A fun filled Friday!!

....Not only is it Friday and the end of the week, it's all the very last day of 2010 and time to say goodbye to this year and start a fresh new year.   We are going out to an early and casual dinner as our little celebration fir New Year's Eve and that's just perfect for me and I'm looking forward it to.  It's been a long time, since I've made it up to midnight and I don't think I'll make it tonight, although I generally do wake up right around that time, from the sounds of those out in the neighborhood who are up and celebrating.   For you who are until Midnight--I wish you all a lot of FUN and hope you enjoy the beginning of 2011!!

    Today, I have two new cards to share and lots of news too!  I'm starting with a brand new Freebie that is being released today over at Baby Bud Designs.  It's the new addition to the Baby Bud Family and he's one handsome little fellow named 'Kai'.   He will be our Freebie for a short time, so please be sure to visit soon and grab him while you can! 

   And while you are visiting Baby Bud Designs, don't forget that you still have until Noon (EST) today, to submit a project to Challenge # 3.   If you are a fast card-maker, you might even be able to make a project with Kai!   Go go go!!  GOOD LUCK to all!   Winners will be posted on the blog early next week and we'll be starting up our new challenges on Monday, January 10th!!   We will also have a very special new release and I know you're going to love it!!  ll keep you posted and hope to see you on the 10th for one of my favorite releases and the start of Challenge # 4. 


  My Kai Card is also being submitted to these fun challenges!  Please join me and have some fun!!

• Scrapbook Sisters - Challenge # 16 - It's a Man's World
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

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    My second card was created for today's new release over at StampFairy!!   The design team has come up with some fabulous projects that you won't want to miss - please go HERE to see all their awesome ideas!!   This new collection has already been added to the  StampFairy store HERE!   This is my inspiration card and it was created with the image called  Cocoa George!

  My fun George card is also being submitted to a two fun challenges.  The first is over at - Stamp Something - where the challenge is to create a project with Glitter, something I love to do!!  I am also submitting the new chalelnge over at Wags 'N Whiskers, where Challenge 42 the theme is Snowflakes!   

 Today is also the very last day to buy all images for 50% off!! Hurry on over now before the sales ends!!

   I'd also like to remind you that StampFairy also has their own Challenge Blog and would love to have you join us for our current challenge - you can find all the details and some more wonderful inspiraiton on the blog HERE!  

   Please be sure to come back on Monday, January 3rd  for our new StampFairy Challenge and also for some very FUN and EXCITING NEWS! 

  I want to wish everyone a very HAPPY New Year's Eve and hope you all have a nice night planned.  We are going out for a nice casual dinner and a drink, perfect for me!   What are your plans for New Year's Eve?   I hope whatever you do that you have a lot of fun!  Please take care and have a safe fun night!!   CHEERS!!

Lenny Love!! Brand New from StampFairy!!

....Are you ready to start working on some new cards, I know I am and I am also looking forward to using some new and different themes too!  Today, we released a super cute new set of adorable bears over at StampFairy and these cuties will be wonderful for your Valentine's....or even fun Friendship and Caring cards.

    Here is a sneak peek of the entire set --- I think 'Lenny' is always adorable and he's also one of my favorite StampFairy Characters!   You can bet I will be adding some of these to my collection!  As soon as I finish my post, I'm off to the store!!

 
     You can find the 'Lenny Love' set in the StampFairy STORE now too and if you hurry you can buy ALL the images are 50% off, while our sale is still in effect.   Time is running out, but you can still buy any and all the StampFairy images at half price through Friday, December 31st!!

   I'm hitting to store now and hope you will too!  I can't wait to start on some new cards and this is a fun way to get ahead.  I'm also planning to take part in many of the year-round Christmas Card Challenges for the 2011 season.  It was a huge help in having so many of my cards done ahead of
 time and this year I hope this year to start out right away and do even better!!   Have a great nice and as always....Happy Crafting!!

Welcome Back!!!

  Happy Monday!!  Can you believe that it's Monday already and that Christmas is over?   WOW!  All the work and all that we did to get ready...and it's over with the blink of an eye.   I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that you all enjoyed spending time with your family and friends!   I am very happy and had a wonderful weekend!  I enjoy being with my family and friends and it was a joy!  I admit, I was exhausted by the time it was over, but it turned out to be worth all the work! 

