IT'S MY PARTY BLOG HOP and USTREAM

~ WELCOME EVERYBODY ~

This is gonna be a HUGE PARTY and YOU'RE INVITED !

First off... I'm so excited to HOST and KICK OFF this FUN BLOG HOP with you ! 

A big MU-AH and THANK YOU goes out to ALL the sweet and wonderfully talented gals

who are joining me today ! I feel so blessed to have such great crafty friends (((HUGS)))

Today's hop theme is all about IDEAS FOR YOUR NEXT PARTY !
I think throwing a great party is an art form and here you will find super creative ideas to help make your next party a HIT !

SO without further ADU...let me share TWO PROJECTS I prepared for you today !

 Project #1 : The Invitation

 Almost all parties should begin with a great invitation! Not only will it tell important info, as to the where and when,  but it should also set the mood for your party and allow your guest to get excited about the event you have planned for them! If you are successful with your invite, then your guests will REALLY look forward to attending!  Keep the invite simple, since you will make multiples, one for every guest you invite, but don't skimp on the expressiveness ! Your invite should tell the story of what your party will be like...is there a theme? will there be food or refreshments? is the dress causal or dressy? But most of all , if your guests feel you have put a lot of thought and effort into your invitation, then they will know you WILL put a lot of effort into making sure you they have a GOOD TIME ! GREAT INVITES = GREAT PARTIES ! 

Here's a sample invitation for a girls night out theme ! Wanna come ???

oops, just realized I miss spelled "regrets" hehe

NEXT...here's a fun GARLAND you can make it NO TIME FLAT to help things look festive, fun and colorful! Simple cut out 3 to 5 different shapes using double siding patterned paper. Size them up  @ 3 to 4 inches each. Use your CRICUT on the "auto fill" feature to cut multiples. Then use colorful paper clips to link them together alternating the shapes and colors. WHA-LA...festive GARLAND for your party !

 

I have some AMAZING GRAND PRIZE BLOG CANDY for you provided by some very GENEROUS SPONSORS! 

 Please THANK them with your patronage, they all have fantastic products you will LOVE !

WIN a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE to Pink by Design Store

courtesy of....

 

WIN A $ 20 GIFT CERTIFICATE to OH MY CRAFTS online store

courtesy of...

WIN ONE SET OF SCRAPPY MOMS STAMPS 

(your choice) courtesy of....

WIN A PSA ESSENTIALS STAMPS BUNDLE
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Bundle includes : 1 stamper, 1 cupcake Peel & Stamp; Stick pack, 1 lime and green ink, and 1 alignment tool. Anyone who doesn't win this awesome grand prize can tune in to HSN on February 1st and purchase at a great HSN price! 

WIN ONE SET OF MPS STAMPS!

(your choice) courtesy of....

To be ENTERED to WIN these GRAND PRIZES:

• you must visit all the blogs in the hop
• leave a comment at each stop
• be a follower of my blog
• lastly... you MUST leave a comment on the Face Book Event Page for this blog (link provided at the last stop)...  letting me know you have completed all of the above...to be fair, this will be verified :)

WINNERS announced on Tuesday January 18th !

HAVE FUN and GOOD LUCK !!!

BUT WAIT !...there's MORE...If my blog reaches 1000 FOLLOWERS at the conclusion of this hop, I will PERSONALLY GIVEAWAY this set of NEWLY RELEASED stamps created by Emma, as a special thank you to all of you who visit my blog and leave such sweet comments !

Simply leave a comment here and be a follower of my blog to be entered for this special BLOG CANDY, courtesy of me, ALEX  :)

BUT WAIT !!!!  There's EVEN MORE !!!...

Would you believe it if I told you there is a REAL PARTY going ON and we'd LOVE FOR YOU TO COME ????!!!

If you happen to be joining the hop on Saturday, January 15th at 10:30 am PST, then you REALLY CAN join the PARTY LIVE by  CLICKING HERE FOR THE LIVE USTREAM!

WHERE YOU WILL MEET...

Alex @ You Had Me At Craft
Ruthie @ September Ninth
Theresa @ The Scrap Booking Queen
Gaby @ Gaby Creates
Sandra @ 365 of Cricut
Jenny @ Crazy About Cricut
Julie @ Cricut Chick

 

YOU READ THAT RIGHT !  These crafty ladies are coming to my HOUSE and you can come TOO...online that is ! Together we will be sharing even more project tutorials and surprise giveaways only available to our LIVE party guests!

Can't make it ? No worries, it will be recorded :)

I told you THIS WAS GOING TO BE A HUGE PARTY !!! 
And it's JUST BEGINNING !!!

So let's get back on the BLOG HOP TRAIL with your NEXT STOP...

the amazing ABBY @ Scrapbookaholic!

Just in case you get lost along the way here is a list of all the stops...

Alex @ You Had Me At Craft (that's me, your host )

Abby @ Scrapbookaholic by Abby

Debbie @ DD's Crafts
Emma @ My Creative Time
Gaby @ Gaby Creates
Janis @ Pause Dream Enjoy
Jess @ Kinder Stampo
 Jenny @ Crazy About Cricut 

Joanna @ Scrap Making
Julie @ Cricut Chick

Liz @ Liz's Paper Loft

Mari @ Made by Momo
Mary @ Cardz TV
Meighan @ Scrappin Thrideeschik
Melanie @ Scrappy Mel

Nicole @ Canadian Nickel Scrap'n

Ruthie @ September Ninth
Sandra @ 365 of Cricut
Sarah @ The Pink Cricut

Theresa @ The ScrapBooking Queen

Tracy @ Craft Junkie too
Trish @ Techniques by Trish

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY SURPRISE GIVEAWAY

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE ! 
 Well a long, long time ago in the midst of a snow storm my dear mom was packing her things and heading to the hospital ....to have ME !!! 

That's right ! Today is MY BIRTHDAY and of course I wanted to invite ALL of YOU to help me CELEBRATE !

And what a better way to celebrate then to have a SURPRISE GIVEAWAY !

To enter to WIN this super fun BIRTHDAY BASH CART

Simply...

• leave a comment on this post
• include your contact info 
• be a follower
• BONUS ENTRY : if you subscribe by email, leave a second comment
• you'll have one week to enter, deadline next Thursday January 20th midnight.

AND DON'T FORGOT... the party is just getting started!

This weekend I'm hosting my FIRST EVER BLOG HOP and LIVE USTREAM EVENT!

The BLOG HOP will run all weekend long with loads of

fun projects ideas

AND the LIVE USTREAM will begin on Saturday January 15th @ 10:30am Pacific Standard Time.

LOG ON TO MY USTREAM CHANNEL HERE to join the party LIVE!  SIX of my blogging BESTIES will be joining me and you will get to meet them too ! It will be recorded, if you miss it.

LOTS OF FUN PROJECTS AND GIVEAWAYS TO BE ENJOYED !!!

A heart felt THANKS goes OUT to all my GENEROUS sponsors for making these events possible !

OH ! With all the excitement , I almost FORGET ....I have a project for you today too ! I made this super sweet guys Valentine card for my adorable husband. I'm so blessed to him as my hubby and best friend !I can't wait to give it to him :)

I used the seasonal Love Struck Cart, some awesome papers and embellishments my kids gave me for Christmas ( don't the brads look like cuff links ??? hehe )  and I believe the sentiments are from Hero Arts (sorry, I can't remember exactly)

I'm going to enter it in Emma's Throw Back Thursday Challenge :)

FOLLOW YOUR HEART

 ~ Hi Everyone ~ 

Here's a little video I did featuring my latest card. 

Isn't she sooo cute ?!

AND OH MY WORD !!!... With my new laptop featuring Windows 7 and Flip Video I got for Christmas, I can't believe how fast and easy it was for me to film, edit and upload! It took me like one tenth LESS the time it used too !!! WOW ! I'm so grateful my DH and I decided to get these ...I'm definitely a frugal person and big ticket purchases are always carefully thought out, but this was for sure WORTH IT !

 For more info on the

"It's My Party Blog Hop and Live Ustream " click HERE.

 Hmmm...I wonder if there is a challenge I can enter my card in ??? There are sooo many cool challenge blogs out there now ! 

Check back with me later this week as I will reveal the list of all the SPONSORS featured in the hop... you know what that means....GIVEAWAYS !!!...they are awesome !

My Pink Stamper Design Team Challenge

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY :)

I've had this silly little urge to make a box for over a week now, sort of like a weird craving for ice cream! I didn't know what kind of box I would make, I knew I just wanted to make a box, ANY box !... but with all the family in town for the holidays, I had so little time for crafting! But alas, the last load of family was taken to the airport today and I finally got to satisfy my craving ! OH! and it was so delicious to make ! Isn't it great when you finally get to feed that crafting fix ?!

So I decided to make my box for Robyn's My Pink Stamper Design Team Challenge! And OH MY WORD I  have less than 2 hours before the submissions close !

The challenge was to make a project using Robyn's favorite colors : Pink, Green, Brown and an optional color. So I made this cute little gift box designed to hold one homemade chocolate chip cookie ! Don't you just love the sentiment!  I think I will make a few of these and give them to my co workers :)

I used the Tags, Bags Boxes & More Cart for the box, cut @ 9 inches and a piece of acetate cut to size for the window. The cookie is actually the center of one of the flowers in the Sweet Treats Cart found on page 52 cut @ 3 1/2 inches. Cut with two shades of brown it looks just a chocolate chip cookie ! Then I used a scalloped circle punch on one side to look like bite marks! I also inked the edges for more dimension. The ribbon is from Micheal's and it has little pink stitching marks on it.

I really love how it came out ! Except I see that in the picture my torquiose green paper looks more like blue! I hope Robyn won't mind too much !!! LOL !!! Hmmm...now I think I have a craving for chocolate chip cookies ! LOL !!!

BLOG HOP AND USTREAM COUNTDOWN !!!

HI EVERYONE :)

If you caught my post of a couple weeks ago, you'll know that I announced my VERY FIRST BLOG HOP...

AND I MENTIONED that I also had some FUN EXTRA CELEBRATORY PLANS up my sleeve that I would reveal to you later ! 

WELL here goes...

I'm so excited to announce that as an extension to the

IT'S MY PARTY" BLOG HOP during the weekend of Jan 15 &16th

there will also be ....

A LIVE USTREAM broadcast from my home WHERE I will be joined by 6 OTHER CRAFTY BLOGGERS that live in my area ! YES ! You read that right ! These gals are coming to my house !

  Sandra @ 365 Days of Cricut
Ruthie @ September Ninth
Theresa @ The Scrapbooking Queen
Julie @ Cricut Chick
Gaby @ Gaby Creates
Jenny @ Crazy about Cricut

AND Each of us will be sharing a quick paper crafting tutorial during the Ustream !

Doesn't that sound fun ! It will truly be a PARTY ! Not only can you join us for the Hop, you can join the "PARTY LIVE " TOO !!!

The live USTREAM will begin....

at 10:30am Saturday January 15th Pacific Standard Time

A link to the Ustream will be provided at each one of the stops on the hop.

and no worries...if you can't make it to the USTREAM, I will be sure to record it !!!

There might even be some surprise giveaways ...wink, wink :)

BIG HUGS!!! 

HOPE TO SEE YA THERE !!!

My Holiday Break

 ~ HI EVERYONE ~

Well, my holiday break is slowly coming to end, boo-hoo!

My dear family members that have come to stay with us for Christmas and New Years are slowly making an exodus back to their homes. 

It was such a blessing to have them here with me...

ALL 11 OF THEM !!!

During that time we HAD SO MUCH FUN laughing, playing games, eating meals together, and participating in family traditions. It's was like a 10 day long pajama party !!! But alas, it's time for me and my husband to go back to work, the college kids back to school, the grandkids back to Utah and the grandmas back to Florida.

Since everyone lives in a different states, it is really a special time for us. But one of the FUNNEST (is that a word?) FOR ME was crafting with the family.

Here are a couple of projects we did together...

