Sites of the week

Greetings! I have lots to share today, both stamping and non-stamping related.

First, I would like to thank the Cat Pack from The Cat’s Pajamas for surprising me with a Welcome Baby Boy Blog Hop as their TCP Tuesday this week. The start of the hop is HERE on Joanne’s blog. THANK YOU GIRLS!!

Second, I have another Verve sneak peek for you. Like yesterday, I made an ATC. Unlike yesterday, I didn’t make it into a card {just ran out of time before baby got here}. This is from the soon to be released set, Accent Notes…

Detail shot…

The Kraft paper with the white pattern is not DP, it’s stamped with white pigment ink with one of the accent stamps. The sentiment is framed under the stamped scallop circle frame that is popped up on glue dots. You can see more sneak peeks from the Verve DT on the Verve blog HERE.

Lots of family and friends have been asking about how everything baby went and for some more pics. Well, I will start out with the pics and then tell you the birth story.

Snappin’ to the beat…

Doing the Cha Cha…

Ellie giving her “Brudda” some love…

Nic with Gramama…

The story of Nic…
Last Wednesday Tony and I ventured to the hospital around 9am. I had to be there by 10 for my scheduled C-section {lil’ Nic was breach} at noon. We got there and did all the paperwork and such. The blood pressure machine said that I was calm, cool and collected, but my hands were pouring sweat. After they got me all hooked up to an IV we played the waiting game and watched America’s Funniest Home Videos on TV to keep my nerves {and Tony’s} at bay. Just a little before noon they came to get me to roll me away to the operating room. I thought that Tony would be with me the whole way, but he had to stay behind until I had my spinal block. That’s when I kinda lost it. I shed a few nervous tears and took some {really} deep breaths before they gave me some “Vitamin V”…aka a small dose of chill out drug. After I was numb, they went to get Tony. He said it seemed like an eternity waiting, but I think it was more like 15 minutes. My doc and his nurse {2 of my favorite people!} came in. Then the start of the surgery was called at 12:07pm and Nicolas was introduced to the world at 12:12pm. I remember talking to Tony a little during those 5 minutes and asking the doc what was happening, but none of the details really. After he was born, they brought him around and I couldn’t have been more delighted!! He was screaming like a mad cat and I had to laugh. After a bit, I was off to recovery and then off to the 4th floor where I called home for about 4 days. I couldn’t have been happier with all of the staff at the hospital! They were WONDERFUL! I think I had better service there than any hotel/resort I have ever stayed at…LOL! Now we are home, Nic is a week old and all is going well. Thank you to everyone for their love, support, friendship and well wishes. Love ya guys!!

Hi there! Well, as you can see from the last couple of posts, Tony took over and posted some pics of us and our new addition. It has been a lot of fun {and work} so far, but I am loving every minute. I am so very thankful to our kind friends and our wonderful family for all their love and support…THANK YOU!

The random winner of the Skipping Stones Designs stamp set from the Blog Hop post HERE is…

#47 Laura Cox {please email me your info…link is under my pic on the left}

Today is the first day of the Verve Stamps sneak peeks. You can see the full line up of sneak peeks from today through Friday on the Verve blog.

For this release, I created a set of ATCs and then used the same basic card sketch to make them into cards. Here are a couple of samples for you to peek at…

FROM THE CELEBRATING YOU SET

ATC

As a card

FROM THE LOVE MONKEY SET…

ATC…can you tell where my heart was when I made this? With baby boy, of course! {no, I did not make this after he was born! I have still yet to get to my stamp room}

As a card, using the same layout as the one above…

More deets about this release…
There are chances to win each of the sets. Just leave comments on the Verve blog.
Release party is this Friday on SCS.
Release week challenges {with even more prizes} can be found HERE on SCS.

Ok, I hope that’s all…if not, then I blame it on the lack of sleep! LOL! I’ll be back with more Verve and baby boy Nic pics soon.

‘DH’ again… more pics, mostly of big sister Ellie and her little brother.

This is the ‘DH’ commandeering the website for a few quick pics. Scroll down below to participate in Jen’s blog hop.

Introducing Nicolas Robert, 7lb 13oz… momma & baby doing great!

Hey…I warned you last month that I was addicted to hops, so there shouldn’t be any surprised people out there reading this!

This time I am hopping along with the Skipping Stones Design crew. Have you seen their stamps? Quite cute and funny! I really like the sentiment “May your coconuts never hang lower than your grass skirt” from the Tropical Birthday set…cracks me up!

As far as the hop goes…
It started HERE at the Skipping Stones Design blog.
You should have come from Chelsea’s blog HERE and when you leave my blog you will hop on over to Belinda’s HERE {I’ll link her down below, too}. As you hop along, the Skipping Stones Design Team (aka the Stamp Tramps) will have blog candy for you to enter. As an added bonus, there will also be 4 stamp sets (new stamp sets not yet released) will be hidden along the hop, but we’re not telling you where so be sure to leave some love as you hop!!! Make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! The winners will be announced on Friday January 8th at Skipping Stones Design.

Guess what? I also have a set to give away! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post. A winner will be drawn and announced sometime next week. Sorry to be so vague about “next week,” but with baby boy coming TOMORROW, I am sure that you can give me a break just this once

So, onto what I have created for the hop! This card uses the set, Cupcake Cutie. Ellie has even enjoyed coloring in a couple of these cupcakes. Now that I think of it, I should have photo’d her work and posted it along with mine! Taking note of that as something to do in the future. Anyways, here it is {and that’s not DP, I created the kraft/white paper with a stamp from the set}…

Detail shot…

Don’t forget to leave some love here for a chance to win a Skipping Stones Design set from me and then hop on over to Belinda’s blog HERE. Happy hopping and shopping…all stamp sets are 25% off Tuesday and Wednesday this week when you enter the coupon code 25off.

Either me or Tony will be back later this week with updates and pics of baby boy del Muro! Thanks to everyone for their love and support!!