For my gorgeous friend

Good afternoon-

Oooooh....I am running a whew bit late today!!

My best friend, husband and my god daughter were in town this weekend, so we spent some quality time together.  I can't believe how big our god daughter is getting, she's already 15 weeks and when I see her again she will 4 months!!! AHHH....stop growing I keep saying!! :) 

So let me get on with today's post before I start getting teary eyed!

Today is a new challenge over at Sentimental Sundays!!!

And I really...really...enjoyed working with this weeks sponsored image and BONUS sketch!!

It was in my eyes, a match made in heaven!! LOL!!

This weeks challenge is:

Banners/ Pennants

We are being sponsored by Tiddly Inks

Here is my sample card for this weeks challenge using Mystria

I loved how this all came together..the purple with the little bit  bling!
I am really trying to practice my pleats/folds and this was a great image to work with!!
Thank you Christy!!!

So make sure you swing by the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out the amazing creations they created for you this week and to check out what the BONUS sketch is...You are going to love it!!!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge:
Kraftyhands: Bling It On
Charisma Cardz #32

Tah-tah for now!
Hugs,
Calypso

You're an Amazing Chick

Sentimental Sundays post can be found HERE.

Yes...Can you believe it...two posts in one day!!!

I'm telling you...as of late...all I have had time to do is color!!

Here is an image that I have colored for quiet some time now, it was just time that I put her together.  This is Fairy Fae from Tiddly Inks and she is so pretty!!  Love her lovely wings and  big hair, which makes for a fun coloring session. 

 I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks

LoveRubber Stamps #9

Crafts and Me $#93

Cute Card Thursday #226

Unitl next time...Never know it might be today!!! LOL

Hugs, 

Calypso 

Sunshine and Rainbows

Hi everyone-

Well I definitely enjoyed my day today!!

It’s so funny how how you can accomplish when you have an empty nest.  LOL

Well I’ve noticed that the theme around blog land seems to be Summer and Rainbows.

I think everyone is in the Summer mood and I am loving it, cause Summer vacation trips are around the corner and I seriously can not wait.

So today I created this card using Tiddly Inks new image called: Wryn- Sweet Summer and I adore this image!!!  I really had fun coloring her lollipop.  When I saw the lollipop it made me think of Magic Mountain for some reason.  So anyhow here is my extra card this week.

And a close up of the coloring and glossy accent applied to the first lollipop! Yummy!!!

I used my very neglected MME: On The Bright Side- One paper.  The colors matched so well and I was so happy that I had it laying around, cause boy do I struggle putting my papers together!!  So of you artist out there make it look so effortless, but for me it’s what I struggle with the most and takes me the longest.   so if anyone has any advice on how I can speed up my picking process, I would really, really appreciate it!!!  Seriously.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Catered Crop: Rainbow

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge #5

Sunday Sketch and Stamp #112

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #137

Charisma Cardz Challenge #24

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #37

Hugs, 

Calypso

Friends are the Flowers of Life - Tiddly Inks Blog Hop

Hello….Hello!!

I am SUPER excited about this blog hop. I know that you have been seeing the new Wryn and Friends images from Tiddly Inks swarming the blogging community.  When I saw these images…I just had to get my hands on them….not just one but all 5 of the first set.  Today, there were two more released!!!  LOL.  So I have to get those too!!  LOL!!!  Anyhow…..Tiddly Inks has opened up this blog hop to all Tiddly Ink lovers, like myself and MANY other out there.

THEME:

Friends are the Flowers of Life

Use any Tiddly Inks digital image to create a card or project and participate in the blog hop.

I made and had a card with the new Wryn image, but I had started a little something for my friends using a cut file from My Scrap Chick and I just had to share it, since I LOVE it so much!!!  It does fit the theme of the blog hop, because it’s for a friend and it has flowers!!!  I colored the edge of her hair and face with chalk, but I think you can see that more in her hair. 

So here is my entry for today blog hop.

And her flower bouquet!

Well there you have it my lovely Tiddly friends….My Party Girl Gift bag.

I hope that you will play along with us today and I can’t wait to see what everyone else has created.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks

DYSU
Paper Take Weekly
Chalk-Ah-Lot

Hugs,

Calypso

Gift Card Holder

 Hi everyone-

I hope that everyone is doing great and ready for some TURKEY tomorrow!!!

Me personally, I love turkey on the day it comes out of the oven.  After that, it seems to go dry and doesn't taste the same.  Since we have 2 homes to visit tomorrow, I will have TONS of leftovers...which will mean Turkey Pot Pies, and Turkey Soup!!! 

So I had a little bit of time to squeeze in a little something for a gift a friend of mine.

I used two images from Tiddly Inks called Minnie's Gift and Lilli Claire-Party Time.

Are they not the cutest things on the block!!!!  The one with the black hair is me….LOL!!!

I still need a lot of practice with brown/ethnic skin, but I tried!!!

This is the inside of the card!!!  Is that not the coolest!!?!?!?!  I learned about this technique from the Holiday Boot Card Boot Camp online class.  It was filled with great techniques and fabulous ideas!!!! 

I will stamp the sentiment when I’m ready to deliver!!! 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge:

Tiddly Inks
The Ribbon Carousel
Paper Sundaes
Papercraft Star

That's it from me this week!!!!

Make sure to stop by the Sentimental Sundays Blog on Sunday, because we have some BIG news to share with you!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all that celebrate it!!!

And for those of you heading out for Black Friday....You are crazy!!! LOL!!!

On a lighter note, stay warm, be safe and have fun. 

See you guys back on Sunday!!!

Big HUGS,
Calypso

Merry everything

Good evening everyone..

Actually it's good morning!!!

Ok, ok....Sorry super excited to get this post up. 

So within the last month or so, I have had no time to surf the blogs that I follow, let alone visit the ladies from my DT......All due to the move!!  So sorry ladies....but they know I love them. 

So with things settling down around here and kind of getting back to normal....I had to get my feet wet again. 

I saw that Christy, from Tiddly Inks is having a DT call.
!!!!!!!!!!!OMG.....How could I have missed this!!??!!!!!!!

I have been waiting for this moment for a long time (I was tempted to say all my life, but the wait hasn't quite that long)!!!

So, I am seriously, seriously crossing my fingers that I am not TOOOOOO late, because this will be the 3rd post that is required for the application!!!

  I LOVE her stamps and only own two Huggabugg which I love to death and this will be by first Tiddly Ink digi!!

So for my sample today, I chose Minnie's Christmas Lights, which can be found here:

The lights have glossy accents on them, not sure if you can see the shine in the close up. 

Doesn't she just look frustratingly adorable wrapped up in all those lights!!

Well guys, wish me luck and I will be back to give the results.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks

The Sweet Stop

Thanks so much and I will see you soon!!

Hugs,