Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

I have a winner for you from my 10 favorite projects of 2012 hop HERE.
And the luck winner of a box full of My Little Shoebox goodies is  ...................................................
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Tammy Lien!!
Congrats Tammy, send me an email with your mailing address to lizchidester6@gmail.com
and I'll get your prize shipped to you.

Thank you all for the nice, wonderful comments. You really made my week! :)

You asked for it! Sketch 154

OK...I get the hint. You want more sketches. Who am I to disappoint so many of you? I will be posting a new sketch weekly, most likely on Mondays.
Just because I love you all, here is an extra one for today. ;)

Ringing in the New Year!

Ready to ring in the new year?
Today I have a few New Years Eve rink-e-dinks to share with you using My Little Shoebox's Keepsake collection. I chose this collection because of its great colors and prints.

This hanging decoration is made to look like a clock. I used Keepsake's round die cut sheets (3 of them), folded them accordion style and put them all together. It's a large decoration, about 12 inches round and its going to look great hanging from the ceiling.

We have a tradition in my house that at midnight we let our children make as much noise as possible either with their voices or noise makers (which are often the same thing;)). I bought a package of party horns and altered them by covering them with My Little Shoebox paper and stickers.

And finally, a simple card to wish you all a Happy New Year. May 2013 be the best ever!

Top 10 Blog Hop With a NICE PRIZE!

2013...I welcome you. It's been a great year but I also look forward to seeing what the new year will bring.

I was invited to hop along with some AMAZING scrapbookers and paper crafters to count down our favorite 10 projects from 2012.
It wasn't easy, but I managed to pick 10.

In no particular order, here are my faves from this year...

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Since so many of my favorites are from assignments for My Little Shoebox , I though it would only be appropriate to give away some My Little Shoebox collections. Yeah!!

Leave a comment by January, 5 2013 and I'll choose one winner to receive all three of the collections below.

Each collection includes 2 sheets of each paper, sticker sheet, alphabet sheet and a 3D Roll-Up Flower and Accents sheet. (Only US addresses are eligible to win.)

Here is the complete list for the hop. As you can see its pretty long so if you get lost, refer to the list below...

Liz Chidester http://thescrappiest.blogspot.com
Marcia Dehn Nix http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.com/
Monika Wright http://www.iloveitallwithmonikawright.com/
Ivanka Lentle http://ivankascardstudio.blogspot.com/
Christine Meyer http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-top-ten-of-2012-plus-giveaway-and.html
Jamie Cripps http://jamielanedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-10-of-2012.html
Erin Morehoushttp://sarahspaperbakery.blogspot.com/e http://girlpaperscissors.blogspot.ca/2012/12/top-ten-of-2012.htm
Melissa Elsner http://www.theprofoundbrunette.com/2012/12/top-ten-for-2012.html
Jodi Wilton http://luvalotland.blogspot.ca/
Sarah Hill  http://rockoandbella.blogspot.com
Laurel Seabrook http://want2scrap.blogspot.ca/
Carrie Walz http://everydaymoments-carrie.blogspot.com/
Jen Matott http://arttalk-sigmagirl.blogspot.com/
Jan Tatomir http://www.jantatomir.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Haggerty http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com/
Kerri Yarus http://kerrikr8tions.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-10-projects-of-2012.html/
Ashley Nguyen Newell http://hearthugsdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-ten-blog-hop.html
Cathy Harper http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-ten-of-2012-blog-hop.html
Malika Kelly http://malikakelly.blogspot.com/
Lynn Shokoples http://scrappyhappymom.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-ten-of-2012-blog-hop.html
Kris Berc http://stashofprettypaper.blogspot.com/
Julie Tucker Wolek http://thetuckerwolekclan.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-top-projects-for-2012.html
Rhonda VanGinkel http://snapwhiz.blogspot.com/
Savannah O'Gwynn http://www.savannahland2.blogspot.com
Audrey Yeager http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/
Katrina Hunt http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-top-ten-of-2012-along-with-blog-hop.html

Next, hop on over to Marcia Dehn Nix's blog to see her favorites from 2012.

Star Inspiration Oranaments

I love the inspiration pieces we are given on the Pretty Little Studio blog. It allows  me to stretch my imagination to try new things.
This week's technique challenge is to use stars.
I made a few fun star ornaments using Pretty Little Studio's "Christmas At Home" collection and Pretty Little Studio's "Jingle Bells" collection.

I cut out each star with my electronic die cut machine and scored them to look 3 dimensional. I then cut out the smaller images from a few Christmas journaling cards and decorated my stars.
 When you’re making home made ornaments, be sure to add glitter or glitter glue. The lights from the tree will make them sparkle beautifully.

To secure all of my elements, I used Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

Baby Its Cold Outside!

Hello! Are you ready for Christmas? I'm just about ready...the presents are bought, now I just have to make cookies for the neighbors. My kids really look forward to the baking aspect of Christmas.

 A few of us over at Practical Scrappers decided to use one collection and add our own color twist to it. "Peaceful" from Authentique was the perfect choice with its classy, elegant Christmas designs.
I chose to splash the collection with the traditional red and green Christmas colors.

I cut the paper poinsettias out with my Sizzix machine and added a few glittered trimmings from my stash of Christmas crafts. I never thought I'd use them on a layout but it works!

Check out the Practical Scrappers blog for more Holiday inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy the Holidays!

I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas

Just a quick post today...
Patty Selah over at Practical Scrappers created a really cute card sketch for us.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas here in Virginia. So far, no luck but there's still time! To compensate, I made my tree white. LOL!

I made the tree textured by adding bits of holly and snowflake die cuts. I rubbed it with a little glitter glue and the tree is complete.
Check out the Practical Scrappers blog for LOTS more takes on the card sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!