I'm Back....At Least For Today And It's An IO Challenge

I know I haven't posted in like forever!! I apologize to anyone I have worried. I have been busy with personal things and still am, but when I saw the new IO images, I knew I wanted to do at least this challenge. I have really missed posting and stamping, but most of all blog hopping to enjoy the view. LOLOL

IO is going to be releasing their new Spring stamps at CHA the end of this month. You may want to get in touch with your local store or stay tuned for them in the online store HERE. There are tons of new images and Cover-A-Card stamps, not to mention the really wonderful new individual and sets of phrases and words. Enough already, here is my card. :-)


The image I used is not available yet. It is Leigh Hannan's Heat Hive. I fell in love with the bees and the hearts behind it too. You can't tell by looking, but I cut the heart out and then also cut out the flower with the leaves and curlicues. They are mounted with pop dots.

Behind that is a Spellbinders die. I used the die and while it was still on the white cardstock I stamped it with Cover-A-Card^TM Swirls. The background is DP from eons ago mounted on white cardstock. I used the smaller die for the bottom tag and hand wrote the word.I painted the image with Twinkling H2O's. People may think they are not available anymore, but they can be purchased through Creative Imaginations HERE. I used 2, 3, and 5mm pearl stickers to adorn the image and the edges. The ribbon is from Michaels.  Don't take my word for it, but check out the IO Design Teams blogs for more new images!!!

• Daniela Dobson
• Deborah March
• Dina Kowal
• Jeanne Streiff
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Kathy Menzies
• Kelli Richardson
• Laura Fulcher
• Shirley Ross

And that's not all. If you send a card to me for the current challenge you could win a $25 gift certificate to use in the online store. We have a drawing at the end of the challenge Friday night at 9 p.m. Random.org chooses the winner.

I almost forgot to tell you this post almost didn't happen. When I checked in to post around 10 p.m. last night it wouldn't let me even start a post. I had to go to the "Help" forum and 3 other people were having the same problem. Luckily a person there knew how to get around it and here I am. Pheewwwwww!~!

So, that's about it. I want to wish you all a late Merry Christmas and a very Happy Healthy New Year. I keep hoping I'll have more time to stamp and maybe I will. Hope your week is turning out great and thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 Shirley