Happy New Year's Eve!!!

Happy New Year's Eve to you all!  I hope you have a happy and safe day today whatever you do!  I wish you all the best for 2012!!!  

Well, with the new year, comes a new challenge over at Once Upon A Sketch! I do hope you play along with us! :)

The challenge:

Journaling Criteria: Our theme this time is New year's Eve. Journal about your feelings around this time of year, or tell us about your most memorable New Year's Eve. What do you typically do or what did you specifically do this year? Who do you celebrate with? Was there one that was particularly memorable? 

You MUST combine the journaling criteria with this sketch:

My Layout:

At first I was a bit intimidated by this challenge...not exactly sure why, maybe it was because I didn't have any specific New Years Eve photos, but I made a page about how I generally spend it.  Here's my layout:

I used by Cameo for this page!!!  I loved playing with it and can't wait to play more.  See that cute house with the words cut out of it, that is what I cut with my Cameo.  Isn't it cute?  :)  The chipboard I used comes from Imaginarium Designs.  They are an awesome company that is a consistent sponsor over at Once Upon A Sketch.  They even sponsor the design team, so I was lucky enough to get to play with them.  My papers are all from My Mind's Eye.  

Here are some close up's of my layout:

The prizes:

You won't want to miss the prizes you can win...lots of good stuff!

1. The winner of this challenge, as chosen by the Design Team, will win a spot on our Design Team for the month of February. As well as that, the winner will also receive a nice prize from The Craft's Meow:

An in-stock stamp set from The Crafts Meow of the winners choice..

*example of stamp set the winner could choose. 

2. One RANDOM lucky person will receive this prize from Feature Art:

3. One RANDOM lucky person will receive this prize from Vicky Alberto Etsy Shop:

See!!! Lots to win! :)

I really hope you play along with us this!!!! You have until Jan. 14th to upload your entry here. Can't wait to see what YOU do! :)

Have a FANTASTIC day!!!!

Saying Goodbye to 2011

Every year I think the year has gone by quicker than the previous year.  But I am glad to be rid of 2011...it was the hardest year for me yet.  Thank God for my kids...they have been such a blessing.  Anyways...so I am praying that 2012 is a MUCH better year for us.

On The ScrapCake blog we did a post where we all shared layouts recapping the year.  I chose to go in a slightly different direction and created this:

I used the Cozy Xmas collection from The ScrapCake for this layout.  Those letters are stamped with an old set I had from Stampin' Up!, which I am sure they do not sell anymore.

Here are some close up's of my layout:

I hope we all have better years actually, even if your year was super...we'll always take better, right!  :)  

Thanks for stopping in today!!!!  

Have a wonderful day!!!!

We party hard.

So New Year's Eve has never been a huge celebration in our family. We mostly spend time as a family, playing games, and then we stay up and watch the ball drop on tv. So recently I was asked to make a New Year's Eve layout and I knew I had few pictures and no real celebration photos. So I scrapped the "non-celebration" and the fact that we tried to make it to midnight.

I used the Life of the Party collection from BasicGrey. :)

Here are some close up's:

There you have it. You can see how hard we party. :)

Have a FANTASTIC Monday!