   Right now, (Sunday evening, as I finalize this post), we are in the first few hours of a major blizzard, so I do hope this post works okay and that we do not lose power.  If all goes well, this should post automatically at 1 am on Monday morning, while I'm sound a sleep.   Sounds like we are in for a lot of snow...at least a foot and in some areas close to 2', along with gusty winds, white out conditions and the change of coastal damage at the time of High Tide!  I just want all my family to be safe and sound and as of now, they are ALL home and where they will stay until they venture out to work.  Hubby will be the first to have to leave at 5 AM and I do hope he'll get out.  If you do NOT hear much from me on Monday, it could be that we lost our power....please pray we don't!  It's just brutal without any way to cook or even have a hot cup of coffee! 

   Today, I am very happy to be back online and really excited to have a lot more time back in my craft room.  I'm also here to invite you to hop on over to the StampFairy Challenge Blog and join us for our brand new challenge which starts today!

   Our December 27th Challenge theme is 'Celebrate'.  We want to what wonderful projects you can create to 'Celebrate' something special.   I starting working on my celebrate project just about two weeks ago and the timing for me was perfect as I needed to create a special card for my son Brian's Birthday!  I decided that I would make one card that would be for Brian, but would also work out perfect for this challenge!!

  I created a celebratory Birthday card with one of the adorable 'Lenny New Year' images, that were recently added to the StampFairy Store!     I decided to create an 'Easel Card*' for my project, as I like how they can stand up and be displayed!   I added my 'Happy Birthday' Sentiment to the indisde of my card and it's a die cut, that I created with my Cricut Expression.  I used the same Silver/Gray cardstock to match the front of the card and picked a fun font!   This is the front view of my card opened in the display view.  

And this is looking from the side view show the Easel Card in the open position.   

  

And this is fully opened showing the 'Happy Birthday' Sentiment!

  Isn't it fun!!!  I really enjoy making Easel Cards and they are actually very easy.  If you have never tried one, I am sharing a really good tutorial I found over at Split Coast Stampers.   It was created by Beate Johns and is very easy to follow.  If you want a larger card, you simply adjust the sizes and the scores lines, as need.  My Card is a 5 1/2 inch Square, so my top piece is 5 1/2 X 5 1/2 and my card base is 5 1/2 X 11 inches.  Scored at 5 1/2 and also at 2 3/4!   The video* I had linked to above is also from SCS and can also be found along withe the stop by step Tutorial HERE!

 Card Recipe/Ingredients

Black Cardstock by Bazzill

Silver/Gray Pearlescent cardstock by Wausau

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Diamonds 

Sizzix Embossing Plate - Plaid Basic Grey

Spellbinder Nestie - Labels One

White Copic Card stock by Xpress-it

Digi Image - Lenny New Year's by StampFairy

Colored with Copic Markers

3d Crystal Lacquer

Cricut Expression and Gypsy

(Celebrations Cartridge)

Ribbon and Patterned Paper/Stash

Silver Buttons - American Crafts

Antique Brad - From Stampin' Up

  For this challenge you can make any type of paper craft project, as long as it is done in a 'Celebration' theme and includes a Sentiment.  You can find all the challenge rules HERE!   Please be sure to have your project link uploaded to the challenge site by 6 PM on Sunday, January 2nd.  The winners will be announced on Monday morning along with a brand new challenge.

  I hope you will all join in and please be sure to hop on over to the challenge blog and check out the inspiration the Design Team and put together for you!

  To visit and stop at the StampFairy Store, - please click the link below!   Happy Shopping and as always...Happy Crafting!!

Warm Wishes to all!!

Wishing you all a very

happy, healthy and love filled

Christmas!!

Hugs,

I'll be back after Christmas,

see you all again on Monday, December 27th!!

Four more days....

...and it will be here...CHRISTMAS!   Woohoo!   I'm getting more excited each day and very much looking forward to Christmas morning and simply having my family together.

