Thanks a Million

Hello! I hope you're having a wonderful Saturday!
I'm back as promised with another Puddle Jumper Card!
This time I've used the adorable Mary Jane; who just happens to be one of the January releases at Claudia & Company.

For Mary Jane's card I really wanted to use the Basic Grey Olivia paper. I have been ooooing and aaaaaaaawing over this paper ever since it was available. I think it's one of my absolute favorite color combos. In addition to the BG papers, I've also used ribbon from My Minds Eye, a beautiful Prima flower and done some bordering with the Martha Stewart hydrangea punch. The sentiment is a rub on from Melissa Frances (Heart & Home Collection).

I hope you like it! Thanks SO MUCH for stopping by today. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Color Blocking

Hello! Happy Friday!
I'll be back tomorrow with another Puddle Jumper card, but until then, I wanted to sneak in with a little card I made last month for the swap group I'm in (affectionately called the Sisterhood).
The challenge last month was to create a color blocked or monotone card using a favorite color. Well, as you can see, one of my fave colors is orange and I don't often have the opportunity to use a lot of orange, so I was super excited when our sweet Donna presented us with this challenge.
I got out my old Tart and Tangy stamp set from SU, matched that with a sentiment from Papertrey Ink and paper from K & Company and voila. Can you smell the oranges? :)

Thanks for popping by today and I'll see you back here tomorrow!

Celebrate Today

Hi Friends!
How's your week going?
I thought I'd pop in with another fun Puddle Jumper card for you today.

For this one, I'm featuring PJ Todd that was released this month from Claudia and Company. And since this stamp is in digi form, I decided to play with the sizing a little bit. There's so much you can do with digi stamps! :)

And that's what's up for today...well, except for a trip to the dentist too (yikes)!

Hope you have a great one!

Fluttering By

Hello and welcome to another exciting RELEASE for Claudia and Company!! Yep, that's right, we're sneaking in with a SECOND little digi stamp release for January!!

And this time we're featuring images created by artist, John Grutta! And speaking of this awesome guy...he just gets even more awesome, because he's giving everyone that hops today a free image! So be sure to start hoppin at the Claudia and Company Blog because that's where you'll find your FREE STAMP! Thanks, John and Claudia!

There are several images in today's release (as you can see in the above banner), but you'll have to hop along to see them all!

My card features Butterfly Swirls and you can find it today in the Claudia and Company Store!



And here's the blog hop list. Be sure and leave these talented Gals some L-O-V-E! Have a wonderful weekend!!

Claudia and Co. Blog
Lori Boyd
Sheri Gilson
Krista Van Tol
Tracy Clemente
Kadie Ensley
Tori Wild
Risa West
Sandra MacLean
Kim Costello

Sunny Day!

(actually a snowy day here in Seattle:)

BUT it's a SUNSHINEY kinda day over here on my blog, because I get to HOP with the By LORi Designs Team for their January Release Day! Thanks so much to my sweet friend LORi for having me! Yipee!!! And a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to this sweet and talented lady toooooo!!!

There are several new stamps making their digital debut today and I'm SUPER excited to show you one designed by the talented Miss Hannah Boyd (creativity is 'stamped' all over that family)! In fact, you should have arrived at my blog via the young marvel herself, but if you've just happened along the way, you will want to start back at the BLD Blog for your chance to win 1 of 2 $10 gift certificates to the BLD shop! (see BLD Blog for details).

Introducing Sunny from the Bug and Roo by Hannah collection!

Your next stop is the Lovely Krista, but if you should find yourself lost along the way, a complete hop list is below. Thanks for stopping by today and happy stamping!

By LORi Designs Blog
Sherry
Sheri
Linda
Arielle
Jacquie
Angela
Jennifer
Silvia
Jane
Andrea
Jayne
Hannah
Kadie
Krista
Lori

Hoppin' with Claudia & Co!

Hellooooooo and Welcome to the January Hop for Claudia and Company AND the very first hop for the Claudia and Company STORE!! Wooohooo!

Today we have TWO NEW PUDDLE JUMPERS for you (designed by LoRi Boyd)!! Yipee!! But that's not all...we will be back on January 14th with ANOTHER mini release! So be sure to mark your calendars!

And now, on the with the show. :)
You should have arrived via the FABulous Tracy's Blog, but if you didn't you might want to head back to Claudia and Company to start the hop off right--because as always, if you complete the entire hop and leave some love at all the stops, you'll get entered to win a special prize (see C&Co. Blog for details).

