Where did Saturday and Sunday go?

Hi everyone! Has anyone seen my weekend? I seem to have lost it somewhere. I hope yours went well, no allergies, no worries, no swine flu...Honestly though, make sure you wash your hands. My kids are so tired of me telling them that but it's the best defense to all the yuckies going around. I know everyone thought I was a prude in church because I kept using Purell whenever we shook hands to greet each other.
But no yuckies here, just a quick overview of what's going on with all these fabulous companies that I love:


~The Digi Shack's color challenge is still going on! Make sure you hop over HERE to see what the DT did with summer sun, certainly celery, and gray. You know you have those colors in your craft space just begging to be used...come on, take 'em out and play along!

~Modern Sugar Blvd. has a trillion new releases. Seriously! There is a style for everyone in their store, with the cutest line up of babies, sassy sugars, and a little village of fun stores. Click HERE to see what all the fuss is about. And more importantly, there are 3 new MSB images - click HERE to see Precious Prayer, with all proceeds going to Kayleigh Freeman's family. If you'd like to read more about their incredible journey of faith and hope, click HERE to see their story. (And be ready with some tissues...)

~In addition, Paper Makeup Stamps is joining this cause as well. Katie (the owner) asked her incredible designer Diem to create an image for Kayleigh. This beautiful digi fairy can be found HERE, with all sales being donated to the Freemans as well.

~And finally, The Greeting Farm released all of their latest stamps last week as well as some adorable DP. I don't know what's left in the store besides the digis (only because they're unlimited - haha!) but be sure to check out her new line of stamps HERE.

For today, I have a full peek of a card using another MSB image that will be released soon. This is Light Up Gal, an original image that we were given for round 2 of the Design Team call. Trust me, it doesn't look like this card was even made by me:

Haha! See what I mean? I am soooo not a frilly romantic girl!!! Never have been. Take me out for some nachos then to a football game and I'll marry you. LOL! I realllly had to think outside my sweat pants box when I saw her. She's so Harlequin Romance novel book (never read those either) and has such a delicate look.

When I was contemplating on what to do with her, I considered making her part of a Christmas card. Great idea right? Except that the only DP I had for winter was blue and covered with fat penguins. haha! So instead, I tore apart my hummingbird oops card (remember that crazy one?) and rearranged it for her. I paper pieced her dress, and although there's huge scalloped ruffles on the original image, I cut those out and used a lacey ribbon instead. The sentiment is from TGF's Light Up set and I had to channel my inner Cheryl Walker to come up with some fancy bow for an embellishment. ;) (To see Cheryl Walker's bows, click HERE to her blog - they're incredible!) I will be sure to let you know when she is up for sale. (Light Up Gal that is, not Cheryl Walker...)

So I have a bunch of things in my head that I want to get done today. I also have a bunch of sweet kiddos who need my tlc so they will be my priority. :D I wanted to thank you all for coming by to read about Dustin Pike on Friday, I had soooo many hits this weekend because of him! There was a lot I didn't know about Dustin before the interview so I was excited to share his fun bio. Congrats to his new DT, I can't wait to see what they come up with (there's even a guy on there!). Have a wonderful Monday everyone, enjoy this first week of May, and wash your hands. ;)
*Love and Aloha*