My very FIRST Blog Award!

THE LEMONADE STAND

Much to my shock....I rec'd my very first blog award today....the Lemonade Stand Award! Thanks so much for Karen Pederson for bestowing upon me my first award (and the biggest smile on my face!) I am so flattered that she would think to put my among the very prestigious list of ladies she chose to award.

The Lemonade Stand Award
Rules for this Award:
*Comment on this blog
*Cut and Paste this award logo and use it on your own blog
*Nominate 5-10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude
*Link to your nominees within your blog post
*Comment on their blogs to let them know they rec'd the award
*Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appriciation!

So, with all that being said...below are my list of nominees who inspire me everyday - some with creativity, some with kindness, some who inspire me to try to be a better person and all who are willing to take the time to post phenominal artwork to their blog to share with others. These are all beautiful women....inside and out....who also happen to make some beautiful art!!

Lisa - Lisa's Creative Corner
Jennifer - Just4FunCrafts
Tresa - Fabulously Artsy
Vicki - Wizard's Hangout
Bren - The Inspiration Institute
Tracey - Tracey Mason's Studio
Rachele - The Ink Boutique
Nona - Nona's Pearls of Wisdom
Karen - Karen Pederson

So check out their blogs....I promise you won't be disapointed!!

Karen, thanks again for such a honor and really makin' my day!!

A little sneak peek....

Just a few more days until I can release the new Close to my Heart 2009 Summer Catalog! But to keep you going until then...here is a sneak peek at some artwork I have made with the new paper pack Back Country and some of our new Dimensional Elements!

Check back soon as I will have so much more to share with you!

Sugar and Spice...

"Where have you been?" You ask? Well, I have been a very busy girl!

Last week my kids were home and off school for Spring break. Don't get me wrong, I love my kiddos...but I was very happy to send them back off to school today! As if this wasn't enough to create chaos around my house...we all decided to pass around a lovely little flu bug that took it's toll on all of us one-by-one.

As for my crafting world, I have been up to my ears in 'sugar and spice'. I have been working this darling (if I do say so myself) baby shower invite for my sister. She is hosting a shower for her best friend. We pulled inspiration for these invites from the decor of the nursery for this soon-to-arrive little girl. I had a lot of fun designing these beauties...however, after finishing 36 of these...I am happy to be done and off to a new project!

Happy Monday to you all!!

First Place Friends!!

I am delighted to announce that I won! My 'cheeky' 12x12 layout took First Place in the scrapbooking contest. Even better....my 'bestie' took First Place in the card contest with her darling acordian fold house card. Here we are having the best time with our awards and entry items.

It has also been my tradition to always get a picture with Jeanette each time I win a contest. I encouraged Tiff to do the same...as she is just as fabulously creative and I am sure this will not be the last time she wins!

Sweet Cheeks!

This is my contest entry for the layout contest at the CTMH Regional Celebration. The requirements for this entry was to use our new Fancy Cuts Botanicals.

Love U!

Just taking a quick moment to share my contest entry for the Close to My Heart Regional Celebration card contest. The requirement was to use our fabulous new White Daisy Mini-Medley accents! I was able to include 3 of the 4 types of embelishments that come in the pack. My creative twist was to cut apart some of the darling little flowers and creating the lacey detail on the card!

Wish me luck!!

Star-studded Valentine's Day!!

I would have to say this has been the best Valentine's Day!! My husband and I were invited by some his business associates to attend Dwyane Wade's Charity Luncheon today. It was to benefit his Wade's World Organization. We knew we would probably see lots of NBA stars....but we were absolutely star-struck by some of the fantastic celebrites we were fortunate enough to meet today! What made this star-packed event even better was the very small guest list of about 150 people. So it was fairly easy to walk up and meet people at the luncheon. Here are just a few people we met today....

I bumped into my ol' friend and customer Jordan Sparks! She was the guest performer today and sang a new song from her new up-coming album! It was so nice to see her and catch up with her. Since she won Idol...she really doesn't have much time to scrapbook with me anymore! Sniff...

Here is my husband meeting and speaking with MUHAMMAD ALI and his wife!! WOW!!

Here is my hubby (giddy as a school girl) meeting Larry Fitzgerald!

Other celebs in attendance (we weren't lucky enough to meet) were Jerry Colangelo, Chris Paul, Tom Chambers, Chris Tucker, many other sports celebrities....wow, just too many to think of and mention!

This was a once-in-a-lifetime event and was just the most perfect Valentine's Day! Especially having lunch at the very posh Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort!

Hope you all have had a great Valentine's Day too!