August 30th. I have been so busy working out of town since March two to three weeks a month. Staying in a hotel weekly is not very conducive to creating new artwork. However, I am so excited to have our new Close To My Heart Idea Book and the opportunity to participate in the SOTM Bloghop this month. I am hoping to do some creating over the Labor Day week-end with some wonderful friends and fellow consultants, so I will have something to post here. Take a look at my card for the SOTM Bloghop to go live tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. I hope those who were caught in the path of Irene are well and safe. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

July SOTM

Welcome to the SOTM Blog Hop. This month we feature American Celebration, a set of 12 stamps. If you got here from Tamara's blog at http://www.tamrascraftypapercreations.blogspot.com you are certainly on the right path. There are over 60 participants this month. If you get lost along the way you can go to http://www.hookedonstamping.com and start at the beginning. I made a very simple card this month using B&T paper from Lucky, CTMH Buttons and random stamping. Now hop on over to Gina's blog at http://gmbscrapper.blogspot.com

June SOTM

Welcome to the June SOTM Blog Hop. If you got here from Gina's website at http://gmbscrapper.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-is-jubilation-of-stamps.html you are on the right path. I hope you enjoy this month's blog hop, I know I will. If you get lost along the way you can go to http://BowlOfStamps.blogspot.com for a complete list of participants.

I used Garden Green, Colonial White, and Cranberry as my color palette with Mistletoe background paper, ribbon, canvas button badges and buttons. There are so many things you can do with June's SOTM, Jublilation which has 24 stamps. Now continue on to Kathleens website at http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/2011/05/jubilation-stamp-of-month-blog-hop.html Enjoy

Week-End Creating

Well, got three pages done this week-end, not bad with everything else going on. I hope you enjoy them.

Hello All - I actually made it into the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. The SOTM for May is "Chairs To You" a set of 14 stamps. If you got here from http://www.gmbscrapper.blogspot.com Gina's blog you are on the right path. If you get lost along the way, you will find the complete list of participating consultants here http://hookedonstamping.com

The "Lucky" paper pack was my inspiration for my 6x6 SOTM card this month. Using Outdoor Denim and Sunset as my color palatte along with Designer Ribbon, Buttons, Kraft Colored Ready Borders and cardstock my card was created.

Now hop on over to http://www.hookedonstamping.com/index.php/blog-hop/ctmh-may-sotm-blog-hop-tutorial-2/

to see what Helen has created.

April Stamp of the Month Card

I missed the bloghop this month but I did create a card. I hope you enjoy the card. I used Bliss paper combination and vineyard berry. I also used Bliss accessories.

Wow - It is March already. My niece from California was here this weekend to make Save The Date cards for her wedding in September. She took them all home before I could snap a pix and post it to the blog. They were so cute. Oh well, we will be doing invitations in June, I'll post one of those. Hope to have some new artwork up this weekend and I am participating in the SOTM Bloghop for CTMH consultants in April. I'm excited.