GIVE-AWAY TIME

The prize that will go to at least two lucky winners:

25 free 5x7 custom-designed Christmas* cards PLUS
50% off the rest of your order
(unlimited quantity, 30 card minimum, of one design)
*can also be used for other types of announcements or invitations

P.S. You send me the pictures, so you don't have to live in Mesa, Arizona to sign up for the contest!!! :o)


You get up to SIX chances to enter to win. All comment entries must be left on this post to be eligible.

1. Leave a comment with your name, and how you found me (include who referred you)

2. Post about my contest on your blog. Comment that you did it, and leave me your name again and a link to your blog. If you would like to use the graphic above in your post, here is the html code that includes the image and automatically links it to my site. Copy/paste all the text from the box into your blogger post under the "edit html" tab. You can hit enter a couple of times after the code to add your own text to the post. Then switch back to "compose" mode to finish off your post

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3. Post about my contest on your Facebook status with a link to my web site or blog. Comment here with "your name:FACEBOOK"

4. Browse around my web site, and then comment here to tell me your name and your favorite Christmas card design sample (found under "designs" and then "holidays"). Remember I custom-create all my designs, so there are just a few samples of my work

5. Put my button (get the code from the sidebar) on your blog and comment "your name:BUTTON" along with a link to your blog

6. Become a follower of my blog, and comment "your name:FOLLOWER"


I'll choose at least two winners on Thursday, December 4:

1. A randomly selected commenter.

2. The commenter who sends the most referrals to enter the contest
(make sure your friends leave your name with theirs on their first comment!)

3? If I get at least 150 comments, I'll randomly select a third winner! Who knows? If it gets wild, I could even do more!

PLUS, as a bonus, EVERYONE who enters the contest will enjoy 10% off all card orders during the months of November, December, and January! WOOT!

Sneak Peek for Tasha & Scott

Little Jack. Two weeks old and PERFECT. :o) Thanks Tasha and Scott! Hope you enjoy this sneak peek!


























A hint of a smile...

Blasted House...

We're painting our house. You know how five-day projects often turn into a-lot-more-than-five-day projects? Well, thus it has been with our house (but it's no longer blue, woot!). So, my big amazing give away...it's still going to happen. Just not this week, as planned. Unless something happens tomorrow that gives me a few minutes to myself (not super likely, but could happen).

Any New Moon-ers out there? So, I am sort of a freak and saw it Thursday night, AND tonight again. First with friends, then tonight with my man. He loved it. I loved it. I love him for loving it. Anyway, random.

The giveaway will come on Monday most likely. My day is WIDE OPEN (as of now). Well, except that I have to finish taping for the rest of the paint. That should only take a couple of hours though. Yeah, right. Famous last words.

Christmas is coming!

This is a little fancier, so I stuck wedding pictures on it from this summer. I'm in love. I just wish that I had these skills five years ago so I could have designed a killer wedding invitation for myself and four years ago when I could have stuck wedding pictures on a Christmas card. The next time I'll get to do that is for my 50th wedding anniversary card or something. Ha ha. Don't laugh at me if you get Christmas cards with my wedding pictures on them. I'm just loving this card. Her red flowers make it that much better for Christmas too!

{Red Ornamental on Cream}

The front:


The back:

More Christmas Cards!

These are designed to be 5x7's, flat cards, and can be printed on cardstock, glossy cardstock, art linen (my personal fave), art watercolor, or pearl (has a little shimmer, very pretty). Pricing depends on how many you purchase. Please see my web site under {design details}.

Stay tuned for my BIG HOLIDAY GIVE-AWAY coming next week! You won't want to miss it!


{Polka Dot Tree on Cream}

Front:


Back:




{Christmas Owls}

Front:


Back:

More Sneak Peeks for Miss Amberly

Holy cow this kid is cute!










Can you handle how beautiful this family is? Seriously. There was nothing to edit out of their faces. I am so jealous of her skin! Beautiful!

Sneak Peek for Amberly...

Your sneak peek from our photo shoot today (Yes, today. I know, I couldn't resist their cuteness) is in the form of an insanely adorable new Christmas card design... It is designed to be a 5x7, but could be modified to fit any size I can print.

Here is the front:




And here is the back:



What a stud of a baby! I was DYING over his hat! I had so much fun photographing him. Such a boy. From someone with two girls, it is fun for me to see that there are definite differences, and they are so fun!

By the way, Amberly knows she's not married to a Jesse and her baby's name isn't Crew. I changed the names to protect the innocent. :o) Her last name isn't Openshaw either...

I hope you like them, Amberly!