Buzzin by to say HI!!

Good Morning friends, Today i am excited to show you a sneak peek at a new, Louby Loo Creations stamp set, soon to be available from Clear Dollar Stamps. This set is Billy Blasts Off!! is this not just one of the most adorable boy sets? did i say boy? who knows who might be inside that little space suit.

I chose to make an easel card so i could use as many of the pieces of this set that i could, and i didn't even use them all. This set along with 2 other new Creations by Louby Loo sets will be available on Jan. 1st at Clear Dollar Stamps. so be sure to check them out. Some of the other Louby Loo Creations DT members have projects done using Billy Blasts off! you can find their fabulous inspiration here:

Lisa V

Cindy

Rosalien

Dawn

Faith

Get Well Clyde

**2nd post of the day, please scroll down for more eye candy**

Hello again, Today i have a card that i am sending to Clyde, husband to Steph, who i am sure many of you know. She is a designer on many DT's and is just the Sweetest person. My card is pretty simple since it is for a man didn't think he'd want something too froo frooey (??) I used this cute puppy image from The Rusty Pickle Digital Delights. The sketch is from sketch #31 at Papertake Weekly. There is also a challenge given by Holly to make a get well card for Clyde and link to Her blog and you could win some great blog candy. Thanks for stopping by, i hope you all have a great day.

Hugs,

Rachel :0)

Christmas Topper Tags

Hello Friends, I know Christmas is over but i wanted to show the tags i made using two of the images from the Christmas Toppers set from Digital Delights by Louby Loo. My two youngest daughters asked for hula hoops for Christmas and i wasn't about to attempt to wrap them so i just couldn't resist making these cute tags to put on them. Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting especially during this busy time. Be sure to stop back by tomorrow as i have a sneak peek of a new Louby Loo Creations stamp set by Clear Dollar Stamps. Have a Great night!! :0)

Hugs,

Rachel :0)

Celebrate Pippin

Hello my friends, I hope you all had a wonderful time spending it with friends and family!! I know i sure did. Today i have a little treat for all those pippin fans. Wendy has added this cute little guy to the Digital Delights digi shop just in time for New Years. of coarse you don't have to use it for New Years, it's a great image to celebrate any occasion. The sketch i used for my card is Laura's sketch at 2 sketches 4 U. Well that's all i have for today, i'm hoping my mojo is making a comeback seeing as how it has been on such a long break. We'll see LoL. Have a Wonderful Day!!!

Challenges i entered Pippin into:

Crafty Creations~ no rules

Cute Card Thurs.~ Happy New Year

Cupcake Craft Challenge~ Celebration

Charisma Cards~ anything but Christmas

Hugs,

Rachel :0)

a Christmas Card

Happy Monday Friends!! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, getting lots done. We got all our last minute shopping finished, now it's wrapping time so the stress is not so bad here. I even had a little time to play with my New Winter kit images from C.C. Designs. Poor things have been seriously neglected. Sorry for such a quick post but i need to get some cleaning done so i can play some more with my images and go visit my wonderful friends in blogland. Thanks so much for visiting today!!! :0)

Hugs,

Rachel :0)

Merry Christmas!

Hello Friends, Thank Goodness it's Friday!!! I have a quick card to share with you today. This image is called "Monster Gift" from The Character Cafe. I think he is such a cutie, he's supposed to be a monster but i think he could pass as a cute puppy, you think? Anyway, i used this card today for these challenges, Mojo Monday Sketch challenge, Dare U 2 Digi Stamp (last minute Christmas cards), Crafty Creations (traditional colors: red, green, & gold (yellow)).Well that's it for me, i thank you for stopping by and i hope you have a fabulous weekend.

Edited to add: the winner of the Poinsetta digi image from the TCC bloghop is Bluebeard and Elizabeth. Congratulations to you!!!!

Hugs,

Rachel :0)

Digital Delights Sale!!!

