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Goodbye 2014 Giveaway

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I'm so grateful for all of you to be my followers.  I had a really really crappy year 2014 and I'm very much looking forward to the new year! I wanted to do a little celebration for the new year :) As a big thank you for your comments and your support through 2014 I will be giving 4 prizes in this giveaway. If you are one of my followers (with google friend connect) just put your name in the linky to enter to win one of the prizes illustrated below (Label 27 Spellbinder, Memory box Summer border, Memory box Pierson corner, Tim Holtz embossing folders): ,  , and   if you want to put this for the reminder of the giveaway it would be very much appreciated but it's not an obligation.  I will be shipping wherever you are in the world. Just click the read more for the linky tool to enter :)  Oh and I'm also on FB if you want to come and see the page .

Kathy O'dell Angel

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oh my it's totally FREEZING here today... -22 Celcius so -7.6 Farenheit... I totally want to hibernate!  Which would probably be a good thing for me right now lol Anyway I'm here to share with you a card that I made for the fabulous Corinne Jones who has lost her best friend.  It's an image from  Simply Betty  that was done specially for this friend.  You can find the image here .  It really makes a fabulous Sympathy card which I find are the hardest of all to make. I kept the card super simple.

Dachshund Valentine

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I'm here with a very short post before I run out of time to enter this great image in the progressive challenge over at  Gerda steiner designs .  I didn't have much inspiration so I used a sketch to help me along.  I also used only scraps from my stash so I was super happy with that!  I really need to use those more...

Doodle Pantry - Daily Devotion

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Hello everyone.  I'm super happy to report that my cat Max is feeling better!!!  I got really scared yesterday when he had been vomiting for the past 2 days... but now all seems better after the vet visit and he's started to eat again!!! So I'm here today to share with you a fast little card that I did.  I know... I do the fast ones these days but I can't seem to concentrate much yet on anything... and crafting is better than nothing at all right?!? For this post I'm using a fabulous set from Doodle Pantry .  I really love this set because it comes with precolored images so just perfect for those fast cards.  I find that sympathy cards are so very hard to do that if I can do one fast it's pretty good! Here's the set Daily Devotion : And here's my card with it.  I kept it really CAS

Little snowman

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Oh my... were does the time go?!?  It shows I haven't been feeling all that good because there's much less post this year than last year!  And I'm almost late for my post for the progressive challenge of From the heart stamp.  And since I so love those images I didn't want not to play.... So I went super easy and followed their great sketch.  I didn't even use DP only some washi tape which is pretty fun since I never use them.

What's New Pussy Cat - Art by Mi Ran

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Hello everyone!  Hope you are all doing good it's my turn to host the Art by Mi Ran inspiration blog .  I'm here to share with you something a bit different that I did :)  I figured it would be fun to share something other than a card. For this make I followed the theme of the month which was to use 3 of the same elements and I decided to play with the super cute  What's new Pussy Cat . Here's my little calendar page.  I figured she was perfect for a back to school image when your cat doesn't want you to go back to school!

Simply Betty - Tuesday solo release - Market Betty

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WOW there's a brand new release over at  Simply Betty  and this time around it's Market Betty! Such a fun image to color as are all the great Betty's image.  I just thought this one was perfect for a retro look :) I had this idea in my head and just had to go looking for all the right elements for this.  Lots of stuff from my stash that was just waiting for the perfect image!

Digi Choosday - Cool Blue

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It's already time for a new challenge over at  Digi Choosday .  And this time around it's about Cool Blue. To me cool blue totally meant I could get another Christmas card done ahead of time!!!  Yes I know... it's early but you know Christmas will be just around the corner before we know it lol.  The image and the great paper is from the  Work and play 5 - Festive Hollybobs  collection.  You can also get the great digi Snowball  here .  He's just soooo cute!

Cuddly Buddly - Rose Collage

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I'm back for another card and this time it's for  Cuddly Buddly using Rose Collage  such a gorgeous stamp set! I love the elegance of this image.  I didn't do all that much except stamp it with some Tuxedo Ink   The paper that I used is from Ooh la la by MME.  I added some vintage lace and some pearls.  I used my Lacey square, grand squares from Spellbinder.  The flourish was made using my Johanna Sheeen curly flourish.  I colored the image using my copics . I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Amusing-challenge  - Anything goes Fairy tale stamper  - Flowers Glitter n sparkle challenge  - Pearls and swirls Pile it on challenge  - Hearts and/or Flowers Allsorts challenge  - Lace and pearls That's it for me!  Hope you have a great day.  I have to go and see the doctor again!  But the good news is that I'm slowly getting more sleep... so I'll make it through!!!! Don't forget to enter my giveaway here for the chance

