Some great news to share {pink paislee}

I am a member of the 2013 Creative Team for Pink Paislee! I'm thrilled to have a chance to work with these amazing ladies and am so grateful for the invitation and opportunity.

Pink Paislee just launched the new website, as well. Scoot on over and check out the latest in what is going on over there!

One of a kind {cocoa daisy}

Stopping by today to share another card with you that I made using the Pemberley kit from Cocoa Daisy. The arrows are exclusive stamps to Cocoa Daisy in this month's stamp subscription. 

I'm pretty sure this card will end up in Nate's lunch box one day for a surprise for him. A great boy card to remind him that he's special.

Thanks for stopping by here today!

Thank you card {cocoa daisy}

There are some amazing stamps in this month's stamp subscription for Cocoa Daisy. I love the feathers — just love them! I stamped them on pattern paper using paint dabbers and brown chalk ink to get the thick, rich look here on these feathers. 

There's a chevron feather, too! Eek! I chose to use the small print one for this card because of the papers I used, but I am all about that chevron for future projects.

If you are interested in a stamp subscription to Cocoa Daisy, check that out on the site. Here is a link to the feathers. Thanks for stopping to see my card.

December Daily {part 8}

All done! My December Daily is finished. I ended it with Christmas day and had started with Black Friday, so it really is a holiday book from start to finish.

I used a lot of Echo Park, Simple Stories and Ormolu to finish up these last few pages. Thanks for reading my blog this month and coming along for the ride on my December Daily. I am definitely doing this again next year — such a rewarding project.

Sketch challenge {imaginisce}

Happy New Year! Today starts the first day of my second term with Imaginisce. I'm happy to also be helping out with sketch challenges this year, too. If you knew me back when I running Sketchy Thursdays with Heidi, you know that I love to make sketches and share them with you all. I am so excited to be sharing these with Imaginisce!

In addition to the sketch, you should also be using mostly Imaginisce product, the color blue and a word that describes your outlook for 2013.

I chose the word "FUN." I am also thinking this is my One Little Word for 2013. There are a lot of really intimidating things going on in 2013 for me both in scrapbooking and in my career. If I approach it all with the outlook that it's going to be fun, then I think it'll be a better experience overall.

As you can see, the sketch is open to interpretation as long as it closely represents the original. I sized mine done to an 8.5" x 11", but all of the elements are still there.

I hope to see you over at Imaginisce this month playing along — and thanks for stopping to see my page today.

Top 12 Favorites of 2012

So, you already saw my Imaginisce favorites from 2012. In addition to that post, I'm doing a 12 Favorites of 2012. To avoid repetition, I am keeping Imaginisce out of it, but that doesn't mean those pages aren't a part of the amazing 2012 that I had.

There ya have it! Looks like 2012 was filled with 8.5" x 11" simple background pages, layers and a new love for mists. Thanks for enjoying this past year with me!

Right Here, Right Now {paper issues}

I was so excited to receive this amazing set from NKat Design for the Right Here, Right Now challenge and blog hop from Paper Issues. So many wonderful pieces that are perfect for Project Life.

Here is what you need to do to win: 1. Like Paper Issues on Facebook 2. Like NKat Designs on Facebook 3. Link up a project on the Paper Issues blog!

These pages are about the trip we took in November to the Rochester Museum and Science Center. We went to see the exhibit called A T-Rex Named Sue. If it comes to a museum near you, it's totally worth the visit if you have a little dino fan at home.

Lots of great tags and layering pieces in the NKat Design kits, so I highly recommend them. Below you can see how I layered a note card piece with a green tag and then another smaller tag. 

Here is the hop order if you are along for the hop:

Diana (you are here)

Christina

Carol

Patricia

Kellie

Join in the fun at Paper Issues! Link up anything you have, new or old that fits Right Here, Right Now prompt before Jan 12th! The linky is on the blog — stop on by.

The prize for this link-up is a 3 month subscription to NKat Designs Project Life subscription service.

There are more details about the subscription here (www.nkatdesigns.blogspot.com/p/embellished.html)

Use code PI15OFF for 15% off of orders of the subscription service. 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

U light up my life {cocoa daisy}

Did you stop by the Cocoa Daisy reveal night last night? If you did, you saw the debut of the Pemberley kit and all of the wonderful add ons. Here is the layout I made using the kit. 

I love the font varieties for this month. After getting the Mr. Darcy add on, I ended up with a lot of choices.

How fun is that turquoise punchanilla?! So fun! And it works great as a mask, too. If you haven't tried it yet, you should. It's addicting.

Thanks for stopping in to see my layout! Hope you all are having a great weekend.

Mini tag album {cocoa daisy}

Do you ever have that favorite project you make out of one kit? This is that project for me. I made this mini using the Cocoa Daisy January add-on kit called Mr. Darcy and it is my favorite out of all the projects I made using the Pemberley January kit. 

I cut the tags from my Cameo and then started to mask some of them using distressing ink and the turquoise punchanilla in the kit. It made great dots on the background.

The kit will debut tonight at 9 p.m. (EST) on the Cocoa Daisy forum. I am hosting, so I would love it if some friendly faces showed up to play along, win some prizes and just get to know us all over there.