A Year In Review Part 1

I thought I would take the last week of 2010 to do a year in review. I will be sharing with you my favorite project(s) of each month, favorite comments and answer a few questions. I'm so grateful to all of you for stopping by my blog, coming back for more, sending e-mail and leaving comments....2010 had been a fabulous year and I can't wait to review it myself!

January

In January, I participated in the Occasions Mini Catty Cruise and featured my Purse-onally Perfect Purse with Totally Tess cards. You can see that posting HERE.

I loved this pink herringbone pattern on the purse and the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt pieces and was thrilled when Totally Tess made it from the mini catalog to the big catalog that July.

Favorite comment said...
Becky - oh my goodness gracious gravy! This is adorable. What a great set. And the purse with the Sweet Peas?! Amazing!! Can I just say I'm honored to share the same web air with you?! You rock!

Favorite comment said...
OK - OK - OK You've done an awesome job with Tess (they should rename her Becky - what do you think?) Who could resist these great assortment? Love her even more now.......TFS......hugs

Attending Leadership in Phoenix was another January highlight. These cards were made using the Oval Scallop Frame die-cut for a swap at Leadership, you can read about them and the matching projects HERE.

Favorite comment said...

Man--having been a blog stalker for a long time--I was HONORED to be able to participate in this swap with you! I just love ALL YOUR STUFF!! Can I hold it up and say "I got this art from Becky and you didn't...nana nana boo boo!" ha ha ha! Just kidding, Becky fans! I'm sure if she were super woman she'd have made these for all her fans! Aren't we lucky she shares so much on her wonderful blog? :O)

Favorite comment said...

GIRL WHY U DO THIS TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe.. did you hear me screaming not even squealling OH MY GOSH I want that Cello album OH OHHH OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SO FREAKING CUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTEEE ok off to clean off my drool! ;)

February

Continuing with my love affair for these Sweet Pea Stitched Felt pieces, I loved this card using the Ornament Punch as a vase for the flowers. You can read about it HERE.

Favorite e-mail...

Becky how in the world did you get the ornament punch to do that? I have tried for an hour to punch the blankety-blank thing like that and I can't figure it out. What is the secret?

Answer...I cut the bottom off with the scissors! Ü

March

In March, I finally got brave enough to cut fabric with my Big Shot. Sounds kind of silly huh, but it was a big step for me...I don't like new things! Ü

You can read about it HERE and see a quick tutorial on how to make this card.

Favorite comment said...
Becky - your flower pins and cards turned out very lovely. Final Score.......Becky ONE...Hot Glue Gun ZERO!

Santa Stocking Boxes

Remember all the Santa Stockings I posted the other day? They were the tags for these little boxes.

You can see this posting HERE for the information on the tags.

The boxes are about 6" x 3-1/2" x 2" tall. I used the basic box pattern from Natasha Zandbergen's Homemade Goodies Packages tutorial, but cut it down an inch or so it was a bit smaller.

Inside the boxes?? Baklava...what else would you expect from the Greeks? Tee-hee!

A Little Wedding Album

Our niece was married in April. I thought she might like to have a little scrapbook wedding album of the snapshots I took as a Christmas gift. I had such a good time making this! I haven't scrapbooked for real in about 5-6 years!!

The front and back cover are a piece of acetate Window Sheet to protect the pages. I assembled it with binder rings and tied ribbons to them for decoration.

This page has 3 pages of photos on it.

I left plenty of room for her to do the journaling.

Back cover. Kids...why do they do that?? lol!

Cardstock: Soft Suede textured & regular, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper

Stamp Set: By Definition

Accessories: Beautiful Butterflies die-cut, Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Scallop Circles die-cut, Top Note, Big Shot, discontinued chipboard frame, Pearls, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, Scallop Edge Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Vintage Lace, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Crop-a-dile

Gift Card Mini Pocket Book

For my mom, the non-appreciating of the Stampin' Up! stuff mom, that I've talked about many, many times here. Do you think she will like it? Do you think she will feel bad for me again because she thinks I 'have' to make handmade gifts even though I've told her for 10 years that I 'love' to make handmade gifts? Do you think she will keep the gift cards and give the book back to me in a month or so like she does everything I give her? Sounds sad, huh?!

After this many years, I just have to laugh about it and keep doing what I want to do and not worry about it! In fact, I'm kind of amused by each reaction as I watch her open it or hear her on the phone tell me 'that's so cute, honey, what do you want me to do with it?'. She just doesn't get it. Gotta love her!

I used the Mini Pocket Book tutorial available on the right hand side bar or the tutorials page of this blog.

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Holly Jolly Designer Series Paper

Stamps: Tags til Christmas, Jolly Old St. Nick

Accessories: Round Tab Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Small Star Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, that little Sizzlet die-cut that has the bird, 2 trees and the snowflake on it, Big Shot (you should have Santa call me so he can bring you one!), Very Vanilla 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Pearls

Santa Stockings

I saw a super darling card made by Julie LaBlanc on Stampin' Connections, our demonstrator share site, and fell in love with this little Santa. She had it made into a card but I just made the stockings so I can use them as tags on my boxes of goodies I will be handing out to my neighbors before Christmas.

I don't have a pattern to share for this. I just drew a stocking and figured out the punches she used.

Hat: Wide Oval and Small Oval punches in Cherry Cobbler with a 1/2" Whisper White circle.

The fur on his hat was made by punching the Wide Oval punch into Crumb Cake cardstock, then punching again just above that to create this crescent shape.

Face: Wide Oval Punch in Blushing Bride cardstock.

Nose: The circle from the Bitty Pack punches in Blushing Bride cardstock. Mustache: Bird Punch wings in Whisper White. Slightly sponged with Crumb Cake ink.

Beard: Ornament Punch in Whisper White slightly sponged with Crumb Cake ink and cut off flat about 1/4" below the ornament top.

Although I am going to use these as tags, Nicholas added Candy Canes to some of them to hand out to his school friends.

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake,

Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Stamp Set: Winter Post snowflake, Four the Holidays

Accessories: See punches above. Cherry Cobbler seam Binding Ribbon, Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper for the toe of the stockings

Friday Stamp Club Card and Gift Swap

Friday night is a smaller group so these photos are all in one posting.

Joyce and her gift from LuDon.

Joyce's swap card

Jacque and her gift from me.

Jacque's swap card/pouch

Kristi and her gift from Jacque.

Kristi's swap card

Karen and her gift from Kristi.

Karen's swap card

Annette and her gift from Karen.

Annette's swap card

Annette had a gift for Perlene that I appearently forgot to photograph. She was not there Friday night. This is Perlene's swap card.

Lyndsey and her gift from Perlene.

Lyndsey's swap card

LuDon and her gift from Lyndsey.

Ludon's swap card

Me and my gift from Joyce on Friday night.

Me and my gift from Katie on Thursday night.

New Filled with Love Promotion

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The Filled with Love Bundle contains the Filled with Love Stamp Set (in wood-mount or clear-mount) and the exclusive Love Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack. The Bitty Buttons are a great addition to the bundle. So many cute things you can make with using them!

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I'd like to thank the Post Office for treating my Stampin' Success...my coveted Stampin' Success...the highlight of my month Stampin' Success, with such care. They put all the pieces in a plastic bag and the label said Because We Care on it! Arrghh!!!!