Thanksgiving week begins....

Good Morning!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Brain and I had a blast in NY! I can't wait to get my photos loaded and ready to show this week. I love love the city so much. Until then, I have a layout I wanted to share with you that I created last week with lots of Webster's Hollywood Vogue line. I was inspired by the Color Combo Galore Challenge and the Candy Shoppe Girls challenge to use animals/animal prints. I found this fun blog by accident while I was just surfing blog land and I have to laugh, my kids LOVE the music they have over there. Owen and Henry love to dance so now they keep asking me to go back to that site and let it play, LOL! OH and make sure you make it to the Webster's chat tonight. HUGE announcement...YES..another one!!!

Oh and don't forget to check out the Webster's contest at Two Peas...150 bucks worth of product! I am sure you saw the stamps by now but just in case you didn't....click here to check them out ..they are gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!

Love these guys! I used my Cuttlebug and the leopard print folder and added some of the silver trim. this stuff is the COOLEST!


I sprayed the embellishment with glimmer mist and then sealed it spray glaze b/c i wanted it to be purple :) I just love purple so I went nutso with the mist and splattered it. Felt very freeing and artsy!

{yawn}

What a week! Busy! :) Good Busy, though :) Oh and I am super pumped...lost 11 lbs. and exceeded my goal (wanted to lose 10 by 11/19) so I just added another 10. What heck. I did plateau this week though so I am going to need to switch it up a bit. I am thinking maybe going back to some P90X videos. I just love running though. I just think and think and it clears my head. Lately I feel like I can just run and run and keep going.

Thanks for letting me share. It feels so good to be back on the horse AND down a pants size!

So on with the scrappy stuff, ellen!

i created this gift box and mini for a co-worker who is having a baby. not sure if you remember this post with the MME Alphabet Soup flash cards....but it goes with that...you know ...a set. He has been a good friend to me and one of the reasons I stayed with the company for the last year or so. It was hard for me to give notice there so i am going to keep one or two clients at least for the next few weeks and see if i can manage.

Supplies are MME Alphabet soup papers and 12x12 die cuts (you know how I love me some die cuts), tons of Glimmer Mists and Shimmerz, some Pink Paislee Trim and jewel, a myStampBOX stamp for the tag, and a Punky Sprouts flower (LOVE THESE!!!!)

The bingo card is vintage from my stash. I actually added binder clips to this instead of the hemp.

I stamped on the flower with Stazon and the my favorite things stamps from FTLOA...

Have a GREAT weekend!!!

Celebrate the Wonders of FALL

Hello and welcome to the Webster's Pages WonderFALL blog hop! Thank you so much for stopping by. You won't be disappointed this weekend. If you know me, you know I love Fall! I was just commenting this weekend how amazing the trees look. Being in Pennsylvania during this time of year is just beautiful. It makes me so thankful of the many blessing I have in life. Thankfully all of those memories can be captured with our WonderFALL line.

AND I couldn't be any more excited when I found out I got to scrap Lucy's cutie, Emma! How sweet is she? I think I tell Lucy that every time I comment on her blog, LOL! The WonderFALL "Count Your Blessings" paper was the PERFECT paper to use with the photographs she sent me. We swapped quite a few and I was so prepared to do a multiphoto layout but when I saw her face in this photo and the yellows, I just couldn't resist it. Well, with all of this excitement I have to admit I was nervous, too. Lucy always inspires me with her ability as an artist so I tried to really think about color on this layout. When I knew I wanted to accent the yellow, I was immediately drawn to the blue on the opposite end of the color spectrum. Plus, since I have boys I am good at blue, LOL! I hope you like it!

Then I kept thinking of the title....I mean, when you have a cutie patootie like this...every season is your favorite! :)

You Are My Favorite Time of the Year

The Glimmer Mist is Lemon Zest...I love it against the rich blue. Lots of hand cutting on here, layers, stitching, a tab punch, and I ran my letters through my Cuttlebug using wax paper, and I layered the bloomer with part of a whimsie...

Punch is from Kreaxions!!!

NOW for the good stuff.......Would you like to win a bit of WonderFALL for yourself? Each design team member is giving away a set of WonderFALL journaling cards and a set of our scalloped sparklers! Simply leave a comment telling me "what your favorite fall activity is during this wonderfall season" to be eligible for the drawing. Make sure to visit each design team members blog to increase your chances of winning. And speaking of design team members, head on over to Steph's blog to see her gorgeous creation!


Make sure to join us Monday, October 18th at 6pm PST/9pm EST for a live chat at inspireME to wrap up our event and see who the lucky winners are!

In case you get lost along the way, here is the order....

The blog hop will start at inspireME

From there you will go to...

Amy Tara to Jaz

Audrey to Iris

Lucy to Ellen (you are here)

Steph to Hilde

Karola to Anabelle back to inspireME. Have fun!