A New Year of Blog Hops starts here!!!!

I'm so excited to be starting my 2nd year of Blog Hopping with the Close to my Heart "Stamp of the Month" Blog Hop group. Each month a group of talented Close to my Heart consultants showcase their work in a Blog Hop to give you a wealth of wonderful ideas to use with the featured Stamp of the Month.

This is a circle hop, so start anywhere and just use the links in each person's post to "Hop" on over to the next Blogger on the list. Start anywhere and eventually you will complete the circle. If you should get lost, check below for a list of all members of this month's hop. Feel free to click here to put in an order on my personal website to get your own Stamp of the Month stamp set. This month we feature "True friends" a stamp set perfect for cardmaking or scrapbooking.

If you have come to my Blog from Haley's blog, you are on the right track.
Here are my creations for this month....




I'm kind of stuck in a creative rut with these "Everyday Celebrations" cards, but I'm really liking them with the new "Topstitch" paper. Colors in this new paperpack are Baby Pink, Heavenly Blue, Chocolate and Vinyard Berry. The frames and the sentiments are from "True Friends"



Next another oldie but goodie...The one sheet tag book that I featured last month is done again with "Topstitch." Some baby pink organdy ribbon and the new "Resistable Dots" alterable letters and a dimensional element covered in B & T finish the front.

Now hop on over to Katy's blog to view her creation for this month's hop. Enjoy!

The Blog Hop Is Coming!!!

Start off the New Year with some creativity and join us for our monthly Close to my Heart "Stamp of the Month" Blog Hop. Each month some very creative consultants from Close to my Heart share their ideas for using the Stamp of the Month in a variety of papercrafting projects. This month's "Hop" features a cute stamp set called "True Friends" perfect for your scrapbooking pages or card projects. Here is the "Hop" list for this month which goes live at 12:00am on January 1st. Join us and enjoy....

Helen Onulak http://www.hookedonstamping.com/
Jena DeVries http://www.livelovelaughscrapbook.blogspot.com/
Jessica Booth http://jessicabooth.blogspot.com/
Carla Ironside http://www.carlacreates.blogspot.com/
Lori Miller http://www.clearlyfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Misty Jackson http://www.misstscraps.blogspot.com/
Jen Patrick http://www.roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com/
Susan Brooks http://www.stampingintheopen.blogspot.com/
Kathleen Androlewicz http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/
Dawn Ross http://www.iamahappystamper.blogspot.com/
Amy McVey http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com/
Antoinette Herrin http://www.godblessyourart.blogspot.com/
Jill Lucas http://scrapwench.blogspot.com/
Barbra Otten http://barbraotten.blogspot.com/
Lori Brown http://www.savingmine.blogspot.com/
Brae Montgomery http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com/
Wanda Riley http://www.creatingwithwanda.blogspot.com/
Adeline E. Brill http://adeline-brill.blogspot.com/
Kami Welter http://www.scrappin4memories.blogspot.com/
Judy Burger http://makingtimeformemories.blogspot.com/
Pamela O'Connor http://www.cherishyourmemories.blogspot.com/
Cindy Leek http://www.paperspadsandpictures.blogspot.com/
Mary Eisen http://www.mestamp2.blogspot.com/
Sylvia Jacquot http://stampinsylvia.blogspot.com/
Laura Dame http://www.thecroppersconnection.blogspot.com/
Melissa Laverty http://www.fancymelissa.blogspot.com/
Haley Dyer http://www.inkyscrapper.blogspot.com/
Terrie Dodd http://www.my-life-in-real-time.blogspot.com/
Katy Donaldson http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com/
Chris Shouse http://www.houseostamps.wordpress.com/
Tammy Lea Pinchard http://mycreativeclubhouse.blogspot.com/
Krista Ritskes http://kristaritskes-simplycreating.blogspot.com/
Shannon Pelletier http://www.mycolorfulworldinvt.blogspot.com/
Deb Young http://www.scrapbookczar.blogspot.com/
Amy Edwards http://paisleysplayhouse.blogspot.com/
Sheila Bennett http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com/
Kristie Herdener http://www.goofyscrapper.blogspot.com/
Jen Rubio http://www.jenrubio.blogspot.com/
Jody Gustafson http://www.cre8nmemories.blogspot.com/
Sarita Schraeder http://www.blessedscrapper.blogspot.com/
Laurie Levnik http://www.creationsbylaurie.blogspot.com/
Debra Van Patten http://memoriesoftheheartbydeb.blogspot.com/
Kimberly Smith http://verykimberry.blogspot.com/
Michelle Nist http://michellenist.blogspot.com/
Karen Norman http://www.gettinscrappywithit.blogspot.com/
Traci Godbee http://createwithtraci.blogspot.com/
Nancy Brown http://www.creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com/
Maricar Harris http://www.maricarharris.blogspot.com/
Nona Davenport http://www.nonapearl.blogspot.com/
Laurie Newton http://scrapsfromthebeach.blogspot.com/
Dawn Heuft http://www.stamptildawn.blogspot.com/
Melissa Burch http://melissaburch.blogspot.com/
Kim O'Rear http://kimorear.blogspot.com/
Michelle Bourlet http://michellescreativeconnections.blogspot.com/
Angela Tutton http://www.tuttonstreasures.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Benner http://www.jensmessystudio.com/
Shirley Ross http://www.momnmescrap.blogspot.com/
Latisha Haag http://domestichomefrontcoordinator.blogspot.com/

Starting to feel the crunch!!!

Can't believe it's ony 2 weeks till Christmas and I'm definately starting to feel the crunch....

We will welcome Bryan's parents to the Valley over the holidays...so I better get moving as all the teacher/coach gifts need to get done this week so I can concentrate on getting the house ready next week!!

I wanted to show you what a lot of the teacher/coaches are getting (with a gift card tucked inside)

We made these at my recent gathering at Cathy's house and they are so much fun to make and very easy too!

We also created these cute tic tac holders....

I am also prepping some "night at the movies" gifts too, so will post those when they are complete! Thanks for stopping by and hope your enjoying the season!