Merry & Bright

Happy Tuesday my friends!! Well Christmas is just right around the corner and boy am i busy busy, as i'm sure all of you are. This week is the last week of school for my girls, so i have cupcakes to bake, goodie bags to make, teacher's gifts to finish, Christmas cards to get out, you know how that goes. it's busy but i do love it.
Today's card was made ahead of time for moments just like this, i knew things would get hectic so i saved it. This is Mr. S.F. Reindeer, by the Busy Beauties Boutique. Carolyn and Thomas have some really great images in the store, as a matter of fact i think they have added some new images, you must go take a look they are absolutely adorable. Well i'm sorry this is such a short post, but i best get back to getting things done. Thanks so much for taking the time to visit, i sooo appreciate it. i know everyone's so busy. Have a great day!!!
Hugs,
Rachel :0)

A gift for you

***2nd post for today, scroll down to see my Freebie Friday Card***



Hello Again my friends, I'm running late as usual these days. Today is Feature Friday at The Character Cafe. We are still collecting entries for the Blog Candy TCC is offering to celebrate the Holidays. See post here to see how to enter. Now for this week's challenge, TCC is offering another Freebie image for you to play with, Miss Priss. if you decide to use her and enter her in any challenges you will earn 3 entries for the blog candy drawing. Pretty easy don't you think, plus you get two fabulous freebies not bad. For today's feature friday card i chose to use Rosebud, an image from TCC's new artist Maddy. She has got the cutest Chibi's (mini dragons) just click on the link to take a look at her cute sculptures. I have just fallen in love with these cuties. I can't wait to see what else Maddy comes up with for us. Well that's it for me today, be sure to check out the rest of the TCC team for more fabulous creations. they are located on my sidebar. Have a fabulous Weekend.

fabulous Challenges i entered Rosebud into:

Pals Paper Arts: color challenge

Stampin for the Weekend: Blue & Brown

Hugs,
Rachel :0)

It's a New Freebie Friday

Happy Friday Everyone!!! it's time for another Digital Delights Freebie Friday. Pippin is sending you love with this Pippin in Envelope image. Be sure to go to our SNR or PCP group and grab yours before the week is over. after that you will be able to find pippin for sale in the digi shop. The fabulous sketch that i used is from the Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge. The winner of this great challenge will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to the Digital Delights store. Thanks so much for stopping by!! :0)
hugs,
Rachel

New Releases, New sketch, and SNR Digi Day

Hello Friends!! Today is the New Release Day for Digital Delights by Loubyloo. Wendy has got some fantastic new images to share with you. The images this month are centered around Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. Sooooo Cute!!! The image i used for my card is The Owl and the Pussycat, how adorable are they. you must go take a look at the other characters you won't be disappointed.

Today at Delightful Sketches we have a new sketch for you to try. You have two weeks to grab your favorite image or try out some of the new release images and play along. There is always a chance for you to become a Guest Designer for Digital Delights by LoubyLoo and to win a fabulous prize by our sponsor, MFT. How Great is that!!! but, You can't win if you don't play!! :0)

Just a reminder that tonight we are also having our Digi Day at our Digital Delights by Louby Loo SNR group at 7:00 p.m. (CST). I hope to see you there!! :0)

Sweeter than Honey!

Good Morning friends, This week The Rusty Pickle Digital Delights is sponsoring the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge. I used this cute little Teddy bear with honey image from The Rusty Pickle digital Delights. I printed off the sentiment from my computer, i think it goes well don't you? Now, of coarse i don't qualify but the winner of this week's challenge will win some fabulous Rusty Pickle Digital Delights images. It's a great sketch so why not grab your favorite image and play along. For more inspiration with this sketch be sure to visit the members of the Tuesday Morning Sketches DT:

Theresa
Tammy

Michelle

Joni
Dec Guest Designer - Chupa

The Rusty Pickle DT

Heather

Jennifer

Nancy

Ali

I don't know if any of you have heard that Michelle, the owner of RPDD is also having a Huge copic giveaway! get this, a 72 Pc. set of copic Ciao's. How AWESOME is that??

The details of the giveaway are as follows:

1) for every $10.00 of RP images purchased you get 1 entry.

2) after your purchase you will earn 3 entries if you post it on your blog.

3) for each week that you post about the giveaway from now until Dec. 24th you will earn an additional entry. be sure to go here for full details.

