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Good morning friends! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas! It was much fun to watch the kids' excitement as they opened their gifts and the shock when they opened the XBOX 360 we got as a family gift. We are very blessed at our house that is for sure!

I thought I'd throw a quick card out here for ya. This stamp is from Unity Stamp Co's December Kit of the Month. When I saw it I knew I needed to make a card with it for Todd. You see, we goof with each other and will say 'whatever' just in joking. As you may or may not remember yellow is his favorite color hence the yellow base. The papers are all from Crate Paper and is called Lemon Grass. You can find it on sale HERE! You know I love my sketches so you can find the sketch for this card HERE. This is an easy and fun sketch so you should check it out!

One of the things Todd got me for Christmas is a external hard drive for all of my pictures. It isn't hard to transfer pictures to the hard drive just time consuming so I'll definitely be on a mission to accomplish that over the next few weeks. I'm hoping I can just transfer entire folders but I'm not sure about that yet.

Anyway, I definitely have some more stamping to get done today so I'm off! Have a super day Make sure to check out the fabulous special that Tastefully Simple is has right now on my blog HERE!

Merry Christmas!

May the Lord’s Great Love
Bless You this Christmas


Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us…
Ephesians 5:2 NIV

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page plans sunday

Good Sunday morning everyone! Can you believe it is only 4 days until Christmas....I AM SO EXCITED!!! This is the fun part for me...torturing the kids...telling them they aren't getting what they wanted. Yes, they know it is just fun but still!

Anyway, as you know today is Page Plans Sunday here on my blog. This week's sketch I thought would trip me up for sure but I think I did pretty well. Well, except for the fact that I literally just noticed I'm supposed to have a sentiment up at the top left hand corner.... Okay, so other than that...I think it is lovely and in real life has lots of sparkle! This card is made with SU!'s Lovely As A Tree stamp set, Baja Breeze, Whisper White and Heidi Grace Crystal Snow (aren't you surprised I know what it is called?) patterned paper. The sentiment is from PTI and a little taffeta ribbon attaches it. I used my white gel pen and stardust jelly roll pen to highlight and add the shimmer.

Late on Friday afternoon I was invited to a tea party along with some other wonderful women from Kyler's school on Saturday afternoon . Oh, my goodness girls...it was fantastic! It was held at another one of the parents' house and when I arrived the dining room table was completely set...beautiful china cups, plates, glasses and a tea pot for each individual person. We had a 4 course tea party starting with a palate cleansing mint sorbet type of thing (in these teeny tiny little tea cups) then zucchini pepper (red, yellow, and orange peppers so think sweet not spicy) soup, sandwiches, scones, and dessert cookies. We then were treated to yummy chocolate truffles and at the very end mints (After 8 mints...anyone else love them?). We had about 12 different teas to choose from and in honor of my paternal grandmother I chose peppermint. You see, when I was young my grandmother couldn't afford much for us for Christmas but each year I got a box of peppermint tea...you know the kind in the red and white box at Christmas time. Yum! Can I just say that I haven't stopped smiling since I left there this afternoon? Honestly...how many women get to attend a real tea party? It was so much fun!

Okay, thanks for listening to me gush and taking the time to read about the tea party! I just want you to know that I probably won't be around a lot this next week. I need to prepare for the Sweet N Sassy Stamps new release blog hop and party (over on SCS). You can learn more about it on my sidebar. Oh, did I tell you I get to giveaway a stamp set? Oh, yeah...it is going to be FUN!

I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!! See you all soon!