wonderful world

Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying the Holidays! I've been playing with the new Sealed With a Kiss stamp set that Meridith and I designed for Gourmet Rubber Stamps... samples to come soon!

I'm feeling very grateful for a lot of things in my life this year. I have great friends, a wonderful, supportive husband, the cutest kids ever, and a great career. I feel fortunate that I get to do what I love for living... so glad that I went into Graphic Design. Every year has it's ups and downs and this year was no exception... but everyone I love is happy and healthy, and you can't really ask for more than that. Overall 2011 has been a good one. Here's to 2012 being a great year as well for all of us!

Some exciting news that really ended my year on a high note... Cath from Paper Crafts Magazine - Moxie Fab World has nominated a stamp set I designed, Wonderful World, as one of the top 10 "trendiest" stamp sets of the year! I am honored and excited. Cath has a poll on her blog today where you can vote for your favorite set out of the 10. I would love it if you would cast a vote for Wonderful World!

Here's a sample I made back when we released this set. It's one of my favorites, I had a hard time giving this card away (but I did. I remember! :)



This stamp set is available at Gourmet Rubber Stamps... and it's 40% off right now too through the end of the year. Just use the discount code 40IN2011 on checkout!

peppermint cake pops

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a thing for cupcakes. Well, cake pops have made an appearance on my favorites list recently. Really it's just about any cake and frosting combination that I love, and cake pops are just that on a stick. Brilliant!

My friend gave me a Christmas cake pop kit from Starbucks, and I have to say, these cake pops are GOOOOOD! Sammy and I had a really good time making these together-- they are an easy treat for kids to help make with a grown-up. Sammy is just as addicted to cake as I am. After making these I spent about 30 minutes in my office doing some work, and when I returned, three of them had already been devoured by you-know-who. At least she has good taste.








Starbucks is brilliant, I have to say. I highly recommend this cake pop kit if you haven't made cake pops before. Of course, the cake pop became popular because of Bakerella's awesome blog, so if you are ready to move on to more advanced cake-popping, go check out the ideas there! They are amazing.

let heaven and nature sing

I'm taking my daughter to see the Nutcracker for the first time this weekend. She is so excited. I've been playing the music to the Nutcracker Suite so she'll be familiar with it when we go. Christmas music is the inspiration for the card I'm sharing with you today. Simple and beautiful, using the sentiment and holly leaf from the GRS Season's Greetings stamp set, and some musical Christmas paper... a scrap I found left over from a scrapbooking page I designed last year. Perfect. Enjoy!