FairyBlossoms & Life

Balloon Buddy

Happy Sunday everybody!

Hope you're enjoying a glorious morning!  I am trying to stay cheery but I have been miserably sick with the worst possible cold, so I've been trying to perk myself up with some little stamping (and stamp shopping!!)

Today I am sharing this little card I made with my Cuppie Love Scenes stamp set!  Isn't it delish???

 

Could you just flip!! aren't they adorable??  I couldn't help myself from sponging, so you'll just have to forgive me but anyway, don't you just want to hop on that balloon?? How fun is that!!!

I used more of my Valentine Key Ingredients for my card. I cannot get enough of these patterns, they just beg to be distressed don't they?  All of my Valentine's Day cards and treats are complete and I still have more to play with! 

I used my copic markers to color my cuppie couple and added some little gel dots after my distressing to brighten up my image panel.

Thanks for stopping by today! Wait until you see what I have to show you over the next few days! I have been hiding in my stamp room playing with some new goodies, and sneak peeks will start soon!!

Smoochies!

Alex 

Puppy Love!

Happy Tuesday! 

I hope your week is off to a happy start!! 

Can you believe the month is almost over??? I don't know about you, but I am running around in a mad frenzy trying to finish up all of my Valentine's day projects, luckily this year I am finding it so much easier to get things done, since I've been working with my beeeyootifully coordinated Taylored Expressions Valentine Key Ingredients.  Today I am sharing a quick little matchbook fold Valentine.  It was so easy to make and looks so cute too, so it is definitely a keeper in my book!!

I still can't seem to put down my Love Everywhere Stamp Set.  Of course it's perfect for Valentine projects, but really, I am most excited about putting it to work with a million other things - it's just perfect!! And this puppy?? too stinkin' cute, I just had to use him!!

I stamped my doggy twice onto Choice Snow White CS using chocolate ink and cut out one of the puppy images to mount onto my image panel using dimensionals.  I shaded the edges of the puppy using Ranger Walnut ink, just to give it a little more depth!  My hearts are stamped using Cameo Coral ink, (I also doubled up a couple of the hearts) and I used Vintage photo distress ink for my image panel.  

My cardstock was cut at 4 1/4" x 9 1/2", and I scored it at 4 1/4", and at 8 3/4".  Super easy and it's a nice change from the usual sizes I tend to make more often! You can tuck a little treat (or even a gift card) and have plenty of room to spare!

All of the patterned papers are from the Be Loved Collection from My Mind's Eye and of course, it is all included in the Valentine Key ingredients Kit, along with the cardstock and ribbon I used (plus more of course!!)  What a fabu-deal!! 

Wasn't that quick and easy???  definitely an easy one to mass-produce!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you get some stamping time in! I know I've been playing with some new goodies I will be showing off soon, so come back soon!!

Smoochies!

Alex

everyday faith

Happy Friday lovebugs!

Welcome to another chatty post chez moi!  Hang on to your socks 'cause this is going to be a looong one!

I have been catching up on the Scripture 2 Challenge I found on THIS wonderful blog.  Seriously grab a cup of coffee (I'm talking Venti here) and spend a day looking through her incredibly inspiring creations, and her organizational tips too!

Amazing, I tell you! so, late last year I came across the challenge Patter hosted (along the same lines as this one) but unfortunately I never really caught up.  I decided I'm going to try to catch up my 2009 book - as I work alongside this one, but for now, I'm most excited to just start a fresh new year of taking some time to focus on my faith, and this is such a fun and motivational way to do it!  I find that it's such a great feeling to set aside all the issues surrounding you and just focus on God's word, even if it's only for a few minutes each day. 

Personally, I have been trying to do this for some time now, and it makes a world of difference, especially when you encounter negative situations, or people who sadly live and project nothing but anger and bitterness (ahem) , or, like my buddy Sandra calls it, "bad JuJu". So, I have found much comfort in turning the other cheek, and living my life the best way I can, while hanging on to my Faith, and it feels great!

anyhoo, I am sooo proud of myself because I managed to get my Cover page done for my stand - I am using the same thing Patter is using, which is the Frame Your Imagination Stand from Taylored Expressions, along with the 6 x 6 Page Protectors, and I must say, it looks DIVINE!!!

Here is the cover page, I made:

 

isn't this delish?? I used some of my SU! Razzleberry Lemonade DSP for my background layers since I wanted this kind of retro look to go with this gorgeous Prima Flower that I've been hoarding forever.  The wide pink ribbon and gray corduroy buttons  are from Stampin' Up! I used some gray Bazzill CS for my letter, which I cut out using my new Pink Slice (I SO love it), and the Wedding design card.  I sponged the letters using walnut distress ink.  The Cork Numbers and Tiny Alpha letters are also from Making Memories.  I typed up my verse and printed it out onto Choice Snow White CS. cuteness? I think so. 

But wait! there's more!!  it's time for Hope -

Hope is Word #1 for the Challenge, and I think it was a great choice to start off the new year.  For all of us, I hope we have a year filled with love and health and everything beautiful, but it is most important to have hope during trying times and less than ideal situations.  I chose Psalm 25:5 for my Hope Page:

 

I love the way this turned out, before I did my layout I spent quite some time reading over some passages in the bible, and this Psalm was the one that I was immediately drawn to.  I hope to think about this every day, to sort of remind me of where I want to be each day emotionally.  I chose these colors because to me they seem calm, but happy.  Not overly bright, and just pretty!  the paper is from Stampin' Up, though I cant remember the name of it for the life of me - the ribbon is also SU!  My flowers are from prima, as well as the swirls.  (Gotta have bling!!) I used my Think Pink Slice Card to cut out my word, which I sponged using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Do you just love the font on this??  I do!! It's called Porcelain and you can download it HERE for free!! It's so vintage and shabby, YUMMY!!

Thank you so much for letting me ramble on and on! I hope you are inspired to celebrate your Faith, (whatever it may be!!) as anything that makes your life better and gives your little heart peace, is a wonderful thing to celebrate!

Smoochies,

Alex

Center of Attention - Favors!!

Oh what a glorious beautious day!!

I hope you're in the mood for a long and chatty post - I just had like 10 cups of coffee so I'm rearing to go!!! 

I am so excited to get to participate in this month's Product Focus for Taylored Expressions (someone pinch me!!)  This month's spotlight is on Favors.  We all need to make party favors right??  well I am bursting at the seams to show you what I did with these super fun Potion Bottles.

Now, those of you who have little girls - this one is for you lucky ducks!!  Don't ask me what I know about little girl parties, but I can only imagine that it normally involves fluffy princesses and lots of pink so I decided I just HAD to go all out girlie on this one.  For my project today I made an "Enchanted Potion" favor for your little partygoers!

 

is that the cutest thing ever??  I just loove how easy and girly these bottles turned out, all I did was cut out the oval image, a scalloped mat, and just embellished!  Personally I think that if you were making these for a little girl's party, you could easily have them make this as their "craft" - they really are SO easy to make and of course, by doing it themselves they can add their own perfect touch!   Also, what I love about these bottles is that once the candy inside is eaten, they can reuse it to store beads, or little trinkets or even make sand-art designs with them and keep them as room decor! how fun is this?? 

BY the way, right now is an excellent time to get pink and white M&Ms from the Cupid's Mix!!  How perfect that they match just beautifully??!! Of course, working on this project left me with this sad picture:

 

You'll be happy to know, rather than have these lonely unwanted Red M&Ms sitting around, I did my good deed and ate them all.  What can I say, I'm an artist suffering for my craft.

Okay, so now before I get onto my next party favor, I should mention that all of the supplies I used for the Princess Potion Favor are from my Winnie's Walls Key Ingredients.  I just loove everything included in this kit!!  I don't know if you've had a chance to check out the brand new Key Ingredients Website but if not, do check it out - I am a huuuge fan of Taylor's Key Ingredients - I love that I don't have to go scrounging around for coordinating embellishments when I'm sitting down making something, I just wanna play!  Anyway, it's a great way to get lots of different products to work with, without investing a ton of money!  By the way, I was a key Ingredients suscriber looong before I joined the DT so you KNOW I am totally in love with them!!

ANyway, what I was getting at before being all chatty is that I made these centerpieces/place settings to go with my Princess Favors:

aren't they just stinkin' cute???  With the right paper and embellies you can easily make fun easy party accessories, without spending a ton of money!!  I covered a small birdhouse using more paper from my Key Ingredients and made my little fence using my Love Everywhere stamp set.  The Leafy ribbon is also from my Winnie's Walls Key Ingredients, and it just adds the perfect touch! 

Here's a picture of my completed set:

Is this Princessy or what??  My butterflies are from the Discover your Wings stamp set, arent they precious?? sigh.. God help me if I ever have a daughter. It will be ALL over, I promise!! lol...

Okay so now that the princesses are all taken care of, I am going to show you a super-quick fun favor for Valentine's day, which of course is just around the corner!!

 

Such a cute way to package up some fun little candy! 

Here's a look at the bottle:

For this one I used a couple of small pieces of my "Be Loved" paper from my Valentine Key Ingredients, and I just stamped my Balloon once on my image panel, and then using red ink I stamped it again and cut it out for adding to my panel using dimensionals, this way it really pops (No pun intended!! silly me..) 

For this Potion Bottle, I thought it would be fun to keep it open and airy so I didn't cover my entire bottle, especially since I think it's so much fun to be able to keep them on display once the candy is gone! Luckily because these papers are doouble-sided it just adds such a cool touch!

Never let it be said that my backside looks anything less than perfect:

My bottle's that is...

Seriously, here's a great little tip - I ran my entire background piece through my Xyron machine and just adhered it to the bottle - it sticks and looks completely perfect!  no yucky adhesive lines or glue dots to be seen!! isn't that amazing??? (Okay, what can I say, I'm easy to please!)  Not only does this make it a breeze to dress up your potion bottles, BUT it also looks nice and the best part is you can make a ton of these using just some small pieces of paper!

Okay so, I hope you're considering these little bottles for your next party!! I love them - I'm actually using a bunch of these in my craft room - they hold my dew drops and small buttons, and they look pretty too!  Luckily, these babies (along with all the other Favor products) are on sale this entire weekend, so now is a great time to stock up!!  

For more inspiration from the Baker's Dozen on these fun Favors, you must stop by and visit these lovely ladies:

Jackie Pedro

Karen Motz

Laurie Schmidlin

Sankari Wegman and of course, Taylor Van Bruggen

Thanks so much for visiting me today!  I am so thrilled you made it through all my ramblings!! I am off to enjoy this sunny day, and maybe sneak into my stamp room too! 

Have a wonderful Saturday!!

Alex

Supplies:

Stamps:  Trick or Sweet II, Discover your Wings, Love Everywhere from Taylored Expressions.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Cranberry from CTMH,  Sahara Sand, Pale plum, and Almost Amethyst from Stampin' Up!.

Cardstock and Patterned Paper:  Choice Snow White, and Choice Buttercream CS from Taylored Expressions, Colored Cardstocks and patterned paper from Winnie's Walls Key Ingredients (princess Favor set), and Valentine Key Ingredients for Heart Candy Balloon Bottle.

Accessories: Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Trellis Punch, Diamond Stickles, Stampin' Up Mini Clip, Stampin' Up Modern label punch and Oval nestabilities.

CIC5 Sketchy Birdie!!

Happy Friday Sugarmuffins!!  A little birdie told me...

...It's challenge time!

I am soo glad for this weekend - for some reason, I've been draggin' my hiney around, just exhausted and sniffly, so I am looking forward to getting some rest!   (and maybe getting some stamping in too!)

Today is another fun challenge from Clear Dollar Stamps!! This week we have a sketchy-sketch (okay I made that name up!) for you to play along with!!! 

Here is the sketch for you to try:

Cool huh?? I love it! one of my faves for sure!!

Those you new to these super fun challenges here are the basic details:

• These challenges will occur every other Friday
• You have until the following Thursday to link your project using Mr. Linky on THIS POST on Lori's Blog.
• Challenges will vary each and every time
• Your work is important so there will be 5 Inspirational Cards/Projects chosen to be featured here
• Use CDstamps if you have them... IF NOT PLEASE PLAY ANYWAY... use what you have!
• A PRIZE (your choice of stamp set) will be awarded to a randomly chosen winner
• If you upload to Splitcoast Stampers please use CIC5 as one of your keywords.

Here is my card for today's sketch challenge:

Isn't it puurty??  SOOO love this  - I hadn't made a card using mostly black in ages, and I was just itching to do something kind of mod like this - I just LOVE this stamp, I think it's so elegant and pretty!  Of course, I cheated and used a sentiment from the Time to Diffuse stamp set.  I just love the loopy letters in this set, which by the way, is retiring soon so be sure and grab one while you can!!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful day and please do play along!!  I have some fun stuff to share with you tomorrow so stop by for a visit!

Happy stampin'

Alex

Prettie Bathtime

Just here does the time go?? I have just been crazy busy the past few days and it is SO not fun!! I am so ready for some relaxation!

For some reason, it feels like I've been gone forever!! (not that anyone noticed, but still!! lol..) The good news is I have been working on a few fun things "behind the scenes" so over the next few days I'll be showin' it off! 

Saturday I got some happy mail!!  I got my newest Paper Pretties stamp, and she was soo stinkin' cute I had to ink her up right away!

I'm not sure what her name is, since I think she is yet to be released, but she is just adorable! I just love her little tub, and believe me, I had every intention of making this card all pretty and delicate-looking, unfortunately, this is me we're talking about!!  As you know, I'm like a bull in a china shop when it comes to my stamping, so I ended up adding all sorts of funky colors, and by the time I was done - so much for delicate!! I'm thinking it worked out though...Why fight it right??

Isn't that paper adorable?? I used my new Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg paper from Taylored Expressions  if you love earthtones, you need this gorgeousness!  I colored my bathing girlie using Copics, and added a little diamond stickles to the bubbles for some bling!

I cut the scallop using my circle nesties, and then ran it through the Cuttlebug for my little embossed bubbles.  I did a little stitching on my patterned-paper panels, and added gel pen dots to my cameo coral panel just to brighten it up a bit! 

Isn't she adorable?? These little PaperPretties girls are too cute cute for words aren't they?? I think there's a release coming up, so I am definitely going to be checking them out!

Thanks for stopping by for a visit today!  Hope you get some stamping time today!!

Alex

A certain love story...

Isn't it a glorious day for romance??

It's official!!! It's release day at Taylored Expressions and we can finally reveal all of the wonderful new treats in store for you this month!!!  OMG I just could not stand it one second longer - patience is SO NOT my thing !!

So today I have the most "stinkin' cutest" stamp set to show you - no seriously, wait until you see this!!!  I shriek like a ten-year-old girl at a Jonas Brothers concert every time I look at this stamp set, I kid you not.   This masterpiece is called Cuppie Love Scenes, and as soon as I saw it, I just had to recreate my very own version of a love story like no other - I bring you... (drumroll please..)

Casablanca Cuppie

 

Could you just flip out right now?? (don't say I didn't warn you!!)

As soon as I saw this stamp I just knew I had to try recreating the magic of love in black and white movies, and so I grabbed my Copics and got to work!  Can you believe this is the one time that I used only THREE markers to get an image colored?(usually I use each and every marker I own! lol..) but for this I only needed to use C-1, C-3, and C-5!  I stamped my image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Choice buttercream cardstock, and then layered that panel onto my Island Medium Prism Cardstock, I punched both sides of the cardstock with my Fiskars Leave it to Weaver Border Punch (I thought it gave it the movie reel look!) and mounted it to my card base using dimensionals.

Did you see those cute little embellishments on my card?? I was lucky enough to be amongst the first to try the NEW Frameabilities and Clay buttons that the lovely and mega-talented Jamie Pyles created exclusively for Taylored Expressions.  These wonderful creations are the perfect "final touch" to pretty up your projects!  The best part is, you can get your hands on them now at the store!

Okay so you can't go to the movies and NOT have popcorn right?

well, I certainly can't so I made this popcorn box to match my card!  I really just wanted an excuse to focus on the little popcorn-eating cuppies, and to get to play with some more of this delicious "Be Loved" paper from My Mind's Eye.  I stamped my cuppies onto Choice Buttercream CS and made the labelholder using my fancy new Spellbinders Dies.  I used a piece of white twill ribbon from my Valentine Key Ingredients to secure the labelholder onto my popcorn box, and voila! all done, and so much fun!

All of the cardstock and patterned papers I used today are from the Valentine Key Ingredients Kit, which is also being released today - this is one you do not want to miss!

I hope you're ready to craft your own love story today!    You must visit the rest of the Baker's Dozen for some delicious eye candy using this fun new set!

Charmaine Ikach
Donna Baker
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Laurie Schmidlin
Melissa Sauls
Sankari Wegman
Taylor VanBruggen

and our brand new Guest Designer Jeanie Witmer

Thank you so much for visiting me today!  I can't wait to show you more of the fun things I've been working on, so be sure to stop by soon!

Smoochies!

Alex

Cherry Pickin'

Happy day loves!!  Isn't it a glorious day for some more sneak peeks??

 

Welcome to day two of sneak peaks for this month's Taylored Expressions release!! 

I don't know about you, but I am in the mood for something majorly sweet.. except I don't mean anything with calories!! (especially considering I already cheated on my famous New Years Diet twice, and it's only been 5 days!! LOL..!!)

I have the answer to our cravings ladies!! This delicious set we're showing off today is called Sprinkled with Love, and it is just purrfect for every occasion you can think of!  I decided to go with a yummy trio of cupcakes for my card today:

DO you just want to take a bite out of these babies or what??? I did some masking to group my cupcakes, and then paper-pieced their bases.  Their "frosting" is colored using Copic Markers and I added a little distress ink (sorry, can't help myself!!) to the edges of my panel.  Actually, I also added some distress ink to the paper-piecing - I really like doing that to each piece because it gives it so much depth to the paper, don't you think?? 

Don't you just looove each piece of patterned paper (I told you you're going to see it a million times!!) This is more paper from my Farm Fresh and Report Card pads from October Afternoon.  The vintage patterns on these pads are SO dreamy.  I just stitched a few of my favorite designs (okay they're all my favorite) onto my red panel, and then mounted it to my card using dimensionals.

I stamped my sentiment right onto my image panel - is that the cutest sentiment ever?  I have to tell you, you are not going to be able to pick just one favorite set this month, and luckily you won't have to because Taylored Expressions is now offering a fabulous new shipping policy!! Any purchase (US only) over $75.00 gets shipped to your hot little hands FREE!!  How cool is that?? I don't know about you guys, but I am an absolute sucker for free shipping!! That means you can buy more goodies!!  Now to further enable you take a peek at the rest of these dazzling ladies, but don't forget to stop by tomorrow because it is RELEASE DAY!!! whoo-hoo!!  we're showing it all!!

Charmaine Ikach
Dawn Easton
Donna Baker
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Laurie Schmidlin
Melissa Sauls
Sankari Wegman
Taylor VanBruggen

Thanks for stopping by, and thank you for all your wonderful compliments!!  It is so thrilling to be right smack in the middle of all this fabulousness!!

Hugs!

Alex

HeartDay Mail!

Happy OMG-It's-MY-first-release-countdown-day!!!

(someone's already had waaay too much coffee) but that's okay because today is Day One of sneak peeks for the cutest Taylored Expressions release yet!! (you have NO idea of the gorgeousness heading your way!!)

The first delicious stamp set we are featuring is called Love Everywhere, which is another beautiful set illustrated by the lovely Nancy McKinney.  I am SO in love with this set - every single stamp is absolutely divine and you will use it over and over I promise!!  

Here's a look at the Heart Day Mail Set I created using just a couple of the stamps in this set:

So today we wanted to come up with an easy and quick way to package a treat for Valentine's Day! As soon as I saw this adorable little mailbox stamp, I knew I had to try and come up with my very own mailbox treat holder to match:

This little mailbox is SO easy to make!  I used a 1 1/2" x 3" piece of Classic Red Prism cardstock to make my base, and for the top, I used a 3 3/4" x 3" piece scored 1/4" from both "long" edges.  I then added a small strip of 1/4" Sticky Tape to each scored edge and tucked them under to tape onto my base.  Inside this little box I tucked in a small Hershey Bar. (I added a tiny glue dot to the wrapper so that it would stay in place, in case you don't make a front for it)  I decorated my box with just a small strip of this stinkin' cute paper from the MY Mind's Eye Be Loved collection, and stamped my little arrow from Love Everywhere, (Isn't it cute how it works perfectly for my mailbox "flag"??), cut it out, and attached it to my box using a tiny heart brad, so it actually moves! lol...  I stamped my "Sending You Love" sentiment from the set and voila!  How easy was that??

Since I plan on making these little boxes for my son's class (yes ALL 33 of them!) I added a little "lid" just by tracing one end of the box onto a small piece of CS and adding a small "tab" to attach it to the inside of the box.  I am writing his classmates names on little "labels" made from my Choice Buttercream scraps, and adding them to the front! isn't that cuteness overload??  (all modesty aside, of course! *grin*)

Okay now if you want to go even easier than that, I made a candy-wrapper "case" to just quickly wrap a little bite-size candy bar in!

I just used some more of this adorable paper, and measured the candy bar all around to get the size of my wrap.  I scored 1/4" on both sides so that the chocolate would easily fit into the sleeve (and it looks nicer too!). Of course, you can adjust the sizes to fit whichever candy bars you have on hand, but I decided to go with KitKats as they matched my paper purrrfectly!  (sadly, I'm not even kidding about this!! lol..)

I also made a card too complete my set of course!!

Did you get a load of those adorable hearts on my card base???  I kid you not this is my new favorite background!! but wait to see what else you can do with it because "technically" it's not even a background stamp!!  SO gorgeous!  I basically did the same stamping as I did on the candy wrapper - I am so loving this sentiment and the fact that it balances the stamped mailbox so nicely, so I decided to keep them together for my main image by overlapping them onto my punched circle. 

Do you just love these gorgeous stamps or what??  All I have to say is you have to see ALL of the images in this set! There is NO coloring to be done so you can just keep on stampin'!!  I actually did color in the red hearts in the center of the arrow and the mailbox, but I did so with my Red Smooch, so it's just for added bling!!

By the way, all of the products I used today are part of the Valentines Day Key Ingredients also being released on Thursday!!  You will be able to make TONS of cute projects with everything included! Is that cool or what??!

I know you're going to be wanting to see more of the Love Everywhere stamp set, so make sure you stop by the rest of the Baker's Dozen Blogs to check out all of their adorable creations!

Charmaine Ikach
Dawn Easton
Donna Baker
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Laurie Schmidlin
Melissa Sauls
Sankari Wegman
Taylor VanBruggen

and our fabulous new Guest Designer Jeanie Witmer

Thank you for stopping by, and come back tomorrow to see what else we're showing off!!

Hugs!!

Alex

OH..EM..GEE!!!

Finally!! I can yell it from the rooftops!! (okay, from my blog).. seriously, why am I hyperventilating while I'm typing???  this is HUGE!!  you are SOO not going to believe this -

okay, but first a little peek...

How stinkin' cute is this little Crafty Cuppie from Taylored Expressions???   Definitely a must have- especially because it is just purrrfect for all types of crafty chicks!! 

You know what else I just loove about this stamp set???...

....that I get to play with it "officially"!!!  Did you hear??? I'm now a member of the Taylored Expressions Bakers Dozen!!!

I KNOW!!! OMG!!! Me.. little ol' me!!! I'm still in my own little bubblegum-scented fog, so you'll just have to excuse me!! 

I just loove my blackberry.  There I was minding my own business at the supermarket a couple of weeks ago, when I got an email from Taylor, asking me if I "might" want to be a part of her design team and I could just let her know in a few days...HA!! Um...YEAH, OKAY Taylor.. I'll think about it - have your people call my people.. Are you kidding me?????  a few days??? and give her time to change her mind??? oh no...not on my watch!! so naturally, after running over a couple of ol' ladies with my cart from sheer excitement - just kidding (sorta) I was able to write her back right there on the spot and say "okay, fine.whatever"

Seriously, this is just an absolute dream come true!!  You all know how much I love my cuppies...and to have the opportunity to stamp with the HUGE talents of the Baker's Dozen??  Pure heaven!!  I am sooo incredibly grateful to Taylor for this amazing opportunity, and SO excited (can you tell??) to be a part of the wonderful new things Taylored Expressions is unveiling with the start of the New Year!  You won't want to miss a thing - trust me!! 

So, since I'm celebrating - today I am sharing one of my favorite cuppies, and get a load of my new watermark too!!  *sigh*

Isn't it adorable???  and the card is too of course

My cuppie is colored using Copics, and I used this ultra gorgeous paper from my Farm Fresh and Report Card pads from October Afternoon, which are SO my new favorite papers!!! I know you'll love them too, and trust me, you're going to be seeing a LOT of them from me! they're yummy!!

Thank you all for letting me share my wonderful news! You must go check out Taylor's Blog, as she has started to reveal tons of new surprises!!  Did you see - TE has a new look!!!  You have to check out all the nifty new features and store categories (you can shop much faster now!! lol..) and when you feel like slacking instead of working, you can hang out with us on facebook! Please be sure to stop by here tomorrow because I get to start showing off my sneak peeks for this month's UNbelievably cute releases!!  You do NOT want to miss these new goodies!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day too!!

Smoochies,

Alex