HAPPY 2010!!! :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

Hello everyone! :) Did everyone have a wild n' crazy night last night? Not me. My hubby and I went out for middle eastern food, and then we stayed in and watched Animal Planet. I took a bath and couldn't even wait for my hair to dry before I was conked out at 11pm. You should see my Medusa-inspired locks this morning! ;) Yes, I am a wild woman. LOL

Since we're ringing in a new year, MFT is celebrating by announcing their new design team line up today! Head on over to Kim's blog to check it out -- there are a couple new faces! :)

If you headed over, you'll notice that my name is not on that list. I am sad to say that I had to step down. I am *much* too overwhelmed these days to add the stress of crafty deadlines in to the mix. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we have a lot of family stuff going on right now, and I just need a break to focus on that for a while. I'll still be crafting (and still will be crafting with MFT!), but I need to march to the beat of my own drummer for a while. ;)

With that said, MFT has to be the best company out there to "work" for, and I am so grateful for the last 6 months! It has been a blast creating with their stamps! Hopefully when (if!) things ever slow down, Kim will consider letting me come back! ;) I'm still on the team through the end of January, so I'm not done with them yet! ;)

To help celebrate MFT today, I wanted to share a fun project that I have been meaning to blog for a LONG time now. I actually made this project for the (gasp!) November release and am just now sharing it! Seriously, how is it January already?!

I made this little gift set for my friend, Kristen, who was busy with midterms or finals or something equally awful at the time. I wanted to brighten her day a little.



To make the card, I hand-drew an apple and caramel shape and cut them out of decorative paper. Then I stitched all around the edges with my sewing machine. I glued a popsicle stick to the card base that I made to fit the apple panel and then glued the apple and caramel piece to the front and a hand-drawn leaf shape sticking out from the stick. I added a sentiment tag and some ribbon and a button, popped on my adorable image, and called it done!



I LOVE these Pure Innocence cuties! I just want to squeeze them! ;) I colored this girl with Copic Markers and added highlights with a white gel pen. Then I used Glossy Accents on the apple, her hairclip and her shoes.




To match the card, I altered a little crate that I got at Whole Foods. They were selling the cutest cherry tomatoes in these this summer, and can you believe that people were taking the cherries and leaving the crates?!! Are they nuts?! So I snatched all the leftover crates for myself! LOL



I colored my image and popped her on a couple of Nestabilities cut-outs. I adhered her to the crate and embellished the crate with some red twill ribbon and buttons.




Then I popped in a caramel apple and tied on a pretty ribbon and button bow.




Supplies:
Stamps: Apple for You by MFT, Sentiment from Feelin' Fruity? by MFT
Papers: Papertrey Ink's White, Tan cardstock, Green Cardstock, Georgia Pacific White, DP by My Mind's Eye and MemoriesComplete
Inks: Memento Black, Versamagic Brown (for inking edges)
Accessories: Copic Markers, White Gel Pen, Glossy Accents, Popsicle Stick, Pop Dots, Vintage Binding Tape (makes great ribbon!), Twine, Red Wide Scallop Ribbon by May Arts, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Buttons by MFT and Oriental Trading Co.

That's all for today. Be sure to stop back Monday. I'll have a fun teaser of one of the new January MFT releases to share with you!

Enjoy your day!