On Christmas Eve we sat around the kitchen table and made 16 glitter ball ornaments ! I think still they need a little somin, somin, so my plan is to personal  them with names and monograms and bring them back out next Christmas to add to the tree !

On 12-30-2010 my son Jaime and his lovely wife Sheridan celebrated their ONE year wedding anniversary! I made them this card. I decided to try a few techniques I don't usually do, namely inking, decorating and placing the sentiment inside . I think this will be my crafting new year's resolution...TRY SOMETHING NEW AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IN 2011 :)

Lastly, for New Years Eve, my grandson and I made some some Party Hats !!! What a HOOT!!! What 4 year old boy wouldn't love a pirate hat !

I'm SO EXCITED for the NEW YEAR and all the fun things to look forward to in our little crafting world ! THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO SHARE YOUR AMAZING TALENTS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SO KINDLY VISITED MY BLOG AND FOR THE SWEET, SWEET COMMENTS YOU'VE LEFT THROUGHOUT 2010 !!! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS !!!!

MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS FOR 2011 COME TRUE !!!

MY TOP TEN CARDS OF 2010

Hello Everyone !

I just discovered that at

The Manic World of Mrs Weyremaster's Blog 

you are invited to share your top ten cards picks of 2010. 

HOW FUN!

My blog anniversary is in March so I haven't even been posting cards for a year and it was actually really hard to chose just 10 cards! It's nice to know that as I look back on the cards I've made, they still give me a chuckle or a smile :)

That's why we craft, RIGHT ?! It's fun :) 

If you want to join the HUGE BLOG HOP...at last look there were over 100 blogs!.... Just click on over to

The Manic World of Mrs Weyremaster  and follow the instructions, or just have the biggest blog stalking session you've ever had !!!!

I'm really excited to see everyone's picks :) 

HERE'S MINE...in no particular order

1. The camera card I made for my husband....I finally was able to buy him the camera he's always wanted :)

 2. I made this card for my grandbaby Chloe's baby blessing :)

 3. I made this card for my big sister Cookie's retirement.

 4. I birthday card for one of my bestie's birthday.

 5. A card I made for a girl at work who was moving.

 6. A card I made for a Picnic Blog Hop

 7. The Elf card I made for my kids this Christmas, I made 3 of these and a poem was included inside.

8. A card I made for a friend who just had surgery, she has a doggie that looks like this.

 9. A card I made for my daughter, she hopes someday to move back to California.

10. I made this card for my grandson' birthday, he still pulls it out and says " Mimi made this card !"

FLAN RECIPE

EASY FLAN de ABUELA (grandma) ISABELITA 

In a small sauce pan, make a caramel topping by taking 1 CUP OF SUGAR over very low heat, stirring slowly as the sugar melts and caramelizes. The sugar will turn a beautiful amber color.

Pour the caramel into a the mold of you choice. I recommend a  round glass pyrex type dish, or if you are giving it away, a round aluminum container (sold at the Dollar Tree). Before the caramel hardens tilt the dish all around to distribute the caramel all around the bottom and sides of the dish. Let set will you make the filling.

  

IN A BLENDER :

1 can evaporated milk

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1/4 ts salt

1 tbls vanilla

4 eggs yolks

2 whole eggs

Blend until  just mixed thru, don't whip or over blend. Pour mixture into your prepared caramelized dish.

Bake at 350 degrees BANO De MARIA STYLE ( in a water bath). This means you place your dish in a larger oven safe dish or pan fill with about 1 too 2 inches of water. BAKE 45 minutes or until you poke it with a fork and the fork comes out clean. Depending on you oven it could up to 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. 

Remove from oven and let cool. Refrigerate til chilled thru, then scrap the sides all around the edges with a knife and using another larger plate, carefully invert it. 

THERE YOU HAVE IT.... A CUBAN STYLE FLAN ...YUMMIE :)

SNOWMEN LOVE FLAN and Cubans too

HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYBODY !!!

Can you believe Christmas is in less than 5 days ?!

I'M SOOO EXCITED !!!

