BIRTHDAY BEST!

Well, am I ever happy to be back stamping and making cards. I am especially happy that this card meets the requirements of 5 Challenges for this week - woohoo! ... plus, I think I'm pretty pleased with my first card of the year. Here is a list of the challenges this card meets...

• TLC202 - Tacky Glitter - use tacky tape to adhere glitter to the card - *check*
• CC200 - Color Challenge - use brilliant blue, pumpin pie, and garden green - *check*
• SC210 - Sketch Challenge - *check*
• WT200 - Starry Challenge - use a star(s) on your card - *check*
• DDC 9_13 - Use 3 shades of one color - *check*

I just love this Birthday Best set. It is my "go-to" set for making quick and easy birthday cards.

Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: birthday best
Paper: whisper white, brilliant blue, bashful blue, brocade blue
Ink: stazon
Accessories: SU! markers, .5" tacky tape, glitter, 3-d star

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello friends! Well, I'm back after two wonderful weeks of family and friends, Christmas, birthday, and ringing in the new year! We just returned from a great week spent with 3 other families. We rented a cabin in Deep Creek, MD. 18 people in one house!! I would encourage you to make the trip. It is worth it. David and I decided it is a place that we would love to visit again, and New Years was the perfect time. We have never taken a Winter vacation with the kids, and normally opt for warmer climates. But we enjoyed the snow almost as much as we enjoy warm water and sand... who knew! ...and this place recieves double the snowfall of Fairbanks, Alaska. There are many activities to take advantage of in this part of Maryland. With 7 state parks, there is plenty to do. Here are a few things we did: sledding right outside the cabin, snow tubing at Wisp Mtn Resort (our kids had the most fun here), dogsledding with Husky Power Dogsledding (we froze to death, but what a wonderful presentation by Linda and her crew, Allison even earned a girl scout badge), Laura and I also took our kids to the Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center one day where the kids had fun locating items on a scavenger hunt. David and I took the kids to Simon Pearce Glass Factory where we enjoyed watching a glass blower make a blue bird and christmas tree. What an incredible skill, talent, and craft. I just love and appreciate anything made by hand. So, here are a few pictures to share. The rest of the time we played games, cards, and read books by the warm, cozy fire. As with most times like this, I wish I had picked up my camera more often, the scenery is beautiful at Deep Creek. It was a wonderful time and I am so glad we were able to ring in 2009 with our closest friends!

Thank you...

...to all of you have have tried to help me with my 'Header' problems. Believe me, I have tried all that you have offered and still, it mocks me! ..... could I possibly waste any more time on the header? Geez! I have tried going into customize, click on header, remove image, that is when it just blinks and won't budge!!! I can promise you that I won't use image chef again! What a pain in the neck!!
So thanks for all of the help you have offered. I'm ready to ditch this blog and start a new one!

aaaargh!

See the new sparkly banner? I just wanted to try it on for size. I don't particularly like it and want it gone, but can't get it remove it!!! What's up with that?!? Does anyone out there have any idea? I am really frustrated!

WARM CHRISTMAS WISHES TO ALL...

Merry Christmas everyone!!

A special thanks to Michelle for sending this image to me!!!

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SATURDAY...

My friend Linda came over today and we stamped, stamped, stamped. We decided to give the Stationary Box a try that I had seen over on Dannie Graves blog. She has a fabulous video tutorial and print out. You can see it here. It was so easy to follow! Now I just have to make some matching cards to go inside!Thanks for looking....

Additional Info
Stamps: none
Paper: DCWV glitterstack
Ink: none
Accessories: none

I made this for today's IC. What a bunch of cool looking glass pendants. WOW! Of course, I loooooved the bee one, and it is the one I chose for my inspiration. You can see it here, it has 3 little bees on it, just like my siggy that I put on my cardbacks. Anyway, I used the colors and came up with this birthday card. Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: party hearty
Paper: gpwhite, basic black, HL1 print pack
Ink: read red, ballet blue
Accessories: silver bling, black marker

SPARKLE

For the Limited Supply Challenge today. I just wanted to do something really simple.Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Inkadinkado, small script
Paper: GPwhite
Ink: not quite navy craft
Accessories: stardust ep, ribbon, bling

This is for today's Ways to Use It Challenge. I had a couple of these scallop envelopes already punched out. I decided to pair it with a snowflake from the Snow Swirled set and some of the die cut stickers out of the Season to Share Elements kit.Thanks for looking.

Additional Info
Stamps: none
Paper: GPwhite, holiday treasures dsp, real red, kiwi kiss
Ink: none
Accessories: Season to Share Elements kit, ribbon, brad

HOLIDAY LIGHTHOUSE

This is for Day 7 of the Twelve Days of Christmas Challenge over at PaperCraft Planet... Thank you so much for making today's challenge a non-bird one! Whew! I received this image in a swap and have been hanging on to it for a while. I recently got the Lang catalog in the mail and just love looking through it for inspiration. I cased one of the cards I saw there.Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Stamps Happen
Paper: GKPure Lux, real red, basic black
Ink: stazon, basic black
Accessories: SU! markers, aqua painter,liquid applique, dazzlin' diamonds, sakura white gel pen & sparkly pen, ribbon