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Congratulations to Carma Sez!!!

carma said...
Take frequent naps - I think that qualifies as pampering!



Email me your address and you will receive some Suave product in the mail, congratulations!

Shimmery Impressions

I am a scrapbooker at heart and I've never really thought of myself as a stamper or even a card maker for that matter, but when I heard that Shimmerz was teaming up with Impression Obsession, I knew I had to give it a go! IO has so many different types of stamps that I had a hard time trying to choose, until I came across the Noah's Ark stamp set. I have a few friends that have had babies very recently or are about to deliver any day now and I thought this set would make some really adorable cards!


To create this uber cute card, I used 3 stamps from the set, sea foam shimmerz spritz, ultra marine and orange sherbert shimmerz, gold glimmer, choc-o-lot, and pixie dust blingz.

I colored the rainbow, lion's mane, and ark with markers and colored pencils before adding shimmerz and blingz. For the roof of the ark, I just painted directly on white cardstock.

I painted along the stamped waves with ultra marine shimmerz and then spritzed them with sea foam shimmerz spritz before cutting them out and adhering to the card.

"New baby" is one of the stamps from the set. I mimicked the font with my own handwriting for "may your"; I wrote and stamped on white cardstock before spritzing with sea foam spritz. The inside of the card reads "shower your life with joy and happiness".

There you have it! Now if I can get over my hesitation and get my stamp on...so can you! Go ahead and give it a try!

Strike A Pose

I'll be the first to admit, I have dabbling in a lot of different things lately. I have had a few different opportunities come at me in recent times and I am just having fun going with the flow.

This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of modeling jewelry created by the very talented Katherine Song for her catalogue. All of her pieces are beautifully handcrafted using Swarovski crystals. Check out her site, she is definitely someone you'll want to keep your eye on!

This was so much fun! Check me out looking all like a grown up! LOL!

Oh, I'm so divalicious...no autographs please!

I can almost hear the sound of my LOUD laugh! I love how she really captured my personality in this one.

As a thank you, she let me keep this beautiful necklace in the last photo! Love her!

All photos compliments of Katherine Song.

2 Toots To Share

First off, I've been invited to be a Bella Artista!! Really, really thrilled about this!

Secondly, I had a layout picked up for publication in Scrapbooks Etc. Jan 2010 issue. Doing the happy dance all over this place!!!

My Little Shoebox Plus Pagemaps

This month, we (the design team for My Little Shoebox) were given the opportunity to create this month's layouts for PageMaps. Don't you just looove pagemaps? I know I do! How does Becky come up with such great ideas every month?

To check out what our DT members came up with, go to pagemaps. Here's my take of one of this month's sketches.

journaling: you waited 1 whole year for your very first cupcake - you handled it like a pro, as if you were born to eat cupcakes! Happy 1st birthday, baby! I love you so much! Mommy supplies: cs- bazzill; pens- ranger, sharpie; paint- shimmerz paints; all other supplies- My Little Shoebox

Next up is a quick AAM LO I created using American Crafts, about a few of the kazillion mental notes that swirl around my head on a daily basis.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Shower Yourself Beautiful Giveaway

Thanks to MomSelect, I've been given the opportunity to review a few products from Suave. I jumped at the opportunity because I love this brand; Suave products are truly a staple in my household. They are very reasonably priced and you get a good quantity for the amount that you pay, which is excellent, especially in this economy.

Every morning after showering, I liberally apply cocoa butter with shea moisturizer to my skin. This is one of my favorite toiletries because it smells delicious (cocoa butter and coconut are my signature scents) , it leaves my skin feeling pampered and it really gets the job done. I put it on in the morning and I don't have to worry about my elbows looking like they've been dipped in flour by 2:00 in the afternoon.

During the winter months, I switch over to Suave Advance Therapy moisturizer. This is excellent for soothing away those winter itchies that both my son and I suffer with. I just apply it liberally and within days, my skin feels smooth again.


I was very excited to try the body wash. Suave Naturals Refreshing Body Wash Ocean Breeze reminded my of sitting on a beach in the tropics...one of my favorite places in the world. The exfoliating Apricot body wash has beads in it to help gently cleanse my skin and left it feeling silky smooth upon rinsing. I'll admit, I was a little leery about trying the new Suave Naturals Wild Cherry Blossom Indulgent Body Wash because of the flower on the front of the bottle. Floral scents just don't sit well with me, but this one turned out to be my favorite of all! It has more of a sweet, fruity aroma that I completely fell in love with. It would be awesome if this scent was offered in a body lotion as well!

