Happy New Year's Eve

 Wishing everyone a Happy New Year's eve and a wonderful 2021!  here's a darling stamp from Ike's Art that I thought was just perfect for the occasion along with some great lace that made me think of fireworks when I put it sideways.  I hope you are all safe and sound today.  Have a great New Year's Eve.

Cheers, Holley

Your Journey

As 2021 approaches I think we are all hoping for a new path and a new everything.  wasn't 2020 a real trip?  despite the craziness, I have very much to be thankful for from 2020 including 2 new job opportunities, and a wonderful trip to Turkey.  let's all hope 2021 will bring happiness and resolutions for the many who are in need of them.

I thought this card fitting for the upcoming year

 So as 2021 comes, Let no one keep you from your journey!

Read a book

Here's a brand new stamp from Sherri Baldy.  What a lovely bestie she is.  I do so adore kids reading!  (That's the teacher side of me.) Check out all of her wonderful stamps at www.MyBestiesShop.com  I can't believe December is almost over now.  WOW.  I am really hoping for a wonderful end to 2020 and a Blessed 2021

 Hugs everyone!

Scarf Cat

Pretend this card says something warm and fuzzy!  Ha, that's what the sentiment on the edges says.  TOO funny.  I just love these Tim Holtz cat theme stamps and the funny saying that they come with.  I also added some stunning flower lace from Turkey that I got while shopping this summer.  Don't you love it?

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are having a great week now.  If you are like me, you are off on that week between the holidays. so be safe and enjoy!

Coffee because...

Thought I would come to the end this week with a funny coffee theme card.  Ha! The sentiment here comes from Echo Park.  I just had to get that stamp set to go with all my coffee theme stamps and embellishments.  Hope you are having a great weekend.

Hugs today! I can't believe we are already through most of December.  I hope you had a delightful holiday and have safe plans for the New Year

Wishing You a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year by Guest Designer Karin

Here's a lovely card made by Guest Designer Karin of KarinArtScrap.  She makes the loveliest Christmas theme cards and has been using one of the stamps that she received from me during the 1,000,000 hit contest on many of them.  Here's one of her creations.

I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year today!  Best of Wishes to all of You!

Meowy Christmas!

Here's the cutest Tim Holtz stamp with the snarky cats that I just love.  This is a sweet and simple Christmas card to wish all of you a very MEOWY Christmas.  have a wonderful holiday!

 

Naughty or Nice?

here's a funny Oddballs stamp from Stamping Bella. I do so adore this stamp line. I think I own all of them, well, ok not ALL of them, but a pretty substantial amount.  This one is just TOO cute.  I added a sentiment, "Naughty or Nice? let me think on that."

Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas Eve.  I hope you are all safe at home and having a wonderful holiday season!

Naughty list

I got some of the cutest cat theme holiday stamps from Tim  Holtz.  I am sure you have seen these snarky cat stamps on my blog before.  This artist has also made adorable stamps for other companies.  I just love the funny sentiment here, "It's all fun & games 'til Santa checks the naughty list."  oops. isn't that the truth?

Hope this card gave you a smile today.  Cheers, Holley

Winter Wonderland

 Here's a great winter theme card using some lovely Turkish lace.  I adore this cute shaker card kit that i got from Paper Source last year.  This card is just perfect for any winter theme occasion, or for Christmas.  I know a lot of people love snow, but not me.

Hope you are having a nice WARM day, be it inside or outside.  Cheers, Holley

Shiny Things

here's a hilarious card using a fun stamp from Tim Holtz snarky cat line.  I just adore this artist's works, I have images of these stamps from several different companies.  I added a  cute saying "Shiny things everywhere, Am I just supposed to just let that happen?"  HA!

 I added some great turkish lace to the base of this card.  I hope it gave you a little smile today!

Awesome

Here's a super cute penguin card using stamps from Unity stamps.  I do so adore their cute animal images.  I added the sentiment, "you are pretty darn awesome."  I think my DH would love this card.  he is a penguin fan.  He also likes cards that are neat and clean layout.

 Just a few days to Christmas now.  Believe it or not the school district has us working monday!  PFFFF!

