Thursday Chuckle....and a little REMINDER!

Ever have one of those days?

Well, that's how I kicked off my week this past Monday so I thought I'd share my not so glorious moment with you - you may be able to relate and if not, hopefully you'll have a chuckle at which point you'll say to yourself - "Man, Really Sucks to be You!"  :)

So, SUMMER has arrived here in Michigan beginning this weekend (Spring has completely avoided making an appearance)  The HOT HOT & HOT began on Saturday (85*), Sunday, 87* and today I saw 93* on the thermometer - with no end in sight this week. Hubby and I have been refusing to turn on the Air Conditioning until at least June - you know when Summer REALLY starts.....

(as in 11 days from now.....uh, yah).

Why do I tell you all this boring weather information about SP-UMMER in Michigan - because you'll need to know this as the story progresses.  :)  Really - there is a method to my madness.....unfortunately we sometimes take the Scenic Route to the Final Destination.....

So, NO AC when we went to bed last night - hubster kicked his share of all covers to my side of the bed all night, leaving me in a puddle of SWEAT all-night.

Got up this morning, SWEATING

Got into the shower this morning, SWEATING

Got OUT of the shower this morning, SWEATING

Stood infront of the fan this morning, SWEATING

Got Dressed this morning, SWEATING

TRIED to curl my hair this morning, SWEATING 

(Are you noticing a trend here?)

(can you say LOST CAUSE - REALLY BAD HAIR DAY??)

Got into car and finally got some AIR - with my LOST CAUSE - REALLY BAD HAIR DAY flowing in the breeze.

Left Sunroof cracked when I stop at our first office - Rain that was supposed to come between 3 - 5 pm, showed up at 9 am.  Seat was a bit wet when I got back into the car adding to the WET/SWEATING/REALLY BAD HAIR/EXTRA HUMIDITY kind of day...

Got back in car with REALLY BAD HAIR DAY and EXTRA HUMIDITY and headed to main office.

(Are you noticing another trend here?)

Got to main office - temperature is 85* and MORE HUMIDITY than when I GOT INTO the car 30 minutes earlier, with laptop bag, water bottle, iced tea, my 'luggage' style purse & 20 pound bag full of current magazines (I work for a magazine publisher).

At least I got a CLOSE parking spot......Thank GOD for small favors!

JUGGLED my load while trying to dig access badge out of said luggage.

Spilled iced tea briefly onto pants and into one sandal.

FOUND access badge

SHOVED my way through TOO SMALL full body turn-styles they just installed with above mentioned luggage and 'weight-lifting' materials.

Okay, so HERE'S where it gets good...if you can believe it at this point...

and it's only 12:05 pm.

So, I've NEVER been stuck in an elevator....that is, until this past Monday (NOTE TO SELF - NEVER SAY NEVER!!!) - on one of the hottest days of the year so far in Michigan, during Monday lunch rush, at work....in an elevator with NO Air Conditioning....for 40+ minutes....with 4 other people....while we waited for the elevator repair man to arrive and pry open the doors to let us out.....

Did I mention it was 85* when I got into the elevator and that there was NO Air Conditioning?

Uh, Yah.....

But our release from our little 8x8 sweat box didn't end the REALLY BAD HAIR DAY - SWEAT-fest drama......

There was NO WAY I was getting back into another little 8'x8' sweat box, so what did I get to do??

CLIMB 10 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS, with 20 pounds of magazines, a laptop/bag, 'luggage' size purse, WET PANTS and WET, Squeaky Sandals, SWEATING my brains out!

I have NEVER been so happy to get to my desk as I was on Monday!

Yep, that's one thing I can check off my Bucket List - Get stuck in Elevator when it's hotter than H-E-Double hockey Sticks - Yep, been there, done that, no need for a T-Shirt!

NOTE TO SELF:  Taking stairs for rest of life.....You CAN'T get STUCK 'IN' Stairs! 

Best part of the day - coming home to my hubby who decided at 93* today, we needed to turn on the Air Conditioning, EVEN if it was before June!  

{Insert Laugh Track HERE}

.....Okay, so back to our regularly scheduled programming.....

LITTLE REMINDER!!!

Have you played along with us yet this week for our 

"Show Us What You Got" Challenge?

If not, WE WANT YOU to come play with us (Elevator Ride NOT Included). :)

CLICK HERE, check out some of the amazing projects the design team girlies created & come PLAY along!!!

Happy Craftin' and Careful Stair Climbing!

Terrifically Thrilling Thursday: Show Us What YOU Got!

WOO HOO!!!

Yep, I'm THAT happy - for so many reasons today!

Today is my Friday (because I have the REAL Friday off work =)
AND, because it's a Challenge Thursday at Shelly's Images!

What could make that BETTER???  Well, it's a Show us What YOU Got challenge day!

And what makes today's challenge even more SUPER FUN for our uber talented design girlies?

Well, today we get to use our FAVORITE Shelly's Images digis!

Yah - it's a good day all the way around!

Care to see our inspiration before you run off to your studio and send paper flying?

Lisa

 Jackie

Shelly's Images - May Flowers

Darlene

Amanda

Miranda

Gerda

Marianne

Min featuring Ladybug Afternoon (My new most favorite SI digi!)

All these FAB-U-LOUS Images can be found at the Shelly's Images Store.

Challenge Rules:

1. Link directly to your blog post entry,NOT your entire blog.

2. Shelly's Images are NOT required (but we'd LOVE to see them).

3. New projects ONLY ... NO back linking.

4. Your entry must follow the theme.  For this challenge it is Anything Goes.

5. Only FIVE entries per challenge PLEASE. Any additional entries will be deleted in an effort to keep our challenge fair for all participants.

