SURPRISE!!! It's a Birthday Blog Hop!

Happy Birthday Corinne & Irene!

Betty supplied us with images and with the help of Tanja organized this WONDERFUL surprise for a WONDERFUL set of twins.  One of which happens to be born on the same day as my daughter, December 29th.  Irene gets her own day December 30. guess it pays to be a slow poke :)  We over at the Simply Betty Fan Group LOVE these ladies.   They are the best at organizing swaps and challenges, commenting on our posts and Corinne makes sure we all make our deadlines.  We have often teased her about "Cracking the Whip".  I begged her to please take a pick with a flower pot on her head like the "DIVO" hats but her response was simple... " NO hat will go in this head".  So, it is on her page below.  My husband was nice enough to make the Scrap page holders shown.  They hold 6X6 pages that you can flip, a scrapbook picture frame if you will.

I hope they like these.  Our group is so much FUN ~ we couldn't do it all with out half of the stuff these ladies do for us & Betty.  Thanks Ladies <3 p="" ya="">

Now, you should have arrived here from Robin's Blog and you are off to Sharons's Blog. 

Happy Hopping Everyone!





Simply Betty Stamps December Fan Challenge

This is one of my favorite images from Simply Betty Stamps.  She is fun to color and can be used for any kind of card.  Part of this challenge was to use snowflakes on our card. I used a Darice embossing folder then highlighted the raised image with a Sukura Stardust pen to add sparkle.  The Sukura pens were also used on the image after I colored it with Copics to add sparkle through out.  Spellbinders Label 30 was used to cut her out and then folded behind the card to offset the main focus.  I hope you like her. 
Happy Coloring and Crafting,
Mel

Simply Betty Stamps ~ November Challenge

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  This month we had our choice of a Pilgrim Corinne or an Indian Betty.  The Indian was my choice, made in a New York minute, given my Cherokee Heritage.  She is adorable and so fun to color.  Next month we have another head to head challenge with The Stamping Chef!  Both images are wonderful!!! I already have the one from The Stamping Chef, plan on getting the Betty one this weekend.  Now ~ here's my card with the cute little Indian girl.

Be sure to check out Betty's Blog for all the cards using this image and the Pilgrim image too.  These ladies are super talented!!!
Big hugs <3 p="">Mel

Happy Birthday Betty!

We are having a very special Blog hop today in honor of a very special person, the ever so talented and wonderful BETTY ROBERTS!!!  We all got an image courtesy of another fabulous artist Tamara Van Wijk,  The Stamping Chef.  Then we each made a card and mailed it to Betty ~ SURPRISE!  So without further delay here is my card:

You can get Betty the Queen of Halloween at The Stamping Chef. You can also see several wonderful cards all along the way on this Blog Hop!!! Happy Birthday Betty!!! We all LOVE you!!!
So, you should have come here from Sharman Deluca's Blog and now you are off to Tanja Charles' Blog ~ enjoy the hop and please join us for more fun over at the Simply Betty Stamps Fan Group!  See you there.  Bonus Betty is having a SALE over at Simply Betty Stamps!!!
BIG INKY HUGS!!
MEL

Secret Pumpkin Swap !

Betty had another WONDERFUL Swap.  You should have come here from Sharette's Blog if not You can find the entire list at Betty's Blog. Now to show off all my loot!

 

Check this out!  My Secret Pumpkin Sister was the ever fabulous Sheri Scraps!! I got this great bowl with tons of goodies inside!!

 

See!  One of the stickers is already used because I couldn't wait to take pics I was busy crafting and it was perfect!  The purple bag in the middle is GODIVA truffles and I have been rationing them like gold.  My daughter LOVED the 2 cups, yep, she claimed both of them.  The one on the right glows in the dark, that one is her favorite. We used all the cool party supplies for her haunted slumber party.  Plus Sheri  made me a really cool card that has been on display since the moment it arrived.

Thank you so much Sheri!!! This swap was wonderful ~ just like all of Betty's swaps.  From here your next stop on the hop is Kathy .

 

October Fan Page Challenge

This month we had our choice of two images, so I got the Fortune Teller Betty as my FREE DIGI and then bought the VooDoo Corrine image.  For those of you that don't know Corrine's neighbors have lots of trees.  These trees fill Corrine's yard with leaves and she hates it...Being the mature, understanding group that we are she gets teased relentlessly over her hatred of these leaves, but it is all in good fun.  So now that you know the story these card will hopefully give you a laugh. :)

This my VooDoo Corrine Card ...

and here is my Fortune teller Betty card.  Hope you like them!  Remember to check out the 13 Days of Halloween Challenge still going on over at Simply Betty Stamps, just click the image at the top right of this page to hop on over.
Happy Halloween!!
Mel

Simply Betty Splatter Challenge

Simply Betty Stamps still has the 13 Days of Halloween Challenge going on.  Todays challenge was SPLATTER.  I just had to jump in on this one because I LOVE to make a mess.  The image I used is a Digi from Simply Betty Stamps called Woodland Witch.  She is one of my favorite images so sexy and fun.  Hope you like her!  Be sure to check Betty's Blog tomorrow for another Challenge and chance to win.
Inky Hugs!
Mel