Guest Designer Karin

Here are some more wonderful Christmas theme cards that Karin made using a Christmas theme set that she won during my one million blog hit contest.  Her prize was a Christmas theme set which included the fun sentiment used on these cards.  Check out her awesome blog HERE

Dear Santa

 Here's a hilarious stamp and sentiment from Tim Holtz. I just love the snarky cat stamps.  There's two different sets of winter theme ones, a set of Halloween theme, one set of just snarky cats, plus this artist has also made stamps for a number of other companies.  TOO funny though are the sentiments included with the Tim Holtz stamps.  I also added some great Turkish lace, both at the bottom and some that I trimmed  up on the top.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Coffee

 Sharing this super cute coffee theme card using a wonderful stamp set from InLoveArtShop.com called Coffee Love Fanatic.  These adorable coffee cups are actually individual stamps, so you don't have to use theme in a line like I did (and like they appear in the image on the stamp set sheet), you can place them however you would like on your card individually.  I  thought they were super cute like this though.

Hope you have a wonderful coffee filled day.  Drop by InLoveArtShop.com and check out their cute stamps and dies.  Don't forget the 15% savings with the code G-27160

May your Christmas be...

Here's a cute little stamp from Simon Says Stamp.  It was a freebie set given with a purchase around the holiday time. I thought it was really cute so I had to hurry and make a little card to share for this season.  I hope you like it.

May your Christmas be nutty& bright.  Huge hugs today

Baby it's cold outside

Here'sa fun winter theme image from La Petite Market today. I love their beautiful stamps.  This one is a wooly mammoth.  TOO cute!  One of the cute mugs says Baby it's Cold Outside.  For Texas that means just about anything less than say, 50 degrees F.  HA!

Have some coco or of course, Coffee and have a wonderful day!  Just four more days of school until Christmas break!

It's the big 50!

 It's birthday number 50!  CAN  YOU BELEIVE IT?  I sure can't.  Doctors used to say I wouldn't make it this old because of how much seizures and such I had and that my health was bad.  Thank God for Dr Aboumatar and brain surgeries which stopped my seizures 10 years ago.  I know there is still a chance always that they will come back, but I am grateful always for what I have been given.  Almost 11 years now!

Here's a birthday card that I made to celebrate using a stamp from Unity stamps.

Please be sure to come and celebrate with me in February which is my surgery anniversary.  Every year I celebrate by giving out TONS of wonderful crafting goodies to EVERYONE!!  So mark your calendars and be watching the blog.  Even in January as I will start show photos of all the prizes I have accumulated this year to hand out.  Stay Tuned!!

Guest Designer Karin

Here's a super cute House Mouse card made by Karin of Karins Art Scrap Blog using one of her prizes from the one Million contest this year. She got a stamp and die set that was Christmas theme.  TOO cute, it goes so well on this lovely card.

Winter Wonderland

 Here's a lovely shaker card using a kit that I got from Paper Source.  I just loved the cards that I made using it.  I added some simple embellishment stickers to finish off this card that I sent out to friends and family last christmas.

Hope you are enjoying the wintertime.  As for me, NO winter wonderland please.  Anything buy cold and snow.  I live in south Texas for a reason.  Ha!

Thank You card

 As promised, here's another wonderful stamp from Sandra Caldwell today.  Both yesterday's and today's stamp will appear in the Etsy store, Babycakes DND today!  This cute stamp is called 3325 Remember When.  I used this image to make a Thank You card with the cutest little thank you shaker stickers.

I also added some gorgeous Turkish lace to the bottom.  I hope you love it.  Have a wonderful Friday and a happy weekend.

Snow Cat

 Sharing a preview to a wonderful stamp that will be added to Sandra Caldwell's shop on Etsy tomorrow.  This stamp is called #3365 Snow Cat.  How cute is it?  I just loved this creature.  I added fun Jolee's snowflakes all around him.  Precious.

Come back tomorrow and I will be sharing another wonderful stamp from Sandra Caldwell and she will be adding both stamps to her wonderful store on ETSY, Babycakes DND.

My opinion

 Sharing this hilarious Tim Holtz image with a funny saying for Christmas.  "Instead of presents this year, I'm giving everyone my opinion."  HA!  I just love these funny cats.  TOO cute. I have added some tiny turkish lace to go on the edges.

Can't believe there's just a week and a half to go before Christmas break.  WOO HOO.

