a new month

Good morning everyone! Can you believe it is November already? Thanksgiving will be here before we know it!

A couple of more birthday cards to show you today. As you can see they are both Bella cards....and are the bomb!

My friend and co-worker Debby sent me the card on the right. I love the colors, layout and bling she used! She also gave me a gift card to one of the local coffee shops here in town...yum! Thanks Debby!

The other super cute Bella card is from my girl Dani! It features another fun layout with great birthday colors. I love that pink stitched ribbon...very cute! Dani sent me a very fun gift certificate from Sweet N Sassy stamps. Oh, yeah...can't wait to use it...along with the one that Courtney sent...woohoo for me!

That is it for today but make sure you stop back tomorrow for my Page Plans card this week! Catch ya later!

happy halloween!

Happy Halloween my friends! I hope that you spend today having a good time (not scary time) with family and friends! I know Kyler has been excited for today!

Just a couple of more birthday cards that I received back at the beginning of the month. The card on the right is from Courtney. It is SO me don't ya think? The image is from the retired SU! set She's all That. Then Courtney added in a Cuttlebug background along with super cute patterned paper and some baubles...way cute girl! She also sent me a great gift certificate from Sweet N Sassy Stamps...thank you!

The 2nd card is from my friend Carol. Carol leads Kid In Christ at our church and I just love her to death! She is so special to me. She is on the Israel trip that Todd and I were going to be on. I can't wait to see all her pictures! Some of the kids from KIC also signed the card so that makes it even more special! Thank you Carol!

So, I hope you all have a super Friday and get everything done that you need too!

birthday cards

Good morning everyone! Today is the first day of posts that I have scheduled for you while I'm gone that aren't DT days. Obviously I won't be talking about personal stuff as much but know we are having a great time! Also, if I have time I will be, maybe, posting a picture or two from Hawaii but I'm not guaranteeing anything...k?

Anyway, I had to start with this super fun card that my friend Jennifer sent to me for my birthday. How appropriate is it...seriously...Jennifer is just the most wonderful stamper and a great friend! I love the Hawaiian penguin and the bright colors!

Below is the fun birthday gift package that I got from my friend Bev. She also sent me some fun ephemera to craft with. The BINGO cards are perfect to make something for Todd's grandmother. I'm thinking a notebook with the bigger BINGO cards would be SOOOO cute! I have many ideas rolling around in my head so I hope to get to using some of it soon!

Have a super day everyone! I'll think of you all! I'm sorry...couldn't help myself!

Belli challenge #40

Good morning my friends! Today is the day...we are off for our vacation. The kids are all set with grandma...all is good!

Today is Belli Challenge #40 day! Today's challenge is for anything Thanksgiving. Due to my time constraints I went ahead and made a card for Thanksgiving (although I might suggest you stop back next week for another fun Thanksgiving idea!).

I used my favorite turkey from SNSS Turkey Day set and the layout is from i{heart}to stamp this week. It is a great sketch so make sure you try it out! I also used some patterned paper from my LSS along with the Autumn Cuttlebug embossing folder (run through my SU! Big Shot).

I know you are dying to see what the other Belli Challenge girls have done so go ahead...click over to there blogs from my sidebar! You know you wanna...all the cool girls are doing it! LOL!

Have a great day everyone!

created by courtney challenge #11

Good morning girls and welcome to week #11 of the Created by Courtney Challenges. This week week we have a sketch to play with. This sketch was drawn by my friend Sarah over at Scrampin' Mama. I love this sketch! Oh, and I must toot a horn for Sarah as she just got accepted onto the i{heart}paper design team. Very cool, girl! Very cool!

I'm sure you want to hear all about this card, right? Okay...the patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket, the stamps are from the Unity Stamps set called Hey Chick (I got the entire set for $2 this last Hip Hop!). How cute is this...I mean seriously! I love the birds with all their plumage. I added some bling on the feathers and added the Hey Chick sentiment and voila...a cute card!

Today will be spent getting the last few things done for the trip. I'm cleaning the laundry room, packing my bag, and getting the rest of my pre-posting done. Please know that even though some of my future posts may seem not so personal I am thinking of you all while I'm sunning myself in Hawaii!

Have a super day everyone! I can't wait to see all of your cards!

halloween banner

Happy Monday! Okay, I know I'm weird but I am excited that it is finally Monday! I don't know why that would be...LOL!

Anyway, Todd called me today and asked me to meet him real quick while he was at work so...I did. He had an RAK for me but wouldn't tell me where it came from so I took it home, pulled it out of it's envelope and look what it is! Holy cow everyone...look at this gorgeous Halloween Banner! I've taken four different pictures, as you can see. I wanted to make sure that you can see all the details this banner has. All the letters and pumpkins are embossed...all the papers are glittery and embossed, and the ribbon is a super grosgrain black with white polka dots. This is quite the work of art and must have taken forever to make!

So...now for the guessing part of where this came from. I'm going to guess that none of Todd's co-workers can make something like this so I'll say it isn't anyone there. I can think of only one or two other place that Todd goes that might be where he got it from but I'm not going to say. Whoever it is... I completely and totally love it!

As you know tomorrow is Created by Courtney Challenge Tuesday. I will give you a little hint and let you know that it is a sketch challenge and one I think you'll like! So...with that...I hope you have just a super Monday! See ya tomorrow!

page plans sketch day

Good Sunday morning everyone! I am really finding these Page Plans sketches to be so much fun! I hope that you are trying them with me! I've decided to post the sketch along with my card from now on so you can get to work on your card that much faster. So without any more blabber from me...here it is...

I thought for sure I was going to have a hard time with this sketch (instead I'm having problems with next weeks...lol!) but this just really fell together. I got this fantastic stamp at Unity Stamps for the distinct purpose of making a little Christmas gift list for my boys. It is called My Biggest Wish (hmmm...go figure!). This year the DH and I decided to get the kids four gifts (along with their stockings). Inside will be a little saying something like...

On the front of this card please list...
A gift you want
A gift you need
A gift you can wear and
A gift you can read.
Please return your list to me by Thanksgiving.

There are just four lines on the stamped image available so this is perfect! I used paper and self adhesive die cuts from the retired Winter Bright Simply Scrappin' Kit. I'm sure I could have used more layers and such but honestly...are my boys going to care? Probably not...they just want us to know what to get them for Christmas...lol!

So whatcha got in mind for this fun sketch? Whatever it is...have fun with it! I just want you to know that I'm working hard to get my DT work done for the time that I'm gone so if I don't have anything for you tomorrow just stay tuned...I'll be back! Have a great day everyone!