We went to see Tomio's family yesterday. We always go and visit them for at least one day around New Year's. It was the first time for alot of them to see Miss Emma. She was of course greeted with lots of oohs and aahs :) All the other cousins on that side are alot older, so they loved seeing a little baby. We ended up just staying for the afternoon and coming home at night. It makes for a long day, but its easier than sleeping there with all 4 of our cuties :)

Anyway, here is the card I gave Tomio for his birthday:

In all honesty, its not what I had in mind....I'm not sure exactly what it is, though--lol. But I gave it to him and he liked it. I really do *love* these cupcakes from Papertrey! So stinkin' cute :) The base is Papertrey ink kraft, the brown is Bazzill and the pattern paper is Basic Grey from the
Nook and Pantry line. The felt heart is Fancy Pants and the sentiment is from Stamping Bella. The scallop border is from Fiskars.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday :)We have just a couple days left and I plan to restfully enjoy them :)

a thank you card.

It's officially very cold now lol. I am happy to say that our new house does seem to have much better insulation than our last one. YAY :) that was one of my main requests lol. The plan is to put up our Christmas tree this weekend, but it depends on Tomio's work schedule. Apparently they have had some "issues" at work , which means more work for Tomio at home :( We're all looking forward to it though-it's our first Christmas in our new house, so we get to decide where everything goes :) so fun! And I have Miss Emma's stocking all made and ready to go :)

With all this Christmas talk, I wish I had a Christmas card to share, but unfortunately it is a thank you card　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Almost everything here is PTI- again :) Since I wasn't sure I *needed* the bird stamps, I wanted to try to used them on several different cards. And I have been so pleased I got them! They are so cute, and really can be used on just about any type of card. I stamped PTI's text background on berry sorbet cardstock for the background. Then I stitched on the two scallop borders for extra interest. I really love the look of sewing on cards, but my sewing machine has been very tempermental lately so I haven't used it much. I *think* I got it calmed down :), so you might see alot more stitching on my next few cards!

Thanks for stopping by! It's almost the weekend-hopefully ours will be full of Christmas-y fun. When do you put up your tree? Is it a big event at your house? We usually spend all day decorating the house :)

supplies: cardstock, stamps:papertrey ink, ribbon: stamping bella, buttons:autumn leaves other: scallop punch:fiskars, machine stitching

around the world...

in just one day :) I didn't get as much time to create cards on the actual WCMD as I would have liked. And I didn't even find out about Nichole Heady's WCMD challenge until yesterday. But I really wanted to participate as much as I could. I am so happy that I actually got all 4 cards made :) woohoo:)

So, the first challenge was to make a card inspired by Japan! You would think this would have come easy for me, but I don't even own a single Asian-themed stamp. After a little thought, this is what I came up with:

I used this pattern paper from Die Cuts With a View. I was actually surprised to come up with something I liked.

The challenge for day 2 was to create a card inspired by Mexico. The first thing I thought of was pinatas and parties with pennant banners. So, I made this:

I haven't used this great set from Papertrey nearly enough.  I love how you can add in the candle in birthday in any color you want :) so cute :)

Day 3's challenge was supposed to be inspired by India and to use rhinestones or sequins. I thought this shouldn't be too hard since I seem to put rhinestones on just about everything right now hehe :)  

                             

It's pretty simple, but I thought it did have kind of an Inidian feel to it. I think it needs something else, but I haven't figured it out yet. Once I do, I'll re-post it lol :)

And the last challenge was from Australia. We could either use masking or dotted outlines. I chose dotted outlines.                Yes,  I know the snowman doesn't seem very Australian :) But for some reason, it was the only image that "grabbed"  me, and evertime I tried to use something else, I didn't like it. And I did use the dotted lines :)  I like how it turned out though.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by! I had lots of fun going around the world : )

supplies:

{you're amazing}

cardstock: papertrey

pattern paper: diecuts with a view

stamps: verve

buttons autumn leaves

other: ribbon

{happy birthday}

cardstock: core'dinations

pattern paper: inque boutique

stamps: papertrey

buttons: autumn leaves

ribbon: offray

{celebrate today}

cardstock: diecuts with a view

pattern paper: daisy d

stamps: papertrey

label diecut: spellbinders

scallop border: fiskars

other: rhinestones

{Christmas Wishes}

pattern paper: fancy pants

stamps: stamping bella, papertrey

ribbon: bazzill basics

button: papertrey

other: white gel pen, kraft cardstock