I wouldn't have any luck at all! Over the last 3-4 weeks, I have had nothing but what seems like trouble or just plain ole' bad luck! If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen to me. LOL I have so many new amazing stampsets to play with and have made a couple of really cute cards, but my stinkin' digital camera is still out of commission. I never realized how much I relied on my camera!! I need a NEW one desperately!!! I think until I can get a new one I am going to have to find one to borrow. I have gotten a ton of emails telling me you all are going thru withdrawals and wondering where my new stuff is - well, don't worry - I'll post some as soon as I can get pics!

I wanted to post pics of some of my new cards I made for MFT, but my camera broke! I will have to wait for my daughter to come back in town so I can borrow hers :) In the mean time - here are some ATC's that I made in July for a swap that my good friend Laura Leonard was hosting. I haven't participated in any ATC swaps before, so this was my first. I can't wait to receive all the adorable ATC's from everybody in the swap. I have to tell you they were a lot of fun to make and didn't take any time at all. Cosmobella is my absolute fave of all the Bellas - I had a fabulous time paperpiecing her pants! You can't tell from the photo - but her glass and belt are sparkly - I used my stardust pen to color them in. Have a fabulous Thursday!

Thanks sooooo much for all your emails, questions and concerns about where in the heck I have been the last couple of weeks! It was appreciated more than you will ever know. There was a family emergency I had to tend to and hopefully now things will get back to normal! I have been unable to stamp the last few weeks and I am so ready to dive back in! A huge thank you to a few of my best blogging friends - Laura, Shannan, Susan and Kirsten - your emails and friendship mean a lot! I also got several emails from some gals letting me know that they thought I was a Rockin' Blogger - thanks so much and I will post the Rockin' Blogger badge on my blog!!

Since I have been unable to stamp in a while, I found this card that I made back in June using my My Favorite Things Bundles of Bouquet stampset and realized that I never posted it here. I will be posting some new cards using some of the newly released MFT stampsets in the next few days - they are TDF and are definite must haves! A big thanks to Kim Van Der Sanden for your kind words and all the wonderful things you have been sending to all of us on the Design Team! I belong to one of the greatest design teams out there - your business is growing by leaps and bounds and I am excited to be along for the ride!

Recipe
Stamps: Bundles of Bouquet by MFT
Cardstock: Basic Black, Cool Caribbean, Apricot Appeal, WW
Ink: Palette Noir
Accessories: Cuttlebug, corner rounder, paper piercer, Mega Scallop Circle Punch, Ribbon.

This is my Favorite Stamping Bella............Cosmobella!! Isn't she just the cutest?? I love paperpiecing her outfit, it's so much fun! You can't tell from the picture - but I used my Stardust pen to add polkadots to her shirt - definite bling IRL! The DP is Tres Jolie and I used my Doodle This stampset to add a little something to the background. Yes, I know - I cannot put down my corner rounder and stop making scalloped edges!! I really try, but I always reach for it lol I didn't make this card for anybody in particular, just to have in my stash - you can never have enough of those. I opened up my email this morning to find an amazing short letter from this lovely lady from one of the stamping magazines that we all adore! At first I wasn't sure what I was getting an email for, but then quickly realized she was asking/inviting me to submit some of my cards for publication. She said she is an avid reader/fan of my blog. WOW - me! I know a lot of you girls out there submit your work often, but it really hadn't crossed my mind until now to do the same. *big grin* I guess I will get some of my work together and see what happens!

If you haven't been over to PAPERTREY INK and seen the new stampsets that were unveiled yesterday then you have got to hurry over and see!!! They are absolutely amazing!! I have already placed my order and can't wait for them to arrive! :)

The very first time that I saw this Rhonna Farrer bird I fell in love with it - I think it's just adorable. I looked everywhere for one, but to no avail! Then low and behold I won this little beauty from Sara Moore's blog! woohoo!! This was my card for my stamp club swap this month - I whipped these out in no time at all. I colored the image using a paintbrush, water and my inkpads - supah simple! I added a little sparkle to my bird and the center of the flowers using stickles.

This is the card I designed for my stamp club this weekend. I decided to use the SU! Polka Dots and Petals and Circle of Friendship. Both of these sets are a blast to play with - you can do so much with them. I used Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery and Chocolate Chip together - what a great color combo! Wow, I had been missing playing with my SU! stamps - they have some of my most favorite stamps!! Oh gee how I love my paper piercer too - I pretty much try to use it on all of my cards in one way or another! *wink* I am really bummed that SU! started selling their grosgrain ribbon in 15 yard spools instead of 25 yard spools!!! I LOVE my grosgrain ribbon and use it all the time!!! I also can't believe that you can't get chocolate chip grosgrain in the 1/4" anymore - what the heck is up with that? I use a ton of that! *boohoo* okay, well enough of my ranting and raving. I hope you all had a fabulous weekend - I am now counting the days until my vacation (only 2 weeks away). I am not going anywhere this year - just relaxing!

This cutie patootie was sent to me by Tammy Fite. This is one of my favorite sets from the new catalog! I love this card Tammy, thank you so much for sending it to me!