A Merry Christmas to You All!

It has been a great year in 2010. Many changes have taken place in my life, but they have all worked out for the best.


I wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year, may 2011 bring you all closer to your dreams.


Thank you all for your support and encouragement over the past year,

Planner Video

Below is the video of the planner so you can see better all the little details on this project.

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PaPer Cubed December Challenge

Here is my submission for Paper Cubed's December challenge. The challenge was to create some type of organizer for the holidays. This is what I came up with. I will post a video of it tomorrow.

Here is the inside. There are tabbed divided sections, and pockets for assorted items. The inside section is removable so when it is used up you can replace it and still use the cover.

I hope you enjoyed this fun planner

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Group Photo

I was able to get a group picture of all the wonderful tags from the swap.
I normally reduce the file size so they images upload quickly but I left this one full size so you can click on it and see them with better detail.


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Image Tags Swap

Stephanie hosts a image tag swap over at With a Grin. I was able to participate in her most recent one. I am just now getting around to posting the tags I made for the swap. The idea is to stamp two sets of ten tags each.

This is the first set I made. I really wasn't thinking clearly at all because this swap was for October and I really should have made mine with a Halloween theme...but oh well.

I added a smaller tag to each with another image stamped on it. Both images are Stampers Anonymous stamps....otherwise know as Tim Holtz stamps

Here is the second set of ten. Now I am not completely sure how her swap works but I thought I would get one back of each of my tags along with nine others for each group but I only got one of mine back and lots of other wonderful tags. Which is cool for me because then I get lots of fun tags.

The stamps for this tags were from Tim Holtz and 7Gypsies.

A close up of the smaller tag for the second set of tags. I hope you all enjoyed my tags as mush as I enjoyed all of yours. I will try to post pictures of the tags I received soon. I really miss my craft time since starting working outside the home, but sure appreciate the chances I do get.

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Christmas Version of the Sunburst Mini

Here I have made another version of the Sunburst mini using the Deck the Halls Designer Series paper from Stampin Up.

For the cover trim I used my new Martha Stewart Holly and Berries punch to cut the Holly leaves. I then used a stylus to add a center groove and depth to the leaves. A Prima pointsettia completes the closure trim.

Here are the tags inserts. I used various embossing borders for the edges of each tag.

and here are the backs of the tags. I tried to include a journal spot on each along with some vintage styles stamped images. Stamped images are from Stampin Up and Tim Holtz.

I just love the way this book looks open. Below is a video of the mini if you want to check it out as well.

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Sunburst Mini for A Friend

I made this cute mini for a good friend for her birthday. I just love the paper, it is by Stampin Up and is called Love Letter.

I used a coil binding. The closure is a flap that folds over and is held in place by an elastic cord theat wraps around the mini.

When you open the book this is what you get! A lovely sunburst. Laura from Following the Paper Trail shows how to do this inside part here.

Here is the front side of the tags...oops there are only six showing but there are actually 7 tags in the mini.

and here is the back on six of the seven tags.

Just another view of the mini opened up.

Here is the whole thing with tags out.

This is a fairly quick project and lots of wow appeal.

If you are looking for a fast and fun mini, this might be the one. You can see my video for this mini below. I hope you enjoy.

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