I'm thankful for...

Happy New Year!  Hope you all had a great ringing in of the new year and weren't asleep before midnight.  We just barely made it, but we heard the fireworks around the neighborhood for awhile after midnight.

Last year I was very thankful for the creative endeavors I was able to explore and the wonderful opportunities I was given to design.  I've enjoyed being on great teams and making great friends, and for that I'm very thankful!

The new release, list2write from The {Stamps} of Life is one I can see myself using a lot this year as I try to complete my 2nd year of Project Life.  I have not been doing a week layout like it's meant to, but more used it as a guide to keep up with some scrapbooking.  I plan to continue it this way in 2012 along with integrating some digital and regular scrapbooking pages.  This page fits the CR84FN color challenge this week, the yellow is subtle but there is some in the designer papers.  I'm definitely going to be using this color combo again.

Above is a cute pic I took of my youngest earlier in the year at a baseball game.  I love his many faces and thought this would make a great scrapbook page.  I also used the boxes4abc for my banner along with the rounded tags framelits from Sizzix.

My second cards I was inspired by a card I saw online with this color combination.  I thought these would make a cute notecard set.  My goal for 2012 is to use more bright yellow, which I rarely use now.

I for one always have a "honey-do" list going for the hubby.  Right now as I type this up, he is busy hanging a new t.v. from the wall...something that has been taking him 1/2 the day to do, but he's getting there.  That's after he helped take down decorations, built a desk for our oldest son, etc.  So this notepad that hangs on the fridge will come in handy.  It has a perforated top so I can just tear the pages out when done.

For my last card I decided to use a size I don't create much with, it's a 2.75 x 4.75" card.  I used the Mojo Monday sketch #221 for this.  My petals are created using the creations2fill set and I added some stickles to my center flower.  I adore this color combination and it's one I will be using more frequently.

Hope you enjoyed these cards/creations and if you want to see some more spectacular creations with this set, visit The {Stamps} of Life gallery where there are hundreds of samples.

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Cutie Pie Scrapbook page:

Stamps: list2write and boxes4abc from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Ballet Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Barefoot & Bliss from Bo Bunny, Neenah White

Inks: Blueberry, Tangerine and Licorice from Color Box by Stephanie Barnard

Embellishments: Janome sewing, rounded tags framelits from Sizzix

Just a Note:

Stamps: list2write from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Yo Yo Yellow, Spring Rain, Kraft Like a Rockstar,  Neenah White

Inks: Chocolate from Color Box by Stephanie Barnard, copic markers

Embellishments:Yo Yo Yellow grosgrain ribbon, stapler

"Honey-do" List:

Stamps: list2write from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Neenah White

Inks: Chocolate from Color Box by Stephanie Barnard, Taken with Teal

Embellishments: dimensionals

I'm Thankful For:

Stamps: list2write and creations2fill from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Rose Red, Neenah White

Inks: Chocolate from Color Box by Stephanie Barnard, Rose Red and Old Olive

Embellishments: Fruit Punch stickles, dimensionals