"Find Your Style" January 2011 SOTM

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month, featured is January 2011's SOTM, "Find Your Style", D1452. If you have come here from Angela's Blog, you are on the right path!

This month we have about 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this January's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! I made this wall plaque as a gift for my friend, Barbara. Happy viewing!!




Here are the products I used to create this special gift:

January 2011 SOTM " Find Your Style" D1452
"Picture This" D1448
5x7 Canvas Panel (available at JoAnn's or Michaels $3.99 for 3 canvases)
CTMH My Reflections Wings B&T Duos X7135B
CTMH Juniper Ink Z2165
CTMH Cocoa Ink Z2114
CTMH Embossing Powder Clear Z671
Versa Mark Z891
CTMH Stardust Glitz Z1313
CTMH Liquid Glass Z679
CTMH Pewter Mini-Medley Accents Z1243
Ranger Embossing Powder "Tinsel Bridal"
Martha Stewart Crystal Glitter
Ocean Tides ribbon from Papertrey Inks
Floral Beads
Prima Flowers

Now "Hop" on over to LeAnne's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, January's SOTM is only available until January 31, 2011! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

Here are some more projects I've made using January's Stamp of the Month...Enjoy!

Sticky Boy

Sticky Boy Stowing Away in Random MyCTMH® Orders!

A few weeks ago Corporate office sent out this update about Sticky Boy....."Now that December is here and our Plenty for Twenty campaign is going, we have decided to up the ante—Sticky Boy may be coming to your house for the holidays! In random Plenty for Twenty-qualifying MyCTMH orders throughout December, we’ll be adding in a special stowaway absolutely FREE: Sticky Boy! He’ll be available in different sizes and in his own packaging, so check your box closely to see if you’ve won him as a bonus prize this December."

I WON a Sticky Boy....yippee......My first Sticky Boy! If you're not sure who Sticky Boy is, then check him out here and below.


Isn't he so, so cute, he's smaller than a nickle......

Everyone has been asking me what I got for Christmas, well, here is a peak of my Christmas present, my new craft room. Now, this room is not complete yet. My father-in-law is a cabinet maker and when my in-laws asked me what I wanted for Christmas I couldn't resist. This is my Birthday present too, which is in a few days. I wish I still had



the drawing from when I laid out the room plans. The lower and upper cabinets are in and they are already full. One large pantry cabinet will be installed along with the cabinet doors, 2 hinged tables, and paper drawers.


Here is the real surprise, I had mention to my parents about a month ago that I would love to have a miniature cabinet to store my wood stamps in and at Christmas, here was this amazing cabinet that my father had built for me. Totally LOVE IT!!!!!

As the room comes together the closet gets cleaner and cleaner, soon it will be empty and I can fill it with more stuff. So, if you haven't realized it by now I am stamping hoarder!!!!

Check back in a week or so and see whats been done next. And remember to check back on January 1 for the SOTM Blog Hop.

Christmas, an exciting time of year for all of us, but definitely for the children. This is my niece Emily, she turned 2 a few weeks ago and she was so excited about Christmas for the first time.



Now I'm not sure who was more excited me or her, when she opened her present from Uncle Todd and Aunt Tamra. Here is her first big girl bike. Since I don't have children, I was floored to find out that this bike in the big box it came in wasn't already together, so Uncle Todd spent the morning putting her bike together with Emily anxiously waiting for her first ride.



And here she is on her first ride. Before we know it she'll being driving...hehehehe



Now, we can't forget about our pets either, see Maggie wanting to play with Emily's birdie from Santa.

Happy Holidays to all and a Happy New Year.

Super quick post today. Can't believe Christmas is in 5 days.......OMG, are you ready???? Just when I thought I was done with Christmas, I realized I hadn't made a card for my mom and dad, so yesterday, it was crunch time. I just love this stamp from Stampin Up. There are so many possibilities, unfortunately, I didn't have much time, so I went pretty simple with this one. Enjoy.