LOTV

Here's another great card using Lili of the Valley stamp with one of my favorite characters that they have, this cute little dog.  He's so precious. I just love all their stamps with him.  I added a precious sentiment, "LOVE is a FAITH that dreams will come true. Love is YOU."  I added some sweet rose theme lace that I got from Turkiye.

Hope you are having a loving day.  Hugs!

Sweet Little Elves

Here's two wonderful cards using a great set from InLoveArtStamps.com stamp set called Sweet Little Elf Stamps.  How cute are these images?  I just adore them.  I shared another stamp using one of these images back on Oct 26th,    The top card I am using some great Turkish lace as well.

 Drop by the InLoveArtShop.com store and check out their cute images and die cutters and be sure to use an extra 15% off coupon code:  G-27160

Merry Christmas with Guest Designer Karin

Merry Christmas Everyone!  I just wanted to share with you all a lovely card from Karin today.

Here is a Christmas theme cards that Karin made using a Christmas theme set that she won during my one million blog hit contest.  Her prize was a Christmas theme set which included the great die cut house and sentiment here.  Be sure to check out her awesome blog HERE

Shaker Card

Here's a quick and cute Shaker card that I made using a kit from Paper Source.  I just loved these winter themed cards that I could use for Christmas.

 Hope you are having a great December.  I can't believe we are just 10 school days from Christmas Break.  Who knew how fast time would pass this school year?

Hello

Here's the cutest bunny from La Petite Market on Etsy.  They have the most adorable sets available. I love this bunny set, I have already made a couple of cards to share using images from this set.  I hope you love her too.  I can't believe  we are already in December!  WOW.

Even though this is a bright spring looking card, he's actually wearing a scarf, so I thought I would share it in fall time.

Winter Girl

 Here's a great Unity stamps girl that comes from one of the Kit of the Months.  I just love getting a great surprise each month in the mail.  It started out as a birthday gift one year but the following year, my husband never cancelled it, so I have been so fortunate to continue to receive it.  How sweet is that?

I thought green was an unusual color for a winter theme card, but I do so love using green sometimes, so I have to match the card to the colors I used on the girl's outfit.  Hope you are staying nice and warm this winter!

School

I thought this card was a cute sentiment for the week since we have just started getting settled in school this year with the new kids who came in November.  I think the kiddos would get a kick out of it.  The fun image and sentiment both come from Taylored Expressions.  I also added some fun lace from Turkiye.  

Hope you all have a great HUMP day, and wonderful finish to this week.

The Paper Shelter

 Happy December everyone!!  I hope you are having a great day!  Today starts a brand new contest at the Your Scrapbook Place Challenge blog.  Our wonderful sponsor this month is the Paper Shelter.  I made this cute card with the image they provided.  This image not only comes with the black and white it comes with multiple colored prints!

Isn't she super cute?  Drop by our blog and share your ANYTHING GOES creations.  You will get an extra entry in the prize drawing if you use an image from Paper Shelter in your work.  I can't wait to see what you create this month.

Coffee

Here's some cute coffee theme cards that I made with some fun products from InLoveArtshop.com  I got a package of their Bronzing Vintage DIY Washi tape and I used it with a stamp set that I already had (Coffee Time Stamps) and a die cut set (You and Me Coffee dies).   The washi tape is approx 2.4" wide by 13.75" long,  my piece was not sticky, if the back comes off I could not remove it.  I did love it's print and how it looked just the way it was though.  I adhered it to my two cards with glue.

 I hope you like these cute coffee theme cards.  I really love the look of the tape but the cost is high for the amount that you will receive (It's just over a foot long).  The dies and the stamp sets shown are super cute.  Also, I have a discount code for their store, G-27160

Sweet Deer

 Here's another wonderful stamp from Sherri Baldy this month, a fun Deer card, but this time the deer is laying down. (IF you missed the other card, check it out on Nov 23rd.)  Sherri has some many wonderful new stamps in her store for winter time, check them out at www.myBestiesShop.com

I can't believe December is just around the corner now. I wish you all a happy end to November!  Cheers, Holley

Guest Designer Karin

Here are some more wonderful Christmas theme cards that Karin made using a Christmas theme set that she won during my one million blog hit contest.  Her prize was a Christmas theme set which included the fun sentiment used on these cards.  Check out her awesome blog HERE

Joy

 Here's a stunning image filled with JOY from artist Sandra Caldwell today. I just love this gorgeous stamp. I colored her up and kept the entire card white by adding some lovely lace that I got in Turkiye.  Ahh, just 200 days or so until I am back there...ok, not 100% sure how many days, but about 7 months lol.

