little inklings

Miss Me?

I'm still here!! I'm SO sorry I haven't posted in over two weeks! YIKES. Despite optics, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. I just returned from a family vacation. I thought I would have internet access at our destination, but apparently, I thought wrong. We had a wonderful vacation, spending our time at a lake in central Alberta. It was our first official vacation with our kids. We were ready to come home though, which I think is always a sign that a good break was had by all. Anyway - I have lots to share with you, and will back at my challenges this week, which I'm pretty sure, I'm suffering withdrawals from.

Hope you are all well, and enjoying the start to the summer!

Thrilled to Bits

I am absolutely Thrilled to Bits to tell you that I was recently invited to join the GreatSwapGirls2! A group of the most amazing, talented stampers EVER {Insert mental picture of me doing happy dance here}. Infact, I hardly felt worthy, and turth be told, a little intimidated, once I saw the list of other members that belonged to this invite-only group (I will be posting links to all these ladies' amamzing blogs on my site shortly, so you can marvel at them, like me). Anyway, I am going to do my best to keep up with their talent, and am truly honored and beyond excited to participate in the swaps. And I will, of course, be sharing peeks of my swaps with you.

Another Thrilled-to-Bits item to share, is an over-due Thank-You to Becky C for nominating me for the Kreativ Blogger award. Thank-you so much Becky for this sweet nomination. Oh - by the way, have you checked out Becky's blog and work yet? No? Go there immediately => {lakeshore stamper} . I LOVE LOVE LOVE her clean style, and I'm sure you will too!

In receiving this nominiation, I would then like to nominate a few awesome blogs that I visit often:
Jen T - for her blog: JenTapler Designs
Laurie F - for her blog: Inspired Designs
Stephanie H - for her blog: Seph's Stampin' Stuff

Ok - that's all I have for you now. Hope you all had an awesome Tuesday!

 

Can you spell FLATTERED?

Can you spell FLATTERED? 'Cause I'm pretty sure that's what I am. Thank you Beth for the Arte y Pico nomination! Oh - by the way - you can check out all of Beth's gorgeous creations on her blog Stamp Me A Rainbow.

So the scoop on the award...it was originally designed by Eseya at Arte y Pico.

As the nominatee, the mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pick five blogs that, based on their creativity, design, interesting material, and contribution to the blogging community, you think earn the award. You list their names and links to their blogs, on yours, and leave a comment on one of their posts to let them know you've nominated them! Each winner shows the award along with the name of the person who gave them the award with a link to their blog.

The Blogging Stamping Community is full of such amazing artists that I admire and draw inspiration from, but having to pick five, I choose:

Jen T - JenTapler Designs

Kristin M - Sunshine Smiles & Stamps

Michelle W - Michelle's Rubber Room

Nancy R - iStamp

Stephanie H - Steph's Stampin' Stuff