For me, Christmas means a lot of things...celebrating the birth of Christ, service, giving...but what I love MOST is being with

MY FAMILY! My kids, grandkids, mom and mother in law will all be here for this year's Conde Family Christmas Celebration - all 11 family member!...plus my 2 doggies :) 
Since this might be my last post of 2010, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite holiday treats to make and give away as gifts, along with one of the cards that go along with it. 

My HOLIDAY FLAN presentation includes some cute Christmas towels wrapped with a pretty bow and tag. The lucky recipients are my dear friends and some lucky neighbors :)

I'm a cuban through and through and the holidays wouldn't be complete without a homemade flan. It's surprisingly simple to make and the round aluminum containers at the dollar store make great

" bake and take" dishes. 

If anyone would like the recipe, let me know :)

TO ALL MY WONDERFUL BLOGGY CRAFTY FRIENDS...MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

ANOTHER LUCKY WINNER !

CONGRATS TO JENNI... 

 

She said ....

" What a genius idea! I love that you made it in the shape of a crockpot, just darling! I can't believe it is your first mini album! "

She is the lucky winner of the Micheal's Gift Card !

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to ALL who stopped by and left such wonderful comments! 

It gave me so much more confidence to go and make some more mini albums...they are really fun to make !

By the way..I wanted to let you know that I probably will be MIA for a little bit ! My mother in law is visiting and although I love her to death, its kinda hard to slip away to my craft room while she's here. So don't forget me :) I know I won't last too too long with out needing a "crafting fix "...hehehe...so I'll be back soon :)

THE CATS OUT OF THE BAG

HELLO MONDAY EVERYONE!

I was going to keep this under wraps for a little longer since right now we are all so busy with the Christmas Holiday festivities... but 

I AM SO EXCITED...

I couldn't hold it in any longer !!!! 

 I'M HOSTING A BLOG HOP...MY VERY FIRST ONE !!! 

 

And look at THE AMAZING LINE UP! I could hardly believe I was typing the names of these blogs! These are some of my 

PAPER CRAFTING IDOLS ! 

Thanks guys, for joining me!

Abby @ Scrapbookaholic by Abby 

Debbie @ DD's Crafts

Emma @ My Creative Time

Gaby @ Gaby Creates

Janis @ Pause Dream Enjoy

 Jess @ Kinder Stampo

Liz @ Liz's Paper Loft

Mari @ Made by Momo  

Mary @ Cardz TV

Meighan @ Scrappin Thrideeschik

Melanie @ Scrappy Mel

Nicole @ Canadian Nickel Scrap'n

Ruthie @ September Ninth 

Sandra @ 365 of Cricut

 Sarah @ The Pink Cricut

Tracy @ Craft Junkie two

Trish @ Techniques by Trish 

and me of course...

Alex @ You Had Me At Craft

The hop will be all about the art of throwing a great party! Ideas from party favors, themes, decor, table scapes etc, etc, will be on the agenda and GUESS WHAT ?! The hop actually coincides with my real birthday on January 13th! I would love nothing more than to share my birthday with all of you ! 
I have some "EXTRA" celebratory plans up my sleeve too, so stayed tuned and I will share them with you soon! 

So for now... I hope all of you are enjoying this glorious holiday season and I do hope that when the Christmas dust settles and you are in the mood for your next party you will have 

SAVED THE DATE and join me on my first blog hop !

PAPER PLAYTIME BLOG HOP

HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE

& WELCOME TO THE...

 You are just going to love this hop... loads of inspiration, ideas and of course CANDY! So let's just get down to the 

HOLIDAY NITTY GRITTY !!!

If you are here you must have come from Kathi's Blog! 
I bet you had fun there ! 

Now on to today's project !
I decided to make a "mini christmas cookbook" with my favorite holiday gathering recipes! I got the idea because lately I've been obsessed with my crockpot and cooking slow, so I thought a cookbook in the shape of a "slow cooker" or "pot" would be so cute! It is my VERY FIRST mini book and I must admit, I was very intimated. But with some perseverance and help from some of you "mini album experts", I'm super happy with how it came out! It will fit perfectly into my daughter in law's and daughter's stockings this year. Check out the video if you want more details :)

 Check out the video tutorial for more details !

