I did WHAT?!

I actually STAMPED today. Whoa....

I have always felt that you never really lose your passions in life, sometimes you just let them recede into the background while you focus on what needs your most immidiate attention. And for me, now that I have delt with what needed to be mended (i.e.... me)... it is time to stirr up the passions again.

Before you can look at what I made, I want you to join me in a little spurt of brilliance by Albert Schweitzer...

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

And now for the pretty stuff.... yup, back with Stampendous again. Cute little birthday bees this time.. ;)

Thanks for stoppin in to see me again! Long time no see!! :)

Feeling Ressurected...

What?! The vanished blogstress LIVES?! Yes, she is back... and what a wild ride. I checked the date on my last blog post, and yeah, that was a while ago... a LOT has happened since then. My life was literally shaken up and dumped out. Needless to say, my mojo departed. I resigned as an illustrator for Unity and let my design team gigs expire...I lost inspiration. But slowly it is returning. I actually pulled out my stamps and prismas today, first time since July. whoa.

My facebook peeps kinda know some of it, divorce, moving out on my own for the first time in my life, delving back into the world of being single and learning to live again. I have since smashed through my first goal to lose 50 pounds. woot woot!! I have never felt so damn ALIVE! In an effort to discover and become who I truely am, I have dyed my hair, pierced my face and tattooed my torso. WHAAAA?! Yup, this chick is off her rocker....lol. But hey, its my time. And for those of you who followed me way back when, just thought I would give the final update - no more pre-cancer cells either :) BIG HAPPY FACES HERE!

So I will leave you all with a couple recent pictures (one of them pre-brunetting...lol) of moi. And I will be back, bleeding life back into this happy little blog of mine.

a Farewell Blog Hop

Hey, You have reAched the end of the FArewell Blog Hop, I hope you have All enjoyed the wonderful inspiration along the way and have gotten a chance to leave some love for the rest of the departing members of the Whimsie Doodles design team.

This pAst year has been so full of fun and inspiration, I hope you have all enjoyed the journey as much as I have! Before I bid my final farewell, I have a few more cards to share with you all :)

These cards are all 3x4 notecards, perfect for last minute notes. :) These cards all feature images from the new set...make sure you followed along on the hop and unscrambled the letters for your discount code so you can snag these lovelies for yourself!!

Thank you all for stopping by today, I look forward to bumping into you all again in the future :) From here you can head on back to the Whimsie Doodles BLOG or to the store for some SHOPPING!

Oh and in case you couldnt tell...my letter is A!

Come back tomorrow!!

My girls were driving me BATTY today! So to get them out of my hair for a while, we made Monkey puppets! These super cute sock monkey images came from Whimsie Doodles, and are perfect for a late afternoon puppet show ;) Especially when the voices are provided by two hyper kids. :)

Thats all I have for right now, but tomorrow is a Farewell Blog Hop for Whimsie Doodles, so tomorrow morning head on over to the Whimsie Doodles Blog for more information.

Mojo Monday 144

Hey Everyone, sorry to be so vacant. Been a little out of my crafting game for a bit. But I am going to remedy that tonight with a glass of wine and a stack of new supplies. ;)

This card is for the Mojo Monday 144...featuring of course my favorite digi company Whimsie Doodles.

More Whimsie Goodness to share :)

I dont really have much to say. Been in a bit of a funk lately. So just enjoy the lovely eye candy. ;) This awesome digital image is by Whimsie Doodles, go forth and shop!

New Whimsie Doodles Releases!!

Here is a little something to look at since I havent updated my blog in a while. ;) New release from whimsie doodles!! Head on over to the Whimsie Doodles BLOG for a peek at all the new releases this month :)

This card is also my entry for Creatalicious Challenges Asian Challenge this month :)

Sweet Stop Sketch time!

Good Morning! It was an early one for me, apparently my children found nothing wrong with a 5am wakeup call on a Saturday. ;)

Well, the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Blog has a fabulous new sketch up today. I love this layout, I think I will give it another go later on today since I need a few birthday cards this month. Make sure you head over to the Sweet Stop Sketch blog and participate!!

Oh and in case you cant tell, I used flocking instead of coloring in the peach, so its FUZZY! lol :)

Shell We chat?

Well, Shell we? ;) I am totally loving the swiss dots these days, can you tell?! This card coordinates with another card I made a while back, but I was holding out on you and never shared it. Sneaky of me, I know...lol.

