Making Smiles

I received this sweet blog award from Michelle My Beary Best this week. I'm very flattered. I love that Michelle joined the blog world and is excited to see her creations she puts on it. She's a very talented lady :)

Now here's the hard part. I'm supposed to tell five things about myself, Let's see.

1. I've known my husband more than half my life. We'll be married 20 years this May 2010.

2.I am still a licensed Cosmetologist. since 1986.

3.I have a 12 year old Daughter that was born three months Premature. She weighed 2 1/2 pounds when she was born.

4.I have a business called Earhart Designs that I am very proud of.

5. I got a tatoo on my top part of my foot for my 40th birthday 2years ago.

Okay, now it's my turn to share this award with five people.

1. . Angie from Chic 'n Scratch ~ For having an amazing blog with alot of tutorials that I've gotten alot from.


2. Linda from My life as a woman She's a Facebook friend with amazing words we should all hear.

3. Val ~bodhivalturner She's an Amazing Musician and an Amazing Friend.

4. sherry Cheever~ Walkin on the bad side She may wonder on the bad side but there's nothing bad about Sherry.

5. Debbie from A Peek into my stamping room . I enjoy her Fab blog.

blank embossing snowflakes

Additional Info

Keywords: tlc245 trees snowflakes holidays christmas blank embossing,

Stamps: lovely as a tree,

Paper: bashful blue

Ink: bashful blue

Accessories: snowflake template, wood frame with oval cut out in center,

Techniques: dry embossing, blank embossing,

Additional Info

Keywords: christmas holidays tlc245 blank embossing,

Stamps: christmas punch,

Paper: bashful blue, WW,

Ink: bashful blue,

Accessories: diecut snowflakes, snowflake template, dazzeling diamonds, xyron, wood frame with oval cut out in center,

Techniques: dry embossing, blank embossing,

4 of the 6 cards We're doing at a Holiday Stamp a Stack soon.

this is a card I'm using at my holiday SAS soon, Additional Info Keywords: holidays christmas birds,topnote dry embossing, Stamps: gifts of christmas, Paper: real red, WW, Ink: mellow moss and real red, Accessories: red grosgrain ribbon, topnote diecut, petals a plenty dry embossing template, Techniques: direct to marker, dry embossing,

This was done and fits todays tlc245
this is for a holiday Stamp a stack I'm doing soon.

Additional Info

Keywords: holidays christmas trees snowflakes blank embossing tlc245,

Stamps: thoughts and prayers,

Paper: taken with teal and WW,

Ink: taken with teal, chocolate chip,

Accessories: wood frame with oval cut out in center, snowflake embossing template, white grosgrain ribbon, white gel pen for snow, daubers,

Techniques: dry embossing, blank embossing,

This is a picture a friend took and I made it into a holiday card. Stazon works better on an inkjet photo. didn't show very well on the photos you get from wal-mart. this is for a holiday Stamp a stack I'm doing soon. used White and olive stazon . Additional Info Keywords: photo holiday christmas tree snow snowflakes, Stamps: christmas punch, sincere salutations, Paper: old olive, WW, photo ink jet glossy paper Ink: white stazon, olive stazon Accessories: photo, Techniques: stamping on a photo,

Love this medallion.

Additional Info

Keywords: wreath holidays christmas,

Stamps: holiday best, medallion,

Paper: sahara sand, very vanilla,

Ink: real red, sahara sand,

Accessories: stripped ribbon in mini, eyelet border, scallop circle, pencil eraser,

Techniques: embossing,

this is for a holiday Stamp a stack I'm doing soon thanks for stopping by Terry

Avon walk thank yous I donated.

I was asked to do these thank yous for a friend that walked in the avon walk this past weekend. I donated them and I'm so proud of her for doing the walk. Super Job Heather.

October Fest fun coming Next week in Frenchtown.

The above Cousin it, is located in a window In a Frenchtow Store. What fun. Do you remember cousin it???
Frenchtown is having an October fest the 17th and 18th. Alexandra's school made scarecrows. This is the scarecrow Alexnadra made. Her name is Wonda Petronski. She got the name from a book she's reading. above is a close up of Wonda!! Come out and see the fun .

mini convention project I hosted

Here 's my mini convention project. Everybody seemed to love it. They're magnets. I'm also going to make some to give away as thank yous for customers.

items used:
1. one sided flat marbles. I found at the dollar tree. 1.00 for 40. great deal.
2. Topnote die cut from Stampin up.
3. label punch and thank you stamp from Stampin up.
4. 3x5 cello bags.
5. magnets from Michaels crafts.
6. Velcro circles from Michaels crafts.
7. Butterfly is from martha stewart
8. Stamp set used is from Su too.

TFL

Customers invite for a Stainglass thank you luncheon.

This I did for a customer who had a stainglass window done and is having a luncheon as a thank you. I did twelve of them. Her Window was the inspiration behind this card. TFL