Sharing a Little Somethin'

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I have just a quick project for you today, but I did

want to share a little exciting information as well.

First...let's get to this sweet little greeting that I created

a couple of days ago.

I love stamps that can give a clean and easy look with very 

little effort, especially during this time of the year and this

stamp from Recollections was perfect.

Just a little coloring and it was done.

The background was created using one of my new

favorite stamp sets from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

I used my favorite ink from A l Muse Studio in 'Sky'

to stamp the snowflakes and then just embellished

with bling and brads to finish it off.

If you've been a reader of my blog, you can probably guess

that I am in the process of a little 'make-over' right now.

It has been over a year since I re-decorated.

I have my dear friend  

Nicole Rixon of Sweet Stamp Shop

to thank for the fun blog header.

She designed this for me during the summer, but I've just

not had time to get things changed around.

It's a fab change, don't you think?!

I think it's a good thing to re-decorate once in awhile

and I am STILL in the process of moving the furniture,

so I hope you will bear with me.  When you switch from a

3-column blog back to a 2-column, there are a lot of

'bits 'n pieces' that need to find a new home or even...

be deleted.  So I appreciate your patience as things evolve.

OH and HEY!  I also now own the domain name to my blog,

so for those of you who bookmark me in ANY way, you may

want to change my blog name to

www.juliesopenwindow.com

It is taking Google a few days to get things all caught up,

but you will always be able to access my blog from my

'blogspot' address.

Well...that's it for me today, but I have some fun news

coming up this week and don't forget, the challenge

over at The Play Date Cafe is a two-week challenge

due to the Thanksgiving holiday, so you have plenty of

time to play along!

The colors are perfect for the week!

 

I say you leave the dinner dishes sit and do some stampin'!

See you soon!

Project Recipe: 

Stamps: Snowflake Flourish by Sweet 'N Sassy
Merry Christmas by Recollections
Ink: Sky from A Muse Studio
 Tools:  Corner Rounder by Fiskars

Embellishments: Gems & mini-brads from Recollections

Memories of Childhood & Rearranging Furniture

Before I get started, I just want to mention that I have

been going through some changes with my blog this

past week and hopefully 

one or two of you have noticed  : )

As I continue to go through the process, I ask that

you will bear with me as I 'rearrange the furniture'

around here.  I have a long way to go, but I 

know it will be worth the work in the end.

Ok....I am happy to be the color host for this week's

Play Date Cafe Challenge.  One of the perks of

being on the senior design team is that we get

to choose our own 'color story' to share.

If you have been following or playing with us over

there, you will see that each one of us has a

very unique style, some might say

'identifiable'.

This color combination has been one of my

favorites since I was in grade school.  I remember

finding these 4 crayons in the box and scribbling them

all over the paper.  I LoVeD it!

Thanks to Marthastewart.com, I get to share

them with you this week : )

I picked up these stamps from Imaginisce last week

and thought they were perfect for this color combo.

Who doesn't think 'french poodle' when you think pink!

(OK...whose now willing to admit that?)

All I had to do was add some bling in the form of

pearls and rhinestones and we're in business.

I used Spellbinders & Cuttlebug label dies

for my layering and wha-la!

Hey....recognize this logo?

I am very excited to share with you that

Ashley Cannon Newell

is our Celebrity Guest Designer

this week over in The Cafe.

Ashley is one of today's most celebrated

paper crafters having many of her cards

published in a number of magazines.

She has recently launched her own

E-zine called 'Embellish Magazine' and it

is FaBuLoUs!

Make sure you stop by The Cafe and read her

paper crafting journey (well, a small portion of it)

and then make sure you check out this fabulous,

new online publication.

I am so glad to be back with you here at

The Open Window...I've missed you.

Any chance....you've missed me?  : )