Look what I got!

Look what my blogging friend, Sari, gave me...a "you made my day award". How fun is that! Sari's blog is in my Google reader so I get to keep up with her whenever she posts. She lives in Sweden and does her blog in 3 (I think) languages so all her friends are able to read what is going on in her life...neat, huh? With this award I get to list 10 bloggers that make my day so here they are...

1. Courtney 2. Sari 3. Heidi 4. Beate 5. Dawn
6. Lisa 7. JoAnna 8. Lysa 9. Lauren 10.Kimberly

Some of these wonderful ladies are my friends and some are blogs that I visit daily and so appreciate their creativity, thoughtfulness, inspiration, and faith. Please take a couple of minutes to visit each of the blogs and I'm sure you'll understand why I picked them.

My card today is a card that my Jon asked me to make for his littlest brother who lives in Wisconsin. His brother is in kindergarten and just had surgery yesterday. This card is made with Beate's sketch challenge for this weekend (you can link to it above) and the retired Simply Scrappin' Kit Creative License. The sentiment is from my PaperTrey set. I think this card is just perfect...not to babyish, not to big...just right!

Just a reminder that my new computer comes today and that may mean that I'm off line until I can set it up and transfer some of the information over. It shouldn't affect my blog but I'm just not sure. Please forgive me if I'm not back for a couple of days.

Have a great Saturday everyone!

Hanna is back!

I think I told you a couple of days ago that I was going to be getting a new Hanna Stamps set soon. Well, she arrived and she is looking fine! I just so love these stamps. The latest set is called Sweet Celebrations because it can be used for so many things. It looks like a Valentine set at first glance but with the teddy bear (baby), champagne glasses (birthday, anniversary, promotion), and roses (again birthday, anniversary) you can really make just about any type of card with this set! Also, different this time is the fact that Hanna has short hair. While I love her long hair in the other sets I think this short hair is VERY cute and VERY chic!

I got the designer paper and the i love you ribbon at my "local" craft warehouse while shopping yesterday. The dress is paper pieced with Soft Sky card stock and then I used my Clear Spica Glitter Pen on it to give it lots of shimmer. The "you're invited" is from my PaperTrey set and the lips are in the Sweet Celebrations set as wel Oh, and the lips are all sparkly too! I have to say that these stamps are some of the best clear stamps that I use. They ink up really well and give a great crisp, clear image. And, the fact that the entire set (14 pieces) is only $15.50 isn't too shabby either!

I hope you like Miss Hanna today and that you have a super fantastic Friday!

Nuts!

I got this super cute new stamp set from PaperTrey Ink the other day called My Punny Valentine. It has several fun images plus very cute sayings! There is a companion set that goes with it that has other sentiments for different occasions. For example this squirrel image also has these sayings...Nuttin' Better than a true friend and Go Nuts! It's your day. How fun, huh? HERE is the recipe.

We have gotten MORE snow today. The boys are out shoveling right now and I must say they are getting tired of it and I don't blame them! Here is a picture of our dog, Tara, out playing in the snow. She goes outside and shoves her snout in the snow then comes inside a drips water all over the place. Nice, huh? It is funny to watch though! Our other dog, Mitzi, is so low to the ground that she comes in with clods of snow stuck to her and she won't let us clean her off so she has to go into her kennel until she is all dry. She HATES it! Can't say I blame her though.

Anyway, have a great Thursday!

Embrace Life

Here is a card that I made recently that I wasn't going to show you 'cuz I don't like it very much. I love the layout itself but I just couldn't make the main images work for me. Anyway, I love the color combo of the Ginger Blossom DP that is new from SU! in the Spring/Summer collection. Ruby Red, Groovy Guava, River Rock, and Cameo Coral...beautiful!

Wanna hear my exciting news? Nope...I'm not pregnant!! LOL! I am getting a new computer on Saturday! Woohoo! While I'm VERY excited I do know that the migration process from one computer to the other can be a pain in the butt so if I am not online Sunday and Monday...you'll know why!

***Secret Sister Message***

Just a reminder that this is your first full week of being a secret sister! If you have not sent anything out yet you may want to do that soon. If you have received a card or package from your secret sis please post it to our thank you thread HERE. Please let me know if you have any questions!

You Float My Boat

I threw this card together last night with Beate's sketch challenge in mind. I detoured from the sketch a bit but I still like the card. You can see what I used to make this card HERE. I used non-traditional colors as I had this card in mind for Todd. There is a super cute heart in this set that I may go ahead and stamp, cut out, and add to the back of the boat as I think it will make much more sense then. If you see a picture of it with the heart and not plain it is just because I replaced the picture.

We have gotten lots of snow last night...at least 3" and the boys are out shoveling right now. It is still snowing and the forecast is that it is to snow the rest of the day with a total of 5"-8" today. It seems to be the light, fluffy snow but snow is snow and a pain to shovel. Now doesn't that make you want to live here?

I hope you all have a great Tuesday! See you tomorrow!

'Cuz I Feel Bad

You know...when I don't post first thing in the morning...I forget to do it at all. Especially on Mondays! Sorry about that! So here is a birthday card that I made for a friend with one of the Studio G sets that Todd got me on the 11th Day of Christmas. I am super happy with the simplicity of this card yet it is still cute! Colors are: Groovy Guava, Blue Bayou, Soft Skye, and Whisper White (although I should have used Shimmery White). You can see the accessories I used except maybe for the Spica glitter pen. You know...I have to say that pen is one of the best investments I've ever made!

I hope you all had a fantastic Monday and I'll "see" ya tomorrow!

Winobella

On the Bellaholics Anonymous Yahoo group each month there is something called the Bella Babe contest. It starts out with the reigning Babe posts a challenge of some sort for us to make a card with. We post our cards and then she chooses the card she likes the most and that person is the Bella Babe for the next month. Those of us that didn't win send the new Babe an RAK (something I have not been good at recently) during her reigning month. Although it is a neat idea I have never participated until this month. The challenge this month was Red, Black, and White (gray if needed). All of the cards that have been made so far are amazing so I'm sure mine won't win but you know what? I really like this card! It is clean, and it all matches so well. It doesn't have a sentiment so you could use it for birthday, thank you, anniversary...really for just about anything. The picture isn't the best so you can't see the Crystal Effects on the wine glasses and bottle or the glitter pen on the lace of the dress and the bow of the shoes...those effects make it all come together so nicely!

I have also been working on a card for a swap on one of my other Yahoo groups called SUAngels. It is a demo only group for business ideas and such. I decided to participate in the new catalog swap that has been posted. I bought the Nursery Necessities set on pre-order but haven't had a chance to use it so...I've chosen that one to use for the swap. I don't want to show the card yet but hopefully soon. Was that a tease enough? LOL!

Hope you all have a great Sunday! See you tomorrow!