**The drawing will be held Dec. 24th at 11:00 p.m. (MST)**

Will you be the one having a Merry Copic Christmas??? :0)

Hugs,

Rachel :0)

Snowboarder Ryan

Hello my friends, I hope you all had an eventful weekend. We sure did, we had our Annual Christmas Light parade, 2 birthday parties, and alot of Christmas baking. One of the parties my oldest daughter was invited to was for a boy so i had to come up with a card for a tween boy. Now boy cards are NOT one of my strong points, but i really enjoyed making this one and i must say i really liked how it turned out. I used the Snowboarder Ryan image from The Character Cafe, I soooo Love their images. Well, that's it for now, i thank you so much for stopping by. You all have a fabulous day!!!
Hugs,
Rachel :0)

Sponsoring Sunday Sketch & Stamp

Hello Friends, just wanted to let you know that Digital Delights is sponsoring Sunday Sketch & Stamp. They have got a fabulous sketch to share. The prize is a $10.00 gift certificate from Digital Delights by Loubyloo!! :0) Have a Wonderful Day!!!

Hugs,

Rachel

New Christmas Toppers set & a CHRISTMAS SALE!!!

Happy Saturday My Friends!!! CHRISTMAS SALE!!!! two of my favorite words to hear at this time of year. Wendy at Digital Delights has added a new Christmas Toppers set to the store and they are absolutely ADORABLE!!!! and for those of you who hate to color or are running low on time during this busy season, she has a little surprise for you too.

So why not give yourself a little gift and hurry on over, to get your favorite Digital Delights images at a Wonderful price!! Have a Great Weekend!

Hugs,

Rachel :0)

12 Days of Christmas Blog hop with TCC

~On the 5th hop of Christmas TCC gave to me~ 5 Bits of Bling~

Hello my friends, It's blog hop time with The Character Cafe. The theme for this month's New image release blog hop is "The 12 Days of Christmas", and believe me, you don't want to miss this Blog Candy!! (includes a copic airbrush system) for the full details you must begin at The Character Cafe Store. If you have already started the blog hop and have come by way of Kendra & Kelly's fabulous blog then you are in the right place. :0) The digi image i used on my box is the Poinsetta. I LOVE poinsetta's so i was ecstatic to work with it.

I used the Top Note Box tutorial that i got from none other than Maria Bell's Blog. I did add a little strap with an antique brad to the front of the box that closes with velcro, just for an added touch. I printed out two poinsetta images and cut the leaves off one and added it to the top of the other image with a foam dot. I tried to curl up the leaves and petals so they wouldn't seem so flat. I added some gold stickles to the center for some Bling. I embossed my sentiment with some gold detail embossing powder to give it a little more elegance. I really like the way it turned out, i will definately be making more of these. You also have a chance at winning the Poinsetta image just by leaving me a comment on this post. I am going to send you on your way now to go check out Billie's fabulous creation, i'm sure she is anxiously awaiting your arrival. Thank you so much for visiting me today!!! :0)

Blog Candy Details

to qualify for the Fabulous Blog Candy you must:

1. Comment on all blogs and let us know your favorite image on the TCC Blog.

2. Become a follower (if you're not already)

Earn Extra Entries by:

** Posting about our hop/ blog candy on another blog or forum~ 5 extra ballots

** if you refer a friend and they let us know you refered them you get 1 extra ballot per friend

** Use the freebie image (available at end of hop) & post on a gallery or blog (let us know and/or send us the link so we can see your fabulous creation) ~5 extra ballots

In case you lose your way or hit a brick wall here is the blog hop order :0)

The Cafe Store (http://thecharactercafe.com/)

Deanne

Diane

Angie C.

Kendra & Kelly

Rachel~you're here!! :0)

Billie

Piali

Lola

Kendra & Kelly

Heather

Sara

Fink

The Cafe Blog (http://www.charactercafe.blogspot.com/)

HAVE A TERRIFIC WEEKEND!!! :0)

HUGS,

Rachel :0)

Digital Delights Digi Day at SNR

**2nd post for today, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN for the BUSY BEAUTIES BLOG HOP, thank you!**

Hello Friends, I have wonderful news to share. Digital Delights is having another Digi Day at our SNR group on Thursday November 10th, from 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (CST). That is also our New Release Day for all the December images. How Exciting is that!! To start off on all the fun, we are holding a challenge using Christmas Bells Charlie. You can pick him up on our SNR group site. the challenge is to make a simple Christmas ornament, gift tag or anything you please as long as you use the Christmas Bells Charlie image. be sure to upload your creation to the gallery using the tag "digitaldelightschristmas". A randomly selected winner will be chosen on Saturday Dec. 12th, and they will receive the complete New December Release images.

