Kitty Kat Pack!

I wanted to let you know that The Cat's Pajamas are offering a special price for the 3 Valentine's sets :) Alma is calling this collection the "Kitty Kat Pack" - 3 sets of clear stamps for just $33. That's a savings of $15 compared to buying the sets individually. Click here to check them out!

It's the weekend!

This was a long week, it seemed - even though the kids and I didn't start back at school till Tuesday! I guess it just takes a while to get back into the routine :)

We got several inches of snow yesterday! It looks so pretty out there, and we really need the moisture. This winter has been very dry here in the mountains!

Any weekend plans for you? I'm going out to a meeting this morning about the budgets in our school district; unfortunately a couple of measures did not pass in the recent election, and the schools are having to make decisions about where to cut costs. As you can imagine, it can be quite a heated topic.

Yesterday I went to an assembly at Nattie's school; they had a special presentation for the kids who made gold, silver and bronze honor roll last quarter. Nattie had such a proud look on her face up on the stage :) She has worked very hard so far in middle school!

Today's card is another one made with an Elzybells stamp. I love coloring these images! I found this fun patterned paper from the Blue Cardigan collection by Creative Imaginations - love it! The hearts on the bottom half of the card are actually cut out from scraps of another sheet of paper. I think it worked out really nicely! Have a super weekend!

Bright Thanks!

I was asked to make a batch of cards by the school's secretary - these cards will be used to send to staff members who are sick, need a thank you, have a birthday, etc. This is one of the cards I made :) The image is by Penny Black, and the sentiment is by Hero Arts. The patterned paper is the 29th Avenue collection by My Mind's Eye.

We had a spurt of warm temperatures today - we hit 50 degrees! Woo hoo! It was a welcome change after the icy cold wind for the couple of days earlier this week.

I have some school work to do tonight - I'm finishing up a class on Research in Criminal Justice - and then I get another 2-week break from school before the next class starts! Yeah!

Have a super Friday, everyone!

You made my day!

Here's a card I made this past weekend. I used one of my Elzybells stamps; these images are so much fun to color! The sentiment is from a set by Hero Arts. The card is pretty simple, but I think that the patterned paper is so busy that a simple layout definitely works here!

How's your week going so far? The kids and I went back to school/work yesterday. It was tough getting up early again, but at the same time it was nice to get back into our routine. On Tuesday afternoon Iain and I went and ordered a pellet stove to try and heat the main level of our house more efficiently. It'll be delivered and installed on Friday. Our winter so far has been very mild snow-wise, but it was soooo cold out on the playground yesterday - especially when the wind kicked up! The kids kept asking, "Mrs. Armstrong, is it time to go in yet?", which is something I don't hear too often when they're busy playing outside :)

My Favorite Things Blog Hop!

Hi all!! My Favorite Things will be releasing four brand new sets tonight, and the Design Team is having a blog hop today to celebrate. For my card I used the new "Maid for You" set...isn't it fun!! Naughty and nice at the same time :)


For another peek at a creation made with one of the new sets, hop over to Kelli's blog. Then continue on with the blog hop from there! Enjoy!

One Lovely Blog! (actually, more than one)

Thank you, Shirley, for this blog award!! These are so much fun because I get to show links to some of my favorite blogs!

Rules of this award:

1. Add the logo to your blog.
2. Link to the person from whom you received this award.
3. Nominate 7 or more blogs.
4. Leave a message on their blog, letting them know they are “One Lovely Blog”

Now to choose 7 blogs to pass this award on to:

Patti

Sue

Karrie

Maria

Lisa I.

Lisa F.

Emily

TCP Tuesday - Inspiration Challenge

Hi everyone! It's my turn to host TCP Tuesday this week, and I found a fun, cozy image to use as our inspiration piece :) The colors jumped right out at me, so that's what I decided to go with on my card...

Here are all the TCP Tuesday details:

If you play along, please leave a comment to this post with a link to your creation by midnight on Saturday! If you upload to Splitcoast Stampers, use the keyword TCPTUES40 so that we can find your work there.

All of the fabulous cards will be featured in Alma's "Holey Moley Monday" slideshow, and at the end of each month Alma will choose the next Swanky Stamper, who wins $25 in TCP Cat Cash!!

Be sure to stop by the blogs of the other TCP Cat Pack members to see their creations throughout the day. Have fun!!

MFT new stamps coming on Wednesday :)

My Favorite Things will be having the January Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, January 7th from 9-10 p.m. EST. This month there are FOUR new sets being released, including a "Who's that Girl" set that is Maid for You!

Head over to the MFT forum on Splitcoast Stampers to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night!

Swell News :)

This is a card I made for this week's "Who's That Girl?" challenge for My Favorite Things. I used the featured stamp set, and one of my favorite patterned paper stacks from Die Cuts with a View. I believe it's called "Nana's Nursery" :)

How was your weekend? We got all our holiday decorations taken down and the house got a well-needed clean! It looks so nice now - at least for today, right?

We still have one more day off; school starts on Tuesday. Tomorrow Iain is taking the kids snow tubing, and I'm going down to Denver to get a facial - I have a gift certificate to use up from our anniversary. Sounds like a nice day to me!!

A New Year!

Today was a pretty laid-back day for us; we stayed home this morning and I got a little stamping done :) In the afternoon we went to the movies and saw "Despereaux"; it was cute although not as good as I thought it would be. The kids liked it.

Tomorrow Iain and Nattie are going skiing, and I'm taking Jamie to the Denver Art Museum. I found a book called "The Art Book for Children" for him for Christmas, and we have read it twice already. Needless to say, he's pretty excited about tomorrow :)

Today's card is a super-simple one; it's made with patterned paper by SEI, and a "thanks" sentiment by Stampin' Up. Thanks for stopping by - have a super Friday!!