My first card for you today features Puddle Jumper Todd. I just LOVE his hair!! He's so adorable; I just wanna pinch his cheeks.

And next up is cutie pie Mary Jane and she's coming your way just in time for Valentine's Day!!

I hope you'll be inspired by all the fun creations the DT has for you today. Your next stop is going to be the Lovely Tori's Blog, but if you get lost along the way, a complete hop list is below. And a warm welcome to our January guest designer, Pam Varnell!!

Claudia and Co. Blog
Lori Boyd
Sheri Gilson
Krista Van Tol
Tracy Clemente
Kadie Ensley--you are here :)
Tori Wild
Risa West
Sandra MacLean
Kim Costello
Guest Hopper - Pam Varnell

Penguin Party

Hellooooooo!

It's the last Day of December and I'm headed over the mountains to celebrate Christmas and New Year's with my wonderful in-laws. But before I go, I have one more card for 2010 to share with you!

For this one I've used Party the Penguin (by Jane's Doodles for Claudia and Company) to create a penguin PARTY!! And you might have noticed that I also snuck in Lori Boyd's penguin companion stamp that comes with the Winter Ella. :) I was thinking about this penguin with the scarf on and then I saw a "do not open until Dec 25" stamp...and I thought, well maybe Party the Penguin is like 'Lotso' from Toy Story 3 and he wants to have the spotlight on himself, so he put all the other penguins in a jar and attached that note. I come up with these little stories for my cards...LOL! But then when I started making the card it just seemed to go in a little bit different direction. Instead, these little penguins are yours for the price of 5 cents each and Party the Penguin is having his day in the spotlight, just as he'd hoped, because someone just picked him!
And that's the story. :)

I hope you ALL have a Wonderful New Years and I'll see you again very soon!
Hugs,
kadie

P.S. sorry for the bad photo, I could not find the charger for my regular camera anywhere and had to use my bad backup!

Shades of Winter

Hi Friends!

Can you believe December is coming to an end already? Where has the time gone! And that means that we're about to say goodbye to 2010 as well. It's hard to believe a whole decade has passed since we partied like it was 1999 :)

I'm back with 2 cards for you today and they both feature Puddle Jumpers having fun in winter weather!

First up is PJ Winter Landon and he's gone out to play on a lovely day...the sun is out, the grass is just starting to show itself again, but there are still banks of snow piled up too! I think he and teddy will create one last snowman!

And my second card features PJ Winter Ella. She is a bit more bundled than Landon, because her wintery weather calls for a little more cozy. The snow is falling, she's catching flakes on her tongue, and having a blast traipsing through it all in her favorite winter galloshes!

I just can't get enough of these cutie pie Puddle Jumpers! And they're going to be making their way into theBRAND NEW Claudia and Company STORE on January 1st!! MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!

I hope your last few days of 2010 are Super and Fun and Super*!!

P.S. Landon's card is a layout case of one of my card 'heroes'--the very talented and lovely Amy Sheffer.

*wink---love you, Hubs

Let It Snow!

Hello Friends!

How are you? Did you have a nice Holiday?
I had a wonderful Christmas, spent with lots of family. And I get to do it all over again this weekend with my hubby's family---so excited!

I hear that many of you are experiencing SNOW and LOTS of it!! Woweee! Seattle is snowless right now...just lots and lots and LOTS of rain! Sooooooo in thinking about all that snow across the board and then thinking about all the kiddos on holiday getting to go and play in it...I have created this snow inspired card using the adorable Puddle Jumper Winter Hannah stamp!! Isn't she CUTE!!

She is available at the Die Cuts R Us store, but for a limited time---because at the end of THIS WEEK, DCRU will be shutting it's doors and Claudia and Company Stamps will be available in the Claudia and Company STORE!!! Isn't that COOL! Be sure and check out the C & Co. Blog for all the latest details.

Have a wonderful day and if you're venturing outside, be sure to stay bundled up like PJ Hannah!

HUGS

Merry Christmas

Happy Friday, Friends!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Can you believe Christmas Eve is only 1 week away! I'm so excited...it's like I'm 5 again during this time of year. LOL

Here's a little Christmas card I made as I was racking my brain for something fairly simple to replicate a few times, in order to finally send a few handmade cards this year! Can you believe it, a card maker who doesn't send handmade Christmas cards? Outrageous. LOL! Normally, I'm so stressed with all that's going on, that I end up making a card for my parents and the ladies at work, and that's it! This year I will try and make a few more thanks to this cute little paper wreath idea! :)

Hugs and Happy Holidays to All!