6. Challenge entry ends at 12:00 Noon (CST) on June 5th, 2013.

7. Please turn word verification off at your blog if you would enjoy a comment from us. It is just too time consuming to type in word verification at each challenge entry. Thank you for understanding.

8.  In your blog post be sure to provide a link to Shelly's Images Blog and list that you are entering our challenge.

Have fun with this challenge and we hope that you are inspired by our wonderful Design Team and will come and join us!

TTT Challenge Winners - Schools out for Summer!

Whew, what a busy few weeks we have had at our house!  School is winding down for the year. My daughter Taylor is finishing up her 8th grade year so we have 8th grade promotion and all of the "end of middle school" festivities happening.  It is hard to believe she will be in high school next year!  Thanks so much to everyone who entered our Kids Themed challenge.  I was so inspired by these amazing project.  The DT and I had a hard time choosing our winners.

Our "Beary" Favorite project is #27 Dewi Lestari from Sunday Morning! Dewi, the DT and I loved your beautiful 3 dimensional shoes.  They are so pretty and all of the embellishments are wonderful.   Dewi, I will be emailing you very soon with your $6 gift voucher.  Please also be sure to grab your "Beary" Favorite badge here.

We also have two more awards to round out our Top 3 for this challenge.  These awards go to #6 Mian Hahne from Mian's Crafty Corner and #43 Julie from Julie's Crafty Creations!

Mian this is an adorable project.  We loved the colors and this cute project that is perfect for boys.  

Julie we loved this beautiful project!  Here at Shelly's Images we are huge fans of special fold cards and this one turned out just perfectly.

Mian and Julie, please be sure to grab your Top 3 badge here.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.  Your creativity always inspires us.    If you didn't win today please be sure to visit www.shellysimages.com and click "Monthly Digi Giveaway".  Then just enter your name and email address to enter for our May giveaway.  Be sure to enter once each month for your chance to win.  Winners of the Monthly Digi Giveaway are announced in our Newsletter and notified by email.

Our new challenge is starting today.  I hope you will join us again.  We can't wait to see what you will create.   

Tutorial Tuesday - Making Zig Zags

Happy Tuesday!

Today I'm going to give you a crash course on making ZIG ZAGS for your projects!
This is kind of a cool way to make them if you don't have a fancy Zig Zag die or cutting machine.

So, let's get started - 

You'll need to get started:

A Paper Cutter, Paper, Adhesive & Scissors

With you paper cutter, cut a 1-inch strip of paper - we're going to make 1" x 1" squares

 Like these ones below.  =)

Take those squares and cut them in half on a diagional (like I did below) 

 Take your pile of triangles and begin laying them out in a overlapping manner like below.  You can glue down as you go if you'd like, or lay out first and then go back and stick down.

So, after attaching your triangles, you should have something that looks a little bit like this.

Thanks for visiting today and be sure to check back Thursday for our Terrifically Thrilling Thursday Challenge - you'll be glad you did! =)
Hugs & Happy Days!

TTT Challenge Theme - School's Out for SUMMER - Kid Theme Challenge

Hi Ladies, It's Jacqueline here, hosting her first  Thursday challenge. 

Our new Thursday Challenge for May is 

School's Out for SUMMER - Kid Theme Challenge
Our designers were given this awesome image called "Play Ball" digi and this so reminds me of when I used to play softball as a little kid. I'm so honored  to show off our amazing designer's  using this digi!! You can purchase this image and many, many more amazing digital images at Shelly's Images Store.


So here is what our talented designers came up with;

Marianne

Amanda

Miranda

Gerda 

Jackie

Darlene

Challenge Rules:

1. Link directly to your blog post entry,NOT your entire blog.

2. Shelly's Images are NOT required (but we'd LOVE to see them).

3. New projects ONLY ... NO back linking.

4. Your entry must follow the theme.  For this challenge enter any KID themed project.

5. Only FIVE entries per challenge PLEASE. Any additional entries will be deleted in an effort to keep our challenge fair for all participants.

6. Challenge entry ends at 12:00 Noon (CST) on May 15th, 2013.

7. Please turn word verification off at your blog if you would enjoy a comment from us. It is just too time consuming to type in word verification at each challenge entry. Thank you for understanding.
8.  In your blog post be sure to provide a link to Shelly's Images Blog and list that you are entering our challenge.

Have fun with this challenge and we hope that you are inspired by our wonderful Design Team and will come and join us!

TTT Challenge Winners - April showers bring May FLOWERS

Once again we had such stunning entries for our FLOWERS Challenge.  It is truly almost impossible to pick our favorite 3.  I think we had more like a favorite 100 for this challenge.

Our "Beary" Favorite project is #36 Pamela from Pamela's Craft Spot! Pamela, we loved the beautiful layout of this project.  The gray you used really gives such a soft feeling to the entire card.  Pamela, I will be emailing you very soon with your $6 gift voucher.  Please also be sure to grab your "Beary" Favorite badge here.

We also have two more awards to round out our Top 3 for this challenge.  These awards go to #134 Emily from Em's Many Thoughts and #115 Frea from Creafrea!

Emily, this is such a fabulous project using Shelly's Images "Field of Dream" digi stamp.  We loved your coloring and that cute flowered fence.  It just turned out perfect!

Frea, the DT and I felt that your project was absolutely perfect for this challenge.  So many beautiful flowers and embellishments.  Great job!

Emily and Frea, please be sure to grab your Top 3 badge here.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.  Your creativity always inspires us.    If you didn't win today please be sure to visit www.shellysimages.com and click "Monthly Digi Giveaway".  Then just enter your name and email address to enter for our May giveaway.  Be sure to enter once each month for your chance to win.  Winners of the Monthly Digi Giveaway are announced in our Newsletter and notified by email.

Our new challenge is starting today.  I hope you will join us again.  We can't wait to see what you will create.