Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!! I hope that all your wishes and dreams come true in this brand new year!!

This year is one of change for me. With our move coming up at the end of the month, that brings a new home, a new climate, new friends, new things to see....I'm so excited!!

I don't make resolutions per se, but instead yearly goals. I was pleased to read back on last years post--January 1, 2010 to see that I did achieve some of my goals!

Here's my goals for this year~

• Continue to grow my TAC business by holding FUNshops, classes and online
• Attend TAC seminar in June
• Continue to improve my coloring skills
• Be more diligent on getting RAK's out each month
• Scrapbook! Scrapbook! Scrapbook!!
• Read!
• Calendar and recipe pages monthly--more on that in a bit
• Stick to my crafty allowance--use what I have!
• Get outside and do more things with my family

Do you have any goals/resolutions?? Best of luck in all you set out to achieve!

Onto today's creation~ My sweet friend, Christine, has truly inspired me! She has been creating calendar pages and recipe cards that are too, too wonderful so I thought I'd follow in her footsteps and make myself a calendar and also start making recipe cards with our favorite recipes! Sam is going to make me little stands for both of these when we move too!

I liked the calendar template at Taylored Expressions so that is what I am using. I am using the 6x6 size for my calendar but also purchased the mini size to maybe make some smaller ones for gifts.

For January's page I decided to use my TAC set, Winter Flurries and Snowflakes -retired as when I think of January I think of cold, snowy weather--even if it isn't always the case! LOL!

The little details~ Taylored Expressions Calendar template, TAC Winter Flurries and Snowflakes-retired,Memento Tuxedo Black ink, SU Bashful Blue ink, eyelets, copic glitter pens,

Happy New Year's Eve!!

The end of 2010! Can you believe it? Another year gone? Wow!! 

However you are celebrating tonight, I hope you stay safe! We'll be ringing in the new year at home with the kiddos. Matthew loves staying up to see the new year in and I'm sure Belle will follow in his footsteps!

I thought the the set by The Greeting Farm, Journey with Oliver and Amelia would make a fun New Year's card as we all embark on a new journey into the year!!

I stamped Amelia twice and then cut one out to put on the other one for dimension. I think she was in a very colorful mood...hehe! 

I found an older sketch on the Club Anya blog that inspired me for the layout--it's in THIS post.

The little details~ Oliver and Amelia-Journey, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, cardstock, nestabilities, Pebbles Chalk Basic Brights, My Minds Eye Tickled Pink, Cricut, Make The Cut, My Time Made Easy Border Builder Open Scallops, copic glitter pens, ribbon brads, corner rounder, Kaisercraft rhinestones

Spec-TAC-ular Thursday- True Beauty

The last Thursday of 2010! How did that happen?? 

For my last Spec-TAC-ular Thursday I decided to use a set I've had for quite a while but was intimidated by it... True Beauty. I just love the butterflies on it and the Victorian/vintage feel the stamps have. I just hope I have done it justice.

The butterfly is stamped twice with on up on pop dots for dimension. I chose to keep the card very simple to show off the stamp. 
(two different photos as one showed the embossing well, and the other showed the image well)

The little details~ True Beauty, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, cardstock, stickles, Cuttlebug script embossing folder,

Baby Thank You's

A friend of mine is expecting a sweet baby boy any day now and as a gift to her, I created her baby thank you cards. Simple, easy design but I just {heart} my little Quickutz Onesie die..it's just too cute!

The little details~ Quickutz die, Taylored Expressions Much Appreciated stamp set for the Thanks sentiment, asst. papers and inks

A fabulous promotion at TAC!!

www.theangelcompany.net

Using some scraps

I was in the mood to use some scraps so I cut my scraps into 1 inch pieces and then adhered them to some black cardstock, then used my nestabilities to cut out some mats. Sort of a fun, funky look.

Here's some of the other nestie shapes I cut out to use later~

The little details~ scraps, nestabilities, cardstock, TAC-Simply Beautiful-retired, copics, Memento Tuxedo Black, copic multi-liner,

Clementine The Teapot Girl

A sweet Stamping Bella image that cried out to be inked up! Isn't she just too cute!!

I have to admit that this is one of those cards that everything that could go wrong did. I am not fond of the end result but after all the hurdles on it, at least it didn't end up in the recycle bin! LOL!

The little details~ Clementine The Teapot Girl, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, cardstock, Sky Blue Creative Inspirations paint, TAC Kaleidoscope Girlz paper, nestabilities, Sew Easy, MFT rolled flower die, button, Martha Stewart punch, Glitter Dot

Look at Me

This digi image really had me intrigued so I had to color her up! She was a freebie that Victoria Case gave away to her fans last week, called Look at Me.

The little details~ digi- Look at Me, copics, cardstock, TAC retired Girl Attitude for sentiment, stardust pen, Basic Grey Marrakech, scallop border punch, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Memento Tuxedo black ink

Merry Christmas!!

Have a very Merry Christmas to those friends who celebrate! Enjoy this time with family and friends!!

Hope it's a wonderful joyous and blessed day for you all!!

Happy Christmas Eve!

One more day and the big day is here! Are you ready? I am, whew!

This image is from Mo Manning, Pammy's Stocking. I must admit, I was very intimidated to color this image--once I got started though it all came together nicely and I really like the final result.

For the card design I used a sketch from Create 4 Fun-Challenge 51~

The little details~ digi- Pammy's Stocking, copics, copic glitter pens, stardust pens, sparkly fluff, stickles, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, Cricut, Make the Cut, Shimmer Chalk,PMS word art for sentiment, Kaisercraft rhinestones

Spec-TAC-ular Thursday- Havin' a ball

Only 2 more days! Are you ready? I can't wait! I love seeing my kids open their gifts!! and to take time to remember the true meaning of Christmas too!

For this week's Spec-TAC-ular Thursday I decided to use the super cute set, Havin' A Ball. Fun little mice--a phrase I never thought I'd say about mice! LOL!

I used my cricut and Make The Cut software to make this cute tag. 

Also, did you know that TAC has free downloads?? Yup, they do! Check them out HERE!! I printed out the paper dolls for Belle and she loved them!

The little details~ Havin' A Ball, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, cardstock, Cricut, Make the Cut software, CM cutting system and markers, stardust pens,

Beware of wild animals!!

For those that don't know, we live in the desert of Texas. Today when the rest of you are cold and in snow or rain, it was around 74 degrees out. So to get us out of the house, we went to my favorite place~~ the zoo!!

Here's some of the wild animals there...hehe!

and also had to share this photo of Freckles and Daisy I took yesterday~

Tooth Fairy

Annabelle lost her first tooth the other night while brushing her teeth. Words can't describe how happy she was. LOL!

I thought it would be fun to create a tooth fairy card in her honor. I used a digital image from Tiddly Inks,Tooth Fairy..so very cute! I colored her in Belle's favorite color- purple. 

I used an older sketch by Mercy for the layout~

The little details~ digi stamp- Tooth Fairy, copics, Memory Box Gossamer, cardstock, SU border punch, Basic Grey buttons, scrappers floss, Smooch Illuminate, copic glitter pens, stickles,