Piece of Cake!

Welcome to our CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We are featuring the February SOTM, which is called Piece of Cake.

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If you get lost along the way or find links that aren't working, click here to find a complete list of participants.

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When you're done here, the next stop is Helen's Blog, so don't forget to keep hopping and check out all the inspirational artwork!

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My computer is on the fritz, but I was able to use the laptop to get at least one new project posted. Here is a fun 2-page layout that I did from Brailee's 2nd Birthday. I used the Let's Get Together paper pack, Cocktail Alphabet stamp set, Togetherness stamp set (I LOVE that stitch stamp and have used it a ton already - stay tuned during the month of February to see more!). I used a layout from the January 2010 PageMaps.

Here is a close-up of the left page. Sorry for the glare on the photos. Isn't Brailee such a cutie!

I used some Flip Flaps to add more pictures to the right page - I also have some hidden journaling and extra pictures but I forgot to take pictures of that.

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Here are some cards I've already posted using this stamp set. On the following card, I used one of the cupcake stamps and masked off the stand to stamp just the row of cupcakes on this coordinating envelope.

Here I stamped one of the cakes and dotted with Liquid Glass. I then masked off the cake to stamp just the candles on the matching envelope. I also masked the sentiment to get it in a straight line instead of stacked.

Thanks for looking - happy hopping!

Fun Give-Away!

I know this is last minute since today is the last day to enter, but I just saw this on my cousin's blog so I had to get in on the action! It's a give-away for an adorable baby leggings set - click here to check it out!

Challenge #104

This week's challenge over at Sketches! {by tamara} is a journaling challenge from Bethany. Here is the challenge:

"journal about something in your life that you have overcome -- it can be something very personal & of great importance, something that was a big moment or change in your life *or* it can be something that is more light-hearted, maybe not a huge ordeal in your life but still a situtation or something that you had to overcome & make it thru to get to where you wanted to be or to accomplish what you wanted to accomplish."

I obviously went with the more light-hearted approach. This topic was a huge challenge for me to journal about but I really like my take on it - totally not what you'd expect but I'm glad to have this memory scrapped, as silly as it is!

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For this layout I used a sketch from PageMaps, from their December 2009 sketches - I've used a lot from that month's sketches!

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CTMH Products Used: Colonial White, Tulip, and Blush cardstocks, Whimsy Heartfelt DieCuts (Tulip scallop and buttons), Winter Cozy Sassy Strands (Blush), Friendship Alphabet (small), Bold Color Ready Alphabet stickers (stamped with one of the Spot On Background stamps using Tulip ink, Comments stamp set, and Tulip and Blush inks

Other Products Used: Embossing Stylus, EK Success Large Corner Rounder

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To see what the rest of the Design Team has created, just click here!

Challenge #103

This week's challenge over at Sketches! {by tamara} is a card sketch challenge.

Here is the card I created using this sketch. I used a fun new penguin stamp that Brailee got from my Grandma for Christmas - that's a tradition that she's done since I was little, all the girls in the family get a new rubber stamp. I guess that's where my love for stamping (and my collection) started! I pieced the penguin together with 3-D foam dots for added dimension. I also got to use some of my brand new Nestabilities - I love those things! I heat embossed the 'thank you' in white powder on the blue tag so this card also fits in this week at Practical Scrappers!

CTMH Products Used: Aspen paper pack, White Daisy Embossing Powder, Thanks stamp set, Liquid Applique, Outdoor Denim Textured CS, Outdoor Denim stamp pad

Other Products Used: Fiskars scallop punch, unknown white fibers, Hero Arts penguin stamp, Nestabilities Labels 8

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To see what the rest of the Design Team has created using this sketch just click here!

I Am a Child of God

This week's challenge over at Sketches! {by tamara} is a recipe challenge - use the following three items on your cards or layouts. You can use more items, but these three items must be included.
*Rub Ons
*Flowers
*Bling

This layout also goes along with this week's challenge over at Practical Scrappers. I had so much fun with the following layout...you can click on the pictures to view them larger...
ETA: I forgot to mention that the sketch for this layout came from the December 2009 PageMaps. The idea to use the I Am a Child of God song like this with the birth details came from a wall hanging that I see in Shelly's house every time we visit her and my dad.


I used 51 bitty sparkles - I was fitting them in everywhere! Here are some close-ups of the sparkles, flowers, and rub-ons used.




This layout was my original project for this challenge, but I knew I wasn't going to get it done before the deadline to e-mail stuff to Tamara, so I quickly made the following circle card to meet the deadline, but then a day or two later I finally had a chance to finish up the layout and e-mailed it to Tamara as well. Here is the card that I originally submitted...



To see what the rest of the Design Team has created for this week's challenge, just click here!
Thanks for looking!

It's about time...

...I finally announce my blog candy winner! Sorry it's been so long, I've been super busy and kept forgetting to do the drawing!

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Congrats to Tammy!

E-mail me at jvdevries22@hotmail.com with your mailing info and I will get your goodies sent on their way!

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Thanks for everyone who participated - it was fun reading about some of your traditions and thanks to Rosie, we've added a new book to our Christmas Book collection!

First Christmas

Remember this layout that I posted back in October for my Word Puzzle Workshop? Well I had a chance at the end of 2009 to add a quick picture...I love this sweet little boy!

I'm keeping this short and sweet today but thanks for visiting and looking!

Challenge #101

This is the first week of my Design Team run on the Sketches! {by tamara} blog! I had so much fun with this month's challenges, so be sure to check back every Tuesday for that week's challenge - I hope you'll play along!

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This week's challenge is a layout sketch:

I used this sketch to work on Trysten's calendar - I am so far behind, he's going to be one this month! At least I've been pretty good about keeping the journaling side updated!

Instead of journaling strips I took a border stickease and cut it up. Don't you just love the touch of drool on Trysten's chin in this picture ;-) He is such a slobbery little boy and he only has two teeth to show for it! He does finally have his top two starting to poke through now, but all my other kids had a lot more teeth than this by the time they were one!

To see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this week's sketch, just click here.

Thanks for visiting!