Earlier this month Suzanne Melvin from Oxford Impressions posted on her blog that she was celebrating her birthday. She asked that people mail her cards using her stamp images. (I mailed this card out several days ago so by now she should have received it!) Anyways, I'm having soooo much fun working with this die and frankly not sleeping real well as my mind is stirring at nite with ideas on what to create next. Talk about sleep walking....well, that's me right now...lol!

My favorite store - Hannah's (Antioch, IL) now carries the Accucut die that talented Vicki Chrismann (Crafty Secrets) created (along with LOTS of other great dies). It's a wonderful store and if you are lucky enough to live near by or are traveling in the area, do yourself a favor and check it out. You'll be really glad you did.

Have a great Saturday everyone and hope a little sun comes your way today!

Ooops!

I noticed in my last posting that I incorrectly quoted the poem I used on my shadowbox die...oops! It reads, "Life Began With Waking Up and Loving My Mother's Face" Isn't that the sweetest??? Sorry about the mistake:) Love ya, Mom!

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a chance to use the new 3-D shadowbox dies that talented Vicki Chrisman from Crafty Secrets created. These dies are amazing! There is so much you can do with them and I can't believe Vicki was so sweet to send me a couple along with some digital images from the Crafty Secrets "childhood" images and journal notes book. My head was spinning with ideas to use them but this one was a given!

Although Mothers Day is a bit off, I thought the papers would be perfect for a Mother's Day card. I found a beautiful poem off the internet by George Eliot that I used on the left side. It says, "Happiness is waking up and seeing your Mother's face" What a nice tribute to Mom, wouldn't you say? I'm blessed with the BEST Mom in the world and this couldn't prove it more. I used my two favorite stamp sets from the Crafty Secrets line - "Cherubs" and letters from "Top Hat". You can see more info on the dies (and even an instructional video on Vicki's blog) at

http://www.vickichrisman.blogspot.com

Warning: BE PREPARED TO BE WOWED...lol!!!

If you want to order some of the precut shadowbox dies, you can do so at the Crafty Secrets site -

http://www.heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com

Have fun blogging friends:)

Published - Somerset Studio

Yesterday I pulled a muscle in my back and I've been moping around the house in pain. The extra strength tylenol and bengay are working but I'm not used to being laid up like this! However, my day was brightened when my hubby brought in the mail and I received my complimentary copy of "Somerset Studio" Apr/May. I had a tag I created published on pg. 116 (using Oxford Impressions stamp images). Just LOVE Suzanne Melvin's "Alice" plates. What fun they are to work with!

Don't know about you, but I can't wait until March 5th to see Tim Burton's movie as I'm a huge fan of Johnny Depp:) Have a great rest of the weekend, everyone:)

Published piece

Hi Everyone!
What can I say, haven't posted anything for ages again. Life always pulls me away but I had to show you this piece that I got published in the Feb/Mar 2010 issue of "The Stampers Sampler" that just arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Frankly I was a bit surprised as I had submitted this piece for their bead challenge a few months ago. When I received an e-mail from Stampington letting me know they were going to use my artwork, I had assumed that it was one of the tempting templates I submitted so you can understand why I was a bit surprised that this card appeared instead. (Funny NO template results were shown in this issue. Can't remember this ever happening but maybe they didn't get enough submissions?? Not sure...) Anyways, my card is on pg. 45 and I'm really happy with how it appears on the page. I used one of my favorite Lost Coast Designs stamps and I'm a big fan of butterflies so this piece was a joy to make. Like I say to people all the time, you never know what they will publish so don't be afraid to send something in. It's soooooo much fun!

Happy Sunday:)

Happy Belated Christmas & Blog Candy Giveaway

Hi Fellow Bloggers!
Sorry I've been falling behind again on my blogging. Have been super busy with the family lately and just never enough time in the day to post anything:( Anyways, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that Santa spoiled you all rotten:)

For those of you who love blog candy, here's a site you might want to check out...

http://www.alphastamps.com/blog/?p=510

Leslie, (owner of Alpha Stamps) is going to do a daily giveway up until Jan. 3rd so check it out. You might be a lucky winnner. What have you got to loose?! Good luck!

Happy B-day!

Today is my nephew's 18th birthday. Where does the time go? Seems like yesterday he was still in diapers. He's gotten so tall that when I hug him, I see his belly button. (Maybe I'm just shrinking?!?) Anyways, we are so proud of him and want him to know how much we love him. Happy B'Day Corey! May your year be all you're hoping for:)