Tombow and Sweet Stamp Shop

If you have a pooch...you gotta get this stamp set. It is tooooo sweeeeeet! :)

Chase and Max are our loves in this house. The boys love them and it is so cute b/c Chase sleeps with Owen and Max sleeps at the foot of Henry's bed. 

I grew up with dogs and will always have a dog. There is something about that relationship..especially with children.

So here is a fun layout I created using some Sweet Stamp Shop stamps and Tombow Markers. They are so great! I am not shy about how much I love my Tombow Mono adhesive. I use it for EVERYTHING! I ran the brown marker along the edge of the stamp and then used the yellow (all from the retro collection) for the collar. So I actually used the markers as my ink.

I cut a little slit in his mouth to fit the bone. I mean, he looked so cute and hungry :)  AND I used my CAMEO for that little tag. I finished it off with the Sweet Stamp Shop alphas.

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Here are the sets I used:

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! BRING ON 2011!!!

I just wanted to post a quick update with some 2011 goodies. I made my 5 for 5 journal this week so I am ready for my 5 goals in 5 months starting January. I didn't do this the last half of last year and it's funny because I feel like I don't have any direction.

I always get excited for a new year. New days, new dreams, new adventures, new goals and good bye to yesterday. I never was very sentimental and I know people always think I am crazy for that(don't get me wrong I am not cold and callous, LOL, I just try and keep yesterday there). I guess I just like to move forward instead of living in the past. I think it started when I stopped questioning myself. I made a pact that I would never allow myself to ever "what if" a decision that I made again. I kept dwelling on decisions that I made, thinking I might be somewhere else if I had made a better decision. But then the more I thought about it, what made it a wrong decision? Nothing. It was the right one at the time and anyone can look back and tell themselves it was wrong. Maybe there was a better decision to be made but it was mine, I made it and I AM happy where I am. But that was years ago and since then I made a conscience to choice to look to the future. I do that by setting goals for myself. Every year I give myself 5 goals to do in 5 months. Then, I do it again. Since there are 12 months in a year, I give myself a break for a few months in between ;) Goals don't have to be like taking over the world. They need to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time specific (SMART-->that's the marketer in me, haha).

I am a firm believer in setting goals. AND I am a firmer believer in writing them down. You must, must, must write them down so you can hold yourself accountable. The funny thing is, I rarely go back and look at them. I just know that I put them on paper and I better stick to it. If we don't hold ourselves accountable, then we rarely have success.

SO! Here is my journal for my 5 for 5 for 2011. {Seriously, want can't you do with a peacock feather!}. Some come and join me on my 5 for 5! It's so much fun and I am telling you...IT WORKS!

Lot's of Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue on here :) I used Helmar Adhesives for the fabric trim on the Hambly acetate and it worked beautifully!

Other supplies: Core;dinations Black Magic on the card and Bind it All on Journal.