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Hi! I'm back (sort of) from being sick the past few days. My New Year's Eve was spent trying to sleep early though I had a fever and some chills. I feel better tonight to at least post my project for TGF's Retro-Fresh Tag ... You're it Challenge. Now that Christmas is over and the New Year has begun, I'm faced with the next big milestone in my daughter's life. She will be graduating from 5th grade and moving on to middle school this fall. Seems like a long time off but I know it will come too quick like all special events do. It makes me a bit sad and worried and I hope she transitions well into 6th grade and her new school. I'm always worried about her making new friends. I know she's got quite a brain on her but socially, I'm not too sure what's going on. I'll be happy if she meets 1-2 really good friends that she can rely on.

Oh, did I mention how bright she is? I truly do not know where she gets her brains from. It is definitely not from me nor my hubby though we would really like to think it is from one of us. She can read a book so fast and we're talking thick, a few hundred pages kinds of books and still retain the info. That's definitely not me. But I'm glad that she has found her talent early and that is what she enjoys.

Anyway, sorry so much blabbing and bragging about my daughter. Hehe. I'll introduce my tag album!

I cut some tags using PTI's tag sale die.

Then I knew Annika would be perfect because this is one of my very first TGF's stamps and I bought it because it reminded me of my daughter. See her books too?

Kindergarten. (sorry, I had to conceal her face).

First grade. (The grade sentiments are from PTI as well). You can see how her hairstyle changes through the years.

Second grade.

Third grade. I made some cork embellishments.

Fourth grade.

And her current 5th grade year. Yeah, she's got some wild hair going on here. Her used to be so fine and straight. I don't know what happened!

The last tag is for me to write a little note to her and give to her on graduation day! On the back of each tag, I hope to write down some memories from each of her grades. I asked her if she remembered anything special from each grade and she said no. Geez.

Being sick, I didn't get to make a special New Year's Day card though I had something in mind. Maybe I can still get to it. I'm really looking forward to this new year! Thanks for reading and Happy New Year!

Snowman gift card holder

Hi! I was planning to post this last night but I was just too tired to write or think of complete sentences. It's been a busy week with the boys on Fall break and still trying to finish up a bunch of crafts. I have been trying to make some crocheted crafts to put in my Etsy shop and finally I'm done with one. It's a crocheted snowman that can hold a gift card or anything actually that is small enough to fit in the pouch. The pattern is designed by ChiWei Ranck of One Dog Woof and can be found HERE . Here's the little snowman with his arms folded over in the front to look like he is hugging the card. I added this fun card that I stamped. You can definitely add in a gift card too behind this card. The gift card reaches under his nose. This is how the little opening of the pouch looks. I hope I can make more of these little guys. These would be so cute for teachers and I think it would be easy to put a little wire through the hat and then use it as

coffee cup shaped cards

Hi! I think after this post I may need a little nap! My right shoulder is actually feeling worn out from all the typing and photo editing I've been doing lately. And this cooler weather is making me drowsy. It's getting cold here already! I made a bunch of these coffee shaped cards using a die from Honey Bee Stamps . It's a cute coffee set but the die is extra long so it would probably help to have a longer platform to diecut. I just have the standard sized one so I would pass it through once in my Big Shot and then rotate the cardstock and die carefully to cut the other end. Manageable but the longer platform would be more convenient! I embossed the front of the card with some pretty snowflakes. I think this is a Sizzix embossing folder. And then stamped the coffee sleeve with some Lawn Fawn stamps. This is the inside. The gift card slot does not come with this coffee cup die set. I cut that opening with one of the dies from MFT's gift card dies.

Knuffle Bunny

Hi! The Greeting Farm had their Customer Challenge & Chit Chat Night "A Night at the Bookstore" and introduced a few challenges. I have to say chatting was too fast for me and I couldn't really keep up. It was still early here, and I had to pick up the kids from school and activities and make dinner and eat and so I guess the timing didn't really work out with our schedule. You can check out the challenge details on the SCS forum HERE . I made this card for Favorite Child's Book category. It is based on the Mo Willems book Knuffle Bunny . It's one of my kids' favorites and it's such a cute story. We actually love reading Mo Willems' books especially his Elephant and Piggie series. Those books are hilarious! This challenge also made me realize that I haven't read many books recently except kids' books. I used to love reading but just haven't given it much time lately. Anyway, here is my card. If you've read the story

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