Camping and Shopping...2 things I {heart}

Hey hey and happy Tuesday! I'm sharing a tag and a card today, each very different, yet both involve things I love to do---let's hear it for camping and shopping! whoo hoo!!! :D

My camping tag was made for the Pause Dream Enjoy TAG challenge #10-create a tag with your last or next vacation in mind--fun huh! Since I haven't had a legit vaycay in longer than I'd care to think about, I decided to make a tag with my next vacation in mind....hopefully, if the weather holds out for Memorial Day 2012! It usually ends up raining on my camping parade for Memorial Day weekend, but when the weather has cooperated, camping in Packwood WA for the big Memorial Day weekend car show and flea market is great fun. I love strolling through the flea market, sometimes finding a treasure or two, although much of it is the typical junk that common vendors peddle hehe....enjoyable nonetheless and I'm hoping that it will be a warm and sunny holiday weekend this year....with that in mind, here is my "happy campers" vacation tag!

I think I used all but 1 stamp in this fun camping set from Penguin Pants stamps cus I stamped all the little accesories onto the twill and made a little camping scene complets with marshmellows roasting for smores, yummers!!

So actually my next project is not either a tag or a card...I'm not yet sure what catagory it will fall under haha, but I had a great time coloring this sassy diva MADISON ATTITUDE from Kenny K Downloads for the CRAFTY GIRLZ BLOG Challenge # 86- FUN AND GAMES and let's face it, what's more fun that shopping, am I right!

I heated up a bit of liquid applique to her jacket trim in an attempt to create a "faux fur" effect, then added diamond stickles to Madison's boots, scarf and belts. I think I overdid it on her blush, poor Maddy lol!

Look isn't this sentiment perfect for a shopping

diva like Miss Madison?! I think so! It's from

My Creative Time and the set is called Classy and Fabulous, created by Emma who

is a most classy and fabulous lady herself!
I'm also entering my Madison Attitude creation for:
PaperCrafting Journey PCJ challenge #5- Pretty Pastels

That's all for me today and thanks so much for stopping by! Big hugs and smiles!!! XOXO

Stuff

Hello friends and happy weekend! It's been a busy week and I have a bunch of stuff to share with you today.

First, if you joined in the Stamps and Smiles blog hop party last night, Thank You!!! I had such fun showing sneak peeks all week and the blog hop was the most fun of all! Each wonderful comment means so much to me, thank you very much! My random winner for You Warm My Heart is Char in So Cal (comment #45). Congrats Char!

Next, It's Clear Dollar Stamps 18th weekend color challenge here at PapercraftPlanet and our hostess, miss Alex, has come up with a beautiful combo and sample!

Riding Hood Red(red)

Blush Blossom (peach/lt.pink)

Certainly Celery (lt.green)

Here is the card I made using this fab color combo and the adorble new stamp set from CDS, Kuddly Koala. Come join in the colorful fun!

Next, May is Customer Appreciation Month at Clear Artistic Stamps! During May, anyone ordering will have their name put in a drawing for a grand prize of all 6 Capacious sets (over a $140 value)!!! Seriously, have you seen these stamps?! They are fantabulous! There will also be drawings on..........

May 11th for 1 Shimmer Paper Style

May 18th for 2 Shimmerz & 2 Blingz

May 25th for Holiday Celebration set
And get this--even if you win one of the these prizes your name will go back in for the Grand Prize! Pretty sweet, huh!!! The big drawing will be on June 1, so get over to CAS and order up, baby!

Finally, have you heard of Penguin Pants Stamps? They are wonderful, high-quality clear acrylic and their designs are awesome! I discovered them last summer at the Heirloom stamp expo. and fell in love with no only the stamps, but also their people! The owner and her team are such delightful folks! Then, last month, I found out that they have a monthly challenge where participants have a chance to win a free stamp set of their choice and be featured on the Penguin Pants website! I played along in April's challenge and guess what....I won! :) This is the card I made with Let's Play

And they have a new challenge for May! Find out the details HERE! I hope you play (you can use any stamps!) along for your chance to win too!

If you're still here, thanks! This was a long one, lol! Have a wonderful day!!!