Bicycle built for two!

Good morning friends! I hope you've had a wonderful holiday! We are really enjoying our holiday! We are enjoying the snow and FREEZING weather! When we arrived the temperature outside was below zero and it's stayed right there...and oh, it's so fun! We've been on the snowmobiles, shooting potatoes from the potato launcher...eaten more deliciousness than we do in a given year...it's been wonderful! I hope your holiday has been great!!

Today the Gourmet Rubber Stamps team are showing you some of the fun images that can be found in the new Diner's Club set! I think you'll all love the images...it was difficult to choose which one to start with first!

 I decided on the bicycle built for two...isn't it great!? And paired up with this great paper...perfect!

I hope you get a chance to check out the other design team's blogs...and have a bit of fun! I'll be back  after the new year...hope you have a good time ringing in 2012!!

Take care, thanks for stopping by!!

So Loved!

Good morning! I am happy to be stopping by to say hello and share a little fun! I apologize for my lack of posting, but I'm hoping that I'm not alone in being a bit busy! I had a great birthday--got very spoiled and had a fun fun day! It's so fun to have my kids so excited for my birthday...makes me happy!

So, I wanted to let you all know that AMY was the winner of my birthday blog candy! I contacted her and her fun stuffs are on their way! I'll be posting more candy soon...so watch for it!

I've got a bit of clean and simple for you today. I looked at the Clean and Simple Sketch 171 and loved it! I took a few mintues and came up with this little number...and it made me happy! 

I hope you have a wonderful week! Getting ready for the big holiday...Take care, enjoy and I'll be back on the 27th with a little preview of the new Gourmet Diner's Club set! I took this same layout and changed it up a bit...so I'll be back with that post on the 27th!

Merry Christmas to all of you and hope you enjoy the rest of the season!

Some Fun...and some Candy!

Hey friends! Wow, it's 3:11 and I can't belive where today has gone! I was fully intending for this to get posted early this am and well...sick baby didn't think that was a good idea! I got home from a little get together with some of my friends last night and Max woke up shortly after I got home. He was up until after midnight and was all sorts of sad! So, this morning consisted of running to the dr., and getting baby all taken care of. He has a bit of a "wheezing" cough again, that seems to be what happens when he gets a cold of any sort! Long story shorter, he is doing better this afternoon and I have a chance to sit and get this posted!

So, I'd like to introduce you to Flower. This is one of the things that I've created the past few days! This owl, is my daughters and her name is Flower. She was so excited to choose what colors she wanted and make her just so. She thinks that this little owl is pretty much perfection in fabric....it makes my heart really happy! I made a couple sets of 3 different sized owls for two gifts we will be sending in the mail tomorrow...and then my girls needed one! I wish I could have saved them for under the tree, but it was KILLING them to watch me make them for their cousins...and they were so excited to get them! They've taken them everywhere and sleep with them too...I love it!

This is Fluffy. She is my little Ruby's delight. She chose these great fabrics (Thanks Jill!) and even chose a bit of super soft minky fabric for the back. I wanted to show you what the back was like, it is the lower photo. Yep, this is what is floating my girls boats right now! I'm thinking there will be many more owls coming...I've decided they are great for birthday party gifts...I'll be sharing more, I'm sure!

 I got the pattern for the owl from stubbornlycrafty. I used my printer to enlarge the template I downloaded, and this owl is made with the template enlarged to about 130%. I ended up making 4 different sized owls, but I think this is my favorite size!!

I'll share the gifts we sent next week...they are really fun too! Now, onto some birthday blog candy! I've picked a few of fun items to share with one lucky commenter! I am including a Northridge Media Stamping magazine, (I've got a project published in this one...), a pad of Queen Bee papper from Pink Paislee, some Maya Road rubons, a bottle of Smooch paint and some of my FAVORITE double sided sticky sheets! Because this is Birthday Candy, how about you comment and tell me about a memorable birthday you've had? I'll choose a comment at the end of the day Sunday, the 18th and announce the winner Monday morning in my post!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Sorry I'm later than I wanted to be...but Mommy Duty trumps it all, doesn't it! I hope you have a wonderful weekend getting all ready for the big weekend ahead!

Happy Birthday!

Good morning friends! I hope you are doing well! Today is the day for the GRS design team challenge! Our challenge today was a color challenge and I loved this one! I love pops of color, and the orange in this one really makes me happy! It's nice to use a fresh color combination after a bunch of more traditional holiday colors! I'm excited to share a little bit of what I've been up to, along the gifting lines...I'll have a fun post tomorrow, so see you soon! I'll be posting some blog candy...my birthday is coming and how better to celebrate that with some fun for you too!? 

