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Hi!  I have finally finished the last month of my 2012 calendar/scrapbook page using the Pure Innocence year of flowers series!  I just have the cover to make now but I think I will use another MFT sketch for that too. So here's the sketch for this week at MFT and it really threw me a little.  Really different looking. I used Pure Innocence Holly Girl stamp and paper pieced her dress.  Close up.  I love that little red bow!  I bought it from a local store here.  The 2 pages side by side.  I am so happy to be done with the pages.  Just hopefully I'll actually fill it up with some small photos too! I'll also be entering this in All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge--Anything Goes . Thanks for reading!

Hi!  Isn't Blogger acting a bit weird lately?  I can't open the comment section sometimes.  Anyway, I haven't found a good routine lately for crafting since I've been sleeping so early these days.  I can't seem to wake up early in the mornings unless I sleep early.  But I finally did get to finish my November 2012 calendar/scrapbook page using MFT's current sketch .   I used Pure Innocence Chrysanthemum.  I didn't really want to fussy cut her out but I colored a bit messy out of the lines and the only way to really fix it was to cut it out.  Good thing I didn't chop off the flower or the skinny stem or something.  Then I paper pieced her dress. Close up photo. The other page. Just a short post.  I am going to sleep! Thanks for reading!

Hi!  I'm feeling much better today though I still have a lingering cough.  Thanks so much for all the well wishes.  I never quite finished my 2012 scrapbook/calendar so thought I'd finish that up.  I used MFT's sketch 53 .  Sorry my photo looks a bit crooked.  The stamp is Pure Innocence Calendula. A close up of the image.  I think this is a bit crooked too.  Maybe I was standing crooked or something. This is the opposite page.  I didn't have a matching papers for the background but at least they are both polka dotted.  Hehe.  At least just 2 more months to go and then I can bind them all.  I hope I actually find some photos to go in this book too. I'll also be entering this into Lollipop Crafts Challenge #62 -- Anything New Goes (Calendula stamp is new) and All That Scraps Challenge Anything Goes . Thanks for reading!

Hi!  Just wanted to share the rest of the things I made for Christmas this year. This isn't anything really new.  It's kind of the same gift set I make every year for my kids' teachers.  But it's simple and I don't have to think too hard about what to make.  I made personalized notecards with envelopes and they are stamped with PTI's Teacher's Apple.  There is also a notepad and a Hello Kitty calendar.  The caddy is Lauren Meader's From the desk of template.  The stamp is Pure Innocence You Make the Grade. All wrapped up to go. Another calendar.  I had already wrapped it in cellophane before remembering to take a photo of it.  The stamp is Pure Innocence Girl Doctor. I added the little heart on her clipboard. Made a couple of Angry Bird calendars too this year. And finally, here's a photo from our trip to see the lights in our city to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Thanks for reading!

Hi!  I received my order from My Favorite Things recently so I got a chance to make my next page using their current sketch .  This one is for September 2012. Here's the sketch.  I decided to rotate the sketch to fit the image and my scrapbook/calendar better.  The image is Pure Innocence Morning Glory.  I kept the background really simple.  You could call it laziness, hehe.  But I like the way the image stands out.  I taped some washi tape across the cardstock, pretty simple.  I used my new Prismacolor pencils and tried to blend (burnish?) without using OMS.  I will need more practice.  I used my white pencil to help with the blending since I don't have a colorless blender yet.  Then I drew in some grass for her to stand on.  The other page. Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Hi!  We had a short black out this morning and I didn't know what to do without my computer and internet, and I couldn't go blog surfing.  I was sad but I did cut everything out for my kids' Halloween goody bags.  Good thing my Big Shot isn't electric.  Anyway, I made another page to my 2012 calendar/scrapbook using MFT's sketch #39 and Pure Innocence Year of Flowers series Poppy. Here's my page.  Somehow I'm not loving this one too much.  I love the image but somehow the colors remind me of fall too much and not too summery.  And I think the proportions are a bit off.  But I decided to just stick with it.  It's still cute. Here's a picture of both pages. I'm gonna have to wait til I order the next couple months to continue.  But I'm happy I've made it this far! The kiddies are home for fall break.  It's nice but messy and noisy.  It may be a long week. Thanks for reading!

Hi!  Yes, I'm totally catching up on my 2012 calendar/scrapbook!  I followed MFT's sketch 38 for the month of July. This is Pure Innocence Waterlily.  I think she's super cute!  Colored her dress like a rainbow. The pages together. This is a super short post!  Hope you're having a great day! Thanks for reading!

Hi!  I am slowly catching up with my 2012 calendar/scrapbook.  Just finished June so I'm half way there.  It is super muggy here and I'm trying to get the fan to aim directly at my back while I write up this post.  Here is the sketch from My Favorite Things . I've used Pure Innocence Rose.  She is the cutie for the month of June. Here's the other page too. Short little post today.  Thanks for reading!

Hi!  Okay, so I am now really behind making my 2012 calendar using Pure Innocence Year of Flowers series from MFT.  Really, I am going to get on it.  I just wish it wasn't so hot here.  So muggy now that I need to use a fan but that's not so great when there are paper scraps everywhere. Here is the sketch from MFT .   Week 36 already! The left side follows the sketch using Pure Innocence Lily of the Valley stamp. I paper pieced her dress.  I think these flowers are usually white but I made mine light yellow.  The right page is my computer generated calendar with space above for a photo so that I can use this also as a scrapbook once the year is done.  Trying to be practical too. I already have the June and July stamps so hopefully I can catch up making these pages.  I already precut the pages and punched the holes so I can start once I see the new sketch. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Hi!  It's been a while since I got to play in My Favorite Things weekly sketch .  They are now on sketch 20!  I think I missed a few weeks and I'm behind on my 2012 calendar!  Hopefully I'll catch up next month.  Here's this week's sketch. I made 2 cards following the sketch and the card on the right was from way long ago following a different sketch but I wanted to show all three cards the kids will be giving to their teachers at the end of the school year.  I let them pick which ones they liked the best to give to their teachers.  They're all a little different. I like this card a lot.  It's looks fun and bright and my daughter picked it for one of her teachers.  The background uses the graph stamp from Hero Arts.  I like these background stamps a lot too.  Then I used Pure Innocence Make the Grade stamp.  All the sentiments including the A+ is from the set.  My son picked this one for his teacher.  I crossed...

Hi!  Here's the current sketch over at My Favorite Things .  I used Pure Innocence One Sweet Chick again. Here's a closer photo.  Her dress and egg is paper pieced.  I like doing that with these images--gives her a larger wardrobe.  I did go a bit overboard with the liquid pearls.  Sometimes it's hard to make equal sized and even spaced little dots.  But it was fun!  The banner, scalloped button and green grass felt are from PTI. Off to post this over at Splitcoast Stampers.  Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Hi!  Wanted to try out a new (new for me at least) challenge blog over at Friday Sketchers .  This week's sketch is below and the challenge is sponsored by My Favorite Things so I had to give it a go.  I have to hurry too cause the challenge will close soon. I wanted to use my new Pure Innocence stamp called One Sweet Chick. Isn't she so cute and the little chicks are super cute too!  Her dress and egg are paper pieced.  I cut some grass from PTI felt.  I love that this came out bright and cheery. I plan to give this card to my cousin who got accepted to medical school!  Yay for her!  So yes, chicks rule!  I just gave her a bunch of cards to also give away to her friends.  At least I know the cards will be put to some use instead of just sitting around in a box.  Just need to warn her friends that they can never ever ever ever throw the cards away.  Heehee.  Thanks for reading and have a great day!