I love the asian feel of this card....

blossoms, text background, and attention to details .... 

Love it!!!

ENJOY!!!

I love these trees from Best of Times ... this card is so lovely and natural!

The chevrons embossed in white are so crisp and fun!

ENJOY!

ENJOY!!!

At work every year we do a $25 gift card exchange.

This year I chose an iTunes gift card to exchange ...

I packaged it up in a make shift iPhone gift card tin that I created.....

The Onyx Shimmer paper is sooo awesome as a phone and I added one of those free stickers that you get with your phone!

Gift card die in silver in the inside of the tin.

Here is what the whole ensemble looks like.

ENJOY!!!!

Happy New Year!!

Hope everyone had a great and safe one!

I am going to spend a good portion of today crafting and cleaning in my craft room!

What a great way to kick off the New Year!

I wanted to show you what I "stirred" up yesterday ....

A*Muse Studios is hosting a challenge on creative ways to use our straws ... so I had to jump in!

I cut the straws into thirds and then threaded twine trough them.  Added a little bit of crystal clear glaze to adhere them and then needed a flame.  I looked in my dies and WOW ... the poinsettia leaf looked JUST like a flame!  Added a banner and sentiment with pistachio and kraft cardstock.

Do you know how tough and durable our paper straws are??  They are wonderful for all of your craft projects and they are food safe.  Pick some up today .....

ENJOY!!!

Looking forward to crafting and sharing more with you in 2013!