HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

From our family to yours...may you enjoy your day of blessings with your friends and family!

belli challenge and mojo challenge in one!

Good morning stamping friends. I honestly had no plans of posting until Sunday but my friend, Chrissy threw down a challenge and who am I to back away? The best part is that it also works for the Belli Challenge this week which is called Belli's Gone By. Basically you get to choose which of the previous Belli Challenges you'd like to do and go for it! Kinda fun, huh? You can see all the previous challenges on Chrissy's blog HERE. And what is the other part about the mojo challenge? Well, Chrissy sent out an e-mail looking for her mojo and one of the other ladies of the yahoo group sent her Julee's Mojo Sketch and a challenge was born.

So for the Belli Challenge I'm going with #26 which is felt as are my snowflakes from SU! The patterned paper is from Love Elsie and the solid card stocks are PTI Dark Chocolate, PTI Vintage Cream, and Riding Hood Red. The stamps are from SNSS Winter Fun w/Same & Gretchen as well as a sentiment from PTI's 2008 Holiday Tag Collection. I'm not sure which Belli Team members are participating today so why don't you just take some time to puruse them all?

Have a super day everyone!

holiday extravaganza

Just a quick note to my Stampin' Up! loving friends. Stampin' Up! is having one of the BEST sales that I've ever seen and just in time for Christmas! You can see the flier HERE. These bundles are available in limited quantities so make sure you order ASAP!

weekend to remember

Good Monday morning my friends! I hope that you all had a super weekend! You probably didn't know it but Todd and I were gone this weekend. We went to a Weekend to Remember. If you've never been to one and would like to take a weekend to spend time with your spouse, no matter what your relationship may be like, the Weekend to Remember is the way to do it! We came home with some wonderful information and ways to make our marriage even better. I will not fool myself and say that it will be easy to put into play some of the things I've learned but I know that, with God, I can do it! I have to tell you one of my favorite sayings from this weekend. (This is just one thing among MANY!) Instead of arguing, one of the speakers calls it "intense fellowship"...how funny is that?! That is totally what I'm calling it from now on as I really don't like the word argument! LOL!

Anyway, This is the card that I made at the very last moment before leaving for the conference. I really wanted Todd to know that I was looking forward to the weekend. I used Beate's sketch for this weekend. The sentiment is from House Mouse, the cupcakes from Unity Stamps, and the paper is from ???.

So, I bet you are thinking I'm a pretty good wife right now, huh? Yeah...I pale in comparison to my husband! After I gave him my card he told me that he didn't have time to make or buy me a card and I was certainly okay with that. Well, he was lying (in a good way!). On Saturday morning he left me a card with a package of heart stickers to find. Go ahead say it...awwww...I agree...what a sweetie! I thought that was pretty cool until Saturday night when we went to go to our Sweetheart Dinner and he had a box and card for me. In the box...a beautiful black and white diamond heart necklace! Oh, my goodness...it is so lovely! It looks similar to THIS. Go Todd, right? But that isn't it! I got another card and a wonderful bar of Ghiradelli dark chocolate with mint filling for the ride home...which I forgot to eat, darn it! Now how is that for a husband? Crafting supplies, jewelry, AND chocolate...seriously! And, NO! You cannot have him! And, Todd...if you are reading this...I love you so much...I'm so glad God gave me you!!!

One other thing about this weekend. We went to this weekend with some friends of ours, Nicole and Scott, and I want to say to them...thank you! I really enjoyed getting to know you guys better! You ROCK!

So, I'm all done with being all sentimental! Please know I will not be posting as much this week as I'll be busy with family, Thanksgiving, and other commitments.

See you soon everyone!

page plans week 32

Good Sunday morning everyone! It is another Page Plans sketch day! This was another tough one for me. I'm not sure what is it about circles and squares but they just kick my butt!! This sketch though...this one caught my eye with what I could do with it and I decided to make this fun scallop circle card.

This entire card is made with SU! materials. The card stock is Bashful Blue, designer paper is called Frosty Day, a snowflake from Felt Flurries (I colored it with some Bashful Blue ink as the white just didn't match well), a Build a Brad with more DP from Frosty Day, the snowflakes in the background are from Snow Burst, and the sentiment is from the set Festive Favorites. I used my Nestabilities to cut the scallop circle and the Whisper White circle inside. Phew! That is a lot of stuff!

I also decided that I should have a different opening than usual so...I made the circle open instead of card itself.

I bet all my stamping friends could make amazing cards with this sketch so GET TO IT! LOL! Really, if you'd like to try it I'd love to see so make sure you link me up!

Have a super Sunday everyone!