The east wind - Twisted venus Beautiful

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It's time for a new release of images from  The East Wind  this new one is called Twisted Venus - Beautiful.  It's a semi nude woman but sooooo gorgeous.  I just HAD to play with her because I had the perfect friend to send this to!!! You see I have this GORGEOUS (and I totally do mean gorgeous) friend.  She's gorgeous inside and out.  But all she sees is the stereotypical view of herself and she doesn't see how stunning she is.  It's sad that there's so much emphasis on being a tiny woman now.  It hasn't been this way through all the ages.... and it's sad... because not every woman is made to be skinny... some like my friend are just GORGEOUS the way they are!  And don't get me wrong I get that you need to be healthy.  But I do think you can also be healthy and heavier than what we see in magazine.  And being a full woman I think can be truly sexy. So enough said, when I found my sentiment on  Ginger's house  I just knew I had to create this

Open Minded Crafting Fun challenge - Movie inspiration

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It's the midway post for Open Minded Crafting Fun and I'm almost late lol.... I haven't been on my blog much... The new challenge is about Movie inspiration. And the fabulous sponsors are: ,  , , For my make I did a little tag in keeping with the fact that I'm trying to do stuff other than cards!  And I have given it to my hubby because the inspiration for this is a romantic movie... can you guess it?!?  The image was a freebie from  Sassy Studio  called immortal love.

Meljen's inspirational post - Night time bear

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Hope you are having a good week it's time for my inspirational piece for Meljen's design blog !  I'm here with a different little inspiration piece.  I made this for my little nephew to go with his Christmas present.  I figured when you are 2 and 1/2 it's really magical to play with one of those little globes. I figured that this little guy would be perfect for this make  Night time bear So here's my little snowglobe

The east wind - Lucy loo Punk

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There's a new release image over at  The East Wind .  And it's a Lucy Loo!!!  Just love this character because she's so untypical and so easy to use with some sentiments that I love!  I really wish I could be more like her and not care what others think!!!!

SLS Lines - New release

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It's time for the new release of  SLS Lines Digital .  It's a great new set of digis.  For my make I used the super sweet  Winter Hipster girl with hat And here's my little winter make, sorry if my posts are short... but still not feeling the best so better to keep it short and simple :)

Meljen's Design Challenge - Let it snow

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Hello!  It's time for a new challenge over at  Meljens designs  and this time around it's Let it snow.  Yup it's still winter here (looking forward to spring can you tell :) ) For my make I decided to make a little calendar page and to make it super simple I used a precolored image from Meljen called  Chubby snow bird colored Chickadee

Faery ink - FB challenge - Analogous colors

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There's a new challenge over at the  Faery ink  and this time it's about Analogous colors.  I had no clue what that was but Amanda provided a link were we found the information.  It's about using 3 consecutive colors in the spectrum chart.  One as a little accent and the other for the base.  Here's the chart For my make I used the fabulous digi  Sweet Heather .  For my make I went with the paler blue, darker blue and the violet in small accent.

Paradise of Stamps - Winter

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Hi everyone.  It's time for the midway post over at  Paradise of stamps  and this time around it's Winter that's the theme. For this make I did a little gift snowball :)  And I used a great image from Scribbles Design called  Snow kisses .  I just find this image so very sweet.

The East Wind - FB challenge - Alyce in Wonderland

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Hello everyone!  There's a new challenge on the FB group of  The East Wind  and this time around it's about Alyce in Wonderland.  There's some great digis from TEW that can be used for this.  But to me this little one  called Aurora Daisy Kiss was just perfect. For those of you that have been following my blog you know that I haven't been feeling well since the fall... .and there are days that it's really bad.  I thought this sentiment from Alyce and Wonderland would be totally perfect to reflect this.

Simply Betty - Tuesday Solo - Coffee and book Rio

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I'm here because I was lucky to win a Tuesday Soloist position from  Simply Betty  from the 13 days of Halloween competition.  Wow so very lucky to be working with such great digis!!! For this 1st time it's with a great combo coffee and a good book :)  It's called Coffee and book Rio Here's my make with this fabulous set

Doodle Pantry - Little boy's Valentines

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Hello!  I'm back... yes it's a busy day on my blog... hasn't been the case in awhile.  Good thing that I work and blog ahead lol There's a brand new set being release over at  Doodle Pantry  and this time around it's  Little's Boy Valentines   I totally love this set. I have 4 kids to I made quick and easy little bookmarks for them.  I will be giving it to them at Valentine's day.  It's not been easy to be around me lately... and I really want them to know how much I love them.  What's fabulous with this set is that it comes with precolored images so if you are like me right now it's the perfect thing for you to make a fast little make.  Here's the set of 4 that I made for my 3 boys and daughter

Digi Choosday - Love and Romance

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There's a new challenge over at  Digi Choosday  and it's just in time for Valentine's day!  It's Love and Romance. I decided to go a bit different then the usual love and romance!  So I used the fabulous Opera boy that can be found  here.  And paired him with some papers that are in the great new set  Work & Play 8 cd available  here  or the download version available  here .  I made a more masculine looking card.  The sentiment is also part of the set and I thought it was just perfect with this!

