Happy New Year's Eve

Yah, more justjohanna thanks ever so cards. I just couldn't help myself. I added orange Stickles to both sentiments. The card bases are from the Target Dollar Spot. On the top card I added a chipboard tag and ribbon from the T $ spot. The bottom card has a T chipboard and a flower brad from, guess where, the T $ spot. The orange and green cardstock are Prism scraps that I had.

Lost Luggage has a new address and a sweepstakes

One of my favorite blogs on my feeds list is The Land of Lost Luggage. She's always posting something very creative and I consider her a technique guru. Well, Luggage has moved and she's holding a blog sweepstakes. The winner will receive a coupon for $75 off their next justjohanna order. Read all the details and enter here.

Purple Thanks

These are some cheerful thank you cards that I made recently. I love this new Basic Grey patterned paper. I layered it on DCWV purple cardstock. I used justjohanna thanks ever so for both cards. In the top card I also used parts of justjohanna created for you by. I embellished the top card with a purple flower and pink bubble gum Stickles. The bottom thanks was colored with prismacolor pencils and embellished with some buttons from the fabric store. (Sorry, the scanner made the bottom card blurry.)

Merry Christmas and the sweet dreams winner

Merry Christmas. Here are some fun pictures from around my house today. The handsome man on the left is my chocolate lab, Paris. The goofball in the apron is my niece. She put on her apron and stuffed the pockets with cookie cutters.

I really enjoyed reading everyone's wishes. I hope that they all come true in the new year. Congratulations to my sweet dreams winner, Tejal. Her wish: "My wish for the new year is to expand creatively...make more cards, try and push the boundries of what I create and not stick to conventional stuff.."

Thanks everyone for sharing your wishes. I'm already collecting goodies for the 10,000 hits sweet dreams. Have a wonderful holiday!

Paper Mod Podge Product Review and Samples

I found this Plaid Paper Mod Podge at Michaels. I have a lot of experience using regular MP on altered papercrafts but thought I'd try this special MP. I love it! The first thing that I noticed is that as a glue, it dries faster than regular MP and the texture was less messy and easy to work with. And, its acid-free and non-yellowing. :)

I made four altered composition notebooks using the the PMP as the glue and sealer. The only issue that I had was on one of the back of the books where I used cheap cardstock. Some of the blue seemed to lift off and get on my foam brush. The rest of the books with patterned papers and better quality cardstock did not have a problem. Also, I would advise not stacking projects until you are 100% certain the sealant is dry. Oops. Otherwise, this was a really easy project.

Below are two of the books I made for my siblings.

Ethan book (age 5) Papers: Basic Grey Mellow, Letter Stickers: Wild Asparagus
DaRue book (age 11) Pink Distressed Paper: Bobunny, Letters and Borders: Wild Asparagus

*Oh, and something fun to check out: Craft Critique Holiday Carnival 1, 2, and 3. My Krispie pops are part of number 3. All three days are chock full of fun ideas for Christmas gifts and decorations.

Christmas Krispie Pops

This is my Christmas version of my Krispie pops. I enjoy making these every year. This year I did a gingerbread man, gift, snowman and santa. They are sooooo easy. See my tutorial here.I made these for the gift exchange at work. So, for the first time, I packaged them individually. I used cellophane cut to fit and added a little double stick tape and ribbon to seal them. I think they would make a fun stocking stuffer too. If you make some, share your link with me. I'd love to see your version.