Details:  

~Pot cut w/ Shadow feature @ 5 inches. For front and back cover use cereal cardboard, cut one flipped for mirror image, also cut with craft cardstock for inside page.

~Handle & Top cut @ 5 inches

~Words cut @ 1.5

~ Pocket cut at 2.5 inches and scalloped on one side, glue and trim to size

extras: white sazura gel, brown and black ink, chip board buttons, twine, dcwv patterned paper, craft cardstock, cereal boxes.

BLOG CANDY ALERT ! Just leave a comment here AND a way to get a hold of you and WIN and $10 gift card to Micheal's !

Now head off to your next stop Sandra's Blog    
! 

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!

from my heart to yours !

Just in case you get lost along the way...

Here is the line up:

1. Paper Playtime - http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com
2. Janis - http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
3. Sheree -  http://cravinscrappin.blogspot.com/
4. Carley -  http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/
5. Pam -  http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/
6. Mary -  http://cardztv.blogspot.com/
7. Maria -  http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/
8. Sharon -   http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/ 
9. Michelle -  http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/ 
10. Corri -  http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/
11. Lisa -  http://www.crop-and-create.blogspot.com/
12. Kathi -  http://www.blogbykathi.blogspot.com/ 
13. Alex -  http://www.youhadmeatcraft.com/ (that's me)
14. Sandra -  http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
15. Melissa -  http://www.apaperjourney.blogspot.com/ 
16. Abby -  http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/ 
17.  Theresa - http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

18. Heather - http://www.freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/

 

OUT TO DRY CARD & SAVE THE DATE !!!

HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE !!!

First... I wanted to remind everyone to SAVE THE DATE for the next FABO BLOG HOP that's coming to town ! 

It's going to be AWESOME, so check out the details below...

Secondly..scroll down to see my latest wedding card creation ! I love this card and I think I will be making some more just like it to have on hand for up coming weddings :)

 Feel free to grab the BLOG HOP button! 
Please link it back to
http://PaperPlaytime.blogspot.com
THANKS!!

You are invited to join us for Christmas Blog Hop Fun on December 11th!  Our Paper Playtime Queens (a.k.a. Design Team) will have spectacular ideas for great gifts for that someone you want to do "a little something for."
Here is the list of awesome crafters you'll be hopping over to visit on Dec. 11th:

1. Paper Playtime - http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com
2. Janis - http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
3. Sheree -  http://cravinscrappin.blogspot.com/
4. Carley -  http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/
5. Pam -  http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/
6. Mary -  http://cardztv.blogspot.com/
7. Maria -  http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/
8. Sharon -   http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/
9. Michelle -  http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
10. Corri -  http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/
11. Lisa -  http://www.crop-and-create.blogspot.com/
12. Kathi -  http://www.blogbykathi.blogspot.com/
13. Alex -  http://www.youhadmeatcraft.com/
14. Sandra -  http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
15. Melissa -  http://www.apaperjourney.blogspot.com/
16. Abby -  http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/
17.  Theresa - http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Who likes BLOG CANDY?!  We have an assortment of prizes to give away!  Want to know how you can get MORE chances to win?  Go ahead an put our BLOG HOP button on your blog / Facebook and leave me a comment here with a link to where you posted it.  1 entry for posting it on your blog, and 1 entry for posting it on your Facebook.  That's 2 extra chances you'll have to win!

Now to my..."OUT TO DRY WEDDING CARD "...

When I saw these cuts on the "Tie the Knot Cart" I knew just would I would do with them. The "undies" are cut at 2 inches, as well as the sentiment. Hope you like :)

KACHOW!

Happy Wednesday Everyone ! 

I wanted to share this super cute card I made for my grandson Ethan. He absolutely loves the movie "Cars" so naturally the "Cars" Cart was on my wish list and I finally purchased it about 2 weeks ago! I originally planned on making little Ethan a "cars" inspired card every week and mail it to him, but can you say...

MANY LITTLE PIECES ! Oh my heck, I thought the cuts would never end...but then again...isn't it a grandma's job to spoil their grandchildren, hehe :)