This is my dog, Sparky.
Well, actually, he wanted me to call him, “Sparkle”. But, no boy should have a name like that! It took me a long time to convince him that pink should not be his favorite color. Now he wants to be a dog named Sparkle! Ugh! And his teacher thinks he should take ballet lessons! Ackkkkkk~!!!! I already have a cute daughter who looks like a boy (Thank goodness for her long hair though!) I don’t need my boy to be girly.

Digi frame: Cream & Sugar Page Kit by danielle

I made him make his own dog tag. He wanted to sparkle up his collar with A Muse Twinkle Stickers. I usually cut up the gems one by one with an exacto knife, but he just ripped it up from the sticker backing.
He IS a BOY!

Stamps: Animal Wishes, Tractor from A Muse
Clear Tag: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fragments: Clear Charms
Stamped with Staz-on ink and colored with Copic.

And here is my tag. Created for A Muse Lounge Challenge #10: Tag, You’re It!!

Tag card was inspired by Jennie’s card.

See the tag on the gift box?

Stamps: Girl with Sled, Happy Holidays MA from A Muse
Coloring: Colored pencils
Papers & ribbon: A Muse
Others: Blue felt flower (American Crafts); Red Scrapper’s Floss (Karen Foster); snow (Liquid Pearls: White Opal)

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Mine was crazy. 27 people in my small house! I was so tired, I didn’t even go out for shopping on Black Friday (GASP!!!!!!!!!!!!). Instead, I baked some cookies.

I wanted chocolate cookies, but didn’t have any chocolate morsels, so baked snickerdoodle instead. Found the recipe from Martha Stwart cookie magazine/book that I bought 3 years ago, but never baked anything from it till now.

Here’s my very first attempt at baking cookies from scratch (with my son’s help). Heeheehee. I thought I smelled something burning in the oven. Well, at least some came out okie, and it was yum. Maybe I’ll get btter at baking if I practice more.

THANKS~~~

That’s what Kyle said when he touched this card with his paint covered hands.

Another card created for A Muse challenge: The No Coloring Zone.

Stamps: A Muse Animal Wishes;
Patterned paper: A Muse; Basic Grey (elephants);
Gem & ribbon: A Muse.

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! I won, I won, I won!!! I won A Muse challenge (Ink It Up!) prize! It was a random draw, and I won! How lucky could I be! And one of my cards was showcased on A Muse blog! I received the goodies last Saturday, and I was finally able to ink it up today.

It’s a gift card holder and made for another A Muse challenge: The No Coloring Zone.

My goodies! yipee!

Stamps: A Muse “Grass” and “Alligator”
Patterned papers: A Muse.

THANK YOU!!!

One of my favorite stamping techniques is paper-piecing. It’s time consuming, but I just get carried away when I snip away.

Most of the patterned papers from August 2009 Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients;  Luxe Designs (Green bg paper);
Ribbon: Basic Grey;
Stamps: A Muse (School Girl); Unity (house, tree);

Created for Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenge #3: Paper-piecing.

Patterned papers (A Muse) are scraps from my Christmas shadow bookcards project. Good thing I didn’t throw them away, hehe.

Some ribbons (A Muse) are scraps from my RibbonRide card project. Good thing I kept them, hehe.
Rhinestone: A Muse;

OMG! OMG! I hate glitters, but I was very inspired by Elena‘s creation, I wanted to try it, too. I don’t like glitters cuz it sticks to everywhere! But, OMG~! I love how it turned out. I LOVE how glittery it looks! I LOVE GLITTERS except that it glitters everywhere else, ugh! Hehe. A love-hate relationship, hehe.

Glitters: Martha Stewart;
Buttons are Basic Grey. They are from my stash. As you can see on my blog header graphic, I do have lots of buttons. And those are not all. I LOVE buttons! I don’t use it much, but I love to buy them, heehee.

Coloring: Tombow markers on Canson watercolor paper.

These eyelets are from my stash, too. It’s from Making Memories, Stampin’ Up! (silver), and Eyeletoutlet.com.

I think it was in December that I received an e-newsletter from EyeletOutlet.com. They had a 20% off discount. And FREE SHIPPING for $50 purchase. I was thinking, who in the right minded person would buy $50 worth of eyelets?!!!!!!!!

Well… Guess who that crazy person was! And I don’t even like eyelets! Heh, heh, heh… *sigh* And guess what is my favorite book? “Confessions of a Shopaholic”, of course. I have the entire series. Yup.

Created for the A Muse Lounge Challenge #7: Ink it Up!! with my latest A Muse acquisition, hehe.
Cyclist & Dress Form.
All four cards are 3×3.

THANK YOU!!!