What will this new year hold for you? We have had a lot of change in our family and I can't wait to see what God has in store for us. Life really is good! I have also seen some fun top 10 posts around the blogs, so perhaps I will have that for you today as well.
Isn't this card great. It does take courage to dream and set goals. It also takes a lot to share with others so that you are accountable and even a little vulnerable. I would love to hear your goals if you are willing to share. Hope you have a great new year!
Here is my card that I made today for them.
I can't say enough about Dawn's Signature Greetings stamp set. I have used it to death this holiday season. The dsp is Basic Grey's jovial line, another go to for me this year. The tag was attached with button twine from PTI as well. Have a fabulous night ladies! The sketch is from CPS 198.
This is one of my favs that I have made recently. It is October Afternoon paper and that just makes me warm and fuzzy inside and I adore this SU striped ribbon. Really where has it been all of my life? I will be back later today with my PTI blog hop card. 
Isn't that fun? Here is a close up so you can see the shimmer and glimmer LOL!
Okay I heat embossed with irrodecent ice and then stamped in back. I added the ribbon for extra punch. Hope you are all much further along in your Christmas making adventrues than I am.
As I was up late finishing all of our wrapping, I decided that women are fabulous! Really we all knew this already, but there it is anyway LOL! Hope you are all taking sometime to enjoy the season with loved ones. This beauty has stamps from Ippity. This is a fun company and I can't wait to get some more rubber to play with. Love the bright colors here. The flowers are from Sassafrass. The season has me into finding ways to make stinking cute quick cards LOL! Have a great one.
I am actually getting to stamp later tonight, so I am going to keep this cutie short and sweet. This is melon berry ribbon and vintage cream paper. I distressed it with the chi tea duo. The main image is from Cosmo Cricket. How sweet is that? All I had to do was cut her out, layer it on melon berry and it was ready to go. 
Isn't this little guy just perfect for me? LOVE him!!!! I made this for a color challenge a while ago, but never posted this cutie. I need to bust those copics out more often.
Okay, can that little Basic Grey cutie get any cutier? I am in LOVE with these whollies and would love to have about 25 more of these little birds. Also, this dsp is basic grey the jovial line and it is addictive as well. The sentiment is a cutie from Dawn's Signature Christmas. Can I just be Dawn? Okay I really love my life, so can I just have her handwriting LOL!
Here is my gift for Amy my sister in law. I am actually busting out 10 of these fabulous birthday calendars for holiday gifts. How fun is that?
The cutie saddle stich flower was an idea that I learned from Laurie. You really need to check out the video, they are super fun to make.
Another fun tip, the insides come scored for you at 4 in. I found that things fit better in them if I also score at 4 1/8 and fold accordingly.
Here is how I decorated the inside
I know that PTI has a die that works with this, but try as I might, I just can't buy all of the dies so this is a stampin up punch called designer label large and it is a beauty as well.
The finished gift. I used packing paper from PTI for the wrapping paper. I didn't have anything else neutral, so it worked great. I also LOVE Stampin Up's big striped ribbon. It worked so well for this gift. Last but not least, the tag LOL!
Okay I have decided that I am not going to order until after the blog hops each month. That way I can get the dies when they get restocked. I realize that I need the tag dies and the circle dies as well, so I am on the hunt. In the mean time, the #3 Mat stack die worked well for me. I used a tag from the 09 set I think. Love this cutie. Have a blessed day! I will come in later and give all of the details.
I have really been digging layering the Mat stack dies from PTI. They all work so well together and it really makes my life easier. Actually my big shot and PTI dies are the work horse of my stamping room right now. I LOVE them!!!!
We are decorating big time for the holidays since I have a new job that I will be starting soon. As you might know, I am a realtor and I was just offered a great opportunity to become a loan officer. How fun is that! I am able to keep my office and have a fun new adventure. How great is that? With the market a little slow here, this is the perfect time for our family to start a new adventure. Hopefully I will have time to create as well since I have a TON of projects to get done. 
