My American Honey

Many of you who follow my blog know that Cortney graduated from 8th grade. But you probably also know that she doesn't go to a typical school......and doesn't go to a brand new school because she has moved on to high school. Instead she goes to a different wing of the school. Her teacher for the past 3 years has loved her like no other teacher I've ever known. She has shown Cortney the greatest respect and has accepted her just the way she is. She has allowed her room to grow and blossom and for that I am extremely thankful. This teacher, Miss Amber created videos for the 3 students who graduated this year. Each one was different....each one was personal. She loved these kids like they were her own. Cortney's video included the song, American Honey by Lady Antebellum. The song is about growing up, changing, moving on. My girl is changing, blossoming, coming into her own. I attribute a lot of those changes to Miss Amber. And now I have a new song to cry to every time it comes on! ; )

I used Noel Mignon's kit from last year called, "Love Story." I loved the rich reds and earth tones in this kit. I cut the circles, accordion circles, and title from my Cricut machine. The circles were cut from the George & Basic Shapes cartridge, the Accordion circles were from All Occasion Cake's cartridge, and the Title was cut using the Storybook cartridge. I pleated the half circles to create these dimensional pieces.
I used a JustRite stamp for the jar of honey. It is from the Preserved Borders & Centers set. I colored it using my Copic markers. The word honey was stamped with a Papertrey script set.

Thank you for allowing me to share my family with you. I am thankful that I have this creative outlet to express myself.........thanks for caring and "listening!"

Have a wonderful weekend! : )

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope your day is filled with lots of yummy food, laughter, family, and love! : )

JustRite's 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 12!

Welcome to the final week of JustRite Stampers’ Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops! JustRite has been showcasing their entire Christmas Collection of stamps during the hops and ALL of those JustRite Original stamps are currently on sale at 25% off now through November 29, with free shipping within the U.S. on consumer orders over $50! You can view all of those Holiday Sale stamp sets HERE.

If you would like to go back through all of the hops and see all of the gorgeous Christmas inspiration from the past 11 weeks, you can do so by clicking on the 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops category on the JustRite Inspiration blog. All of the designers’ projects are hyperlinked directly to their blog posts that have full details of how they created the project, so you won’t have to search for them!

Don’t forget that JustRite also has some Christmas stamps in their newly released CLING line of stamp sets, too -- you can find all of their cling stamp sets HERE. This week, the designers joining the JustRite design team are the 2 Sketches 4 You designers! JustRite is sponsoring this week’s 2S4Y #66 sketch challenge. You can find the fabulous sketch inspiration AND details about the JustRite prize package, by visiting their blog post HERE.


My card today is a bit out of my norm.......more simple than I usually make? I loved this Dear Lizzy paper so much that I didn't want to cover it up! The card was cut using Provo Craft's Christmas Card cartridge. I love the rounded edges of the card, it gives it a more modern look!
The large snowflake is a die by Spellbinders. I cut the snowflake twice, once with the DP and secondly, with the vellum. I added a round circle in red to make the image pop a bit. The sentiment is by JustRite's Whimsical Christmas set. It was stamped in Pure Poppy. (Papertrey Ink) I placed the vellum snowflake directly over the sentiment to soften it a bit. I did add lots and lots of gllitter! (Gee, are you surprised by that? ; ) As my final touches, I added a white satin ribbon and a sheer red ribbon.

Please visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous JustRite Christmas inspiration they have for you on the hop today!

JustRite Inspiration Blog
2 Sketches 4 You

Debbie Olson

Kazan Clark

Laura Davis

Barb Schram

Angie Tieman

Heidi Blankenship

Courtney Baker

Michele Kovack

Julie Lacey

Sankari Wegman

Laurie Willison

Stephanie Kraft

Mona Pendleton

Angela Barkhouse

Regina Mangum

I am home today, and I have a "to do" list a mile long! Lots of cooking and cleaning! In case I don't make it back until after the holiday, may you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Eat lots and be grateful! Hugs to you all!!!!

Crafty Secret's Christmas Challenge!

