I had my one year 'Blogaversary' back in November and completely forgot to celebrate with some Blog Candy, so I decided it was about time!

This past year has been absolutely amazing creatively speaking (personal, not so much lol). I have made so many wonderful lifelong stamping friends, joined some amazing design teams and grown in my stamping art beyond my wildest imagination. My blog took off and became something that I never imagined that it could be. I have had over 220k hits to my blog in the last 14 months. I truly am blessed to be in the company of so many amazing and talented people! I appreciate all of you who come and peek in on my blog daily and leave me so many sweet and flattering comments and also for those of you who email me with questions that I am more than happy to answer.

All you need to do to win this wonderful blog candy is leave a comment on this post! Up for grabs is the new set from Hanna Stamps - Celebration, My Favorite Things Mini of the Month - Be Mine, Opal Liquid Pearls, 5/8" Chocolate and Red Grosgrain Ribbon and a handmade card using Hanna's Domestic Goddess stampset. I will pick a winner randomly on Sunday evening. Good Luck!

ETA** The Moose Are On the Loose over at Hanna Stamps! Kristi has released the newest stamps early - you can get yours here!

Here is a peek at my niece's baby shower invitations that I promised I would show you last week. Her theme is jungle animals, so I thought the adorable elephant from MFT's 'It's a Jungle out There' would be perfect! And of course I had to color him blue. Kelsey is having a boy and her mom and I are sooooo excited and can't wait for Brayden to be here!

So I was sitting at my stamp table last night and was staring at my gobs and gobs of SU! stampsets and thought I should grab one of my "oldies" and get some ink on it.............I decided to use Living Large. I remember back when I first saw this set, I HAD to have it!! I haven't used it in so long, but I still adore it and won't part with it.

Who can resist Regal Rose, Real Red and Chocolate Chip paired together? Well, apparently not me - I want to reach for it everytime I do a Valentine card! The background is stamped with the heart from Priceless. I went crazy with my paper piercer on this card........I was doing faux eyelets and faux stitching like a mad woman - baahaha! I made several of this particular card for you guessed it, a card order.

I will be back tomorrow with a glimpse of one of the Baby Shower Invites I have been working on.

Isn't Hanna the Domestic Goddess, just the cutest thing ever?!!! The minute I saw this set, I knew it would be a winner! I had such a blast coloring her! Isn't she gorgeous with her bling while she is cleaning?! She will make her debut on February 1 at Hanna Stamps.

This Friday, Jan 25th is Kristi's Birthday (owner of Hanna Stamps), so to help celebrate it,we are having a birthday party on the Hanna SCS Forum from 8-11 EST. We are going have a ton of fun. Kristi will be giving away never before released sets, Riley Moose, Domestic Goddess and other Hanna Stamps.

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend - I sure did. Robyn and I got together again this weekend to do some stamping/scrapbooking...........well I stamped and she worked on her scrapbook. I used to be a huge scrapbooker, but when I found stamping that sort of took a backseat. I love the instant gratification I get from my stamping - it takes me forevah to get a scrapbook page completed.

This is one of the cards that I worked on while I was at Robyn's. I just got my pack of SU! Jersey Shore DP on Friday (it's delish!) and decided that I wanted to make a card using the Happy Heart Day set, but didn't want to make a valentine card. This card just goes to show you that you can use this set for anything, not just valentine cards. I absolutely LOVE this color combo........and I always forget about pumpkin pie......it's such a yummy color!

ETA** Hanna Stamps is one of the newest Member Companies over on SCS, as of today! You can chat, play games, participate in sketches, and a ton of other fun stuff! It might take a little bit for them to get it all set up and running live, but you can check it out here.

It's finally Friday and I am so ready for the weekend. It has been a really long week - I was just getting used to a few days off here and there during the holidays - having to work a full week just stinks! I don't really have anything planned for this weekend except getting some stamping done. My good friend Robyn is coming over tonight so we can stamp - she and I haven't done that in a long time so I am looking forward to it.

I made this card to go with an assorted birthday card order that I received a few days ago. I decided to use Icing on the Cake from MFT for this particular card. I just love the cupcake and the cake plate from this set! The background is stamped with the "starburst" from the set and the DP is the new digital paper from My Favorite Things - I love this stuff! You can print as much as you want and the quality is just amazing. I used the faux eyelet technique on the scalloped circle punch - just use your paper piercer to pierce the hole, then use your gel pen to go around the hole - this technique is sooooo easy and supah cute.

