Small Gift

So a friend of mine down in the States moved into a new place and I decided to create my traditional housewarming gift!  It's my favorite because it's very meaningful!  I can't take full credit on the gift itself because I didn't put it together.  I had to send down a portion of it and I had another friend help me out by purchasing the items and putting them all together!  I couldn't exactly send alcohol across the border!  This is the final product!  I absolutely love it!!

She did an awesome job putting it all together didn't she!  I love the bow and ribbon!!

I love our flowers from the Artiste cartridge!!  Here is what the poem says:
Bread - so you will never go hungry
Wine - so your life is always sweet
Salt - so there is always spice in your life
Candle - so you always have light

I sent down some cards for them as well!  I had to say thank you some how to the lady who helped me put it together and when I remembered our stamp from Convention last year ... I knew it was perfect!  These ladies live in Dallas, or just outside of it!  Two of them I actually met when I was at Convention!  I work with these ladies so to speak!  Got to love companies that are global!

But yeah, I thought I would post what I'd created and sent down to friends!  It's been a while since I've posted anything on here and I apologize for that!  Life has gotten a bit crazy ... been working on some renovations and it's going to be a long summer of them ... LOL ... but I will try and take some time and create for me!  And with that I'll get to posting on here regularly again!  This was supposed to be a year of me doing challenges and I still plan on doing just that!  So stay tuned!!

May Stamp of the Month

How cute is this stamp set?  Pinwheels remind me of my youthful days!  Make sure that you don't miss out on this one!

April Stamp of the Month

Ever wanted to go on a hot air balloon ride?  Spring is definitely in the air with this stamp set! Can you see yourself using this with your spring time photos?  I can't wait to start taking some spring time photo's to accompany this stamp set!

Way too long!

Ok, so I've been slacking big time!

I meant to get some pictures posted of items that I created for my Valentine's Extravaganza ... I had fun creating some really neat things!

Here is a little box that I filled with conversation hearts, cinnamon hearts and kisses!!

Ooops, the kisses have been eaten already ... LOL

I had fun making the mailboxes from the Artiste cartridge!

These I stuffed with kisses and other chocolates and gummy hearts!

I made the treat tubes from Whooo's Your Valentine ...

And then I made some cards!  I had fun making them because I don't normally go for Valentine's cards!

So these are some of them!  Now I'm working on my Easter crafts!  I'll be better at getting those up :)

March Stamp of the Month

Have you fallen in love with the new alcohol markers from Close To My Heart?  Well can you imagine how great they would work with this stamp set?  I love the flowers in this one!  You can use this for just about anything!  Cards, scrapbooking, decorative art!  The possibilities are endless!

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February Stamp of the Month

I love this stamp set!  Make sure that you get your hands on this one because after this short month it will be gone for good!  There are so many uses for this stamp set!  I'll be posting some pictures of different creations I've made!  I can't wait to show you what I've used it for!

Mojo Monday 278

So I jumped back into it this week and brought out my thinking cap!  I needed to create a card for a friend at work that is going on to a new job, so I looked at the Mojo Monday sketch and I thought for a couple days!

Here is the sketch that we had to work with!  I debated on a square card or a circle card.  I really wanted to make a circle one, but the square won out because I need to have a few people sign the card!

As you will see, the trend for my cards are clean and simple.  I'm not sure why I like that style so much, but most cards I make, end up CAS!  Well, hope you like it!

Mojo Monday Sketch 277

Yeah, having Monday off gave me a bit of time to have some creativity time!  I'm not exactly where the time came from ... considering that I had two appointments, doctor and eyes, I had an appointment for my vehicle, I had an appointment for the cable guy, plus I needed to do some other errands ... LOL ... but after all that I found time to do the Mojo Monday challenge for this week!  And it was a good thing that I did at that point because I then spent 4 hours in the ER ... LOL

So yeah, I started out looking at the sketch and I had this great idea for a Valentine's card, but then I saw my green paper and the WHOLE design changed ... LOL

This is the sketch that was given and here is what I did with it!

I love the CAS cards and you will find that I tend to lean towards them more often than not, but this design was fun to create with!

Simple Layout

Ok, so I started thinking that I would prep for the craft fair in June!  I was going through all my old stash of papers and thinking that creating some simple layouts to sell would be a good idea!  So tonight I put together the first of many to come!  It feels good to be creating again!

I created the layout from the CTMH Make it from the Heart Volume 1 book.  It is a very simple design because I'm trying to keep the costs low to entice buyers at the craft fair.  I've done this craft fair twice now.  The first was a huge flop because I went trying to get my name out there.  I set up my tables with display boards to show what Close To My Heart was.  I had my card classes and my workshops listed to try and find people to sign up for them.  No one did.  So the winter one I went in trying to sell Christmas cards, bows and tags.  Unfortunately it was a flop as well.

But I'm hopeful!  I'm going to keep trying and I'm going to keep putting my name out there!  I will find crafters and I will find those who are interested in coming to classes or crops!

Mojo Monday Sketch Callenge - 275

So I've never entered anything like this before, but I'm going to give it a shot!

My friend at work, her daughter just had a baby boy!  It is her first grandchild!  So I decided to create a card to help celebrate the magical moment!

Products used are just some things that I had lying around the house!  I'm trying to use up my old stash of papers!  The flower is from CTMH and is the retired Just Blooms!

Here is the sketch that I used to create the card from!

Well, thanks for taking a look!  I'm looking forward to creating lots more during 2013!

Happy New Year!! 2013!!

So, I've been away from the blogging world for a bit ... 2012 was a year of learning for me!  2013 is going to be a year of creating and having fun!

I realized that I finished the year the way that I brought it in ... LOL ... January 1 2012 was spent with the flu!  I had a very nasty flu that lasted a few days ... I broke a very long standing streak with this flu!  A 15 year streak!  Yes I'm serious!  The last time I had the flu was August 1996!  I remember it all too well too ... LOL ... but yeah, I started 2012 sick!

This past week I was pretty sick again!  This time it was a viral infection of strep and a cold!  The body aches that came with this cold ... OMG!!  I went from the couch to bed, to bed to the couch!  Christmas Day was a fog of fever and just wanting to sleep!  New Year's Eve was spent lying on the couch watching all the festivities on TV ... LOL ... but you know what!  It was still a pretty great night!

Being couch ridden has allowed me to really think about a few things!  I'm going to do things a bit differently!  Last year I focused on trying to set up clubs.  This year, I'm just going to create!  I'm going to have fun with my stuff and post it!  I'm setting up a goal to finish my wedding album!  I'm setting up a goal to get fit!  I'm setting up a goal to be the best ME I can be :)

In all honesty, 2013 is setting up to be a great year!  I can't wait to get started on this year!

Happy 2013 Everyone!!