Rhubarb the Teddy Bear

Good Saturday morning friends! I hope you have wonderful weather so you can accomplish whatever you heart desires today!

Yesterday, at the bottom of my post I linked you to a photo of the image I was going to have on my card today...here I am to post that card and you came back to see it...yay!

Anyway, this sweet little bear's name is Rhubarb. Now I don't know if Rhubarb is a boy or girl but I think Rhubarb will be a boy for this post. So, Rhubarb is a brand new line over at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. Korin has drawn 10 Rhubarb images (and they are all just so precious) and has four in her store right now. You can see them all HERE. I made this card with Echo Park's Splash patterned paper and with Carly's sketch for the next two weeks. You can see at the left all the dimension and the gelly roll sparkle I put on the card. I'm not sure the umbrella actually "fits" the card but I thought why not? I cut the umbrella with my Cricut with which I have a love/hate relationship. I can cut SVG's just fine but when it comes to using the cartridges I stink! Can you guess which one the umbrella was? Anyway, since it has a Cricut cut element on the card I can also enter this into Challenge #41 at Cooking With Cricut.

Alright, so there you go! Have a wonderful day and I'll see ya back here Monday!

Photo Heavy Post Today! :)

Good morning friends. Just a warning that this is a photo heavy post and pretty long. Today I'm just sharing some personal photos. First, of Pike Place Market...we were there on Wednesday for a history of the market type of tour. While the tour underwhelmed us we did learn a couple of interesting facts that I'll tell ya about. Second, I want to show you the Blue Star Wall hanging that my friend, Lori, made for me. Ready?
First, I want to show you my favorite part of Pike Place Market...flower row. The scents and colors in that area are just amazing! I wish we didn't live so far away so I could take some of those flowers home! Next time we are in Seattle, though, we are going to take a vase so we can put them in water on the way home! Yay!

I wanted to share a photo of the Public Market sign, too. This is one of the better photos I've gotten so I'm upset about the date in the corner. That prompted me to turn off the date feature on my camera. Todd is really good about remembering dates so he can always help me out if I forget. Oh, and see the corner of the building up there by the Public Market sign. Yeah, that is a building that has condos in it. Want to move there? It will only cost you $1,000,000 to purchase one of those condos. It is all about the view as on the other side is a gorgeous view of Elliott Bay.
So, the above sign is the original Starbucks logo. It has gone through many renovations as you can tell. What was interesting about this was that when Starbucks wanted to go in there they were originally told no. It was eventually agreed that they could put a shop there but it had to be just original...no updates to what the original Starbucks would have served/looked like so you will not find pastries and the like in this store. Interesting, huh?

The last photo of Pike Place Market is of the gum wall in one of the alleys. I can't remember when the guide told us it started but apparently sometime ago the theater (that is still there by the way) was having problems with gum under the seat so they put a sign up...please leave your gum outside...so people did. The wall had to be cleaned off one time years ago but people still come just to put their gum on the wall. All I can say is...ewwww!

And the final photo (thanks for being patient): This is the Blue Star quilt that my friend, Lori, made for me. I still need to find the perfect quilt hanger but it will have a prominent place to hang in our house. Thanks Lori!

On another topic, stop back tomorrow to see a cute card made with THIS image! Have a wonderful Friday everyone!

Baking Bear

Good morning! Well, it is Wednesday! Only two more days 'til Friday...who's got fun plans this weekend?

Today I'd like to introduce you to a super cute bear named Baking Bear. I can almost smell the brownies (that is what he is baking...I'm sure of it!) baking when I look at this little guy! Anyway, Baking Bear is from Clear Dollar Stamps and he was just released on June 15th. (Yes, we do have a new release coming up here in 9 days! I hope you are ready!) My card layout is the Sweet Sunday Sketch for this week.

Did you see that there is a new challenge that went up on the Clear Dollar Stamps blog? Well, this challenge is to use punches, die cuts, or cut outs. CDS has a nice selection of SVG's HERE or you could try some of their dies HERE. There are LOTS of prizes for this challenge so make sure you check it out HERE!

Alright, well...you just have a super day! It is supposed to be 93 degrees here today...whew!

Peacock Birdie

Good morning my crafty friends! I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July! We had a fun time with friends at a bbq and then enjoyed the fireworks later in the evening. Fun!

Today is New Release Day at Doodle Pantry so I'm here to share with you a super cute new release called Peacock Birdie. I, once again, chose to use the pre-colored birdie and used all three of the patterned papers that come in this set to make my card. There are three sentiments in this set and I used the 'Strut your stuff' sentiment as I made this card for a friend who has been working hard at loosing weight and is almost to her goal. She will definitely need to strut her stuff!

All of today's NEW RELEASES are just amazing so make sure that you head on over to the store to see them all! Don't forget to check out what my design team sisters made with their sets. Just click on their names in my side bar!

Doodle Pantry has their challenge for today up and all you need to do is use a Doodle Pantry image to enter. Just for participating you will receive the outline version of the set I used and you'll also be in the running to receive a $15 gift certificate from Doodle Pantry! The store has several freebies so why not play along?

Well, I hope your day is wonderful! See ya soon!

Happy 4th!

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