Tip Top Tuesday - Something new

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Hello everyone!  It's time for a new challenge over at  Top Tip Tuesday  and this time around it's about something new.  How easy after the holidays right?!? The fabulous sponsor is none other than   And for my make I used the super adorable    Owl Snow Forest Girl . I figured I would make a card for my dad who love owls and I figured he would be happy to know that he's still the #1 dad for me lol.... I still have to mail it out... man in 2015 so far haven't done what I wanted which is mail more cards just no energy for it... anyway  that digi was a joy to color

Path of positivity - Uniqueness - Midway

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Hello!  I'm here to share with you my midway post for  Path of Positivity , the challenge this time is about uniqueness. The fabulous sponsors are ,  ,   and  For this post I was pretty lucky because I had already a make that was perfect for this using a fab image from  Ike's Art  called  Muse 3 .  It's a tag that was done for a swap but that I had never blogged!  That's a good thing because these days I'm not making lots of crafty stuff... And it was perfect to share with the uniqueness challenge.  I made this thinking that being normal is probably not the best... and that being different can have it's value :)  Right now I'm far from being normal... and unfortunately I really long for it lol oh well.

Little Poppets in love - Cuddly buddly

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Oh man... having such a hard time making sure to blog... I was supposed to do this one on Friday but then went to see the doctor who wasn't there... and so haven't been sleeping more and now it's really showing lol...  I see something pass by and my attention is totally shot I'm now focused on something else... and I've started to repeat myself and I don't even remember saying stuff... wow what will it be when I get old?!? Anyway I'm here to share with you a make that I did for  Cuddly Buddly .  It's using a new set called  Little poppets in Love .  It's totally adorable!!! And here's the card that I made with it :)  I went colorful even if that's not the way that I'm feeling right now...

Charlotte Chic Valentine - RSD

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Well I hope you are not fed up of my calendars :)  I just have to share with you the cover that I made for my husband's calendar using a great image of RSD for my post of Sparkle and Glitter blog .  He complained that I had done one for my son's youngest teacher... so I needed to make one for him.  You saw the May page done using Sadie for the progressive challenge. For this I thought it was just perfect to use the fabulous  Charlotte chic valentine girl  she seemed the perfect party girl to start off the year!

Scribbles design challenge - Winter wonderland

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Hello!  It's time for a new challenge over at  Scribbles Design  and this time around it's Winter Wonderland.  I thought it was just perfect to make some Christmas decorations and give them out. Here in Canada in my area it's pretty snowy just like this little globe.  I used the great image  Snow-capped-tree

Karleigh Sue - The business

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There will be a new challenge starting in Feb at  Karleigh Sue Challenge .  This newest challenge will be perfect to share your sexy makes!  Yes there's no challenge out there that are perfect for pin ups!  And I don't know about you but I find those make fabulous masculine cards! I just couldn't wait for the challenge to be live to share with you what I did for my husband's b-day card.  This is the outside and I will share with you the inside at the start of the challenge.  It really was quite a sexy card.  That's pretty easy to do with the very sexy and elegant images from  Karleigh Sue Digis . In this case I used the fabulous digi  The Business .  Since becoming sick, I haven't felt very sexy... but at least my card could be :)

RSD Progressive challenge part 2 - Sadie

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This is the reminder post for the January  RSD Progressive challenge .  This time it's anything goes with a RSD image.  So that's pretty easy.  There are so many fabulous digis that the only issues you will have is to choose which ones lol For my make this time around I used the fabulous  Sadie  and used her on the May calendar page that I made for my husband for Christmas.  I figured May is mother's day and this would represent mom pretty good!  His mom was always so elegant!  So this was just perfect.

The East Wind - Winter Blues challenge

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Hello!  It's time for a new challenge over at  The east wind  and this time it's about Winter blues! It's so cold around here these days that yeah... I get that you feel blue!  But with the great images from  The east wind  you can chase those blues away by coloring! So here's my make with the fabulous  Aurora Warm Wishes .  I thought this would be the perfect time to get some Christmas crafting done.

Happy Birthday Art by Mi Ran (Day 14) - Crafting Vicky

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WOW it's been a Full Year since Art by Mi Ran started up !  Where does the time pass?!?  I have to say it's been a real pleasure to be part of this team since the beginning!  I really do feel quite blessed :) I'm here to share with you the 1st make that I did as part of the team and the new make that I did with this fabulous image.  I still just adore the great  1920 Flapper So here's the 1st card that I did a year ago And here's my make this year with her.  It's very funny that I chose the same type of color tones even though I didn't check the past card previously. But you can see I have been taking classes in coloring because my coloring is not as chalky and pale as before!