Good morning and happy Monday to you! I have a fun card to share with you today for the Crafty Secrets' Christmas Blog Hop! My card actually uses an older stamp from the Vintage Christmas set. But there is just something so endearing about this little Eskimo girl. I colored her with Copics and added Flower Soft to her hood. I added glitter to the ice. I used Spellbinder's circle, petite scalloped circles, and lacy squares to matte the image. I added a doily and some Glimmer Misted seam binding.

Love the dimension of the Flower Soft on her hood!

I forgot to take a picture of the inside, but my sentiment says, Have a warm and fuzzy Christmas!

To see some other fabulous Christmas projects, be sure to visit the other gals' blogs!!!
· Vicki Chrisman Team Leader

· Pam Hooten

· Heidi Blankenship

· Linda Duke

· Michele Kovack <------- Me! : )

· Melissa Phillips

· Flo Teixeira from France

· Julie Campbell

· Mary Hamer

· Anna Wight (November Guest Designer)

· Heartwarming Vintage blog
www.craftysecrets.com

Winner!

My winner for the Country Life cartridge is.......Janice A!!!!

She said:
I love your layout and I am always impressed with the sewing you do on things. My suggestion is show us how you do all the stitching.

Janice.....congrats! Please e-mail me your addy, so I can get your cartridge out to you!

And thank you all for your fabulous suggestions! I will be working on getting additional tutorials together to share with you! You have made my weekend with all of your kind words!

JustRite, Flower Soft & Blog Candy!

Good morning!!! TGIF! I am all geared up for the weekend, since I will be heading into high gear for Thanksgiving preparations! My "To DO" list is rather long......so I will be a very busy bee!

My card today features several of my favorite products and is for today's JustRite Challenge......to use Flower Soft! And of course I used A LOT of Flower Soft! In fact, I literally dumped it on my large heart and made it very, very sparkly! (Which as you know is right up my alley!) I cut the champagne glasses using my Cricut machine and the Sweethearts Cartridge. I used glitter to give the champagne sparkle. Prima flowers were added to the glasses. The sentiment is part of JustRite's new Wedding Nested Sentiments and Verses set. I added a few pearls, a doily, and my card was finished!
I apologize for the poor lighting, it gets dark so early here that lighting is becoming an issue! I guess it is time to break out the ole' light box!

Be sure to hop on over to the JustRite blog to see what the other designer's have come up!

Don't forget to leave a comment or suggestion for me on yesterday's post for your chance to win a brand new Cricut Country Life cartridge!!! Click HERE to enter! I appreciate all of your suggestions and am definitely going to try some of them! : )

Have a great weekend!!! : )

A LO and a Giveaway!

Good morning to you! Happy Thursday! It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just a week away! To me it represents the kick off to the holiday season! : ) So I will soon be busy getting my house decorated......and I suppose at some point I need to start buying gifts....eh? ; )

I have a LO today of my cutie pie son eating an ear of corn. Weird topic to scrap isn't it? And apparently, I thought it was cute to take a picture of him eating corn.......twice in his life! The first one was when he was 16 months old and the second one was taken recently. I have to admit though that I loved how his recent picture came out! His blue eyes and dimples just melt my heart! I used Noel Mignon's newest kit, Dear Diary and my Cricut machine. The Country Life Cartridge was used to cut the ears of corn and the title.
I love layering papers and stitching right over them with my sewing machine!

I love the polka dot paper......it sort of looks like corn, doesn't it?

Since Country Life is by far one of my most FAVORITE cartridges, I thought I'd give one away to a lucky winner! What do you have to do? Just leave a suggestion........kind of like this is a virtual suggestion box! IS there anything you'd like to see here? Things I can do to make this place a better place to visit? And if you aren't a follower, I would love if you did! Become a follower and you double your chances of winning this fabulous cartridge!

Please leave your suggestion in my "suggestion box" by Saturday night at 9PM CST. I will randomly select a winner! If you are chosen please leave a comment here within 3 days, or I will need to chose another winner.

Thanks so much for stopping on by! Your visits truly mean the world to me! : )