1-1/8 inch punch

I was lucky enough to find a 1-1/8 inch circle punch today. I wasn't sure if they made one, but EK Success does! I found it on my 3rd stop. Yea!

I finished up this card tonight, it's for my stamp club swap on Thursday. I cased it from a card I found on SCS here but I used TAC Sprigs for the main image. It was super easy and fast. I think it turned out okay.

I found a great tutorial on Dannie's Designs. I hope to get to try it tomorrow night!

Blog Award and Chistmas!

I've been discovered! Allison at Stampin' When I Can added me to her list of Newly Discovered Blogs. How cool is that?!? Check out her blog, she's got a lot of really fun stuff on there including a weekly challenge. I hope I can take the time to create something for her next one! Thanks for the shout out Allision!

Barb from Foster Design House nominated me for an award. Barb is one of my favorite bloggers, and people, by far! She is a phenominal artist and her work continues to amaze me. I wish I was HALF as creative as her! Thank you Barb!

Here are the rules of the award:

1. Put the logo on your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who awarded it to you.

3. Nominate at least 5 other blogs.

4. Add links to these blogs on your blog.- Don't forget this step.

5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

So, here goes...

1. Toni Illinois Stamper

2. Allison Stampin' When I Can

3. Cris My Addictions

4. Tara Stampalicious

5. Angie schwoooo!

My Card

Jeanie's Card

Francine's Card

Michelle's Card

These are the cards that I made with my friends today. Aren't they cute? We made 2 each, so I've got an 8 card head start on my Christmas cards for this year! Yeah! But, how many left to go?

Want some candy?

Go check out Barb's blog, Foster Design House and put your name in the hat for some blog candy! Barb is celebrating her 100th post and 5000 visitors! Congrats Barb! Oh, and isn't this card fabulous? Barb turns out some really fantastic Halloween creations! Visit her blog often, as she's always posting something Halloweenie! :)

I'm meeting with some girlfriends tomorrow (well, today I guess) to make Christmas cards. I'll post what we make later!

An oldie

Well, maybe I'll actually get something new made this weekend. I have to actually. Me and some girlfriends are getting together to do a Christmas Shoebox! So, I have to come up with a card to make sometime!

This is my lil baby Will when he was just a youngin'. I was going to try to make this my announcement, but had too many to send out and this would have been a bit much to mass produce. Anyhoo, it doesn't seem like it was all that long ago that he was just a teeny baby...and now he's almost 2!

Only 30% off?

I received this coupon in a JoAnn email last night. Am I thinking too much into this? Is it the end of 40% off coupons? I sure hope not. I can't only pay 30% off. It's got to be 40% off or BETTER, preferably BETTER!

Well, Hobby Lobby has a 40% off coupon this week. There's a link in my coupon list to the right.

Red Box Wednesday

Did you know that if you start a post on one day and save it as a draft, and then finish it and actually post it on another day it will post for the day you originated it? That sucks. It should post to the day you actually push PUBLISH! So, my original Red Box Wednesday post posted on Monday, since I edited that draft because I never got it posted. Anyhoo, here's the Wednesday Red Box code...

Rent something good, like Tremors! JK4HM5

The rest of my goodies from Barb's...

Here is the stuff that I made at Barb's. 3 cards, a box in a bag, a frap bottle, and (not shown) a sour cream container that I gave to Barb with some chocolate for having me over! I didn't get a lot done, but I had a LOT of fun, and that's what matters most! Barb and her friends are CRAZY!