There will also be a free surprise digi image to those that join us that evening and tell us what their favorite Christmas Tradition or Ornament is. So go grab your Christmas Bells Charlie image and join us for lots of FUN!!! I can't wait to see you there!

One more announcement before i leave you, Today we have a new Guest Designer at Digital Delights. Lets hear a round of applause for Sarah Taylor. Be sure to stop by the Digital Delights website and see her fabulous creations. Congratulations Sarah!!! :0)

Hugs,

Rachel :0)

Are you Ready for another Busy Beauties Blog Hop???

Good Morning friends! :0) It's blog hop time for the Busy Beauties Boutique. It's been awhile since our last hop, and our Wonderful Carolyn and Thomas have been busy getting us new images and i tell you what these fabulous images were worth the wait!! If you hopped your way over here by way of Carmen's blog then you are well on your way, if not you may want to go back and start here. you definately don't want to miss a thing. Today i am going to show you three of the new releases.This is Patriotic Duckie, this duckie is sooo adorable! everytime i look at a duckie i instantly think baby, and this card was no different. because duckie is wearing a patriotic hat i made this card for a baby being born in July. I hear alot of people call their kids their little firecracker and i don't know if that is for all july babies or only the one's born on the 4th of July, but i changed it up a bit to read lil' fireQuacker. Lol~ Next i made a little gift basket and used the Gingerbread Girl and Gingerbread Boy images. aren't they just the cutest? I think i will be using them on quite a few of my tags to put on some homemade goodies. Now you have a chance to win some of these fabulous images. all you have to do is leave a comment on this post and on Friday i will randomly select a name from the commenters to win one image of the winner's choice from the Busy Beauties boutique. so remember the more comments you leave on each beauties blog the more chances you have to win. there will also be one grand prize winner who will be able to choose 3 images of the winner's choice, to qualify you must leave a little love on each beautie's blog in the hop. Well, i think i've kept you here long enough. I know Catherine is Excited to show you her fabulous Creations. Just in case you happen to hit a snag i have the blog hop order listed below. So have a fabulous time hopping and i THANK YOU for stopping by and visiting.

Grace
Karen
Heather
Carmen
Rachel~your here
Catherine

Annita
Barbara

Carolyn
Kelly

Hugs,

Rachel :o)

12 Days of Christmas at Papercraft Planet

It's Day Two over at Papercraft Planets 12 Days of Christmas campaign! For 12 days, the Super Novas will show you awesome and easy gift giving ideas, and you can play along and win prizes by participating in a scavenger hunt! Keep reading for a clue and chance to win!

Today's scavenger hunt is sponsored by Digital Delights You could win a GREAT prize if you can solve their clue...

"To win today, you must find
a friendly turtle, smiling and kind.
This turtle has a gift to mail,
He shares it with his friend, the snail.
If you find it, link it below
and we'll all yell, "WAY TO GO!"

Find a product on the Digital Delights website that fits the clue and you could be the winner! Leave a comment at Papercraft Planet with your answer. They will pick a random winner for all the CORRECT entries on December 3rd.

Do you want to know what you're playing for? Leave the correct entry and you could win a $25 gift certificate to the Digital Delights Shop!

Check the Paper Craft Planet main page every day through December 12th to play along! (You can visit the http://www.papercraftplanet.com/profiles/blog/list for past projects!)

Don't answer here -- play along by following the Day 2 link at Papercraft Planet!!

Happy Hunting

Hugs
Rachel :0)

Birthday Bash Pupcake

Hello my friends, Hope you all are having a wonderful day. Ours is cold and dreary so i'm catching up on visiting blogland. I do have a challenge card to show today. I made this card for my daughter's friend for her birthday. I used Janneke's sketch from this week's ATS challenge. I used the Pixie Pets Birthday Bash digi image. I just adore these little pets. Well that's all i have for you today. I'm hoping to get some projects done today, let's hope. Thanks for stopping by!!

Just a quick reminder, for those of you that may need some inspiration to get you started on some Christmas gifts, be sure to visit Tutorial Tuesday at Digital Delights and Tek Tuesday at The Character Cafe. The girls have some fabulous tutorials for you.

Hugs,

Rachel :0)