Share the Magic Blog Hop....

Not only can I not believe that it's already OCTOBER, but I really can't believe that I'm already using my Christmas stamps. 

This month's blog hop is using October's SOTM, Share the Magic and it's full of Christmas icons including Santa, Rudolph, Frosty and some other few tidbits shown below:

This month we have LOTS of Consultants participating which means you'll be seeing LOTS of great artwork using this one stamp set!  If you've come from Cindy's Blog, you're on the right track!  If you get lost, you can always come back here and try to pick it up or go to Helen's Blog and see a complete list!

For my card this month, I chose to do a 5" x 7" using Mistletoe Paper and some Cocoa Brads.

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Closeup of the brads - I also stamped the little star-looking stamp and stuck the Cocoa brad through...when I saw Angela's creation for the Thriller Blog Hop, it just stuck in my head and I'm sure this is where the idea for all these brads and distressing came from.

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Here's a closeup of Santa's suit...I used Liquid Applique, let it dry completely and then heated with the Craft Heater...this method keeps the LA from bubbling up too much and gives it a little smoother look.  I also used the Licorice Opaques for his belt buckle...

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and...the inside of the card 

Don't forget to hop on over to JEN'S BLOG and see what she's made with the set!!!

Also...don't forget you can start placing your orders for this CUTE stamp set today and you can even earn it for FREE!!! Contact your consultant to find out how or click here for more information!

Spiderman Birthday - the Invites...

My sweet little TK (boy) recently celebrated his 3rd birthday and when asked what kind of party HE wanted, he responded....DORA!!!  Of course, his daddy wasn't gonna let that happen (although my upline, Pamela, did have some CUTE layouts I could've cased...lol).  So, I kindly told him "no" and asked for another "theme"...he quickly responded ELMO....now, this would've worked perfectly EXCEPT that's what he did LAST YEAR and a scrapbooker can't have 2 years in a row with the same theme (you can check out last year's here)!!!  So...with some "suggestions", he's decided on Spider Man!!! 

Here are the invites that went out this week....

I used CTMH's NEW White Daisy Circle Cards, Cranberry, Black and White Daisy Cardstock, the Coluzzle to cut ovals for the eyes (Coluzzle is no longer available but I keep my handy at all times!)...Bonding Memories Glue Pen, 3-D Foam Tape (for the eyes), My Legacy Writers for the doodling and webs on the inside of the envelope and Spook Alley for the web on the envelope.  The Black glitter is some I picked up at Michael's.

I have some great ideas for cupcakes and goodie bags and will post pictures of those next week.

Wordless Wednesday....Happy Birthday TK!

Wordless Wednesday....

Thursday Night Football....

No artwork today....BUT....

I finally got these photos off my camera and decided to share them here....

It was a good game (0-0) 'till the 3rd quarter when we gave up 25 points and ended up losing...blah!

Keek had some good catches and even got to kick some...

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here's a close-up of his scrawny butt...#2...he looks so tiny out there...

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and...the CUTEST fan there...(for some reason DD wasn't into getting his picture taken so I don't have one of him)...