   Yesterday, was my day of chocolate making and it ended up turning out pretty well.  I had found this awesome little 'Chocolate Melting Pot' on sale at AC Moore on Black Friday and I bought it, thinking it might really help...and it sure did.  Last year I had major issues with burning and or not melting the chocolate well and it ended up being a mess!   This year, it was a breeze with the pot and the best part is that it was such a deal at $16.  I think the original price was $59.99, which is much to high, for for $16, it was worth every penny.

   Here is a picture one of the platters I finished up.  I made little Christmas shaped chocolates, lollipops, chocolate covered cashews and also dipped some chocolate wafers and pretzels.  I had a combination of white, dark and milk chocolate...!  Yummy!  The hard part is staying away from it and not over indulging in chocolate!! 

    Today, is a lazy day for me and I'm not doing much.  We had our first snow last night and it was still snowing this morning when I first woke up, but luckily it had ended and we only ended up with about 4".  It was pretty nasty last night and there were several accidents, as the worst part of the storm was a rush hour.  Sometimes I think people forget how to drive in the snow, as it seems they are always a lot more accidents in the early winter and then people remember to slow down and take it easy.  I don't mind driving in the snow, but the ice...that's horrible and black ice is the worst.  Luckily, I don't have to go anywhere, so I can avoid it as much as possible.


  I am very happy to be home and today is kind of an in between day.  I don't have anything I have to do and wanted to spend more time crafting, but I'm not feeling very motivated.  I'm just down today and feeling kind of out of it.  I did color some new images that will be used for Design Team projects and I realized I am still missing one of my Copics?  I've looked everywhere and it's simply gone and has been for about two days now?  The bummer is that it's one of my favorite reds and one that I use often!  I figured it was time to order a new one and to do it today, so hopefully, it will be here by Friday.  I buy all my Copics from iCopic and they ship super fast, so I'm very likely to have my order on Friday, which is wonderful.   Of course, I can't go and buy just one marker...no way...I had to add some other goodies to my order too.  I'm still working on buying all my refills and added some new colors today, along with some more  Xpress It coloring cardstock, which I really like.  While I was there I was reminded of their coloring chalelnge and decided to hop over to the Challenge Blog.  It's their final challenge of 2010 and I really wanted to play so, I decided to make a card to work out for this challenge and a few more!  It's a very fun and easy little 'Just Because' Card and I started by color this sweet little Digi (Angel Brad) from StampFairy.

Card Recipe

Cardstock - Orange by American Crafts

White Cardstock - XPress-It

Ribbon - Ivory with Gold Trim

Copic Sketch Markers

Great Impressions - Sparkling Ice Glitter

Digi Image by StampFairy

Spellbinder Nestabilitie - Large Circle

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - In Honey

Bow Easy

Stickles in Diamond

Sakura Glue Pen

  My card is also being submitted to these fun challenges and I invite everyone to stop by and play along:

• Copic Creations - Challenge # 41 - SPARKLE
• iCopic Color Challenge - # 10 - Orange, Saffron & Soft Suede
• Stamps R Us - Challenge # 11 - Anything Goes
• Flutter by Wednesday - Butterfly, Angel or Fairy
• StampFairy Challenges - Challenge # 2 - Anything Goes

    And that's going to be it for now!  I think now that I have one project done, I'll going to keep coloring and HOPE I can find my missing Copic!

It's Challenge Day at StampFairy!!

....Woohoo!!   Can you believe that Christmas is almost here?   Yippee!   Just think in five more days it's will be here and we can all enjoy the day with our family and friends.  I am ready and very much looking forward to simply to having both my boys home and having a wonderful and fun day with them!

    And speaking of FUN -- Today,  we have a brand new challenge starting over at StampFairy and I m inviting you ALL to join in and play along!   It's our second challenge and because we know how busy everyone is, this challenge is going to be an easy theme -- 'Anything Goes'!!    All you need to do is create a fun project and upload it to the challenge blog by 6 PM on Sunday, December 26th.   For more details, please hop on over to the challenge blog HERE!!   We also invite you to stop over at the StampFairy STORE, where you'll find all the digis ON SALE at 50% off!   You can also find a cute selection of 'Freebies' and you are welcome to use one of our Freebies for your challenge projects. 

