MAMBI 2014-2015 design team!!!

Third row down to the far right...... that is MEEEEE!!!  

Or someone who looks like me and has the same name!  I still feel like I am dreaming!  Yaaaaayyyyy!  I am beyond thrilled to be working along side so many talented designers.  

I hope I can be inspiring.  Lord knows, these ladies have been inspiring me along the way.  

I have been one of those creepy stalkers!  

Any-who, I am very very excited to be able to tell the world.  It has been hard for me to keep this a secret for over a week! I deserve a prize!  Maybe a root beer float.  I can see one of those in my near future.  Now, I am a fortune teller too!

LOVE THIS

I recently created this card and wanted to share it with you all.  I wanted a kraft base, what is better than kraft with black polka dots?  NOTHING!!  Well, maybe a little pink too!  I grabbed out some circle punches and cut patterns and words from 

Gold Rush 12x12 mambiSHEETS paper pad 

and mambiPOCKETPAGES.  

Added some mambiMINIBANNERS 

and mambiSPEECHBUBBLES, 

a bit of doodling with the best EVER FudeBall1.5 pen I grabbed from over at eclectic Paperie.  

Trust me folks, it writes as smooth as a baby's bottom!  

A couple random sequins and enamels and done!

Hope to see you again soon. 

LOVE - a stolen photo from a friend

It is not often that I get to scrapbook something feminine.  You won't believe what I had to do to steal this picture from my friend!!  It is one of Kathy's favorite photos of her daughter Emily, from several years ago.   We were "playing" last week and I snatched it right out from under her!  I may give it to her but first, I need to share it with you.  

Seriously, this photo needs nothing!  It is absolutely stunning.  However, I did HAVE to pair it with some pink after all.  I used MAMBI (Me and My BIG ideas) paper, stickers, banners.  A few paint splatters, enamels, one doily and and hand cut title.  It is rather simple but again, that is all the photo needs.  I need a girl.  

Guess my sexy pup will have to do.  

Here is a close up of some of the random bits I used.  Remember back in the day, when you sent away for photos, they had a yellow date in the corner?  I carefully covered that.  The date stamp wasn't always accurate.   It just meant, that is when you finally sent in the film to be developed cause you were waiting on a coupon in the mail!  Oh the luxuries of technology today!  How did we survive?

Thank you Kathy:o)

The best is yet to be.

Ever get a sentiment in your project life cards that says exactly what you want to say?  Then, you casually look to the stack near by and see orange hearts on another PL card calling your name?  it doesn't stop there, as your searching for the perfect flair, out jumps another orange heart that cannot match any more perfectly!!!  (That might be what happens when you just have too many.)

I designed this card with mostly project life cards from Me and My BIG Ideas.  Just the cardstock base, the two die cut hearts, which are from The Cut Shoppe, and a flair from A Flair for Buttons, but the rest is from PL cards.  

Just a pretty, simple card to mail to a friend.

Thanks for popping by.  

Oh my goodness, even my signature matches:o)

Lebron's

If you have a child anywhere between the ages of 7-20, specifically boy, you all know about over-priced sneakers.  Well, in this house, we have had several conversations that revolve around Lebron's.  At the end of the last school year, it was a daily topic. More like begging.  My boy would request a pair of "Lebron's".  For those of you who have sheltered children, or don't live near the hood, or don't watch TV, Lebron's are the ugliest, most expensive, highly sought after sneaker out there.  After many, many chores (that had to be without resistance) we broke down.  Well, my husband broke down and got my kid a pair of sneaks that I am embarrassed of:o)  You just can't buy them anywhere, that's if they even have the ones your looking for, and in the size you need.  Nothing matches except the really expensive t-shirt that he had to have too.  Then, when you get the sneakers, you have to have the really ugly, over-priced socks too.  You just can't wear what you already have.  Anyway, he sported them at times throughout the summer (selectively).  When school started, we waited to see if others had them, then a few days into the school year, he broke them out.  Bam.  Just like that.  The cat is out of the bag!

This picture is from this summer when we went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner.  He matched there just fine with all the colorful chairs and decor!  I sat at a different table:o)

I used MAMBI (Me and My Bid Ideas) product for this layout and some Thicker letters.  The star cut file is from an amazing Etsy store, The Cut Shoppe!

Click on this pic to read the journaling.

If anyone is looking to hire, let me know!  We are broke!!!  Oh wait, HE should start sending out fliers to the neighbors about odd jobs he is willing to do like I did when I was a kid!  Maybe, walk the dog? pick weeds? Mow the grass?  All at least worth a buck or two!  Then maybe, we can eat again:o)