Sharing the Holiday Spirit!

I hope everyone had a blessed and wonderful

CHRISTMAS!

Again thank you to everyone that takes the time to stop by

and leave comments on my blog,

it truly means so much!

The winners of my Holiday GIVEAWAY is....

Julie Tucker-Wolek

and 

Amy Tsuruta!

 (an e-mail should have been sent regarding the

Butterfly Reflections Ink gift certificates)

You guys totally rock for always leaving such sweet comments!!

My card for today to continue celebrating the holiday season...

Paper Smooches Free Spirits and dies, Lawn Fawn Sally's ABCs

I'm not really into alcoholic beverages

(they put me to sleep!),

but I do enjoy a cold glass of 

Martinelli's Sparkling Apple Cider...LOL!

This set was fun to play with and

I tried to create some background shadows with the solid stamps 

and then die cut and colored the foreground ones.

I'll be entering this into the

 Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge!

I'll be back again on New Year's Eve with the

Season's Giving Blog Hop!

I hope you'll join me and leave comments for more prizes.

I LOVE a good GIVEAWAY!!

Mahalo for stopping by!!!

 

 

I like mine...crispy!

A quick mahalo to everyone that has been hopping along and leaving sweet comments for our first ever Kitty Bee Designs Blog Hop!  If you haven't had the chance yet, go check it out...I guarantee it'll have you smiling!

A little tidbit about myself...I'm a huge breakfast fan.  I could eat breakfast items for lunch and dinner and be totally happy and content.  Of course my favorite breakfast item...bacon!  I prefer my bacon crispy and when I started to ink up this fun Paper Smooches set I had a ton of fun mixing and matching ink colors and paper to create the perfect bacon for my card...one with crisp edges...hehe

Ta da....

Paper Smooches Calorie Free, Lawn Trimmings, Lawn Cuts Circle Dies, Sizzix embossing folder, Darice Notebook paper embossing folder, Memento Inks in Peanut Brittle, Rich Cocoa and Lady Bug, My Clever Creations homemade button

 I followed this week's Freshly Made Sketches

And since I used twine it will also be entered in Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge: Use Twine

Off to go prep for the big game tomorrow... GO BRONCOS!!

"If God's not a Broncos fan why did he make sunsets Blue and Orange?"

 Seriously I'm not that big into football, but feel a little obligated since Colorado is my second home ;-)
Have a great weekend!

Picking Up the Pieces Vol. 8 Peeking Blooms

Happy Monday!  Finally getting back into the swing of things around here.  The kids are back to school today and it's back to our old routine.  As much as I think routine can be mundane, sometimes it's the only way to keep our sanity around here...lol

 I played with this fun Paper Smooches die and will be entering the next Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge

I always need a stash of get well soon cards...it's just the business I'm in ;o)

 Paper Smooches Get Well Phrase die, Paper Smooches Calico, Paper Smooches Bold Blooms, Hero Arts Shadow inks in Pale Tomato, Stone Wash an Tide Pool

I'm pretty smitten with this fabulously sized die so this will also be entered in the Curtain Call Challenge

Wishing you all a great week...and mahalo for stopping by!

 

Playing with Paper Smooches

Saw the latest Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge using this fabulous photo...

The colors are just gorgeous and love the water element.  Here's my take...

 Paper Smooches Leafy Greens, Versamark, Memento Ink in Morocco and Peanut Brittle, Hero Arts ink in Tide Pool, Distress Ink in Shaded  Lilac, Raffia

I wanted a subtle effect, but when I used just the Versamark you could hardly see the tone on tone look I was going for.  I decided to rock-n-roll the solid stamps in the coordinating cardstock colors to define the outline.  Gotta add this to my stash of thank you's since Thanksgiving is right around the corner!  Mahalo for stopping by!