Best Day Ever Card

Happy New Year! Here's wishing all my crafty friends a happy 2013! I'm sharing a fun card that is also on the Hampton Art blog today. The image is one of the Graphic 45 A Lady's Diary images by Hampton Art. The glitter stickers are by KI Memories. The patterned polka dot paper is by Diecuts With A View. The diecuts are Sizzix Framelits.
I'm looking forward to watching the Rose Parade and spending a lazy day by the fire reading and watching movies with my family. After all the hustle and bustle of Christmas, it will be nice to have a "slow" day. Happy New Year!

Survived Christmas 2012

Well, I survived another Christmas (barely). :) As I get older I seem to have a harder and harder time getting everything ready for Christmas. I even start a little earlier each year trying to prevent this. BUT on the upside, I also seem to enjoy the day more too. Spending time with my girls is priceless. :) I was supposed to share these two cards the day after Christmas but to be truthful, I had a memory lapse. Let's just say it was too much turkey (actually too much everything). :) Another fact about Christmas is the exhaustion afterwards so I "forgot." :) They were up on the Hampton Art blog on the 26th though. Better late than never here is a good motto though. (Wink, wink.) :)

Merry Christmas

Dropping in to say "Merry Christmas" to all my crafty friends today. Sharing a couple of cards I did for Hampton Art (and are on their blog today)too. This is a "quickie" post as I still have lots to do in the kitchen (just put lots of "new" Christmas songs on my Zune, so I'll be "jammin' and cookin'"). :) Here's hoping all your Christmas wishes come true and Happy New Year!

Hampton Art and DCWV Blog Hop: Day 1/Vintage

Hello and welcome to day one of the two-day DCWV and Hampton Art Holiday Hop. DCWV and Hampton Art are two companies that go above and beyond to provide a wide selection of products from classic, to vintage, to trendy and modern. So, when we decided to team up it was only natural that we would want to show you some variety. Day #1 of our hop is all about vintage! Whether you are talking lace and pearls and soft weathered colors or distressed, grungy, and aged, if you love all things vintage we have some beautiful projects to show you today!

Hop Beginning/DCWV Blog
Vivian Keh
Jan Garber
Dana Warren
Hilde Stolk
Gini Williams Cagle
Rita Barakat
Linda Abadie
Tessa Buys
Beverly Sizemore -- that's me and you are here :)
Karla Der
Gloria Stengel
Amanda Philips
End of Day 1/Hampton Art


If you have come here from Tess Buys then you're on track! If not, you should go back to the DCWV blog and start the hop from there!



For my card, I used papers from DCWV's Heirloom Christmas Stack. The stamps are from Hampton Art's Graphic 45 Nutcracker series. I used Clearsnap ink (Colorbox Metallic Q) I also used some rub-ons by Royal Brush and a flower by Prima Marketing. Here are the products I used plus what you can win. :)


Thanks for stopping by. Make sure you leave some "love" at all the blogs for a chance at a great prize from Hampton Art. Better run, it's that time of year when there is so much to do and so little time. :) Happy holidays!

SOL December Release Cards

Can you believe it is December already? This year has flown by! The first day of each month brings a new stamp set by The {Stamps} of Life. The December release is called hearts2diefor (cause there are matching heart dies by Sizzix). :) I'm sharing four cards I did with this adorable set.




Better get going because there is NO stopping in December. You know the month you have to do all the things you normally do plus add a million more to be ready for Christmas! Wink! :)