Some Ooey Gooey Love.

Hello friends!

I am neck-deep in Christmas gift projects (and if you saw my crafty space right now, you'd know that's not much of an exaggeration!), but I wanted to pop on quickly to say hello and share a card with you.

I put together this card for my hubby and my 3rd anniversary together way back in September. Just getting around to posting it now, but it still makes me smile. :)



Awwww! Isn't that image just ooey-gooey-over-the-top? :) I just LOVE it. If you don't recognize it, it's from the very talented Nina for October Stamps. One of my favorite images of hers. I don't think October Stamps is still selling it (though I could be wrong), but if you can't get enough of her, she has a set with StarvingArtistamps that is just adorable! Now if only I could learn to color like Nina, I'd be all set.

I colored the adorable couple with my copics and then just popped them on some brightly-colored layers.



We had our very first snow here in Maryland yesterday. There was nothing to it (just a small flurry), and of course all the idiots were on the roads. Accidents galore. It always amazes me how much a little bit of weather can cause so many problems. It's like people forget how to drive from year to year. :)

I'm off to Starbucks. I have to get there before the line gets too long. It's a Peppermint Mocha kind of day. :) Brrrrrr. Then back to the grindstone to churn out these gifts! There's such pressure on crafters around the holidays, isn't there? Do you feel it too?

Stay warm, my friends!

It Is, Isn't It?

Normal is Boring.

Well, ain't that the truth?

With everything that's been going on in the last six months or so, I have felt anything but "normal" most of the time. There have been many a day that, at my wit's end, I would have given anything for a little more normalcy.

But, there's something to be said for a little chaos and unpredictability, too. It gets you out of your "box" a little, at least. I don't do chaos or unpredictability well -- something that drives my husband nuts. I need to have everything mapped out ahead of me -- it's kind of a compulsion. So it's something to work towards, right? :)

Aren't these adorable little monsters from the Doodle Factory the CUTEST?!! I am totally in love with them and am probably going to need to slap my hand once in a while so I don't end up using them on every card I make! :)



I colored these guys with copics before cutting them out and popping them up on coordinating designer paper panels that I had inked the edges of. I think matching the monsters to a color panel gives the card a bold and neato look. But that's just me. :)

Hope everyone has had a great week and is gearing up for holiday time. As usual, I feel helplessly behind. Such is life at Christmastime when you're an over-acheiver. :)

Enjoy your day! :)