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!!