Sites of the week

I actually have a bunch of new stuff to show you, but I can’t…yet! I’ll be pre-posting a bunch of stuff in the next few days for the next couple of weeks. Of course, I will be popping in with some new baby posts, too! I’ve seen a couple people do this and I kinda like the idea of taking a look back at the year just past and “reviewing” cards/projects done. I’ve chosen a favorite card or project for each month. I’m not even sure that “favorite” is the best word to use here because I view each of the company’s stamps differently, but anyways, here it goes {BTW…I’ve linked each of the original posts and be sure to click on the pics for a larger view, too}…

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

eeek…that was harder than I thought it would be!! I wanted to pick 2 or 3 for each month!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that the November Project Parade has started over on the Verve Stamps blog. As always, I am kicking it off and have a fun {and super affordable} project…

If you want to play along with this month’s theme, “Home for the Holidays: Gifts, Decor and More” you could have the chance to win some moulah to spend in Verve store. The Project Parade runs from today through the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We’re hoping to inspire some holiday magic in everyone!

Welcome to the first Saturday of the Month here on i{heart}2stamp! The first Saturday of the month brings not only a brand new sketch, but also brings aboard a new Designer of the Month {YAY!}. This month I would like to welcome Amy White from the UK!

Here’s a little about Amy in her own words…
I’ve always loved creating things - I have been fascinated with rubber stamps for as long as I can remember (I still have the first one I bought as a kid!). I was introduced to card making about 5 years ago while on holiday, and have been completely hooked ever since. I became a Stampin’ Up demonstrator almost two years ago and I love it! As well as making cards for my workshops and classes, I also make them for my church bookshop, as well as my sister in Australia (my biggest fan!). I get my inspiration from surfing blogs and SCS and I love participating in sketch challenges as it gives me a great starting point. I’m so honoured to be playing along with Jen’s awesome team for November!

Be sure to check out HER BLOG and SCS gallery!

Here’s this week’s sketch…

Here’s my take on it, using some Unity Stamps that I have had for weeks and needed some serious lovin’…

Detail Shot…

Here’s Amy’s beautiful card using Verve Stamps…

Want to see more SFYTT goodness? Check out the SFYTT sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Kelly Lunceford
Susan Liles
Leigh O’Brien

I hope you will play along with us!! Just be sure to link your card here with Mr. Linky! If you have any issues with Mr. Linky, just email me {link under my pic}…

Welcome to my post along the Verve Stamps Believe Blog Hop. If you happened here by chance, be sure to start at Julee’s blog. Hopefully you hopped along here from my sweet friend, Susan’s, blog. And, when you are done here, you will hop hop hop on over to the super talented Betty, one of the Verve Stamps’ Guest Designers this month. Don’t worry, I will link her on the bottom of this post, too. I just end up having a lot of links and I don’t want hers to get lost in the shuffle.

Well, as you know it’s Saturday, so that means that I have a SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY. I think that you all will like this one and do A-MAAAA-ZING creations with it…

This is my creation for both the hop and the sketch…

This card uses the new set, Believe {hence the “Believe” blog hop}. For each of these sets sold, Verve will donate $10 to Susan G. Komen to help find a cure. This is a subject close to my heart. As many of you know, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago. A year ago she completed her chemo and has been cancer free since then. I know that other women…moms, sisters, friends…are not as fortunate and have lost their courageous battles. While this is a wonderful set to use to give to people fighting the fight, it is also a great set to use when you are trying to sell items to make money for walks and other fundraisers. I’d like to think that it can keep on giving.

In addition to this set, several other Verve sets were released last night. You can see them HERE.

Designer of the Month, Lorelie Kim, created this darling card using the SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY…

Ok, so here come all those links that I mentioned before…

If you are hopping along on the Verve Stamps Believe Blog Hop, hop on over to BETTY and see what beautiful creation she has to share with you. Oh, by the way…
There is a special gift hidden along our hop for one lucky commenter, so if you see something you really love, give a little shout out and you just might win a $30 gift certificate to Verve!

If you are looking for some more inspiration and eye candy for this week’s SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY, please check out my SFYTT sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Kelly Lunceford
Susan Liles
Leigh O’Brien

When uploading to online galleries, please use the SFYTT so we can see all the creations all together.

Also, I have to moderate some comments, so if yours does not show up right away…DON’T WORRY, I will go in a couple times a day and approve comments. Thanks!

Have you been following all the sneak peeks on the Verve blog? I know that I am surrounded by a mountain of talent on that team, yet each month I am blown away with what the sneak peeks hold. I love that!

I have several projects that I can’t wait to show you, but I am going to do it a few at a time here. This is the first card that I created with Christmas in the Air, my favorite of the new sets…

The snowflake was created with the Cricut machine on thin chipboard, then painted white and partially coated with Diamond Glaze and Diamond Dust. I then topped it off with a ribbon and a bow. The paper pieced tree matches the green button and gives the card the “pop” of color that it so desperately needed.

My second {and last} project to show today…

As you can see, all of these project use non-traditional Christmas colors. I am totally loving stepping away from the usual red and green of the season. It’s fun to bring in oranges and pinks to combo with silvers and such. There’s lots more samples on the Verve blog and there will be even more to see at the Verve release party tonight on SCS. You can read more about the party HERE.

Today is the first day of Ellie’s physical therapy. We are hoping for a turn around on the ability to run and jump within the next few months. I am very positive about all of this and I am looking forward to watching my sweet lil’ girl grow more and more each day. She is going to be such a wonderful big sister! The other day our dog jumped on me and she immediately belted out, “Abby off!! That’s my brother in there!” Yesterday, she drew a picture of me with a huge circle for my belly, which says “just keeps getting bigger, and bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger!” I hope she’s willing to tell me how small it gets after baby boy del Muro gets here!!!

Well, I’m off for now. See ya back here tomorrow