Yay. Someone nominated me

I was nominated for the Leibster Blog award by Twyla atwww.twylasheart.blogspot.com. Thanks so much for this award. I see these awards a lot while reading my google reader, but never really pay that much attention. I usually already have them on my reader. But Twyla's post I read. Then I saw my name. I would have done a little dance if my back wasn't hurting me. So again thank you. It only takes something little to make me happy.

The rules for this award.
1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog. These picks must have fewer than 200 followers on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
5. And most of all - have fun!

Now it's my turn to nominate. All these creative ladies surprisingly have under 200 followers, tho some are very close

Aaron at aaronsbooth32.blogspot.com
She is a sweet girl.You can also find here artwork in the last 3 issues of Papercraft Mag. Go Aaron
Jen at www.jenrubio.blogspot.com
She is my aunt in the close to my heart world. And she has accepted me with open arms. I have followed her blog before I even knew this.

Luisa at www.creativedesignsbyluisa.com
I meet her at convention and she always has great artwork in the blog hop I do.

Corina at www.mycreativeink.org. I also meet her at convention. She was one of the teachers and had some of the most beautiful art. Plus her hat was amazing.

And last but not least is Adeline at www.Adeline-brill.blogspot.com. She usually follows me on the blog hop and we tend to have the same idea, but completely different artwork.

Thank you ladies for having some great blogs for me to follow. And I encourage you to follow their blogs

Glitter = evil

I hate glitter. I completely agree that it is the herpes of the crafting world. I just a small bit mixed with embossing powder on a project I didn't even use and I'm still finding glitter. It's still on my iPad. But close to my heart has solved this glitter chaos problem with our glitter glitz. It a bottle of glitter in a clear liquid and you just squeeze it on. And it barely comes off. Glitter herpes, you have been beaten. And the best part is that it's only $2.95. What a great deal.

Spotlight blog hop

Sorry I don't have my post up. Been sick al week. You should be coming from .ElizabethNext in line is
Luisa

Yay. My post is now up. Sorry it took so long. This months spotlight is reinkers. What I did was used reinkers to make a strong tiedye look with my stamps. I just added reinker to my stamp and misted with water to have the ink spread out. You could do this with ink pads, but this version is a more vibrant color. Plus the water will mix your colors for you. You can also do this on fabric. I hope you enjoyed the tut. Again next on the hop is Luisa

Sotm blog hop.- oct

Welcome to Oct sotm blog hop. You should be coming from Deanne's blog.
Next in the hop is Casandra's blog

. This card, believe it or not, uses Oct sotm. I used the tree as a pennant and trimmed it so it was just the notes. The polka dot strip is also from the sotm. It's the top of the stocking. I just stamped a few in a row to make the strip.

I hope you enjoyed this. Sorry it's short and simple. Just not feeling this best today and I have been just procrastinating all day.

Again, next in the hop is Casandra's blog

Spotlight Blog Hop - Cricut Art Philosophy

Welcome to Sept's Spotlight Blog Hop. This Month we are showcasing the best new item Close to my Heart has come out with, Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge. Ohh, I love this so much. And it truly makes it simpler, faster and easier.

This is a circle hop, so you can start anywhere. But if you've been hopping since the start, you should be coming from Luisa's Blog. Next in the hop is Carol's Blog.

This little guy didn't turn out quite the way I wanted. I saw a stamp of holly leaves and they looked like a bat to me, and I knew we had this in the cart. But its a cute way to dress up some suckers for halloween.
This card doesnt use any cricut cuts, but this was where the bat was suppose to end up. The card just took a life of its own. I love this card, its so pretty. Just wanted to show you since I made it.

I did this for last months team meeting but haven't posted the instructions yet. Its very simple to make and they are just like the journaling tags that match elemental in the idea book.
You start with the pillow box. The Cricut perforates where you normally fold over to make the box. I highlighted these in black.Trim off both ends with paper trim like shown.Your box should now look like this.You will follow the perforations on one side, the one closest to the lip you glue. Make sure you cut the same side. The back will be flat, and the front will be curved.Your envelope should look like this when done and glued.

Just add a tag to the inside and you now have your own tag in whatever paper you want.

Thanks for staying thru the tut. Again next on this blog hop is Carol's Blog.

SOTM bloghop - Sept

Welcome to sept's sotm blog hop. You should be coming from Michelle Loncar's blog. Next in the hop is Elizabeth Mindemann's blog. But scroll down below to check out my artwork.This is the images from this months sotm. I know I'm gonna use this alot for my moms wedding, and maybe even mine. But for now, I was stumped. But I do love the tag.

I made bags for my customers as thank you cards and place a petite perk in it.
I used typeset for the bag, with our awesome cricut cart. Then i cut out the tag again with the cricut. I love this cartridge. The tag was cut using sunset, that i sanded to mute the color slightly. Thanks is from A Little Thanks. My customer loved it.

Sorry to make this short, but I'm getting ready to go on my 2nd anniversary. We're going to Vegas. WOOOO. We didn't get to celebrate our 1st anniversary since i was back home in Michigan and Matt was still here at Fort Irwin. Luckly our anniversary falls on a holiday weekend so we should get every one free until he deploys.

Thanks for checking out my artwork, again next in the hop is Elizabeth Mindemann's blog.

Sotm blog hop - pair-a-phrase

Two post in one day, if blogger will work.If you're looking for the Spotlight Blog Hop, click here This is the sotm blog hop. We are doing a special hop in celebration of pair-a-phrase stamp set coming out today. it comes with 2 D-size stamps set, for free.

You should be coming from Michelle Loncar blog. Next in line is Wendy Coffman
I used the butterflies to do a random stamping. I used the words to stamp on the ribbon. this is so easy to do. The flowers and word 'love' were cut from the cricut. man i love that thing. The card uses Sonoman paper and the zip strip.

Now go check out what
Wendy Coffmandid.