Welcome to the blast from the past blog hop! I am so glad you are here. This month it was a autumn, thankful theme. Here is my creation
I busted out tweet hearts for the first time. I have no idea why it takes me so long to get these fabulous stamps inky, but I am digging this cutie. The little birds reminded me of a parent and a child. I am sure grateful for my little ones and they make me smile daily, so that is my inspiration behind the grateful aspect of the challenge. I used the curtain call color challenge which reminded me of fall for sure and the sketch is from EBTKS. I can't wait to see what everyone has created!Here are the entries from the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop!
| 1. | Michelle Single | 19. | Carole Chesser | |
| 2. | Taylor VanBruggen | 20. | Lisa Hjulberg | |
| 3. | Monika Davis | 21. | Joan Ervin | |
| 4. | Rebecca Ednie | 22. | Chris Loritsch | |
| 5. | Regina Mangum | 23. | Jen Arkfeld | |
| 6. | Tracy Clemente | 24. | Peggy McCurry | |
| 7. | Cassie Trask | 25. | Jen Tapler | |
| 8. | Pattie Goldman | 26. | Melody Rupple | |
| 9. | Sankari Wegman | 27. | Charmaine Ikach | |
| 10. | Libby Hickson | 28. | Stephanie Kraft | |
| 11. | Kelly Collins | 29. | Jami Sibley | |
| 12. | Cyd Paiva | 30. | Tangii Crain | |
| 13. | Bonnie Ratzloff | 31. | Arielle Gordon | |
| 14. | Karen Motz | 32. | Jessica Willison | |
| 15. | Stacey Schafer | 33. | Ashley N Newell | |
| 16. | Dana White | 34. | Bronwyn Velazquez | |
| 17. | Terri Trotter Earley | 35. | Donna Baker | |
| 18. | Jodi Collins |
Here is the back of the card when it flips out
Isn't that flower a fun touch? I really liked how this beauty turned out.
I used an uninked bella to make the card. I am a tad embarresed to admit how many bellas I have that have never seen the light of day. What is up with my need to own these cuties, but not use these cuties? I am going to have to bust them out more often.
Hope you like it. I adore PTI felt. It is a new love of mine. Also, their fresh linen buttons make me smile as well. Hope you have time for crafting today.
Here is my card
Isn't that a fun one? The centers of the flowers are silver brads, they seemed to go with the gray feel very well. I finished off this beauty with some paper piercing and then poped it up with dimensionals. .jpg)
Here is my card
Well this the first time I tried my distress inks as they were intended. Any tips you might have on how to use them would be appreicated. I heat embossed the leaves first and then applied my inks with the foam applicator. I did like how the inks stayed wet and I was able to blend nicely. It really started to shine when I was able to spritz with water. The colors just melted together for me. 
Here is my card
What do you think? I used nesties to cut the circles and then this pattern really worked well with what I wanted to do with the sentiment. Have a great weeked!
On to the card. I made this card for the Papercraft Stars challenge blog. It was a Simon Says challenge this week. Here is the challenge
I am in love with these little pure innocence images from MFT. They are yummy! My daughter was up helping me and she decided on the stripes. How fun tha we can do things together. I also wanted to add a little bling to her, so I used dazzling diamonds on the balloon and stickles on her shoes and dress as accents. The PTI dies are also something I am LOVING right now. 
Here is the falling leaves pop up element
Here is my handwritten sentiment
Since I am a blogging slacker, this was supposed to go up 3 weeks ago LOL! Needless to say these challenges are all gone, hopefully you will still find something fun here. 
Here is my card
I have two friends in my bible study that have lost their Dads recently and they sure will need some love this holiday season. Hopefully they will find some joy in this season. I used a PTI die to cut out the dsp for the sentiment. I then emobssed with white to make this sentiement pop. 
For some reason I adore this picture of the girls
Here is Izzy right before she went to her pre-school party. I made little monstors for all of the kids. I was so inspired by Betsy when she did them that I had to give them a try. Izzy helped and she ADORES hers, hopefully the other kids did as well.
We did 15 and although that was a lot at the time, I am so glad we did them.
We also whipped up some spider cupcakes for the kids.
Finally here is the card Izzy designed and created for her Papa. It was a big hit and I am so proud of her creativity.
Hope your halloween was just as much fun as ours!
Here is my card
This was a fun card to put together and Dad loved it. He has a Halloween Birthday, so it is always a fun day at our house. I will share our Halloween pics and Izzy's card tomorrow. This card was quick and it really let the colors shine. 
I missed last month somehow, but I am so excited to be sharing with you today for the PTI Blog Hop! The challenge was to
Well, as you can see I am celebrating winter! I adore the fun sets Heather designed a few years ago and don't seem to get them out nearly enough, so this was perfect! Actually if there was a mitten die I might use these cuties for some mass producing LOL!
Here is my card
Didn't this card turn out fun? I was so excited to break out Damask Designs. It is one of those sets I keep coming back to again and again. For me the funny thing is I didn't even like it and didn't buy it for a few months after I had it. If you haven't taken the plunge yet, it is a must do!!!!!
