Happy New Year with AMAZING News!!!

Hello my dear blogging friends,

Today, I would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year filled with Health, Love and  Lots of Inspiration. I would also like to thank you, my friends, for every one of your lovely comments. I will forever treasure them in my heart. Honestly, when I first started this blog six months ago, I never thought it would bring so much happiness to my life. Thanks to all of you who made it real!

So, they are some AMAZING news to share with you. I'M GOING TO BE PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!! I still can't believe it! I'm going to be featured Blogger of the Month in the new Magnolia INK Magazine: Make a Wish. But that's not all. I also submitted a card to enter the magazine contest: Make a Card, Make a Wish and guess what? I WON!!! What a fantastic way to start this new year. I'm counting the days.....the hours to have the magazine in my hands.

See you all soon!

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs,

Paola

Pink & Black Christmas - IAMC # 22

Hello friends, I hope everybody had a Merry Christmas!
There is a new challenge up at It's a Magnolia Challenge. This time the theme is Pink & Black. I made a Pink & Black Christmas card using "Something for you Tilda" from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection 2011 and for the background, "Edwin's town" from the Spring collection 2008.

 

Thanks for visiting!
Hugs,
Paola

Christmas Blog Candy Winner!!!

Hello my dear friends,

First, I would like to thank everyone of you who entered my Christmas Blog Candy, I really appreciate all of your loving comments. I wish I could give a prize to everybody.

So, to pick the winner I had a very special "helper". My little boy and I wrote all 77 names on little pieces of paper and put them into a box......then he picked a winner! 

.... and the WINNER is

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Yes! Wendy. 

Please e-mail me with your mailing address so I can send your prize in time for Christmas.

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs,

Paola

White and Gold Christmas

Hello my dear friends! Time to play again over at It's a Magnolia Challenge. We would love to see your creations using only white and gold or silver. I made a Christmas card on White and Gold using my cute little Tilda with Cross Stitch Heart stamp from the Sweet Christmas Dream collection.

To create the background I dry embossed white cardstock using the snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder. Then I layered a strip of white cardstock decorated with a gold border I made using Martha Stewart's Arch Lattice edge punch.

Using gold embossing power, I heat embossed my Vintage Couch stamp on the label created with the Nestabilities die and placed Miss Tilda on it. Doesn't she look so cute sitting on that fancy couch?

And for the finishing touches, I added a golden bow made with Martha Stewart's satin ribbon and decorated with a white crochet flower. The other flowers are from WOC and Recollections (I decorated them with some Snow-Tex for a "Christmassy" look)... and the golden spikes are recycled from my Christmas decorations.

I'm entering the following challenges:
Just Magnolia: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
MDUC: Lost and Found
Simon Says Stamp: Christmas photo inspiration
Simply Magnolia: Christmas
Paper Sundaes: Anything Christmas

Thanks for visiting!
Hugs,
Paola