So, here is my card for the challenge, I used a couple images that I really love, the birdhouse stamp and that birrthday wishes stamp...they both really make me happy!

I hope you'll take a second and look at the other dt cards--it's always a fun treat! You can find links to their blogs on the left hand side bar! And check the GRS blog for the full detail and the fun image we had for inspiration!

Have a merry and bright one...see you tomorrow for a peek at what I've been up to and a bit of blog candy!

You make life sweet!

Good morning friends! I hope you are doing well! I have a little bright happy card to share with you today! I've been sewing a bit the past few days and have decided one goal I have for 2012 is to spend a little more time sewing! I've got two little girls that I'd love to sew more for, and all sorts of projects that I don't want to be afraid of! (Do you have any of those!?) So, here's to a few more sewing projects next year!

I was cleaning my desk and found this paper that made me happy! I have been in holiday card mode, so seeing these colors/patterns made my heart happy! And the butterfly, what a fun little something! The sentiment is from Paper Smooches...another heart happy occasion!

I hope you have a merry and bright one! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you soon!!

Happy Holidays!

Hello Friends, happy Friday! I'm hosting the Weekly Recipe, over on the Groumet Rubber Stamps Blog. I went with the clean and simple route...I have decided that I REALLY love this jingle bell! It's one of the images in the new Diner's Club set, "Let's Celebrate." Isn't is super fun!? I tied it up with some twine and added a little sentiment from the Season's Greetings stamp set.

I hope you have a chance to play along with the sketch! If you'd like to add your card to the challenge, you can share you link on the GRS Facebook page!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful (productive) weekend ahead of you! I'm hoping to get those last few items crossed off my list of things to do...we'll see how that works out! Take care and be merry and bright!

A Merrry Little Christmas!

Hello friends! I know I've been absent, but 'tis the season for lots of things going on! I've been crafting and creative, but not with paper as much as other things! I wanted to share a couple of things I worked on yesterday! I've been making gifts, wrapping gifts, and really enjoying what this season has brought thus far!

I purchased a few unfished wooden pices at Hobby Lobby when I was away at Thanksgiving (I WISH I had a Hobby Lobby to frequent!!). I had them up near my desk and have been thinking about what fun things they might be used for! I saw a little "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" sign and my lightbulb turned on and here is the result! It makes me so happy!! It is housed on an easel in my kitchen and makes me smile every time I look at it!



I painted the wood white, let it dry and went to work on deciding what vinyl I wanted to use! I use my silhouette software and the "Artisan Pattern" to create the red background. Isn't that a FUN background!? I just layered the black over the red...and now am dreaming of what fun plaque I'll make next!

Next, I created one of my favorite Christmas time quotes! It is from a wonderful talk by Elder Neal A. Maxwell, one of the wonderful men that was a leader in my church. I am going to be giving several of this little tiles, along with a copy of the talk from Elder Maxwell, to several friends this season. I love this quote, and I actually my a 12x12 one for me! It's so important to remember this!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Holiday Season! I love this time of year, and the sweet memories I have associated with it! My kids are feeling the "magic" and it makes my heart just bubble with excitement! Have a wonderful one!!

I'm hosting the GRS weekly recipe sketch tomorrow, so stay tuned!! Thanks



Oh Christmas Tree

Hello friends! I hope you are all doing well! I hope you've been had a great weekend and a good start to this week! I have to tell you, this weekend my girls and I had a completely new experience--we got food poisoning! I started to feel really wrong before I went to bed Saturday night, (after eating out...) and ended up sleeping on the floor in the bathroom that night! My little Ruby (3) came in at 2 and joined my party, then Lucy (7) came in at 5 and joined Ruby and I in all the excitement! Oh my....it was terrible! The good news, we all woke up yesterday feeling MUCH better, a little weak, but MUCH improved! What a crazy weekend it tuned out to be!! I hope you had a better one!

I have a little fun to share--another little fun Stick Chick! She is all sorts of glitified...and her tree is also red fluffed! I used some fun MME paper and red and white twine! My sentiment is from the Oh Christmas Tree stamp set.

I'm sharing this card over on the Gourmet Rubber Stamps facebook page today--we've been doing 12 days of Christmas cards...go check out the fun!!  Thanks for stopping by! Take care and I'll see you soon!!