Click HERE to Shop!!

   If you are looking for some inspiration, you'll find a wonderful selection of projects created by the Design Team.   You can also hop on over to StampFairy World our blog and news site, where you'll find more wonderful projects and also our Friday Freebie, the adorable Kasi, who was was released last week along with a brand new release today!  'Nelly & Leo in Love', are the newest additions to the Collection and these sweethearts will be perfect for your Valentines!   Here is a little sneak peek of the cute couple!

Click Here 
For StampFairy World!

   I have totally enjoyed creating with these wonderful images and it's been such a joy for me to now be a part of the Design Team.  I have a new card to share that I created for today's challenge and hope this will also inspire you to join us!!   This card was created with 'Winter Donny' and I picked  him, because I love his adorable mittens.   For this card I colored Donny with my Copics and then found some festive digital papers which I used to paper piece his hat and mittens.  I used my Cuttlebug to create some fun background layers and embossed them in a variety of patterns.  I think he's such a cutie and this cards sends out Warm Wishes.

   I hope you'll also be sure to visit the Challenge blog and check out all the fantastic creations the DT has put together for the Challenge.   You can find all the challenge rules HERE and our challenge is open to all!!   It's so fun to see all the different projects.  I also want to THANK everyone for joining our very first challenge and my Congratulations to all the Winners!   

    I also want to wish everyone a wonderful week!   My plans for today are to make some chocolate goodies and I'll be trying out a new Chocolate Candy Melter Pot for the first time.  I found it on sale at AC Moore on Black Friday and hope it will help me with the process of melting the chocolates.  Today, I will be making chocolate lollipops, Chocolate coated Cashews and also dipping some pretzels!   Wish me luck, this is only my second year of making chocolates!

Happy Birthday Brian!

  Today I am dedicating my blog post to my son, Brian -- in celebration of his 24th Birthday!   I can hardly believe that my little boy is all grown up and has turned into such a wonderful guy!  He's been a joy since the day he was born and I love him with all my heart.

  I have a few of my favorite pictures to share and this first one was taken on Christmas morning back in 1986, the year he was born.  It's always been one of my favorite pictures and he's always been my Christmas Baby and sure was the delight of that Christmas.

  It's almost hard to see him with the giant Teddy Bear, but he is sleeping soundly laying on the leg of the bear.  He had on the cutest little Christmas PJ's and a sweet little matching hat.  I'll never forget the Joy of that Christmas and how lucky I was.   I'm so blessed to have two wonderful sons and love them both with all my heart.

  This is another favorite that I have also loved...!  I just adored your blond girls and loved you in these cute Osh Kosh overalls...Awwwww!!!

And this is now and a sweet picture of you and Alise!

  I know Alise has a very special day planned for you and I know you both are going to have a great day!  I'm so excited for you and looking forward to hearing all about the surprises tomorrow!  It was so fun to see you both yesterday and I'm so thrilled that you and Alise are so happy.  Nothing makes me happier than knowing my boys are happy!

I love you with all my heart and wish you a very 

FUN and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!   

Have a blast and enjoy every moment!!   

    I LOVE YOU!!
   Mom

Happy Friday!!!

   Woohoo!  It's Friday and another busy, but fun day for me!!   I will be off early this morning for my nail appointment and then plan to hit a few local stores and hopefully pick up the last few gifts and stocking stuffers!   I plan to be back early and then do a bit more wrapping and then can have the weekend to relax a bit, before the baking starts!   It's hard to believe that next Friday will be Christmas Eve. 

    I wanted to share a special new card today along with a brand new release from StampFairy!   Gerda has created a wonderful new set of images all based on her very own kitty, name Kasi. Sadly Kasi has now gone over the the Rainbow Bridge, which makes this tribute collection.

   I was so touched by knowing the story behind Kasi that I tried to very hard to color my Kasi to match a photo of Kasi that Gerda had shared with me.   My card is also my tribute her Kasi and is a card I created especially for Gerda.  It's actually now in the mail to her and I hope she will be very happy to have it.   I know Kasi was such a joy in her life and I hope the card will add to her fond memories!   

