Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!
I've been neglecting my blog. I've been thinking about it everyday and just not sitting down to post anything. I've been doing projects and even taking pictures of them. I even blog surf daily, but for some reason, I just couldn't bring myself to post. I don't know why...
Can I use the holidays with a new baby as an excuse??
WELL, it's a new year which hopefully means a fresh start. SO, I'm going to just sit down and post a project I did recently. Here we go...
I'm in a Yahoo group of SU Friends and we do an annual Christmas gift swap. I got many great gifts and here's what I did - Felt Coffee Cozies.


I got my template from Starbucks. I just opened up their cardboard version and traced it onto felt. I used my Big Shot for the flowers and hand sewed the buttons on. I hope the ladies liked these!

Have a great 2012! I will definitely be back!

Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Folds Die, Big Designer Buttons - Candy Cane (Holiday Mini 2010)
Other: Felt, Thread

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Stamp Club Candy Wrapper & 20K update

I am SO loving this Candy Wrapper Die - especially now that I know how to fold the ends! I watched this video and it has made my life so much easier! (Thanks Meg!) This was one of the projects we did in my Stamp Club last week. I'll be showing the other 2 projects in the next few days. I really liked the look of the words layered over the circle image found on this card, so I used it on this project.

Stamps: Just Believe
Paper: Bravo Burgundy CS, Whisper White CS
Ink: Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Big Shot, Candy Wrapper Die, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder
Punches: 1 3/8" Circle, Word Window, Modern Label

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This past weekend, my family was in Dallas, TX and I ran the Tour des Fleur 20K. We were there and I needed to do a training run and didn't want to do it by myself. So I joined about 3,000 other people to run this beautiful race around White Rock Lake. It was a great run. Although I'm not the fastest runner, I was happy with my time especially since the 2nd half of the race was FULL of hills. Luckily, I had the advantage of high altitude training! :) My husband and daughter were waiting at the finish and my daughter ran through the finish line with me. She's now finished 2 marathons, several 1/2 marathons and a 20k. I'm not sure yet what my next race will be...stay tuned!

Christmas Card Swap 2010

I met a wonderful group of ladies at the Stampin' Up! Convention 2008. Since these ladies live all over the country, we keep in touch online and meet up at Stampin' Up! events (and have a blast together) whenever we can. We do several swaps throughout the year and just finished a Christmas Card Swap. I got my swaps back yesterday so now I would like to show you what all of my stampin' friends will be getting in their swap packages from me! I made 16 of these cards and got 16 different cards back - they are ALL awesome!


Can you see how sparkly the card is the with the Shimmer Mist sprayed on? I LOVE that stuff!


Stamps: Peaceful Season (Holiday Mini - Level 2 Hostess Set)
Paper: Whisper White CS, Bashful Blue CS
Ink: Bashful Blue w/ Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (I inked stamp and then used a dauber to put shimmer paint on)
Accessories: Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (mixed w/ alcohol and sprayed on)


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~Elisa
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