(SSD06) and BLOG HOP

Hey guys! Happy 2010! I was so not ready for vacation to be done when I had to send my kids back to school yesterday! *sad face* We had such a fantastic break! Guess what though? Lots of fun stuff for you today!

First, HAPPY 8th ANNIVERSARY TO MY CUTE, CHARMING, and WONDERFUL husband! I am seriously the luckiest woman! He is so good to me and makes me laugh and smile! We've grown so much together in 8 years and being my opposite he has taught me a lot and for that I will forever be grateful! *tears* I can hardly believe how fast the time has flown by. I am excited for the years to come.

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Enough sappy Manda, introducing the Skipping Stones Design Blop Hop. If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning. You should have arrived here from Debbie Fischer's blog: http://debbiedee.blogspot.com/

Along the way, the Skipping Stones Design Team (aka the Stamp Tramps) will have blog candy for you to enter. As an added bonus, there will also be 4 stamp sets (new stamp sets not yet released) hidden along the hop, but we’re not telling you where so be sure to leave some love as you hop!!!

Make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! The winners will be announced on Friday January 8th at Skipping Stones Design.

Also, for today and tomorrow -- EVERYTHING over at SKIPPING STONES is 25% off (Enter code: 25off). WOOHOO!

Amy Scheffer is our January Sketch artist and her blog address is:

http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Hope you will take a minute to go say hello and check out her awesome blog! Here is the sketch for today. (Isn't it just SO fun and different??? I thought so!!!) Please feel free to link to this post from your blog, or post a link to your blog in the comment section of this post, I would LOVE to see what you do with the sketch!!!

Happy Hoppin' and have fun stamping!

I just love this set. It is funny, quirky and totally girly! Seriously!! This week on my blog I will feature a few other cards I have made with it. I hope you will check back soon for another fun bra card!

Stamps: Funny Bras - Volume 1 (Skipping Stones Design) Paper: Unconditional Speckle (KI Memories), Hot Pink with White Dots (The Paper Studio), Black Textured (The Paper Studio), Solar White Classic Crest (Neenah), Going Grey (SU!) Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko) Accessories: Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Black Self Adhesive Rhinestones (KaiserScrapbook), Silver Organdy ribbon (Robert Stanley Collection - Hobby Lobby), Liquid Pearls (Silver Pearl - Ranger), Copic Ciao Markers (Imagination International Inc.), Oval punch (SU!)

Since I am the last one on the hop . . . head on back over to SKIPPING STONES and do some shopping! I am sure you *need* to after all the awesome stuff the DT and dirty girls have made you drool over! Have fun! GO HERE!