Overall, I was very impressed with the fact that Suave offers great quality products at such a reasonable price, they all smell great and left me feeling pampered!

Suave would like to shower one of my lucky blog readers with a few body products (12 oz body wash and 18 oz moisturizer).

Here's how to enter:


There are several ways to enter for a chance to win this giveaway. Each method gives you an additional entry, please provide a separate post for each of your entries.

1. Post a comment here telling me what you do to pamper yourself.

2. Tweet this giveaway on twitter and link your tweet in a post here. (you can write something like Check out Tanisha's awesome Suave giveaway http://bit.ly/19ZEui) or whatever you want!

3. Follow my blog. If you are already a follower, just let me know in a separate post and you will still get an additional entry.


This giveaway will end on July 10th at 11:59 pm EDT and is open to US residents only.

But wait...there's more!!! Click on the link below to enter Suave's sweepstakes. Suave and celebrity mom Holly Robinson Peete have some great prizes for you to win each week!!! You can create a registry for a chance to instantly win your chosen prizes and also be automatically entered for a chance to win the ultimate at-home shower for you and your friends!!

https://www.showeryourselfbeautiful.com/?track=


Good luck and don't forget to shower yourself beautiful!!

Centerpiece Instructions (click to enlarge)

I wanted to add a little pizazz to my pinwheels, so I spritzed them with Baby's Breath shimmering spritz. Baby's Breath dries with a silver sheen which was perfect for coordinating with the silver ribbon and onion spray used in my centerpiece. This product is so awesome because you can literally add it to ANY project, it's that easy to use! If you haven't tried shimmerz yet, stop by the shop and pick some up but be careful, they are addictive!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Cosmo Cricket DT Hopeful...

It's that time again...Cosmo Cricket is choosing a few new scrappers to add to their design team and I've decided to throw my hat in the ring again! Fingers crossed!


Here are just a few of my favorite projects created using CC's super cute and fun papers, starting with a little sneaky teasey of the Fourth of July centerpiece I created for Purple Cows. I spruced it up with some shimmering spritz--I'll go further into detail as soon as I get the go ahead to post the project!


I love how versatile Cosmo Cricket papers are. You can really get funky and distress them to the max...

Or allow the papers to shine with clean lines. I'm always impressed with how easily different lines coordinate with one another. I used papers from Get Happy and Jack's World here on "X is for..."

Here I used the Ever After line here on a non-wedding layout. As I said...very versatile!

Having 2 boys, I am always looking for really cute "boy" papers and Cosmo Cricket never disappoints!

This is a card that I created from the Ever After line..now to find someone to give it to!

I just ordered the Early Bird line from Scrap-diner and can't wait until it arrives!!! So wish me luck on the DT call!

I Heart Faces Week 25

This week's photo challenge calls for Wedding Bell and those Just for fun pics!

This is a photo I took of my sister on her wedding day 2 years ago! I love it because she looks like a blushing bride!

My first born graduated from pre-school last Friday (weep weep). He, along with his other classmates entertained us with a number of skits. Here's my little sweetie pie doing his rendition of the Big Bad Wolf -- he was growling at one of the 3 little pigs. I laugh every time I see this because he looks a lot meaner than the Big Bad Wolf cutout that he's holding in his hands! Oh, I just love this little boy to pieces!

Thanks for taking a peek!

How Freakin' Cool Is This?

For the past couple of weeks, I've been entering photos into various challenges over at I Heart Faces. Well this week, Guest Photography Judge Lori Nordstrom chose this picture as one of her top 10 in the kid's category...3rd place to be exact! Is that cool or what?

Thanks Lori!! If you want to check out the winners and the other HM's head over to I Heart Faces, better yet, join in on some of the weekly challenges...I guarantee you'll be hooked just like I am! Be sure to enter to win one of Lori's fabulous giveaways (a designer camera strap and a 6 month membership to her photography forum).

A Moment Of Silence...

Rest in peace Michael Jackson...