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This week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is Anything Goes using Doodlebug Design products!
 My favorite Doodlebug Design products are their rainbow patterned papers. I thought it would be fun to combine them with a few rainbow stamping techniques to make a few cards.
 I used mini ink cubes to craete a rainbow stamped image.
 I used the MISTI to stamp a sentiment mutiple times in a rainbow of inks.

Do you know Tessa, owner of Etsy shop Precocious Paper? If you are not familiar with her creations, run right over to Precocious Paper and check out the many gorgeous flowers and goodies she has to offer.
(This is the Autumn Afternoon--September Sampler--I love these colors and that mix of texture!)

Not only is Tessa exceedingly talented, she is also super sweet and so for her 30th birthday she is offering all kinds of prizes if you take part in this Precious Paper blog hop.

If you just happened upon my blog (thanks for stopping by) you will want to start the hop at Tessa's blog.  You definitely want to start at the beginning of the hop and make your way all the way through because the birthday girl is offering tons of prizes along the way! If you complete the entire hop, leaving a comment on every designer’s post, you will be entered to win the grand prize – the September, October, November and December Samplers! That’s a $54.00 value and dozens upon dozens of hand-crafted scrapbooking embellishments. Follow Tessa’s blog to be entered to win a $20.00 credit to the shop, and if you follow Precocious Paper on Facebook, you could win another $20.00 credit. Tessa is also giving away surprise credits to blog hop participants, so be sure to leave a comment on this post!


Now on to my projects. Tessa sent me a handful of gorgeous layered flowers to work with. I suppose you could totally use them all on one project, but I had all sorts of plans for these beauties For example, one on a brightly colored but simple card steals the show.
I knew when my daughter saw Tessa's flowers, she was going to want me to make her a big flower hair clip. So I pulled out my Imaginisce i top and got to work making a large Twist Daddy with some bright American Crafts paper that seemed almost a perfect match to this Precocious Paper flower:
 Next, I covered the Twist Daddy with Therm O Web double sided sticky tape.
I pulled off the red backing once the entire twist was covered and stuck it in the center of the back of my flower... 
 and voila...
 The quickest hair accessory I've ever made in my life because Tessa did all the work for me!

I can not even believe there are only 15 days left until Christmas!  I knew December was going to fly by, but this is ridiculous!!  For those of you who looked at my last post and assumed I am on top of the Christmas game, let me assure you I am SO not lol! Christmas cards....what? Who? I found a bunch of cards I got at Target last year for 1/2 price--the kind that you glue a photo onto. Great, but that means you need a photo--actually many copies of said photo before you can send it out, right? I have done NO baking yet. NO wrapping. Every time I think I am ahead of the game, all these realizations start to set in and I panic, so...let's just move along, shall we?
This week's ScrapTiffany challenge was to use handmade flowers. Remember that Doodlebug Designs paper I got from Scrapbook Barn? Well I also used it to make this layout:
 The advent calendar. I think I made this 2 years ago? The kids LOOOOOVE it. We have a system where they take turns opening the drawer and then have to give the other person one of whatever is in there. This year I hit Party City for a bunch of little toys so we wouldnt be doing candy every night ;)
 And I love this ornament shaped cookie jar. But it is ummm, empty right now so I guess it qualifies as a stress! And on that note, have a great night!

No, not from eating too much at thanksgiving, although I did ;) I have been dancing around in excitement waiting for the announcement at Elle's Studio so that I could share the news that I made the design team for the January-June 2011 term!!
When I got the email I literally had to re-read the first line a couple of times to make sure it was true! I have loved and used Elle's designs for a while now so being on the design team is really a dream come true. I can not wait to get started! You can see the announcement and the rest of the team HERE. What a line up huh?? I am completely blown away to see my name on the list--thrilled beyond belief!!
Speaking of Elle's Studio, I do have a layout I haven't shared yet here, which includes an Elle's Studio journaling tag: