It's Friday!!!

Hey, everyone!

Notice anything different on my blog? I just put up a new link list for this month's StampTACular Tuesday Challenge. I will update the link list each week and will keep it up until February 7 so you will be able to click on any of those links to see various cards and projects using An 'Udder Birthday stamp set (T-2642). Remember this stamp set is 50% off right now until Jan. 26!

My dear Angel friend, Susie, gave me a beautiful blog award! I am so excited to receive it! THANK YOU, SUSIE! I am now supposed to pass it on to seven bloggers but that is so hard when there really are so many! I will try to pick seven blogs that I haven't picked before....


Here are the ones I have selected. Click on their name to visit them.
1. Heather Scott
Heather has a lot of awesome things on her blog, but one of my favorite things she features is a sketch with actual measurements on it for each piece. I love that! It totally takes the guesswork out for me and I can focus on creating something instead of trying to guess what size something should be!
2. Jennifer Carter
Jennifer always has cute projects featured. It's refreshing to see what she posts next because it isn't just cards or the same thing everyone else is doing! I love seeing her scrapbook pages, too! Her little girl is just so darn cute!
3. Tracy Turner
Tracy inspires me because of her card ministry. Her blog is filled with awesome things to check out but the way she sets up her card ministry, the organization she has...wow! It is impressive and encourages me that I can do something similar, too. You have to check out her method!
4. Julie Griffith
Julie has an awesome tutorial on her blog for a CD Photo Cube. It is a really neat project and I can think of several different people who would love to receive one of these...you really should check it out!
5. Tara a.k.a. Stampalicious
Tara's blog is one I found while going from one blog to the next and so on...LOL She has a project on her blog of some wedding favors in the shape of a cake that is so beautiful! Stampalicious is so very talented that I absolutely love to check out what she is doing! I think you will see why she gets this award from me after you visit her!
6. Nichole Headdy
Nichole's projects are always inspiring to me. I love the way she thinks! She will take an ordinary item that any number of people use every single day, like a coffee filter for example, and she will make it into the cutest thing you ever saw! I only wish I was on Nichole's gift list! LOL She is amazing!
7. Teresa Hooten
Teresa is a lady that once I spoke to her for the first time, I instantly thought of her as a friend. She is such a wonderful person and her blog is full of amazing and interesting things. I am not sure if I am more excited about what she posts or just seeing things through her eyes, but I do love it! You will, too, so go check it out!

My daughter has been wanting to make a craft with me since the beginning of this week. I told her we would but she is such a social butterfly that I almost need to make an appointment to hang out with my 7 year old! LOL So, finally this evening we scoured through the various video tutorials I have saved in my favorites and she finally chose a project! She wanted to make a bookmark for Miss Rosie whose birthday was yesterday! She did the assembling of this but I did help her with adhesive and knotting the ribbon. I think she did a great job! I used the Belle Rose palette ink spot (TT-193) to cover the chipboard that I punched out using my scalloped square punch (D-705). The papers are scraps I had in my drawer and the flower is one I had purchased at my LSS. The jeweled center is a stick-on jewel from a pack I purchased at Hobby Lobby. The ribbon and clear square hardware is from my stash, also. You can watch the tutorial by Dawn Griffith that inspired us to make a bookmark HERE.
What kind of birthday card could I make for my sweet Rosie than a trio of roses? This is a stamp that came from the Dollar Tree here where I live. I got it for $1 and if I count cost per use as a $1 each time, then trust me this stamp is MORE THAN paid for! I really like this stamp a lot. I have used it often and colored it in with my Stardust Glitter Gel Pens (F-462) or Tombow Markers Bright set (F-01), but for Christmas my sweet husband bought me some new Bic Mark It Permanent Markers and so I colored these flowers and leaves in with those. I shaded some and I think for my first attempt, it isn't too bad. LOL I then added a few dots of our Prisma Glitter (A-287) because I absolutely love to add shimmer on my cards! You cannot tell it from the photo but the roses are up on pop dots (D-89) and the pink square measures 2¾"x2¾" and the card base is 3"x6" and scored on the 3" line using my Scor-Pal (F-358)!
I hope you have enjoyed seeing what we've been up to! I have more to share with you so be sure you check back often! I will be sharing another altered notepad with you on Tuesday for the StampTACular Tuesday challenge. Don't miss it and if you have this set, I'd love for you to play along. Send me a link to your project. If you don't have it, now is a great time to get it....HALF PRICE! You just can't beat that!

Hugs,