{ My Scrapbook Nook Blog Hop - kit giveaway }

Hi and welcome to our blog hop. My Scrapbook Nook Design Team members are each giving away a kit. You should have made your way here from Britt's blog. If you haven't then go to Leah's blog to start hopping and follow the links. You don't want to miss anything. Make sure you leave a comment here and all the blogs for a chance to win.

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I am giving away our December kit!

8 Sheets of Double Side MM Holiday Paper

3 Speciality Papers/ Making Memories

MM Trims & Treats

Prima Flowers

Alpha & Bling From Prima

1 Package Of 30 Days Advent Numbers From Shabby Chic

2 Sheets Of Bazzill Cardstock

There is a ton of inspiration in our gallery from our Design Team and members. Here are couple of project I made with this beautiful December kit.

Blog hop will close on Friday Jan 15th at midnight PST and we will announce the winners on the forum on Monday, January 18.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Your next stop is LG.

{ CPS #148, Project 365 - week 49 }

Here is my card for CPS #148. I used The Cutting Cafe Medium Heart background printable stamp and Valentine Long Phrases. I used EK Success border punch for the large scallop and Fiskars for the small scallop. The pink tag is from Elle's Studio - The Country Fair journaling tag and Heart stamp. 2" scalloped punch fits perfectly with this circle heart stamp. I added little Prima flowers and some buttons.

Project 365 - week 49.

11.30 - on our way home from Arizona. It was really cold in Texas and we drove through snow in El Paso.

12.1 - Alex washing his feet. 12.2 - first snow. 12.3 - Alex taking a break. 12.4 - us at the North Pole Express. It was really cold. 12.5 - isn't he cute. 12.6 - we finally got the Christmas decorations out.

Alex has a birthday coming up in 10 days!!!!! Party invitations are in the mail. Can you guess the theme?

{ Pink Paislee flower tree, Elle's Studio blog challenge }

I am still using my January kit from My Scrapbook Nook - Pink Paislee Cupid collection. Fun colors.

I had this Styrofoam tree left over that I wanted to cover with flowers. I punched out patterned paper and old book paper with 2 inch scalloped circle punch. Each flower has three layers of paper, three for the book paper and then one patterned paper with two book papers. I don't know if you can tell that I alternated the rows of book paper, every other row. It just worked itself out. I was worried that at the end the flowers will not fit, but they did. I used brads for the flower centers. I had this huge box of Basic Grey brads and they were perfect. At the end, using a make up sponge, I painted the flower edges with Bubble Gum Shimmerz paint and Hi Ho Silver Blingz. And a card I made for a sweet little girl. Everything is from the January kit and I added fabric, flower and the button.

I wanted to let you know that there is a blog challenge going on at Elle's Studio. Create a layout with journaling that sums up your holiday season, upload it to the web and post your link here, in the comment section OR email us a photo of your layout. Make sure you get them in by the 25th. Everyone that does will be entered into a drawing for a $30 gift certificate to the shop! Winners will be announced on the 25th.

{ Love mini album, Project 365 - week 48 }

Warning! Photo heavy post! Wow, my first post of the year. I am a little behind on everything because I haven't been feeling well for the last couple of days. My Christmas decorations are still up and I hope to get some energy to deconstruct everything. 2009 was a great year and I am sad to see it go.

Here is my little project that I made with My Scrapbook Nook January kit. It comes with these kraft envelopes from Maya Road that were perfect for this little album. I used four envelopes and Bind-It-All to bind them together. I added paper, die cuts, stamps and gems from the kit. I added some Prima flowers and gingham fabric for the tags. I tucked a tag in each envelope with a photo. and journaling on the back. All the pages and envelopes are sprayed with Babys Breath and Bed of Roses Shimmerz Spritz. It gives everything a nice Shimmer. I have more photos here.

Project 365 has ended on December 29, but since I am behind posting photos I will continue until the end. Someone asked me if I would continue posting photos after the Project is over. I am still taking photos every day and I will post some here, but maybe not in this format. I haven't decided what to do yet.

Project 365 - week 48.

11.23 - on our way to Arizona. 11.24 - stopped for a break somewhere in New Mexico...it was really cold outside and we needed fresh air, and a diaper change. 11.25 - Alex in front of grandma's house..he was collecting rocks. 11.26 - just a cute photo of us on Thanksgiving. 11.27 - Alex with his cousins at the Zoo. 11.28 - Alex at grandma's house collecting rocks, again. 11.29 - family photo at Saguaro National Park in Tuscon on our way back home.

{ True Love and Happy New Year }

I wanted to share with you a card I created a while ago for The Cutting Cafe. Now that Christmas is over, and the year, Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Regina has a ton of NEW, Valentine's Day, things ready for purchase. Get an early start!

I used the love birds and the heart sentiment from the All About Valentine's Day printable stamp set. I printed the birds on white cardstock first and then again on two different patterned papers. I cut them out and adhered over the original image. After I printed the heart sentiment I matted it with red cardstock and cut out.

This is so easy to do. If you have any questions or want to know how to print these images you can find out all the information under Printable stamps info. and tips.Thanks for a great year!