Introducing the Kasi Collection!

  

  
   And this is the card that I created with the Kasi with Yarn image!  I hope you'll also stop over at the blog to see all the other wonderful Kasi Cards that the Design Team as created.  They are all wonderful.

    You can find Kasi in the store now and like all the images, On sale for 50% off!!

Click HERE to SHOP!!

 Kasi is also being offered as our Friday Freebie which you can find HERE!! 

Isn't  he handsome....!!

A Crafty Creative day for me!!

...Today I decided that I was going to spend as much time as I can in my craft room...simply relaxing, coloring and working on some fun new cards.  I did manage to sit and do some paperwork and pay bills this morning, but then quickly headed to my room to create.

  One of the first cards I wanted to make is a Birthday card for my son, Brian, who will be turning 24 on Sunday.  I can't hardly believe how fast these 24 years have gone by, but he's always been a joy in my life.  Both my boys mean everything to me, and I love them both with all my heart!   He is my artistic child and loves to draw and also does a lot of the designs and artwork for the Pub that he manages.  He also loves playing with my Copics whenever he comes by and the ABS System too.   I try to make his card extra special and I have it started and and colored and it's now in a drying process.  I'll be sure to post it when I finish.

   My next card today was created for some fun challenges and there are still so many going on.  This fun I created to inspire you all to join our current chalelnge over at Baby Bud Designs and you can find all the details on the Challenge blog HERE!  Our theme is Winter/Christmas and this is cute Christmas Card I created with two of the sweet little Baby Buds - Holly and Emmy, two of my favorites, which can both be found in Etsy Store.

   This sweet little card is also being submitted to today's new challenge over at Cute Card Thursday - Challenge # 143 and the d the theme this week is 'One for the Kids'.

    My next card is also a Christmas themed card and for this one I used one of my favorite little bears (Lenny), who is from StampFairy.  I would also like to invite you all to join StampFairy for our very FIRST Challenge, which you can find on our Challenge Blog HERE!!   Our theme is 'Glam it up with Glitter' and I used plenty of glitter on this card, as my snow.

 
  This cutie is also being submitted to this week's Copic Coloring challenge over at SSC, which you can find HERE!  The Copic challenge at SSC is now being hosted by Lori Boyd and this week she picked a card by Krista, from Baby Bud, as our inspiration.   Be sure to check out Krista's wonderful Thank you blog candy too, it's full of wonderful prizes!!

  My Lenny Bear card is also being submitted to this week's challenge over at the Teddy Stampers Challenge blog and their theme is 'Christmas Teddies'.

    My next card was created for a brand new challenge over at SSC and this is the new weekly CAS Challenge which is also hosted by Lori Boyd.  I am very excited to be a part of this as this style of card has always been hard for me and I think it will be a good way for me to learn.   I'm also excited to tell you that Lori's daughter Hannah, has now introduced her very own line of sweet images called Bug and Roo and I used one of her new images on my very first CAS 'Clean & Simple' Card.   Our theme the week is White Out and the goal is to create card using White as your main color!

  And lastly, I made my next card for FUN and it's another cute image from StampFairy and this card is all about friendship, hugs and things that make me smile.  It is also being submitted to this week's challenge at Flutter by Wednesday, who are celebrating their last challenge of 2010!

   I thought it also is a nice way for me to send out a BIG HUG to all my friends and every one who has been so kind to me this past year.  Crafts are such a joy in my life and a passion I just LOVE.  As much as I hate having Fibro and all that takes away...it's also why I craft...and how card-making came into my life.  I guess you might say, its' the one good thing that Fibro brought to me.   I'm also so happy about all the wonderful new friends I have met through my crafts and you've all been so awesome.  Thank you and this card was created for you....!!

   This sweet little Angel Bear 'Brad' says it all--Bear Hugs are the Best Hugs and this Hug is for you, every one who has touched my heart this year!

StampFairy is sponsoring a Fun Blog Hop!!

  OOPS....I am back, and as forgetful as ever!  Argh!  Or as those of you who know me I am suffering with a case of 'Fibro Fog' -- Again!

