Happy Holidays!

Inspired by Pinterest this year, here is my pretty package for the season. It was for the ornament exchange at my work this week. It's a blind exchange in that you aren't supposed to know who the ornament is from, and then each ornament can be stolen two more times from the original owner. 

I think I pretty much failed at the "not knowing who the ornament was from" part. LOL! Oh well…I just can't pass up a chance to make something pretty for the sake of just being pretty. 

Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy the festivities this weekend if you are celebrating. I am so, so excited that for the first time in many, many years, my husband has both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. (As well as New Year's Eve!) So, my holiday wish has already come true!

Wishing you and yours all the best!

Holiday wish

Hi there! I was instantly drawn to this paper in the Crate Paper's Peppermint 6x6 holiday paper pack. I knew I was going to have to use it on something (or a lot of things) for the holidays.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog this week to see my parade of holiday cards.

Wishing you all the very best this holiday season. I am blessed for each and every commenter, friend and family member that has stopped by here this past year. I couldn't do this without your love and support.

All my best!

A merry doilie Christmas

I just love this card. So simple, traditional and pretty. The kraft paper combined with the doilie, and then add in seam binding and a traditional stamp from Papertrey Ink … it makes for a classic holiday card.

Thanks for stopping in for more of my week of holiday cards. I hope I was able to give you some last minute inspiration if you needed to whip up some quick cards.

Happy little snowman

I had been hanging onto this snowman year after year waiting for just the right moment to use him on a project. I felt like he finally needed a good home—so off he goes this year!

Hoping your week is going great! Thanks so much for taking a minute from this busy time to visit my week of holiday cards.

Merry & Bright

I'm continuing with my week of holiday cards. Loving my little border strip tree here. 

Other than using the border strips to make the tree, I was also quite happy with how I added in the bursts on the inside of the card. Such a simple thing to add in—I rarely think to do that.

Thanks for stopping in for my week of holiday cards. I hope you are cruising into the holidays at a good pace, stress-free and ready for the festivities!

A week of Christmas cards

Hello there! This week I am sharing with you a few of the holiday cards I made this season. I hope you like my last-minute week of inspiration.

• This card is for the Card Makin' Mamas Christmas card challenge.

• You can also link your holiday cards for the rest of this week to the Jingle Belles blog.

• At The Paper Variety, anything goes—so if you made anything, link it over there. 

(I also swore I saw a challenge for linking up a project with an ornament and now I can't find it. I had been inspired by that prompt, too.)

And thank you so much to everyone for the warm wishes for making the Imaginisce DT for 2012. I am so blessed to be given this opportunity to design for them and use their amazing products.

Thanks for stopping by! I really appreciate it. Have a great week!

2012 Imaginisce DT

Quite excited to help announce the new 2012 DT for Imaginisce!

Abby Laubenstein (Illinois, US)

Adora Concepcion (Washington, US)

Cari Locken, DT Co-ordinator (British Columbia, Canada)

Diana Fisher (New York, US) <------ YEPPERS! That's me!

Guiseppa Gubler (Utah, US)

Heather Leopard (Texas, US)

Ilene Tell (Delaware, US)

Mary Ann Jenkins (California, US)

Shelley McDaniel (Texas, US)

Tiffany Hood (Utah, US)

Rebecca Keppel (Arizona, US)

Rosangela Philippsen (Curitiba, Brazil)

Regina Mangum (California, US)

Rhonda Van Ginkel (Minnesota, US)

Lots of friendly faces here! Quite excited to be a part of this team, and looking forward to all Imaginisce has in store for the new year.

Thanks so much for stopping by today to share my good news!

Sketchy Thursdays {trim the tree}

It's time for another Sketchy Thursdays reveal. Heidi's sketch for this week is inspiring (as always) and a great one for those holiday pictures. Stop by and take a peek. 

There will not be a sketch reveal next week on the 22nd, so this one will last until 12/28 for you to play along. We'll be back on the 29th for a new reveal after that. 

My page is a digi layout. I used some of my favorite pictures of our tree. This year I decorated the Christmas tree in teal and red. I just love how fun it is! It feels more playful for some reason. 

I hope you'll be able to join us sometime over the holidays. I know I'm super busy, as I can guess you are, too. Finding time to scrapbook will be a relief from the busy pace.

Thanks for stopping by today—I really appreciate it!

(Digital Sources: Raspberry Road Designs, Jen Allyson Winter Wonderland, CK Freebie, Verve Stamps)

Shaggy Blooms {new}

I am super excited about the new flower pins I've been making for my Etsy shop. I'm calling them Shaggy Blooms, to compliment the Ruffled Blooms I already make. 

Currently there are 2 listings in the shop for these, but they are also available for custom orders with patterns and colors you'd prefer. Just send me a convo in Etsy and I can get you all set up with these.

Thanks so much for stopping by to see these new flowers. Wouldn't these just make the best stocking stuffers or a gift for a bestie?!

Enjoy your week!