Winner winner!

Hi all!  Happy Wednesday! I am excited to announce the winner of my first blog candy for 2014.  Thanks to those of you who played - your odds were pretty good!

So shall we announce the winner?  The lucky winner of the Undefined stamp kit is....lucky #8 who happens to be Karen D! 

Congrats, Karen!  Please email me with your mailing address info and I'll send your kit on its way!

I just got on the plane and will be on my way to Houston for Stampin'Up's Leadership conference.  

Stay tuned for updates!! 

Toodles for now :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you, dear blog friends.  Greetings from San Francisco.  I wanted to start the New Year with a blog post and I resolve to post at least 3 times per week.  I am going to strive to maintain a better work/life balance this year and hope to stay more organized.  What are some if your New Year resolutions?  Well, to kick things off with a bang, I'm offering some BLOG CANDY!  Since we're staring the year off with a clean slate, I'm going to give away an Undefined Stamp Kit to one lucky winner!  As always, I'll do a random drawing and will announce the winner on my blog on Jan 8th, the day I leave for Stampin'Up leadership!

Just leave a comment on my blog by Midnight Pacific Time in January 7th.

Have a great Day and wish you a very Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Hello there blog friends!  Merry Christmas!!!  I didn't think it would be practically a whole month between my posts, but it's just been that sort of hectic, frenetic, busy time of year for me.  Hope you all are enjoying the holidays. I am now able to relax and spend some quality time with family. :)  We're in Vegas this year, spending Christmas with my in-laws.  It sure is chilly here (compared to California, that is).  I'm looking forward to having some down time to hang out and enjoying the holiday festivities.  Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful time with family and friends.

Thanks for stopping by today! xoxo

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello there, blog friends.  Are you all prepping for your Thanksgiving day festivities?  I know I still have a lot to do!  I did manage to create a Thanksgiving card for you all.  :)

As you can see, I'm enjoying my Circle Thinlets die!

 This time, I added a fold out panel so that you can write out a bit more on the inside:

 Flip open the card, and you'll see the Happy Thanksgiving greeting inside….isn't that fun?

Hope you like it!  

Here's the recipe for the card:

Happy Thanksgiving card:

*Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
*Inks: Early Espresso
*Accessories: In Color DSP - Summer Starfruit, Circle Thinlits die, Scallop punch, Label bracket punch, dimensionals, Early Espresso Stitched Grosgrain ribbon
*Stamps: Tags 4 You, Thanksgiving stamp {retired!}

Hope you and your families have a very Happy Thanksgiving! I'm so thankful to you all for coming by to visit my corner of the world.  Blessings to you.

Enjoy your day!

Time for Stampin'Up!'s Holiday Sale

Hey there, blog friends!  Need the perfect gifts for your crafty friends, or better yet, stock up on your own stamping and paper crafting supplies?  Well, no need to wait til Black Friday or Cyber Monday!  Get your crafting fix starting today thru December 2nd and save BIG. You can check out the flyer here, or go straight to shopping at my online store.  Feel free to peruse the sale at your leisure.  There are lots of goodies to check out!  If you have any questions, you can always reach out to me, too!

Enjoy!

Birthday fun with the Circle Card Thinlit die

Hi all!  Have you seen how fun the thinlit die cut cards are?  Here's a birthday card I created for a dear friend of ours using the Circle card thinlits die.

Here's another view of the card:

And what's a card without a lined envelope?

I just love the envelope liner framelits! They come in 3 sizes - liners to fit the standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", 3" x 5", and 3" x 3" envelopes.  These dies are great to have in your crafting stash for coordinating your card projects.  LOVE them.

Hope you liked my quick share today.  I can't wait to make more with these framelits.  They are a delightful surprise to receive and are definitely a nice change-up to the traditional cards.  I encourage you to give it a whirl!

Thanks for stopping by!  Ciao for now.

Spoiler alert! November Paper Pumpkin project

Hi all!  I was so excited to get this month's My Paper Pumpkin package in the mail today and was even more pleasantly surprised at the super cute project I found inside!  Don't get me wrong, I love getting my orange box in the mail every month, but I have to say I absolutely love this adorably festive holiday card. For the November project, you get this card kit which contains supplies to create 4 of these Noel cards with envelopes along with 2 stamps {the star and the sentiment} + 1 Real Red Stamping Spot pad.  I think what I love most about the project is the star garland!  It adds that special touch of fancy to the card, don't you think?  I'm happy to say this card marks my first holiday card of the season. How about you guys?  Have you started?

I personally am so behind on the holidays in general this year. It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already right around the corner! Time is definitely flying.  I'll need to go into high gear with my turkey day planning - I'll be sure to share my ideas with you soon!

Thanks for visiting me today.  Hope you have a great one!