  I started this post earlier, but somehow or way, it's ended up MIA, so I'm back to share a little more fun StampFairy News, as today we are very happy to be one of the sponsors, for a brand new blog hop over at the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog, which you can find HERE!  I invite you all to join in on the fun!

   For more details - I have copied over the post from the StampFairy World site to share with you all! 

  StampFairy is Sponsoring 
ABC Christmas Challenge Blog Hop

Hello friends

Today StampFairy is excited to be sponsoring the ABC Christmas Challenge and as this is their last challenge for this year with the letter Z as Zero Time left to get those Christmas cards made they are ending the year with this fun filled  blog hop!!

The gals over on ABC Challenge asked StampFairy to join in the hop, so if you came from Helen's then you are hopping along just fine, if you didn't arrive from Helen's blog then you will want to start at the beginning at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog so you don't miss any of the blogs on the hop and any hidden prizes along the way.

StampFairy is honored to be sponsoring this fun filled challenge and we hope you will play along as we are offering 3 fabulous prizes to the top three winners.  What a fun way to win your choice of StampFairy images.

Lis, (that's me), one of our new members to the design team, graciously made a beautiful card for us to share just for this fun blog hop, She used one of the newly released Lenny's (you can find the Lenny Christmas collection HERE)

For Lis's card she actually could enter using two of the past challenges for the year with  O- for ornament or G- for glitters as this little guy is all glittered up for the holidays.

We do have  a special letter for you and it is A, you will  be going to hop on over to our own teammate  Dora as she has a wonderful creation to share.

If you should get lost you can find the hop map located on the  
ABC Christmas Challenge blog.

   My thanks to Gerda for asking me to make one of the cards for the hop!  I was really excited and honored to be asked and it was really fun to create my 'Hugs' card.  
   Please be sure to visit Dora's blog and see her fantastic Santa creation, it's fantastic!!   

Brrrrrrr! I am freezing...

.....Baby's it's COLD outside is an understatement for our weather here today.....it's FREEZING with temps in the teens and a windchill of about ZERO!!!!  Brrrrrr!!   The worst part is that I had to actually go out too, but it was to have my hair cut/colored and was time!  LOL!!! 

     I am now back, have lit a nice fire in my Woodstove and plan to stay roasty warm inside for the next day or two!  My goal this afternoon is to CREATE and I'm very much looking forward to coloring away the afternoon in my comfy and cozy craft room.   After spending almost the entire day yesterday wrapping gifts, I am feeling like I am catching up.  I have almost all the gifts now wrapped and those that are not finished are in bags/boxes and ready to go.   I was totally wiped out when I finished and as last count I had wrapped over 30 packages!   WOW!!

    It feels good to be caught up and now I can relax for a few days and recover.  My body is very achy from the cold and all that wrapping, so I'm not going to push my luck today.  It's a JOY to have a day to myself and that's my plan.

    Before I head to my desk, I wanted to share a wonderful new release that StampFairy has today and these cute bears are just the perfect way to say Thank You!   I also think they will be wonderful for all types of caring cards and I know I will use them for Get Well, Friendship, and Hello cards too.   These cute little bears will brighten any day!   Here is a sneak peak of the entire set, which can can find in the store here!   If you shop now you can still buy any and all of the StampFairy stamps at 50% off during the December Sale!     Yippee!! 

And don't forget there is till time to enter our very first challenge over at the brand new Challenge Blog.  I invite you all to join in and would love to see you there.  

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   I would also like to remind you that to hop on over to our newest Challenge  at Baby Bud Designs and our brand new I Believe  Baby Bud is currently our special for the entire month of December.  She's absolutely precious and the Design Team has done a fantastic job on some Inspiration cards.  You can find her and all of the sweet little Baby Bud's in our ETSY Store!
  

    I'm off to create and hoping for a very crafty afternoon!   I hope everyone is well and I wish you all a super day!    Have fun !!

Big NEWS today!!

....Woohoo!   I am very happy and excited to share some wonderful news with you today!  I am pleased to tell your all that I have been offered and accepted a new Design Team position with StampFairy and today is the day the brand new Design Team is being introduced.  Woohoo!!

