Stay Away, Fools!

('cause LOVE RULES at the Lo-o-ove Shack!)

Thank you for letting me get that out of my system.  Now I can proceed...

Proceed to what, you ask?  Why, to the brand-new, February SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY! Here it is, in all of its pink,gray & black glory:

This month's SFYTT sponsor is a goodie -- one you know I {heart} -- YOUR NEXT STAMP! Yay!

YNS owner Karen Dedman is cool, classy, sweet & sassy -- a plethora of positive personality traits, wouldn't you agree? Her stamps are all that, too. Plus a bag of chips. And they come in more than 31 flavors. What else can I say?  A lot, I'm sure, but it would be redundant and frankly, I'm a busy gal¹. Ain't got time for such nonsense and what not. You hear what I'm sayin'? Anyway, look at what Karen has for you SFYTT partipants this month. Isn't she a gem?

I made a little somethin'-somethin' in tribute to my all-time # 1 go-to karaoke song^2,3.  Check it out:

You know what that is?  A funky little shack -- FUNKY LITTLE SHACK! ;)  I used YNS's LOVE SHACK set (isn't it darling?), and paper pieced the shack with some woodgrain digi paper from Crystal Wilkerson (printed out on regular ol' printer paper, because why not).  The image comes with the "Love Shack" sentiment, but to make it lyrically appropriate, I added "baby" from PTI's Limitless Label set.  The heart die cuts were made using Lil' Inker Designs fun new Of The Heart die.  I bought a Corner Chomper recently, hence the rounded corners⁴. The gray panel was embossed with Paper Studio(aka Hobby Lobby)'s Woodgrain embossing folder. The heart patterned paper is from Echo Park's Yours Truly 6"x6" pad.

It even lays fairly flat, thanks to keeping the layers and embellishments to a minimum. No worries about extra postage, damage during transit, or fitting in an envelope, which makes me happy. :) Just a few of Jody's Foam Boosters for a tiny bit o' dimension. 

Ready to see what The Sketcher Herself, JEN DEL MURO and the Designer of the Month, ANGELA THOMAS, have put together?  Then head on over to Jen's blog, where you'll also want to add your versions of this month's SFYTT⁵. And, of course, you'll want to check out what my fantabulous SFYTT Sisters have put together to make you ooh and aah:

• Amy Sheffer
• Becky Carafa
• Iwona Palamountain
• Jen Tapler
• Jodi Collins
• Kerry Johnson
• Megan Lock
• Susan Liles

Footnotes

1.  Seriously, if you knew what I had on my plate right now, you would cry for me.  And then you would kick me.  Then, because I'm testy from having so much on my plate, I would kick you back.  Then it would be a brawl and get ugly.  Thus, out of mutual respect and affection, I will restrain myself and not list out what I have to do before I leave town on Tuesday. (I could put a footnote here about my upcoming trip, but footnotes within footnotes are tiresome even to me.  That's a post for another day.  See?  You have something to look forward to, which should make you think twice about wanting to kick me...)

2.  It really is my go-to karaoke song, and I have sung it on stages and in homes all across this country.  From Florida to Las Vegas and several places in between.  I can sing it in any arrangement, but I prefer to sing it as a duet, where I take the Fred Schneider part and someone else (preferably Kristi Mallett, as so far, she is the only person I've sung it with who knows the song well enough to do it justice. For those of you who don't know her, she's one of my BFFs, the wife of Class Act Brad, and soon to be my next-door-neighbor. Heaven help her...) take the girls' parts.  There are times, however, when I've been forced to take matters into my own hands and push to the background those who don't take their responsibilities to the audience seriously.  Yes, Janette, Cindy, and Tammy: I am talking to you.  Fortunately, I don't think any of you know I have a blog. {hee}

 

3.  I also do a mean Tik-Tok by Ke$ha (after all, the party don't start 'til I walk in...), but that requires serious beverages ahead o' time.  By the way - all this karaoke talk does NOT mean that I can sing.  I can't.  But -- say it with me, now -- what I lack in talent, I make up for in ENTHUSIASM! Good karaoke doesn't require (and sometimes prohibits) good singing, it merely requires COMMITMENT. If you're going to grab the mic, don't act shy and embarrassed. Go big, or sit down.  And that's all I have to say about that.

 

4. Rounded corners may show up frequently for a while, thanks to my new tool.  I like anything that makes me say "CHOMP" as it reminds me of those old commercials re: my beloved McRib.  CHOMP!

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Comments

[LeAnne]

This is SUPER cute!

[Marcie Sharp]

Love Shack will NEVER be out of my head now...your work here is done. :) Love the cuuuuute card and good luck with all that work stuff ya gotta do.

[Karen]

OMG! I'm falling off my chair right now laughing! Gotta love the fabulous Carole Burrage foot notes! Put me down for a ditto of footnote #1! If you were closer I would kick you and then you could just kick me back so we could both cry to blow off some steam and then have a good laugh about it after! Hence why I joined a boot camp recently...not like I don't have enough going on that I had to add in a crossfit bootcamp 3 x week - keeps me sane and allows to kick stuff! LOL

Fabby love shack card - love the wood grain paper! FUN! Thanks for sweet words! Love ya girlfriend!

Hugs

Karen
xo

[Jen Tapler]

Ok, first, you are hilarious and I like funny people. Second, this card is awesome - love the stamp, love that you're using some digi papers (Crystal Wilkerson, too! Can't go wrong there!!), and well, the whole thing just ROCKS.

[KelliJo]

CAROLE! CAROLE! CAROLE!!! I am TOTALLY taking the picture of you I JUST saw on FB playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire and exchanging that Carole Brady image for some hip pulsing super star non singing DIVA!!! Bwahahahahah!!! I love seeing your cards as they rock, but in ALL honesty? Yea I come for the belly laughs!!! You SO crack me up Carole!!! Seriously, make me smile and LAUGH!

[Megan Lock]

This is a darling card and I love coming here for inspiration. However, that song will be in my head for the rest of the evening! I guess Emma has to learn it at some point...

[Becky Carafa]

Oh this is sooo fun!

[Kerri M.]

You are HILARIOUS!!! ACK, I so want to do karaoke with you now LOL! I happen to know Love Shack pretty well, so I think I could hang:) Your card is super cute and fun!

[Deb Anton]

Love it! Why weren't we singing this last week? The bell hop probably would have loved it... : )