Cupcake Card

Our challenge this week on the Stamp Something blog was to stamp something "birthday". Although I've stamped many a birthday card, I wanted to do something a little unusual this go-around. And since I had the time, and the inspiration!!, I made a card in the shape of a cupcake. I handmade a cupcake template, found my papers, and went to it. The reason I stamped "Always" on the front is because of the saying on the inside. I hope my Mom likes it, even though it's PINK!! Not her favorite color!! :-)

"No Stamping" Card

Over at the Stamp Something blog - this week's challenge was to make something with NO STAMPING...apparently they think that is a challenge - HA!! My challenge to DO SOMETHING with all my stamps, so that I can justify the expense. I digress - so I made this card using a technique that I saw over at Scraplove.com. I am giving it to a friend for her birthday tomorrow, and she is an artsy person, so I think she will love it.

More Christmas Creativity!

Told you I was busy during Christmas!! I made this actually during my vacation on Thanksgiving week to give to my Mom. Then, life got in the way, and I never got it to her before the 12 days were supposed to start. Then, I realized, you know, Mom's not really all about the Christmas holiday anyway, so I've decided to keep it & relive it every year. I think it was meant to be, because I would never had made it for myself. All patterned papers are Making Memories, ribbon is American Craft, and then a whole bunch of stuff I already had. The last page is for a picture that I will put in there from the year. Thanks for looking!!

My 2009 Word of the Year!!

After readying Ali Edwards' blog (not only an awesome scrapbooker, but a great artist as well!!), I was challenged to come up with a word to live by this year. I've thought about it a lot. Last year, I used "Purge" and "Save" - almost opposites, but not really. But after a lot of thought...My word this year is SIMPLIFY (or in another form, Simplicity). As I get older, I feel the need to lead a less complicated life. Not that I care less about things, but maybe putting priorities in the right place by simplifying what they are...I am especially putting that to use at home. Simplifying life so that I can spend more time doing the things that I love with my family...and I think this will show up in my scrapbooking as well.