  As most of my regular followers know, I found these cute images a few weeks ago and feel in love with them.  I have been creating with them on and off since the first time I found the store and I'm sure you have seen some of the cards on my blog.  I found StampFairy Group over at CDAC.  I have always had a special place in my heart for angels and teddy bears, and it was the sweet  StampFairy logo that first caught my eye.   I joined the group that very first day and was thrilled to apply for a position on the DT, when I read about the call.    If you know me, then you'll know that I love to create with whimsical fun and happy images and that makes these cuties, wonderful for me!  To visit the store and take peek, please go  HERE!!

     It's been my pleasure to meet Gerda and I'm happy to now have this wonderful opportunity to design for her and be part of her newest team.  I am also very much looking forward to meeting and creating with the rest of the team and to invite you all to hope on over to the StampFairy Blog to meet the new Design Team.  I am also very happy introduce your to our fabulous Design Team Coordinator - Jackie, who I know from the CDAC Group!   It's been a pleasure already to have met Jackie and Gerda and I really enjoy knowing both of these ladies.  They are both very kind and caring and I'm truly honored they have given me this chance to be part of the team, despite some of the limitation I face at times, living with Fibromyalgia.   My thanks to Jackie for all the assistance she has provided me and all the details she has worked hard to set up for all us.  Jackie is also a very talented crafter and you can find her wonderful creations on her blog HERE! 

    I am also very excited to announce that StampFairy will now be hosting weekly challenges as well as  continunig to be a sponsor for other challenge blogs.   Something I am very happy about, since I am a huge fan of challenges and find them a lot of fun and a perfect way to practice cardmaking, which is my passion.   You can find our brand new challenge blog HERE!  I would love for you to join our us in our very first challenge it's going to be a fun one!  Please join us for Challenge # 1 - Glam it up!! (Using Glitter and Stickles).   You can find all of the challenge rules over at the blog HERE!    This is my very first card as being part of the DT and it was created specifically for this challenge. My image is a wonderful snowman, by the name of 'Joey' who you can find in the store here.   Isn't he a cutie!!

    If you are brand new to StampFairy, now is also a perfect time to visit the store as we have some Freebies available HERE and also are offering a wonderful SALE.  All images are currently on SALE!!! (my favorite word) -- for 50% off!!  Woohoo! The SALE is in effect now and runs until the end of December!!  Happy Shopping!!

     StampFairy releases new images every week and also offers a Friday Freebie each week that you can find in the store.  The freebies are available for a limited time, so be sure to stop by every Friday.   
    I would also like to take a minute to invite you to join one of our groups, where you are welcome to post your creations and meet others who also enjoy these adorable images.   Our first group was started over at the Crafter's Digital Arts Center (CDAC), and is a very friendly group.  That is where I first met Gerda and Jackie and how I first found out about the Design Team call.  It's a wonderful small group of very friendly StampFairy fans.  The group is open to all and we'd love to have you.    We also have a second newer group over at Simply Scrapping Crafts (SSC) and you can find our SSC group Here.   Both CDAC and SSC are large craft communities on the NING Network and membership is free and open to all!  

  ~~   Please meet the StampFairy Design Team ~~

 Gerda - StampFairy - Owner/Creator

Jackie - StampFairy - Design Team Coordinator

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The StampFairy Designers

Carissa

Celine

Deanne

Dora

Emma

Jane

Jessica

Jo

Lis (that's me)

Lisa 
Lorraine

Melissa

Pinky

Ria

Samantha

Tracey

Click here to shop!!

     I hope you will be as excited as I am to meet the Design Team and also join in on our very first challenge!   I also wish you all a wonderful week and as always --Happy Crafting!!

Wow am I tired....

...But, tired in a good way and I know that I'll likely sleep very well tonight.  Today, has been such a busy day, but I'm happy because we accomplished a lot and now have our house all decked out for the Holidays.  The only think I have to do is continue on my gift wrapping and then next will be some baking and candy making...Yum!!

   It was also a fun day, because I ended up taking a break this afternoon and made a new card.  I find I just MISS my crafting too much and really wanted to spend some time in my craft room.   I choose a sweet little image from Baby Bud and started by coloring her with my Copics.  This adorable Baby Bud is Noelle and she's been one of my favorites since the day she was released.