This card is featuring another adorable image from the Whimsie Doodles Stitch ems rubber stamp set. Super cut huh?



Oh and for those of you keeping track of me, I am still pushing hard to shed more weight. Since completing Insanity I have dropped another 5 pounds. I got about 3 weeks into the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred, but that alone wasnt enough for me. I was using my Gazelle machine for up to an hour a day along with the 20 minute Jillian workouts. Then I stumbled on the TurboJam workouts and wow, I am hooked. I am a week into Turbo Jam. I will continue with the jamming until July when the brand new Beachbody TURBO FIRE high intensity workout is released to the public. I am soooo super excited about it!! Yes, it will be spendy, I am guess around the $120 range, but it will be so worth the investment in myself and my health.

CIC 60 :)

Time again for a Cupcake Inspiration Challenge!! This inspiration photo is so cute, my only problem was a serious lack of orange patterned paper...lol. I mixed a couple lines here, I used Kaiser Kraft Devonshire and Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride. I would love to give you all a link to buy them yourselves but Hope Stamps Eternal has gone and sold out of them. But dont worry there are still plenty of awesome stamping supplies in the shop, all of which marked down to 45% off until the final closing. So make sure you stop by and grab whats left.

For my image I used a Greeting Farm girl, paired with an autumn leaves cancelled stamp image. Cute huh? lol.

To play along with this weeks Cupcake Inspiration Challenge, head on over to the Hope Stamps Eternal blog for the full details. :) Have a great week everyone!!

Weekend Whimsie...

Today I have a couple more Whimsie Doodles cards to share with you all, I wanted to show you all this fabulous new set of Red Rubber stamps, its called Every Other Day. And I love love love it! These stamps come on the cling mount already, you just need to cut them out and get stamping. :)

A new Sweet Stop Sketch :)

Todays post is gonna be a quick one, I am super tired and my coffee is almost finished brewing...lol. By the way, I noticed this morning on my fresh bag of starbucks beans that they had an offer for a free tall cup of brewed coffee if you take in your empty bag within 30 days of the *best before* date. How cool is that? Make sure you check your Starbucks bags!! :)

Okay, now back to the Sweet Stop Sketch...lol. I loved this sketch, so easy to work with! I cant wait to see what everyone comes up with this week!

Sweet Stop Sketch 56 :)

Welcome back for a new Sweet Stop Sketch challenge! This week there is a spin, For the Guys :) I am always in need of manly cards, so I love this spin!! Dont forget to hop on over to The Sweet Stop Sketches blog for more yummy samples and a chance to play along!!

Whimsie Wednesday Challenge #31

Alright Whimsie fans...I am hosting the Whimsie Wednesday challenge this week on Papercraft Planet. The challenge this week is to create Get Well cards using your favorite Whimsie Doodles image. :) I chose to use the cute bug from the new Stitch Ems set. He is just too cute. ;)

So make sure you post your cards to the Whimsie Doodles Group and tag it with WWC31 so we can find it!

Supplies:

Cardstock - Bazzill Swiss Dots

Patterned Papers - Cosmo Cricket

Stamp - Whimsie Doodles

Ribbon - May Arts

border punch - Fiskars

CIC 58 :)

Cupcake time!! MMmmmmm..... :) So head up folks, Hope Stamps Eternal is reducing to 45% off to clear out inventory! Go grab whats left.

I am going to make this short and sweet since its mothers day and stuff...I used a ton of awesome Basic Grey papers for this card. Nuff said...LOL.

Oh and before you leave, dont forget to visit the rest of the HSE girls blogs!!

Colleen ~ Kristen ~ Michelle ~ Piali ~ Teresa ~ Karen

Sweet Stop Sketch time!!

Hi everyone!! I have to say, this sketch could not have come at a better time, I was seriously slacking on making mothers day cards. Yeah, I know. cutting it a little close...lol. So I made two identical cards using this new Sweet Stop Sketch. Hopefully those mommies like them :)

Supplies:

Papers - Bazzill Cardstock, MME patterned papers (various lines), Basic Grey (green floral)

Stamps - martha stewart peg stamps, MSE sentiment

Inks - Colorbox, Studio G, Martha Stewart

Ribbon - May Arts

Birthday Blog Hop with Whimsie Doodles!!

It's time for our 1st BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP!!
And we're celebrating by giving YOU the presents!
In addition to the blog hop, we're having a card contest and we know you won't be able to resist once you see the awesome prize our fearless leader has decided to put up for grabs!
Check out the deets below on our big birthday par-tay activities...


