Meet Milla!

Good morning! First off, I need to send a HUGE shout out to my cousin Hannah!! She turns 13 today!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HANNAH! May all your dreams and wishes come true and may your day be filled with love, laughs, family and friends.

Now for today's post...Meet Milla. She's my first stamp from SCACD! Isn't she just too cute? I had fun coloring her up and then added some shimmer paint for a little dazzle. I have a few birthday cards to make this month, so this one is for one of my 2 nieces who celebrate their birthday's later this month.

I'm entering this card in Cute Card Thursday where this week's challenge is NEW! I'm using a NEW stamp and NEW paper!

Hope everyone has a GREAT day!

Just Buggin' Challenge #18 - A Hydrangea Bouquet

**Please scroll down for today's Flutter By Wednesday Blog Hop!**

What do ya know, another post for today! While blog hopping this morning, I came across Just Buggin' which is a challenge blog to use your cricut. This week's challenge is to use "Shadow" or "Blackout". I couldn't pass this one up and since the deadline is tonight at midnight, I had to get a move on! I decided to do up a floral bouquet for my grandmother. For the last few month's, I've been trying my best to mail her one of my cards every couple of weeks as she's in a nursing home and she's come to really look fwd to them. She just turned 91 in Dec and is doing very well. She still gets around but it's just hard for her to be on her own now. She has vertigo, so she loses her balance alot and she also has angina. So, I decided to enter the challenge with a card for Grandma. I think she'll love it as it has a nice spring feel to it and she loves her flowers.

For my card I used one of my favourite cartridges "A Walk In My Garden"

• SHADOW - hydrangea at 4", 3", 2" (black CS)
• BLACKOUT - hydrangea at 4", 3", 2" (green CS)
• SHIFT - hydrangea at 4", 3", 2" (pink, purple and blue CS)

I sprayed my bouquet with shimmer paint (mixed with alcohol) and then I tied my bouquet together with ribbon! If you'd like to enter this week's challenge, hop on over to Just Buggin' before midnight with your creation!

Welcome To Our Flutter By Blog Hop!!

Welcome to our fluttering hop!! We are excited to share with you our NEW Flutter By Wednesday blog and our new fluttering creations. If you are starting with me, please flutter back to the beginning of the hop at Danni's blog. We'd hate for you to miss a thing...you never know what you might see to inspire you! If you get lost along the way, you can always go back to Danni's blog where a master list of Flutter By Blog Hoppers is listed.

Our theme this week Flutter By Wednesday #91 is "new". We are to use anything on our project that is new or symbolizes something NEW to us as well as include a butterfly, fairy or angel. Since I didn't get any new crafting stuff for Christmas, I used my Tinkerbell and Friends cricut cartridge and used a 'new' image (for me as I haven't used her yet) and some new paper that I have yet to use as well. I found this sketch idea on Danni's blog that Cindy Haffner created (thanks for the inspiration, Cindy!) I cut my image out at 4" and then added all her layers at the same size. One thing I find VERY hard is the eyes/mouth, so I used stickles on her and then sprayed her with shimmer paint. I cut an extra set of wings so I could pop them up as well. I embossed my circle with CB's "Happy Birthday" folder and then for a finishing touch, I added some pop up flowers from a Martah Stewart punch and added a popped up butterfly that I cut out. I thought with all this snow and cold weather we've had lately, a spring card was called for! Plus, this is also a birthday card for a special girl who will be celebrating her 13th birthday on Thursday!

So, now 'hop' along to see what the rest of the Flutter By Team came up with and have fun!! Your next stop is Chris!

Danni
Pam
Nicola
Cassie
Jeanette
Christine
Harriet
Kris
Suzie
Karen (that's me!)
Chris
Michelle
Debby
Shana
Heather
Kimberly
Nancy
Ann
Jodi
Lelia
Kristie
Flutter By Blog

Project Tuesday - 3x3 Notecard Box

Good morning! Welcome to our very first Project Tuesday for 2010!! This month it's my turn to choose the projects and I chose a 3x3 Notecard Box for this week's project. You'll find the instructions here as well as a video tutorial. All my images are from The Angel Company. Aren't they adorable??? I believe they were a monthly promo for October. I just fell in love with them and had to have them. I didn't put any sentiments inside my little cards so this way they can be used for anything. The paper is from a retired CTMH paper pack. Be sure to hop over to Project Tuesday to see what the rest of the DT came up with and be sure to leave your creation in Mister Linky while you're there!!

And The Winner Is...

The winner of my last Play Along Monday's challenge for 2009 is Lelia! Your luminaria is gorgeous!! Please email me your address so I can get your prize out to you! Congrats!

"Play Along Monday's" Challenge #21 - Luminaria AND A Christmas Surprise!

JUST A REMINDER! You only have a few more days to get your entry in for the blog candy below!! Have fun!

Hello!! This week's challenge brings a little surprise!! With Christmas getting so close, this will be the last Play Along challenge for 2009. It will run till January 4th, 2010. So you have LOTS of time to complete this challenge and in preparation with the upcoming season of giving, I'm offering up some blog candy to the winner!! So, I hope you can find the time to play along with 2009's last Play Along Challenge! Your instructions are here. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. Don't forget to link your creation to Mister Linky. In order to be eligable to win, you must put a DIRECT link in Mister Linky. If you're unsure how, email me and I'll be happy to help you out! Here's what you'll qualify to win!

• 2 CTMH stamp sets
• CTMH Spring 2010 Catalogue
• CTMH brads

Happy New Year!

Wow, can you believe it's 2010??? Another year has flown by. This yr promises many milestones within our family and friends with birthday's, anniversary's, our son starting high school...wow. Another year of memories to be made. I wanted to take a moment and wish you and yours a very happy and prosperous new year. I look forward to a new year full of inspiration, fun challenges and blogging friends.

Happy New Year!!

Flutterby Wednesday #90!

Good morning and welcome to another Flutterby Wednesday! Today on Danni's Dreams, it's another 'open' week for Flutterby Wednesday! Remember to make sure you have a butterfly, fairy or an angel on your project though. Unfortunately, I don't have a creation for you today as I'm feeling under the weather and just not up to crafting. Make sure to hop over to Danni's blog and see what the rest of the DT came up with! You'll find them all in Danni's sidebar as well as in Mister Linky. You'll find TONS of inspiration and be sure to link your creation in Mister Linky while you're there. Once I'm feeling up to it, I'll add my card as well.

Don't forget!! January 6th is when we'll be starting in our new Flutterby Wednesday home!!! We're all SO excited! Make sure you hop over and add yourself to the followers so you don't miss a thing! Stayed tuned for some big news!

Just Dropping In...

Hello! Well, I just wanted to pop in and say hello and hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas! Keith and the kid's bought me the Wii Fit Plus and I finally got a chance to play it today. Oh my goodness!! I was laughing my head off!! This thing is AWESOME! We just got a Wii and we've had a blast with it. I worked out for an hour today and actually enjoyed it! I wasn't impressed though when my Wii Fit age is 49!! LOL! Guess I have some work to do!! LOL!

I hope all the little one's had BIG smiles on Christmas morning and everyone enjoys the rest of your holidays.

Cheers!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Before it gets really busy, I wanted to take a moment and wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and to all who celebrate different traditions, Happy Holidays!! May you all have a safe and happy holiday season and hope Santa brings you everything on your list!!

Here's a few photo's I've taken. Just playing with all the settings on my camera, trying to get the right lighting etc. Enjoy!