   I also used my Gypsy and Cricut to cut a variety of fun and colorful background shapes for my card and that made me feel good to be putting my toys to good use.  While I was cutting, I designed a few new mats of shapes and cut them out in a few different colors and desings for future cards.

   In the end, this is my latest card and this is sweet little Baby Bud Noelle, sending out Warm Wishes to all.

   I also want to invite everyone to hop on over the the Baby Bud Designs Blog and join us for our current Challenge, which is open through Friday, December 31st. 

The deadline for your cards will be December 31st 2010 at 12:00 noon EST. The winner will be announced the same day, so make sure you check back so see if you are our winner.

The only rule:  USE A BABY BUD IMAGE!!!

Have fun!!!

FYI: We won't be starting our 4th challenge until the new year so make 

sure you come back in January for all the details. 

  You can find these cuties in the ETSY STORE and our newest release - I Believe, is being offered at a special price of ONLY $1.00 for all of December!

  Here is a second view of my card in a close up version....again taking time for me to learn some of the fun features I can use in Photoscape!   :)

  This fun little card is being submitted to these new challenges and I invite you all to join me!!

• BeeCrafty - Challenge #44 - Winter Theme - Digi Required
• SSC - December Week 2 - Stamping Challenge - Sketch
• Alphabet Challenge Blog - Letter G - G is for Glitter
• Stamp Something - Anything Goes - Digi Images is required
• Winter Wonderland - Christmas Baubles

   And I think that will be it for today!  I'm ready for a long nice long hot shower and then plan to watch the finale of 'The Amazing Race'.   I'm routing for the GIRLS to win and hope this will be the first time an All Girl Teams Wins!   My favorites are Brooke and Clare, they just make me laugh!!   Good luck to all the teams!!

Birthday Bear!!

...After the good news that I had won a challenge today, it inspired me to take some time (away from my gift wrapping), to work on fun card.  I had already decided I wanted to create a card for the new challenge over at Crafty Catz and their challenge this week was to create a Birthday Bear card! 

   I also knew that I had the perfect digi image in mind and it's a brand new little Bear I bought, just yesterday from StampFairy.  This cute little guy is Lenny and he's was designed as a New Year's bear, but I thought right away that he would also make a fun Birthday Card and that's exactly what I did with him. 

   I printed him out and began by coloring him with my Copics.   I think he looks like he's blowing a kiss...or thinking 'oops'....but however you look at him, he's adorable.  Once he was colored I found a cute digi sentiment and used a Spellbinder die to cut out both.  I then simply picked out some matching cardstock and paper and put together this sweet little card.

    And this is another view and me again playing with Photoscape to see what fun things I can do with my photos.  LOL!

    My sweet little Birthday Card is also being submitted to these fun new challenges, which are ope to ALL!!

• Crafty Catz - Challenge # 62 - Birthday Bear Cards
• CES Challenge Blog - Challenge # 16 - Anything but a Christmas Card
• Fairy Fun Friday - Challenge # 41 - Use a Star!
• Hodge Pod Shop - Challenge # 5 - Birthday Cards
• Stampin' B's - Challenge # 88 - Use a Star

    And while I was at I decided to enter a few more challenges with one of my latest Christmas Cards. This next card also features another cute bear from StampFairy and this is one of the cards I will be mailing out on Monday morning!  I am very happy to have finished up my cards for this year and have them now all ready to GO!    Woohoo!  One more task is done!

  This card is being submitted to these new challenges and again, they are open to all, so please join me, take a little break from your Holiday preparation and have some fun!!  :)

• Teddy Stampers - Challenge # 25 - Christmas Teddies
• Allsorts Challenge Blog - # 82 - Last Minute Christmas Projects
• Wags 'N Whiskers - Challenge # 43 - Snowflakes
• Fab N Funky Challenges - Challenge # 53 - Christmas is for Kids!!

    And I think that will be more than enough to keep me busy for the next hour!  I want to thank everyone for visiting my blog and to also take a moment to wish you all a wonderful Holiday Season.  May it be full of lots of Love and Special moments with friends and family!!