First, hop hop hop:
Visit all of our Doodlelicious Diva blogs to see some of their awesome creations using the new releases! Leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win a $5.00 coupon from each Diva!

Alicia
Denise
Donna
Joni
Kelli
Kelly
Melyssa
Nicole
Nikki
Paula
Sheri
Thanh

Next, create a card using a WD image (freebies are welcome)!!
In addition to creating a card and leaving comments on each Doodlelicious Diva blog, you must also do the following things for a chance to win the BiG gIaNt SuPeR pRiZe!!
•Blog about or mention in a SCS or PCP gallery entry about entering the contest
•Become a follower of the Whimsie Doodles blog
•Leave a comment and link here on the Whimsie Doodles blog to your card
The winner of our card challenge/blog hop will receive all the new releases plus 12 Copic markers (your choice) OR a $25.00 gift certificate for the Whimsie Doodles store plus 12 Copics (your choice)!!!!
Is that a prize or what??? I told you we knew how to party!

Before I let you leave my blog, I wanted to share with you what I have created using this super adorable new rubber stamp set called Stitch ems. This entire set is filled with such cute images and sayings, its hard to pick which one to share!! But I think I found a cute one to show ya...lol.

Now go forth and hop and create something Doodleliciously fabulous!

Power Outages SUCK.

Okay, everyone. My apologies. I had grand plans of getting my post pre-scheduled before taking off for work and look how well that worked out...lol. By the time I got home and ready to get blogging, the wind knocked out power out for most of the evening. Lovely.

BUT in honor of the power returning to my home, I have a super adorable preview of some new stamps from Whimsie Doodles!! Wooohoooo!! This is a little peek at the super adorable Party Monkey. Seriously, what could be better?! He will be available on May 5th for purchase....oh wait, ya know what, you may as well come back again on the 5th because there is going to be a BLOG HOP too!! :) Yeah, its always a party around here...hehehe. See ya then!!

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge Day!!

Time for a new Cupcake Inspiration Challenge from Hope Stamps Eternal!!

Well, I went a totally different direction with this challenge today. I made a scrapbook page!! BAH! I know, totally unexpected. :) I loved all of these colors, and had some photos I wanted to work with so I went for it.

I mixed a lot of manufacturers in this page, which for some is hard to do. But I kinda just ran with colors rather than patterns that matched perfectly. Hope I pulled it off...lol. The background layer is Basic Grey Nook and Pantry, with some shaped Making Memories paper on top. Oh and a strip of butterflies also by Making Memories, its their Flutter collection.

The large flower element is actually some card stock stickers from the Basic Grey Sugared collection, I mounted them on vellum, then trimmed the vellum larger than the stickers and poked it to make it look a little like lace. Then I went and cut through the stickers to roll up a few of the inner petals. Topped all that off with more stickers mounted on dimensional adhesive. Oh and of course I had to add some ZVA pearls to accent the flowers more. ;)

Well, thats really it for me today...make sure you check out what the rest of the design team made for this challenge!!

Colleen ~ Kristen ~ Michelle ~ Piali ~ Teresa ~ Karen

And dont forget to go SHOPPING!!

Insanity: Before and After :)

Well, Beachbody Insanity definitely works folks.

Are you ready?? I still have to take my Fit Test tomorrow, and do my final measurements, but I took my final picture last night after my workout and couldnt wait to share with you just how DRASTIC the difference is, keep in mind, this was only a TWO month program. :) And as you can see, I had a bit to lose. I wasnt enourmous, but I had officially hit that point where I had to shop in the plus sized department at the store, which made me feel so awful about myself that I decided it was time to change that.

I didnt go on a strict diet because I didnt want a chance of backsliding, so I am just eating healthier in general, avoiding most desserts which isnt too hard. Eating more veggies, drinking tons of water, and often times I drink a protien shake after my workouts. It seems to be working fine for me. ;) I am not yet at my goal, I tried on a few size 14 pants at the store the other day and was pleasantly surprised that they fit me finally, but my goal is a size 10, so onward I will go. Next on my list is a Jillian Michaels workout, the 30 day shred. I do well with these pre-planned workouts, but I also got a couple other Jillian Michaels videos that look great. A lot of the moves are similar to INSANITY just at a little lesser intensity. I could use a little bit of a rest now, I have wicked shin splints going on right now..lol.