lovely!

AND NOW, a DARING ENDEAVOR on my part--I've created a wall hanging out of things that most people would consider trash.  It's gonna be a gift for one of my best friends' birthdays!  Therefore, it's also for "Spread the L-O-V-E"!!!  I'm really NOT a mean friend--none of the "trash" was ever IN the garbage can...and I think once you see it that you'll agree it's totally cute!!! I'll show it to you first and then tell you about all the recycled elements.

Here's the wall hanging~

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Hanging in my work area~

For this fabulous challenge~

LESSology: Birds of a Feather

So, what "trash" did I use?  WELL...you know how all PTI stamp sets come in fabulous clear plastic boxes?  This is one of them!  And you know how those little $1 acrylic stamps have 2 pieces of acetate that they're stuck to?  And how one of the pieces has an image?  Yep!  These are 4 of those!!!  I also kept half of a doily that was destined for the trash and added it as an after thought.  Hope you like it!!!  I'm rather taken with it!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you create something fabulous as well--I'd love to come and see it! Leave me a comment and I'll try my bestest to come and visit you!!!  Happy crafting!!!