Hope you love this cute image.  Drop by her store, Babycakes DND on Etsy to check out all her wonderful digi stamps or come by the facebook group, Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans to see more of her design team's creations.

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving today!

Have a blessed day whatever you do.

 

Puppy Love

 This cute card is perfect for this month's contest over at YSBP Challenge blog. It's using a wonderful stamp from our sponsor Bugaboo. I just adore this cute little dog.  So sweet.  I also added some wonderful Turkish lace on the bottom of it.

Drop by the YSBP Challenge blog and enter your latest creation to join in the fun and for a chance to win a prize from Bugaboo!

Happy Fall

 Sharing this gorgeous Unity stamp from one of the Kit of the Months.  I just love this wonderful subscription that my husband has been giving me for the last year or two.  Such gorgeous stamps.  I added a sweet sentiment from the same kit. I think this is perfect for fall time.

Hope you are having a wonderful Fall.  Hugs, Holley

Deer Winter

 Here's a wonderful new Bestie image today from artist Sherri Baldy.  I thought this stamp was perfect for the upcoming holidays.  I have another image from her that is super cute and I will be sharing it later this week.  Be sure and check out all her amazing creations at her shop www.MyBestiesShop.com

So THANKFUL to have this week off from work so I can do some fun crafting,  Keep your eyes on the store for some great holiday images.

Guest Designer Karin

Here's a gorgeous Wedding theme card that Karin of Karin's Art Scrap blog created using one of her prizes from last year's celebration.  So wonderful Karin. Love all the different ways you  have been using these scroll die cuts.

Need Space?

Thought I would share this fun card using image/sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas today.  This card is just perfect for the times we are in now.  It is just very surreal still, even now.    I thought the big blue star embellishments were just perfect with these images.

Catitude is Everything

Thought this cute cat was just a perfect Fall time card.  I love his scarf.  This image comes from La Petite Market on Etsy.  They have some wonderful stamp sets.  Super cute.  I added some great lace from Turkiye and some bling.  I also added a sentiment, "Catitude is everything" I am unsure which company that sentiment comes from, please let me know if you know.

 Hope no one give you some "Catitude" today (unless you have a cat, at which case, i guess you can't escape it).

Cute little raccoon

 Here's a lovely image from Unity stamps today.  I added a fun matching sentiment, "I can NUT stop thinking about you."  TOO CUTE.  Though I think if I saw one of these animals in person, I might be more scared than enamored.

Hope you are having a lovely fall time.  Huge hugs today, virtual hugs of course.

Cute Dog

 Here's the funniest dog stamp from InLoveArtShop.com  It comes in a cute set of 4 dogs, I share a couple of them on a card earlier this month.  This sentiment also comes in the stamp set, find it HERE.  Thought maybe everyone could  use a little smile today.  

I know we are all super close to Thanksgiving Break.  Hope you are hanging in there and ready for that little time off.  Well, that's for those of you who get time off at Thanksgiving as opposed to those of you who will be catering for the whole entire family!

Fall girl

Here's a lovely stamp from Unity stamps. I just adore their images.  I added a great sentiment to go with her. I think I got both of these from a grab bag, so I am unsure which stamp sets these images came from.  If you know, I'd love for you to comment and let me know.  

 Hope you are having a great day.  If not, just breath!  You are strong enough to handle whatever lies ahead of you.  Huge hugs

Read a book with me!

Here's a delightful image from Bugaboo. I adore their wonderful little girl stamps. I made this card for the current contest over at the Your Scrapbook Place Challenge Blog.  Drop by over there and join in the fun! You can share any of your latest creations (any craft theme-cards, scrapbook, mixed media) using any company, but you will get a bonus entry into the prize drawing if  you use Bugaboo!

 I am using some lovely butterflies that come in a lace that I got in Turkiye this summer.  I just trimmed the lace to just the butterflies so I could use them as corners.