This is another sneak peek of one of the newest sets that will be released tonight from My Favorite Things - Be Mine is the mini of the month. I love this box of chocolates - I colored the chocolate box with my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol and used my copic markers to color the chocolates - then went over the chocolate with my glaze pen. I used the "starburst" stamp from MFT's Icing on the Cake for the background on the larger and the smaller panels. I LOVE this color combo - I guess I should use it more often!

Don't forget to head on over to the MFT New Release Cocktail Party tonight! It's from 9-11 EASTERN time in the MFT Member Forum. There will be sneak peeks, lots of fun and a chance to become MFT’s next Guest Designer. Head over to the MFT forum for more details!

Recipe
Stamps: Be Mine and Icing on the Cake from MFT
Ink: Palette Noir
Cardstock: WW, Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip, Cool Caribbean, Regal Rose
Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, Oval Punches, Gemstones, Dimensionals, Prismacolor Pencils, Copic Markers, Polkadot Grosgrain Ribbon, Glaze Pen

This is a little sneak peak of one of the newest MFT sets that will be released on Wednesday at midnight - it's called Punny Farm! Punny Farm is just amazing and all of the animals are just TDF! It was so much fun to color all these animals with my copic markers (which you can also get on the MFT website). I usually decide on my color scheme and my card layout before I ever do any stamping or coloring, but in this case I did it the other way around and it worked out perfect! I love the color scheme I chose and of course that polkadot ribbon just polished it off!

My Favorite Things will be hosting a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday night (January 9th) from 9-11 pm EASTERN time. There will be sneak peeks, lots of fun and a chance to become MFT’s next Guest Designer. Head on over to the MFT forum on Splitcoast for more details!

I got a few more card orders today and I also will be working on a few more sneak peeks for MFT's newest sets so keep your eyes peeled. Oh, and I also have not forgotten about my Blog Candy - I will be doing that soon!

Yesterday my stamps from Lizzie Anne Designs arrived - High Hellos. This set is just way too cute. I absolutely love this topiary tree!!! I received an order for a set of 6 thank you cards and I decided this topiary would be perfect to use. I had so much fun coloring the topiary with my copics!

Tomorrow will start the first sneak peeks for the new stamp releases from My Favorite Things. You are gonna absolutely love these new stamp sets, they are just TDF! Check back tomorrow afternoon, I will be posting my sneak peek!

I have been wanting to try to make a "ribbon blossom" - my good friend Pam Bassett is the creator of these amazing bows. Mine doesn't hold a candle to hers, but I think it turned out okay. She has a great tutorial on her blog that shows you how she makes her ribbon blossoms - you have to check it out!!

I used Rain or Shine by MFT to make this card.......my Tres Jolie DP was the perfect match and thought it would look great with her polka dot rainboots. Paper piecing is so much fun! I added stickles to her dress and her rainboots and of course the little weenie dog's shirt - very sparkly! I also used Crystal Effects on the rain puddle.

I have been looking forward to Friday all week - weekends are my favorite time as I get to lounge around, stamp, sip on hot spiced tea and I don't have to leave the house if I don't want to! I am really glad the holidays are finally over and I can get back to a somewhat normal routine and work on some DT projects and card orders without feeling supah rushed!

My best friend's daughter is having a baby in a couple of months and I am going to be making her baby shower invitations and working on all the shower favors, etc. I am so looking forward to getting to work on those. I better get to work on those soon as she will need 50+.

This sympathy card was for a card order that I got a few days ago. I haven't made many sympathy cards so I wasn't sure what direction I wanted to go. After much thought I decided to go with Purely Pomegranate and Chocolate Chip - these two colors are so elegant together. I used Icing on the Cake from My Favorite Things for the borders around the sentiment. The sentiment is also from My Favorite Things and is in the Essential Sentiments set. The roses are from the Sweet Celebrations set from Hanna Stamps.

I thought I would show you another sneak peak from the newest set that will be released this Friday from Hanna Stamps. It is way cute and you can use this set for more than just a valentine's set- it has some really great images! I love the Close to Cocoa paired with the Real Red and Pretty in Pink. This card was so easy, but I think looks elegant - yep that 5/8" grosgrain ribbon is my fave!

I hope you all had a happy new year! I can't believe it's already 2008! I am ready to embark on my new life as a divorced person and I hope this is a better year for me than the last.