SOTM blog hop - December

Welcome to december's sotm blog hop. You should be arriving from Heather's blog. Next in the line up is Vicki's blog.

This month sotm is a valentines stamp set, but I'm just not ready for that holiday yet. So I took this stamp and made a Christmas card. It's very easy to change to any occasion tho. This card has a sneak peek for "Rock the Block" which will be starting mid dec. I just love that this stamp set is E sized, which means most of the stamps are over two inches. The background is a four inch corner stamp I stamped twice in cranberry. I just love that stamp so much. I masked the ticket stamp from the sotm so I just had the outline and cut in half. I also used the largest heart stamp from sotm as well.

I just got a gypsy so I was having fun using it with my cricut for this. Sadly, I am without my cricut for a while. I had to send it back because it was not cutting correctly. Provocraft is replacing my machine, which I am very happy about. Just don't get me started about the company I got my gypsy from. That is a rant you just don't want to hear.

I hope you enjoyed the card and rant free post. Next in the line up is Vicki's blog.

Simple Christmas cards

I had a customer ask for some. Christmas cards. This was my first idea. Then I had no more ideas so this is the one I went with. It very simple and a great way to use some leftovers. I think I got the main idea from make it Monday videos.

I used ap cart from ctmh so I didn't have to cut almost anything. There a many card designs in this cart that will work for the appliqué idea. The paper is believe. I had to cover up the back of the bits of paper I used and a happy accident came along. If I only covered it half way, you can place a gift card, money or photos there. I love when that happens

Spotlight blog hop - embossing

Welcome to this months blog hop. We will be showing you embossing. You should have arrived here fromJena's blog.. Next is Carol's blog .

Above is my embossing project. Still learning how to use blogger from my iPad so I don't know how to move photos yet. I used versamark to stamp my words. I embossed them in silver pearl embossing powder. Then I used olive ink and sponged the color over the embossing. I love how this looks. I will use this in a project in a later post but don't want to give away the project. So some special people will be getting gifts soon. View this a sneak peak.

Again,Next is Carol's blog . Please come back soon for the full project

Stamp of the month nov

Well first of all it's my birthday. My hubby is army and is working so I don't have anything planned

Now welcome to the blog hop. You should be coming from Karen. Next in the hop is Krista

I forgot to take the picture of my card before I gave it to my customer, so I will get it tomorrow and post it.

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